British at Bahama Isles Seize An American Ship,
Griswold L Keeney Held as Suspicious Vessel—Norwegian Warship Fires on German Craft.
New York, Nov. 14.-The seizure
British officials in the Bahama Islands
of the 100 ton American schooner Grls-
wold I. Keeney of New York is reported
by passengers arriving here from Nassau, Bahamas, on the steamship Es-
peranza.
The exact nature of the case against
the Keeney has not been made kn
but the report is that it was seized as
a suspicious vessel, partly on account of
the fact that it was laden with sulphuric
acid. This cargo led the Nassa
officials to suspect that it intended to
assist a submarine from a nation hostile
to Great Britain.
Get- Beport on Seatonia.
St. Johns, N. F., Nov. 14.—The torpedoing of the British steamer Seatonia,
was reported in a dispatch received here
by Bowring Brothers, owners of her'
cargo, it was learned today. No mention was made of the fate of the crew.
FIBES ON GERMAN CRAFT.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 14.-The Mor-
genbladt says that a Norwegian torpedo
boat has fired upon a German steamer
which refused to stop when passing
Stavanger. The Norwegian fired a shot
at the rigging, then boarded the steamer and dismantled its wireless. Since
the beginning of the war foreign ships
have not been permitted to carry wireless installations when in Norwegian
Two British Steamers Sunk.
LONDON, Nov. 14—The British
steamer Corinth has been sunk and its
crew has been landed, says Lloyds Shipping agency. This agency also states
that the British steamer Bernicia is believed to have been sunk.
P. S. SnUserShes to French Credit.