The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-06
MERCHANT ships
HUG THE PORTS
BUT FEW DEPART FROM UNITED
STATES PORTS OWING TO PA
TRoL OF WARSHlPs.
Several Vessels Carrying Reservsts
Have Sailed Although All Are In
Danger of Capture.

New Ork, aug. D. -T1ttOu u"J 1"N
number of ships daring to sail from
New York for European shores has
been growing smaller.
Today only three went out-the
French steamer La Lorraine, carry
ing 700 French reservists and about
300 other passengers; the Cunard
liner Athieni with 500 Greeks, 200
Italian and a few Servian reservists.
The Lusitania was in faint wireless
touch with the shore at o'clock to-
night. She was sending code mes
sages, presumably to British cruisers
which are expected to convoy her.
To the list of steamship lines
which have cancelled their sailing
from New York four were added to-
day. They were the French line, with
the exception of La Lorraine; the
Fabri line, except the Saint Anna,
which will sail from her Brooklyn
pier Saturday afternoon with French
reservists in place of the Rocham-
beau and the Lamport and Holt line,
operating to Brazil and Argentine
ports.
One Uranium liner, the Campo
nello, which left here July 80, carried
$50. 900 bushels of wheat consigned to
Germany. Officials of the line, anX-
ious to have her recalled, have com
municated with the Toronto office to
learn of this can be accomplished.
The Principello. which arrived Setur'
day, and the Uranium today, will re-
main here for the present.
The Lamport and Holt liners, I'm
portant vessels to the coffee trade.
will be tied up tomorrow. The High
land Harris was to have sailed from
New York today and the Tennison
last Saturday The VanDyck is in
New York also other vessels Of
this line are en- route to South Amer
lean ports.
OF the steamships arriving today
one was the missing North German
Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm II from
! Russia with $50 cabin passengers,
mails and valuable cargo. The
President Lincoln arrived from Ham
burg with S63 passengers and mails
and Joined the idle fleet here.
The Ancona from Naples with 400
passengers came in under darkness
and the Venezia from Marseilles got
in later with 200 passengers. The
Pannonia arrived tonight from
ian which had started for Antwerp,
returned today, having been informed
by wireless that war existed between
Great Britain and Germany.
The steamer Kioto, arriving to-
night from Oran, A giers, was one Of
the ships exchanging wireless mes
sages with war vessels.
Nothing was known publicly here
tonight of the whereabouts of the
North German Lloyd liner Kroa
lPrinz Wilhelm, which left port sud
denly Monday night heavily coaled
| and without passengers.
The cruiser Tennessee, which the
government will send to the relief OF
Americans abroad, tonight dropped
anchor in the harbor There she
will remain until late tomorrow,
when she will sail with s7.50O0OO IN
gold, including $2,50O,000 from gov
| eminent vaults.
The Tennessee's paymaster, it was
learned tonight, has given receipts
for 100000 entrusted to his care by
relatives OF persons in distress
! abroad.
Government officials, United States
army officers, representatives of
| New York banking houses and a crew
of 800 meI will go on the Tennessee.
Officers of the Pannonia were
aware Of the close proximity of for
eign war vessels the last two days of
her voyage. Captain Cooper ran at
night with all lights out and in the
daytime all officers were on the
| lookout for hostile vessels.
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