South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-01-18
Said TO Have Been 800 Miles
OFF Virginia COaSt-Hunt
Base in Southern
Waters.
GERMAN SHIP BEGAN
OPERATIONS DEC. II
Japanese Fleet Will be Ready
to Join Search if Rover
FleeS Into the
Pacific.
IuferuaIIouaI Nevs ScrvI-c

International News service.
LONDON. Jan IS powerful
fleet of British and French warships
are securing the Atlantic today for
the new terror of the seas-a Ger
man raider that is accredited with
having sunk or captured more than
! a score of merchant ships
Following the official announce
ment of the admiralty admitting the
loss of "a dozen British and French
ships, il became known here today
that at least 10 British warships
are taking part i'm the hunt.
The search Is being made up and
down the South American coast and
OF the southern part OF the United
States. As the men OF war look for
their quarry they are sending out
wireless warnings TO merchant ships.
In addition 20 the raider "a SUBJ
marine has been reported 900 the
Atlantic $40 miles off the Virginia
coast.
Gather Information
British and French consular rep
resentatives have gathered import
ant Information from the refugees
Of lost ships that were landed a.
Pernambuco from the Japanese
ship Hudson Maru
The sea fugitives were unable %
give the name OF the raider. bat
from their description IL was sup
posed that the ship formerly was
the Vineta She is well armed with
guns and torpedo tubes and carries
large and well trained crew.
In the search for the commerce
raider the allied fleet is attempting
20 locate her base. for it IS supposed
that she is operating from some
supply point ON the south or Cen
tral American coast
Whether the raider will take feht
into some other part OF the world 3
seven seas ls not known. hut even if
she flies into the Pacific she wiz run
the risk of encountering japanese
war fleets that viii be on the look
ont for her there.
The vessels know 10 have been
sunk or captured aggregate anout
$4,000 tons
Operated i'm south seas.
The German ship began her
depredations about Dec. D . and was
active as late as Jan d. Instead ~
striking az the north Atlantic steam
or lane she went into the south Ar
lantic and swooped down upon tho
traffic highways between south
American ports and Europe Ev-
IDENTIFY she feared 20 venture into
the north Atlantic because Of the
big fleets which arc constantly on
guard there
The admiralty is making au ln-
yestigation OF the reports of de-
struction Of other ships Boz addition
20 those named in the official am
nouncement. particularly the sink
ing % one vessel I'm which 400
lives were rumored ru have been
lost
According 20 official and unofficial
reports the victims Of The raider up
20 date are
The Raider Victims.
The British steamships Driua
George. Noltaire. Ortega. Mount
Temple Dramatist Netherby HAL.
Radnorshire King George, ST Theo-
dore YarroWdale Minieh the
Asnieres. the Danish vessel Ham
merahus. the japanese ship Hudson
AIaru and the following vessels
whose nationalities are not known
san George. Newportland. Neszer.
AIchethiel Galley and ST. Soel
IL was said by some OF the 90
seamen landed an Pernambuco that
the St Theodore was probably
turned into either a supply ship or
another raider by the German boat
that captured her
II has been thought for some
time that a German raider was loose
on account Of the increasing NUM-
her OF overdue ships but the official
announcement has caused a big i'm
crease in marine insurance rates.
The fact that the raider IS still 90
large was an important factor in
boosting rates
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