Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-06

the Coast in the Wilhelmina this
morning can safely be set down as
tourists. according TO the declaration
of officers in the wellknown Matson
liner.
The Wilhelmina had q fine trip down
from San Francisco The weather IA
fored the popular steamship, and Cap
tain Peter Johnson, who is back on
The bridge after several months spent
ashore, stated that the liner expert
enced the finest trip in many moon
Eighty-nine cabin and q steerage
passengers left the vessel at this
port. - =
Forty-eight sacks Of later mail ar
rived.
The Wilhelmina brings a very heavy
largo, In which are included 10000
11cke Of cement for Pearl Harbor con-
1tructton work. =
The steamer returned tn this port
With several new faces noted among
the offieers Chief Officer Russell has.
left the Matson service and his place
has been taken by r. Edwards, for
Uer second officer. Third Officer
Digs has been elevated to the rank
81 second mate, while II. Greenwood
b now enrolled as third mate in the
The WiiheImina is to depart for
|Ilo on Thursday evening, taking a |
NV additional passengers. There are
||fhteen hundred tons of general cargo
Ior discharge at the Hawaii port. i
N
w g. irwin Cargo Serious Loss. !
SAN FRANCISCO, July.-The fire,
1n the lime laden brig w. g. Irwin Isl
SIN burning, although for weeks the
|1tches have been battened down and
steady stream of gas of nature
discourage combustion has been
bumped into the hold. The Irwin ar
'Ied from Roche harbor June % and
ne fact that the lime was burning
IVES discovered when the matches
we're removed for the purpose of dis
...|ing the cargo.
"A the hope that the fire had been
nofhered the matches were removed
ItIerday and but for the fact that
ne city fire tug Dennis Sullivan was
here 10 render assistance II would
lave been necessary to scuttle the
.IIp II order TO save 1t. When the
1fches were removed clouds of pm
bus fumes poured out and in ne 81.
|1lt ia get the matches bscki again
overall members Of he crew were
'rtialiy overcome Dy the gases.
and the tug Sea
|I|ncef pumped steam into the hold
Isl teveraI hours the crew of the brig
tre able to replace the matches.
hose In charge still have hopes OF
.|ling the vessel, but have not yet
.&c|ded Just how II is going to be
|||s1e That Gambling Thriyes on Pa
<Iic Mail.
SAN ,RIaANCISCO, July 24.-Charg-
. that indiscriminate gambling Is al
owed on the steamers of the Pacific
1Il Steamship Company were filed
||h United States District Attorney
6In u McNab yesterday by John n.
||ls. VINO, with his wife, was pas
niger on the steamer Korea from
onoliau to this city, arriving July
18th, Mills stated that six or eight
||n1ans and chuck-a-luck tables oper-
Ned by Chinese members of the crew
.ere in full blast during the entire
Paee. He wrote to the company
liking complaint of the practice, but
las not received reply
II IS said that the Chinese members
nf the crews OF the Pacific Mali
.leamers plying between this city and
ne Orient receive only 81 month as
wages, and that they resort to opium
|nnggiing and gambling to bring
heir wages up to something worth
|hile. McNab states that while there
:. no Federal law prohibiting gamb-
Inc on the high seas or elsewhere, he
Intends within sixty days to begin a
6hrching investigation into the meth.
Dds OF that company. and particularly
.nIo the persistent smuggling of
1nihm that has been going on for
ears on those vessels. He says that
|t Intends to summon r. p. Schwerin
Is explain why he has allowed opium
nuggling to be openly carried on on
ne company's steamers. |
NcNab win recommend also that
ines to the full limit be imposed up
IS the masters of the vessels when
ever Struggled goods are found on
board. and that the fines are not miti-
.hfed or RENTED in such cases, as
las been too often the practice in the
rfst. He believes that if this is done
checks Viii Oe pu-HpoA the luIpoIIh'
ton of opium at this port.
"a
efeamer IndravelIi Has Been Sold to
Japanese.
The Indra line steamer Indravelli,
|tpfairs Wise, that has been running
|efween New York. Europe and the
FAR East for many years, has been
oid to Japan, according to a notice
|bpearing in a recent issue Of New
FORK Shipping Illustrated. The pur-
.hase price was $4,000.
The IndraveIli is at present on pas
1ee from New York to the Orient,
md viii give a delivery in a Japan
Sc port She is OF shelter deck type,
|,to decks, and was launched in 1897