Show BELIEVE IT A FAKE The Bottled Report of the Loss of the Steamship Pelican Tacoma Wash June 2The officers of the Northern Pacific Steamship company com-pany doubt the authenticity of the supposed sup-posed message from the lost steamship Pelican found In a bottle by Captain Thunnel of the schooner Hermann on he shore of Portage bay It Is believed ieved by officers of the company and other seafaring men that the messages message-s a hoax cast adrift by sailors of some vessel passing the Aleutian islands after af-ter the disappearance of the Pelican The latitude named Is 1400 miles from Portage bay and the currents would carry such a bottle southeasterly instead in-stead of northeasterly It is doubted that the Pelican sank at all as she was loaded with 2000000 feet of lumber Its It-s believed that she went ashore probably prob-ably on the Aleutian islands |