The San Francisco call., 1913-08-05
'HONGKONG MARU
DUE HERE TO-DAY
Persia Sails This Afternoon
for Orient and the San
Jose for Panama

The Japanese liner Hongkong Maru,
which was due here yesterday, will not
arrive until today. According to a
wireless received yesterday, the cap
tain expects to reach quarantine about
Z O'Clock a. m.
The Hongkong is the first T. X. K.
liner on this run to make the trip with
an all Japanese crew. All the officers
are Japanese. including purser and
stewardess. When the Hongkong first
went on this run. when the line was
started. the liner carried a double set
of officers. One set was japanese and
the other European The result was a
discord SO destructive of discipline that
the experiment was abandoned.
The liner has not many passengers,
but valuable cargo.
Jason Sails for Mexico
The water front sat up and took no.
tice yesterday when a steam cutter put
out from the United States cruiser
South Dakota and ran alongside the
Jebsen liner Jason on which had been
hoisted the red flag that signified that
the Jason was loading explosives. The
Jason runs between this port and Mex
leo, It's ports of call on the lower coast
being all within the trouble zone. On
a warship explosives means ammuni-
tion, and as Uncle Sam has prohibited
the shipping of arms and ammunition
into Mexico the hosting of the red
flag on steamer about to leave for
the southern republic was a matter
calling for investigation. But nothing
serious happened. The Jason's explo-
blasting powder to be used in the mines
OF Mexico. and before shipping 1t per-
m1ts to do so had been secured from
the United States secretary of war and
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this city. The officer from the South
Dakota examined these permits and
wished the captain a pleasant voyage
Persia Sails This Afternoon
The Pacific Mail liner Persia. Captain
John Hill, will sail at l o'clock this
cabin passengers, 10 in the second
cabin and 125 Asiatics. Among the
passengers will be j. III. Pearman and
wife, who will make the round trip
Pearman is agent for the Western
Pacific at Pasadena. He was formerly
district passenger agent for the COM
pany In this city DR.. Conrad Richter,
the Pacific Mail company's medical in
sspector, will be a passenger on the
liner.
The liner San Jose. which sails at
noon today for Panama and way ports.
will take 35 cabin passengers and II in
the steerage Also full cargo
Many Liners Due This Week
Customs, immigration and quarantine
officers at this port will earn their
salaries this week The Hongkong
Maru from the orient and the Acapulco
from Panama and way ports are due
today The San Jose sails at noon for
the lower coast and the Persia will
leave this afternoon for the far east.
The Tahiti from Australia and the
Shinyo Maru from China and Japan
are due Thursday. All these vessels
carry passengers with whom the three
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have more or less business.
Submarines to Have OfRciaI Trials
The official trials of submarine tor
pedo boats HI and H-2 will begin
next Monday. Captain Charles r. Cove
Y. S. ~, commandant of the naval
training station at Yerba Buena, will
be president of the navy board that
will put the submarines through
they must earn before they are ac-
cepted by the navy department
Shinyo Maru Due Thursday
The Japanese liner Shinyo Maru Cap
tain Smith. left Honolulu Friday and is
due here early Thursday morning. The
liner is bringing 81 cabin passengers
in the steerage The cargo of $500
tons includes 40 tons of raw silk.
Water Front Notes
Receipts of lumber yesterday by sea
amounted to 2,656,000 feet.
The Japanese liner Chiyo Maru ar
rived August 2 at Hongkong.
The liner Sonoma, from this port. ar
rived yesterday at Honolulu.