The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1898, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898. B OPINIONS OF LEADING NAVAL EXPERTS THE SHIP AT MER ANCHORAGE Her Was the Spanish Cruiser Alfonso XII. to se mmander Dickins Chary of| Giving Out an Expression of Opinion. ivers Must Examine the Wreck and a Board of Inquiry Must Bs Held. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTO: Feb. 16.—“We have definite information as to the num- | war vessels in Havana harbor | night,” said Commander Dickins of navy to-day. “Of course, there the usual number of merchant- . but they were somewhat remote the man-of-war anchorage. We under the impression that the Ger- | and French war vessels had left | bor as reported in the press dis- | itches. If this was the case (and we | elieve it to be correct), the only other vessel near the Maine was the sh man-of-war Alfonso XIL She probably lay near the Maine, 8! CONJECTURES OF NAVAL OFFICERS Various Theories to Ac- count for the Maine Disaster. Rear - Admiral Kirkland Not Yet Ready to Hazard an Opinion. Says the Cause of the Catastrophe ‘Will Be Known When Divers Examine the Hull. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. VALLEJO, Feb. 16.—Admiral Kirk- land, Captain Glass, Captain Kempff and all officers at the navy-yard have expressed their utmost regret for the terrible misfortune that has befallen the officers and crew of the Maine. They are at a loss to find a reasonable solution for the accident that has be- fallen one of the finest warships in the navy. No dispatch of any kind reach- ed the navy-vard to-day from head- quarters at Washington. “I cannot express an opinion as to the cause of the disaster until I know something more definite,” said Admiral Beardslee. “The truth of the matter tle further inside the harbor, for re- ts we received some time ago sald | at the Alfonso had saluted the Maine | as she passed into the harbor. The ves- ‘ sels were, of course, some distance | art, for the harbor regulations pre- e a certain distance, so that other | Is may have easy ingress and but as far as we know, in the | ence of fuller advices, the Alfonso | the only war vessel near the Maine | the time of the explosion. You must t infer from my statement, that we t the Spanish vessel. | be impossible to determine cause of the explosion until an ex- on been made by divers. e are naturally excitable, and se the Maine was in Spanish wa- hect some Spanish devil- 10ut saying that Presi- y and hisCabinetsincerely t the court of inquiry, soon to will establish the fact that the ion was due to an accident.” Where will the court be held?” ‘'That is not fully determined, but it v probably be in Key West or in ana t may be considered advisa- to hold it in Havana, so that the | bers of the court will have greater n making a thorough Investi- tion at the port where the Maine now lies. Our understanding is that he vessel is entirely submerged. She r-two feet and sank in x feet of water.” What is your own opinion of the cause of the explosion?” ‘You can guess as well as I can, and ne guess is as good as another. Noth- ng will be known until a thorough in- tion is made.” 0 think that the explosion resulted from spontaneous egress, will has While the magazines con- rown powder chiefly, which is pable of combustion, there was some gun cotton aboard. This was pt wet constantly, for the very pur- ose of preventing combustion.” What do you think of the theory that the powder was ignited from com- istion in the coal bunkers?” That is possible also, for the coal ounkers surrounded the magazine. A ire started on the New York from this and a British man-of-war was »wn up at Punta Arena in the Straits Magellan from combustion in the bunkers. A fire was started in the ted States ship Atlanta from the combustion of fresh paint. It is idle to speculate about the cause of the Maine’s explosion until a thorough ex- amination is made by divers and the sult of the court of Inquiry is made | known."” “Do you think it possible that any part of the Maine’s machinery or equip- ment can be saved?” “I think it very probable. At least we are going to save all we cag and | | have already made arrangements for a | wrecking vessel.” Chief Naval Constructor Hichborn :f.-]d 2 “It seems difficult to account for the disaster except upon the theory of outside contact. The Maine was lying | quietly at anchor, under perfect dis- cipline and double watch. She has | been in commission several years and | little or no trouble was ever experi- | enced with any of her appliances. The | constant surveillance under which all | her compartments and quarters are | | will probably not be ascertained until the divers get at work. Then it will be easy to determine whether or not the explosion occurred on board. If the ship's plates in the wmain hull are blown out it follows that the explosion occurred on board; but should the plates be bent inward, then it must have come from the outside.” Captain Henry Glass said: “While of course I can only conjecture the cause of the disaster, it may have been caused by spontaneous combustion in the coal bunkers adjacent to the maga- 2ine. These warships use bituminous coal, which is very dangerous. A leak from the fireroom might have occasion- ed the explosion. Just such an accident was narrowly averted on board the cruiser Cincinnatl in the harbor of Key West two years ago. A fire broke out in the coal bunkers from spontaneous combustion, and the steel bulkhead be- tween the bunkers and the magazine became red hot before it was discover- ed. Fortunately there was not enough air to admit of a free blaze, and when a thin stream of smoke was seen issu- ing from the magazine head the fire was detected and both magazine and bunkers were promptly flooded. When the ammunition was removed from the magazine the heads of many of the shells were found to have been charred, and it was a miracle that the ship was not blown to pieces.” Naval Constructor Willlam Baxter, upon learning that nothing defl- nite was known as to the cause of the disaster, declined to express a de- cided opinion. He said, however: “The loss of the Maine leaves the At- lantic eoast only three battle-ships, and in the event of war being declared with Spain I suppose the Philadelphia, Charleston and Yorktown, now lying at the navy-yard here, would be order- ed to the Atlantic, as there is no Span- ish cruiser on this coast, and all action would be confined to the Eastern coast.” When asked as to whether or not the United States was in a condition to en- ter upon such a war, he said: “That is a very serious question. Tn the first place, there is a shortage of powder, and the manufacture of such powder as is used in the big guns cf our modern navy is a difficult under- taking, for after a quantity of powder has been made it sometimes happens that it will not stand the required test and has to be destroyed. Still as our fleet is very small, comparatively | speaking, the mills could supply enough for our ships by doubling their ca- pacity for a few months.” Naval Constructor Baxter said it was | a very serious blow to this country, whether the loss of the ship was through accident or otherwise. Such a thing as sinking a ship with a torpedo while in a friendly port was unheard of, he sald. It was not plausible that the | Maine was sunk by Spanish orders or directions. If done at all by outsiders, it must have been on their own respon- sibility, but the Spanish Government would be responsible for it. The Ha- vana guthorities were supposed to see that such things were not possible. All of the naval officials point to the fact that on board a man-of-war the powder magazine is one of the most guarded parts, and that it would be an almost utter impossibility for one to obtain keys to the magazine hatches. kept would seem to preclude the possi- bility of trouble from the inside. Rear-Admiral Erben’s View. NEW YORK. Feb. 16.—Rear-Admiral Erben, U. S. N., retired. said to-day that he was inclined 10 believe that the Maine was blown up by her own maga- zine. Such things had happened be- fore. Captain A. T. Mahan said that in the absence of authentic information he was unwilling to discuss the matter in any light. { Gunner Cronin, attached to the re- celving ship Independence, w0 has had much experience with high explosives, expresses the opinion that only a fa- natic would have caused the explosion by igniting the powder magazine, and | sacrificing his own life with those of his victims. In his opinion, it is pos- sible the explosion may have been caused by decomposed gun-cotton. All ships carry a certain quantity for use in boat torpedoes, and it has to be carefully watched for fear of its decom- PEBSBRET e e e e A AG NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—General States Minister to Spaln, in hi in regard to ship’s clent to have produced the damage. been had been in the magazines. the facts are all learned. P44ttt e s st rrttt ey M e e R R R R e e et WE MUST KEEP COOL. the disaster to the Malne: plosion occurred at the bow of the ship, I should say that the natural inference is that it was due to outside contact. There is usually no azine in that part of a war ship, it being devoted to quarters for crew or for storage purposes. bustion did not cause the explosion. “I can scarcely belleve that it was due to a magazine explosion, for all magazines are carefully watched and no person is allowed to enter them without authority from -an officer. saved and it can be ascertained very easily whether any person This disaster, coming after the De Lome incident, while feelings are aroused, and happening at about 10 o’clock at night, when most of the men on the Maine were In bed, certainly gives rise to a natural suspicion, but judgment must be withheld until ‘We should keep cool.” Danfel E. Sickles, former United residenc gave his opinion “Assuming that the ex- To my mind spontaneous com- That would not have been suffi- Now almost every officer has A P PO L L L T T S YUY 0008 308 306 X0 308 08 30 30 X o QHCE 208 308 308 YO X0 300 308 6 1O BOSTON, Feb. 16.—“The tearing away of the bow indicates torpedo work. I had not seen that before,” remarked Rear Admiral Belknap, looking up from the last extra con- taining the latest Information of the terrible disaster in Havana harbor, to The Call man. The admiral was intensely interested. “You see that the explosion of the magazine alone would open the ship apart and sink her, but the tearing away of the bow looks more like a torpedo. I hardly think the bay of Havana can be a sea of sunken torpedoes though, for you see their own ships are constantly going {n and out of the harbor, and they would menace their safety. ‘When I read the first accounts of this terrible affair I was inclined to think this was a matter which would involve the Spaniards and oblige us to send our fleet over, but after reading it through I do not think so.” “There is the possibility of acci- dent, but hardly the probability on a United States ship, is there, ad- miral?” he was asked. “Oh, you never can tell,” was his reply. “I do not know the situation upon the Maine. I do not know just how her magazines were lo- cated, but I do know that on the New York we were obliged to make some changes in the magazines be- cause of the constant heat and their getting too hot. It may have been so on the Maine. In 1873 the British sloop of war Dotterel was blown up at Sandy Point, in the Straits of Magellan. The explosion in that case took place in the bow and was quite as mysterous as this, until it was found, upon in- vestigation, that the affair appear- ed to have started from the paint room. The British navy was at that time using a peculiar kind of paint, which was found to give off a gas that was highly Inflammable. A man had gone into that room with a light and instantly there was an explosion, followed by the blow- ing up of the ship. “Are not the magazines directly under the turrets as a rule? They are In the Massachusetts and In- diana.” “Yes,” said the admiral. “But this was a different class of ship.” “You are not inclined to assume treachery on the part of the Span- jards until you have exhausted the possibilities of accident, are you, admiral?” “Why, no,” he said. “The dispo- sition they manifested is against that. You note how promptly they lowered their boats and how in- tent they manifestly were upon res- cue. They came instantly to the relfef of our men, indicating a gen- erosity and the best of feeling. I should be Inclined to consider it accidental were it not for that statement as to the bow, which I had not seen before. But I am not ready to say now that it may not be proved to have been of ac- cidental origin. We must know more about it. It will be neces- sary to have a diver before we de- termine the probable cause. I pre- sume they will make such an ex- amination as a basis upon which to start their investigation, and the Spanish authorities will be quite as much interested to have that done as we are. The diver's report will give the facts as they are found to exist. I know of no disaster to the American navy since the war so awful as this in its de- struction of life. There have been other ships lost with their entire companies, and nobody ever knew how. 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NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—After the ar- rival of the Mallory line steamship Lampasas to-day the passengers were aroused by certain statements made by a fellow-traveler, whose name is given as Mr. Pemblington, in connection with the blowing up of the Maine. When the news of the disaster was given Pemblington is alleged to have thrown up his arms and exclaimed: “My God, why did I not telegraph to Washington what I heard in Key West?"" : The man then said, according to re- ports current later, that he had becn informed by the Spanish Consul at Key West that if the Maine stayed a week longer in Havana Harbor she might be blown up. One of the officers to-night said: “Yes, it is true that there was a pas- senger named Pemblington who mads several statements upon our arrival here which caused excitement among the passengers. The story comes to me through other persons. He is said tn have bewailed the fact that he had not sent information to Washington in re- gard to what he heard in Havana and Key West. I do not know whether he sald that he had been informed by the Spanish Consul at Key West that if the Maine remained a week longer in Havana Harbor she would be blown up; but I was told that he did say that there were torpedoes in the harbor and that he had been in Havana. He left for Washington in the afternoon, so I was told.” 06306 L0630 100 300 X0 JOHXCE X0 XK 306 306 308 0 308 308 108 3040 30X 0% eleg=R-R-R-R-2-2-R-Fc2R=F-FFoFoFoFoloRoFoPaReRaFaRoFogadade] R =R Ro R E-R-R-F-R-R-R-R-R-F-F-1oF-F-F-F-F=3=F=3-3c3=3] 20 106 08 108 X0 308 306 0¥ 0% =3=3=3=3-3-8-3-3-1 REAR-ADMIRAL BELKNAP FEARFUL OF TREACHERY. REAR-ADMIRAL BELKNAP. Alban: vhich safled from Grey- town, aragua, for Pensacola, and to this day nobody knows what was her fate or that of any of her officers or crew. I think that was in 1860. She was always consid- ered a dangerous vessel because she was so cranky. Then there was the Levant, a fine ship. She safled from Honolulu for San Fran- cisco and was never more heard from. I always thought she might have been struck by lightning and that the flash set fire to her maga- zine which, blowing up in conse- quence, destroyed the ship and all on board. “Our paintrooms are usually inthe bow, but in all ships upon which I have had experience we always carried the turpentine on deck. Then there are the electric wires. Your modern cruiser is full of them. Still, I should hardly suppose there would be any electric wire allowed to pass through the magazine. If, as you state, there were two explo- sions, then the first was undoubt- edly of a small parcel which set off the rest. It would look as if the first explosion was in the shellroom, and that it started the forward magazine, were it not for the tear- ing away of the bow. “This dispatch says the entire bow was blown off. If that is the case, It certainly does give the mat- ter a peculiar look. If the explosion had been around the boiler or in the fireroom, then you might as- sume that somebody had introduced some explosive into the coal, but it did not. It was the magazine. “The tearing away of the entire bow would be caused by the explo- sion of a torpedo immediately be- neath that portion of the vessel. I saw by one account that they were handling high explosives on board the Maine, but they would not be doing that at that time of night. The Maine was one of Mr. Whit- ney's ships, and was built at the New York yards. I am not ag fa- miliar with her structural arrange- ment as I have been with other ships. faZegageBage 06 206 208 30 408 508 ATTRIBUTES [T T0 TREACHERY Commander Montgomery Believes War Will Follow. Ridicules the Theory That Ac- cident Caused the Dis- aster. Confident That Divers Will Find the Sunken Maine’s Armor Bent Inward. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—Commander J. E. Montgomery, once of the United States navy, a commanding officer of a Confederate fleet during the civil war and the man who raised the frigate (afterward the ram) Merrimac, was very emphatic to-day in.declaring the sinking of the Maine to have been the result of treachery and an act without parallel in the world’s history. In his opinion war must inevitably follow. “When the divers go down and ex- amine the hull of the vessel,” said Commander Montgomery, “it will be found that it was stove in by a torpedo exploded under the bow with diabolical intent. ' To be sure an accident may occur on shipboard; a magazine or a battery may explode. But consider all the circumstances and you will not en- tertain the theory of an accident. In the history of our navy there never has been such an accident. Why should the first —one occur in so perfectly equipped a vessel as the Maine, and — 306 0 108 208 08 306308 30 XX ¥ 308 308 108 308 0% SO0 308 £ 3% L $a3 eged T =33 “We have never carried turpen- tine and olls of that nature below since the burning of the old Mis- souri away back in 1843. She was on her maiden trip and took fire from an explosion in the paintroom. The Missouri was a sister ship to the old Mississippi—yes, the same which rendered such service in the Civil War. I think that the Gov- ernment got more work out of the Mississippi than from any other ship in the navy, unless it was the Powhattan. “The worst disaster that ever be- fell our navy prior to this since the war was the loss of the Vandalia, Trenton and Nipsic in the fearful hurricane at Apia in March, 1889. T never shall forget it. I had just left Captain Schoonmaker to come away, and on the arrival of our steamer the first newsIrecelved was mf the loss of the three ships and the death of poor Schoonmaker. That was a heavy loss to the Amer- jcan navy. That was a hurricane which actually stripped the clothes off of men who were caught out in it. “Yes, T know Sigsbee. He was in the hydrographic service after my own connection with deep-sea soundings. He is a bright officer. I am very sorry, indeed, to hear such news as this from Havana and the loss of so fine a ship as the Maine, but we must have all the facts before we form an opinion. Tt does not seem, however, to call for the visit of the fleet on these first statements.” The Government will undoubtedly send another ship at once.” Speaking of the contents of the Maine’s magazines, Admiral Bel- knap said they were carrying high explosives now on board the mod- ern ships, and there was nothing yet to show what the ship might have had. When told that one story stated that the ship's cook said there was gun-cotton in the magazine, the Admiral said: “I avouldn’t carry gun-cotton on any ship with which I had anything to do.” faReRugegageFaRagaogogagaRaRagagugaind fog=geRaRagaagag=FeFagegaFagagagatd under so capable & commanding officer as Sigsbee? i “Why should ¢ occur in Havana har- bor, where the vessel was at the mercy of an enemy capable of treachery, as we know the Spaniard is and has been as long as he has figured in history? Why should it follow so closely the recent exposure of the Spanish Minister to the United States as a despicable time-server, who wore an affable de- meanor in Washington while giving vent to his hatred of our chief execu- tive and our people in private letters to compatriots? The combination of acts is too strong to leave a doubt. I miss my guess if retribution will not be felt.” Commander Montgomery is familiar with Havana harbor. It would be com- paratively easy, he says, with small boats or otherwise to set a torpedo to destroy the American vessel. This is his theory of how the Maine was wrecked. CUBRUPURV ORGP OO OO NN SO U DO D OGO OU RN OO N O OO0 00 000 0 0000000000000 0800 000008 08 08 0000 308 300 300 308 300 300 00K 30K 008 10K 206 10K 306 300 106 108 000K 306 0K 0K 300 300 200 306 006 0 00K K 0 ¢ BRRRRUNBRNN RRNR RN 2252222223555 2525258522232 5855252555282 5 8255588288 5253 5352 83 5382 82 83 83 50 53 53 8383 25 23 83 83 82 82 %8 N & —_— HAS LITTLE FAITH IN'SPANISH HONOR. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—An evening paper quotes Horatio S. Rubens, coun- sel for the Cuban Junta in this city, as saying: “Taking everything into considera- tion, I am firmly convinced that the tragedy in Havana Harbor was the work of the Spaniards. I do, not be- lieve, as has been suggested, that it was the result of an explosion of gun cotton. Too many of our boats have been in that climate and such an acci- dent never occurred to any of them. “It is well known that there has been a very bitter feeling among the Span- jards in Cuba against the Maine. Ca- nalejas’ own paper, the Heraldo, has repeatedly stated that the presence of the Maine was a menace to peace, and it was to the same editor of this paper, it will be remembered, that De Lome wrote his famous letter. If any Span- jards did it they certainly acted in con- nivance with the Spanish authorities, for otherwise they could not have got together sufficient explosives. 1 feel certain it was not the work of Cubans, Ircnuae if they wanted to blow any- thing up they would have directed their force toward Spanish vessels or that beast, Weyler, long before this.” CUBANS SAY IT WAS FOUL PLAY Dr. Castillo Attributes the Catastrophe to Treachery. Members of the Junta Suspect Rabid Spaniards at Havana. Belief That the Anti-American Spirit Prompted Them to Destroy the Maine. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Dr. Joaquin D. Castillo, Cuban sub-delegate, who was formerly a surgeon in the United States navy, speaking of the disasterto the United States ship Maine, said: “This is such a serious affair it is hard for me to believe it was not acci- dental, yet I am forced to suspect treachery. On reading early reports of this sad event I was inclined to think the explanation was not the outcome of a plot on the part of Spaniards to destroy the American man-of-war, but rather the result of spontaneous com- | bustion of gun cotton on board the Maine. As more detailed accounts of the occurrence become known, how- ever, the opinion which I had formed at the first moment was altered. I be- gin to suspect that there was some foul play.” Horatio 8. Rubens, counsel for the Cuban Junta, expressed himself freely. He said: “I do not believe the blowing up of the Maine was an accident. I am of the opinion that the explosion was the result of outside work, and I am led to this conclusion from the con- servative character of Captain Sigs- bee’s telegram. If Captain Sigsbee be- lieved that the explosion was accident- al he would say so instead of wiring to send no warship and asking Ameri- cans to reserve their decision.” Benjamin G. Guerra, treasurer of the Cuban Junta, said: “I believe the blow- ing up of the Maine was the deliberate work of some rabid Spaniards. While the Spanish Government may not be directly concerned in the plot, I think an investigation of the affair will show that some anti-American officials were at the bottom of the scheme to destroy the American battle-ship. I remember during the ten years’ war in Cuba the case of the Virginius. When the sur- render of the vessel to the American Government was ordered Dr. Gallardo, a rabid Spaniard, a professor in Havana University, made an attempt to blow up the vessel before she was delivered to the American warship that the | GIVES TO SPAIN AN ADVANTAGE |Loss of the Maine a Se- vere Blow to Our Navy. |Leaves but Six Serviceable Vessels to Compete With Seven. Secretary Long Holds a Consultation With Experts of His De- partment. Special Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, | Washington, Feb. 16. Both Secretary Long and Assistant | Secretary Roosevelt called a consulta- tion in the forenoon of all of the chiefs | of the Navy Department and several of the officers of high rank indirectly at- tached, like Commodore Schley, presi- dent of the Lighthouse Board, who has a brilliant reputation as a gallant offi- cer and is possessed of great discre- | tion. The purpose of this consultation | was to obtain the best expert testimony as to the probable cause of the Maine | disaster, while at the same time ascer- | taining to what extent the maval situ- ation had been affected by the loss of the Maine. A good deal of disquiet was exhibited | when it was shown that the loss of the fine battleship had done a great deal to destroy the balance of power theor- etically between the navies of Spain and the United States, the American navy being reduced to six serviceable vessels against seven on the Spanish | fleet. Every confidence was felt in the de- partment in the commander of the Maine, Captain Sigsbee, and until it is | really established otherwise there |is every disposition to charge the acci- dent, if accident it was, that destroyed the Maine, to some cause beyond the usual range of human discretion. The coast survey steamer Bache is now lying at Key West. 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