The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-22
MARINE
Scores of PASSENGERS

cisco for this port and scores more con-
tinued on the vessel to the Orient. As
the Korea passed out of the haloor
yesterday morning and started on her
way to the Coast with large number
of passengers from this port, the Mon
goiia came along and moored at the
Hackfeld wharf shortly after ten
o 'clock. In all, the Mongolia had
about $50 saloon passengers. She car
rled about 5000 tons of cargo, and a
consignment OF bullion valued at about
100000. The vessel left at five
o'clock, promptly, taking several pas
sengers from here. Among these were
L. : Commissioner F. B. Loomis and
his secretary, Mr.. o 'Laughhn, and the
latter 5 wife.
Among those arriving on the Mon
golia were Admiral Hollyday, L. S. ~,
Chief of the Bureau of Yards and
Docks, who viii remain here about
three weeks to inspect the site of the
big docks for the Pearl Harbor naval
station, and to familiarize himself with
the general outline of Pearl Harbor s
water area, channel and lands imme-
diately adjacent Admiral Hollyday
was espegalIE picked out to inspect
the sites ase9ected ny the Schroeder
Board. The Admiral will probably
make a trip to Pearl Harbor today
aboard the United States tug Iroquois,
accompanied by Captain C. P. Rees,
Lieutenant Commander Moses and En-
gineer Parks.
To Tthorua
of the Postofice Department, with
headquarters at San Francisco, arriv-
ed to make an inspection of the local
postoffice, and may visit Offices on the
other islands before returning to the
Coast in about three weeks. This is
the first time Mr.. Johnston has been
here.
Chalmers Graham, representing the
Valvoline Oil Co., of San Francisco, is
on one of his periodical business trips
to Honolulu and the Orient, and will
be here about month.
Hermann FOcke, of Schaefer & Co,
who made flying trips to San Fran
cisco to return with Mrs. Focke, was
in San Francisco Just three hours. Mrs
Focke, who went to San Francisco to
meet her mother, Mrs. Paul Neumann,
en- route from Acapulco, received the
sad intelligence of her mothers disap-
pearanee from the steamer when out
but a few days from the Mexican port.
Jack Low, who won sixth place in the
roping contests at the Cheyenne From
tier Days tournament, returned, ac-
cOmpanied by Mrs. Low. Fred Wal
dron. the commission merchant, who
went to San Francisco to arrange for
the shipment of the largest eonsign-
Islands, is back.
u. s. Commissioner I.oomis, who
joined the ship here to go to Yoke
hama on matters connected with
Japan 5 great exposition, recently post
poned until 1917, was met by Fred
erick J. Y. Skiff, another commissioner,
who is the director of the Field Co
lumbar Museum at Chicago, a vet
eran exposition manager, former jour
naIist, ehevalier of the Legion of
Honor. Ihey are to arrange for the
exhibit of America at the exposition
and develop their plans for the best
use to be made of the appropriation
of $1,500.000 set aside by Congress for
this purpose.
Among the passengers departing
were Mrs. Bland and two daughters,
who have visited the city for several
months as guests at the Hotel Pleas
anton. The Mongolia brought 323
bags of mail and 100 tons of cargo.
Trouble on Tenyo Maru.
The japanese plans for the CONNER
c1aI supremacy of the Pacific Ocean
have run upon an uncharted rock at
the very outset, and the alterations
between the Japanese and white off
GERS on the new steamship Tenyo Maru,
Of the Togo Kisen Kaisha, have de-
veIoped an unexpected dilemma con
fronting the Japanese owners, the
horns of which are:
With white superior officers, ne
peace.
Without white superior officers, no
Peace is desirable, but passengers
are almost equally necessary to success
full steamship companies. During the
operation of the smaller boats of the
inc under the able management of w.
II. Avery in this city, there had been
little trouble. Eacn snip CdIFleu d
white captain, purser and chief engin-
aer. as wen as a white chief steward
md chef. 1t is true that Captain
Philip Going found IT necessary to dis
,harge ne. less than three japanese
irst officers. but discipline was main
aimed. With the advent of the 10
lOO-ton triMe-screw turbine Tenyo
Naru in the service the japanese be
.ame imbued with the idea that they
we're fully able to run the boat which
hev had built Then the trouble be-
ran and continued until Captain Going
found himself gone at the end of the
irst round trip Of the Tenyo MaTu,
when she reached Yokohama.
a French chef had been engaged by
he company to make nice little cakes
md past ries. bat he found that the |
japanese @'hoys' in the pantry re-
used to obey his orders.
Engineer Seaver, who was in charge |
# the engine room, found himself sub /
ect to a particularly annoying form Of
orture. Whenever a member of the |
rev or engineers department passed /
own the aIleyway by his stateroom he
would bang with his fist against the