The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-03-19
THREE AMERICAN
tCoutIuued from First Page.)

All Of these were american born or
uaturnliG"d Americans.
In this category ais" were - other
mon employed on tn" boat.
There wrr,. nine iir"HIrn, born IN For
'u@ai or Spain. som" "t whom W"r"
thought 20 tee Americans hv naturallH3
ton. Every officer aboard hh'i MS
American license. and every naiEra ii""d
American hlS naturalization papers III
complains" wi:h / ru!" iald down by
The ships owners.
Soon Attacked.
Leaving llavrc after diSCharEinS n"r
cotton. the city Of Memphis pal In NJ
cardiff. Wales. for enough bunker coat
t. .Uahin her IL steam In New ORR
\ message rrcriNcI her" Yesterday by
W II. PlcaSHn's. president of tn" OCEAN
Steamship c3mramy. from tan'"'n h"-
ruin announced tho ships d"pariuT"
from rnrlIf" On Friday. :" that she was
loss than - hours "Gt when sunk.
I'll" city 81 Memphis last voyage ="
i.iir,i," WAS her i"nth INT" III" war zohn
Extensive Of III" ttna!. trip %h" had
trayri.d 7aSn1 mills in taking abroad
horse. fey tl' Italian government. cot
Ton ani general m"rrhnd!sc. worth NOR"
Man t6.G0n.oro. TINS hrnr' 'ncirHlnS IN"
yalr" 81 the las cargo delivered.
Bal, IN chester. IA. IN l9oc. m" GU"
nf Nnn!nhiS. whilr IN IL" rna$'wtS"
trad. ~ Nay. l?il. was rhhrf"rcd ny m"
government during crisis IN IN" r"'H
iInnS between tho Tui'"d States and
VI
Galveston |" American troops occupying
Vera ,'r,%. AZ she lief. HostNr harh"r.
:, German !roight"r fired 81 salu'" from
4 brass gun amounted IN deck.
Hebuked by Germany.
Iisrharssl from government SnrN'r"
IN Ir.ccmhcr, 1914. thu City nf Memphis
loaded with cotton and started for trcr~
many. tho Second American vessel 20
;akc II cargo OF that character IL tha'
country She steamed up tho WcScr
river to deliver tho m"rrhandiSc and h"-
commander was r"hukcd hy the author
it:"s for cntrrlng a river mat was
mined Captain Forum replied he did
not know the Wcsc7 had mines. ana
sailed f"r America.
Subsequent voyages took her 10 Italy
;ivr times. Rotterdam once ana France
rhre" times Captain Rorum WIS DE-
Nrribeh todrr 10y Mr.. peasants as An
.,.;,hnrt fear" While ~ Spcizin. Italy.
IN I,ccon.h"r. 1919. the ship was char
tered to McAndrcw, and Forbes. Fhila-
dol nha lic"rics d"al"r" to 80 % InrHe!
and bring a cargo or licorice 20 fh!la-
delphia
met British and French warships which
escorted her int" ;ha harnor' nut %"
on the ground that they wcr" about I"
shell tho town. The American with
draw Scalanova was homhardcd and the
rr"lsht"r again entered.
rrosts Second Message.
WNSNINGTON. March lS.-A second
DESPATCH from Consul Frost stat"o tnH'
g3 Survivors of tho CITY Of Memphis
landed at Queenstown. and that seven
Americans were. among the fifteen land
ed at Schulz The dispatch follows:
city -: Memphis 50 SURVIVOR" now
,,rdrd hero vessel sunk by gunfir". sub
marine large type. remained on the scene
rf,nr crew LEI; ship. Refused request
tow boats to land Weather not So
y"rc but threatening. Survivors at
S.hiii inc!ud"G Allen Carroll. second
officer, -------------- Mcpherson, second
engineer: Robert shea. surgeon: John
Waikiki Henry Company. Gus Company
\ H. Icninn. AL Americans. and tiv"
SPANISH. one Portuguese. one Swede and
Di, russian"