Omaha daily bee., 1916-03-06
GERMAN RAIDER
MOEWE LANDS IN
PORT WITH GOLD.
Completes Commerce Raiding Ex-
cursion Of Several Months with
Fifteen Ships to It's
Credit. i.
SINKS MOST OF IT'S PRIZES
Some Are Sent to Neutral Ports.
Among Them the Appam, Which
Landed at Newport News.
IRON CROSS FOR COMMANDER

BERLIN (Via London), March
bsThe German cruiser Moewe ar
rived today in a German port, ac-
cording to an afficial announcement
made here today. II had on board
1ss prisoners and 100000 marks
in gold bars.
The statement follows.
THE naval general staff states
that II. M. s. Moewe. Commander;
Captain Burgrave Count Won Dohua-
soholdien, after successful cruise
lasting several months, arrived today
at some home port with four British
officers, twenty-nine British marines
and sailors, Ice men OF crews OF
enemy steamers, among them 1Os
Indians. as prisoners and 100000 1
marks in gold bars.
The vessel captured the following
enemy steamers tine greater part of
which were sunk and a small part Of
which were sent as prizes to neutral
ports.
Prise List.
.'The British steamers Corhridge. sef7
tons Author. st0s tonss Trader. s.eOs
tons; Arriadne, a,csS tons; Dromonby
se1 tons; Farrinefcrd. s.ifs tons. Clan
MacTavish. 5.sis tons; Appann. 7.7si tons;
westburn. $500 tons; Horace ss1 tons;
Flamenco, Ae2o tonsi Saxon Prince, A47h
tons.
~The British sailing vessel Edinburgh.
LA tons.
THE French steamer Maroni, 2,le9 tons.
i'The Belsian steamer I,uxemboiirE, asa
tons
AT several points on enemy coast the
Nfoowe also laid mines to which. among
others. the battle ship King Edward VII
fell victim"
ordered 10 Meet kaiser.
LONDON. March b--An Exhanse reie-
graph telegram from Amsterdam says the
Moawe reached wilhelmshaven yesterday.
Count Won Dohna. the Noeweis COM
m6ndor, haa been awarded the Iron Cross
OF fha ofirat class and sths nenaperp or
the crew have reeeived the Iron Cross
OF the second ciaas. count Won Dohna
has been ordered 70 meet Emperor Will
liam At headquarters.
Two Unreported ships sank.
The Moowe's capture Of two Of the flf-
teen vessels listed by the German ad-
miraity has not been reported previously.
They are the Saxon Prince and the Ma
/ roni, both ofswhich were engaged IN tho
trans-Atisntio service.
The Saxon Prince. an tons gross s52
feet long and owned by the Prince line
Of New Castle. England. was built IN
Sunderland In 1899. II was last reported
on sailing from Norfolk February u, for
Manchester.
The Maroni sailed on February 10 from
Bordeaux for New York. II was built at
/ Port Du Bouc IN 1902, owned by the
scompagnie Generate Trans-Atlantiqu OF
Havre., and was s12 feet long. Of &1oo
tons grosu.
Performs Marvellous Feat.
The Moewe. previously made famous by
Its exploits. has performed one OF the
most spectacular feats OF the war on
the seas by reaching home port In
safety. The great German naval port OF
Wllhelmshaven IL on the North Sea,
which is patrolled with ceaseless vlsl-
lance by British warships II Is through
/ aAt4r WRITES Wutcn nave uttH DiOChou
off In districts for patrol by the differ
ent British units. that the Moewe must
have threaded its way to home and
safety.
At least part OF the gold captured by
the Moewe was taken from the Appam.
which put In at Newport News several
weeks ago under command Of Lieutenant
Berg with German prize crew.
Announcement was made in London on
January 10. that the British battleship
King Edward VII, had been blown up
by mine. The place at which the
disaster occurred was not revealed by the
British admiralty. 1t was said no lives
wer lost and only two men were In
Jured.
First Took Appam.
The Moewe first became famous when
the Appam reached Newport News with
a story which astonished the world. II
was learned that the commerce raider
had captured and sunk seven British
vessels in the main line OF traffic be-
tween South Africa and Europe In ad-
dltion 70 seizing the Appam. which had
been almost given up for lost.
The next heard OF the German raider
was on the arrival at Canary Islands
late last month Of the West Burn IN
charge Of German prize crew. 1t was
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