New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04

Out some o. the second and third
class passengers may be taking ships
property ashore with them
"The customs Inspectors Will see that
that % not done
This did not satisfy the Germans.
and the demand TO be allowed 70 search
the baggage was renewed.
you viii not be allowed 70 interfere
with the baggage the collector de-
clared with some indication Of hea..
"I b is an inspection By the American
customs in an American port Inc
American government is not undertak-
ing 10 examine baggage Tor the Ger
man government Your rights IN TINS
respect ceased when you passed the
three mile limit
Well said Berg finally, "can have
IA man present at the eXaminationT
"Nes; but remember. the decision Of
my man is final"
The baggage disposed Of, the question
Of what should be done with the 100
bags of letter mail and 100 bags OF
parcel post on the boat arose. Wash
iugton, the collector said, would have
TO pass upon that. To this. the Ger
man officers replied that they had the
right 20 examine this matter.
you should have thought Of that be
fore coming in here" said Hamilton.
"Jutil the authorities in Washington
rule on this matter, the mail must not
be disturbed"
This ended the discussion, and, as
Mr.. Hamilton prepared to leave the
vessel, Prince Natzfeldt made what
some have described as an apology for
Himself and Lieutenant Berg for "Rp-
parent ruderess" None was intended.
he said. and he and Berg wished TO
thank the collector for his disposition
Of a situation beset with difficulties.
Meanwhile +. c. Kenworthy, the
British vice-consul. had been fitting
from ship to shore trying 20 arrange
fer the landing Of the Appam's com
pany. l. was announced soon after
noon that these would come ashore al
. O'Clock. take the 8 o'clock boat for
Norfolk and leave tina. place tonight
on the ola Dominion liner for New
York.
This. however, fell through, and,
after the river boat had left, c. II.
Young, travelling passenger agent OF
the Old Dominion, arranged 10 land all
hands from tugs and provide "a special
boat 20 Norfolk 10 leave IN time TO
connect with the night boat. This
work was slow IN starting and II was
growing dusk before the first English
men landed. Running true to form,
they raced as one man for the nearest
hotel for a dash Of tea. Decent to
bacco" was also In demand, as were
cigarettes on the part OF some of the
women, who uncOnsci0usly shocked
Newport News natives not yet edu-
Gated 20 the proprlety Of women smok-
ing in public.
All in all. II was q motley crew. In
10 were government officials Of greater
or lesser rank, gold miners and bar
ristcrs. soldier on crutches going
home 20 recupcratc from wounds re-
ceivcd in German West Africa; trained
nurses who had been homeward bound
for a holiday; bank clerks whose return
90 Africa from holidays had been in
terruptcd. sailors and black room
squads from several vessels, an African
whose strangely SCARED checks had
suggested 90 his German captors a
practice common in universities in the
Fatherland: a japanese and an Amer
ican, Thomas r. Baldwin, Of Rockville
centre, Long Island, who said he was
born twenty-seven years ago at Broad
way and F0r,y-secOnd Street
These. after the few had had their
tea. began 20 crowd into the cabins OF
the little river steamer, happy TO b.
free of German rule. 20 compare notes
ami for the first time talk freely Of
their experiences. In the main these
talks dealt with tho lack Of food on