New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
Big Cargo of Ammunition
Cause of Grave Fears
for Boats Safety.
LINES OFFICE FAILS
ANXIOUS INQUIRERS
Without News of La TOuraine,
but Scouts Idea German
Submarine Hit Her.

friends Of passengers aboard La lou
raine. Of the French Line. which was
reported yesterday 10 be afre at sea
1900 miles southwest of Havre, met
no response at the Offices OF the steam
ship company here Officials OF the
French Line said they had had no word
from the steamer or the offices OF the
company in Havre. Paul Faguet, gen
eral agent for the French Line here, Is
passenger on La Touraine. lhere
were many Americans aboard, includ-
ing several physicians and young
women nurses on their way to serve
in the military hospital at Chateau de
Passy, near Sens.
Grave fears for her safety were en-
tertained here yesterday, especially
when il became known that she carried
q large consignment of ammunition fol
use by the French armies. Despite me
denial of Oscar Cauchols, acting man
ager of the New York office OF the linc'
that she carried explosives, the mani
fest at the Custom House showed the
following consignments:
Four thousand, four hundred and
ninety-four cases of cartridges.
One hundred and thirty-nine rapid
fire guns and 500 cases of cartridges
for these guns. The cartridges weigh
twenty-six tons and are worth 2l,OOO.
Five hundred and fifty cases of heavy
ammunition for rapid fire guns, weigh
ing $500 pounds, valued at $4,000.
Two heavy automatic artillery guns.
Many barrels of turpentine.
Five cases of automatic revoivers.
Twelve thousand tons of blankets.
Large amount OF foodstuffs, includ-
ing beef, sausage, lard and flour.
Scouts Submarine Idc
Acting manager Cauchois secuted
the idea that German submarine tor
pedo had hit the steamer. 1t was
pointed out. however, that a position
! 200 miles from Havre would be with
in the zone OF submarine activity.
The French Line officials also at
tached little weight TO the report from
London that the fire was due to plot
by German incendiaries who boarded
the steamer in this port. The report
did not state whether incendiaries had
been found aboard ship, or whether
they were supposed TO have started
slow burning fire in the hull pror TO
her sailing from this port last Satur-
day.
La Touraine carried eighty-four pas
sengers, thirty-eight in the cabin and
forty-four in the steerage. Her crew
numbered 200. There were five Amer
lean physicians and ten nurses in the
party, bound for French hospital SER
vice Among those on the passenger
list from this city were CASTOR Levy,
of Hotel Claridge; b. Feinberg, Of 20
Woodbine Avenue, Brooklyn; Benolt
Delpeuch, Hotel Lorraine; Emile Pares,
Hotel Belmont; Francois Repusseau,
Hotel Brevoort; Wood Fosdlck, wal
dorf-Astoria, and Robert Alphonse, OF
1853 East Seventy-siXth Street
The list included several passengers
from Montreal. Most of the steerage
passengers were reservists returning
to their colors in France.
Among the American passengers
were DR.. and Mrs. |. Chandler Walker,
OF Boston, who are on honeymoon
trim. Both volunteered their services
to care for the sick and wounded at
the Chateau de Passy hospital. DR..
Walker is going there under appoint
ment as medical director, and his
bride of two weeks as a nurse. Dr.
Walker is the assistant resident physi-
clan at the Peter Bent Brigham Hos
pital, in Boston, and has six months
leave Of absence His bride was for
merly a nurse at the same institution.
With Son to Join Husband.
Mrs. Alice Andrews is from Lynn,
Mass. and sailed on La Touraine with
her son Ralph to join her husband, Ed
ward +. Andrews, who Is employed by
the French government as an auto
mobile demonstrator. Mr.. Andrews
went to Paris last fall, and last week
cabled his wife TO join him.
Miss Cecile Wettach, another pas
senger. was for three years governess
in the family Of Charles Peabody, OF
Cambridge. Mass. She is returning 20
her home in Berne, Switzerland. Miss
Alma Mccormick. Of 36l South Broad
way, Yonkers, and Miss Mary McGrath,
a friend. who visited her recently. were
among the American nurses aboard.
The other nurses were the Misses
Eugene LYONS. Victoria FRANKFORT,
Kathlvn and Nellie O'HanlOn, Nellie
Parsons. Beda Peterson and Dorothy
O'Connell. The physicians besides Or.
Walker were Drs. A. c. Jinenin, W. q.
Braddock. Joseph Wheelwright and
John W. Irwin, who has been steam
ship surgeon for years.
The French Hospital of this city has
had charge of the manning and equip
ping of the military hospital at Chateau
de Passy under the direction Of Luclen
Toward, president of the French Be
nevolent Societv. Mrs. William John
Fitzgerald, of Litchheld, Conn, daugh-
ter of the late Eli White, OF this city,
contributed 100000 toward the "roi-
ect DR.. Percy X. Turnure left for
France on a prior trip of the Lusitanla
on January 80 70 take charge Of the
hospital as surgeon in chief. The in
stitution is planned as one OF the base
hospitals of the French military sys-
TEN, and is located about twenty-five
miles from the active fighting zone.
Steerage Passengers.
The following names of steerage pas
sengers were obtained at the French
consulate:
Eugene La Peyrere, Francois Bonne-
Vile. Yves lie Coz, Alphonse Robert,
Leon Lussignol, EdmoL- Riegel and
Louis Gautrand.
The following names Of steerage pas
sengers were received from Montreal:
Gabriel Dartige, Jean Rostagnat,
Maurice Provain, Jules Hermel, Jean
Morien, Alphonse Basty, Jean Lagaud,
Mrs. Marie Reault and son, Joseph,
aged nine years; NJ. Chatevaire. Mrs.
Beatrice Grondenmonge, Mr. and Mrs.
Wauthier Furcy, Miss Emelienne La
gaud, Mrs. Eblitzer and Mrs Joseph
Condi and two children, Lucy and
George, aged respectively seven and six
years.
The following names were received
from the Belgian consulate:
Philemon De Meyer, Benjamin Fein-
berg, Conrad Feddersten, Jules Min
jaw, lsadore Landkman, Joseph Ber-
tonron and Arthur Muvllc