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Show kSK RESCUE SHIP TO EXPLAIN CONDUCT I CAPTAIN DF WEST FARALON IS CRITICIZED Asked to Clear Up Points In Connection With Rescue Res-cue at Sea. REFUGEES CHEERFUL Dressed in Odd Uniforms, They Lu'Bh at One Another. J LOS ANGSJLivS. Cel.. Oct 14. Cap-jtaln Cap-jtaln H. M. Walk, master of the ship- Uik board freighter West Faralon Will be asked to explain several points I in his conduct during the rescue of pas-siners from the burned steamer. City of Honolulu, according to a dls-J dls-J patch received at tho Los Angeles of-, of-, tli e of the board here from James Sheedy, vice president of the board at iWashlnifton. D. C. tho Ixs Angeles Times published today. 1 Irders have been sen'. Cantaln Walk j asking w hy he did not report his po sition immeiiiaieiv upon receiving the first S ( .. S call from the City of Don olulu. the Times stated. SHARP CRITICIS3I Mr. Bhecdy's messaru to Los An-P' An-P' lei ehlpplng board officials was said to contain this paragraph: "Morning press tarries signed storv t3 lii in (Captain Walk) of rescue in ' v h he reports City of Honolulu to I be settling. Suggest that you Intimate that he confine his literary efforts In I official reports to you." Local Officers also wore Irstructcd b Mr. Sl.;Jy to order Captain it Y.. ' Lester of the City of Honolulu, to make a full report of the disaster lm-J lm-J mediately, explaining the likely cause of the fire, and whether, it started in fthc machinery section or cargo holds 111 LK WILL SINK Radios received by shipping board officials here, indicated they said, the j burning hulk of the liner, City of Hon-I Hon-I olulu would sink today. A message read: "Honolulu absolutely gutted beyond jail repair. West Faralon has no way of towing except with light line. Impossible Im-possible to steer City of Honolulu. FlsaSe advise." It was later announced the coast 'guard cutters Tamoroa and Shawnee 'would take charge of the situation as soon as they reached the scene' of the i disaster, possibly by noon today. REFUGTES M AR LAND SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Oct. 14. ! ( By tho Associated Press) Refugees of the s-ca, the 2G1 persons who were jthe passengers and crew ot the liner, City of Honolulu, when flames drove them into tho ship's boats. 67 miles southeast of San Francisco Thursday morning, were approaching the- maln-land maln-land today aboard the transport j Thomas. The Thomas Is expected to make I port sometime tomorrow. ,Jl m c"ll o1 j Honolulu was burned to the water's l. v, Her charred nnd twisted hull will be towed in later. Experiences of the rescue were described de-scribed In a radio message, from the Thomas to the Associated Press. PASSENGERS C ALM In tho open boats the castaways settle. set-tle. 1 dOWD t" make the best of a miserable miser-able situation, expecting to be ut sea an indefinite time. For food they had 1 soda crackers, but these were munched munch-ed sparingly because they were salty 1 and too much water was required to j Hii-m h th- atter-thirst. And with no, rescue ship In sight, ami no assurance I there would be one for days. If ut all. fresh water was Important, The women passengers accepted their fate as bravely as tho men and1 not a complaint was heard from uny , d i hem One woman had u baby and j two small chlldrui W EAR IN G PAJAMAS ONLY when the llanos enveloped the Steamer, one man was caught In his i stateroom and was obliged to climb through a porthole and up the BldOn of the ship to deck. He escaped clad I only in ins pajamas When the pas-' eng rs were transferred to the Thorn- J as he .une over tin- side garbed In , the purpb sleeping garments and a broad smile. Upon being transferred to the Thomas the passengers were given warm clothing although most of it was the misfit variety. Some of the men are now dressed as colonels of cavalry, others as dashing lieutenants, ol infantry, Much laughter is being ' indulged In by the res ued passengere at the ludicrous appearances presented bv some of tho mlsclothed ones. NEVER RAISES VOICE From the beginning to tho end of the thrilling drama.. Captain Lester pever raised Ilii oVit abore hlo ordinary ordin-ary conversational fone. The calm attitude at-titude of the captain insolrod confl- i dence in the passengers and there was nol the semblance of panic. The transferring the passengers Frl- day from the West Faralon to the Thomas iook some time, as each one had to no down a ropo ladder with a rope around his or her waist. The Honolulu's lifeboats were stove in and sunk after all of their gear bad b on taken n board. From the Thomas could be seen the paving In or tne Honolulu's superstructure. superstruc-ture. i ne smokestack and one aftermost (Continued on Page Two) CAPTAIN of V:TY.ST FARALON IS CRITICIZED (Continued from Page One.) had disappeared nl.cn the transport got under s..- u.d thl firs war, til1 1 ,( burning fiercely. The lapping of the cean watero against the blistering hot sides of the doomed ship sent up great ' clouds of steam. tut |