The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-20

Ne<vE xsfraa<, .Auss 20 As the third slalsaets u1 1lsr1itions carrier on the At lasltic. the White Star liner Arabic ii47as long been regarded by sailors as It11e next victim of German. sub 1 l11aarfne e On the last tripss from New F Srk on July 28, she carried more ltE1hn 1sseO0 tons tofs cHrsog most or 4 which was contraband for the Allies 1 Aeroplanes and motor trucks form ; cd the major part of her deck load s
 TO make her as nearly invisible as , possible at night and in foggy Ayveather the Arabic was given a coat of slate eolpred paint and her after twMeeahcuse was banked high with sahdbags to protect her steering gear from daInage by she'll and flre m n 4 case of attack by silbmarine-
 Capt William Finch, lieutenant in 4fae Royal E x avail Reserve and eoTn1nandeT of the Arabic. declared that no submarine would get the Arabic He said he would pass the Irish coast in darkness with all lights abused and all passengers drills were to De held daily during the voyage and the boats kept ready for any emergency
 Dynamite Found AboaFd-
 Fhe night before she left port a private detective found hidden be- tween the hot and cold water pipes in sthe ladies' bathroom on the prom enade deck two sticks of narnite in bad state of deterioration. They were wrapped in oiled paper, but were not attached to, any fuse or de- tonator.
 The dynamite was turned over to Inspecton Owen Egan, Of the Bureau of Combustib1es, who declared it could easily have been set off by q kz-S ID ee1gers were perza1i tied to go aboard tha ship were searched thoroughly, but no pEa1ee are iof explosives was found.
 The NArabic sailed from Liverpool wsdnesday night with 1s1 cabin. 45 ssteeragea and 24 zaeEeWs making a. Etotaa of z 23 oh beaeds 4=shes carried a. small cargo of 4,0o0s tons,t all of which was non-cOntrabAndi. 2.513 bags of mail, and 1se sbaalxets Of par ceIs sss 9a
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 Bs1iIf fn i 90 .tlaes sgfassts yards of Arabic was fhe moss and the fastest
 
 fonnasa cf 5. 9e1 and wac .s6 % feet T long svfth a beam of 66 feet and a 4 depth Of s46 feet She has been ern- p1oxed d1aboth Boston and New Fork trarsa taant1c services of E thes. w nite Star LdEla as Weklssas inst the n6editer- xa1Aan eruisfng trad e. She s4Asaeauip- ped with as7o4BFe boEternss water light compartments, the submarine signal ling system, and Marco1H wire T leesJ Sanxeafss.ftzxs ssfs |
 she had a remarkable nuTmber of cabins de-1uxe, st1se tvvo upper decks being given over exclusive1y to these apartn1 en1s, which incIuded four deck instead of port holes. They were rtcfFy9 rnished In f4easher and ma hogany and eacHshad a private e1ec- trie heating system.
 or her seven decks, four we're pro- rnenade, one of these running the full length of the ship. He dining saloon was on the upper deck forward, also extending the full length Of the ship andaeaRmaeRe@eazeea nassengers The decorations, ip panels~o of polished oak and. walnut set off the large room to good advantage.
 The finest furnishings went into the makeup of the lounge and smoking room. Both had large glass dones overhead. opening above decks The Wf1llHS4 ldloleSs alu 0IIleT luFnlluFe ol xhe lounge were in dainty Chfppen- dale, while the smoking room was done ii white and gold. A special 5 dz.ss< sFoom for pElotographers was only one of theznovei features.
 This floating palace came through saay fserflss oe the sea and the war unscatFled. Time and again she was pursued hy slabTnarines. On March z5 while carrying a contingent o1 prisoners; from the German .sa1xiliar5 cd by a German submarine in the Irish Sea. She went ahead full speed and left the under sea boat far be hind
 Grew Given Pract4ce2
 Before Ser Iast.t trip, the ships crew