The San Francisco call., 1909-04-16

A new menace to the American mer-
chant marine has arisen in the person
Of r. p. schwerin. according TO the
tourists who made the last trip to the
orient on the steamship Korea. From
the passengers who made the Journey
have come bundle Of Letters to the
Offices OF the Pacific Mail that makes
the pack Of Santa Claus look like a
handbag. The missives bear the sigma
lures Of 1nanciers and society women
Of Boston. New York and Chicago. Here
and there the writer has hidden her
identity under the suggestive sigma
ture Of -'Breakfastless Lady, Disgust
ed Noyager.' and Hungry Tourist"
It's all due to the new rules that
Manager Schwerin has pld in force
Schwerin has undertaken to extend
Harriman's sutOcratic sway to the high
seas The passengers were not amazed
that these things should obtain within
the three mile limit. but when they
passed outside the line Of Jurisdiction
they expected relief, but matters only
grew worse.
OBJECT TO EARLY BREAKFAST
schwerin has prescribed that miladv
ana
her room. He nominates that she shall
rise at s or Of breakfast shall she have
none. IL so Happened that the Korea
mad an ample complement OF society
folk who have been wont to enjoy the
luxury OF breakfasting from the siIken
coVerlet in loose and gauzy kfmono.
But IL was not so on the Korea. For
meal in the room one must needs
have obtained physicians certificate.
But even this was not sufficient In
deed, The steward had the mower of
veto over the doctors orders Break
last began at s. The doctor. under
the Schwerin statutes is kept some
Where below decks. il requires time
10 locate the physician. still more 1.ne
for him 10 make a thorough medica |.
examination. Then the official certii
cate must be prepared; then the hunt
Tor the steward and his signature And
then forsooth. the hour OF has come
and gone. and the fair passenger. nro-
nounced officially III, finds that the
hour Of breakfast has sped for the dav.
The Korea reached the orient with
50 women who never tasted the noorn-
ing meal for the Il days.
rms was the chief source of com
plant that prompted the passengers to
indlte TO Hartman the note quoted
apoNe. There were other grievances
as well
-Ht'oN-i-i % otiW eriDS ukaSeS that
aroused spirit Of rebellion was the
order that passengers should he al
lowed 70 use only such steamer chairs
as they rented from the COMPANY rrbe
Pacihc Mail leases its chairs ar +be
rate OF 81 for the voyage. No nassen-
ger IS allowed TO use his own chair
The passengers objected that while the
chairs Of the company were all of the
same architecture. the passengers w.
not This rule was extended even -
inNaiids for whom chairs OF certain
shapes and dimensions had bsaa
brought TO the Korea. The chairs We
consigned TO the ho,d during the frir'
PASSENGERS IN MUTINY
After few days under the Schwer,,,
ordinances the passengers mutfnied
They protested to Captain Sandhero
and 10 the purser. but they could give
no relief, pointing TO the orders. Then
the letter 10 Hartman was drafted
The Korea left here on March 9 with
fun passenger list Among tbosa
who sailed were:
Miss Gail Edith Lewis Mrs. Il. Tyson
Miss Olive Lewis az. A. NcCorkle
benjamin \ ard Mrs. r. A. McCorkle
Miss Mabel Hodson Airs. r. Parker
Miss Mary Hood n. A. Moran
T. X. Arnold Mrs. c. Dana