Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-06

Passengers to arrive at Honolulu from
the Coast in the Wilhelmina this
m0rning can safely be set down as
tourists, according 10 the declaration
Of officers in the wellknown Matson
liner. ri -.-"5
The Wilhelmina had fine trip down
from San Francisco. The weather Ia
vored the popular steamship, and Cap
tain Peter johnson, who is back on
the bridge after several months spent
ashore, stated that the liner expert
enced the finest trip in many a moon.
Eighty-nine cabin and q steerage
passengers left the vessel at tEis
port
Forty-eight sacks of later mail ar
rived. = u ....
The Wilhelmina brings very heavy
cargo, In which are included 10000
racks Of cement for Pearl Harbor con-
struction work.
~ The steamer returned to this port
with several new faces noted among
the cfiicers Chief Officer Russell has
Iaft the Matson service and his place
has been taken by r. Edwards, a for
mer second officer. Third Officer
At08h 1dn. BcSii ticfdISu W the RAIN
Of second mate, while III. Greenwood
y now enrolled as third mate in the
vessel. !
The Wilhelmina is to depart for
Hilo on Thursday evening, taking a
lew additional passengers. There are
eighteen hundred tons of general cargo
Tor discharge at the Hawaii port.
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W c. Irwin Cargo Serious Loss.
SAN FRANCISCO, July.The fire
Oh the lime laden brig w. G. Irwin Is
stu burning, although for weeks the
hetches have been battened down and
steady stream Of gas of q nature
Is, discourage combustion has been
numped into the hold. The Irwin ar
r|Yed from Roche harbor June % and
the fact that the lime was burning
VAS discovered when the matches
we're removed for the purpose OF dis
charging the cargo.
N the hope that the fire had been
6motIered the matches We're removed
yesterday and but for the fact that
the city fire tug Dennis Sullivan was
there 20 render assistance 1t would
have been necessary to lscattle the
ship In order to save It. When the
matches were removed clouds of nox-
ions fumes poured out and in the eff.
tort to get the matches back again
several members of the crew we're
partially overcome by the gases.
After the Sullivan and the tug Sea
Prince pumped steam into the hold
for several hours the crew of the brig
we're able to replace the matches.
Those In charge still have hopes OF
saving the vessel, but have not yet
decided just how it is going to be
Tone.
hile6e That Gambling Thriyes on Pa
ciflc Mail.
SAN FRANCISCO, July "a. Charg-l
e. that indiscriminate gambling is al
lowed on the steamers Of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company were filed
with United States District Attorney
3chn L. McNab yesterday by John NJ
Mills, who, with his wife, was pas
senger on the steamer Korea from
Honolulu to this city, arriving July
18th, Mills stated that six or eight
11n-tan and chuck-a-luck tables oper-
eled BY Chinese members of the crew
were in fall .blast during the entire
voyage. He wrote to the company
making complaint of the practice, but
has not received aTeply.
IL IS said that the Chinese members
of the crews Of the Pacific Mali
steamers plying between this city and
the Orient receive only 81 a month as
wages, and that they resort to opium:
smuggling and gambling to bring,
their wages up tok something worth
while. McNab states that while there
IS no Federal law prohibiting gannb-
liag on the high seas or elsewhere, he
intends within sixty days to begin a
searching investigation into the meth.
eds of that company, and particularly
into the persistent smuggling Of
opium that has been going on for
years on those vessels. He says that
ne intends TO summon r, p, Schwerin
to explain why he has allowed opium
smuggling to be openly carried on on
the companyis steamers.
McNab win recommend also that
fines to the full limit be imposed up
on the masters of the vessels when
ever smuggled goods are found on
board. and that the fines are not miti-
gated or remitted in such cases, as
las been too often the practice in the
past. He believes that If this is done
q check will be put upon the importa-
ton of opium at this port.
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Steamer lndraVeIIl Has Been Sold to
Japanese.
The Indra line steamer IndraveIli,
Captain Wise, that has been running
between New York. Europe and the
Tar East for many years, has been
sold to Japan, according to a notice
appearing in recent issue of New
York Shipping Illustrated. The pur-
chase price was 929,000.
The Indrayelli is at present on pas
sage from New York to the Orient,
and viii give a delivery in Japan,
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