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Show WILRELM TAKING SUPPLIES ABOARD German Raider to Ask for Time to Make Full Necessary Neces-sary Repairs. ! U. S. TO INVESTIGATE Crew Composed of Naturalized Natural-ized German - American Citizens Some Former U. S. Navy Members. Newport News. April 1.' The Ger man converted cruiser Kronprin. Wil-helni. Wil-helni. the second or the elusive commerce com-merce raiders ol the seas for German Ger-man arms, lay at anchor off here io day alter a spectacular dash through the lane of British and French warships war-ships which have been hovering olt the Virginia capes waiting to the expected ex-pected seward dash of the Prini Bit el Friedrich. The Kronprin. Wilhelm occupies an anchorage in the James rher at almost Identical I) the same tpot selected by the Trlnx, Bite! when She reached here March 10 Officers and crew of the Kronprin! recounted today thrilling tales oi sea raids and destruction that rivaled her predecessor the Prin. Bitel. I Hiring her long voyage through the southern seas the Kronprii,. Wilhelm sam fourteen ships, which with their i a, goes are valued at 7. nun. nun Nine Of the vessels were British, four French and one Norwegian. New port New s Va , April 12. One hundred and fifty tons of coal, fin . tons of fresh water, and Hire, da supply of fresh meats, fruits and vegetables vege-tables were loaded on barges during the night and were alongside the cruiser crui-ser Kronprin. llhelm at sunrise These provisions were allotted the raider by Collector of Customs Hamilton, Hamil-ton, after conference with the Washington Wash-ington authorities. Arrangements also were under way ror removal iron) the ship ot sixteen British prisoners taken by the Kron Prlnx Wilhelm from the steamships Tamer and Kolibea( destroved iii tiie South Atlantic. Ship In Fair Condition. Lieutenant Commanner Thlerfelder, commander of the cruiser has askM for time to survey his ship and to submit to examination bv a board of United States naval officers, before making a formal request as the tlm-he tlm-he wishes to remain in American waters wa-ters for full supplies and repairs His machinery, after the 255 days' vox age from New York harbor, is said to be In fairly good condition, evidenced by the fact that, the ship was able to make at least 2."? knots an hour Saturday Sat-urday night and Sunday morning In her daah Into HampVm Roads through B lane filled with the sputter! ngfl of wireless instruments of enemy warships war-ships Ml was shipshape on board the Wilhelm Wil-helm al sunrlsr- today, (iffirers and men in t hoi r fineer looking gra uni forms nf Krrnrli ;irmy riot h capttireO hoin llir sloanur Cuadnloupo presenl in; a frr-sli appfaranro after thr first undisturbed Bight's rest in right months of persistent and elusive operation oper-ation on thr hich sea. "It was a lone voyage from New York to Newport NVws ' said Over-Lieutenant Over-Lieutenant Wameclte, thr first offi-cer offi-cer of thr Wilhelnij as he looked out ': on the brilliant sunrisr "But it was a pleasant voyage and in all that time we never touched land Always re were on thr great big ocean and now at last we have arrived Two hun-drrd hun-drrd and fifty-five days from New York to Newport Nr and the dls-tnnrr dls-tnnrr is only 2'o milrs 1 wonder what can be the matter with this ship" The officer smiled .c he rnjovod i his own joke. Sinking of Neutral Ship. Sinking by the Wilhelm of the nru-tral nru-tral Norwegian hark Semantha bound hi Falmouth, February o last, prom Isorl today to present an interesting similar to that precipitated b) tin sinking of thr American bark William P l i ve bv thr German raider Prin:'. Bitel Friodenrh. now interned here The Semantha was loaded with wheat for Kngland "The Norwegian ships cargo was contraband of war." said Lieutenant Warnecke. "There was no altcrm tlve tor us The cargo of wheat was worth far morr than thr ship itsrli and from thr ships papers we round that the wheat was insured by tiir British goernment. W hat could we do? U e had to destroy her ' Violated U. S Laws. Investigation is being made of the conditions under which the Kron Prlns Wilhelm slipped out of New York harbor August :! last 11 being reported that she did not have proper clearance paprrs when she made her dash, as it now develops, under din ; ordrrs from the German government Should It h found that thr ship did not have rlraraner hr will be subjected sub-jected to "pains and penalties" for breach of the custom laws of the Unl .-iies. several ol thr officers and men are wearinc the iron cross but thev refuse to discuss the feats performed to gain It The slty-one prisoners now on board the Kron Prlnz. who were taken from the British steamer Tamar and Kolehea stl'l were cooped up in a sparr on th' aftrrdrck and guarded bj armed Foldlers Efforts to talk to the sailors were prevented bv the guards, but later toda they will lv ashore. Newspapers Confiscated. A newspaper offered to one who begged tor it in order to et nrUS I n.m home, was ronfiscatrd h an Officer Sr,-ral of the prisoners Including In-cluding Captain ( righton of the Kole-bia Kole-bia and Chief Officer .Mathews of the Tamara asked that messages be srnt to their famines in Kncland. but be-for be-for the addresses could be secured the guard Intervened ami newspaper jmen were ordered from lhat part of the ship. Tin.- crew of the Kron Prim Wli helm is composed also entireh of Germans who arr naturalized Americans, Ameri-cans, who have livd in tin United' States for many years Some ol them are members of the former United Uni-ted States battleships Keaisarge and the German i miser Karlsruhe trans ferrrd to the Kron Prin;'. in the South Atlantic Several were members or ihe crews of ships sunk by the auxiliary aux-iliary cruiser Disposition of Prisoners. Dritish Vice Consul C. B. Kenwor-thj Kenwor-thj i- iii consultation with Collector Hamilton concerning the disposition oi the prisoners It is the intention lo send them ba k to England on lue Rritish steamer Casandra now in port The Tasandra is fitted for carrying passengers but has been engaged m the freight cai rj Ing trade. (ierman Vice Consul (irassau also paid an official isit to the cruiser U. S Patrols Cruiser's Anchorage Early loday United states naval patrol pa-trol of the James nver was hegu,, n the vicinity of the Wilhelm s anchor age. The naval tug Patuxent took a position alongside the German raider, raid-er, while torpedo boats and submarines subma-rines anchored in positions leading to Hampton oada The provisions taken on bv the trui ser wrre for use in this port onlv They consisted of vegctable3 and fresh meats ihe lack or which was responsible for the epidemic of beri berl. Daniels Orders Inquiry Washington. April 12 -W ithout awaitluR formal application from Can-tain Can-tain Thlerfelder of the Kron Prin-Wilhelm Prin-Wilhelm for a board of naval officers J lo survey his vessel and determine the repairs necessary and the amount of coal and provisions to which she Is entitled, Secretary Daniels has Instructed In-structed Admiral Fletcher at I lamp ton Roads to follow the precedent established es-tablished In the case of thr prinz Bitel Bi-tel Friederlcb. just interned at Norfolk. Nor-folk. If the captain asks for repairs, the extent of the overhauling as well as the lime required will bo kept a strict secret by government officials. Prisoners Sent to Glasgow. Shortly before noon the sfxty-one Officers and men of the steamers Tamar Ta-mar and Coleby were taken from the Wilhelm aboard a tug and rushrd oown thr river to thr Itritlsh horse ship Cassandra which will sail later toda for Clasgow Thr harbor was lined with Rritish merchant ships ar. the captives of the German raidv were released, and as their tug steamed bv hundreds ol llrll i. .. . ...I II I ., . . ... Button annuls linen me fiecKS ol their chi i . a mi rhebred. Whrn thr librratrd British tar.-reached tar.-reached the Cassandra's dork they tossed the remnants ol their luci-aboard luci-aboard and danced around like school boys. Chased by Warship. "Hid wr scr British warships Sat- . i : i ' " e urday night?" said W. J. Gov. rh r v engineer of the steamer Coirbv Mint a in the South Atlantic March 27 "Wo t Cl rtatnly saw one and heard oihr li I saw one about midnight wa of f m t i lie horizon and she was chasinp ;j a from midnight on until tz z safe( m the Virginia Capes about ; " ' loi k Sunday morning. p The Wilhelm seemed to he th9 ter ship for as lime went on th i! lines of the warships grew dimnir " and dimmer until she disappeared !n H the distance s "Our escape to 'his port wa Bisr- t' velous. We were running with all lights out and at top speed from 5 Sl o'clock Saturday afternoon when he 81 n aded direct! wp.st." ft |