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September, 1919 released after lightering part of her cargo and sustained no damage. The steamer D. G. Kerr recently broke all previous records for ore load- ing at Duluth when she recently took on 12,689 tons of ore in 35 minutes, The Kerr is owned by the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Capt. Charles A. Benham, master of the steamer JoHN STANTON. of the Hutchinson fleet, died at his Cleveland residence recently. He had been in poor health for some time but did not leave command until a week before he died: He was 51 yearfs old and hag spent practically all his life on- the 2 Te _ Late News From Atlantic Seaboard EN HLLLUUUUUUUUULAIE IUTULUUUUUUML Ail = ECENTLY the schooner AMERICA, a Cape de Verde packet,, reached Boston instead of New Bedford owing to a faulty chronometer and the 20 passengers were landed at that port. A singular coincidence is that James Reid, a Boston bay pilot, brought the schooner in, the pilot's father having built. the vessel which he named for the cup schooner of yachting fame. And the elder Reid for a number of years was sailing master of the original AMERICA when that yacht was property of Governor Butler, of Massachusetts. Bs Re A 3-mast schooner, the JAmeEs E. Copurn, has been launched by _ the Penobscot Shipbuilding Co., South Orr- ington, Me., for Rogers & Webb of Boston.: Capt. J. F. sGhase:-is; master, ** 2K K The new 4-mast schooner Braprorp E. | Jones, Capt. W. E. Reamie, sailed from Boston for Buenos Aires with a cargo of 1,300,000 feet of lumber and a return charter is being negotiated at. an ad- vantageous rate. ok XK The James Newsom, a new 4-mast schooner for Crowell & Thurlow, Bos- ton, has been launched at East Booth- bay, Me. and will load lumber for Buenos Aires. Oe Rebuilt at an expense of $15,000 the tug B. G. Purpy, owned by the Purdy Towing Co., Boston, has been returned to service. A steam engine now re- Places the producer gas propelling plant. K * XK The coast guard tug Mackinac, Cap- tain Downes, has been assigned to Bos- ton as customs boarding boat following months service at New York. Re A strike of fishermen with headquar- ters at Boston has thrown a fleet of Several hundred vessels out of com- Mission. Practically all the Gloucester boats were laid up at large cost to -Owners while hundreds of fishermen ave sought other employment. The Strike followed a demand for a fixed minimum price on fish and the demand THE MARINE REVIEW lakes. He had been in the employ of the Hutchinson line since 1904 and pre- viously to that time he commanded ves- sels for the Wilson Transit Co. He is survived by his father, wife, two sons and four brothers. Funeral services were in charge of Forest City Com- mandery, Knights Templars. He was buried at Riverside cemetery, Cleveland. * * * The steamer. James Wart, which just finished repairs at Chicago, again came to grief. She was badly damaged in coming down the Chicago river when she was hit by the Halstead bridge which closed on her suddenly. Her houses were demolished, steering gear, whistle. pulls and electrical equipment wrecked. All the wood and iron work was declared to be illegal by the at- torney general. The fishermen then presented a new schedule which. de- manded that the vessel owners agree with wholesalers on a minimum price on the' several varieties of fish and, in addition, guarantee the fishermen a larger percentage on the catch. a Two steamships, the Prince GrorcE and the Prince Arruur, for a long time in service between Boston and Yarmouth, N. S., have been turned Canal Traffic Drops URING the fiscal year ended June 30 commercial ships pass- ing through the Panama canal num- bered 2031 aggregating 6,013,000 net "tons. The vessels carried 6,800,000 tons of cargo. The ships were 4 per cent and their cargoes 10 per cent less than during the preceding fiscal year. Of the.vessels passing through the canal American vessels led with - 791, British 601, Norwegian 128, French 104, Chilean 93 and Japan- esc 90. Tolls were approximately $6,180,000. back to the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., following a period of. service as hospital ships in English waters. The vessels have been laid up for the pres- ent for a thorough overhauling. 2K 2K * The British steamer ANGLO MEeExIcANn, Captain Davies, docked at Boston re- cently having sailed from Glasgow, Scotland, with 750 tons of block chalk and 300 tons of general merchandise. She was 13 days in making the passage across the Atlantic. ee oe Julius T. Mayer, Philadelphia, direc- tor in America of the Hamburg-Amer- ican line, sailed for Germany recently to ascertain the present status of the once great German steamship company. He 443 at the top and bottom of the pilot house was ruined beyond repair, > No one was injured. It will cost approxi- mately $12,000 to recondition her. Ha Me a ae ae _The Cleveland Engineering Construc- tion Co., Cleveland, recently purchased the barge D. G. Cutter from the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co. The barge was in Sandusky at the time it was bought and has been brought to Cleve- land, where it will be converted into a derrick for breakwater work. K *K * The steamer Lakeport is in drydock at the Foundation Co.'s yard at Port Huron, where she will be cut in two' ire shortened for the Welland canal trade: Ih ws HINA liz said he had been out of touch with the main offices of the concern since the outbreak of the war. He also stated that a Zeppelin service between Ger- many and this country was not an im- possibility. pe ae Recent cable advices announce the safe arrival at Rotterdam, Holland, of the 6-mast schooner Wyominc from Pensacola, Fla., after a passage of two months. The vessel was in command of Capt. Caleb R. Kelley, who is one of Boston's port wardens. * Xk ok The Dutch steamer NoorpwijK_ re- cently loaded 21,000 bushels of rye at East Boston, Mass., aiter which she proceeded to New York to complete her cargo, : i BT ke Dock Commissioner Murray Hulbert, New York, does not intend to allow the establishment of docks at Fort Pond Bay, L. I., to accommodate the 1000- foot steamers to be built by the ship- ping board, without giving New York a chance to compete, according to a recent announcement. 2k k K New York has a total of 197 shipping board ships, Boston, 11; New Orleans, six; Wilmington, N. C., nine; Charles- ton,'S.'., nine; 'Savannah, Ga, nine: Jacksonville, Fla., nine; Baltimore, six; Philadelphia, 11; Norfolk, Va. two, and Galvestcn, Tex.; one, according to a recent compilation. * * * ' The United States destroyer HUMPHREYS: was recently launched at the Camden, N. J., yard of the New York Shipbuild- ing Corp. The vessel was sponsored by Miss Letitia A. Humphreys, a great- granddaughter of Joshua Humphreys, the first naval constructor for the United 'States navy for whom the vessel was. named. $4 oe Some anxiety is felt for the safety of the 4-mast schooner Brue PETER, now out over 120 days on a passage from. New York to Durban, South Africa. The voyage should have been completed in 90 days. She carried a