The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-18

German slipped far ahead OF her
convoy OF prizes and broke out the
British flax At her masthead. She
rapidly ovcrhauled tho show sailing
vessel. and then siEnailed her to
lay to Tho Nantes obeyet. and the
moment she came TO n stop the
raider hoistsd her true coiors,
bringing her guns To bear on the
Frcnchman.
A prize crew took charge OF tn.
schooner. Later. however, the sail.
ing vessel. being unable TO make
the speed that tho raider and her
prizes desired. was stripped OF food
and supplies. tho original Frcnch
crew and the German prize crew
taken of. and hole dynamited In
the vessels bottom
Didn't Look Like Warshlp
The German didn't look any
thing like n warship." said Capt.
Days. "and | had no hesitancy in
obeytng iis order to hcave 10. Re.
sides. | had no chance to escape.
as the cruiser could easily have
overhauied me.
After the Nantes was captured
and sunk. tho survivors we're dis
tributed among the several prizes,
and finally all transferred on the
st. Theodore. Then. on January
~. tho Hudson 9us overhauled.
seized and her Japanese crew con.
fined. a German prize crew taking
their places.
Al this time the raider evidently
judged her depredations on com
merco were likely 10 have reached
the attentive ears OF the allied war.
ships dotting the Atlantic. and she
made preparations TO skip away
from tho hampering convoy OF
prizes
Many OF the survivors were put
aboard the Hudson Maru from the
St Theodore. and tho Japanese
steamship headed toward Pernam.
buco.
VIVA. Happened 10 Prizes
What became OF other prize ships
which trailed along with the raider.
and In particular what was the fate
OF the St Theodore. was unknown
The report still persisted In
Rio today that 200 had persisted
In the sinking Of some unnamed
ship. but neither the survivors
a. Pernambuco nor wireless
pleas for information sent over
the seas brought either con.
firnation or denial.
The few survivors landed at Per
1ambuco do not represent by sew.
eral hundred the number OF those
who must have been aboard the
"a or 2G vessels captured.
Where Are the survivors,
What has become OF the others
is not known. They may still be
aboard the st. Theodore or some OF
tho other prizes. headed. under
German prize crews, for other
South Atlantic ports
Many may have pershed. The
close. under-decks confinement OF
the survivors who have already
landed was effectual in preventing
them from ascertaining moro than
the most meager facts about their
captor and her career.
Identity Well Hidden
The fact that no survivor could
definitely identify the raider is a
significant commentary on how
rigidly the German commerce de-
stroyer's crew guarded her identity
and how strictly they carried ont
their orders for confinement Of
their captiyes.
At least one British warship Ia
known to have been somewhere
around the spot where the Hudson
Maru parted company with her
captor--a cruiser which was sent
several weeks ago from the Falk.
land islands, Great Britain's South
Atlantic naval base, to search for
the steamer Tinto.
But It Was fairly certain today
that every available allied warshlp
anywhere near the section Of the
South Atlantic. where the raider
was last reported. was churDing
the sea in an effort to locate her.
Hunt Hidden Wireless
In the meanwhile. British and
French consuls issued warnings to
Ill allied shipping. The few allied
'essels which did leave-and n
lumber OF neutrals as well-care-
fully Rugged the shore, striving TO
remain I'm territorial waters as far
as possible.
From the fact that the destroy
OF chose the South Atlantic field
as her main sphere OF operations.
there was a revival today OF the
oftrepeated rumor Of a German
wireless and supply base at some
uninhabited spot on the South
American coast line. Both the Ar
gentine and Brazilian governments
today took cognizance OF this ru-
NOR I'm making another effort to
verify the existence OF such a sta
tion.
Both countries officers pro
fessed concern over the likelihood
Of any violation OF neutrality by
the ralder-but are. nevertheless,