Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-05
ALIEN SHIPS ARE
IN NEARLY ALL
AMERICAN PORTS
Many Vessels May Take Out
american Registry, It Is
Believed.

american Registry, It Is
Believed.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug, 5.-Fifty
vessels flying foreign flags are al
present tied up in this port, the ma
jority of them with orders cancelled
indefinitely. Twenty of them are
British and the rest Norwegian
Swedish, and few German, italian
and Austrian. About half of this
number IRE expected to take Out
Americal registry.
The deh 4rtment at Washington yes.
terday asked the maritime authori-
ties here to ascertain how many cap.
tains of United States steam vessels
are in this port who bear master
mariners licenses and are capable OF
sailing transatlantic steamships.
This request, shipping men believe
Is prompted by the contemplated ac-
ton of Congress, making it possible
for foreign ships to enter American
registry, which will require that they
carry an American master.
The British consul general here
Sir Wilfred Powell, To-Day received
from Sir Edward Grey, foreign sec.
rotary at London, the following cable.
gram:
Urgent. You should warn British
merchant ships not to proceed to en-
ter German ports until further no.
tice. British ships being detained al.
ready in German ports"
Six at Savannah.
SAVANNAH. Ca, Aug. 5.-Siz
foreign vessels, five of them British
and one German, are in this port
Nearly all of these have been ordered
to remain here until further orders.
The question of taking advantage
of the removal by Congress of re-
strictions so the ships can fly the
American flag is one that cannot be
determined by the masters until they
have heard from their owners.
Dozen at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Aug. .5.-A dozen
vessels. most of them flying the Brit
) ish flag, are detained here by the war
Thus far there has been no talk of
taking out American registry.
The North German Lloyd liner
Rhein and the Hamburg American
steamship Bulgaria have stopped
loading. The Danish motorshfp Cali
fornia, loaded with grain for Chris
tiania, is held, while the British
steamship Forestmoor continues
loading, but will await orders before
sailing. This is also true of the
Johnston line steamship Swanmore
and the Atlantic transport STEAMSHIP
Maryland, the latter for Antwerp and
the former for Liverpool. The Brit
ish steamship North Umbria arrived
in ballast for New York to load coal
for Alexandria. Egypt.
Eleven at Virginia Ports.
3 NORFOLK, Va, Aug 5-Eleven
foreign ships at this port and at
Newport News are awaiting word
from their owners before proceeding
to sea. The Norwegian steamer
Wegadesk sailed for Cristobal today
and the Dutch steamer Charlois
cleared for Amsterdam. Masters OF
foreign ships Here do not know
whether their owners will have Their
vessels entered under American regis
ter.
1t is reported that several foreign
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grain exporters and will fly the
american flag.
The French naval transport Garonne
from Port Arthur, Tex, with fuel
oil, is expected to arrive here tomor-
row. She is bound to Rouen with a
cargo of petroleum for the French
navy, but has been ordered to re-
main here.
Eleven at Galveston.
GALVESTON. Tex, Aug. 5.-There
are eleven. foreign ships now in port,
all of them British with one excep-
ton, an Austrian-ship.
Agents here say that foreign own
ers will probably put their ships un-
der American registry.
Eighteen at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5.-Eigh-
teen sailing vessels and steamers,
most of which were to have left here
soon with California barley for the
United Kingdom, are indefinitely tied
up. The detained fleet includes ten
British, three German, two French,
one Norwegian and one Danish ship.
Shippers say that sixty-three YES
sells en- route here will be affected by
the war.
Orders to hold all ships of the Kos
mos line in port were received yester-
day from the headquarters of the
company in Hamburg by their agents
here.
Local agents and owners of craft
flying foreign flags said today that
they had not decided what to do in
case the bill permitting foreign bot
tens to fly the American flag was
passed. The local Chamber of Com
merce has asked Congress to prevent
foreign ships taking out American
registry from entering coastwise
trade.
German Fleet
Seen in Baltic
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. "a Ger
man fleet of nineteen ships was
sighted yesterday near the East
coast of the Baltic sea. between
Memel and Bibau
Russian warships in the Black sea
have captured many German mer-
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