The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-03

last time they went to sea. Cap
tain George W. Bauer will command
the Alert and Lieutenant Commander
c. G. Fewel of the United States navy
VIII go along as advisor, instructor and
critic. Commander Fewel, who is at
/ tached to the naval training station at
Yerba Buena, has been detailed by the
secretary of the navy to accompany the
citizen sailors on their annual cruise
and win make a report to Washington
on their efficiency.
The division from Eureka is already
aboard the Alert. The San Francisco
division will join the ship today, and
/ tonight the Alert will so to sea. San
Diego is the most southerly point at
which the Alert will call and on the
way there viii pick UP other divisions
] at Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara and San
Pedro.
After picking up the San Diego di-
| vision. the Alert, with a full crew, will
/ head for the open sea and spend at
least three days beyond the sight of
land. The San Diego division may re-
| turn to this port with the Alert. The
| other divisions will be left at their re-
! spective home ports on the homeward
voyage. The Alert will be back July is.
KIitgard VIII Beach the Gjoa
The contract for delivering the Nor
wegian sloop GJoa at Golden Gate park
has been awarded TO Captain Klitgard
/ in spite of the fact that he was not
/ the lowest bidder. There was a lower
! bid. but the bidder did not qualify. It
Will be decided today when the Gjoa
/ is to be taken on It's last voyage.
/ Meanwhile, the process continues of
stripping the sloop of everything that
can be moved without weakening the
! hull in order to have as little weight
as possible to drag through the surf on
were unshipped yesterday and the en-
/ CINE taken out
Tried to Lick the Mate
John Reek, a seaman, was discharged
from the steamer President the last
time that liner was in port. A few
/ hours after the President arrived yes
! terday from San Diego Reek went on
4 board and informed j. Faria, the mate,
/ that he had returned ito have IL out"
With this introduction he sailed in.
/ He was satisfied of his error in a few
| starlit seconds and was willing to con-
slider the incident closed. The mate,
! however, resented being compelled to
/ lick a sailor in port, and a discharged
ance by turning the battered Reek
over to Policeman Campion, who added
/ further TO the insult by booking Reek
/ at the harbor station on a charge of
/ battery.
1T was battery, all right" said Reek,
as he reclined on wooden davenporN
/ behind the iron grill work of cell 4,
but If you'll look at my face you'll
/ see that / didn't do the battering."
Another Log Raft Is Coming
l. W r
Astoria at ? O'Clock yesterday afternoon
for this port with a big log raft in
tow. This is the second raft for the
Fenwick to tackle this season. The
first one arrived here intact, and as
these RATS are now built almost as
strongly as a ship there is little like
lihood of mishap for the one on the
way.
Wireless From Mariposa
According to wireless message re-
Loo cd fr1r . Id
posa, bound for Tahiti. was I0S miles
| of San Francisco at 2 o'clock D. m.
July l. The Mariposa has on board
/ a large number of passengers, with
whom, says the message. all is we'll
Water Front Notes
ReceiptsN of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 2,055 900 feet
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
panys President arrived yesterday
/ from San Diego and the City of Puebla
from Victoria.
The Japanese turbine liner Tenyo
! Maru left Yokohama yesterday for this
port.
The tug Hercules. bound from this
port for Astoria with the ship w. H.
Macy. in town, passed Cape Blanco at
l o'clock p. m. July l.
/ The Pacific Mail liner City of Sydney
will sail at noon today for Panama
and wav ports and the City of Para is
due from the isthmus
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda arrived yesterday at
! Honolulu.
North German LIOyd-s Plans
VICTORIA, B. c., July As soon as
/ the Panama canal is finished the North
German Lloyd steamship company will
/ have a line of round the world steam
ers running into this port said c.
Friesland. agent Of the German line
at Hamburg. who arrived bv the
steamer Aorongi today from Australia
Steamers of the type of the Princess
Alexie and newer Buelow class which
ply from Hamburg and Bremen to the
Orient by way of the Suez canal going
to Yokohama and returning homeward
from that port by way of the Suez. will.
as soon as the Panama canal is com
pleted, come from Yokohama to Puget
sound and return to Germany bv way
Of the Panama canal