New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-02
Maritime Miscellany

NEW YORK, Aug 1.-The Ward liner
M aT1 oa ws asf r9m Wien lq
vessel was south OF Atlantic City Sunday
she was struck by bolt Of lightning
which splintered her mainmast.
HAMBURG, July 14-German str Sach-
senwald had fire In bunker July 10. Cargo
ap lpts, partly damaged. 7,
Sydney. b, for Campbellton. is lost at
sea; crew saved.
PORTLAND, Ore. Aug with a gen
the Luckenbach Line She left late to-
night on the return trip, but will stop at
The Java Pacific Line str Tjisondari Is
coming here to load a fun cargo CT wheat
and -four for Japan and the Dutch East
Indies, according to announcement made
to-day. She is expected early in the pres
emit month.
Special dispatches received hero to-day
from Wilapa Harbor. Washington, were
that the Canadian government steamer
on the beach wehere she struck yesterday
during heavy fog. Efforts of a tug to
pull the vessel Of had prove unavailng.
Rogers ehief Ags 1 payis r,
sistant engineer Of the Shipping Board
Steamboat Inspection Service tomorrow to
answer charges of tncompetency and mat
tention to duties in connection with the
disabling OF the vessel, which compelled
her to put into Salina Cruz to replenish the
fresh water supply. Negotiation are pend
ing by which the steamer. now repairing
here may be sent to the Orient for ons
voyage under Admiral Line operation. talk
ing the sailing Of the steamer Wenatchee,
scheduled to leave Seattle August az.
Weakening in the grain rate to the
United Kingdom was evidenced In two
charters announced to-day, the French
bark LHermite, 1,s46 tons barley from
San Francisco, 55s, and the British steamer
Benrinnes 3,O71 tons of wheat from North
Bi1tn Alicia Haviside. from San Fran
cisco June 20 for Belingham and pre-
viously reported overdue, spoken yes
terdsy of the Columbia River by the
steamer President.
Str Mexico, first passenger vessel under
Mexlcan registry at this port In years. ar
.lved "a, her here yesterday to inaugurate a l4rvtce
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug Str Canadian
lssSpo of the Canadian government
this port. is aground one mile north OF
North Cove Lightship, near Willapa Har-
bar with the tug Wallula standing by
Vessel is IN no danger. Cargo wlll prob
ably be jettisoned
A rate war is on between passenger lines
operating between Astoria and Portland
and $ is the fare for the 1oO-mile trip
SAN PEDRO, Aug AFTER making ex-
tensive repairs str Edward Luclzenbach
San Francisco.
SEATTLE, Aug delay of strs La
Iouche and Ketchikan in discharging at
st Michael, Alaska, may prevent the de-
livery OF materials for the Alaska Rail
road to be delivered at Nenana for the
completion of the Nenana division before
navigation closes on the lower Yukon and
Tanana rivers
BALTlMORE, Aug. 1.-The report of the
collector OF customs on exports and imports
ior the week ended July 80 shows exports
were valued at 1882 555, an increase of
Ss50,9S2 over the previous week. Grain.
coke, coal tobacco copper, iron. steel.
iuorlcating Oil. glucose ahd starch figured
largely in the exports
imports We're $617564, a decrease in
value of $1,3O5.369 compared with the pre-
vious week. OF the imports s4329 39 were
free of duty
The arrivals of seagoing vessels at this
port ior the month OF July were ISL.
against l7S for the previous month OF
this number 1o6 were American registry,
a gain OF 8 over June. Next In line, tho
H 81, We're represented by rs and Norway
l by H. rhe others were distributed as fol-
rance france Denmark, 4; Japan. 4; Spain,
2; Italy. 3; Sweden. Q; Portugal, 1. Among
them THEM were seven American sohooners,
in the coasting trade before the war
Jose Pimentio OF Argentina. who was
charged with being a stowaway on the
dered excluded by the immigration au-
1h 7orhiea. An appeal will be made to
port on the Hf~amer and while at Antilla
he shot Csa~n in self-defense and then
hid on his own steamer, and remained
slowed away until the ship was entering
the Capes He was charged by the irnmi-
grafton officials as coming under the stow
away act.
Two steamers arrived to-day with ba-
nanas from Jamaica. The United Fruit
Company received 31,sss lunches on the
Manchioneal, and the Greek steamer Phal-
iron brought e2,5oo to the Baltimore and
Jamaica Trading Company. with the Pella
to follow Thursday with 1880, also from
jamaica
BALTIMORE. Aug 1--Opsration of the
barge lines from this port to Norfolk. Va !;
Eliza beth City, New Haven and points in
North Carolina. which have heretofore
been run by tie Inland and Coastwise Wa
terways Service of the War Department,
was taken over to-day by the Baltimore
Philadelphia & Southern Transportation
Company. which recently purchased all the
vessel equipment and terminal facilities of
the Var Department.. The company an
nou.- led that 1t intends not only to con-
tinue all the service given by the War Do
partment, but to extend and improve 1t.