Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-09

latC years with ~, ILL.,: t?.:,a, sH,
fcred an aImo ypa.rl''e lI nrai CO..
laI Sc just before III" },::-' ..l,n "G
San Francisco on rhr las. }3t1:". ami
TO last accounts tine poIuI@. ami 90
loved officer. hc!rIt Of IcaEo;. III
inmate of a san Fr2uniS' q s@n,thr,um.
with little Of no lup" Or his '>e, re-
covering his reason.
Purser Smith has been 'OuiuIaHIu@
D! i'll hea tn for ONE months j. ISL. ON
tho last trip to Honolulu h" suffered
I greatly from the effects Of siege OF
4dengue fever The attictIon Ic't him
in bad shape physiC ally.
1t was but a dav before the SirIr.
was to have reached san FramcscU
that his fellow 0mcors noticed that tn"
veteran pursCr was far from being hts
CID self. 1t is claimed that before tn"
liner made port, he became NOR" or
less violent and gray" results we've
feared.
At the coast CIV where MR. Smith
has made lis hone for many years, he
was taken in Char"" by his wife ant
also friends.
Honolulu this morning it was stated
that the pur8er's mental trouble was
much aggravated by having fallen
from a street car Striking his mead.
the former Oceanic officer sustained
serious injuries which resulted III his
mind becoming a blank.
Later the steamship man showed
what was believed unmistakaOle symp-
CONS Of becoming violet and he was
sent before lunacy commission VINO
ordered that the officer be placed in a
state or private institution.
At the time the Sierra departed for
Honolulu, Pqrser Smith showed no
signs of Improvement. He is alleged
as labored under the haiuCination that
he was a man OF great wellth and
with a private yacht at his disposal
endeavored to enlist a large company
20 join him on a cruise Of the world
While enlisting the best OF medical
skill in behalf of the afflicted man, his
friends fear that there is little hope
1or complete recovery.
Thomas G.. Smith, has been identi.
fed with the Oceanic Steamship Com
pany practically from the initial opera
ton Of steamers in the Pacific. He
was extremely well known TO thou
sands OF travellers who voyaged from
the coast to the islands and into Aus
trSlia. OF late years. he served in an
official capacity with the old Icalan-
ola, then the Australia, followed by
years on the Mariposa and Alameda.
In the MaripoSa and Alameda. Purser
Smith became as well known to snir
ping fraternity in the colonies as at
Auckland. Page Page, Honolulu ana
San Francisco.
Smith was rated as one OF the bes'
liked officers with the Oceanic com
pany today. When the service to Aus
tralia was resumed about two years
ego, he was offered a billet with
liner plying between San Francisco
emo Sydney. but expressed his pre-"
ference to remain with the honolulu
ferry service"
OF a genial and pleasing disposition,
Smith won a large circle of friends
who will receive news OF his misfor
dune with much genuine sorrow and
regret.
The Sierra arrived from San Fran
Cjsco this morning. following a fair
trim firm the mainland with :. NJ. Will
liams, a former Pacific Mail and Togo
Kisen Kaisha man in the pursers Of
flee Williams made his last voyage
from the orient to the coast in the new
lenyo Maru. serving in the capacity
of Purser. Following some years
spent on shore Williams was finally
induced to again ;lkc 70 the sea. The
new purser in the Sierra came into
pert this mornjnI only 10 trew mum
Der of acquaiutaH'rS made here years
ego
Taking the r'Jre uaGr vacant by
tie retirement Of Or 5. {. I."OnhIrdt
H.ho figured in a dining saloon hrawi
on the board the Sierra on the. last
voyage to the coast Dr Milton Shut
~ is now installed as medicai officer IN
The liner. DIR. Shut is no stranger 10
Honolulu having visited the islands
some three Years ago at which time he
remained here for ONE weeks.
Bringing Ga dim and II stecraG"
passengers the Sierra Was a. the
Oceanic wharf sAo~tiv before eiGh,
o'clock this morning.. Captain Eloude-
l.yte reported som" rough weather
curing the first r"w days Of the trip. :
The Sierra passengers while smaIr
in number were rated as = rather i've
" lot and a p,"4sinr series OF enter
tainments WEI d success NV planned
ard carried o..
The Sierra lyrT'I HrN" easily a. "n.
n,rdated one &nu @C2 anal 'W"nl,-fi''
additional pa. .,H"r's a n" FIST cabin
had they ariG.rl 'or Transportation