The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-13
SECOND GERMAN RAIDER TO PUT INTO NEWPORT NEWS FOR
 SUPPLIES.
HAD A THRILLING TRIP
Hostile 5attleships We're All Around When the Captain Decided to Make the Dash Between Them-Reache Port Without Mishap

Newport News, Va. April 12.-The German merchant raider Kronprinz Wilhelm by orders of the Washing ton government will not be permitted to go into dry dock at the ship yard here until Lieut. Captain Thierfelder. her commander has made formal re- quest in writing for time to complete such repairs as he deems necessary to make his vessel seaworthy.
 Captain Thierfelder told Collector of Customs Hamilton tonight that he probably would make his formal re- quest tomorrow Meanwhile the kronprinz remains at anchor in the James river When examined late to. day experts from the Newport News Shipbulding and Drydock Company found the ship was leaking slightly. with her boilers in bad condition Un- officially it was learned that the yes sel will require much attention be- fore she can be made seaworthy. This was taken to indicate that the ship eventually may be forced to intern.
 The German captain, however, is insistent that he must hasten to re- pair his ship and return to the high seas.
 Captain Thierfelder tonight told of his dash for Newport News after de- stroying the British steamer Coleby on March 27
 We started north from the equator snort of coal and provisions" said Captain Thierfelder We also had sick sailors aboard, afflicted because of too much rice diet and lack of fresh vegetables. We hoped to meet mp with German supply ships but un- fortunately none turned up. What became of them ! do not know except We saw from the shelter of overhang- ing clods one collier we had expected. being chased by two British cruisers, which fortunately could not sight us
 Unfortunately we also on our trip
 
 up with any merchant ships from which we could get coal and supplies In this situation it was necessary for us to get to port and also to a dry dock. and picked out Newport News as the place to come.
 As we came up we continually heard the British warships talking on the wireless. It seemed on some days and nights that there were as many as eight warships within a radius Of a few hundred miles. But we kept on due nOrthward. running as rapid ly as we could with our ship dark ened at night One night we heard the exchange of news about the Prinz Eitel Friedrich being at New port News. Thereafter we heard in. formation about the 1itel every night But suddenly a few nights ago we got the news from the British wire less that the Prinz Eltel mad been in termed
 Immediately all this talking be- tween the British warships ceased. We presumed from this that the fleet of warships was breaking up and on Saturday night we decided to bolt in for the Virginia capes With all lights out we started at top speed but had not gone far when we again picked up the wireless of the allied warships But we kept on As we got nearer the coast it seemed to Us from the signals that there were as many as three British warsrhips and one French ship within distances from three to fifty miles of us. One ship seemed dangerously near as we approached the capes. At daybreak we were safe within the capes and took aboarl a pilot who steered Us here"
 From other sources it was learned that the collier mentioned by Captain Thierfelder was believed to have been the Macedonia, which was re- ported to have put out from Las Palmas about two weeks ago
 Captain Thierfe'der denied state. ments made by British prisoners aboard his vessel that tine Kronpriuz ever was in wireless communication with the Prinz Bite while the latter was in port here or before that time, official inquiry was made concern ing these reports. The commander | declared he had tried repeatedly after