Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-11-05
Shipping
FIJlAN COAST STREWN WITH
SPLINTERED MASS OF WRECKAGE'

chief purser: P. FranZen. purser; D.
Brenneke. assistant pnrser; r. Yep
Iein. provision master. A. Sturm. first
chief steward: A. Hausechild. second
{ hief purser; A. Johannsen, chief
steward assistant: V. Hansen. chief
steward assistant: F, Ruebke, chief
steward assistant; o. Stack, chief
steward assistant; NJ. Wolff, chief
cook: A. Stephan, first cook; NJ. Kun
mer, first cook; E. Cain, leader OF
string orchestra: Sehmerbauch. wire
less operator
The social directors are Mrs. M.
! Landon Reed and Mrs. L. Degenhardt.
Illustrated lectures will be given by
r.. s. Wheeler OF San Francisco and
Carl Rathjens of Hamburg. C. Vogel-
sang is manager of the world cruises,
Pacific, Mail Plans Are Baked.
Vice President and General Mana
ger r. p. Schwerin OF the Pacific Mail
on arrival at San Francisco from an
extended tour of the eastern cities, is
reported as declaring that the COM
pany ear hardly see its way clear in
spending some fourteen million dol
lars in the enlargement and improve
ment of the service.s In entering a
vigorous denial of the reputed sale Of
the steamers Mr.. Schwerin further
stated:
..of course the drastic law passed
by Congress hits che company,s ambi-
tious plans q hard blow, and in my
opinion. also dealt the best interests
of the coast and the American mer-
chant marine bad knock The Pa
cific Mail had obtained bids from
American shipyards for four big
steamers to cost in the aggregate $12.-
000. 900. It also intended to spend
between $1,500.000 and $2,000.000 on
the Korea, Siberia, Mongolia and Man
churia, its four crack trans-Pacffic
liners, making certain changes in
view of their using the canal It was
aimed to use these steamers in q fine
New York, San Francisco and Orient
service, ALI. these plans have been
cancelled.
Owners of American shipyards tell
me no concern in the country, save
the Pacific Mail, has asked them to
build new ships for use through the
|canal. Other countries are preparing
ships for the canal but the United
States is not and 1t has prevented the
Ione company that wished to do SO.
But the deed is done and that ends
II.
Schwerin says it must be borne in
mind that the law has nothing to do
with the company's existing service.
but L has he concluded. stopped
the only American company ambitious
and energetic enough to want to spend
about $4,000, 900 from doing so By de-
nying 1t the use OF the canal.
No Chinese Flag for Pacific Mailer
Nile.
No Chinese flag will float over ves-
sells in the Pacific Mail service, ac-
|eording to the rather emphatic decla=
ration coming from officers in the
liner Nile that called at Honolulu
yesterday afternoon en- route from
Hongkong by way OF Japan ports
The story has been current in the
far east and also on the mainland that
a powerful Oriental syndicate had
been casting longing eyes on the 1leet
of palatfal vessels trayersing the Pa
Fcific under the management OF the
Pacific Mail 1t was stated that Chi
nese capital was available for the pur-
chase of controlling interest in the
line.
In the east this story Is scoffed at
and while denial is Forthcoming from
Hongkong and Shanghai financial CEN
tiers an equally strenuous refutation
of the story comes from r. p. Schwer-
in, vice president and general mama
ger OF. the Pacific Mail, who is quoted
as saying, T know of no proposition
|of the sort, . he said. There has been
no talk whatever of selling to the
Chinese or any other foreign inter-
ests.''
Schwerin also denied that any
change was contemplated in the man
agement of the Pacific Mail and de-
Eclared that no plans had been ar
ranged for the disposition of the COM
#pany through the failure of the rail-
roads campaign against the Panama
canal act.
Passengers Arrived.
Per stmr Mauna Kea from Hilo
and the way ports-A Lusk, E. s..
Weller and wife, Parker Dear, J.de
Barth Dear, Mrs. A. E. Sims, Jno.
Traynor, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Duke
Young and child, L. Turner, J. Dosen-
thai, H. A. Jaeger, A A. Wilson, DR..
V. Norgard, c. McClenan, Miss Eva
Keomau, F. G. Snow, wife, and maid.
w B. Hopkins, wife and child, C..
VOTERS, D. MolIison, j. Driscoll, H,
l.. White, c. At XII, J. Eguchi, J.
Rachael, Domingo Carton.
Nile Departed at Early Hour.
Seven o'clock this morning saw the
Pacific Mail liner Nile steaming away
from Alakea wharf enroute to San
Francisco. The Nile was discharged
of $50 tons Oriental cargo during the
stay at the port Six hundred tons
coal were placed aboard the vessel.
One layover passenger sailed for the
coast in the Nile. A considerable
amount Of mail fOf. tho mainland was