The New York herald., 1922-07-09
FORTY LEFT ON PIER
AS MAJESTIC SAILS
Friends and Relatives Sepa-
rated, Also Baggage of Sec
y Ond Glass Passengers.
TINE ADVANCED AN HOUR
Big Liner Starts at II O'Clock
Instead Of Noon, as First !
Advertised.

" About forty second class passengers
Z booked on the White Star liner Majestic
= We're left on the pier yesterday morning
: when the big ship sailed for Southamp-
Z ton and Cherbourg. ~
2 TO the congestion always attending
4 the departure of large passenger ship
( was added yesterday the confusion re"
: suting from change in the sailing hour
or the Majestic from noon to IL o'clock.
: Although this had been advertised, there
z was last minute rush to attend to
tickets. passports and baggage on the
Z part of second cabin passen gers booked.
: The ship could not be delayed. as a
! later tide would have been unfavorable.
! When the dazed passengers awoke to
! their plight they descended upon the
: White Star passenger officials with de-
. mands for relief. A rumor spread that
! they could be accommodated on the
: .Baltic. also of the White Star Line,
: scheduled to sail an hour later. Many
rushed to the Baltic's pier. only to be
,i'told that all cabin accommodations were
taken.
Passenger officials then said that all
the belated voyagers could be taken on
the iceland, and there was another rush
' with baggage to the Red Star pier.
/. Twenty-Five or more accepted the ac-
I, commodations offered on the iceland.
but others declared themselves dissatis-
/ fiedf refused TO sail, and hired a lawyer.
: Frederick e. Klein, 522 Fifth avenue,
I. to represent them in actions which Mr..
!, Klein said would be brought against the
Il White Star Line tomorrow.
j. Mrs. Rose Evans, 631 East 168th
I, street. wife of Charles Evans. clothing
!, manufacturer of 10 Astor place, was
!, bound for Russia and Poland, accom-
I, panied by a three month old baby and
: Joseph Sand, a guide employed for her
I; by a ticket agency. All of her baggage
/, and Sand were aboard when the plank
: was drawn in.
. Miss Rena Garavelli. aged IT. of Caple-
! vile, Tenn, accompanied by Mrs. Pierina
: NIilani, was booked to sail, but only their
! baggage got away. Mrs. Milani had
: with her a seventeen month old baby
: Angelo Leva. pastor of st. Joseph's
= Church, Lockwood, N. Y. was also left
! behind with his mother. They were
! bound for Turin, italy, and arrived at
4. the pier at 8 A. NJ, according to the
: Rev. Mr.. Leva, accompanied by an aunt.
! Mrs. Chiara Corradino. aged 56. Only
Z the aunt sailed.
. Mrs. L. B. Beterous of Atlanta and
! Frank and William Batelli of New
; Haven, Conn, who said they had been
on the pier since 0 O'Clock. made frantic
i efforts to employ hydroplane to take
, them down the bay and put them aboard
) the Majestic. They were notified by
, pier officials that the White Star Line
would not allow them to board the Ma
jestic from the air.
Ticket agents of the White Star Line
declared that all the passengers left be-
hind had received ample notification that
, the Majestic would sail at IL A. M. and
that this time had been marked on their
, tickets. Many passengers. among them
those who had sought counsel, said they
have tickets giving the sailing time as
noon. They declared also they had been
on the pier since early morning.
Those who took passage on the Zee
land will arrive at ports on the Conti-
nent about four days later than the
travellers on the Majestic.