The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-20
Three Of Seven Who Leaped
Into River From Interned
Ship, Make Their
Escape.
CoNFEDERATEs HELPED
List Of Americans Found on Captured
Men Who Wero Literally
Supplied With
Money.

| UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
PHILADELPHIA, March 20.-Three
of the seven German sailors who jump
ed into the Delaware river last night
| from a vessel on which they were in
termed, escaped, 1t was learned today.
Earlier reports were that all had
been captured.
The belief that the trio made their
escape was reached when three COM
plete German uniforms were found on
the bank of the Schuylkill more than
mile from where the men made their
dash, Confederates are believed to
have met the men and supplied them
With citizen clothing.
Mayor Smith has Issued orders to
the police to have, every ferry and
every other outlet in the city watch
ed.
The four men who were fecaptured
were found to have more than $1,000 in
bills and lists Of German residents and
and vicinity. These lists were contis-
Gated.
Ten Are Missing.
WASHINGTON, March, 20.-One
lieutenant and nine seamen have es-
capped from the Philadelphia navy
yard, where crews OF two German
commerce raiders are interned, ac-
cording to q dispatch to the navy de-
partment from Captain Russell, CON-
mandant OF the yard today.
Whether an escaped last night or
earlier Is not known. The fact that
they were missing became known late
In af ni1ht af roll call
-Four German seamen, the report
says, were caught attempting to es-
cape last night and now are In the
marine barracks prison Two OF them
were in uniform and two in civilian
clothes VIII en- captured. All were well
supplied with money, 800 being found
on one.
The missing men are from tho Prinz
Eitel Friedrich and the Kron Prinz
Wilhelm.
That the German captains connived
in the escape was the view OF some
officials, especially since the men
were well supplied with funds.
The navy department has not yet
considered what It will do with the
navy yard commandant, who failed to
prevent the escape, or with the men.
should they he receptnret
This Is the second group Of Ger.
mans to escape, ten others having
fed away from interned ships at Nor
folk.
Only Two Escaped.
WASHINGTON, March '20.-Only
two men are missing from the in
termed German ships at Philadelphia,
according to the third Of q series OF
messages to the navy department to-
day. These men are Lieutenants
Corth and Machinists Mate David
Schroeder, who are believed to have
been drown ed. The other men, caught
IN the water, were nearly frozen to
death.
:. Was Deep Plot.
: PHILADELPHIA, Pa, March 20
Ten German sailors from the interned
German boats In the League Island
navy yard are today at large, accord
ing to the belief Of police here. By
patching up conflicting stories OF four
recaptured men, the police were led to
the belief that fourteen tried to swim
their way to liberty in icy waters last
night
Police here believe the attempt to
get away was not confined to the men
themselves, nor even to the captains
Of the crews, but that it was part Of
general movement on the part Of
scores Of Philadelphia Germans or
German sympathizers to liberate the
men.
This belief is supported by the fact
that number Of names were found on
the four men who were recaptured en-.
who are detained in the barracks of
the navy yard toda, suffering from ex-
rosure.
The name of Richard Stein was