The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-13
LINER In PORT
BRING! CROWD
FIRST GREAT CROWD TO
LEAVE EUROPE HAS M
s ARRIVED -i-r
STIRRING SCENES
As Boat RcacLes Pier Returning
Americans. sSe. Lustily ;.
Cheered
STIRRING SCENES
(By Associated Press ,

new YORK. Aug. 12-Thc American
Liner Philadelphia. with the mrs,
great crowd OF Americans who rushe..
from Europe after war was declared
arrived in New York tonight. There
were 703 persons in the cabin and
"09 In the steerage. Virtually all were
without baggage. many without money
and all told. stories of hardshIps.
The Philadelphia sailed from South
hampton a few hours after Engi- nj
declared war on Germany. The first
day out fleet Of seven French tor
pedo boats and three submarines was
sighted. One Of the torpedo bouts hur-
ried after the liner. the rest follow
Ing slowly. Finally the torpedo boat.
the b. 7-came alongside and or
derad the Philadelphia to stop.
The war vessel circled the liner
several times, it's officers looking
closely 1t the faces OF the passengers
crowded on the decks. When the
French naval officers were sure the
Philadelphia was an American yes:
sci and that the passengers we're
Americans. one shouted in excellent
English that the Philadelphia nigh,
proceed. The passengers cheered the
English ships. The cheer was returned
and the war vessels steamed away
Refugens in. tire steerage were given
the freedom ~ the snip. The men were
separated rror w'men. however.
and In some -. vl:,Is were sep
arated From. their wives By this regu-
:Siivn. Rather than sleep In THE; steer
age scores Steps in. the. smoking
room. on the boat deck. under sFthe
boats and life RATS, and in steamer
chairs. Four persons were in every
cabin.
AS the Philadelphia nearcd her pier
the crowd waiting on shore shouted
welcome to the refugees. Then for
quarter of an hour the whole river
, resounded with cheers. - :, &.
The regulation preventing a. a'rship
which arrives after sundown from
proceeding to her dock until the next
morning was waived tonight The
Philadelphia did not reach .quaran-
tine until after 8 o'clock. The port an
thorfties did everything possible to
nave the ship and its load of .,passen-
gers move quickly and an hour and u
hait after she arrived In the lower
pay the last OF passengers had
!. gone ashore.
Hundreds on board had rushed
u.
many. Travellers from Paris told OF
mobs swarming through the streets.
| breaking windows and looting Ger
mnn shops. Others told of Germans
In the French capital t.aing BEATEN
by gendarmcs and excited citizens.
Streets near the railroad stations
were piled high with aband of sinai,
steamers, constructed to accommonat,
from 600 to 800 persons carried 5000
men. women and children across III.
channel. -
Mrs. B. Blackmore.' of Cincinnati. a
passenger, left Gletsch, SwItzerls ad
July 81. for Paris. She was forceu to
occupy third class compar .ment
with soldiers and peasants. She sat
on the floor Of tho car throughout
! the trip. In Paris she was informed
she had Just time to catch the 'iast
train for Calais, where sllc could get
boat across the channel. She aban.
doned her baggage In t>>2 street anu
reached \ railway station q few MIN
utes before tho train left. iisas ~
Five. thousand American and EnY-
lish men and women were trying to
get on tho train, she said. Some rode
between the coaches rather than be
left. There was no water on any oy
the trains. r. &-'ssf ,i!!sa
"A committee formed on board the
Philadelphia today to assist AmerI-
cana abonrd. issued q statement BAY
ling: ast.:, 37isss7s'i
mo words can exnggerats THE ies-
perate condition Of stranded Ameri-
cans, all over Europe outside oi
England, 's-S'ssi'Fl 5s...,,.Tf !
| Many passengers said they L "a bee1i
J stopped In Germany and forced. to
prove they were Americans : I'd not
Englishmen. Others had been stopped
In France and asked whether they
were Germans: with 4 few executions