Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-10
CAPTAIN CURTIS A FOE
IOSPANlSH SIOWAWAYS
THE 0ILTANKER SANTA MARIA A FAv0RITE MEDIUM
WITH THE INDECENT GENTRY. SCHOONER THAyER
iNTER-SLANO STEAMER HELENE IN FROM HAWAII
NOTHING HEARD FROM THE DISTRESSED TlTANIA.

Captain l.. Curtis. the doughty mas
ter of the American oil tanker Santa
Maria is n sworn foe TO the stow
Always which number many Spaniards
who are evidently OF the opinion
that his particular vessel Affords a
pleasant and safe medium for pass
age from the Hawaiian islands To the
mainland iftt.a.
Captain Curtis has met with the
non -paying gentry on several occa-
sions during his regular visits to Ho-
nolulu with cargoes Of fuel oil for the
| Union Oil Company.
The Santa Maria carries number
Of Mexlcans In the fire room. II may
he for this reason that the Santa Ma.
ria has from time to time been &c.
lected by indignant and dissatisfied
| Spaniards as a means of a cheap pass
age to Southern California.
At any rate Captain Curtis pro-
poses to maintain strict watch for
| any invasion of stowaways at this
port and II one or more are found, he
promises that It will go pretty hard
with the unfortunate colonist. The
hdia wac
from Port Hartford this morning with
$4,000 barrels fuel oil. The vessel
went to the Railway wharf to dis
charge in the pipe line which feeds
the Union Oil Company tanks near
lwilei. ef
Captain Curtis stated that he failed
to see or even hear of the alleged
distressed Norwegian steamship IT.
tania. ,,.,t
81 will keep q lookout for the YES
rel on the way back to the Coast. .
he said this morning.
| The officers In the Santa Maria arc
about Of the same opinion of good
many local shipping people that eli.
ther the story of distress was a fake
pure and simple or else the disabled
Norwegian freighter has passed well
to the southwark and intends to con-
tinue the voyage to Australia.
The oil tanker will make but n
short stay at the port.
N
Watson Line Not Effected by Strike.
Cooks and walters have been on Q
strike on the coast and the difficulty
between employer and employee has
extended to shipping In which a mum.
her Of steamships were seriously eff
fected. Before the departure of the
Wilhelmina from San Francisco the
fine new turbiner Yale arrived from
San Diego and Los Angeles, with
about half her complement of cooks
stewards and pantry men. but there
appeared to be no kicks coming from
the passengers. II was at first thought
that the only edibles that would grace
the menu card would be pastry AMI
cold meat. This would probably have
been the case had not Chief Steward
Gruby exchanged his uniform of gold
lace for white apron and jumped
into the breech deserted by the chefs
The chief steward was q very bus,
man cooking steaks and broiling lob
sters. and the remaining walters had
to do double duty.
Thayer . fine Schooner.
i The apartments assigned to Cap
tain Scott and his officers In the trim
little schooner Z. A. mayer are III
ted out with the elaboration OF +,
l'yacht.
The Thayer was an early arriva
at the port this morning, coming dOwr
from Aberdeen In n little under TWEEN
ty-two days.
The voyage down from the SOun,
was stated to have been pleasant anu
without particular incident. Captain
Scott Is renewing friendships here
made over seven years ago. At tina
time he was an officer In another
windjammer engaged in Hthe lumber
trade. lie expressed himself as mncl
surprised at the progress made her,
In the betterment Of harbor facili
ties.
The G.. A. Thayer brought 100000
feet of lumber consigned to the Cit,
Mill Company. The vessel will 70
main here for the better part OF 6
1 \. anN.. t..l.. L..E. H. ~.