Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-09

Governor Walter f. Freaf, of the Ter
sritory of Hawaii, proved an Interested
attendant as we'll as participant at a
dinner given on board the good ship
Wilhelmina, as that gallant liner
neared the port of Honolulu last
evening.
Seated at the tables in the pretty
dining saloon, were miIlionaires, of
fcials high in the councils of govern
ment, prominent business men, thes-
plans, society folk globe trotters and
: settlers who intend making their
homes in the Paradise of the Pacific
One hundred and twenty-four cabin
passengers as the guests of Captain
Charles Peterson, enjoyed a spread
prepared under the supervision of
{ Chief Steward George Pastor which
will long remain as a pleasant re-
aninder of a delightful voyage
Governor Frear as well as several
others well known to Honolulu, was
called upon for a few remarks. The
[ Executive responded in a graceful
I manner and a salvo of applause fol-
lowed his little impromptu speech.
! Purser Charles Drew declared this
morning that the Wilhelmina passen-
gers on Voyage Number 80 were all
Rive wifes'
July Fourth was an occasion for
much mirth and joyousness on board.
The day was given over to sports
program. Teasing and in the evening
"a fancy dress ball. proved a mecca
which really banished all thoughts of
nal de mer.
The presence of twenty members
Of the Teal Opera Company was suf-
hcient to insure no lack of talent at
the several social sessions held dur
ing the six-day voyage from the
Golden Gate. 1t is safe to say that
seventy passengers arriving in the
liner this morning are tourists. Many
wen known local people were includ-
ed in the list of travellers.
Old Neptune favored the present
Passage of the Wilhelmina to an ex-
tent that smooth seas and favorable
winds were the rule. The Wilhelmina
brought large general cargo
amounting to 400 TONS of which 1900
tons will be carried to Hilo to be dis
charged at the Hawaii metropolis.
A quantity of steel for construction
work at Pearl Harbor is on board,
and consigned to the local contract
ors
The cabin list numbered 124 pas
sengera while in the steerage We're
Is returning Portuguese and span
iards who were glad to get back to
Hawaii nei
A mail from the mainland amount
ing to So sacks was received with the
arrival. of the liner.
The Wilhelmina is to be dispatched
for Hilo on Thursday evening accord
ing TO the present calculations of
Castle & Cooke. the agents.
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Floating Whaling Station.
Reports from the north are to the
effect that the innovation of a whal-
ing station on the water which was
made by Norwegians of the Alaskan
coast has been a success The station
was made of the steamer Admiralen,
which, on its way to the whaleries
some weeks ago, created considerable
excitement while in a gale off, Hum
boldt by sending out many S. o. S. sig
nals after il had lost its rudder in the
heavy sea. Then the Admiralen was
towed to San Francisco and repaired,
having been battered by the storm
The vessel is fitted with refining tanks
and is averaging 200 barrels of oil a
day. The Admiralen is a steamer of
$50 tons displacement and was reInod,
eled for service as a whaling station
at considerable cost to the Norwegian
owners, but reports are that a graft
flying revenAe will be returned from
the investment during the whaling
season. The Admiralen is among the
first vessels to attempt the usual OPP
erations attendant upon securing the
oil on board, instead of on shore, but
next season may see other vessels fol-
lowing the example. considerable
saving can be effected through the
new scheme, it is said
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Erna, Well Known Here, Believed |
Lost.
The German steamer Erna, which
called at Honolulu a year ago enroute
TO the Far East with a shipment of
grain that had become damaged in
transit from Tacoma, is believed lost
according to reports which come from
the coast The vessel has not beenl
heard of since leaving Greenock for
ST. Johns, N. F., February 2S with a
cargo Of coal. Little hope is enter
tanned that The steamer will make,
port. and il is thought probable That
ii was lost with all hands.
- The Erna was purchased last win
ter by a British firm and was to have
been used in the sealing trade The
steamer registered 3,475 tons and was
built at Greenock in 1890, with a net
valuation OF $125, 000 When the Erna
nlied in and out of the Golden Gate
II alternated on the runs with the
steamer Ella, both vessels being
iowned by NJ Jebsen of Hamburg and
lying the German flag.
Diligent inquiry is being made to
ascertain when the Erna was last
spoken, that some idea may be gained
~ the fate of the vessel and crew.
indications are that the name of the
F,rna will be recorded in shipping an
nails as one of the unexplained mys-
feries of the sea.
The Erna and Ella were withdrawn