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

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A party of four scientists and rab-
bit hunters, marooned for the past
three months on the lonely and iso-
lated Laysan island, hundreds OF miles
10 the westward of Honolulu, is one
mission of the United States revenue
cutter Thetis, that has sailed for the
is,ets and exposed reefs incorporated
in the Hawaiian bird reservation.
To terminate her cruise by a brief
visit at Midway island, the hone
a colony OF operators and employees
with the Commercial Pacific Cable
Company, the Thetis 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 10 proceed to Mare
Island for overhauling and ferairs be-
fore again entering a service as 2
rome for the United States floating
court in Alaskan waters.
The Thetis now figures in a series
or interesting events that 20 to make
I'D a IEHOTI IudI 6liON6 Iudt NutEhE,
1912 over 1000 human lives and hun
6reds Of fempesttossed vessels, val
red with their cargoes at nearly Sill
coo 600, were saved from the perils of
siorm.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 f. p.
Rertholf. conmand1nt af the service.
that has heen made public. is a recita
lion OF thrilling adventure. No less
than goo distressed vessels we're as
sisted turing the year and their bur-
den 22i2 souls. rescued from danger.
which in many cases seemed irlbend-
ing death. One hundred and six per-
sons were actually fayed from drown
ing.
Vessels, cargoes and derelicts saved
Nv the Revenue Cutter Service during
The year were valued at s10,711.74S
Forty-five derelicts and other danger
Gus distractions 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 a large partv OF
american tnurifts aboard including
William J. BRYAN. she strandsl on
Atwood Raw Bahama Islands. Noyem-
sher %. 1911. After the nassengers
had been removed. these pirates" re-
norts Captain Bertholf. became inso-
len. and aggressive md 1T the REQUEST
of the master OF the prinz Joachim.
the revenue cutter algonquin. with
guns manned. stond guard over the
steamer and armed her crew. One. 9f
the pirates. truck box included In
the steamers cargo, containing some
eyrlosive. and was blown into eter-
nitv. This scared the others away.
Cant. d. F. Folev who commanded
the Pehrjng Sea Patrol, reports that
the vretchedness of the people of the
Aleutian Islands. growing greater year
l,v wear, will continue to increase nm
til the government does something
for them or they are wiped out of
existence by disease and starvation.
The best means Of rescuing the Deo-
nile, he saws. would be to establish
them in one settlement. probably
Alaska, under government supervi-
sion.
The Revenue Cutter Service was
established 113 years ago.
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Nero Sailed for Seattle.
The United States naval collier Ne.
70 sailed at 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
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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.
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Found Rough Weather at Hama.
II proved too rough to land passen-
gers. mails or freight at Hama. Mani.
according to report brough to this
city with the return of the lnter-Island
steamer Claudine.
The Inter-Island 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
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