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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-29
silent HEROISM
SHOWN BY WIVES
Of men ON IA

The wives OF the married men on
the Unfortunate F4 are bearing the
tragic loss Of their husband with a
fortitude known only to women whose
husbands lead = life OF danger.
Throughout the breathless suspense
OF the first few days of the fruitless
search for the sunken craft, and in
these later hours of hopeIessness, the
.bereaved wives have been brayely
awaiting the raising Of the buried
shell.
TWO sisters, wives Of Archie Lunger
and Frank Pierard, gunner's mate and
chief gunner's mate ON the F.4, ar.
living together In the Lunger cottage
on Beretania street. Mrs. Lunger Ii
q bride OF two months, but bears up
well under the strain and anxiety
Mrs. Pierard says she must keep up
her courage for the sake Of her twin
children, Is months old
Mrs. Frederick Gilman, the wife of
the gunner's mate of that name on
the FL, was married last November
Gilman was master-at-arms on the
Alert at the time of his marriage,
but was transferred to the F4 recent
ly. Mrs. Gilman has given mp hope
of ever seeing her husband again.
Her grief is silent in the presence Of
her neighbors. but they say she ID on
the verge of breakdown.
Mrs. Alfred L. EIDE, wife Of the
commanding officer on the F-4, has
been i'll from the shock. but has now
"a llied
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-29

seeing anything. even had the dredge
been actually raising the submarine,
but they were willing to stand for
hours in q broiling sun in the hope Of
getting news from the launches as
they came in from the scene of opera.
tons.
One of the centers of interest
through the afternoon was the hydro
aeroplane being fitted for service by
Tom Bradshaw and willing assistants.
After the failure to locate the F4 was
realized yesterday morning. the de-
STABILITY was realized of using the
aircraft to fly above the water and
perhaps give opportunity to the ayia-
tor to see far into the sea-depths and
find the exact spot on which the long
gray submarine was resting. The
crowds in the vicinity of the plane
grew 50 large that it was necessary
to keep them beyond the fence al the
navy slip.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-29

Like some monster game fish hook
ed on the giant tackle, the CALIFORNIA;
catch had been played all night and
through the early hours Of the morn
ing First Keeling in, and then slack.
ing eff on lines carried down 90f0ot
rod to the big drums of the dredge.
the catch, was coaxed and forced by
turns, until everyone though It had
been successfully brought to gaff.
Then It was that the prize proved to
be no prize at all, but merely q snag,
such as every fisherman has been fool.
ed BY At one time or another.
The bitterness Of the iisappoint.
ment halted the work OF rescue for q
matter Of minutes only.
Well set that anchor on TO sc0w
and out Of our way and then begin
dragging again. said Captain Smith,
and his company Of loyal helpers cot
right down to grim business again.
Paint Tells Story.
II was about 6 O'Clock Saturday
night. after i've hours OF reeving
blocks. and passing wire cable and
Manila hawser from dredge to tugs
and back again. that the California
made the strike that was supposed to
be the Inflated IA. In 800 feet of
open ocean II is no easy matter to
drag 160-foot chain along the bottom,
and each cast OF the improvised APP
paratus took an. hour or more, accord
ing to the luck of the game.
BY O'Clock in the afternoon the
California was ready for operations,
and a heavy bride Of chain made fast
to 1.2 inch wire cable was swing
ing from the 90-foof boom OF the
dredge. Spreader lines to pull the
chain to its full length on the ocean
bottom were at first passed to tugs
on each side OF the dredge, but later
this method was found too tedious and
cumbersome, and the lines were snubsI
bed TO the sides Of the dredge scow
instead For the first cast, however.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-29

A. repuIse Of heavy German attack
upon the Russian trenches Between
the Stewa and PISA rivers, in North
eru Poland, west of ossowetz, is re-
ported from the headquarters 81 the
general star. The report states that
e, 900 Germans charged the Russian
positions and succeeded In occupying
the first line Of trenches. The Rus
sians came up in . counter attack,
reoccnPied the trenches and drove
The Germans back with heavy losses.
Yesterday the Germans attempted
to ny j captive balloon from their po-
sition before ossowetz, but this was
brought down BY shell.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-29
Descends 215 Feet While Vast
Crowd OF Spectators Tense
ly Awaits Report

In all the long days and nights of
incessant work since the F4 was miss.
ed by the men OF the submarine fleet.
the most dramatic and the most fate:
full ,moment came yesterday morning
when Jack Agraz, the diver, climbed
up through 215 feet OF water to break
the saddeHfng news that he had found
no sign OF the submarine.
The dkscent of the diver to a new
world s. record was accomplished in q
setting such as might have been fur.
nished by some great stage manager.
Even the veteran newspaper men who
were on the dredge. accustomed to the
dramatic, could not help renarking
on the tensity Of the minutes when
Agraz 5was making his examination
and when he was hauled to the top.
From the big dredge two cables led
down into the water and in the bride
far below 1t was hoped the submarine
was resting. Whatever the object was,
It had been lifted nearly 100 feet from
the sea-bottom by the dredge. Fear
full that the tackle might not hold,
the executives in charge OF the sal
wage operations decided to send down
a diver TO make an examination and
furnish data so that they could get
4 better hold before hosting any
more.
Aeraz Breaks Own Record.
II fell to the lot of Jack Agraz to
make the descent. Last Friday he
went down 1876 feet. He faced hard
er task yesterday but he faced II With
out apparent emotion A man OF re.
markedly powerful frame. well over
six feet and with the. shoulders and
chest of 4 heavy weight wrestler. he
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newsstand PHOTO
TELLING STORY
OF LOST VESSEL
Extraordinary, Interest Locally
In F-4's Fate Shared In
ternationaliy

II the story of the F-4 is not fully
chronicled in newspaper and magazine
articles, photographs and the up-to-
dste movie" it wifi not be for lack
Of both professional and amateur
workers at the scene. ~
Three moving picture men are stay.
ing on the dredge California night and
day in the hope of being there at the
fateful moment when the F-4 is raised
TO the surface-or when perchance a
diver comes up with some news Of
those below. Many times disappointed,
the gentlemen of the whirring picture
machine are not daunted and always
expect Sthe next development will be
that for which they are hoping. &
| a number Of newspaperfllen and
perhaps an even larger number Of
nearnewspapermens spend a large part
of their time on the California or on
launches near the scene.
The Star Bulletin has had practical
ly continuous news and picture
service on the "A STORY" from the
time when this paper first announced
the loss Of the submarine--last Thurs.
day afternoon.
A representative Of the Star-Bulle-
tin, thoroughly acquainted with naval
and submarine matters, has been on
the dredge almost continuously for sew,
eral days. In fact, when the diver
was sent down. yesterday morning fol-
lowing the cable which 1t was believed
led to the F4, the Star-Bnlietin was
the only local newspaper whose rep
resentatives were at the scene
In newspaper circles 1t is a matter
OF knowledge that extraordinary inter-
est has been excited on the mainland
by this disaster. The big news as
sociations and syndfcates are taking
bulletins on every Development Not
even when the European war came to
Honolulu,s doorsw when the Japanese
battleship Hizen lay off port waiting
for the German refugee cruiser Geier
to intern or TO come out and fight,
did the mainland call for the news
one-half so insistently.
international attention has been
drawn TO the fate OF the F-4. The ma.
val men of every country under the
sun are interested from the standpoint
Of naval construction as well as from
a humanitafian standpoint
And the American people are stirred
with sympathy at the thought of Amer.
lean sailors buried beneath the sea
with only q slight and fast-ebbing hope
OF escape. ~ So
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How Jack Agraz Set a
New W0rIdDive Mar

donned skintight jersey suit
slight refnforcements. climbed Ina.
divers boat and was pulled arr.
in front Of the dredge, where the .
wire rope stretched down AlLc|
got over the side OF the boat
dcused the big helmet IN TIE ~.
|clapred it on his head and slid sue.
" and slowly down into the vat.
Three crews Of four men each
told off to work shifts on the ..
that supliepd him with air i1I..
the long airline. Besides tI'..
hand-line and signal rope "a.
tached.
It took Agraz % minutes to "a d
the 215 feet. At $50 feet he 1I1.
Except for a momentary halt ~ .
depth he went steadily. ALTHOUGH e..
" II was necessary to Ga - d.
custom himself to the tremendous
ter pressure. He was at the d
point only 4 short time and Then G..
up quite rapidly. His time comm
was 3 IL minutes.
During the haIf.hour he vas n
water there were tense moments
cry eye was on the hand-linc
big dredge up forward vas Gre.
and there were q score Of craft ~.
around the front OF the dredec .
'half-circle. Most OF the launc1o1 81.
also crowded with spectators.
In the clear. shfmmering VI.
Agraz could be seen for slightly ~.
than so feet, The day was On.
brilliant sunshine and the water
unusually clear and smooth.
Three Cheers Are Given.
When the diver bettered III. .
record OF 1876 feet suppressed ar1..
went up from the dredge and Il q.
into wonder when he went DON.
215. And when he came up be
greeted with three big cheers
: There was some anxiety lest
Continued on page eight
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PASSENGERS lRRTTKD

Per p. NJ. str. Korea from Manila.
fiongkong and Japan ports For Ho-.
nolufu, Mrs. B. Buckiin, Lin HsiDi
Ling, p. A. Palmer, T. H. Fong. II. o.
wtihers, Hon. H. r.. .Woicott, Yang
Wen Peng. j. Ichikawa.
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Of
esd y helmet only q 2 feet u brave attempt to oe. the
the side diving launch Shaking of the helping bands that
haing
Smith California to him:
no marne
hafsounded.
staggering
Of
believed lost actually csonas hosting
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Hopes Are Dashed As
Diver Reports Anchor

Grapped Finding of Piece of BrassWoK From As SUI
persucure Brought Up BY Nasajo's Line, Had Strength
ened Hope Graft Was Hooked Saturday Night Spent In
Endeavor to Secure Object More Firmly HaWaiian Dredg
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"A And Sister Craft Tested
Last Month; Stability PeFfe|
1nhERsRaaRaax zsEsFsaHKnnnH1'

That all the submarines of the
blity absolutely
Constructor
with dockage Of
four boats. g.
I'm submarine accident technical think immediately
stability.
that vessel the United States
bly annually All inclined
it, all Q
The though
it then official
stationed here distinct satisfaction
thorough the submarines
showed defects impaired Thus
through lack Of foresight that the disaster
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-29

Lieut.. Charles &. Smith, COM
manding the first submarine a.
vision Of the Pacific fIeet, has
been At his post, directing The
search, night and day since last
Thursday, when the - was
rnissed. He has scarcely slept
or eaten while con the job
Every man Of the submarine fleet,
naval officials, and the many civil
iians engaged IN the rescue work
has forgotten himself in the hope
lof aiding the work OF reaching
the men under sea. :''
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
DRAW DIAGRAM
FOR HERBERT H,

SEATTLE, April 23.-The Ste
vens Debating club is in the en-
barrassing position of the man
who jokes and whose jest is over
heard and misunderstood by a
listener and treated as IL meant
seriously.
A week ago the club adopted
q strong resolution censuring one
of its members, John Coffee OF
Tacoma, for presuming to debate
in public with so mighty a figure
as u. s. congressman, no other
than Albert Johnson.
This. of course, was purely in
fun. Members of the club are
not afflicted with the mock hero
worship which, would exalt John
son into being with whom ordi-
nary mortals might not dare con-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
GERMANS
CRITICISE
BITTERLY

BERLIN, April 24.-With the
newspapers here bitterly CRITICS
ing the United States for refusing
to put an end to the traffic in
munitions to the allies, 1t is semi
officially explained that the at
tacks represent only the popular
and not the governments views.
The admiralty calls attention
to the fact that the North Sea Is
now clear of the enemy, with the
statement that the German squad
ron has repeatedly cruised in
British waters without meeting
the enemy.
1t is generally believed there
will be a great sea battle In the
near future, and hints are thrown
out that the English will be great
ly surprised by the character OF
the German warships.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
SebaStian'S
AccuSer Mixed

LOS ANGELES, April ga
For the second day in succession,
Edith Serkin, the girl accuser OF
Chief Sebastian, was SO over
whelmed late yesterday that
court had to be adjourned to give
her a rest.
Counsel for Sebastian put her
through a cross-examinatiOn
which. left her completely con-
fused as to the dates and cir
cumstances Of the chiefs alleged
immortal acts.
Earl Rogers. one OF Sebastian
attorneys, said he would show,
not only political plot to ruin
the chief, but a conspiracy OF
hatred on the part of the star
witness and her sister, as we'll.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24

verse. And those who heard the
argument Git was on the subject
of immigration and came up at
the Tacoma Commercial club re-
port that Coffee had none the
worst of the passage, anyhow.
But at any rate, the editor of
a certain Tacoma paper took the
affair very seriously. He wrote
a letter to the campus in which
he called down the club for CEN
surfing a well meaning, though of
course misguided, youth for pre-
Stunning to talk with a congress
man. This was published In the
student daily.
Now the club has had to pass
another resolution, formally and
unanimously explaining in detail
for the benefit of this Tacoma
editor that 1t was all a joke.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
Accuses
J. D. OF
Perjury

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April "a.
Young John ID. Rockefeller, the
Sunday school teacher, stands
charged today by +. p. Walsh, OF
the U. s. industrial relations COM
mittee, of having flatly perjured
himself on the witness stand In
the committees inquiry into the
Colorado strike.
At that time. Rockefeller said
he knew nothing about conditions
in Colorado personally.
Walsh declares he has letters
to show that Rockefeller was in
touch all during the strike. He
says the inquiry will be re-opened
and young Rockefeller recalled to
the stand.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
ALASKAN LEGISLATORS
PASS BIG BATCH OF BILLS

JUNEAU, Alaska, April "a
The following bills were passed
by the senate this afternoon: Pro-
hibiting professional jurors; re-
lating to school and municipal
taxes; providing for election OF
superintendent of public instruc-
tion two years hence; compelling
mining claims to be designated
by numbers; Furnishing SANDER
and libel; providing penalties for
wanton destruction of game ant
mails; additional pay to secretary
of Alaska; uniform acknowledge
ment of deeds; increasing salary
of mine inspector; also memorial
recommending the establishment
of experimental mining station at
Juneau.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
Want Launch

The purchasing department Of
the Alaska engineering commits
sion yesterday called for bids on
new gasoline launch to be used
at Woodrow formerly Ship
creek in connection with the
work on the government railway.
The specifications call for . craft
IS feet long. 1914 feet beam and
with a depth Of az feet, to be
propelled by 75-horse power en-
gine geared to sternwhee1. Ac-
cording to the specifications the
engine must be Z Pacific coast
make.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
SEATTLE BURNS MASS
OF CONDEMNED FOODS

SEATTLE, April 24.-As the
result of special crusade, start
ed at the request of ]. ] .Hig-
gins, assistant commissioner of
agriculture, State Food Inspector
Adams, assisted by F. N. Rhodes
and M. ID. Laucks, of the state
department of agriculture. yester-
day burned at the city incinera-
tor three and half tons of dried
Goldfish, $50 pounds of finnan
haddie, 500 pounds of frankfurt
ers and bologna sausage and five
boxes of frozen chicken. To sea-
son the barbecue, "a bottles of
catsup, seized at local public mar
kets, were also consigned to the
flames.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
DIG UP
T.. r. $
PAS

SYRACUSE, April 24.-The
record of William Barnes, New
York republican leader. who Is
suing Theodore Roosevelt for
$50, 900, alleging libel, was for
gotten yesterday In a review Of
the political career of the colonel.
In cross-examining Roosevelt,
Barnes attorney, William Twins.
kept carefully away from the rec
ord OF his client, and centered
his whole attention In attempting
to prove that Roosevelt himself
was a political boss, and that In
1904 his presidential campaign
committee accepted large contri-
buttons from the masters of big
business.
r. n. Doesn't Object.
Roosevelt made no effort to
dodge this issue. but meeting IL
squarely, declared that he gave
strict orders to his committee
that no contributions were to be
accepted that would place him at
all under obligations to any i'm
proper forces.
Specifically, he had ordered, he
said. that contributions from the
Standard Oil. then under prosecu-
tions should not be received.
WINS purpose seemed to be to
prove that Roosevelt was as much
boss as Barnes, that he had
worked with similar forces, and
that therefore he was not entitled
to attack Barnes as he did.
Neither Roosevelt's attorneys
nor the colonel himself objected
in any way to this turn Of the
case
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
Find Lumber
Future Bright

That there is improvement i'm
mediately ahead in the lumber
situation of the Northwest, was
the declaration of ID. r. Ewart,
manager for the Rolph Naviga-
tion & Coal Co. of San Francisco,
yesterday, en- route from British
Columbia.
Backing this forecast, Ewart's
company is now having built at
San Francisco two big lumber car
riers, each of which will be able
to take through the Panama ca
nal to the Atlantic seaboard be-
tween 100000 and 5000, 000
feet of lumber at a voyage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
EOEW MAY DROP
EMPRESS STRING

Marcus Loew, the Eastern
vaudeville magnate who last win.
ter purchased the entire western
string of Sullivan & Considine
theaters, including the Empress
theater in Tacoma, is thinking OF
giving up the contract and let
ting the theaters revert to John
w. Considine, according to re-
ports from the east today.
The depression in theatrical
business has caused the western
circuit to become a dead weight
this season, according to report,
and Loew is anxious to rid him
self Of the burden. The Empress
theater here is idle, but is ex-
pected to be reopened in stock
shortly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
LAWSON TRIAL BEGUN.

TRINIDAD, Colo, April ca
Assistant Attorney General Mont.
gomery today made his opening
statement in the trial OF John r
Lawson, a labor leader, who IL
charged with murder as the re-
suit of a shooting Of a mine
guard.
Montgomery declared that
Lawson was in command of the
miners colony when the strikers
killed the guard.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
Evangelist Coming,

Rev. r. w. Mccullough,
Scotch evangelist of Seattle, will
open a weeks evangelist services
at the First Baptist church Sum-
day night. DR.. Mccullough is
a magnetic speaker, and his SER
mons will undoubtedly attract
much attention.
Sunday he speaks on .'Is
Christ's Death Scientific?" Mon
day, III Christ Came to Tacoma"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
YUKON IS OPEN

LOWER LA BARGE, Y. T.,
April 24.-Long stretches of the
Yukon river are open between
here and Dawson, something
never known at this date before.
The Side Streams Co.'S steamer
vidette will leave here about May
IS or 6 for Dawson, the earliest
sailing on record.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
etsBigCOntract

The Independent Asphalt Co.
of Tacoma has been awarded two
Olympia paving contracts, one
for $4,000 and one for $26, 900.
There were five other bids SUBJ
mitted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
LEARN TO PLAY
PIANO OR ORGAN
In AFEW HOURS
IN YOUR OWN HOME

A Detroit musician has invent
ed wonderful new system which
enables any person or little child
to learn to play the piano or or
gan in one evening. Even
though you know absolutely
nothing about music or have new
or touched a piano or organ, you
can now learn to play in an hour
or two.
Write today for our Free Book.
let, which will be sent postpaid
At our expense and Will tell you
all about this successful ~method
that has already brought pleas
ure and happiness to thousands
Of homes. Address Numeral
Method Music Co., 1s2D Trusssd
Building, Detroit, hichigan,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
PASTOR TO PREACH
ON TIMES ARTICLE

Tuesday, "If the Devil Came to
Tacoma; Wednesday, What l
Saw Through a Telescope;
Thursday, by Mrs. Mccullough.
lis Christ Divine?" Friday, who
Put the Lid on He'll"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
FIFTY LOSE LIVES
IN FLOOD AND CYCLONE

AUSTIN, Tex, April 24.-FIfty
are known to have persisted, and
20 others are missing as result
of the flood and cyclone which
swept Austin Thursday night and
yesterday. Forty-five bodies have
been received, and with the re-
cession of the water It is thought
many more will be found. Twen-
ty bridges were destroyed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
HANG MOHANINlED

CAIRO, Egypt, April 24.-Mo-
manned Kpalil, arrested recently
following an unsuccessful at
tempt to assassinate the newly
appointed sultan, was privately
hanged here in prison today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24
Oregon Night.

oregon Nignt.
A letter from Governor James
w. Withycombe of Oregon, in
which he suggests that co-opera.
ton between the people of Wash.
ington and Oregon will create q
leadership by these two states
for the entire west, will be read
at the Oregon night" services OF
the First Christian church Sun.
day evening. There will be spe.
cial Oregon addresses. Rev
w. A. Moore will open the Ques.
ton box and answer 20 unusual
questions sent him during the
month by members OF his con
gregation.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-24

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