New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-01
HUNDREDS HELD AS
WAR STOPS LINER
Passengers Booked OF the
VaterIand Forced to
Abandon Voyage.
MARLBOROUGH
DUCHESS CAN'T SAIL
German and Russian Diplomatic
Officials, HOmeward Bound,
Included in Tie.Up.

Several hundred first class passen-
gers who had booked to sail OF the
Nsterlsnd were alarmed as we'll as
disappointed yesterday when il became
known that the great steamship would
not sail on account of the beginning
Of hostilities abroad Most of them
had already sent their luggage aboard,
and last night there was a grand
scramble 10 recover possession. Most
of those who were to sail have not de-
cided what course to pursue and are at
various hotels in this city.
The Duchess Of Marlborough came
from Newport on Thursday night and
is now at the Ritz awaiting develop
ments before deciding whether 10 sail
by some other line or remain in this
country for the present. Others at
the Ritz ere Count Cziraky, of st. Pc
tersburg; Baron and Baroness Rosen-
krantl, OF Denmark; Baron Won Lers-
ner. at.ache Of the German Embassy
at Washington; Herr Won Masiowich,
secretary to the Austro- Hungarian En-
bsssy at Washington; Baron Albuz, Of
Berlin, and Ferdinand Schlesinger, of
Milwaukee, who was on his way TO
visit his daughter, the wife Of an Aus
trian officer.
Mrs. William G. Rockefeller, Judge
Charles H. Deuel. and Mrs. Deuel. and
Louis Tiffany were on the Vaterlsnd's
passenger list.
Boris Yonine, first secretary Of the
Russian Embassy at Washington, also
is at the Ritz. When seen yesterday
he would not discuss European inter
national affairs, but said that he might
be called upon to return to Russia at
any moment, as he is Cossack officer.
Adolph Ksrpen, a Chicago merchant,
is at the Waldorf, but may decide to sail
on the Oceanic to-day, He was to meet
Mrs. Karpen, who is now in Sweden,
and return TO New York with her. An
ticpating trouble abroad, Mr.. Karpen
had visited Washington end obtained
from Secretary Bryan letter request
ing members Of the United States dip
lomatic service in Europe to show Mr.
Karpen every courtesy and assistance.
any wife and have decided to see
America first" said 7. B. Modra at
the Savoy last night. 1--WE were off for
an extended tour of Europe, but 1t
doesn't look very encouraging now .,
Elias Summerfield, banker, who had
reserved accommodations at the Savoy
for August z, cabled that owing to the
cancellation of the sailing of the I'm
perator he would not require his
rooms.
At the McAlpin Robert T. Gracey,
former United States Consul at Pro-
greso, Mexico, was inclined to bemoan
his fate. He had been appointed con-
sui at Seville, Spain, and was anxious
to get 20 his post.
% xraird haOiupln|
for a HONEYMOON" was the comment
made by DR.. Z. A. Davis at the Bilt-
more. DR.. Davis was married on
Thursday night and was about to start
on a three months wedding tour in
Europe while his home in this city is
being remodelled. DR.. and Mrs. Davis
have changed their plans and will
spend their honeymoon at Alexandra
Bay and Murray Bay instead.
Others who have been delayed by
the cancellation of the sailing of the
Vaterland are Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Little,
Atlanta: w. Dunkel and valet, London;
J. II. Brown, Nassau Bahamas; Mr..
and Mrs. Silverman and Misses II. and
l.. Silvermsn, Chicago; Sigmund Berg
mann. head of the Bergman Electric
Company, Berlin; Baron G. Won Plug,
Dresden; Otto Heineman, Berlin; Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Kimbel, Munich;
Colonel and Mrs. Sligo Myers, Savan-
nah; Mr.. and Mrs. Y. A. Harmessen
and maid, Yokohama; J. B. Noel Wyatt
and w. f. Wyatt, Baltimore; Albert
c. Burrage and family, Boston, and H..
p. Thompson, Miss NJ. B. Thompson,
Miss G.. S. Thompson and Miss A. p.
Jones, all of Hoosick Falls, n. Y.
The number of would-be passengers
on the Vaterland at the various hotels
is as follows: Waldorf, So; Wander
blt, so: McAlpin, As; Knickerbocker,
S.; Aston 81; Ritz, Al; New Neither
lands, z; Savoy, A; Plaza, 81; Manhat-
tan, 6; Belmont, 28. and Biltmore, 9.
The total number is 3D.