Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1918 — 15-MONTHS HUNT ENDS FOR “WOLF” [ARTICLE]

15-MONTHS HUNT ENDS FOR “WOLF”

THREE SEAS GLEANED BY CRUISER—RICH LOOT AND PRISONERS CAPTURED. ' Berlin, (Via London) Feb. 25. An official communication issued today says: “The auxiliary cruiser Wolf has returned home after fifteen months in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans. “The kaiser has telephoned his welcome to the commander and conferred the order Pour le Merit together with a number of iron crosses, on the officers and crew.” “The Wolf was commended by Frigate Captain Nerger and inflicted the greatest damage on the enemy’s shipping by the destruction of cargo space and cargo. She brought*home more than 400 members of crews of suken ships of various nationalities especially numerous colored and white British soldiers, besides several guns captured from armed steamers and great quantities of valuable raw materials, such as rubber, copper, brass, zinc, cocoa jeans, copra and similar articles to the value of many million marks.” “The English cruiser Turritella, which was captured in February* was equipped as a second auxiliary cruiser and christened Ilitis. She successfully operated in the gulf of Aden under the command of the Wolf’s first officer, Lieut Captain ; Irandis, until confronted by British ::orces. She was sunk by her own crew, numbering 27, who are prisoners in British hands. This cruise of the Wolf carried out under most difficult circumstances with no base and no communication with home, constitutes a unique achievement”

According to the British admiralty statement three American vessels were sunk by the auxiliary cruiser Wolf—the steam whaler Beluga, 508 tons, belonging to the Pacific Steam Whaling company, of San Francisco; the Winslow, a fourmasted schooner of 556 tons, hailing from San Francisco, and the fourmasted schooner Encore, 651 tons, the home port of which was San Francisco. The Turritella was of 2,551 tons, the Jumna of 4,152, the Wairuna, 3,974 tons, and the Matunga, 1,618. Available records do not give the Wardsworth. The Dee was a threemasted schooner of 1,169 tons.