The evening world., 1913-06-12
LADEW'S YACHT
SEIZURE UPHELD
!. BY Jap RULERS
Government Declares Coitir,.
bia Exceeded Permit Of
the Custom House.
OWNER NOT ON BOARD.
Had Left With Guests for
Q Trip by Rail to St.
Petersburg.
OWNER NOT ON BOARD.

TOXIC. June iaJrhs official Pro-
curator Of NAsasahi 10 iavsstsgasiAg
the "arsst" yotsrdsy oe the American
yacht Columbia. owned BY j.. Harvey
Ladsw of ths New York Yacht cius.
The owner claims to have received
verbal psrtnission from the Custom
House authoritiss 70 satsr the port Of
Nasahama for rspain.
The japanese 0overnmsnt. howsysr.
declares that Il Issued . permit for the
Columbia to visit the sacred islst Of
Niya3ima and the maritime town Of
Takamstsu. but not NAslKSma
That J. Harvey Ladsw. the wealthy
New York sportsman. and his guests
were not aboard Mr.. Ladsw's yacht
Columbia when Il was ssissd BY Jap
anese authorities q NasAhamA yes
tsrdAy became known to-day through
. cablsgram received BY John Town
send Williams Of No. SIS Madison
avenue. Mr.. williams 10 Mr.. Ladsw'S
brother-in-law. He said at the New
York Yacht Club to-day that q cable
gram he received during the night
carried the incarnation that the en-
tire party. whichS was making q tour
OF the world. 10 now travelling toward
g. Petersburg By rail. doubtless un-
ewars Of the ssisurs Of the yacht
According 70 the cablegram, Mr..
Ladsw ana his guests left the Coium.
bia. which 10 . very large vessel And
bears considerable resemblancs TO Q
gunboat. at Yokohama hate last week.
leaving :nstructions with the mastes Of
the yacht TO proceed to the Atlantic by
easy Stages the party embarked for
China. and there started for Russia over
the Trans-sibsr4au Halfway. - thsy had
planned. t..
Mr.. Williams said that tna master Of
the Columbia is . Captain bond, for
merly 10 his employ. and thak IN Ill
probability he was not acquainted WITH
the fact that NagahamA, . village ei
only . few thousand inhabitants and
near japanese fortincatiunsst 10 not an
cven port and that foeeisn vessels On.
tsring are liable TO seisurs.
Mr.. Ladsws yacht hies the nag Of the
New York Yacht Club. Il left In. .Novem.
ber for ofufss Of Oriental waters. Al
<Naplss the following guests wsrs
aboard: ...-
Mr.. and Mrs.. J. Harvey Ladsw. 10.
ssph and oliver. the vouuS sons Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ladsw: Miss Elise w. Ladsw
ana her brother. Harvey 3. Ladsw Of
No. - East sixty-Hourth street. the
niece and nephew Of Mr.. Ladsw; Miss
Ammo NJ. Wall. Miss Hilda Holmes. the
daughter OF Artemas H. Holmes Of No
as Madison avenue. and Juan N. c.
balios jr. son Of the late Juan II. c.
bailos, the Aksr. NJ
Mr. and Mrs. n Berry wall With
whom the party stopDsd N PasiA MAJ
also bs In the party. Co..
There 10 little possibility Of the mat.
ter being turneo Into diplomatic. In
cident. because 4 simiiat prohibition
against ths entry Of foreign vessels
except IN cases Of distresA into AMI
but lawfully opened psrts 10 oomnos
The harbors Of TortugAs. rl., 0tea
Harbor, Cuiebra; Guantanamo Nava
Station. Cuba; Pearl Harbor. Hawaii
Guam. 6ubis Bay Philippine Island
and Kiska. Alsutien Islands, may no
be visited by any commercial or pri
vAtsly owned vessels Of foreign registry
nor By any foreign nae1onAl vessel. q
cept BY special authority OF The Unite'
Statea Navy D0partAene '