Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-21
GERMAN RAIDER
STILL ROAMING
THE OCEAN IN
SEARCH OF PREY

euenos Aires, Jan. 2o-Ths German
raider 10 apparently still at large. The
most authentic report Of its whore.
abouts indicated on Thursday she was
speeding northward with all the might
Of her powerful engines. Tho steam
packet Bahia passed vessel OF the
northeasternmost point Of South Amer
ica Thursday which she believed the
tho sea destroyer.
Tho stranger was making we'll over
20 knots. The Bahia did not approach
close enough to the vessel to permit an
accurate description. She could not
confirm the story Of survivors landed
at Pernambuco, that the German COM
merce destroyer carried three subma-
rines Of less than 20 feet in length
apparently the latest invention Of Ger.
man ingenuity In sub surface warfare.
DESCRIBES THE RAIDER.
The British captain of the steamer
Netherby Hall. landed among other
survivors of prizes taken by the raider
on board the Hudson Maru, furnished
the first detailed description Of the
raider and was the first to announce
that the sea terror carried submarines
and submarines of such a small size
as to mark a new era In submarine
development. He estimated the length
of the three undersea boats with which
the raider was equipped at about six
meters and specified that their radius
of operation was comparatively small.
although they carried some sort OF
torpedoes, ammunition and dynamite.
He added that the speed Of the raider
was about 22 knots.
STEAMER DRINA SAFE.
The possible score of destruction of
the raider was reduced to rs ships to-
night with the announcement that the
1880 ton British steamship Drina had
arrived safely at Rio. The Drlna was
the biggest Of all the allied merchant
men reported as missing and believed
to have fallen victim to the German
commerce destroyer. That she should
have eluded the raider was a cause of
rejoicing among allied shipowners to-
night
The southern Atlantic Is being
combed from both north and south in
search of the mystery ship. Vessels
from the British naval base at the
Falkl land islands dashed northward
ah''i ioitSd uidusHL SCouIluR the Dy-
ways OF ocean travel. Two British
auxiliary cruisers put out from Per-
tonight to sweep the seas in
that locality. Brazilian. Argentine and
Uruguayan warships and auxiliaries
patrolled the Soath American coast
seeking not only to prevent violations
Of neutrality in possible attacks by
the raider or her auxiliaries on mer-
chantmen in territorial waters. but to
run down scores Of wild rumors cur
rent up and down the coast, Of the ex-
stence OF a wireless station and a Ger
man supply depot, lodged in some
spot
RAIDER FAST SHIP.
The fact that the raider is capable
Of great speed was established both
by stories OF survivors landed at Per-
and by the packet Bahia. The
'aptain of the British steamer Neither
oy Hall said he understood the German
over was capable of more than 20
snots and the Bahia estimated she
vas speeding at that rate when she
showed on the horizon limo off Rio
irande do Norte.
The captain of the British steamer
sadnorshire also landed at Pernam-
'uco from the Hudson Maru, cleared
ip today some of the stories Of mis-
reatment OF prisoners. He made II
lear today that the German comman-
Ter of the raider had insisted that
lis prisoners make themselves as
comfortable as possible" about the
alder; had explained that he had no
Intention of killing women and chill
Iren," and had only quartered the pris
'ners below decks when n new VIC
i'm was sighted. 1t was evident the
tory of overcrowded quarters, poor
ood and lack of ventilation applied
o the brief trip which the prisoners
made on the prison ship Hudson Maru.
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