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Show LINERS SCURRY FOR COVER li NEUTRAL PORTS i i Keen Interest in Marine Cir cles Over the Movements of All Transatlantic Steamships LUSITANIA SAILS FOR ENGLISH HARBOR Olympic Dodges German Cruiser and Slips Into New York With Lights Out KEW YORK, Aug 4 With war for mally declared between England and Germany there was keen interest in marine circles tonight regarding the movement of transatlantic steamships particularly the German liners which are scurrying to port to avoid possible cap ture by warships of hostile nations The arrival of the treasure laden Kron prinzesaln Cecilia at Bar Harbor Me. to day led to the belief here tonight that another North German Lloyd liner whlcl has been missing the Kaiser Wilhelm II, hours overdue in New York may turn up I unexpectedly In some other American port This vessel, which ought to have ar rived here this morning should have re j ported her position two days ago to the l wireless station at Cape Race. She has not been heard from alnce touching at Cherbourg on July 29 If she has not been captured her agents suggested that ehe may not have defined her post ! tlon by wireless for fear she would be j taken as the Kronprlnzeseln Cecil le s captain reported the proximity of French warships I Guarding the Vaterland ! The German steamship agents here are taking every precaution It was learned j tonight, to prevent any hostile movement being carried out against their vessels in i this port. The Vaterland of the Ham burg American line la closely guarded by city police and prt ate detectives at her Hobo ken pier It was admitted that the company's officials are adopting roeas ures to frustrate any attempt to blow up the vessel The German consul In New York today directed thai all the French waiters on the taterland be discharged, i and It Is said this order w 111 be extended to other German ships In port. At the Vaterland s pier ton ght a pow erful searchlight was turned upon every pass ng vessel in the Hudson following j It until It passed out of the vtcin ty of the company's docks The Vaterland was being loaded with coal all day but It was stated by the company that no move would be made to send the vessel to Germany nor would the Imperator now In Hamburg leave that port. Hugging Neutral Shore Of other German essels for which the company expressed anxiety tonight, the Prlnz Eltel Frtedrlch of the Hamburg American line was hugging the New Jer sey coast trying to keep within the American three mile neutrality zone on her voage to New York from "Xest In d an porta The President Lincoln of this line from Hamburg was speeding toward Nantucket seeking neutral waters. The Cincinnati of this I ne, from Hamburg was reported tonight two das out from Boston Litt e hope was expressed by the Hamburg American line officials tonight that they would hear anything d rect from then passenger liners now In the Eng sh port of Falmouth The Kron prinzesin CecilJe and the Prince Adel bert the former from New York and the latter from Phi ade phla, put in at Fal mouth today It Is assumed here that they d d not know that Germany and England were on the e e of war and that they sought aafet from French warships Cable ad ices told of the Hamburg American liner Beleria from Boston to Hamburg off the English coast today and apparently fearful of capture The Russian steamship Kursk New Yo k to L bau put in at Plymouth England to dav Liner Slips in With at least one German cruiser known to be ho erlng off the At ante coat no surprise was expressed ton ght when a arge passenger steamship s lp ring past Fire Is and with onli runn ng hts showing pro ed to be the Wh te S ar 1 ner Oljmplc from Southampton to Queenstown The reason the Ojmplc hurr ed into port 1 hts o t and e eral ho rs in ad ance of her arriving time was that the Brit sh cru ser Essex had warned her rajas er by wireless to look out for the enemy Lusitania Sails The Cunard 1 ner Lus tan a sailed at 1 12 o clock th s morn ng for England It was earned that two B t sh cruis e s the Essex and the Lancas er w. e off Sandy Hook under ea ed ordes It as assumed 1 e e that tl e two war es e ould meet the Lus tan a and escort 1 e ac oss tl e ocean T e Lus tan a s capta n sa ed with or ders to ext ng sh a I 1 s e cept t e running 1 ghts required by the nav gatlon laws Se e al hund ed persons were gathe ed at the Cunard p er and sang God Sa e the King as the essel left her dock Noth ng has been heard on ght f om the X onp lnz hem the North Ger man Llodj steamsh p wh ch left port sudden y last night w th coal, and carry ing t was though a b g gun on her for ward deck Her des lnat on was report e as be ng Bremen but lncom ng es sels ater repo ted that the German si p 1 turned outh after passing Sandy Hook It was thought her m ss on was to supp y t e German cru ser with fuel Departs Unannounced The North German Llojd steamer Bar barossa lv ng at a p er near the one i from which the Kronpr nz 1 he m de parted unannounced was be ng s m a ly I coa ed and pro Is oned toda Noth ng was announced as to thq t tent ons of her o ners With transatlant c steam flips at sea hurrjlng to ports of safety and few ves jses undertak ng voyage the United States gove nment and steamsh p compa n es here are co operating to give trans portat on to the many thousands of Ame can In Europe I The In te Fru ompan announced toda that eig teen of ts vessels capab e of carrving 3600 passengers would un dertake to bring Amer cans home f om abroad The Luckenbach S eamshlp com pany is fitting out three ocean vesse s wl w na nrter Amerl an flags 0 f in Hit ree eMSu tt a a ry y 0 0 pern h About 4 ) He hi e iter to return to t e r ount hwu n ou uPn tJ li okln r er wh u C ek Hteamshlp At Ina lay onlg and i n a ded pa age Thla wait r futted a ugent In form njr tl em ha de h from A hens were that no Ser ana h ou d e K en t antrportallon |