New-York tribune., 1921-06-16
Maritime Miscellany
NEW yORF

June 1.-THE next meeting OF the stock
| holders of the Polish American Navigation
| Corporation will be held in August.
The North Atlantic and Western Steam
I SNIP company now has seven freighters IN
US lntercoastal service. The West ffika,
| Formerly operated by the os Angeles
Pacific Navigation Company, was turned
San Pedro last week.
The United Fruit Company has an
nounced reduction of rates in the case
of certain commodities from New York 20
Havana and Santiago, Cuba, effective to-
day
The ferryboat John Englis. plying be-
Tween Tween St George; s. l., and Bay Ridge,
snip Newport, which was at anchor. Che
bowsprit of the Newport Is broken and the
ferryboat is damaged the side.
BALTIMORE, June 15:-The British
steamer. Lord Ormonde. built by the Lord
Line, of Belfast, for the Baltimore Line,
has has. been , sold TO s T Walker & Co.. OF
been out of service in New York..
lu tive Cunard Anchor Line steamer
Are horia, in port to-day from Liverpool,
and seamen
The Baltimore schooner Purner II.
White is to sail from New York to-mor-
of coal and will load lumber on return.
The steamer Clavarack, which broke
down while bound from Baltimore for
Mobile was towed into Pensacola on Mon
day where repairs will be made.
BOSTON. June 15.-Steamer Wilimantic.
Norfolk for Falmouth, arrived here to day
with condenser trouble
BUENOs AYRES, Juno 15.-Foreign
steamship companies are concerned over a
new government decree requiring crews Of
all ships entering Argentine ports to carry
! the same Identification documents are
| expected from passengers. These include
passports bearing photographs. police or
! judicial certificates that the bearers have
! not been guilty of crimes against social
| order or felonies, and the men must bear
papers certifying that they are mentally
| sound.
! Argentine consus abroad have been in
! structed not to wise the rolls of crews
crews arriving without them will be con
! sidered rejected immigrants and their
ships will be liable to penalties in case the
| men disembarS here.
The decree, which is Intended further to
; restrict the entrance OF undesirahcs into
Argentina, becomes effective on July 10,
posed upon the men Will seriously hamper
the work of securing crews.
NORFOLK, June 14.-Steamer Water
bury, bound Falmouth from this port on
June Il and which was reported with
pump trouble when about forty-five miles
east of Cape Henry, arrived here to-day IN
tow OF the Coast Guard cutter Manning.
PORTLAND. Ore. June l5.-The steam
/ er Transvaal, en- route here from Antwerp.
has been chartered by NJ. II. Houser 10
load -four for Europe. She left Balboa
June l. The Eastern Sailor of the Colum-
! ba Pacific Company's European line ar
! rived Monday night and will load 1900
4
Shipping interests of Portland have lined
up solidly behind tho proposal to grant
free use OF the Panama Canal to vessels
operating in the intercoastal trade The
, schooner Ella A, from Callao, is in the
! Columbia River route to Portland for
dry docking before proceeding to Grays
wheat has sailed for Colon for orders.
She will stop San Francisco en- route 10
Balboa.
The Eastern Price sailed to-day for
[leith and London with wheat flour and
/ barley.
can Line arrived from Seattle and will
| load 700 tons for shipment 20 he Atlantis
coast. The Swedish steamship Ceylon sailed
East Asiatic Company and carries wheat.
The steamer Swiftwiud. last of the tanizers
to be built by the Swiftsure oil Transport
wheat to Europe. The Swftlight, in
port. viii go light TO Tampico to load oil.
ST JOHNS, June IA radio message
received from Cape Race states that the
bark Astrid, Copenhagen for New York.
struck an iceberg IN latitude 46 as longi :
tude 46 II, and had a large hole stove IN
bow Temporary repairs made and vessel
! trying TO make New York.
/ BALTIMORE, June 15,--With cargo
from the Far East, the Pacific Mail Com
pany's steamer Eastern Merchant came
into port to-day with than 500
separate manifested articles for Baltimore,
gathered on a cruise around the globe.
Spices, rubber. canned sweets. snchoyies,
gunny, hessian cloth anG many other prod
ucts from Manila, Calcutta, Colombo. Bonn
bay, Genoa and Barcelona, Spain. made up
the valuable cargo The round included
Gis&harging and loading cargoes at many
ports, and passing through the Suez gave
the finishing touches in Italy and Spain.
The trip has covered more than the cir
cunference of the globe.
! A venerable craft whicb has not yet
outtved her usefulness after forty nine
years buffeting in the Atlantic coast trade
arrived in port. The two masted schooner
Samuel Castner il, puilt at Milford. Del,