New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-28
WAR RATE HARVEST
REAPED BY LINER
Many Americans Pald
$1,000 Each for Trip
on ArCadian.
40 ARRIVED ON
SHIP OF LUXURY
DR.. Dorothy V. Smyley sails on
the Baltic-R ssian Boat
TO Carry 1900.

Although the price Of passage was eN-
ceodingly high 10 Americans arrived
here last night from Liverpool by t"e
ROYAL Mail steamship Arcadian' ENJOY
ING all the Injuries Of transportation
afforded in times Of peace.
Il was said on board that u she
had remained few days longer ~
LIVERPOOL she would have been HlItu
to capacity. Her departure from Liver
pool August Il had been advertise
only three days, and many "ea'I"y
Americans would have availed them-
selves of the opportunity OF coming
over on a one cabin ship that had 10
steerag~. .ho
The Arcadian. which had been IN the
Bermuda New York winter service anu
on cruises TO Norway IN the summer
has accom- odations for $50 passeng rs
hut on the run from Liverpool she
had only a third Of her staterooIAS
filled.
Few Of the passengers paid less tnan
$500 for transpc gtatlOn, and many pald
81 900. James Beach, OF Hartford,
Conn. accompanied by his wife anu
daughter, was so anxious 10 lea'e
England under favorable condltlohs
that on learning of the proposed de
parture Of the Arcadian he engaged
passage for himself and family al
81 900 apiece.
+. H. Cook. Of Houston, Tex, VINO
had many thousand dollars IN gov
United States gold certificates, had TO
convert them into English gold az d
discoun. of 10 per cent before he could
pay for his tickets The fare Tor ann
self and family cost $500.
Mrs. ). II. Pell, Of this city, a daugn-
ter Of Colonel Robert VI. Thompson,
said she had booked transportation on
the White Star liner Baltic. but can
celled it and paid 5000 TO come over on
the Arcadan. ,.e
Samuel z. Heyneman paid $1,000 for
accommodations for himself and we;
Barton Sewell gave the Royal Man
Line $4,000 for accommodations Tor
himself, his wife and three children
The Arcadian's coal supply was
greatly depleted when she warped into
dock last night. The Admiralty had
allowed her barely enough fuel 20 make
the trip to New York, the coal beng
reserved for use Of the feet. At mid
night Wednesday, off Nantucket, she
sighted the French liner France, ablaze
with lights, steaming northeast at high
speed. While steamIng 10 New lork,
Just outside the three mile limit, along
the Long Island coast, the Arcadlan
was halted by the British battleship
Glory. On learning the Arcadlan's
identity she permitted her 20 proceed.
The White Star liner Baltic sailed
yesterday for Liverpool with 40 first,
% second and 1T third c ass passen-
gers and a large cargo Of foodstutfs.
Among her saloon passengers was
DR.. Dorothy Y. Smyly, a veteran OF
thirteen years service with the British
army as a member Of the Royal Medl-
cal Corps. She said she was on her
way 10 England 20 report for field duty
and would 20 with the British troops
in charge of a nurses corps. She saw
two years of hard fighting in the Boer
war.
The Russian-American Line received
advices yesterday from the Russian
government requesting IT TO defer the
proposed departure Of the steamship
Dwinsk, scheduled to leave port to-
morrow al 10 a. m. Later a message
came advising that tie ship depart
as chcduled, and ordering that she
proceed up to the port of Archangei,
in the White Sea. The Dwinsk i'll
have 1900 passengers, chiefly Russian
Poles.
The Treasury Department yesterday
requested through the Collector Of
Customs that all American mel chant
men show their colors promptly. This
action was taken because the British
cruiser squadron in the Atlantic has
had considerable difficulty in getting
American shins 70 dispLaY theIr flags.