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

1874 tons. She Is ESQ feet long ana
has 36.5 foot beam. .
The Leelanaw is under American
registry from the port of San Fran
cisco. Lloyd's shipping registry lists
her captain as Myers.
Lloyd's offices here today had no
knowledge of the report Their rec
ords showed that the Leelanaw was
|enroute to British ports. None of the
officials knew If the steamer was I'M
der British charter or not.
Members Of Crew.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The mes
sage to the ships owners from Cap
tain F. B. Delk who lives at $40 South
Fifty-fourth street, Philadelphia, fol-
landed all safe, Kirkwall."
The following list of officers and
members Of crew was given out here
this afternoon: E. B. Delk, captain;
John D. LOnsdale, first mate, New
York; J. c. Houiona, second mate, Il
linois; John Miller, third mate, New
York; H. Klergenberg. carpenter, Mis-
souri,; John johnson, Quartermaster,
Sweden; Otto Corrasel, quartermas-
ter, Norway; c. A. Corrigan, boat
swain, New York; seamen: Henry
Kildahl. Norway; Matthew Mckinney,
Pennsylvania; Victor Peterson, Nor
way: Ole Tickle, Missouri; E. Berg
held, Sweden; Robt. Davis, chief en-
gineer. 222 Court street, Brooklyn; F.
| J. Coffyn, first assistant engineer, New
York; c. Weinerberg, second assistant
engineer, Pennsylvania; w. D. He'll
son, third assistant engineer, New
| York; A. J. Sage, oiler.s New York;
Manuel Meggio, oiler, Mexico; T. P.
Talley, oiler, North Carolina: Ferd E.
Wood, fireman, Arkansas; Carl John
son, fireman, Sweden: Oskar Garrel-
berg, fireman, Finland; Thos Olsen,
wiper, New York; James Farley, homo
Ireland, residence United States,
wiper; j. 3. Juskere, steward, Lon
don; Henry Irving, cook, Massachu-
sets: Fred Campbell, mess man, New
Jersey; Albert Hotes, messman. New
Jersey; Henry Oirsen, cabin boy. Hol-
land, R. T. Harris, purser, Missis-
sippi: wireless operator, Missouri; H.
! Gilsen, seaman, Norway.
Shocked at the News.
[By Chas. P. Stewart, United Press
Staff Correspondent
| WASHINGTON, July ga blow
between the eyes could not have
shocked Washington officials more
than the news today that a German
submarine had torpedoed and sunk
the American steamship Leelanaw.
At first they preferred to doubt the
story's Truth. But when it was con-
frmed, they maintained there might
be some adequate explanation. Plainly,
however. the feeling among them was
one Of deepest pessimism.
Gave Fair Warning.
| LONDON, July 26.-The American
owned steamer Leelanaw, flying the
American flag and carrying a crew
composed principally OF Americans,
was torpedoed off the Orkney Islands,
according to dispatches from Kirk.
wall today. The crew was saved In
the ships own boats.
Before sinking the vessel, the Ger.
man U boat commander exercised the
I"visit and search" required by the in.
iternational rules Of warfare, Kfrkwall
dispatches stated. If official reports
bear out this statement, attack on the
ILeelanaw probably will not precipitatc
a crisis between the United States
and Germany. The dispatches said
the submarine commander first as
sured himself that the steamer carried
contraband of war and then gave the
crew time to take to their boats. In
diplomatic circles here it was declared
the Leelanaw incident therefore be-
comes almost Identical with that OF
the American bark William P. Frye
sunk by a German commerce raider
and Is not of the same character as
the attack of the Lusitania, the repet-
ition of which America has warned
Germany would be considered DELHI
,erately unfriendly.
The Leelanaw was enroute from
iArchangel to Belfast after discharg.
ing cargo of cotton at the Russia,
port. She found it necessary to stop
at Belfast on her return to America to
take on a supply OF oil FOR fuel and
probably for this reason accepted a
cargo of flax from Archangel for Bel.
fast. Flax was considered contra
band of war by the German govern
ment in April. For that reason the Ger
man submarine commander apparently
was acting within his rights In destroy
ing the cargo but overstepped bounds
of international law in sinking the
steamer and setting the crew adrift
in oFen boats.
Mysterious Call for Help.
NEW york, July ga mysteri-
Gus S. o. S. call received at the Fire
Island wireless station caused much
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