The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-03-17
SIBERIA IN AND OUT.

The Pacific Mail steamship Siberia
arrived in port early yesterday morn
ing from San Francisco with seventy
five cabin passengers for Honolulu and
about two hundred through passengers.
This is about the beginning of the
time for tourists to go to Japan for
the cherry blossom season. The Sibe-
ria s list includes a party of sixteen
under the direction of Leon Collver,
well known as a conductor of tourists
Among the returning island people
are Mr.. and Mrs. F. H Burnette and
family, Mr.. and Mrs Harold Dilling-
ham, Col. and Mrs. George De La
Vergne, Mrs. E. B. Warehouse, and
the Misses E. j., Margaret and Marion
Waterhouse.
There have been a number of changes
among the officers of the Siberia. John
P. Follett, who has been second mate,
is not with the vessel this trip. 1t
is believed he is slated for chief officer
of one of the other vessels of the
company, perhaps the Mongolia. In
his place is George Young, formerly
lieutenant in the United States navy
and very fine man. Harry Burkholm,
the third officer of the vessel who was
taken sick at Hongkong when the yes
sci was there two voyages ago, is back
in his old position. There is new
fifth officer, Henry Nelson, who was
formerly the master of schooner, but
wants to get in line for promotion in
the steamship service. George Me
Kenna, u nephew of the master of the
steamship Peru is new quartermaster
on the Siberia.
The Siberia experienced the pleasant
est of weather on the voyage. 1t be
gan to cloud up on Saturday and on
Sunday it rained all day.
In the Asiatie steerage, the Siberia
has IS japanese of whom about 25 are
being deported from the United States
for coming illegally into the country.
They are japanese who got in across
the Mexican border. Most of them
were brought from Ell Paso and Tucson
on the Southern Pacific shortly before
the Siberia sailed. The San Francisco
Chronicle says:
"A previous bunch of japanese caught
in the same part of the country showed
a very belligerent attitude and told
the guards that they would come back
from Japan some day with rifles. But
this bunch appeared quite meek, so
much so, in fact, that there has been
some suspicion that the Japanese who
really desire to return to Japan are
working a nice little scheme, by which
they 90 to the border country and then
try to evade the inspectors
till they are well caught and destined
for the land of the rising sun and the
,Ioseo,,;Dr cbr1ySap + h emuno The lama
nese, say the guards, are on to all the
little stunts that made the Chinese
peculiarly sly.
There are eight Hindus who went to
the United States on the last voyage
Of the Siberia. but were refused land
ing at San Francisco. Why they were
rejected is not known aboard the ST.
IBERIA. but it is thought that some of
them at least were afflicted with ira |
choma.
There are 1872 Chinese aboard the ST. |
IBERIA returning to their native land.
The Siberia sighted the Manchuria |
1n March Il about midnight, two days |
out from San Francisco.
The Siberia sailed at O'Clock yes |
-erday for Yokohama. taking quite a |
number of passengers from here, most |
y layovers from previous steamships. |
THE HELENE RECORD VOYAGE.
The schooner Helene, Capt. Thomp- |
ION, arrived here yesterday forenoon |
rom Honoipu with $4,000 bags of Hawt |
sugar which will go into the Virginian |
or SaIina Cruz. The Helene finished |
lischarging her cargo Of Newcastle |
,oal at Honoipu some days ago and |
hen loaded sugar for Honolulu, sailing i
rom there Saturday noon.
The Helene did make the almost rec |
,rd trip Of thirty days from Hawaii to |
as stated in the Advertiser
March 3, but contradieted on the |
strength of the Maritime Register |
Captain Thompson says that they had |
avoring breezes the whole voyage and |
made great speed. The wind was with |
hem right to the last and they sailed |
MO the harbor of Newcastle, reject
ing the offers of tug and tow boats 10