Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-13

5 "A little twenty-fve-foot yawI, bear.
Ing Captain Voss and Messrs F.
I Stone and S. A. Vincent, who propose
making a tour around the world in
!. the vessel, was sighted by the Off
GERS Of the big Togo Kisen Kaisha
liner Chiyo Maru as that leviathan
proceeded from Yokohama, Japan, to
Honolulu and San Francisco.
Judging from the preparation made
e for the memorable trip, the prediction
Is freely made that the superior
equipment will enable the little craft
a. TO successfully complete the voyage.
The vessel is named the Sea Queen.
: The departure of the yawl was the
3 occasion Of much enthusiasm at the
Japanese port.
Captain J. c. Voss, the skipper Of
/. the Sea Queen, is a British subject,
but lived for many years in Victoria;
B. c. When quite young he took to
; the sea, and since the age Of thirty
has been in command of several sail
Ing vessels. He distinguished hip-
self by sailing round the world in a
small decked-in1 canoe, the Tilikum,
IS feet long. His visits to different
countries in this diminutive craft took
him 10000 miles, and during the time
Of the voyage he weathered sixteen
Z heavy gales. The vessel was exhibit
ed at Eafl's Court during the Navy
!. and Marine Exhibition in 1905, after
which she was sold to- an. English
/ yachtsman.
A delay OF several hours resulted
this morning following the arrival OF
the Chiyo Maru at this port, owing
TO the presence of suspicious case
Of Illness, at first believed by the
local medical authorities to have
been plague. A very careful investi-
CATION of the case was made by the
Federal quarantine authorities before
the big liner was granted pratique
and permitted to come into the har-
Dor and berth at Alakea wharf. 1t
was after IL o'clock when the pas
sengers in the Chiyo were landed at
the wharf. 49,.
The officers of the, Chiyo Maru re-
port that at the time they left Hong
kong the tug David Gillies, which
had been to the Paracels to attempt
TO salye the German steamer Quinta,
had returned to Hongkong without
having achieved success. The ship
is perfectly upright, but is high on
the coral forward. ana all efforts TO
float her failed II she escapes dam
age from typhoons during the next
two months, It is possible that when
the northeast monsoon sets in, heavy
seas may lift her into deep water. q.
Purser Chapman reports fine trip
across the Pacific. The vessel met
with good weather, and the usual run
of deck sports were much enjoyed by
the passengers. g.
The liner brings 1000 tons of cargo
for discharge here. In transit for
San Francisco are 5000 tons of
freight, OF which a large quantity is
silk destined for the Eastern States.
The silk alone Is valued at one and
half million dollars.
Honolulu drew 5 cabin, 81 second
class and 1863 Asiatic passengers. OF
the latter 179 are Japanese, s Chi
nese and 176 F'ilipinos. The through
list of passengers includes So cabin,
SO second-class and 142 Asiatic steer
age passengers.
II is the intention of Castle &
Cooke, the local agents, to dispatch
the steamer for San Francisco at 6
O'Clock this evening. There is a pos
sibility that the amount Of cargo for
discharge at this port will prevent
the sailing of the vessel until an early
hour in the morning.
A
Much Anxiety Over Bark Rithet.
The thirty-two days passage from
Honolulu to San Francisco recently
completed by the bark R. P. Rithet,
caused much anxiety in Pacific Coast
shipping circles according to reports
received here late yesterday by the
United States Army Transport Sher-
man. The Examiner of August )
says:
A mystery of the sea more like the
tales that come from the 'fog-bound
Grand Banks of the North Atlantic
than from the sunny Pacific is wrap
ped about the failure of the American
bark r. P. .Rithet to reach .rort after
being thirty-two days out from Homo
lulu.
Thrice in the last nine days incom- ,
ing vessels have apparently spoken
the overdue bark. which should have
ulduS IuS UP dN IlilS IiluS VI cal
IN twenty days. On July &c the oil
tanker William F. Herrin reported her
out by the lightship, nine miles be !
yond the Heads. The night was foggy
and when the vessel reached port she !
turned out to be the French bark
Brizeaux. The Rithet, like the Flying
Dutchman of the Atlantic. coming into
view like phantom and sliding again
from sight, has not been reported
since that date. Anxiety is beginning
to be felt.
The Annie Johnson, Captain Murry /
raced the Rithet from San Francisco
t. the Hawaiian islands in June. Both
craft are owned by the Matson Navi-
cation Company When Captain Neil
son of the Rithet learned that hi
former ship. the Annie Johnson. had
Teen changed by her owners from a
lark to a four-masted schooner ne
vowed that he would heat her half