The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-11
'kR0N PRINz SAFE
1t Was . Tank Steamer That
British Cruiser Captured.
German Reservists Sail for
Home by Way Of Naples.

New York. Aug. 1.-THE British
cruiser Suffolk steamed into the en-
trance to New York harbor and to
within mile and a half of the bar
this morning. clearing the way for a
safe passage for the British tramp
steamer New York city from Madeira.
Aboard the New York City were inn
portant dispatches for the British con-
sui here, placed there by officers of
the Suffolk an hour before.
The Suffolk's officers told officers
of the New york City that they had
captured a German oil tank steamer
two days ago; also that the Suffolk
had sighted a supposedly German
cruiser with a consOrt recently and
had given chase to the vessels but that
they had e1uded her.
The tank steamer captured by the
Suffolk was taken, officers of the New
York City said, either to Halifax or
Bermuda, they did not learn which.
1t was considered probable that the
vessel was taken to Bermuda. Yes
terGay it was reported that q British
cruiser was taking q German vessel
as q war prize to Bermuda. The name
Prinz Wilhelm, one of the big trans
Atlantic steamers of the North Ger
man Lloyd Line. In view of the story
told by officers of the New York City
it was thought today that this was in
correct and that the prize was the
The Suffolk was the first warship
to approach so near to New York.
Half a dozen or more British, French
and German men-Of-War nave Deen
recently reported off the American
coast. A British cruiser was spoken
100 miles off Sandy Hook yesterday
evening by the Italian steamer Amer
ican which reached here today from
Genoa and Palermo.
Cunard line officials were cheered
today by cable advices from England
announcing that the crack liner Lusi-
tania was within 800 miles OF her des-
-Liverpool-between and IL
O'Clock this morning. She snouid Gov
er that during the day, officials
thought, and reach Liverpool harooi
tonight.
Only One Vessel Sails.
Only one vessel sailed from New
York today, the Italian liner Ancona
bound for Naples.
A handful Of the thousands Of Ger
man reservists bottled up in New YORK
take them home sailed for Naples or
the Ancona. They were the first Ger
man reservists leave this port since
the commencement of hOstfiities be-
tween Germany and Great Britain
Most of them are officers in the Ger
man army and all of them are trusting
to luck to FIND their way home from
Naples.
Among the number was Count Wer'
ner Won Bernstorff, nephew OF the
German ambassador to the United
States and a lieutenant In the sixteenth
Prussian Lancers.
Cabins and Storage of the Ancona
were crowded, there being approx
mately 1900 Italian laborers and their
families returning home in the steer
age. This is not unusual
Six vessels reached New York-The
Kroonland (American9. with 40 cabin
passengers, from Antwerp, mostly
Americans, with vivid stories of Bel
gums warlike activities on the eve
of the German invasion: the Cedric
(British), which laid up at Halifax
fearing capture, for two days on her
way here from Liverpool; the Patria
(French), from Palermo; the Ward
liner Havana (American). from Ha-
vana, and the America utalian) and
the Calamares. All except the Cedric
made the voyage without unusual in
cident.
The Potsdam of the Holland-Arheri-
can line, laden with American tour
ists returning from Boulogne. is re-
ported one day overdue. 1t is believed
that the delay may be due to fog or to
her having taken a circuitous route
to avoid capture, although she flies the
flag of Holland, a neutral nation.