The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-18

their captor and her career. The
fact that no survivor could dehnltely
Identify the raider, Is Significant
commentary on how rigldly the Ger
man commerce destroyers crew
guarded her identity and how strict
| " they carried out their orders .foF
confinement of their captlves.
| At least one British warship Is
/ known 10 have been somewhere
around the spot where the Hudson
Maru parted company with her cap
! tor-a cruiser which was sent sew
eraI weeks ago from the Falkland
! islands, Great Britain's South Allan
! tic naval base, to search for the
steamer Tinto. But it was fairly GER
| tain today that every available allied
warsIhsip anywhere near the sectien
J of The South Atlantic where the
raider was last reported, was churn-
| ing the sea in an effort TO locate her.
In the meanwhile British and
French consuis issued warnings to
all allied shipping. The few allied
vessels which did leaye-and num-
Der of neurals as well-carefully
Rugged the shore, striving to remain
in territorial waters as far as pos
sible. From the fact that the COM
merce, destroyer chose the South At
lantic field as her main sphere of
operations, there was revival today
of the oft-repeated rumors of Ger
man wireless and supply base at
some uninha bited spot on the South
American coast line. Both the Ar
sentine and Brazilian governments
today took cogniZance of this rumor
in making another effort to Verry
the existence of such station.
Both Brazil and Argentine officials
professed unooncern over the hkelI-
hood of any violation of neutrality
by The raider-but are nevertheless,
taking no chances.
Search 10 Started.
[By Charles P. Stewart. United Press
Staff Correspondent. ]
copyright, 1917, by the United
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 1S.-The
British navy 40 represented In South
Atlantic waters is today in fun cry
on the hunt for the German raider
still at large. which to date Is be-
lieved to have sunk or captured TWEEN
ty-six allied merchant ships.
Latest reports account for twenty
IOlT LucECudlIAlSd 1ouAoCN ny ~ sAAN
Teutonic raider. and with two addiz
tionaI vessels missing, it is believed
they too, may have beeN sunk or
captured.
Four fast cruisers. including the
famous Glasgow, which took part in
the Coronel battle two years ago, are
understood to be leading the hunt for
the raider.
One report as yet unconfirmed, also
declares a Japanese cruiser is steam
ing northward from Punta Arenas to
join in the chase.
In addition to the Glasgow, the
British warships seeking the raider
are understood to be the Vindictive,
the Drama and the Edinburg Castle.
The Vindictive and Glasgow are
cruisers capable OF nineteen to TWEEN
| ty-five knots an hour. The Drama
and Edinburg Castle are converted
cruisers, in commission as merchant
ships before the war and possessed
OF great speed.
The armament of the latter two yes
sells is not known, but the Vindictive
and Glasgow carry batteries OF ten,
eight and four inch guns.
While search is being made for the
raider, described as being OF the
Vineta or Moewe type, the sea is also
being cornbed for the steamer Tinto,
| which recently sailed from Santiago
under suspicious circumstances.
! The belief is growing that the
! Tinta carried supplies to the German
raider. When last seen, the Tinto
was manned by a German crew, all
Chileans having been sent back
but Chilean warships have been I'M
able to locate her. Suspicion in con-
nectton with the German commerce
raider, was also attached to the black
listed steamer Alaquash which was
scheduled TO sail today from Buenos
Aires for New York The Alaquash
files the American flag. but she will
be kept under surveillance so long
, as she is In Argentine waters.
Every endeavor was being made
today to obtain definite word as TO
the French steamer Admiral Latouche
TreV1lle and the British steamer
Araguaya-
Both Of these steamers are missing,
and it is believed they may have been
: sunk or captured.
THE steamships Araguaya and Ad-
: miral Latouche TreviIle. reported az
missing and believed also to have
: fallen victim to the Berrpan raider.
! are listed in Lloyds as foflows.
0 Araguaya- 537 tons, property Of
= the Royal Mail Steam Packet com.
q pany, of Belfast
4 Admiral Latouche TrevflIe-557s
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