The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-30
TWO BIC LINERS ARRIVE,
CROWDED WITH REFUGEES
White Star Ships Make Trip Across
With Portfolios Darkened and
Lights ENtinguished.
SEVERAL VESSELS LEAVE PORT
Returning Americans Tell of Thrill
ing Experiences in Trying to Es-
cape From War Zone-British
Cruisers in New York Waters.

cape From War Zone-British
Cruisers in New York Waters.
NEW YORK. August 2o.-with s.
inch guns mounted fore and aft. with
every portfolio blanketed and all lights
extinguishcd. the White Star liner
Adriatic crept into port In the dark
ness early to-day. She had aboard L..
Is2 passengers. nearly all Americans.
1t is said the vessel viii go at once
70 Halifax 20 help carry Canadian
volunteers across the sea.
The Adria;!c's batteries consist Of
four G-inch rifles placed in position at
Liverpool. Only once on The trip
a across the Atlantic did her officers sight
n vessel which causel uncaslness. This
was on August %. and the vessel was
later found to he the French liner
France. The France, apparently sus-
picious. TOO, sheered off when she saw
the Adriatic.
Whether the Adriatic's armament
brings her within the classification Of
an auxiliary cruiser was question
collector Malone asked Secretary Nc
Adoo his superior at Washington, to
determine to-day. Under neutrality
reg ulations the Adriatic must leave
within twenty-four hours or remain
b
is an auxiliary cruiser.
The White Star liner Olympic also
arrived to-day with l,7e2 passengers
from Europe.
ACCEPT RISKS OF WAR
BY SAILING FOR EUROPE
Vessels Of several nations accepted
the risks OF war by sailing for Eu-
rope. The Cunarder Pannonia depart
ed for Liverpool with a full cargo. but
no passengers. The Russian-Amerlcan
! steamship Dwinsk. whose sailing date
had been previously postponed on ad-
vices from the home Office in Libau,
took on board 1900 passengers. of
whom all but 100 were in the storage
passengers were Russians many Of
them presumably called home TO the
colors.
British cruisers still maintain strict
! watch outside the harbor. according
10 tales brought TO port by officers OF
arriving vessels
The steamer Bayame. from Havana.
was spoken at 3 o'clock last night off
Winter Quarter Shoal by British
cruiser. which steamed round the YES
sell making a complete circle This
morning the Bayame was spoken by
the British cruiser Essex. The Nor
I wegian steamer Regin. from Sidney. "
=, also was spoken by the Essex just
outside the threcnile limit The
Bayancs captain said he saw French
cruiser In the distance When the Essex
hailed him.
MRS. OLLIE JAMES DESCRIBES
HER FLIGHT FROM BERLIN
Among the passengers on the Olym-
pic was Mrs. ollie James, wife OF the
Kentucky Senator. She was in Berlin
the day before war was declared, and
| vas Informed by Ambassador Gerard
, that she might do we'll TO leave the
country. Accordingly. arrangements
were made Tor her party to go to ST
Petersburg by rail-.
Ambassador Gerard secured accom-
IN odations for us on the finest train
leaving Berlin for the Russian from
tier said Mrs. James. I'VE thought
we were we'll on our way when the
train suddenly pulled into Copenhagen
| None OF the passengers had been in
! formed that the train had been di-
verted. We never were told why IL had
I been done.
"T remained In Copenhagen four
days. awaiting IA chance to cross to
London. Finally / managed. with
twenty four other Americans. TO get
abroad a small freight steamer that
drew but twelve feet of water. But
even with that light draft the captain
OF the freiShter was afraid TO proceed
at more than a miles pace He had
been informed that mines had been
strewn along the coast and through the
English Channel. We managed to get
through the mine fields without mis-
hap. but every one aboard the ship was
extremely nervous"
Senator James boarded the Olympic
at quarantine from revenue cutter.
Senator oliver, OF Pennsylvania, an.
other passenger. was in Switzerland
with his vile and grandchld when
Austria declared war on Servia. He
and his family hurried TO Paris and
thence 10 London. reaching the French
cast with snuch difiicultV
Daniel Gusgenheim also was aboard.
lie ran out of money while in Paris.
and his son in the United States cablcd
him $4,000.
Nathan Eisemann OF Boston. fed
from Austria at the outbreak OF the
war. While crossing from Ostend 10
shots across the bow of the Belgian
mail boat he was travelling on. Of
dcers came aboard and smashed the
wireless equipment Then they in
lormed the captain OF the steamer
that he might proceed
SHEETS OF BLACK PAPER
REMOVED FROM STEAMER
When the Olympic reached her dock
stewards were set to work to remove
i hundreds OF sheets of heavy black
oiled paper that had been placed over
all windows portfolios and doors Not
ing the voyage
J.. a passenger on the Adriatic. de-
scribcd the kindling of the war fever in
81. Petersburg.
When we got there" he said, the
were riding up and down the streets,
as our cowboys do in the dime novels
Every train which arrived poured
hordes OF soldiers from the country.