The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-26


Leelanaw was stopped and that
when the German commander ascer-
tanned she carried flax, he declared
her cargo contraband and ordered
the crew to take to their boats. The
ship is reported to have been tor
pedoed before the crew had pulled
away.
Since the breaking up of the ice in
the White sea made it possible for
ships to enter Archangel, German
submarines have been lurking off the
Orkney Islands and the northwest
coast of Scotland, lying in walt for
ships passing to and from Russia's
only open port In the west. A num-
ber Of Russian and British ships, as
we'll as several of Scandinavian reg
istry that were carrying contraband,
have been sunk in the vicinity Of
Kirkwall
Well Known Ship.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, July &c.
The steamer Leelanaw reported tor
pedoed off Scotland, is well known
here where 1t piled the coal trade with
Puget Sound for ten years before be-
ing sold last February to the Hardy
company of New York and Galveston.
Oricials Of the Hill.Hubbel company,
former owners, stated today that the
Leelanaw went to Galveston in Feb
ruary and loaded cotton for Germany.
It later returned to New York and
Galveston and sailed from the lattar
port on May with cotton for Arch
angel.
BY German u Boat
LONDON. July 26.-shippins circles
today received report from Kirkwall
that American steamer Leelanaw had
been torpedoed and sunk by a Ger
man U boat off the northwest coast
of Scotland while enroute from Arch
angel to Belfast. The crew was land.
ed at Kirkwall, according to dispatches
from that port.
No Official News.
WASHINGTON, July 26. - The
Washington government had received
no information concerning the Lee.
lanaw at 1875 a. m. today.
It was confirmed at the navy de-
rartment that the Leelanaw was OF
American registry. Officials did not
attempt to conceal their anxiety at the
report Of its loss. but would not CON-
ment on the matter, pending the ar
rival of confirmation and details.
FIyno American Flag.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The freight
steamer Leelanaw was flying the
American flag when sunk. This state
ment was made today by A. H. Bull
and company, agents for the ship
which was owned by the Hardy Steam
ship Co.. the operating company OF
Harris-Irby Company, cotton mer-
chants of Is William street.
The Leelanaw was enroute to Bel
fast to discharge a cargo of flax and
to take on oil for fuel, when last re-
ported to her agents here. A cable
gram they received this noon said
the steamer was torpedoed and that
all hands we're saved.
The Leelanaw left Galveston May
( with a cargo of cotton destined for
Archangel, and sailed from New York
twelve days later. Though her car
go was consigned to Russian port,
she was stopped by British patrol ships
and taken into Kirkwall because the
cotton was consigned via Gothenburg
Sweden, the Swedish authorities hav-
ing prohibited the expectation Of cot
ton.
The steamer was released June 26,
with the understanding that she was
to proceed direct to Archangel. She
did so and started back to Belfast.
The Leelanaw, a steel screw steam
er, is owned by the Leelanaw Steam
ship company, of San Francisco. She
was built in 1856 at the New Castle
Eng, shipping yards and displaced l..