Evening star., 1915-03-11
BRITISH WARSFIIPS REPORTED
ON WATCH FOR PRINZ EITEL


many and her allies.
List Of Sunken Vessels.
The list of vessels sunk by the Prinz
Eitel as given out by Collector of Gus
toms Hamilton Is as follows:
British sailing ship Invercoe. W. ].
King. master; crew.. 23. Owner. Inver
line of Aberdeen, Scotland; sunk Feb
ruary IL.
British steamship Mary Ada Short. A.
p. Dobbing. master; crew. %. Owner,
James WestelI of Sunderland. England: !:
sunk February IS.
master; crew. IS: passengers. Sc. Own
ers. Companie Generate Trans-Atlan-
tique: sunk February 19.
British steamship Willerby. ]. Wedge
ner 4 Co. Of west Hartlepooi: sunk
February 90
Russian sailing ship Isabel Brown,
Axmar Erikson. master: crew. 13.
Owner. Tronbers. Finland: sunk Janu-
French sailing ship Pierre Lott.
TRANSPLANT. master: crew, "a. Society
Nouvelle Darmoment OF Nantes, France,
owners; sunk January. q.
American sailing ship William P.
Frye. H. H. Kiehne. master: crew.
thirty-one: owner, Arthur Sewall &
Co of Bath. Me: sunk January %;
cargo Of wheat from Seattle. Wash. to
Queenstown, England. for orders, de-
clared to be contraband by German
cruiser
French sailing ship Jacobsen, v. LIE
Roux. master; crew, twenty-three: {:
owner, Societe les voilers Dunquer-
quois. France: sunk January %.
Poor Hunting in Pacific.
Asked why the Eitel Friedrich left
fhA Do b4
came ashore, representing Commander
Thierichens, said:
Because we found little to do. We
we cruised about and saw nothing.
When we reached the south Atlantic
we had better luck. We were surprised
not to find British ships In the Allan
tic. 1t is true we heard British wire
less talking, and we were glad of that
no news. Then we got considerable
from British wireless, but the trouble
was it was all from the English side"
The German officer expressed surprise
reached shore and disclaimed all
knowledge of the battles OFF Chile and
the Falkland Islands.
I'VE were alone" he said, "and we
worked for ourselves. We did no fight
ing. but we sank every merchantmen
we could find.
"Of course. we should have attacked
any other converted vessel of our
class" he explained, but We had no
armor plate and SO we avoided war
ships"
Passengers aboard the Eitel stated
they were given every comfort and
consideration.
All in the Days Work.
The sinking of the Frye was regard
ed BY an officer as all in a days
work.
"She took the chance" he said, "she
was carrying contraband to the
enemy"
The captain of the Floride has tele-
graphed the Compagnie Generate
Transatlantique for passage to New
York for his passengers. From New
York they expect to be transported
to their respective South American
destinations. Not single piece Of
baggage was lost when the Floride
was sunk.
this port she might we'll have been
flying many flags. because she had on
board Germans, Frenchmen, Russians.
Englishmen. Irishmen. North Ameri-
cans, South Americans, Portuguese.
ships officers and crew being captives
of vessels which the cruiser had cap
tured and sunk in the waters of the
Pacific and the Atlantic. The cap
tives had been allowed to bring their
belongings on board.
Capt Thierichens reported no deaths
had occurred on board since the voy-
age began. He received Collector
Hamilton and his staff with cordialjty.
When the collectors party arrived the
officers were at luncheon in the saloon
and an orchestra played Germany's ma
tiona1 airs