Arizona republican., 1917-03-19
SWty-N1me Ame1c0ms Form
 PaH of CyeWs of Ships Sunk
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Republican A. P. Leased Wirel
 NEW YORK, Maroh 18.-f orty-
 eight men who were Americans by
 birth or by naturalization and nine
 others, several of whom are be-
 Iieved to be naturaIzed Americans,
 comprised the crew of the AmerI
 can freight steamship City Of Mem
 phis, reported from London today
 as having been sunk by shell fire.
 The vessel itself, valued al S600
 900, has Weathered safely many ad
 ventures in European waters on
 previous voyages since the war be- gan.
 Owned by the ooesn Steamship company. commonly known as the
 Savannah line, the City of Mem
 phis, of 5252 tons gross, sailed
 from New York January g, car
 rying 9,653 bales of cotton valued
 at $600,00o. This she delivered at
 HaVre, France, and was on her way home in ballast when sunk.
 Her captain was L. p. Borum of
 Norfolk, Va. Every officer aboard
 had his American license and every
 naturalized American his naturali
 zstion papers in compliance with
 rule laid down by the ships cwn
 CTS.
 While on her last voyage from New York the City of Memphis was halted off the Scilly islands by a German sub- marine whose captain dema anded to set the papers she carried.
 A mate went aboard the U-Doat anC was informed that inasmuch as tho American carried contraband cargo she ought to be sunk but that becaus, A f1arie. fria ly relations she might proceed
 A message received here yesterday by ". H. Pleasarts, president of tht Ocean Steamship company from Cap tain Borum announced the ships de parture from Cardiff on Friday so tha she was less than AS hours out whei sunk.
 The City of Memphis's last voyag, to Europe was her tenth into the wa zone.
 Built in Chester. Pa, in 1902 the Cit, of Memphis, while in the coastwis, trade in May, 1914, was chartered b, the government during a crisis in tn, relations between the United State and Mexico to transport supplies b, way of Galveston to American troop occupying era Cruz. As she left Bostol harbor a German freighter fired salute from a brass gun mounted ol deck
 On her voyages into the war zon the City of Memphis esch night car ried . reflector above an Amercar flag painted on either side and tn ships name appeared in six foot letter in several places.
 The crew of the Vicilancia com
 prised 45 men of whom 21 were
 Americans, including Captain F. A.
 Middleton Of New York. Two of the
 21 were naturalized and one had
 first papers. There wer also five
 Porto Ricans and ore Filipino in
 the fire room force.
 The Vigilancia was built in 1890 fo the New York and Cuba Mail Steam ship company, better known as th Ward line. Since the outbreak of th war, the Vigilancia is said to hay changed owners several times her las owner being the Barber line put wae she was sunk she was under charte to the Globe line.
 She sailed from New York Februar 2S after being detained by d strike fo three days after clearing and leavin her dock. The crew demanded a . pc cent bonus on their regular wages d a war risk. The demand was com promised. The ship was plainly rarke as an American vessel with flags paint ed on port and starboard bows and wit her name and hailing port of Nes York on both sides in LETTERS FlVl FEET HIGH.
 It is understood that the cargo wa valued at nearly S750. 900 and the shi