Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
Local Chamber of Commerce
to Ask National Chamber to
Help Fight Seamen's Act
TWO p. M. SHIPS TO GO
ONTO PANAMA ROUTE
Special Session Suggested to
Relieve Tie-Up of Shipping
Caused BY New Law
ANNOUNCEMENT

8 In conformity with instructions {
o received by cable from the Vice 8
;3 President and General Manager,
. San Francisco, we are constrained :
. to announce that the Iranspaeific {
o service OF the Pacific Mail Steam 8
:: ship Company will terminate with {;
:; the arrival at San Francisco of Z
q the following steamers on or :;
q about the dates given: 8
- Nv. Ho- Ar. San 3
:: Steamer. nolulu Francisco. 8
8; Korea ~. Aug. 81 Sept 6, 1915 s;
q Siberia Sept z Sept. 13, 1915 :;
q China -. Sept 81 Sept. 27, 1916 :;
% Manchuria Sept 2S Oct 4, 1915 :,
- Mongolia. Oct. %, 1915 {;
- sNot calling at Honolulu. ::
. These five ships are sold to the :,
. Atlantic Transport Company for 8,
= Atlantic service. The British :;
. steamer Persia will perform yoy- :;
q ages "a and %. which means that ::
:; the steamer will call at Honolulu, :;
:; besides her present homeward ::
:. voyage en- or about August "a, .;
q On September Is and December 4 ::
& outward bound, and on November :,
:; 8 and January 25, 1916, homeward :;
q bound. :;
. All passenger bookings and q
% freight reservations outward be- :;
= yend the SIS Mongolia, August {;
:: % from San Francisco and Au- ::
8. gust 81 from Honolulu. with the 8;
q exception of those made for the Z.
3 SIS. Persia from Honolulu Sep =
:: tember Is and December 4, and q
8 homeward beyond the SIS. Man =
:. churia September 2S. 1915, must :;
e CT necessity be cancelled. :,
8; Outward reservations thus af- ::
= fected will be gladly transferred =
q to the British SIS. Persia if agree q
q able to interested parties.
- II. HACKFELD & CO., LTD. :;
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IAssociated Press by red. Wireless. ]
I sAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Aug. a.
With the sale of the Pacific Mail liners
to the Atlantic Transport Company Of
West Virginia, it is announced here
that the liner Siberia and Korea vii;
probably run from here to New York,
and that the Manchuria and Mongolia
viii probably 60 into the Atlantic
trade.
A nationwide appeal to every cham
Der Of commerce and board of trade
IN the United States having member.
ships in the National Chamber OF
Commerce, to urge President Wilson
to call a special session of Congress
to repeal the Seamen's Act and save
Hawaii's tourist trade and commercial
life, will receive its initial impulse
Wednesday afternoon, when the Homo
lulu Chamber OF Commerce will hold
a meeting of its members.
The Honolulu chamber is q member
of the national organization, which is
now taking a referendum of its 600
branches throughout the United States
to see whether the national body shall
take up fight for repeal of the Sea.
mems Act, or not institute such ac-
tion. The referendum will reach here
next week to be voted on Wednesday
by the Honolulu chamber.
What should like to see and what
| shall suggest at Wednesday after
Moons meeting" said Secretary Ray.
mond c. Brown of the chamber this
Is to petition the president
of the United States. through every
chamber OF commerce and board of
trade in this country, to call a special
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