The San Francisco call., 1909-07-27
LINER BRINGING
MANY PASSENGERS
Precautions Taken at Honolulu
May Save Ship From Visit
TO Angel Island

The Pacific Mail liner Korea. Captain Sand
berg, which is due today from the. orient, is
bringing a large number of passengers and
valuable cargo. The liner is late, having been
detained az Honolulu on account of a case Of
suspected plague. but it is not believed that
there will be any unusual detention in quar-
antine in this port for the liner. The case
was In the steerage and all necessary precau-
Mons were taken The suspect was left at
The Korea viii sail again August ; and al
ready practically every berth has been taken.
Among the passengers outward bound will be
General Manager r. L. Schwerin and his fam
lily. who are going TO Honolulu for their sum
mer outing. Schwerln intended originally to
make the round trip TO the orient for the pur-
pose Of testing for himself the regulations
that he imposed for restraining the liberty Of
RockhilIs criticism of these regulations tina +
made him change his mind and conclude that
rest between trips at the island port was
10 take. Anyway. he is not going TO the orient.
WILL NOT CARRY MANY PASSENGERS
The japanese liner Tenyo Maru Captain
Ernest Bent which sails at ! o'clock this after
noon for the far east. wiz carry only about
80 cabin passengers and a light cargo. Al
though probably one of the most comfortable
Pacific, the Japanese liners have never been
crowded on the voyage from this port. The lack
Of freight is due largely to the Chinese boy
OPIUM IN TRANSIT is SAFE
Opium in transit euter this port and
be transferred 10 another vessel without seiz-
ure, according TO the decision received at the
custom mouse yesterday from the treasury
department at Washington. ID. c. Since the
iaN PIeuipluns the importation OF opium went
into eneet sill opium in transit entering this
port has been seized and destroyed. Most or
the opium seized in this way was being shipped
10 Panama, and has been transferred from the
Chins steamer on which it arrived to vessel
running down the coast TO South America.
1he steamship company appealed to Wash
ingron, claiming that the drug not in the
United States. and asked for relief from the
customs ofnctals who had been carrying out the
letter Of the law. In ruling on the matter the
department specified that the drug not re-
main in the port more than - days. This
time is counted from the arrival from China
Of the vessel bearing the opium 10 the time
Of departure Of the steamer in which the re-
shipment is made.
AVERY LEAVES TODAY FOR JAPAN
W. H. Avery. assistant general manager Of
the ToyO Kisen haisha. will sail today for
Japan ON the Tenyo Maru. Avery, who has
ing after the Toyo Kisen Kaishas new line
TO the southern republic. returned home yester-
DO battle with the work that has accumulated
there during his long absence. He landed In
the city about noon and before o'clock had
received cabegram from Japan asking him to
step over TO Yokohama for a few minutes -
Avery has been living in Pullman cars and on
board ship for the last few years with
respites that were few and brief He accepted
the situation philosophieally. and left word to
have MS baggage sent 10 the Tenyo Maru in
stead Of 10 his hotel He is going TO Japan TO
attend the company's annual meeting, and
his stay in Yokohama win not be long.
WILL SAIL FROM PIER 40
The steamer State Of California of the San
Francisco and Portland steamship company will
sail Saturday for Portland from pier 40 where
freight intended for this steamer viii be re-
ceived. The Newport which sails July 80 from
Panama and way ports. will leave from Spear
street. but after that the Panama liners will
leave from pier 40. which has been assigned to
the Hartman lines for the Panama and Port
land steamers.
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in the east and which arrived few days ago.
will be ready for service between here and Port
land early in September.
PRESIDENT CARRIES MANY PASSENGERS
The Pacific Coast steamship company's Presi-
dent Captain Cousins, sailed yesterday for
southern ports with 254 passengers, among whom
F. r. Wilson and wife Miss Fowler
II. p. Nelson ~. =. HuntoOn
J. M. LOrenz Miss G. Marsh
sw. c. sheron and wifelG. H. whitworth
NJ A Duncan ]. +. Carney
A. Mead Mrs. A. NJ. Trego
Miss NJ. Dsrch tCi. c. Arnold and wife
Miss F. Penning IT, r. Kirk and wife
WATER FRONT NOTES
The japanese liner Chiyo Maru. which left
here June 20. arrived yesterday at Hongkong,
two days ahead OF schedule time.
The steamer Curacao left Ensenada yesterday
for this port
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea amounted
20 5000. 600 feet.
from GuaEmas for this port.
The army transport Buford, after adjusting
compasses in the bay sailed yesterday after
noon for Seattle and viii leave the northern port
August with troops for the Philippines.
CLAIM RECORD FOR STEAMING
SEATTLE. July 26.-Claiming the worlds rec
ord for consecutive steaming, the British
steamer Headley, Captain William Butler, ar
rived at the Puget sound navy yard at Bremen
cos1 cos sfter Ssv,nq been mt es daPs from New
port News. Va From the time the steamer
left Newport News at p. m May is until it