New-York tribune., 1921-08-12
Maritime Miscellany

American Lines announce that they viii
extend their Hamburg service to include
saiings from Norfolk The yes on
well as Hamburg The first vessel will be
the Mount Seward, which sails from Nor
folk or August 20. sailings viii be main
I aimed thereafter at intervals - four
weeks Harriss Magil & co. Vii be
agents at Norfolk for the United Amer
cHERBoURG. Aug lo-shippiqg Board
Str George Washington, New York for
Plymouth, this port and Bremea, VIII
not arrive until Friday having been de
HALIFAX. Aug lO-Rritish Str Lady
OF Gaspe, Boston for this port and st
Johns, T, and previously reporte,d as
being ashore on Thrum Cape Shoals, is
still hard ard fast aground. heavy
swell is running and the seas are break
ing over her \ small tug got alongside
of her to leeward and took off some cargo
including an automobile which was on
deck DC, larger boats cannot set near her
The ship seems to be we'll settled on the
LONDON. Aug io-Sshippns Board SIR
Black Arrow. New York for Bilboa and
August 8, is reported ashore at cape Gil
i9no British 81. Canastota. sydney, 5
as being overdue at Wellington z, was
today posted missing.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE four
surviving deck officers OF the Str Alaska
boat Inspection Service to-day to answer
charges of contributory negligence in the
- ~recit atarday night n n, which thirty.
postponed until Monday morning. The
charges were placed yesterday following
the testimony Of passengers and unl-
superstructure Of the Alaska passed
early to-day by the tanker w Porter
Captain Engels The Gerellct VAS sighted
tWo miles south OF Blunt Reef. where
the Alaska went down. No bodies were
found
The licenses of four engineers Of the
Shipping Board str. Hawkeye State were
suspended for periods ranging from ninety
days to one year by the Steamboat In
spectlon Service yesterday after in
Guliy into the series Of mishaps which the
liner e4countereu last month whlle en- route
from Baltimore to San Francisco. The
officers were William j Rogers. chief,
Walter + G. Davis first assistant; Berry
Hummeil third assistant
.. Ge9rge r. All. vice president Of the
fereuce here with officials Of the California
company concerning the depression in the
Qfiental Oil business. Three idle tauAers of
the New York company, the Tascalusa Teh-
Chico and Royal Arrow, were moved from.
Poiut Richmond TO new anchorage in
the basin at the Shaw hatcher ship yards
Although the Shipping Board 500 str.
Creole state was turned at Singapore in
pafture has been postponed from August
13 until September IA, and the wolverine
State. scheduled to sail on the latter date.
vii also be delayed a month.
The str HELEN (Nor) arrived here yes
teTday IN ballast from Kobe. and it was
announced that she was fixed under an old
King dom.
san DIEGO, Aug 1.-THE destroyer
tarquhar was expected to arrive here late
to-day with passengers. mails and baggage
from the Pacific Mail str San Jose
aground on San Pablo Reef. Asuncion ISL
ard. The str Grffdu is standing by the
wreck. but 1t is feared the San Jose viii
sink II hauled off into deep water The
san Jose has feet OF water in the for
ward holds and the pumps are unequal
TO the leakage. A hole 10 inches in diam
eter IL STAYED In the vessels bottom. The
wrecking str Homer was preparing to leave
san Francisco to day with fun wrccking
equipment. The Griffdu is running short
Of fuel and provisions Little hope is held
out for saving the steamer. but an effort is
being made to salvage 5000 sacks OF
VANCOUVER. Aug ll-John D Rocke-
felieT lrs + w stevens New York banker.
and party viii sail for the Orient nl the
Str Empress OF Asia August -.
Repairs to the str Camosun, including
the replacing of nine plates will cost
SEATTLE. Aug ll-siIl< imports during
the first six months of this year reached
900 tons as compared with s,94s during
tho entire year OF 1920. and the record
pa ssed before January !.
PORTLAND, ore. Aug 1.-THE japanese
str iIoyeisan Maru sailed wi.a wheat for
the United Kingdom.
The Pnwlet and the West Nilus both
OF the Pacific Steamship Company, sailed
for the Orient with cargoes. principally
OF lum ber
BALTIMORE, Aug IA British stow.
away, LaUren%S Doyle, nineteen years old.
who arrived on the Green star Line STR
Corvus to-day. was ordered deported by
the Immigration authorities.
fhe international Mercantile Marine co
tas reverted to its normal transatlantic
ocean tracks, according to word received
in the Hydrographic Ofnce to-day The
normal westbound route is across longi-
tude AZ desxSss west in latitude 81 degrees
80 ninutek Worth, the eastbond route Is
cross longitude ~ degrees west in latitude
40 desrres 30 minutes north. Tho west
bound change was effective August 5 the
cast bound viii be in force tomorrow
III. Pacific Mall s Point Bonita, which
waH ncheduled To sail 10 day FOR san Fran
cisco Via Norfolk and Savannah. was dc
layed IN order to load additional freight
She VIII sal! Tomorrow.
Captain Himsdringcr, Of the schr Nellie
ana Mnitle. who has been missing sluc.
ssii up at the eouthcrn police station here
TO day 90! dii not set nre to he boat t''
he gaii. ne walked into the station.
warrant WAS sworn out for hs arrest,
Ar yet the authorigas have placed no for