Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-26
TOURIST SHIP HALTED
BY WARSH|PS AT SEA
Steamer Twice "Held Up" and
Quizzed While Crossing
the Ocean.

| As the Straits of Gibraltar were ap.
preached by the steamer Principe d
Udine. which arrived in New York Mon
day with 100 American refugees from
| Genoa, Italy, there was intense excite
ment among the passengers, according tC
Washingtonians who were on the steam.
err and who have arrived here. The pas
sengers had seen enough of guns and
| bayonets in Europe to realize that 1t was
war time and they realized that the guns
of Gibraltar and the ships in the straits
| were loaded for action. AS the Udine
| passed into the narrowest part Of the
straits an apparently insignificant little
craft, with small superstructure and a
pigmy beside the ocean-going udine.
was seen darling from the side of the
| channel toward the Udine.
With a tremendous burst of speed the
craft came toward the Udine and stopped
within twenty-five yards Of her. A
searchlight was suddenly turned on the
Udine, her flags and her name were ex-
amined. After the commander of this
little craft, now plainly seen to be a
Udine under the stern, the war vessel
came alongside the big passenger boat
Demand for Information.
Where are you FROM" was shouted
through megaphone from the little
craft
From Genoa" replied Capt Tiscornia
from the bridge
Where are You going?'' asked the
torpedo boat.
ITO New York was the reply from
the Udine's bridge.
The torpedo boats commander evil
IDENTIFY expected to hear Rio de Janeiro or
Buenos Aires. for the Udine usually ran
to those ports. Again and again it was
asked where the Udine was bound.
Finally New York was understood.
Then her flash light was switched off
and her prov was turned to her station
of the forts of Gibraltar kept the Udfne
in their glare far into the night.
Friday. August 81, the Cdine was again
help up by warship When steamers
to the north, the wireless of the Udine
sought information as to the identity of
the vessel. There was no response. but
it was evident to those on the bridge that
the ship was drawing nearer.
Halted by Wireless Message.
"Stop your ship by order Of our COM
mander. Tell your captain to stop en-
gines and await u.s." was the message
that came by wireless in a few minutes.
The Udine promptly obeyed the COM
mand.
please give us your NAME was the
next message to the Udine. eve are
English warship."
The Udne replied: Message received.
am stopped And the name was fur
nished.
please, where are YOU bound from
What cargo have you and how many pas
sengers?" was the next request Of the
English warship.
To which the Udine replied: From
Genoa to New York; 1893 Passengers.
American citizens: little general merchan-
disc Steamer chartered by American
consul general of United States govern
ment.''
The armed cruiser was close to the
Udine by that time and its commander
could see its flags and its name and the
line of passengers along the 2ails Of the
promenade decks.
You may proceed wired the English
commander. Sorry to have delayed you.
Wish you pleasant passage"
Thanks from Commander Tiscornia
and Dock Commissioner Smith OF New
York in charge of Americans returning
home" flashed back the Udine.
The warship went off astern Of the
Cdine scouting for other vessels.