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Aucust? 8, Igor. THE MARINE RECORD. M3. emo ——eoeoeoOTOTOoOoOoooooooooOoOOOOOOoooee CORRESPONDENCE, Aa-We do not hold ourselves responsible in any way for the views or opinions expressed by our correspondents. It is our desire that all sides of oy question affecting the interests or welfare of the lake ma- rine should be fairly represented in THE MARINE RECORD. A BODY RECOVERED. LONG Porn’, ONT., August I, Igor. To the Editor of the Marine Record: I found the body of a man 8 or 9 miles up the South beach here yesterday, and it was beyond identification, buried it today. Although it seemed lately to heve washed ashore it had evidently been in the water a long time. The flesh was off the face and arms, and mostly off the legs and below the elbows. The left foot was gone. (I mention this that you may better understand the length of time it has been in the water).. The body was about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches tall, and had a moderately heavy No. 8 laced shoe on the remaining foot: Black woolen socks, white around the tops, drawers of a reddish tint. Had lost two upper teeth on the right side and one on the left, also an under tooth on the right side. Yours truly, S. B. Coox, Light-House Keeper, ere SALVAGE—MERCHANDISE—EQUIPMENT. East Tawas, Aug, 2d, rgor. To the Editor of the Marine Record: I wish you would publish custoni or law regarding salvage on wreckage after boat goes to pieces. If parties pick up yawls or other property and save it, what share are they entitled to? Such an item will be of interest. H. C. BRisToL, Marine Reporter. We quote the following clauses from ‘‘Customs Regula- tions :’” All merchandise picked up at sea derelict, or recovered from abandoned wrecks, will be taken possession of in the port or district where it shall first arrive, and be retained in the custody of the collector as unclaimed. If not claimed and entered by the owner on. due proof of ownership, by the underwriters in case of abandonment to them, or by the salyors in the absence of adverse claims, it will be subject to sale for duties in the usual manner. Salvors have an un- certain interest in the goods saved, dependent upon the decree of a competent tribunal, and also have a presumptive tight to possession of merchandise saved by them from abandoned wrecks. The collector will therefore permit salvors to make entry of derelict or wrecked goods in either contingency. If the merchandise be libeled for savage, the collector will notify the district. attorney of the claims of the United States for duties, and will intervene for the same. When such goods are brought into port by lighters or other craft, each such vessel must make entry by manifest of her cargo. No part of an American vessel, nor any of her equipments, wrecked either in our own or foreign waters, are to. be re- garded as ‘‘ goods, wares, or merchandise’’ when returned to the person or persons owning the vessel at the time of the wreck, and on proper proof of identification. If, how- ever, they have changed ownership, they are to be regarded as merchandise. (We may also state that it is sometimes an expense to be a salvor. As for instance: A ship’s boat picked up in the China seas, taken aboard after considerable work and slight detention to vessel, placed in the charge of port officer at Hong Kong, and after due process conformed with, the sal- vor is requested to remit excess charges for storage, disposal of property, etc. Ed.) QUESTION OF IDENTIFICATION, East Tawas, MicH., August 4, 1901. To the Editor of the Marine Record: H. C. Bristol, marine reporter here, has received a letter as follows: ‘‘The man described is my son. You say Mrs. Owen can be found in Buffalo, that she took ring and all articles; I do not believe that her husband ever had that ring for it was my son’s ring. He was found and her husband was never found; there must have been two Edward Owens on the Baltimore.’’ The above is a quotation from a letter from D. M. Owen,.Fair Grove, Tuscola Co, Mich. Mr. Bristol also received a letter from Thos. Murphy, engineer of the Baltimore, stating he had received a letter from Ed- ward Owen, Nanty Gamar, Glendudno, (probably Llandud- no,) North Wales, who claims to be the father of Edward Owen. The body of Edward Owen was picked up within about seven or eight miles of the residence of D. M. Owen. As there was only one Edward Owen lost off the Baltimore, the query is which is Edward’s father? The body of Ed- ward Owen is buried here. A body was picked up off Sand Beach on Aug. 2nd and from the description of clothing cor- responds with fireman off Baltimore. This leaves but one body not recovered, that of the boy, assistant steward, John Dilgren, of Fairport Harbor, Ohio. A large piece of the side of the Baltimore has been found about 400 feet south- west of the wreck and covered by about three feet of water, as it is dangerous to boats drawing less than 14 feet of water, I have arranged with keeper of light on the wreck, Fred Spencer to place a soldier buoy, but this will not show by night. ——$—$—$—$_$_$<<<— ea a SEAMEN REFUSING TO PROCEED. CHICAGO, August 5, I90I. To the Editor of the Marine Record: In the case of seamen refusing, from any trivial reason, or without proper cause, to proceed on a foreign voyage after signing articles before a deputy collector of customs, what steps may be taken against them, if any? INQUIRER. There are two clauses of the Revised Statutes apparently applicable in such a case from which we quote as follows: Sec. 4522. If any such seaman shall neglect to render himself on board the vessel, for which he has shipped, at the time mentioned, and if the master of the vessel shall, on the day on which such neglect happened, make an entry in the log-book of such vessel, of the name of such seamen, and shall in like manner note the time that he so neglected to render himself, after the time appointed, every such sea- man shall forfeit for every hour which he shall so neglect to render himself, one day’s pay, according to the rate of wages agreed upon, to be deducted out of his wages. If any such seaman shall wholly neglect to render himsel. on board of such vessel, or having rendered himself on board, shall afterward desert and escape, so that the vessel proceed to sea without him, he shall be liable to pay to the master, owner or consignee of the vessel a sum equal to that paid to him by advance at the time of signing the contract, over and be- sides the sum so advanced, both which sums shall be recov- erable in any court, or before any justice of any State, city, town or county within the United States, which, by the laws thereof. have cognizance of debts of equal value, against such seaman or mariner, or his surety or sureties, in case he shall have given surety to proceed [on] the voyage. See. 4596. Whenever any seaman who has been lawfully: engaged commits any of the following offences, he shall be punishable as follows; st. For desertion, by imprisonment for not more than three months, and by forfeiture of all or any part of the clothes or effects he leaves on board, and of all or any part of the wages or emoluments he has then earned. ws 2nd. For neglecting and refusing, without reasonable ‘cause, to join his vessel, or to proceed to sea in his vessel, or for absence without leave at any time within twenty-four hours of the vessel sailing from any port, either at the com- mencement or during the progress of any voyage; or for ab- sence at any time without leave, and without sufficient rea- son, from his vessel, or from his duty, not amounting to de- sertion, or nct treated as such by the master; by imprison- ment for not more than one month, and also, at the discre- tion of the court, by forfeiture of his wages, of not more than two day’s.pay, and, for every twenty-four hours of ab- sence, either a sum not exceeding six day’s pay, or any ex- penses which have been properly incurred in hiring a sub- stitute. oo oo STATEMENT OF THE VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN. As compiled by George F. Stone, Secretary Chicago Board of Trade, August 3rd, Igor. | BS CITIES WHERE WHEAT.| CORN. Oats. RyE. | BARLEY STORED. Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels, BUHSIOS ss. cece ees 1,107,000 298,000 344,000 51,000 64,coo GQBICA GOS is 5:3'5 + iaieieia spate 3,843,000] 6,967,000 741,000 142,000 1,000 Detroit ib sess te 03's 314,000 49,000 15,000 26,000 3,600 Diuthi ator esha 1,774,900] 1,732,000 601,000 93,000 42,000 Fort William, Ont.. GES O0G | sci ts a laieves ecihowtes gente a ieee eee taem Milwaukee.......... 259.000 617,000 48,000 10,000 16,0co Port Arthur, Ont.... BS OOO | eins ca iains iaisi|i ni eiaih os kiolacehd eigen eas alt ele ee DOlEdG. Aisa iwiwisis ose 377,000 504,000 I1I,000 120,006) 2,000 PROROUMEG) sy -testece cineherets BA OOO airtn ain aca FE OQO Li -tcaiemietaored |e wrciogs camara OniCanalsicseesns: 191,000 69,0c0 214,000 A; 000} ta tae On Lakes. .f0.%2a..: 889,000 160,000 150,000 25,000) ssacecia deh On Miss. River...... BONGO sin ate ies Whe Rinaldi” ci chante Ga a hn ean Grand Total..... 30 369,000] 12,674,000] 4 354,000 656,000 313,000 Corresponding Date, QOS iets atite viceis 47,594,000] 12,320,000] 5,585,000 620,000 392,000 Increase for week..| 1I,105,000]....-.....].. ..-..-. 98.000 5,000 Decrease ‘‘ eee eS (eRe OC 783, G00... 3, 3E3 O00) 5 iis scsuwclivns uses met While the stock of grain at lake ports only is here given, the total shows the figures for the entire country except the Pacific Slope. ——— eo THE largest self docking pontoon dock afloat built at Hebburn, England, for the Spanish government, has been successfully towed to Port Mahon, in the island of Minorca, Mediterranean Sea. Mg Ig Rp a RE EY gh ee ane aR ae Rey aS gt lin eine a thon a od a MARVELOUSI THE NEW BAUSCH & LOMB-ZEISS STEREO Binocular Glasses. Used by the Armies and Navies of the World. Invaluable for Tourists, Sportsmen and Every-day Use. Booklet Free. Bausch 6 Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y. New York. hicago. 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