The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-12-22
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ORIENTAL VESSELS
Japan Cholera Cleared Up
'' Korea Maru Comes 10 With
Clean Bill Of Health

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loLDh +. ~. Trotter, chief quarantine
officer Of the port, announced yesterday
that cholera practically has been clear.
ed up in japan, and there will be no
longer any necessity for quarantining
vessels coming from those ports For
the two weeks preceding December 3,
Quoted DR.. Trotter from his reports,
there were two cases and two deaths
from cholera in Yokohama. Kobe was
clean.
This is Voyage No. / of the Korea
Maru under the Japanese flag. She
was purchased from the International
Mercantile Marine, which obtained her
in turn from the defunct Pacific Mail
Steamship Company. The purchase
price was two million dollars and an.
other 100000 was spent in alterations
The purser cabin has been placed off
the dining salon, and made more con.
venient than formerly. Purser Kent
w. Clark reports that upon the arrival
of the vessel in San Francisco, small
tables will replace the present arrange.
ment in the dining solon.
The Korea Maru is making up one
day on her voyage across. Before leaV-
ing Japan her passengers petitioned the
company to make up this time as the
schedule of the vessel called for her ar
rival in San Francisco on Christmas
Day. Orders were accordingly issued
TO Captain Ota to do the best he could
to gain day and this was already &C
complished by the time she arrived here.
She was scheduled to leave Honolulu
for the Coast today. The speed capa-
city of the ship was not strained from
Yokohama, but her time will be increas-
ed from little over sixteen to seven
teen and half knots between here and
San Francisco.
Six Russian second class passengers
walked off the vessel yesterday morn.
ing without the formality of reporting
themselves to the immigration officers
They were two women and four chill
dren and the vessels officers were in.
strueted that it was up to them to pro-
duce the passengers or have the ship
subject to fine. The Russians were
bound for Honolulu and took it that
they had arrived. They were sighted
about town occasionally taking in the
sights and finally saved the day them.
| selves by coming back to the ship to
get their baggage.
Nine European and eight japanese
first cabin passengers left the Korea
Maru here, as did a total of nine sec
ind class passengers and 298 in the
Asiatic steerage. The latter included
las Filipinos who were taken at once
to the labor buildings of the planters
associations. The steerage also includ.
ed 1877 Japanese and thirteen Chinese.
There was a total of 500 passenger
on board upon her arrival, the balan
going through to the Coast. OF the
lO6 Chinese steerage passengers going
to the Coast twenty are to continue to
Havana, Cuba, and the rest are des
tined for San Francisco.
Among the passengers leaving the
vessel at Honolulu are five tourists of
a party of eight who have been going
over the missionary fields in the Orient
under the direction of DR.. J. C. Worley.
M. Saiki, another passenger is the chief
engineer of the radio division of the
Japanese department Of posts and com.
munication. He will spend two weeks
in inspecting local wireless stations.
G. NJ. Reed of San Francisco manager
Of the George Russell Reed Co., printers
and statiOners supplies, is another local
passenger whose wife will join him
from San Francisco on the Wilhelmina
today. They will stay in the islands
ten days.
The Korea Maru discharged 1878 tons
of freight on Pier yesterday. Nine
gangs were worked on the vessel as
long as possible and excellent work was
done in getting the local cargo out of
her.