Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-06


been placed on board all German mer-
chant vessels anchored in the ports OF
the United States The officers and
crews have been taken into custody by
the Department of Labor pending
determination of their status"
Nearly All Ships Disabled.
Reports to the Treasury Department.
confirm statements that virtually every
ship had been disabled The extent OF
the damage will be determined as
speedily as possible.
y There are some indications the YES.
sells will be reauisitioned by the gov
ernment for transatlantic trade or as
naval auxiliaries for at least a period
Of the war. OfI1cials asserted today
that this point was still under deliber-
alton. but that AN intelligent use"
would be made of the vessels. SO far
as the owners rights in the vessels are
concerned. 1t was said. this country
will scrupulously observe them.
1t was officially announced that In
the case of the Liebenfels. the German
merchantman sunk in Charleston. S. c..
harbor upon the severance of dfplo-
matte relations, the damage was not
great. In the case of the kronprinzes-
sin Cecilie. under the jurisdiction Of the
federal court at Boston, the damage
done the vessels machinery was so
extensive as to make her unseaworthy
for months.
The crews aboard are regarded as Ger.
man reservists on German territory.
The further question of what is to
be done with the feet now comes up
for consideration. Two courses. 1t was
said are open to the government. The
ships may be impressed into service
and paid for at the close of the war.
or they may be confiscated altogether
without violating the terms Of the Prus-
sian-American treaty of 1928. Many
p;a1c he unless
it should be decided to take 1T upon the
principle Of taking ship for every
American ship destroyed illegally by q
submarine. .
ably will be to repair the damage done
to the machinery of the ships by crews.
on orders of the German government.
when diplomatic relations were sew
cred.
Where the Ships Are.
The ships involved at the several;
ports are:
At New York-vaterland. 54.2s2 tons
gross: George Washington, 25,a'o'
Kaiser Wilhelm II. 19.361; President
Lincoln. 1851: President Grant. 1907:
Pennsylvania, 1888; Grosser kurfurst.
irene. 1883: Friedrich der Crosse. TO-
III: Hamburg, 1851: Konig Wilhelm
IT e.41O: Bohemia. S.414: Armenis.
5,464; Adamstrum, 5000: Pisa: 4.96!;
Prinz Joa chin. AGO; Prinz Eitel Fried
rich. 1850 mot auxiliary of same name
now at Philadelphia); Allemonis. $3.50:
Madgeburg. 4.497; Harburg, 4.412; Mas
soyia, 3902; Portonia, 2,I7S: Mails. L,53o:
Clara Mennig. 1855; Indra. 1.746; Mat
ador. 1,46S.
At Boston - Amerika. 22.622: Kron-
prinzessin Cecilie, 19.503: Cincinnatis
1899: Koln. 7.4os; Wittekind. 5's4os
Ockenfels, 5,621.
At Baltimore - Bulgaria. 11,4l0e !
Rhein. 1O,05S, and Necker, S,S3!. &
At iladelphia-Rhsetis. $500, ands
Prinz Osker, 6.026.
At Newport News-Arcadia. 5.454.
At Wilmington, n. C.-kiel. 4,494. and !
Nicaria, 1874.
At Charleston-Liebenfel 4.525.
Some at Insular Ports.
At PensaeoIa-Rudolph Blumberg. l..
769. and Vogesen. 3.716.
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Leonhardt,
2.S22.
Andromed 1854.
At San F'rancisco-Serapis. 4.756;
Neptun, 1877, and Ottawa. 1868.
At Portland. Ore.-Dalbek. 2,723.
At Seattle-SaXonia, 4,424.
AT WlnSlOW, WdSH--SleiHDeh, w .,lof-
At Astoria-Arnoldus Ninnen, 1853:
Kurt. 3,109.
At acknowledgements, 6,557; Prinz
Waldemar, 1927; Setos. 4,730: Holsa-
tia. 5,649: Locksun. 1867: Long Moon.
1871; Staatssekretar Kraetke. 1908:
Goyerneur Jaeschke. l,73S.
At Hilo-C. J. d. Ahlers. 7.490.
At San Juan, z. R.-Odenwald, 1881.
At Pago Pago, Samoa-Elsass. 6.591.
At Manila-Andalusia. o,4S3: Buchum,
6,161; Camilla Rickmers, 5,13O: Carl
1,243: Clara Jebsen. 1.735:
CobIenz, 3.130; Elmshorn, 1894; Ess-
lingen. 1902; Johanne. 1881; Lyee-
moon, 1925: Mark, 6,579: PongtonR.
1851: Rajah, 2.02s; Sachsen, s.0o7;
sa mbia, 4,765; Suevia, 3,7S9; Tubingen.
5,5S6.
At Zamboanga-Borneo. 2.16S; Dar-
vel 1905: Marudu. l.514.
At Cebu-Prinzess Alice, 10.9S1s
Tsintau, 1855; Wiegand. 499.
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