Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-21
HOST OF RUMORs TRIES
NERVES OF OFFICIALS
White Star Line Unable To Secure
Definite News because Of Rigid
British Censorship.
ANXIOUS ABOUT LAphANb
Feared That Another Slg Liner Has
Fallen Victim Of Submarinc-Re-
port That Bowie Was Los, Proves
lntruc--t'cw Details OF Arabic.

NEW YORK, August 2O.-Thc Brit
sh ccnSor apparently silcnccJ to-day
the wires leading to the White star
LIN" her" from England only ono dis
patch relating 10 tho sinking of The
\'ahi"- message detailing certain
changes in previous lists nf survivors;
ana miSSinc-oscapcd his blue pencil
Ih" lack of definite news from nbrop,;
was balanced by host Of r,mors ,,,.,,
tried the nerves OF officials aud lrCi
them Tonight in II keen state nr am.
preh"nSion as To the fate Of at lens;
one NOR" large steamer ia ur near Tho
war zone. the l.apiand. which sailed An
gust " from this port for Iivcrpool
WIN "lS passengers. including thirteen
Americans, and II capacity cargo Of war
munitions and other supplies
REPORT OF DISASTER
Is PROVED INTltt T..
III on" 'ns'ancc a vague rcpor, Of
disaster t" another White Star vessel
proved untrue This was the report
that the liner BoVic. "a freishter Dr.
parting from New York on Angus, s
with big cargo, but no passengers.
for Manchester. had met the Arabic's
fate.
Word that the Bowie had been s,,n,,
was received in press ,lispatch ber.
from London at 5:3S Il. NJ to-day.
Nearly four hours previously "a private
shipping firm in this city had received
cable advices reporting the sinking.
Tonight. however, the White Star
Line received word that the Bowie ar
rived in Liverpool to-day and depnrt.d
for Manchester
" third report dealt with the steamer
Nicosian, OF the Icyland Line, Il sub
S'diary OF the international Mercan-
'iie Marine Company. owners of the
Nhlte Star Line. y rumor that she,
TOO. had been destroyed by German
boat was current. bat like many
similar rumors that agitated shin
owners here recently. lacked verifica-
tion. Coupled with this rumor whose
source could not be learned, was the
report that she WAS Il troop ship. This
was disprovcn by maritime records
which showed that she sailed from
New Orleans on August for Avon
mouth and Liverpool
The Nicosinn. built in j9l2. is "A slow
steamer. and shipping men estimated
thai she was just about due to arrive,
IN war-zone waters. She carried no
passengers.
FRANKLr ANXIOUS
ABOUT THE I.tTLtSD
Oiiicials Of the White Star Line were,
frankly anxious about the Iapland
The same report OF disaster having
oNertaken her was current in Queens
town. too. y cable dispatch from there
however, said that ii was thought
probable that the Lapland was confused
with the Bristol liner New York City.
which fell prey To Il submarine yester-
day. The New York City's crew OF
hfty-three and her captain were land d
ut Queenstown to-day.
This vessel likewise was n British
liner. She was IL freighter, and left
this port July 20 with cargo for
bristol. which she landed safely. On
August S the New York CITY left Bris-
tol in ballast on her return trip. Her
agents here received confirmation OF
her sinking late to-day.
Queenstown's Interpretation OF the
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