The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-02-26
LURLINE IN AGAIN,
GOES OUT AGAIN
Former Oregon Mate Believes He
Is Hoodoo Which Makes Mat
son Vessel Rescue Ships

Back in port after seven days alb.
sence during which she did not get
more than 700 miles from Honolulu,
the MatsOn steamer Lurline locked at
Pier II yesteday afternoon ut three
O'Clock where she took aboard $500
barrels Of fuel oil, before sailing for
half past seven o'elock last night.
In the four hours the Lurline was
back in port her eleven cabin passen'
gers were given an opportunity to Sc
cure additions to their linen supply
and greet and bid good bye again to
friends and relatives.
Most of the passengers aboard the
Lurline seemed to think fate had dealt
unkindly with them by causing their
Decentralization here yesterday, instead
of in San Francisco, which would prob
ably have been the case If the Lurline
had not gone to the rescue of the dis.
abled Sacramento last Monday.
An exception among the passengers,
was Charles Brown, formerly first of
ficer of the motor ship Oregon, which
wns also rescued and towed into Ho-
nolulu by the Lurline. now becoming
to be known along the waterfront rs
the "Rescue Ship" Sailor like, he
iokingly referred to himself and the
other six members of the Oregon crew
aboard the Lurline as "the hoodoo, "
and accepted the coincidence as a mat.
ter Of course.
Return Creates Domestic Problem
While not exactly humorous, the
Quick return of the Iurline passengers
had some elements Of interest, which
were both semi-tragic and semi-hu-
morous
Return to Honolulu 80 unexpected
ly presented personal problem to Lieut.,
E. B. Blanchard. one of the Lurline,
which he had difficulty in solving. Mrs,
Blanchard is on their Maui homestead
from where he was recently called into
the national service.
He had promised to send his wife
a cable yesterday from San Francisco
but after returning here was afraid to
! send her n wireless from Honolulu tell.
ing of his return, for fear II might
cause her. needless alarm, as she might
not be informed of the reason for the
Matson steamer putting back into port
On the other hand he argued with
himself that she would be equally dis
turbed If he could not send her a cable
from San Francisco for another week
as will be the case. What final deci
sion he arrived at he kept to himself
! as a domestic secret
Matson Ships Switch Laundry
The Lurline steward took advantage
of the short stay of his ship in port ia
secure a new supply of fresh fruits and
vegetables and he and the steward OF
the Manoa made an agreement where
| by the Lurline took the stateroom
laundered linen Of the Manoa. The Ma
nOa. when she sails for the Coast Wed
nesday. will in turn take out the liner
of the Lurline for use on the voyage.
Captain Johnson commented upon the
| rescue work Of the Lurline with the
| cryptic remark: THAT enough WIS .
plenty and too much was too much. >
He wouldn't admit that he feared thu
| Lurline would have to make her third
rescue before she managed to finish an
other voyage.
Seriously, though. he said much al
he would have liked to be at home in
San Francisco last night, he was glad hi,
steamer had been where she could for
tunately render needed assistance ia
both the Oregon and the Sacramento.