The San Francisco call., 1910-08-10


brea kable snapped like glass without
budging the schooner an inch. 1t was
believed that one and perhaps two
rocks had pierced the schooners bot
tom.
1t now appears that the hull was
punctured for practically its entire
length and that through each puncture
a chunk of the reef is protruding. Suf-
from the rocks would tear the schooner
into kindling wood.
The wreckers are now engaged in
removing everything from the schooner
that can be pried or cut adrift.
Captain Olsen, who lost the vessel.
will have no investigation to face, as
spectOrs is confined to steam vessels.
In the shipping world it is believed
that the accident would have been
averted if Captain Olsen had made
was in soundings from the time of
leaving this port, at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, until 10 o'clock at night
when Captain Olsen found himself
among the breakers.
Cruisers, Coming This Way
The armored cruisers Pennsylvania
and Colorado left Puget sound yester-
day for this port. They have been at
going general repairs and for the in
Stallauon OF new fire control and other
improvements. They will leave here
next Sunday for Valparaiso in company
Maryland. The Washington will con-
tinue from Valparaiso to the Atlantic,
squadron. The California, Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Colorado will con-
Stitute a special service squadron sent
TO Valparaiso to represent the United
States at the celebration of the Chilean
centennial. The South Dakota, which
went to Buenos Aires as part of the
the Argentine Republic celebrate its
hundredth birthday, will remain here.
To Tour Alaska
To enable them to combine an in
telligent knowledge of their subject
with their eloquent appeals for Alaska
Agents w. r. Mech of San Francisco
and II. Brandt of Los Angeles have
been sent by the Pacific Coast steam
ship company for tour of the north
ern glaciers. AS this means an ex-
tended vacation for each agent, with
all the comforts of home ali the time.
and Is now in course of execution.
Agent Brandt accompanied by his wife,
left Seattle few days ago for Alaska
on the steamer City of Seattle, and
Mech left Seattle yesterday, a pas
senger on the excursion steamer Spo-
kane.
Queen Sails for Seattle
The Pacific Coast steamship com
pany's Queen, which sailed yesterday
for Seattle, carried $50 passengers.
Among them were:
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Emma Kipling A. Earl Patterson
Sam Baumabyne VI. Patterson
Jennie Lambert H. Morris
Mrs. a. Baumabyne Miss b. Hall
Mrs Jessie Alburtus Miss V. Rae
Mrs d. Miller Miss A. Hyman
Amelia II. Churchill Mrs. Watts
Harold Barton Miss A. Stuart
w. A. Soue Miss c. Smith
Morris Alburtus F. c. Feskey
Miss Tomker d. EIlunthy
Mrs. NJ. Straus Mrs. G. j. W. v. Blumheld
\. Dillon Mrs. P. Flesky
Rev. J. Bruckert L. Adler
r. A Mills ]. Huston and wife
L. S. English e. Hall and wife
A. Finley Miss Browning
Mrs. f. Bihn 7. Nakoganes
Miss C. B. la Barigne B. E. Potter and wife
Mrs. f. J. Magrue Miss S. NJ. Sylvester
Misses Magrue Miss R. o. Sylvester
Chinese Barred
The British board of trade has rec
ommended to the ship owners of Great
Britain that no Chinese be employed
on British ships trading to American
ports. This recommendation was passed
partly out of respect to the Chinese
exclusion act, which forbids the land
ing in this country of Chinese of the
laboring class; partly out of considera-
tion for the Chinese sailors and fire.
men, but chiefly for the sake of pre-
serving peace on board British ships.
In the letter of recomme mendation at
tention is called to the fact that in
ability to enjoy shore liberty is the
cause of much discomfort among the
celestial seafarers, who at times show
their disapproval in awkward and dis
agreeable ways.
Intervention in Libel Suit
A suit in Intervention was filed in
the United States district court yester-
day in the libel suit of Thomas OCal-
ahan against the steamer San Rafael.
The intervention suit was filed by S. ..
Mark and his wife to recover S2,452
for the loss of furniture shipped on
the i'll fated steamer from San Rafael
to O'Calahan in San Francisco and
which was never delivered on account
of the loss of the San Rafael.
Captain Kit Tells of Accident
The cause of the grounding of the
steamship Mongolia in the harbor of
Shimidzu, Japan, on July 15swas under
investigation yesterday before In
spectors of Hulls and Boilers o. Bolles
and John x. Bulger. The principal
witness was Captain b. p. Kilt, who
testified that the harbor of Shimidzu
is very shallow. and while he was try
ing TO stear clear of a spit of sand
the vessel ran on a mudbank 1t was
backed off by its own engines and it
was found that there had been no
injury to the vessel and it proceeded
to Yokohama The other officers of the