Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-05

the American port into which the ship
would go. Last night the betting was
even on landing on the New England
coast.
Governor Miller of Delaware believed
Newport would be the landing place;
then New York began to be a favorite
Boston, Portland and ports as far south
as Hampton Roads also figured,
1t took several of the ships officers
to restrain passengers from crowding
into the small launches that came to the
ships side this morning. A man who
managed to get a newspaper from one of
the launches was all but mobbed.
Will Send Passengers to New York.
The ship remained at it's anchorage
with all passengers aboard. none being
allowed to depart. After the passengers
lining the rail had waited several hours
great bundles of newspapers were brought
c ut in small boats. BY their flaring head
lines the passengers first learned the
gravity of the situation. Numerous small
boats were hired to carry kilograms to
Bar Harbor telegraph offices.
Captain Polack advised first-class pas
sengers that they would be provided with
special cars on trains to New York at 8
o'clock tonight and the steerage pas
sengers would be sent to New York at 3
clock tomorrow.
II is understood that no Omaha people
had passage on the st, Cecilia on the
present trip, but on the one before this
E. NJ. ANDERSEN and Alexander Gunther
were passengers
Owners Are -sotified.
NEW YORK. Aug. 4-The Kron
Prinzessin Cecilie is the finest ship of
the North German Lloyd fleet. News of
its safe arrival at Bar Harbor was re-
ceived at the line offices here in a tele-
gram from Captain Polack. Until his
message was received the line was APP
parently in the dark as to the vessel 5
| movements since leaving New York
harbor. The gold aboard the vessel was
consigned by New York bankers to Lon
don and Paris. Officers of one of the
great international bank concerns said
that the metal probably would be landed
at Bar Harbor and returned to New York
| by express.
! Officials of the line said that the Cecilie
had not been ordered back to port from
this side of the Atlantic
Officials of one of the big banks here,
which was shipping more than 50. 600
in gold on the liner expressed great dis
appointment over its return. Some of
them said frankly they would be glad
If the vessel had been captured by the
French. In such an event, they thought,
the French captors would have seen to it
| that the metal reached it's destination.
Arrangements were being made today
for the return of the gold to New York.
Apparently all efforts to have it shipped
| on any other vessel have been abandoned.
Room for Two Thousand Americans.
PARIS, Aug. 4-Nearly 1900 Americans
are to sail for the United States on board
! the French liner France, whose officers
have consented to give up their cabins in
order to- provide accommodation for pas
Sengers. Jean Jules Jusserand, the French
| ambassador to the United States, has
booked his passage on this vessel
! The steamship offices with the excep-
| ton of those of the French line, were
closed this morning, but the American
line announced that its offices would be
open at o'clock this afternoon, When
stne local branches of American banking
houses opened long lines OF Americans
we're waiting to withdraw their own de-
posts or cash checks given them by de-
positors. None of the American banking
agencies so far as can be learned is taxi
ing advantage of the mortorium decreed
by the government. They are paying de-
positors in full.