The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02


liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell,
sailed yesterday morning for Homo
lulu, and her departure brought back
memories Of the days when, with the
AEariposa. the Alameda maintained the
service between here and Australia
There was an Oid-time crowd on the
wharf and the liners decks were
thromged with well dressed people. In
asmuch as the majority Of the passen-
gers were strangers in this city, the
crowd on the wharf was unexpected,
but furnished evidence of the good
sQuality Of the strangers who during a
brief stay in the city had made friends
in sufficient numbers to furnish the
good-by delegation that yesterday
crowded Pacific-street wharf
The strangers were members of the
Southern California Editorial Associ-
alton and they are now on their way
to Honolulu, where some of them pur-
pose remaining for couple of months.
Edgar Johnson is secretary of the as
ISOLATION and viii look after the busi-
ness arrangements involved in the trip
TO the South Seas. F. NJ. JRnifer. the
Oceanic Steamship Company's agent at
los Angeles, win act as guide TO the
marty during the stay in the Territory
Of Hawaii
In addition to a large number Of
passengers. the Alameda carried a
heavy cargo. The passengers We're:
T. r Amerage, Mrs. A D, Baldwin,
Mrs. E. n Bartlett. .. ). Bastanchwig,
Miss Marion Bell W. N Benedict. Miss
Virginia Bowman. John Bradshaw,
John D H Brown. Mrs. NJ Brown, Miss
l. G. Cameron. Miss c. C3aypool. Miss
J.. ClayDOol, J. I. Davis. Mrs. Davis,
Master F. Davis. Miss z. Deacon, Mrs.
w B. Deas, l. F. Doolittle, Mrs. Doc
=
]. W Gum, Mrs. Gum and three chill
dren, c. I. Holland, Miss H Hoffman,
Z Q. Holt, Mrs. Holt Miss Nellie Hag-
adorn Ray Horton. Mrs Horton, Mrs
Harry lies, Miss ZiIla Hes, Edgar John
son, Mrs. Johnson, 7. N. Jenifer, Mrs.
w N Langon. Miss Ellen Leech. Mrs.
NJ A. Mediation. Mrs. c. J. McDivitt,
r p McDivitt, P. McLane, Miss Wini-
fred Marin, J. 7. Matthews, Mrs. Mat
theWs. Miss May Moore. Paul Moore.
Miss T. Morgan, Miss Nelson. Miss T.
Newman. J. J. Penny, Mrs. Penny, Mrs.
E. B. Powers, Mrs. G. Rodick, c. E.
Ruddock. Mrs. Ruddock, Charles H.
Smith. Mrs. J. H Smith, Miss ~ A
Smith, Miss Sorensen. D. NJ. Stamm,
Ralph Springer, Miss H. Suter, Mrs.
II + Tiusly Miss Grace H. Tower. A.
B. Todd, E F. Van Luven, Mrs. Van
Luven Miss E. ". Ward, Irving Wat
son, Mrs. Watson, C. l. Wight, Frank
Wight. G. ". Wilber. Mrs. WILDER, A. S.
Wilcox. Miss c. Wilson, Miss Irma
Wilson. Warren Wilson, Miss u VIII
son, P. s. Woolsey.
Must Tell No Fairy Tales.
United States Shipping Commissioner
c. 7. Bassett has sent a copy Of the re-
Gently passed act of Congress prohibit
ing shanghaiing to every shipping mas
ter along the water front Under the
new law the sailor dealers Will have
considerable difficulty in getting men
TO man the whalers. The law says that
its penalties will be laid on the man
who by Misrepresentation induces an
other 20 ship If the shipping masters
keep within the law they viii be
obliged TO tell the green hands" they
would ship on whalers that the chances
wifi be about 1000 10 l that when the
whalers return the green hands share
in the catch viii be just 81 and that
he viii have TO pay that dollar to the
launchman that takes him and his
clothes ashore.
SaIvafOr's Cook Is Drowned.
The schooner Salvador arrived yes
terday morning, twenty-five days from
Bristol Bay. Her cargo consisted OF
1853 barrels of salmon. Captain Res
engren reports that David Nickards. the
Salvator's cook. was drowned July 1 al
nIlSlOl Day AlCkaIQS was returning
from a visit ashore. The boat in which
he was rowing capsized. Captain Res
-engren also reports having sighted or
August ] a fishing schooner which he
took 70 be the J. d. Spreckels.
sails for the Isthmus.
The Pacific Mail Company's liner City
Of Panama sailed at noon yesterday
for the isthmus and way ports. She
carried about 1900 tons Of cargo, twelve
passengers in the steerage and fourteen
IN the cabin.
Water Front Notes.
The liners Curacao and Acapulco are
due today from the south.
The Sprecl1els tug Dauntless, bound
from Astoria TO San Pedro with a bis
log raft, passed Point Lobos yesterday
Receipts Of lumber by sea yesterday
amounted TO 3,Slz,000 feet.
The Oceanic Steamship Oompany's liner
Sierra, from Australia, and the Mari
posa- from Tahiti, are due tomorrow
The passengers who arrive from tn,
Orient on the japanese liner America
Maru due tomorrow night will be
landed at the Pacific Mall wharf earIy
Tuesday morning
EThomas Crowley, the launch king
returned last night from a brief vaca
ton.
The steamer Coquille River has beer
purchased. by the Tiverton Lumbel
Company The terms Of the sale hav,
not been made public.