The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-10-19
THE MORNING STAR.


The unexpected return Of the steam
sr Morning Star to this port has re-
suited in some little mix-up regard
ing the status OF the crew. The steam
sr had signed on seventeen men for
the voyage at n stated sum- no matter
how long the steamer was in going up
to Seattle. This wage was In nearly
every case full months pay and the
men left here congratulating them
selves that they were going to get
thirty days pay for fifteen days work
But now that the steamer is back here
and is to be laid up for repairs for
probably a week. the men have chang
ed their minds about the good bargain
they had made. Yesterday they made
application at the shipping commits
sioners office to be released but the
commissioner has decided that they
are bound to stay with the ship until
she reaches Seattle, the return trip
here being only in the way of putting
into a way port for repairs. He claims
that the ship is still on her way for
Seattle. having once started. And in
stead OF being doubly paid the men
are facing the prospect Of only getting
half wages. L. s. District Attorney
Breckons has upheld the ruling of the
shipping commissioner in the matter.
Yesterday the rudder OF the steamer
was unshipped in an effort to locate
the leak which had been the main
cause of the return of the vessel. The
work OF repairing her engines will al
so be begun at once, Captain Garland
being of the opinion that the steamer
will be able to put TO sea again next
week.
MoANA BACK ON HER RUN.
The Canadian-Australian S. S. Moa-
ma, which had been taken off the Van
eouver-Auckland run during the trips
OF the s. s. Maheno and put on local
run between New Zealand and Austria
Han ports. arrived here Tuesday from
the Colonies. the turbiner being in use
In her place in the Colonial service
during the time of the Christchurch
exhibition. The Maheno officers are on
abe Moana.
The Moana carried small passen-
ger list, 1o1 in all, half of whom travel
ed in the steerage. or the 81 cabin
passengers, seven left the vessel here,
while a number departed, including a
fair number of Japanese laborers.
The Moana had pleasant trip up.
having left Sydney on october 1 and
Suva on the sth, good weather being
encountered all the way. She got
away for Vancouver at 4 p. m.
Among the departing passengers
were several well-known men around
town, who will visit on the mainland
r. T. Ryan and wife, F.. S. Adams, Ray
Chase and wife. Guy Livingston and
wife and A. r. Aronson.
Mr.. Ryan has been in the employ
Of the Rapid Transit company and Mr..
Aronson has been until recently with
Sachs Co. Guy Livingston, the
popular entertainer, goes TO San Fran
cisco on an indefinite visit. He and
the other departing passengers were
given a warm aloha by number of
friends gathered to see them off, each
departing Honolulan being fairly
smothered in leis as he or she walked
up the gangway.
SONOMA HAD NO FRESH WATER.
1t is stated that the principal reason
Why the 5. S. Sonoma was delayed in
her sailing on Sunday morning was
that the entire fresh water supply for
the trip TO the Colonies had to be re-
newed here and to take on the 700 tons
necessitated holding the vessel until
after four o'clock In the morning, when
the sailing hour had been set for mid
night. Passengers on the vessel state
that during the last three days of the
voyage from San Francisco ii was i'm
possible to get drink OF good fresh
water on board and the lack of this
necessity for the boilers is said to be
the main reason why there was so
much difficulty with the motive power,
The vessel had plenty of fresh water
on leaving the Coast, but through some
mistake in the engineers department
salt water was turned into the fresh
water tanks, making the whole brack-
fsh and unfit for use. At any rate. the
fresh water tanks We're pumped out
here and refilled.
There was a death on board among
the passengers when the Sonoma was
three days out from San Francisco. one
of the cabin passengers succumbing To
an attack of delirium tremens. This
passenger was on the way to Australia
to claim a large fortune left to him.
He had been living in destitute circum-
stances in San Francisco and when
accompanied by large draft from a
Colonial firm of lawyers TO pay his
expenses to Australia, he celebrated
his good luck by going on a protracted
spree until his steamer sailed. on board
the effects OF the spree, combined with
severe seasickness, proved more than
he could stand and death followed,
The body was embalmed and brought
10 Honolulu, being here now awaiting
Instructions as to its disposal from the
Australian relatives.
ARIZONAN WILL OPEN TRAFFIC.
Within a short time the big steamer
Arizonan, Captain Tapley, OF the Amer
ican-Hawaiian line, will be at Tacoma,
says the Ledger, OF that city. She is
out from New York, via San Diego and
San Francisco, having arrived at the
latter port last Friday, Her sailing
date for the Sound has not yet been
announced.
To the Arizonan will fall the distinc-
tion OF being the first large freighter
10 inaugurate the new freight service
from the Pacific coast TO the Atlantic
via the Tehauntepec National Railway.
Reliable information Is that this line
VIII be opened to the commerce of the