Show LINER LINEA PREVENTS OCEAN TRAGEDY BY SAVING 26 St Steamer amer Captain Reports Last of Freighter Crew Taken From Vessel Vessel- RESCUERS LOSE TWO OF OWN MEN two Seventy ur Battle in Mid-Atlantic Mid Brings Victory During Storm MUSKEGON Mich Jan 28 23 AP AP The The fishing tugs Helen M. M and Indian with eight men aboard were caught in the Lake Michigan blizzard during the night and were sighted today by United States coast guards four miles south of Muskegon harbor and one mile milo off shore The tugs are drifting with the ice ica field and as far far far-as as could be ascer tamed are not seriously damaged No attempt could be made at rescue rescue res res- cue as a aH all 1 slims ships that might respond are icebound VICTORIA B. B C C. C Jan 28 United Press Storms Storms Press Storms raging in the North Pacific have battered and delayed the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Asia four days on its trip from the Orient The ship w was s due Monday Monday Mon Mon- day but according to wireless re reports reports reo re- ports she will not reach port until Friday Fric Already the vessel has reported one casualty Miss Leona Kearn an American girl basketball player who was swept overboard by a huge wave that broke over the thed d deck eck NEW YORK Jan 28 AP The AP-The The four days' days heroic struggle o of the United States lifter biller President Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt to rescue tho the crew of the stricken British freighter freighter- oe in mid-Atlantic mid has ended In hi tri tri tri- I. I I At midnight last night under a brig t moon that lit up the sea thir thirteen en r-em r remaining members of tho W cr graiL p at twenty twenty-ii ft- ft were from the Hie wallowing g. g fr freighter freighter- who doom seemed imminent T Til Twelve lve iVe men had been rescued late Iest after the President Hoos velt had stood by the freighter freight freIght- er for more than two seventy-two hours in one of ot the most most- savage storms ever encountered in th the Atlantic Although the storm had been cheated o of the crew of tho the it took a tl toll of five twenty lives when the British freighter r foundered off Halifax some time Tuesday night after the North German German German Ger Ger- man Lloyd liner Bremen had succeeded succeeded suc sue in rescuing six men TWO OF CREW LOST LOST- Brilliant though her exploit hari haI been Captain George Fried and tho crew of the American vessel were grieved at the loss of two of their theft comrades who gave their lives Monday Monday Mon Men day In a vain effort to carry succor to the In a radio message to the Associated Press today Caplain Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain lain Fried said Received blinker message from the We have GO 60 degrees list Weather continued ing lag but heavy swell running with some wind Manned and launched sixth boat in command of Miller Imer first officer Proceeded alongside and took ort oft thirteen remaining re- re members of ot the crew It was necessary for me to take lake advantage of a n brief spell of good weather A bright moonlight was of great assistance in the opera opera- NAVIGATION MENACED crew very ery weak and suffering from hunger exposure and Injuries Last sight Continued on page pago 7 1 LINER PREVENTS OCEAN TRAGEDY BY 4 VING 25 1 ELE Continued from Page 1 still afloat t and constituting serious menace to navigation The President Roosevelt has lost los half halt of ot her ten lifeboats in saving the crew drew The frail fran craft craf were smashed by heavy seas under bow the freighters freighter's I Thirty ships from New York or bound for New new- newYork York from other ports are still In the orm area Four others docked here yesterday among them the All An were two da days s 's late Captain Herbert Herbert Herbert Her Her- bert Hartley of the L Leviathan said the gale was the worst he had seen in thirty years ears 1 Tugs Missing on Lake Michigan S MUSKEGON l Mich Jan 28 AP The AP-The The two to fishing tugs Helen M. M I. I and Indian with eight me men aboard caught in the he terrific gale galeon on Michigan Lake dropped out of sight at 2 a. a m. m today coast guards reported The t tugs gs had been driftIng drifting drift drift- Ing ng to the south during the night and the blizzard made it impossible I to o locate t them tiem em Olympic Reported In n Grave Danger NEW EW YORK Jan 28 25 AP AP An An Announcement by a radio amateur at Columbus Ind md th that t he be had picked up a distress message from a steamshIp steamship steam- steam shIp hip the Olympic caused wiGs wide spread pread excitement this morning Nothing developed to show that such uch a message came from the White hite Star liner Olympic which left Southampton yesterday for tor New York In fact all indications were that hat this vessel was not in dis dis- tress ress A tank steamer Olympic so soar far ar as known was In port at San Diego Ca Cal LOON LONDON LO ON Jan 28 AP Reports that hat tile White Star liner Olympic had ad sent out a wireless distress caBare call caB are re regarded in responsible quarters here ere as devoid of foundation The liner which left Southampton ton yesterday for Cherbourg and andew New ew York cleared from the French Frenchport Frenchport Frenchport port at 8 30 o'clock l last st night and consequently any radio messages from her hell would have immediately been picked up by other vessels in French and English waters or by some of the shore hore stations |