The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-03-20
OESTROYEDU. S.SH|P|
GERMAN CRUISER SUNK AMERi.
CAN VESSEL AFTER SAVING
THE CREW.
RAIDER AT NEWPORT NEWS
PrInx EItei Friedrich 10 In Need Of Re-
pairs. and suppIIes-ownsrs Of soat
Declare Il Carried Cargo Of Wheat
NO contraband Was on Board.

Washington, March ia most
searching inquiry will be made and
whatever action IL taken will be based
upon the result of that inquiry"
President Wilson issued this state
ment on Thursday regarding the sink
ing OF the American sailing ship VIII
liam p. Frye by the German auxiliary
cruiser Prinz Ethel Friedrich. The
president bok the initiative in direct
ing the investigation and will have a
personal hand In It. That the United
States will call on Germany for proper
amends and reparation for the sinking
Of the American ship was the consen-
sus OF official and diplomatic circles
In Washington.
Washington, March 1.-THE Ger
man cruiser Prince Eitel Friedrich
arrived at Newport News on Wednes-
day, bringing the captain and crew
of the American grain vessel William
p. Frye. which the German warship
sunk at sea on January q.
The owners of the vessel have
claimed that she carried no contra
band Of any kind. Official and diplo-
matte headquarters were much per-
turbed over the matter, but nobody
was willing to make any comment
until the facts are fully established.
The customs officers at Seattle
wire that the manifest of the William
P. Frye. which was loaded there. show
that she carried 1852 bushels Of
wheat.
The Frye sailed from Seattle on No
vember for Queenstown and Fal-
mouth. She passed Tatoosh, Wash.
the next day and had not been heard
from since. The Prince Eitel Fried
rich officers report that, on the ground
that she was carrying contraband OF
war. the warship stopped the Frye in
the South Atlantic on January q,
took OF Captain Kiehne. his wife and
crew, and then sunk the freighter.
The Frye was valued at $4,000
and her cargo at $280,000.
The Prinz Eitel Friedrich put in at
Newport News. presumably for coal
and supplies. She also is said to be
In need of repairs and may intern
here. She is reported to have 326
French and Russian prisoners Of war
aboard. One report, which was I'M
confirmed, has 1t that the big steamer
was chased to the mouth Of Chesa-
peake bay by British cruiser.
Immediately after she dropped an
Choir the coast guard cutter Onondaga
went alongside. While at sea the Ger
man cruiser has been painted White
on one side and black on the other.
The Prinz Eitel Friedrich started
out on her career as warship from
Using Tao. She formerly was q regu-
lar liner of the North German Lloyd.
She reached Using Tao shortly after
the outbreak of hostilities and the Ger
man marine authorities at that port
equipped her with naval guns and
turned her into an auxiliary cruiser.
She carries a crew Of $50 men and
officers.
The cruiser sailed from Using Tao
before the Japanese attacked that port
and early in November she was report
ed on the western coast of South
America, where for several months she
has been active in the pursuit Of Brit
ish and French shipping. One Of her
exploits was the sinking early in De-
cember of the British steamer Charcas
OF Chile.