The San Francisco call., 1910-06-21


ger flashed the biggest diamond that
ever Illuminated the misty atmosphere
OF Puget sound. Utley, who is return
ing to Manila. still has the diamond.
He wore it to the Flood building yes
terday and the rays from its polished
Facets so dazzled the Pacific Mail office
force that for few minutes it was
generally believed that r. p. Schwerin
York
Also among the passengers will be a
dozen or SO insular employees who have
been spending vacations in the United
States and are now on their wav ba ok
TO the Philippines.
The Nippon has had a hard time of
IL since its arrival from the far east
and has spent only a few days at the
Pacific Mail wharf as the result of de-
tentlon IN quarantine. Since arriving,
the liner has been twice fumiga ted and
is now guaranteed to be the cleanest
ship on the Pacific. The sulphur fumes
oxidized the gold in the officers uni
the metal work. superintendent James
Gliddon has had the busiest few days
of his career restorning the ship to
Its yacht like .spotlessness and when
the Nippon sails today the only re-
minder of its adventures at Angel is
land will be the dull finish on the
corates the uniforms of the officers.
+. B. Cavarly, the Nippon's freight
clerk has been granted leave of abb
sence for one voyage, during which
Lacy.
Liner China Is Behind Time
The Pacific Mail liner China. Captain
F'riele, homeward bound from the orient,
did not leave Honolulu until 6 o'clock
Sunday evening and may not be here
until next Sunday. The China could
make ii Saturday, but since it has been
carrying only intermediate passengers
the liner has been travelling on
slower schedule than in its first class
days The fact that there are lot of
includes a big shipment of raw silk
may be sufficient reasons for burning
a little more coal than usual and in
this case the China will be here Sat
board f23 intermediate passengers of
whom los are from China and Japan;
and 100 Asiatics in the steerage. The
cargo of 2,100 tons includes goo tons
of overland freight, 100 tons for Cen
trail America and so tons weight of raw
silk and silk goods.
Rescuer Nearly Loses Own Launch
Henry Petch. machinist for the Crow
the launch Tourist. which, as its name
would imply, he uses for pleasure
cruising only With a party OF young
Tourist to Monticello park on Sunday
and had no sooner arrived than Stin
northerly squall drove the yacht Au-
gusta on the beach. Petch on the Tourist
went TO the rescue and to the admira-
tion of his fair guests succeeded IN
pulling the yacht into deep water. He
let go the tow line and was speeding
away when the Tourists engine came
10 q. full stop. The tow line had
fouled the propeller. Petch saved the
go an anchor, but he had to do some
diving before he managed to get the
snarl rope out of the wheel.
BufOrd Starts on Northern Trip
The army transport Buford, Captain
Hall, sailed yesterday on the first stage
of its annual trip to the army posts
located in Alaska. The troopship Will
call at Seattle and there will take on
board the Sixteenth United States In
fantry. the regiment that has been
detailed to relieve the Twenty second,
now on duty in the frozen north. The
Buford will bring the Twenty-se
port. where IL will be entrained for
Texas. Colonel Evans of the Twenty
fifth infantry was to have sailed on
the Buford. but was prevented by Ill
ness. The troopship carried only few
passengers from here. They were the
wives and families of officers of the
sixteenth. The Buford will leave Seat
tie June % for Alaska.
VIII Award Contract by End of Month
The bids for repairs to the army
transport Thomas have been opened
and submitted to Washington AS the
fiscal wear closes June 80 the contract
must be awarded before that time, and
for this reason the bids have been sub
mitted to Washington by telegraph.
lne 1nomaS Is 10 receive an extensive
overhauling. and il will also be ex
pensive, as the bids range from s426,-
600 to S713. 600. When the money has
been spent the Thomas will still be an
old ship, Will still require the better
part of eight DAYS to make the run
here from Honolulu and will be ready
for another similar extensive general
overhaulinS in very few years.
Sails for Southern California
The Pacific Coast steamship com
pauy's liner President, Captain Cousins
sailed yesterday for southern Califor-
MIA. Among the passengers was George
Bennett of Berkeley, who will put in
part of his vacation assisting the Pres
idents wireless operator. The Presi-
dents passengers included:
Miss de Bonis T. Peters
Mrs. de Bonis W. Walker
Mrs q. s. Arnold Miss M. Arnold
Miss NJ. V. Christag Mrs. II. NJ. Preslen
Miss 3. A. Christag Mrs. s. c. Redican
Miss ". Thrber Mr.. and Mrs W. L.
L. Thriber Spencer
Mrs. NJ. Thriber j. A. Mahoney