The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 20, 1906, Page 1

(LAST EDITION re Paper in Seattle That Dares to Print the News 0 ot Be Covered in the Examination. weer . us Marine Inspectors, Seattle. Port Blakeley, Nov. 19, 1906. | Steamer Dix left Seattle at 7 p. m., Sunday, Novem- 18, bound for Port Blakeley, with about 7o passen aboard and crew of six men, Was run down and by S. S. Jeanie off Alki Point, with great loss of Respectfully, (Signed) Toe 2. eee PERCY LERMOND, Master of the Dix. Dix and the States Ma Lermond, of reck of the steamer nit notice of the foss of life has been sent to [ lors Whitney and Turner by Capt craft mrow morning at i a Turner will begir investigation in the cause of the wreck of the Dix and the Will attempt ¢ man or men re ine whether fo fulfull the Taws relat no refere: Inspectors Whit an effort to awful o'clock the blame for the catastrophe } rsible therefor, and will be asked issible for the master ties of purser the government of steamship of- The purser is not an ¢ goverr The law according as ot it is pert e to pursers red by as the right at time be temporarily relieved of charge disaster he alone is re- the captain dictates, ¢ but on « ceasions of Dennison Was Licensed Officer. The law provides that the man relieving the master bbe a licensed icer. C. Denison, who waa left in B hduse by Capt. Lermond, held a license as first that in this respect Lermond seems to have acted big conformity with the law Close proximity « f the two vessels on a clear night, fights on both of t ould be plainly seen for *, will probably enter into the investigation the seaworthiness of the Dix, the inspectors will nt upon th they did at the time disaster, president, answering the by the commercial bodies of Seattle, sent a to this city for the purpose of looking into’ the disaster Sit in Judgment on Themselves. phardly to be expected that the inspectors will find was other than a seaworthy boat. If they have duties they have inspected her upon two or since she was built, and her continued opera- fool that they have declared her upon those occa- seaworthy lors will probably be asked to say whether Pieat is seaworthy when its bull is light and it or ballast many tons of rock. Such a boat, it is e 0 by experienced mariners, would go down almost by striking a pile or other obstruction of a like sort i er of the condition of life boats and life pre- Will probably not enter into the investigation. The down so quickly that not more than one or two Were enabled to secure life preservers, and there time to man cither life boats or life rafts. selves, as = MET DEATH THE DIX WRECK Guore onpliti bat the missing» em ihe mili can only be a THOSE mi are know ployes 6 SING Coe eee eee SEER EEE EAA RRR REE oo i + taddind dated dndntatnde tated * * LIST OF MISSING. * * *) & 4 © Beleir, filer, Port @| | ® Blakeley mii . }* ©. T. Bennett, bartender, # & residence unknown * * Boulet, filer, Port ® * \* am Bracewell, long # * Port Blakeley mill. @ « Busetti, barber, FP . * y * Charles Bylo manager of & ® store, Port i \ * # William Byler, his * clerk tn store, Port Blake * Axel Carlson, plaver man, # & Port Blokeley mill * . ph Clark, clerk im store, @ * Port Biskeley * |® ©. Denison, mate of steamer @| * Dhx * i@ Mee. T. C. Ford, wite of 3| ® puperiniendent the Port # * eley MIL) company * *& Baszintia Gercia, Filipinn, & & J. W. Geol, Bheriock + & Frank Gordon, Port Blake- ® & ley mili, * & Mra, William Granger, sinter @ of Charles and William By- @/ }® ler, Spokane * }® Martin Hansen, calker t ® Blakeley . *@ €. B Haggerty, Geckhand @ Dix * John Keating, St Paul Minn formerly of Port ® Blakeley * C. J. Kenny, soreeant, firet @ clase, hospital corps, U. A Fort Worden. ° Peter Larsen, clier, Port ® Blakeley mili * Albert MeDonald, tailymen, Port Biaketey co i Albert MecOrury, taliyman, @ | Port Blakeley rll * } William McKnight, Beattie = @ i Frank MeQuaerr shipping @ }@ clerk, Port Blakeley mill . William Maher, Port Biake- @ Seeeeteeee eee eee eee es eee eee THE SEATTLE STAR WEATHER FORECAST Occasional Rain Tonight and Wedn day; Light Gewth Winds r ‘ — SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1906. HITNEY AND TURNER 10 SIT IN JUDGMENT Marine Inspectors Will Tomorrow Begin Investigation Into the) , Cause of the Dix's Disaster--Official Notice of Wreck and Loss of] Life Received by Inspectors Today From Capt. Lermond=-Points | ley August Nelson, Port Hake ¥ Mra Auguat Neleon, Port Blakeley. Geo. F. Parks, engineer of bis Fred Piggett, eley mill Rowlane C. Prive, son of postmaster at Port Blakeley A. G. Reynolds, Port Biake ley mitt tvean Reed, fireman of Dix dames Blean, tallyman, Port Ria: dames N. Smith, Port Make ley filer, Port Steeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and three Chinese un 4 for A. McClellan, foreman plas ing mill, Port Blakeley George Burne, longshoreman Port Blakeley George # Blakeley count: ® Mrs, James N. Smith, Port @ Blakeley @ Arthur N. Smith, aged three @ years, son of Mr, and Mra ® James N. Smith. & Swen Swansen, Fort Biake- ley mitt ® A. Webster, taltyman, Port & Wiakeley mili & Charles Williams, sawyer ® Ballard Lamber Co, 291 Pitts ® bore av. Ballard # In addition to the forego ® ing, there are five Japanese « * * o * * Olson, mill man, Port . . 7 - * * * *. * * * | * * * Ret aeaereeeaeaeenan JAP WAS A HERO ADDED 9 TO—SUPT. | certained after Supt. Ford has com Batre te | piled his Met and checked it up. The rescue of Misa Alice Sim CHECKING UP EM-| "The additions! names added 10! gun, the only woman survivor oe the PAYROLL. the list of missing are as follows: | wreek of the Dix, wae not due a C. 7. Bennett, bartender, re®/ first reported, to the fact that her Ln idence unknown; Alex Carlson.) dress flonted on the surface of the Bs |planerman, Port Binkeley mills; | water, but to the unrecognized bray Settons «went to their) James Sloan, tallyman, Port Blake|ery of a Japanese, whose first or ie Appailing wreck of the| ley mill; A. MeClellan, foreman] jast name was Nishio, but whore shan | planing mill, Port Blakeley; George|whereaboute are at present un Diz Bunday evening. | Fira longshoreman, Port Blake-| known Mere Will be added to this! jy. and George Olson, millman,| When Miss Simpson fell into the SB complete investigation! Port Blakeley water #he struck close to where the Four persons said to have been| Japanese was floating with a life fat Blakeley, Supt. W.| drowned were not on the Dix and| preserver under his arm St tRs Port Biakeley Mills,|are alive and well. The four are} Instead king only to his own ee list of the! George Lubbering and his wife; | safety, as he might have justifiably | is payroll. The| Mrs. H. Lubberin and ber daughter,| done under the circumstance Port Biakeicy missing | ull of Port Biakeley | Nishio went to the aid of Mies we she «ose ge te Se | Simpeon and gave her his life pre server, while he grabbed o plece of Gritt wood close by a The girl wae #0 excited in the | frightful confusion, however, that she hardly noticed anything, ar ahe did not observe the act of the Jap tEN RECOVERED —__ —_ M Victim OF DIx wreck | wilt be shipped to Port Blakeley The body was little bruteed Albert McDonald will be shipped East to Prince Edwards island for THE WEST SEATTLE final burial. McDonald belonged the Knights of Pytbias | The search for bodies continues | along the shore on both sides of the , M'DONALD FOUND to West seat ' the day Max ‘ ternoon towing the bark Harvester The Dirigo towed the bark north | with a load of coal and on the re a8 taken to the Ma! turn trip te me Sad this afternoon cargo of ore from the Hadley mines. ae Sound The Tyee * ot the ef or tire night in searching around the ® Sound for possible survivors or ed bo « which had floated to the McDon sce with no reeults, Today} boats are cruising along the beach rda and in shallow water way US \ARRIVES WITH HARVESTER. Steamer Dirigo arrived from and James Southeastern Alaska ports this af Harvester brought a quet at the Rainier club. In thinking over her remarkable ex 1 * ame to the conclusion that it must have been her dress which buoyed her to safety Nishio was later pleked up, but » made no attempt to make hirr If out @ hero or expiott his bre act. But now that Miss Simpron knows t m she owes her lif the girl ie anxious to find her ree éuer and thank him with all her| heart OREGONIANS HERE TOMORROW The Oregon state comminste the exposition are due in th tomorrow, and will go at o1 the fair grounds and, tp all prob ability, approve of the selection of a vite that wae made by Henry B Reed, director of exploitation, and also « member of the commission appointed by Gov. Chamberlain, of | is the Int management of the ff commissioners a ban They will be in the clty about three days. thon of the] } Oregon, It | ¢xporition fo wive the eRe AN ABBURD STORY A Geattic evening paper last night printed a moet absurd story about two Filipino pas sengers on the Dix who were sald to the sone of the wreck to Seattle the paper quoting some * * * 7 * * 7 * have ewam from 7 * * aginary waterfront character * * * * * * * * * * * im who elaimed to have helped the Filipinos out of the water onto # wharf, The story wa of course, untrue, The only Filipinos on the Dix were picked up by the Jeanie email boats and were brought PORT BLAKELEY BOATS. ntil further notice litte steamer Florence K will be oper-| ated on the Seattle-Port Blakeley, route. Her sailing hours wil! be 10 and 4:20 p.m * * *. - - * * * * * - *. . * * * *. * * * a m eT ee ee ee ARD TIMES FOR FAT BE el IN fvE BougkY THAT, BUTCHE HAND EVERY pAY FOR GRUESOME SUICIDE OF DENISON ——- e FATE OF THE MAN IN THE Pt ‘te one side. “What do you mean” he shouted to the man in the pilot LOT HOUSE OF THE DIX—/ house There was no reply. | Capt. Lermond threw wide open DELIBERATE DEATH. lithe pilot house door. “Come out,” | were bis orders, “you must save | yourself now.” One of the most gruesome stories! "I'll stand by,” was Denlson’s re that came as an aftermath of the | ply, ead he closed the pilot house wreck is that of the eulcide of| door, shutting off all hope of o# Mate Denison when be found that | cape. his blunder had cost the lives of! That is how the man who might the steamer’s passengers. As the have been among the first saved steamer Dix shot under the high| went to hie death It has all the prow of the big freighter the two | appearance of deliberate suictde be boats met and Capt. Lermond| cause of the result of his fatal reached the deck as his ship reeled | error, WILL NOT RAISE STEAMER DIX The steamer Dix in in too deep, bodies or wreckage that might be floating. Ranchers near Point-No- Point Were notified of the wreck and requested to keep a watch for bodies that might be carried in by | the tide When asked as to whether talus Were allowed to act as pursers water for us to attempt to raise her, or recover the bodies that are prob bly imprisoned in her after-cabin.” This statement was made by A B.C. Denniston, one of the owners of the Dix, when asked if any at ee a HER--NO. 5 NOTICE GINNING WITH NOV. 13 ™ MEAT ADVANCES PRICE AGAIN. Ui 4 ) Wiis { eo He BARONESS MURDERS | (Scripps Telegraph Service.) | NEW YORK, Nov. 20.--Baroness Anista Louise de Massy, who came to this country 18 years ago, upon the death of her husband, and who [has been supporting herself and daughter by designing gowns, yee terday shot and killed her employ er, Gustav Simons, president of the Queen Watat company Apparently the trouble was the amount for Simons to pay a certain |#ald to be due the baroness rervices in dexigning gowns, the impression in police circles is that something deeper rooted than a petty quarrel over finance the real cause of the shooting declare the woman is of a temperament which wou cause her to eet hastily, and they are of the opinion that the shooting was premeditated and probably caused through some real or fan cled wrong perpetrated by the vic tim of the present tragedy WOULD RECLAIM ARID LANDS The police tempt would be made to raise the|on the small boats, Mr. Denniston sunken vessel. All day yesterday replied: “It is generally the cus Mr. Denniston was on board the | tom of the small boats to have the/| Florence K. cruising around the captain aet o* purser and there is} sound in an attempt to pick ap any | nq law) against it al ib was last 1 {te assistance t 1 he now un TRAIN. SERVICE BECOMES NORMAL Today sees the railroad situation) cording to the last schedule, which In Seattle and out of the elty as| went into effect Oct 15. The usual far aé Portland, alnmiost reatored to| trains for Vancouve Bellingham ite normal condition, Practleally| and Skykomish, Including Everett all of the local and short-distance | and other intervening points, took trains are running on schedule time up thelr regular trips today Connections with Tacoma are ac oss Vietoria, October 16, for which oun states, having drid wastes, have recent » 4 mums ranging from $5,000 te The p of the agitation pointed out that Washington has great tracts worthless, and that there are rivers enough in the state to furnish plenty of water for irrigation purpowes The Chamb ¢ Commerce re ferred the matter to the legislative committee. AFTER RAILWAY over the Great Northern and North-| The Northern Pacific will ran tte | ern Pacific roads, and beginning! regular trains to Olympla, Portland, at 2 o'clock this afternoon the ar-|Graya Harbor, South Bend, Taco | rivals from out of town will begin) ma and Puget sound points. The to come in on regular time. Only| VYancpuver express rans north to| | the overiand tains @ agg at @) Maltby only, and the North Rend andatill will be for some] accommodation to Presto po jet It Ig expected that a number off it, WAUKI Wis ‘On the Seattle division of the| ‘elaved ove ay a will arrive) tnrerstate commerce commissioner Northern Pacific the road is clear|'@ Senttle today after © Pp. Prouty and Lane today began an] for the running of trains as far] GaApT. HICKEY ACQUITTED. | examination of Milwaukee railroad north as Preston, and on the main and elev r men, in pursurance of line as far as Maltby. No overland| word + been received from | Senator Follette’s rt trains are running Vietoria that Capt. Mickey of the | present re the Last jon of The Great Northern is operating| Princess Victorian has bee mn. {congress with regard to the al all the regular Seattle and Portland | erated from all ble in connec. | leged mixed grading of grains, and branch trains, and no overland.| ttong with the strand f the Prir lations of railroads and grain lresult of a refusal on the part of! but | was! PAY ONLY ONE CENT DEMAND YOUR CHANGE VOL, 8. NO, 216, SPECIAL EXTRA MAUD CHEFFIELO Ole D _ BY AER OWN FAND | Analysis of Contents of the Stomach Shows the Presence of Strychnine in Sufficient Quantity to Cause Instant Death--Coroner Carroll Will Certify That Woman Tock Her Own Life. bc ‘ € la tor cal a ¢ their report ir t nvestigation is not ye | It ist ntirely complete that enor f din Mrs. | Creffie ath of at least three pers | | The ise to the } cell at a t his bel that she died | of the rh ed some when, at the post " en 3 t exclusive The Star, the } t was found in good tion, at ¢ indications of . became 1 pr ed In view of e result of the investigation it s now believed by the police Mitchell, who n ered her brother, knew all e that it was a case | It is even believed, from tt a at existed be- Mitchell Mrs. Creffield told the vo W girl of her desperate that I's horrified expressions of grief ¢ ng woman's head in her lap were merely a consummate actress. | Esther Mitchell Pleads Ignorance. Esther M on the hoy r, insisted, when seen at the county jail t mm, that she did not know that Mrs. Crefficld killed hers a she even went far as to state that she es not believe it now Mrs. Creffield offen told me that she wanted to die, but I do not believe that she killed herself. She was not afraid of the law. I swear to God that she I would have never i me she was going to kill herseif prevented her.” Despite the girl's denials the police do not believe her, and she will be doubly watched to prevent her from also committing suicide The theory of suicide is correct,” said Prosecuting At- torney Kenneth Mackintosh to aS reporter this afternoon. I shall not order an investigation. That must be ordered by Sheriff Smith. If he needs any assistance, of course my services will be donated.” John F. Miller Doubts It. tant Prosceuting Attorney Miller; who was active- ffield, does not looks Assi ly engaged in the case against Mrs. Cref with favor on the suicide theory “I do not believe that Mrs. Creffield said. “If she did why didn't Esther Mitche boon companions took poison,” he The two were “If Mrs. Creffield did take poison, as the coroner's autopsy intimates, then it must have been given to her the day before she died. Mrs. Levins, Mrs. Creffield’s cousin, who lives on Pike st., was the last rela to visit her. She 4 1 ore she died, which was was with Mrs. Creffield the day bef last Thursday.’ Brother Not Interested. | Frank Hurt, brother of Mrs, Mand Creffield trenoon by a Star reporter and informed of the his sister, stated that he had nothing to say no interest in the report one way or the other When axked to explain how it was possible fc smuggled into Mrs. Creffield’s cell, if it was amugg’ declared this afternoon that It was as great a mystery anybody else We are very careful about sweh things,” he when seen thin af- probable suicide of He appeared to take poison to be Jailer Larsen to bim as to sald nd persons | who are Mable to kill themselves, as well as everyone else, is ly watched all the time they are here | Mrs. Creffield’s rehed only a few days ago, and © ceriain there w son concealed anywhere at that Jailer Larsen insisted that every package cc nz into the jaf? 4, but this is contrary to what daily visitors to ts closely watch the jail have observ VICIDE REPORTED THREE DAYS LATE ~ - e — ——ae CORONER SEARCHING FOR a| A man sent out from the under. takeer’s to take charge of the body PHYSICIAN WHO FAILED TO) was aghast to find it a suicide, and immediately reported it to Coroner REPORT THE SUICIDE OF | Carroll, Deputy Coroner VWiltsie, MRS. ETTA GAGNON. who received the first notification | of the suicide after 3 o'clock yester- a day afternoon, went out to investi gate the ¢ and found no rea- Through the belated information | 80ns for the suicide other than long furnished by an undertaker’s at-| protracted despondency. Why the |tendant, the police have learned/ Woman should have been despond- lthat Mrs, Etta Gagnon, of 911 Con. | ent could not be learned. Her hus necticut st, who died three days | band has be ead for 11 yeare ago, was 4 ricide j Mrs. Gagnon came Seattle a It has developed that Mrs, Gag-| year ago, and has been living with non killed herself by swallowing | her sister, Mra. Nickerson, at Riv carbolic acid, although the physi. | erton, most of the time. At the time j¢lan, who was hurriedly called in of the came to the while the woman was in her death | clt with Mre agony, never reported the case to | Bu have two the coroner or gave the police any | brothers, one working for Swift intimation that anything was | & ( and one a Morans ship w jyard. She wa f age. 4 result Deputy Coroner Wilt | sie has inaugurated an investiga TO ENLARGE SEWERS. tion, but up to the present time the name of the physician in the Th t J t its meet- case has not been learned ing | v jecided to petition Mra. Gagnon took the carbolie | th n or ar ropriation fot acid at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon | enlare he sewer on Second av. }and died at 7 in the evening. No! running ! Pike st., and also report was made even of her death | th e latter running until yesterday afternoon, when w ond ay th of the }the Bonney-Watson company wa ewe re too small to carry off notified by the sister, Mrs. Grace tt age, which as a conse Burke, with whom Mrs. Gagne verflows into the cellars was living at the above addr joining buildings, —-- 25 CENTS PER MONTH