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Show LINER KRON PRINZ WILHELM IS REPORTED CAPTURED BY BRITISH Wireless Messages From Two Sources Report Taking of German Ger-man Liner to Bermuda as Prize by English Cruiser Essex Steamer Was on Way to Meet German Cruiser Dresden With Replenishment of Coal. U. S. SEALS UP FOREIGN SHIP'S WIRELESS! Brazilians Put Fleet in Service Coasting Vessels Withdrawn and Put on Line to New York Other Vessels Flying Neutral Flags to Be Chartered Steamship Ber-mudian Ber-mudian Held Indefinitely 600 Americans Aboard Battleship Maine at Gibraltar. New York. Aug 10 From twe sources today came a report to New York that the North German-Lloy 6 liner Kron Prlnz Wilhelm had been captured by the British cruiser Essex and taken to Bermuda as a prize. The liner Narrgausett reported hav. ing heard a wireless message to this effect, and the manager of the Royal Mail steam packet, whose ships run io nermuua, s.-nu ue iwu ueuru a simi lar report The report was given some ere dence here In view of the announce ment by the Canadian government made at Ottawa last night, that the Essex had advised the Bermuda sta tion that she was bringing In a prize The name of the captured vessel was rot disclosed In the government's an nouncement. Since the beginning of the aar the rGssex has been cruising between Bermuda and Halifax The message which the Narrgansett is said to hae intercepted, read as follows: "Bringing in Kron Prlnz Wilhelm as a prize " Report Believed True. The manager of the Royal Mail steam packet said he had every rea son to believe the report was true He would not say where he had heard it. but it was believed that the British consul was his authority Rigorous censorship is being enforced en-forced in Bermuda and no confirma tion of the report could be obtained at Hamilton. The Kron Trinz Wilhelm, named in honor of the heir to the German throne, was launched in May. 1902 She Is 663 feet long, of sixty six foot beam. 21.300 tons displacement and 30.000 horse power She has a speed j of 23 knots and at the time of her launching was one of the fastest and largest essels afloat She has accomodations acco-modations for 1715 passengers and a crew of 552 Early New York Dispatch. New York, Aug. 10 United States customs officers went out In the revenue rev-enue cutter Calumet today and seal ed up the wireless apparatus Of all vessels In the harbor flying the flags ( of the warring European powers. This action follows the censorship placed on wireless stations alonq the coast to enforce the neutrality of the i United States. News of Capture Customs inspectors who boarded the British tank steamer Narrgansett, in today from Rotterdam, were informed in-formed by a sailor of the Narrgansett; crew- that the North German-Lloyd liner Kron Prinz Wilhelm has been captured by the British cruiser Es-sex Es-sex and that the Essex war. taking her to Hamilton. Bermuda. The sail or said a wireless message last St urday from the Essex to the station in Bermuda, Intercepted b the Narr I gausett, told of the capture North Gorman-Lloyd line officials I aoubted the stor The Kron Prmz Wilhelm sailed from New York last I Tuesday, heavily laden with coal, os- tenslbly for Bremen. It was reported, but not confirmed, that she Intended to meet the German cruiser Drt den at sea and replenish her oal BUpply. The Brazilian steamship company announced today that its fleel of seven sev-en vessels had been withdrawn from the coasting trade of South America and until further notice- would ply between be-tween Brazil and New York These ships fly the Brazilian flag Arrange ments for chartering several other vessels flying neutral flags, auch as the Norwegian, are being made These vessels also will run between Brazil and New York on regular schedule, carrying freight and passengers It was aid that the government of: Brazil on the representations r cot fee. rubber and other business inter ests had urged the company to divert Its ships With but one or two exceptions, ex-ceptions, all the ships plying between South America and the United States I are under either German or British tlags. aud consequently have been vi lthdrawn Steamship Bermudian Held. The steamship Bermudian due here' today from Hamilton. Bermuda, has been ordered to remain in that port Indefinitely, according to announcement announce-ment made by the Quebec Steamship Company Six hundred Americans. Bald to have been on the Island, were expected on the ship Battleship Mane at Gibraltar. i Washington. Aug. 10 The battleship battle-ship Maine carrying midshipmen 19 heing held at Gibraltar for possible1 reScue work amont Americans in Eu rope. The armored cruiser Tennessee with Us cargo of gold is due in north ern European waters by next Situr day and the cruiser North Carolina probably will arrive about the Bame time. The Maine ma be ued in distributing dis-tributing gold to the refugees. Steamer Races Into Port. Philadelphia. Aug 10 -The Amer-.lean Amer-.lean line steamship Haverford, flying the British flag, arrived here today j fiom Liverpool with 555 paseners.j having made the ureter part oi the trip with the lights out The steamer left Liverpool July 29 i and was well out at sea when In formed that war had been declared betwen England and Germany. Every Ev-ery ounce of steam was put on to speed the ship across the Atlantic. Montenegrins Bombard Fort. London, Aug 10 (95 15 a m I -The Rome correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph COinpanj says that accord Ing to dispatches from Vienna, the Montenegrins yesterday bombarded ihe Austrian fortifications of San Toodo and Cattaro, without, however, howev-er, inflicting nerious damage. |