The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-11-02

London, Oct. 3l.-A private telegram
received at the American consulate this
afternoon from Crook Haven says that
a number Of Americans were drowned
when the British steamer was torpe-
doed by a German submarine.
Washington. Oct. 31.-Destruction OF
the British horse transport Marina by
q German submarine without warning.
with possible loss Of American lives
and the e~ndangering of the lives OF
seven American citizens in the German
submarine attack On the British
freighter Rowanmore, reported from
Queenstown today by American Consul
Frost, contain possibilities Of revivins
the submarine issue between the Uni
ted States and Germany. Officials re-
alize investigation may disclose there
has been no violation OF the German
pledges to the United States.
Nevertheless, the first reports, incom-
plete n transmitted by the Ameri-
can consul as PROVISIONAL" caused
The report on the destruction OF the
Marina refers to the ship as British
horse transport" If 1t turns out that
she was In fact in the transport SER
vice Of the British government, it may
be found that the mixed crew OF Brit
ish and American horse trainers could
claim none Of the immunity against at
tack without warning that attaches to
q merchapt ship.
Orders were dispatched at once to
gather all information to determine the
status Of the Marina n her crew.
Although no American lives We're lost
in the submarine attack on the Rowan
more and the ship altered her W
status II she made an attempt to es-
cape, officials were disturbed by the
rannrt thnk fhA hna re yJarn ahnllnI 1ftnr
they had cleared from the aban-
doned ship. The facts are expected
to be determined by investigation.
which was ordered begun at once.
Carried Mixed Crew.
Dispatches to the state department
say that the Marina when sunk had u
mixed crew of British and Americans
and that she was sunk by gunfire,
without warning.
Consul Frost at Queenstown speci-
fled that the information he trans
mitted was provisional" lnvestiga-
ton will be made at once to determine
the status Of the Marina and the ma
ture Of the attack to determine whether
n of the German pledges to the
United States have been violated.
The state department issued this
summary of Consul Frost's dispatch:
1.-The British horse transport Marina
with a mixed crew Of British and
hAAhS 81 "SS Se''h
warning by German submarine gun fire
at 3 D.. m, October %, 100 miles west
of Cape Clear, in an official report re-
ceiVed at the state department today
from Consul Frost at Queenstown.
Thirty-four of the crew Of l04 ave
been landed at C~rookhaven, while 70
others presumably those in boats l and
3 are missing. Consul Frost says his
information SO far Is purely 'proyis-
ional."
ShelIed in Life Boats.
Survivors of the British freighter
Rowanmore sunk by a submarine after
nearly an hours chase. were sholled
after they had taken to their boats.
according to another official dispatch
from Consul Frost. No casualties were
reported.
The freighter was bound from Bal
timore to Liverpool, with q mixed
cargo, and was attacked by the subma-
rine on the 25th, IA miles coutheast OF
Cape Clear, a after 30 minutes at
tempted to escape had her steering
gear short away. Thereuron she
stopped, the report says, and signaIled
that she was abandoning ship. The
submarine shelled the boats after they
had cleared the ship. The vessel was
torpedoed at 1870, sinking at 2:40.
Seven Americans were on board. in
Guiding five Filipinoes aud two native
Americans, George Murphy, of Brook
'yn, and Albert Sesseler. Of Boston.
STATUS NOT KNOWN.
Baltimore, Md, Oct. 30.-The Donald
BON liner Marina, reported sur by a
German submarine was Il merchant
Ehip when she sailed from this port
September %, on the voyage ending at
Glasgow, October 10, according to the
records at the Baltimore customs house.
The local agent Of the Marina today
declined to answer any Questions re- .
garding the vessel beyond saying that
no information c~oncetning her had been
received from official sources and it
:ould not be ascertained If the Marina's
status had been changed TO an admir-
atty ship since her arrival at Glasgow.
in we'll Informed marine circles here the
Scllef was expressed that the Marina D.,
was still a merchant ship. She had been
carrying a cargo from Baltimore and
horses from Newport News, to British
tortS for more than a year.
I'll InlklnN HINIII I7EnI