The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-03

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WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The Navy
Department continues to receive COM
plants respecting Commander James
| II. bull of the United States Navy,
| who is in command of the naval trans
| port Solace, plying between Manila
| and San Francisco. The ship recently
| landed at the latter port with the
| usual amount of quarrels to be adj
| justed between the officers and COM
| plants on the part of the enlisted men
| to be answered.
| The ship never makes a round trip
| without there being some controversy
| at the end of the voyage, and the
| Navy Department is becoming some
| what tired of the situation. There is
described an entire lack of accord
| in the personnel of the vessel and
| charges and counter charges of minor
| Importance in themselves are filed by
| the officers.
| On the recent trip the enlisted men
| were refused liberty at Yokohama, and
| Commander Bull instructed the navy
| pay officer to give the men no shore
| leave while the ship was in port, not
withstanding the fact that the men
who are returning are those whose
terms of enlistment have expired and
it is desirable that everything be done
to keep them in good humor and in
duce them to re-enlisU Most of them
landed in San Francisco with feelings
anything but friendly toward the navy
administration. The Navy Depart
ment has an idea that Commander Bull
is not altogether responsible for his
actions. During the Buffalo Exposition
that officer, who was considered one or
the best in the service, fell from a
great height in a government build
ing and injured his shoulders and
head It was expected that he would
not recover. He was examined by the
naval medical aid and pronounced fit
for service. Since his return to active
duty, however, the officers who have
associated with him have had difficulty
in harmonious cooperation, and it is
feared that something must be done to
relieve the situation on board the
Solace.
NEW PACIFIC LINE.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, August 19.-S.
T. E. Gibbon, third vice president and
general counsel of the San Pedro. Los
Angeles and Salt Lake railroad, will
sail for Japan within the next two
weeks, and the report given credence
in railway circles is that his mission
is to consummate arrangements for
steamship line from San Pedro to the
Orient.
1t is further reported that the pro-
posed steamship line will be controlled
entirely by Senator w. A. Clark and
will be operated in connection with the
Clark road and is entirely Independent
of any similar lines controlled by E. H.
Hartman or by Huntington interests.
RAILS FOR JAPAN.
The Southern Pacific Company and
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
have been granted a concession for the |
shipping of 100000 worth of rail
way steel to be used in the construc- |
ton of a $10,000,000 railroad which is |
about to be built in Japan. Traffic /
Manager j. c. Stubs of the Harri- !
man lines, arrived in this city yester
day, and it is believed that he is here /
for the purpose of making final ar
rangements together with the Pacific
Mail Company for the transportation
of the enormous amount of steel to
Japan.-Examiner.
LIEUT.. BLUES PROMOTION.
VALLEJO, Aug 24.--Although just
out of the hospital at Mare Island,
Lieutenant Victor Blue of Cuban war
flY he,- IL,
ton for promotion to the grade of
lieutenant commander. Lieutenant
Frank FL. Schofeld of the torpedo-boat
destroyer Perry also passed his mental
examination for promotion to the
grade of lieutenant commander.
MAKES QUICK TRIP.
SEATTLE, Aug. 24.-The steamship
Minnesota of the Great Northern
Steamship Company's fleet arrived at
l okohama today. She made the run
IN - days hours, elapsed time. main !
tanning an average speed of 1916 knots
from the time she left her Seattle dock !
until she anchored at Yokohama.
ARIzoNAN SAILS FOR N. Y.
Hackfeld & Co. received advices YES ,
erday that the big freighter Arizonan
'alled yesterday from Hflo for Della ]
ware Breakwater and New York via the
1orn- She carries full load of island s
ugar.
SHIPPING NOTES.
Inc ALI steamship Nevadan is due .
ms morning from San Francisco with
reight and mail.
me h1nau's cargo comprised the fol- ,
owing: horse, mules. bags po-
atoes. 10 bags cabbages bags cocoa
'uts' IL boxes fruits, Il barrels talIow,
y IL cords wood, a pigs. a empty