Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-10


NEW YORK, February TO-
More than 1,100 vessels arrived at
or sailed unharmed from United
Kingdom ports during the first
nine days of Germany's unrestrict-
ed submarine warfare in British
waters, according to an announce
ment made here today by persons
in authoritative touch with Brit
ish admiralty officials.
LONDON. February 1O-The British
steamer Manitoba (s,s26 tons) has been
nounced today.
The Norwegian vessel Soldakkon g.
SIG tons) is believed to have been
sunk. the agency states. Two of her
crew were lost
Lloyd's announces that the British
steamer Lullington (2.S16 tons) has
been sunk. Her crew was landed yes
terday.
Lloyd's also announces that the
039 tons) has been torpedoe1. Her crew
was saved.
Reuters ChriStianfa correspondent re-
ports that the Norwegian steamer Odin
of Bergen, a vessel of 1.045 tons, was
sunk February without warning and
that two persons on board her were
killed.
American Negro Aboard.
Three Englishmen and one American
negro. members of the crew of the
been picked up in small boat at sea
by a trawler, according to a Reuter- 8
dispatch from Madrid The men had
been without food for FIVE days. They
were taken to a hospital.
Twenty-Five Perish.
Twenty-Five of the crew Of the torpedoed
British steamer Vedamore perished with
the sinking of that vessel. according to
the Press Association. The survivors
have been landed They number thirty
five. and all suffered greatly from expos
ure. having been for ten hours in open
boats in extremely cold weather Many
of the men were only half clad.
Three of the passengers aboard the
Vedamore We're members Of the consular
service. All were saved.
Survivors say that the terrific violence
of the explosion showed that the sub
marine was close to the ship Several OF
the survivors were seniconscious from
exposure and were taken to hospitals.
A Reuters dispatch from Amsterdam
reads:
"A Berlin telegram says that if the
steamer Lars Kruse bore the prescribed
signs of the Belgian relief commission
her sinking by a German submarine ap.
pears to be precluded. but definite in
formation can only be obtained after
the return of all submarines"
Americans on Vedamore.
BALTIMORE, Md, February TO-
Deputy Immigra ton Commissioner
Louis Hoffman here last night declared
that there were fifty-eight in the crew
of the Vedamore. On his list of the
crew is the name of Thomas Marshan
twenty-four years old. American. His
residence Is not given. Four Of the
crew deserted her. Commissioner Hoff-
man said he had no record that Mar
shan did not return with the Vedamore
on the passage to Liverpool. He was
a fireman.
Records at the British vice consul's
office contain the name of f. Shepperd
aged twenty-three, of Charleston, w
Va, as a member of the Vedamore's
crew. He is listed as a fireman, but
his name does not appear in the records
of the United States immigration bu-
reau.
Many Spanish Ships Suffer.
MADRID. February 10, via Paris, 2:1s
p pm-The Spanish mercantile marine
which in July. 1914, consisted of GAG
vessels, with an aggregate Tonnage OF
| S46, ,491, up to January 81 had sustained
losses of ships to the value Of about
| &c, ,O0O, 900 pesetas by reason Of the war
Seven steamships, aggregating 18,00(
tons, and twenty-five ships have beer
sunk by mines or submarines. The
| losses represent about II per cent OF
| the merchant marine.
U-Boat Sinks Fifteen Vessels.
! BERLIN. Thursday. February s, b,
wireless to Sayville. February 10.-A
| German submarine has returned from
the Atlantic. where she sank ten ships
of an aggregate tonnage of $4,000. tn,
| Overseas News Agency says. In addt
tion, she sank. in the North sea, a Brit
| ish steamship of about 5000 tons, tn,
British trawlers Shamrock and Thistl.
and two other trawlers, one British ant
one French.
AL HAYMAN Is DEAD.