Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-11

Luriine Sailed From Coast Today
With 32e8 tons general cargo for
discharge at Honolulu and 500 tons
freight in transit for KahHlui the Mat
son Navigation steamer Luriine is re-
ported to have sailed from San Fran
cisco this afternoon. The vessel is
due TO arrive here on next Wednes-
day morning.
hamburg America Line After Coast
Business
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. l7.-H. F.
Dorgeloh. Pacific coast manager for
the Hamburg American Steamship
Company, said today that his company
yTcnld close negotiations in few days
for docking facilities on San Francisco
bay for a branch service of steamers
between the Pacific coast. the Orient
and Europe.
George Geise. the company.s Shang-
hal manager. he said. win arrive here
IIr1 baby next week to complete the
arrangements Dorgeloh's announce
Rlent follows years investigations
made by the company of Pacific coast
commercial. photographic and dock
sge conditions Options have been Sc
cured here on number of possible
sites for docks. ...-
Mare Island May Build Navy ~
Tankers
WASHINGTON. Nov. sO-The Mare
Island Navy Yard probably viii get
the contracts to build two fuel oil
ships for the Navy authorized by Con-
gress at the last session with an APP
preparation of $1,140 600
The Mare Island and the Brooklyn
yards have submitted preliminary es-
Inmates of the cost of building the two
ships to the Navy Department and the
Mare Island estimate is the lower
The act requires that at least one
of the ships be built on the Pacific
Coast. Because the Mare Island bid
is the lower for the two ships, the
contracts for both vessels may go TO
San Francisco. The exact figures of
the bids are withheld by the depart
ment
American Sailor Murdered AT shans-
hal,
SHANGHAI. November 1S.-As the
result Of brawl in the Hongkew
quarter last night an American sailor
named Willis, belonging to the L. S. s.
Psinbpw, was stabbed, and death en-
sued.
The alleged burderer in one of a
pssrty of Dutch sailors from the eruis-
er Holland! but at present there is
only lIcircumstantial evidence which
does not fix the guilt upon an indiyid-
ual
An inquest has been opened and sG-
;oCrned. .-[ ~
Burned Cargo To Gain Port.
The British, steamer Lord Cnrzon.
b1tore reported at Yokohama in dis-
tress was short of coal The steamer,
bound from Puget Sound to Moji. had
emPtied her bunkers in the fight with
LAD weather encountered all The <ay
across. To keep up the fires part OF
the cargo was sacrificed The Lord
Gu. ron arrived at Yokohama under its
own power, and WIS not towed in as
first reported. but the fires in the fur
E2ce were made from Oregon pine and
lot from black diamonds
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Fish Clog Pumps And Vessel Stops.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. I.-Captain
CrosselT OF the British steamship Car
zcas. which arrived here. today re-
ported at the Maritime exchange that
the ship had been; DELAYED n me
straits OF Magellen because the pumps
became clogged with hundreds OF live
fish. The vessel was nearly put or,t o:
commission. according 10 Crossley. So
great was the danger of delay IN that
vicinity. with more and more OF the
fish surrounding them ar every turn
that Captain Crossley ordered the fsb
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