Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-23
Frank e. BuckIand Returns
From Hamburg After Ex-
citing Experiences.
AN EvENTFUL JOURNEY
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
Delivers ut State Department Checks,
Drafts and Passage Tickets
Cashed at the Consulate.

After having been arrested as a spy in
Hamburg. in company with his wife, and
later serving for five weeks in the Amer
lean consular Office, Frank E. auckland.
connected with the government printing
office and living at So @ street north
west. delivered to the State Department
today private messages from Consul Gen.
era1 Morgan in Hamburg and about
$4,000 in checks. drafts and steamship
tickets that Consul Morgan had cashed.
Mr.. Buckland's return trip across the
Atlantic was fully as eventful as his So
tourn in the war zone. He had passage
on the Prfncipello Of the Uranium line
from Rotterdam That vessel replaced the
Volturno, which was recently burned
with frightful loss of life. and wa.
commanded by Capt. Inch, who was
time Of the calamity. During the voy.
age the Principello also had fire in
her coal bunkers. and when the Goa
was shifted to get at the fire the
vessel listed so badly that there wat
danger Of her turning over completely.
Held Up by Cruisers.
The Principello was held up a hall
dozen times during the voyage by Brit.
famine and mutiny aboard, which wal
averted by mass meeting Of the pas
sengers and by the captain showing
them the exact condition of the ships
supplies. In fact, he says, one woman
was starved to death, but the principal
reason was because she was SO sea-
sick she was unable to eat any solid
food.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buckland were in St
PefaFQhTr1 hefnrA ha ,rf
and were scared out of Russia by the
strike riots. They made their way into
Hamburg through Finland and Sweden
When the war began they were in
learning that Mr.. auckland was in the
government service, asked him to helr
him out In the accumulating work al
the consulate. Mr.. auckland worked
with him for five weeks.
Immediately when there became
| question Of providing funds for the
refugees" said Mr.. auckland, "ths
Hamburg banking house of Warburg
Co. notified Consul General Morgan
that he could draw upon them for any
amount he required for the relief work
The head Of that concern is a brother
OF Paul M. Warburg of the federal re-
serve board.
I'VE left Hamburg August 80 on tn,
me with private messages to Wilbur L
Carr, chief of the consular service
After a most rigid search and careful
scrutiny Of my passports We were al
lowed to leave the country.
Heavy Charge for Trip.
I'VE took passage from Rotterdam or
the Principello, paying three times ths
| usual charge. We sailed at am, ani
were in the channel at daybreak. bu
had gone scarcely ten miles when we
were overhauled by a British cruiser
After examination of our papers We
were allowed to proceed. Two hour,
later we were stopped by another Brit
ish cruiser. A third cruiser stopped u,
about noon and forced us to go into
The Downs. near Dover, for thorough
examination.
AT 2:30 o'clock on the second morn.
ing our engines were stopped and we
heard people running around on tn,
decks. This threw many of the pas
sengers into a panic We were agair
/ held up for about half hour by an
other British cruiser.
I'VE hal left port undermined and
underprovisioned. Pretty soon the second
class passengers found they were getting
very little to eat and the steerage passen-
gers even less. A mass meeting was
called and a committee was appointed to
appeal to the captain. l was a member
Of that committee. The captain averted
trouble by showing the committee the ex-
tent of the food supply. and we found
that in certain things there was a near
famine for instance. there was but little
water.
Fire in Coal Bunkers.
Then fire was discovered in the coal
bunkers, and as the coal was shoveled
to the side to get at the fire the vessel
listed heavily and We feared that We
were about to roll over. AS a matter Of
fact. we had very heavy voyage most
of the trip across. During eight of the
thirteen days we consumed in crossing
there was a heavy gale. Several of the
passengers were injured by being thrown
about by the lurching of the ship One
woman had a bad cash cut in her cheek,
a man had his shoulder broken. etc.
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