The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-07
THIS YOUTH
IS AMBITIOUS
Sailor Rose Sets Bright
Example for Young
HaWaiianS.

! z. K Rose a young Hawaiian Doy
! who a few years ago essayed to follow
the sea sfor a living, is an example OF
what a Hawaiian can do in the seafar-
ing profession when he makes up his
mind, behaves himself and is diligent
and persevering.
Rose, who arrived here as boatswain
of the American ship w. F. Babcock,
and who is detained here as witness
in case concerning the vessel, to come
before the Federal Court, Joined the
ship Susquehanna in Hilo, in the capa-
city of boy at $40 a month. He had
previously attended Kamenameha
schools He next shipped in the bark
1. F. Chapman and later in the ship
Erkine NJ. Phelps.
Leaving the Phelps in Philadelphia
he joined the S. S. Britannia bound for
Bremen, as chief quartermaster. The
steamer collided with a schooner and
sank. the crew being picked up by the
schooner Lilly S. and landed at the
port of Boston. Rose went thence TO
Baltimore where he Joined the w. F.
Babcock which recently put in here In
distress.
Had he sailed with the Babcock from
here he would have gone out of port
as second mate. In March he expects
to pass an examination emitting him
to first mates papers.
G.. E. Piltz is another half-white boy
who is working his way up in the sea-
faring profession.
After leaving home at the age OF
twelve he worked in windjammers for
many years and is now chief officer
of the IL. S. n. Co.'s steamer Clau-
dine.
Roses story of the Babcocks voyage
is as follows:
"we left Baltimore June 8, 1906, and
had fine weather to the River Platte.
A few weeks out we buried man who
died in fit. When we got to the River
Platte we had a terrible blow which
prevented us from making Cape Horn. |
Toward night it blew heavier and it
was hard work to keep her ahead. |
When we got our bearings we found |
the ship way over to the eastward. |
The wind blew until it was so bad that |
we had to run down before it to save
the ship. With cargo shifting we were |
in a pretty bad state. We had bad |
weather all the way running the east
ern down. Off Australia we were be- |
calmed and lay around for days.
I'VE got a breeze and went along |
aying till abreast of Tahiti, where |
We were becalmed, again for several |
weeks. Eventually we sighted Hawaii
and three days later anchored off Ho-
nolulu harbor.
''Off Tahiti we lost a man. He had
been ailing all the way from Balti-
more. We threw life-preservers to him
,ut he would not take hold of one, but
headed for the log-line which he man
ICED to grab. After climbing to it for
/ few seconds he sank.
''The sea was travelling about ten
,nots and running so heavy that it
would have meant loss of life to have
a boat.
THE grub throughout the voyage was
III right but the cook and steward did
lot know their business.
Large quantities of bread and meat
we're spoiled by bad cooking and
brown overheard.
THE statement made that the grub
Tas no good is false. A ship never had
etter picked beef than did the Bab-
ock
''I like the sea and intend to stick to
ny calling and if more Hawaiian boys
ollow my example, the day may dawn
Then a native Hawaiian may bring an
cean greyhound into Honolulu port