The San Francisco call., 1910-02-19

out 1of sudden dropping of the wind.
There was a strong inshore set of the
tide, and almost before Captain AS
mussen realized that the wind had
! forsaken him the schooner was in the
! grip of the current and drifting rapid
/ ly toward the beach.
| The captain waited until the last
! minute in the hope that the wind
! would pipe up again. BY the time he
made up his mind to LET go an anchor
! the Samar was almost in the breakers
/ Fortunately the anchor found good
holding and the schooner came to
| stop while there was still a foot or two
| of water under the keel
! Signals OF distress were hoisted and
| the tug Pilot was dispatched to the
wlndJammer assistance. The Pilot
| breakers and before the tug let go the
schooner was well clear of the bar.
The Samar is bound for Port Town
send.
| VIII Carry Big Cargo for New York
The Pacific Mail liner CITY of Para.
| Captain Nelson, will sail at noon to-
day for Panama and way ports with
| $500 tons of cargo, most of it for New
capacity and the largest freight the
liner ever carried on the Panama run
The cargo includes 4,50o barrels of
dried fruits. This is an unusually
large shipment of fruit for the Pana-
ma route. The Para will also take 25
gunboat yorktown, which is stationed
a Corinto.
The Para will carry large number
of passengers. Among them will be
whose destination is Corinto, where he
viii assume command of the York
town, Another passenger. will be
secretary of the Crowley launch com
pany. Crowley is going to New York
prlncipally on pleasure but he hopes
10 10 sei gasohne engined navies to all
| the Central American republics.
He Owned n Share of 1t
He was a fellow countryman to
Battling Mac, albeit a. naturalized
American. He was drunk and so glad
of it that he paid double fare to the
out to the flagship West Virginia. He
fell up the port ladder with the aban-
don of a feather mattress, but once at
the top was straight and steady as
the officer who came to meet him on
the quarter deck.
Young fellow" said the elated de-
scendant of kings, tell the captain l
want him"
Have you card that I can send
DOWN. inquired the officer with stud
led politeness
Never mind the card. Tell him.
and the visitor drew himself up to his
full height. tell him that one of the
owners is here"
Newport Due From Lower Coast
ne Haclllc MAIL liner newport was
expected yesterday from the lower
coast, but had not put in an appear
ance at shutdown. The Newport is
coming direct from Acapulco, the call
at Mazatlan having been omitted in
order to have the ship here this week.
The ships on the Panama run have
One Will leave here every Saturday.
and II was to keep this new arrange
ment that the Newport was ordered to
hurry home. The liner left Acapulco
February II.
Cargo for Pearl Harbor
The bark Andrew WeIch is at the
Mare island navy yard loading dredg
ing outfit to be used in the construction
of the drydock at Pearl Harbor. The
w. II. MarSton carried a cargo of the
same sort of gear and the steamer Will
helmina carried a number of the heav-
ier pieces of machinery.
Judgment for Captured Cargo
William Walker obtained a judgment
terday against M. Jebsen for $16.97S,
representing the value of and the ac-
cruing interest on cargo of grain
captured by the Japanese during the
Germany and owner of the steamer
Marieschen, agreed to deliver the cargo
safely at Vladivostok. The ship sail
ing from Puget sound, was captured
on the way and her cargo seized by
the japanese as contrahand. Judgment
was rendered by Judge Van Fleet.
Ship William p. Frye LibeIed
Parrott & Co. filed a libel in the
United States States district court yes
terday against the ship William p
Frye to recover s3.212. the value of a
shipment of roofing paper belonging
to Parrott and alleged to have been
ruined in the voyage.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 531 900 feet
The British steamer Strathblane
cleared yesterday for Eureka to finish
loading.
The British steamer Earl of Elgin
will sail late this afternoon for New
Zealand and Australia.
The next China liner due at this port
is the Mongolia, scheduled to arrive
next Thursday.
The Oceanic steamship company's
liner Alameda, Captain Dowdell, ar
rived yesterday at Honolulu
Weather Bureau Opposed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S-From the
number of protests pouring into the
navy department and upon congress
sional committees against the proposed
transfer of the publication of the pilot
chart from the photographic Office to
the weather bureau. it would appear