Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-08-05

dark, foggy nights were long vigils until
! this mornings sun burned its way
through the mist that has hung over the
| north Atlantic.
To those who promenaded the shut-in
decks on the long watches the ship was
like ghost ship. with only the Animal
ing throb Of its engines to make 1t differ
ent from derelict.
The only CLEAN of light that relieved
the dead blackness was where the ships
friction stirred the sea into phosphores-
cence.
The pool governing the time of arrival
In Plymouth was changed to betting on
the American port into which the ship
would go. Last night the betting was
even on landing on the New England
coast.
Gov. Miller OF Delaware announced that
Newport would be the landing place;
then New York began to be a fayorite
Boston. Portland and ports as far south
as Hampton Roads also figured. Mean
while the captain shrugged his shoulders
and was non-committal
Launches Received
1t took several of the ships officers to
| restrain passengers from crowding into
! the small launches that came to the
ships side this morning. a man who
managed to get newspaper from one OF
| the launches was all but mobbed.
Enterprising persons began running
| launches to the ship but none was al
| lowed to board her. They stopped long
enough, however, to shout greetings and
the latest news to those on board.
Passengers stormed the wireless office
and begged to be permitted to send mes
sages. Numerous small boats were hired
to carry kilograms to Bar Harbor tele-
graph Offices, and passengers thronged
the deck rails until noon In an effort to
| get kilograms ashore
Transportation
Capt. Polack advised drst class passen-
gers that they would be provided with
special cars on trains to New York at 9
o'clock tonight and the steerage passen-
gers will be sent to New York at 9
o'clock tomorrow night.
Forty-eight French fishing schooners
of the island OF Miquelon were sighted
and the steamer changed its course to
avoid them. Wireless operators of the
vessel caught message exchanged by
French vessels urging that sharp look
out be kept for the Kronprinzessin Ce-
ellie. Captain Polack was unable to dis
cover the exact location of the ships and
their character. but as French warships
usually afford the Miquelon fishermen
protection he was very apprehensive and
spoke frankly to delegations of passen-
gers who visited him to protest against
high speed in the fog which hung over
| the Grand Banks.
| Many wireless messages exchanged bv
British steamers were caught by the
wireless operators of the steamer Mon.
day afternoon and night, and Can't. Po-
lack was in constant fear of interruptions
by the British warships from Halifax.
Change Of Course /,
The steamer was within 700 miles of
the English coast when the captain
received radiogram that war had
/ been declared by Germany against
Russia. She was turned bout and head
ed back across the Atlantic at full
speed. 1t was reported among the pas
sengers that the ship was chased by
cruisers, believed to be British.
Many of the passengers planned to
leave on the New York express this
afternoon. They deluged the telegraph
offices with messages during the day
Enter Frenchman's Bay
The ship came into Frenchmans bay
without any special danger. as the
channel Is deep and one Of the safest
harbcrs on the Atlantic coast avail
able. In years past it has been visited
by eets Of American warships of the
deepest draught.
An anchorage was taken near the
shore where there Ia plenty OF water
and the ship attracted a great deal of
attention. appearing as big as an is
Ind. The permanent residents and
hundreds OF summer visitors, includ-
ing members Of Bar Harbor's wealthy
colony, who had a financial interest
in the gold cargo, hocked to the shore
when they learned Of the arrival of the
Kronprinzessin Cecilie.
Board of Health Active
! J. Alden Morse, secretary of the To-
cal Board of Health, went on board
the ship during the forenoon and later
returned to shore. After telephouing
the chairman Of the State Board Of
Health at Augusta, he summoned q
number of local physicians and Henry
Ball of Mt. Desert Ferry, the nearest
customs officer.
He said the first and second -class
| passengers would be- examined - fast