The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-22
UNIDENTIFIED WARsH|P
IS OFF ATLANTIC COAST
Italian Freighter Brings Definite
Word of Presence OF German
Fighter.
BRITISH CRUISER is SIGHTED
General Belief That This Is Vessel
Reported by Incoming Liners, In
stead of Kaiscr's Battleship-Two
Steamers Sail for Europe

NEW YORK, August 2l-While dis
creditine reports that a German war
ship. said 10 be the karlsruhe. turks of
New York's port r.. J.. Nosworthy, act
ing British consul general. to day no
titled every steamship company opc-
rating transatlantic service out OF
this harbor to have its captains confer
| with him before taking their vessels
out of port. so he might>sdvisc them
of the location of British warships n nd
other ships on the Atlantic.
Incoming liners have reported a
British warship off this harbor durins
the past week, and Consul Nosworthy
said he could not believe that the
Karlsruhe had come to New York wa.
ters. The Karlsruhe some time age
engaged In half-hour exchange OF
shots with the British cruiser Bristol
off Bermuda.
The latest definite word OF the pres
ence of German warship on the
American size of the Atlantic came TO.
day, when tho Italian frcightcr ~ Pie
mont. arriving from Naples. said she
sighted the German auxiliary cruiser
Friedrich Wilhelm der Crosse in mid
ocean on August IL.
Captain Benson, OF tho Cunard
steamship lNernia, which arrived here
tonight from Mediterranean ports by
way of Boston. told a story which tend
ed 10 confirm the general belief that n
British cruiser and not the Karlsruhe
is tho warshlp which the incoming
liners have sighted
WhRSHIP SUDDENLY
APPEARS IN NORTHWEST
The Ivernia, dying the British flag,
was off Fire Island at . o'clock this
afternoon, when a warship suddenly APP
peared off In the northwest. Captain
Benizon did not then know her ma
tionality, and turned toward the Long
Island shore In order to get within tn e
three-mile. neutarlity limit. Later IL
developed That the cruiser was British.
Captain Benison refused 10 tell her
name.
The cruiser was conveying the
steamer NarraSansett. to this port as
the 1Yernia neared the Ambrose Chan
mel lightship. The Narragansett left
New York this morning with n cargo
OF oil for London Why she is return :
Ing was not learned tonight
The lvernia whose call at Boston
, was to take on coal, carried many
passengers. Arriving at Gibraltar or
August 4. from Trieste and Naples.
Captain Benson was ordered to remain
there until the war situation was
learned. Then war was declared and
the passengers prepared for an !ndeh
mite stay. but under protection OF Iii
braltar's bis guns, the Ivernia sailed
at night on August !? She was re
called. however. and made n seccrd
start the next day with tunnels painted
slate color. She ran without lights
for several nights.
Ohlcers of the Ivernia said nvc can
turcd German vessels were brought
into Gibraltar while they were there.
two we're passenger boats and the
others. freighters.
Two steamships left for Europa to-
niEht-the White Star liner Canopic
for Naples. with~ncarly 1000 passen-
gers including Cardinals Gibbons and
o'COnnell, on their way to Rome aud
tho Fabre' liner Germania. with be-
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