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FIVE ALLIED CRUISERS SEARCH THE
ATLANTIC SEA LANE FOR GERMAN RAIDER
CoMlnuwl from rc One
(hern of arlous nationalities .Altrdiiglt
,1 1 of them liad been closely cotillncd aboard
Vt,Vtr captor, they Identified licr na n Ocr
man cruiser of tlio Vinetn or Morwi- tvpe.
but dlPKUlseil so her warl'lio character war
not revealed.
Tlicso survlvora do hot represent by a
rreat number the total of those aboard the
hlB9 known to have fallen Mctlm to tin;
German commcrco destroyer. The fato of
evernl humlrcdfl la unknown.
From storlei told by these survivors at
Fernamburo, the following narrative of tho
German raider's operatlutiq may bo con-
truotcd :
Tho German vessel left Kiel n number of
weeks "BO and mvunrr d'rectly southwest
ward across tho path of transatlantic com
merce Gradually Rho worked her search of
the seas Bouthwnrd. tnltlng lirlzes right and
left. Several of these cise!,i tho raider
Uok alons with her, nuttlns German prize
crews on board and confining tho captured
crews below decks. Finally the St. Thoo
rfnri.. a. British shin of about 5000 tonn,
tms chosen bv tho commcrco destroyer a-
life fleet "prison ship" and On board her
wrtre transferred an 01 1110 Burvitors.
'they were poorly fed and confined so
eloAely that Ihcie was great suffering.
KVcxy precaution was taken by the raldcr'H
capmln that his prisoners should not learn
the sHory of his escape through tho cordon
of Allied battleships guarding Kiel, or of
his fufsire plans, and that they should not
by ahv chanco warn other merchantmen
which Hie raider encountered of their fato.
Despllo theso precautions, somn of tho
lurvlvorw managed to witness tho Germnn
vessel's maneuvers when sho captured tho
French silhooner Nantes, ntul their story
was ful, confirmed by Captain Days, of
that ci-rl.
According to their version, tho German
slipped f.ir ahead of her convoy or prizes
and revealed tho British flag at her mast
head She rapidly overhauled the tlow
saillng csel mid then signaled her to
lay to. Tli Nantes obeyed and tho mo
ment sho c.imo to a stop tho raider hoisted
her true colois. bringing her guns to bear
on tho Frenchman. A prlr.o crew was sent
oer to take chargo of tho schooner.
SfHOONUll DVNAMITHD
Some time Inter, however, tho sailing
vessel being unable to make the speed that
tho raider and bor prizes desired, tho ves
sel ,ii stripped of food and supplies, tha
original French crow and tho German prize
crew taken off and a holo dynamited In
tho vessel's bottom.
"The German didn't look anything like
a warship " says Captain Days, "and I had
no hesitancy In obeying her order to heavo
to. Beside. 1 had no chance to escape, as
the raider could easily have overhauled me "
After tho Nantes wan captured nnd sunlt
tho survivors were distributed nmong tho
several j-rlzcs and finally all transferred to
the St Theodore. Then, on Janunry 12, the
Hudson Main was overhauled, seized and
her Japanese crew confined, a Gormnn prize
crew taking her place. At thin time tho
raider evidently judged her depredations
on commcrco were likely to have reached
tho attentive cars of Allied warships dot
ting the Atlantic and she niado preparations
to skip away from tho hampering conoy
of prizes Many of tho sur Ivors were put
xboard tho Hudson Mam from tho St.
Theodoro and thu Japanese steamship head
ed toward port. What became of other
prize ships which trailed along with tho
raider and In particular what waa tho fate
of the St. Theodoro Is unknown.
HEPOriT 400 LOST
The report still persisted In Itlo today
that 400 persons had perished In the sinking
of some unnamed ship, but neither the
survivors at Pcrnambueo nor wlroless pleas
for Information sent over the seas brought
either confirmation or denial.
Tho fe'v survivors landed nt lVrnnmbuco
do not represent by soeral hundred the
number of those who must have been
aboaicl tho twenty-four or twciit-sl-: ves
sels sunk or captured by tho raider. What
has become of the others Is not Known.
They may still bo aboard tho Kt. Theodore
or some of tho other prizes, headed, under
German prize crews, for other South Atlan
tic ports. Many may bavo perished. Tho
close under-decks' confinement of tho sur
1 1vors who have already landed was ef
fectual In preventing them from ascertain
ing inoro than the most meager facts about
their captors nnd her career. Tho fact that
no survrvur could definitely Identify tho
raider Is significant commentary on how
rigidly iho German commcrco destroyer's
crew guarded her Identity and how strictly
they cnrrled nut "their orders for confine
ment of their captives
At leu t r,ne Hrltlslt warship Is known to
hne been poinds here around the spot where
the Hudson M.iru parted c-t'u iy with her
captor a cruiser which .u .ent seerat
weeks ngo from the Falkland Island's Great
llrltaln's Kouth Atlantic naal linc, to
search for the istca.nshlp Tlnto Hut It was
fairly certain today that every avallablo
Allied warship anywhere near the section
of tho South Atlantic where tho raider was
last reported was churning tho sea in an
effort to loc.it 0 her
In the mcnmvlilln tlrltlsli nnd French
consul Issued warnings lo all Allied ship
ping. The few Allied vesrels which did
leave and a number of neutral vessels as
weil carefully hugged tho shore. atrlMng to
rtnaln In territorial waters ns rar as pos
sible From the fact that the rommerce do
strojer chnso the South Atlantic field ns
her main sphere of operations there waa a
revival today of tho oft-repeated rumor of
a German wireless nnd supply base at somo
unlnhabltedfpot on tho South American
coast. Both tho Argentina nnd Brazilian
Governments today took cognizance of this
rumor In making another effort to orlfy
the existence of bucIi u station.
Itoth Ilrazil nnd Argentine officials pro
fessed unconcern over tho likelihood of any
violation of neutrality by the raider, but
aro nevertheless taking no chances.
BIG ALLIED FLEET
IN SEARCH FOR RAIDER
LONDON, Jan. lit.
A powerful fleet of Urltlsh nnd French
warships Is scouring tho Atlantic today
for the new terror of the seas, a German
raider thot Is nccredltcd with having sunk
or captured more than n score of merchant
ships.
Following tho official announcement of
tho Admiralty ndmlttlng the loss of a
dozen British nnd French ships, It became
known hero today that at least ten Urltlsh
warships are taking part In tho search.
A search Is doing mndo up and down
tho American coast, and oft tho southern
part of tho t'nited States. As tho men-of-war
look for their quarry they aro pending
out wltclcss warnings to merchant ships.
Urltlsh and French consular representa
tives hao gathered Important Information
from the refugees of lost ships that were
lauded at I'ernambuco from tho Japanese
ship Hudson Marti.
Tho sea-fugltlves were unahlo to glvo the
namo of tho raider, but from their descrip
tion It waa supposed that the ship formerly
was tho Vlncta. Sho Is well armed with
guns nnd torpedo tubes and carries n
largo and well-trained crew.
In addition to the search for the com
meico raider tho Allied fleet Is attempting
to locato her base, for It Is supposed that
sho Is operating from somo supply point on
tho South or Central American coast.
Whether tho raider will take tight Into
somo other part of the world's seven seas
Is not known, but even If sho flees into
tho Pacific sho will run tho risk of encoun
tering Japaneso warships that will bo on
the lookout for her there.
Tho vessels known lo have been sunk or
captured nggreg.ito about 05,000 tons.
Tho German ship began her depredations
about Decembor 12, unit was active ns late
as January 12. Instead of striking nt
tho north Atlantic steamship lane, she went
on to tho south Atlantic and swooped down
on tho traffic highways between South
American ports and lairope. Evidently
rho feared lo enturo Into tho north At
lantic becauso of the big fleets which are
constantly on guard there.
Tho Admiralty Is making nn Investiga
tion of tho leports of destruction of other
ships in addition to thosn named in .the
ofllclal announcement, particularly tho sink
ing of one vessel In which 400 llcs wero
rumored to havo been lost.
It has been thought for some tlmo that
a German raider was loose on account of
tho Increasing number of ovorduo ships,
but the ofllclal announcement has caused
a big Increaso In murine, insurance rates.
Tho fact that tho raider Is still at largo
waa nn Important factor In boosting rates.
Not since tho days of tho Kmden havo
shipping circles been so perturbed over
tho German menace. While tho Urltlsh
deplore tho loss of shipping, naval men pay
tribute to the daring of tho German sea
men nnd tho skill with which they have
raided commerco without being captured,
Tho raiding ship was described as a
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GERMAN SEA RAID SEEN
AS PART OF PROGRAM
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 18. The German
commcrco raid feat off South America Is
regarded hero ns a new spectacular 'coup
In a series by Germany. '
Authorities hold, however, that whllo
gigantic on tho surfaco tho raid Is only
n. "drop In the bucket" compared to the
string of sinkings accomplished by sub.
marines. And they fnl to see where it
presages tho opening of nny new victorious
warfare by Germany.
They say only nn occasional raider can
operato nnd then not for long, duo to tho
Allied warships dotting the oceans.
What Germany will do about sea war
fore, especially submarlnlngs. cannot be
gnuged, officials said, by tho ncllvlty of
tho raider. Germany Is accomplishing the
destruction dally of eight to fifteen or
twenty ships of varying tnnuogo by her
submarines, nnd theso sinkings now gn
virtually unnoticed.
Tho spectacular elements of the raid In
South America aro what make It Importnnt,
w hurras from n strategic point of vlow
tho rnld can accomplish only temporary
fright or nervousness for Allied shipping,
accoidlng to cxpertB' views.
While tho raider work Is beforo tho
public reports nro current that not only Is
Germany planning tho spectacular return
of the subsea freighter Deutschland, but
that a larger sister ship will dock In New
London or "somewhere cIo in America"
with her.
FRENCH LINER SAILS
AFTER 14-HOUR DELAY
NHW YOItlf, Jan. 18 Undaunted by
the fear of submarines nnd German com
merco rnlders, the French liner Chicago
sailed today for llordeaux after delaying
her departure for fourteen hours. Ofll
clals wero emphatic that the delay wm
not caused by the suddenly revealed nc
tlvlty of a German sea rover.
None of the 120 cabin passengers can
celed their passage becauso of the raider's
known presence In Atlantic waters. Aboard
tha Chicago wero thirty French soldiers,
returning to the front nfler furloughs spent
In this country.
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AMERICANS LANDED
HY RAIDER'S VICTIMS
N'HW YOHK. Jan 18.
So far ns It Is known oltlclnlly no lives
were lost In the destruction of merchant
shipping by tho German raider which Is now
ravaging tho seas, tt is nnoillclally re
ported, however, that 411 persons nro
inlsRlng.
Among tho persons landed nt Fernnmbuco
from sunken or captured ships aro thirteen
Americans
Telegraphic reports from I'ernambuco
quote survivors as saying that they were
severely treated by the Germans on the
raider
Tho correspondent of the Urn?. I Journal
reports that somo of tho sailors from the
victim ships say they weio kept without
food for two dojs.
The commander of the French steamship
N'nntcs Is said to have asserted that the
raider approached his ship under tho Urltlsh
Hag.
G110 report In shipping circles was that
the raider maj bo tho Mnevvp, whoso ex
ploits In African waters are world-famous.
Tint there bns been somo loss of life Is
virtually certain Somo nf the refugees on
tho Hudson Main, which arrived nt Per-
nambuco on Monday night, snld that oincera
of the ship had been shot down when they
tried to resist rapture by tho German com
merce destroyer.
According to the survivors at I'ernambuco
the raider carried n crew of nbout 250 men,
Including flvo olllcors of tho German navy,
INSURANCE MEN ROOST
SOUTH AMERICAN RATES
NTW YOHK. Jail 18 Marino under,
wrlteis In New York rontlnued todny to
boiM rates on ships hound for South Amer
ican Maters. War risk rates leaped from
a general range of two to threo per cent
ti six to ten per cent vesterdny With
the Germnn raider still at largo and new
reports of ships sunk, received todny, rates
wero expected to go oven higher,
Oillclals of the Hrltlsh Consulnle In New
York expressed the belief that tho raider
roou will bo laid low.
"Wo have fnvt patrol boats In that dis
trict." one of them said. "Thero will not
be much more raiding "
The ships already destroyed by the raider.
are valued, with their cargoes, nt miotic
fiO.000,000. Insurnnco Is carried for tho
most part by local underwriters.
The French liner Chicago sailed from
New York nt T n. m. for llordenux, re
gardless of tho raider's presence. Sho will
have 120 passengers aboard. Other large
liners now on the Atlantic nnd not jot
repotted ns icnchlng their dtStlnntlons are:
The Alphnnso Nil. for Ylgo, Spain: the
American liner St. Paul, with many Amer
icans aboard, for Liverpool ; the Saga, for
Hlo do Janeiro ; tho Urnzos. for San Junn.
P. It.; the Sao Paulo, Tor Uahla and
llueno.s Aires, and tho Vnldlvla.
Ships which nro on their way from
Huropcnn ports to America are:
The French liner Tournlno, from Bor
deaux; tho American liner Philadelphia: the
White Star liner lialtie. at present tho
second largest liner engaged In Atlantic
trade: the Holland-American liner Ityndnm ;
tho llellg (Jlav. of Iho Scandinavian-American
Line, nnd tho Ilcrgcnsfjord. of tho
Norwegian-American Line.
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ASSETS
Bonds and Stocks $28,915,764.00
Ileal Estate 1,000,000,00
Loans on Bond and mortgage. . 2,700.00
Premiums in course of collection 1,195,671.33
Interest, Dividends and Rents
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Cash on deposit and in office . . , 2,381,569.37
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Unearned premiums $10,135,305.-16
Losses in process of adjustment 591,007.51
All other claims '. . . 381,725.23
Reserve for contingencies 100,000.00
Reserve for dividend, payable
January 4th, 1917 600,000.00
Policyholders' Surplus $22,303,333.63
Capital ...$10,000,000.00
Net Surplus 12,303,333.63
$22,303,333.63
334,114,371.86
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