Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-29
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August .. There must have been at
least 10000 people there. After the
proclamation had been read the Car,
Czarina. and other members of the
royal family stood out ON the balcony
overlooking the crowd for at least
twenty minutes.
1.-TWO days later a mob, which must
have numbered many thousand,
surged through the streets Of st Pet
ersburg. They finally stopped i'm front
of the German embassy. On the top
of this building there are two huge
iron statues of Uhlans. About a hum
dred of the mob climbed up to the
roof and broke the statues to pieces
with sledge hammers.
This was the sign for the whole
mob to get busy. They swarmed
through the building. smashing
everything they could. On one of the
floors they found a Russian footman.
He had been stabbed three times and
apparently had been dead for several
hours.
1--WE at last managed to get a train
to Wolgda on August 4. BY tipping
a railway official literally, | secured
a car exclusively for our party So
great was the mob at the station
that six people were pushed under the
wheels of the train and killed as the
train pulled oft"
Almost All Are Americans.
In the Adriaties first cabin were Az
passengers. Her second cabin had 645
and her steerage 645. Ninety per cent.
of those in the steerage were Amer
leans. Sir Courtenay Bennett, the
British consul-general at New York,
and Lady Bennett; William C. Breed,
who was secretary OF the relief COM
mittee for Americans in London; j.
Borden Hartman and his family. Rt.
Rev. Henry Gabriels. the bishop of
Ogdensburg. and Mrs Paul Morton
were among the passengers.
Whether the Adriatic's armament
brings her within the classification of
an auxiliary cruiser, and as such,
places her under the regulation COW
ering war vessels of a nation at war,
was a question which Collector Ma
lone asked Secretary McAdoo, his
superior at Washington, to determine
today.
The view held by the local customs
authorities is that the Adriatic must
leave port within twenty-four hours
Or remain here till the close of the
war, If the presence of the four SIN
inch guns aboard results in her c'as-
sfication as an auxiliary British
cruiser. On the other hand, they
pointed out that the British steamer
Francisco, carrying two guns at her
stern, was permitted to sail several
days ago. In the Francisco's case it
was claimed that the guns comprised
merely saluting battery. that they
were placed aboard several months
ago. and that at most they were
pra cticable for use only for defense.
Among the passengers on the Olym-
pic was Mrs Ollie James. wife of the
United states senator from Kentucky.
Mrs. James said she was in Berlin
the day before war was declared She
was informed by Ambassador Gerard
that she might do well to leave the
country. Accordingly. arrangements
were made for her and a party she
was with to go TO st. Petersburg by
rail
White Star officials claimed that the
Adriatic is not subject to regulations
governing warships. They said that
they had received a ruling from
Washington in their favor The case
is covered. the line claims, by the
rules adopted at the international
convention of 1909, which sanctioned
the carrying of light armament for
defense in times of peace or war.
Senator James boarded the Olympic
at Quarantine from revenue cutter.
Senator Oliver, of Pennsylvania,
another passenger. was in Switzer-
land with his wife and grandchild
when Austria declared war on Ser
via He and his family hurried to
Paris and thence to London, reach
ing the French coast with much diff
ficulty. Theodore p. Shonts, presi-
dent of the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit Company, of New York was in
Austria when that country declared
war on Servia. He hurried with his
daughters 20 Paris There he became
a member of the committee formed
to care for Americans.