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Show ill LINER I MILLIONS )I If PORT Rmxwsm Cockle About m Mid-and Mid-and Rushes to America C EijEL NEWHOUSE OF PASSENGERS Lake Mming Magnate Those on the Per- s Voyage of Treas-Bearing Treas-Bearing Ship 5 j, gWELL HACHJAKD. J, Editor Cosmopolitan Ms ; ,bo s passenger on the ffaailA OJl-) b BOiSD THS KRONPWNZEWN a BAR HARBOR. Mo. 4 jjrijMssla Cecals, with H5 ,g, and a cargo of 1 500.000 In jUrer. sail! out ot New York ., i) clock on the morning ot 1 Etr first port of call was to bo 0. 1 3d then Cherbourg and then t 1 H war scare was on. awl s tkt majority of her first cabin -i Wag r"gnh and German, as some speculation as to what Xi ,asta to the ship should war be I fills she was on the high seas. , ft!!. with Spanish American - oats recalled that ships leaving t flat war was declared were, : usance, released by prise courts, iwatkra died down and the Toy f oat the usual uneventful trip U Atlantic There was a dance gbr, rgTj French and German B -5 fca entiled In the smoking id expressed the hope to one an m a irar out of the difficulty v te found. The weather was j le made S3a knot the first day mod. S 3 the third, and we had 3 oo the fourth, when em Progress - t sua dance in progress on deck i n was the usual assembly In the I loom. At a few minutes past : of the passengers were startled - s tsat the ship was being turned m Titer announced this discovery J a stly to be laughed at Captain Polacfc entered the fctxiu He carried his hue bulk irmwe erect his face appeared to K more serious than usual. IISoks. said he, 1 want your at 4L 1 hare an announcement to J ir has broken out between 4f rr&Dce, Russia and Germany m suing back to America. We Xatr of coal and I think we win V sety 1 want the gentle nen Xt me In allaying the fears of the aMtumal Gathering i ne ottered a sound for what I 1 a very long time. I was , : it a table with an Englishman. 3u and a Greek. The Bavarian , -awd gentleman of perhaps fifty i Sr to break the silence. He ; -n an arosehe grasped each by , tte Englishman last, and as Wd the Englishman s hand he ; mj Intensely "1 am sorry very ; rnnl ft was learned that he was -feral Kristof Klefeber retired. I wan army The Englishman , at Bring selling war materials, "eajtaln left the srook ng room ' w approached him and asked sot posslb e to buy the ship . .r J"6 Mn her under the ? The captain did not think W?Lblt he 53 ld- and hurried oe bridge. "Before he Tea hed .Zj1' aea or an Englishman rl." 'l ere not possi le to "J English passengers to the! C B Cunard line, which was 6 to he near -i SLtto"sM thi lmposs ble t rff4 na Pawed on. rLa1 " s'ar as posib.e SQraania. he shouted back. to America. sputo had received h s orders by A SCk- rb" brie' OM HOI3" ,or an American rl speed. 5J as to a port was to await il?ltl0', might become se T,w,r to dawn upon the aii twe .er a er prize sail &S.0,.Tar-,han ,he Kron Ur LWlth her " 3o ooo o' W Jlf Kned to France and 'rihl Lee Vy Bri"sh and dri!!?r Wa" nual for rrTft, wareh'P' to sa 1 up th. ?eriran coa' If so ' h wL chancea of slipping by? 2&a"s,rer t the qnes t of th"er ana ""r aga n ti" the bndge' What .as VSa oot of Plymouth Wild c, u-i- f"Mar?'he,i that po Sun "Wluna Mr?m?ri,ne The proo jjjodand human souls i jl . i k J" t o r o 1 W 1-T K tl us 1 1 e e bJt'h. ,"'lk ' k" e ricklnR Up JlcssigC He uld afford t sen I e ess rssagea be a t he 1 I tt ov ' h 1 he M tercept 1 er e sage n lnB f r fr - v 1 o " Ti hl1! to etui o 1 that Kre I anl 1 Kl sse r, a K lital tha kreu pr so the I on I sMl ecll e Itl 1 er a i o 1 1 rJ.' -onsWerea hi ml rw sonbl safe He ate -ej fr t h0 r h t of the bea rmtl I took 0 f r ther t sat rdaj he sual the 1 n h tatle ea h nasa nkor to i a printed notl e t at the e e r oh a w-oull bo t rnel out that litht o er to -on-eal o r Ide tit) fron ws k e pels, ami that o st be onte th o 1 lamps. 1 t e afternoon the f u sn ke etacka fre pained bak at ,a as a further n eas r of n ea t dinner e f u 1 the lows Ion hea 1 ur u ed u so i k k room. Tl ere we e o de k 1 kh h o make n atte a orse fron a Ipo n of the passengers baturda I kiu tl It a dense fok But the fcg as to the k r f he ap tain. He sent tie ship a nt, the lest speed she co M make t Kh the tl ck weather and w th the f , si cnt There as sma I han e f h s s en through this bak urtn Trepire for Emergencj Many paisengers ren al e n de k a 1 Jlsht and others retired f lothed They ren embered t) e Tl a 1 a 1 the -anted to be prepared for c m gene es Sunday saw a great change n I e s pi companj There was no h s erja but something portentous could be even te t If It was not Islble PassenKe s tried to Joke, but the atten pt was feeb e They tried to discuss son ethlng ot er han that which most concerned them on o re turn to the one topic Again Sundaj nlfcht there was fog Tno nerves of the passenke s were on edge. A delegat on ascended to the bridge and asked the aptaln to please blow the fog hUtle and t carry the usual side and sta lights demanded by the laws of na Igatlon Otherwise they declared the women folk woul not con sent to go to the r staterooms soon we heard tho fog whistle sounding and when 1 made a round of nspect on the lights were burning tome passen gers said the lights were out n I they made their request I cannot sa heth er or not that statement is - rate. Enemj Is Near Meantime the captain was having other worries besides requests from passengers. Tha Marconi operator had Inte epted messages from tha French cruiser Ft ent, detailed to protect French fishing oft the banks and from the British cruiser Es sex. The enemy was somewhere In the neighborhood The crew were showing the strain. The dining room stewards were ab stracted and not as attentive as the) were during the first days of the voyage It was difficult to get a cabin steward as they had other things to think about It was not uncommon to see steward esses In tears. Thev have brothers, so s fathers, husbands and sweethearts who mav be sacrificed tn the war In the smoking room there were no mora cigars and cigarettes to be had and yet the voyage was only one day longer than the usual voyage across the At lan tic The men just seemed to smoke more. After the famine began those who had tobacco divided with those less for tunate. Two professional gamblers who were aboard were wiser than the rest Tl-ey scented the tobacco famine afar and laid In supplies. Passengers Indignant B Monday the attitude of some of the passengers bordered on Indignation. They could not see why the 11 es of passen gers should be subjected to such damrer to save a merchant ship Tom an enem even if It did carry m Ulons In gold To them the perl to their 11 ea was real They could see that the fog was thick and the could tell that the vessel was making almost If not her best, speed tas this safe seamanship A protest was written out and an at tempt made to get the signatures of dt liens of the Lnlted States. The first man approached replied that he would not sign It, and that If signatures were obtained he would start a mo ement for written endorsement of the cap a n that he be lleved that the captain was doing his dntv A canvass of the vesse showed that a ma Joriry of the Americans held the same opinion, and the protest was dropped. Some of the passengers however jdld take the matter up with the captain. His an swer was that the passengers were his first consideration that he would give up the ship rather than sacrifice them. But there was little o to danger he de c la red They were too far to the north loo far out of the course of shipping for a collision. Monday night came and with It more fog B this time the passengers -were speculating as to what port we were head ed for The same quest on was being de bated on the bridge. The wire ess was telling the captain that vessels down around New York and Boston were try Ing to creep along the coast within the fl e mile limit in order to be safe from seizure. Banker Pilots Boat This Indicated to him that It would be unwise to attempt to make New York or Boston He did not dare ask for specific Information He had to make up his mind on such fragments of information as he could grab from the air Portland first came to his mind but then he favored a less known port. He heard of Bar Har bor of course but he was not certain of the waters thereabouts And here enters C Ledyard B air of Blair Brothers bank ers New York Mr Blair's father D C Blair has a summer home at Bar Harbor and the sons had sailed the acht the Eag e. In these waters so ofter hat he knows his way around there as well as he does in Wall street Flguratl e y speaking Mr C Ledyard took the helm and Captain Polack was mighty glad to have him do It We were headed for Bar Harbor but the information was confined to the bridge. We folk below were not even told to pack our luggage Those who stayed awake could tel that something was in the wind We were taking sound ings every little whl e Evidently we were running Into some place that we were not quite sure of The fog was thick but we were not going fast a most abnormal thing for this oyage The fog horn was cry ng out every minute Then daylight and the fog I fted Mrs Howard Hink e of Cincinnati and her daughter were awakened by the un usual doings She got up and peered out of a port hole She cou d see land I do wish we wou d land at Bar Har bor she sa d to her daughter Mrs H nkle has a cottage at Bar Harbor She took another look the land round about seemed faml lar Wh It Is Bar Harbor she exclaimed And so the treasure sh p had found a safe port. The hour was 4 El a m. We had turned around at 10 o clock on the Friday night, previous and we had trave ed 16S0 miles fifty hours of it through fog A thing which was of the greatest ad vantage to us chuckled the cap a n Soon boats came out from Bar Harbor with newspapers and we read in them that we had. been captured and were be ing conveyed to port, also that we were ssfe at Bremen. The German general he of the smok ing room incident was leaning over the ra I looking at the h Us that seemed so inviting 'We L I am m ghty glad to be here he said but X would rather ha e gone down w th the ship than to have seen her captured Later on passengers caught sight of the captain on deck after one hour s sleep a 1 he had had in twenty four hours Of course they congratu ated him said many things that wou d sound funny In other circumstances I thank you he responded and I too am g ad to be home but it cou d never have been done w thout the o d man upstal s Capta n Po ack made the fo low ng statement We eft New York on Tuesday July 28 at 1 a m. We were ordered back to America by wire ess when about 850 m es off the Eng sh coast. The wire ess was official from our company f om Bremen It came by way of Eng and on July 31 at 10 a. m We immed ate y started back I didn t know where to go but I caught a wire ess from Say vl le I. L and otner sh ps te Ing that we were be ng watched by cru Hers on account of the $11 500 000 on board cons gned to Eng and and France. Every cru ser from other countr es was after this sh p ment "W e were at one time in communl cation with the French fishing cru ser Fr ent and the B tish cruiser Essex but we managed to dodge them on account of the fog We were ab e to send no news ou selves for fear of b ng ocated We got news from the Long Is and coast as far down as No fo k that every sh p was keep ng within the three m e 1 mlt and that we were be ng watched for so we cou d not ask If the 1 ne to New York was clear for fear of bet ay ng our posit on We therefore I come north We d d not want to go I to Port and as Bar Harbor was nearer and safer At no time were we pursued by warsh ps as far as I know Among the passengers were Congress man A J Bardafed of Pennsylvana Congressman Richard Bartho dt of Ms sour O Ledvard Bar of Mw York Governor Char es R. Mil er of De awa e avid Samue Newhouse the copper mag nate of Ltah and New York |