The Washington herald., 1907-11-08

New York. Nov. s.-The mammoth tur-
bine Cunarder Lusitania got to Sandy
Hook ightship, which marks the finish
to the race from Daunt's Rock, at 1:2S
o'clock this morning
Fire Island caught first view Of the
Lusitania at HIS. The big ship passed
Fire Island at 12:11 and at 1:l9 came into
the field of vision of the observers at
Sandy Hook.
New York. Nov THE cunarder Lusi-
tania. which passed Fire Island at u;SS
tonight, and was due to arrive of Sandy
HSok lightship. which marks the finish
of the race from Daunt's Rock. at about
1856 o'clock tomorrow morning, will clip
two hours of the record which she holds
herself The time is likely TO be about
4 days and IS hours, perhaps few min
utes less.
Her former record. which was made on
the trip ended Friday, October IL. was
{ days 10 hours and 81 minutes Her aver
age speed on that trip was 1888 knots per
hour. On the present trip the hourly
average of the giant turbiner viii proba-
bly, be somewhat more than 244O knots
She will come up 10 her dock IN ample
time to land early in the morning for the
relief of the financial market her SlV-
100000 in gold coin and bars consigned to
various banking firms and Institutions in
this city This is the largest amount OF
gold ever carried on one ship.
Wireless from Captain.
This message was received from Capt.
Watts. of the Lusitania, by way Of the
wireless station at Nantucket by Vernon
II. Brown, general agent Of the Cunard
Line at this port:
'Iusitania 309 miles east Of Sandy Hook
hghtship at II a. m. to-day. Days run,
6lO knots. Hope to arrive at Sandy Hook
lightship at midnight"
The figures attainable through the wire
less messages OF the Lusitanias $ trip indi-
cate that she has covered about 2,7S4 miles
since she passed Daunt's Rock, of
Queenstown, bound for this port, at 80
o'clock on Sunday morning.
At the end of the first nautical day,
that is. at noon on Monday. she had
logged Cos nautical miles on the sun day
ending at noon on Tuesday she had tray-
eled 6l6 miles. During the next nautical
day she spurted eclipsing her best pre-
vious days performance, the tallest on
record. by two knots, covering 6lS miles
To-day. as the captain telegraphed. she
had made 6l0 knots.
Assuming thar she made - miles bp-
tween II o'clock this morning and the end
Df the sun day. she should have gone
about 27S4 miles This is three miles
more than she covered on her last trip
10 Sandy Hook, when her time was
DAYS. - hours. and 50 minutes and her
average speed was 23-s9 knots per hour.
Closely Watch Results.
Great interest exists among the passen-
gers on board. according to wireless re-
ports, as TO what the liner will accom-
plish, and great variety of wagers are
made as to the daily and hourly runs Of
the vessel. SO frequent are the inquiries
regarding the liners progress that bull
letins are hung up outside the pursers
Office every hour giving the figures
Among the passengers are Mrs Patrick
Campbell and Miss Julia Marlowe. Mrs
Campbell is. of course. patriOticaIly in
fused with enthusiasm over the vessels
work. and Is reported to have declared
that she will donate 500 to be distributed
among the stokers if the vessel arrives
before midnight
A concert vVas given aboard the yes
sci last night at which Ambassador
Hengelmuller. Minister from Austria
hungary 10 the United States, presided
The affair was a great success, and an
unusual feature Of the performance was
the rendition of the trial scene from
The Merchant of Venice" by Mrs
Campbell and Miss Marlowe.
Besides records the big Cunarder
brings gold 10 the amount Of $40. 0.000, 600
expected 10 further aid in alleviating
the financial stress Of poor Uncle Sam.
This consignment of metal viii be dis
tributed among various banking insti-
tutious of this and other cities Ac-
cordinE TO expectations the gold should
be available tomorrow.
There is a great demand for passes
10 the inspection Of the Lusitania to be
held on Wednesday. Applications for
these passes began to be received ten
days ago and have come in such volume
rs to interfere with the clerical work
at the Cunard Offices
Mauretania stu Faster.
Although the Lusitania is the swiftest
vessel that ever came over the western
ocean. 1t is expected that the MauretaDia
her sister ship. will be stil faster. The
completion OF 1,200-mile run by the !
Mauretania at an average speed of 2603 |
knots is looked upon as very remarkable |
for a trial performance II is pointed out /
that this distance is almost half way
across the Atlantic. and that IL main |
tained on transatlantic voyage would |
result in establishing a record OF less
than four and half days.
Among the Lusitania's passengers are
Baron Hengelmuller. the Austrian Am !
bassador to Washington: Mrs Theodore
Seligman. who brings the body of her
husband. and is accompanied by her
father and her mother; Mr. and Mrs. ID |
l. Einstein and her sister Miss Einsteln.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel, James r |
Reynolds, assistant secretary of the |
Treasury; Marion de Yries and Byron /
S. Waite, of the American, commission
that has been looking into tariff regula- |
ton in Europe