Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-11
BRITISH CRUISER
SUFFOLK IS SEEN
OFF SANDY HOOK
'envoys Tramp Steamer Into
Port With important
Dispatches.
|vvARSHIP REPORTS CAPTURE
IoF GERMAN TANK STEAMER
Lusitania Reported Near Liver
pool-American Tourists De-
scribe Hardships.

a NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-THE British
scruiser Suffolk steamed into the en-
france to New York harbor and to
zwithin a mile and half of the bar
this morning. clearing way. for a
=safe passage for the British tramp
#steamer New York City from Ma
zdeira. Aboard the New York City
=were important dispatches for the
British consul here, placed there by
nhicers of the Suffolk an hour before.
&H The Suffolk's officers told officers of
The New York City that they had cap
ztpred German OF, tank steamer two
ztays ago; also that the Suffolk ha1
|siehted supposedly German cruiser
Hithla consort recently and had given
sff ase to the vessels, but that they
tsd eluded her. The tank steamer
kepiured by the Suffolk was taken.
tfiffers of the New York City said,
ztifner TO Halifax or Bermuda, they
5lit not learn which.
ID was considered probable that the
ft*sel was taken to Bermuda. Yes
<e<Hay it was reported tia a British
ez[.kser was taking a German vessel
<8A war prize to Bermuda
&c name of this vessel was given
tic Kronprinz Wilhelm. one of the
o{# transatlantic steamers of the
<Hfth German Lloyd line. In view of
t1e story told by officers of the New
! fHfk City 1t YVES thought today that
tbs was incorrect and that the prize
H@s the German tank steamer.
Lusitania Near Liverpool.
Eunard line officials were cheered
{oday by cable advices from England
2onouncing that the crack liner Luz
<ffania was within 800 miles of her
61stina -Liverpool--between and
o'clock this morning. She should
cover that during the day, officials
<hought and reach Liverpool harboi
&night.
s#Only one vessel sailed from New
York today, the Italian liner Ancona,
Mound for Naples. She had aboard a
7tw German reservists, the first to
leave New York since England de-
flSred war on Germany, Her steer
Mge was filed with Italian laborers
md their families returning home.
3 Six vessels reached New York: The
Xroonland (American), with ITO cabin
assengers from Antwerp, mostly
s americans, with vivid stories Of Bel
HUNS warlike activities on the eve
"a the German invasion; the Cedric
<Brftish), which laid Up at Halifax,
Barring capture, for two days on her
Xay here from Liverpool; the Parria
<French), from Palermo; the Ward
.{her Havana (American), from
havana, and the America Qtalian)
I'D the Calamares All except the
cedric made the voyage without un-
I|sual incident.
The Potsdam Day Overdue.
#The Potsdam, of the Holland
american line. laden with American
Tourists returning from Boulogne, is
reported one day overdue. 1t is be-
slieved that the delay may be due to
fog or to her having taken a cir
'cuitous route to avoid capture, al
though she flies the flag of Holland, a
Neutral nation.
Ii The Cedric put into Halifax last
week. interrupting her voyage from
England to New York for tear of
Rapture by German war vessels. The
Kroonland left Antwerp on August |,
HEfore general hostilities in Europe
I'D been declared. About lao OF her
Messengers were booked to sail by
{he steamers Imperator and La Prov
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