Iditarod pioneer., 1917-05-19

the Yarrowdae the that as physicians or they ranked officers and confined in the officers camp Karlsruhe The horse tenders and sailors who posed the bulk of the American capve still held quar antine' at the prison camp for enlisted men a Duekn.
 The four left the Karlsruhe February and travelled direct Warnmuende under escort where being subjected the usual frontier search they put aboard Danish ferry and left to shift for themselves The Danish police took charge ot them her arrival Denmark provided with quarters for the night hotel Gjede and gave hearty meal they had enjoyed landing Ger in December The next morning the Danish authorities provided railroad transportation Copenhagen Ancient practice makes stranded in foreign the guests of the consul power under whose flag the ship sailed United Consul General Wnslow compelled therefore, the pass papees and moneyess wanderers to his British colleague British consul provided hotel acommoda pending investigation to the mems identity He pointed that any identification concerned the four might be German spies
 dramatic tales have been brought forth by the war the story of adventure harh pand peril short com and and the danger from the sky which related by these four American professional Snapped up by the German raider mdocean they crused around for days while the destroyer gathering further pnzes Then they made the in the Iaowae to Swnemuende under uCh conditions that they expected the hs seams to open and the vessel sink beneath them moment They lived for more than months prison in Germany on the meage prison provided by the German government without food parcels tighten the conditions of existence of other prisoners Of war They passed through four apane attacks Karlsruhe during which bombs intended the railroad raned al sides of their camp To cap the climax they ignorant the last whether they prisoners of war or neua m o;o othcr the government was doing anything to obtain their release whether the United States had not already en tered the
 To add to their anxees fellow Americans from the Var
  to be transferred with other officers from the captured steamers were in of complete destuon They lnsulcleny clothed several having been without shoes ovcohng during the cod and all weakening under the effect of these conditions although they subsequently reeea when Ambassador Gerard finally succeeded n locating them la the prison camp at D&men.
 The condition of many the Americans including horse han ls from the Gecgc deorabe they said The horse han ers had been accustomed work the lower decks winch were half awash feet and ndercohe2 They entered the boats this condition Three Americans went without shoes the for almost month before footwear Was Slp2d them Repeated attempts made to communicate with the American embassy of the reached MT Gerard
 The almost starving when they arrived at Karlsruhe There they found the insufficient raons o Neu
 tz were succeeded by steadily diminishing diet winch dur ing fortnight of their stay consisted they only Of plate c soup pound of bread and h&t pound of potatoes daily Dr. Snyder says he lost thirty pounds and others about as much They allowed monthly pay of 60 marks of which deducted fer raton leaving marks to for coffee tea and tobacco.
 These Americans unable give list of their counymon from Yarowae Every scrap of paper lncualng passports
 was taken from The Ancrcsns who have reached Copen hagen say the German raider the Puchme commanded by Lieutenant Berg