The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-24
BEAT THE RECORD
FROM YOKOHAMA
Steamer Siberia Made the Trip in 10
Days, 10 Hours and % Minutes.
HARTMAN PARTY ABOARD
FAST TRAIN NOW SPEEDING
EASTWARD.

. AN FRANCISCO. oct. 25.-The Pa
y clfe Mail Steamship cOmpany's
liner Siberia arrived at this port
today direct from Yokohama in the
record breaking time Of 10 days 10
hours and 2S minutes, the fastest pre-
Vious trip between the TWO places hay
ing been made by her sister ship, the
Korea I'm 10 days II hours and min
utes. The SibeFia'S time is l6 hours and
% minutes longer than the trans-Pa-
cific record, held by the Canadian Pa
cific's liner Empress of China. plying
between Yokohama and Vancouver. b.
G., but she covered greater distance
There were many distinguished pas
sengers on the Siberia. among them
being Miss Alice Roosevelt, United
States Senator Newlands of Nevada
and wife. United States Senator War
rem OF Wyoming, Representative Long
worth of Ohio, Brigadier General H.
T. Allen, chief Of the Philippine con-
stabulary; j.. II. Hartman, president
of the Southern PacinC company; r.
2. SchWerin, vice president and gener
al manager of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company. and Miss Mabel Board
man and Miss Amy Mcmillan Of Wash
ington. d. g. the latter being travel
Shoraishi, vice president of the Toy
Kisen Kaisha Japanese steamship line,
also came over from the Orient.
Although il was expected that Miss
Roosevelt would spend a few days In
and around San Francisco, all the pre-
Vious plans were changed during the
voyage, and neither her party nor that
or Mr. Hartman landed in this city at
all. Instead, they were transferred
from the Siberia to the tug Arab and
taken direct to the Oakland mole on
the eastern side Of the bay. They IeIl
there at an early hour this evening FOR
the east over the central route of the
Southern Pacific connecting with the
Union Pacific and Chicago & North
western lines, via Chicago, for their
various homes. An attempt is being
made to beat all previous records be-
tween Yokohama and the big cities OF
the east
"AIl the presents that / received were
merely inexpensive mementos OF the
trip such as any girl travelling III
strange countries would receive sald
the presidents daughter. There real
ly was nothing so remarkable about
my trip, and I cannot understand why
so mucn fuss was made about 1t. /
had an exceptionally fine time and en-
ioyed every moment that / was away.
The only thing that l regret is that
50 many nOnsensical stories were CIR
culated regarding me"
Interview With Hartman.
Mr.. Hartman said: "Our visit TO
the Orient has been one not only OF
much pleasure TO Us all but interesting
and instructive. We We're treated by
all classes, especially in Japan, with
the utmost courtesy and consideration.
While our visit was solely for rest and
recreation, We were enabled TO learn
many things which viii help in our
future relations.
Japan is working out her own des-
tiny. Her rulers are intelligent ana
alive TO the interests and are work
ing i'm close alliance with the people,
and viii continue developing the com
mercial welfare of the whole cOun-
try.
China is beginning to wake up and
viii probably open herself. which
awakening has been brought about by
the development of railroads construct
ed during the last six or seven years.
Were il possible for that country TO
organize and the people work together
as has been done in Japan the future
development might be quick and phe-
nomenal
Korea is still a problem. and her
destiny will prOba bly, be worked out
by the aid of Japan. NY opinion is
that the japanese are the dominant
factor in the Orient and that there will
be large future development, though
not immediate. If the United States
is to participate therein to any extent
it viii have TO be by cooperation be-
tween its statemen and those repre-
senting its business interests, and by
close commercial alliances with the
IapaneNe."