Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-12

Odenwald, held up by the United
States at San Juan, Porto Rico. several
weeks ago. He made no direct reply.
but declared the action on the part of
the L nited States in denying clearance
to the OdenWald was the worst thing
America had DONE
Got News by Wireless.
"Why did you Americans not give
clearance to the Odenwald?" he ask
ed. I'VE heard all about it by our
wireless. We did not need any news
papers. We have good wireless ap-
paratus aboard all the time, and Sir
Edward Grey kindly sent us several
new sets when we needed them
Lieutenant Warneke said that most
of the passengers and sailors taken
from British and other allied ships
We're sent from time to time by German
ships to Buenos Aires. Rio De Janeiro,;
Pernambuco and Santos. Three hum
dred and sixty from the French steam
PernambucO. =
Short Of Coal. a
Several weeks ago, the officer said,
the Prinz Wilhelm was getting short OF
coal and supplies and some of her
crew and prisoners were afflicted with
beri-beri, caused by lack Of vegetable
food. The Germans had hoped to get
supplies from the German ship Mace
donia, which was reported to have es-%
capped from Las Palnas several weeks
ever, had been captured by British ves-'
sels. This hope gone, they steamed
north through the middle of the Atlan-i
tic and Ire in touch with events
TRANSPORTING regarding the Prinz EiteI
Friedrich.
1t was reported tonight that the
cruisers original destination was New
York, but that warnings were givenA
not to attempt to make that port
Although officers would not admit it,,
Inn iS n
| waiting far out in the ocean off this
port until the Eitel Friedrich was in-i
| termed. AS soon as this news reached.
| her, she was ordered to creep in;
through the allied ships off the Vir-
g1nia coast, should they remain there.
Could Hear Hostile Wireless.
That four were off the capes last,
night was asserted by several of the
Prlnz W1lhelm's officers. One of them
/ declared they were so close that the
sputter1ng OF the wireless on the Brit
lsh and French vessels could be heard
| about O'Clock this morning.
| A member of the crew of the Prinz
| Welhelm, who was formerly in the :.
! United States, declared the crew wit |
| messed an encounter between the
haflsruhe and the British cruiser Bris- !
When off the Bermudas," he said,
the British cruisers Bristol, Suffolk
ana BerW1ck came up and we were
| 1OrceQ TO run.
While the Karlsruhe was engagingi
! the Brlstol we were steaming straight;
| away We made 26 knots in that flight
| ana we never heard from the Karlsruhe
/ aIter that except once. Our last mes
sage from her told US that the Bristol
nad been damaged and was making
Ior some port for repairs and that the
| karlsruhe had been only slightly dam
i aged and no one had been killed We
lAen en- nesan oud cruise as a warsbip.
F1rst we got the Indian Prince and:
then the LaCorrentina. We did not
take another prize until November IL.
| when fe overhauled the coal laden
French bark Union. We needed that
coal badly, too, and piled it On to our
deck, drawing rooms and first class
cabin.
How She Got Coal.
j On November 21, we captured and
sank the French steamer Anne De
bretasne- On December II, just as
our coal supply again was running
short, We captured the British steam
er Bellevue, which was had about A.
900 tons of coal. Our next prize was
me french steamer Mont Agel. On
december 2S, we overhauled the Brit
ism steamer Hemisphere and from her
secured 5000 tons of coal This en-
aoled us TO proceed without any fear
OF running short of fuel
l our next capture was the British
steamer FOtaro, which we sent down
| oa-4uly ~: On January IA we came
upon the British steamer Highland
Brae: In addition to a crew of 81.
she had aboard 81 passengers, We
, took stores from her, transferred the
crew and passengers to the Wilhelm
and sent the steamer to the bottom
!, On the same day we overhauled the
British sailing ship Wilfred NJ. She
was loaded with fish and potatoes and
we secured much provisions
: Sank One Neutral Ship,
: The Norwegian sailing ship Sa-
mantha, the only neutral ship we sank
on our long voyage, was overhauled
February 8.
Crew at the Guns.
Describing the dash of the Prinz
Wilhelm into Hampton Roads, the
narrator said: After we had arriv-
, ed off the Virginian capes. a little to
the north, 1 think. we turned due west 81
and put on all possible steam. We
started about Z O'Clock Saturday ev-
ing. From that time until O'Clock
this morning we ploughed the sea at
a rate rariously estimated from 22
; to 25 knots. All lights were out and
1t was an anxious time for US. All
hands were on deck and the crew. at
the guns. We had heard Of the in
ternment of the Prinz Eitel and we
judged that the enemy ships off the
capes might not be so vigilant In
TACT we heard that some of the ships
mad steamed south, but we got near
! er the wirele less told US that they
were still in this vicinity
; Lieutenant Captain Thierfelder said
tonight he hoped to be able to leave
port but the general belief here Is
that the Kronprinz Wilhelm will IN
! terne.