Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-11

NEWPORT NEWS March 1o.-Tha
German auxiliary cruiser Prinz EiteI
Friedrich after marine-wrecking
securing OF Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
which eliminated in the sinking of an
American sailing ship in the South At
lantlc Ocean January IS. last, lImped
into this port to day and anchored for
supplies and repairs. She brought with
her rescued crews and passengers OF
American, British. French and Rus
Sian ships. and lies at anchor tonight
In Hampton Roads. proud OF her
trophies of war that crunch the bottom
OF the sea. but in n state OF mechanical
exhaustion from the train OF 5000
mile journey
The German cruiser began her scout
Ing for the ships of enemies of tho
father!and mt Tsingchau, China, last
| Novcrnber under mastership of Com
| mnndcr Thierichens, and put into this
historic American port to-day with the
admitted sinking of eight merchant
ships. three British three French. ono
| Russian and one American The sink
Ing Of the American ship, the William
| T. Frye. sailing vessel, bound from
| Seattle to Queenstown. with 55, 900 tons
| or wheat. most concerned American port
officials here and the Washington gov
| ernment.
LONG LIST OF VICTIMS
| Of I<AIsER'S CRUISER
Tho list OF ships sunk by the Cor
man ship is as follows:
British sailing ship Invercoe, w. T..
King, master; crew, %. Owners, Inyer-
line. Of Aberdeen. Scotland. Sunk Feb
ruary 1c.
British steamship Mary Ada Short.
a. II. Doooing. master; crew. %. Owner.
'"'ies Westeil. OF Summerland, Eng
land. Sunk February 49,
French steamship Florida. Monssco,
master; crew. rs: passengers, Sc. own
ers. Companie Generate translation
tipuc. Sunk February 10.
British steamship Willerby. 7
Wedgewood, master; crew, 81. Owners.
Ropner & Co, of West HartlepooI
Sunk February 90
Russian sailing ship Isabella Brown,
AXmar Eriksson, master: crew, Is.
Owner, Tronborg, Finland. Sunk Jani,
airy 81.
French sailing ship Pierre Lott Tran
chant, master. crew, "a. Society Nou-
vclle Darmoment. OF Nantes, France
owners. Sunk January 81
American sailing ship William Il.
Frye, I'll. H. kiehne. master; crew. 81.
owner Arthur Sewall & Co, of Bath.
Maine. Sunk January 2S. Cargo OF
wheat from Seattle, Washington to
Queenstown. England. for orders de-
clared to be contraband by German
cruiser.
French sailing ship Jacobsen ". lie.
RouN. master; crew. 23. Society Les
Foilers Dunkerquois, France Sunk
January 2S.
OBVIOUS THAT VESSEL
WILL INTERN FOR WAR
Collector of Customs Norman Il.
Hamilton said tonight 1t was obvious
that the Prinz Eitel Friedrich would
intern here. Commander Thierichens
told Collector Hamilton 1t was not his
Intention to take coal only here, and
that he had no idea OF leaving port
within twenty-four hours. Command
er Thtertchens further advised the coll
| lector that the boilers OF his vessel
wero in bad condition. and that repairs
under six weeks would be Impossible.
fie said. under these conditions. tho
vessel would be interned. unless per-
mission could be had to remain hero
until repairs were made. Every iudi.
cation points to the. fact that the shin
Is here to be interned until the end
OF the war.
Collector Hamilton informed Com
mander Thlerichens IL he had arrived
for coal, the Prinz Eitol Friedrich