Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11
U. s. FREIGHT ship
SAILS FOR FRANCE
Rochester, Flying Stars and
Stripes, Leaves New York
. for Bordeaux.
NEW ORLEANS IS CLEARED

New York. Feb. l0.--Wtih the
Stars and Stripes flying over its rail
the steamship Rochester, owned by
the Kerr steamship line, which cleared
yesterday with general cargo for
Bordeaux, passed Quarantine out.
ward bound shortly after z p. III. to-
day. The Rochester lis the second
American ship to leave this port since
the announcement by Germany on
January 81 of its new submarine cam
paign.
American shipping circles were
stirred today by the announcement
that two freighters flying the Stars
and Stripes would sail for the Euro
pean war zone.
These ships are the Orleans, owned
by the Oriental Navigation company,
and the Rochester Of the Kerr Steam
ship company. Both are bound for
Bordeaux, France. The two ships al
ready have received their clearance
papers. The Orleans has all Ameri-
can captain, Allan Turker, and a
crew of thirty-hve, of whom thirty
two are citizens Of the United States.
The Rochester has thirty-thrce Of
fcers and men, of whom two-thirds
are Americans. Both vessels have
their names and ~. S. A." in large
letters on their black sides, but are
not striped or marked in the manner
prescribed for American vessels by
the German blockade regulations.
Neither is armed.
Baltic at Liverpool.
The arrival of the Baltic of the
White Star line at Liverpool removes
from the danger zone another British
vessel carrying. American citizens.
Bankers, manufacturers and railway
men said today that Il reduced num-
ber of saiings from American ports
was beginning to be FELT, although as
yet there was no serious congestion
OF cargoes at the railroad terminals.
1t was said that many shippers are
Withholding their goods from the rail.
roads at the point of production be-
cause the. could not obtain the neces-
odl OSCdil tullIldBS'
New York Due Sunday.
The American line steamship, New
York, from Liverpool, the first Amer
lean ship out of that port after the
recent German submarine decree was
made public, will reach New York late
Sunday afternoon, ccording to a
wireless message received by officials
OF the line here today. t
The Kroor land, also from Liver
pool, will reach Sandy Hook at mid
night tonight and dock early tomor.
row morning, the line announced
Lid on Ship Movements.
All information with respect to the
clearing Of vessels at the custom house.
including their names, is being held.
Officials said today that this was be-
ing done for the present on orders
from Washington.
Names Of vessels and the dates OF
their arrival or departure must not
be given in the same message in dis
patches for wireless transmission be-
yond Honolulu to places either in
Hawaiian territory or the South Sea
islands, it was announced here today
by the Commercial Cable company.
Advices received from the company's
Honolulu Offices informed the COM
pany that this restriction had been
imposed, but without further explana-
ton officials said.
Devonian at Liverpool.
Boston, Mass, Feb. l0.--The ar
rival at Liverpool of the Lcyland
liner Devonian, for whose safety some
fears had been expressed in local
shipping circles, was announced in
cablegram received by agents here
today. The Devonian sailed from this
port Janu.ry 20 with munitions and
1000 horses. Eighty tenders, most Of
them Americans, we're aboard.