The New York herald., 1922-02-26
AQUITANIA IN LATE
+. ON STORMIEST TRIP
twenty-five j Parts Shattered
in One Day by Heavy
Seas.
BRINGS LAP PASSENGERS
Jeweled Brooches in Shoes of
Paris Smart Set, Mr.. Gid
ding Reports.

After cutting her way through the
stormiest Atlantic that ever opposed her
passage the Cunarder Aquitania brought
. ZAP passengers to port yesterday
niorning. Despite her turbine and
.uuadruple screws, the ocean held her
back about eighteen hours.
4 The hig Cunarder, which left South
.ampton and Cherbourg behind a week
from yesterday, had her best day last
Sunday, when the official log reported
n moderate to fresh Wind. with mod
.erate sea. Next day. however. che ran
finto terrific head gale and a head sea
that would have been decidedly "anger-
kous for a ship less large and less stout'y
tbvilt than the Cunard flagship.
< That Cay twenty-five ports, including
fSnfne of the main dicning rooD., were
Shattered, and as the bow of the Aqui-
ania cut seas forty feet high tire spray
twent swirling upward to the bridge,
k.4bout eighty feet from the water line, to
ttlrench the oilsl1ins of her comm ander,
SCommodore Sir Jame3 r. w. Charles.
sand the other officers Sir Charles was
sCompeled to reduce his speed, so that
on Monday she loggcS only 46S niles
and on Tuesday only 358 miles. On
Tuesday violent squalls were cncoun-
ktered.
After that things got little better.
although each day there was inscribed
in the log strong gale, rough sea-"
SI'he ocean Gained down a bit when the
kship neared the banks. Her average
speed was twenty knots.
Fast Express Service.
g.. j. Lister, general manager Of the
a Cunard Line in Liverpool. arrived on
the ship and announced his company
planned an express service this spring
and summer TO take care of the annual
q rush of Americans abroad.
THE Mauretania, the worlds fastest
passenger ship, has been converted from
= coal burner to an oil burner he said.
She will leave the other side March 25.
The Berengaria, the third largest liner
\ in the world, is now being converted
8 from coal to oil and will leave for this
country May 20. These two ships, with
The Aquitania, will inaugurate the fast
est weekly express steamer service ever
4 attempted in the Atlantic trade A fast
ship will leave New York every Tues
4 day for Cherbourg and Southampton
& and similar ship will leave South
& ampton every Saturday"
Sir Frederick Becker, one OF the back
ers OF Sir Ernest Shackleton's antarc-
f nc expedition. who arrived on the
Aquitania, told of how sudden and
shocking the news of the explorers
death had been to him. Sir Ernest, he
said, had spent with him many days Of
& vigorous tramping and shooting at Ellon
y castle. Scotland, so the cable announ-
eng he had died of heart disease was
most unexpected blow. According to Sir
! frederick the explorer was intensely
disappointed when, after apparently
I
with the Canadian Government for an
expedition to the north pole, the Cow
ernment suddenly sent him q letter
more brutal than brusque" withdraw
ing its support
I Lady Shackleton and Sir Ernest's
children' one OF whom is a bow AT
Harrow. who hopes to be an exnIorey
lalso. have been left in rather stra,t.
ehed circumstances. Memorial services
VIII be held in st. Paul's Cathedral
March ! at a time when the explorers
: BODY is being buried on Georgia Island
in the South Atlantic.
Sir Frederick, who is wood pulp
manufacturer and ship owner, will go
10 his plant in New Brunswick before
returning. German wood puin rater. |
are putting newsprint paper on the
market at ruinous prices, he said. ow-
: lng 10 their advantage in low produc
uon costs. Sir Frederick was accom-
panied by Lady Becker.
Brooches on Shoes.
Jeweled brooches now twinkle on the
Snoes or smart Parisiennes, according
10 Nathaniel Gliding of J. NJ Giddine
y o. VINO was also a voyager on the
+ -Aquitania.
rms newest fashion wrinkle has ac-
I eompanied the appearance of longer
SKIRTS. Mr.. Gliding said Instead of
Eleafnng silk stockings one now sees
snttering shoes on the boulevards.,
+ Ihe costumer said that in France tho
snort skirt is finally, definiteIv ara
completely Taboo" but despite tbIs
american women are clinginr firmly
I 70 Il -" my
! Nlso on the Aquitania were seven
NUGGETS, one Scotch and six German.
none OF whom is more than three feet
-. brought over to join circus bv
! Emil Ritter of Berlin.
/ An unusual case Of appendicitis is a
seVen-year-old boy. Robert Webster.
travelling with his family i'm the steer
I age, became so serious that the shin,s
surgeon. DR. y. Sydney Jones. operated
on him on Friday. The boy will be ont
o. the ships hospital in two or three
days. " '"ree
Nlso on board the liner were N w
tanks. champion checker player OF
america. who returned after being de-
eated by one game in series OF forty
ny Robert Stuart OF Scotland H. p.
borer, assistant passenger manager OF
thc line: Col. S. Sugiyama. Japanese
representative OF the League Of Nations
harles C. Kurzman. a Fifth avenue
nuliner. who learned on board OF the
death OF his brother, Julius c. Kurzman.
last Monday; J, +. Byrnes, correspon-
gent OF the Figaro OF Paris; Sidney OIL
eott moving picture man: Prof and
Mrs w. M. Baylss, T.. j. Geraghty. +
y. toruyn. Vice-Consul OF the Neither
lands IN Winnipeg. Canada the Hon.
Wired Anson and Mr.. and Mrs. n. R.