Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-12
CRUISER DRESDEN
1O Be |NIERN[D
ONLY REMAINING SHIP OF Won
SPECS GERMAN SQUADRON
REACHES NEUTRAL PORT.
SEEKS REFUGE IN INLET
OFF PATAGoNIAN COAST
Germans Lose Two Moro Ships, Japs
Destroying EiteI Friedrich OF South
American coast-Had 1900 Marines
on Board = Friedrich Karl Strikes
Mine in Baltic and Sinks.

London, Dec PA dispatch to the
says it Is reported that the German
cruiser Dresden has taken refuge In
an inlet on the coast of Patagonia.
The Dresden is the only vessel OF
the German squadron which met the
British In the South Atlantic that has
not been accounted for.
The engagement OF Dec off the
Falkland Islands resulted in the de-
struction of the German cruisers
Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Leipzig.
Later 1t was announced that the
Nurnberg also had been destroyed
The Dresden escaped from the encoun-
ter and was supposed to have fled to
the westward This would take her to
the coast of Patagonia, where the VAL
paraiso report places her. Patagonia
and the straits OF Magellan offer
numerous bays and inlets where a
vessel could hide or take refuge. There
are also some Chilean ports where a
Warship could intern
Kaiser Loses Moro Ships.
The kaiser has suffered further losses
at sea.
The sinking OF the German converted
cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, with 1900
marines aboard, by Japanese warship
il South American waters is reported
from Valparaiso. Chile. A merchant
ship arriving at Conception last night
reported having picked up a wireless
message to that effect.
The Eitel Friedrich belonged to the
North German Lloyd company. but
early In the war guns were mounted on
board and 1t was transformed into an
auxiliary cruiser. Recently 1t had been
active of the coast of Chile One of
Its most recent exploits was the sink
Ing early in December OF the British
steamer f-:harcas on Port Cofral Chile.
Mine Sinks German Cruiser.
The German armored cruiser Fried
rich Karl has been sunk In the Baltic
by mine. according to an official
statement Of the French ministry of
marine at Paris today. The sinking of
the Friedrich Karl is said to have oc-
Cured two weeks ago and most OF the
crew of 557 officers and men are said
to have drowned
The Friedrich Karl was built in 1901.
1t carried four eight inch guns, ten five
inch guns, twelve three inch guns, four
machine guns. and torpedo tubes. The
vessel was S97 feet long. sixty-four feet
wide. and registered S,a5S tons.
Dresden Run Into Port.
The completion of the raid by an al
He'd fleet on the German squadron off
the Falkland islands in the south
Atlantic few days ago is reported in
a dispatch from Montevideo Uruguay.
stating that the cruiser Dresden had
taken refuge in the Argentina port OF
Santa Cruz in badly battered condi-
ton. It Is believed the Dresden will
be interned there until after the war
The German admiralty at Berlin
earlier in the day had admitted that
there was no hope that the Dresden
could evade pursuit long.
I'VE must reckon this ship as lost
was stated.
The cruiser Scharnhorst. Gneisenau
Leipzig, and Nurnberg were the Ger
man vessels previously sunk in this
encounter
British Casualties Eleven.
In cable dispatch to the secretary
OF the admiralty Vice Admiral Stur-
dee, OF the British squadron which en-
gagged in the battle off the Falklands
states that the British casualties
totaled seven men killed and four
wounded. These include no officers
the cable said:
Winston Spencer Churchill. first
lord Of the admiralty. replying to a
cablegram Of congratulations fron
Japan regarding the naval victory
shows that the Japanese and Austral-
ian ships are cooperating In the Pa
cific and declares that the defeat OF
Admiral Won Spec completes the ex-
pulsion from the east.