The San Francisco call., 1908-04-09

at sea for q day or so longer than
usual, that caused the Queen to do
some fancy submarine diving and test
ed to the discomfort OF numerous
stomachs the seagOing worth OF the
hospital ship Relief. The Mariposa.
from Tahiti. reached port Tuesday
evening too late to pass quarantine
The Alameda. from Honolulu, came in
through the heads about ! o'clock yes
terday morning
Three days out from Tahiti the
Asariposa was Sc miles farther on its
. borneward way than ever before in
The same length OF time Then came
the head winds, and under the heavy
handicap the liner gradually fell be-
hind. -Four days before reaching this
port the Mariposa shed one blade Of its
propeller. which did not help matters.
Three days out from Tahiti smoke
was discovered coming from pile OF
coprs sacks in the hold. A number
OF the sacks. found TO be on Ere from
some unknown cause. We're thrown
overheard and the fire was out. 20
damage was done except TO the sacks.
Il was not necessary even TO turn on
the hose
Among the AIariposa's passengers
. were five Tahitians sent here 10 man
the power schooner Hinano. which has
been built in an Alameda shipyard for
Emil Levy. the pearl king of Papeete.
Two OF the dUsky mariners were held
by the immigration officials as sus-
pecteo victims Of trachOma- The
Hinsno is a vessel Of loo tons register
and viii be used in connection with
Levy's pearl fisheries.
The Mariposa's cargo included 5,6SS
sacks of copra. 3.294 sacks of cocoa
mats. e05 cases Of vanilla and a large
shipment OF alligator pears The liner
. brought 81 passengers. TWO OF whom,
4 Nelson King and A. NJ Jones, were
stowaways.
The Alameda encountered head winds
sll the way from Honolulu and Tues
day ran into a strong northerly gale
in which Captain Dowdel was com
PEELED 10 heave 10 for six hours. The
Alameda brought more than so passen-
gers and cargo which included 9.019
sacks OF sugar and a large shipment
OF bananas.
The officers Of the Alameda report
that great progress is being made with
rhe Dredging operations in Honolulu
harbor. The blasting away Of an i'm
nlense coral reef viii give big liners
ample room TO turn in what is now
Z rather awkward corner The coral
being dredged from the shattered reef
is being used TO build up q low lying
end Of the island on which the quar-
antine station is located. The old light
house has been moved back to the
mainland and the rock on which il
stood is being blown up The work
is going on day and night The keep
er Of the old lighthouse. VINO had
watched the light for more than so
years and had reared 4 large family
on the rock, died shortly after the re-
moval of the ancient beacon.
Among the Alameda's passengers
. was Or. z. r. Phillips. d bee expert in
the service Of the department OF agri-
culture. He is returning 10 Washing
ton 10 report the Hawaiian islands a
isne flowing with honey. George
Chalmers, manager of the Waimanalu
plantation, was another passenger 1t
was almost on Chalmers lawn that
the liner Manchuria went ashore, and
his hospitality TO the shipwrecked pas
sengers took the rough edges eff their
unpleasant experience. A. II CLAY,
secretary of the Bank of California
and Mrs Clay returned on the Alameda
from z vacation trip to the islands.
The Alameda's passengers included:
r. P. Arerill aud wife c Il Black. : p.
Bsrtiey. d. Babbett- DR.. II. 9. Baker. e. s. Y.
Mrs. n ]. Collins. George Chalmers. Mrs
Cha liners. A. n. CLAY. Mrs CLAY r. G. DFlinc-
lam. Mrs Dillingham;. H. Froehlich Mrs. Froeh
iich and chile Z. l.. Farnsworth NJ J. Ford
AIRS. Garcia, child and nurse; c. A. Honman
Miss g. Holford. Miss N. Hayes. Mrs Middle
tgn and three children, c. =. Marquee r D.
Mead. Mr.. Mead aud child. n. G. Plummer
~ J.. 7. Philips, +. Reborn. N. J. Riorden
a N. Scott. Ms. Scott. Miss !. Schumacher
- a silva Mrs ? n. wichman. A. H.
Young. Dr. Ferguson. ais. Mc!1ensls p NJ r.
Horne. Miss McClay.
Returns 10 Port Leaking
The scow schooner Annie Z. .Captain
Kindlin, which left here Aprn 6 Tor
Bristol bay was towed into port yes
rerday by the tug Sea Rover When
the schooner departed a strong north
erly gale was blowing outside. and
when the Annie got out from the land
the wind took charge Of the little YES
sci. After a few hours with the gale
the Annie sprang a leak To make
matters worse the chain plates of the
main rigging carried away on port
and starbOard sides and 1t was all off
with the Annie's hopes Of reaching
Bristol bay. The norther blew the
schooner gently but firmly into Mon
derey bay, where the Sea Rover took
F: The little vessel in tow yesterday morn
ing and brought il back to this port
FOR repairs.
Coaled at sIagdsIena BAY
The German steamer Ilse. Captain
Jepsen, which arrived late Tuesday
ftA%i-- rum ran snort OF
fuel bucking head winds on the Mexi-
can coast and ran into Magdalena bay
with almost empty bunkers Admiral
Thomas refused to allow the German
tramp TO fill his bunkers with navy
coal. as the navy needed every pound
of II. but in view Of the Ilse's dis
tress allowed Captain Jepsen to take
from one Of the chartered colIiers 60
tons of the fuel, enough to carry the
Ilse 20 San Diego. At san Diego the
Uses bunkers were further replenished.
Says SwOrdfish Did IL
James Sinnott declares that il was
z swordish, but Dave Crowley saws
il was either big porpoise. a baby
whale or a derelict pile that struck
the Crowley lighter yesterday off
Point Bonita and caused il to spring
aleak The lighter in tow of a launch
was carrying SO tons Of cement. Sin
mott. who was on the launch noticed
che lighter shiver from the impact of
q heavy body and few minutes later
It was found that the lighter was. leak
ing. The lighter is equipped with
pumps and was kept afloat until the
cement had been unloaded. The water
logged lighter viii be drydocked today
and Sinnott, who says he saw the
swordfish swimming away knows that
2 section of the flsh's sharp bill will