Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-02
PROMEIHEUS MAY GIVE Way To
. PROMISE AS PHOSPHATE CARRIER

! theE local quartermaster department
The transport Thomas, sailing from
| Manila July 18th, called at the Jap
anese port where several thousand
tons coal were received. 1t is a por
ton OF this that is to be discharged
| here, to relieve the existing quarter
master department fuel famine. Fol
! months past the United States gov
eminent has been making purchases
of coal from local dealers.
| ! The Thomas is bringing the third
, battalion of the fighting Ninth Infan'
try, which has completed a tour OF
duty in the Philippines. According
to reports there are 2o6 enlisted men
of the Ninth as we'll as number OF
sick, prisoners, casuals, and discharg
ed soldiers. - ~-.
The Thomas is believed will re-
main. here for at least forty-eight
hours pending the discharge of the
Japanese coal. saz7 49,.
J San Francisco Customs on Half-Pay.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, July 20. -
An air of gloom and uncertainty hung
over the customhouse yesterday when
the news spread that Acting Collector
William B. Hamilton had received
from the Treasury Department a
draft for salaries and expenses of the
customhouse for the month Of July.
The uncertainty arose from the fact
|, that no instructions or directions we're
received with the draft, and that Chief
. Clerk Farmer estimated that If certain
items had to be paid for out of the
draft the remainder would be suffi-
cient only to pay 60 per cent of the
salaries for the present month. On
the theory that these certain items
would not have to be paid out of the
draft about 80 per cent of salaries for
July will be paid.
The customs. employees received only
one-half of their salaries for June,
and will be obliged to wait until Con-
gress shall provide a special appro-
priation to make up the deficiency.
They were very melancholy yesterday
over the prospect of going on half ra-
tons during the present month.
Wrecked on Bleak Paracels. -
HONGK0NG, China. The German
steamer Quinta is ashore on the Para
cells and in perilous position. The
vessel was bound from Bangkok to
Swallow with large number of pas
sengers, including 500 coolies, and
10000 piculs Of rice. 1t was decided
to dispatch a small boat to Hollow
for relief and accordingly two officers
and four seamen undertook the trip.
Meantime the French mail liner
Nera arrived on the scene and taking
on 539 passengers and the crew, land,
ed them at Saigon. The Quinta's boat
made the journey to Hollow In safety
and a dispatch was sent here asking
for aid. A salvage tug has started for
the wreck but it is doubted that the
vessel can be saved.
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I.urIine Away For Maui Tonight.
Taking the gallant molasses tanker
Bennington in tow, the Matson Navi-
cation steamer Lurline will depart for
Kahukui and KaanapaH there to re-
ceiye about one thousand tons molass-
es. The tanker is to be brought back
to Honolulu on Saturday In tow of the
tug Intrepid.
The Lurline is expected. will return
here on Sunday morning, and on ar
rival here will receive the molasses
brought by the Bennington. The Lur
line in sailing for San Francisco on
Tuesday evening Is to carry large
consignment of pineapples among
other cargo. 1t Is predicted that the
shipment of preserved pines will total
tweny thousand cases. 4 full list of
cabin passengers has been booked
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Much BubOnic Plague at HOngkOng.
Bubonic plague appears to be gain
ing much heaGlWay at Hongkong, Chi
ma, according to q report received at
Honolulu with the arrival of the Pa,
cific Mail liner China. 4
Over sixty deaths from the dread
malady occurred in one week preced-
ing the departure of the China from
that port. The British health author
tiles are said to be doing all in their
power to prevent the spread of the
disease. The officers in the China
stated that three cases of bubonic
plague have occurred on ship bound
from Hongkong to Tientsin, two o.
the cases resulting in death before
port was reached. The vessel carry
ing them had then been quarantined.
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In with Coal, Away with Lumber.
There is the usual number of
steamers engaged to bring coal from
the Atlantic Coast to the Mare Island
and Bremerton navy yards, but prac-
tically all of these have been charter
ed for placing in the off-shore lumbe
trade. Many of them were chartered
for this purpose by their owners be-
fore there was much indication of a
rise in grain tonnage.
Tanker csansIor Nearing Port.
The big American oil tanker
Chanslor, with nearly fifty thousand
barrels fuel oil consigned to the local
branch of the Associated Oil Com.