Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-11

DER neutral flag Will be court-martialed.
The Earl Of Camperdown, formerly lord
legged placing OF mines in commercial
routes by Germany as 'indiscriminate
murder"
German Ships Captured.
The German ships Orlando and Gold
beck, the latter from Tacoma, Wash. for
London. have been captured by British
vessels in the Atlantic.
The Orlando left Mehillones, Chile, May
q for the English channel. The Goldbeck,
German bark, sailed from Tacoma
April q for London and was reported as
having passed the Lizard Thursday.
Tocopilla, Chile. for Hamburg with q
cargo of nitrate valued at $4,000. has
been captured by a British warship.
dispatch received here from Kingston.
Jamaica, says that the Hamburg Amer
lean line steamer Bethania has been
towed into the harbor there as a prize
by British cruiser. She has on
board 400 Germans, who have been
taken prisoner. The Bethania left
Genoa July Is and Teneriffe August 8
for the west coast Of South America.
She is a steamer Of 4.s47 tons.
The admiralty reports that most Of
the prisoners aboard the Bethania are
from the crew Of the Kaiser Wilhelm
QeI 1IO6Sos WHO escaped III q COLll6I
when the liner was sunk by a British
cruiser.
Guard German Reservists.
Armed British soldiers are today
keeping guard over the German re-
servists on board the Holland-Ameri-
can line steamer Noordam. now in
Queenstown harbor.
The Noordam was picked up in the
Atlantic by a British cruiser while on
her way from New York to Rotterdam
with German reservists and a general
cargo destined for Germany on board
and brought into this port yesterday.
The reservists will be disembarked and
taken to one of the detention camps in
England.
The British cruiser Goodhope arrived
at Montevideo yesterday. 1t is asserted
in Montevideo that this cruiser. In
company with the cruisers Monmouth
and Glasgow, which came into port
yesterday. are preparing to leave in
search of the German cruisers now In
Atlantic waters.
Rescue Of oceanic's Crew.
Capt. Armour Of the Aberdeen trawler
Glenovil told the following story of his
liner Oceanic to the Aberdeen CORE
bpOuu6nS VI lilo Schs1dA AsoWo.
ut was misty and very dark Tuesday
morning of the north coast Of Scot
land, when our attention was arrested
on our homeward way by signals OF
distress in the direction of the coast.
ut required skillful seamanship,
which would have been impossible to
a larger boat than ours. to bring the
Glenovil near enough to discover the
Oceanic on the rocks.
Finally. after a long ana hard tus-
sic in the nasty sea. we brought our
selves alongside. Ropes and ladders
were lowered over the side of the liner.
down which tho crew scrambled and
tumbled to the deck Of our boat.
Taken to Another Steamer.
I'm a short time practically every
available inch Of our space was occu-
pied by men from the big boat We
got 400 of them, and then steamed OF
we could hold no more-and emptied
them on a larger steamer which was
standing of in the distance unable to
get any nearer without herself running
on tho rocks Of this dangerous coast.
After transferring our human
freight we returned quickly but eau
tiously and took of the remainder. who
were similarly transferred to the boat
in the off1ng.
''The rescue was attended with great
risk on account Of the heavy sea and
darkness and the dangerous rocks ali
about The captain Of the Oceanic was
the last to leave his ship. He paid US
a high compliment and thanked US
warmly"