The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-25
ROTTERDAM IN WITH
1858 HAPPY SOULS
1t Was Like Old Times in HO-
boken When Crowds
Greeted Refugees.
SEMBRICH HERE FOR VISIT

The Dutch liner Rotterdam. with 1888
passengers packed In her cabins and
steerage. nosed into the Holland America
line dock IN Hcboken at dusk yesterday
The passengers were decidedly pro-Ger-
man and unmindful OF President Wilson's
neutrality proclamation.
Most Of them had come down to Rotter-
dam from the German interior and mad
waited month or more to get passage
The Rotterdam has booked 500 first cabin
and 1900 second for her next trip.
Hobokeu, which has been almost dor
mant since the war tied up the big Ger
man liners. blossomed out ike An old
home week last night Hundreds OF New
Workers with pier passes journeyed to
the Square MIL city walked past the
deserted piers OF the Hamburg American
and North German Lloyd and crowded
onto the Rotterdam's dock until there was
hardly room for the passengers and bag
gage. They carried flags and streamers
and some popular passengers were
greeted by organized cheering sections.
The Rotterdam brought s43 in her first
cabin. 13s IN the second and 2I1 steeragc.
Nine. Sembrich was passenger with
her husband O. Stengel Scmbrich She
has no eflelktlitIlSs Nitt NdNSs GU '''''''
70 New York to visit friends She Will
remain until the war Is over. Nine. Sem-
birch Ia an Austrian, but her home Is IN
Nice, France, and she cannot return there
during the hostiht'es
Il have been to New York many times, "
she said. but only when have had en-
yagcuents | know Fifth avenue, the
Metropolitan opera House and Carnegie
HAN. that Is all Now | want TO see
New York, have heard ALI about your
great city. but have never seen IL
pr Kasmir Won Radwan, until recently
with the Austrian army. was accompanied
by Marcus Braun Of New York, editor
| II Fair Play Dr. Won Radwln. who was
"A motorcycles despatch bearer. was
wounded In the back while near Krasr.'
on August "a ON shlpboard he met Miss
! Inge Hold. whom. he said. he Intends 10
marry.
Miss Hold Is an actress who was 20 play
| at the Irving Place Theatre, he said. bat
| sho would cancel her engagement there
10 marry him. Miss Holds name was
. not on the list. nor could she be located
among the passengers.
| DR. Won Radwan was carrying des-
] pa tches on August "a and heard shots as
ne neared krasuic.
| From lonely cottage opposite Us
where the field telephone was placed he
said some Of our soldiers dashed forth
land the enemy poured over US real
Ihau Of bullets. suddenly | saw a mas
| terless Cossack horse passing. took
hold OF the rrins and when | tried Ia
mount the animal was shot down under
me was knocked down ard was sense
less FOR some time
| The holdup OF the Rotterdam in Ply
| mouth on her last outward voyage was
| explained In a new way by her officers
| They said she carried a cargo of copper
| which was not a contraband of war when
the Rotterdam left this port, but which
was declared contraband while the liner
| vas on the high seas. She was takcr
| TO Plymouth. where German reservists
| woe taken off and her cargo examined
| she was kept there fifteen days while the
| British Government wac deciding what t.
| do about the copper She was sent &c
London for two days and was finally al
lowed 20 proceed with her cargo intact
Marcus Braun told Of a new use tC
which th, Zeppelins had been put 10y the
| Germans recently. He said d!sinfectan
had been dropped from the airships int
| the Masurian lakes after 100000 Rus
SLAMS had been driven Into the lakes 10y
the armies and had been shot or drowned