The Washington herald., 1917-04-01
TEUTON RAIDER
SINKS II SHIPS;
= CAPTURES 18TH
French Vessel, Spared by Ger
mans, Sent Into Rio with
265 Prisoners.
SEA ROVER u. S. VESSEL? !?
Ocean Thug Is Still at Large In
South Atlantic, Survivors
Declare.

Declare.
(By the International News Service.)
Rio Janeiro. March 31-A new German
win o. the wisp is haunting the Atlantic.
Although scarcely half as large as her
predecessors. the Emden and Moewe. and
not nearly as well equipped. she Is more
than upholding the record Of destruc-
ton set by them. Already she has sent
to the bottom eleven ships, aSgregating
a tonnage of H,s5S tons, and captured
one.
The latter, the French bark Cam
bronze. put into this port today bring
Ing 263 members OF crews Of the raiders
victims. and two women, wives Of officers
whose ships were destroyed She also
brought the first news of the new sea
rover.
From the stories told by survivors who
had left the raider upon the latter's
orders, twenty-five days ago, on March
I. in latitude n south, longitude west.
the following details were given regard
ing the new commerce destroyer:
Details of Sea Raid.
The raiders name is Seeadler which is
German for sea eagle Some say she
Is the American ship Pass of Bahama,
captured by a German submarine anc
taken to Cuxhaven by prize crew In
august lS.Os dIIcT piSNASoAJ ~SSA
seized by a British cruiser.
There are three small German mer-
chantmen named Seeadler. the largest OF
SO tons belonging to the North German
Lloyd. There is, however, also an unpro-
tected cruiser Seeadler listed in the Tas-
chenbuch der kriegsflotten, sem1-of-
fetal German naval almanac. This YES
sci is Of 1.57O tons and was launched IN
1892 at Danzig. She belongs to the Geier
class. Her speed is given at 15.S nautical
miles and her armament as consisting OF
eight $50 centimeter guns and hve 81
centimeter rapid-firers. and two torpedo
tubes. She is 1916 meters long and 10
in width. Her complement consists Of six
officers, one engineer one doctor, pur-
ser. seven non-commissioned ofhcers and
IA men, total Of 160. From descriptions
OF the raider it is probable that this is
tH ship in question:.
The raider has three masts and Is
4 equipped with powerful wireless clever
ly concealed in the rigging. She Is load
with mines and is armed with two guns
OF los miIlimeters and sixteen machine
guns. She carried a great supply Of mu-
ntions and explosives. She has two con-
cealed auxiliary gasoline engines. Her
supply is said to be sufficient for eighteen
months. The raider left her German base
IN December % Her commander is Count
Won LuEkner.
Two Counts Listed.
Two counts Won Luckner are listed in
the German naval almanac as reserve Of
hcers Of the imperial navy. Both were
in the employ OF the Hamburg-American
Line, prior to the war. One. a captain
Of a merchantmen, is COuht Karl Adam
Won Luckner, a lieutenant captain in the
navy reserve. The other is Count Felix
Won Luckner, brother Of Karl Adam. He
was a first lieutenant on a Hamburg
American Line vessel before the war and
is lieutenant in the naval reserve).
Survivors tell a thrilling story Of a
pIucky fight put up by the British
steamship HOrngarth on March II, when
vas Overhauled by the raider and
ordered to surrender. The Horngarth re-
fIsed and had to be literally shot to
PIECES before she gave up. Four members
OF her crew. among them the chief engi-
re"r and his assistant. were wounded by
machine GunfiTe from the raider One
man aboard the SeeadIer was killed by
she'll fire from the Horngarth.
There are many Americans among the
4 survivors brought here by the Cam
bronze. Among them are Roy Clark, of
Virginia. and John Rondoni a Califor-
nian. from the British vessel Yeoman;
Luther Leaters. of Ohio: Ernest Ray Gil
bert. Of Washington, from the British
sailing vessel Pinmore; Manuel Guer-
zero, OF MANIA.
Survivors Treated Well.
The survivors said they were treated
well while aboard the raider Practically
all of the vessels sunk by the Seeadler
were sent to the bottom. of Trinidad and
the coast Of Venezuela. The SeeadIer,
according to the story told by members
of her crew to survivors OF her victims,
was conveyed out of the North Sea by
U-boats as far as Iceland and there was
left to start on her career of destruction
The favorite trick OF the raider In bag
Eing' her victims was to approach them.
living the Norwegian flag. give signals
- asking for a talk and upon coming
within range Of the merchant craft. open.
ing up hail Of fire until the ship in
question gave notice OF surrender Then
she would send sailors aboard to take
OF the crews and sink the vessel
The Norwegian flag was pulled down
= and the German naval ensign hoisted in
stead, as soon as the first shot was fired
by the raider. The Seeadler is said to
have helped herself to a considerable
part Of her victims cargoes. Among the
ships she sent down was the Antionine,
French sailing vessel carrying 1900 tons
Of nitrates, sorely needed in Germany.
1t Is assumed that following the example
Of the Moewe, the Seeadler will now
make for home port, and, in fact, may
be well on the way.
Victims We're Paid
Members Of the crews OF the SeeadIer,s
victims were put to work on the raider
and were remunerated for their services
An interesting story Is told of a Dutch
sailor. He was detailed to work in the
raiders galley and when the SeeadIer
was about to send the Cambronne away
with the crews, he was offered 15o marks
10 German paper money. With a con-
temptuous wave OF the hand he refused
The result was his arrest. He is be-
ueved to be the only one now . prisoner
aboard the raider.
An almost uncanny audacity charac-
terized the conduct Of the raiders crew.
When asked how they managed to slip
through the Gordon of British warships,
they would answer disdainfully, "Oh,
that's nothing" All questions as to
whether they did not fear to be ''bagged"
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