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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. -. ;
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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. B. Luhn.
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FIFTEEN MORE
DRAWN ON JURY
The names of 16 persons eligible for
Jury service were drawn before Circuit
Judge Cleland yesterday for the pur
pose of partly filling the panel which had
been reduced to 34 by the excuses
granted by the court on the ground of
sickness in the families of the talesmen.
The IS drawn were: .
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.
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cause itching, this form, as- well as
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles are
cured by Dr. Bo-san-ko's Pile Remedy, i
Stops itching and bleeding. - Absorbs tu- j
mors. 60c a Jar. at druggists, or sent
by mail. Treatise free. Write me about
your case. Dr. Bosanko, Phil'a, Pa. .
-A Suggestion..
them over, it necessary, and look at the
origni siae oi mem. . - -,.
JERRY. SIMPSON :
AND RECIPROCITY
Everybody has heard of "Sockless"
Jerry Simpson, one time congressman
from Medicine Lodge. Kan. Many are
tne stories told of this versatile stock
man's contempt for anything but shoes
to cover his feet, and he has been the
butt of many a Joke in which socks play
a part. .-.
One woman at a dinner party attended
by the former congressman, when- she
learned who? he was. presented htm with
a long silken stocking, remarking: "He
snouia nave a napkin." ,
v Another story is told" Of a New Eng.
land school ma'am's interview with the
Kansan. 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
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"SAVE FOR A DIAMOND
AND WEAR IT WHILE
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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, '
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SELECT A DIAMOND, WATCH,1 JEWELRT OR ANTTHING IN
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CHASE; THE. BALANCE TOU CAN PAT LS ON EAST
'--yi'' ,'::'f i V .A-ft;'-.' .:; ,' ';'.i.";:':-.yv - ''-T:
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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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