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About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1904)
s TOE OREGON DAILY JOUIiyAIi. PORTLAND. TUES DAY EYEiNTNQ, JANUARY 12, 1904. MASTER OF ILL-FATED VESSEL JS BLAMED Many Believe That His Efforts to Save the Ship Resulted in the Great Loss of Life on the , Gallam Official . Investigation . Joorntl SDMitl Service.) ; Seattle, Wash., Jan. 12. That Capt George Roberts of the wrecked steamer Clallam deliberately threw away tne Jives of the 63 victims of the disaster in . order to save the vessel itself Is the be lief of many of the survivors and of scores of local seafaring men. Captain Roberts is a heavy stockholder in the Puget Sound Navigation company, own. v era of the Clallam, a fact, it is said, Which possibly accounts for the alleged undue pains he took to save the steamer at the expense of human life. f When the matter is probed; by the local - injectors startling disclosures in nnutoil tn h miite. Several local liurvlvors of the wreck are wealthy men, mid it is said they will spare no pains to have the blame for the accident fixed v here It should be. Deckhands, fire' dien and offlcers-r-those who know most about the real cause of the foundering of the vessel will not tell, all they know, even to close friends. They are waiting to give it at the official inves- ligation. U. ''VVi'- '.--r' ;yX; : The Clallam, at the time she was launched, was considered an unusually seaworthy vessel by the underwriters' purveyor, who Inspected her, but that there -was something radically defective lth her construction is ., now the gen eral opinion of seafaring men. Otherwise, how could she spring a leak while smaller vessels rode out the storm? i . . Tbe matter over which the- passen gers are most indignant. '"however, is that Captain Roberts allowed 'the water logged vessel to be towed towards Port Townsend when it was not known' at ft hat minute she might sink. It Is not understood, either, why he did not make for a sheltered spot on the east shore, which' contains many of such places, instead of making for Townsend. All Exhausted. -. ; J j The passengers and' crew, water soaked and exhausted, were working like mad men down in the engine room bail ing out water, and did not expostulate with him. They considered it their duty to work and let him make the orders. But when It was plainly-seen that the vessel was sinking, despite their ef forts, they went on deck. Some of them were on the paint of . signaling them selves to the tug Holyoke. which was towing the vessel, to come " alongside nd take them off. The captain then signaled with an ordinary lantern, but Ms sign was probably not understood. .Then the tug Sea Lion came In sight, and had it not been for her appearance every soul would have gone to a watery grave. She went to tell the Holyoke's master, Captain Hall, to stop towing, upon the request of Captain Roberts. ISy the time she got back the Clallam had sunk. The tug picked up as many survivors as Bhetsould. Whatthe pas sengers would like to know is. Why did not Captain Roberts have the passengers transferred , to the Holyoke when she first got a line to the vessel, three hours before, Instead of Jeopardizing human prompt action of .Capt. John B. Llbby, I manager of the Puget Sound Tugboat company, in sending the two tugs to the Clallam's assistance no lives would have been saved. The Puget Sound NaV' igatlon company, owners of the Clallam, did not ask him to send the tugs to the vessel s assistance. . v Local United States.; Marine Inspec tors Whitney and Turner have not yet set a date for an Investigation of the wreck of the Clallam., It will probably be held, however, inside of two or three weeks. The inspectors are waiting: for the reports of Captain Roberts and Chief Engineer Delauney of the wrecked vessel, which are expected by tomor row. - ' ' - '" . "It wilT6e1mB0SBtbleto"determin the cause of the wreck and the loss of life without a thorough investigation. said Capt L. B. Whitney, inspector of hulls, this morning. "The - reports are very conflicting and r regarding many important matters ' nobody appears to know anything.. "In our investigation we will probe- the matter to the bottom. We will trace every movement of the vessel and every act of her officers from the time she left Port Townsend until she sunk." Local seafaring men are at loss to ac count for the oatastrophe, but it is the opinion of most of them'that either the vessel was defective In her construc tion, or that she , was .:. not properly handled during the storm. Deadlights to Blame, From the statement of Patrick Mad- docks, the firemen who was on duty when the water flooded the steamer through the deadlight under the star board guard abreast ' the engine room, it appears that it was the deadlight which caused nine tenths of the trouble. He says that the broken deadlight was at no time completely plugged up, and that, furthermore, it had been the cus tom to leave it open ever since the Clal lam was launched. . The water commenced to pour In through this port hole at about 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. The Clallam had received such a pounding during her trip that the cargo had shifted to the starboard side and this allowed the water, to come In through the port. An attempt was made to plug the hole with a blanket, but the cloth was Invariably washed out Then a plank was nailed over the hole with spikes driven Into the side of the vessel, but the slap of the waves was so strong that the plank was pounded loose. . - She Then Sank. The vessel then began to sink. Three shifts of men were put to work at the hand-pumps, but the water gained. The engines continued to work until the water was up to the cross heads, or about level with thenaln deck. Mad docks told the engineers that they had better turn back to Port Townsend, but an attempt to turn about was not made until later. ..... When the attempt was made the rud der refused to , act and the vessel floundered into the trough of the sea, From- then on the water came in 'rap- Idly. All - .this occurred; before ' any boats were lowered. The deadlight was seven inches in diameter. The sullen waters of the straits of Juan de Fuca still retain most of their dead. The bodies 'of but IS of that 63 who perished n the wreck of the steamer Clallam Friday have so far been recovered.--oFive of -. these 'were found by the tug Bahada. Eight more corpses were found yesterday near Vic torla, JUST TIRED OF , , L1EE, PROBABLY (Journal Special Service.) Seattle. Wash., Jan. 12. Weary of this worm ana its follies, A. Harlka, a Jap- anese about 30 years of age, committed nan-Karl last Friday afternoon in a room in a lodging house at 308 Fourth; avenue south. The body was i not discovered until late yesterday afternoon. . It was removed to the Bonney-Watson morgue by coroner Hoye's order. monody in the Japanese Quarter seems to know what prompted Harlka to take the "happy dispatch" route made famous by the ancient nobleman of the Chrys anthemum empire. Perhaps he was Just tired of life; perhaps he loved in vain some little brown maid with almond eyeaj-whaps -he-vvaa merely ''broke. Lt At any rate he suspended himself by a convenient piece or clothesline Later, when hanging failed to bring SDeedv dis solution, he disemboweled himself with a razor-edged knife- and cut his own throat Probably if he had had a six- shooter and a battle of cold poison he would have used them, also, but he got results just tne same, The suicide was a stranger to the lodging-house proprietor, who had never had the pleasure of meeting Harlka until he opened the door of the death cham ber today - and bumped against the swinging corpse - j ' , DELEGATE BREAKS HIS SHOULDER C. E. Adams, del era t a tn th Vatinnot Livestock convention from Superior, Neb., has met with an accident that will prevent his being present at the conven tion. His shoulder was fractured and he waa unable to make the trip. Mr. Adams was to have addressed the con vention Wednesdav afternnnn Wl subject. "The Injurious Effects Of a t-acKers' jomoination upon the Growers and Feeders of Livestock." wn. t. nected to , be nnw?fallv . lntMiHnr Nothing definite as yet has been decided id ibks us piace on tne program, but the committee will provide something of interest and importance. DEATH 01M&8S liMU. (Journal Special Service.) -Spokane, Wash., Jan. 13. The death of Miss Louise Harris of this city in the wreck of the Clallam has cast a gloom on society circles here. Satur day evening a large party that had been planned by Miss Grace Slater was abandoned so soon as the news reached this city, and several important social runctions that were to have been held this week have also been abandoned. " Mrs. W. J. Harris, the mother of the girl, could not be kept in Spokane, and at last the doctor gave her permission to go to the sound, although there was little hope of finding the body. A party was made up. of Mrs. George M. Fors ter. Miss Josephine TateS, Mrs. W. J. Harris and her doctor, D. II. 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James Bennett, contractor, 475 Tenth street; Fabian Byerly, druggist, 400 Jef ferson street: Albert Feldenheimer, Jew eler, 1S2 Lownsdale street; George Gard ner, carpenter. 916 Milwaukle street; W. H. Harris, manager Portland Ice com pany, ISO Sixteenth street, N.; E. Kelly. farmer. Pleasant, Home; M. Lavenson. grocer, E68 Salmon street; George W. Lawrence, : harness manufacturer, 121 Fifteenth street, N.; A. C Lohmire, horseshoer, 287 Taylor street; F. J. Alex Mayer, Insurance, , Fifteenth and . Ninth stteet, N.; William H. Pope, pilot, 441 West Park street; W. E. Robertson, hardware, 259 Twelfth street; Charles Seaquest, merchant, 60 Sixth-street: Eugene Shelby, agent W. F. & Co.. 226 Harrison . street; George Taylor, mer chant, 75 Twenty-second street, N. BUBS CUBS TOM FZXJE8. 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With a titter and many blushes she said: -, - .y-.-, "Ah er Mr. . Simpson, they tell us that you don't wear er stockings. Now, we wish to give correct, informa tion to our friends when we return home. Could, or would, you oblige us " Seeing her embarrassment, "Jerry" Interrupted: --"Why, yes, but, you see, throughout my career in congress I have been an ardent upholder of the doctrine of reciprocity " But the woman from "down East" had swept from the room. OAJT SZ1TE AT HOMB. Before Taking- the "Spokane riyer" fox S astern Washington Points. By the new O. R. & N. time card, per sons desiring to take the Spokane Flyer for Spokane, Coeur d'Alene and other Eastern -Washington points can now dine at home (train leaves at 7:45 p. m.) be fore leaving. The "Portland-Chicago Special" now leaves at 8:50 a. m. OUR PLAN : . . . .' w ' 1 ' I " ' 1 " 'l "SAVE FOR A DIAMOND AND WEAR IT WHILE SAVING." THIS IS OUR. PLAN IN, A NUTSHELL. , TO SECURE THE BENEFITS OF OUR LIBERAL CREDIT STSTEM TOU HAVE ONLT TO 1 FEEL THAT TOUR REPUTATION IS'ABO VE PAR. ;NO MATTER WHO TOU ARE OR WHAT'S TOUR OCCU PATION, AS LONG AS TOUR CHARACTER IS GOOD AND TOU DO NOT. ATTEMPT TO ASSUME A LARGER OBLIGA TION THAN TOU CAN EASILT TAKE CARE OF, ' Come to us SELECT A DIAMOND, WATCH,1 JEWELRT OR ANTTHING IN OUR WELL STOCKED ESTABLISHMENT, PAT US A SMALL AMOUNT DOWN AND TOU GET POSSESSION OF TOUR PtfR CHASE; THE. BALANCE TOU CAN PAT LS ON EAST '--yi'' ,'::'f i V .A-ft;'-.' .:; ,' ';'.i.";:':-.yv - ''-T: VceMy or Monthly Payments WITHOUT PATINO AlT VoRE THAN WERE TOU TO PAT CASH AND AT FROM IS TO 25 PERCENT LESS THAN ANT ' . STORE IN THE CITT. " ' " The Portland Loan Office DAN MARX, Prop. 74 Third Street HE SAYS OREGON SHOULD ADVERTISE The livestock delegates appear to be united in their regard for Oregon and Portland. C. E. ' Wautland "Of- Denver, Colo., land agent for the Union Pacific railroad, says: "There is a big move ment of the settlers from Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota to the Western states. The deep plowing and cultiva tion of the soil is reclaiming what was hitherto considered ' arid desert land. In the last six months we have sold (.000,- 000 aores of land in Eastern Colorado alone. The country is fine for stock raising.- Owing to .the favorable climate the stockmen raise but little feed for winter use. "Oregon's population should be much larger than it is. The trouble lies In lack of advertising. If the: state were better known it would receive 1,000 set tlers where it -new- gets- one. - Tha Lewis and Clark exposition and the conventions held her will hn mnA nA. vertlsement for the state and city, so' It is up to the Webf ooters to keep up the good impressions." 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