Arizona republican., 1917-11-11

the Atlantic under the guise of a Nor wegian ship.
 The ruse worked so we'll that after leaving Bremen on December 21, 1916, the Seead dler was held up by the Brit ish auxiliary cruiser Highland Scot, examined and passed. Sailors iden- tification books issued by the Nor wegian government were furnished the men, although they probably were taken from captured Norwegian yes sells and given to the men who seemed to fit the descriptions given. These, together with pictures of Norwegian kings and queens, gave the ship the appearance of Norwegian.
 Captain Smith learned that. while cruising in the Atlantic, thirteen ships valued by the Germans at 60,000, 900 marks were captured, and four in the Pacific, the R. C. Slade, the American schooner A. B. Johnson, the American schooner Manila and the French schooner Lutece.
 Relating the story of the capture of Lhis ship, the Slade, captain Smith said: E,
 II left Sydney on april 24, 1917, and proceeded without any incident until the evening of June IT, when was in i latitude about north and longitude i 150 west. On the even;ng of June IT, about o'clock, the second mate re- | ported to me that snip was firing | on us l went on deJ. and looked aft, and instantly, as I came on deck, they | fired again, and l saw the shell fall short about ? miles. She was about 1 8 miles off There was a heavy squall starting to eastward-wind favorable to this time-and 1 thought is possible to get away and kept holding on. But she kept firing on me at intervals of about to 10 minutes, and was com ing up on me fast
 The ninth shat, fired about o'clock, struck very close, passing the poop and splashing water on the ship Then 1 concluded that there wasn't any use, and I lowered down spanker, clewed down topsail, hoisted American flag, and hove to. About o-cfock the raid CT was up alongside and asked what l ship. I told him what it was, and he | told me to lower down sails, and stand 1 by, and he would send an. officer aboard me. Shortly after, the prize officer came aboard and a doctor and about ten men. These officers were in uniform. They told me to-, leave the ship and to go on board the raider, and they would give me time in the morning to pack my clothes.
 They took all our men aboard the raider except the cook. Next morning I went back on board with all my men and packed up. We left the ship with our belongings, June 1S We were put on board the raider again. Shortly after I saw from the raider that they cut holes in the masts and placed dy | namite bombs in eaca mast and put fire to both ends of the ship and left 1 her 1 saw masts go over the side and the ship was burning from end to end, and the raider steamed away
 Captain Smith said the raider was a full-rigged ship of steel or iron about 2,500 tons, propelled by oil burning engines. Her captain was Felix Graf von Luckner, active cap- tain lieutenant; the. first lieutenant Alfred King prize officer, Richard Pless There was also a chief engin- eer. a navigating lieutenant, a mate and a doctor. All told, ner complement was 6S officers and men. Mounted be. tween decks she carried two 4-inct guns COS centimeters) and two ma chine guns. The name on her bow was Irma.
 When the men from the Slade ar rived aboard the raider they found nine prisoners from the American schooner A. B. Johnson, of San Fran cisco, captured three days before. Or July s, Smith stated. the schooner | Manila was captured and dynamiteG after the ten officers and men had been taken off. Aboard the Seeadler he said, was a Hollander who hat been taken off the first ship captured and was kept aboard because he hal made an insulting remark to the cap. I tain about German money.
 For about thpee weeks the raidel kept. beating up,and down looking fol Epassing ships. Meeting none, they went south to Mopeha on July 31, an chored on the lee side of the island ant on August the ship was driven hart and fast ashore The three Americal captains had gone as.lore with tn, German officers on a picnic, and tn prisoners were left on the ship. Can non were fired to tell the party tn ship was in danger. but when they re turned they found the propeller twist ed on the coral reefs and the vesse beyond help. After working all after