The San Francisco call., 1909-11-14

very dark, and Second Mate Hammer
stein, who was in charge of the Cas-
cade, misjudged BATH the distance be-
tween the Cascade and the Slade, and
the speed at which the Slade was COM
ing along.
His suspense. if he worried at all,
was short lived. Both vessels reached
the same part of the Pacific at the same
time and the crash of ripping planks
could have been heard for miles around.
The SHADES stem was split and bow,
away. The schooner is also leaking
slightly
Captain Marc of the Cascade reported
This is what the Slade's bowsprit did
10 the Cascade before 1t broke off 1t
tore the smOkestack off its base and
laid it, battered into a shapeIess mass
of junk, across the deck; it tore away
a large section of rail, ripped out the
stanchions that supported the after
superstructure; tore part of the SUI
perstructure into kindling; knocked
wrecked the rigging on the port side,
fore and aft.
lumber company. The Charles r. Nc
Cormick company owns the Cascade
and viii probable settle for the dam
age to the schooner as under the law a
, sailing vessel has the right of way.
Captain BabcOck Relieved From Logan
Captain Campbell f. Babcock, u. S. A.,
has been relieved from command of the
army transport Logan and has been
ordered to Fort Crook, Nebraska, to
await the return of his regiment, the
Eourth infantry, from the Philippines.
Before reporting for duty at Fort Crook
Captain Babcock will spend two months
leave of absence with his mother in
Chicago. He Will be succeeded on the
Logan by Captain Hansen. L. S. A,
whom he relieved last voyage. and who
was detached 10 take his examination
Tor promotion.
Captain Babcock's tour of staff duty
~ired some time ago and before the
Logan sailed on its last voyage from
this port he was ordered to pejoin his.
regiment in the Philippines He was
held back, however. to take Captain
Hansen's place and as his regiment will
! he home next spring the order to pro-
ceed TO the Philippines has been
changed and he will do duty with the
sixteenth Infantry until his own regi-
meme returns.
As Quartermaster captain in the trans
port service Babcock made good, but
under the law must return to line duty
for AT least a year before he can serve
his country again. as a staff officer.
As a transport captain he developed
the faculty of making everybody com
Portable and preserving. the peace,
which is SAYING a good deal on q
steamship line where the passengers
have the right TO pick their own rooms
according to their rank, or, which
makes it more complex, the rank of
their husbands Even civilians were
and he goes back to the line with the
good will and friendship of all who
have ever been shipmates with him.
Has Big Californian Cargo
The American Hawaiian company's
freighter Mexican, which sailed yes
terday for Salina Cruz, carried cargo
of more than $4,000 tons. made UP en-
tfrelv of Pacific coast products The
biggest part of the cargo was produced
in California. The freight included
5000 barrels of California wine for New
York and heavy shipments of canned
salmon, fruit and vegetables and dried
fruit for New York and Europe The
MeXcan's cargo will be taken across
the isthmus of Tehuantepec by rail and
for New York and about 1000 tons for
Europe. The companys last steamer
to Salina Cruz the Alaskan, carried
cargo which was practically, dupli-
cate of the freight shipped by the
Mexican. The Arizonan's cargo In
cluded 5000 tons of California prod
estimates show that Europe takes
about so per cent OF the products of
this state, and that more than half of
these exports are carried from here by
the Hawaiian line and are
shipped by the Tehuantepec railroad to
Puerto Mexico where steamers of half
a dozen nationalitieS are now running
regularly from all parts of Europe.
Mariposa Due Today From Tahiti
The Oceanic steamship companys
liner Mariposa, Captain Hayward, is
due today from TAHITI with tropical
cargo and a large number of passen-
gers Many of the passengers are
tourists who made the round trip on
the liner. On board also are number
of tourists from New Zealand and Aus
tralia who joined the Mariposa at
Papeete. The Mariposa has beer in
communication with this port by WIRE
less since the night of November 10.
when the liner was 1000 miles away.
Calls Here for Liquid Fuel
The American Hawaiian companv's
steamer Arizonan arrived Yesterday.
nine days from Salina Cruz. The Ari-
zonan has on board about / 800 tons of