Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-23

merry and pretty maids, members of
the Ferris Hartman Company, were
the object Of much interest to sew
eral hundred Honolulans who gath
cred at Alakea wharf this morning
and awaited the arrival Of the Pacific
Nail liner China from San Francisco.
The chorus girlies made the trip
one long TO be remembered" insisted
one officer in the China.
Wednesday evening the China eX.
perienced a blow that for several
hours sent mountains Of green water
swirling over the decks and inundat-
ing a number of cabins on the lower
decks.
During the height of the storm, the
theatrical company was holding forth
in the saloon, and despite the bowling:
of the gale and the surging seas, the
lads and lassies kept the fun and
merriment agoing, and few passengers
among the one hundred and fifty trav.
elers i'm the cabin really knew that
the elements were attempting to do
their worst.
One act from the opera Pinafore
was sung despite the noise and COM
motion created by the storm.
The China is to remain here until
r ten o'clock tomorrow morning when
the voyage 10 Japan ports and Hong
kong will be resumed. The ,yesgel
brought 3S cabin and 12sseconds class
passengers for Honolulu. The through
list includes IS cabin, 2 second class
and 1876 Asiatic steerage passengers.
The Honolulu cargo amounts to
$50 tons. The local postal officials
received 253 sacks Of later mail from
the mainland. 49,
On board the China and under
strong guard during the stay of the
liner at this port are as deported ASH
atics. Thirty are Chinese who have
leen gathered up by the Federal a'i-
thorities along the Coast, the remain
der being Japanese.
Several transrPacific travellers in
the China and proceeding to the Far
East are taking out their, ANTONIO,
biles. -a - > ~ ~
Al small percentage of the passen
gers are listed as missionaries. q
Little Schooners on Treasure Hunt.
VANCOUVER, b G. August TO-;
Bound for the famous Tiburon island
in the Gulf of California, which is said
to be rich in gold and other minerals
which have been successfully held by
the fierce natives on the ialand, who
are said to be cannibals, two little
schooners, the Tenderfoot and the
Drift, of the Victoria Yacht club, left
port last evening on their long voyage.
They will make their first stop at San
francisco and will stop at San Pedro,
San Diego, Encinada, La Paz and 9TH |
er ports on the way to- Tiburceql
lShark' island. s,
The two yachts took sufficient pfo-i
visions aboard yesterday morning to
last them until they get to San Fran
cisco, which port they expect to make
in couple of weeks. Harry Bird, A.
Birch and II. Neil are taking the Tend
erfoot south, while Joseph Savidge
and three others will navigate lie
Drift 1t is expected that the Tender
foot will make the quickest passage, /
because. she has better lines than her
consort, as we'll as an auxiliary en-
CINE.
The Tenderfoot is one of the finaCt
sailing yachts flying the flag of the
Royal Victoria Yacht club. She was !
built by Mr.. Bird and his associates
during their spare time and measures
81 feet in length, 106 feet beam and
SO feet draft. Her hull is constructed
of fir and her housework and interior
is finished in oak Although a small
vessel, she has been designed with
sl:ch Judgment that has the maximum
amount of room for boat of her sin
The Drift was formerly Seattle
boat She is two feet shorter than the
Tenderfoot and has foot more beam.
1t is not expected that the boats will
return for about six months.
Seaman's Gill Said to Be Pernieious.
The attention of the shipping world
is invited to the most perniciouS piece
of legislation which is now pending
in Congress, namely, the so-ealled
Seamen's Bill. This bill is of inter
est to all shipowners throughout the
world whose vessels trade at U. S.
ports and effectively nullifies about
a score OF treaties with foreign gov
ernments regarding the status of sea-
men at American ports, remarks
Shipping Illustrated, the leading ship
ping journal of the United States.
There is not the slightest chance that
this bill could reach the Senate be-
fore March next year. Therefore it
behooves shipowners to take up the
matter in earnest and 'begiR&@a syste-
matte campaign against a law which
would give de facto to seamen the
right to detain ships by demanding
half their wages at every port Of call
in the United States
The intolerable conditions which
this bill would create would affect
foreign owners even more than Amer
leans, and ii is not. unreasonable to
suggest that, perhaps, diplomatic in
terVention might succeed where the
arguments of American owners have
failed. AS matter of fact, the dele
gates of the Seamens Union which
appeared before the committee of
Congress on behalf of the bin, laid