The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-10
MARINE
Master Is Incompetent.


A sizzling cable message was sent
to San Francisco yesterday afternoon
to the owners of the American
schooner Ethel Zane, the sender be-
ing United States Shipping Commits
sioner Amy. The commissioner stated
that the present master of the
schooner, Peterson, was incompetent,
and, in addition, was hitting the
booze too hard. He recommended a
change of masters .instanter, and
stated that he could put captain
aboard who would handle the trim
craft O. X
Soon after the Ethel Zane arrived
here from Eureka, with a load OF red
wood ties. the captain was sent to the
hospital very sick man. Two other
members of the crew followed him
there. Then cable representations
were sent to the owners informing
them of the masterless condition OF
the vessel and a local man was rec
commended The owners, however, sent
word to Captain Hansen of the bark
entine w. B. Flint, ship belonging
to the same company, to select a mas
ter. The Shipping Commissioner soon
came in contact with the new master,
Peterson. who was formerly second
mate of the Flint. Captain Hansen
selected him, probably, with a view
to cutting down expenses for the COM
many. for a Honolulu temporary mas
ter meant steamer passenger rare
back from San Francisco, and the see
ond mate of the Flint would take his
Job on the Flint again on arrival az
the Coast of both vessels.
CAPTAIN Peterson fixed up matters
concerning himself at the Custom
House. Then trouble began. Accord
ing to the crew and other waterfront
ers Captain Pederson's hat failed to
Mt. The first day he couldn't get IT
ON with a shoe horn. Swelled head,
they said. played havoc with dlsel-
Mine ct al. aboard the Ethel Zane.
Then thew said the new master kept
his nose too close to the wine-glass.
The trouble eliminated yesterday
morning. when the erew-to-be visited
the Shipping Commissioner office
and said fatty they wouldn't sail on
the blanketv-blankety blank schooner,
and finally said it was the captain
they were opposed to tooth and nan.
sfWhv. he's drunk now IN his
cabin > said one sailor, "and he call
Cd me n name''-and he whispered
this into the ear of the Shipping Com
missioner. who blushed and said, - m
shocked. - The commissioner sent Tor
the eaptain. The boy had dltheulty
in arousing him. In the meantime.
Joseph T. Liddy, agent of the Sailors
TTpion eatapulted into the eommis-
s;oner,s Office. He talked in loud
tones about the Ethel Zane and gave
his opinion of the new captain. he
had been called a bad name by some
body TOO. He was in trouble ABOUT
the crew which would not stick TO
tbs -boat if Peterson were retained as
master. He demanded that Uncle
Sans representative place new cap
tain aboard. ~.
Tben the commissioner cut the
cordian knot bv seizing his pen and
dasbinp off a cablegram, which he hur-
~;ad over TO the cable offiee-and once
more il was up to the owners OF the
tr;m little schooner Ethel Zane to get
a new captain. And this time cap
tain Rosehill may get the command.
Mules for the Cavalry.
Aboard the MatsOn Navigation com
pany liner Lurline, due here friaa Jay
morning from San Francesca, are
about a hundred mules, mostly con
signed to the Army, and more PaI!iie e
ularlv TO the Fifth Cavalry at LeTIe
hua. to be used for teamng, ete; Ine
American Hawaiian freighter virgin
ian is expected to bring the horses olE 81 aor
the two squadrons of the Fl1th O"'-
airy.
Rehabilitate Naval Wireless.
From somewhere on the faclns
Coast wireless message orlglnaIeu
ON Tuesday night and settled itself q. on
the tip Of the wireless mast mast. at 4.,a tn9
Kabuku station of the lnter-lslanu
nrrrcE OF THE UNITED