The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-20
HARBOR AND
MARINE NEWS
SHIPPING TRANSACTIONS AND
THE BAY FRONT.

THE BAY FRONT. .~.
The British steamer Kendall Castle,
from Gulfport with cargo of lumber
| for Buenos Ayres, put IN port yester-
/ day and was supplied with over 700
tons of coal by the Gulf Transit Co.
Two vessels arrived for cargo yes
terday, the Skogland consigned to Fir.
Julius Schreyer. and the Mountf1elds to
Geo. W. Howe & Co
Several river steamers and sailing
craft with naval stores arrived in port
! yesterday and after discharging cargo
began loading for the return trip.
| Rules of Prize at Sea.
The Imperial Conference, which is
| holding its sessions at the British
| foreign office, approved on June the
Declaration of London, and passed a
resolution favoring it's ratification. The
| resolution adopted by the conference is
expected to Immediately vitalize the
| declaration and place the British
| foreign Office in position to overcome
| the opposition which has threatened
| the total failure of the effort to secure
| an international agreement upon the
| rules of prize at sea. The British cabi-
net had already pledged itself to make
Great Britain signatory power to that
| part of The Hague treaty which regu-
| lates the treatment of contraband and
| prizes, but for the past two years has
been unable to redeem the promise,
being unwilling to bring pressure to
| bear upon the colonies. which had
| shown signs Of opposition. There has
| been difficulty in recon Cling English
| business interests to the proposition,
| but 1t Is expected that now the colonies
| have fallen into line the government.
can easily carry through the original
programme. A fruitful cause of inter-
national quarrels has been this subject
| Of contraband, associated with the
| rights at sea Of neutral shipping, and
| of merchants to consign goods to GUS
| toners living in country engaged in
war. It is declared here that by the
British ratification Of the London dec
laration, which carries with 1t full ap-
| prevail of The Hague convention, to
| which ten of the great powers are
party, all misunderstanding on those
| points Will be removed, and the chance
| of third parties becoming involved in a
| war will be practically eliminated. The
| Declaration of London was adopted at
a conference of the chief naval powers
| at conference of the chief naval pow
| ers held in London from December,
1908, until February, 1909, with the
view Of arriving at an agreement as to
| the TulGS VI prize III navel warfare.
| The object was to draw up a definite
code, following the precedent of the
Declaration of Paris of 1856, for the
purposes of the international prize
| court to be esta blished in accordance
with one of the conventions of the sec
ond Hague conference in 1907. The
| result was the present Declaration of
London, signed by the representatives
| of Great Britain, as we'll as those of
! other powers, and now awaiting formal
| ratification by parliament. The decla-
ration evoked some strong criticism in
the United Kingdom.-New York Mari
| time Register.
| White Star Liner Titanic Launched
The White Star liner Titanic a sis
| ter ship Of the Olympic was launched
| in the river at Belfast, Ireland, on May
| 81. J. Pierpont Morgan and J. Bruce
Ismay, chairman and managing direc-
| tor Of the White Star Line, witnessed
| the launching The Titanic Will enter
the White Stars New York Southamp-
ton service late in the year, but her
| sister vessel, the Olympic, leaves
| Southampton this week for New York,
| and these two great steamers ca CHI A.
| 900 tons register, $50 1-2 feet long and
| 90 liz feet broad, boast the distinction
| of being the largest vessels adoat in
/ the world. These ships are notable for
| the unusual spaciousness of their pas
| senger accommodations. and in first,
second and third class the greatest
comfort is promised. On both steam
| ers swimming pools, tennis and hand
| ball courts, and Turkish and electric
| bath establishing are among the in
novations introduced for the pleasure
| OF the passengers--New York Mari
| time Register.
Shipbuilding in May.
! During May the bureau Of nav1ga-
! tion of the department Of commerce
and labor reports 151 steel and wooden
| ships were built in the United States,
| of a total of 1873 gross tonnage.
| built for the Atehison, Topeka and
| Santa Fe Railroad Company of 1920
gross tons, and the Clermont of 1854
tons for the Catskill and New York
| Steamship Company.-New York Mari
| time Register.
Arrived.
| Skogland, Swed. SIS. Ingvarssen, 20s4,
LaPrata to Fir Julius Schreyer.
| Kendall Castle, Br. S., Dash, 24SS,
| Gulfport to Gulf Transit Co.
Mountfields, Br. S., Diggins, 2174, Para
to Geo. W. Howe & Co.
Cleared.
| Kendall Castle, Br. S., Dash, 243S
for Buenos Ayres, with 719 tons Of
! coal.
VESSELS IN PORT.
Steamships.
| Skogland, Swed, Ingvarssen, 20s4. TO
| FIR. J. SchTeyer
MOuntfelds, Br. Dggins, 2134, to
| Geo. W. Howe & Co.
Castano, Span SIS, Equrrola, 1910, to
| South Atlantic Steamship Co,
| wilma Span, Arrotequi 1888, to Gulf
| Transit Co.
Argo. Br. James. 2os6. to Pensacola
| Lumber Co.
Moncenisio, Ital. Zitello. 2s14, to ].
| A Merritt & Co.
HeimdaI. Nor, Olsen, 1854, to master.
Ryde Rr, Diver, 1857, to The Key
| ser Muldon Co.
Craighan Br. Low, 1857. to c. W.
Oliver & Co.
EIba, Swed, Ingvarssen, 2216, to
! So--+ ahrn States Lumber Co.
Kirnwood. Br.. Olsen. 2s47. to The
Keyser- Muldon Co.
Glenfruin, Br. Tate 227s, to the Ex-
| port Lumber Co.
Georgia. Aust, Balm, 352s, to Gulf