The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-08-12
MARINE.

The Oceanic s. S. Sonoma, three days
behind her schedule. came in from tn
Coast yesterday at noon. having hat
a pleasant run down. She brought {
large number of passengers for Homo
! lulu among them being G. B. McClel-
Ian. secretary of Delegate Kuhio. F
| Morgan. Mr.. and Mrs w G.. Hail an6
Mr. and Mrs. BUchly, bride and groom
| whose trip down the gangplank was
! the signal for fusilade of rice from
: friends on the wharf and steamer. In
all thirty-seven passengers landed here
the number Of through passengers be
ing sc.
The vessel left San Francisco on Sun
day morning, shortly after midnight,
having cut her stay there down to a
week to make up for the time lost in
her last trip from the Colonies. when
she arrived at the Coast six days be
hind time.
The incoming freight for this point
amounts to $50 tons. including con-
siderable shipment of ice-h ouse stuff
and fresh fruits. Here she took on
about ten tons of freight sundries and
300 cases of honey. She also loaded 500
tons of coal here.
MES at midnight last night.
TRIED TO ESCAPE HERE.
After swimming a mile in shark-in-
tested waters, lodging searching par
ties in the jungles and subsisting or
cocoanuts for nine days, Ingar Serum
and George Palmer succeeded in max
ing good their escape from the whaling
bark John and Winthrop off the Island
of Saipan, about eighty miles from
Guam. They deserted the vessel owing
TO the cruel treatment they received
at the hands of the negro officers. So
rum arrived in this city yesterday on
the transport Logan, says the San
Francisco Examiner
The youths shipped at this port for
a cruise to the South Seas and then to
the arctic. The vessel is differed by
negroes, and, according to Serum, the
white men were put to hard labor as
soon as the vessel got out of sight
of the Golden Gate. This was the con-
dition OF affairs daily, while the negro
forward hands laid about the deck and
smoked and sang.
At Honolulu a vain attempt was
made to desert the bark. When the
voyage was resumed the treatment
became unbearable. The vessel stopped
at Saipan for water and vegetables.
Precautions were taken to prevent de-
sert;on. The men We're closely watched
and at night the small boat was hauled
up on deck.
However, Serum and Palmer one
night jumped overheard. 1t was
known to all on board that the waters
IN the vicinity were alive with sharks.
Serum stated that his partner and him.
self realized the great risk For
mile they swan against strong tide.
When only a few yards from the reef
Palmer felt the fin of shark rub his
leg, and he cried in terror. The two
men, almost exhausted, threw them
selves out of the water on the reef.
They walked over the reef to the
shore They were in their bare feet.
and the coral cut into the flesh like a
knife This walk was about half a
nile in length. They crept into the
woods, where they fell asleep, to be
awakened the Following day by the
sound of men searching in the jungle.
me time the man hunters were only
a few feet from their hiding place.
The John and Winthrop remained off
the island for nine days. Each day an
officer came ashore and, with a party
of natives, hunted for the deserters.
During this time the two men had to
live entirely on cocoanuts. Not until
the vessel was out of sight of land
did the men make themselves known
to the authorities.
Saipan is German possession. The
officials in charge saw that the young
fellows were given food and drink, and
all that they were asked to do was to
avoid speaking English to the natives.
The officials stated that it was one of
the laws of the island that no other
language than German could be
spoken. Serum and Palmer were taken
to Guam, where they boarded the
Logan, bound from San Francisco to
Manila. At the capital of the Philip
pines Serum refused to go ashore.
ENTERPRISE IN PORT.
The Matson S. S. Enterprise came |
in from Hilo yesterday morning, bring |
ing a small quantity of freight and a |
number of passengers. She will re-
main in port until next Tuesday or |
Wednesday. taking ON 1000 tons of SUI
gar. returning TO Hilo to make UP her |
load for the Coast. On her trip down !
she experience fine weather and had a.
pleasant trip.
SHIPPING NOTES.
The harbor is pretty we'll cleaned out
Of shipping at the present time.
The yacht Hawaii, with a crew of
vacationists aboard, sailed yesterday
afternoon for Lahaina. where the
party will spend a week proceeding to
Molokai for another stay of few
days.
The steamship Progress sailed yester-
Ia nlorlaillsr for: Ocons, ~.