Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-01

Toxic, japan, May f-WireIess
eaiis for. assistance from the Pacific
mail stsamsr Siberia, heard on the
A japanese coast today indicated she
vsas in grave peril off the coast OF
Eesmosa. The liner left San Fran.
cisco April for Manila. She car
ries ssvsnty.ons saloon passengers
including Mrs. Francis Burton
btarrissn, wife Of che governor gen.
srat o. che Philippines
Is dispatch from Fornsosa hints
that Chinese pirates rnay have had
sonsothine 10 do with the disaster.
The exact nature Of the accident
ias not bssn determined nor have
any details bssn received here up
to lats hour tonight.
An early wireless report said the
linsr WAS Sinking" while later
message conveyed the information
that ahs sss "ashors" six miles OF
ths southern mainland Of Fermosa
isiand.
Ths Japa,,sss eovsrnmsnt dis.
natcted ehe stsassor kanto Maru
fresn Fernaosa % the sueeoe OF the
ss5s Siberia @ soon - the nsyws Of her
4roublo Was rsesivsd.
Ajlenn the psessnesns on the -
hesja ts Nes. John 8 0entisrs, wife
che new eritish consul q Manila.
Tosie. Japan, May IA dispatch
4 a. d sasasa,s ii reports that the steam
s ssasnd \ i Il
~ 1fafIe
ssuSi 1ist ~ aten bnt it Il known hefet
2 fhat me caffA6e eighty saloon patSen-'
Rers among them Mrs. Francis Bur
! tom Harrison, wife OF the governor gem
eral OF the Philippines.
"A later dispatch from Tai Pc Flu.
4 a. pital of Formosa, says the Siberia ts
Ashore of the southeast coast of For-
nsosa, sfx miles from the main land.
Pacific Mall stsan,sr. .
& Tha 0steanier Siberia, Captain Zeed-
a.. belongs to the Pacific Mail Steam :!
ship line, and plies between San Fran
cisco Honolulu, Yokohama and Hong
Kong. She left Gan Francisco on April
The Siberia Is OF 5.65b tons burden
and was built at Newport News va:
she is supplied with wireless outfit
ana ,it Is probable that the news. OF her
serious situation was sent by this
means to Nagasaki.
The siberia left Nagasaki bound for
Manila by way of Hong Kong on
April 20.
! A station on the Japanese coast
picked up distress signals sent from
the Siberia by wireless to the liner
Minnesota, OF the Great Northern
steamship Company, which was on the
way 10 Nagasaki. The Siberia was IN
communication also with the British
cruiser Ainotaur.
George w. Guthrie. the American
ambassador to Japan as soon as ne
heard 81 the condition Of the Siberia
requested the Japanese foreign onice
10 send q awarship to her aid. He was
lnforibsd that the government having
already learned OF the accident mas
.ent the Kanto Maru from Formosa.
Pho Kantos rot under way: shortly after
ID o'clock this morning.
Mrs, Harrison came to japan from
4 fanila for, . short visit. She embarked
sson the siberia at Yokohama.
4 pistreSs eienals Grow Faint.
The Japanese navy department mas
RECEIVED ana made public the follow
3ing dispatch:
isS s.rhe governor general Of Formosa
cables that = Japanese. cruiser on ner
way to the okinawa islands. on the
islands OF Kinslliu, reports that the
Pacihc mail steamship Siberia met dis
4 saater this. morning at longitude 121 de-
xfees and 10 minutes east, LATITUDE %
degrees and 40 minutes north.
| ..she sent repeated signals OF dis
4 treAs. hitch finally became indistinct.
No details Of the disaster are known.
\ The. Kanto Maru has been ordered 70
the scene.
ss piratss May 1s 10 Blame.
Il dispatch received here tonight
lzs:s.s:. EhA ScApital OF Formosa conyeyed
~ afarniing intimation that Chinese
pirate smey have had something tordo
with the reported disaster to the liner
3 siberia. III
mo details OF the accident to the
stea1p per OF the coast OF Formosa naa
!, been rsceived here UP to. 10 o'clock
4 tonight.
carries over 500 p Passengers.
The Siberia left Yokohoma April -
md NAEasaki April 20 for Ma2fla sne
skad passenger list. Of seventy one
1 Setsona IN the hrst cabin. about MY
2yS the socoSid and 400 in the steerage.
size II n con4mapd Of Captain Zeeder
md carfiessA crew OF about 200 men.
rs ~ At 4 late hour tonight report was
n Tokio that Chinese pirates
snay have Bsen connected with sthesac-
aeiAent t0s ne liner. This fear was held
y 4s5S4I 2sEs ~ n. the &c pital OF sFormosa.
1HSnice III vas conveyed in . ceble
nsaaast Fsars prsvaii.
b6 Ser6V16t anxiety prevails oMiBes
- ~ fkemln calls Tor help