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Show EITEL STILL AT NEWPORT NEWS German Auxiliary Cruiser Lies at Dock Must Leave Soon or Be Interned. BATTLESHIPS GATHER Alabama Given Hurry Ordecp Leaves Well Stocked With All Supplies. Newport News. Va., March 29. The German auxiliary cruiser Priiiy. Bite! Friederich still lay at her doc,k today apparently no more prepared to make a dash for sen than at any other time during the last week, but the activities activi-ties all around her convince local officials of-ficials that some definite step soon would be. taken either to intern the raider or send her out Other than two torpedo boats and one submarine, daylight disclosed no other American ships In these waters although battleships were reported throughout the night gathering to protect American neutrality. Alabama Sent Out. Philadelphia, Pa.. March 29. The battleship Alabama, which was given hurry orders Saturday night to sail to Hampton Roads to enforce Am. rl an neutrality, loft the Philadelphia navy yard at fi a. m. today. The battleship bat-tleship is well stocked with provt-pIouh provt-pIouh and has aboard a large supply of ammunition and coal. The Alabama was In reserve when the order came and had on board only a skeleton crew. This necessitated the drafting ot men from the battleship battle-ship Keritucky, Kearsarge, Illinois. Missouri. Ohio anil Wisconsin. Th aevj yard made a record in getting the Alabama away. |