The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-09-10
V|RG|N|A'S BIG PORT
Continued from First Page,

put at the Petersburg plant for sin
gle month during the year was $780,
600. 900 cigarettes. all. as in the case
of the Richmond output, shipped out
Of the country in bond, destined to
Oriental countries.
The David Dunlop bonded manufao-
turing warehouse at Petersburg now
has a capacity Of 100000 pounds of
plug and twist tobacco per month,
all of which output is likewise ship
ped foreign.
Relative to the need of shipping
com missioner. the report says:
again the attention of the depart
ment Is urgently called to the need
of a shipping commissioner at New
port News. The necessity Of this
will readily be seen when 1t Is known
that during the last fiscal year there
were 1,728 seamen shipped by the
customs officer in charge at Newport
News acting as shipping commission
er and 1881 seamen discharged by
that officer. The work devolving up
on the Newport News office in this
connection has grown SO great as to
at times greatly interfere with the
regular customs business. and 1t is
hoped that the department will urge
again upon the Bureau OF Navigation,
Department of Commerce. that n
shipping commissioner be provided
for Newport News and this work re-
moved from the customs office there"
The arrival in the waters Of this
district and internment during the
fiscal year 1915 of the German auxil-
iary cruisers Prinz Eitel Friedrich
and Kron Prinz Wilhelm was follow
ed by the arrival during the ascal
year just ended of the prize ship Ap-
pam. The report gives the history
of the court proceedings inciden- 20
the fight for possession of the ship
The United States Court for the
Eastern District Of Virginia. called
by the British owners OF the steam
ship Appam and her cargo. to deter
mine the vessels legal status has
held that the Appam was brought
into the territorial waters of the
United States in violation of neutral
ity. The court awarded the vessel
and her cargo to the English claim
ants, but appeal was taken from the
decision by the German government,
and under bond Of 100000 given
by that governments representa-
tives the Appam continues in tho ply
steal possession of the German naval
prize commander and crew who
brought her in. The vessel is still
lying at anchor off Newport News
with her prize master and crew of
nifty men aboard.
There are also lying at Newport
News the German merchant ship Ar
cadia and the ro-Hungarian ship
Budapest.
The German auxiliary cruisers
Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Keon Prinz
Wilhelm are still interned at the Nor
folk navy yard.
Human Interest Feature.
A human interest feature the
collectors duties is Incorporated as
follows:
"Office correspondence during the
year has been greatly augmented by
the receipts from parents in all parts
OF the country OF inoulrias with ref
ersnce to the whereabouts OF lost
boys. supposed to have shipped as
horsemen on vessels carrying horses
and mules out OF this port to Eng
land and France. Hardly week
passed during tho year without the
receipts OF several such inquiries from
anxious mothers and fathers. All in
quiries received a sympathetic re-
and Investigations were made In zach
and every case as far rs posi- Sle.
1t has afforded the collector consid-
cradle pleasure and satisfaction that
his Investigations through much cor
rospondence resulted in the flndiuR of
numerous missing boys and the restor-
alton OF these to their anxious par
ents,"
Following IL n statement OF exports
in tho district during tho year:
Horses, head, S7,315, $o.0S3,25o.
Mules, head, Io.1ea, ls.s7s,14o.
Whoat bushels. S.2SS.7so. &lo.676,-