Omaha daily bee., 1915-06-17
JULIA SPENDS THE
NIGHT In OFFING
OFF SOUTH OMAHA
River Craft to Hoist Anchor and Pull
for Omaha Docks with the
Coming of Dawn This
Morning.
VOYAGE UP RIVER HARD ONE
Breakages Cause Couple of Delays
While on the Turbid Waters
of the Old Missouri.
CAPTAIN STEVENS HOPEFUL

CAPTAIN STEVENS HOPEFUL
The good ship Julia lay in the
offing last night and at a point
something like a couple OF miles
south by southeast of South Omaha
It will remain there until this morn
ing. when 1t will hoist anchor as soon
as the first streak of dawn becomes
visible over the hills OF western
Iowa. The anchor once hoisted, the
Julia's engines will commence to
throb and the wheels will turn.
After that. II will stem the tide OF
the Missouri river and the assertion
of Captain stevens is that he VIII
push Julia's nose against the dock at
the foot of Douglas street at 9:S
o'clock. or, ,thereabouts, this morning.
For several days the Julia has been
overdue on its voyage from Kansas CITY
TO Omaha and at times fears Tor its
safety have been expressed. however
each time the wireless has brought OF
the movements of the craft and each
time that a message has come from
down the river. It has brought the IN
formation of the progress upon the part
of the Julia.
Tn,Ior watches and Waits.
For several days Commodore Taylor
( chief officer of the port OF Omaha ana
the authorised agent of the United states
marine department., has been sitting on
the lid, watching and waiting for the
blowing of the Julia's fog horn. Several
times he has received false alarmS' and
20 guard against the Julia slipping into
| port unannounced and without his knowi-
eege he has spent several waketul nights
| sitting around in the uniform OF his
rautical rank.
I Yesterday afternoon the wire Brought
! the information that the Julia had been
! righted southeast from South Omaha
! Hastening from the crows nest IN the
! federal building, Commodore Taylor
heiled a jitney and was quickly NEirled
T. away to tho Douglas street boat landing.
! plcking up Bob Manley of the CONNER
| cial club j. W. Gamble. chairman OF the
! navigation committee; J. Stuart White,
! one OF the members, and a couple OF De-
catur business men who have been In
Omaha awaiting the arrival of the Julia
! for the purpose of escorting the boat up
| the river TO their home town, which is as
! far up stream as 1t will go on this trip
| Reaching the dock, the party that had
while enroute organized itself into re
ception committee, boarded the govern
ment revenue cutter which was Inn
pressed from the Metropolitan Water
district reservoir. and with Commodore
Taylor on the bridge, pulled out into the
stream and shot away like bullet from
a forty-centimenter gun. AS the boat
cut the waves and the mud of the Mis-
souri, the party figured on what the pro-
gram would be. 1t was TO greet the cap
tain, run along side the ula, examine tho
manifest sign the clearance papers and
then furnish safe conduct to the Omaha
dock.
When opposite South, the man In tho
lorows nest reported to Commodore Tay-
lor on the bridge that he sighted n
strange boat and that 1t was sending up
distress signals and working the wire
less.
Commodore taylor and Bob Manley.
} both OF whom are old sea dogs, caught
the signals and reading them, quickly
learned that the boat in trouble as no
iother than the Julia. Running along side
lit was boarded and then Captain Stevens
told the story of why he was In the
offing,
Has stormy Voyage.
According TO Captain Stevens the Julia
has had a stormy voyage. working
against wind and-bad water and weather,
besides having been laid up ten days.
seven Of them being on account OF a
broken flange on one OF the wheels and
three on account Of broken chain. Tine
repairs have been made and now the
Julit is seaworthy and ready TO pull for
the shore at daylight this morning.
Captain Stevens asserted that he is OF
the opinion that when he learns the river
be can make from twenty-five to thirty
miles per day and that hereafter he will
have little difficulty in navigating the
stream. on the trip up. not knowing the
channel, he frequently ran into pockets
and had to back out and all this took
time.
The official party that visited the Julia
took along fifty gallons Of gasoline, an
ticipating that It might be short OF fuel
While II was not really needed II was
dpuored into the Julia's tankage and this
viii be enough 10 bring the boat 10 dock
The Julia is OF fifty foot beam and
ahead Of II II pushes a barge that IL
cighty-threc feet long. Delay yesterday
was caused by strong north wind added
: 10 a swift current In a narrow channe
below South Omaha