Empress Liner Have to in Terrific Storm: Wireless Communication with Yokohama at last Accomplished: Bandits'
Captive Ransomed with a Brother's Fortune Fae Our Ome Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 20, The Empress of Asis, arriving at Victoria on November 10, did not reach the Oiiter Harbour until wine o'clock at night, 12 hours behind schedule, The vessel ran unto a storm soon after leaving Yokohama on November 1, the passengers suffering considerable discomfort. On the night of the day of departure the ventilators. were unshippd; on next day, Sunday, " strong north-"awest gale sprang up accompanied by high beam seas." The weather was overcast and squally and the wind grow in force until 10 o'clock next day, when the huge liner was compelled to heave to. She reamiained im that position; tossed and Durteted by mountainous seas, until 8.80 o'clock that afternoon, when the storm abated sufficiently to allow the vessel to proceed. The ship was labouring and straining heavily and shipping water fore and aft. On the next day i was much the same, swith the wind -novthwost.
Wednesday the storm had abated Somewhat and the liner picked. up Speed gradually. From then on, although the weather was rough, tthe vessel made good progress.
Give Us our Lost Christmas Day'
Bookings here for the Empress fof Russi on her next sailing from this port on December 19 continue despite the fact that all indications point to the passengers on this bout having no Christmas Day. According to the schedule of the ship she should reach the 100th meridian on the night of December 24 when it is the invariable custom to drop a day, In this case when the day is dropped it probably will be December 25, which will mean that the several hundred passengers will love their Christmas unless the Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ld., take pity onthe travellers and" provide Santa Claus aboard ship who r fuses to consider longitudes and latitudes. Approximately 500 pas-songers are already booked on this ship, and the company is going ahead making arrangements for celebrating the festive samson at sen, Nearly all the other boats of the company will be in ports either on this side or the Chinese side of the Pacific on Christmas Day.
Liner Fired On was travelling with his wife and family. Bandits attacked the eave falcade and. carried off the party] to a. mountain fastness. Letters demanding ransom of $8,000 reached Ah Yuen in Victoria in due course.
Ah Yuen, after taking 20 years collect a modest. fortune" and steadily putting off the day of his return to Chima on holiday, had that sum almost to a dollar, Tt twas the fe of his brother' end family in the scales against 20 years of labour and a fortune. Blood ties held fast. The money he sent to the Chinese bandits, His reward feame last week when the brother, [his sister-in-law, and family arrived to stare the "remainder of his earthly estate in Fingard Street, Victoria. Ah Yuen is now @ poor rman, but he is proud of Se with Jovery reason to be 80, 'A. Father's Responsibility Presonting some contrasts to the Yuen case is that of W. A
[Cumyow, Chinese interpreter in the Vancouver police-courts. Although Cumyow holds the position, his son does the work. The Vanleouver Board of Police Commissionfers at a special meeting unaninously ruled thet st Camyow did not make a settlement withia ten days jof a judgment against his son for $1,500 he would Jose his. position, The judgment was in favour of Mra, 'C. "Anderion, wide, who crippled when jon ran her down with his motor-car on February 7, 1922. That the judgment had been ignored Jcame to light only recentl; {friends of the injured womin re vealed her plight. Mr. Cumyow, who was summoned to the Police 'Commission meeting, was asked to explain why he had taken we steps to pay the judgment, although his Joon had been deputizing for him as police court interpreter and earning for him about $120 per month. Mr. Cumyow's contention' was that he had a family of ten children, five of whom are still dependent on him and that he could not spare' the money. It was pointed out that Drs. Anderson had been forced to go to the Home for Incurables. Cumyow, Jr., is also liable for $200 costs in" suit, The American-Oriental str. President Grant refusing to stop on a signal from the U. S. Coast guard utter Snohomish near Port Town-gend on November 18, the cutter fired a shot across the Liner's bow and federal agents boarded the ship to hunt for narcotics. While the agente were hunting for con-odaled drugs, the President Grant proceeded to Seattle with the cutter following. When darkness arrived the cutter's searchlights were tumned on the steamship as a precaution aguinst contraband beng thrown overboard. No narcotics were found, but the trans-Pacific passengers on the ship got a thrill. This was the first time in local, marine history that a trans-Pacific Hiner been stopped during @ voyage for a search of this kind. The raid is stated to be in accordance with a new plan to thwart narcotic smugglers on mors from the Far Bast,
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