The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

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The Wilson left
here last Wednesday for Grays Harbor.
me schooner went ashore at 4:30 p. M
Friday. According to Captain Nelson,
master of the Wilson, the schooner,
after standing close in shore, missed
sci around failed.
The anchor was let go, but before it
rook roi hold % the schooner's stern hit the
sailors lost no time in deserting what
they believed to be doomed ship
Iay ILney launched a boat and rowed away,
cook and one sailor Signals of dis
tress set by the Point Reyes light
house were seen about 6 o'clock by the
steamer Despatch and Captain Carey
lost no time in going to the assistance
or the stranded schooner which he
pulled into deep water without diff
The Despatch towed the Wilson until
! OFF the heads, when the tug Dauntless
took the windjammer In charge and
brought it to port
Sailed by the Light of the Comet
The Kosmos liner Sisak. Captain Won
from Hamburg via South and Central
american ports, docked early yester-
DAY at Union street wharf. The Sisak
! brought 2,944 tons of cargo and five
passengers
Among the passengers was C. P.
dikok, well known steamshipman,
Tor some time and is now on his way
to Alaska. where he has accepted po-
sltlon with the Northern commercial
Every morning from May until May
Is those on board the Sisak-e enjoyed
a splendid view of the comet. The
clear across the heavens and was so
bright the first few mornings that it
mgnted ,,gnn1i up the heavens like brilliant
made record by htgH discharging a $50 tons tons
of freight in one day
When leaving Manzanillo the Sisak
These huge fsh resemble great bats.
measuring from 20 to 25 feet from tip
to tip OF their fms or wings. They
@ T6ev fod be Us than
winglike fms until he is drowned, and
then en- they eyyodfgsH,i deyour him i'm at a gplp
through seho0l Of fhe whaes Ssak cpptsa
Won Helms counted up to 40 and then
stopped counting to watch a combat
/ between a whale and thrasher. The
whale was still lighting when the sisak
passed out of sight, but was getting
very tired.
Captain Won Helms is a nephew of
the well known bar pilot of the same
name and has many friends in San
| FRANCISCO. The Sisak's cargo was un-
TEsnay xared and sosb / was gathered In
] d
America and included hempseed. brandy,
paper, ammonia, wine, gin, steel, cocoa
beans, coffee, inter, sugar, saltfish, sill
Yer ore, bullion, silk umbrellas and
! cedarwood logs.
Mariposa Sails for Tahiti
The Oceanic steamship company's
! liner Mariposa, Captain Hayward,
sailed yesterday for Tahiti with a large
| number of passengers and a full cargo.
Among the passengers was Mile. Do
lores the singer, who is on her way
to Australia, accompanied by Mile. Van
dour and Boyd Wells, with whom she
will make a concert tour of the
colonies
Another passenger was James E.
! Wales of the Berkeley Gazette, who will
make the round trip to Tahiti Robert
Hill went out as chief engineer of the
Mariposa in place of Milton Towne.
! The passengers included:
! Fl. p. Baumgaertner George Whiting
Miss Alice Beede James A. Wilson
Miss Lucy Beede Robert n. Wilson
". J. Burns F. W. Caine
Mile. A. Dolores W. Faulkner
John R. Espey Mrs E. Geering and in
Mrs. Charlotte r. Evans fant
Raoul Ghislan Arthur Glass
John e; Quinn Mrs; NJ Hunter
James Simpson G. Neufer
Mile. zeiie vandour Sister NJ. Raphael
James e. Wales
j. A. ChansIor on Trial Trip
The new oil steamer ]. A. Chanslor,
which arrived the other day from New
port News, was given a trial trip yes
terday in order that the officials of
/ the Associated oil company might have
a chance to judge the latest addition to
! their fleet under seagoing conditions.
After cruising about the bay for
some time the Chanslor went outside
the heads.
During the trip J. A. Chanslor after
whom the vessel is named, presented to
the ship a solid silver service. After
landing the guests at Howard street
| wharf the Chanslor proceeded to Port
! Costa to load oil and will sail this
| morning for Juneau.
Korea Reaches Honolulu
The Pacific Mail liner Korea, Captain
! Saunders, homeward bound from the
and will be here next Friday. The
| Korea has a large number of passen-
! gers on board and valuable cargo.
| Sir Felix Semon, who was one of the
| late King Edwards physicians.
Yorktown in Man of War Row
The United States gunboat York
| town, Captain Victor Blue. came down
| from Mare island yesterday and an
chored in man of war row, where 1t
| will remain for some time. The York
| town has recently undergone a thor
| ough overhauling.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 3,12S,000 feet.
The bark Andrew Welch, Captain
Kelly, arrived yesterday "a days from
| Honolulu with 20S62 bags of sugar
The French steamer Amiral Fouri-
chon sailed yesterday for Liverpool.
The Pacific Mail liner Pennsylvania
! sailed yesterday for Panama and way
| ports with a full cargo and about 20
! passengers
4 The liner Siberia left Hongkong yes
| terday for this port.
The San Juan sailed Friday from Ma
zatlan for this port.
The Oceanic steamship company's
! liner Sierra. Captain Houdlette which
| is due Tuesday from Honolulu, was $50
| miles from Honolulu at O'Clock Fri
] day evening
The Pacific Coast steamship com
pany,s Governor sailed yesterday for
Seattle with large number of passen-
gers.