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CAPTAIN ZIM MOORE AND
NINE OTHERS LOSE LIVES
—L A T E R—
< By Associated Press)
SEATTLE, Aug. 2t>.—Ten people were drowned on the
Sampson including C aptain Zim Moore. Eight ot the
drowned were members ol the crew and the other two
were passengers, none of whom are tor Seward al
though the name of one of the lost passengers has not yet
been discovered. The only passenger w hose name is
among the lost is J. Byrne who would probably have been
saved had he not been burned by an oil explosion which
took place following the collision.
The other members of the crew who lost their lives
are: Third Ollicer L. Cocams, Wireless Operator W. E.
Ricker, Stewardess M. C ampbell, Seaman ( . Marquad,
W atchman A. Sater, C hief Engineer Allen J. Noon and
Messboy J. B. W illiams.
C aptain Moore refused to leave the ship even though
he could have probably reached safety before his vessel
went to the bottom, hut he declined to stir, evidently be
lieving that others were still aboard and that it was his
duty to remain to the last. He disappeared as the Samp
son disappeared but in the hurry incident to the disaster
the full details of his last moment are lacking.
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LAST TO JUMP IS SON OF SFAVARI) MAN
(By Albert G. Stamm)
SEATTLE, Aug. 26.—Among the last to jump from
the Sampson before she went beneath the water was
George Peterson of ( entralia who was on the way to visit
his father Rudolph Peterson at Seward.
He jumped with Miss Claire Buor, a school teacher ol
Juneau, who had become hysterical and had refused to
jump alone although ropes were thrown to her from the
Victoria.
The Princess immediately after the collision had her
screws reversed and went to work with a will to save all
that could possibly he rescued. The work was done with
dispatch hut with calmness, according to the meager re
ports which have reached the city. Accounts differ as to
the whole occurrence. Most of the passengers first knew
of the collision when they felt the impact of the blow, say
the reports, hut several hours will elapse until the full
truth is known, and the facts in their full truth may not
be ascertained until an investigation has been made into
the whole affair.
In the meantime further reports are awaited. Captain
Moore was well known here, particularly among Alaskans
and his death has caused a shock to a large circle of
friends. The lost chief engineer was also well known in
shipping circles and his death is mourned by many.
The weather was exceedingly foggy and smoky and to
this is due the accident. As to whom the blame should
rest on nothing can be said at present.
People are inclined to blame the Victoria but anv such
verdict might be too hast} until the facts have been fully
ascertained.
SEATTLE, Aug. 2b.—(Associated Press Dispatch).—
The Admiral Sampson, hound for Alaska with fifty-six
passengers and a crew of sixty-five, was sunk in a fog this
morning by a collision with the ( anadian Pacific liner
Princess Victoria at Point No Point, twenty-five miles
north of Seattle, and is a total loss.
The Princess Victoria is uninjured and, according to
the reports at present, she saved most of the passengers
and crew of the Sampson.
The collision took place during thick fog and smoke but
the full facts connected with the occurrence are not yet
known.
The Sampson and the cargo which she had aboard at
the time she sank were valued at two hundred thousand
dollars.
ANOTHER REPORT
(By Albert G. Stamm)
SEATTLE, Aug. 2b.—It is unknown how many have
been saved from the Sampson yet although it is reported
that the Victoria has picked up most of the passengers
and crew. The vessel is a total loss and Seattle is now
awaiting further news of the catastrophe.
The following people were aboard the Sampson for
Seward when the collision took place:
For Seward—W. Goodrich and wife, George Peterson,
G. Bryant, Miss Hendrickson, Miss Forgy, Mrs. Driscoll.
The following were aboard for Knik:
Mrs. Greenwal and William Martin.
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—Latest —
S THRKK passknokrs lost
I
SKATTLK, Aug. 26.—The lat- |j;
| est accounts, recened late this
afternoon of the Sampson wreck, \
show that three passengers were i|
lost, making eleven entirely. One
of them. A. L. Hutton, a tourist
.from New York, died after his
arrival in Seattle from hums re
v ceived in the accident.
The other was (I. W. Hryant. a |
[I painter and not Hyrne. The third
is Mrs. Ruby Banbury, the wife ;
of a clerk in Seattle ollice of the
1 Brand Trunk railroad.
Most of the sur\i\ors were ta
ken over the rail to the Victoria
but some jumped o\erhoard and |
| were picked up by the Victoria’s
lifeboats. Many passengers were
|i asleep when the accident occur- |
red and several escaped partly
1 clothed.
I NEW PH Tl RE SHOW
SOON TO HE READY
Messrs. Eabaree and Xuzum have
taken the store formerly occupied by
Crank Cotter next to the Overland ho
tel and will soon open therein their
new picture show. They have made
arrangements for the latest and best
hints obtainable and promise Seward
that the people of this city have a
tirstdass treat in store for them.
1’reparations are now beinjj made as
fast as possible by Mr. Eabaree and
■ Mr. Nuzum to enter into their ac
tivities in their other lines and in
them they will have the assistance of
Mr. Koontz.
RICKER W \S ON DOR \
Walter Ricker, the wireless opera
tor of the Sampson who went down
with the ship, was first operator on
the Dora before she went to Seattle
this year for repairs. He was well
known to several people in Sewa**d.
WHO PASSENGERS WERE
The Mrs. “Greenwal" mentioned in the passenger list
of the Sampson is Mrs. Greenwalt, wile ol Dan Green wait
of Knik. Mr. Greenwalt was in Seward when the news ar
rived of the loss of the Sampson and. naturally, the shock
was a severe one. He has been busy all day trying to ob
tain definite news. The message which came to the Gate
way telling that the Princess Victoria had saved most ol
the passengers and crew relieved the tension somew hat.
Miss Forgy, another passenger, is the school teacher
who was on the way to take a position in the Seward
school.
William Martin is a well-known Seattle lawyer and is
the owner of the Martin mine in the Willow creek district.
It has been supposed that the Mrs. Driscoll mentioned
is a member of the family ol Dennis Driscoll hut Mr. Dris
coll said this morning that he had received no word that
his wife was coming.
The Sampson was a ship of 2.2(53 tons gross tonnage.
She was 300 feet long by 3(5 feet beam and 25 feet depth.
She was a double bottom, twin screw steamer with a steel
hull and was fitted with collision bulkheads.
Her captain was Captain Zimro Moore and her purser
was T. J. Kehoe.
The Princess Victoria was one of the Canadian vessels
that make the triangular run between Seattle, Vancouver
and Victoria. She is very fast and her engines w ere built
for a war cruiser so that hitting the Sampson head on she
must have dealt a tremendous blow.
The names of the other passengers for Seward are not
familiar to the oldtimers here and it is regarded as likely
that they are strangers although it is possible that some
of the names got mispelled in transmission, something
which often occurs without blame to anyone.
Wayne Rlue. the popular agent at Seward for the
company, received the intelligence first from the Gateway
and, naturally, received a shock. Captain Moore is well
known here and well liked. He has been on the run since
1910 and is known as a careful navigator. The Canadian
boats travel on the sound on schedule time and find a high
rate of speed necessary to keep their engagements.
As reported in the Gateway yesterday the weather in
Seattle and its vicinity has been very cloudy and foggy for
some time and to this fact the disaster to the ship is evi
dently due.___
RUSSIANS TAKE GERMAN GUNS
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26.—The Germans are re
treating in east Prussia before the Russians and have left
behind them one hundred pieces of artillery which have
fallen into the hands of our troops. The German retreat
is in the direction of Osterode, an important town on the
river Drewenz. The Russians now occupy the whole of
the eastern and the southern part of east Prussia. Be
yond Osterode, however, is the river Vistula crossing the
whole east Prussia peninsula and along the hanks of that
river are several powerful forts on which, no doubt, the
Germans depend to hold the Russian army in check until
they can dispatch a more powerful army to the eastward.
The east Prussia peninsula at that point is less than 100
miles across but the great river traverses the entire dis
tance in the face of the Russian advance and the forts are
about twenty miles apart. They were evidently built for
just such a contingency as that which now exists.
AUSTRIA DECLARES WAR
AGAINST THE JAPANESE
FRENCH DEFEAT GERMANS
LONDON, Aug. 26.—Reports arriving this afternoon
say that the Germans in northern France suffered a se
vere repulse at the hands of the French on Tuesday. I he
German force in that place delivered an attack on the
French frontier hut were repulsed and retired all along
the line. From this report it is taken here that the defeat
of the allies by the Germans was by no means so disas
| trous as the German reports stated and that the French
are still holding their own, at least in some parts ot the
vast theater of action. Further news is eagerly awaited
as it is supposed that general lighting is still proceeding
along the whole line.
RUSSIANS STILL ADVANCE
PARIS, Aug. 20.—Unconfirmed reports state that the
Russians have now occupied Halcnberg, twenty-seven
miles south of Danzig near the Vistula river. This would
mean that they have advanced more than 100 miles from
the Russian border into the territory of the enemy and
have brought their right wing in a straight line with the
Polish border to the south.
GREAT RUSSIAN HOST ADVANCING
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26—'The Russian general
staff announces that the Russian invasion of Prussia and
Galicia continues uninterruptedly along a wide front.
While the Russian right wing is invading Prussia and the
left wing is invading Galicia in Austria the Russian cen
ter is marching with terrible force on Posen in the center
of the Polish-German frontier. At least half a million
men are included in this host which extends for a total dis
tance along the German and Austrian frontiers for more
than 200 miles. It is known that the Austrians are mass
ing in great force on the PoPsh borders and to them chief
ly will be entrusted the task of meeting the Russian on
slaught as the German main armies are employed on the
French frontiers and cannot spare a sufficient force to
hope to meet the armies of this nation with any fair
chance of winning. Most of he Austrian power, however,
will face our troops and a g eat battle is looked for.
BRITISH DEMAND SURRENDER
LONDON, Aug. 26.—The German authorities in the
German colony of Togoland, West Africa, have offered to
capitulate to the British on terms but the British officer
in command has demanded an unconditional surrender
and declares that ht will be satisfied with nothing less.
Immediately after the commencement of the war British
forces were landed in the colony and succeeded in cooping
up the garrison which is said to he in dire straits.
DECLARES WAR AGAINST JAPAN
PARIS, Aug. 26.—Fulfilling her vow to stand by Ger
many in all things and to make Germany’s enemies her
own the Empire of Austria last evening formally declared
war against the empire of the mikado.
That Austria cannot get in touch with the Japanese
anywhere is probable but she has declared war that she
i.ig>:t show exactly where she stands in relation to the
'cn ;ans whom she thanks for coming to her relief when
\ \ s o tl vsia began o mobilize on her frontier.
BELGIANS WIN AGAIN
ANTWERP, Aug. 26.—The Belgians who drove the
Germans from Malines are continuing their operations be
yond that city and are meeting with splendid success.
They have destroyed the defensive works which the Ger
mans had erected for their attack on the city and are
pushing forward towards Vilvoorden to which place the
Germans have retreated. No one doubts here, in spite of
this, that the Germans will detach a larger force from
their main army when the time comes but at present they
are probably satisfied to keep force enough in the center
of Belgium to prevent an attack on the rear of their main
positions.
NAMUR FORTS STILL HOLD OUT
PARIS, Aug. 26.—Six of the Namur forts are reported
to be still holding out against the assaults of the Germans
and there is a hope that the advance of the invaders may
be much further delayed. The forts still standing are
manner by Frenchmen some of whom are among the best
gunners in the army.
WATER ROWER HILL
GOES TO SENATE
Administration Determined to De
velop the Water Rower All
Over Country
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—1The ad
ministration bill for the development
of the water power of the country
which has passed the house has gone
to the senate where it is likely to be
passed. Under this bill private cor
porations are permitted to lease the
water rights on public lands from the
government so that no corporations
may steal the rights and the govern
ment will not hold them from de
velopment. Some senators may pos
sibly refuse to support the bill in an
| effort to force the government to
throw them open to people of wealth.
SEVERAL PASSENGERS
COME ON MARIPOSA
The following passengers left on
the Mariposa last evening for Sew
ard:
N. Wright, G. Lunn, F. Goodman*
E. Fleming. C. Morris and three
steerage.
The following are aboard for Knik:
C. Robinson and wife, Miss Robinson,
I. Rosenthal, Granville Moore.
NORTHWESTERN HOVE TO
The steamship Northwestern hove
to 25 miles from Cape St. Elias at 2
p. m. today on account of the storm,
according to word received by Agent
Guptil.
IM 1)01.I’ll PETERSON
WORKS AT PRIMROSE
Rudolph Peterson, father of George
Peterson, who was one of the last to
jump from the Sampson with the Ju
neau girl, is working out at the Prim
rose mine on Porcupine creek. Mr.
Peterson has been in this neighbor
hood for four or five years and his
son is a successful young business
man at Central in, Washington. The
expectations of a romance arising
from young Peterson's bravery are
shattered by the knowledge that he is
already married.
CAPTAIN MOORE’S DEATH
A SHOCK TO SEWARD
The news of the death of Captain
Zim Moore was received in Seward
with expressions of the deepest re
gret. He was noted at all times for
his unfailing courtesy to passengers
and to all with whom he came in con
tact. His name among the list of the
lost, when read by his many friends
this afternoon in the Gateway bulle
tin, may be said to have struck his
friends like a personal blow.
WISHART’S MECHANIC
IS ALSO DEAD
ELGIN, 111., Aug. 26.—Mechanician
Bohn Jenter, who was hurt when Wis
hart was killed in the automobile race
the other day, died here last night. He
suffered severe injuries when the car
ran into the fence and every effort to
save his life proved futile.
SHOWS PROGRESS OF WAR
Once more a Brown-Hawkins art
ist has come to the front. This time
the window display shows a map of
Europe. On the window glass each
evening are posted condensed extracts
from the Gateway war news of the
day. From each of these news items
runs a ribbon to the place on the
maps where the facts related occur
red. Look at It.
RECEPTION FOR BUNNELL
The democrats of Seward will give
a reception and dance in honor of
Charles Bunnell, the democratic can
didate for congress, when the North
western arrives. The dance will be
free for all the people.