MERCHANT SHIPPING.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2227, 13 August 1914, Page 5

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

STRANGE VESSEL IN CANADIAN . ■■'■ WATERS. SUPPOSED GERMAN CRUISEP* . , Quebec, August 11. . A strange vessel in - the Gulf of St Lawrence caused the closing of ports'. The Mihtia Department is investigating, and it is thought likely the vessel ivill prove „. „ iha Germ &" cruteer recently sighted ,o& Newfoundland. . ■ '"REauisiTIONING OF SHIPS. ; COURT. OF-,INQUIRY; SET; TJ?.-- ' .(Rep. August 12, 8.35 p.m.) ':' ' London, Aujiint 12, morning. Lord Mersey, who was President of Iho Court of Inquiry iufo the collision letweeii the Empress of, Ireland and tho Storstad, in .tho St. Lawrence < River is president of tho Board of Arbitration relatirig ■to tho requisitioning of Brfti&t ships for tho King's servfce. Ho is as-' sisted by a panel of Anmirals, leading' elupowners, bankers, underwriters;■■■ and' msurauco brokers. •. ■•:■.:■:• ALLAN. LINESAILINGS. ■'■■■■' ; - - CANCELLED BY ADMIRALTY. Montreal, August 11 . The Admiralty lias oancelled .the.-sail-inga of the principal steamers of ■■ the Allan Line. It is understood that"' the ships are intended to carry troops and reservists from Canada to England. CAPTURED GERMAN LINER. REPORT FROM TENERIFPE. " m ' London, August 11. The German steamer Cap Ortegal, 7SIS tons, of the Hamburg-Amerikn JJipo, ijfi rived at Teneriffe on August 3 from Buonos Ayres." It is reported that a British warship captured her. Rome, August 11. . British destroyers accidentally fired on and made holes in the steamer Taia-us in four places. An Austrian adftViral; was aboard. .'■:. SEIZURES IN AUSTRVJtIAv. .:;;■.;, AN UNSUSPECTING CAPTAIN, ..'.. . . ■ Sydney, AiVgnM;'l2.'".' Four German vessels, the steamer Wotton (? Wotan), and the barques Susanne Vinnen, Carl Rudgert, Vjimen,. and the ship Olinda have been seized at Newcastle. • a ».-. -. -, Melbourne, August 12. The German-Australia steamer Hobtirt, 0923 tons, has arrived, and has been seized. She only called at Capo Town. The captain was aot awaro that war had.been declared. .; : ■ , '; ■ ' The Wotan is a steel .screw steamer of 3831 tons, built in 1307 and owned by the Rhed. A.G. Oceana Co. Her port of rog J : istry is Hamburg. ' The Olinda is a steel full-rigged ship of 1015 tons, built in. 1903. '■■ ■ • The Carl Rudgert Vinnen. is a. steel four-mastod barquo of 2002 tons, built in 18116. T- ■ -.-■ -■ The Susanne Vinnon is a steel fourmasted barque.of 2739 tons, built in 1892: IN THE FAR EAST. BRITISH SHIPS NOT MOLESTED/"' London, August 11. The British Consul at Shanghai reports that no British vessels h,ad been molested up to August 0. AMERICAN MOVEMENTS. . .. , London, August 11." The Wyandotte Transport Company's steamer Alpena, 2880 tons, has arrived at Port Townsend, Washington. The steamer Nestor has sailed for Srd-