The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-18
MARINE
TENYO PASSENGERS
CO To COLONIES

An unusual instance of travelling Oh
a foreign vessel from San Francisco to
Honolulu with intention to proceed tc
another foreign port occurred yester.
day when the Tenyo Maru arrived
from San Francisco. On the passen,
ger list appears the following:
"For Honolulu-Mr. J. H. White.
house, Mrs. J. H. Whitehouse and
maid, Mr.. E. j. Whitehouse.
Then follows the usual list of pas
sengers for Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai
and Hongkong. The unusual feature
is this: Passengers intending to lie
over in this port are generally desig-
mated on the passenger list with
/ IL JO-Hon,' and in due time, accord
ing to United States shipping regula-
lions, they proceed to the Orient.
In this case the Whitehouses intend
taking the next boat to the Colonies,
| which viii be the Makura4 They are
in the same position as passenger lying
| over here to proceed to the Orient on
any vessel going there. They are GO
ing TO foreign port, and therefore
the shipping regulations are being CON-
piled with.
Once before the Tenyo Maru brought
large number Of wives and relatives
of Navy officers attached to the At
| lantic feet. Their original intention
was TO stop off here while the Atlantic
feet was in port and later on proceed
to Japan. After arriving here many
decided they would like to go to Aus
tralia. where the feet was ordered.
But in the end the majority chose to
go on to Japan. They had obtained
the Collector of Customs authority to
proceed to Australia. and could have
used II if they desired.
The Tenvo Maru brought 426 sacks
of mail, thirty-four pouches of which
comprised registered package mail.
Owing to an unusually long examina-
ton of the passengers and crew, the
vessel did not reach the dock until
after 10 clock. She remains in port
until 9 O'Clock, when she resumes her
voyage to Yokohama.
Among the passengers aboard are
Captain K. Ide and Lieutenant Take
mura of the japanese Navy. The
the embassy at Washington as naval
dTTdcGe. bGIH pUlGGTS Cdn6u DIT Iuc
consulate and were long in converse
tion with Consul Uyeno. Another prom
inent passenger is NJ. Yoshino, mana
ger Of the Manchuria Railway Com
pany. who Is said to have visited the
mainland for the purpose of purchas-
ing rolling stock. etc. He made a
thorough study of the American rail
way systems.
Rival Sister Ships.
SEATTLE, Wash, December S.
The American Hawaiian Steamship
Company, through its Pacific Coast
agent, c. W. Cook of San Francisco,
has chartered the steamship Pleiades,
of the Boston Steamship Company, for
the run between this Coast and Homo
lulu. She win run in direct compe-
tition with her sister ship, the Hyades,
under charter to the Matson Naviga-
tion Company, now waging war on the
American Hawaiian. The move is the
result of an attempt of the millionaire
sugar men of the Islands to discipline
the American-Hawaiian. A number of
them are supposed to be behind the
operators of the Hyades.
The Pleiades, now on the Sound, will
be converted into an oil burner and
delivered to the American-Hawaiian
by January l. When the Hyades was
chartered the announcement was made
that the Matson. Company would in
crease its feet if business warranted.
The natural move would be to charter
the Pleiades, the Hyades sailing with
full cargOes The Americana Hawaiian
Company was apparently watching the
situation, for last week G.. W. Cook
came to Seattle and yesterday COM
pleted the charter Of the Pleiades. 1t
is generally believed that the move
was made simply to keep the vessel
out of the hands Of the opposition.
japanese Fishermen Marooned.
From Midway yesterday came cabled
details of the finding, of three Japa
nese fishermen on Hermes reef, the
survivors Of a quartet who were put
ashore there by the japanese fishing
schooner Keiho Maru. They were
landed on the reef in July with one
month 5 provisions. Since then no
vessel has been near their island,
where they passed through terrible
hardships. When their provisions gave
out they lived on birds eggs, and fl
nalIv one died The Flaurence Ward
passing the reef saw signals of dis
tress. sent a boat ashore and brought
off the survivors. For three months
they had had no matches, and lighted
fires with the aid Of a watch crystal
and the sun 5 rays. They evaporated
sea water Tor drinking water. They
are suffering from scurvy.
Dirigo in Distress.
The Merchants Exchange received
advices Yesterday that the American
ship Dirigo. en- route from Baltimore
to Honolulu, put into Rio Janeiro yes
terdav in a leaking condition. The
Dirigo left Baltimore on October 20.
Alameda Reports shOal.
The United States Coast and Geo
detic Survey 5. :. Explorer has been
making soundings outside the heads of
San Francisco bay entrance, endeavor-
ing to locate a shoal reported by both
the Alameda and Mongolia. The cap
tain of the Mongolia reported sound
inrs at eleven fathoms. The Explorer