The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-03-07
RAIDER MOEWE
IN GERMAN PORT
Raider Said to Have Taken FIJI
teen Enemy Ships.
BOATS MINES SUNK WARSHIP

German Official Report Claims Vessel
Took Prizes into Neutral Ports or
$25o,00O in Gold-AIso Has Over
400 Prisoners.
Berlin, Mar. GA Storm of enthus-
iasm such as was equalled only in the
case of the famous Emden greeted an
announcement of the admiralty that
the now equally famous Moewe, the
German raider which since the be-
ginning of the year has held mysteri-
Gus sway on the high seas, notably
in mid-Stlantic, had arrived lin a
German port" She brought with her,
according to the announcement ,0t0,-
600 marks in gold bars ($250000) and
402 prisoners taken from total num-
ber of fifteen allied yessels-With the
exception of one French and one Bel
gian, all British-aggregat a tom
mage of nearly $4,000 tons.
OF these fifteen vessels, the major
ity were sunk, the admiralty says,
while "a small part were sent as
prizes to neutral ports
Says Moewe Mines Sank BattIeship.
The Moewe, according to the state
ment, not only wrought havoc on al
lied maritime commerce by sinking or
capturing nearly everything that came
into it's path. but was also engaged
on her successful cruise lasting sew
eral months" in sowing mines along
what is described as "the enemy
coast" 1t was one of the Moewe's
mines, the admiralty AYERS, which
caused the sinking on Jan. 9 last of
the British dreadnaught Edward VII,
from which every one of the III men
aboard was saved by British rescue
vessels.
The home port into which the Ger
man raider finally brought her pris-
oners and booty is not designated by
the admiralty, nor is it believed that
the belief here that other raiders are
expected to return from sea rowing
trips. Some here even believe the
port in question may be the base for d
number of similar other enterprises.
Moewe Not Warship.
The theory that the Moewe is a war
ship is dispelIed by the official an
nouncement through the fact that it
is not designated as an IS. NJ. S." but
simply as "the Moewe" The com
mander is Count Won Dohna-Schlo-
dein, a captain lieutenant in the i'm
perial navy.
German Official Report.
Berlin, Mar. 6.-Oficial announce
ment was made here that the German
cruiser Moewe arrived in "some" Ger
man port. She had on board a large
number of British prisoners and $780,
900 in gold bars.
The announcement says fifteen ves-
sells were sunk by the Moewe which
also laid mines at several points, One
of these mines, it is stated, sank the
British battleship King Edward VII
The statement says:
'The naval general staff states that
the Moewe, commander Burgrave
Count Dohna-Schlodien after a sue
cessful cruise lasting several months,
arrived today at some port with four
British officers, twenty-nine British
marines and sailors, 266 men of
crews of enemy steamers, among
them 10S Indians, as prisoners and
1,000, 900 marks in gold bars.
"The vessel brought up the follow
ing enemy steamers, the greater part
of which We're sunk and a small part
of which were sent as prizes to neu-
trail ports:
"The British steamships Corbridge,
1861 tons; Author, 3,496 tons: Trader
3,60S tons: Ariadne, 3,035 tons; Drom--
onby, 1927 tons; Farringford, 3,146
tons; Clan MacTavish, 5,S16 tons:
Appam. 7,7S1 tons; Western, $500
tons: Herare. 1885 tons; Flamenco,
4,62S tons; Saxon Prince, 3,471 tons;
the British sailing vessel Edinburgh,
1,47S tons; the French steamer Ma
roni, S,109 tons and the Belgian steam
ship Luxembourg. 1922 tons.
AT several points on enemy coast
the Moewe also laid out mines to
which, among others, the Battleship
King Edward VII fell victim"