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Show Two Big Liners Start On Voyage NEW YORK. Au. II. The Olympic and Leviathan both salted tor Cherbourg today at 11 a. m. The LeTlafhan holda the world speed record and It wi, expected the British ship would try to entice en-tice the American Into a trans-At-lanllc raoe. The big White "tar liner put off from her pier slightly ahead of her rival of the United State Una. but the ship turned down the channel at approxlcately the eame time. W. V. Glbbs, the engineer who reconditioned the Le. viathan and a member of Glbbs brothers, operators of the big vee-eel, vee-eel, empaaUcallv denied there would he a race, but paeeengere on each liner wre excited and posting pets as to which would be first la the French port The captain and all officers of the Leviathan have emphatic order or-der not to be drawn Into a race." Glhha said. "We are not In the racing business. busi-ness. The epeed of the Leviathan will be ueed only to keep up her six day schedule between the continents. con-tinents. The Leviathan had 4M first claae. 18 aeeond and 207 third elaaa paa-eencers paa-eencers a well aa (.144 baga of mall. , All the paaeengers were cheering and an American LeaIon band was rn to sea off American 4elaee international veterans' conference con-ference In Brusecie beginning September Sep-tember 11 was furnished spirited muelc. Colonel Alvfn M. Owsley chief of the American delegation to the conference aald he would propose to the delegates repreeentlng 7.-OAo.oo 7.-OAo.oo ex-eoldlers of eraht countries, adoption of a resolution calling an International conference to diecuee limitation of military aircraft armaments. arm-aments. Corby Warker. Cleveland long dletance ewlmmer, who recently recent-ly swsm Lake Erie waa a passenger. passen-ger. He will attempt to swim the English channel. |