The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-14
THREE WEEKS WILL BE RE CURED TO MAKE THE GERMAN
 RAIDER sEAWoRTHY.
ALLIES SHIPS TAKE UP WATCH
Rumor That Karlsruhe Had Been De- stroyed Denied by Members of kronprnz, Who Say They Had
 Been in Communication With Her.

Newport News. Va. April ls Lieut. Captain Thierfelder command CT of the German converted cruiser Nronprinz WInelm. delivered to Col. lec,or of Customs Hamilton late to. day formal request for time to re- pair luis ship in this port.
 The request was made in lette.s which were forwarded to the secre- tary Of the treasury and their con tents were not diyulged while it was understood the German commande~ asked for three weeks as q maximum. He stated he would make every ef- fort to complete temporary repairs and to leave port before that time.
 lt was learned that the stipulations related only to temporary repairs. as Ia thorough overhauIng of the Will .neIm would require months.
 Captain Thierfelder did not request coal and provisions, explaining that he would do this when inc Wrofhlng- ton government had d&cLd~h IioN4 long he Way remain in neutral wa ters t E understood lis request in- clnded petition for permission to 20 into drydock immediately Until this is granted the merchant raider must remain at anchor in the James river. UnofficialIy the captain of the Kron- prinz Wilhelm urged that action re- garding his ship be expedited and in this connection asked the state de- partment through the German em- bassy to have the naval board make an examination at once
 While opinion prevails here that the Wilhelm will never leave this pot until the close of the war, Commando CT Thierfelder insists that the mer- chant raider must return to the RTgf seas even if she is forced to run the gauntlet of allied warships off the capes
 We must get ont" he said again today We got in and we can get out The fact that warships of the enemy are waiting for us must not deter us. They might sing us but that has no fears for me"
 Dr. Joseph Godberger of Washing- ton, at the request of Surgeon Gen eraI Rupert Blue of the bureau of public health service, today examined the beri beri patients aboard ship. pr. Goldberger found about 95 cases. He returned to Washington tonight.
 One French warship and one Brit lsh cruiser were sighted tolay off the Virginia capes by pilots who brought ships into port The French war ship was believed to be the Condo. She was lying about five miles out. Later in the day a British cruiser, believed to be the converted Caronia. was sighted The pilots brought a report they received from merchant men that the British knew the Kron- prinz had steamed north from the equator several weeks ago and that she was believed to be in American waters. The pilots declared that wig Hence outside the capes seemed to be greater for outgoing than for in- coming vessels. One of them said an Italian vessel which he recently piloted from this port was boarded by officers from a British warship IS she passed ont of the three-mle limit The Italian ship, he said, bore a re- semblance to the Etel Friedrich and was boarded for that reason
 Late tonight it was reported that while two allied warships were guard ing the Virginia capes four or five others were spreading out in the AL lantic in search of another German sea raider This served 10 revive n- terest in the German cruiser Karl sruhe, which has been several times reported destroyel
 officers and members of the Will he ms crew asserted today that they did not believe the Karlsruae had been sunk or beached, One declared the Karlsruhe had been heard from since she last was reported destroy ed. A member of the crew stated the Karlsruhe last summer destroy ed a British naval base al Brilge- town, Barbados island, and that de tails of the exploit were never re. vealed