The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 8, 1921, Page 7

> INTO GULCH 4 “Women Die in Accident on Mountain Road; 5 Others Hurt } Two.women were killed and five “persons were injured when an auto in Which they were returning from a Visit to Mt. Rainier Sunday night @rashed over the side of the Moun “Win Dighway between Alder and Elbo, plunging over 100 feet into Nis —Qually canyon. ‘The dead are: Mrs. A. B. Boos, Jr. 263 42nd ave. S W., and Mrs, Roger , TAIT Beach drive. injured persons are: Mins HUA 7416 Third ave. N. W.; James ®. Delaware, 7515 18th ave. w Griver of the car; Roger Wiley, hus Band of Mra Wiley, who was killed, @nd Margaret and Robert Eooss, | children of Mrs. Beoss. 4 Delaware, Wiley and the two chil. “dren were thrown from the car to the Toad and did not follow the car in its Plunge into the canyon. “Wiley | folled partly down the hill, but stop ‘Ped himself before taking the death e Delaware was driving the car, In _ attempting to pass another car, about § p m.,, he became blinded by dust. _ Losing conta! of the car, it swerved ‘and hurled off into the canyon, car. Gown an avalanche of debris ‘ it buried the car after it struck _ bottom. Five hours were necessary to clear the wreckage and bring out | the dead Miss Word is in Eatonville hospital, from injuries that may : fatal. Delaware, Wiley and children returned to Seaitie. They @re not seriously hurt. eee Mother Badly-Hurt but Saves Her Baby | *Thrown headiong into a high em- Dankment when ber auto collided . | it came, Dupray was unable to get nm, 934 30th ave., skidded, striking the ear and plunging into the Bt 1th ave. and E. Madison st. Mrs. Bates was thrown from the ar with her 6-month-old baby tn her it from injury. She was rush- to the hoggital by Mrs. Sampson. jdottom of the vessel crew, recruited -}to take yher farther out Then came the crashing and ripping Here’s More About Captain Hayy Hobey went down with his ship, when the treacherous fingers of the reef ripped open the | The Alaska went down tn 30 min utes, her wireless calling for help to the last, amid scenes of disorder, a partly green during the marine strike, bungled the launching of some of the lifeboata. For two hours Saturday night the survivors floated around the scene of the wreek in lifeboats and on wreckage, while the steamer Anyox rushed thru the fog to. their rescue. The Anyox saved aif of the sur vivers who were brought to shore. Most of the surviver in a pitiful congition, had been picked up from the wreck- age, Nearly all were drenched in fuel off from the bursting of the vessel's tanks, On the heels of the Anyox, bearing the living, came the tug Ranger bear ing 12 shrouded bodies on her deck A fisherman's amack later slipped ato the harbor with five more bodies and two empty life boats picked up hear the scene. . Speed competition between coastwise vessels was blamed in marine circles for the Alaska disaster, as well as for most of the other half hundred wecks which have strewn the reefs and headlands of the Pacific during the last 20 years, In order io save time, constwise passenger ships hug close to the tereacher. ous shoreline, instead of keeping weil ont to sea, When the treacherous fog of Sat urday night crept down over the Pa cific, Captain Hovey lost sight of the flashing signals of lighthouses that dot the dangerous coast. Nervously, according to Serond Mate Dupray, who waa on watch with Captam Hobeg the captain called him to the bridge and together they attempted to determine the ves sel's position, They were aware of the nearness of Blunt's reef. Twice they altered the vessels Position in an effort to keep clear of the reef. Captain Hovey thought he heard the warning whistle of the Blunt's reef Lightship and sent Dupray to the sounding instruments in an ef- fort to locate from what direction Down Wit “I am going down with this ship, | but if you do what I tell you, no body will go down but myself!* that These are the words attributed to| Captain Harry Hobey, master of the | Wrecked steamship Alaska, as he mounted the bridge to oversee the work of rescue a few moments after | bis Vessel struck Thru his megaphone Captain Ho-| bey directed the crew and alloted Passengers to the lifeboat, the while | encouraging them to keep up their] BUREKA, Cal, Aug. 8,—Scorea ‘of women and dosens of tiny children who were on the ill-fated steamahip | Alaska when she crashed owe their | lives today to the herole efforts of Mra, Grace Campbell, stewardess, | The cabins were filled with women and children when the vease! struck. | Dazed and bruised, mothers and babes were hurled to the floor by the! hoping to give a finger hold to any who might become fright. ened and jump. dohn R. Clarke, of Escalon, said two of the lifeboats on the port side of the vessel plu end long into the water, the passen- gers being dumped into the ocean. Another boat was report ed left hanging by one end at a perilous angle, when » heavy wave crushed it against the side , of the veasel, Most of those who perished were in two boats, 4. F. Griffith, water tender, expresse@ the belief that many pervons may have been killed by blows recelved in the poor handling of the of the fe boats rather than by drown- ing. fn accurate bearing on the faint, funereal whistle that momentarily sent out ite mournful warning. AGAIN ALTER COURSE; THEN CAME CRASH Dupray hurried to the bridge and infgrmed the captain of his inability to locate the whistle. They again altered the position of the Alaska } sea. In 30 minutes the Alaska, its ster hold filled with water, slik back ward off the reef, and plunged from aight. CAPTAIN LAST SKEN ON BRIDGE OF SHIP Captain Hovey was last seen on the bridge of his vensel, The good people of Bureka, to whom foundered vensels and sea dis- asters are already an old stpry, turned their dttention to caring for the survivors, Tn the modest homes of this sea faring town, the wufters were fed, | warmed, bather and put to bed. as ‘the bottom of the vessel forward was torn out. Water poured into the hold tn « gushing flood. The veasel lurched and began to settle. Startled rushed from their state rooms onto the darkened .| The scene at the wharf when the decks. Amid the cries of the terror. nm and the noise of sharp |A8YOX arrived with the survivors called orders, the passengers donned | 84 * typical-one of this wreck-wise lifebelts and took their positions by | ‘> the lifeboats. a ®Y |" Doctors and nurses were at the The ship besan to fist and the| Pier. ambulances were on hand and choppy pe get the reef licked | %0res of antomobiles were waiting. higher and higter on the vensel’s| .4* ‘he ship neared the dock cheer STEAMSHIP ALASKA SINKS Captain Hobey Goes ‘Brave Stewardess Heroine of Wreck THE SEATT Starts on Page 1 h His Ship morale, And, true to the tradition of the sea, he went down with his ship. Captain Hobey was a veteran navi gator on the Pacific. For more than 26 years he had the waters of | this During the war he served on al pita be i ships, mak. ing several trips to the Orient He came from ingland to country steamer G and since then had commanded r different Captain Hobey’s relatives live in England, He waa unmarried this on the mne, terrific shock, Mrs, Campbell, for getting hor own danger, rushed down the decks, opening door after door. “Put on your life preservers and mather at the rail,” she ordered. “All will be welluf you keep cool!" Th & short time the cabins were de sorted. There was no panic among the passengers, due largely to the quick wit and herote work of Mra Campbell. Where Ship Hit | of Garfield, Wash. . Betty’s parents Uve In Los Angeles. “Mont of thove in the howpitais are suffering from shock, exposure, chill | oll and salt water,” said Dr. John T hausted, half-clad wreck victims who ee teed eect, “Se ne | Were huddied on the deck. PRACTICALLY NOTHING SAVED FROM WRECK Practically nothing was saved from the wreck. Probably nore than half of those aboard were in their bertha when the ship struck, and they had little time to dress. Some managed to save their money and Valuables, but the majority landed in Eureka destitute, Today preparations were being made to take the survivors to San Francisco. “I floated for bours—it seemed is tos bit of wreck. age that would hardly hold niy weight,” said Jensen. Finally saw another man on @ larger bit ~of wreckage, and 1 made for him. He was seriously in clinging to my piece of wreck- age until we were rescued.” “I never saw anything that looked 80 good in my life as did the hull of the Anyox when it came in sight,” |xaid Harold Schoeave, of Wallace. ‘idaho, “It meant safety, and that was what we were thinking of.” Little Betty Sanders, of Garfield, Wash., 4, floated on the oll-covered surface of the sea thruout the night Clad only in a life preserver and a blanket, she was picked up at dawn Sunday, numb and near dead from expowure by the coast guard crew and brought aboard the Anyox Little Betty ran the risk of being petted to death before shé waa final ly landed safely in a hospital here, where she is reported doing nicelf. Betty does not know, however, that [her grandmother, with whom she was traveling, is among the missing. Her grandmother was Mrs. Averill, The Injured EUREKS,* Cal, Aug. %— LUNN Among the su®vivors who are re- ported to have been injured on the Alaska are the following Nathan Bass, San Francisco, ¥, Carlson, crew, W. IL Dyer, La C. A. Dyer, Jr, Frona Erker, address unknown Pure White Lead Was $15.50 per 100 Ibs. Now $11.75 per 100 Ibs. Boiled Linseed Oil Was $2.56 per Gallon. Now $1.14 per Gallon Acme Quality Mixed Paint Was $5.50 per Gallon. Now $3.65 per Gallon Acme Eclipse Floor Varnish Was $5.00 per “Gallon. Acme Great Lakes Spar Varnish Was $6.75 per Gallon, Now $5.10 per Gallon lity Duro-Enamel Was $5.00 per Gallon. Now $4.10 per Gallon ALL OTHER PAINT PRICES REDUCED ACCORDINGLY OVNOSHUATAALAEAUU UATE Acme Qua’ A. J. Franklin, Seattle, Michael Fulze, crew, Germano Goldenford, crow. Mrs. F. Gilligan, San Francisco, Mrs, dJakway, Oakland, Mrs, Thomas Jobnson, Brook- Y. A. Kruth, Portland. A. Livingston, San Francisco, Carrie Lange, Portland. Michael Maher, crew, B. Martin, crew, . G, W. Owen, Hayward, Cal, Ed Ostiff and wife, Portland, fB. Parker, crew. ¥, J, Richards, Portland, Ore, J, Stone, Oakland, Cal, Owen Terlin and wife, Indian- Y apotis. J. Wyzansky and wife, Port land, Ore. ©, Wright and wile, Deauville, N. Jd Jd. 3, Ytert, crew, San Fran- Now $3.80 per Gallon UGETTUGHUEVUEERUULECEGREOUAGROEREGEESUEUUEREREAAUGRUAECAREGRUOE EERE ae Chain, Red Croas physician. ‘The great interest here today tr in the inquest and the official in- Yeatigation which will attempt to determine the wause of the wreck SHOULD HAVE .MISSED REEF BY MILES The point where the Alaska went ashore lies jnside the Blunt's reet Ughtsbup, which should have been missed by a matter of miles had the Alaska been properly navigated, according to mariners. ‘The nea was calm Saturday night, but there was a heavy fog which resulted in the Alaska’s navigators losing their bearings. E. D. Duprey, second officer, t» said to have declared that no sound ings were taken. The fact that the ship was inside the light#hip's po sition is probably the reason that Dupray, on the port side of the veasel, was unable to locate the lightship's foghorn, which was ac tually to starboard as it turned out. Numerous rumors, none of which could be traced to any reliable foun dation, were circulated regarding the nts preceding the wreck ‘The rumor that was given the most emphatic denial by the crew was one to the effect that Captain Hovey was dancing gaily with a young lady passen. ger when the wreck occurred, The surviving officers, aw well a ‘large number of passengers em phatically state that the captain was at his post of duty ‘The exact story of what led up to the disaster may never be known for Captain Havey of the Alaska | stood on the bridge as the ship po i on the rocks, and to the last directed the frantic efforts at rescue until the vessel careened to star board and plunged into the ocean's depths. PASSENGER SEES CAPTAIN GO INTO THE SEA “I was standing near the captain | Aa the boat went down,” declared J H. Moss, of Portland, Ore., a res cued passenger, “I saw him go into the sea. He had no life belt and I know he was drowned.” Nobody seems to know how many | of the piasengers and crew were | still aboard the vegsel when it took its final plunge. Accounts of the fate of the life boats and ‘the number launched also vary. Members of the crew stated that 11 boats were launched and that two of them, on the port side, cap nized. As fast as the boats were success fully launwhed—All save the two or possibly three that were poorly handled and plunged their passen g@rs into the sea—they put off to ward the open sea hoping either to reach the Blunt's reef lightship or | that some vessel would answer the | Alaska’s wireless call for help and | pick them up. “Mrs. J. M, Albert, of Portland Ore., wife of the fourth officer of the ship, i# probably the most seri ously injured," Red Cross Physician Chain said. She suffered from a| dislocated shoulder. ‘The other in: | jured will pull out in a day or so, | veral children were included | among those in the hospitals ) A new check of the passen- ger and the @rew list made it practieally definite todny that the list of missing and dead will total probably 37, and at |most daring and competent skippers LE GREAT FOREST | FIRE RAGING 60 Houses Lost; Livestoof Killed JOHN, N summer TAR 8.—-Eindan: | farm | BR, Aug homes 8T. gering propertios along the St" John river today, | and A great forest fire raced Sixty houses are known to have} been destroyed. killed. Many persons bad narrow escapes Some livestock was | from death. Motor boats and automobiles are | being used by the summer campers | in fleeing from the rapidly approach: | ing fires People in summer resorts down the river were making tions for moving. The lows ber lands will be enormous, sald. further prepar: | in tim: | It was) any rate under 40, it by be lieved. Today the last vessels which stood by during the wreek and aided tn the rescue, steamed away Hope of picking up more bodies | vietima on the surface weter | Blunt's reef has n aban | of near a a EXPECT BODIES WILL BE WASHED ASHORE In the few days to come it ts ex pected that corpses will wash ashore | and be picked up by the guards and patrols, who will remain along the shore on day and night vigtia, More than half the survivors of the wreck wer en route to San Francisco today, having left by the morning train. They will arrive in San Francisco at 7:36 this evening Rome 60 others will remain until tonight's train, and will arrive in San Franciseo early Tuesday morn- ing. Scatteting members among wurvivors who are efill suffering} from shock and expomure, and those | who were injured, wil! remain in| the horpital here for a few days. } ee . Steward’s Widow Seattle Resident Altho many persons who appear in | the passénger let of the ill-fated steamship Alaska are listed as from | Seattic, none of their names is in| the city directory. aries Dehne, however, chief steward, who lost his life, ie survived by hin widow, who lives at 203 10th ave. N J. M. Callfas, chief engineer, was! formerly a Seattic resident, living at | the Zamora apartinents, 1120 Ninth Captain Snoddy, master of the res ue ship Anyox, in rated one of the! the | sailing out of Vancouver, B.C. eee Charges Against Crew to Be Probed| SAN FRANCISCO, Aur, 8.—Im- mediate investigation to determine cause of the Wreck of the iN-futed pasenger ship Alaska, with the loss of many livgs, will be made by local inspectors of hulls and boilers, Thos. J. Dolan and F. J, Turner. The in- vestigation will be under immodiate supervision of Capt, J. K. Bulger, #u pervising inspector for thie district. Capt. Bulger said today ali charges by passengers of incompetence on the part of officers and crew will be thoroly probed Bodies of Soldier Dezd Here by Oct. 1 WASHINGTON, Aug. $.-—All bod les of our soldier dead will be re- turned from Europe by October 1, the war department estimates, The work of bringing the remain- ing bodies from France is nearing completion rapidly, officials state. Instructions hi gone out to corps area commanders to furnish suitable escorts and firing squads for the fumerala on request of relatives of the men who made the big sacri fice, This order was issued following complains of the refusals of com manding officers to furnish proper] honors. Rescue eg aie Is Seattle Vesssel From 11:30 p. m. Saturday until | 6 a. m, Sunday, the steamship | Anyox, operated by the Seattle firm of James Griffith & Sons, worked picking up survivors of the wrecked steamship Alaska. Altogether the Anyox saved 65 members of the crew and 95 passengers. The Anyox was built in Seattle, She left San Francisco late Friday for Vancow ver, 5. C. Her master is Cupt. 8. | Snoddy. ° EUREKA,/Cal, Aug. 8 This was the signal which Harold G. Perry, 18-year-old Ban. Francisco boy, wireless operator of the ill starred Alaska flashed out to the’! vemels of the Pacific when the| steamer ran onto Blunt's reef. A short description of the catastrophe was added, then again: “SO8"—"SOB." Despite the confusion and dark ness afd the danger of imminent death, Perry stuck to his post until tit waters engulfed the vessel . “$08.” ’ LLOYD GEORGE 4 New Shipment of Women’s Fiber Silk Sports Jackets at $5.75 FINE, close weave of tricolette fashions these good-looking Tuxedo Jackets, in plain or drop- stitch weave, Featured in Tomato, Gold, tose, Copen- hagen, Navy and Black, and in sizes 34 to 46, at an attractive- ly-low price — $5.75. 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He wanted to reserve quarters for a number of hia men How far is your inn from the 7! | | |Saves Peace Negotiatia by Releasing Prisoners Searceit a BY ED L. KEEN | (United Press Staff Corre: rf LONDON, Aug. 8.—Great Britain: | moved swiftly today to prevent break in the Irish peace negotial ‘ Sinn Fein threates, even'tho were unofficial, to break the truce: The statement that he would not Then, tearing off his headpiece Weeks place?” Jervis asked, | John J, McKeown, Dail Birann m and leaving his instruments he plunged into the sea with his chum. Milton Bauder, of Los Angeles, who had been by his side thruout. They were caught In the swirling sucking as the Alaska went atpend the tonference aroised keen interest here and in England, where it was cabled immediately Shortly before 3 p.m. the premier’s secretary issued a formal statement denying tHe first announcement. No “From whose place?” the pro: |) ber, was not released from prison, prietor queried | brought immediate action, : “Weeks, Weeks,” Jervis repeat- || McKeown, it was stated, will be re “John W. Weeks. Don’t you || leased to join other members of the ‘Sinn Fein parliament in discussing | the British proposals, ame the answer, “the |further details were made public. — | eee and down but water, They floated around for two hours until rescued by the Anyox—which had heard Perry's signal and rushed to the rescue managed to keep above WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. — The state department today received al communication from China accept: | ing the American proposal of No- vember as the date for the opening lof the Washington disarmament and Pacific conference a Replies to this proposal were awaited today by Secretary of State | Hughes from Japan and Italy, all Today in Congress FES sag powers having officially SENATE Finance: commttes remumes near. || Orla Can’t Think wig, om chemical seneduies of taritt 1) With Bobbie Burns! bill Senator Sterling plans week final || sph world,” declared Rev. Ralph | | Magee, pastor of the First Methodist | Episcopal chureh to his congregation Sunday night, “has never learned to | | with Robert Burns, ‘A man's a| man for a’ that.’ But God,” he con tinued, “has no greater respect for bluebloods than for the beggar.” regarding #enatorta DUSK committee con work 6f Ing tax revision was a.fellow around here by the |) name of Weeks, but I think he got some kind of a job dofn at Washington.” Highwaguus Flees as Revolvers. Pop A lone highwayman who Saturday night held up Ted Dunpher, of the Dunpher Drug Co., 5901 Phinney ave, escaped with $50 taken from the cash register, after a fusillade of bullets had been fired at him. He is believed to have been wounded, after he had fired twice at his pursuers, and escaped in a small auto. EMIL F. SIMMINGER—Parents of Emil F. Simminger, who are at Fort Wayne, Ind, are very anxious to hear from their son, Care was taken to make it plain that McKeown will be released, not because of the Irish threat, but bee cause the government promised that | all_members of parliament would be freed, A Ra aS DUBLIN, Aug. §.—Ten imprisoned |members of the Irish parliament | were released today, in ace % with the British promise gto permit them to discuss peace proposals, ‘The men were freed from the in- | ternment camp at Curragh, \American Prisoners Coming From Russia WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.—Amerk | caus who have been in prison in Ruse | sia may eross the border today, offt- | cials here believe, ‘The prisoners are on their way to ‘the frontier, the state department understood, on the basis of advices it hag received, C