New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-13
Maritime Miscellany

NEW YORK, July l2--Two former Ger
man warships the battleshtp Ostfriesland
United States by the Allied lowers when
the German fleet was broken UP, left here
today on their last voyage.
They VIII be towed to position off. the
Virginia Capes and sent to the bottom by
shells from American ba,tleships.
Both cam st to ths sentry unr their
of the 16-inch guns sent to France
in the latter days Of the war.
Liverpool for Charleston and previously re-
ported In tow Of the Shipping Board
steamer Mercer Victory. was not in tow of
that vessel, but was in tow of the Shipping
Board steamer Mercer, London for Phtla-
delphia. The Mercer dropped the tow on
July and is proceeding to Philadelphia
The Chattanooga will come to New York
under her own steam.
BosToM, July 1.-THE bark .Tiburton,
with $1,000 salons of alcohol aboard !:
libel by the skipper. Charles w Malett.
who claimed s3.29s was due him from the
owners. was further involved to-day when
pany Of Pennsylvania filed a libel for $500
The money was claimed as payment for
towing the bark here from New York. The
Tiburton. flying the flag OF Panama. cleared
! from New York for Monrovia, West Africa,
but put in here for additional cargo a
PORTLAND, Ore, July 1.-THE str An
drea Luckepbach arrived from Atlantic
Coast ports. She will load wool for New
ATTAIN
tic and Western Steamship Company ar
| rived from Portland, Ne. The str C C
Morse has arrived at Aberdeen, to load
lumber for the East Coast and the str
Depre has arrived there to load lumber for
the Orient.
SUPERIOR Wis, July 12--whtie the str
Chicago to-day a local newspaper received
| telegram filed at Milwaukee last night
saving the vessel had gone down off White
flsh Point, Lake Superior, with a crew
OF thirtyythree men.
The message was signed "Interlake s s
Company" but officials of that company
Immediately declared 1T hoax.
Probably the revenge OF drunken dis
charged sailor" marine men said
81, BA A IN. July l2-Receipts of crude
record in weekly imports Of oil Ten
vessels arrived and delivered 700, 900
barrels of OIL all of which. with one ex-
One cargo came from Houston, Tex.
Whether the large receipts indicated the
possible supplies in view Of the reported
| troubles in the Mexican oil regions cannot
be said, but that such an influx OF Oil for
some time to come is not probable is evil
| denced in the sending of one tanker to
Mobile to be laid up with fleet of
tankers and the laying up here of several
of the Standard Oil tankers, which will
make repairs.
The Terminal Shipping Company, local
agents of the Williams Steamship Com
pany. has been notified of the arrival of
|
with cargo from this port in run of nine
teen days. The operation of tho engines
was perfect throughout the run, which,
with the economy displayed. is positive
| indication that the motorship is working a
revolution In marine circles.
PORTLAND. July. 12-With the ex-
ception of the Marine Engineers Bene-
| fetal Association members of all the
maritime unions were voting yesterday on
the proposed settlement of the strike
against the steam schoonsrs in the coast
wise lumber carrying trade.
Shipping Board str Eastern Mariner has
fire In the bunkers in port here The
moved
SEATTLE, July 12-Marins surveyors
are determining the damages suffered by
several shippers in the fire at the East
Waterway docks Saturday.
Cargo in the port commissions terminal
system totaled 4T.000 tons at the end of
june as compared with 42.604 tons at the
Smith largest oil tanker ever built, and
Harrison Smith, president of the Inter
national retyoleum COMPANY, both were
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's yards
to-day. A bottle Of champagne cracked
across the formers bow as she slid out
into the harbor and scores of hands
| reached toward the latter in congratula-
| ton over good job.
1t was another Anglo American event
in shipping and oil circies-Canadia n
American event is more accurate. perha ps,
for the ship will be operated by the I'm
perial Oil Company of Canada, of which
| I he International Petroleum Company is a
subsidiary. Nearly score OF Canadian
men and women came down from Toronto
especially for the launching and were
joined in New York by party OF Stand
ard Oil men.
oGDENsBURG. N Y. July 1.-THE large