The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-12
SEA RAIDER EvADES .ENEMY'S WARSHIPS
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The Kronprinz Wilhelm was being coaIed and provisfoned today. Com mander Thierfe1der of the Kronprinz Wilhelm asked for coal and provisions for three days, Before she began talk l ing on coal and supplies the kron- bring had only 25 tons of coal, and scanty provisions for the crew of 800 men and 61 prisoners from British merchant ships destroyed by her Tn the South Atlantic.
 Captain Thierfelder had been giv- | en 24 hours in which to leave port unless he needed coal provisions ana time to make repairs He was un- able to determine what repairs would be needed and naval officers VIII make an examination.
 whether the Nonprinz Wilhelm make another dash to get outAoe could not be learned. Nearly thou sand prisoners were taken. ms Wss 1 accomplished with only four guns, l two taken from the German cruiser I Karlsruhe and two captured from a | British merchant vessel
 The Kronprinz Wilhelm was fore ed to come into port because of an 1 outbreak of the dread beri-berf and l for supplies and repairs. Sixty-siX l of the crew and prisoners. it was said, l were to be taken to hospitals today They include 6 I members Of the Br1- tfsh steamers Tarnar and Celeby' sunk recently.
 One hundred and fifty tons of coal. 50 tons of fresh water and three days supplies of fresh meats, fruits and veeeta bles were loaded on barges dur ling the night and were alongside the 1 cruiser at sunrise. These supplies were allotted the raider by Collector Ham IiI4on after conference with the W Washington authorities.
 Arrange1nents were also under way today for removal from the ship of 0l British sailors taken by the Kronpr1rz ] Wilhelm from the steamships Tamar and Coleby, destroyed in the South Att Iant1c.
 1 \ Lieut. Commander Thierfelder of the cruiser has asked for time to sur vey his ship and to submit to exam l ination by board of United States naval officers before making formal lreouest as to the time he wishes to re- main in American waters for full sup l plies and repaifs. His machinery af- Iter the % 5days voyage ffom New good condition, evidenced by the fact Jthat the ship was able to make at least l 8 knots an hour Saturday night and, Sunday morning in her dash Into Hampton Roads to evade hostile var ships.
 All was ship-shape on board the l Wilhelm at sunrise today, officers and sailors in their queer-looking gray uni forms Of Trench army cloth, captured form the steamer GuadeIoupe, present.
 
 undisturbed nights rest in eight months of persistent and elusive oper-. afions on the high seas.
 It was a long voyage from New York to Newport News. . said Lieut.. a-Vrneke iof the Kronpri11zg VVila elm, .sbut it was a pleasant voyage and in all that time we never touched land I Always we were on the great big ocean and now at last we have arrived. Two i hundred and 55 days from New York la- H-- q s.. only 25o miles; wonder what can be the matter with this ship.
 The officer smiled at his little joke.
 Sinking by the Wilhelm Of the neutral Norwegian bark Senantha promIsed today to present an in- ternationaI case similar to that pre- Eeipitated by the sinking of the Ameri- l can bark William P. Frye by the I German raider Prtrz EsiteI Friedrich noW interned here The Samantha was loaded with wheat for England.
 s'The Norwegian ships cargo was eontraband of war, said Lieut. War nel1e when asked about the destnuc- 1 ton of this neutral ship today. ss9There was no alternative for us. The cargo of wheat was worth far more than the ship itself and from the j @hi p's papers we found that the wheat
 
 Inent What could we do2 We had to destroy her.,
 investigation is being made of | the conditions under which the Kron- 'i prlnz Wilhelm slipped out of New York harbor August 3. last. it being T reported that she did not have proper clearance papers when she made her dash as 1t now develops under di- irect orders from the German gov ernment- Should 1t be found that the ship sdid not secure clearance papers she would be subject to pains and penalties for violation of the .j customs law of the United States.
 The s1 prisoners now on board the Kronprina Wilhelm still were cooped up in a space on the upper deck and guarded by armed sailors Efforts 4 to talk to the prisoners were pre- vented by the guards but later today they will be brought ashore
 A newspaper, taken on board and
 offered to one who begged for it ir
 order 10 get news from home, was eonfscated by an ofacer Several o1 the prisoners including Captain Creighton, of the Coleby. and Chied Fl Officer Mathews Of the Tamor asked
 tha- tcabIe messages be sent to their farnilities in England but before the addresses could be secured the guard interyened and newpapermeD were r ordered from that part. Of the ship The crew of the Kranprinz Wilhelm
 is composed almost entirely os per
 sons who are naturalized Americans
 who have lived in the United States
 for many years. Some of them are
 former members of the crew of the United State battleshfp Kearsage and
 of the German cruiser Karlsruhe transferred to the Kronprinz in the i, South Atlantic. Several others were members of the crews of ships sunk t by the auxiliary cruiser.