Evening star., 1917-03-02
STORY OF HARDSHIP AND PERIL
IS TOLD BY FOUR AMERICANS
Men Captured by U-Boat Raider and Placed
on Yarrowdale Suffer Privations in
Prison-Arrive at Copenhagen.

the White Star liner Georgia. the most
| important bag of the German raider.
The recital of the four Americans of
incidents concerning their capture and
their experiences on board the raider Is
one with which American readers are
familiar, from the accounts of the
Moewe and the Appam. They were
treated firmly. but courteously, by the
German officers. They were confined in
, the hold during the chase of each sue
cessive prize, wondering anxiously
whether the intended victim would
show fight and perhaps send the raider
| to the bottom. Each Of the three ships
| from which the Americans were taken
was shelled and the crew was obliged
to take to the boats in a high sea.
There was no loss of life except in
the case of the Mount Temple, on
which three French Canadians were
killed. Another man was injured, his
! foot being mangled SO badly that 1t
was amputated on board the raider.
Americans had no idea that they would
be treated other than as neutrals. In
fact. even the British officers who were
captured signed parole papers while
on the raider. with the understanding
that they would be placed on board the
first neutral steamer encountered for
| transshipment to a home or neutral
port.
The capture of the Yarrowdale. with
her valuable cargo, Influenced the Ger
man commander to change his inten-
ton and send the prisoners to a Ger
man port on that vessel.
Run Expedited by Heavy Storm.
Aided by a heavy storm. the run to
the entrance of the Baltic was made
undetected. Thence they steamed to
Swinemuende under German convoy
After few days at Swinemuende the
prisoners were transferred to the camp
art NeustrelitZ. where they were held
for a month in quarantine. The con-
dition Of many of the Americans, in
Guiding horse handlers from the Geor-
gic. was deplorable. The horse han
dlers had been accustomed to work on
the lower decks. which were half
awash, in bare feet. clad in under
clothes. They entered the boats in this
condition. Three Americans were with
! out shoes in the snow for almost a
month before footwear was supnlied
Others would have been little better off
if the captain of the Yarrowdale had
not distributed all available clothing
aboard.
Repeated attempts were made to com-
municate with the American embassy,
but none IF the mesaa ees reached Mr.
Gerard. Altar g month all the mon of
the rank OF officers. including the four
Americans. were transferred to Karls-
rune, ana the others TO Dulmap
The journey to Karlsruhe reouired
ifty-two hours. On the way from Neu
strelitZ they were switched for ahout
eighteen hours in the yards at Berlin
at time when Ambassador Gerard
whose imperative instructions were to
ascertain whether there were Americans
among the Yarrowdale prisoners was
in persistent and pugnacious fashion
bombarding the dilatory foreign office
with daily notes OF inquiry
almost
arrived at Karlsruhe. There thew found
that the insufficient rations Of NenstreIit.
were succeeded by steadily diminisbine
diet. which during the last fortnight nf
plate of thin soup. pound Of bread and
half a pound of potatoes daily. Dr.
Snyder says he lost thirty pounds and
the others about as much each Thav
marks. from which ifty-four was Dc,
Quoted for rations. leaving six MARKS to
pay for coffee tea and tobacco. What
extra money they had melted away I'm
plement their rations Accordingly tbav
were all out of funds when they vars
| notified of their release on FEBRUARY ~
Praise the Camp Commander.
Notwithstanding their unhappy reco,-
lections Of Karlsruhe, the Amertc.,.
praise the camp commander. No,
schonebeck, and his assistant IT,
Won Friesen. who did everything in their
power to tighten the lot of the nri.-
| oners.
These Americans are unable to siva .
list of their countrymen from the w.
rowdale. Every scrap Of paper. ,nclud.
ling passports, was taken from +h..
DIR. Davis and Dr. McKim said th.t
the George with them sna were tse afty-seveen en-
The Mount Temple. in addition to- m,
Zabriskie, had on board two Amertcan
horse foremen, McGreel and Giennnnc ca1 ~
Boston. An American named Harrinn+ot ~
was on the voltaise HI He Rr,s,e Rss being sent @
ment Mr.. Zabrislde says that there
we're at least two Americans among ths
"a Canadians to save trouble. eo
The Americans who have reachaa
Copenhagen say that the German raider
is the Puehme. commanded by Lieut..
Berg.
Early Release Of Others Promised.
! Germany. IN a note delivered 70 ~.