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Show AMERICAN LINER REACDES PORT Arrives From Liverpool With 448 Passengers Diplomat and Doctor Ride in Cattle Car. Philadelphia. Sept 1. The American Ameri-can liner Merion, flying the British flag, arrived here today from Livei pool with 2ifc cabin nnd 240 steerage passengers. 1 r. Daniel Longaker of Philadelphia, Philadel-phia, one of the passengers, confirmed confirm-ed the cabled story that Chauncey M-Depew M-Depew of New York rode in a cattle car in France Dr Longaker was a passenger in the same car, he said. .Mr Depew sat on a keg part of the time and also sat in an open doorway with his feet hanging out in a pouring pour-ing rain. Officers of the ship said It did not appear to them that there was a great rush from Europe as there was lots of room for more passengers at the regular rate of fare |