New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-03
President Grant Second
Ship Back in Race
for Safety.
PASSENGERS MERRY
OVER FREE TRIP
Sharp lookout for WarslllpS
on Journey Here-Threat OF
Riot on Karfuerst.

ones ordered to abandon their courses
for Europe and return, in all haste 70
ports in this country from which tney
sailed the latter part OF last Weeh,
came into the harbor yesterday. lhcy
will remain here until the war sltua-
ton abroad insurcs their safety from
seizure before they venture out on 'n0
seas again. ,.--..
The Grosser Kurfuerst, Of the Norm
German Lloyd Line, was the hrsL "
appear. She passed Quarantine beioIe
Q o'clock in the morning and went "
her dock at Hoboken.
About noon the President Grant, o.
the Hamburg American Line, passed ~
and shortly before sunset the frlSu-
rich der Crosse, which sailed lhursuag
from Baltimore for Bremen .Gtoppec
anchor in the Narrows. Sne VIII 90 70
the North German Lloyd docks at no
boken this morning to discharge hei
passengers. -
The President Grant, the largest o.
the three vessels. went 70 the ram
burp-American Line docks at south
Brooklvn to put ashore the passengers
who enjoyed three days ocean UP
at the expense Of the steamship com
r,nv. Passengers on the other two
vessels also had their passage money
refunded in full, while in case OF mos
who embarked at Baltimore the llne
stands ready TO forward them without
expense back to that city.
The majority of the passengers tooh
their sudden return to this coun'I!
oood-naturedlv. When the President
Grant reached her pier, about lZ'9V'
those on board seemed to take the
whole proceeding as a huge joke. Ohly
the stewards and crew, who VIII nave
70 return TO Germany to bear arms III
the Kaisers army, showed that there
was a serious side to the war.
Sudden Order to Return.
Captain Meyerdiercks Of the Presi-
don't Grant said his ship was 439 miles
cast of Sandy Hook and procecdlnF
head on into a heavy sea Wheh tne
wireless message ordering him TO turn
back. the first call OF ITS KIND evet
/ dashed TO a shin at sea. was received.
Tic wireless opcrator caught the
words. which were sent from the Ger
mar wireless station at Ssyville, Long
Island. at 1880 o'clock Friday night
p Tho message was in code. captain
Ncverdiercks said. and II took some
minutes to dccipher it. Once the text
If the order was learned he lost TO
: tire in obevinc. At 1880 the ship had
suung around in the rough seas, set,
tine ber bows awash for a time, ana
/ was soon speeding on her way PACK 10
/ this city. ..,...l,;,
Although announcement that the snip
was returning was not made At once TO
/ the passengers, il was not long oeloIS
r,arv we're aware of the change OF
course. al, citv
who was on her way to Paris with MISS
/ Marian Foley, as companion, was OH
I tho nromenade deck when the chahse
Of the steamers course occurred.
"'We have turned around, toid
/ Miss Foley" Mrs. Hannah said yester-
dav. "Lookl The moon that was on
the right side Of the ship IS no" Oh 'ne
| left -. e.
/ Kansas CITY, who was on ms way 20
/ GERMANY to study municipalities saIu
the trip had been delightful ana thai
/ the Hamburg American Line hau
/ proved a gracious host e.,;-.
Another passenger whose feelings
co;ncided with those Of Nichols was
nr r. NJ Keely, who was the chief sur
= GeOQ Oh Tue iii9N 10Y
+ the Polar regions.
Henry T. Urban, a New York CORE.
snondent for 1.-THE Berlin Daily News,
ON his way 10 the home office OF ms
paper; Dr.. A. c. Harrison and DR.. Jo-
! seph Rukrah, Of Baltimore, and state
senator Henry p. Velte, of Brooklyn,
also were passengers. Senator Nelte
said most of the passengers \ok the
recall of the ship philosophcally. j.
/ NJ. Hart. professor emeritus OF Cor
nell, was on board.
The President Grant, after the mes
sage to nut back was received, made
directly for the American coast and
followed that into port. While return
ing a wireless dispatch instructlng the
vessel to keep sharp watch for cruls-
ers or gunboats of any foreign nation
was received. None was sighted.
Tars Pledged to Kaiser.
Captain +. X. Roden, formerly an Of
fcer in the Swedish navy, but now con-
nected with the United States Hydro
graphic Bureau, said that the morning
following the order to return the stew
ards held mass meeting and pledged
allegiance to the Kaiser.
The cost to the Hamburg American
Line for feeding the passengers, when
included 1O5 in the first cabin, 81 in
III, second cabin, ~ in the third cabin,
1O3 steerage and SO immigrants or
dered deported by the government,
amounted TO something like $500. All
the expense was borne by the line, as
the money paid by the passengers FOR
tickets was refunded in full. The
steerage of the vessel contained few
Germans, but was made up mostly OF
Austrians, Russians and Hungarians.
Many of the passengers were glad
TO 90 ashore, and all but those whose
business demanded their presence IN
Europe said they were content with
their three days outing. Passengers
who insisted on getting across SAID
they would endeayor to book passage
on the Lusitania, which is scheduled 70
sail tomorrow at o'clock in the even
ing and which has so far not been o.
dered detained.
The Grosser Kurfuerst reached her
pier at 10 o'clock. No one was al
lowed to board the ship after the pas
sengers landed, nor were the officers
communicative.
II was learned, however, that serious
trouble in the steerage was narrowly
averted when it finally became known
that the ship had turned about aad
was heading back for New York. Six
hundred passengers travel in the third
cabin of the vessel, and when they
learned that Hoboken and not Bremen
was the destination many exhibited
signs Of ugliness. An outbreak was
averted. however, when the steerage
passengers leaned that their passage
money would be refunded.
According to Captain Diedrich, the
Grosser kurfuerst was about tfe hun
dred miles out OF port when the wire