Evening star., 1914-08-11
at 2S02 Cathedral avenue northwest.
Solicitor Generals Exciting Voyage.

at 2D2 Cathedral avenue northwest.
Solicitor Generals Exciting Voyage.
Among the first arrivals in washingtoa
from the turbulent scenes in Europe wers
Solicitor General and Mrs Davis who
reached here yesterday from Halifax, y.
s. They were in Tours. France. when
the Austrians declared war on Selvia,
Hurrying to Liverpool. they were fortu.
nate enough to get passage on the Maure.
tania which changed it's course OF sable
Island and ran for Halifax They tell
of an exciting voyage.
On number of occasions" said Mr..
Davis, 1t was rumored that Were
hotly pursued by German cruisers. and
one night IL was asserted by several pas
sengers that q searchiight had been
flashed in our direction from the hori-
zon and shot fired These assertions
were not substantiated, though and
can easily be ascribed to imagination
called into play by the high pitch Of
excitement that held sway among tho
passengers. SO far ! know evi-
dence of the nearness of German ships
was seen from the Mauentania during
the trip
The most thrilling feature of ths
voyage was on Wednesday night short
ly before midnight. when our course
was changed so abruptly that the huge
vessel heeled sharply over. No explain
alton was given of the change in
course which amounted 20 about ninety
degrees. but most of the passengers
were able to draw their own conclu-
sions.
There had been rumors aboard alt
day that we might make sudden run
for Halifax. II developed later that tha
change was made on instructions from,
the British cruiser Essex"
Miss Elizabeth Reeside of Washing.
TON, who was also a passenger on tha
Mauretania, has arrived at her hons
mere She agrees that the voyage wasi
thoroughly exciting one.
Arrivals at Seaports.
Included in the arrivals at southamp~,
| ton yesterday from Havre was Chan.
dler Hale. former assistant secretary
| of state at Washington, accompanies
by his family
A cable dispatch today from Miss
| Iheresa Gilmore of Washington stated
| that the party of tourists she is witiJ
had reached Genoa. Italy. from swift
| zerland and are to sail tomorrow on,
the Lloyd Babaudo steamship Principe,
III udine. which is due in New York
August 23
Word was received also from Mrs,
Mary X. Clagett. the Washington ac.l
tress and suffrage worker. Mrs. Cls-
gett is in Vienna. as the guest of an,
Austrian officer and his wife
Anxiety for Mr.. and Mrs. Graham.
|
friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lorimer c. Gra-
ham OF this city who July Z, sailed for a
| tour OF the continent The last word re-
ceived from the couple was from Berlin.
| jury "a, when they requested that
| iurther money supply be sent them as
Nthey had only a moderate amount of
cash funds. Their friends think it prob
able that even as early as that date they
| may have experienced difficulty in getting
cashed the travellers checks with which
| they were provided.
In other messages they had expressed
their intention OF joining Hugh Cassiday
| or this city In a trip to London. Mr..
| Cassiday has been heard from in the
British capital, but no word has been re-
oeived from the Grahams. A brother.
Jerome Graham attempted to have
supply OF cash cabled them Saturday
through the United States government.
but was told that no communica tions
were open with Germany. Secretary
Bryan has since announced that COM
munications are now open and the broth
er today renewed his attempts to reach
the travellers.
Other Washingtonians in Germany.
The last word received from Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Burton Kimberly of this city,
who left during June for tour of Ger
many, was dated Wiesbaden July -. and
much anxiety is felt by their friends
over their possible situation. Efforts to
reach them by cable have proved unsuc-
cessful. Mr.. and Mrs. Kimberly make
their residence at the Dresden.
G. w. Hornung of 62S 10th street
| northeast. who reached the city yester-
| day from Bar Harbor, was one of the
passengers on the Kronprinzessin Ce-
| ellie. which turned back In midocesn for
the protection Of American waters Mr..
Hornung says the crew of the vessel was
greatly excited at the news of the war
4 p m xrya.
| orders received to turn back. being par
| ticularly anxious to reach Germany and
| serve with the colors.
A number Of passengers belonging to
| others of the nations involved also ex-
| pressed their great disappointment for the
| same reason. MIR. Hornung says the
officers, on receipt Of the news and the
| instructions to run westward, had the
| tunnels painted black to disguise the
ship as much as possible. The voyage
was made as quickly as possible to
the most available port and no lights
were shown unless absolutely nee
| essary.