New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-07
ST. PAUL TO SAIL;
CABINS in DEMAND
American Liner Will De-
part To-day with Full
List of Passengers.
SOUTHAMPTON MINED;
LIVERPOOL HER GOAL
Service to South America 10 BE
Resumed SoOn-Menace OF
Warships Secuted.

The American liner ST. Paul VIII SAL
to-day at 10 a. m. for Liverpool with
AS saloon passengers, which Is close
to her cabin capacity. Never IN the
history of the line has its vessels been
in such demand for TRANSATLANTIC travel.
Within the last seven years through
the bringing out Of bigger and more
modern vessels by other companies the
patronage of the American Line has
fallen Off. Recently the four steam
ships. st. Paul, st. Louis, Philadelphia
and New York have been converted into
what is known as one-cabin vessels,
which enables them by agreement OF
the North Atlantic Conference to oper-
ate at greatly reduced rates. This
change has greatly increased the busi-
ness of the line. but the steamships had
not been carrying such prominent per-
sons as have focked to them for pas
sage since the general outbreak OF the
European war.
Announcement was made at the once
of the Mercantile Marine Company tha'
the st. Paul would not go to her ter
minal in Southampton because tnat
port had been mined. She VIII as
charge her passengers at Liverpool
where a special train will be waiting 10
convey them to London.
Among the st. Paul's passengers are
Captain w. w. X. Hamilton, united
States Army; the Countess OF Grsnaro'
the Duchess of Marlborough. Sir mart
man W. Just, Will Irwin, Frank j.
Egan. Mr. and Mrs. George NJ. Cassstt,
General A. l.. Mills, J. H.. Grant ana
Mrs. David Nicholson, Irwin D. CoOD,
Alexander S. Dewar.
Rumors that the fast Cunarde
Lusitania, eastbound for Liverpool, had
been pursued by German cruisers were
secuted Yesterday at the Cunard office.
II was stated that the company mad
no fear of the Lusitania being
captured. as she was capable Of making
over tventy-six knots and could elude
German warships which might try to
intorcept her. Captain David Dow
assured the agents Of the company
before he took the Lusitania 20 sea
that he had no fear of capture, as he
was confident the flyer could take care
of herself by running at top speed.
Shortly before noon yesterday the
Cunard Line received word from Its
agent at Halifax announcing that the
Mauritania. which was due at this
mort this morning, had put into that
mort She got into communication with
Tho british cruiser Essex, and was
ordered by the warship to stay ut
Halifax and await orders from the
British Admiralty.
Lorenzo Daniels, Of the bamport
and Holt Line, said yesterday that the
service of the company between this
mort and South America would proba-
blv be resumed within n few days.
The line announced Wednesday shat
the service had been temporarily sus-
pended.
Regarding the resumption of sail
ings, Mr.. Daniels said:
"The principal cause of suspendlng
business is the almost prohibitive rates
of marine insurance covering the I'M
certainty Of var risks and the great
difficulty Of the shippers to negotiate
with bankers for market for their
exchange against the foreign countries,
especially as the big mediums in Lon
don and Hamburg arc practically
closed. These matters arc now being
earnestly considered by the insurance
companies and the banks, in consulta-
ton with the merchants, and medium
should be arrived al very shortly by
which commerce can be resumed.
"Thc menace of hostile ships IS such
a small factor that within a limited
reriod the danger of their presence
would i'm the natural sequence be re-
moved, as neither Austria nor Ger
many has any naval bases IN the
Harnfenhnra "