Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-13
j. s. TOCHARTER
SIX VESSELS FOR
A|DOF REFUGEES
Will Transport 8, 900 Americans
at Reasonable Rates of
Passage.
FIRST TOURISTS HOME
ON AMERICAN LINER
Wealthy People in PhiIadel-
phia's Steerage-Ex-Newark-
er Praised by Wilson Kin.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 1s.-Imme-
diate charter of six vessels to go to
Europe for Americans was agreed
upon today by Secretaries McAdoo,
Garrison and Daniels and Assistant
Secretary Phillips, of the state de-
partment. They will carry 5000 pas
sengers at as reasonable rates of
passage as possible.
Secretary McAdoo made this state
nnent:
THE secretary of war will take
charge of all arrangements in con-
nection with the outfitting and for
warding of these ships and of getting
them back to America. All are Amer
lean ships. 1t has not been determined
what points these vessels viii touch
in Europe. They will go to those places
where it may be later deemed the
greatest relief possible may be af-
forded to Americans
Under the terms of the appro-
priation for this purpose the govern
ment Is to be reimbursed; that is, SO
far as the passengers may be abe.
The rates of passage will be made as
reasonable as possible"
Further details will be determined
upon tomorrow.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The Ameri-
can liner Philadelphia with the first
great crowd of Americans who
rushed from Europe when the vari-
Gus nations declared war, arrived in
New York last night. There were Y0s
persons in the cabin and 3o9 in the
steerage. Virtually all of them were
without baggage, many of them
without money, and all had stories
of hardships to tell.
The Philadelphia sailed from
Southampton a few houFs after Eng
land declared war on Germany. The
first day out a fleet of seven French
torpedo boats and three submarines
were sighted. One of the torpedo
boats hurried after the American
liner, the rest of the fleet following
slowly. Finally the torpedo boat-IS
7-came alongside and ordered the
Philadelphia to stop.
The war vessel circfed the liner sew
eral times, its officers looking closely
at the faces of the PASSENGERS crowded
on the decks. When the French ma
val officers were sure that the Phiia-
delphia really was an American ves-
sci and that the passengers were
excellent English that the Philadel-
phia might proceed. The passengers
cheered the French ships. The cheer
was returned and the tiny war ves-
sells steamed away.
The refugees in the steerage were
given the freedom of the ship. The
men we're separated from the women,
however, and in some cases husbands
were separated from their wives by
this regulation.
All Glad to Get Back.
The passengers were exceedingly
glad to get back to the United States.
At Quarantine they cheered the mail
boat, the health officers boat and the
revenue cutter.
The regulation preventing ship
which arrives at Quarantine after
sundown from proceeding to her dock
until the next morning was waived.
Hundreds of the passengers on
board had rushed from the interior
of France and Germany. Travellers
from Paris told of mobs swarming
through the streets, breaking win
dows and looting shops of Germans.
Others told of Germans caught in
the French capital being beaten by
gendarmes and the excited citizenry.
The streets near the railroad stations
were piled high with baggage that
had been abandoned. So great was
the rush of Americans from France
to England that small steamers in
the English channel, constructed 20
accommodate from 500 to 900 persons.
carried 5000 men, women and chill
tiren on their every trip.
Wilson Praises Former Newarker.
John A. Wilson, of Franklin, Pa.
President Wilson's cousin, who was
one of the passengers smilingly
announced on the pier that he be-
lieved he had less money and more
summer clothes than any ether man
in New York. Despite this discom-
future, he said, he was glad to get
back to American shores. He car
ried with him a set of golf clubs
presented to President Wilson by the
City Lunch Club of London, which
he was commissioned to bring over.
Mr.. Wilson was in London. accom-
panied by Mrs. Wilson, when Eng
land declared war against Germany.
Thousands of Englishmen formed
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