The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-02-09
JUMPS FROM ONt \ SH|P ID ANOTHER Charles ". Morse Returns At
 Once to New York NUT WORRIED OVER LOSSES Banker Talks Affably To Correspond ent and Says He Will Return
 Quickly To straighten Out
 Financial Matters.
NOT WORRIED OVER LOSSES

Liverpool February S-(Special. )-Chas. 1 W. Morse arrived on the Campania this
 morning and sailed for home on the Etruria this afternoon.
 He was in Liverpool long enough to
 pick out a stateroom for his return pas
 sage, have the customs inspectors run their hands through the trunks he car ried with him, have luncheon with the correspondent of the Hearst News Serv- | ice quite by accident and start for home When the Campania arrived at Liver pool there were many cablegrams await 1 ing Morse that were sent aboard as soon as the gangway was let down. Many l others had been sent to him by wireless l before the ship docked and before line ! had been made fast the financier had de- l cided on his return to America
 He had talked with the officers of the
 ship and from them learned that tho l Eturria, of the same line, woudl start on 1 her western trip this afternoon.
 While the Campania was docking Morse l stood on the promenade deck until the 1 other passengers had gone ashore. It i was evident that he was seeking to avoid 1 intervewers.
 l Later the man who is being much 1 talked about in America was found l ashore with the steerage passengers, hay l ing used the third-class gangway instead of the frst-class It may have been
 
 matters in this way.
 When the correspondent came up to him Morse smilngly said: Well, you found me. I am returning to New York immediately. l sail on the Etruria this afternoon. I have just re- ] ceiVed a cablegram from my folks in New York and this determined me to return at once"
 'I trust the message contained good news" said the correspondent.
 Well, I want to get home quickly to , straghten out matters, said Morse. Tt was my intenton," he continued, when 1 sailed from New York to visit the continent for a few days on busi- ness. Had I followed the programme I would have booked passage for New York next Saturday.
 'It is reported in American that you disappeared mysteriously and wanted to keep out of the way.' That is untrue" said Morse, emphati- cally, it is entirely untrue as great many sensational things about me have l been untrue and there have been many 1 congregations"
 Were you aware how matters stood | when you left New York;" he was asked. l ''I cannot discuss business affairs with 1 you," was the reply.
 l The correspondent then informed him 1 about the attachment by the Bank of North America and told him that his l friends in America probably would be | glad to learn if he had saved anything l out of the wreck.
 | T can't and won't discuss fny financial ] affairs with you."
 .I hope you will pull through success 1 fully and things are not so bad as the l cable reports make them appear" Well I can't say now, was the finan- cier's reply to this.
 Gan you make any reassuring state ment that can be cabled to America?'' Well, I cannot say, 1 am hopeful in the sense you mean. But when get back I will know everything and I am returning immediately to investigate the real situation"
 By this time the customs officer had finished with passing the baggage and Morse rechecked his baggage for Amer ica and 1t was carried across the pier and put aboard the Etruria which was still loading.
 He went aboard the Eeruria just before she sailed.
 Morse traveled alone on the Campania. On the cabin list was a fellow pas senger, Margaret Morse. He was asked if the passenger was any relation and said, "No"
 Persons who came to this country with Morse on the Campania say that on the voyage he talked of his affairs with friends he met on the ship. To them he Is reported to have said that he was not ruined financially. He admitted there had been a great shrinkage of his for tune due to the bottom dropping out of the securities in which he was interested but he asserted he still had plenty of money left and was not in financial straits.
 Schwab Not "Buncoed." New York, February S.-(Special.)- Charles M. Sch wab was a passenger on the Cunard liner Lusitania, which sailed today for Liverpool. He was inter viewed in regard to a report that on a sale of 10000 shares of American Ice stock. MT. Schwab said he did not consider he had been ''buncoed."
 'I bought shares of the stock when 1t was very high," he said. T have them now, I am sorry to say. do not say this, however, with. any i'll feeling against Mr. Morse. He is good fel- low. do not think he is a crook. He has gotten into his dealings too much over his lead, perhaps. But if his creditors give him a chance I feel pretty certain that he will be able to come out all right. If he is kicked while he Is down, however he may be put In very bad position. He owes me money, but am not worrying"
 MT. Schwab was asked how much money was owed him by MT. Morse.
 'Well. It's enough 4 so some people might worry about it, but I can assure I can see very little cause to do so. I do not think that MT. Morse has run away. I believe the statement that he acf'