Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-29
Shipping
PRAYERS, ENTREAIIES OR BLUFF
FAILED To LAND YATES in Hawaii

; various Pacific coast ports laden with
cargo.
Hind, Rolph & Company have with
, IN the last few months chartered a
number Of craft, which rested on the
mud of Oakland creek and put them
, into commission for the transporta-
ton Of barley.-Chronicle.
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Skipper Johnson Sits On The Lid.
There is to be no funny business in
the conduct of sports or entertain.
ments aboard the Matson Navigation
liner Wilhelmina that is If Skipper Pc
ter Johnson can prevent it.
Since the skipper of the Wilhelmina
TUNED the hose on a party Of Homo
lulu hula hula dancers in one of the
state rooms of the ship several
months ago, the lid has been clamped
upon any such demonstrations Of hill
arity. 1t is rumored that an attempt
had been made to lift small corner
of the lid during the passage from the
islands, but nothing developed.
DIR. John s. Mason, who completed
his first trip as surgeon, was bit dis
appointed, because efforts to get up
entertainments like that he had be-
come used to on the liners of Togo
kisen Kaisha proved unsucces sful.
At a masquerade held few nights
before the Wilhelmina arrived al San
Francisco some of the women passen-
gers arranged to appear in certain
stunning costumes, but were informed
that skipper Johnson frowned upon
such costumes and contended them
selves by appearing in conventional
dress.
Nippon Medical Officer Aided by :,
Wireless. .ls 49, z>e..'ss ... IL
By the aid of the wireless, Dr.
Otis B. Spalding, ship surgeon aboard
the liner Nippon Maru, successfully
STAYED off the impending sale of his
San Francisco property that. had been
attached recently by his former wife,
Agnes M. Spalding, for $500 back ALI
mony. Mrs. Spalding obtained the
judgment before Judge George Ca
baniss June IL, when Doctor Spald-
ing was at sea, according to report
brought by the Manchuria, but At
torney H. w. Clemson got in airwave
touch with the doctor and soon af.
terward filed an affidavit that caused
Judge Trabucco to grant a stay; OF
execution for 80 days. - q
The affidavit. of the attorney con-
tanned the notice that he would
move for a modification of Mrs.
Spalding's final decree on the ground
Mrs. Spalding's conduct since the
granting of the interlocutory decree
had been such as not to entitle her
to any support. .Et .t
Mrs. Spalding sued for divorce in
October, 1910, and obtained her final
decree October %, 1911. She charged
cruelty. Mrs. Spalding is living in
Oakland.
New Service for Alameda and
Mariposa. "
The Alameda and Mariposa, 50
well known to Honolulu travellers and
shipping, may be transferred to a run
making regular trips between Seattle
and San Francisco
An officer in the Pacific Mail liner
Manchuria, now at the port, is author
ity for the statement that the steam
ers Alameda and the Mariposa, which
for years figured in the Oceanic line
between Honolulu and the Coast,
might be withdrawn from the Alaska
route during the winter season.
From what could be learned today,
California shipowners and agents
were responsible for the effort being
made to bring the larger and more
popular liners into the direct San
Francisco-Puget Sound trade.
LurIine For KahuIui Tomorrow.
The last of a large cargo of general
merchandise and material for Pearl
Harbor construction work will be dis
charged from the Matson Navigation
steamer Lurline tomorrow evening"
and that vessel is scheduled to depart
for Kahului at eight o'clock in the
evening. According to expectations Of
Castle & Cooke the agents, the YES
sci will return from Kahului by Sun
day morning The Lurline is to sail
for San Francisco at 6 o'clock Tues
day evening.
FrieIe on Manchuria.
Captain Daniel E. Friele commodore
of the Pacific Mail fleet, who stays
ashore except when needed to fill in
a vacancy, has been commissioned to
take out the liner Manchuria for the
Orient. "Ninety-fathom DAN" as he
is known because of his extreme eau
tiousness, recovered recently from an
illness and is now hale and hearty.
He relieves Captain Andrew Dixon,
who has been granted a leave of alb
senCe for one voyage.