The San Francisco call., 1909-01-30
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. SATURDAY, JANUARY 80 1909
Curacao, Which TOWed Cecil Off Rocks,
Arrives From Lower Coast
Schooner Lily Reaches Port After Being
Chased to Sea by Hurricane

The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's steamer Curacao. Captain Paul
sen. arrived yesterday from Mexico
with II passengers, smaller cargo
than usual and treasure valued at
$4,000. The Curacao, January 10,
pulled the Norwegian steamer Cecil
from the beach at Cape Tosca, the
southern extremity of Santa Margarita
island, which is just south of Magda-
lena bay 1t was night when the
Curacao sighted the Cecil, which was
burning signals of distress. The Cura-
Gao stood by until daylight and. after
parting one line, succeeded in getting
the Cecil afioat. Captain Pa1ulsen
would not discuss the terms he made
with the master of the Cecil, but is
said to have refused to render assist
ance until the captain of the Cecil had
agreed to sign a promise to pay $25, 600
for the service. Marine underwriters
do not take the compulsory contract
story seriously.
"Any one with the merest smatter-
ing of marine law and intelligence"
they say, knows that a contract made
under duress is not worth the paper it
is written on, and Captain Paulsen
has been going to sea long enough to
know that matters like this are al
ways adjusted in court For Paulsen
to have demanded promise to pay un-
der the circumstances would have
worked to his disadvantage in the
final settlement, as the court would be
apt to fix the compensation at a figure
considerably lower than the amount
which the master of the ship in peril
agreed to pay under the threat of re-
fusal of assistance"
The Curacao, August %. saved the
British ship Australia from going
ashore at Mazatlan, and the question
of salvage has not yet been settled.
Among the passengers on the Cura-
Gao were Louis Kaiser. Charles Nj.
Whitaker, John f. Stover, Manuel Riy-
erall and Manuel Santoscy.
Lily Makes Port at Last
The schooner Lily Captain Biorn. did
not make port until late yesterday
afternoon, and when Captain Bjorn sat
down in his little cabin after the
anchor had been let go he declared
the toughest in his experience The
Lily left Umpqua January l and for
20 days of the passage was fighting
southerly and southeasterly gales. on
January 23 the Lily was in the vicin-
ity. of the lightship. A southeasterly
gale rufffed up the bar and sent the
little schooner scooting out to where
the sea room was unlimited. The gale.
which lasted for three days developed
into hurricane and the Lily rode it
out 80 miles northwest OF the Faral-
Ions.
Luriine Arrives From Islands
The Matson navigation company's
steamer Lurline, Captain Weeden, ar
rived yesterday, seven and a half days
from kahului, with passengers and a
large cargo. The freight. included
5000 bags of sugar and 1 500 cases
of canned pineappleS. Among the
passengers were. Mr.. and Mrs r. lib
bits, S. A. Katiz j. Hansen and party,
A. A Douglas. Mr.. and Mrs. Haslett,
T. w. Carter, Dr. and Mrs. j. J. Grace,
Mr.. and Mrs T. A. Mayfeld d. Lowell,
Miss Ollie Steel and d. Cumming.
Too Rough to Finish Loading
The steamer Alcatraz which arrived
yesterday from Del Mar Landing,
brought only 10000 feet of lumber.
having been unable to load more on
account of the rough weather.
Water Front Notes
The Japanese turbines liner Chiyo
Maru, Captain w. w. Greene, will sail
today for the orient with freight and
about 100 passengers
The liner Asia is due early this
morning from the orient.
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda. Captain Dowdell, will
sail today for Honolulu with a large
cargo and about 100 passengers
The Chilean barkentine Andromeda
has been purchased by the Western
fuel company and will be converted
into a coal barge.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 1,264,000 feet.
The Kosmos liner Serak sailed yes
The City of Para left Acapulco
Thursday for this port