The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02

carry mail for Australia.
The Mariposa's passengers will in
clude:
E. l. Bell Miss A. Salmon
Mrs. Bell DIR. L. d. Shelter
Captain James Brown Prof Harrison W Smith
Mrs. A. Chaitln IL. ID. Smith
Mrs. a. Chalhn Mrs. Smith and child
VI. Dennis t.. A. Trimborn
Miss Earl II. True
Miss Dora Farnsworth Charles Waltz
Miss Nora Farnsworth Mrs. Waltz
DR.. 9. A. Gates r. 3. Westlake
Dr. Henri B. Heusch Mrs. Westlake
Mrs. Heusch Thomas White
Il. /. Howe Mrs. White and child
C. Kresser A Bates
A. Kurtz Miss Marie Bateman
]. McBeath Miss L. Blackler
G. McCaul j. Canning
Mrs. McCaul &C. L. Gauthier
l. c. McIndoo AIRS. Gauthier
DR.. B. Marshall Robert Ha greayes
Z. Marting Is. J. Kelly
Miss Mollie Miller Mrs. key
W. +. Nevil Sisssl l.. Kenny
Miss T. POmare SsJer Desire Person
E. f. Potter Miss F. Small
L. ". Rabjohn
Crimp ships Before the Mast
The business Of stealing sailors has
been a prohtless occupation at this
port for many months and the jingle
of blood money is an almost forgotten
sound along the water front. The best
evidence OF the shortness of the grass
I is the departure Yesterday for New
York of Timothy Hawkins, one of the
/ best known Of local crimps. Hawkins
shipped as a forecastle hand on the
! big freighter Shawmut and is now for
the nrSt time IN his career making his
acquaintance with the life into which
he has beguiled probably thousands of
innocent listeners TO his fairy tales.
Hawkins has word painted the life of
sailor ia gorgeous colors and in his
time has received thousands OF dol
lars in blood money. 1t is regretted
along the water front that Hawkins
did not select for his first taste of the
real thing a nice quiet American ship,
such as the Erskine NJ Phelps, where
I H- = - til
Of his old friend, Captain Graham.
wireless From the Westward
The Japanese turbine liner Chiyo
/ Maru, which left here Saturday, was
/ yesterday afternoon, according TO a
wireless message received by the COM
pany- That same message conveyed
10 Professor McAdie the information
that the wind was blowing southwest.
which means, says the weather man,
/ that umbrellas viii be handy posses
The steamer Hilonian. which is on
! its way here from Honolulu, was 726
miles away at O'clock Sunday night
The Hilonian and -Lurline are now
never out Of reach OF the Matson navi-
cation company's office. When they
leave here they talk back until they
/ pick up Honolulu, then they talk both
ways. Under favorable conditions
communication is maintained with this
city all the way to Honolulu.
VIII Take WarIIke Cargo
The liner Asia which sails again for
the orient February 8, will carry a
warlike cargo. all of which is des-
tined for Manila, and will be used for
! preserving the Philippines from for
1 elgn INVASION rms government freight
/ includes 10 submarine mines for the
protection Of Philippine harbors. There
will be also about 100000 pounds Of
rife cartridges and a large shipment
Of empty inch shells.
Indiana Sails Today
The Pacific Mail company's steamer
Indiana, Captain Robinson, will sail at
noon today for Panama and way
cargo. The freight includes $50 tons
of dried fruit and about 500 tons Of
California wine, all for New York.
VIII Be lowed Here for Repairs
/ The steamer Daisy, which is at South
Bend with two blades broken off its
propeller, will be towed here for re-
pairs by the tug Hercules. which
( sailed yesterday from Tacoma. The
Hercules towed from here the old ships
St. David and Big Bonanza, which are
to be converted into freight barges.
VIII Install wireless
The Canadian Pacific railroad COM
pany has decided to equip its feet of
Pacific Coast steamships with United
wireless Instruments The first boat
to have the apparatus installed is the
/ Princess May, now on the Vancouver
Alaska run. The Canadian Pacific
railroad has a feet Of II vessels ply
ing the waters of the Pacific and it is
likely that all these viii soon be fitted
with wireless instruments.
Water Front Notes
The harbOr commissioners will hold
a meeting this morning for the pur-
pose of passing payrolls and disposine
iof such other business as has 'accumu-
lated since last Thursday
The big freighter Shawmut, which
was purchased by Uncle Sam to carry
canal supplies from New York to the
! isthmuS. sailed from here yesterday
for New York. The fremont. the
Shawmut's twin sister. also bought by
the government, sailed yesterday from
Puget sound for New York.
The steamer Melville Dollar cleared
yesterday for Mazatlan.
The Kosmos liner Anubis, which was
so nearly lost on San Miguel island
and which underwent expensive re-
pairs at this port, is safe in the ole
world again, having arrived Saturday
at Southampton