Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-01
Captain Of Captured Liner
Feared for Safety of
Those on Board.
COMES INTO PORT UNDER
GERMAN NAVAL FLAG
Original Name Of Craft Painted
0ut-Captor Refuses to
Discuss Plans.


NEWPORT NEWS, Va, February l.
The British passenger liner Appam,
missing for some time, arrived in
Hampton roads this morning flying the
German man-of-war flag, and COM
manded by a prize crew Of twenty-three
from a German submarine. She was
captured Off the Canary Islands jan
uary Is by a submarine.
The liner. now H. M. s. cruiser Appam,
is commanded by Lieut. H. Berge and a
prize crew of twenty-three German
sailors. The only gun she mounts is a
three FOUNDER, carried when an Eng
lish liner for protection only.
No Attempt to Escape.
Passengers aboard the steamer ex-
planned this morning that the English
captain made no attempt to escape,
fearing for the safety of the large num-
Der of passengers the Appam carried.
Lieut.. Berge came ashore about an
hour after arriving in Hampton roads.
He communicated with the authorities
at Washington, and then placed MIN
self under the guidance of l.. Marshal
Won Schilling, imperial German consul
for the Virginia peninsula.
The customs authorities have as yet
taken no definite action regarding the
steamer. Collector Norman Hamilton
has been notified and is expected over
at any minute.
Capt Hal Mccaffery. quarantine officer.
boarded the Appam short time after
her arrival here, about 80 o'clock this
morning. He declined to discuss his re-
port for publication and forwarded it to
the authorities at Washington.
Name Is Painted Out.
Pending the arrival of the customs Of
fcers no one Is allowed aboard the steam
er. the name of which has been painted
out. The word "Appam." however. may
be plainly seen on the steamers lifeboats.
Lieut.. Berge declines to discuss his
plans. but there is little doubt that he
came here to Iand the passengers and
later intern.
So far as can be ascertained there is no
sickness among the passengers. Food
consisted mostly of meat. taken from the
the date that the Appam was captured.
The Appam is loaded with cocoa.
There were total Of 451 persons
aboard the Appam. including the sur
other ships sunk by the submarine
which captured the Appam. and twenty
German civilians who were being
transported from Africa to England to
sons on board the Appam were listed
as follows: Original members of APP
PANS crew. 1855; original passengers
on the Appam. 116: German prisoners
bound for British detention camps. 20;
survivors of ships destroyed. 1873; prize
crew, %.
A large percentage Of the number
on the Appam were women and chill
dren. said high officials Of, the colonials,
who were returning to- England from
captured steamer four wounded sailors
who were taken from one of the sunk
en- ships which resisted capture and
was shelled.
Watch Developments.
The passengers and captured crews
lined the rails of the Appam this
morning as she lay out about a quarter
of mile Of the Old Point dock and
appeared to evince great interest in
the hurried developments following the
| unheralded arrival of the ship in
Hampton roads.
According to the information CLEANED
Berge, in charge of the prize crew, the
Appam was captured. without any show
of resistance, on January 15-the day
that British news reports said wire
less communication with the vessel
suddenly ceased. The prize crew was
placed on board and on the same day
the submarine which captured the APP
pam gave chase to another British
steamer, which was bound for Aus
tralia with a cargo of meat. The meat
ship gave battle and was sunk, but
| not until a large portion of her cargo
had been taken off for use by the Ger
mans.
| Six more vessels were destroyed in
rapid succession, it was stated. and
| the crews taken on board the Appam,
which was then headed across the At
lantic for Hampton roads. The run to
this port was made without incident, it