The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-05
UNEASINESS IN
MARINE CIRCLES
Foreign Vessels In American Ports
Are Watching Each Other
Take Precautions.

NEW YORK. Aug 4-With war
formally declared between England
and Germany there was keen interest
ia ia marine circles tonight regarding
me movement Of trans-Atlantic steam.
ships. particularly the German liners
winch are scurrying 20 port 20 avoid
nations
The arrival OF the treasure.lsa.,
hronprlnzessin Cecilie at Bar HarboT
Maine. today. led 70 the belief here To-
ntsht mat another German Lloyd liner
which has been missing. tho Kaiser
wilhelm II. hours overdue In New
lcrk. may turn up unexpectedly in
some other American port Thir wee
.ri which ought 10 have arrived here
tllh morning. should have reported
~ position two days AFRO ~ thr wire
less station az Cape Race she mas
not been heard from since touching ~,
,hrrbourE on July % n eho hes NOT
beeh captured. her agents auvgested
thaI she may not have defined nor
pos u0n by wireless for fear she would
DC taken. - the Kronprinzession Ce-
OF French warshlDs
Precautions Taken.
The German steamship agents here
ere taking every precstfion h ,yss
learned tonight. 90 prevent snv bos.
TIE movement being carried out
akhlnst their vessels IN this mort
'he Vaterland % the Hamburg. Amen.
can line - closely gusrded by city
police and private detective =, bc,
lioboken pier n was admitted tbst
thf company.s officials are adopting
i'tHurea 70 Illustrate any attempt 10
floW I'd the vessel The German
,pf snI in New York today directed
tAai ah the French walters on the
Naferland BE- DISCHARGED ana n n
said thiF order viii be- blended ~
r'h'r German ships In port
a. The Naferiand'F pier tonight .
powerful scarchllRhf vas turned upon
every passing vessel iu me Hudson.
uli.nN ing if until a. paared ont OF the
tlflnltF ~ the company docks Tins.
Naieflhnd wac being loaded with c0at
au DAY. but o. wnr stated by the r0n-
pany that u0 move would b. made ~
send the vessel 90 Germany nor wouid
ne lmperator. noV in Hamburg. Leave
that port
Of other German vessels FOR which
me company rEprpsFed anxiety TO
niTht the Prinz Eitel Friedrich 81 the
hamburg American line was hugging
no New Jersey coast. trying 10 keen
within the American fhTee. mile re1.
trauty zone on bier VOYAGE % New
Ork from West India ports The
CINCINNATI. ~ the same line. from
HAMBURG. was speeding toward Nan
ilrket seeking neutral waters
NV YORK. Aug f-Littie nope
We eNDre7sed BY the Hamburg.Ameri-
can lIrc officials f0rizhf that they
would hear anything direct from Two
~ tnrlr passrnrrr llnera now in the
tnfllsh port % Falmouth The Kron-
rrinzesrin Ceriiie and the Prince Adai
teri The former from New York and
the latter from Philadelphia put In
at FaImputh today 10 A. assumed here
tley I'D not know that Germany and
EnFland were on the eve 81 var and
that they sought safety from French
warshl-s
Gable afvices told % the HAMBURG.
American liner Gcleia. from BOSTON 70
HAMBURG. on the English coast today
End apparently fearful % capture.
Lff Russian steamship Kurek. New
Org 20 Ldbau. put in az Plymouth,
Er.Irnd today
With af least one German cruiser
known f0 b. lowering Of the Atlantic
coast 90 surprise was expressed TO-
u..l' when large passenger steam
NppIrl Isef Fire Island win
r"Ir running Nerfa showing proved 10
Do ''. White Star liner Df-mrIr from
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