Show ALARM FELT FOR I HOSPITAL SHIP SH t It I II The e Relief elief Due at Guam Last L I Friday May Have En Encountered EnI Encountered I countered count red Typhoon l Nov O 21 Some concern is hero here for th the safety of the naval hospital ship Relief attached to the tite Atlantic bat battleship fleet which sailed on Nov 0 15 13 for Cor Guam but has bas not arrived as yet et at hero her destination although due there last Crl El Elday rI day da Severe Seere storms followed the sailing II of the Relief and It is believed bellee that the vessel vesel has been caught and sustained damage The vessel intended to land two members of the Ule cable staff at G am m The Th supply ship Supply has been ben ordered to leave leae Guam in search of or the missing ship shill During the vo voyage age of the Atlantic fleet to the Orient the Relief was buffeted by bv the heavy seas encountered between Sa Sn Samoa s moa and nd Auckland and again between Auckland nd and Sydney Sydne At t times she rollel so badly that it was feared she would overturn As a result of oC this Admiral Sperry ordered the ship to proceed proc d from Sydney to Manila direct instead of or fol Col following following lowing the course taken by b the fleet Three vessels of the trade are reported as overdue here and it Is be that they were wre caught In the r 1 re recent I cent typhoon and forced to run rim lor for shelter to points on the coast of China The Relief ReU f Is command of Sur Surgeon Surgeon Surgeon geon Charles F Stokes Her sailing mas nias master matel ter tel Is Francis N X a civilian The question of the command or of the Relief whether hether it should be given to a line of or officer fleer of ot the navy nav or to toa a medical officer brought 1 rou ht out a sharp controversy In Wash Washington WashIngton ash ashIngton ington last winter President Roosevelt Rooseve Insisted that a medical officer be in su supreme preme command and that the vessel have havea a civilian sailing lIIng master Rear Admiral W iv Yo II U Brownson did not agree with the president and the controversy led to his hIi resignation as chief of or the bureau of nav nay navigation navIgation |