Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1917 — LATE WAR NEWS. [ARTICLE]

LATE WAR NEWS.

Shipping held in port as fifteen vessels are sunk by German submarines. State Department admits that Germany is holding up the departure of Ambassador James W. Gerard from Berlin. Dutch call all men to colors. -5 e All sailing cancelled by Norway. The Seandinavions and Holland will not join the U. S. in break with Germany. The vessels -sunk in the last 24 hours include seven British, five Norwegian, ofte—Russiah and Swedish and ~ one Spanish ship. Port Adelaide —British, 8,181 tons. 96 passengers and crew reported sate. « Floridian—British, 4,777 tons. Sixteen members of crew saved; fate of remainder unknown. • I Wartenfels—- British. Fate of crew unknown. Cliftonian —British. Crew saved. Warlev Pickering—British. Fate of crew unknown. Cetera —-Russian. Fate of crew unknown. • , Palm Leaf—British. Crew landed, Thor ll—Norwegian. Songvol—Norwegian. 25 of crew SRvcd* • ■ " — 1 ‘ Bafford —British. Fate of crew unknown. Masdale —Norwegian. 19 of crew ssvccl. 1 * ■ Rigel—Norwegian. 22 of crew savBravalla —Swedish. Crew landed. Ts-mater— Norwegian. Fate of C»W * unknown. Algotra—Spanish.