Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-31
New Vessel Preying on
Shipping In South
Atlantic.
NINE OR MORE SHIPS
ALREADY DESTROYED
French Bark Reaches Rio Janeiro With
285 Survivors Of Destroyed Craft
Seeadler, New Raider, Provisioned
For Eighteen Months and Carries
Formidable Armament Left Ger.
many Dec. 22 Last.

Rio Janeiro, March 31.--A new Ger
man raider, slipping past the British
warships on guard In the North sea.
has reached the South Atlantic and
sent nine or more merchant vessels to
the bottom. According to survivors of
the sunken vessels the raider is the
Seeadler. formidably armed craft op-
Grating with the same success and dar-
ing as it's predecessor. the Moewe.
which recently returned to a German
port after playing havoc with shipping
in the same waters.
News of the raiders operations were
brought here by the French bark Cam
bronze. which arrived here yesterday.
She had on board 2S5 men from crews
of the vessels sunk. The CambronHc
encountered the raider on March 27. at
a point in the Atlantic almost on n line
with Rio Janeiro and about two thirds
of the way to the African coast.
After the survivors had been placed
on the bark she was ordered to proceed
to Brazil.
Loaded With Mines.
According to the Journal du Brazil
the raider was loaded with mines.
which explains the destruction of ves-
sells off the coast of Brazil. She is re-
ported armed with two guns. She Is
equipped with wireless. The crew con-
ssts Of sixty four men, under the COM
mand of Count Ukner.
According to the refugees the raider
left Germany on Dec. %, escorted by
a submarine. They say the command
er declared the German emperor and
the crown prince alone knew of the ex-
pedition. No complaints have been
made as to the treatment of the sailors
while they were prisoners on the
raider s.sa.,s, s-...sgsss W.. 4
"a provisionsd Sor Long Cruise.
The men say the raider was pro-
visioned for eighteen months. On
sighting merchantmen the raider
hoisted q Norwegian flag, which was
replaced by a German emblem when
the prey was within reach.
Among the ships sunk by. the raider
are the following:
:, Gladys Royle, 3,26S tons.
Charles Gounod, 3.10O tons.
Rochefoucauld, 3.05o tons.
Antoinine. 1000 tons
Duplex, 5000 tons.
Lady Island. 4,50O tons.
Rohngoth, $500 tons.
Hogarth and the Canadian schooner
Perfe. 500 tons.
Pinmore, British sailing vessel, 2,431
tons. ...
Buenos Ayres, Italian vessel, 1900
tons.
Birth Jones, British sailing vessel,
not listed.
The Hongartll. which was on her
way from Montevideo to Plymouth
with $500 tons Of grain, disobeyed the
raiders order to halt and attempted to
escape. The captain finally surrender
ed, after four members Of the crew, in
cludinC the chief engineer, had beer
wounded.
May ns Captured American Ship.
It is reported here that the German
raider is the captured American bark
Pass Of Balmaha.
1.-THE Pass of Balmaha, vessel Of H.
81 tons gross, was taken into Cuxha-
ven by German prize crew in August
1915, while on q voyage from New YORK
to Archangel with 5000 bales OF cot
ton. she was hold up by British
cruiser, which placed prize crew on
board Later a German submarine
stopped her and placed her in charge
Of the prize crew which took her to
Cuxhaverl. The Germans did not know
there was a British prize crew on
board they said, until the Englishmen
we're discovered in hiding. On account
Of the fact chat the Pass Of Bahama
was transferred from the British to
American registry after the beginning
Of the Har British prize court ruled
that the ship and her equipment should
be confiscated but that her owners
should receive the proceeds Of the sale
Of her cotton.1
Docs Work Thoroughly.
The thoroughness with which the
Germans carried on their work OF de-
struction IS shown by their treatment
Of the Cambronne. On deciding to
send this vessel to Brazil with the
prisoners, they cut away part OF her
masts and destroyed some OF her sails
to delay her progress to Brazil and
keep secret as long as possible the
presence OF the raider on the Atlantic.
A large part of her cargo was de-
stroyed.
Survivors reaching here can S:ve no
definite account Of the movements OF
the raider, altho they say that most OF
the vessels were sunk of Brazil.
The Hongarth put up the stiffest
aght It required twenty-one cannon
shot, fired at a. distance Of two and
one half miles to sink her.
+ q FaiiinS to Starvs Britain.
London. MaRch S1.-Sir Edward Car
son. hrst lord Of the admiralty, ana
Captain Persius. naval critic OF the
Berliner Tageblatt, in Views expressed
yesterday. zee q British victory after
sixty days OF GArmany's ruthless sub
marine campaign.
Vice Admiral won .capelle. German
,miniskst Of the navy, however. believes