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Show STEAMER ADRIATIC ' SiFEJSTipPfflL Carmania Also in Port; Red Star Liner Sails From New York With Munitions. NETV YOEK, Feb. 14. The White Star line steamship Adriatic, the first New York passenger vessel to leave New York after Germany's unrestricted unrestrict-ed submarine warfare began, has arrived ar-rived safely at Liverpool, according to a cablegram received here today by the International Mercantile Marine. y The ship reached its destination Monday Mon-day morning, the message said. The delay de-lay ii the announcement reaching here is attributed to admiraltv regulations. One American citizen, "W, (t. Uridge of San Francisco, was among the forty-four forty-four , passengers. The ship's cargo was valued at several million dollars. The vessel sailed February 3 and was aimed with a six-inch naval gun. Harbor and river craft saluted the steamer Lapland, of the Red Star line late todav as the liner, carrying passengers passen-gers and a cargo ' of war materials, passed through the bay on her way to the war zone. The Lapland is believed to be bound for Liverpool. No information infor-mation was obtainable tonight as to the number of passengers she carried or if Americans were on board. The fiyndam, a Holland-America liner, came back after a (ii'OQ-mile voyage voy-age because her captain, Willem Kohl, changed his mind about continuing after af-ter receiving wireless information from the government station at Arlington, Va., about Germany 's renewed submarine subma-rine activities. Officials of the International Mercantile Mercan-tile Marine said word was still being awaited from Washington regarding arming of merchant liners before a decision de-cision was reached as to whether the St. Louis and other American liners Would be allowed to leave port. The United States army transport .Kilpatrick arrived here todav from the" canal zone, bringing ten canal workers, who are Germans. According to a quarantine quar-antine physician who visited the ship before she docked, the Germans came as prisoners, locked in cabins. Itwas expected . they would be taken , to Ellis island. The Cunard line steamship Carmania, which left here February with passengers pas-sengers and cargo for Liverpool, lias arrived safely, according to cable information in-formation to the line here today. The date of her arrival was not given. |