Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-26
CHINA IN
FROM COAST
Continued from Page u.

'JOntlnucu from rage ID
time between the two ports when she
Is making the century run.
II was during the stay of the shin
In San Francisco this trip that the
yards We're taken OF forward making
her seem narrower and In fact less
like the old style steamer which used
sails ny auxiliary power when favor.
able winds were encountered.
The China looks smaller than ever
with this innovation but she looks as
Captain Friel named her In EongkonJ
at one time. real ship.
The incident occurred when Friel
was In command of the Manchurla
temporarily The China his first love.
was lying at anchor IN the harbor OF
Hongkong when the Manchuria came
in under command of Captain Frlel.
Standing on the bridge of the Man.
churia the skipper looked long and
steadfastly at the China, lying at an.
chor. and thon, with tears rolling down
his weather.beaten cheeks. he turned
to the other officers on the bridge and
pointing to the China exclaimed:
Gentlemen there is n ship-that's no
damned warehouse
And the China looked every inch n
ship as she came into sight during
the early morning hours today. the
Asia being the only other one plying
the waters OF the Pacific under the
house flag of the Pacific Mail which
has the graceful lines of the shin
rather than the floating warehouse
like the larger ships OF the line.
Captain Friel lived up to his repu.
tatlon as "Ninety-fathom Dan" in com.
Ing into port today for he rounded
Diamond Head long distance out nj
sea and then turned the PROV OF his
ship toward the harbor entrance.
Although carrying but small
amount OF cargo to the Orient the
China is booked full up with passen.
gers. the greater proportion of whom
are missionaries returning to the Far
East after vacations spent in the
United States.
Reports from San Francisco brought
by the China are that travel Orient.
ward is in full swing again the vaca.
tionists all returning to their adopted
homes in the Far East.
Everything on the China was taken
long before sailing time and where
possible there are three persons book.
ed m cabin. The Manchuria. Chiy,,
Maru and Asia being the next three
steamers TO sail from the Coast have
all their accommodations booked al.
ready and there were twenty passen.
gers turned away from the China who
wished to go to the Orient on that YES.
sci.
or the Honolulu passengers on the
CHINA G. DuRoi of Ehler's Is return.
ing home from a business trip to the
mainland. and Il. V. Wilcox of the
Bureau OF Agriculture was also a re.
turning Honoluluan on board the
China.
As to the through passengers DIR.
Z. A. Devlin of Shanghai, the leading
dentist In North China, is returning To
resume his practice In the Paris OF
the Far East after vacation of two
months spent in different parts of
California. his native state.
Miss L. Fitzmorris is making a trip
around the world and will go TO Eu.
rope from Shanghai via the Trans.
Siberian road.
j. II. Burton of Manila is return.
Ing to his work TO" the Civil Gov.
eminent after five months vacation
In the homeland.
The China docked' at Bishop wharf
as her regular berth N the Channel
wharf was occupied by the freighter
Selsdon. and will sail from that wharf
at five O'Clock this afternoon taking
no cargo and tire passengers from Ho.
nOlulu.
The entire trip from San Francisco
was without incident pleasant weather
being encountered the whole distance.