The San Francisco call., 1909-12-25

Mcdowell to the
discharge camp and
was caught in the tide rip off Blunt
point. The Smead's power was linn
I tied and the first thing Jacobson knew
4 his launch was high and almost dry
on a shelf rock. Those on board were
taken off by the General Alexander,
which was close by.
4 At high tide Captain Hopkins of the
army steamer Lieutenant Murphy put
line on the stranded launch and
pulled it off the rock. So forcibly was
the launch pulled off that great hole
was torn in its bottom and a few sec
onds after getting into deep water all
that was in evidence of the Smead
were a few feeble bubbles on the sur
face that for brief moment marked
the place where the army launch had
found watery grave
The Smead was formerly the steam
launch of one of the big transports
and was not sufficiently powerful to
contend with the tide rips that make
boating dangerous along the shores of
Angel island.
Says Miller Is Mistaken
Thomas Crowley of the Crowley
launch company says that Commander
w G. Miller of the navy did him an
injustice when he informed the har-
Dor commissioners at their last meet
ing that Crowley had failed to take
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sengers who had been placed on board
the warship by his launches.
When the Atlantic fleet was here
Miller was executive officer of the Min
twelfth lighthouse district He ad-
dressed his communication to the har
sioner Dennison and the attorney
OF the board was asked to look into
the law and see what jurisdiction, il
any, the commissioners have over
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board.
Crowley says that while the Mime
sofa was at Santa Cruz he landed two
boat loads of passengers on the Min
nesota. Other launches landed other
pa ssengers. He took from the Min
nesota, he says, half a dozen loads OF
brought ashore three times as many
as he had placed on board he had done
his share.
The other launchmen neglected to
call at the Minnesota for return pas
sengers, and those left on board were
landed by the ships boats. The cap
boycott on Crowley's launches, for
the reason said Crowley, that mine
was the name easiest TO remember
Crowley says that Miller had a per-
sonal grudge to serve in addressing
the commissioners. While the Mime
sofa was here Miller gave orders that
Crowley's launches were not to be al
lowed alongside the ship. Late
night Miller and a number of officers
of other ships came down to the Crow
ley float and asked TO be placed aboard
dated but Miller, whose own order was
quoted TO him as reason for not
going to the Minnesota.
Crowley has written protest 10 the
harbor commissioners and will ask to
be heard on his own behalf at the next
meeting.
VIII Have Many Passengers
The japanese liner Tenyo Maru, Cap
tain Bent, which sails Tuesday for the
far east. will carry large number Of
cabin passengers, but a rather light
The number of cabin passengers car
ried by these new Japanese liners is
steadily increa sing, and now that the
Chinese boycott is on the wane the
Asiatic steerage travel is also begin
ming to count.
on the Tenyo and Chiyo special at
tention was given, when the ships
were built TO the quarters for Chinese
the Togo Kisen Kaisha the Japanese
boycott went into commission about the
same time as the new ships, and until
recently Chinese passengers have been
few and far between.
Korea Due in Afternoon
The Pacific Mail liner Korea. Cap
tain Sandberg. which is due tomorrow
from the far east will not arrive until
after noon, according 70 wireless
message received yesterday. The Korea
has large cargo, but only 81 cabin
passengers, half of whom are from
Honolulu The cargo includes big
shipment of raw silk.
Is Drifting North
The abandoned schooner Susie NJ
Plummer is now drifting north. and
Thursday was sighted off the straits
of Juan de Fuca It is possible that
the vessel may be picked up and towed
to port. but If this is not deemed prac-
tical the revenue cutter Snohomish will
destroy the derelict, which. in it's pres
ent condition, is a serious menace to
navigation.
LurIine Has Big Cargo
The Matson navigation company's
steamer Lurline, which is due today
from Honolulu, has on board 35 pas
sengers and a large cargo. The freight
includes a big shipment of canned pine
apples.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 100000 feet.
The Norwegian steamer Aagot cleared !
yesterday for Melbourne via Eureka
The Kosmos liner Setos sailed yes
terday for Hamburg.
The six masted barkentine Everett
c. Griggs sailed yesterday for Seat
tie in tow of the tug Goliah
The steamer Alameda. homeward |
bound from Honolulu, was 1927 miles
away at p. m. December %.
Death of Captain TheOphiIus Green
SEATTLE, Dec. 24.-The Puget Sound |
ophilus Green. aged 5S years, one of
the best knowR navigators on the Pa
cific coast, dropped dead of heart dis 1
ease today just as bis steamer the
Nashonian, was making a landing at