New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-27
Navy Man Here on Olympic
Tells of Tests from
u. s. to Paris.
ICE PACK AT PIER
DELAYS BIG LINER
Six Chinese Students Sent TO
Ellis Island-Fear of Plague
Hinted At.

TIE White Star liner Olympic which
arrived too late on Wednesday night 10
and her passengers worked her way
through a thick ico pack At the company's
pier yesterday and made fast. after
mannuyrinc Tor about two hours.
Prominent among her passengers was
Commander Henry n. HOuSh. naval at
iache at the American Embassy in Paris.
who has been working with the French
authorities i'm pcrfecting wireless com
munication between the Eiffel Tower and
the government station in Arlington. Va
lie said yesterday that the experiments
made by both nations had failed TO os-
tabllsh with any degree ~ certainty the
exact time required 10 transmit sound
over the :. 40 miles between Arlington and
Paris
We received clock ticks from Airing
ton hv wireless he said. "but We have
no means of telling whether the clock
sending the sounds is right. With favor
able atmospheric conditions ! have sent
messages 10 Arlington from Paris. and
the instant we stopped sending We have
received an answer ] ann inclined 10
think the transmission is practically IN
Simultaneous
The Olvmpic brought over six young
Cinnamon. SONS Of wealthy parents, who
have come here under the auspices OF the
Chinese government 10 study. TheY were
equipped with a variety Of official papers
and credentials. but. nevertheless. were
ordered to ellis Island FOR further eXami-
nation.
The immigration inspector in charge OF
the case would not say that the preVa-
lencc Of bubonic plague IN the Far East
was the cause Of the detention but ad-
uittcd that a more complete physical eS-
animation than that afforded aboard ship
was reoulred OF the six young men.
The students are between twenty and
twcntv-four wears Of age. Van TsunS
Liang and Yu Chang Chen are bound FOR
the University OF Michigan; Fling Chu
I.lu and Ching WANG tn will go TO the
University Of Chicago; Ching Hsiah TO
Iehigh and Ycucn chi TO Princeton.
Miss Helene Caragioni. Of Rumania,
who has had large experience I'm pilot
ing aeroplancs. came over on the Olympic
! in the hope of getting permission from
Rodman Wanamaker 10 assist Lieu
tenant j. 6. Porte i'm his proposed
10 the Irish Coast by hydro-aeroplane.
10 the Irish Coast by hydroaeroplane.
She said her experience had made her
fearless rather than timld and that the
pioneer journey across the Atlantic by
air had no terrors for her. She will soon
make practice fights at Garden City,
| Long Island.
William Lorimer. the former Senator
from Illinois. whose name appeared on the
| Olympic's passenger list with the word
Senator" before it. returned after visit
of three months in England and on the
Continent
Among others on board were MOnsgnor
| Robert Hugh Benson. son Of the former
Archbishop Of Canterbury. who will give
series Of Lenten lectures in Roman
Catholic churches in this city; the Earl
and Countess of Dunmore, on their way
to Montreal. and Paul Reboux. the author.
| with his wife. who he calls the most beau
tiful woman in the world.
c. p Lancaster. the Olympics purser.
! who was badly cut about the neck and
wrists by flying glass from sea-smashed
! windows on the eastward Journey. was
able TO be about Yesterday when the YES
/ sci arrived
The Olympic had bad weather on the
run Just ended, but according to her Of
fcers il was mild compared with the
storms encountered on the eastward trip.
when she had TO heave 10 for several
hours in northeaster.