The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-24
Berlin Reports Italian Trans
port to SaIOniki Sunk.
TOday's Total Submarine Toll
Is $4,000 Tons.
RAIDER IN indian OCEAN
Emulating Maneuvers of Fa-
nous Raider Emden.
Captain and Six Men Killed
When Grenadier TOrpedOed.

Berlin, Friday, Feb. 23.-The ad-
miralty announced today that the
Italian transport Minas, CARRYING 1000
soldiers to Saloniki has been sunk
and that all on board except two
men persisted.
The announcement follows:
"A German submarine on February
II sank by a torpedo in the Mediter-
ranean the Italian transport steamer
Minas, 1854 tons. The steamer was
bound for Saloniki. She carried 1000
troops, a large quantity of ammuni-
ton and 100000 marks worth Of
gold
THE steamers crew and the troops
on board persisted with the exception
of two men who were rescued by the
submarine.
''The destruction of the Minas was
reported previously but only now
have the details become known
The sinking of the Minas was an
nounced officially in Paris on We'd
nesday. The date of her sinking was
given as February 16. She was 800
feet long, AZ feet beam and was built
in 1891. She was owned in Genoa.
Second Greatest Days Record.
London, Feb. 24.-Nine steamers
submarines Their total tonnage was
approximately 1880, making the
days submarine bag, the second
greatest in the course of the intensi-
fled submarine warfare begun Febru-
airy 1. The February record was
46,763.
Seven of the vessels were of Dutch
nationality and apparently all were
sunk in one submarine attack which
took place in the westerly approach
to the English channel.
Raids Commerce in Indian Ocean.
Toxic Feb 24.-The Nichi Niche
announces that an armed E1erchant-
man is raiding commerce in the In
dian ocean and has sunk two British
steamers southwest of Colombo.
A military dispatch to the Asso-
ciated Press from Toxic, January 10
said persistent rumors were afloat in
Japan that two German converted
cruisers had appeared in the Indian
ocean. At the same time one of Jap
ans greatest shipping concerns re-
| ported a sudden rise in war insurance
rates because of the rumored raiders
! The Japanese government was said tC
| have taken special measures for the
among which was the arming of sew.
eral steamers plying between JapaI
and England.
Exploits of the Emden.
Since the destruction of the famou.
German raider, the cruiser Emden il
the Cocoa 1SlandS Dy the AUSTRALIA
cruiser Sydney in November 1914, thu
waters of the far east have been I'm
disturbed by German commerce, raid
ers. The Emden sank three British
steamers in the Indian ocean on Sep
TENDER IA, 1914. and a week late
bonn barded Madras. She was mex
| heard from near Rangoon where mor'
British vessels were her prey. He
final and most celebrated exploit oc
CURED when she disguised herself a
a japanese merchantmen, steamed
/ unchallenged under the guns of tn
British fort in the harbor of Penang
and torpedoed the Russian cruiser
Jemtchug, and a French destroyer.
| Seven of Crew Killed.
London, Feb. "a. - The British
steamer Grenadier has been sunk
Lloyds announces. The captain ant
six men were killed and the remainde
| of the crew landed.
The British steamer Trojan Primo
1876 tons, also has been sunk.
There are two British steamer
Grenadier, the first of 1904 tons ant
the second 357 tons.