The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1914-01-03
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Gulfport, January {


The cruiser Chester is at Ship Is
land, anchored near the fort. John
Lind is in all probability on board,
but not to the actual knowledge of
anybody on the coast except Presi-
dent Wilson and possibly one or two
secret service men and DR.. Grayson.
Since last night the Chester has been
anchored at the. island, and near her
lies the Winona, but not a move to-
ward shore has been discovered up to
late hour this afternoon.
President Wilson played golf as
usual this morning, taking advantage
of the sunshine which broke at in
creasingly frequent intervals through
the clouds. While az the Country Club
a newspaper man showed the presi-
dent 4 lsgp tcks 'fcAEew York, stat
ing that because of growing sentiment
against sinterlocking directorates and
probable forthcoming segislation in
that direction, j. P. Morgan & Com
pany has severed a large number of
its business connections. J. P. Nor
gan & Company is among the largest
bankers and fnanciers in the world.
and its action is taken to mean that
business men believe legislation ad-
verse to present business methods will
he nI hxr
shown the dispatch, Mr.. Wilson mere
ly smiled, refusing to make any state
ment.
He returned to the Herndon home
at 1890 and settled down for the af-
ternoon at the cottage, refusing to
make public any plans further than
that there would be nothing doing in
the way of news. When Mr.. Lind will
come ashore is a puzzle. He may be
ashore now, but that is doubted Nu-
merous suggestions Of the plans for
the conference between Wilson and
Lind have been advanced, but none of
them seem more probable than any
other, and it looks very much as if
the president and his envoy were
playing their own game in their own
way, and that after everything had
happened, the public would be taken
into confidence.
The Chester arrived at Ship island,
last night at 9.15. She did not attempt
to transfer her passengers to the Wi
mona, the u. S. revenue cutter,
which has been waiting there.
The president had waited all day for
some word from the Chester, but not
until 10 O'Clock did he receive mes
sages from the Navy Department an
nouncing that the cruiser had reported
twenty-five miles from Ship Island
and would arrive at 9.15.
WINONA is KEPT BUSY
Mr., Wilson after reading the Navy
Department message, immediately re-
tired for the night. The Navy Depart
iltCuL 1ial1uQilCEd tadt ~ GdaeiCkEltSi
this relayed wireless message from
the cruiser Chester:
At s:15 p. m. twenty-five miles
from Ship Island Light. VIII arrive
there at 9:15 p. m. Jan. /.
Mr.. Wilson's desire to avoid publ
city in connection with the 1envoyss
visit was emphasized not only BY the
reticence of everyone in the presiden-
tial party, but by the mysterious move
ments yesterday of the revenue cutter
Winona. After spending thirty hours
outside of Ship Island waiting for the
Chester the cutter finally came IN at
dusk last night.
aMOVIE" MEN LINE UP
As she steamed toward Pass Chris
tian word rapidly spread that the
Chester had arrived and had trans.
ferred her disting guished passenger at
Ship Island. When the Winona
dropped anchor mile away Lieutenn-
ant Howell, of the cutter, who, -