The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-14

reached there that the surrender Of
Warsaw to the Germans is immiennt
No such claim has been made by the
Germans themselves and military ex
perts here scout the idea, asserting
that Warsaw is in less danger now
than at any time for several weeks.
Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 11-Reports
reaching here tonight say that the
German battle cruiser Won Der Tam
which was recently reported as leav
ing Helgoland to reinforce the Ger
man squadron OF Admiral Won Spec
has been sunk with all on board in a
battle with the British battle cruiser
Invincible.
According to the latest report re-
ceived here, the Invincible was un'
hurt and has reached port.
Battle Reported OFF Brazil Coast
The message says the battle took
place off Pernambuco, Brazil. The
first report reaching here said that
both the Invincible and the Won Der
Tam had been sunk in the battle.
invincibIe "StI' AfIoat."
Later, however, the Brazilian gov
eminent received message by wire
less, which said that the Won Der
Tam was sunk and that the Invinci-
BILE was still afloat. Whether there
was any loss Of life on the British
warship was still unknown
Government Without Details.
All that has reached here is wire
less dispatch which tells of the bat
tie and the government is still with
out details.
The Won Der Tam was one of the
German battle cruisers which was
built at Hamburg in 1909. 1t was oo2
feet long, fully armored, with a beam
of SO feet and a displacement of 49,
600 tons.
Won Der Tam Speedy Cruiser.
Its speed at it's trials was q knots
an hour. Its armament was Krupp ar
NOR, complete belt about Is feet
wide, for about three-quarters of its
entire length. 1t carried 10 II Finch
as calibre) guns in pairs in turrets,
fnvuy vi ftI0 inr Il T.:
and two aft; 10 inch guns and Is
24-pounders. In addition there were
four torpedo tubes. The Won Der
Tam carried crew of go men.
Briton Outranged German.
The Invincible was the first of it's
class to be laid down, it's sister ships
being the Inflexible and the Indomi-
table. The Birth cruiser outranked
the German in battery power it's main
battery being made up of 8 12-inch
guns, with carrying power of about
one and one-half miles more than the
Won Der Tam. 1t went into commits
sion in 1907 and had a displacement
of 1920 tons. It's secondary battery
comprised four-inch guns 1t carried
a crew of $50 men.
On Way 40 Join Won Specs Fleet.
The German battle cruiser Won Der
Tam, according to reports received
here early in December, was on its
way to join Vice Admiral Graf Won
Specs squadron. This squadron,
which sank the British cruisers Good
hope and Monmouth off the Chilean
coast on Nov. l., encountered a Brit
ish fleet under Rear Admiral Sir
Frederick Sturdee on Dec. 8 off the
Falkland islands. The German ar
mored cruisers Scharnhorst and
Gneisenau, and the light cruiser
Nurnberg were sunk. The light
cruiser Dresden escaped and is still
at large. Admiral Won Sec went
down with his flagship, the Scharn-
horst.
Reported in Scarborough Raid.
The reported leaving of the Won
Der Tam to join the German squad
ron in the south Atlantic was the last
news Of the German battle cruiser IN.
til tonight's dispatch, with the excep-
ton of London dispatch on Dec. II
regarding the naval fight off the
Yorkshire coast between the German
cruiser squadron and the British de-
stroyer flotilla following the German
bembordment of Scarborough, Whit
by and Hartlepeel. In this dispatch,
statement was made that the Won
Der Tam was one of the German YES
sells engaged in the bombardment OF
the towns and the later engagement
with the destroyer flotillas.
Mystery Regarding Whereabouts.
There has been much mystery re-
garding the whereabouts of the Won
Der Tam and recent reports placed it
with the Karlsruhe south of the West
Indies.
Pernambuco, Brazil, off where the