The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-06
|ANY BIG LINERS
IN NARROW ESCAPES
arships Lying in Wait in
Transatlantic Lanes to
WayIay Merchantmen.

" n the vessels Of the five warning
Ii MS of Europe prowling the seas
pr narrow escapes and exciting in
erts were reported in shipping cir
Is today
II s thought vessels of the warning
tons are lying in wait in the trans
Ia ntic lanes TO seive merchant ships
the enemy.
III giant liner. Vaterland. is still at
pier at Hoboken. n. J., being held
sre evidently by the governments
der that no vessels shall be allowed
leave American ports without first
t-ing due motive and without giving
d. claration of their cargoes.
nCications yesterday were that the
ltrrland with hundreds of German
servists would slip out of the port
any moment. She had steam up,
Id her officers evidently anticipated
ing met by German men-o-war and
ing conveyed across to the kaiser's
mains.
From Jacksonville. Fla, came a re-
n that the German steamer, Freida
Fonhardt, loaded with over 100000
et of lumber, had to put in that port
escape capture. Capt H. Lestner of
e vessel says a British warship tried
r twelve hours to overtake the Florida.
+ he pursuer is believed to have been
. e British cruiser Berwick.
NEw. YORK. Aug. 6.-The President
nicola, of the neutrality-suspicious. line,
dthe Kaiser Wilhelm II. have sue
IS ully run the gauntlet and arrived
/ q heir piers at Hoboken.
n British steamer Etonian, OF the
|hocnix line. which sailed Cor Antwerp
us Sday night, has returned to her pier
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 6.-The North
fernan-Lloyd liner Brandenburg and
pc Prince Oskar, of the Hamburg
|merican line, have arrived here from
|erman ports. Both vessels made the
|urney a day ahead of schedule time.
INV YORK, Aug. 6.-British ship
| IN owners have announced that their
kilings TO English ports will not be
'teTrupted. The International Mercan-
Re Marine and the Cunard line are
|ili booking passengers for English
NEW YORK. Aug. 6.-The White Star
b. announces that the Olympic will
|ave for Southampton tomorrow with
y Erst class passengers The sailing
/ the Adriatic of the same line today
a. cancelled. 1t is said the Olympic
|ill be used as a transport during the
|ar and will be conveyed back and
| rih across the Atlantic by British
|arships.
IN such a capacity she could comfort
en- on each journey.
The Lamport & Hole line and the
|ra mum line have suspended all sail
Es from New York
Anchor line saiIings to Mediterranean
orts have been Cancelled. and until fur
her notice the Scandinavian-Americ
Inc will accept for passengers only
candinavians and Americans.
The Fabre liner Anna will sail for
[Hrseilles only on Saturday at / O'Clock.
|ther vessels of the line have been or
bred to remain in port.
The American liner st. Paul left to-
b. for Plymouth and Cherbourg with
be best part of her cabin accomomda-
ors taken. Some of the passengers
no booked today were the Duchess Of
(s Thorough. Lady Granard, who was
|iss Beatrice Mills. and Sir Alan John
lone. brother-in-law of Clifford Pinchot,
he British minister to Holland.
y -EBEC. Aug. 6.-The Allan liner
|iCtorian, which arrived here yester-
by from Montreal. has been held here
\ her owners. Hereafter no ships will
h for Havre from here.
b. wanna. ug. The North German
be ID steamship Neckar sailed from
eIe yesterday under secret orders.
81 ANGHAI. China, Aug. Gums
I've been mounted on the German
f. rnship Prince Eitel Friedrich at
S g-tau. The far Eastern squadron
10 German feet left Tsing-tau YES
.r5ay, sailing northward.
J NDON, ng.0 6.-The port of South
b. on has been closed TO merchant
Is lis. The American liner st. Louis
E. been ordered to Liverpool