The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-05-07
THE BIG LINER
LANDED SAFELY
STEAMER SIBERIA REPORTED IN
TROUBLE DOCKS AT MANILA, /
WI II. -lL.LLLIL. IN LL-LLL- ~ MOI In
WIRELESS LETTERS CONFUSED
Atmosphere Was Bad, Making Send.
ing Ditficult-"M. 9. S." was Read
rs. o. S." the Wireless og
Request for Aid.

| San ridHClSCO, Val, May L.-ElBu'
teen hours of frightful anxiety in this
city and in marine circles throughout
the world ended last night with the
laconic report from Manila of the ar
rival there Of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company's liner Siberia, which
early in the day was reported sinking
off the island of Formosa,
The Manila dispatch that the great
liner reached port from Nagasah
after an uneventful voyage discredit-
ed utterly for the time being wireless
dispatches sent out throughout the
day giving its exact latitude and long
itude, and rendered unnecessary the
aid of British and Japanese cruisers
and of the transpacific liner Mime.
sofa, all of which started to its as
sistance.
The passenger list of the Siberia,
including the name of Mrs. Francis
Burton Harrison, wife of the COVER
nOrgeneral of the Philippine islands,
Included an unusual number of names
widely known throughout the United
States.
The local officials of the Pacific
Mail Steamship company remained in
their Offices awaiting advices which
would show whether the report of
earlier hours was utterly without
foundation or might have been caused
by the temporary grounding on a
mud bank or like obstruction from
which it was later released.
+ Atmosphere Was Bad
Manila, May captain Feeder Of
the Siberia, expressed the belief that
the reports in circulation yesterday
and last night that his vessel was in
distress off the coast of Formosa
and had sent out calls for assistance
arose over confusion in the call let
tiers of the steamer Persia, "MBS''
being mistaken for sos" the marine
wireless request for aid. The wire
less operator on board the Siberia
said the atmosphere yesterday had
been bad, making the sending OF
. wireless messages difficult.
! The first report that the Siberia
was in distress was a wireless mes
sage received at the OgPZaki station
in, Japan. 1t was said to come direct
from the Siberia early Friday morn
ing and said that the steamer had
met with an accident and was in dis
treSs. The message was mutilated
and no further information could be
cleaned from it.
The message was communicated to
the Great Northern steamer Mime
sofa and the British cruiser Nina
tour and the Japanese government
ordered the steamer KantO MaTu from
a FormoSan port and several war
ships to the scene of the reported
wreck.
Siberia a Staunch Ship.
New York, May Local represent
atiyes OF the Pacific Mail Steamship
company declared that the Siberia was
one of the staunchest ships that sailed
the Pacific, and that every precaution
/ possible had been taken by her build
r ers to make her unsuitable.
, The itinerary of the Siberia was
given as follows:
From San Francisco, which she left
April 7, to Honolulu, April 13; Yoko-
hama, April "a; Kobe, April 81; Maya
, saki, April 30; and Manila, May 5.
The vessel carried crew of 200.
Her officers:
Master-A. Feeder
First Otticer-Thomas Flau.
Chief Engineer. S. Hamilton.
Purser-F. C. Chairman.
Freight Clerk-B. A. Stanton.
Surgeons. B. STANCE.
Chief Steward-V. X. DeCaro.
: Second Steward-E. A. Kirby.
The interior furnishings of the ST.
IBERIA were among the finest OF all
the ships in the oriental trade.
The cabin staterooms were paneled
l In white with dark cherry trimmings.
Forward on the promenade deck was
: the social hall, a great chamber rum
: ming almost the breadth of the ship.
This was finished in STAFF work and
mahogany. Just aft of this was the
music room and library.
! In the main salon In a prominent
| piuSO 10 q oiOuLc pidle DedTIHS AL III
. scription from speech by the late
j. Coils P. Huntington relative to the
/. growth Of the American marine in the
Pacific.
: Passengers on Siberia.
J. Donald Demarest and Danforth b.
Ferguson, New York city; e. B. Kel-
, lam, Kansas City; w. Beard, George
M. Eagan, Miss Eleanor Gillisey, q Ar.
thur Hallserg, Miss AmeliaoP. Klein,
Howard Long. Mrs. Jane G. Palmer,
Lieut. V. G. Raves. o. G. Whitaker.
Mrs. D. c. Whitaker, Bruce ID. Ellis,
Mrs. Bruce d. Ellis, ]. st. C. Hunt.
Mrs. j. st. c. Hunt. John Hunt, Miss
Lulu Hunt, Mrs. Grace C. Lawton,
Francis H. Love. w. d. Whittmore.
DR.. Wong Min, Miss Catherine A.
Wong Min, Mrs. p. Ia Cherry, Miss
Eliza Morton Murphy, Miss Frances
, d. Murphy. Mrs. l.. B. Pierce, Henry
Russell, Mrs. Henry Russell, j. w.
Doris, Mrs. H. G. Guttridge, Miss
HARRIET Guttridge. c. III Guttridga