The San Francisco call., 1910-03-29


SAYS slat the storm WAS the worst he
ever encountered and the appearance
oil lae Nippon confirms his judgment.
Haf "a dozen heavy glass ports on
the stsrboarc side We're beaten IN by
tGc waves The brass frames tilat
Lid gre ports were twisted into junk.
nee o. rle ports that were torn from
II cir L-Stclit2gS We're IN the saloon ana
FsaLer 5lal came pouring in hooded the
-o1u "-aiSl deep. one OF the glass
pores Ay1s thrown out OF Its Irame SO
violently that u LANDED on the side-
board ia the center OF the saloon ana
i. fl a track IKE that OF a 20 inch shell.
.GE the stained glass doors 10 the saloon
0rly tue frames were left. Much dam
.zc WAS done about the deck Every
J-iug movable was washed over
board and tae sJarboard gangway was
49, result Of the storm the Nippon,
a.reaGy late lost more time and was
Yen held over a day In Honolulu for
Inspection by the United States autnorl-
ties before the steamers passenger IL
Cense WAS renewed. For these reasons
the NippOn arrived here Monday in
stead 81 the previous Thursday. ne
..uer brought p cabin passengers anu
SIS AsiaticS SO Of " hom were Hlndus.
The CARGO Of 1884 tons included 3-l39
rolls % mating. 514 bales Of raw SILK
Grd q small shipment OF tea me pas
EcuEers were-
from HoNGKoNG
a Ghells . , Masssr Z Z s,ar9G,lsrdt MaE9nsrddt
FROM NAGAsAKI
william Thornton ,-,
Mr. aud Mrs. n. Whit Master whittemore
FROM YOKOHAMA
I g. Asskava Miss 5. ShImskawa
! ~ Nelson Mrs. X. Uyepo
Miss ~. psubo r. l.. Hsnlon
Mis-. r. Tanaki N. Mayekaws
John hada ;. Sakurugl
Mss T. Max ,saima
FKOM HONOLULU
MT. and Mrs a Il, IL Ipsks 5 s...s
One of the Three smiths
Captsin IL = smith. the new skipper
nI me japanese liner Nippon Maru, has
been with Lle JoEo k1Sen IAalsna since
the liner started. He came here nrst
- rnief o-7lcer of the America, under
Caurafn Greene. He received his pro-
motion soon after, but, except for one
royage ABOUT a year ago, ~heR n. ne
came 70 this port IN command OF the
y ippou he has been on the company
South American line. Captain Smith IS
famous in HOnskong as one or the
.other Smiths in the British colony, but
Tie others are merely smiths The
4 tlree smiths are distinguished from
smith. who never drinks anything
s--oneer. is known IS Soda water
> Hth. The others are ''Taiky Talky"
smith and W Risky smith, ana they
are all good fellows.
President sails for Southern Ports
Among the passengers who sailed
Yesterday for southern California on
The steamer President were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Miss n. silys
NJ. H Lee Mrs c b. Thompson
M5-l Icc Mrs B Thomas
Miss = Spring Mrs E Neill
Ms " T. Penny and Ar. and Mrs j. X
lau-itcr PoF2s
,r. ana Nr~ E. Phloe- Mr., and Mrs W. O.
- Bowman Mr. and Mrs. C. ".
n HTi.arf Ms. s. A. Nscreedy
]. g. Boreu Dr. and Mrs. J. &
T. a. IIumlston Suiekel
J. "a GIvucs g. A. Storey
T. 81 smith Charles Johnson
Miss Hara Anderson C. Dtppold
Nir anl Nrs. n Butter Mr. and Mrs. P. J.
Miss Nora sullivan Miller
r. Browning Mrs s L. Han
Makes Good speed at Official Trial
The liner Nippon Maru, while in
Japan this voyage, WAS given its an
nual government speed trial off the
hsrbor of Nagasaki. These trials are
10 make sure that the ship is still en-
titled 10 the subsidy paid by the Japa-
uese gOTerument 10 vessels that can
be used iii time Of war as auxiliary
cruisers. The liner was sent over the
course six times and made an average
speed Of ls.fs Knots. The Nippon was
built i'm 1895 a. Sunderland. Eng, and
the liners contract speed was i knots.
FnIIs Into Bay and Loses Life
Stewart Britt a deck hand on the
army steamer General Mcdowell, fei:
iuto the bag yesterday and was
drowned. The Mcdowell at the time
was Aiug at the end Of the transport
wharf Britt slipped on the gang
plank and fen overheard. He was seen
srimmiaE and lines and life preserVers
were thrown 10 him. Before he could
catch hold Of any Of these aids he ap-
uarCuflY was seized with cramp. Sud
denly le threw up MS arms, uttered
Crv of alarm and disappeared. The
Dody mas not been recovered. Britt
was about IS years of age and the sup
port Of = widowed mother. His father,
who was major in tie medical corps
Of the army. died some years go.
siberia Has Many Passengers
The Pacific Mail liner Siberia, Cap
tain Adrian Feeder. homeward bound
from the far east, left Honolulu at i
> clock saturday morning, and is due
here next Friday The liner has on
hoard IL cabin passengers, of whom
more than 100 are from Honolulu and
200 Asiatics. The cargo Of $500 tons
includes l,500 tons Of overland freight
End 100 tons for Panama. The overland
cargo includes l05 tons OF raw silk.
VIII Have Trial Trip Thursday
V75,o ,1ayy Stcrfslpr Mana Valley hfl;lf