The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-10
LINER OLYMPIC POINTS
PROV TOWARD ENGLAND
Portfolios Plastered and Upper
Works Painted Gray.
HEADING FoR' POOH
I'VE Arc Going Home" Only Word
Officers and Crew Lcave-CarrieS
No Passengers or Cargo, but Has
Double Supply OF Coal.


NEW YORK. Angus, o.-The White
Star liner Olympic, whose purpose has
for weeh been AN enigma. sprung =
surprise this morning when she slipped
out Of her dock and pointed har PROV
toward Liverpool
She left under cover Of darkness,
with every portfolio plastered over.
decks closed with heavy canvas and
her upper works painted a DUH gray
She carried no passengers and no
| cargo. Her coal. however, was nearly
twice the amount required 70 take her
| across the Atlantic.
! we are going home" was the only
word which the officers and crew left
al their dock
| She Will be pat TO her utmost speed.
which should take her To Liverpool on
/ Friday night or Saturday morning
! The crew. nasscd on the deck
cheered as the boat sailed down the
hudson. giving big ovation TO tho
battleship Florida. which stopped her
10 look at her clearance papers
| The whereabouts Of the three fec.
German cruisers. which are known to
he in North Atlantic waters. is caus-
! ing no end Of speculation among
American shipping ana naval men
The last heard Of either the StraSs-
| burg. Karlsruhe or Dresden. was when
the latter applied for coal at Havana
|
, These vessels. especially when they
are apt to be called upon 70 battle at
any moment, must have coal. Where
they viii get II and how is tho ques-
| ton that is being asked generally.
Many would no; he surprised TO hear
Of either one or all three Of tho cruis-
crs bouncing down upon s,ne Of tho
! many coal barges which arc daily
passing from one port TO another
! The sailing OF the Adriatic on Satur-
/ day into the gauntlet OF three feet
German cruisers has also caused con
! siderable interest The Adriatic IS not
fast enough TO outstrip either Of the
| three hostile cruisers, should they como
| upon her on the ocean Neither are tho
| British cruisers Berwick and Essex.
which have been conveying such Of
Great Britain's liner. as have ventured
| across the ocean.
! 1t may be that thu extraordinary
speed that the Germans can command
| has kept them out OF the reach "a the
British boats. steamship men. how
ever. do not entertain the fear that aay
OF the German cruisers would care 10
| make a prize OF any vessel on this side
OF the Atlantic
Where would they take the prizes ."
they ask. >"Therc is no German port
on this conNnent to which they could
go with prize"
AS the olympic steamed down the
/ Ddy she lUsN li4' american llutl -''N
York coming in. Cheers were eX-
changed by passengers on the New
! York and sailors on tho British vessel.
which carried no passengers, and 1t is
assumed is recalled to British waters
TO serve as AN auxiliary war vessel
| or transport.
The New York. considerable less
speedy than more modern ocean liners.
| sailed from Chcrbourg and Southamp-
ton August !, when only Austria and
Scrvia we're 1T war. The rush of
/ Americans home from Europe because
OF the war scare already had set in.
however, and the American liner had a
! capacity list There were $40 pas
sengers on board all told OF whom
442 were cabin passengers. Captain
| Roberts said the steamer communicated
by wireless with the British cruiser
| Drake on Tuesday. but no war vessels
! had been sighted. Being an American
vessel she was I'm no danger Of cap
turc.
The only other passenger ca frying
, steamer from Europe 10 reach port to-
day was the italian liner Caserta,
which left Genoa .Iuly % and Naples
| on July 20 before any hint OF war was
in the air. She had fortynve cabin
and us stecrage passengers She en-
! countcred no warships An arriving
, vessel, which feared such an encounter
| however. was the German oil tank
steamer Mcphcn, from Oporto. To
! avoid French and British warships. she
took Il southerly course, painting her
| funnel black and taking all possible
precautions
Something of an air OF mystery SUR
rounded the sailing in ballast to-day
/ oil the French steamer Venezia OF the
/ Fabre Line. whose destination ordinar-
/ lily is Marseiiles. According to an Of
hcial of the line. she cleared this lime
! for Montreal No explanation as TO
| why she made for the Canadian port
was forthcoming. shipping men
/ thought. however, that she either might
be destined to carry French reservists
| abroad from the Dominion or TO take
! on carG" OF Canadian grain for
/ France.
Sails With Refugees.
Especial Gable TO The Times Dispatch. !
PLYMOUTH. August 9.-The Hoi-
, land american Line steamship New