The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-05
RELIEF STEAMER
sunk BY GERMANS
SUBMARINE SHELLS LIFE BOATS
OF ONE WHILE BEING
LOWERED
ACTION
Vessels Filled With Wheat for Starv-
ing People in France and Belgium
Sent to Bottom Of Sea in Ruthless
Warfare Of Barbarous Teutons.

London, April 5, 12:4O p m.-The
Belgian steamer Trcyier, from New
York with Belgian relief supplies was
torpcdoed without warning on We'd
noslay
Another One.
The Belgian relief steamship Feis-
tcin has been sunk in the North Sen
while approaching Rotterdam, accord
ing to a cablegram received here to.
day by the Belgian Relief Commission.
10 is believed she struck a mine.
OFF Dutch Coast.
London, April g. News Of the tor.
peloing of the Treyier came in a
Reuter- dispatch from Ymuiden Tho
torpedoiug by a German submarine,
the message adds. occurred or,
Schevoningen. Holland. Twentyfour
members of the crew, Of whom eight
are wounded, have been brought to
Imuiden.
Incredible Barbarity.
New York, April 5.-The commits
sion had received no word from the
London headquarters which sent the
message about the Feistein, regarding
the torpedoing of the Troyier. Both
vessels carried crews made up mostly
OF Bclgians and iIollanders, and It ia
believed no Americans were on either
vessel.
The cablegram did not state how o.
when the Feistein was sunk or wheth
er any lives were lost The oe8JnT'
tion that she was mined was based on
the fact that all other commission
vessels lost near Rotterdam met disas-
ter in that way It was believed II
she had been torpedoed the fact would
have been mentioned Both the
'eistein and the Trevior carried solid
cargoes Of wheat for people starving
in Belgium and northern France.
The Feistein, a Norwegian vessel.
left Philadelphia February 2S. Her
cargo was valued at $35il94 the
ship was of 1891 tons gross
The Trevier of 1901 tons gross, left
New York March 8. Her cargo was
worth S3l5,96l.
Members of the commission here
were unable to credit the news that
the Trevler had been tOrpedoed with.
out warning, having been given as
surance that U.boat commanders had
been instructed not to molest the re.
lief ships II they conformed to the
prescribed regulations.
II was stated definitely by A. w.
Duckett & Company. agents OF the
Belgian commission. that there we're
no Americans on the Trevier. Ir
twenty.four men were landed at Ymui.
den, as reported, then the entire crew
was saved.
When the Trevler left here she ca-.
ried safe conduct pass signed by
the Swiss consul in compliance with
the German arrangements, the agents
stated
Fired on Life Boats.
London, April While the boats ov
the Trevier were being lowered the
submarine fired on them, severely
wounding the captain. the mate, the
engineer and a cook
The Trevier sailed from New York
on March 5 for Rotterdam and was re.
ported arriving at Halifax en- route on
March s. She was a vessel Of 3,00l
tons gross.
Teutons Have Sunk Six.
London. April Six hospital ships
have been torpedoed or mined by the
central powers since the beginning OF
the war, Thomas j. Mcnamara, field
secretary Of the admiralty. stated in
the house Of commons today In CON
sequence, he added, 2i7 lives had
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