The Alaska daily empire., 1919-10-14
ALASKA HELMSMAN
 LEAPS OVERBOARD
 AND BOAT IN DANGER
Hundred Lives on the Bark Guy c. Goss at Mercy of De- mented Man For Over
 An Hour

i Guided by the hand of a madman who stood alone at the wheel while more than hundred sailors and fishermen slept peacefully in their hunks, the bark Guy c. Goss of the Northwestern Fisheries Company moved drunkenly up the Strait of Juan de Fuca during the darkness of the early morning hours yester- day, her towering masts shrouded in low hanging fog, says the Seattle Timas.
 The helmsman, who had gone in- sane during the voyage from Chig- nix, Alaska, after steering the big sailing vessel for nearly an hour, dressed himself in his best clothing, as if preparing to go to a wedding, and disappeared over the side before his condition became known to off cers of the ship.
 Creeping through the mists and blackness of the night the big sail ing craft at the mercy of de- ranged mind, passed through wa ters dangerous to shipping and a torturous channel skirted by jagged rocks which threatened the ship with destruction as her crew and a large number of fishermen from the Chignik cannery were unmind- full of their peril.
 Laden with a cargo of 38,00O cases of canned salmon, the Guy C.. Goss arrived in Seattle yesterday afternoon and is berthed at the face of Pier 11-B.
 Discovery of the stellar part the helmsman had played in new mys- tery of the sea was made by l. Hanson, mate of the vessel who awakened to the fact that the yes sel was zigZagging crazy course up the strait. He hastened to the wheel house and found it deserted. The ship with more than a hun dred souls aboard had no one at the helm. A huge life buoy which hung on the wall was gone. Just outside the door and securely fast ened to the ships railing was a small line dangling. in the water. The helmsman had disappeared leav- ing nothing but mystery as to his fate in the chilling waters with the shore more than two miles away.
 Mate Hanson gave the alarm run ming back and forth on the deck of the ship shouting at the top of his voice, Man overheard. Man overheard"
 Soon half dozen members of the crew rolled out, of their hunks and after one of their number had been placed at the wheel, began search for the helmsmHn.
 Kramson was both seaman and fisherman and had served as a member of the crew of the Guy c. Goss for two seasons. His home is in Poulsbo, where he has wife and three children, according to the officers of, the vessel. He had spent the summer in Alaska and had approximately $500 coming tc him from the Northwestern Fisher ies Company.
 May Have Reached Shore
 While Captain Didrick believes that Khamson committed suicide other officers of the Guy c. Goss are of the opinion that he may have reached shore and possibly is wan dering about in the dense forests which skirt the Strait of Juan dt Fuca. They said yesterday that they would suggest that a search be made for the man in the woods below Foulweather Bluff and along the strait. The buoy which Kram- son took with him has printed or it in big red and black letters: "Guy c. Goss, Seattle, Wash. ' Kramson was about 40 years old, according to officers of the sailing vessel.
 The Guy c. Goss made the voy- age from Chignik to Cape Platter! in nine days and eight hours. The vessel had light southerly winds for five days and strong easterly winds, calms and fog for the rest 'of the voyage. She was about 9 day off the cape and then sailed up the strait as far as Clallam Bay where she was taken in tow by the tug Richard Holyoke. The Goss brought a total of 112 men down from the North, including her crew. fishermen and cannery workers from the Chignik plant of the Northwestern Fisheries Company. She Is the last of the Northwestern Fisheries fleet to return to Seattle this wear from Alaska