Show l LuMDA Ug S I CRAft RAfT r PO Y f A T Sinking of Ship Likely to Make Submarine Controversy Critical Vessels Vessel's Cr Crew vi Saved CRr IBy 1 rutted r-ius r lo to The TIle LONDON Nov 11 The 11 The American steamer Columbian u aS torpedoed torpedo d. d fo A. A L Lloyds oyd dis- dis s- s patch late this afternoon said she sank k The The he Lloyd Lloy dispatch apparently was was or in later dispatches from Mad Ma- Ma lad la- la d d which said the crew half of whore whom A ate e Americans had been landed on on- the Spanish Coast together with the crews t the the Norwegian steamers Fordal and Bulto and the British steamer Sea- Sea Jonia tonia which also were torpedoed perhaps perhaps per- per haps at- at haps by bv the same boat U-boat which at- at att t eked cIted the Columbian The combined cr ws S 'S numbered men FIRST SINCE 5 S. O. O S. S CALL The he he Lloyds Lloyds' dispatch reporting the thea a Inking liking k of the Columbian Ameri American American- an- an freighter bound from Bosto Bos- Bos Bost Bustow t tow to Brest via E h ports was wash ag agI I h first first news of ot the the ship hil since she shew w r le sed to the British admiralty on Tuesday an S S. O. O S. S call that was was fol- fol followed fol owed lowed several hours later by another boats TJ-boats boats held beld air a r message saying saving two IT her up and md that one of ot them shelled he he o mention is 15 made in any of the thed patches d patches regarding det details ils of the at at- at tac tack The Madrid message this aft- aft pon oon merely stated all members of 11 r crew landed Jande there and that she ha been been torpedoed DETAILS MISSING Whether hether she was torpedoed without yarning warning or whether she was warned to escape was then shelled and aft afterwards r ar ls destroyed bv by the torpedo w n only be known when the admiralty f receives ves affidavits from members of the crew crew By United Vetted Press to o Tt The Telegram WASHINGTON Nov 11 The The sink sink- ng of Qt the Hawaiian American-Hawaiian line steamer Columbian with Americans in inthe inthe the tle crew if officially confirmed may Rr greatly aUy aggravate the submarine controversy controversy con con- with Germany officials said tonight No o information regarding the Columbian has yet been received at atthe atthe atthe the state department The department already has under investigation the sinking of ot the rith rit- rit leh h Marina and th the British steamer s steamer amer both with AmerIcans Americans Amer Amer- on board the British steamer rabia and the the- supposedly American steamer Weamer amer Lanao D Department officials admitted that should 11 uld the additional mal information on these tl se cases cases' necessitate presenting them to the German government for lor Jl nj a-nj u l j. j explanation the settlement of or the J. J case would again be postponed postponed post- post and the whole question of submarine sub- sub marine rine warfare might have hav to be re- re opened ned |