THE MORNING OREGONIAX, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1921
48 LIVES ARE LOST;
17
BODIES
ID
PASSENGERS ON ALASKA," NEARLY ALL OF WHOM ARE REPORTED AMONG SURVIVORS.
Heroic Captain Stays
Steamer to Last.
on
RESCUE WORK DIRECTED
Of 106 -Survivors Xanded at Eu
reka, 0 6 Are Passengers , and.
70 Are Crew Members.
(Continued From Flrat Pate.)
be lowered. J. H. Mobs and C. L.
Vilin, both of Chicago, said the life -
boat they finally reached had been
ewept off the decks of the Alaska
as the ship settled into the ocean.
Other lifeboats, they declared, never
left their davits and went down with
the ship.
Some passengers said! there was
evidence of panic among the crew.
Others said the passengers remained
the- most calm of those aboard. H.
i 6. Laughlin of Washington, D. C,
' where he is connected with the
United States chipping board, was
quoted to the effect that a man and
wife named .Philippis tried for an
hour to be taken into a lifeboat after
ethey had been thrown off the Alaska
'.into the water. j
t , Heroism Tales Related. !
i The survivors also told tales of
heroism and desperate efforts at
rescue. All praised the efforts of
the officers and crew of the rescue
ship Anyox under Captain Snoddy.
When the Anyox picked up the
first lifeboat and took it3 passen
gers aboard, Second Officer Sin
clair requested permission of Cap
tain Snoddy to take the Alaska's
lifeboat and seek survivors in the
water who were swimming about or
clinging to wreckage. Three sea-!
men volunteered to accompany Sin
clair. They took the lifeboat and
within 30 minutes had rescued 30 '
persons from the rafts and wreck
age, and had put them aboard the
Anyox.
Captain Hobey of the Alaska, the
survivors declared, went down with
his ship. Witnesses said J. H. Moss
of Chicago, who was wearing a life
belt, took it off and told Captain
Hobey to use it to save himself.
These witnesses declared" Hobey
did not respond and walked away.
Lifeboats Are Criticised.
Passengers criticised the Alaska's
lifeboats. It was said some were not
properly manned, had" insufficient
oars and leaked when put into the
water. Many of the survivors left
Eureka tonight, for San Francisco
by train. The remainder expected
to leave tomorrow aboard a special
train which has been arranged for
by officials of the San Francisco &
Portland Steamship company, own
ers of the Alaska.
Authorities announced tonight an
inquest over the bodies of the dead
would be held some time tomorrow.
The Alaska struck the reef, bow
on, in a dense fog, according to the
survivors, and immediately began to
list. The work of launehing the life
boats was accomplished without de
lay or disorder. Three of the boats
successfully rode the waves, but the
fourth capsized, precipitating its oc
cupants into the sea.
Belts Keep Some Afloat.
The greatest loss of life, the sur
vivors saidl resulted from this mis
hap. A few who wore lif e-belta suc
ceeded in keeping afloat until the
boats of the Anyox picked them up.
Of the 166 rescued, 96 were pass
engers and 70 were members of the
crew.
Praise was mutually extended be
tween members of the crew and
passengers. In their stories today of
the scenes following the crash of
the Alaska. Despite isolating terror
of the ship being enveloped in fog, as
ness prevailed among the passengers
the swells dashed against it, calm
and crew.
It was a short time, the Bcant 30
minutes, between the striking on the
rock and the sinking of the vessel.
JJut without signs of disorder the
passengers were helped into the life
boats under calm direction of offi
cers and crew, and were lowered into
the water.
Captain Hobey's heroic direction
of the life-saving was of such a
thrilling example that several men
passengers stayed by him, and the
women and children were taken first
into the boats.
Vessel Plunges Suddenly.
The vessel slowly lifted and then
righting itself suddenly plunged, An
overturned lifeboat shot many pass-,
engers into the water. There was
a half hour of bleak darkness with
the lifeboats' drifting in" the blanket
of fog before the siren of the rescue
steamer Anyox was heard.
Captain Snoddy of the Anyox and
his crew defied the treacheries of
the reef in carrying on the rescue
work, but it was with difficulty that
the wreck victims in lifeboats and
many in life preservers or ciinging
to drifting wreckage were found.
ATI through the night the rescuers
worked, picking up many who had
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Jack Jnknar. Mr. Kxthrr Jkay
and Mliwi Inabrl Jaknay of Oakland,
CaU The mother and danRhter are
reported amoof the aurrlTors. No.
2 1'had Holiinaon, former atndrnt
of Benaon Polytephnie arbnol, chief
quartermaatrr of the Alaska, re
ported ajaonff HUrYlvora. No. tt
Jean I'ltrntKcrald. da'iiRhter of Mrs.
H. J. Fltaserald of niamhfleld. No.
4 tieorice W. Ilnawell, SO ream of
ase, of Von A nKe lea, Cal. He is a
brother of F. W. Duawrll, en North
Tvrenjy-thlrd atreet. No. S Mra. R.
. White, a (ted SO, Portland. No. 6
Mra. Montelie Sprintcatead, Berkeley,
Cal llated irnonr the anrrlvorn. No.
7 Mlaa Evelyn Shipley, OSS Weat
Seventh atreet. l.oa Ana-eleo, Cal. No.
8 J. W. Oli-rer of San Joae, Cal
fnrnitare dealer of that city, who
waa retnrnlna; home following
Bnyera' Week in Portland. No. 0
Mra. J. W. Oliver. No. IO Belty
Jane Tnfta, 4 years old. Garfield,
Wash. No. 11 Fred White. 2 Vt-year-old
aon of Mrs. 11. . White,
Portland. No. 12 Mrs. W. Lu John
son, G4 Xiaat Alder street, Port
land. No. 13 D. W. Martin, second
assistant engineer on the Alaaka.
No. 14 W. L. Johnson, 54 Knst
Alder, atreet, Portland. No. 15
Thomas H. White, attll unreported.
been struggling in the water, cling
ing to wreckage for hours.
One of the last survivors picked
up was little Irene Dyer, a girl not
yet in her 'teens, who had been
clinging to wreckage for more than
eight hours.
Twenty-three of the passengers
and eight of the crew among the
survivors were injured.
Captain on Boat to Last.
Captain Harry Hobey when last
seen was with two passengers. He
was without a life-preserver. One
of the two passengers, George Glenn
of Nebraska, was saved.
Others were 'struggling in the
water. The steamer Anyox, towing
a barge to Vancouver, was 12 miles
distant when the first S.O.S. signals
of the Alaska flashed out.
Anyox Reaches Wreck Soon.
Within an hour the Anyox arrived
at the wreck and, with order that
won high praise from the survivors,
the crew of the Anyox speedily
picked up those who were drifting
in life-preservers or lifeboats.
Through the night other ships
joined in the rescue work.
Twelve bodies were found which,
with the arrival of the Anyox and
a tug bearing the bodies here, left
the unaccounted for at 27 passengers
and four members of the crew.
Eighteen of the injured passen-
Alaska had been wrecked. Miss
O'Brien sent the message from the
Anyox after she had been taken on
board the ship from a lifeboat.
"Thank Goi.- exclaimed Hutch H.
Carlln, When informed in The Ore'
gonian offlca that the early list or
survivors carried the name of his
sister, Helen Carlln of Estac&da. Mr.
Carlln was In Estacada yesterday
morning; when he received word that
the ship on which his sister was a
passenger for San Francisco had been
sunk. He came Immediately to Port
land and haunted all possible sources
of information, until the glad news
came over the wires.
One Coaple Delays Trip.
An eltiveath-hour decision to delay
their return trip to San Francisco
after a week's visit with their
nephew, Lou Wagner, saved Mr: and
Mrs. E. Phillips from being; passen
gers on the iU-fated Alaska.
I had a hunch that the folks better
visit me a little longer so I caused
them to cancel their reservation on
the Alaska." said Wagner yesterday
"They will sail on the Ross City
Tuesday."
Mr. and Mrs. Phillips had recently
came to Portland with Mr, and Mrs.
Wagner Who had been touring Cali
fornia by automobile. ,
Miss Mable Landberg of St. Paul,
Minn., whose name was early recorded
among the survivors, had been visit
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Brons, 48 Bast Fiftieth stfeet.
She was accompanied by two friends.
Miss Ida Carlson and Miss Frances
Bckstrom, also of St. Paul. The names
of these two young women were not
in the survivor list.
Mrs. 1U S. 'Whiteford, who was
saved. Is well known in Portland. She
was at one time employed as a proof
reader for The Oregonian. Later she
took training in St. Vincent's hos
pital. Last October she cared for Dr.
Harry Llttlefleld on a trip to Tucson.
Arlx., where Dr. Llttlefleld died. Re
cently Mrs. Whiteford visited at the
home of Judge E. V. Llttlefleld. Mrs.
Whiteford's husband Is how In Alaska.
Lew White of East Duluth. Minn.,
and T. J. Hoobler of 656 Bush street.
San Francisco, boarded the Alaska at
Astoria, while Miss Catherine Jenkins,
whose address is not known, left the
vessel. A complete check of pas
sengers was made after the steamer
left Astoria and it was found to num
ber 128. The names of White and
Hoobler were not found In the list of
survivors.
Telegraphic Information received
by Mrs. Daniel Helbok, 764 Oregon
street, announced that her daughter,
Mrs. Montelie Sprlngatead, with her
husband had been rescued. The mes
sage was sent by Mrs. Springstead
from Eureka after the landing of the
Anyox. The BpringsteadB live In Spo
kane and Were en route to California
for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Laumelster of
Palo Alto, Cal., escaped being passen
gers on the Alaska by a narrow mar
gin. They had purchased tickets In
Seattle, made reservations on the
Alaska and came to Portland Thurs
day night expecting to leave the
next day for San Francisco. Mrs.
Laumelster, however, wished to re
main in Portland a few days visiting
friend here, so on Friday morning.
just before the Alaska sailed, their
reservations were transferred to tne
steamer Rose City, leaving Portland
today.
Mrs. Esther Jakway, her daughter
Miss Isabel, and son John of Oakland.
Cal., were among tnose rescued, ac
cording to a telegraphic message re
ceived by Mrs. John Butterworth. The
Jakways had been visiting Mrs. But
terworth and were returning home
when the Alaska, "n which they were
passengers, was wrecked.
Mrs. Butterworth Is the mother of
Bernard -J. Jakway, husband and
father, who is now studying interior
decorating In Europe.
OMAHA OOXP-LE ARE SAVED
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Skoglund Send
Message to Friends.
SA! FRANCISCO. Aug. 7. Mr. and
Mrs. J. VV. Skoglund of Omaha, pas
sengers aboard the ill-fated liner
Alaska, were saved, according to a
wireless message, ser.t from aboard
the rescue ship Anyox to friends in
Ban Francisco.
Last night Mr. and Mrs. Skoglund
were Identified as having resided in
Seattle.
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ly Salary of $124.45.
ALBANY, Or., Aug. 7. (Special.)
More girls than boys attain the ad
vanced grade in the" public schools
of Linn county, for while there are
254 more boys than girls enrolled in
the schools of the county as a whole
there are 141 more girls than boys in
the high schools, according to the
annual report of J. W. Miller, county
school superintendent, completed yes
terday. The report discloses that 8004 stu
dents attended the publio' schools of
the county during the past year. Of
this number 4129 were boys and 3S75
girls.
The number of women teachers In
creased from 197 to 214 during last
year. Male, teachers received an
average monthly salary of $124.45
and the women teachers an average
salary of $100.01 a month.
The report shows that the total
value of school grounds and school
buildings in the county is S4K3.S62
and of equipment in the buildings
$65,253.75. Insurance is carried on
school property In the sum of $251,900.
Red Cross Metln Suggested.
GENEVA, Aug. 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The International
League of Red Cross societies has
Issued an appeal to all governments
urging them to participate in a con
ference at Oeneva August IS in order
to study ways and means of reliev-
1 ing the famine-stricken areas of Rus
sia. Praise for the Initiative already
taken by Herbert Hoover, chairman
of the American relief administra
tion, was expressed.
CHEMICAL INQUIRY MADE
Joseph II. Clioate Jr. Witness Be
fore Senate Committee.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 7. Af
fairs of the chemical foundation, pur
chaser of the former German dye
patents from the alien property cus
todian, came under Inquiry yester
day in senate finance committee
tariff hearings with Joseph H.
Choate J:.. counsel for the American
Dyes Institute, recalled to give de
tails of the foundation's activities.
The foundation, he said, never had
refused applications for use of the
patents made by American citizens.
It still controls 4393 of the 4904
patents purchased in February, 1919,
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gers are being cared for in local
hosmtal. and some sassentrers and
several of the crew injured less ,
slightly were in the hands of the
local Red Cross society.
Purser Morgan was severely in
jured, but continued the 'work of
seeing that passengers and crew
were cared for.
Some of the passengers took the
rtight train to San Francisco, but
the great majority remained here
preparing to take a special train,
arranged for departure tomorrow
by ihe steamship company agents.
Search For Mother' Touching.
One of the sad touches In the
wreck was the scene on the Anyox
following the . re-cue of little Irene
Dyer of La Grande, Or. After she had
been floating on wreckage for some
eight hours and then brought on the
Anyox, she plaintively asked for her
daddy and mother.
W. H. Dyer, the father, was found
oil board, but there were none who
had seen the mother. The father
was injured and the sorrowing little
girl choked back her sobs .as she
sought to aid her daddy.
The steamer Alaska started her
final voyage to San Francisco last
Friday with a passenger list of 132
men, women and children and a crew
of S2, an unofficial total of 214
persons.
INQUIRIES LIKE FLOOD
( Continued Frnm Firat Pis.)
hour dry-eyed he waited, then in the
wires carried the word that Betty
Sanders had been rescued.
"That's my niece," said Averlll,
explaining that she "had taken the
name ' of her stepfather. "B u t
mother's name does not appearV'
Averlll Leavea Hopeleaa.
Forlorn and hopeless. Averlll left
The Oregonian office. Soon, how
ever, gladsome news came over the
wires and Mrs. Averlll was reported
safe. Little. Betty, after being in
the water for several hours, was
picked up by a lifeboat crew, taken
-shore and placed In the hands of
a doctor's wife until she could again
be united with her grandmother.
Woods was battling- for ome word
cigars
that might bring happiness to his
mother, who was prostrated in her
home at 326 Chapman street, for Mrs.
R. O. White was a passenger on the
Alaska.
The lists of survivors were scanned
time and time again by Woods. Then
he turned to the list of missing and
found the name of his sister.
"I'm not giving up hope," he said.
"But what am I going to say to moth
er? It will almost kill her if sister is
dead."
There are smiles Instead of tears In
the family of Mrs. L. H. Klistler at
470 Teggert street. Her mother, Mrs.
Merena Walde and her niece, Miss
Nubia Seyden, were passengers on the
Alaska. The following telegram ar
rived from Eureka late last night:
"Granny and I are safe and Well.
Arrive in Eureka this morning. and
will arrive home (San Francisco),
at 8:15 A. M., Monday. Don't worry.
Nubia."
RELATIVES ARE HAPPY
(Continued From First Pae.)
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Why Shouldn't We?
From the Dally Record - Abstract, Portland, Jaly 27, 1921.)
A .Message to Oregon State Board
of Control and Other State, City
and County Officials
The State of Washington has a
newly created body known . as the
department of business control, whose
director is T. E. Skaggs, with offices
at Olympia, Wash. The department
Is empowered with the administra
tion and purchasing of all materials,
the letting of contracts' etc., for the
following Institutions: Western State
Hospital, Eastern State Hospital,
Northern State Hospital. State Custo
dian School, State Soldiers' Home,
Soldiers' Colony, Washington Veter
ans' Home, State chool for the Deaf,
State School for the Blind, State Peni
tentiary, .State Training School. State
School for Qirls and State Reforma
tory. According to a statement issued by
Mr. Skaggs. no firm, not a resident
of the- State of Washington, has a
chance to secure a contract or to
furnish supplies. In a letter ad
dressed to the Record-Abstract, under
date of July 25, Mr. Skaggs states:
"We beg to say that we do not ad
vertise out of our state, nor Is It
probahle that we will award a con
traot to a bidder outside the state."
Recently the Oregon State Board of
Control awarded a contract to a
Montana firm for a $150,000 hospital
to be built at Pendleton; a Boise firm
secured the contract for the $100,000
auditorium to be built at The Dalles,
and other large building projects
were given to Washington contrac
tors, regardless of whether they were
residents or non-residents.
What we want Is reciprocity, and
If the Washington officials exclude
Oregen contractors and business
houses from participating in their
business, Oregon officials, too, must
take similar action and exclude
Washington firms from participating
In the business being done by our
public Institutions. The proposition
can wo;k both ways and immediate
action must be taken.
Any official who wishes to ascer
tain for himself can view" the letter
which is now on file at the offices
of the Dally Record-Abstract.
When equal or preferred chance is given to Oregon-made products in
doing work and letting contracts, by so much it helps 'those who are
employed to retain their job's.
If Oregon products are not favored somebody will get laid off and add
to the unemployed.
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