Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-23

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word TO all his crew 70 get ready 70
leave the ship within half hour. Mean
while he took a couple Of men and paid
me a visit In the wireless room. One OF
the men was an expert electrician, and
he proceeded 70 dismantle the apparatus.
They asked me to help them, as casually
as you might ask anybody standing
around 20 give you a hand with a Job,
but declined They took my refusal in
good part, and in few minutes. entirely
unassisted. they had my plant pretty well
cleaned out.
Others In Like boat.
When went In the boats along with
the rest OF the crew. and we rowed over
to the Crefeld. When we got on board
there. VIC found two other British crews
They were from the steamers strathroy
and Maple Branch. which had been cap
tured by the Karlsruhe on August 81 and
September s, respectively. From them we
got lot OF interesting information about
our captors and their methods Of doing
business.
The first thing we learned was that
there were three ships in the Karlsruhe's
squadron. The third. the German steamer
Rio Negro. came up a few hours later,
summoned by wireless from the Ksrls-
ruhe. 1t was a Hamburg American liner,
and had been lying in Santos when the
cruiser called t. 1t ran away without
stopping for clearance papers, and guess
will have an uncomfortable time of It II
It ventures into a Brazilian port again.
The Karlsruhe. we learned had the
J - A,,s Hnr ~
Strathroy with her for several days
There were forty-four in the Strathroy' =
! crew. but nearly all OF them officers.
! This was because she was manned by a
| Chinese crew, and they had been per-
| suaded-not too gently. / suppose-uo
volunteer for German service.
No Powder Wasted.
I'VE hung over the Crefell's rail and
watched proceedings. The Karlsruhe &
boats had gone back alongside the High
land Hope and were very busy. At
| o'clock in the afternoon they had finished
this organized footing and the Crefeid
and the Rio Negro received orders tu
steam on ahead while the cruiser scuttled
the Highland Hope. They hadn't the
slightest intention Of wasting any good
powder and shot on II. nor even q
| CndTke OF uynhinlVe. 80 Jney openen
its seacocks and stood by TO make sure
1t would 60 down ia proper shape. ..
I'VE cruised always in the same forma-
ton. which, by the way. We invariably
preserved, except when some fresh victim
was being attended to. The Karlsruhe
was in the center of the formation, with
a supply ship on either beam separatal
| so far we were barely in sight of It,
There must have been about twelve
miles between us. and its mastheads we've
,, Just barely in sight from our masthead
In that way the Karlsruhe covered an
ocean track of about thirty-six mills
with its dragnet, counting the range OF
vision from the supply ships on either
side
All Steamers Sunk.
II can surely testify that It was an eff
| fective method, for while we were
] prisoners on the Crefeld we saw 1t cap
ture no less than ten British merchant
men. From September II to October II,
when 1t took the Condor, II captured
eleven steamers. and in ono week, start
ing with the Farnhope, on October s,
1t captured seven boats, an average OF
one a day. Every one OF those ten
steamers, like the Highland Hope. was
sunk"
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