Oxford eagle., 1915-12-30

-~ "A1A1 tneJ RENAMED 3eFerll
yeArs. neglected and uuearsd rur.
Soon aftsr the war broke out they
Suddenly became the objects Of great
acrfsxy- A number of vurkmen an
pearsd On the scene. the decks we're
scraped and painted the engines and
machinery averhauIed and the boats
soon took On the racy. businessIike
appearancs vhtcn had distinguishes.
them when they were On the active
naval list
Ssfs Fsils Thrsu1s.
No explanation Of this sudden
change could be obtained. 50 customs
guards we're pfaced IN charge OF the
boats day and aixhr. with Instructions
10 tnrhid them leaving the pier until
the collector had given permission for
them to do So The owner then ap-
Seared aud stated that he was uerD-
ttartng the sale Of the crzfr and that
they ver. % be taken ~ 70 the great
iakeA Il vaz xAovn 20 him shar al
that would be necessary to make the
vesseiS sRe<xive fxhxfnx machines
would be ID mount . couple of spr.
pedo tubea On the deckzs which sriI
contained the r-uxboitz and the bases
On which the torpedo tubes had fur
merry bean usunket
Also Il was shown 70 the owner that
a. there we're two British cruisers ou
guard ousside of New York harnor.
the possibilities IN case these trrreto
soAts should tzIl into the hands Of
Irresponsible parties were TOO serious
70 De 1xhrly tfsrsga-fed- and that Il
the vessels we're sold they would not
BE permitted u leave the custody Of
the customs authorities until TIE iden-
etfy cf the new owner and his pur'
pose Of acquiring craft 0f this type
we're fully Investigated The negurta'
tons for the sale Of the boats appar
entity telI through tnr n the present
time they are still IN the hands ot
the same owner and are still under
the supervision of the neutrality 1u
rsnu. day and night
ne great feet ef German and Aus
TRAN passenger and merchant YES
sells (91 Of the former and four oI
the latter now tied up ar the dock,
In the New York haroor has beer
under the constant survsfIlauee OK tns
Neutrality squad These vessels ar'
not fnterned They are merely -self
defafned.- and. 20 tar as the Cnites
States Is concerned are quite AZ fre'
20 come and % as the ships Of an.
other nation Il they 50 elect Al tha
the customs authorities demand 4
that any cargo taken aboard snail con
form strictly % cur neurraIitT law
and the vesseIs clear according 70 II
proper surualiries-
VAST Amount ~ WerS-
A TIP around the haroor IN N
launch Neutrality. which is AWAY
ready 70 respond N 4 moments 1nr1ci
TO an emergency cal from Mr. Ma
lone or any Of his subcruirares. give
some hfea of the vast amount 0f vori
and the tremendous responsibility IN
VOWED In keepfng the port of Ses
York neurraL
Exnrniranr freight rates and the ce'
tafury az obtaining cargues haV
drawn SHIPS OF AL descriptions trur
all sections Of the globe ID these va
ceruL The oldest sailors say they nav
never befnre seen sEch q large an
fT,-sssur-ed feet Of tramp ships a
raers Is now N the harnor- Any scr
of craft thar VIII keep ahnar Il We
cnued 5y shippers
II Millions and millions a dollars
wurrh Of war supplies purchased
the allies are awaiting shipment IN
volume Of exports 1ow going our
New York tuu week 20 week tar 9,
ees6n any previous movement OF y
kind frun any port IN the world
she history Of modern times IN
shfuYzrrs Of Europe. America an
Asia have been rausackeds eran ina
had been assigned 70 the scrap hea
has been resurrecret and put M
! | ecruruisxtuu- Some of these sc1r
have made more money for their owl
/ tf3 On q .1l44G Wy 49,
J actual worth n the MARKET II
sktpuers are not particular what sol
|. Iof czrxu they carry Dynamite or E1l
; powder. automobiles or mules n
; aII the same 70 them 50 long as tne
! can get the benefit Of the nisn rats
j which this wartime tra1e bears
Il Passing under the shadows or u
j reat German steamships tied ~
1 their docks IN E0boken after the ma
! ner In which an ice company u rorcs
Bf 70 stable its horses IN the winter IN
; 4 tour of investigation soon leads
scenes Of unusual activity alons =
users NJ weehaxksn- The huge ga
} | elevators operatsd by the West sno'
J railroad are pouring wheat ny =
, hundreds Of thousands Of bushels IN
; the ssssI huIks Of vessels szeamin
/ under she Norwegian and Dania
} naxx A HtrIe further along u
} French Steamship kangaroo 3 loa11n
! wtrh tons and tons Of steel niiiefs
be used n making firearms and a.
? munffton-
q Frssgnx Piled Riga
III xeruns the way smother 1ix He