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SPORTSMAN"
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MAX OR WOMA.V. SEE THE
SUNDAY CALL TOMORROW.
VOLUME CVIEL- NO. 172.
NOTED MEN
GATHER AT
BANQUET
Brilliant Assembly at Feast for
Coast Congress Delegates
at Palace
SPEAKERS TELL OF THE
PACIFIC SLOPE'S NEEDS
War Between England and Ger«
many Would Deprive Us of
Ships, Says Anderson
GOVERNOR AND MAYOR
DISCUSS EXPOSITION
T::":i::: hundred representative
•\u25a0Mirpr.j: gathered at a banquet
latt night in the ballroom of the
Palace l^otel in honor of the visiting
<sel<?g?tes to the Pacific coast congress.
Merchant marine. Pacific coast de
fences and the San Francisco exposi- j
t\on were the topics of discussion.
Among *-he distinguished guests were
United States Senator William Alden
Smith of Michigan, sometimes called
the third senator from California be
catiJtp r.f his keen sympathy with and
afimiratlon of this state, and Captain
Xertner. the distinguished author, for
merly of the British army but now
resident in China.
Frank B. Anderson, president of the
Merchant Marine league, presided.
Among those at the speakers' table
were: Senator Newlands of Nevada,
Governor Glllett, Mayor McCarthy.
Congressman Bartlett of Nevada, Con
gressman Kahn. R. B. Hale, C C.
Moore: Jr.seph Scott, president of the
Los Angeles chamber of commerce, and
A. W. Scott Jr.
In his opening speech Frank Ander
son called attention to the fact that 90
per cent of our foreign commerce is
carried in English, German and French
ships.
'Why. gentlemen," he saidfi "a war
between England and Germany -would
leave us without ships to carry our ex
ports. We need American ships and
American sailors in times of peace for
economic purposes. We will need them
In time of war to act as auxiliaries to
our navy."
Governor Gillett was given an enthu
siastic greeting when he rose to speak.
"I'm glad to know one thing, and
that is that the. west is together. We
face proMems which call for concerted
action. We have a great undeveloped
country. We ourselves scarcely com
prehend its vastness. We are destined
to play a far greater part henceforth
than we have in the past. We have
built up great states and great cities
•where only a few years ago was a
wa?=te of undeveloped land.
"We are anxious to build up our.
city here and then we want to defend
it after we get it built up. I know
that the people who are working for;
the success of this exposition desire in
their enterprise to build up the whole
< oast from Alaska to the Mexican
border.
"It seems, though, that the right of
discovery does not go in this game.
We have the spectacle of a sister city
from the Mississippi valley, far away
from the world's commerce, disputing
our claims. They say San Francisco
Is too far away. San Francisco, my
friends, is the center of the commercial
world and no one will dispute that in
a few years from now.
"It does not make so much difference
where you go as where you are going
to land when you get there,."
Mayor McCarthy spoke for the expo
sition and for the creation of Ameri
can shipping interests adequate to
carry American commerce.
"We should not only have a mer
chant marine," said he, "ut the ships
should be manned by American officers
ar.d American men, and when that
cumes we must also have a Pacific
battleship fleet. There la something
further. W« should toecure the protec
tion of Americans in America to the
exclusion of all others."
General Homer Lea declared that the
country faced a grave danger in its
ignorance of its openness to attack.
"A nation represents the average in
telligent citizens." said he. "This aver
age Intelligence is ready for a fight.
And only as a nation is prepared for a
defense it.' it worthy to go into attle."^
G. R. McLaughlin of Seattle made a
special plea for ship subsidy. He closed
by pledging the assistance of the" north
west to San Francisco in Its desire for
the exposition.
China as .an inviting field for com
mercial expansion was the, theme of
Captain Kirtner, recently of the British
army, an expert on oriental affairs and
now a resident of the Chinese empire.
He said: > _ .
"Your Golden gate faces the west and
also the east. Out across the Pacific
lies a country much resembling your
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L'H; Vilas, Who
Was Left Immense
Fortune by Mother
LINER BRINGS HEIR
TO SEVEN MILLION
Youth Neglected on Outward
Voyage Is Everybody's -
Dear on Return Trip
When L. H. Vilas. a 17 year old
Chicago boy, left here on the liner
Siberia for a trip around the world
he was dependent for his', expense
money on the allowance made him by
his mother. He ; returned "yesterday
seven times a. millionaire but an or
phan. At Yokohama, he received %.
cablegram telling him that his mother
had died and had left him $7,000,000
and that It would be advisable for
him to return to America at once.
On the outward . voyage young Vilas
attracted no more attention, than : any,
other 17 year" old boy. Coming home,
however, it was different, and, as he
said yesterday, "It didn't seem like the
same old ship." .
On the outward 'voyage young Vilas,
with the precocity that goes with 17
years, found his efforts to be grown
up blocked by such remarks as "Fade
away,' kid, 'this "is no place for you,"
"Run along; little boy," and- he_once
overheard a fellow passenger refer to
him as a "fresh kid." '
Coming home, however, things were
changed. Perhaps because he had, lost
h!s mother. He was .welcome -every
where. Grown men discussed" business
with him.- | There was plenty of room
for him In : the smoking : room'- and if
he had cared to. hold "any. nice* soft
hands as j he sat put on deck in ' the
starlight "there ; were^ hands willing to
be held. . • ' . .
"He's the dearest boy," was the uni
versal verdict yesterday when': the Si-"
beria. docked. -_ ..._.-..
/: Young. V^las "was -met . by- the legal
representative of his mother's * estate
and will ' proceed * with " all", speed to
Chicago. When the" affairs of \ the
estate have been wound up he expects
to enter Yale.- '
FIRE MARSHAL TAKES
STAND IN ARSON TRIAL
Towe Declares :Wornan's Dress
Was S baked ' With ' Keros ene
'Fire Marshal Towe .was the chief
witness yesterday, against Mary Fran
ces Harper, on trial sbefore a Jury and
Judge 'R. H.- Latimer in department 12
of the superior court-on a charge of
arson. She Is accused jointly with Ed
ward Bergin of having set -fire* to' the
Hibernia lodging house, .1264" Howard
street,at 2:30 a. m., April 4, 1910," while
60 persons were sleeping there, the ob
ject being the collection of $3,500 In
surance. - '' . '. V ' ', ' / -.. '.''l? vf":
• Towe said he was called to the place
at 3 o'clock, and/'-vripori ; investigation,
found that "holes -had been .bored ;lnto
the floor and' stuffed -with 1 rags, and
paper, saturated with: kerosene^ In two
of the rooms explosions had .'occurred.
The dress of : the defendant, Towe
found," was soaked in kerosene, and
benzine, and. she: had - been \u25a0 seriously
burned. " . - . - :• \u25a0 .
DRIVER OF AUTO THROWN
INTO AIR BY STREETCAfc
. Shortly before 7.. o'clock" yesterday
morning a collision between ah;auto
mobile driven by Edward Doherty, 1852
Howard ptxeet, and a'Market street car
In charge of Motorman G. P.;;Harring
ton, In ' front; of Hale Bros.' store,
caused considerable" excitement."-.*
Thedamage was, confined to the two
vehicles, as Doherty , escaped, « after be
in c thrown ': 1 5/ feet .into : the ; air, , with
a few scratches^on the^backfof .his .head
andv slight contusions »of^the "arras arid
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; The ; left; side ; of the ; automobile £wa§
crushed and ' the ; fender - and- f rontfc wln'f
dows of .the i car" broken. , ;/\u25a0 Doherty's'
auto skidded on \ the ;. wet ; pavement* and
ran into \u25a0' the v cVr • before ••; he could Jyet
it : uflder, control. '- - ~——r7rf^-": , • (
SAN FJJ^OCSOQ^S^TO
SCORES KILLED
IN A MEXICAN
FACTION FIGHT
Police o! Puebla Charge the
Anti Re-electionists and
Bomb Is Thrown
Sunday Fixed as Day of Upris
ing in Madero's Revolt
Against Diaz
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 18— One hun
dred-persons, including the chief of po
lice, were killed in riots' at Puebla to
day, according ; to statements of pas
sengers arriving here tonight. >
The stories told are that the trouble
began this morning when several po
licemen, headed; by the chief, attempted
to break up a meeting of anti re-elec-*
lionists being held in a large hall. As
Chief of Police Miguel Cabrera and his
men advanced toward the building, a
door was opened by a woman who
shot the chief..
Bomb Kills Many ;
A fight then began between the po
lice and ( the occupants. A bomb was
.thrown from one of the windows' in the
midst of the policemen and rurales,
the latter (having been called to as
sist the officers. The bomb exploded^
killing many. The. other casualties
occurred in the course of fighting which
took place in the street. So far as
known there were no Americans killed.
The passengers further say that from
midnight until they left Puebla in the
afternoon there was continuous rioting,
and while the anti re-electlonists had
been dislodged from the building,- fears
were entertained that the. disorders
were by no means at an end.
From other sources' in Mexico City
tonight it was. learned the Seventeenth
battalion left here today for Puebla
by special train and that other trains
were in readiness to . transport addi
tional troops to the scene If- necessary.
It was officially, stated: here that 18
men had been killed in Puebla. j
Conspiracy Against Diaz
MEXICO CITY, Nov. lS.—Detailn of
the, ajitirD!az.;^c.9BS.plracy l alleged^, to'
have been promoted by Francisco I.
Madero, now. a fugitive from Mexico, 1
which has resulted within -the last two
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days- In the" arrest ".of several co
conspirators In this city and elsewhere,
came to* light today, indicating | that
next Sunday was the date fixed' for a
general uprising.
The conspirators appeared to have
extended their operations to the states
of Vera Cruz, "Hidalgo, Coahuila^ San
Luis Potosi, Nuevo Leon. Puebla, Ja
lisco, Guanajuato, Yucatan and Zacat
ecas. To the authorities in these dis
tricts orders have been sent to put
down any disturbances.
Circulars, which appear to have been
sent out by Madero or his agents from
San Antonio to persons in this city,
outline his campaign and announce
Madero as constitutional president of
Mexico.
Madero Predicts Revolt
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Nov. 18.— "A
revolution in Mexico is ine%'itable," said
Francisco I. Madero,. anti-re-election-
Ist candidate for president of Mexico,
now In exile in San Antonio, when seen
tonight regarding the news from Mexi
co^ "It may not, break loose today, to
morrow, or next .week,.. but. lt is, bound
to come. . . '
: "I am I unable -to say ' from where or
by whom the independents are being
directed. Neither do I know who is
furnishing* the money for arms and
ammunition, if such things; are being
bought outside the republic.
"As to the "Americans and other for
eigners in' the republic, they will not
be molested by the Independents, since
the revolution is against the: present
government, and there Is not the least
feeling against the foreigners."
Marathon Under Guard
EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 18.— Marathon,
which feared an attack by* Mexicans
last night, following the burning of a
countryman a few- days ago at Rock
Springs, is still under guard tonight.
Scouts that have been scouring the
country for 24 hours have failed to get
a trace of the marauders. •• It is be
lieved the gang was composed of Mexi
can cattle thieves, -whose object was
plunder and > not revengi On this
theory the Marathon j section feels
easier, although vigilance has not been
relaxed. '. '\u25a0\u0084/,"\u25a0.' -\~ . \u25a0 - : . .'-.-
Twelve Mexicans Jailed
LA CANANEA, Mexico, Nov. 18.—
Twelve Mexicans were Jailed today by
order of the mayor, charged with In
citlngr riots.; The twelve ' held , a meet
ing: Thursday ; night ; "and V: denounced
America and Americans. The plan to
hold a ,big demonstration was frus
trated. ; - • ~* •.-' '• '
CHILD STANDS IN TRACK
AND DIES UNDER CAR
"HereV the ChooChoo," Lisps
Boy, -and Is Mangled ; '
LOS, ANGELES. Nov. 18.— "Here's the
choo choo,"/ lisped - : 5 ; year './ old ' James
Rusche,Jwhose .parents^ live in West
Seventy-third street^' as ; he stood fin
middle of the ; track \ today ' wVvYngTat
an oncoming electric "car: sudden
jrarnlng.blast of the^car^whiatJeJseemed
to-transflx ; the chiM and a''fe^momentß
later \u25a0 his i , mangled b ody was ' taken from
benejithithewheeli ' r .", ~, ~' x ;,
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PRIVATE POTATO
PATCH LABORERS
PAID BY COUNTY
San Mateo Grand Jury to Quiz
Supervisor Casey and Road"
master John fiennis
Official Got Profits of Field W
Gave /Workmen Claims on
: Road Fund
James T. Casey, supervisor from- the
first township in; San Mateo ; , county,'
businessman of Colma arid one of the
men involved -in the recent- graft ex
pose, and John H. Dennis, roadmaster
for Casey, will be-subjected to a rigid
examination by.' the new; grand jury of
San Mateo county for employing la
borers on private : work and; paying
their wages out' of- the county" road
fund.' . ' : , ;
The specific case of which informa
tion arid evidence " have been secured
concerns the payment of men employed
in a 10 acre fleld-of potatoes owned by
Continued on PageJs, Column 4
RELIGION CAMPS CLOSE ON
HEELS OF ELOPING COUPLE
Son "of Marquis defla Montanya Enißracesj Jewish ; FaitK
And Has Rabßi; Perform ;a^Gereiriony^ Week ;
After * iflis Givil Marriage , ; :
Religions-following:, the'" trail: of'ro
mance,; has; entered^into the affalrs-of
James de ,1a Montanya Jr., and"hls
stoung, bride, who was Miss 'Jeff reys
Martin, daughter of Mrs. Moses J.;Lyon
of 1900;..Vallejo ' strret. , ; - ; • *
-\u25a0 On," "Wednesday^ November \;lo,''f. the
youthful ;pair, eloped , to,' AlaniedaVand
were > married -th ere -by?a' jii s tice 'of 'the
peace. On the following Monday they
returned to this city and on Wednesday,"
November-16, Just- seven "days^after, the
first cerempny, the couple were: again
married 'by j ßev.'Bernard 'Kaplan^ rabbi
of CongregratlonOhabal Shalome. .In^the
meanwhile -the -young .bridegroom had
embraced s .the 'Jewish, faith." *
Tourig:De-la Montanya;,aged:l9, ; is ft
sonl of- Marquis ; ; James :'de i la'^Montanya,"
who is .particularly^ well; known >ln, this
city -for his own. marital adventures.'
The young man met Miss-Jeffreys Mar
tin at Los Gatos last summer, "and since
his return to the city from the'sum
mer vacation the / mind "of ; the ; youth]
was ''filled with ' romantic thoughts.
These thoughts he put into execution
on November 9. " " ;
Mlss r 'Martin concealed .from her
FRANK CASEY AND REBA CHARLES,
NOTED BEAUTY, CONCEAL MARRIAGE
' After concealing their-. marriage; for;
two years Frank J.;Casey, a well known j
! young politician of the, thirty-seventh'
(district, and! Mrs. Casey, who. was Miss
Reba. Charles 0f ; 507 Devisadero istreet,
admitted', last r : night that they :* were
married ;in San . Rafael ; November, : 21 ,
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J "Mrs." Casey I is; the of ;L.;C.;
Charles- of '\u25a0Jthis'-: city, and (was ; one \of:
the most"dlstinguished(beauties in the"
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AUTO COM#ANT* BANCT'DI^^iMgo > fc .xoT. |
' ;iß.' ; --JudgW ' Carpenter Jin '.\ ttie>tinltiajßfatfi~&is-
trlct 'court itoday^ap^»lnted j title;
"3 aid tn9t'ic^ptM7 ; \r^c'elvirjtoTftheXßUne^rd
a« / placed ' at '1 1120.000 i sad^tb» /\u25a0 'wttm%*(\
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VESSELS CRASH AND FOUR DIE
STEAMER RAMS TUG IN BAY
\ t W : G. Smith of the Creysioke Castle (bottom) ; Giis Eiche,^engineer of the |
\ Sea Prince, (top), and Captain L. L. Langren of the Sea Prince. |
mother, .- who'; Isn the s wif e.; of ' aioses JJ
Lyon,' a prominent architecti';. the" extent
of. her.'-regard • for "thelsonVof \u25a0."th'e JMar-_
quls de la Montanya, and : when -the jtar-;
ent received^ a : telegram, from Alameda
that' the ,marriage had been performed
there Twas : ,hue;and"cryV and wild alarm
In~the.family.ii]: \u25a0._'\u25a0"[ '^^ . .'..".'\u25a0'.', '. r ~ J
I - .WhenX' the'." couple . returned, to \u25a0: San
Francisco -*on. -" the following Monday
they were - received with ' forgiveness
and: welcomed- .They, established them-^
selves at "the. Dyon home at«Vallejo* and
Octavia'streets^r *;'."\u25a0\u25a0./'.\u25a0--' i" * : "i
I Mrs.^detla'jMontanya's ".family. are of
the | Jewish 'faith r'arid ? trie \bride . is ; a
member" of |. the
Shalome. {The husband- considered ;_the
religious side Jof| his 'marriage : and de-;
cidedrto adopt" the, faith of his bride. He,
transposed Vthe story 'of "con-^
version and followed" the precept of /the
noble ;.- passage *of the old \u25a0 testament/
Early iin .the '.week \,he "\u2666 was ; admitted
i nto | the - Jewish ; faith (and ;on Wednes-^
day evenlngj.the. Jewlsh';marriage; cere-'
rnony was performed by Rev.; Bernard
Kaplan. > > The . E>e > la ".. Moritanyas \have
made 'their? home at the Lyon "residence;
1900y"Vallejo' street. . ; , ' :
contest" The. Call; conducted 'three..years
ago : to" determine, who * was the ', most'
beautiful girlvin California. ....\u25a0 '\u25a0 .
. Soon, after the contest' MlbsV Charles
.and VCasey went to : San '.Rafael; and
were married. \u25a0•They-; came 'back,- to'
" th I s [' ci ty and < ; for 1 1 wo- ; years have : con-_'
"cealed the ; fact" from? their, • most * inti-:
mate? friends andttheir;farnilies.-;* ~ ;
'. - rCasey : . was ; formerly /connected ,, with
the^ ; United 'Railroads.; |He ilives'^ "at^44s
Devisadero>, street. ; V s V v \u25a0* " ~"~
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t§ Wateri Jaßdj^Porter jAJv' 3.} Caraoa I Wen < killed*
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Y^fElfyAY— Highes^ temperature, 58;
lov/cstnTiufsday nigftt. S(J.
FORECAST FbßyrOpAY—Fair; light
' ipcst wind, changing' to 'south.
WHITE AND NEGRO
JACKIES FIGHT
American Seamen Use Knives
and Revolvers' and One Is
Fatally^Stabber
CHERBOURG. Nov. - I S.—^A" . dispute
between >whlte; and; negro bluejackets
of i the;. American .squadron -under Ad
miral Vreeland. tonight -.developed Into
a fight in-which.it is said. revolvers and
knives were used: The gendarmes ar
rested a, sailor from the Kansas who Is
charged' wlth^ haying'/. stabbed a. man
from , the Louisiana ;in the abdomen.
The Louisiana sailor died in a hospital.
One', negro,' In "a.- serious condition
from ! BeveVal stab wounds In his back,
was sent to a-.hospital,..while . another
T*vas wounded : y on .the : head." The au
thorities are, arranging ' for ' stronger
police' patrols in^ order to prevent fur
theV r 'disturbarices.' : . • ! "
iJTwo hundred' alleged disorderly blue
jackets _--• from ' the^ American', visiting
fleet- were.expelled. from a;cafe:here to
day, i They v; stqned.*the building and tire
gendarmes who Interfered/:; H. "Weid-
Hch, .a' sailor^* frbniythe t Louisiana, fell
into the V harbor . -today. . and' J was
drowned.!.... .. - r /..'..
Honor American Officers"
: LONDON, Nov. lS.^— The Pilgrim so
ciety- gave a' luncheon today^in honor
of the officers of *_ the, third of
the-^American i fleet f now:' at
vVice j Admiral y Sir '.Hedwbrth Lambton
presided . and -had .Rear^ Admiral Joseph
E.- Murdock, . commander of the visit-
ing battleships, 'at 'his right. » Both ad
mirals /made :•" speeches.* <* Other Ghosts
were Admiral^Sir. ; Seymour. 'Vice Ad
m.lral' Richard Rear \u25a0 Admiral
F. C/D. Sturdee, \ Sir Francis S. 'Powell.
Lord! Ellenborougn, ' Lieutenant General
Sir Robert *S. Baden-Powell,- Lieutenant
General- Hely-Hutchlnson.^ .-'-Venerable
Archdeacon;. 'VVilliam ;M.> Sinclair; Sir
Henry" Mortimer Durand, former"Brltlsh
ambassador ; at : Washington: ; Sir "Hiram
S.; Maxim; 'Sir! Percy Sanderson, former
British' consul' general at New York;
Sir" George : Reid, and the earl of
Cawdir/ *_\u25a0'• \u25a0 \u25a0''\u25a0.' yv'^^'H.-N^.'
Bluejackets Start Blaze
- BREST, > France, f Nov. - 18.— A group
of bluejackets from 'the American fleet
lighted a'-woodtflreion^the water front
today. The flames ; spread until they
threatened, to communicate '.with nearby
barrels v - of ', nitrate; and :\u25a0 alcohol. -The
police saw," th'edanger and extinguished
the* flames. ;* *' \u25a0'.'\u25a0 J
IS INDICTED
•ON "MURDER CHARGE
': NEW f YORK, - Nov. 18.— Edward T.
Rosenheimer,- recently ! acquitted of
the _ murder: of Grace^ Hough, who was*
killed^in. an automobile .accident, was
Indicted, by the graud jury, today "under
tnerCaJlan automobile .law. The law
makes* it v a\ felony forgone responsible
for*a'n» accident; not. 1 to^return to the
scene > and . render., aid: and ;give his
"name Ho theV person injured or 'to • the
PEIGE FIVE CENTS.
.EVENING
Tramp Steamer Greysfoke Cas
tle Sends Tag Sea Prince to
the Bottom While Off
\ Angel Island
CAPTAIN WAS IN WHEEL
HOUSE AND IS RESCUED
Crash Comes So Quick That the
Men Have No Time to Rise
From Table as Craft
Sinks Instantly
STORIES OF CAPTAINS
DIFFER AS TO CAUSE
IN' an attempt to cross the bow of
the tramp steamer Greystoko Castle
as she was passing southwest of
Angel island at 5:06 o'clock last night,
the. bay tug Sea Prince, owned by the
Shipowners* and Merchants* tugboat
company of this city, was struck al
most midship and sunk before a single
member of the crew, except Captain
L. L. Langren, could save his life. Ao
a result of the collision the small boat
went to the bottom of the bay and
the lives of Engineer Gustav Eiche,
Fireman Henry Schmidt. Cook Gustav
Haas and Deckhand Edward Langren
were lost.
The accident was witnessed by hun
dreds of persons traveling across the
bay on the ferries, as well as a num
ber of government employes who were
at the time crossing from the Angel
island immigration station. In spite
of every effort to rescue the crew of
the tug, Captain Langren was the only
man to come to the surface of the
water after the boat plunged beneath
the bay waters. While no damage was
done to the Greystoke Castle, Captain
"W. G. Smith stopped his engines and
put two boats over the side.
Captain Is Rescued
Captain Langren was picked up by a
small Whitehall after a heroic swim
and brought to this city on the ferry.
A. constant watch was kept for trace
of any of the bodies of the crew, but
it is believed they were all caught in
the deckhouse and engine room and
carried to the bottom with the tug.
Yesterday morning the Sea Prince
went to Port Costa to tow the Grey
stoke Castle, half loaded with grain
for the Balfour Guthrie company, to
dock "34. In tow of th tug. both boat*
left Port Costa, at 2:30 o'clock and
after getting into the stream Captains
Smith and LangTen agTeed that th«
tow was unnecessary and that greater
progress » would be made If the lln«
was cast off and the Sea Prince merely
acted as pilot and allowed the large
tramp to follow under Its own steam.
As a result the line was cast off, the
engines of the Greystoke Castle turned,
over and both vessels cut^ into the
upper bay. the tug Just ahead of-tha
Greystoke Castle. "While Captain Smith
took the bridge of the tramp. Captain
Langren occupied ' the pilot nous* of
the Sea Prince.
Crew Is Eating
At six minutes after 5 o'clock both
boats were off Angel island. The crew
of the tug were in the deckhouse
messroom eatlngr, while the captain
and engineer were at their posts. \u25a0\u25a0Ac
cording to the story of Captain Lan
gren, he was struck astern by the .
tramp and knew nothing of what had
happened until he found himself stran
gling for life in the pilot house, half
submerged in water.
.Captain Smith, whose position on the
bridge, some 45 feet above the water
line, gave him little view of the water \u25a0
off his bow, declares that the Sea
Prince was two points off the port bow
and must have swung over to star- ."
board in front of him. because the next
time he saw the smaller vessel she was
turning on her side Just off his star
board bow. .
The only way he accounts for the
mishap 13 through a defective steering
gear on the tug or a mistaken signal
in the engine room. He declares ha
had not moved off his course a . point :
at the time , of ttie collision jsusd Xha.lt -