The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-16
THREE FROM CHIYO
ION Way TO STATES
Purser Wheeler Denies Three
Times That He Was In
Wrecked Vessel

VI
1oyo Kisen Kaisha steamer Chiyo Maru
when she was wrecked at Hongkong
March 81 were in the r. K. X. steamer
Refsin Maru, which arrived from Yo.
h6kama yesterday morning and sailed
FIR San francisco last evening.
They were J. B. Wheeler, acting pur
atf OF the Chiyo and now purscr of
tks Persia, Mrs. Nettie Heating, stew.
afless Of the Chiyo, and B. A. Stanton,
freight clerk Of the Chiyo.
Mr.. Wheeler maintnined an attitude
that was curious, ut least, He denied
once that he was In, the Ohiyo when
10 was lost, affirming that he left
Her at Yokohama; he denied IL twice
b. denied u thrice. Yet he was in her.
No reason IL known or even can be con
jtctnred for his denials, although he
aaid TO an acquaintance that he could
cay nothing until he had seen General
Manager Avery at San Francisco.
He also affirmed that no persons from
the Chiyo were in the Persia, when.
absa matter Of fact, there were tive
Htsides himself; Mr.. Stanton and Mrs
Nfnting.
49,. " NAhou ~ ACeNS ShAP
Mrs. Heating was the last woman ("
have the wrecked steamer, going int
lifeboat and thence into a British
destroyer. She and her stewardesses
tefe praised highly for their work
among the women. Mr.. Stanton remain
q aboard the Chiyo with the rest OF
- crew until Saturday night, April l
fhe vessel having struck at four-twent,
O'Clock the morning of March 81. Satur
0Iy evening calm seas were becoming
Increasingly rough, and the men tool
Ia the rocks. DR.. r, G. Houston, CHI
y0,s surgeon, elung to a rock ledge fOl
eight hours, few feet above the sea
a. feared the fnel oil from the tank
which burst NJ the first impact, know
ing the t6eet it would have on hi!
hhgs II he slipped into the water
finally he and the others were taker
up the cliffs, about 300 feet in all b!
f0be ladders and life lines, which were
Iokefed by the rescue crews of the
sfeameT Kwanto Maru, here last week.
On the rocks the men remained four
DAYS until they could be taken off
Three Chinese slipped into the water
and were lost, il was stated.
Former reports were affirmed that
NIore was no confusion at the wreck
and that everything went extremely
smooth.
Ken clark Is Passenger
veAlgo q passenger in the Persia was
Ken Clark, former purser of the Man
ehhria and China, which he left TO 60
10 to the ChiyO, but she was wrecked
While he was on his way to Japan.
The first days hearing at Hong.
kong had been concluded when the Per,
Ala departed from Yokohama, it was
said, but no news as to what was
brought ont was known. Reports
allreed that First Officer Sakai was on
the bridge when, the liner struck, but
one man said that Captain Bent had
Arisen, and had been on the bridge
fbdr minutes when the disaster came
= Can't. Y. Maxi of the Persia said
hat the T. X. K. had applied to the
department of communications for per.
nfssion to place the AnyO Maru on
10 Chiyo's run, as already published
Mere. but that he did not know what
would be done. If the Anyo is shifted
4 win be when she returns to Japan
lrom South America, whittier she j.
bound now.
Profound Secrecy Maintained
Profound secrecy was heing main
tdinad as IN the loss. The Iapanes'
aflicers at the Chiyo in particular woul(
thy nothirg. III the TenyO Maru arr
III. Houston and Steward Al Evans, tho
Persia reported. Captain Bent is not
fxpeeted Immediately, if he comes this
Gays at all.
~ The Iersia brought booklets Of views
Of the week many of which had been
t6hiiShed rcTe.
bTreasuTe in the CLiyO, all of which
vas -Sayed. was yen 100000.
What Tckio Asahi Says
The Advertiser published Saturday
4ranslation of a report in the Osakr
Iainichi on the wreck. One of the
Toxic Asahi, another leading japanese
Newspaper, has been received. Except
Tor disagreement as to the position OF
TIE Waglan light relative to the steam
n, IL is In accord with the Mainichi
1'ba Asahi says in part:
THE chief officer who was in &C
f,ial control of the ship when the ac
E;dent occurred had strict orders from
XIII EuRtulu w ~ hNO IL
ne morning, meanwhile keeping
Uraight to the course. Five O'Clock
would have been about the time the
vessel steer toward the west, with thu
Waglan lighthouse on its starbOard
- remains for the chief officer to ex
ylain why he changed the course with
ont orders from the captain. The mos
t6portant point in this affair, rests il
he mysterious reason why the Vesse
1fas purposely turned south and thu
ran on 70 the rocks.
Hay There was No Fog
= The question then arises: Was ther,
Iny fog when the ChiyO Maru RAJ
h1foundi Some of the passengers oil
board declare there was not. Mr.. Bux
fop, an American passenger, states pc
fitively that the weather was clear
mhile some Of the crew deny this state
tlent. One of the officers is reported
IN the Hoehi as saying that there hat
been fog from the previous day, Marcl
no, and q little while preceding the dis
n6t6r the fog was 80 dense that an.
one standing in the middle of the shi
aonld not possibly see the head light
1I.One Of the crew is quoted as sayinI
that the iChiyo, without following tn
customary precautionary steps of blow
fbG the foghoTns which would hav
n A