Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-07-27
Shipping
DESERTERS FAIL TOCONNECT
WITH SIERRAFOR The COAST


the several gangWays leading from
the wharf TO the liner Sierra prior TO
the sailing OF the Oceanic steamship
for San Francisco at noon hour today.
II was mooted that one or more de-
serteEs in the regular army were at
tempting get away by means Of the
liner.
Sierra officers also took decided
interest In the ggme and they exercis-
ed extreme yigilence in their inspec-
ton Of the ship and the search foi'
etowaways.
The sierra departed for the Coast
amid the blare OF band and the cheers
and farewells from almost thousand
fhroats.
The Oceanic wharf was crowded
with lei bedecked spectators as for
an hour or more before the adyertis-
ed tire of sailing.
Ninety cabin and forty steerage pas
sengers were accommodated, and
there was plenty Of room for a much
larger number.
The liner sailed with a full ship
ment OF sugar, ALTO 5000 cfses of pre-
served pineapples.
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Largest Tinibens 70 Leave the Sound.
Taking the largest sticks of timber
which have ever left the Sound, the
Britith bark Kingross-shire, which has
been loading at the Canadian Puget
Sound Lumber company's docks, has
been compelled to cut open her stern
ports to allow the timbers to be stow
ed. saws the Vancouver Sun. The
windjammer Is loading e big shipment
Of sticks seventy feet long and three
feet square. They will be used for
trimming into maets on new vessels
being built in the old world. The bark
viii be ready for sea at the end OF
next week with load OF 100000 feet
Of lumber.
The stay Of the Kinross-shire at this
port has been prolonged somewhat
owing to the belated arrival of a boom
Of big logs, which will be cut up for
shipment on the bark. She has yet
to take on about 400. 900 feet but Capt.
Mufchrie expected to stow this away
before the end Of the week, It Was
impossible to faw the big sticks from
the logs which were in the harbor and
the mills had to send for boom Of
larger trees.
The sticks being loaded by the Kim
49,. ,'s. go ~ - ,,a s. 1osd
.h.., - ~ h-eah.s sra h.ve found
I, 49, ,,ecssssrr - cnt -tha callers sfern
,,orfe rrhc sai,e,. q loaded down al
moct 70 her PHrsoll mark and by the
time the remainder Of her cargo is
slowed and her deckload dashed in
place, she will be riding low in the
water.
To Cross Atlantic IN Motor Boat.
NEW Y0IsK, July 14.-Thomas
Telming Day. who last year navigated
the 2l.foot yawl Sea Bird across the
Atlantic from Province to Gibraltar
with two companions on board. start.
ed from New Raehelie haroor TINS ant
scme voyage. He Is to try to take the
motorboat Detroit to Queenstown and
incidentally Will try to make q new
record for motor boats across the
ocean. The record now Is tnirty-nve
days, made In 1904.
With Day on this trip are Charles
G Earle, who Is mate, and w. New
stead and Walter Morton. both from
Detroit. who are engineers.
The Detroit is 80 feet long, 9 feet 8
riches beam and feet 6 inches draft.
She is equipped with 2-cylinder, Is
horsepower Scripps motor. which will
drive the yacht about seven miles an
hour. She carries 1900 gallons Of
gasoline in seven steel tanks.
The yacht carries 200 gallons Of
She is fitted with a small rig for use
In case Of mishap to the engine.
After resching Queenstown the De-
troit will proceed to England. She will
sail ND the English channel to the
North sea, then to the Baltic and on
to st. Petersburg.
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New York Cargo Due on Monday.
The American Hawaiian freighter
Arizonan is expected to arrive at Ho.
nolulu early Monday morning bring
IMP large general cargo of several