The Sumiyoshi Maru, a three-masted, lateen rigged junk, went ashore near Encinitas, 35 miles north of San Diego, on the night of the 18th ultimo. On board were five half-starved, thirer-famished Japanese, who escaped in a small boat through the breakers to the shore. They were all captured by immigration inspectors ten miles inland whiler making their way with the sid of a smal] compass north, towards Los Angeles, and detained pending inquiries. The junk was reported as being slowly pounded to pieces on the rocks. More than three months ago, while the junk was bound from Yokohama to Hakodate, 500 miles distant, on a fishing cruise, they were caught in a typhoon, and from that time until they reached the Southern California coast they did not touch land. For five days they were without water, and their sup. ply of rice and dried fish was all but gone. For ten days they drifted helplessly within sight of the Coronado Island and San Diego. The junk was headed for the rocks and in the breakers near Encinitas they dropped anchor and made their way to shore.
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