Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-08-22
$1,000 REFUGEES
NOW ON OCEAN
BOUND FOR HOME
Two Boats Docking Today
Have Over 5000 Refugees
Aboard.
RELIEF WORK NEARING
AN END, SAY OFFICIALS
Completing Arrangements to
Pay Marooned People Money
Deposited Here.

NEW YORK. Aug. 22.-Ele9en
thousand American refugees are
homeward bounG on steamers of the
International Mercantile Marine
lines. The White Star liner Baltic,
arriving today brings 2,130 and the
American line steamship st. Louis.
expected to dock at $3.50 this evening.
has LBS passengers The American
line steamer Dominion, due at Phila-
delphia tomorrow or Monday has $40,
and the Megantic, of the White Star
Dominion service, will land 800 at
Montreal tomorrow.
At New York early Monday MORN
ing the Atlantic transport ship Min
newaska will dock with capacity
list, 254 passengers. On the White
Star steamer Adriatic, which left
Queenstown on August 81, are 1850
passengers; on the American liner
Merton, from the same port on
Thursday last, 430 passengers sailed.
On the Olympic, of the White. Star
line, leaving Liverpool today, viii be
1900 passengers. and on the Mime
tonka, also leaving there today, 200,
all the vessel can carry. The White
Star-Dominion line vessel Canada
will bring 700 from Liverpool, also
starting today.
The Baltic arrived at quarantine
shortly before 2 p. m. She had 433
first, 606 second cabin and 1,03S steer
age passengers, a total of 2,072.
Many wealthy people were in the
steerage. All testified to the fact
that the American committee in Lon.
don and Liverpool and the consular
service made every effort to care for
returning Americans.
With every stateroom crowded by
homecoming Americans the Cana
pania, of the Cunard line. is due here
tomorrow. Many of her passengers
were transferred from the Aquitania
when the latter, was pressed into SER
vice by the British admiralty The
Bowie, White Star line freighter. is
due here late today. She carries no
passengers. 1t was announced that
she will depart in day or so with
1900 tons of sugar and other food
stuffs for British ports.
The Florizel of the Red Cross line,
sailed today for Halifax with several
thousand tons of foodstuffs. These, 1t
is believed, are intended for the Brit
ish cruisers in the North Atlantict
which had made Halifax their port of
call.
WASHINGTON, Aug. %. admin
istra ton officials directing operation
of the hastily constructed govern
ment machinery for the. relief of
Americans caught in the European
war zone, believed today that the end
of their task was in sight. Dispatches
from J. L. WRmeth. treasury de-
partment representative in relief work
abroad, stated that the situation now
was well in hand.
Arrangements practically were
completed today by the relief board
to pay to Americans in England all
the money deposited to their credit
with the government departments.
The Bank of England will make pay
ments in gold to Americans with
necessary credentials. The relief
board will deposit gold to cover those
payments at the English banks
Canada branch. About $1,000, 900 has
been deposited with the government
for the war refugees. Sums not yet
transferred will quickly be paid.
Destitute Americans reaching New
York from Europe will be helped by
a special fund. which will be deposit-
ed with the assistant United States
treasurer.
That the refugees are finding
means of exit to ports where they
may board steamers for home was in
dicated in reports to the relief board
today.