New-York tribune., 1916-02-29
British Believe MalOja and
Other Vessels Victims
Of Fresh Sowing.
p. < O. LINER DEATH
LIST REACHES 155
Italian. Hospital Ship and Two
Other Steamers Sent to the
Bottom During Day.

London. Feb. 2s.-The owners OF the
ocninsular & Oriental Line steamer
Valoia. which struck n mine and sank
og Dover on Sunday, announced 10
,.rht that the total number OF persons
.qvcd in inc disaster was sol. or these
- were passengers. % members OF inc
rvropea1 crew and 1877 OF the Lasear
crew. The missing comprise 49 paSseh-
eors. 90 members of the European Gre"
ard Sc Lsscsrs.
The British press is almost unsni-
mons N assuming that tho Maloja and
,bc other vessels sunk By mines curing
,hc weekend were victims of iresn
owing OF German mines. There Is
,,ucb speculation as 10 how these
mines could have been laid. The theory
mast frequently advanced is that Ger
tain class Of neutral shipping was en-
Iloycd.
The Pail Mall Gazette suggests
nat such operations may drive hnsiano
- still more stringent supervision OF
neutral shipping than has yet been e@-
crcised by the Admiralty: Dov.r
MANY persons are arriving at D9se'
-o1 the purpose OF idenufying oouIe = "
,mong those rescued yesterday "as q
iabv, warmly clad. which vas IoJnu anu
cCvcr,d bv patrol boat and WAS taken
20 tbc engine room. After peihg
rred l. smiled at its rescuers ana
'5 rone the worse for the i'm
mcrsion. e-,
Three More Ships Sunk.
Three more ships were sunk to-day,
.,i,h a known loss OF life of nine per
.srs and a probable loss Of many more.
cnjv one. he Italian hospital ship
,,arcchiaro. is reported 80 have struck
. mine The Msrcchisro. which was OF
lc tons. went down near San GIOVANNI
b Nicdua. Albania. the victim of an
austrian mine, according 70 dispatch
t.om Rome 10 the Exchange Telegraph
Company. which adds that many per
sons were lost. =,
The Russian steamship Pctshenga, o.
f.G47 tons. was sunk, with the loss o.
seven Of the crew. The Petshensa was
formerly .hc German steamship trik
Larsen. which vas captured by the
l.ussians early in the war.
Two of tho crew were lost IN the
sinking Of the British steamer south
nd. formerly the Slndbsd' according
g., Llovd's. The Southford was Of s9'
toms.
,.ptain o. the Wilson liner Dido. which
,.s sunk on Saturday. were washed
shore to-day at Donna Hook, Lincoln. ..
shire. The Dido carried crew Of
rweutv-rinc men.
Insurance Rates Go Up.
The heavy losses in shipping during
TIE weekend, from floating mines or
other causes. have resulted IN stifen~
me Of insurance rates. Underwriters
last week quoted rates on shipping TO
he Continent which we're almost pro-
libitive. To-day's figures for cast
coast traffic show an increase from 10
billings to 20 shiilings per cent.
Insurance for Mediterranean and
ether voyages has not changed greatly,
Though there is more hesitation than
lcretofore in accepting risks. This
probably is due 10 the fear Of fresh
submarine activity beginning March /,
,hcn the German and Austrian DEGREES
concerning the treatment of armed
merchantmen as warships takes effect.
Topeka. Kan Feb. 2s.- Ralph Foster,
,on of the Rev. Festus Foster OF this
city, 4 passenger aboard the steams hip
Naloia. cabled his parents to-day that
ht had been rescued and was unhurt.
Foster is II Rhodes scholar at Oxford.
hut had been given a years leave OF
absence 70 enter army \. VI. c. a. work.
rle was en- route for Egypt TO join y. NJ.
g. workers in the army there.
Milwaukee. Feb. 2s.-Charles Duncan
Forbes. first oficer of the Pcninsulsr &
Oriental liner Maloja, has cabled his
lister. Mrs. Charles l.. Kissing. Of this
,ity, that he is among the saved.