The San Francisco call., 1910-11-08

UOU pOunuS OF DOHe.
~ An additional 5000
q pounds were Sc
cured throug h
trading with the natives, as well as 500
white fox skins.
Captain Cottle, who is a part owner
In the Karluk, reports busy cruise.
ing big bowhead whale in the Bering
sea, a small boat in charge of Thomas
Ainslee and carrying six other men.
had been harpooned once and in thrash
ing about got it's tail under Ainslee's
boat. With a flip of it's tail the whale
shot boat, men and equipment 20 feet
In two and had to be abandoned, but
the other harpooners stood by and de-
spatched the lighting bowhead
When the Karluk dropped anchor off
Meiggs wharf yesterday morning it's
cargo consisted of but 1000 pounds of
bone, the balance of the two seasons
where the whaler wintered. The one
whale from which the bone brought to
this port was ia ken was captured dur
ing a short cruise to the eastward of
Point Barrow just before the Karluk
headed for home.
Explorer Leffingwell.. who has spent
a great many years of his life in the
far north in search of data for scien-
tific societies, was passenger on the
karluk from Nome to Cape Bathurst
1000 miles to the east of the gold camp.
Bathurst to make trip of explora-
ton into the country lying to the north
of that point
The Karluk is the last of the whaling
ships due in port this season.
Underwriters Get Damara
:. The British steamer Damara. which
lies in the drydock at Hunters point
after having been hauled from the
rocks at Fort point. has been aban-
doned to the underwriters by the own
ers, McCabe & Marshall of Glasgow.
in cd m
the Damara has been paid to the own
ers, and the problem is what will be
Bell & Co, local agents for Lloyd's,
have notified local shippers that the
Damara is for sale sale, but no bids have
United States shipping laws may pre-
vent the ready sale of the Damara to
local shippers. The law holds that no
foreign built vessel can fly the Ameri-
can flag. The law previously in force.
which allowed a foreign built ship to
fly the flag If three times the amount
of the purchase price was spent in re-
years ago. If this law was in force
the Danar would have to be knocked
down to any buyer at around $4,000
to become bargain, as the addition
of three times that amount for repairs
would bring the cost of the ship to
100000 or about S50,o00 less than the
cost of a duplicate vessel.
The members of the regular crew of
the Damara, who have remained aboard
the steamer. were paid off and left
ahelr he fi he fo the ney & pfoo
shipped from.
Korea VIII Sail Today
The Pacific Mail liner Korea, Cap
tain j. w. Saunders, will clear from
this port for Honolulu, China, japan
and Manila at / o'clock today The
Korea will carry $50 cabin and 400
steerage passengers Among the pas
sengers booked to sail are D; H Cam
pany at Canton, and his family, who
are returning to Canton after several
months visit in the United States. An
Bishop Restarick of Honolulu Bound
for Manila are Commander II. A. Bisp-
ham, U. S. N; Lieutenant T. p. Kane
and Major Hall OF the U. S. marine
corps. Rev. S A. Mof1tt and several
other missionaries will sail for Korea.
Assistant Paymaster w. II. Wilterdink,
u. S. A. will be passenger for Ma
of 1000 tons, including 1000 tons of
government supplies for Manila and
1000 tons of cotton for Japanese fac
tories.
Nippon NIaru a Day Late
The Nippon Maru, Captain H. Stan
ley Smith, bound from the orient to
this port, arrived at Honolulu one day
late, and will reach here on Saturday
morning, one day behind schedule
cargo includes 124 tons of raw silk
valued at nearly s1,0O0,000, 73 tons of
merchandise. No advices have been re-
ceived locally as to the cause of the
days delay in the Nippon Maru's
weather may have hampered the liners
progress.
Matson Strips to Sail
During the next few days three of
the Matson navigation company's ships
will go to sea laden with cargoes for
various ports of the Hawaiian islands.
The barkentine Irmgard. Captain Page,
and the bark Andrew Welch Captain
Johnson. are due to leave Thursday.
the Welch to Honolulu. both carrying
general merchandise. The steamer Ne
Matson company, will clear a day or
so following with a cargo of combus-
tibles for Honolulu.
Water Front Notes
The army transport Logan has left
Honolulu and is due in port early Sun
from Manila, .Nagasaki and Honolulu
with full passeger list of discharged
At 10 o'clock this morning at the
transport dock a general auction OF
condemned quartermaster ship supplies
will be held.
sen. sailed yesterday for Mexican ports
with a fair passenger list and full
cargo of general merchandise.
The. British steamer Penrith Castle.
Captain Morris, sailed for Seattle yes
terday to discharge the balance of its
cargo.
Word was received from Seattle yes
terday that the Norwe gian steamer
Hornelen had arrived with broken
propeller and would have to go into
drydock for repairs.
The Yale and Harvard, which are
coming around the Horn to go into the
passenger service on this coast, left
Rio de Janiero Sunday afternoon
Edward 7. Robinson, retired ply
sician of Florida, tainted while walk
Ing on the deck of the steamer Presi-
dent yesterday morning and was
treated at the harbor hospital for a
fractured nose and lacerations of the
left eye. Doctor Robinson continued
a nurse.
Louis Mannerson, sailor from the
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