The San Francisco call., 1910-10-31

from the five whales
and the busy si1
days put in by the officers and crew
VIII bring tidy sum to all hands.
The Jeanette left port May % and
proceeded TO Port Clarence. arriving
there August 8. On account of the
open season the northern waters were
fairly free of ice, so Captain Foley
Proceeded TO Point Barrow, where he
discharged the cargo of general sup
plies and headed the jeanette for the
open waters TO the westward of Bar
row.
The lookout on the Jeanette sighted
the first whale August % and August
81 the leviathan was cornered in a
small bay and killed. During the
course Of the battle with the whale
Manuel Pena, harpooner in the boat in
Charge of Mate Frank Long. was Sc
y.erely wounded in the right arm m
one of the bomb throwing guns. The
bomb, which is a hollow steel shell an
inch and q half in diameter and about
f1s inches long, loaded with tonite,
Tie elbow and came out on the other
side above his wrist. Fortunately the
bomb did not explode. or Pena would
have been blown to pieces
The next day the second whale was
Sighted and harpooned. In the second
boat TO go UP to join in the attack was
Harry Guptail, an expert harpooner.
Cuptail discharged one bomb into the
gun, which was accidentally dis
charged. The bomb tore away the bow
and side of the boat above the water
/ line and GuptaiIs face breast and arms
ing brass. With Pena and Guptail in
1ured and unable to work, Captain Fo-
ley found himself with only one
trained harpooner Members of the
g -rls 20 he
gerous bomb guns, but when five
whales had been taken Captain Foley
left two weeks ahead of time to Sc
bcure medical aid for his injured men.
captain Foley's cabin, where the vet
eras1 commander turned surgeon. After
eauterizing the wounds of both men
Captain Foley started TO extract the
fragments Of brass from GuptaiTs
wounds. He succeeded in extracting
2l pieces of brass. The jeanette tried
70 reach Lisbon in the Arctic ocean TO
have the injured men cared for bu;
two gales We're encountered and the
trip was abandoned. Having run out
o. antseptics for the treatment of the
wounded men, Captain Foley put in al
Point Hope. where he gave native boat
men 10 sacks of -four and 20 pounds OF
tobacco TO take a note ashore asking
Tor medicine. Mr.. Hawley, the mis-
sionary at Point Hope. sent stock OF
needed medicine to the whaler The
Captain Foley TO give the men the best
OF attention. with tie result that when
anchor was dropped in this port Pena
and Guptail were practically well men
Schooner I'm Trouble
Ia a dense fog off the heads early
yesterday morning the steam schooner
Helen p. Drew, bound from Greenwood
ore, 10 San Pedro with a cargo OF
lumber. ran afoul Of the hawser Of the
tug Fearless. which had the bark Dia-
mOndhead in tow The hawser became
entSneled in the propeller of the
schooner, rendering it helpless. The
new line to the Diamondhead, as well
as one to the Drew. When the fog
lifted the captain of the schooner came
70 anchor near the lightship and the
port Just after 3 o'clock in the after
noon the Drew was seen TO hoist an
Choir and start south, so the hawser
propeller The Diamondhead came from
Iyee, Alaska. with cargo Of whale
oil and fertilizer.
Tenders Change Crews
Captain Anderson of the lighthouse
tender Madrono. with his entire crew.
viii be transferred soon TO the tender
Seouoia, which will hereafter be rated
as nrst class instead of second class in
the government service. Captain Bow
be transferred to the Madrono. which
VIII be used In the work of placing
and repairing buoys. The Madrono will
leave November 2 for San Diego and
inspection. The Seouoia will be sent
10 the drydock next week for an over
hauling before Captain Anderson as
sumes command.
Coulter Arrives ON HfIOnfan
The steamer Hilonian. Captain Fred
day with 3 passengers and a full cargo
including 10000 cases Of canned pine
apple-one OF the largest single ship
ments eyer brought into this port
ter, the marine artist. On the way up
from the islands Coulter painted a pic
ture of the Hilonian, which he present
fore 70 port was reaehed Coulter lite oS Visited @
the islands to make sketches of Dia-
mondhead point, which he Will repro
panels in the Merchants exchange
room.
Water Front Notes
The warships South Dakota, Mary
and and West Virginia came down
from Mare island yesterday, following
several days spent in minor repairing
md coaling- The three fighting ships
anchored IN man Of war row.
4, The steamer Tenyo Maru. Captain
Bent. will sail for the orient at
md 400 steerage passengers have been
booked for the trip. Included among
he cabin passengers will be Y. Osaki.
mayor Of Tokyo. who viii return home
fter an extensive visit in this country.
The Matson line steamer Lurline.
which was scheduled to sail for Homo
uIu November s. has been ordered to
lear on the I'd by it's owners. In order
20 get away on the earlier date an
sxfra force of stevedores have been en-
"a ged TO hasten the loading of the
The steamer Governor. Captain Jep-
seIl. arrived from Seattle yesterday
, fternoon. bringing 266 first and $50
second class passengers Captain Jep-
,osef. with no incidents of note.
The lumber receipts for yesterday
.ofaIed 1920, eco feet
Army Transports
The Buford is in port
The Crook is at Manila.
the Dix. bound from Manila for Seattle, ar
ired October at Honolulu
The Logan sailed October IS from Manila;