Show SANCTUARY all wa WILHELM SLIPS PAST BRITISH CRUISERS INTO NEWPORT NEWS converted cruiser which has sunk fifteen vessels irv IR past eight months seeks in american harbor newport news va vache abe german converted cruiser wilhelm tho the elusive raider ot of commerce in the tha south r uth atlantic slipped into this port sunday and asked for fuel and provi blons many times reported destroyed the former north germin german lioyd liner had evaded hostile warships for eight months while she sent many mer chantlen chant men to the tha bottom iler her officers said she ebe was forced to steal her way past four allied crul cruisers sers oft off the virginia capes to reach this refuge the auxiliary critser had been at sea days during which time she sank ank fifteen merchantmen merchantman merchant men twelve ol 01 ol 01 these were british two french and one norwegian ifer her last vacti mg were the british royal mail steamy blei ship tamar and the british steamer coleby commander on his arrival in port explained that his bis ship was badly in need of repairs her bottom he said was waa foul and her boller boiler needed overhauling lie stated ho be would request permission to have hava the repairs made here the rhe appearance of tho the wilhelm just one day after the ini in berment of the prinz altel friedrich created great surprise when iasi las heard froni from the Kron prinz was in the tha south atlantic she had bad been reported sunk halt half a dozen times norman li 11 hamilton amilton collected col lecter oi 01 customs reached new port news bronil norfolk early in the day after tho the wilhelm had bad anchored in the tha james jamel river in almost the sarnie same place by the prinz altel when she reached here hera march 10 the collector went aboard instructing the commander he ha must leave port within twenty four hours houra unless he be needed coal and provisions and time to make repairs |