New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-18
TACOMA ESCAPES
VIA ARCTIC COURSE
Cunard Liner in Port After
Long Reach from Green
land to New York.
GERMAN WARSHlPS
SENT S o 5 CALL
Ship. Disguised as Scandina'
Wan. Crowded to Capacity
with American Refugees.

Disguised as Scandinavian Line
shin and crowded 60 her capacity with
American refugees, who had been over
the most tortuous course described by
an ocean greyhound Boz recent years,
the Iaconia. of the Cunard Line, en-
tered Ambrose Channel yesterday
morning. halted az Quarantine and
then PASSED ON up by the Statue OF
Liberty 90 her pier ir the North k'ver.
There we're l16s passengers on board.
Iu Europe many OF them had been
arrested as spies, harred by soldiers
Of an nations, packed lu slow TRAINS
Ike cattle. often without TODD and win
no beds. and had their property stolen
Leaving Liverpool. the Laconia's pas
scnQers had no great feeling OF Sc
curitv. A cruiser scout conveyed the
ship down the Norsey Then. out OF
sight Of land. they we're forced 10 halt
hv a vessel. which, 90 their relief and
the amusement Of the officers. proved
10 be the AQuitauia, the Laconia's for
iner sister. now stripped Of her rich
furnishings. armed and roaming the
sea 10 prey on the merchantmen OF
She enemy.
The AGuitauia left behind. the pas
scupcrs were treated 90 a trip further
north than The usual Atlantic crossing
Many OF them believed they must nave
cone near the coast of Greenland. The
met that they encountered no opposl-
lion justified the visit 10 the frozen
north. Coming down out OF the zee, 10
tbcir surprise. the first land they saw
was that illuminated by the lights OF
Atlantic City. From August the
Iaconia had been on this unusual
reach for safety.
Although they sighted no other ship
after leaving the Aquitania. the ON
GERS Of the LacOnia knew some were
near. An S o 5 call was proved bogus
when the German sending II asked an
other German warship, Where Is the
laconia - d,
Some OF the passengers had had
their experiences with Germans and
were GLAD when the cruisers we're
eluded Lee kohlmar. who went
abroad 10 stage Potash & Perimut-
ter" was at "a border town near France
when the war broke out. While he was
waiting for a train 20 take him out OF
Germany he was arrested. much OF
his baggage coniscated, and released
only after an American consul had
satisfied the authorities that their
prisoner was not "a French spy.
a German officer sald thai no mat
ter HOY. many folds Of the American
Gag draped across my breast Ger
man bullet would still 90 through
them. agreed with him during my
thirty-siX hours in one Of their jsiis.
The kick ] got when permitted TO cross
the border was most welcome" said
Mr. Kohlmar
Several delegates 10 the Peace Con
ference IN Berne. Switzerland, re-
turned on the Laconia. At least sixty
men Of wealth occupied steerage quar-
tiers. either giving up cabin accommo-
dation for women passengers or gong
third class because that was all the
boat had 20 offer.
John +. Wilkie, head OF the United
States Secret Service. was on board.
So was George Doran, the book pub
Usher. who said the war had ruined
the industry in England. Mrs. j. ].
Harahan. widow Of the former presl-
dent OF the Illinois Central Railroad,
told Of the loss Of her baggage. She
sent her maid 20 Berlin from st.
Petersburg. and hasn't seen maid or
baggage since She and her niece
reached England by way Of Denmark,
going part Of the way on a tramp
steamer. -
other stories reproduced the thrills
and sufferings detailed when the Celtic
arrived on Saturday.