New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-16
99O-Day Trip from Manila
One of Storm, Calm,
Cold and Hunger.
cNpPER'S SON, TWO,
HERO OF VOYAGE
>bi,ering Filipinos, Ready TO
Quit. Kept at Work on l5-
Minute Drink Schedule.

U,n n.ae half-frozen Fihpinos
.-,o-bt the l6l-foot schooner a j.
u, 20 anchor OF Quarantine in 4
"a, blizzard yesterday afternoon they
--.--,Ieted g 290-day voyage from Ma
IL whose thrills ranged from the ter
- Of Pacific typhOons 20 the TEN
,o,arv excitement OF visits IN Mexican
- For weeks on the Pacific the
rrsn hsd nothing 20 eat but sea turtles
,Isy caught and rice. the only par, OF
.ss PROVISIONS not ruined by the water
,ouring through the ship in heavy
storms. Skipper !. y. Chapman, the
American master OF the schooner, had
rs wife and two infant sons with aim
on the long cruise.
Li,tle Charlie. the slippers your ger
.on. is the hero Of the voyage. He
no, two years old, but shiver Us tim
bs-s Il he isu't the finest seaman Of
he lot And Why shouldn't he be, when
10 first learned 90 walk on board dur
M this trip? His sea legs are the only
mes he knows. Charlie used 10 stand
IN the bow and pipe the turtles with
ne bo'sun's whistle. When he sigf ted
one floating lazi.y on the surface, il
vas over with the dory and hesve no,
lsds. for the next days food.
To the Collector of the Port the most
Interesting point about the schooner
Is that she Is the first ship under Phil
ipppine register 20 enter this harbor
here may still be legal technicalities
70 settle abou, her right 70 fly the
American flag.
Hit by Three Typhoons.
Po-t authorities al Honolulu thought
q several when the ship touched there
asst August They argued with the
captain about them for a solid week.
then decided 20 leave the matter 20
New YORK officials and let the ship
pass Il would be hard 10 say, they
stmitted. just what flag a Philippine
ship could fly i not the Stars and
stripes. Perhaps the skipper could
run Up his pocket handkerchief IN lieu
o. more Official flag.
The a. q. West sailed from Manila
on May so with $4,000 feet Of Bataan
MAHOGANY worth about 100000. Her
four mssts seemed 10 rise straight
.-or her dccsl0ad OF lumber, for the
schooner is built wiki q freeboaId Of
only a few feet. The wood on deck
VAS sealed and ca.ked until u was
Yrus. = par. OF the hull
Skipper Chapman had four white
.eci. on Doeii ana crew OF IN
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Honolulu Sighted.
When the skies finally cleared they
smiled ON bad-v ,gaterlogged vessel
Fverv seam In the hull had been
strained and all hands labored night
and oay a. the pumps. From July %
Until Avg,e- thew struggled on,
knowing thew never could live through
another storm. Then the mountains Of
Hawaii rose on the horizan. and they
rut IN for rersirs Al Honolulu. While
fhe skinner argued about his registry