Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-13


And the French crew left on the Easter
! Islands which are visited only occa-
. SionnllN. may be left indefinitely be-
] fore help arrives for them At one
INN" the foreign crews aboard the Ger
! man consisted Of Turks Arnhiuus
| Portuguese, French. Belglans (passcn
| Srrs) Scotchmcn. Irishmen, English.
Americans, Danish. Norweglnns, Swedcs
! Russians and Flanders. a motley crew
indeed.
AMERICAN FLAG RETURNED
TO CAPTAIN IIIEIlNE
hahE OF 'hcm ware debarkcd at va
/ flouS places, but always since ,h,, day
! the i'rin2 Eitcl Friodtr rich sank her
: iirst victim. there were rurcigncrs anx-
ioUsiS pacing her decks and signing
Tor Il sight OF land and glimpse of
/ home. But in all the stress ard ,,;,nuers
II Is 10 the credit of the Germans ac-
cordinS To Mr.. Davis that they treated
b their prisoners well and gave them
| every comfort they could spare And
/ when Captain kirhHc demanded that
! MS nag De returned to him under pen
ATTY mat serious difficulties might en-
! sue, The German commander returned
it.
Only when tho enemy wireless was
| heard crossing The seas were the pris-
ohoIs nut tn Inconvenience, and then
! ii' me hoarse guiturui of the Germans
/ they were order below and forced Ia
remain In darkness until the peril had
passed uStcrn.
! When ships were halted said MIR
i,hNIs, al the navigation Instruments
! Inc ships papers and he. cargo if nt
use We're taken The German con-.
mhnder made formal report Of every
/ sup SUNK by him. gave the exact loca-
/ non and Photographed the ships be-
! Tore thcy went down. The photo
! graph or the William H. FRYE appear
! Ing in The Times Dispatch to-day ,yns
/ taken by "a lieutenant ot ihr priny site,
/ FTiederich, with the aid of Mr. Davis.
Just before the two bombs finished her
career, ana after all on board had been
! removed
itiENRED I'itOM SEST"rII.
! WITH CARGO or WHEAT
| The William L. Frye cleared from
! seattle ON October /, ial4 hound for
queenstown for orders which means ;Hat
She was tn receive information as ~ the
| iinal destination OF her cargo i'm the
| Irish port She had nm uucycntful
! voyage, and rounded Cape Horn with
| ont Incident. She Travelled on inc usual
! track az all sailing vessels. ANA was
/ or 'he coast Of Argentine wh,n, on
! me morning OF February y? the PrinZ
! f;it"I Friedrich was sightvdl just
above the horizon. The German
! cruiser came on at full speed. and
nailed the American FROM The starbour,i
/ now NJ hrst II was thought that she
! was Japanese vessel, ana then that
she was British steamer. ready to
| report the position OF the American.
! When Two miles away the German .,i!yt.
the international sigma 10 stuu iu-
stantIy, which no 81 r-ntu
obey. Captain kiehenc brought his
'rase! 10, and WAS uo.l.u.u
man ofiicfrs ana II crow WAC asked
Tor ms manifest and questioned him
as To his destination
Al hrat the German commander WAS
/ disposed 20 jGttiSOE only - portion Of
/ i'm.
| 10 SiVc sufficient ballast that the
american might make purt IN safety
| ron after Ton was jctt!suncd hui Tho
work was slow, and in the meantime
IN" German Ind 10 leave to sink
another vessel, and II was dangerous
TO stand by until the rryes cargo was
4 hurled into the sea
RISK VIOLATION on
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Then 1t was that, afraid to remain
! longer where he might be found by an
enemy warShip, the German decided 70
RISK = violation of international law ana
! OF enforced PREPARATION Ivy his goyrru-
| mcnt by sinking the ship al o'clocl<
| IN the morning prcparatious We're begun
| 10 leave Ut daylight. and at Z o'clock
the crew left the doomed ship in life
! boats and rowcd To the commerce do
stroyer II quarter Of II mile away.
! Ia the meantime all the Americans
lavailablc cargo ,includng dogs pet rab-
bits and chickens. mad been taken
! aboard the German cruiser. Two Ger
inan Officers and n crew remained
aboard TO set the bombs. At 7:l5 o'clock
the bombs were placed. and from
his quarterback Captain Thicrichuns
watched for the effect
Captain Kiehne and his officers
leaned against the taffrail. looking
upon the proud vessel as She tossed
about in the idle sea. All her sails