MAY HAVE CAPTURED CYCLOPS.
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Conviction Now is That Ship Was!
Taken to Germany.
Washington, August 11.?Interest!
in the fate of the naval collier Cyclops,
which disappeared with 293 i
persons on board some time after!
March 4, of the present year, has been
revived by the story of the finding off
quarantine, Baltimore, of a bottle
containing a note signed by John
Rammon, of Chicago. Tile author of
the note wrote that "our ship Cyclops"
had been captured by a submarine.
Navy officials today did not regard!
the find as of any great importance. I
The belief is held that the bottled:
message is simply a hoax, and is only
one of innumerable instances in
which the mystery of the missing vessel
has been /'celared up." Letters
giving interaction about the collier's
disappearance continue to arrive at
the navy department in great numbers.
One day recently 15 communications
touching on the Cyclops case
were received and filed. I
The persistent fact, it appears to
i navy men, is" that the most popular
theory of all the informants is that
the ship was captured by a German
submarine. In the present instance j
of the floating bottle the U-boat idea
bobs up again.
Crew May Be Interned.
But this time the place of capture,
is given off the Virginia coast. It
is pointed out by navy officials, how>,
ever, that at the time of the disappearance
of the Cyclops German submarines
only had been reported as
being in Caribbean waters. The Cyclops
was last heard from at the Barbadoes
on March 4.
That there were submarines in that
area was reported from time to time
. by the governor general of one of the
ttriusn colonies in iu<ti vn'iuu; nuu
visited the United States shortly afi
ter the disappearance of the collier.
The belief is stronger than ever in
the navy today that the Cyclops actually
was captured by a submarine.
It was stated today by one of the officers
most concerned in the mystery
that the belief had become a conviction,
that the crew of the missing
ship now are interned in Germany.
Experts have gone over all evidence
that> was obtainable as to the last
position of the collier, the fact that
one engine was out of commission,
possibility of a storm, possibility of a
sudden shifting of her cargo of man- j
ganese, mutiny on board, and all
other, possible causes which could I
have-resulted in the destruction of
the vessel.
* These experts all have settled down
to the only theory consistent with
the facts in the case?that the Cyclops
was captured and taken to a
German port. It is pointed out that
no theory except that of capture
.could explain away the fact that not
a single vestige of the wreck, if such
occurred from any physical cause,
remained on the seas along the route
" she would have followed to the United
States.
The track of the collier, bound as
she was to the United States, was^
thoroughly explored, and vail the isv
lands in the Caribbean sea; in which
she might ,have been taken temporarily
by thet>rizej?rew, were systematv
ically searched.
Taken by Ruse of Forged Orders.
, The supposition that the Cyclops
was given over voluntarily by any of
the officers in command was gone
into very carefully by the navy department,
especially with reference to
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FULL VOTE NECESSARY.
Over-Confidence of Anti-Blease Forces
to Be Avoided.
Columbia, Aug. 7.?If there is a
full vote cast on August 27 Cole L.
Blease will be defeated for the senate
by an overwhelming majority.
The size of Mr. Dial's majority depends
entirely on the size of the vote
cast.
This is the best information obtainable
in Columbia at this time.
Estimates of the mapority that the
Laurens man will get vary very greatly.
That he will be elected is very
generally conceded. It is said that
some of Mr. Blease's supporters concede
this fact.
There is only one thing that gives
the opponents of Mr. Blease worry
and that is a fear that over-confidence
as to the result may cause
many not to vote. For instance,
there will probably be a great many
I voters away from home the last week
in August. It is feared that many
of these, feeling that there is, no
i doubt as to the result, will not take
the trouble to come home and vote.
Over-confidence on the part of the
[ anti-Blease forces came very near
! proving disastrous two years ago.
An effort will be made by the Dial
| forces to see that a full vote is cast.
| If they are successful in this there is
not the slightest doubt in the world
[ as to the result. A majority of the
people of South Carolina are against
Blease.
When Greek is Useful.
"Do you believe in the study of
Greek and Latin?"
"Sure," replied farmer Corntossel.
Viae hie rights And a
man who hasn't anything worth expressing
in plain English ought to
have something to occupy his mind
with."?Washington Star.
To help make the supply go round
and to divide with the soldiers and
the people of allied countries, everyone
must save sugar.
Lieutenant Commander Worley, U. S.
U. R. F. The investigation showed
there was no evidence to support
such an assumption.
It was held, however, by one of the
officials who followed the investigation,
that the collier was taken by a
ruse of forged orders to the commander,
and that in consequence of
these he sailed for a British, instead
of a United States port, and thus became
easy prey.
The theory in this explanation is
that there was connivance between
someone on board and the commander
of the submarine in Caribbean waters.
Indirectly the belief that the
Germans did not destroy but held the
Cyclops was fortified by the fact that
the Germans realized the value of a
cargo of manganese. The latter alone
yould have been worth about $20,000,000
if delivered in Germany.
Efforts have been made by the
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navy department to get num ucimanv
any information to prove the
Cyclops was the victim of a submarine.
But the Germans, it i$ pointed
out, would have the best of reasons
to keep the matter secret, inasmuch
as they could only hope through secrecy,
for a repetition. - The department
today declared the name
"John Rammon" did not appear on
the lists of those on the Cyclops when
she left the barbadoes nor was it included
on the official "missing list"
given out by the navy on April 15.
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