Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-02
HEARS SUBMARINE
CONVOYS CAPTIVE
SHIP TO AMERICA
Seven British Vessels Destroyed by
Raider Making Prize Of Brit
ish Liner Appsm.
ENGLISH CONSUL WARNS
British Official Says Advices Re-
ceived U-Boats Are in
Yankee Waters.
CANNOT TAKE ANY CHANCES

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The British
consul general here today notified
British shipping to watch out for
German submarines in American
waters. Information received at the
consulate from private sources leads
them to believe that submarine
had accompanied the captured
steamer Appam on its voyage across
the Atlantic.
Consular officials would not say
submarine had been sighted.
I'm times like these we do not dare
to take any chances" It was said at
the consulate. While tho report may
be without foundation in fact we
have deemed It best to take the ac-
ton that we did"
Three British ships left port today
and tomorrow three passenger and
several freight ships of allied reg
istry are due to leave for Transatlan-
tic or West Indian ports.
the German naval ensign fluttering boldly
from its stern and in charge OF Ger
man prize crew tho British South African
liner Appam, given up for lost took ref
uge in Hampton Roads this morning with
tho story OF seven vessels destroyed by
| German sea raiders off tho African coast.
The Appam was captured off the Ca
nary islands on January Is by German
raider four days after It had sailed from
Dalar, British West Africa, for Piym-
| outh. England.
| Lieutenant Berg OF tho German navy.
placed on the Appam when It was cap
tured. brought In tho prize. oluding the
Gordon of British cruisers across the At
lantio and adding to the historic chapaer
OF German exploits at sea. chapter to
rank with the adventures OF tho Dresden
Karlsruhe, Prinz Eite Friedrich, U-2s and
Kronprinz Wilhelm.
Whether the captor was German U
boat or a hitherto unreported German
auxiliary cruiser Is undetermined. From
what was learned by some OF the off
cials who boarded he Appam II is be-
lieved that some steamer, armed as
German auxiliary raiding shipping off
the African coast took the British liner
and put tho prize crew aboard. This
view is supported by the fact that sub
marine could hardly have spared a leu
tenant and such large crew TO a prize.
-Four Hundred Fifty Aboard.
There were total of 451 persons aboard
the ship including the surviving members
OF the crews OF seven other ships sunk
by the raider which captured tho Appam.
and twenty German civilians who were
being transported from Africa to England
to be placed I'm detention camps The
persons on board the vessel were listed as
follows Original members of crew, 1b5;
original passengers. iie; German prison.
ers bound for British detention camps, 30;
survivors OF ships destroyed, las; prize
crew. %.
A large percentage OF the number on
board are women and children and, tt
is said several high colonial officials who
where returning 20 England from Africa.
There are also on board tho captured
steamer four wounded sailors, who were
taken from one OF the sunken ships which
resisted capture and was shelled
The passengers and captured crews
lined the rails OF the craft as It lay about
a quarter OF a mile off the Old Point
dock and appeared TO evince great in
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