The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-05

the Hanover, Schleswig- II OlStein, +
displacement, and the last-named is
that night in order to conceal our
Identity from passing vessels. and that
we must be content with oil lamps
In the afternoon the four smokcstacks
were painted black at the tops as Il
further measure OF concealment At
dinner we found the windows in the
I nininS saloon heavily cnrtained. also in
deck lights. To make matters worse
from the standpoint Of the passengers,
! saturday brought with IL dense fog
But the fog wos TO the liking OF the
captain. He sent the ship along at
the best speed She could make through
thick weather and with the fog horn
silent. There was small chance Of his
being seen through this black curtain.
Many passengers remained on deck
all night, ana others retired fully
clothed. sunday saw great chang
IN the ships company. There was no
hysteria. but something portentous
could be felt even II IL was not visible
Passengers tried To joke, but the at
tempt was feeble. They tried TO dis:
most concerned them. Only to return to
! the one topic.
NERVES OF PASSENGERS
ARE NOW On EDGE
Again sunday nigh, there was Il fog.
The nerves OF the passengers were on
edge delegation asccnded to the
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to blow the fog whistle and TO carry
tho usual side and stay lights demand
Ell by the laws OF navigation. Other
wisc. they declared, the women folks
would not consent 10 go 10 their state
rooms.
Soon We heard the fog whistle sound :
ing. and when made a round OF in
spection tho lights were burning.
Meanwhile. the captain was having
other Worries besides requests from
passengers. The Marcoui operator had
( intercepted messages from the French
cruiser frihnt, detailed TO protect
French fishing OF the banks. and from
the British cruiser Essex. The enemy
Was somewhere In the neighborhood.
The crew were showing the strain.
The dining room stewards were alb
stractcd and not as attentive as they
were during the first days of the voy-
age. 1t was difficult 10 get a cabin
steward, rs they had other things to
( Ey Monday the attitude Of some of
the passengers hordercd on iudigna-
ton They could not sec why tho lives
T of passengers should be subjected to
such danger 10 save u merchant ship
/ from an enemy. even II II did carry
millions I'm gold. To them the peril
that the fog was thick. and they could
tell that tile vessel was making almost
II not her best speed. Was this safe
scamarship
\ protest vas written out and an at
tempt made to get the signatures OF
citizens Of the United states. The hrSi
I
not sign il, and that IL signatures TO
ii We're obtained ne would start move
mcnt for a written Endorsement of the
captain; that h. believed the captain
was doing his duty. y canvass Of the
ship showed that the majority OF the
Americans held the Same opinion and
the protest was dropped. Some Of the
passengers. however, did take the mat =
ter up with the captain. His answer
was TIA, me passengers ~Sre nv i'T nn
the ship rather than sacrifice them.
But there was little or no danger, he
declared. They were too far to the
north, too TAR out OF the course OF
shipping for :, collision.
Monday night came. and with ii more
speculatng as TO what port We we're
headed for. The same question was
| being debated on the bridge. The wire
sells down around New York and Bos-
ton We're trying to creep along the
coast within the five miles limit in
uNWISE TO ATTEMPT
NEW YORK OR BOSTON
be UNI ,inwise 20 ATTEMPT to make Sew
YORK or Boston. lie did not dare ask
for. specific information. He had 10
make IN his mind on such fragments
of information as he could grab from
tie air. Portland first came into his
mind. but then he favored a less known
port. He had heard of Bar Harbor.
! OF course, but he was not certain of
the waters thcreabouts. And here en-
tcrS =. l.cuSaru foi2!E, OF bar Broth-
father. p. c. Blair. has a summer home
n Bar Harbor and the sons had sailed
their yacht. the Eagle, in these waters
so often that he knew his way around
there as we'll as he does in Wall Street.
! FiEuratively speaking. G. Ledyard Blair
took the helm. and Captain Polack was
mighty glad to have him do it.
! We were headed for Bar Harbor, but
bridge. We folk below were not even
! told to pack our luggage. Those who
stayed awake could tell that something
was in the wind. We were taking
we were running into some place that
we We're not quite sure of. The fog
was thick, but we were not going fast,
a most abnormal thing for this voyage.
minute Then daylight and the fog
lifted, and the vessel soon came to n
| stop.
Soon boats came out from Bar Har-
Dor with newspapers; and we were
that we were safe ut Bremen.
| Captain Polack made the following
I'VE left New York on Tuesday. July
IS, at 4. NJ. we were ordered back
to America by wireless when about
$40 miles off the English coast. The
wireless was official from our con-.
pany from Bremen. 1t came by way OF
England on the 31st of July Mt 10 2. A.;
We Immediately started back did
not know where to go, but caught a
wireless from Sayville Long Island and
other ships telling that we were be-
ing watched for by cruisers on account
| England and France.
Every cruiser from other countries
was after this ship.
J 1--WE were at one time in communica-