Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1917 — BRITISH WARSHIPS HUNT FOR RAIDER [ARTICLE]

BRITISH WARSHIPS HUNT FOR RAIDER

Fifteen Cruisers Sweep Atlantic in Search of Ship. LOSSES TOTAL $20,000,000 Steamship Circles at New York Say Teutons May Be Usipg Some of the Captured Vessels As Commerce Destroyers. New York, .Jan. 19.—With the possibility that" the German sea raider which sank or captured from fifteen to ,a score of ships of the allied nations is continuing its deprecations; steam? ship owners and marine underwriters are in a state.of nervous tension. Die losses in ships and cargoes thus far represent from $15,000.W0 to $20,000,000. : M . A cordon of British cruisers, reported to number 15, is believed to be sweeping the southern seas in search of the raider, which, according to’one report may be the auxiliary cruiser Vineta and according to another the cruiser Moewe, same sea rover which played havoc with British and French shipping about a year ago. Seized Ships May Be Raiders. Steamship circles are especially concerned over a wireless Warning that the German raider was working northward to more- frequented lanes of steamship travel. The possibility that ’ the raider may have, armed and manned one or more of its prizes and dispatched them also on commerce-prey-ing missions was another source of anxiety. One report was that • the British steamer St. Theodore was thus transformed. ‘ „ Thirteen Americans Are Landed. Rio de Janeiro. Brazil, Jan. 19. Thirteen Americans are among \ the victims of the German raider who have been landed at Pernambuco. The remaining number is made up of 170 Englishmen anil 54 Frenchmen. A German raider for the last month has been sinking vessels of the entente allied powers in the south Atlantic. Latest reports fix the number of ships at 15. Survivors of the destroyed vessels to the number of 237 have been landed at Pernambuco. According to unofficial information the raider has a crew of 250 men, including four officers of the German navy. According to reports circulated Here,’the officers of the Japanese ship captured were shot on account of the* resistance they offered. Aiiother report says that 22 English sailors were compelled to work in tltf engine room of the raider. Raider Working Northward. Norfolk, Ta., Jan. 19.—Wireless warnings picked up here said the German sea raider which havoc with shipping of the alliednations was reported 1,500 milefr sputh of Cape Henry, apparently working northward to more frequented lanes of travel. Warnings’sent out at night said the German craft was oft Pernambuco, Brazil, last Friday. The warning, believed to have come from a British cruiser, also said reports had been received that a submarine of unknown nationality had been sighted 700 miles east of the Virginia capes. Missing British Steamer Safe. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 19.—The Brit* ish steamer YarroWdale, with the crews of eight ships sunk by the German raider in the Atlantic, arrived January IB at Sao Vicenti, Cape Verde islands, according to reliable information received here. It has .been stated Jn unofficial dispatches that the Yarrowdale had on board 400 inen of the crews of sunken ships. Raider Believed to Be the Moewe. It is considered almost certain here that the German sea raider which has been creating havoc among entente shipping in the south Atlantic is the Moewe, the German armed raider which captured the Appani and sunk numerous, entente ships in Atlantic waters 5 a year ago. Flew Panish Flag. According to reports from an an-' thoritative source, the Moewe is understood- to have -sailed from Kiel under the Danish Hag. carrying a cargo of hay on the bridge in order to conceal its armament. 'When last keen the Moewe was painLyl black, with white markings. . Its--armament included four torpedo tubes in service and several tubes in reserve. It is believed t<? have carried a mine-laying apparatus;-