The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-02
MARU IS
HELD OFF PORT
Lack Of Wharf Accommodations
Delays Her From Ten
O'clock To Two b..

time set by Captain Hashimoto, ten
o clock. She was Immediately boarded
by the pilot and soon afterwards passed
by quarantine and customs officials but
owing to the presence of the steamers
China and Venezuela in port she was
compelled to wait at the anchorage un.
til shortly after two O. clock.
AS soon as the Venezuela left Pier 8
the China was moved across the slip to
Il from Pier q and the Siberia inn
mediately proceeded in, in charge Of
Captain j. r. McCauley territorial
pilot. The big vessel had clean health
papers and no quarantine restrictions
were imposed.
There is a new face among the OH
GERS, First Officer g. Yamamasu having
been transferred to the Siberia from
the Persia Maru before the vessel left
Japan. @. N. Ludvigsen, veteran pur.
ser and Chief Steward Evans, two fam
Gus personages in Pacific travel, con
| tinue to serve their respective ellen
teles with tact and despatch. !,
There was total of five hundred
and forty nine passengers on. board the
vessel upon her arrival, of whom seven
lty-seven were first class OF the latter
eleven were for Honolulu. There were
1913 steerage passengers for Honolulu,
| Of whom ffty.six were Filipinos.
| Fifty.sey left Manila, but one was
i left ashore at Yokohama, as a suspect
for contagious disease.
l. The Siberia Maru spent three holi.
/ days at sea during this voyage
Thanksgiving arrived while the vessel
was on route from Nagasaki to Manila
! Christmas and New Years we're cele'
brated on the present voyage from
Yokohama to Honolulu and as New
Years is big day with the Japanese
the festivities were kept up until tbs
wee small hours of yesterday morning
| On both occasions Chief Steward A
i f. Evans supplied cheer of premier
Equality, with stress on the quantity al
well. .a-rt. ,...".y.. t.
! Stevedores worked the Siberia al
night last night, discharging ll20 toni
of cargo, which has for its principa
items rice and shoyu. 1t is hehrly al
Il Japanese provisions. The Siberia Il
scheduled to get away for San Fran
cisco at nine o clock this morning.
Siberia Personals 49,,
Il Among the passengers arriving OF
the Siberia for Honolulu is DR.. ID. q
Rafferty,, returning from long seryicI
i'm the red cross organizations at tn
front. Mr. and Mrs. ]. A. Barber ar
theatrical people who expect to shoy
here. III ~ .n@Jy > "a@..-5l
Bishop j. w. Bashford, one of til
heads in the Oriental mission fields
! on his way to the Coast, accompanie
by Mrs. Bashford. He has seen, lift
. years service in China. ILL.,. ..M;.-.'.
One of the interesting parties o
! board is headed by Mr.. and Mrs. q. I
|, Davis, and includes Miss j. Eglin an
Miss Mabel Rice. Mr.. Davis is Bosto
, manager of the General Electric Con
!. pany and Miss Rice is daughter Q
J 1.-The company's president The part
! reached the Orient on an Empress line
. returning by the T. X. X. 10y
I Mrs. II. Galbraith and Mrs. Fran
! LARGO are two Los Angeles women VIII
: passed through here Orient-bound SON
!. time ago on the liner Venezuela, an
n who are returning by the Siberia.
Us. Refs who was formerly head I
|. the steamship department of Erlange
Ia GaRinger, T. K. X. agents in Manil
!. is passenger to the Coast, with h
n wife. He is now president of the M
|. Mia Trading and supply Company.
e w. s. King u passenger from Chin
|. is a member of the firm of Westphf
q King and Ramsey, of Hankow, one
# the largest, if not the largest t.
houses of the Orient.
IL j. l.. Manning, formerly treasurer
m the Philippine Islands, accompanied
n Mrs. Manning and their son, is retur
ing to the Coast. &,
20 Another traveller closely connect,
,s with Norwegian Pacific shipping pla
ID is J. G. Peterson, He has lately col
"a pleted the supervision of the cOnstru
4. ton of ship in the Nagasaki shi
40 yards and is now bound for Seattle
n. similar mission. Both these vesse
incidentally are for the Norwegian
terests. Z ,,EiYE +a' T..
Ia p. G. Potts, a passenger from Hon
u kong, Is a member of the promine
o. brokerage firm of Benjamin and Pot
ee of that place.
- DIR. N. Okla, dentist, with his fa
d. lily, Is leaving the vessel here.
"a Japanese Notables N, ".N~.
III A large number of Japanese m
\, chants and business men are passeng'
- on board the Siberia Maru for
e. mainland. F~ E@%' d.
~ Among them is C. Yamanouchi who
going through to New York, with
n. family and large suite, to take oN
I'm the New York Office of Tanaka 4 {
nm of Toxic, importers and exporters
l. Japanese merchandise,
M M. Tazaki, a professor of the Ma
IL saki Hiyako Commercial School,
i'm among the passengers, ~,
Ia. S. Sekigawa is going to New "
N. to become the agent there of lwai
,ce Co, of Osaka, an export and imp
y" firm.
no Two officials of the Yokohama Spe
,te Bank are included among the pass
'rv gers. They are 7. Minava aud
tol Omashi, who are going to the ban
~ San Francisco branch,
be s. 0kada heads the largest brew
ne in Japan. He is on his way to
1 Coast. X. Itushi is a prominent 81
Of dealer on his way to the Coast on b'
ew ness. W.T.. 2
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