Evening bulletin., 1911-01-16
ON THE front

Benedictions and banzias rang
forth while the noise from popping
corks and psalms of praise were
heard at a picturesque intermingling
at Alakea wharf as preparations
We're under way for the departure OF
the Pacific Mail liner Mongolia for
Japan and China ports.
The presence of a corps of promi-
nent missionary workers in foreign
vineyards, including Reverends Whit
more of Kobe and Crenshaw of
Shanghai returning to their stations
guided the steps of many Honolulu
ans of kindred faith and sympathies
to the wharf. The departure of
Charles Bartlett, the managerial
head of the local brewery brought a
delegation of business men, includ-
ing wholesale and retail liquor deal
ers, to the scene. Some thirty Jap
anese bound for Nippon, drew a fol-
lowing of subjects enrolled under the
banner of the Sunrise flag. The
gathering of ''wets" and "drys" was
more than once the subject for anus
! ing comment.
Popping corks proclaimed the re-
lease of effervescent waters below
decks in celebrating the departure of
bunch of gay and festive mainland
buyers, off for the Far East. The
upper promenade was lined with
friends of the returning missionaries.
On the after part of the steamer a.
fearful parting was in progress with
a Japanese on the wharf and the shin
conspicuously figuring in an animat-
ed scene.
Nineteen Filipinos, deported at the
behest of the territorial officials.
were conspicuous by their absence,
they having been taken below at an
early hour in the afternoon.
"a
America Maru Has New Officers.
The Toyo Kisen Kaisha liner Ame-
rlca Maru that is due to arrive here
from San Francisco on Wednesday
with through passengers and cargo
Tor Japan ports and Hongkong will
have a number of more or less fami-
liar officers in her compliment.
The vessel is commanded by Cam
tain Alfred G. Stevens. Other Off
GERS are:
Purser Frank Cavarly, Freight
Clerk F. " F. Baker, DR.. William
schafner and Chief Steward w. Left
men,
Reporting very stormy voyage,
with a hurricane for Christmas eve
and another terrific blow for New
Years, the Japanese steamer Ame-
RIGA Maru of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha,
arrived at San Francisco from Yoko-
hama direct. The America, after an
absence of three and half years,
has returned again to enter the trans
pacific service between San Francis
co, Honolulu and ports in China and
Japan. The past eight months she
has been lying idle at Yokohama.
Gales blowing over 100 miles an
hour. with terrific seas in which the
America, being light in cargo, pitch
ed and tossed like TOP were record
ed in the log of Captain Alfred G..
Stevens The weather came on bad
when the steamer was two days out
of Yokohama, the storm striking the
vessel on the afternoon of Decem-
Der oath. 1t was an unpleasant
Christmas eve for those on board,
sleep being well nigh impossible on
account of the rolling of the steamer.
The contents of the officers rooms
were thrown about the floor with each
lurch of the vessel.
Seas of great size pounded down
on the laboring steamer all during
the night, doing damage to the deck
fittings and carrying away a portion
of the starboard rail. The wireless
gear aloft was also carried away by
the blast. After the dawn of Christ
mas day the storm subsided with re-
markable rapidity until at 10 o'clock
the sea 'was as smooth as mill
pond"