New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-06
4 LINERS EVADE
CLUTCHES OF FOES
Two BIRTHS and Two Ger
man Vessels in Port At
ter Furious Races.
FOG BANKS HELP IN
DODGING WARSHIPS
Courses Laid Close to Long
Island Shore, To Be Near
Three-Mile Limit.

Four transatlantic liners-two Brit
ish and two German-arrived here yes
terday unmolested by warships cruis-
ing in the steamship lanes.
The first to get safely TO port was
the White Star Olympic, which came
into Quarantine soon after midnight.
TIE Kaiser Wilhelm II, of the North
German Lloyd Line, was close behind.
She sailed some twelve hours after the
Olympic. The President Lincoln. of the
Hamburg American Line, an eleven-day
steamship from Hamburg, followed
later. and then came the Uranium liner
Uranium, British steamship in the
New York, Halifax and Rotterdam ser
vice.
The respective captains Of these yes
sells followed the same tactics to pre-
vent capture, putting out all lights and
taking advantage of every patch OF
fog. All Rugged the Long Island coast
after they had passed Montauk Point.
At no time were any Of the vessels
unable to get within the three-mile
limit of the American shore in the
event Of their being pursued by hos
tile warship.
Captain Witt of the President Lin
coin, when he got word by wireless two
days ago that France, Germany, Eng
land and Russia were at war, changed
his course at once TO the north, put out
all lights except those necessary for
navigating and rushed his vessel at
the fullest speed she could make.
81 saw no ships and | am sure | was
not seem" the skipper said yesterday
when he came down from the bridge,
81 went as far north as | could: |
hoped for fog and got IT, and after
that | went further north IN search oil
more fog.
Captain Herbert j. Haddock, master
of the Olympic, who is a commander
of the Royal Naval Reserve, brought
the liner across in record breaking
time.
The big vessel, which does not more
than 20 knots on her usual journeys
across the Atlantic, made the distance
in FIVE days twelve hours and ffty,,
seven minutes, an average speed o.
1856 knots. This is her best run 20
this port. For eight hours on Tues
day. when it was thought that German
cruiser was near, the Olympic deve,-
opened a sustained speed Of 25.Ol
knots.
If a German cruiser had been in pur-
suit Captain Haddock said he could
have outrun her and made haven
somewhere within the three-mile limit
Of the American coast.
Announcement was made yesterday
By the Lamport g. Holt Line that It's
service between New York, Brazil and
Argentina had been suspended indeii-
nitely. The steamship Nauban, which
left Barbados on Friday, is due in
Bahia on Saturday. The Byron, north
bound from Bahia, is due in Trinidad
on Sunday. The Vestris, which Is
scheduled to leave Buenos Ayres TO-
day, will be held in that port. -he
steamships Tennyson, Vandyck and
Highland Harris, all heavily laden With
general cargo for South America,
will remain in this port until the dan
ger of seizure by war vessels is passed.
The British freighter Etonian, which
sailed yesterday for Antwerp, returned
TO port yesterday, having put back
when some sixty miles east of Sandy
Hook. Her master was informed Tues
day night that England and Germany
were at war, and rather than risk
capture came back.
II was learned yesterday that Ger
man reservists have been making ef-
forts to get back to Germany by yes
sells flying the flags of neutral coun-
tries.
Many of them, it is said, have tried
to procure tickets on Italian, Scandi-
navian and Dutch steamships through
subterfuge. No tickets were sold, how
ever.
Announcement was made yesterday
that the Fsbre Line (French) had sus-
pended its service between New York
and Marseilles, and the sailings also
Of the Uranium Line between New
York and Rotterdam have been sus-
pended.
Representatives Of the White Star
Line stated yesterday that the Olympic
positively would sail for England Sat
urday, her destination being Liverpool
instead Of Southampton.
Rumors we're current yesterday IN
steamship circles that the Hamburg
American Line had discharged tempo
rarily all employees in the Broadway
Office who had not been in the service
e H. copnnapv for ten wars