The Washington times., 1915-05-11
THE SAILING
OF THE MAURITANIA
Continued from First Page.)

zone on Sunday. She left here on Fri
day after the sinking Of the Lusitanla
had become known. She is bound for
Liverpool and has III saloon, 80 second
and 452 third class passengers. The
Espagne of the French line is bound
for Bordeaux course which will take
her out of immediate danger. but not
out Of the possibility of meeting Ger
man subiNrne. She left on Saturday
and has on boerd eighty first. sixty
second and ITO third class passengers
No Effect On Freight.
The activity of German submarines
will have little influence on oversea
freights. a shipping man said yesterday.
Whatever the effect may be on passen-
ger trade. he said. supplies are urgently
wanted I'm Europe. and with war-risk
insurance and the British merCha mt
marine to carry 1t there will be no
blockade Of freight.
Tho 100 ships now sailing on courses
that will take them within tho sphere
OF submarine activity are bound out
from every large American Atlantic
port They are loaded to capacity with
supplies of every description. With the
opening Of the st. Lawrence there Will
also be great shipping activity through
the ports Of Quebec and Montreal
The Cunard liner Carpathia passed
Nantucket yesterday bound from here
to Montreal. where she is to be used
as troop ship. She follows the Cam
eronian. of the Anchor line. which was
recently released from service between
New York and Liverpool Another big
vessel withdrawn from the passenger
trade to carry troops Is the white Star
liner Mcgantic. which is in Montreal
loading men and supplies.
Inc Leelanaw, American for Gothen-
purs' Is on her way from Galveston
for transshipment to Vladvostok, valued
at $35S"D. This is the first shipment
made by this route. and is regarded as
an experiment, From the same port the
anttns nritlsh steamship Meltonia is carrying
Ninian. of the Leyland Line sailed from
Boston on May with 800 horses in
tended for the British army. Her desti-
nation is Manchester. She had also
1900 bushels of wheat and a general
cargo. The Warren Line Steamship Hav
state is bound across the war zone with
a large general cargo, which includes
forty-seven auto trucks. She is going
to Liverpool.
Heavy Cargoes of Cotton.
Bound from Galveston are the Miguel
de Larrinaga. British for Manchesror
with large cargo of Il, 300 bales OF cot
ton and miscellaneous cargo. valued
at SOS. S.S0;the Alden, British. for Liver
pool with cargo of 12,OO0 bales of cot
ton, valued at $636, 900; the Atholl, Brit
ish, for Liverpool. with a cargo OF I2, 800
bales OF cotton. valued at $672, 600: Q, ,466
plates of spelter. valued at $45, Az, and
l1,2io pigs of lead, valued at ST.. 4T6; the
fHthla' Norwegian, for Gothenburs
with a cargo of l,400 bales of cotton
valued at s15.47. and "a ,6S7 bags Of cot
tonseed cake in transit. valued at }l59,-
l%: the Nefeli. Greek, for Gibraltar
with a cargo Of 226,CUO bushels of wheat
valued at S3711 420.
The Russian steamship Hera kles is
on her way from Boston to Manchester
with cargo which includes g. 200
bushels of wheat. ten tons of ma
chinery and six auto trucks. The Saxon
Monarch. Boston for London, had be-
tween decks an S.5O0-ton cargo This in
cludes $4,000 bushels of corn 400 tons
of provisions. $50 tons of flour, % ON
boxes of apples, 900 tons of lead. Is, 1913
sacks of flour and 1880 bundles of
binder twine. The Norwegian steamer
Rigt for Copenhagen left with a cargo
OF general freight, and her sailing
marked the opening of business for the
lnteroCean Steamship Company.
The Dutch stea mship Sloterdyk sailed
Saturday from Baltimore for Rotter-
dam with cargo Of grain. and the
Aldebaran (Swedish). for COPENHAGEN
also loaded with grain.