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Show ;.7:rr':r SAILSFOR HOI Philadelphia Leaves Liverpool Carrying 95 Passengers, General Cargo, Two Tons of Dispatches. i Liverpool, Feb. 15. Noon. (De laved.) The Philadelphia, the first American liner to leave Europe since Germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, sailed from here late Wednesday afteruoon. She car- , ried 9.5 passengers of all class ?s of whom 3S were Americans. The Philadelphia was unarmed. In addition to her passengers, she cariied a general cargo of what is known as express freight and two Tons of dis-patciie9 dis-patciie9 from the American embassy I in London for tho state department I in Washington. jolly and good natured crowd waved farewell from the Philadelphia's Phila-delphia's decks to anxious friends as j the ship left the dock. Prior to em 'barking the passengers had discussed the prospect of the liner being at-, taeked by a submarine but most of ! them treated it lightly. Most of tho passengers comforted themselves with the belief that Germany, Ger-many, in spite of threats to torpedo anything in the prescribed war zone, j would not go to the length of sink- I ing an American passenger liner. There were comparatively few British passengers and this was explained by the fact that the authorities refused; passports except in a few instances. London, Feb 16. 11.45 a m. Offl-: clals of tho American Lien assumed today that the Philadelphia has passed outside the danger zone, as no word has been received from her since her I departure late on Wednesday oo |