The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-23
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TOT ana was gong ulfect tO var derbilt reef and take off the Princess Sophia's passengers and would then return to Juneau and take aboard passengers at Juneau who had pur- chased tickets for the Sophia, was asserted by Miss Leone Graber an operator at the local central tele- phone exchange at the time of the disaster. Miss Graber was called to the stand yesterday evening in the Princess Sophia proceedings.
 She stated that she had been kept busy on October "A and 25 attend
 ing to the calls of many persons ringing up Agent F. F. w. LOwle of the Canadian Pacific, asking for in formation about the ship. She tes- tified that she heard much of the conversation ensuing and that MT Lowle repeatedly assured inqurers that he had sent for the Princess Alice and that the steamer would go direct to the scene of the wreck. take off the stranded passengers and then come back to Juneau. Finally, related the witness, the calls became so numerous that MT LOwle requested her on the afternoon Of the 18th, not to put through any more calls for him. Cross examina- ton by attorneys for the Canadian Pacific failed to shake the story of Miss Graber in any material way. OswelI Corroborates wife
 Georse Oswell, superintendent of the Ebner' mine, corroborated the testimony Offered by his wife at Wednesdays hearing in regard to conversation between them and Agent Lowle on the afternoon of the 25th Mir. Oswell testified that he and Mrs. Oswell called at the office of the steamship company relative to the reservation made by Mrs. Oswell for passage South on the Sophia, and that MT. Lowle told them that the Princess Alice was on her way North to take the pass engers off the Sophia, after which she would proceed to Juneau and take on such additional passengers IS had intended to go south on the Sophia.
 Mrs. Oswell was recalled. She disaster Agent Lowle upon his own urgent solicitation, persuaded her to accept a refund of the money she had paid for her ticket as he said the Princess Alice would be a yeri- table funeral ship on her trip South carrying many of the victims of the wreck, and he thought the journey would be too depressing for her.
 Just before the close of the even ing session, copies of The Alaska Daily Empire of the issues of Oct ober 24 and 9 were introduced as exhibits in the case by attorneys for the Canadian Pacific.
 R. F. Richardson, General Agent for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. was recalled to the wit ness stand in this mornings session in the Princess Sophia proceedings before Special Commissioner Bruce Moburg, and acting under advice of Lawrence BOgle, attorney for the Company, declined to hand over a Skaters code book to Proctor Martin for the translation of certain mes sages alleged to be in Skaters code. In so advising MT. Richardson, Attorney Bogle stated that he, per sonally had no knowledge of the con tents of the telegrams, which bore dates of October 29, 31 and Noyem Der 1, but based his action on the ground that they were transmitted and received after the disaster and were clearly not material evidence, and further that they were private communications between two attOr- neys and not between the company and it's agents Later in the hear
 ngs, MT Bogle offered to give the book to MT. Martin for examination for private marks, or to compare the messages. MT Bogle stated that he would reta.n possession of the code book until the hearing of the case before Judge Neterer at Seattle. and if the latter ruled that the messages were material, at that time it would be available for use.
 Caros Testimony Contradicted
 J. T. White, caretaker of the Or pheum Rooms at the time of the wreck. was called to the stand this morning by attorney Martin. He stated that he had been told to get ready for passengers off the Princess Sophia. Mir. Caro, who had charge of the rooms giving him these in structions about o'clock on the morning of October "A. He said that as he understood that no definite arrangements had been made, he in formed MT Caro that he would have to start fires under the boilers for heat and hot water and that the latter thereupOn told him to wait a while. About II o'clock on the same morning, he said. MT. Caro notified him not to make any preparations as MT. Lowle had just told him that the passengers would not be brought to Juneau At an earlier session, Mir. Caro- testified that he had never .-,-.h;,, OWlA