Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-05

he would be met off Fire Island by the
British cruisers Essex and Lancaster and
conveyed by them as far as Newfound-
land. where, it was reported, other Brit
ish naval vessels would accompany the
liner to the Irish coast. Capt. Dow be-
fore sailing said that his vessel was in
fine trim. and that he expected to make
twenty-five knots an hour all the way
across. -
The Lusitania slipped out to sea with
only her masthead and sideliShfs show
ing her 100 passengers having oeeli
notified that lights in staterooms mlgns
be blanketed when the vessel Passua
Ambrose channel. In the passageWays
oil lamps replaced the usual electric
lights
No Lights Permitted.
Passengers were permitted on deck oue
warned that no lights could De SHOWN
Among the ninety-three first-cabin pas
sengers were II. T. Hollinsworth. mem
Der Of the American Chamber OF .oiii-
merce in France: G.. Menier. the o"he.
of the Isle OF Anticosti, in the Gun =
royal navy, who sailed under ofuetS ~
Join his regiment; ]. J. Cawtra o. =,
ronto: Joaquin Bonilla, consul eeneia 90,
Honduras to England, and large nu,a
Der Of newspaper correspondents
for the scene OF war
Kaiser Wilhelm II Sa1e.
Another German liner. whose where
abouts has been yelled. the Kaiser VII
holm TT of the North German Lloyd line
arrived safely in port at half past :
this morning.
The usual wireless signals announcing
her approach to port. given at Cape race
or Sable Island. were lacking about the
time they should have come ana. as the
Kaiser Wilhelm was due in port yester-
day. some apprehension was fen regard
ing the steamer. 49,
With her arrival it was learned that
the wireless was purposely omitted be
cause Of the war situation and that the
steamer made her way to port as secretly
as possible.
The Kaiser Wilhelm II is from Bremen,
Southampton and Cherbourg with ABOUT
$50 cabin passengers. mails and val
liable cargo She left Cherbourg We'd
nesday night, July %
The Hamburg American liner Presi-
dent Lincoln from Hamburg. Boulogne
and Southampton also arrived early To-
day When she discharges her passen-
gers and cargo she will probably join the
big feet of steamers already interned in
port here.
Nothing has been heard of the
North German liner Wilhelm since the
steamer slipped out of New York har-
line said that so far as they know me
steamer was bound for Bremen under
orders received from Germany.
The 5000 tons of coal taken along
with her Whjci, is 1000 tons more thln
the steamer usually carries. is to use
in ar emergency, it was explained. as
the steamer may have to make = dash
for q neutral port.
Olympic Arrives.
The steamship Olympic. which
reached her dock toda.. brought mil
lions of dollars worth of American Sc
curities from London, which were dis
pa tched for delivery OIL sales made IN
the days of great liquidation last week.
The value of Eur"pe's cohsignments
expected on the Olympic and other
steamships was estimated in conserva-
tive quarters at s25.O0o,000. although
the total sales made By cable in the
vast outpourins Of stocks had been
figured at $70.Oo0.000 at least. con-
siderable part OF the securiues SOLO
were held in this city by bankers and
brokers TO. foreign account, and many
of the stocks and bonds already have
gone to the buyers.
Because of fins ncial arrangements al
ready made the oversee bundles Of
bonds and shares will be absorbed
without difficulty.
Etonian Puts Back to Port.
The British freight steamer Etonian,
which left New York yesterday for Ant
werp, put back today when about sixty
miles east of Sandy Hook She received
word last night of the declaration of war
between England and Germany and re-
turned to port rather .han risk capture.
The captain reported that about 800
o'clock last night he sighted what he
supposed was a war vessel. He could not
make out the vessels identity in the dark
ness
Rumors that the great Hamburg Ameri-
can liner Jaterland. now in port. was be-
ing made ready for sailing as a provision
transport were given credence today when