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Show JAPANESE ARMY VESSEUIl PERIL UN ALASKA, Alaska. March SO (UP A Japanaee troop ship with 46 men and officers on board waa believed be-lieved today to ba la peril aft the western Up of tha Aleutian Island Endangered by hlgt. seas, which caused her carlo of lumber to list heavily, the former Csnsdlan ship Signeuer laat waa reported awaiting rescue from th liner Empress of Russia, standing by. The urm tossed w t tart kept th rescue vessel from affecting a contact despite an til day vigil, according la radio meets mee-ts fee received her last night Tha Japanaee steamer Oregon Mtru also sped to the rescue, responding to d lj treat signal from th stricken vessel. Her position wa given as it degree north and lai.M degree east to Japanaee tiers. The Signeuer was purchased by Jtptn for a troop ship. She wa en route to her pew homo port from Gray Harbor and British Columbls with a cargo of lumber. Her rrew la Japanese. The ship, built In Montreal Mon-treal In 11. a 400 feet long, has a 91-foot beam and weighs (737 gross i ton TOKIO, March 20 rUP Tha Japanese Japa-nese steamer Heian Maru la standing by to aid tha helpless ship Belgneuer. reefed on the western tip of the Aleutian Aleu-tian Islsnds. the Hakodate radio was sdvised todsy. The former Csnadlan vessel was purchased recently by the Dalren 1 Steamship company to ply between Dairen and Europe, supplanting foreign4 for-eign4 boat t present carrying Man-churlan Man-churlan products to western msrkctj. |