Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-05
KEEN INTEREST TAKEN IN
MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN
GOING VESSELS.
VATERLAND IN new YORK
Armed Guards Patrol Dock to
Prevent Blowing Up of
Gigantic Steamer.

NEW YORK, Aug 4 with wal
/ formally declared between England
and Germany there was kcen interest
IN marine circles tonight regarding
. the movement Of trans Atlantic steam
shirs. particularly German liners
/ which arc scurNlng to port TO avoid
/ possible capture
/ The arrival OF the treasury laden
/ lNron rriuzcssiu Cccclic at Bar Har-
/ hor Maine. today led 10 the belief
here that another North German
/ Lloyd liner. the Kaiser Wilhelm n,
! hours overdue In New York, may turn
mp Unexpectedly In some other Amer
/ lean port This vessel has not been
| heard from since touching at Cher
hourg July 29.
German, Are Watching
German steamship agents here are
taking every prccautlOn to prevent
any m0sttlC movement being carried
out against their vessels in this port
The Naterland Of the Hamburg Amer
team line IS closely guarded by city
police and private dectiycs at her
iohoken pier 1t was admitted that
the companys officials are adopting
measures TO Illustrate an attempt to
blow up the vessel The German con
All the French walters on the Yater-
land he discharged.
At the Natcrlund's pier tonight a
powerful searchIight was turned on
every passing vessel in the Hudson,
Following II until 1t passed out of the
vicinity ut the COmpany's docks. The
Naterland was being loaded with coal
all day bat the company stated that
no move would be made to send the
vessel o Germany nor would the I'M
perator now in Hamburg. leave that
port.
In Neutrality Limits.
OF other German vessels for which
the company expressed anxiety tonight,
the Prlnz Eitel Friedrich of the Ham
burg American line was hugging the
New Jersey coast trying to keep with
IN the American three-mile neutrality
zone on her voyage to New York from
West Indian ports The President
Lincoln of this line. from Hamburg
VAS speeding toward Nantucket
seeking neutral waters The Cincin-
natl Of this limo from Hamburg was
reported tonight two days out from
Boston.
Little hope was expressed by the
Hamburg line officials to-
night that they would hear anything
direct from two Of their passenger
liners now in the English port of
Falmouth, the kron Prinzessin Cecclic
and the Prinz Adalbert
Gable adyices told of the Hamburg
American liner Belgia from Boston
10 Hamburg, off the English coast
today and APPARENTLY fearful Of cap
ture.
with at dcast one German cruiser
known to be lowering off the Atlantic
coast, no surprise WAS expressed to-
night when large passenger steam
ship, slipping past Fire Island with
only running lights showing, proved
to be- the White star liner Olympic ,
from Southampton and Queenstown.
Nothing had been heard tonight
from the Kron prinz Wilhelm, the
North German Lloyd steamship
which left port suddenly last night
with coal and carrying, It was thought (
"A big gun on her forward deck Her |
destination was reported as being
Bremen but incoming vessels later |
reported that the German ship turned |
south after passing Sandy Hook. 1t |
was thought her mission was to sup /
ply the German cruiser with fuel
The North German Lloyd steamer !
BarburOssa was being cOllcd and pro- I
visioned today Nothing was an
nounced as to the intentions Of her /
owners
with transatlantic steamships at /
sea hurrying TO safety and few YES
sells undertaking voyages, the United /
states government and steamship |
here are cooperating to |
give transportation to Americans in |
Europe The United Fruit company |
announced today that eighteen OF it's |
vessels capable Of carrying $500 pas
senRcrs would undertake to bring
home from abroad The .
Luckenhach steamship company Is
sail to foreign ports
About 400 Seryians eager to return