Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-26
Proceeds to Vicinity of For
trcss Monroe and Cruises
for Hour or More.
COMES WITHOUT PILOT.
AND GIVES NO WARNING
Satisfied With Investigation.
Warship Returns to Three
Mile Limit.
REPORT MADE TO WASHINGTON
VIM" No Violation Of International
Law. Procedure Is Regarded
as "Gnusual"

III as Unusual"
NORFOLK. VA. July o5.-rilo,lcss
ard without warning 10 United states
"Hlc!als ono of tho English cruisers
Wing or Cape Henry awaiting the an
r"arance II tho German subne-s,h,cs
deutschland aud Bremen. steamed
'hfouSh the Virginia capcs early to-
nar. rrocn eded 20 the vicinity OF Fort
fAfs 40 oe. cruiscd about for an hour
s'r more md then returned TO a poir;
!hsi outside the three-rl!le limit.
officers and members of the crews
- 'he United states wayship Louisiana
and tho collier Neptune were the only
government attaches 10 sight the ship
in 40 far as extended inquiry developed
Tonight A. Fortress Monroe /. was
SAID no report of the ship being soer
had necn made. and similar reports
cam" from governmen, officials along
The capes
DETAILED OFFICIAL REPORT
- MADE TO WAsIIINGToN
j detailed official report or the incl
cent was made 10 Washington to-nigh,
rs naval officers who saw the ship
Authorities here said that while the
en'Tance % American waters without
Warning was no violation OF any in
i"lna;ional law or regulation. tho pro-
edure was unusual"
The cruiser was not identified further
ban shc Is known 10 have been OF the
county class" This is a type OF three
| fGnne.ed English cruisers, OF which
here are nine. the Cumberland, Rer-
w.ck, Cornwall, Kent Sunolk. Donegal.
Monmouth. Essex aud Lancaster. Some
81 them were reported 10 have appeared
outside tho capcs when the Prinz Eitel
| friedrich sought refuge in Hampton
| Roads about a year ago. Each carries
/ rwenty-s!x guns, ranging from threcs
nch TO s!x-pounders and eiEhtcen-incl,
torpedo tubes. two OF which sub
| merged. They have a speed OF from
twcnty-three 70 tweuty-four knots.
Initial knowlcdg" OF the presence Of
,he cruiser IN American waters came
when an Officer on the Louisiana sighted
ii her about 500 yards behind him jus,
inside Cape Horny. She was carrying
stoaninE lights The Louisiana pro.
cscded slowly up the hay unit! near
Lynrhaven Roads. when she prepared
10 anchor, and then. noticing tho un-
ionttHed shin almost alongside. sig
D raied her, The cruiser then put out
aan-ot. war light and. upon being
prossed for hcl identity. signaled
British cruiser through the darkness.
A heavy fog ovcrshadowed the water
III the time the Louisiana officer was
unanlc 20 ma kn on; ;hc cruisers name.
soon after displaying her cruiser signal
tac 20 -ship mov"d on m the hay.
,nEws OF riLor BoATs
ra'l To SEE CRUISER
Nt-nhcrs or tn crews of the Vir-
tfrnla and Maryland pilot boats. which
lay ncar tho entrance OF Cape Henry.
said to-day that they did not see the
cruiser pass in or ont OF The capcs,
according 10 persons who saw the.
cruiser. she steamed 10 point half
wav between Th!mhlc Shoals AMI Fort
ross Monroe, about nfteen miles
] from the entrance to the capes. on
cials at the fortress tonight were in
cMned TO doubt this statement, how
even. IL was insisted there that il the
crrlser had moved TO that point she
would have been sighted by the look
Oh, AT the fortress.
How long the cruiser remained inside
/ the capes has not been determined. but
ii is believed 10 have been not more
| than two hours. Members of the crew
| Of Mrs. Clara Baldwin Stokers yacht
california tonight said they saw her
| about half mile ont from the Amer
lean shore shortly before o'clock this
morning. She came within a few hun
|, dred yards Of the California, they said
| aud incidentally, gave several German
. members OF the yachts crew fright
| Fearing that the craft was 10 be
| searched. they rctreated into the hold
4 Two German members Of the crew de-
\ serted Immediately on reaching Nor
| folk but they declared fear of the al
1 lied warships was not the cause for
\ their failure to continue with the yacht
| IL New York.
\ Apparently the commander OF the
| cruiser was satisfied with his invcsti-
| CATION of the lower Chesapeake, for to-
day the ship drew further away from
! the shore than have any OF the war
ships on patrol In many days