The Elbert County tribune., 1917-02-09
THE EAyEsToNE SUNK
GERMAN U-BoAT SHELLS CREW
FLEEING SINKING SHIP.
Nation Must Be Ready for War, Yet
Hope for Peace, Says President
to Conserve German Rights.

London, Feb. 6.-The British ship
Isle of Arran, 1878 tons, has been
sunk by submarine, two of her crew
being injured by shell fire. the Lloyd
shipping agency announced. The Brit
ish steamer Eavestone OF 1,791 tons
also has been sunk and the captain
and four members of the crew killed,
says another agency announcement.
The Belgian relief steamer Lars
Kruse was sunk by torpedo or a
mine near the Belgian coast The yes
sci carried a cargo of wheat from
Buenos Aires. The Lars Kruse was a
vessel of 1,460 tons. She was under
Danish registry. She left Buenos
Aires Dec. % for Rotterdam. The
Russian bark Garnet Hill also has
been sunk. The British steamer
Hurstwood, 1929 tons, was torpedoed
without warning. Three men were
killed by the explosion and three Sc
riously injured, two of whom died
after the crew was landed
1t is officially announced that Rich
ard Wallace, an American seaman be-
longing at Baltimore. was killed in the
shelling OF the boats which left the
sinking steamer Eavestone.
Manila, Philippines, Feb. 6.-The
teen German merchant vessels anch-
ored in Manila bay. All the German
crews were removed.
simultaneously the United States
destroyer Barry leized three German
steamers at Cebu. including the
Princess Alice. At the same time the
American destroyer Chauncey seized
the three German steamers at Fam
boango.
London, Feb. 5.-The American
steamer Housatonic has been sunk by
German submarine. The Housa-
tonic was sunk near the Scilly islands
The rumor is current that the Housa-
tonic was sunk without warming, but
the crew saved. One American from
Colorado was aboard. The total num-
ber of Americans on the ship was
twenty-five
The Housatonic sailed from Calves
ton Jan. and from Newport News
Jan. 16 for London She formerly
was the Hamburg American line
steamer Georgia, and American regis
try was granted to her in April, 1915.
Prior to that time she had been laid
up at New Orleans since the begin
ming of the war.
The Housatonic was summarized at
noon Feb. 3. All of the officers and
crew were saved by a British armed
steamer.
Euphrates, Belgium relief steamer,
is firstsship to fall victim to new sub
marine policy. Another Belgian YES
sci has been destroyed. Lloyd's an
nounces loss of three British, two Nor
wegian slips and one Spanish vessel.
Atlantic fleet of approximately fifty
warships is concentrated at Guantan-
amo, Cuba, from where it can best
move to protect either Panama canal
or Atlantic seaports. Tenders loaded
with torpedoes are being dispatched
to Guantanamo.
Army of 100000 men will be
raised by conscription in the event OF
war with Germany. according to
plans worked out by general staff.
American line steamships Philadel.
phia and Finland arrive safely at Liv.
erpool and only two American passen.
ger ships, Kroonland and New York,
are now at sea. Liner St..Louis again
delays sailing
Berlin press declares Germany can.
not spare lives OF Americans at sea,
and looks upon war with the United
States as inevitable.
Companion of Buffalo Bill Dies.
Tucson, Ariz.-George w. Oakes
who rode with Buffalo Bill in the
brave days of the West, who plodded
through the purple sage when Ari
zona was a savage-filled desert, died
his mind at rest and ready to follow