The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-05
| LUSITANIA
 STEALS AWAY
 ON RUN HOME
Cunard Liner Has Promise of English Cruisers Escort
 Across Ocean.
GERMAN VESSEL IS
 SAFE IN NEW YORK
Kronprinzessin WiIhel m, Which Sailed Monday, Is
 Lost To Tracers.

New York. ASg. 5.-In the face Of possible capture by German cruisers in the waters just outside the harbor. the Cunard liner L.usitarlia passed out to sea at I:65 o'clock this morning on what promised to be record break ing trip to Liverpool
 The German cruisers known to be only short distance off the coast are the Dresden, Karlsruhe and Strass- burg. Two French cruisers said to be the Condo and the Descartes are also reported to be in the vicinity of the east-bound trans-At1antic lane While hoping ito escape capture by the Ger man cruisers by her speed, 1t was said the Lusitaniass captain had the assurance of British naval authorities that he would be met off Fire Island by the British cruisers Essex and Lancaster and conveyed by them as far as New Fsoundland. where 1t was reported other British naval vessels would accompany the liner to the Irish coast Captain Dow. before sail ing, said that his vessel was in fine trim and that he expected to make g knots an hour all the way across. The Lusitania slipped out to sea with only her masthead and sidefights showing, her POO passengers having. IsDeen notified that lights in staterooms might be blanketed when the vessel passed Ambrose Channel In the pas isageways. oil lamps replaced the usual electric lights. Passengers were per mitted on deck, but warned that no 1 lights could be shown.
 Among the 8 first cabin passengers were G. NAenier. the owner of the Isle I of Anticosti. in the Gulf Of St Law renee; Joacquin Bpnilla, consul gen eraI of Honduras to EngIa4d and a. I large number Of newspaper eorre- spondens bound for the scene of war f41fa7@ abouts had been yelled, the Kaiser l Wilhelm IT., Of the North German Lloyd line, arrived safely in port at 30 this morning.
 The usual wireless signals annoinc- ing her approach to port given at Cape Race or Sable Island were lack; ing about the time they should have come and, as the Kaiser Wilhelm was lsdue in port yesterday some apprehen- sion was felt regarding the steamer.
 With her arrival 1t was learned that the wireless was purposeIy omitted because Of the war situation and that l the steamer made her way to port as I secretly as possible. The Kaiser " iIhelm IT. is from Ere men, Southampton and Eherbourg I with about 250 cabin passengers mails and valuable cargo. She left Cher bourg "Wednesday night. July 29 The Hamburg American liner Pres l ident Lincoln, from Hamburg. Ro- logne and Southampton also arrived early today When she discharges her passengers and cargo, she will prob ably join the big fleet of steamers al- ready interned in port here.
 Nothing has been heard Of the
 North German liner KEonprtnzessin
 Wilhelm since the steamer slipped out tsof New York harbor Monday night. I The agents of the line said that, so far as they knew the vessel was bound for Bremen under orders re- ce1ved from Germany
 The six thousand tons Of coal taken along. ,000 tons more than the
 steamer usually carries, is for use in
 an emergency. it was explained as the
 steamer may have. to make a dash for
 a neutral port.
 Another steamer, the French liner Lorraine, expects to make a dash for
 home today. She is to take ], 200 re-
 seryists who hope to fight sfor France. l Lorraine is to-. be converted into an
 auxiliary cruiser and will join the
 French naval forces if she gets
 through safely.
 The steamship Olympic, which
 reached her dock today, brought mil
 lions Of dollars worth of American s securities from London which were
 disssatched for delivery on sales made
 dung the great liquidation last
 Weesz The value Of Europe,s con
 signnent received on the Olympic and
 other steamships was estimated in I conservative quarters at $25, ,OO0, 900. al
 though the total of sales made by ca
 ble in the vast outpouring of stocks,
 had been figured at $5o,O00, GOO at least. l A considerable part of the securities sold was held in this city by bankers 1 and brokers for foreign account and 1 many of the stocks and bonds already
 have gone to the buyers.
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