The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-19
Germans Have Camera Man on
Board Who Calmly Turns
Crank as Victims arc
Destroyed.
CARRY OFF ALL FOOD
Captain Of Ono Sunken Ship Tells Of
Being overhauled aid Forced
to Give Up hts
Cargo.
LBy Charles P. Stewart, United Pres1
Gfa - Corroan0ndenf I

[By Charles p. Stewart, United Presd
Staff Correspondent
copyright 1917 by United Press
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 19.-The Ger
man raider is still at large. and II re-
ports from Rio De Janer1o today are
correct, has increased her score OF
merchant victims by six. By this time
she may not be alone in her depreda-
tions-it being accepted here that she
has transformed one or more OF her
prizes into raiders like herself.
In the meantime the greatest sea
hunt in history Is on In the South At
Elantic. Allied warships are concen-
..:.-s:s::si Sc the ::os: ;..sssis o;:
menace to allied shipping that has yet
sailed the high seas into corner and
destroy her
AmaEement at the raiders audacity
grew here today From the log Of the
British steamship Radnorshire, one Of
the victims. it was learned that the
German calmly took moving pictures
of her destruction of various ships.
The belief grew here today that the
raider is the Moewe, OF previous raid
ing fame. This Identification came af-
ter additional questioning Of survivors
landed at Pernambuco. Rio De Ja-
nerio dispatches stating that the Brit
fish steamer Yarrowdale had arrived
at st. Vincent Tuesday with the crews
Of eight victims OF the raider aboard
also quoted those survivors as to this
The Rio report as to six additional
ships sunk by the German was uncon-
flrmed. It did not list the ships over
whose fate there was anxiety and 1t
NAV be that this list of six is merely
a recapitulation Of the number OF al
lied vessels which recently left South
American ports or which were due to
arrive and about which there has been
no information for some time
On the other hand, 1t is pointed out
here. that the original raider by this
time has undoubtedly armed and trans
formed some of the more speedy ves-
sells among her prizes into additional
raiders and that additions to the toll
of destruction could be expected.
The most graphic story of the raid
er's method of destruction was told in
the log OF the captain of the British
steamer Radnorshire, brought ashore
with the survivors aboard the Hud-
son Maru at Pernambuco.
cat 1o:So on the night of January Z,
following our departure from Pernam-
buco, We sighted a vessel ahead" the
log related AT that time we were
travelling without lights-having re-
ceiyed warning to watch out for pos
sible raiders-and as soon as we sight
ed the stranger, we changed our
course. Then we saw two strangers
and a second time shifted our course,
hoDine to slip away unseen In the
darkness. But the two vessels had
apparently sighted US, despite our lack
of lights, and then gave proof Of this
by Immediately putting on full sped
and bearing down in our direction.
IT crammed my boilers and did my
best to hurry away, but with our ten
knots maximum speed, it was soon
apparent from the way the two strang-
ers overhauled us that it was useless
to trv to elude them. Both apparently
were capable of at least eighteen
knots. Pretty soon they were close