The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-02-02
GERMAN SHIPS,
IN PORT HERE,
UNDER GUARDS
Federal Authorities Act to
Prevent Damage to In
termed Liners.

WARFARE mao Deen received at w ASH
ington. it was explained that the local
Federal authorities, purely as mat
ter of precaution. had ordered a close
watch ON the harbor and an inspec-
ton Of all the German and Austrian
ships in port.
Collector Dudley Field Malone and
other officials made another tour of
inspection of the German and Aus
trtan ships last night and at it's con-
clusion they reported everything in
order; with no signs Of violation Of
neutrality.
Collector Of the Port Malone decid-
ed last night to modify his order, and
several vessels were permitted to pass
quarantine after nightfall. Every
ship was stopped, however. by the
torpedo boat destroyer assigned to
enforce neutrality, and subjected to a
thorough examination.
Collector Malone's trip Of inspec-
ton last night, according to Chief
Hayes OF the Hoboken police, who
accompanied him, disclosed the fact
that none Of the ships, with the ex-
ception of the vaterland, had enough
coal oard for more than IL hours
steaming.
Ordered to Cripple Ships.
Two hours before the German note
began arriving in this country the
commanding officers of the 80 Ger
man and Austrian steamers, now laid
up in New York harbor, are, said to
have received instructions from repre-
sentatives of their government to
destroy all their ships papers, and to
remove various vital parts of the ma
chinery so as to render those ships
useless in the event Of a German
American break. A government off,
cial described the source from which
che foregoing information was receiv-
ed as as OF a nature which had
reason to consider authentic
In addition to the 80 German and
Austrian steamers in New York there
Is also, tied up at the, Hooken piers
81 the North German Lloyd. the sail
ink ship Matador. The total tonnage
OF all German ships in port, as given
out at the custom house yesterday, is
S03,615 tons, the largest of these
ships being the great Vaterland, OF
64,284 tons. and the smallest the Mat
ador. All Of these ships are under
guard, force OF IL inspectors from
the neutrality squad watching the
vat@rland and force Of the same
size keeping watch on the big North
German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm
IL
Collector Malone decided upon pre-
/ cautions as soon as the note was re-
ceived The call to the neutrality
squad to report for duty was issued
att aout Z O'Clock Wednesday night
The call went to George r. Lamb
chief of the squad; to Rear Admiral
( Nathaniel r. Usher, commanding the
l New York Naval District, and to the
/ commanding officers OF the destroyers
guarding the Sandy Hook and Long
! Island Sound approaches to the har-
Dor. Within 1 5 minutes the inspection
was under way. and 1t was so thor
ough that it was 7 o'clock yesterday
! morning before Collector Malone Wis
sfted the last Of the 81 ships affected
by the inspection order
List OF Teuton Vessels. :
The following list, given out at the
4 customs house, gives the name, loca-
ton, and tonnage Of each ship that
inquired in what one customs officer
called '.the round"::@
Name and Where Held. Tonnage
President Grant, Hooken ..18,07z
President Lincoln, Hoboken ..18,16C
Vaterland, Hoboken ........ 3d. 84
Nassovia, Hoboken .......... 1866
Armenia, Hoboken ......... 1874
Bohemia, Hoboken ....... 8,414
Pisa. Hoboken ..............4 ,961
Pennsylvania, Hoboken ..... 1888:
Harburg, Hoboken .......... 4,47;
Magdeburg, Hoboken ........ 4,49i
Administering Hoboken ..... 5000
i Matador, (sailing ship Hobo
ken ...s.s.s..-. ...s.s..s.s.... ....@ J., 46s
i George Washington, Hoboken 25,57t
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Hoboken. !. / 8, $50
Frederick der Crosse, Hobo
ken -. .1O,771
Princess Irene, Hoboken -. ..1O,89:
Grosser Kurfurst, Hoboken 1910:
Barbarossa, Hoboken 10, 49,
i Harmbufg, 135th ST., North
River 10, 81
KONG Wilhelm II. 1s5th St..
North River ............... 9,41t
A1lemania, 135th> St., North
River 4,6St
Prinz Eite1 Friedrich. 135th ST.,
St., North River ....... 4,e5t
Prinx Joachim, 135th ST., North 1
River 4,76t
Portonia, on Stapleton $500. 2,77,
Maia, OF Stapleton .......... 2.55!
Clara Mennig,. off Stapleton -. 1853!
Indra, Sailing ship off Staple
ton 49,. LA
d Dora, South Brooklyn ....... 7,O3'
Ida, South Brooklyn ..-..... 4.73t
Martha Washington, Stap1eton s,31:
q Himalaia, Newark Bay ..... 4.94,
Ships Embedded In Mud.
The neutrality squad had no troub1,
on any OF the vessels, every one O.
which was gone over from stem t.
stern and from boiler room to tn,
bridge. So far as Gould be learned
yesterday on none OF the ships die
Chief Lamb and his men find any ex
piosives nor did they discover an.
missing vital parts in the engine o.
other machinery compartments.
was explained, however, that vita
4 parts OF the engines, boilers, navi
eating instruments, ETC., could be re
moved in such a way as to rende
discovery unlikely except by expert
enced naval and marine engineers.
It was also pointed out yesterda.
that about the, only way the ship
could be rendered useless was by dam
age to machinery or by blowing then
up. It is doubtful IL several Of tn
larger steamers could get under wa,
even if ordered to leave the harbor
The yater1and has been ashore 70
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