Cheyenne record., 1917-02-22
STATE DEPARTMENT HAS ne.
NEWED DEMAND THAT 72
SAILORS BE FREED.
AUSTRIA IS HOPEFUL
SPANISH AND MORSE SHIPS TOR
PEDoED, AND LINER SINKS
GERMAN U-RoAT.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Feb. 21.-The seventy
two Americans held prisoner in Ger
many after their capture on the Brit
ish steamer Yarrowdale are still held.
according to all information in the
possession OF the State Department,
Secretary Lansing admitted Monday.
This. in spite of the fact that this
governments renewed demand for
their release has been forwarded to
Berlin. The dispatch of this demand
was not confirmed until Monday
The secretary said that a message
had reached the department through
Spain that the captives would be re-
leased" but as this promise has been
made before the department does not
feel that there has been any marked
improvement in the situation arising
over the prolonged detention.
vienna-Despite the fact that some
newspapers take gloomy view OF
Austro-American relations and the sit
uation brought about by the severing
of relations between the United
States and Germany. official circles
in Vienna are inclined to believe that
the situation Is not entirely hopeless.
This also is the view OF Frederic c.
Penfield, the American ambassador.
who is doing everything possible to
assist in reaching friendly solution
of the situation.
Berlin.-The Overseas News Agen-
cy announces that one German sub
marine has sunk the British steamer
Gravina, of LAO tons, loaded with
fruit; the Italian sailing ship Maria.
of 1880 tons, with cargo OF coffee
for London, and the Swedish sailing
ship Hugo Hamilton of 2,560 tons,
carrying saltpeter.
According to the Overseas Agency
the sinking of these three vessels was
the work of the submarine previously
reported as having sunk in all vessels
with an aggregate tonnage of $4,000.
Her other victims were unnamed but
are described as follows:
A steamer loaded with war materi-
al worth 6O.0OO,000 marks ($15,000.-
oO0), bound for Egypt; a steamer OF
5000 tons. with general cargo. for
Australia; sailing ship of 1000 tons,
loaded with corn; 3,000-ton steamer
carrying coal to France; sailing
ship of 2,7OO tons. loaded with salt
peter for Bordeaux; three other
steamers, aggregating $500 tons, and
six trawlers of total tonnage OF 900.
Several submarines operating in
the North Sea report that they saw
no traffic there" reports the Over
seas agency. r.
British slowly but surely winning
campaign in Asiatic Turkey. English
troops blow hostile mine east of Sou
chez, France. and make Germans pris-
oners Berlin reports failure of Brit
ish attacks in northern France. Artil-
.lery duels continue in Austro-Italian
theater. No important developments
on other fronts on Monday.
Panama-Canal zone authorities
ceased the publication of Information
concerning ; movements of traffic
through the canal.
Two steamships Sunk.
New York-Two steamships out OF
New York. under charter to the Kerr
Steamship Company, one Norwegian
and the other Spanish. have been
sunk in the submarine zone, accord
Ing to advices received by the COM
pany. They were the Dalmata, Nor
wegian, Jan. "a. for Havre, and the
Mar Adriatico. Spanish, Jan. 16, for
Bordeaux. The Dalmata was sunk
Feb. 8, and the Mar Adriatico Feb.
IL. The latter arrived at Lisbon on
Feb. 2. and was probably proceeding
for Bordeaux when sunk. Officials OF
the Kerr Steamship Company said