The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-10
j. p. MORGAN BACK FROM
EUROPE ON THE ST. LOUIS
Manner Indicates He Was Sue
ccssful in Financial Ncgo-
tiations Abroad.

The absorbing theme aboard the
American liner st. Louis. which arrived
last evening from Liverpool with $40
cabin passengers, was the destruction
OF the Lusitania. The first hint OF the
disaster came by wireless Friday night.
The next morning the ship learned that
many OF the Cunarder's voyagers had
been lost. II was not until yesterday
morning that any details Of the tragedy
came TO the ship. which was then. at
II O'Clock. about sixty miles east OF
Sandy Hook.
received a wireless bulletin from Capt.
Porter. master If the Morgan yacht
Corssir. giving the names OF the dis
tinguished dead. and Mr.. Morgan had
tho captains message posted on tho
bulletin board. about which throngs
gathered until the liner reached Quaran.
tine. when the morning newspapers
helped to relieve the thirst for news.
Mr.. Morgan himself was an eager in
quirer after details. and after he had
received them he was asked what he
would like to say on the subject. He
answered:
what can say I am overwhelmed
with horror The details are appalling :"
Met by Hts Yacht.
The Corsair. which had been anchored
in Gravesend Ray several days. was at
Quarantine when the 81. Louis arrived
there. and Capt Porter greeted Mr.
Morgan with display OF bunting and
I ,t...l 10 St -
This Is the habit OF the skipper, and
did not indicate that Mr. Morgan in
tended TO sail anywhere on his yacht.
Capt. Porter landed on the pier and well
coined his chief.
Capt. John g. Jamison Of tho 81
Louis, the oldest master in the Inter-
national Mercantile Marine service. said
he had given the Irish coast wide
berth on his westward trip. as he had
made practice of doing since the
| beginning Of the war. and had seen no
signs Of German submarines. lie de-
| plored the tendency OF people unfamiliar
/ with transatlantic shippers Job to
| criticise him. and said he had no crti-
csm 10 make OF Capt. Turner OF the
| Lusitania whom he knows we'll
/ Mr.. Morgan. who has been away six
weeks. said he did not care TO talk
about his business transactions in Lon
don and Paris. \ reporter asked him
II he had anything to say about an
attack" on the house Of Morgan In the
House OF Commons. and Mr. Morgan
answered. That was not an attack on
the house OF Morgan. You would not
construe It as an attack. would you"
There was no subpoena server on the
pier to hand a summons to Mr.. MorC II
in the Martha Washington will case. but
NJ. Morgan said he supposed everybody
knew that nc was perfectly willing tn
go to Washington 10 do what he could
in the matter. The process was issued
while NJ Morgan was In Europe by
the United States supreme Court. re-
quiring Mr.. Morgan to answer the
original action Of the state Of Virginia
10 recover from Mr.. Morgan the will ~
Martha Washington. which T. n part Of
the bankers collection Of historical
documents. The will was deposited I'm
the probate office AZ Fairfax Cour,
House. Va. and disappeared during the
civil war.
Mr.. Morgan. for the mrs. time in his
voyaring. consented to pose for rhotog
raphers. remsrking that he might a.
well have IL over with"
Although he would not give oven a
hint about the results Of his negotiation
with European insnclers. Mr.. Morgan
talked with friends and financial associ
ates who greeted him on the pier in =
manner that indicated he had been sue
cessful In something II WAS announced
here on April |, a week after his arriva
In London. that J. 3. Morgan q Co. III.
National city Bank and the First Ma
tonal Bank had offered 10000 .oot
French Treasury bonds to investors.
II was said by international fnancer!
here that Mr.. Morgan was negotiating
for an English credit Of 100000
and a Russian credit Of a big but un
named amount. II was said that th'
details Of the English credit were nearer
completion than the Russian. MIR. Nor
gan refused TO say whether his firm
would give out anything about tn
credits
Mrs. Reginald Brooks. who was Mis-
Phyllis Langhorne Of Virginia. and Wit
obtained a divorce from her HUSBAND
three years ago, was another passenge
on the 81. Louis. She was In mourn M
for her fiance. Capt. Henry Douglas
Pennant OF the Grenad!er Guards, killet
In action In March. The Captain WILLIE
all his fortune Of 100000 to Mrs
Brooks She has been doing Red Cros
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