The San Francisco call., 1909-02-10
Ella Has Large Cargo and Will
Call at Many Southern Ports

The Jebsen steamship company's
freight and passenger liner Ella ar
rived here yesterday from Vancouver
and today is scheduled to sail for Cen
tral America. calling at San Pedro en-
its way south and visiting more than a
dozen other ports between here and
Corinto, which, for the present, will be
the terminal port of the new line. The
steamship Erna will follow the Ella in
a month, and for the time being these
two steamers viii maintain monthly
service. Later on arrangements will
be made TO handle European freight
by way OF Tehuantepec.
The new line was organized by Jeb-
sen & Ostrander. who have been en-
gagged in the coast shipping trade for
mary years. Captain Jebsen will rep
resent the company at Manzanillo until
the new line is properly started. Os
trander VIII look out for the Seattle
end of the business and E. c. Evans
has been appointed agent at this port
Between Vancouver and Corinto the
steamers will call at about 20 ports.
carrying freight and passengers be-
tween any and all except where it
would conflict with the American
coastwise shipping law. On the way
south the steamers will call at San
Pedro and will put into San Diego on
the way north.
The Ella, which arrived yesterday.
flies the German flag and is vessel of
$500 tons register. 1t has accommo-
dations for so cabin passengers, 81 sec
ond cabin and 10 steerage. The pas
senger accommodations are comfort
able, the staterooms being particularly
roomy and well ventilated. The dining
saloon is decorated with marine and
rural panel pictures painted by famous
German artists, and the decks offer a
long broad stretch TO the passenger
who likes to walk.
From Vancouver and Seattle the Ella
brought about $500 tons of cargo made
up Of wheat. -four and canned goods
General cargo Will be loaded here at
the China basin, where the steamer
docked yesterday. The Ella will take
from here about a dozen passengers,
three Of whom boarded the steamer at
Vancouver. These three passengers. L.
s Littlejohn, Charles D. Miller and Jose
Gingros, are all interested in the ba-
mana trade. A. R. Porter was a pas
senger from Vancouver to this port
The Ella is commanded by Captain
II. Bruhn and the purser is R. B. Bird,
who for many years was purser of the
Pacific Coast steamship company's
Curacao. Bird speaks Spanish like a
native and understands the business
methods Of the manana country.
VIII Be Star of Holland Hereafter
The Alaska packers association has
purchased the big bark Homeward
Bound and yesterday received permis-
sion from Washington to change the
name Of the vessel to Star of Holland
This Is the fourth name under which
the new star has sailed the seas and
the stars and stripes is the third flag
that has waved over the stern.
Built in Belfast in 1885, the vessel
was launched as the British ship Zemin-
,o~ fo T. III
of the world until il arrived here as the
German ship Otto Gildemeister The
otto Gildemeister sailed from the old
world for this port some years ago,
the vessel for six months the under
gone down
A year almost to day after the ship
had LETT the European port, and months
after it had been posted as missing and
forgotten by all but those personally
interested, a painless hull, covered
with narnaeies and propelled by odds
laneous collection of spars, was sighted
by the lookout at Point Lobos 1t was
the Otto Gildemeister. The ragged Ger
man nag that huttered from the after
STAFF was never hoisted again. The yes
sci was bought here. The repairs neces-
sary TO make il seaworthy entitled the
vessel TO American register, and the
vessel next went forth as the America n
bark Homeward Bound.
With Captain Chad Thompson in
command the ship that made the
longest voyage on record has made
some speedy passages. AS the Star of
Holland the vessels future voyagfng
will be between here and the Alaska
canneries
No Murderers on Board the Ship
When the ship Henry Failing, from
Newcastle, Australia, via Sydney, came
10 anchor yesterday afternoon Police
Detectives Conlon and Mackey went on
board In search of two men suspected
OF having murdered Mrs. Covington I'm
Seattle some years ago. The Henry
Failing sailed from Seattle the day
after the body Of the murdered woman
was discovered. Two men had shipped
at the last moment, and the Seattle
police believed them to be the mur-
oerers. From Seattle the ship went
to Callao, where the two men who
shipped late were arrested, taken be-
fore the American consul and later
released One of the men. Jack Ed
ward, afterward died. The other,
Arthur Hughes. left the ship at Val
paraiso. This information is all that
the local police got for their ocean
cruise in the police launch
The Henry Failing left Newcastle
July 26, and four days later the main
mast was sprung during a heavy gale
and the ship developed a serious leak.
Captain Anderson put into Sydney.
where he discharged 1000 tons of his
coal and effected repairs. He left
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