A MARINE MYSTERY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 59, 9 July 1915, Page 7

A MARINE MYSTERY.

IS IT A CERMAN SUPPLY SHIP?

Honolulu papers by the mail steamer Sonoma (reports the Sydney Daily Telegraph) refer to the arrival at Hilo, in the Hawaiian (Jroup, of a mysteri-ous-looking steamer on .June 11, which may or may not have special significance. The vessel boars the name of Maverick. The captain claims the Vessel once belonged to the Standard Oil Company, but now is owned by a new concern. He declares that he has come from Mexico in ballast. However, the vessel draws 16ft, of water. 'Much live stock wag found on board, Including chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks. The crew is a mixture of Marshall Islanders, Solomon Islanders. Mexicans and .Javanese. There is, according to a Hilo correspondent, something strange about the ship.. The captain says he called off the port of Los Angeles, but did not enter. He says he may remain at Hilo several days awaiting orders. The vessel has no wireless as far as tar fls can be seen.' Some of the statements made by those aboard conflict. The skipper declares he sailed from San Jose Del Jabo on April 27, but has been trading among the South Sea Islands, tie has entered the ship at the Custom House and shown a manifest of the cargo. On paper the vessel's movements and status appear to be all right.