The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-18
MANY MAY HAVE
Persisted ON
SUNKEN SHIPS
acsatinurd from rage oael

6csatinued from rage onel
under surveillance as long as she l.
IN Argentine waters
Every endeavor was being made
% obtain definite word as 20 the
French steamer Admiral I.atouche
rrevilie and the British steamer AT
aguava. both % these steamers ar
missing. and u A. believed they NAV
have been sunk or captured
The German raider Is not only
stlll A. large but she is plentifully
supplied with food and fuel. taken
from her score and more captures
When she sent the Hudson Maru
30 miles or so 20 Pernamhuoo. she
turned tail and sped away into the
horizon line The German adopted
the greatest precautions IN guarding
her plans rom the hundreds Of
prisoners taken aboard her prizes
The survivors were closely confined
below decks They We're so numer.
Gus that this coping az forced sv
served them was utterly inadequate
All the survivors we're bitter ia
their complaint OF m treatment
When the raider len home water
she carried $50 sailors and four
German Officers. she was week pro-
visioned bur 10 her combins o. The
seas has several times replenlshed
her stock 81 both Hsei and pro
visions from the csrgoes and lard
ers Of her prizes.
The survivors landed AZ Pernarn-
buco by the Hudson Maru Included
isS British and Hlndoos. 50 French
and a few additional % various ma
tionaiities Altho sll o. them bad
been closely confined aboard their
captor. they Identified her As Ger
man cruiser Of the Nineta or Moewe
type. but disguised SO her warhss
character was not revealed Thes7
survivors do not represent cy
considerable number thosa aboard
the ships known 70 have fallen vic
tim 20 the German commerce de-
stToyer The fate OF several hun
dred Others is unknown
From stories told b. the Survivors
az Pernarn buco. the following nara
tive Of the German raiders opera
lions NAV be constructed
The German left KEEL number Of
weeks ago and Swuag directly south
westward across the path OF trans
Atlantic commerce. Gradually she
worked her search Of the seas south
ward, taxing prizes right and left
Several % these vessels the raider
tcok along with her. putting Ger
man prize crews or board and con
fning the captured crews below
decks Finally the 81 Theodore. a
British ship OF abou; 5000 tons. WAS
chosen by the commerce destroyer
as the feet prison ship" and on
board her were transferred ali OF
the survivors They were poorly fed
and confined so closely that there
was great suffering Every precau.
tlon was taken by the raiders cap
tain that his prisoners should not
learn the story Of bis escape thru
the Gordon OF Allied oa1tleships
guarding Kiel. or OF his future plans,
and that they should DO, ~ any
chance Earn other merchantmen
which the raider encountered %
their fate
Despite these precautions. come
OF the survivors managed 20 Wit
ness the German vessels maneuveTs
when she captured the French
schooner Nantes. and their story
vas fully confirmed by Captain
Days OF that vessel
According 20 their versions he
Germans slipped far ahead 81 her
convoy OF prizes and broke out he
british nag At her masthead. She
rapidly overhaulsd the slow sailing
vessel aud then signalled her 10 lay
to. The Nantes obeyed. ana the
moment she came o. q stop the raid
er hoistsd her true colCrs. bringing
her guns to bear oG the Frenchmar
A prize crew "a sent ever 20 lake
charge OF the schooner