The San Francisco call., 1909-04-14

and in the present
condition of the weather the Sheridan
viii probably make good
At daylight the liner Asia should be
In from the orient. and as the Asia
large number of,Asiatics in the steer
age, customs and immi grafton officials
VIII be busy with the Pacific Mail
ship until it is time to tackle the
sheridan, which will keep them busy
until dark.
In the old days the Asia made
shorter work of the run from Homo
lulu, but since the liner has been
classed as an intermediate ship the al
loWance of coal has been reduced and
the time allowance extended. When
the big liners We're placed on the China
run they attracted the bulk of the
passenger travel.
To offset this desire to travel in the
big ships the Pacific Mail company
placed the China and the Asia in the
intermediate class and made a consid-
cradle reduction in the cost of trans
portation on these ships. AS a result
OF TINS readJustment the big ships are
no longer oVercrowded and the China
and Asia have been carrying practical
ly full compliments.
Accidents on Puget Sound
The new Puget sound steamer II. B.
and IN getting clear OF a rock lost
its rudder and skag. The vessel was
drydocked at Seattle for repairs.
eaYie T9e Stesmes Tssams ndanep0is nrYods While
day morning, backed into log raft
and lost two blades of its pro-
steamer arrived at Seattle about /
o'clock.
According to a dispatch from Seat
tie the steamer Joseph nuss is ashore
on Angels spit. Tugs have been sent
to the schOoner'S assistance, and it is
expected that tie vessel Will be fioated
undamaged.
Salmon Ships Put to Sea
The ships Standard and Oriental
sailed yesterday for Bristol bay and
from now on one or more ships will
get away every day until the entire
salmon fleet has departed. The ship
Tacoma, which narrowly escaped de-
structlon by IRE, VIII probably sail to-
day. The Llewellyn J. Morse cleared
yesterday for Bristol bay.
Customs Man JaiIs sailor
That it is an advantage to haYe a
linguist night inspector of customs on
the, water front was made plain yes
] terday when J. Mellis, fireman on the
German steamer Sakkarah, was ar
rested for trying to smuggle 491
cigars into the United States.
Night Inspector Charles Freund saw
a package thrown from the deck of
the vessel TO the wharf This aroused
his suspicion, but he decided not to
make a move until some one picked
talked with a petty officer of the
ship who was on the wharf. Finally
member of the crew came ashore.
He Joined the inspector and officer
They talked in English for some
time. Then the petty officer told
:Mellis in German that he would keep
the attention of the inspector while
he removed the bundle. So Mellis eX-
cused himself, thinking he was not
watched and picked up the bundle.
The inspector waited until he was well
off the wharf, when he placed him
under arrest. Mellis was placed in
the Alameda county jail awaiting his
preliminary examination.
Engineers License Suspended
Chief Engineer John Fink of the
steamer Weitchpec, which blew up re-
Gently on the Sacramento river, causing
the death of Fireman Denlis by escap-
ing steam, had his license revoked for
go days yesterday by Inspectors of
Hulls and Boilers Bolles and Bulger.
1t was found by the inspectors that the
explosion was caused by allowing the
water to run out OF the boiler.
Water Front Notes
The barkentine Fremont cleared yes
terday for a cod fishing cruise.
Steamship City of Puebla. Captain
Shea, sailed yesterday with a large
number of passengers for Puget sound.
The Pacinc Mail liner Korea sailed
yesterday from Hongkong for this
port.
The Kosmos liner Denderah left VAL
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1,365,000 feet.
stranded Bark Abandoned
MOBILE, Ala. April 13.-The Italian
bark Hasa, formerly the German bark
Boundbrook that went ashore near
here three weeks ago has been aban-
doned.