The San Francisco call., 1908-04-03


er Roma, which arrived here yesterday.
made the run from Philadelphia to Port
Hartford without stop. At Port Har-
ford the Roma took $4,000 barrels of
oil and after brief stop at Meiggs
wharf proceeded on to Oleum to dis
charge the liquid fuel Captain Lane
master of the Roma, said that the voy-
age was without unusual incident and
free from mishap of any kind.
For new steamer the Romas per-
formance is considered wonderful. The
vessel is ready to so into service right
away. 1t was something of a surprise
to his friends here to see Captain Lane
on the Roma's bridge. Master of sail
and steam, Captain Lane sailed out Of
this port for many years. In the days
of the clipper ships he was known
as man who could be depended upon
to make the best use of every breath
of wind and every inch of canvas. He
left port often with a crew of green
hands, but invariably arrived at his
destination with crew of sailors who
obeyed orders with the alacrity and
precision for which Yankee ships used
TO be famous.
taken more farewells of the ocean than
Patti of the stage. He owns a pigeon
farm in Maine to which he has retired
half dozen times, never again TO
set his foot on ships deck"
He left here about q year ago for
the rural delights of .his down east
farm. The cooing of doves, however,
grew monotonous to the man who had
been whistled to sleep times innumer-
able by the screech of Cape Horn hur-
ricanes, and when the chance offered
to bring a steamer out to the Pacific
coast Captain Lane handed the keys
10 the pigeon roost and feed locker to
his good wife, packed his chest and
took command of the Roma
Think He Was a Day Behind
The Golden Gate and Fort Point life
saving crews are firmly convinced that
the keeper of the light on Mile rock
has lost a day and that the long pull
they had yesterday was intended by
the man on the rock as an April fool
Joke. About noon the lookout at each
station noticed the flag hoisted on Mile
rock A squint through the glass
showed the ensign flying with the
union down, a signal of distress. The
Golden Gate crew, in command of Cap
tain Nelson, and the Fort Point crew,
in command of Captain Clark, put off
without delay and reached the rock
about the same time
What's wrong?" they inquired.
''Nothin'," replied the light keeper
putting calmly at his pipe. You fell
lows row putty we'll"
But the fag?" persisted Captain
Clark.
was just salutin' the Madrono. Don't
go away mad"
Mongolia Due Today
The Pacific Mail liner Mongolia, in
command of Captain Fisher. is due
early today from the orient. The Mon
golia is bringing a big cargo and many
passengers, among the latter party
of Japanese tourists. On board the
Mongolia is the body of Captain Hath
away who was in command OF the big
ship when the Mongolia left this port.
and who died suddenly at Shanghai.
The BODY will be forwarded to Chester,
Pa. where Captain Hathaway's sister
resides.
Falls Into Steamers Hold
silva Antoine. a longshoreman who
lives in Oakland, fell into the hold of
the steamer UmatiIla yesterday and
suffered serious injuries. At the har-
Dor hospital il was found that he had
sustained a severe laceration of the
scalp and was suffering from concus-
sion of the brain. His skull may have
been fractured. After treatment by
Surgeon Topham Antoine was removed
to a private hospital.
Changes in Cutter Service
Several changes have been made in
the personnel of the local revenue cut
ter service. Lieutenant Camden has
been transferred from the McCulloch to
duty In the east; Lieutenant Cozier,
from the revenue cutter Bear TO the
Manning: Lieutenant Boedker, from
duty on the Rush to duty in the east;
Lieutenant Alerondier. from the Nc
CulIoch to the Bear; Lieutenant Joynes,
from the Manning to eastern duty, and
Chief Engineer Owens of the Manning
has been ordered east.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday amount
ed to 3,095,000 feet
The cruisers Tennessee Washington
and California, which left here Wednes-
day for Bremerton, were reported yes
terday passing Trinidad.
The steamer Olson and Mahony,
which arrived the other day from Pan
anna went outside the heads yesterday
to empty its water ballast tanks.