New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-30
|MPERATOR MAKES NEW
RECORD ACROSS OCEAN
Fog for First Time Fails to
Hamper Liners Trip from
Hamburg.
s DAYS IS HOURS, HER TIME
Count and Countess Szechenyi
Among Passengers-He Denies
Marital Troubles-Aigrettes
Meet Usual Fate.

Tnhampered by fog and favored by
fairly good weather for this season the
Hamburg liner Imperator ar
rived here yesterday from Hamburg after
a passage Of days 10 hours and min
utes. the hest time she has yet made
steaming west. The North German bloyd
liner Kronprinzessin Cecilie still holds the
German record by 4 hours and AZ min
utes.
Captain Hans Ruser. commodore of the
feet, who has been in command OF the
Imperator since she came out was pleased
Yesterday with her performance.
she has the speed all right he said
"and | was not surprised ut her perform
ance. Ever since her maiden trip the
Iuperator has been victim or foS, ana
] have not let her out to full speed. she
will do even better under more favorable
weather conditions"
Prominent among the vessels paSseh-
gers were the Count and Countess
Szechenyi and their children. Cornelia,
Alice and Gladys.
The count resented the recent reports
that he and his wife had had disagree
ment and divorce had been considered.
you can see that we are here together'
he said, land that should set at rest all
such groundless rumors."
soon after the Szechenyi baggage had
been examined the party drove away with
some friends and relatives VINO had
come 10 the pier 20 meet them. The count
and countess went to the home Of Mr. ana
Mrs II. i. Whitney, where they VIII re-
main for a few weeks and later JOIN the
three children. who. with their nurses ana
servants. went direct 10 the home OF thelr
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Vanderbilt
at Newport. The trip 10 New England
was made bv automobile in a new car
that had been sent from Newport by boat
on Tuesday night.
James u. Phelan. the former Demo
cratic Mayor Of San Francisco. who was
sent abroad by President Wilson as ms
personal representative I'm the interests OF
the European exhibits at the Panama-fa-
ciGc Exposition. returned on the lmpera-
tor.
Mr. Phelan said he thought merchants
I'm Germany and Great Britain had had
A change Of heart and would eventually
send substantial exhibits to the Pacific
Coast I'm 1915.
William !. Burng. the detective. VINO
had been abroad To establish agencies OF
his bureaus in the big cities of Europe
also returned. lie said he believed Amer
ican cities which have been cleaned up
by reform administrations and investiga-
lions were much more free from graft
than the average city in Europe. NUM-
cipaI graft abroad. h. said. was well COW
cred and received little attention from the
Airrcttcs and other forbidden plumage
on the hats of returning women passen-
gers attracted the usual attention of the
customs officials. Sixteen plumcs were
up. the owners making no pro-
test. Seven of the women whose hats
were adorned with the rare feathers re-
oucsted that the plumes be not disturbed,
and by way Of compromise surrendered
the entire hat. They practically put the
hats in bond. with the understanding that
they could be taken out when the owners
went back TO Europe.
The Baron Constantin Won Moltke' chlei
NJ the Fire Department Kiel, made trip
ON the Imperator his aim being to or
ganize a system OF fire fighting on board.
lie selected twelve men and CHIEF ana
instructed them how 10 meet any einer-
gency in the way Of fire that might de-
velop.
Among others who arrived on the Inn |
perator were: Miss Anne Morgan Miss
Elisabeth Marbury, Miss Elsie de Wolfe
william r. Winter Lady tombstone
Count Won Bernstorff, German Ambassa-
dor TO Washington; Mr.. and Mrs. y. g. |
Glasgow. Miss Anna NJ. Milholland, Miss
Edith l.. Sickel and Or. and Mrs. Isaac
l.. Rice.