Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27

considered a record number TO arrive
in a single shipment in the transpa-
cific vessel, arrived at Honolulu as
steerage passengers in the Pacific
Mail steamship Mongolia this after
noon. The liner reached this port
with $50 steerage passengers for Ha-
vail
Other passengers leaving the vessel
at this port included six cabin and
eight second class.
The through list includes Is cabin,
81 second class and 261 Asiatic steer
age passengers.
The Mongolia will remain here until
noon tomorrow, when she will sail
for San Francisco The vessel brings
1850 tons of Oriental cargo, including
$500 tons of sulphur. y
The vessel steamed into the harbor
at noon today with 12i145 tons Of
cargo, gathered at Manila, Hongkong,
Keelung, Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe,
Iokkaiehi. Shimidzu and Yokohama.
Plirser Harry Jerome reports fine
trip across the Pacific. Two deaths
among Filipinos occurred on the voy-
age. No infectious illness was discov-
cred among the Asiatfc passengers
A roundup of passengers and crew
this morning by the local quarantine
medical officers resulted in a total of
1882 persons being found on board,
including passengers, officers and
crew. At the office OF II, Haekfeld Il
Co. one hundred or mote cabin pas
sengers have been booked for passage
to San Francisco in thesi1iner
Fifty sacks of Oriental mail arrived
at the port in the Mongolia.
Wireless Calls Brought Assistance to
Pieiades. -.
The flashing of series of wireless
calls for assistance byN0 Operator Ben
nett, in the distressed PIeiades
brought several vessels In the EIeif-
ity.
The United States cruiser Denver
and the steamer Washtenaw went at
full speed to the Pleiades' assistance,
and it is said that the freighter Port
land was at the scene of the wreck
The Pleiades is owned by Edgar f..
Luckenbach of New York and Is be-
ing operated under charter By the
California Atlantic Steamship Com
pany, OF which Bates & Chesebrough
are the local agents. The Portland
is chartered bybthe same company&
The Pleiades was in command OF
Captain HG ArlnStrenk 8 The awire-
jess operators on b6ard = 0eerge-Bsa-
nett. son OF the late Frederic Bennett,
Q San Francisco marine writer. All
fold The Pleiades company numbers
20 men, and as the Washtenaw was
a. the scene at noon their sufferings
we're short lived.
The cargo from San Francisco on
the Pleiades is valued at SIC sos and
lis fully insured. The cargo included
$4,000 pounds of beans. 64.7S6 pounds
of wool, 52,0S0 pounds of scrap TIM
81 ,zSS pounds of old rubber and five
packages OF automobile parts, all for
New York, and 2,179,1GS feet of lunl-
Der and 5000 cases of blasting pow
der for Panama. The Pleiades is a.
vessel OF 2,932 tons net register and
was built in 1899 at Sparrows FONT.
SIsal Shipped From Hawaii.
Al consignment of sisal destined for
the cordage companies on the main
land was included in the list OF Ha.
wall products that arrived as part
cargo in the Interisland steamer Xii
anea. The liner returned from Kona
and KauspQf this morning bringie
&C bales hides, 90 crates pigs, %
crates chickens, 80 head cattle, $40
cases of preserved pineapples 5000
sacks sugar and $40 packages. sun
dries.
Purser Sheldon reports pleasant
voyage to windward Hawaii ports.
The steamer Wailele was passed at
Paauilo dischargiIfg freight and tax
ing on tuga. The Interisland steam
err Maui was loading sugar at MANU-
kona at the time of departure OF the
Kilauea. The Maui is due, to arrive at
Honolulu tomorrow morning with 1000
sacks sugar and Is head cattle. ! .
The American schooner Annie John
son was reported at Mahukona dis.
charging cargo. :...I la. IT,.
Mauna kea Back With Many Tourists.
Processing delight at the spectacle
o. real lively Volcano, a delegation
Of mainland tourists returned from
the Big Island this morning as passen-
gers in the Interisland flagLhip Mauna
Kea.
Pnrser Phillips reported fine trip
with light trade Winds and smooth
seas on the return trip. The steamers
Kauai and Kaiulani were reported at
Hilo. No deep sea vessels are at the
present time at the Hawaii port.
The Mauna Kea frought freight in
GLIDING 62 packages vegetables, 6S
empty bottles. autos, 5 horses, 115',
packages sundries.
The passengers list included g. cabin
and 50 deck.
"a
1SwalIOwed the Anchor"
swallowing the anchor is becom-
ing quite practise now among mem
bers of the sea-going fraternity which
Puget Sound. Another old
timer in the Blue Funnel line in the
person of Captain Campbell, master of