The San Francisco call., 1906-10-31

were sick with beri beri and unable
the vessel lost her foretopsail yard.
Taking six men from the crew of the
average windjammer leaves the vessel
shortbanded TO a dangerous degree and
approaching this coast in an under
manned vessel at this time of year Is
an undertaking fraught with consid-
cradle peril. This particularly in view
Of the fact that the conditions which
caused six men TO succUmb to beri beri
have probably undermined the health Of
those not yet stricken.
A few days ago. when the barken-
Ne Irmgard reported having seen
" 1ething that looked like the hull of
tapSized vessel. and which probably
~ q dead whale, the navy tug For
Re was sent TO sea without delay and
41ent several Gays in vain hunt Tor
e supposed dereiict In view OF TINS
II was thought strange that no Gov
eminent vessel left the harbor yester-
day in search Of the practically dis
abfed Bri Usher.
It is thought that the authorities at
Mare Island might have supposed that
the revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch
would hasten 70 the rescue. This sup
position would have been reasonable in
view Of the fact that the McCulloch is
at Sausalito. much handler to the open
sea than is Mare Island and is in cruis-
ing trim, having returned from Alaska
only & few days ago.
In addition 70 this there is a rev.
enue service regulation which requires
commanders Of cruising cutters to act
IN Just such cases as the Leyland Bro
theirs without awaiting orders from
Washington. The Navy Department
may with reason have supposed that
Captain Cantwell was out looking for
the distressed ship. In shipping cir
cles, however. the McCulochs s afnnlty
for snug mOorings in the pink-tea belt
of Sausalito is rather notorious, and
the revenue cutters failure to seek
the Leylsnd Brothers. while the sub
sect of comment, was accepted as in
evitabie
Meanwhile the big British ship.
which is bringing a large cargo Of
Guiding material for the reconstruc-
ff2n Of this city, is being worked along
ae&rifs an invalid crew. and in the course
~ : few days. If no bad weather de-
velovs. viii climb over the horizon and
finish her voyage unaided-
Alameda Arrives From Honolulu.
The Oceanic Steamship Companys
liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell, arrived
yesterday from Honolulu with 430 pas
sengers and 1103 tons of cargo. She
made the run from the island port m
FIVE days and twenty hours. Among
the passengers We're J. T. Hillary and
J. H ONeill. who have been in Aus
tralia giving wireless telegraphy dem
onstrations in the interest Of the Mar
conf system. Alexander Young, the
Honolulu capitalist, was also pas
senger on the liner.
Among the passengers were:
AEr. and Mrs Agassiz and child, G. 7.
Bliss. Mrs NJ H Chamberlain and two
children. Master c. Cross, P A Dlas'
Miss .FeIker. c. II. Gilman J. F. Hillary,
c. NJ. Howe, B. F. Rowland. A d. Hill
and wife Master c. King, Mrs f. w
Daniels, T z. Martin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mayield. J. H ONeill, Miss ]. Paleki,
Mrs. z. B. Partridge. z. D. Roberts and
Mrs Roberts, J. A. Robinson, c. H.
Snyder and Mrs. Snyder, A Young
Ceptie sails for orient.
The Occidental and Oriental Steam
ship Company's liner Coptic, Captain
Andrew Dixon. sailed yesterday after
oon for the Orient with a large num-
pr OF passengers and a full cargo.
uong the passengers were:
'-'e@or Yokohama-W E. Bemis, Mrs.
E. Bemfs Miss Z. T. Emerson, Mrs.
Rrilliam Forbes, Miss Ellen Forbes,
Miss s. Hallowell. Domingo Hernandez.
II r. Judah Miss Marguerite Laighton.
Miss Mary A Mackay, Ignaclo Muriel,
Kobe-Mrs. r. J. Houston, Rev. F. n
Scott
shanghaI-Miss E. Armour. Rev. D
Mackenzie. Mrs. c. F. Mackenzie, Ken
meth Mackenzie. DR.. A. w. Tucker
Hongkong-Irvin Alfred, Raymond q
L Burdette, DR.. W. A Christensen,
Mrs. w A. Christensen and infant, ID.
Il Cameron. Rev. W. ]. Clark. Mrs. w.
J. Clark, Spencer V Cortelyou, {, o.
= 0fhh1a aud child
Mrs d. H. Cameron. S. L. Fowler. John
b. Ferris, DR.. c. W. Ganssen. Mrs. G
". Ganssen. Mr.. Gauger, Mrs. w. A
Huffman, William D. Holland. w. g.
Hoffmark, F. r. Jenson, z. NJ. James.
r d. Kelly, W S Macleod, Edgar Nal
10y, c. J. McNitt, Mrs: c. J. McNitt
Charles E. Parsons, P. L. Phelan, Otto
Pfennig, Thomas Ryan. Miss Stella I.
RaEon. Charles K. Richmond, kitten
eniveIy, Mr.. Schattschneider. S. Stick
ney. Mr. Won Schmelling. J. A Stader,
Charles Smith, II. G. Waddle, ]. 5.
Ksddington, William Urquhart, Frank
Rhodes. Will +. Bulin, +. A. Sickelco.
\ Join at HOnolulu-Oscar Browne, c.
n. Graham, E. s. McCurdy, Mrs. ~. S.
cCurdy
Make Request for Higher Pay.
The masters, pilots, mates and chief
lgineers of the bay and river steam
ers yesterday filed with their respective
employers q request for increased pay
THIS 1nclUoeS the men employed on ali
the ferry steamers. Masters ask for
an increase in the monthly wage from
tl75 to $500; chief engineers want $175
instead OF $50: pilots, who have been
getting $lI0, want sI35. and mates
would like $50 instead of the SIS that
has been their wage hitherto.
Port Engineer Resigns.
Port Engineer Charlton of the
Oceanic Steamship Company has re-
signed his position and will go East
shortly to accept other employment.
Charlton has been in the Oceanic ser
vice about eighteen months and is well
regarded by his employers A number
Of applications for the position have
been filed with the company, but Charl-
tons successor has not vet been named.
serSta Encounters Heavy Gales.
The bark Servia. one Of the last of
the salmon feet. arrived yesterday from
Karluk with 43.905 cases of salmon. |
On October 20 the Servia encountered. a /
succession Of heavy southeast |
gales. She was fifteen days rom port
70 port.
Water Front Notes
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