New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-08
Schumann-Heink and Cad
ski, on Rotterdam, Tell of
Festivals Finish.
CABIN LIST LARGEST
EVER RECORDED HERE
A. @. Vanderbilt's Gray -Four,
Spared by British, Brought
by the Minnetonka.

dam, which locked yesterday, after
reaching the harbor the night before
from Rotterdam, brought the largest
cabin list ever recorded at this port.
There were 1872 passengers, Of whom
1886 were in the first cabin and 7Oe in
the second
A destitute family on board was
aided by the passengers, and Nine.
Schumann-Hei and Nine. Gadski gave
a concert for the seamen's fund. The
fund was enriched 81 200.
Both artists praised, rather than de-
nouneed, the Germans for their treat
ment of refugees, and a committee
composed principally of German-Anier-
lean clergymeD signed a statement
which they asked The Associated Press
to put on its wires and which it also
had sent to President Wilson and Sec
rotary Bryan. The statement, in part,
| follows:
mo we'll authenticated atrocities
were perpetrated by German troops. In
our judgment, the distorted reports
which have reached America were sent
out with the deliberate purpose of de-
ceiving Americans and thus creating
sentiment in favor of the powers now
arrayed against Germany" Among the
signers are the Rev. J. F. Oil, of Phila-
delphia; the Rev. August Rohrig, Of
Hazleton, Penn; DR.. J. J. Buel, OF
! Cleveland; DR.. A. W. Stilliams, Of Chi
cago; Max Wester, of New York; the
Rev. DR.. 7. Soentgrath, of Columbus,
Ohio, and the Rev. NJ. Riegger, Of
Duluth.
Mrs. Schumann-H eink said her re-
turn was facilitated by a cable mes,
sage from Secretary Bryan to Consul
Pike at Coburg. Her two daughters
came with her from Bayreuth, where
she was singing in the Wagner fesiti-
val. "Parsifal" was the opera on the
afternoon of August /, and the singer
described the difficulties Of finishing
the performance.
During the third act" she said,
government officials came and took
away some of our important singers
| leaving enough, however, to go on with
| the opera.
During the last act other officials
came and said they must have twenty
two musicians from the orchestra.
| They took all our chorus people. Then
| we knew that Germany was at war"
! The singer quoted Count Zeppelin as
saying he was going to take feet OF
/ air craft across the Channel, even II
| the Kaiser should forbid it.
| Although the MinnetOnka, of the Az,
| lantic Transport Line, which arrived
Yesterday from London, brought only
| l76 passengers, the list included many
prominent Americans. Chancellor James
/ r. Day, of Syracuse University, was
among the passengers, and bitterly de,
/ nouuced the part Germany has played
/ in the European broil. He spoke Of
! Emperor William as "the mad KAISER
/ and said:
Germany has no more chance. OF
winning final victory in this war than
the Minnetonka has of flying"
/ C. NJ. tombstone, third secretary OF
the American Embassy at Berlin, was
I furnished q special train IN which to
leave that city. He is on his way to
| Washington for a change OF assign
ment after four years in Germany.
Miss Marguerite ValOzy, a pianist,
who has appeared at the metropolitan
! Opera House, said that, although she
/ is an Austrian, she experienced much
| trouble in getting away from the Con-
! tinent. She played at the benefit con-
cert on the voyage, at which Sl2O was
! raised for the seaman's fund and $26Z
/ for the Prince of Wales's fund for war
| sufferers.
Thoroughbred horses and cattle
| valued at $4,000 arrived on the Min
netonka, in the charge of Professor
/ Thomas Shaw, of South Dakota. The
/ stock was purchased for James J. Hill,
! who will present it to the counties
along the lines of the Northern Pacific
! Railroad. Professor Shaw had great
| difficulty in getting the stock aboard
the steamship, owing to the rule
| against taking away any animals fit
! for food. There were fifty-one bulls,
! fifteen shorthorn cows and twelve
! South Devon cows, the first of that
stock to be brought to this country.
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt's we'll known
gray coaching four, which escaped
seizure BY the British government, also
| arrived. with two horses belonging to
Godfrey Preece.
The steamship Camoens, with
number of Americans who had been
employed By South American railroads,
arrived yesterday from Brazil.
Throughout the voyage a lookout in
an improvised crows nest kept watch
for German cruisers. Deviation from
her course caused the Csmoens to be
thirty-six hours late.
Bringing 1,l09 passengers, the Nor
wecian steamship Bergensfjord
reached port yesterday. Save for the
sighting of u British cruiser a. hundred
miles from Sandy Hook, the trip was
! uneventful.
Frank Presbrey, the writer and ad-
vertising man, who went abroad several
months ago in the imperial suite of the
lmperator, accompanied by John A.
Hatfield, of Philadelphia, returned on
the Bergensfjord in a small room va
Gated for them by one of the women
stewards Mr.. Presbrey said he has
tened to Stockholm from Hamburg and
there the American Charge d'Ahaires
persuaded Swedish bank to cash their