Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-03-06
THETIS FIGURES
IN Rescue WORK

A party OF four scientists and rab
bit hunters. marooned for the pas
! three months on the lonely and iso
! lated I.aysan island, hundreds of miles
to the westward of Honolulu, is one
mission or the United States revenue
cutter Thet.s, that has sailed for the
| isiets and exposed reefs incorporated
| in the Hawaiian bird reservation.
To terminate her cruise by briet
visit at Midway island, the hor1r
! q colonv of operators and employees
/ with the Commercial Pacific Cable
| Company, the TheEs was supplied
with quantity Of provisions, before
departing, which will be left at the
Midway station.
According to present expectations
thu Thetis should return to Honolulu
within -four TO five weeks. The vessel
is then scheduled TO proceed to Mare
Island for oyerhauling and repairs be
fore again entering service as 4
home for the United States floating
court in Alaskan waters.
The Thetis now figures in a series
OF interesting events that go to make
M a report that shows that DURING
1912 over 1000 human lives and hun,
6reds of tempest-tossed vessels, val
red with their cargoes at nearly Sill.
coo 600, were saved from the perils OF
storm-swept seas by the little. cutters
which guard the coast line of the
United States in an unbroken line
from Maine TO Texas and from Alaska
to California.
The annual report of Cantain r. p.
Bertholf, commandant OF the servire,
that has been made public. is recita
ton of thrilling adventure. No less
than 260 distressed vessels were as.
sisted during the year and their bur.
den 2212 souls. rescued from danger,
which in many cases seemed irpend-
Ing death One hundred and six per-
sons were actually saved from drown
ing
Vessels. cargoes and derelicts saved
hv the Revenue Cutter Service during
The year were valued at s10,711.74S.
Forty-fve derelicts and other danger.
Gus obstruaions to navigation were
removed or DESTROYED.
Among other. unusual Incidents Cap.
tain Bertholf tells of how "piratical
native wreckers" swarmed down upon
the Hamburg-American steamer Prinz
Joachim. when. with 2 large partv Of
American tourists aboard. including
| William J. BRYAN. she stranded on
Atwood Ray. Bahama Islands. Novem.
Ter %. 1911. After the passengers
mad been removed. these pirates" re-
merits Captain Bertholf. became inso-
lent and aggressive md Of the REQUEST
of the master of the Prinz Joachim.
|. the revenue cutter Algonquin. with
guns manned, stood guard OVER the
steamer and armed her crew. One of
the pirates" struck a box included In
the Steamers cargo, containing some
EXPLOSIVE. and was blown into eter-
nitv. This scared the others away.
Cant ID. F. Folev. who commanded
the Behriug Sea Patrol, reports that
the wretchedness of the people of the
Aleutian Islands. growing greater year
Nv year. will continue to increase M
til the government does something
for them or they are wiped out of
existence by diseacp and starvation.
The hest means Of rescuing the neo-
nle, he saws. would he to establish
them in one settlement. probably
Alaska, under government supervi-
sion. E.<-
The Revenue Cutter Service was
established t13 years ago. ~.
Nero Sailed for Seattle.
The United States naval collier Me-
ro sailed at S.o'clock this morning,
taking departure from Pearl Harbor
for Seattle. The vessel has been at
the new naval station for week past,
pending the discharge Of 5000 tons of
sand. This material is to enter into
the construction of the drydock. H.
"a = .
Hyades to Arrive Tuesday. ~.
Castle & Cooke. the local represent
atives for the Matson Navigation
freighter Hyades, expect that vessel
TO arrive on next Tuesday from San
Francisco by way of Puget Sound
ports. The Hyades is reported as
bringing large amount of general
cargo and shipments of lumber. =.s
Found Rough Weather at Hama. .
IT proved too rough to land passen-
GERS. mails or freight at Hama. Maui.
according to report brough to this
city with the return of the Inter-Island
steamer Claudine.
The InterIsland vessel brought a
small cargo, including 40 hogs, GUAM
tity of empties and $50 packages sun
dries. Sugar to the amount of 1900
sacks awaits shipment at Kipahulu.
The vessel met with moderate wealth
or in crossing the channel.