The San Francisco call., 1908-09-13
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
Yeddo Arrives From the Antipodes and
Brings No Word of Missing Aeon

BRUSH steamer Heddo. Captain Win
field. which arrived here yesterday
from Australia, left the antipodes un-
Ger orders 70 keep q sharp lookout for
the missing steamer Aeon and also for
the disabled steamer HaWea. but ar
rived here without word of either.
The AeddO went considerably out of
us course and made a call at Apia in
samoa, but neither heard nor saw any
thing Of the missing tramps
The Yeddo itself presented rather a
disreputable appearance when il
reached this port With only 400 tons
Of freight by way Of ballast the
steamer was high out Of the water, so
high that half its propeller revOlved in
fhe air. The steamers sides We're al
most innocent OF paint and were COW
cred with rust. To the landsman the
Aedoo looked more like an abandoned
wash boiler than relief ship, but
what looked like distress 10 the land
lubber viii disappear in a few days
under a coat or two of paint.
Il is So days now since the Aeon left
this port for sydney via Apia and moth
ing has been heard Of the vessel since.
There are some United States navy
people on board and il is understood
that a cruiser has been ordered to
search the south Pacific for the dere-
Ict tramp.
The steamer Hawea, for which the
Neddo also searched. belongs to the
Union steamship line and was last re-
ported OF Lord Howe island with its
kshaft broken. 1t is thought that some
milar accident has happened to the
Ae0n.
Thomas Arrives From Manila
The army transport Thomas, Cap
tain Lyman. arrived yesterday from
Manila. a day ahead OF its schedule
time. with about $50 cabin passengers
81 "a her faeac- a7c f,.a
ranking officer on board was Brigadier
General Philip Reade. Captain .. r
CabeH OF the First cavalry was in
command OF the troops on board. Cap
tain Lawrence D. Cabell IS the quarter
master captain or purser OF the trans
port
The Thomas. which has a record for
meeting and outwiUting typhoons, was
favored with fine weather all the way
across the Pacific The absence Of
warships from this coast enabled the
less for the first time on a homeWard
rip since the Atlantic feet entered the
Pacific.
Cleaning Up the Water Front
Prompted possibly by the physical
rle6nlness OF East street. which is now
being cleaned scientifically under a con-
tract which calls for no pay until re-
suits are satisfactory, Captain Michael
Joseph C0nbOy decided yesterday TO rid
the water front Of the undesirable citi-
fens that have found the Wharves and
pierheaos desirable lounging places
within the last few days. He sent
Corporal Jlm MCGOWAN with a posse to
make collection. and within an hour
the police had gathered in 13 human
oerellcts who We're locked up and
charged with vagrancy. MCGOWAN
riassed his prisoners as professional
rrtpples, dangerous yeggmen and plain
buns. He is going to make another
raid this afternoon
Not Damaged by Fire
The British steamer Hughenden.
which was reported at Rio Grande do
SUI with FIRE In its cross bunkers, was
not damaged. A cable received yes
terday al Che Merchants exchange re-
ports that the fire was eXtinguished be-
fore any damage had been done TO the
1Nrg0, which is being discharged IN
Eocd condition
To Repair the Anubis
Specifications have been prepared and
bids viii be invited for making perna-
nent repairs 20 the KOsmOS liner
Anubis. which was badly damaged as
the result Of its experience on rocky
ledge IN the Santa Barbara channel.
The damage Is very extensive and il
IS expected that there viii be some
keen bidding for the week.
Water Front Notes
Receipts OF lumber yesterday by sea
amounted 10 2.6S5 600 feet
Japanese liner TenyO Maru is eX-
pected 10 arrive early Tuesday morning
from the orient. According 10 the time
from Honolulu made on its maiden
voyage the big turbine liner could
be here Monday. but the company Of
lcials at this port say that no effort
VIII be made 10 break another record.
The police launch Patrol. in charge
ot Captain Michael Joseph Con boy, was
out all Of yesterday searching for the
bodies Of the five boys from the North
End rowing club who were drowned