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Show STEAM YACHTS WILL RESCUE AMERICANS NEW YORK Aug 11 Two Amer can steam yacl a are be g n" ed out here to a for the At a ps Into he war zone to rescue pa t es of Americans stranded abroad One as the A v na owned by Thomas I- Cole the other tl e Columb a owned by J If Ladew a wea hy New To k leather merchant The Alvlna 1 er sk pper said toda will go- to Genoa, Ita y to get A W Mel Ion a prominent Pittsburg banker and seventeen other Americans ho ha e been vainly awa ting transportat on home from that port She s a vessel of 596 tons has a speed of fourteen knots and Is tak ng provisions aboard to last er three months The Columbia s exact destination not announced but t s understood she a so go to an Ita an port She regis ters 680 tons and her speed is twe e knots Both yachts expect to get away w h n a day or two it was said Their first stop will be the Azores for coal |