1922 Sailings and Notables

Arrival: January 23rd 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on January 23^rd, 1922.  An uneventful voyage was reported.  The EMPRESS OF ASIA crossed the Pacific Ocean from Yokohama quickly, requiring only 9 days and 6 hours to complete the passage.

The Passenger list comprised 32 First Class, 60 Second Class, 27 Third Class and 192 Steerage.

At Victoria only a few passengers disembarked and little mail was discharged allowing the ship to leave for Vancouver an hour after arriving.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on January 23^rd, 1922.

Brigadier-General C. G. Troat	With the US Army in the Philippines en route to America.
J. D. Abel Of Kobe, Canadian pacific Steamships agent	Canadian Pacific Steamships agent at Kobe.
Captain F. Baylis	Of Vancouver, returning from a business trip to Japan.

Departure: February 2nd 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, under the command of L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on February 2^nd, 1922.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on February 2^nd, 1922 at Vancouver and Victoria.

George Denny	Of Victoria and associated with the Times and the Colonist. newspapers, en route to Asia for the Associated Press.
Edwin S. Webster	Of the firm of Stone & Webster, Boston.
Isaac F. Marcosson	Journalist.
F. H. Fitzgerald	Of the Vacuum Oil Company.
Dr. Dolores Rosario	Of Manila.
Loydia Lipkow-son-Bodin	Pianist.
J. E. De Becker	Of Tokyo, a solicitor.
K. Keetsao Ou	Charge D’Affairs at the Chinese Embassy in Cuba.

Arrival: April 9th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on April 9^th, 1922.  The EMPRESS OF ASIA crossed the Pacific Ocean from Yokohama quickly, requiring only 8 days, 19 hours and 32 minutes to complete the passage at an average speed of 19.74 knots.  If heavy weather had not been encountered off Vancouver Island this voyage would likely have produced a new record time for the crossing from Yokohama.

While in Hong Kong the EMPRESS OF ASIA was dry-docked for her annual overhaul.  While the ship was being overhauled, Hong Kong was gripped by a large labour dispute that involved the waterfront.  Consequently the Chinese Articled crewmembers that had brought the ship from Vancouver were still available and rejoined the ship for the return passage to British Columbia when the overhaul was completed.

The Passenger list comprised 200 First Class, 100 Second Class, 500 Third Class and 192 Steerage passengers.  About 100 passengers left the vessel at Victoria.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on April 9^th, 1922.

E. B. Day	Of the St. Dunstan’s School for the Blind en route to England.
R. A. Nicholson	Associated with the Cosmopolitan Dock Company of Hong Kong en route to England.
G. M. Jackson	Of Shanghai, General Passenger Agent of Canadian pacific Steamships.
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Greaves	Of Liverpool.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Dickenson.	Of Manchester.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Towle	Of Boston.
Lieutenant Towle	Of Boston.
E. Walmalier	Of St. Anne’s-on-Sea, England
Captain J. W. Troup	Manager of the Canadian Pacific B.C. Coast Steamship Service, returning from a tour of the Far East.

Departure: April 20th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. W. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on April 20^th, 1922.

A passenger list of 150 First Class, 50 Cabin Class and 500 Steerage passengers was reported.

A capacity cargo was reported.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on April 20^th, 1922 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Sir Wilfred Peek	Of Ransdown England.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Enos	Of New York, a journalist, formerly with the Vancouver Province.  Associated with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the United States.  En route to Yokohama
Charles A. Fuller	Of Chicago.
J. Clarke Jackson	Associated with the Salt Union of Liverpool.
Captain J. Holmes	Of the Royal Navy.
J. D. Lyon	Of Pittsburgh.
L. F. Pye	Associated with Carter, Macey & Company of New York.
Reverend and Mrs. F. Ainsworth	Of Toronto.
C. A. Calkins	Of Vancouver.
Reverend and Mrs. C. R. Carscallen.	Of Toronto.
Mrs. E. Godefoy	Of Toronto.
Hugh Godefoy	Of Toronto.
A. Ikeda	Of Vancouver.
T. Ito	Of Vancouver.
Dr. and Mrs. A. W. Lindsay	Of Toronto.
E. Tufts	Of Toronto.
E. W. Wallace	Of Toronto.
J. Cuthbertson	Of Toronto.
G. Otway	Of Toronto.
A. Bertha Houger	Of Comrey, Alberta.
Baron Nakashima	Of Tokyo.
N. B. Bach	Of Lenwig, Denmark.
H. Kuhrb	Of Rostock, Germany, en route to China.
W. Reist	Of Grindewald, Switzerland.
E. S. Mohler	Of Seattle.
Adolph Hassek	Of Harbin Manchuria.  Associated with the International Sleeping Car Company, en route to Kobe.

Arrival: June 5th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on June 5^th, 1922.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on June 5^th, 1922.

Marquis and Marchioness of Northampton	On a world tour.
Sir Hugh and Lady Bray	En route to London.
A. Brooke Smith	Associated with the Shanghai International Council.
G. C. Dew	Associated with the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Far East.
Dr. James Endicott	Of Toronto, returning from the National Chinese Conference of Christians in Shanghai.
J. H. Oldham	Of Great Britain, Associated with the International Missionary Council.
Captain Gibson	Of Montreal.
Judge C. Hale	Of Portland, Maine.
Dr. E. H. Hume	Of New Haven, Connecticut.
D. Hume	Of Victoria.
General H. H. McLean	Of Rothesay, New Brunswick.
E. N. Bender	Associated with the Canadian Pacific Railway.
A. D. Braithwaite	Of Montreal.
P. R. Borger	Of The Hague.
Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Cartwright	Of Chautauqua, New York.
G. L. Cox	Of London.
P. M. Dawson	Of Shanghai.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Ellis	Of Hong Kong.
A. Gore-Brown
G. S. D. Hamel	Of The Hague.
S. R. Harlow	Of Boston.
H. H. Hart	Of San Francisco.
Sir Alfred and Lady Knox	Of London.
E. M. Liddell	Of Chepstow, England
Mr. and Mrs. J. Loewer	Of New York
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. MacKenzie	Of Peking.
G. Morriss	Of Shanghai.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Osborn	Of New York.
Mrs. Eldon Potter	Of Hong Kong.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ricker	Of Cedar rapids, Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Wheeler	Of Sidney, British Columbia.
R. P. Wilson	Of Monclair, New Jersey.
H. C. Rutgers	Of Dribergene, Netherlands.
I. Wilson	Of Victoria.
George H. Crawford	Of Portland, Oregon.
J. E. Crutcher	Of Seattle.
E. Porter	Of Seattle.
Alter Turetsky	Of Shanghai.
Reverend and Mrs. H. Van Dyck	Of Brooklyn.
P. Williams

Departure: June 15th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. W. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on June 15^th, 1922.

A passenger list of about 500 was reported with 130 First Class and 40 Cabin Class passengers.

General Grigori Semenoff was a passenger on this voyage. General Semenoff was a leader of the Cossacks and of the anti-Soviet forces in Siberia.  He was travelling to Harbin, Manchuria after a visit to the United States.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on June 15^th, 1922 at Vancouver and Victoria.

General Grigori Semenoff	A leader of anti-Soviet forces in Siberia en route to Harbin, Manchuria from the United States.
Ethel McEachren	Of Toronto.
C. K. Marshall Martin	Of Montreal.
T. J. Rothe	Of Toronto.
Leo Thomas	Of Toronto.

Arrival: July 31st 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on July 31^st, 1922.

The ship accomplished a fast crossing of the Pacific Ocean requiring only 9 days and 3 hours to cover the distance from Yokohama to the Quarantine Station at Vancouver Island.

The Passenger list included 150 Saloon Class and 100 Cabin Class and a large number of Steerage passengers.

W. G. King, a moving picture operator, was a passenger on this voyage returning to Montreal from Japan.  He had visited Japan to obtain material for films that were to be shown on the Canadian Pacific passenger ships.  The films were to be released through the Associated Screen news.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on July 31^st, 1922.

Sir Curtis G. Ashdown	A Director of C. G. Ashdown & Co., London.
Bishop F. R. Graves	Of Shanghai.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Van Rooyen	Of Kobe travelling to Canada.
U. F. Burell	Of Messrs. A. R. Brown & Co., Glasgow.
Mrs. W. P. Kerr	Associated with the British Consulate at Tientsin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McCallum	Associated with the Sun Life Assurance Company at Shanghai.
Mrs. J. H. Morris	Associated with the Canadian Pacific Office at Seoul.
W. G. King	A moving picture operator returning to Montreal from Japan.

Departure: August 10th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, under the command of L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on August 10^th, 1922.

A passenger list of approximately 400 was reported.

No other passenger information is available for this crossing of the Pacific Ocean.

Arrival: September 25th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on September 25^th, 1922.

The passenger list consisted of 86 Saloon Class, 66 Second Cabin Class, and 300 Steerage Class passengers.

Captain E. Foster was a passenger on this voyage leading a party of 10 that were returning from Japan after having delivered the ship TYNE (formerly know as MONMOUTHSHIRE) to Kobe.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on September 25^th, 1922.

Colonel L. E. Broome	En route from Japan, a member of the abandoned Blake party that was attempting an around the world air flight.
Viscount and Mrs. Matsudaira	Of Japan, en route to Europe.
Captain E. Foster	En route from Kobe after having completed the delivery of the ship TYNE to Japan.

Departure: October 5th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on October 5^th, 1922.

Note of Interest:

Another Canadian Pacific liner, the EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA, sailed from Vancouver to Yokohama on September 28^th, 1922.  Two days later the ship developed severe mechanical problems that shut down one turbine and forced the ship to turn around and return to British Columbia.

Many of the passengers from the EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA were transferred to the EMPRESS OF ASIA.  Consequently the EMPRESS OF ASIA sailed with a very large passengers list of over 1,000 persons.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on October 5^th, 1922 at Vancouver and Victoria.

Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Stone	Of Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Quelch	Of Victoria.
M. N. Bostock	Of Vancouver.
D. Hume	Of Vancouver.
D. S. Rabb	Of Vancouver.
P. Hachiya	Of Vancouver.
Dr. E. R. Cunningham	Of Toronto.
Velma Imeson	Of Toronto.
Florence Jack	Of Toronto.
Reverend and Mrs. C. F. Jolliffe	Of Toronto.
Edward Jolliffe	Of Toronto.
Orlando Jolliffe	Of Toronto.
Paul Jolliffe	Of Toronto.
D. Kilpatrick	Of Toronto.
Reverend and Mrs. R. S. Longley	Of Toronto.
Robert Longley	Of Toronto.
Gordon Longley	Of Toronto.
Beatrice Longley	Of Toronto.
Muriel Longley	Of Toronto.
Reverend and Mrs. R. B. McAmmond	Of Toronto.
Pearl McNeil	Of Toronto.
Ada E. Miles	Of Toronto.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Pincock	Of Toronto.
Reverend and Mrs. G. E. Rackham	Of Toronto.
Lulu Rouse	Of Toronto.
Robina Service	Of Toronto.
William Service	Of Toronto.
Dr. W. J. Sheridan	Of Toronto.
Reverend and Mrs. M. Smith	Of Toronto.
Reverend and Mrs. W. E. Sibley	Of Toronto.
James A. Smith	Of Toronto.
Omar L. Smith	Of Toronto.
Dr. Hilda M. Smith	Of Toronto.
Reverend and Mrs. G. W. Sparling	Of Toronto.
Ruth Sparling	Of Toronto.
Florence Sparling	Of Toronto.
Margaret Sparling	Of Toronto.
Dorothy Sparling	Of Toronto.
Mrs. C. Strout	Of Toronto.
Dr. and Mrs. Percival S. Tennant	Of Toronto.
Elva Tindale	Of Toronto.
C. Wellwood	Of Toronto.
M. M. Wheeler	Of Toronto.
P. W. Robertson	Of Edmonton
Frank B. Noyes	President of the Associated Press, en route to the Far East on business.
John Jay Abbott	Of Chicago.
Judge A. C. Carson	Of New York.

Arrival: November 20th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, commanded by L. D. Douglas, concluded a Pacific crossing upon reaching Vancouver on November 20^th, 1922.

Easterly gales marked the first half of the voyage from Yokohama delaying the ship and resulting in Victoria being reached 6 hours behind schedule.

The Passenger list included 55 First Class and 106 Second Class passengers.

Notable passengers aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA arriving at Victoria and Vancouver on November 20^th, 1922.

Mr. and Mrs. D Hazel	Of London.
Miss Hill	Of Chicago.
N. Gottlieb	Of Chicago.
A. G. Sillies	Of New York.
L. Greenwald	Of Victoria.
Captain C. F. Dann	Retired British Army Officer returning to England by way of Canada where settlement opportunities in the Okanagan Valley were investigated.
Captain W. S. Smith	Retired British Army Officer returning to England by way of Canada where settlement opportunities in the Okanagan Valley were investigated.

Departure: November 30th 1922

The EMPRESS OF ASIA, under the command of L. D. Douglas, began a Pacific crossing upon sailing from Vancouver on November 30^th, 1922.  The ship reported a light passenger list of approximately 480 with some 60 Saloon Class and 50 in Second Class.  Several hundred passengers were in Steerage.

At Hong Kong the EMPRESS OF ASIA would be dry-docked for her annual overhaul.  The overhaul is scheduled to take 33 days.

Notable passengers embarking aboard EMPRESS OF ASIA on November 30^th, 1922 at Vancouver and Victoria.

V. C. Cummings	Of Vancouver.
Mr. and Mrs. G. K. King
C. L. Preston
Mrs. J. C. Ratcliffe
E. Blondahl
Hilma Hill	Of Toronto.
R. W. Pearce	Of Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Scully	Of Seattle
C. W. Widman
J. Allsopp
Reverend K. C. Yong	Of Vancouver
Colonel F. P. Mackie	Of Vernon.
Edith Vanderbilt	Of Washington, D. C.
Cornelia Vanderbilt	Of Washington, D. C.
Dr. and Mrs. Duncan Main	Of Edinburgh.
Dr. R. Masujima	Of Yokohama.
Mrs. A. Monsod	Of Seattle