The sun., 1914-09-01

three English batteshlps soon after she
left Liverpool: "Enomy's ships believed to
be abroad disguised AS merchantmen"
Scare Near Nantucket.
A sharp lookout was kept on the Mime
haha, but no hostile vessels were seen.
There was one scare at \. NJ on sun
day. twenty miles from Nantucket. when
q nare Of light suddenly shot out OF the
dark and played up and down tho side
nf the vessel
what ship is that" the stranger
signalled capt Claret replied that 1t
WAS the Minnehaha. bound for New York.
and the light disappeared. Capt Claret
believes Il was the cruiser Essex.
L. G. Van Riper who lives at the New
York Athletic Club, came in on the Min
nehaha with IA tale OF many troubles In
getting out OF Germany with a motor
car. The trouble all came because his
chauffeur David NJ. Thomas, could speak
n little German.
They we're In Bremen on July 81 with a
new $4,000 automobile. The next day
they left for Hanover and were stopped
eight times In Hanover. Mr.. Van Ripper
said. Thomas was arrested as a Russian
spy BY the police because ne was talking
broken German After some difficulty his
release was obtained, but the next day
he was again arrested at the Royal Hotel
in Hanover by AN army officer who over
heard "A conversation In broken German.
Had To steal His own Auto.
There was no gasolene to be had in
Hanover So they put the car In garage
where there were forty other automo-
bles and went ny train to Berlin. Before
going they took the switch key and dis
connected the magnetic. They returned
TO Hanover an a troop train on. ugul. )
to And that the forty cars from the
garage had been taken by the German
army Three mechanics were working
over Mr. Van Ripers car. but could not
get 1t started.
BY going from one drug store to
another, buying "A quart here and "A gallon
there they got together ntteen gallons of
benzine. Then they stole the car from
the garage. after bribing the guards, and
succeeded In crossing INTO Holland.
William Burgess brought ten blooded
stations and one mare on the Minnehaha.
They are from stock farm near Lon
don, and will GO to Winona, ILL., They
wero brought out OF England by special
permission.
Bishop Luther r. wilson, resident
bishop OF tho Methodist Episcopal Church
IN New York, with an office At 100 Firth
avenue. came on the Minnehaha with his
wife and daughter. Juliette. Bishop VIII
son had gone to Constance, switzerland. to
attend the Peace Conference. He came
through to London with little difficulty.
hut had 10 borrow a shilling for carfare
IN London TO go downtown TO get cash
for his letters of credit.
DisRruntI-d Crowd From Gcnoa.
A diseruntled crowd landed from the
San Giovanni Almost every passenger
was an American, and the passage money
to the extent of over $4,000 was guar
anteed by the United States, Most Of
tho passengers had plenty OF money in
letters OF credit but no cash. The Bank
ers' Association had t7j, 900 In gold at
the pier TO redeem letters of credit
The steerage had been converted into
second cabins by board partitions The
port holes were not allowed open and the
air was stlr'!ng The charge for passage
was $40.
"It was lovely trip" said Anthony
Raymond, an architect wsh Cass Gilbert
OF II East Twenty-fourth street "W,
had four towels and two tahlccloths II
two weeks. The coffee was mud. We hat
spaghetti twice "A day and we ate II will
N. same fork we used 20 stir the coffee"
Joseph Urban, designer Of the scenery
and costumes for "rhc Garden ~ Para
disc" to he produced AT the Park TheAtr,
in October by the l.!ehler Company said
although | know the San Giovanni
was only an "mlgrant ship, We paid silt
for our pnssaRe. Without going int,
lengthy details OF the terrible circum
stances under which the trip was made,
will simply say that we had one towe
apiece for sixteen days Hnl during TN