Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-12
STEAMER NEW YORK
AT HER HOME PORT
First American Ship to Leave
Liverpool After War Zone
Edict Took Effect.
TRIP WITHOUT INCIDENT

| BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, February l2.-The ar
rival today of the steamship New York
brought the number of American trans
atlantic passenger ships at this port up
to four. The New York sailed from
Liverpool February 3 and. according to
wireless messages received from her
passengers. passed through the sub
marine war zone without incident.
The New York was the first American
ship to leave Liverpool after Germany's
war zone decree went into effect. She
passed through the danger zone with
out sighting war craft of any kind, her
officers said. 1t was common comment
among the passengers that Germany's
decree caused very little excitement In
England. as far as they could observe,
he feeling. there seeming to be, they
said, that Germany WAS already doing
all she could to win the war and the
decree would not change the outcome.
DR.. E. w. Ryan a Passenger.
Among the passengers was DIR. Ed
ward w. Ryan. head of the Red Cross
work in Serbia. where he has been
two and half years. He said he would
report to Washington on the work
there and sail again for Serbia within
a week.
The American liner kroonland dock ed
here yesterday. and the st. Louis and
st. Paul. of the same line. are still at
their piers while their owners await
news from Washington in regard to
the policy recommended for American
shipping that would risk the dangers
of the German blockade.
The kroonland left Liverpool Janu-
airy 81. the day before the German
declaration. and had an eventful voy-
age. One day from port she witnessed
the destruction of a Dutch freighter
by shell fire from submarine. The
crew of the Dutch ship was towed away
by the submarine in lifeboat. On Feb
| ruary 3 strange object that looked
like the funnel of steamship partly
submerged. or the coming tower Of a
submarine was sighted about two miles
away.
Sees Mysterious Looking Steamer.
A few hours later the officers of the
kroonland saw mysterious looking
steamer which they could not identify.
but which they thought might have
been a German raider acting as sup
ply ship to one or more L boats. This
impression was strengthened by the
fact that the stranger did not return
signals.
The Cunard liner Andania. from Liv-
| erpool January 81, and the Italian
| steamer Giuseppe Verdi. from Medi-
terranean ports. reached their docks
here today. The British liner Cedric.
which sails today for Liverpool with
| out passengers. will carry 5000 sack 8
| of mail which has been delayed here for
the past week aboard the st. Louis.
The fourth ship under the American
| flag to sail from this port for a Euro
peon destination since Germany's re-
newal of unrestricted submarine war
fare got away last night. She is the
325-foot freighter Owego of the Fed
eral Forwarding Company. bound for
Genoa, carrying a general cargo OF
$500 tons. Her master and many OF
her crew are Americans.
Horse Ship Sails With Americans.
NEWPORT NEWS. Va, February ~
The British steamer Lexington. with
seventy American horsemen aboard. and
CARRYING cargo of horses to a port in
the British Isles. has cleared and sails
for the war zone from Newport News
today.