The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1917-01-18
Twelve Entente Merchantmen Sunk or Cap-
tured In Past Few Days Off South Ameri-
can Coast by Teutonic Rover
VALUABLE CARGOs
Sent to Bottom By Vessel
Flying Double Eagle. Brit
ish Admiralty Admits
(By Associated Press)

Eight British and two French YES,
sells have been sunk and two British
steamers captured a German raider.
Announcement to this effect was
made today by the British admiralty
So far as is shown by the British
announcement, the raider is still at
large, apparently having been oper-
atlng Oil the coast of South America
The flrst news OF the raid was re-
celVed With the arrival at Pernamu-
dacos. Brazil, on Sunday evening of
the Japanese steamer, Hudson Maru,
which had on board the masters and
237 men of the crews of vessels de-
stroyed on January 12.
In addition the British steamer
1arrowdale, one of the captured YES
sels, was sent off with about 400 men
who We're to have been landed No
news of these men has been receiv-
ed as yet. The British admiralty an
nounced on December s that a report
had been received that German YES
sci of mercantile type had been inter
cepted December off the northwest
coast of Scotland. but was permitted
to proceed under the impression she
was the Dutch steamer Gamma.
Raidcd South Atlantic.
Most of the boats, when last re
ported. We're in the south Atlantic,
indicating that the German raider
has been at work off the South Am
erican coast. At Norfolk last night
the wireless picked up a warning
that the German raider was Oft the
Brazilian coast last Friday. The
German vessel was described as a
vessel of about 4 900 tons. we'll arm
ed and with torpedo tubes She had
one black funnel and two masts.
The British steamer Georgic.
bound from Philadelphia for Brest,
had in her cargo / 200 horses for
France, a large quantity of cattle
feed, $4,000 bushels of wheal, TO-
600 barrels of lubricating oil. and
43 cases OF rifles We're destined for
Liverpool.
The cargo of the King George.
Philadelphia and Wilmington, Della,
for Manchester, also reported sunk.
carried 191 600 pounds of powder
from the du Pont powder works.
valued at s957 900 and included in
the general cargo We're 40, 600 bush
els of wheat.
The achievements of the German
NV ttl tIC CAl'lOllS VI lllt IdIu-
er Moewe. which after cruising in the
Atlantic for several weeks, returned
safely to German port early in
March. 1915. According to official
announcement at the time. she had
on board 1919 prisoners, 100000
marks in gold bars and had sunk 5
steamers i'm addition to laying mines
which destroyed among others the
British ship King Edward VII Similar
raids also were made by German
raiders Emden, Karlsruhe, Prinz
Eitel Frederick and the submarine
U-53. which last October sunk mer-
chantmen off Nantucket
Admiralty Announces Loss.
London, England Eight British
and two French merchant vessels are
believed to have been sunk by Ger
man raider.
The ships sunk by the raider are:
British-DramNtist. Radnorshire,
MINER. Netherbyhall. Mount Temple.
King George. Georgeic and Noltaire
The steamships st. Theodore and
Yarowdale We're captured Their
whereabouts are unknown
AuStrians Lose Steamers
Rome, Italy An Austrian steam
er was torredoed on January Ia near
the Ralmaton archipelago by a
French submarine. according to an