Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-11

at III am.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, October 1.-The first
"four-day boat" came proudly up the bay
this morning and was joyfully welcomed
during the triumphal passage. for the
big Cunarder Lusitania was carrying all
the blue ribbons of the sea She had made
the fastest trip from continent to conti-
nent, she had made the fastest days runs.
two Of them she had made the best aver
age speed. and she was the first ship to
cross within the five-day limit. which
technically brings her within the long
talked about class Of "four-day boats.
PIymouth-New York records are taken
from the time the ship is abeam OF tho
Daunts Rock lightship out OF Queens
town harbor to the moment she Is abeam
of the Sandy Hook lightship. The west
ward course, if followed truly. Is 2,1So
miles. This is the exact distance Travelled
by the Lusitana, as her log shows. Inc
Cunarder left Daunts Rock at 1923 am.
Sunday. She fetched the Sandy Hook
Iightship at LII this morning. the ol1-
ference in time gained on the westward
trim between Queenstown and New Y orh
ia 4 hours % minutes, but by custom OF all
steamship liners the fat time OF hVe
hours difference is always taken in COM
putting ocean records. Therefore the
of
DAYS 10 hours so minutes. Her last west
ward trip was made in days "a minutes
The best previous record from continent
to continent was made by the Lucanla
away back in 1894, being 5 days I hours
% minutes. But, Of course, much better
speed for total distance Travelled had been
made in the meantime by the big German
liners, and 1t was these that the Brltisner
was after. The Deutschland had made
DAYS run of COL miles and passage with
an average speed Of 1851 knots. The
Kaiser Wilhelm II had made the trip
across at an average speed of 1888 knots
The I,uistania this time made days runs
of COS and GIT miles. Her average speed
for the passage was almost exactly TWEEN
ty-four knots.
Waited Outside.
The Cunarder has year In which to
earn her subsidy from the British govern
ment by making the voyage at an average
speed of PAN knots. Her officers are con-
f1dent she will do 1t easily. Capt Watt.
her commander. said this morning that
on the last days run he had eased down.
as he did not wish to anchor too long OF
Sandy Hook. He also said that during
great part Of the passage the ship had
encountered head winds and rough seas.
For only the third time out. as it were.
the Lusitanias showing Is considered by
steamship men as most remarkable, and
attention Is more and more focused upon
the turbine engine. which the German
marine authorities rejected IN favor OF
the reciprocating type.
After reaching the Sandy Hook light
ship the big turbiner anchored over night.
At o'clock this morning she weighed
anchor and passed up the Ambrose chan
mel. piloted by Leonard Nelson, one of the
youngest Of the pilots She anchored on
quarantine at TAO o'clock.
The passenger lists showed 1904 pas
sengers OF these 400 were saloon pas
sengers and 473 second cabin. The two
English balloonists who are to handle
the British balloon at st. Louis In the
coming international race. the Hon.
Claude Brabazon and Mr.. Griffith Brewer,
were in the first cabin. They said they
expected their balloon shortly by an
other ship. probably the st. Louis.
Passengers Up Late.
Other passengers of note were DR.. Rob
ert Coilyer. Viscount Date. the Portu-
guese minister to the United States: Mrs.
James Eiverson. Mr.. Eugene Hale and
Senior Cayalcante de Lacoida, secretary
to the Brazilian legation.
The Lusitania arrived some two hours
earlier at quarantine than on her first
trip and there was none Of the crowd of
sightseeing vessels that view her previous
entry into the port.
The inspection Of the steerage passen-
gers by DR.. Doty's staff took less than
three-quarters of an hour. and at 8:45
o'clock the ship weighed anchor again
with a clean bill Of health and headed Cor
her dock.
There was perhaps less enthusiasm
among the passengers this morning than
on the final morning OF the first trip.
when a record had been maue that was
slow compared to that of the present trip
The passengers, however, were all up and
crowding the decks. regardless of break
fast. Their time of greatest excitement
was late last night. when the ship reached
the Sandy Hook lightship. The passengers
stayed up long after 1T o'clock when the
lightship was passed. waiting for the off,
cIal announcement Of the time Of the trip
Few of them turned in before o'clock in
the morning.
When She Was Sighted.
Just after midnight this morning the
giant turbine steamship Lusitania was Off
Sandy Hook She crossed the Atlartic in
little over four days and nineteen hours.
beating all records from shore to shore
and wrenchng from the Germans the
honor of having the ship that can ride
the seas at the fastest average number
of miles per hour.
The new record-bearer takes about five
hours and a half off her own record made
on her maiden voyage from Daunt's Rock
to the bar at Sandy Hook. and has made
the run at nearly twenty-five knots for
each hour of the voyage. and in every
way is to be accredited as the fastest
ocean steamship in the world.
The Lusitania was sighted by the Nan
tucket Shoals lightship Just before dark
yeste rday, and in what seemed incredibly
short time from the first moment that the
observers glass had found her she was
passing the lghtship. the time being SO
o'clock. The sea was smooth. and to the
practiced eye of the observer Capt Jacob
son. she was easily making twenty-five
knots. The water was being gracefully
cut and sent curving to either side by her