The San Francisco call., 1908-03-24
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Navy Hospital Ship Relief Will Sail
Today for Magdalena Bay

KGOn Stokes IL EQInBldius tdAAtO NC'e-@
from Mare island Sunday and anchored
in man of war row and will sail at noon
today for Magdalena bay TO JOIN Ad-
n1fral Evans feet Immediately upon
its arrival there the sick from All the
shtps will be transferred to the Relief
Surgeon Stokes does not know Row
many patients Will be waiting Tor hlm,
but as the usual ratio OF sick Is apout
? per cent nearly 500 men in need OF
medical treatment may be taken into
the floating hospital.
II the number Of sick makes heavy
demands upon the Reliefs accommoda-
tions the hospital ship viii return TO
Mare island. transfer the patients 10
the hospital there and then returned TO
the feet to stand by for ambulance
calls
The navigating officer of the Relief is
Captain lie Cain. who has been in the
navy auxiliary service for some years.
Surgeon Charles +. Stokes is in COM
mand Of the ship, and the other com
missioned officers are Surgeons A. W
Dunbar and Raymond Spear, Passed
Assistant Surgeons Stryne and Shaller
and Paymaster Sharp.
Navy Launch Kits Army Tug
The big gasoline launch from the
naval training station at Goat island
was in collision yesterday with the
launch got the worst OF the encounter.
The Mcdowell was moored at the end
Of washington street wharf its beau
1iful Roman nose projecting beyond the
end The launch left the Clay street
lending and was travelling fast when
II reached the vicinity OF the Mcdowell.
The ebb tide caught the launch and
swept il against the McDowell's sharp
bow About 20 feet of the navy boats s
guard was torn away and other dam
s.ze done TO the Goat island boat The
Mcdowell escaped with the loss OF a
little paint.
Smug=Ied Goods Seized
Three attempts to smuggIe goods
into the United states were frustrated
by customs inspectors yesterday when
they discovered large quantities of silk
and cigars aboard the transport Sher-
man and the steamer Manchuria. In
xpector Joseph Head discovered $500
cigars under q bunk in the cooks room
of the sherman Two large rolls of
just cloth and a dozen silk sairtwaists
were found IN the first assistant en-
gineer's cabin OF the sherman. In
spectors Sackett. Benninger and Huf-
faker found a large quantity of silk
wearing apparel hidden under the
blankets in the crews quarters. The
goods Were seized by the government
and viii be sold al public auction.
Manchuria VIII sail Today
The Pacific Mail company's liner
Manchuria, Captain Saunders. will sail
today for the far east carrying full
cargo and crowded with passengers.
During its stay in port this time the
Manchuris has been drydocked. This
delay made extra hustling necessary
TO get the vessel loaded. The work
was done, however, and the liner will
leave today as the clock strikes l.
Mail and Baggage Recovered
The Pacific Coast steamship company
received word yesterday that all the
mail and most of the passengers bag
gage had been recovered by divers
from the wreck Of the steamer Pomona
IT is expected that all the baggage will
be recovered. The baggage and mail
VIII be sent here in a day or two.
Cruisers Leave San Pedro
Admiral Sebree's squadron. the cruis-
eTs Tennessee, Washington and Cali
fornia- sailed yesterday from San Pedro
Rno win make their way under easy
steam to this port. where they viii re-
main until the big feet arrives.
Returns From Sea Disabled
The power schooner Washcalore
which sailed Sunday for Siuslaw, re-
tAtASu sSSSelOas AOI repairs 70 Aes ma
chinery.
Water Front Notes
The tanker Santa Rita arrived yes
terday from Hilo by way of Port Sar
Euis. The Santa Rita viii be dry
docked at Hunters point today.
The revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch
which left here February 20, returned
yesterday from q cruise TO Puget
sound.
The Kosmos liner Setos. from thi:
port, arrived March 20 at Hamburg.
The liner China, outward bound, ar
rived yesterday at Honolulu.