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Show Tennessee Being Used as Ferry . London, Sept. 4. Tho failure ot tho Southampton port oillclnls to advise the officers -of tho American cruiser Tennessee that ho could dock thero was responsible for the un-xt pected ltindlng ot tho cruiser at Weymouth Wey-mouth today with 300 rolugpes from Hnvro. Application for pcrmlsrlou to dock tho cruiser nt Southampton had been made, and tho failure to rrcolye n answer forced tho American boat to select Weymouth for the landing of, her passengers. Tho Tennessee now lms been or,-dercd or,-dercd to act as a ferry from Havre to England until all Americans hhvo been transferred. Tho cruiser will bring a still larger crowd of citizens of tho United States from Havre to England tomorrow. The lauding place Is not yet known, although It probably prob-ably will be Weymouth. Americas who were brought across the channel by tho Tennessee today adopted resolutions thanking the officers of-ficers ot the warship for their though tul attention and cheered the capthln before leaving the ship. Officers surrendered sur-rendered their rooms to the women and mattresses and blankets A,ero divided di-vided on deck for tho men. About 1000 Americans left Hnvro today. Judge Charles B. Howry and daughter of Washington wero among those left behind. There Is iiuch un, easiness In Havre because of the fear that regular steamer 3MllaR8 from Southampton may be dtscom tlnucd. Mrs. Clarence Grango of San r'rnfj-clsco r'rnfj-clsco and many others of tho Ton. nessee'S passengers remained at Woy-mouth Woy-mouth hotels. Mrs. L. Miller, wife of a Lehigh university professor went to Southampton to visit friends. Mr. and Mrs. Porry Belmont and Mr. and Mrs. II. B. Duryea of Now York onct, Mrs. Robert Singer of Plttsnurg came to London on, tho boat traiS. They saved their car, which came, over with them on the Tennessee. Tho Tennessee's passengers reported report-ed that German airships had been seen over many French cities. They said thero are numerous delays o trains near the outside Paris forts because of the preparations for de-" fenso and the tearing down ot houses to make way for clear gunfire from tho outside fortifications in Paris. , |