Show TRAVELERS FROM THE ORIENT VISIT RELATIVES HEU HEIE mr and and mrs of far olt off su matra tra arrive hero on a fire months vacation enjoying ue late in the good old U S A after the heat of the ho tropics mr and mrs franz sonin son in law and daughter of mr mr and mra W W morrison arrived from the orient on sunday having been over a month on their way from their home L ome in sumatra one of the large islands of 0 the malay archipelago they left home in july and made their first stop at singapore the chief city of malay they stayed there nine days waiting for or a steamer for san francisco they secured passage on board the passenger steamer creole state this ship left san francisco for the orient during a strike among sailors and ships crows crews generally and it was manned by volunteers from the universities and big schools r 0 of the coast however among the crew wore were experienced mentho men ghobad had sailed the seven seas and who were in sym pathy with the strikers on the outward bound voyage the ship was navigated navigate d without trouble but 0 on n the homeward trip all MW kand of 0 trouble befell tho the ship chip tho the steering ampara tin refused to work the electric plant and refrigerating machinery went on tho the blink but eventually cheso troubles leB were vera overcome dud atad tile tho ship mado made headway adway be the ship arhip put in to honolulu and the gers were permitted to go ashore and visit places ot of interest mr and mrs enjoyed the trip and the voyage was made unusually attractive by the presence of madame schumann heink on board this noted singer was on one of 0 her ours 0 ot the orient and had bad sang at singapore she made the voyage delightful to the passengers Lers of the creole state by her wonderful concerts an intimate attachment developed between mr and mrs uphoff only son scott and the great singer and she lavished attentions on the child during the voyage the wireless brought word ol of the death ot of caruso and Nl aLame schumann heink retired to her cabin and devoted one day of mourning to the memory of her close friend and laborer co enrico caruso at honolulu the great vocalist gave a concert for the elks and was paid 1500 for that appearance when sho she left the ship sho guve gave mrs a photo inscribed to my new daughter mr and mrs left hero five years ago for Sumatra mr I 1 had h id accepted a position as ae manager of a big plantation owned by an american company the plantation had been so badly managed that it had become a liability in place of an asset mr fr had bad spent years in tho the dutch east indies and know how to mako make a plantation pay his services were secured by the company just as the directors had bad de aided to abandon their holdings ho he took hold of tho the work but first made a trip here and won lone ione morrison Morr as his bis bride tho the young couple made the long iong journey their honeymoon traveling practically halt half way around tile the world to their new homo home mr succeeded in planting one 0 of the properties les to rubber and the trees will be ready tor for tapping and producing crude rubber next year another plantation was planted to coffee coa ee and it has been producing right along some of tho the product finding its way to utah and possibly to richfield field the vacation period of mr and mrs will extend to well into tho the fall and they will not return to their home until near the christmas season they are welcomed here by their numerous friends and relatives and are enjoying life in gods country our own united states |