District Court, D. Maryland July 2, 1902 (The Dorchester)

MORRIS, District Judge

(after stating the facts). When the steamers were 5 miles apart,'the Dorchester was about 3 miles above Smith’s Point light, and the Thornhill about 2 miles below, and in rounding the light both steamers would normally make a change of course of about a point and a half to westward.