Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-24
American Vessel Fails to
Follow Instructions
of Germany
C0LLlDES WITH A MINE
ship Carrying Cargo of 4.60O
Bales Cotton From Charles
ton for Bremen.

LONDON. Frs. zs-WtH r4brra--
l--s Hrg r.rea. the sitlat.cr In wat
e-E ar5lrs Crest Britain continues @
fl-r.sr fresh deVciopr1cnts. INVOLVING
s7.es sf rrltra'a botr iu Europe and
A~--.eE. Trc American steamer Car
I1 .s.fr a 1ailasje cargo. 1aa gore 90
tr- asEfsr1 and t0s British steamers
Fas- been t9-pe1s=d ir the last -
beers.
Ez a prs-a4tis1 England rzs eiss.a
ere -rs-4~ee 90 trr irish channel. e.
e.stTg a narrow strip near t-= coast.
.r ar=r there ls raNgatIs1 only IN
ezf a-t Seaud iuavar countries.
as sr have already lest four srips
1Fr trf.ra hard 81 hnd sslutien-
IRE Eress 81 trr American steamer
cars. sunk b. q mine OF tre German
ss4st ia rsssrtca from German
sources 90 have beer saved. sgt t--
ar-reassgts o. tHs sailors is a r1yE-
t-~F
q e-rnn s.spstsH says t1e American
vice consul az grcr-cn1ay-r crz'a ares
o. Hsmsrrs 5f enc crew ~ s-- Amer
la1 steamer Cariu. sunk yesterday.
arrr saved
lrasbl1afGa. q. O., ,-Fe5 The o-i-
etaI notice 5f the sinking OF the Ameri-
can steamer Cari1 has been received
tEe state department from ameri-
raE Wuiater FsuDyse at The Hague
rrr Carib fs reported to have tcen
sTIs Ig che North sea outside the
rl.rs prescribed by German iustruc-
farF
Berlin Feb. ef (vla London. The
American steamer Cari5 has gone t1
f.. bottom OF the German coast iu
rE- E1rti sea. as q result % running
OIL mine. At the time o. the disaster
5l tHs Ccr.5 the vessel vas not using
f route laid down lr the German
rrr.r. .rstrurti1us.
sew YORK Feb. "a The Cari5 Was
formerly owned by the clyde Line
a~t vas recently sold By them 90
Walker. Armstrong a. Co OF savannah.
CO. She was 90 ESQ ton burden and
..r Charleston Jan. 20 for Bremen
uIr. cargo OF cotton. She mad a ca-
rlars of $500 bales Her crew 81
-I men, commanded by capt F. l.
Cole. which manned the vestsI 90 the
-ra aae vas sold Was retaiaed by the
r.r owners. fr was said at the clyde
Dine Offices. The Carib was built iu
I..- as Port GLASGOW. Scotland
Germans Torpedo OrEby-
Ia-IHr. FEB. g. - The British I
steamer O1Eby was torpedoed by .
German submarine on Rye yesterday
T.. creE was rescued hy a fishing
smack Tho loss of the Oakby appa-- I
elHg was mentioned iu dispatch /
sreU t.gdd. England last night though .
t.s Hlme was not mentioned. The .
Dispatch referred to the torDedoins ot .
tE1 r-.ff or Tasting one sank. .
lg t.e crew was saved The other .
VA. .a r sinking condition
British Collier TSroesoed-
HerIn. zen. zf-it is officially an .
ragr-ed that tho British transport No .
f12 VAS sunk by a German submarine .
cG G-acly Head yestsrtfay afternoon
FEe aauounc-meut spparcrtiy refers
sr tr- British collier. BTanksoms
Ct.re. which. according 20 SsWhav-
sr. ElEIaEd. dispatch. vas sunk By +.
nine rr torpedo iu the EuEiish chan
0e. CD niles southeast o. Beachy Head
yesterday. The crew landed az car
Gr.
Britain petains Norwegian Il
LorGoa. FEB. 2f-The NORWEGIAN
s,sEnrr vItaua. from Ssw NorS for
Rotterdam. With a cargo % meats
f-1n Chfrae8. loaded uuder the super
vision ~ fk~ rg-ffisN consul az Nes