The Dolores star., 1917-02-23
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Washington, Feb 3l.--The seventy
tvd Americans held prisoner in Ger
many after their capture ON the Brit
IN steamer Yayrowdale are still held.
acenrding TO All Information in the
posssssion of the State Department
Secretary Lansing admitted Monday.
This. IN spite Of the fact that this
e0vernment's renewed demand for
thstr release has been forwarded to
Berlin. The dispatch Of this demand
was not confirmed until Monday.
The secretary said that message
had reached the department through
Spain that the captives would be 70
leased" but ~ this promise has been
made before the department does not
Geel that there has been any marked
fmpEovsment in the situation arising
over the prolonged detention.
yienna.-Despite the fact that SOME
newspapers take q gloomy view Of
Anstro-American relations and the sit
uation brought about by the severins
OF relations between the United
States and Germany. official circles
in Vienna are inclined to believe that
the situation 10 not entirely hopeless.
This also u the view of Frederic C.
Penfisld, the American ambassador,
Who is doing everything possible to
assist In reaching friendly solution
of the situation.
Beriin.-The Overseas News. Agen-
cy announces that one German sub
marine has sunk the British steamer
0favina, Of 1,140 tons, loaded with
fruit: the Italian sailing ship Maria.
Of 1850 tons. with cargo OF coffee
tor London. and the Swedish sailing
ship Hugo Hamilton OF $3.50 tons.
carrying saltpeter.
According to the Overseas Agency
the sinking OF these three vessels was
the work Of the submarine previously
reported ~ having sunk In all vessels
with an aggregate tonnage Of 5000.
Her other victims were unnamed but
ore described ~ follows:
a steamer loaded with war materi-
q worth e0.000.O00 marks .t316,0O0.-
000). bound for Egypt: a steamer of
$500 tons. with Q general cargo. for
Australia: sailing ship Of 1000 tons.
toaded with corn: 3.000-ton steamer
easryins coal to France; a calling
ship OF 2.709 tops. loaded with salt
peter for Bordeaux: three other
steamers. aggregating $500 tons, and
six trAwlers OF . total tonnage Of 300.
"Eeverai submarines operating In
the North Sea report that they saw
no traffic there" reports the Over
seas agency.
British slowly but surely winning
campaign In Asiatic Turkey. English
troops blow hostile mine east OF Sou
ches. France, and make Germans pris-
oners Berlin reports failure Of Brit
lsh attacks in northern France. Artil-
.lsry duelss continue in Austro-Italian
theater. No important developments
en other fronts ON Monday.
Panama. Canal zone authorities
ceased the publication Of information
eoncerning movements Of traffic
through the canal.
Two eteamshlps Sunk.
New York.-Two steamships out OF
New York. under charte. 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. 49,, for
Bordeaux. The Dalmata was sunk
Feb. Q. and the Mar Adriatico Feb.
IL. The latter arrived at. Lisbon on
reb. Q, and was probably proceeding
DOR Bordeaux when sunk. Officials of
the Kerr Steamship Company said
they did not believe either vessel had
Americans aboard.