Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-27
Shipping
THREE HUNDRED FILIP|NOS IN
LINER MONGOLIA FOR HAWAII

Three hundred and thirty Filipinos,
considered a record number to arrive
in a single shipment in the transpa
CifiC vessel. arrived at Honolulu as
stCerage passengers in the Pacific
Mail steamship Mongolia this after
noon. The liner reached this port
with $50 stCerage passengers for Ha-
wall
Other passengers leaving the vessel
at this port included six cabin and
eight second class.
The through list includes 78 cabin,
81 second class and 26l Asiatic steer
age passengers.
The Mongolia will remain here until
noon tomorrow, when she will sail
for San Francisco. The vessel brings
1850 tons of Oriental cargo, including
$500 tons of sulphur
The vessel steamed into the harbor
at noon today with 12,145 tons of
cargo, gathered at Manila, Hongkong,
Keeling, Shanghai, NagaSaki, Kobe,
Iokkafchi, Shimidzu and Yokohama
Purser Harry Jerome reports a fine
trip across the Pacific. Two deaths
among Filipinos occurred on the voy-
age: No infectious illness was discov-
cred among the Asiatic passengers.
a roundup Of passengers and crew
this morning by the local quarantine
medical officers resulted in a total of
1882 persons being found on board,
including passengers, officers and
crew. AT tie office OF II. Hackfeld 4
Co. one hundred or more cabin pas
sengers have been booked for passage
TO San Francisco in the liner
Fifty sacks of Oriental mail arrived
at the port in the Mongolia.
Wireless Calls Brought Assistance to
PIeiades. = ~ .-..' -
The flashing of series of wireless
calls for assistance by Operator Ben
nett, in the distressed Pieiades
brought several vessels In the vIc1n-
ity.
The United States cruiser Denver
and the steamer Washtenaw went at
full speed to the Pleiades' assistance,
and it is said that the freighter Port
land was at the scene Of the wreck.
The Pleiades is owned by Edgar F.
Luckenbach Of New York and is be-
ing operated under charter by the
California-AtIantic Steamship Com
pary. of which Bates & Chesebrough
are the local agents. The Portland
is chartered by the same company.
The Pleiades was in command of
Captain II. G. Arms trong. The wire
less operator on board Is George Ben
nett, son of the late Frederic Bennett,
San Francisco marine writer. All
told the Pleiades' company numbers
20 men. and as the Washtenaw was
a; the scene at. noon their sufferings
were short lived.
The cargo from San Francisco on
the Pleiades is valued at $76,609 and
is fully insured. The cargo included
$4,000 pounds of beans, 64,7S0 pounds
Of wool, 52,0S0 pounds Of scrap tin.
31,7SS pounds of old rubber and five
packages of automobile parts, all for
New York, and 2,1T9,10S feet of lum-
her and 5000 cases of blasting pow
der for Panama The PleiadeS is a
vessel of 1889 tons net register and
was built in 1899 at Sparrows Point.
Harrison Line Freighter Coming
Here. sE.r
The British steamer Harley has
been chartered by Kerr, Clifford e
Co, for wheat from the Sound to the
United Kingdom. She left Norfolk
May 9Th for Cape Town and IS going
thence to Samoa. The Norwegian
steamer Bangor has been placed in
the East Asiatic line to uoad general
cargo at Antwerp and Copenhagen for
this port for account of PARROT & Co.
local agents of the line. She will fol-
low the Danish steamer Arabian. The
Harrison line, of which Balfour, Guth-
RE & Co. are the local agents, an
nounces that tho British steamers Co.
lonial and Workman will load general
cargo at Antwerp for Pacific ports.
The Colonial will depart from Ant
werp about August Is, coming by way
Of San Pedro. and the Workman will
leave month later coming Oy way
of Honolulu and San Pedro. The
British bark Juteopohs has been
fixed by H. Hackfeld & Co. for gen
eral cargo from Hamburg to Homo
lulu.
More Pacific Coast Competition.
= SAN FRANCISCO. August 16.-
With unique passenger aCCOmmOGa-
tions and large freiSkt-carrying capaC-
ity, new line of steam: hips will he
put on by company that is to 'e
given the name OF the New York and
San Francisco Steamship Company.
AS the name implies the vessels will
ply between here and New York. -Four
steamers are now being Luilt and ii is