The San Francisco call., 1906-11-13

cutter and are now at their home in
the East. Captain j. A Tilton, whose
ship, the Alexander, was lost August
1S off Cape Harry, brought the Bow
head home.
Although gone, Captain Cook is not
forgotten on board the Bowhead. one
sailor has only to smile into looking
glass to see where Captain Cook kicked
out two of his teeth. and nearly every
man on board has some little tale to
tell of the shippers eccentricities.
Carl Muller is the Individual from
whose jaw Captain Cook kicked the
teeth Muller and another boy, Carl
Faber, tried to desert the ship at
Nome, June %. 1903. They jumped
overheard but had swan but few
yards when they were discovered and
recaptured. Captain Cook welcomed
Muller on board with a kick which
broke several ribs, and Faber he
greeted with "a kick in the stomach.
He sent Muller to the forecastle for
dry clothes. but almost Immediately
ordered him on deck again. When
Muller's head. as he climbed the stairs,
reached the level Of the deck, Captain
Cook kicked the boy in the face.
Dragging him aft Cook threw him
down the main hatch, followed him
and put him in irons. When Muller s
hands had been securely handcuffed
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the boy in the face. The captain
hand was reinforced with a brass
knuckle and this was the blow that
cost Muller the two teeth.
Captain Cook then lashed the bleed
ing boy to a stanchion in such posi-
ton that he could neither stand up
right nor sit down, and left him there
for twenty three hours.
Faber. the other deserter, was trlced
up by his manacled hands in the en-
gine room After he had been there
for twenty-four hours he was cut down
by the order of a sergeant of the
Northwest Mounted Police, to whom a
number of the crew had reported
Faber's predicament.
Faber left the Bowhead in the Arctic,
but while he was on board Captain
Cook is said to have treated him with
exquisite and constant brutality.
Whenever Cook felt out of sorts, which
was every few days, he licked Carl
Faber. to whom he took an intense
dislike on account of the unfortunate
youths extreme near slghtedness.
Charges have been preferred against
Captain Cook, and the Federal authori-
ties are said TO have strong case
against him.
In 1895 all hands protested against
any more cruising and demanded that
the Bowhead return to San Francisco
With fair promises, however, Captain
Cook induced them to turn TO, and for
another year the Bowhead was their
4 home.
The Bowhead secured eleven whales
and brought home 10000 pounds OF
bone and $40 barrels of oil
VIII Command the Columbia.
Chief Officer Henry E. Morton has
been detached from the liner Man
churia and appointed master of the
steamer Columbia of the Hartman
San Francisco and Portland line. This
Fappointment it is understood, is only
temporary. Captain Doran, who now
has the Barracuda, being slated for
the Columbia. The Columbia was on
the drydock at the Union Iron Works
at the time of the earthquake. She
tumbled over and not only sustained
serious damage, but later ship and
dock went TO the bottom. Repairing
her has been long and expensive
job. 1t is finished at last and the
Columbia is as good as new. She Will
sail today for Portland.
Waterfront Notes.
The troops she brought from Manila
are still on board the army transport
Thomas The men will use the ship
as a barracks until tomorrow, when
they leave for the East.
The Oceanic Steamship Company
/ finer Mariposa, Captain Lawless, is
due tomorrow from Tahiti