The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 10, 1904, Page 21

- Lo A R . THE WEATHER. { THEE m‘l’lll- ~ i Alcazar—*“A Lady of Quality.” Forecast'umade gt San Fraa- | o.tmmu—u MTrip’ ‘te China- clsce fhr thipty ending | e . . | Central—“Monte L7 Matle midnight, Ji 10: | . S Sea mn:::’uu victaity— ] ; fi:’:{?{ Gonvict Stripes™ Bain Sumday; brisk to Righ Matinee To-Day. southwest winds. Orpheum—Vaudeville. Matines - A. G. McADIE, | n'!.mcmh—v‘a\u-vng;h E s > District Forscaster. e e e " XCA 11. FORTY-EIGHT PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JANUARY ]0.7 1904.—PAGES 21 TO 34. PRIC PUGET SOUND STEAMER CLALLAM FOUNDERS IN A TERRIFIC TEMPEST IND FIFTY-FOUR LIVES ARE SAGRIFIGED TO THE SLAUGHTERING atA _— —— Women and Cilden the Prey of @ | Sord. Passengers Peris With Members of Crew. ety hoonizing Stuggle Against Wrath of 2 lale. ! e | MUSCOVITE PROFITS Y EW DELAY Russia’s War Pre- | parations Go on Ceaselessly. Entire Tenth Army Corps [ Is Being Hurried to j Manchuria. ke S e LR { | ! | Feverish Military Activity in St. Peters burg During Interim Provided by Japan’s Indecision. —r—— Special Cablegram to The Call and New York Herald. _Copyright, 1904, by the New York | Herald Pubi Compan LONDON, Jan. 10.—The statement is printed this morning that a well known diploinat last evening received a message from one of the interested parties in the Far Eastern trouble an- nouncing that diplomatic relations be- tween Japan and Russia had almost reached the breaking point and that war was inevitable. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 9.—It is dif- | ficult to-day to di . 4 | Of & possible . maintenance ¢ s whereas those of war are easily visible. is the fact, | Foremest in seriousnes | as yet scarcely known, that the entire | Tenth Army Corps. at Kharkoff, com~ manded by General Sloutchevsky, con= ing of the Ninth Division of Infan- at Poltava, the Thirty-first Division NAMES OF THOSE WHO FELL VICTIM TO THE SEA’S FURY { L They o \ | a Yu ] command and | | o of Cavalry of Kharkoff and the Fifty- i ‘ Chs. G FENNETT Captain L. Thampson, Victo- | | first Brigade of Reserve Infantry (in- \ down within ria, Lloyd’s agent. ‘ cluding artillery), has been equipped a a second AR > Paiie | Bruno Lehman, Tacoms, cus- | | With baggage and the corps is ordered & passengers | | toms, indpector. | to be transported with the least possi- 3 er Currin, | % et i { 1| captain T. L. Lawrence, Vic- || Ple delay to Manchuria | toria, Yukon River pilot. The corps consists of 37,000 men. I 5. F. 1 8 e imated ¢ e I Mrs. S. E. Bolton, Alberta, B. am Uv'h‘ m,nv the estimated cost per | | €, who was on her wedding man for the journey is 180 rubles, and — e FORTUNATE ONES sengers from their TRVIVE TR SomEs | more than 5,000,000 rubles (52,050,000 WHO SURVIVE THE | ! o':'. P. Shaw, - Victoria, ship | | has been appropriated for the same. : f owner. | VI UALLY AT WAR ALREADY. g twenty” hours trace of her. More g anc bers of the crew FEARFUL DISASTER | sk 7 } C. W. Thompson, Tacoma, Simultancously government agents | | | president of the Washington Co- e making inquiries for extensive | DECK DEPARTMENT. g ek I - Captain George Roberts. . 2 2 G First Officer G. W. Downey. DEATH FROM EXPOSURE. H. Arnold. | assengers who had fastened life- F. Myers. " | | | Operative Mining Compan) ansport accommodations, and leadir Mrs. A. J. C. Galletely, Victo- | | grms are asked for freight rates f ria. wife of the manager of the i Wi Ohe § i Dat Gadh | {/| Bank.of Montreal. Known houses Messrs. Wilson and | Miss Galletely, Victoria. Messrs. Bornholdt have refused to give Miss Louise Harris, Spokane. advance quotations. Mrs. Rouin, Seattle, wife of e R igmmer o UG lies were picked R. Griffith. ey had J. Jefirey. ata. T s on the pos bodies H. Johnson. | | | restaurant owner. 3 Russian Christmas among the official t J. Anderson. IR A. K. Prince, Kansas City, | | classes and found the opinion prevail= . s ew pas- A. McKeen. | member of theatrical troupe. | ing that Russia is to-day virtually at Victoria run. E for Victoria terrific south- of her destina- Eugene Hicks, Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. T. Sullens and two chil- dren, Port Townsend. #var with Japan, although what is actu- ally being done in the way of assuming strategical positions is concealed by Scott Delaney, chief engincer. | James Mattloch, fireman. f‘ VEER DEPARTMENT. i | | | L [ ; . - . John Atkins, oiler. || | both_ sides. < e the pae Edward Parker, oiler . 8 P. La Plant, Port Townsend. | | “When the time comes,” the Russians % 3 deadlights, ; 3 MENT. : & =TT e ke - - | Mrs. H. W. La Plant of Fri- | | say, “you will find that just as many ‘ STEWARD'S DEPARTMENT. - : et j ' 3 IN NGER V IN ] day Harbor and two children. | Russian troops have been smuggled . 3. B Woaks stewari. PUGET SOUND PASSENGER VESSEL THAT FOUNDERED IN THE STRAITS OF JUAN DE FUCA WHILE BE- | | | = Mrs. Richards, Port Town- | | into desirable noints in Korea as Japa- s g James Caldwell. | ING TOWED INTO PORT, THE MASTER OF THE CRAFT, AND A SAN FRANCISCAN ‘WHO WAS ON [ PR o Rkt b i wall" XEGE fr' e DO £ zale Archie Davis. { BOARD AND GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBES THE DISASTER. [ 1} "3 . swanes, seattte. g ' I g y after- BVREN. Yomps. 3 | 1| Miss Annie Murray, Victorta, | e e o ¥y after 4 = 3 | Mles 2 X T e tragedy| | Ah Look. = ~|| m'c | SUSPICIOUS OF GERMANY. r n iber of agon- Ju Lang. . (] 1 | Guy Daniels, musician, Kan- | | I also noted constant expressions of zing ¥ v officers and crew Purser F. C. Kreer. | | sas City. | | puzzled curiositygas to what Germany h he squls aboard J. Norris. [ | - Miss Bellies. | exists in the minds of Russians. Added - n nch as she was William King. ! Lin | J. Jeffs. | |to the published fact that the latter the Ciallam « not stand the ter-| | H. D. Bailey. e seas that raced | B ey. . dm the ocean and| | (,:::;Ifswc‘:n David. | | /A. Valdemeer. been suppressed, if is here stated to i ss began to fall it| | John Davis. H. Buckner. | have referred to Germany's policy in an atten | v 4 g . | the Far East in the event of war. - 20 attempt to| | W. H. Grimes. ‘ SEATTLE, Jan. 9.—Charles G. Ben- | size with its load of women and chil- | did.the first. It contained a mir-1 load t“‘ :_‘:::;H b | | The conviction prevails here that any least by th \} illiam Leplante. | | nett of 2771 Twenty-fourth street, San | dren and was a spectator to the fear- [ of men and women, mostly the former. A'lflil TH - . aggressive action by the German Em- SHRIEES ABOVE § 'deIrd Laumer. | | Francisco, a passenger, remained on | fui#struggle and cries of the helpless| The lLoat was tossed about by the Charl "5 A | | peror In the present crisis would be a RS 4 } STORM. Thomas Soolius. | board the Clallam until she sank and | NMAtes of the boat as she was swamp- | Wayes a8 iIf it were a cork and went C.H..Joy, 8 3 sty o oty gl 1 T'wo k launched and in E. Larsen. L tthainsl ol the Sebuttnetdi both | 84 In the trough of the sea as if a mere'| down in the trough of a swell with all Miss Gill. e sn“ ol es sengers were en- | e P pal scenes both | ¢o,ther, Bennett is an old man and | its occupants. Some may have after- # C. J. Burney. i jup e . From what I have heard the official class has formed a conviction that the sted to the angry waters. The first | 4" i 4 | before she foundered and sank and im- R. G. Campbell. has traveled extensively, b - | ward got on rafts, but if they did I mediately afterward, when the last life- | reavine. epe st e s 2 roaving spectacle which took place be- | @m not aware of it. So far as I know | | W. E. Rookledge. ed only women and ¢} ~| cheated of their prey and still more vi x 5 | | Unitea States will morally assist Japas dre s from the Clal- | jy, RSt was iprinched, fore the Clallam finally went down un- | DOt a woman or child survived. Ed Lennan. Unite; Captain L \'rrmrrrtvf‘\"p'ynn, lives were to be sacrificed to the god | Bennett had not recovered from the strung him-'completely. It wa:nv:ll:h “When T realized that the third and Miss Reynolds. b | when asked to do so. going off er. The boat was over. Uf (N® waters. The hull of the Clallam | effects of the exposure and scenes In- | ofvort that he could bring himself o |18St boat launched was about to meet W. Clurett. BT wt 600 feet fr m the Clallam and raised to aid them wa amped in launching. seas had begun. The tug Sea ¢ later she was still afloat. | her beams end and began sinking rap- | action boat, containing only men, 9ly. At 1:07 the towlines were cut. few passengers who | Death the waves, o remain aboard, de-|and floating es to the task of trying | Show that she had’ever been. he vessel. The pumps were| BY ‘heroic efforts began to give way before the terrific | cident to the wreck when he arrived s shrieked in vain for axd,“"“““" of the waves and the strain |on the Dirigo to-night and seemed to yoard the steamer. Not| ©f the towline completed the work the | be in a half dazed condition. He col- i Lion | lected his thoughts, however, suffi- nd boat rowed away into the | Sighted the Holyoke and her tow about | ciently to- recall what was probably a n board the Clallam men | Midnight and stood by to assist. es tore them from |, At 12:30 o'clock the Clallam went on | incidents of the wreck. This was the | one of the most thrilling and pathetic a man unknown to Bennett o’cloek she \settled and | who, aftér his wife and two children A few minutes | were drowned before his eyes, became me on the members of ' later she lurched and disappeared be- ifmrmc and plunged headlong into the Only her top works | sea. He was undoubtedly lost, as to | neither Bennett nor any of the crew | saw him come to the surface and no the crews of the | lifeboats were near him at the time. and three gangs of ballers | tWo tugs saved the lives of nearly all| In Bennett’s opinion there was some c In spite of their Who had remained aboard the Clallam. | misunderstanding between the officers ed on them and|A few were swept away and perished | of the ill-fated vessel and the crew in t to resign themselves | in the blackness of the storm, with none | charge of the tug Holyoke over signals the Richard Hol-|to heed their shouts and cries. at the critical moment, and this fact X one of the six tugs which had| The closing scene in this, the most | Bennett belleves resulted in the loss her tow nd. She n as thrown aboard the tug|Protection Island, started for Port | tance north of Port de fair progress | proximately thirty miles from Victoria. | tion of the crew on the tug Sea Lion, o the rescue of the Clallam | terrible marine tragedy ever known in ; of many lives among those who-stayed Townsend, hove in sight. | these waters, was eight miles north of | with the doomed ship who might oth- only a short dis-|erwise have been saved. Bennett Townsend and ap- speaks in the highest praise of the ac- and it seemed for a time that the Clal- | The Holyoke picked the Clallam up off | who, he says, rendered every assistance lam with the remainder of her pas- pengers and crew were to be saved. Smiths Island. The survivors of the | possible from the moment they arrived on the scene. recount the things which he witnessed and the experiences of himself and other survivors who clung to the life- raft from which they were finally res- ‘cued. “When the vessel became disabled all the male passengers worked hero- ically to launch. the lifeboats,” sald Bennett, “and the first was reserved for the women and children. It was loaded with difficulty. An angry sea was rolling. but this boat cleared the ship and rode the waves for about ten minutes. Of a sudden it got into the trough of the sea and before the pas- sengers on deck could realize they saw its load of humanity enguifed in a sea which was running eighteen Jeet high. “The sight was a tergjble ofie and we could plainly hear the screams of the helpless women and children as.they floundered about for a féw moments before they sank. The wind screamed about us and wafted their dylng cries on deck, where stood two score of brave men who gazed at their death struggles powerless to lend a helping hand. . “The second boat to be lainched & similar fate, T turned away, unable to witness another such terrible end. I stayed with the doomed ship and to- gether with the remaining passengers did all'T could to bail the water out of her hold. . © “The Holyoke was the first tug to come . to the rescue, though in my opinion had the vessel been equipped with flashlights and rockets she could have summoned the whole Victoria fleet to her assistance long before the Holyoke put in an appearance. “When the Holyoke took hold of us it.was with a line fully an eighth of a mile long. She towed us toward Port Townsénd instead of steering for the beach, the passengers meantime bailing watér out of the hold. Whén it became apparent that the vessel was doomed some of the crew signaled to the Holy- oke to abandow the tow and come alongside. Either through a misunder- standing of the sighals or failure to comply with them, T don’t know which, the ‘greatest 1oss of life on board the Clallam occurred. “The Holyoke did not respond and the vessel began to list. We then real- ized that our only chance was to take — into the sea in their life preservers. I the. water about five minutes | the orders were for mess beef in bar- before 1 got hold of a life raft. After | rels and canned fruits and vegetables. clinging to ‘this for half an hour the |This is the line of goods usually Sea Lion came alongside and took me | shipped for consumption in the Rus= was C. A. Johnson. R. Turney. Charles Green. M. B. Currin, second mate. C. Lockwood, freight clerk, Seattle. James Smith, engineer. Seattle. Charles Manson, quartermas- ter, Seattle. R. Lindhope, quartermaster, Seattle. Joseph Jewell, saloon watch- man, Victoria. Alexander Harvey, mess man, Seattle. toria. Harvey Sears, toria. George H;nlwn. waiter. first assistant LOCAL SHIPMENTS HEAVY. Comumission Houses Reticent Concern- | ing Orders and Destination. | The announcement that orders had been placed among local commission men for large quantities of supplies to be shipped at once to the Orient oc- casioned considerable comment among local ‘*business men yesterday. The parties who have received the orders are reticent almost to the point of de- nial; the other merchants are anxious | | to ascertain the identity of their mors | | fortunats rivals, and, if possible, get a share of the rich basket of plums | | | 1 | Robert Currie, steward, Vie- I about to be distributed in this city. A careful ¢anva of the wholesale seaman, Vic- | |and commission district ~ yesterday afternoon brought to light the fact that the supplies are evidently intend- ed for Russia. The houses holding the 5 9 |(-onlracts would divulge nothing re- garding destination, but ad ed that But the hungry seas were not to be Continued on Page 22, Column 3. Bennett also witnessed a lifeboat cap- | lived but a short time Ilonger than|to the water and ‘the majority jumped Continued on Page 22, Column 1. Continued on Page 24, Columa