THE AMERICAN SHIP WILLIAM P. FRYE, SUNK AT SEA BY A The European war has been brought geographically closer to the United States than ever before through the arrival at Newport News of the German converted cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, with the captain and crew of the American sailing ship William P. Frye. This ship, with a cargo of wheat consigned to Queenstown from Seattle, was sunk in mid-ocean by the German cruiser, on the allegation that her cargo was "contraband of war." See editorial pages for comment COPYRIGHT BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD THE PRINZ EITEL FRIEDRICH AT NEWPORT NEWS COPYRIGHT BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN PRISONERS OF WAR ON BOARD ROBERT LANSING, CHAIRMAN OF THE NEUTRALITY BOARD The recommendations of the Neutrality Board as to the action of the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich in destroying the American ship William P. Frye have been presented to the President, and will have an important bearing on the disposition of the delicate questions involved. See editorial pages THE GREAT FLEET THAT IS ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY THE DARDANELLES FORTS GERMAN SOLDIERS' CHILDREN CARED FOR BY A BERLIN PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY |