The San Francisco call., 1908-07-03
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Steamer Ohio With 400 Persons
Still Among the Missing

geographic communication was re-
estaollsned with Nome yesterday and
one OF the first messages sent out car
ried the news Of the safe arrival there
june IS Of the big tanker W. S. Por-
Ter, Tor the safety of which consider
able anxiety had developed. There was
no word, however, OF either the steam
er ohio or Of the revenue cutter Thetis,
which were seen June 20 about 200 miles
from Nome all well and in clear water,
qua entirely surrounded by ice. The
norwegian steamer Transit, which was
reported in the icebound lake with the
Lhetls and Ohio, has since reached
Nome
On board She Ohio are more than 400
passengers, and the steamer is i'll fitted
70 Withstand the pressure in case of
the Ice closing in. On board the Thetis
are about 30 employees Of the Northern
commercial company, including the
company's northern manager. superin-
tending engineer and number Of its
river captains. The Thetis is sheathed
with oak and is better fitted than the
passenger steamer for a fght with the
Ice, bat the revenue cutter has limited
power, a broken back and a few other
troubles that ancient ships acquire by
the time they reach the Thetis' vener-
able age.
1t is now almost certain that the
north with the ice and viii remain
prisoners until the ice melts in the
warmth of the advancing season. AS
the Ohio's cargo is made up largely
Of stores for Nome there is no danger OF
those on board starving. and unless the
ice crushes the ships they viii reach
Nome in the course OF time. Mean
while few thousand people are do
ing a lot Of worrying.
Raid Tlufu2 for Had
Every blue5acket knows that in a
wars hlps paint locker is a supply OF
liquor that for effective muddling of the
mead makes the strongest navy sherry
IN the WarorOOm wine mess look like
Adam s ale. 1t makes no difference
tnat this liquor is usually mixed with
shellac. II can inspire a jag just the
same The average blue jacket of today
can be safely trusted in the paint lock
er, but among those not in this class
are eight members of the batueship
Ohlo's crew who are now in irons
awaiting trial by court martial. These
eight sailormen on Wednesday night
broke into the Ohio's paint locker and
stole therefrom large quantity Of
alcohol II had been bought by the
navy department q s a solvent for shell
lac, but these leather throated mariners
used the stun as a beverage. Their
united Jags attracted the attention Of
the marine guard and when the men
woke UP yesterday morning they were
ln irons with aching heads and the
knowledge that the worst was yet to
TenyO Maru's Cargo DISCHARGED
The cargo of the japanese turbine
liner Tenyo Msru Will all be discharged
today and the ship viii be turned over
70 the federal quarantine officials for
fuml cation. After the smoking the
work Of loading for the orient viii be-
gin AS the liner is an oil burner the
work Of repienishing the stock of fuel
VIII be matter Of hours instead of
DAYS. as with the liners that burn coal.
and can be carried on simulta neously
with the loading Of freight. The alb
sence OF coal dust greatly Simplifes the
work Of keeping the big ship clean. A
number Of alterations are being made
IN the liners internal arrangements.
VIII BE the First TO Load
The British ship Celtic Monarch and
the Norwegian ship Prince George will
be the first vessels to load for Europe
with this seasons fruit and salmon.
The Celtic Monarch viii be placed on
the berth July 20 for Liverpool and the
Prince George will begin loading Aug
ust 10 for London.
Starts South With Big Raft
The Spreckels tug Dauntless sailed
yesterday from Astoria for San Diego
with big log raft in tow. This is the
first log raft TO be towed down the
coast this season and is the first of
three that the Dauntless has been en-
gagged TO tow from the Columbia river
HilOnian Sends a Wireless
The MatsOn navigation company's
steamer Hilonian, Captain Peter John
son, which sailed from here on Wednes-
day for Honolulu, sent back a wireless
message at o'clock yesterday morning
10 the effect that the steamer was 200
miles away from san Francisco and all
well
Water Front Notes
The navy hospital ship Relief will
sail today for Honolulu and will there
await the arrival Of the battleship fleet.
receipts OF lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 745.00O feet
o. san Felipe, a visitor from the
country, blew out the gas in a Broad
way lodging house on Wednesday night
and was treated at the harbor hospitaI
yesterday for asphyxiation
The French ship Leon Blum, bound
from shields for this port, was spoken
June in 1 south 35 west