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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1vvz. OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION OF WALLA WAL N o RN Claims Lights Were in Place and Burning. Captain Benoist Says| the Steamer Was | at Fault, ‘ Continued From Page One. { ' | of Page, McCutchen, Harding & ked after the inferests of the oast Steamship Company. , Captain Benoist of the French bark Max looked much younger than he did a few days ego. This i v due to the fact that he | d his whiskers removed. He proved a w Bg witness and his te: mony proved interesting. Captain Benoist Testifies. he first witness | to the wit- n elicit nswers from Benoist. A statement had bee inder the direction of the c: w part as follow . Emile Ignace, wa in the morning. He was charge sailors of the port wi he weather was from so was rather hip was north, ghts of the ship were burn- Ignace came to me and told see the Cape Mendoct east of the compa The ould also be seen moment ani self and then went down ¢ more clothes. Then the £ho went up immediately on the saw the steamer on the | Our bowsprit was ned side by the col réered a torch to be I rn blown $ amer know where we were rtment 1 ordered er on I did every- hip. In the afternoon of the same day 1 hailed the steamer Washtenaw and asked her rfor | 2 tow into San Francisco. At 7:30 (ne mext morning we spoke the American mer Columt e were then told | we kb with the Walla £ame the came MeCulloch Acme. T but ongside and tried to give paried The sea w Acme her ter h work | o the Acme We anchored in “In con- | reser- | en by Captain Bulger at he had been a | of a_vessel for seven years and | a certificaté from the French Gov- | ernment. He said he could mot tell the | ition of his ship at noon the day before | the collision said_he had not taken observations for two days owing to the | cloudy weather. His clock, he said, was | set forty-sight hours before the accident. | According to his time the accident hap- | | Buiger. CAPTALIN ANDREW Hat L, OF THE lGNACE, FIRST MATE OF THE MAX UGENE LE DowrioL , £ ioy LoowouT oF THE MA \\ i e e g T Ca®Ta iy Romsny E~oisT EXPLAING Thr PosiTiomns oF L SHiwPa v WITNESSES AT THE WALLA WALLA INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE INSPECTORS OF HULLS AND BOILERS. ; £ iMaster of the Max Says He Tflought the Steamer Was Not Much Damaged and Was P Making Land and for That Reason He Did Not Stand By. ught of the dangéer of th engine. It took us about twenty minutes up fore went below to put on some She does clo This was about fifteen minures 3 vefore the collision. When I was on deck amer's lights fifteen 1 saw the wh cabin.” the red light of the steamer and ite headlight and the lights of her er the collision?” said Mr. Then why didn't you lower a Was anythirg done on the bark to thought the steamer was not mucin avoid collision; was the course| damaged and was making land,” replied changed?” asked Captain Bulger. Benoist. “The course was not changed,” an-| “Why didn’t vou find out?’ swered the witness. Continuing, Captain Benoist said: “The ship was staving by the wind. After ., e collision occurred I had the ship t about and lay to. We heard no signal or hail from the steamer’s crew.” The “I was looking after my own ship. She did not steer well after the collision.” “After you knew it was thé Mendocino light why did you steer toward it?” “It was our intention to go near it and then turn around. I was not sure it was _the Mendocino light. I was guess- ing.” witness then showed by diagrams the positi two vesrels before the |~ “\yhen T came on deck I saw the Men- ceident they separated after-|docino light and the lights on the steamer ward. at_the same time.” “How far avart were the vessels when Captain Hall of the {ll-fated steamer you first saw the lights?" asked Inspector Walla Walla was then invited to question the witness. Captain Hall turned to Captain Benolst and ‘said: “How far away did ,, think the steamer was before she sank? o “About three or four miles,” replied the witness. “Did you tdke your bearings off Cape Mendocino at daylight?” “Yes, sir.” “I could not say, but T think three or four miles. 1 think the steamer could have easily avoided the accident.” “After the collision did you know you cut.into the hold of the steamer?” “Yes, sir.” Did Not Launch Boats. you “Were you not in a position to launch ; your boats? “Did’ you send any one aloft the next Yes, sir. day to sée if any one was in the water?’ “Why didn't you do so?” “"Yes, sir.” “We were too busy with our own boat.™ “How was the weather the next day?” “Why didn’t you come to a standstill % “It was a little foggy.” after the collision?” said Lupp, address- ing the witness. “I did." They were burning brightl answered Captain Benoist. “What time were the lights put out the night before?” S “At sunset.” First Mate’s Story. Emile Ignace, first mate of the Max, Who was in command at the time of the collision, was next called to the stand, and his testimony corroborated that of his superior officer. The witness testified that he did not hold a certificate as first mate, as the French law did not require it. Without many preliminary questions he made the following statement: At 3 o'clock on the morning of the col- lision I saw the light on Capé Mendocino, Five minutes later I saw the lights of the steamer. I called Captain Benoist and told him I saw the Mendacino light. He then came on deck. I then showed him the lights of the steamer. The steam- er's lights were obscured by the thick smoke that poured from her funnels. The captain remained-on the poop and I went below to give necessary orders to mnavi- gate the ship. While T was giving or- ders the steamer continued to approach. 1 ran to the captain and told him that the steamer was getting too close. ““The collision took place on the fore part of the Max on the starboard side. We did everything we could to save the sh!q{. The captain's room is on the poop deck and he had gone in there to change The first 1 his clothes. time “There was oil enough in them to make hem burn twenty-four hours. I knew they were burning brightly because I had occasion to go forward when I saw the Mendocino light. At § o'clock the next morning they were still burning brightly. We were steering by the wind, which was blowing south-southeast. The weather was clear and you could see the moon overhead every little while.” An adjournment was taken at this point, but Ignace was recalled to the stand at the opening of the afternoon ses- He said the ship was going at the rate of two miles an Nour. The vessel was steering well and had been on her tack since o'clock the night before. He claimed he saw the Mendocino light be- fore the accident. It was bearing east- southeast. witness contradicted himself as to when he saw the light, and ¥|1:]=e$:nr hBulg!}l;tc;lll%d fgr th7 log hook. as brought. in aptain Benoist, who further. testified. b Log Book Entries. Captain Benoist sald he took his longi- tude from Paris and he used French charts of this coast, and that he kept his iogbook from noon to noon. The inter- reter then read the following from the of the day of the collision: “Heavy sea: strong breeze: clear: changeable from south to south- clear again; sails set at 3:%5; saw ight of Mendocino at 4 o’clock; col- lision took place with steamer going ivak by strensthening the bulkhead. At the time of the collision the witness said he could see people emerging from the cabin of the Walla Walla. . He said the moment the Max was struck the steamer backed up and away; that torches were it at his orders, which was a signal for help. He sald they did not know what vessel was hurt the most. Ignace claimed that the Max was moving so slowly that it was impossible for her to run into the steamer. Captain Hall was invited to ask ques- {lons and he interrogated Ignace as fol- ows: “T would like to ask you if you saw our red light.” “I did,” replied the witness, “but I never saw your green light.” . “What was the force of the wind at the time of the collision?” asked Second Officer Lupp. “There was a small breeze and a heavy sea., ere the sails full or flabby against the mast?’ asked Bulger. o “They were full. We steered a: as we could to have the salls ful “If the wheel had been hard aport, would the Max have turned quickly,” asked the inspector. ““No, sir,” answered the witness. “She would have turned very slowly.” “Did you ever lose sight of the steam- er's light after you first saw her?"’ H“Yes, the heavy smoke obscured it at imes. "’ 3 ““Then how was It you knew the steam- lose saw the | west: from 4 to 12 the ship was hove to." | er was heading directly toward you? pened at 2:45. As'it was much later than | where you struck the steamer.' Second Officer Lupp asked permission |steamer it was at an angle of 45 degrees. | THe captain said the foregoing entries “I saw the smoke getting nearer and I this it is evident that his clock not | “T stayed there until noon. I did not |at t time to put a few questions to the | She seemed to continue on her course. | were made every four hours. Ignace was | knew the steamer was approaching.’ on time | think the Walla Walla was very badly in- | witness. Captain Bulger said Lupp had | The thick smoke prevented my seeing the | then taken in hand and questioned fur-| *Then why -dldn't you change _your “When the mate called me,” he said. | jured. Our forepeak was full of water, | a right to question the tvitness because|vessel. 'The lights of the.Max were very | ther. He sald that after the collision | course?” asked Bulger. s not making two knots, I | but abaft that there was very little water. | he was one of the officers on trial. bright. I examined them before the col- | Lialf the crew got the lifeboats ready and | I knew very well the steamer was mer before the collision. I' We pumped it out by means of a donkey | - “Did you examine the lights of the Max | Iision. the other half worked hard to stop the | coming toward. us, but I could not tell HEROES FROM SAMAR CONIE HOME Continued From Page One. | i l arms, and those black devils are handier with their bolos _than you'd imagine. They laid out twenty of our best men be- fore we got orga d so as to take care of ourselves, and by the time we got our guns they had disappeared as quickly as ihey came.” A. L. Hazlett of Colorado City, a of the Methodist Episcopal returned on the Kilpatrick. Ha t out by the War Department, at stigation of General MacArthur, investigate the moral condition of Manila. He declares the stories of intempera nd immorality that e appeared public prints from time to time gross exaggerations. There saloon on the Escolta, he says, eneral moral tone of the city is good. He has prepared & long report for the author- | jties, the contents of which he does not feel at liberty to divulge. He has a good | upinion of Manila morals, however. | Not Jeast interesting among, the Kilpat- | rick’s passengers were the army children. There were ten of them. At the begin- | ning of the voyage they organized them- s into the reguiation cliques. The ry girl held herself remote. The | boy patronized the infantry girl | ubbed the infantry boy, while the | tter stood on the dignity of s father white stripes, but cast longing glances at _the romps of the enlisted men. Christmas ! | i Manila Morals Good. | | | | Lieutenant P. day, however, wiped out all distinctions. | A, Wickerham and E, I. Gray. Santa Claus sent an evergreen tree on| Major W. N. Gilbert, paymaster; U. 8 A., board at Nagasaki and on Christmas eve | is home on two months’ sick leave. ~First Lieu- adult representatives of all ‘branches of | tenant W. H. Raymond of the artillery corps the service rigged up in the dining saloon | i1 also on the invalid list. Lieutenant S. P. Fidmonds of the revenue cutter service was Christmas tree that made all stripes | o s Took miike o the ton 100 beneficiarin. ® | formerly on the Manning. He has been spond ing his leave in the Orient. The Klipatrick also brought two stow- | 5 aways from Nagasaki. They are Russians | ‘The Warren brought in the cabin the and will be kept in the brig until the im- | following: migration authorities find some subject of | Brigadier General R. P. Hughes, Brigadier the Czar to interpret their explanation | General Prederick Funston, First Lieutenant A. L. Conger, First Lieuts nt R. Croft, Lieu- 06 JNGIE DESRmEE SOV IS ienant B: 3. Mitchelly Capiain T. B Sotriil Transport’s Passengers. Lieutenant G. Deiss, Lieutenant L. S. Chappe- lear, Lieutenant C. B. Regan, Lieutenant W, E. Murray, Contract Surgeons H. T. Saunders gnd J. D. Brooks, Miss Irene Shields, N%rus S. The cabin passengers on the Kilpatrick | were as follows: g Wilson, Mrs. H. Harting and child, A. Me- Major W. D. McGaw, surgeon, Cabe, W. 'S, Kahnweiler, 8. Bensal, W. B. | Major L. W. Cramptén, surgeon, U. Ballard, J. P. Wilson,- J. C. Ertell, R. L. | Major W. N. Gilbert, paymaster, U. Strayer and F. L. Wilson. Captain A. L. Dade, Thirteenth Caval; tain E. C. Carey, Thirtleth Infantry: Captain E. Disney, assistant surgeon volunteers; £ N. Corbasier, Fourteenth Cav- Snailham Brought Back. alry; Lieutenants E. G. Diwis W. H. Ray-| Thomas Snailham, & brother, of the| mond and V. C. Wis, al Y Shry °u: | prizefighter of that name, was brought to ena RN i Cavalry: Lieutenant 4 575 Cuitizon, Second Intantry, Lievienant B, | (his clty from Sacramento last might by Detective Wren and booked for grand J E. Carroll, First Infantry; Lieutenant Harry Grabam, ‘Twenty-secornd Infantry; cantract sur- | Jarceny. He fs accused, with another 1 B young man, of snatching a purse con- . Hallwood. E. F. Caboda, Guy Stone, R. €. Linn anl W. A. Wickline; army nurses, P, I Redecker and Barbara Wiedman: | taining $175 from Willlam Riley at Third Mrs. A. L. Dade and two children, Mrs. V. C. | and Mission streets several nights ago. Lewis, Mrs. F. J. Otis and two children, Mrs E. C. Carey, child &nd nurse: Mrs. W. C Wants Progressive Payments. . Captain .’ D. Couch, G. C. The Builders' Protective Association Ik Harvey, O C Jgpes. U SSN.: | petitioned the Board of Supervisors yes- azictt. Licutenant § P, Edmonds, | terday to take steps to amend the char- Dodge and two children, D. P. Burrows, G.|ments on all public work of at'least 7 B. Bruce, H, Rernhardt. W. C. Thompson. P.'‘Der cent of the valve of work performed. Bennett and child. Mre. T §. Minor, Mrs. E. | C. Poey, Mrs. J. . Ballwond, R, J. Donnelly, | VETERANS. BACK FROM PflILlPPIHEé Continued From Page One. i ghes !sald Vesterday afternoon on the ‘ansport. o Brigadier General Hughes left San Francisco in June, 1888, with General Otis. and has taken.an active part in the mili- tary management of Uncle Sam's new possessions ever since. He went out an’ provost marshal of Manila, and just be- fore he Jeft that part of the world was | engaged in fleld operations against the | turbulent natives of Samar. General Hughes is over 60 years of age. He comes home for a well earned rest.’ He will be retired this year, prabably with the rank of major general, In spite of his a%? and in spite of the trying na- ture of the service he has just com‘ple ed he looks quite fit, in case of necessity, to | tackle the long,” weary task all over | the province of}) again. General Hughes is well satisfied with thlng{ as they are in the Philippines. The trouble in Samar is serious enough, he believes but he thinks the military now has the ‘situation fairly well in hand. Iron Glove Is Necessary. The general is a mah of few words and naturally of a kindly nature, but there are certain disturbing elements in some of the Philippine provinces that, in his opinion, will have to be handled with the iron glove. The general is a soldier of the old school and largelv to himself and reserves any e‘e‘)s his opinions ‘very | spécific information of which he may be possessed for his officlal reports to su- perior authority. He says that the process of converting the natives to an appreciation of Amer- ica’s intentions toward them fis greatly retarded by the difficulty of communica- tion between different parts of the new possessions. Roads and trails are scarce and bad. ‘Where the natives have haa an opportunity to realize the advantage of dealing with Americans or under Amer- ican protection their friendship, the eral says, is embarrassing, e thinks that Filipino friendship is directed mors affectionately toward the flesh pots than /ta the Government responsible for placing them at his hand. General Hughes has no definite plans for the future. While in San Francisco he will be a guest of the Cosmos Club. He leaves for Washington in a.few days. Long and Active Career. General Hughes' career in the 23 been 1onE aNa honorhble. He ealid i 1861 as a private in the Twelfth Pennsyl- vania, and later in the same year was commissioned first lieutenant™ of the Eighty-fitth Pennsylvania. He was cap- !nl'n in 1862, leutenant colonel in 18G4, and was breveted and mustered out of the volunteer army in 1385. He recelved a commission as captain in the regular army in 1866 and was promoted to major and appointed inspector general February 19, 1885, He was lleutenant colonel later in the same year and colonel in 1838. He was commissioned brigadier general of volunteers in 1898 and brigadier general cf regulars last r{ear. The Kilpatrick brought 950 time expired men and 75 cabin passengers, On the War- ren were 23 cabin passengers and 700 sol- dlers who -have earned their discharge. The Kilpatrick brought home a number of army women and about a dozen arm children, the wives and families of ot cers on ‘board and on duty In the Philip- pines. REFORMED BURGLAR LECTURES ON CRIME Says State Prisons Should Be Taken Out of the Hands of Politicians, Joseph King, a representative of the Prisoners’ Mutual Endeavor Soclety, or- ganized at San Quentin for the purpose of assisting released prisoners, spoke last evening at Howard-street M. E. Church. He places the responsibility for a great number of criminals on soclety’: - ders. He said: T o Owing to prejudice exhidited by soclety | agalnst men of crime in telleving them in- capable of reform and the uugfil.hmm: of | veritable hells for _bréeding criminals, | termed prisons, we have to-day so gany men | of this class in our midst. Prison never did any man any good. They should be controlied | m, taken out of pelitics | principle of the law of love. "3‘:2.""1'} I more infectlous than disease, and while drunk. | enness is itted by the state a; done to elevate the man in jts ldmwmla %‘r crime, dread disease will never be eradi- cated. In conclusion the ker £ War- den Aguirre as thosm g e | Restore small, A DISASTER BEGINS & s | | Positior OF VESSELS AFTER THNE coLLiSioN. RN ! "“A o e \ N N\ I | | | + | Obscured by Her | Own Smoke. | Young Lookout Tells | Convincing Story on Stand. whether she was going to cross our bow or stern.” “When you saw that the steamer was obscured by the smoke, did you make | any sounds to attract attemtion? | Steamer Was Warned. € he “Yes, the bell was rung to call the change of watch and it was also rung t wsrn‘ the steamer, The bell was rung | for seven or eight minutes. i Then you undoubtedly expected a col- | Mision - e | “*Well, T saw she was coming toward | us and rang the bell to give them warn- | ing. “Where did the lookout stand?” asked ;Ll}%pn the forecastle head,” replied /the | witness. Fugene Le Dorlol, an 18-year-old appren- tice f:m the Max, was the next witness. When it was learned that he had been the ldokout on the morning of the collision, surprise was evinced by those present. | "9 Be was a litile higher than an apprentice and had been at sea five and a half years. He said he had been on the Max four months. He testified that he | was on the lookout and had been so for an nour. He had gone on duty at mid- night. He stood next the green light. The | weather was clear and a small breeze was | blowing. He said he muldl steer, but was eldom given an opportunity. s }ge salgd he calied attention to the lights by ringing the bell. This bell is to call the mate's attention that something was in the vessel's path. He said thers was a rule in the French navy that ome bell was to announce there was a light on the starboard, twe bells for port and three bells for one in front. He said he rang the bell once and never lost sight of the | lights of the steamer. He told the number of lights he had seen The witness testified that when the steamer was, within twenty meters of the Max she turned on her course. Had she not done so she would have struck the bark amidships. He said the shock of the collision was great, but he kept from fall- ing by holding on to the capstan. = “Did you hear a call or whistle?" asked Cx%a!n Hall, “We heard a cry and then all was quiet. I could not distinguish whether it was a Wwhistle or not.” “After the vessels separated, did you hear any more noise from the steamer?” Heard Distress Signals. *Yes, after the steamer left us she blew her whistle twice.” “Did_you notice, after the collision ““Yes, sir; I did. Joseph Darragade, an able seaman on the Max, who was in charge of the whee: at the time of the collision, was rnext called. He proved to be an excitable wit- ness. He testified as though he was call- ing to his mates in a heavy thunder storm. He became 8o excited that he fre- quently contradicted himself. He seemed to misunderstand the questions put to him by the interpreter and this led to many wrangles between the inspectors, witness and interpreter. He first testified that the captain had ordered the course changed before the col- lision, then stated that he heard the cap- tain tell the mate to turn about. The investigation will be continued this morning. Captain Benoist probably will be = led and the testimony of the of- {lc:rs of the ill-fated Walla Walla will be aken. hole in the steamer For Goifers, Sportsmen. ana all who travel— much sustenance in little bulk. VIM, VIGOR, VITALITY for MEN :0“& ?IEHOP‘I PILLS ve n use over AN fars By the leaders of tho Eyelide, Effettaare ectsare part vigor and pote CENTS ncy toevery 1 tion. Don’t get despondent; g cure | undeveloped organs. - nerve centers; a bo: . A ovritten guarantes to cur Addrees BISHOP REMEDY oo W Biis San Francisco, BRUG CO. and 4 Third et W. T. HESS, NOTARY PUBLIC AND ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. the brain and 32 50 by mall. Cal. GRANT man for the it ition. of chief at the State prison t sl California ever DMM-. Tenth Floor, - Room 1015, Ctufiprwjfll Bidg. 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