Show r Legion Docks After Perilous Trip I NEW YORK Aug 28 After WV-After i a perilous voyage during part of which death seemed to lurk in every wave the army transport American Legion arrived in New York harbor Wednesday with more than American refugees The voyage which began at Petsamo Finland August 16 carried carried car car- ried ned the vessel through mine areas north of Scotland at a time when I Germany was proclaiming unrestricted unrestricted unrestricted warfare in British waters The Norwegian Crown Princess Martha and her children fleeing from Scandinavia were taken off the American Legion down the bay by a coast guard cutter They landed at the Battery where ar arrangements arrangements arrangements ar- ar had been made to take them immediately to the Waldorf Astoria hotel The reception at the Battery probably was the least spectacular lar ever accorded visiting royalty A small crowd huddled in the rain outside the covered pier and watched the crown princess and her retinue whiz past in a motor caravan Mrs Florence Jaffray Harriman Harriman Harri- Harri man man United States minister to Norway and a number of other diplomats remained aboard until the vessel docked in Brooklyn The royal party was met by Wilhelm de Morgen- Morgen Con Continued tinned on Page Four Column Six i i Si 4 I H f 94 S 'S i e 7 A f JI 9 ROYAL REFUGEES REFUGE S FIND HAVEN IN U. U S. S S Prince Harald and his mother Crown Princess Martha of Norway passengers on the U. U S. S S S. S American Legion LEGION ENDS PERILOUS TRIP Continued from Page Pice One Norwegian minister to the United States and George T. T chief of protocol of the state department The royal party planned to drive to Hyde Park Thursday and be the guests of Mrs Franklin D. D Roosevelt until the crown princess can find lind suitable The American Legion was wa s picked up miles at sea by two United States destroyers forming an honorary escort Virtually all the passengers passengers passengers gers were Americans fleeing countries under German and Russian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian domination Hardship Suffered Otto Pulitzer prize e winning correspondent for lor the New York Times who was a a a. passenger told in a dispatch to his paper how radios on the ship picked up German stations which described the trip as a wanton wanto n voyage and criminal folly General hardship due to overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding over over- crowding said was ag aggravated aggravated aggravated ag- ag by much seasickness Thirty persons were sent to the ships ship's hospital and two women who had c come me aboard ill died of heart disease he added The serene confidence of Captain B. B E. E Torning Taming evoked universal admiration said When passing through danger zones during the critical nights from August 19 to 22 the ship flew Illuminated American flags and was brightly lighted Many passengers slept with their clothes on or stayed up all night |