The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-20


turn by way OF Magdalena bay. reach
ing there in time for target practice
The run TO Honolulu will be made in
record time IL the pace set by the st.
Louis on her run down the bay yester-
day can be taken as an Indication.
When the time ball dropped on the
Fsirmont the cruiser was hove short
and all ready for the start Captain
Sleaves gave. the ferry steamers that
left on the hour time 10 get out of
the way and exactly at 1905 .. m. the
ensign was hauled down from the
after staff and the sea going ensign
broken out from the mizzen.
AS the flags were changed the an
cfror came up with run and the cruise
had begun. BY the time the st. Louis
was off Goat island the cruiser had a
great bone in her mouth and appeared
TO be travelling at full speed. She
passed Meiggs wharf with a rush. 1eav-
ing behind on either side Of her wake a
wave that made ferry steamers dance
and big ships roll. Whether or not the
St. Louis is under orders to make a
record run to Honolulu, the cruiser
certainly was in a mighty hurry to
get out of San Francisco harbor.
inaccurate Alleged Wireless
The local shipping world will be in
clined from now on to regard with at
/
that are repeated from Seattle. On
June IL the United wireless company
made public a message from the steam
err Victoria dated June 10 and report
ing the Victoria within 100 miles Of
Nome, with the steamers Umatilla,
Ohio. senator and st. Croix close be-
hind. According to this message the
ice was not bad and all the steamers
were making four knots an hour. Later
ceived from Seattle a message to the
effect that the five steamers were with
ing five miles of Nome. AS the ice was
reported TO be negligible quantity,
il was presumed that the vessels ar
rived and was so reported.
1t now develops that the Victoria and
St Croix were the only ships anywhere
near Nome. The shipping world learned
this gradually. First came a wireless
announcing the arrival of the Senator
June Is, or five days after Seattle had
announced its arrival The Umatilla
did not arrive until June II, and only
yesterday was IL learned that the Ohio
had arrived June IS. Furthermore, re-
ports made by some OF the vessels
show that the ice was very bad at
times and that the revenue cutter
Thetis is now frozen fast Wireless
from Nome Will be taken hereafter
with a grain of salt
Closing Times of Transatlantic Mails
The following sailing dates and clos
ing times at San Francisco of trans
Pacific mails are based on the latest
information furnished by steamship
companies. They are subject to change
on notice. Paper mail for Hawaiian
islands closes one hour earlier than
times given:
For Australia and New Zealand
"a n
Francisco June %. Mail closes 10 a. m.
For China and Japan-Steamer En-
press OF India leaves Seattle June %.
Mail closes June 20 at p M. Steamer
Manchuria leaves San Francisco June
%. Mail closes at 1880 a. IN.
For the Hawaiian islands-Steamer
Manchuria leaves San Francisco June
"a. Mail closes at 1880 a. m.
For the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. EN-
press of India leaves Seattle June %.
Mail closes at June 20 at p. m.
cisco June "a. Mail closes at 1890 a. m.
For Tahiti-Steamer Mariposa leaves
San Francisco July l. Mail closes at
$50 a. m.
President Carries Big Crowd
The Pacific Coast steamship COM
pany's President sailed for Puget sound
yesterday afternoon with a heavy
cargo from this and southern ports
and with 457 passengers. Among the
passengers were:
g. A Esrst0n and wife Miss A. kratz
c. L. James, wife and ;. S. Mcfarland
daughter NJ. MaBsssi and wife
G. Mountford L. y Holt and wife
G. Mckay J. H Mercer and wife
@. Thomas Miss +. Rainey
Miss Settle Mrs. Rainey
H. +. Lenassens and Mrs. Fl. s.. Lind
wife &C.. f. Matthias and wife
Miss Mckay 2. p. shelby
Miss g. Chadwick Prof. A. c. Miller
Mrs. Mckay II. Banta
GjOa's Cruise Postponed
The Norwegian sloop Gjoa, which
was to have been towed around to the
beach below the Cliff House today and
run in through the surf, to be towed
overland later to its final resting place
in Golden gate park, viii not start on
its last voyage until later. The vessel
IN which Captain Amundsen navigated
the northwest passage is almost ready
for the journey to the park, but will
not start until the state of the tide
insures a good landing through the
surf and well up on the beach.
VIII BE a Suction Dredger
E. J. Dodge has sold the steamer
South Bay TO the California reclama-
ton company. The vessel has been
placed in the hands of the Moore &
Scott iron works for conversion into a
suction dredger. The cost of the work
will be $4,000 and when the job is
work dredging the harbor at San Pedro.
YOseric i'm Bad Condition
The captain of the British steamer
Yoseric. previously reported ashore, has
cabled to London from Conception that
the weather is bad and that more
damage has been done to the steamer.
He regards the situation as serious.
The Yoseric was bound from Balti-
more 10 Santa Rosalis-
Water Front Notes
The Japanese liner Tepyo Maru sailed
yesterday from Hongkong for this
port.
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
g p,ounfed m Q7O 00O feet