The Ordway new era., 1917-02-09
coLoRADOAN ON HOUSATONIc
WHEN LIVES OF Is AMER
IcANS PERILED
BRITISH RESCUE CREW
FEDERAL OFFICIALS SEIZE EIGHT
INTERNED GERMAN SHIPS
AND HOLD CREWS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Feb g. - Germany
yielded to Wilson's demands for "im
mediate release" of seventy-two Amer
lean seamen taken from British mer-
chantmen and held as prisoners Of
war. Washington also learns that
Germans were within rights in sink
ing Housatonic, which carried contra
band, and exercised unusual precau
tions to prevent loss of Americans
aboard vessel.
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 warning, but
the crew saved. One American from
Colorado was aboard. The total num-
Der of Americans on the ship was
twenty-five.
The Housatonic sailed from Calves
ton Jan. 6 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. 8. All of the officers and
crew were saved by British armed
steamer.
Galveston, Tex The steamship
London, via Newport News. She car
ried 144,20O bushels of wheat from
this port.
Boston, Mass-United States Mar
shall Mitchell Saturday night took
physical possession Of the North Ger
man Lloyd liner Kronprinzessin Ce-
celie. The Kronprinzessin Cecelie was
found to be crippled beyond possibil-
ity of early usefulness.
Philadelphia - Saturday night the
interned German auxiliary cruisers
Kronprinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel
Friedrich were seized by order Of the
Navy Department, and their crews i'm
prisoned in an isolation barracks.
Panama-Four Hamburg American
line steamships, which have been in
Cristobal harbor, were seized by the
canal zone authorities.
New York.-Word reached the po
lice that. coincident with the publica,
ton of the news of the rupture with
Germany, the Austrian freighter Him
alaya, which has been lying in New
ark, bay, an estuary of New York har
Dor. has been put out of commission.
Washington.-Lieut. Hans Berg and
his German prize crew were removed
from the liner Appam at Newport |
News, Va, Saturday by coast guard |
cutters, under direction of a United |
States marshal. The ship is in the |
custody of tie Federal Court pending |
appeal to the Supreme Court from |
decision awarding her to her English |
owners.
Having voluntarily submitted to in
terment, these vessels actually are in
custody of the United States govern
ment, subject to such disposition OF
ships and crews as the government |
sees fit to make.
There is no intention on the part of
the United States to seize the German
merchantmen laid up in American
ports as matters now stand. Such
step admittedly would be an act of
war which the government has M
idea of committing.
ArsenaIs and Army Posts Guarded.
New York.-The entire National
Guard of New York state and the ma.
val militia were ordered out Saturday
night by Gov. Whitman after a con.
ference with Maj. Gen. John F. O.:
Ryan. Gen. Organ was directed to
have every arsenal, armory and wa
tershed adequately guarded by the
militiamen, and Commodore Forshew
OF the naval militia was told to pro-
tect all bridges.
Congress Leaders Approve Wilson.
Washington.-Leade in Congress
without regard to politics expressed
freely their approval of President Will
sons course and of his address.
Washington.-Preca to safe
guard naval stations, army posts and
arsanals and other seryice nrOnortv |