Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-19
BY Charles P. Stewart.

Copyright 1917 by the United Press.)
Buenos Aires, Jan. l9.--Ihe German
raider still is at large and, if reports
from Rio De Janeiro today are correct,
has increased her score of merchant ship
victim by six. BY this time she may not
be alone in her depredations-it being
accepted here that she has transformed
one or more of her prizes into raiders
like herself
In the meantime, the greatest sea
hunt in history is on in the south At
lantic. Allied warships are concentrat-
ing to sweep the most dangerous men
ace to allied shipping that has yet sailed
the high seas into corner and destroy
her
Amazement at the RAIDERS audaeity
grew here today. From the log of the
British steamship Radnorshire, enc of
the victims, it was learned that the
German calmly took moving pictTres of
her destruction of various ships.
The belief grew here today that the
raider is the Moewe, of previous raiding
fame This Identification came after
additional. questioning of survivors
landed at Pernamhuco. Rio De Janeiro
dispatches stating that the British
l,steamer Yarrowdale had arrived at ST.
Vincent Tuesday with the crews. of
Eight victims of the raider aboard also
quoted those survivors as to this iden-
tification.
The Rio report as to six additional
ships sunk by the German was uneen-
firmed. 1t did not list, the ships over
whose fate there was anxiety, and it
may be that list of six is merely a reca.
pitulation of the number of allied yes
sells which recently left South Amer
ieon ports or which were. due to ar
rive, and about which there has been no
information for some time. On the 9TH
er hand, 1t is pointed out here that the
original raider by this time has un-
| doubtedly armed and transformed some
of the more speedy vessels among her
prizes into additional raiders and that
additions to the toll OF destruction
could be expected.
Tells Graphic Story.
The most graphic story of the raider e
method of destruction was told in the
log of the captain of the British steamer
Rednorshire, brought ashore with the
survivors aboard the Hudson Maru at
Pernambuco.
'At 10:30 on the night of January
! I, following out departure from Pernam
buco, we sighted vessel ahead" the
log related. AT that time we were
travelling without ights--having receiv.
cd warning to watch out for possible
raiders-and as soon as we sighted the
stranger, we changed our course. Then
we saw two strangers-an a second
time shifted our course, hoping to sliT
away unseen in the darkness But the
two vessels had apparently sighted us
despite our lack of lights, and then gave
proof Of this by Immediately putting on
full speed and bearing down in our di
/ lection.
81 crammed my boilers and did my
best to hurry away, but with our II
knots maximu speed, it was soon appar
ent from the way the two strangers over
hauled US that it was useless to try tc
elude them. Both apparently were cap
able Of at least is knots. Pretty soor
they were close by. When they were
almost alongside I gave the alarm and
everybody aboard donned lifebelts. We
were fairly certain that the raiders Of
Eraider we had been warned about were
after US.
"After laying to, there came aboart
US very shortly six German officers ant
20 men. They took charge of my vessel
| seized the cargo of coffee which VIZ
carried and took off considerable
amount of food. Then they gave us timt
in which to gather and pack few per
sonal effects before putting us in boats
| In the meantime the Germans had plant
ed two explosive bombs on each side
of my ship. When we were all off, in
cluding the Germans, these were explod
ed. The vessel sank at 2:4j a. m. OF
January s.
ga prisoner aboard one of our cap
tors, saw two other vessels sunk OF
January 9 and one on January 10-al
three being destroyed in exactly the
I same fashion, Whenever the sinking
took place during daylight hours, Ger
man cinema man aboard the raider calm
ly and methodically cranked away tax
ing pictures Of the sinking.
81 was told by the captain of th'
two vessels that he had orders to spar,
all passengers and all vessels carrying
| big cargoes.
"We were kept in the port bow com
partment of the vessel to which we wer