The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-09
MRS. J.P. MORGAN
KNITS FOR BRITISH
Joins Needle Club with Her
Daughters on Board
Liner Celtic.
JUSTICE SEES LONG WAR

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A knitting contest enlivened the trip
OF the White Star liner Celtic in yesterda
from Liverpool. and Mrs J T.. Morgan
and her daughters. Miss June ". and Miss
Frances r. Morgan, achieved the highest
donors by making Ave pairs OF green
socks. one brown woollen sweater and
two muffiers The total contributions OF
the frst cabin knitters TO the soldiers
Of Britain were eighteen pairs OF socks,
six muffers. one sweater and cir pairs
OF wristlets Knitting for the winter
campaign Of the British army will "A
feature Of all trips Of the White Star fleet
until the close of the war or the be-
ginning Of spring
voyagers by the Celtic were inspired to
take up their philanthropc work by
notice Of Purser Greenslade posted ON the
bulletin board which said that he was
''in possession OF supply OF wool OF
the approved pattern for use in making
socks and other garments for soldiers
hghting for their country or lying wounded
IN hospitals and that the price OF the
wool was three shlllings a pound, and
that knitting needles were free. All
knitted goods handed TO the purser. the
notice said. would be forwarded to st.
James Palace. London.
The women passengers formed on the
first day out the queen Mary Needle
work Club and there after passed In"
days mainly In knitting
Many ships From Europe.
Echoes and opinions Of thu war came
IN YESTERDAY 10y squadron Of mcrc hant-
men. including the Red star ship kroon-
land and the Italian liner san Giovanni.
Supreme Court Justice Vernon VI. DAVIS, In
apoa rd the kroonland, said he had con-
,ersations with English army officials
and civilians of distinction and tina; the
consensus Of opinion was that the war
would last two years and would result N
the humiliation OF German power.
willard j. Snuter OF schenectady. rep
resenting the standard OH Company d.
.constantinople. said 1t was known IN Tur-
keys capital that the German cruisers
Goeben and Breslau. driven into ,he Sea
Of Marmora by French ana English war.
ships, were damaC ed and that Slc crews
were still aboard. all wearing the reg1lt.
tion fer OF Turkish subjects. Mr.. Sauter
said he believed Turkey would not enter
the war.
Neviltc NJ Hopkins chemist OF
Washington. who went To the front from
Paris as Red Cross nurse in the French
army AZ the beginning of the war. zee
turrsd by the kroonland lie said shrap-
mel had burst over his mead al Mons and
knocked him down ANA that the din or
battle drowned every other sound. even
the plant Of the bugles ami giving or
dcrs by shouting them was impossible. 50
officers simply waved swords ana b.,
other signs told the soldiers what they
should do.
Mr.. Hopkins praised the grl, OF the
French wounded and said their determin-
alton to go to the front again as almost
universal. Mr. Hopkins was arrested
seventeen times. both by French and Ger
mans. before he reached Holland. He
brought here a lance of Deaths Head
Hussar killed al Mons
MIR. sheriff. Held II Prisoner.
c. II. Sheriff., former. American Min
lister TO Argentina, who was made a pris-
orer sever days ia the house IN which
he was stopping al Muenstcr, Nestpha-
Va, under a German guard, arrived by
the Kroonland, puzzled at the cordu't Of
the German Authorities who finally freed
him. his wife hia mother-iu-law. Mrs.
Edward - Gibbs, and his son without
comment or explanation. The Iutho j. es
had made "A prete1Ce Of sending a drs-
patch OF protest from him To- the Score
tary OF State in Washington he learned
later that the despatch was held up.
Every time he attempted 10 come out
German guard threaten ed him with ar
rest. lie was sent To The Hague and
reported to the American Minister there.
Henry Van Dyke. who forwarded his pro-
test TO TIE state Department. The Ger
nap Minister to The Hague came to see
Mr. Sheriff. and apologized profusely, but
made no explanation. What rlled Mr..
Sheriff. was the reflection that his pass
H.4.. 1 H..
good all the world over"
Capt Barrett Of the ROYAL Mail liner
OrHava, In yesterday from southampton
by way Of tile West Indies, said the day
before he sailed from Kingston the Brit
'ish cruiser Berwick and the French
cruiser Condo had LIFT there In pursuit
~ tho German cruiser Karlsruhe. sup
posed 10 be coaling from the former Ham
burg American liner Graecia. which
cleared from this port for Cadiz In Au-
gust. Capt Barrett also reported that
DE had heard German merchant vessels
calling by wireless the German cruiser
Bremen.
New skipper for KroonIand.
The Kroonland. which flies The Ameri-
can flag. came in with "A new skipper,
Cant. j. Beattie Hi. her former COM
unander, Capt Paul Kreibohm. having been
report To his agents there a few hours
before the Kroonaud sailed. II IL said
that there was doubt about his Ameri-
"an naturalization. iIe is ~ GerWan
birth
Miss Alice Verlet the Belgian prima
donna. also a passenger by the Kroon-
land, who is here for concert tour under
the direction OF NJ II. Hanson. had some
war experiences. She lived in Uccle. a
suburb OF Brussels. when the Germans
came and she caught the last train to
Paris. She gave up her house to the
Red Cross for use as hospital Her
mothers home In Tirlemont, was burned.
She has a brother who is an officer in
the Belgian lancers.
The Red Cross liner Stephano, from
81. Johns. Newfoundland reports that
when she left that port on Saturday her
sister ship, the F1orize. was taking
aboard 700 stalwart Observation-Disclosures,
uniformed except hats, who departed in
the night for London. Two sons of for
mer Premier w ID, Reid were among the
warriors, one OF them Is only l6 lie
will do scout duty on "A motorcycle