The San Francisco call., 1910-11-10


The officers of the San Jose brought
news Of the rumors of revolution in
Honduras.
One casualty. was reported on the UP
Minnie. a coal black cat which was the
pride of officers and crew. A number
of the passengers on the trip were
bringing tropical birds home to pre-
sent to friends. Minnie discovered this
fact early in the cruise and there was
a remarkable mortality rate among
the feathered beauties
A few days out of Ancon Minnie was
missing. 1t is suspected that some of
the irate passengers detected Minnie
IN 1ae q threw ber into the
All of the passengers denied having
any hand in the taking off of the ships
pet.
The first cabin passengers included
the following:
Charles W. Bowman Frederick V. -schley.
Selia c. ]. Bowman Eduardo NJ Balsalcher
Charles ". Bowman Jr. George S. Abbott
Judson r. Moore William r. Engstrom
Jack A. Miller Alfred S. Evans
Frank L. Segar Joseph Schreiber
Ellen Withers
Collision on the Bay
While drifting in the stream yester-
day morning after having closed down
the engines to get its bearings the
British ship Scottish Lochs, which was
hosting anchor preparatory to being
towed 1{d to Oakland, Fortunately the the
steamer bumped only twice before
clearing away from the lime juicer."
The damage was limited to a yard or
two of paint off each vessel. The
Navajo was setting its course up bay
for its regular run up the Sacramento
river. The collision was due to the
heavy fog.
Dollars Buy a Steamer
Melville Dollar of the Dollar steam
ship company is back from a trip to
Europe, during which he placed an
order with the Rogers company Of
Glasgow for new steamer rbi which VIII Ebd
Steamers W aazs1 boliar AID Sf5p Bessie Doe %
lar. The new steamer. which will be
built along the same lines as its two
sister ships, excepting that it will be
slightly larger, having cargo capacity
Of $500 tons dead weight. The new
vessel will be built TO make nine knots.
Dollar could not say when the. steamer
would be ready to 20 into conmission;
but he. said the builders had promised
-Damara Doomed to Go
It is the consensus of opinion among
local shipping men that the big British
steamer Damara, which is offered for
sale by the underwriters. to whom the
vessel has been abandoned, will not
be bought locally and placed under
the American flag; The more closely
vestigated the greater grow thes esti-
mates of the cost of repair and with
the United States shipping laws work
ing against them those who might be
becoming convinced that the Damara
would prove an Improbable invest
laws, can not be brought under the
American flag unless by a special act
of congress, as it is foreign built. The
outlook is that the Damara will either
II, -.a{e sol r1fn :,
or will be temporarily equipped with
patches and taken back to England for
permanent repairs.
Pectan to BE Repaired
The big oil tankeg Pectan Captain
Grant, which arrived yesterday in ball
last. Ii days from Ancon. is to be given
a thorough overhauling before again
being sent to sea. The Pectan will be
and laid up for needed repairs of its
machinery and plates. After the iron
workers are through the tanker will
be placed on the drydock at Hunters
point and scraped and repainted.
Water Front Notes
The Norwegian steamer Herm, Cap
tain Zacheriasen, arrived in port yes
.terday from Redondo. The Herm
cargo csIeea and nd proeeeded TO to Redondo s where
a consignment of hardwood logs was
discharged. The remainder of the
disc. will be unloaded here.
The Pacific Mail steamship company's
liner China sailed from Yokohama yes
terday for San Francisco. The China
will stop at Honolulu en- route.
Word was received from Honolulu
yesterday that the Matson navigation
company's steamSr taa Sr,,aI,Sre mpriine, which
The Pacific Mall steamship com
pany's steamer City of Sydney, Cap
tain Fisher, left Ancon November 7
for this port.
Change of Masters
Schooner Ellen-I4ate master, J. p
Christensen; present master, P. soder-
man.
Steamer Fernwood-W. A. Rasmus-
sen, master.
BY United Wireless
Wednesday, November 9.
STEAMER MANN sMITH-From Coos bay for
San Francisco; Nov. 8, Z a. M, passed Point
Reyes; dense fog
STEAMER COL E. L. DRAKE Seattle for
San Francisco, with barge 81 in tow; Nov s,
10 n M off Point Arena; bazy: light northerly
wind: smooth: barometer 30.lS; temperature
STEAMER UMATILLA-Hence Nov. for vic
toria; Nov. s, IL p. M, of Point Arena; light
southeast wind; small sea- barometer 300S,
temperature 81
STEAMER KoREA-Hence Nov. s for Yokohama
via Honolulu; Nov. s., p. m., 100 miles of
San Francisco all well.
BRITISH STEAMER PECTAN-From Panama
for San Francisco; Nov. s, s p. M, is miles
south of Pigeon point; dense fog.
STEAMER LANSING-From Port San Luis for
Seattle: Nov. s, p. m. 20 miles north of
Point Sur; light southerly swell; thick fog; all
well.
STEAMER wHITTIER-Nov. s. D. m, of
Eureka. barbound, from Port San Luis
STEAMER SANTA cLARA-Hence Nov. for
Eureka: Nov s, $50 p. M, 50 miles north of
Point ReyesA
STEAMER AsUNcIoN-From Tacoma for San
Francisco; Nov. g. 10 p. M, 65 miles north of
Cane Bianco; barometer 30.o0 Temperature 50:
light southeast wind; clear and moderate west
swell.
NEWS OF THE OCEAN
Tonnage Engagements
The Norwegian steamer Bjorn Bjornson. on