The San Francisco call., 1909-11-30


xeN3 4 but on the steam
er's last voyage
from Seattle. end
1 ed yesterday morn
ing, a storm was
encountered that
made them both
look small. The
steamer arrived
early yesterday
morning from the north about Is hours
late, as the result of an encounter with
Nhat coaStng naVigators call dry
southeaster. This particular kind of
storm Is a sort Of meteorological sur
prise. inasmuch as the barometer not
only gives no warning Of its approach,
but deliberately deludes the mariner
into expecting fine weather.
The storm made its first appearance
when the President was off the Colum-
bla river The barometer registered
sci and was rising The higher the
mercury climbed t1le fiercer blew the
tempest, and at noon Sunday when
the storm was at it's height. the barom-
eter registered 1920. II was on the
Hecate banks that the liner got the
worst OF il.
For Is hours the big ship was prac-
tically hove TO. Great as is the Presi-
dents freebosrd. il counted for moth
ing IN that storm Green seas piled
over the bows. and when the ship
raised its nose 10 shake off the water
other seas piled over the rail on either
side at the after end. When the ship
dived the propeller jumped clear of
the water and had 10 be stopped to
prevent its wild racing. When the
stern went down again the engines
were started, as it was necessary to
keep the steamers head to the storm.
This stopping and starting was main
tained for nearly l6 hours. during
which time the ship made practically
no Roadway.
When he saw that the storm promised
unusual violence. Captain Cousins
warned all passengers TO keep TO their
rooms. and additional precaution
fenced in the open space between the
rail and hurricane deck with a rope
netting. The wisdom Of this was jus
tifed when a sea picked up Mrs. Mat
thews, the stewardess. and Chris Co
lOmbO, a bellboy, pitched them over the
rail and left them hanging like star
fsh in the rope netting. Neither was
injured but both would have been
drowned if the net had not been rugged.
The seas smashed companion hatch
on the forward deck into kndling. The
storm doors Of several Staterooms were
torn off, also one of the storm doors
leading 10 the saloon. which was
flooded. The flooding Of the saloon oc-
CURED early Sunday morning. and by
the time those passengers who cared
for brea kfast had assembled all the
water had been baled out
The liner did not resume IT'S voyage
10 southern ports until late last night,
and all day wOrkmen were busy re-
pairing the damage wrought by the
by the sea that invaded the saloon.
had TO be taken 10 pieces and cleaned
10 prevent the corrosion of. its insides
by the salt water. The storm reached
its height about noon Sunday
The passengers paid a high tribute
TO the manner in which Captain
Cousins handled his big charge. He
convinced them early in the battle that
there was no danger. and those who
were not seasick rather enjoyed the
experience Of going through a fine
storm a liner
dance like cork.
rho President brought from Seattle
236 passengers.
KOsmOS Liner SetOs Arrives
The Kosmos liner Setos, which ar
+ rived yesterday from Hamburg by way
or South and Central America, made
no stop between Ecuador and Guate-
mala. and those on board knew noth-
ing Of conditions in Nicaragua beyond
the fact. which they learned at San
Jose. that a revolution was in progress.
The Setos' cargo included $50 tons OF
niter to discharge, which the steamer
went 10 Oakland long wharf after pass
ing quarantine. The Setos brought
only two passengers, both from Chile.
The Messengers We're Carlos F. de
Berna a solicitor in the employ of John
ROthschild & Co. and Oscar Delande,
a y year old hoy, who Travelled in De
Berna's care
Eureka Regrets Captains Resignation
The Eureka newspapers are printing
editorials expressing regret over Cap
tain Charles Halls resignation from
the service Of the Pacific Coast steam
ship company and particularly from
command of the State Of california.
One Of the papers apologies for break
ing a rule IN taking a personal sub
iect as object of editorial comment and
pays this tribute to the former COM
mander Of the State of California:
He held the confidence of the peo-
pie who travel up and down the coast
10 a remarkable degree and bore the
reputation of being attentive to duty
as any captain who ever crossed Hum
Captain Hall was in the service of
the Pacific Coast steamship company
for many years.
CbiyO Maru Sails Today
The japanese turbine liner Chiyo
Msru, ca plain W. W Greene, viii sail
today al ] O'Clock for the far east with
100 cabin passengers and a large num-
Der Of Asiatics in the steerage, in
Guiding more than 100 Chinese. Among
the passengers viii be the Japanese
merchants who have been touring the
United States and who viii be hosts
on board the liner at breakfast to
be given at o'clock this morning to
the chamber Of commerce and others.
Among those invited are Mayor Taylor
and Governor Gillett. The liner Will
not take very large cargo.
Another Tanker for Union OIL Company
The British tank steamer Trinculo,
which arrived yesterday from New
castle Eng, in ballast. has been char
tered for a term~of years by the Union
oil company and will carry California
oil IN bulk TO Panama and Chile. Cap
Aain A. J. Hughes, who brought the
pFfeamer out from England. will retain
command. The Trincuio is vessel of
3199 tons net register and was built
at Newcastle on Tyne in 1908.
The steamer Oberon, sister ship 10
the Trinculo, also under charter to the
Union oil company. viii leave today for
chile on its first voyage In this trade.
The Oberon will call at Port San Luis
and there load $500 barrels of OIL for
the South American port
StOwaways Have Disappeared
Two days after the steamer Ramses.
which arrived here Sunday. left Seat
lie. two stoWaways appeared on deck
and asked for something 10 eat Cap
tain Koehler ordered them fed and told
them that he would have to send them
back to Seattle, as the Ramses. being a
foreign ship, could not carry even