The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-08-31
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and cargo go to the bottom OF the
North sea the insurance companies
pay. but the insurance companies have
taken full account OF the chance
Would Pay Excessive Prices.
And AZ the warning nations-Eng-
land on the west and Russia on the
nOrth-receive the material consigned
to them. they are glad TO pay 1--WE
times what the value Of that material
was year ago.
A shipping agent who returned 10
Bergen from Newcastle a few days
ago said: They told me they could
take all could possibly send"
Particular designation OF who they
are was not required by his hearers.
But" he added. turning TO a vessel
owner. your rates are terrified"
Yes" said the owner. but you
know what coal costs In these times.
You also understand better than most
people the risks OF the traffic"
The truth Is that both men are en-
tirely satisfied with the present alb
normal conditions. but the protest had
20 be made as a matter Of business
form.
Large as are the profits from com
merce with the allies. shipping people
who are willing to look a little fur
Their ahead than the instant trouble
and the immediate guinea are begin
ming to be appalled, at the own
thoughts on what the result OF the
wearing down policy Of the German
submarines must be.
1T begins to be felt" they say. and
II Il continues many more months II
can have but one resultant that re-
suit will be starvation prices. Already
prices for certain goods have reached
prices never heard OF before"
Waste only Incident.
Incidents like this. happen, and IL Is
indicative of the blunted state OF the
public mind that the horrid waste IN
volved was regarded as only an incl
dent. A submarine met the Norwegian
vessel Vega. bound from Bergen 10
Newcastle. and ordered II TO stop. me
commander OF the submarine came
aboard the Vega and looked II over,
with the result that there went into
the North sea:
One hundred and sixty cases OF sal
mon.
-Four thousand cases OF sardines.
Eight hundred cases OF butter.
The crew worked from IL o'clock In
the morning until throwing the pro-
Visions OVerDoar1.
Within a few hours OF this incident
the Venus, bolnd from England to
Norway. was stopped by a submarine
and looked over. Its passenger list n
cluded sixty-five Russians who had
been living in Canada and were re-
turning 10 Russia to join the army.
Are you going 20 make prisoners7"
asked the captain OF the Venus.
No" said the German officer. We
will meet them IN Russia soon enough
We will not bother them now" ana
he laughed. As a result OF his decis-
ion the Venus. instead of being sent
to Germany with its Russians, went on
its way TO Bergen.
Precisely the same treatment has
been accorded scores OF French ana
English passengers faring on Norwe-
gian boats across the North Sea.
Tell Troubles 70 Captains.
For some reason everybody seems
TO regard the captains OF merchant
vessels as being so thoroughly neutral
that II Is safe TO conhde everything TO
them. The consequence Is that these
good natured. Iaconic men are the re-
cipients OF long accounts or the anxiet-
les, hopes, fears. and troubles OF many
men and women OF many nations.
In the Scandinavian and Danish
ports, therefore, a good deal OF inter
esting information on the state OF al
fairs in Russia and England can be
picked up. Some OF this information
can be believed; some or IL Is founded
only on panic OF on bravadO.
There Is a constant stream OF these
passengers. Some are Frenchmen who
have been hvinge In Russia and have
been sent for TO return to France to
Join the army. They appear sad ana
anxious. Many are gray haired men
with families. One especially forIorn
case was that OF an Alsatian who is