The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-07-11
ENGL|SHGREET. .LEV|ATHAN ON.
 MADE N TRIP
Giant American Steamer Ends Successful Voyage To Eu-
 rope, Passengers And Crew In Happy Frame Of Mind MAYOR OF SOUTHAMPTON WELCOMES GREAT VESSEL LaSker Pleased With Speedy
 Crossing Of Atlantic, Made
 At Average Of 23.65 Knots Per Hour-Steamer Steady

SOUTHAMPTON, July 10.-(By As sociated Press )-The American liner LeViathan completed her first trans atlantic voyage as passenger ship under the American flag when she arrived here at 10 o'clock tonight. Her speed averages 23.65 knots an hour. The mayor of Southampton boarded her and was received by All bert D. Lasker, former chairman of the United States shipping board.
 The big liner brought 5000 passen- gers and crew safe, sound a>,d happy into the quiet waters of Southampton harbor and dropped anchor a few hundred yards from where the Pill grim Fathers set sail for America three centuries ago. The voyage was q complete success in every way, both to the passengers and officials of the shipping board. who expressed their light to newspaper men who boarded her.
 Giant Ship Steady.
 Throughout the trip the giant ship was as steady as a rock, the report CTS were told by MT. Lasker who, of all aboard, appeared to be the most pleased with the Leviathan's per formance.
 At midnight, two hours after her arrival, no British law officer had boarded the big ship to serve sum monses upon supposed deserters from British ships who were reported to be among the crew. Mir. Lasker said that if there were any English de- serters aboard he knew nothing of it. Remember Pilgrim Voyage.
 As fleet of tugs nosed the mann moth liner into the largest slip in Southhampton docks some of the passengers, who showed that they hsStn l,ai, siastic about the American mer- cantile marine, shouted from the upper decks:
 Pilgrim Fathers, we are here"
 The dock upon which the passen- fers disembarked was crowded with "PilgriRls," emigrants of 1923 vin. tage, who will sail for New York on the Olympic Wednesday. They picked up the shout and sent it back to the ship in cheer upon cheer for the monstrous American Mistress of the Seas"
 During the conference with the newspaper men. w. F. Gibbs, the American naval architect, wlro su- pervised the re-conditioning of the giant liner, surprised the British journalists who inquired whether the Leviathan was staffed by German and other foreign engineers.
 Mir Gibbs assured them that the  cent American and the rest of crew ninety per cent. He added that members of the crew were engaged in New York only after proving their American citizenship or presenting their first papers.
 Mr Lasker said that no speed rec ords mad been attempted, the only tests being to make the destination with maximum comfort to the pas sengers and minimum consumption of oil. both of which objects were at- tained.
 MT. Gibbs declared that the ship surpassed his expectations in proving her capabilities as a liner. No Repairs Needed.
 "No repairs of any kind will be needed at Southampton" he added. "The only supplies we need here are oil and fresh water"
 To the English reporters who tried to get at the bottom of the contro- versial questions which have been a feature of the Leviathan's recon ditioning and trials, MT. Lasker said:
 "The Leviathan is not challenge to anybody, but she is a competitor and you can put it down as an ab- solute fact that the American mer- camille marine will always be a com peitor in trans Atlantic passenger