The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-08-27
PRINCESS IS
BLAMED FOR
SOUNDWRECK
Owners OF Admiral Sampson
Charge c. p. Liner Was
Speeding in Fog.
HELD AT DOCK HERE
Many Mourn IL Persons who
Went Down With Doomed
Ship Off Point No Point.

The PaeIflc-Alaska Navlpa.
ton Co. gave tho Canadian Pa.
oifle no chance yesterday 20
hustle the damaged liner, Prln-
cess Victoria. out Of the Jurls-
dletlon OF the United States
courts
Within an hour or two OF the
landing by the Princess OF survivors
from the steamship Admiral Samp-
son. which the &. r. X. liner rammed
and sank In fog early yesterday
morning off Point No Point. libel
for 100000 was placed against the
vessel. and the federal court took
possession.
Charge Liner Was Speeding
Tho libel charges that the Prin.
cess Victoria was going altogether
too faat-ahc IL recognized as the
greyhound OF Puget sound---in the
fox. and that she didn't properly re-
gard the SIMPSONS signals. Also
that she didn't stop aud reverse
when she should have. and that she
was improperly and carclessly navi-
gated.
Final eheckin. up OF the passen.
ser list verffies yesterdays reports
that a total OF III were lost.
The death OF the sampson's cap
tain. Y. =. Moore. who sacrificed his
life 20 duty. and went down with
HIS ship. will Cause the Alaska
coast. from Seward 10 unimak. TO
so into mourning. for the captain
was beloved by hundreds during the
hazardous years he navigaied the
little mail steamer Dora 20 the lone
iy settlements in tho North.
Niece Of Judge Whitson
/ Mrs. George Banbury. wife OF the
pacifie-Alaska Navigation Co. agent
az Skagway. who was lost. was the
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. A. n. Whit.
son. North Yakima. nlece OF the late
ox.Fcdcral Judge whitson OF North
Yakima. and cousin of the wife Of
Superior Judge Mitchell Gillian. of
this county. She was also niece OF
w. G. whltEon. once U. s. district
Judge OF Idaho.
Tho young womAn'r father and
mother kept the wires hot yezter.
day seeking the truth ~ their daugh.
tcr'a fate.
An old father and mother. way
over In Scotland. are mourning to
day the death of Miss Mary Camp.
bell. stewmricas on the Sampson.
who persisted In the wreck. I, was
her first trip on the vessel.
Brothers Awaited Her
Two brothers In Alaska awaited
her coming. She was well known In
Seattle. for she was head nurse nj
the Kenny Home year and n half
Later she Was housekeeping NJ Sol
Duo Hot Springs hotel She 10 sur.
vived here by a sIafer. Mrs. John
Hay. 1907 Frfih nv.
A. j. Noon. chief engineer. rai.
lantiy upheld the traditions OF good
seamanahip. He lost hia life be.
cause he stayed aboard. trying 10
rescue passengers. when last seen
no was attempting 10 get Mrs ban.
bury away from the doomed ship.
Both went down.
Family Mourrs Him
A family IL mourning today out
at $3.50 r. Green Lake boulevard.
for the loss of husband and father
He leaves a widow. n son and daurh.
ter. and father. mother and three
sisters.
Nobody seems 10 undcrntand why
the wireless operator w. r Rocker.
stayed aboard. when he might have
escaped. lie appeared on the bridge
near Capt Moore Just before the
Sampson plunged for the bottom.
Rockers home was in San Fran.
cisco Ills Seattle address was 7i2
Spring 81.
George W. Bryant. one OF the pas.
sengers who failed 10 answer
i''Prcsent" when roll was called after
the accident. was Seattle painter.
bound for Alasius TO seek employ
ment for the summer. He and his
wife lived at 1927 Rainier nv
Children Are Orphaned
-Four little children find them
selves orphans and helpless by the
death Of their father. l.. Cabanaa.
cook on the Sampson. Two years
ago his wife died. and in between
trips since them he has been play.
ing the double role OF father and
mother TO his little flock. A brother
In Seattle survives him.
Edward Byrne slipped aboard the
Admiral Sampson ms she was load.
ing here and hid himself In tho hold
II resulted In a horrible death. He
was the one pinned In the wreckage
where the flames ragged, and who
died In agony soon after the Victoria
landed here yesterday.
Others lost were: A. Sator. the
Sampson's Waterman. G. Marquett.