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VOTj. XLT NO. 19 189 Entered at Port 1 an d (Oregon) PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1923 PRICE FIVE CENTS L IS YET AHEAD LATE RETURNS U. S. PART IN WORLD COUNSELS FORECAST ELIMINATION OF POLITICAL QUESTIONS REQUISITE. IM. DOYLE S 'THE HOLY CITY' SUNG BY CHOIR INTO RADIO E. C. GUNTHER KILLED NEWS STORY DRAWS I tudampo rrD puiPie'L IS BY WAVE-ROLLED LOG HE S PULITZER-AWARD 9(1 PERSONS LOST THE OREGONIAN BROADCASTS SACRED CANTATA. PORTLAND MAN CRUSHED FA POLICEMAN'S RANCH IS BE SIEGED BY VISITORS. TALLY AT SEASIDE. AVER TARKINGTON WRECKED DEAD 0 Careful Analysis Shows Possible Reversal. OFFICIAL COUNT IS NEEDED Two Contestants Continue in See-Saw Race. COOS MAN NOW IN LEAD More Territory Favorable to Olcott Is Still to Be Heard From. Battle Is Close One. TF1 pores by Counties on Governor. Counties. Raker Benton Hall. Olcott. 136 506 171 724 2.034 1,914 1,879 1,573 53S 489 1,827 744 125 122 416 54 270 595 1,870 810 30 158 40 21 86 88 393 1.213 1,224 31 123 490 235 284 793 18 101 1,339 1,216 175 354 616 872 33 177 2,703 3,176 124 ' 216 19,196 18,303 460 527 71 295 1,135 372 2.214 1,487 337 690 118 274 492 891 807 1,120 101 303 530 827 41.892 41,684 Crook Gilliam Grant Harney Hood River Jefferson Lake Lincoln . Linn ... Malheur tMorrow Polk tSherman Wasco JYamhill Hall's lead 208. Completo. tOfficial. .. . VALE, May 21. (Special.) Twenty-nix out of 30 precincts In Malheur county give Olcott a majority of 205 Votes over Hall, according to an esti mate furnished by County Clerk Harry ,Hackett. Olcott is carrying every pre cinct In the county and his total ma jority in the missing precincts will make his total fully 300. Owing to rains in mountains it may be several days before missing pre cincts In county will be heurd from. In the figures gtven in the table In the head of this column, Olcott has a present lead In Malheur county of 144. If the Malheur estimate of a lead there of 300 for Olcott is correct It would cut Hall's present state lead down to 52. Private advices received by a Port land citizen give the Malheur county vote, with several precincts yet miss ing, at Olcott 503, Hall 109, CIcott's lead 394, which, applied to the state totals, would turn the balance and give Olcott a lead of 18a. On the face of the returns, it was a favorable day yesterday for the candidacy of Charles Hall for the re publican nomination for governor. But on careful analysis the result is not yet determined to be in his favor and an official count may be required to settle the contest. Saturday night lata returns cut down the lead of the Coos candidate ever Olcott from 644 to a bare nine. New returns yesterday lifted Hall to a lead of 208. This change was brought about by reporting all miss ing precincts in Coos and Curry coun ties, which are Hall strongholds, i revision of Tillamook figures, which increased Hall's lead in that county, and a careful revision of Multnoman figures, whieh also increased Hall's lead over preceding reports. A few precincts from Douglas county also contributed to the Hall lead. Some in Favor of Olcott, Scattering precincts in a number of counties were favorable to Olcott, but only served to keep down the Hall plurality. As the situation now stands there are in counties where Hall is a fav orite six precincts to hear from in Clatsop, one in Crook, one in Doug Ins, nine in Jackson, 17 in Lane, one in Tillamook and six in Umatilla. While Hall has carried both Jackson and Lane counties it is by a very email vote and the missing precincts when they report are not expected to add materially to his plurality. Therefore, the Hall vote so far as in dicates results in his favor is virtu ally all in. Olcott Territory Left. In Olcott territory there are 25 precincts to hear from in Baker county. These precincts returned their ballots in locked boxes 'without any notation on the exterior as to results. They will not be opened until Mon day aftt-rnoon. laere are three pre cincts outstanding in Benton county, eevun in Gilliam, three in Lake, one in Folk, four in Union, one in Wal lowa and one in Wneeler. In Grant county only 97 votes have been reported. In that county there was 2869 registered republicans. Of the 97 votes reported, Patterson re ceived 47, Olcott 40, White 5, Bean 5, Hall 0, Lee 0. On an estimate of 30 per cent poll of the registration, there are 700 votes to be accounted for in Grant county. In Malheur county 358 votes have been counted. The republican regis tration is 2317. Of the votes already Concluded oa Page Column 1.) America Considered Willing to Join Other Nations to Work Out Restoration of Commerce. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21. Par ticipation of the United States in eco nomic councils abroad when the governments of Europe are ready to eliminate political questions from their discussions of world rehabilita tion was forecast tonight in official' circles. The American government, accord ing to officials In close touch with the administration, would be willing to Join with other nations to work out plans for restoring the interna tional commercial equilibrium if American representatives could jour ney abroad convinced that political subjects would be barred from any conference they attended. Some officials express the belief that V the government of Europe would invite this country to a con ference which definitely confined the scope of its proposed deliberations to the solution of economic problems, the invitation would receive a much more cordial reception than has been ac corded the numerous requests for American representation at the series of councils held abroad in the past three years. While the problems to be solved in healing the world's war wounds are many, government economists main tain that the basic questions to be answered are few. Balancing of budgets by European governments, accompanied by deflation of floated currencies, iB of vital importance, ac cording to government experts, who advocate the accomplishment of this end by decreased expenditures rather than . through more taxation. Arma ment reduction is urged as an eco romic measure and to restore confi dence In the permancy of peace and the unl'kellhood of interruption to renewed commercial enterprise. Fixation of the war debts of the nations and the terms of German reparations upon a basis so defined as to instill a confidence that pay ments of Interest and principal will be made as they fall due, is the mas ter key to the situation, In the opin ion of experts, who also contend the establishment of gold standard is imperative. Either credits or gold loans may be necessary to establish the gold standard, officials maintained, and therein lies., the part the American bankers oan play in the restorat'on of Europe. High officials have de clared that the steps this country may take to aid international recovery must be in "the shoes of its bank ers," and before the financial feet can move there must be assurance of a revival of productivity abroad to Justify Investment of American money In Europe. LONGER SKIRTS DECREED Garments 8 Inches Above Ground Announced as Next Fashion. NEW rOEK, May 21. David N. Mosessohn, executive director of the . Associated Dress Industries of Amer ica, has announced plans of that organization to leave the American flapper high and dry with her knee high skirts. ; Garments that hang to within eight inches of the ground will be "the thing" in fall styles for the "fashionably dressed, woman," he said. ) "The flapper will probably continue to wear the knee-length skirts," he conceded, rand some manufacturers will probably cater to that class of trade." But as for the "fashionably dressed woman" well, Paris has decreed 'em longer, and what Paris says, Mr. Mosessohn thinks, will continue to "go" here. LORD'S DAY ACT STANDS Police Refuse to Revoke Order for Strict Enforcement of Law. VICTORIA, B. C, May 21. The police commission refused today to revoke its order" for the strict en forcement of the Lord's day act in Victoria. Although the Anti-Blue Law league was armed with documents showing that the voters had gone on record by a seven-to-one vote last week against the closing of all stores in Victoria on Sunday as provided in the Lord's day act, Mayor Marchant and Commissioner Staneland re mained firm in their determination to enforce the law. BIGAMY CHARGE DROPPED Husband of Ardmore Heiress Re turns Home With Bride. ARDMORE, Okla., May 21. Any charges against Ludie Kinney in con nection with his marriage to Miss Opal Rexroat, Ardmore heiress, have been dropped, or will be dropped, counsel for Kinney announced when Kinney and his bride arrived home from Houston yesterday. No bigamy charges - are pending here against Kinney, as recently re ported from Houston, according to of ficials. FIRE VISITS ALBERT LEA Block and Half of Business Section Burns; Loss $1,000,000. ALBERT LEA, Minn., May 21. Fire that swept through a block and a half of the business section of Al bert Lea early today did damage un officially estimated at $1,000,000. Two men were hurt by falling glass. Sir Arthur and Lady Re port Talk With Spirit. SEANCE IS HELD IN TOLEDO Shade of Sir Ernest Shack leton Declared Present. 10 PERSONS AT SESSION Lecturer and Wife Say That Par ents Appeared in Dark Room and Sent Messages. TOLEDO, O., May .21. (Special.) What Sir Arthur Conan Doyle de scribed as one of the most remark able seances of his experience was held here Saturday night, when Sir Arthur, with Lady Doyle, his secre tary, Captain Widdecombe, and t,ee Keedick of the New York lecture bu reau, sat in a circle with Miss Ada Besinnet and a little group of To ledo investigators. The spirit form of Katie King, the spirit familiar of Sir William Crooks, was "materialized." Doyle has been throwing on the screen the picture of Katie King taken by Crooks many years ago. ; The face of Sir Ernest Shackletpn. Antarctic explorer, was "materialized" for Keedick, who was his lecture manager and intimate friend. Keedick is not a spiritualist, and was sitting in his first seance. He said, "I posi tively recognized Shackleton. I could not be mistaken. His face was with in two or three inches of mine." Son Is Materialized. Sir Arthur and Lady Doyle "saw and talked" with their son, Kinsley, Sir Arthur's mother, Lady Doyle's mother and other relatives and friends who are dead. They received personal written messages, they ' asserted, which they did not make public The writer was a member of the circle because he had for the last two or three years been one of a little Toledo group working for psychic in formation with Miss Besinnet. The sitting was at the home of Miss Besinnet, in this city. There were six Toledo guests in addition to the Doyle party. The session be gan at 7:45 o'clock and ended at 10:15. The visitors were around a large table in the living room. There was no staging and seemingly no mystery. Miss Besinnet has been the guset of Sir Arthur and Lady Doyle in their English home. The Toledo sitters were her . personal friends. Forms Flit About Room. As soon as the lights were turned out the- phenomen- developed.- Light flitted about the room and hovered (Concluded era Page 5. Column 3.) 1 (Concluded on Page 3, Column 4.) i : : ' : ' 1 j ' Yes hes greatlv : j ..g ?hovE.o doctor- j f M WE. has .ssro-o 1 t : 1 LeOON I nl i' CCARC It ' l Oi-L . j ' Chorus and Solo Heard in All Directions by Groups Gathered Around Receiving Sets. Gaul's beautiful sacred cantata. The Holy City," went out through the air last night by radio, broad cast from The Oregonlan tower, and sung by the choir .of the Central Presbyterian church, directed by J. Williani Belcher. The music, both solo and chorus, was heard near and far by groups around many radio re ceiving sets located within the broad casting radius in every direction. The same cantata was given two weeks ago at the Cctral Presby terian , church and the service last night included the same singers, Bame solos and the entire oratorio save one chorus which had to be omitted because of lack of broadcasting time. The well-trained chorus of 35 voices, directed by Mr. Belcher, turned the words and airs of the long can tata into exquisite music, which was enhanced to no small extent by the double violin obligato played to all songs by Mrs. L. W. Waldorf and Miss Mildred Nichols. Frank A. Douglas was at the piano, and the accompani ments and obligato were the same throughout the programme. The four solos, which were sung between chorus numbers, were by Arthur G. Harbaugh, tenor, who sang "My Soul Is Athirst for God"; Mrs. Arthur L Moulton, contralto, whose part was "Eye Hath Not Seen"; L. M. Peters, tenor, "To the Lord, Our God"; and Mrs. J. A. Ganong, soprano, who sang "These Are They Which Came.1 An effort was made to complete the cantata before the expiration of the hour for broadcasting by eliminating all announcements possible. The hour of music was broken only by the broadcasting of a brief an nouncement of election results and by a brief talk concerning bundle day next Wednesday for the near east relief, made over the radio by Walter Henry Nugent, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, who asked all listeners to assist in repeating the record made by America on bundle day last year when more than 1000 tons of clothing were collected for sufferers in the near east. For tonight a concert by the Tele phone Male quartet has been arranged for the radio listeners throughout the Pacific northwest and will be broadcasted from The Oregonlan tower from 7:30 to 8:30. It will be the first time the telephone quartet has ever - sung in an Oregonian pro gramme. The concert will consist of southern melodies and old-time songs. There will also be several solos. The quartet consists of Hal Young, tenor, soloist at the First Presby terian church; Denton Denman, sec ond tenor, soloist at Sunnyside Meth odist Episcopal church; Ferris Ab bett, baritone and soloist at Central Methodist Episcopal church, and Mark Daniels, bass, soloist at Hose City Presbyterian church. Miss Ruby Lloyd will assist at the piano and will also , play the accompaniments for the soloists. There will be five quartet num bers: "Kentucky Blues," "Jeruselum," "Juck Me to Sleep," "Annie Laurie" and "Swing Along." Besides these Groceryman Is Knocked to Beach by Comber and Big Log Is Rolled Over Body. Emil C. Gunther of Portland, mem ber of the grocery firm of Gunther & Hickey, was killed in an unusual ac cident at Seaside yesterday when he was crushed beneath a large log rolled upon him oy a wave. Mr. Gunther. with a companion, was standing upon the log which was lying in the edge of the water. When a wave of unusual size came in the log was rolled back and Mr. Gunther was thrown full length upon the beach. The log with the receding wave rolled back upon him, crushing his head before he could arise. The body was taken in charge by the coroner at Astoria. It was an nounced here that it would be brought to Portland some time today. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Mr. Gunther was prominent in mer cantile circles in this city and was vice-president of the United Grocers' association. Besides being a member of Gunther & Hickey he was also a member of the firm of Eagles Stores. Inc. He was a member of the Retail Grocers' association. He is survived by his widow and three sons, Chester, Jerome and Pres ton Gunther. He also is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Gunther. and four brothers and five sisters: W. C, E. R., E. A, A H Gunth-er, Mrs J B. Neubauer, Mrs C. C. Vogt, Mrs E. E. Kay&er, Mrs. J. A. Kayser and Mrs A. Hammersmith. He was 50 years of age and had been a resident of Portland for many years. SHERIFF LOCKS UP VOTES Deputy Guards Ballots to Insure Validity If Recounted. The registration room at the Mult nomah county courthouse has leen converted into an arsenal, in which are stored, under lock and key, am munition expended in the late war of ballots. Sheriff Hurlburt is playing safe. He has detailed a special guard of one man to stand before the locked doors. The boxes of ballots were all examined immediately upon receipt, to make certain they had been sealed properly. ; The triple precautions were taken in view of the fact that a recount of votes might be de manded and that there might be no grounds for auspicion, in such an event, that the will of the voter had been tampered with in any way. -FISH BOAT ADRIFT AT SEA Schooner With Two Men at Mercy of AVind and Wave. SEATTLE, Wash., May 21. Adrift at the mercy of wind and wave, a gasoline' fishing schooner containing two men was sighted off Grays Har oor today by the master of the steam ship Iowan of th& American-Hawaiian Steamship company. News of the plight of the little ves sel was received here by wireless from the Iowan. 'Alice Adams' Is Rated as Best Novel. O'NEILL'S PLAY IS CHOSEN "Anna Christie" Considered High Morals Lesson. PRESS WRITER REWARDED Kirke L. Simpson's Stories on "Un known Soldier," F. M. O'Brien's Editorial Are Selected. NEW YORK, May 21. (By the As sociated Press.) Booth Tarklngton again has won the Pulitzer prize of 51000 for the American novel best presenting tne "wholesome atmos phere of' American life and the high est standards of American manners and manhood," Columbia university announced today. The prize-winning novel was "Alice Adams." Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie" won the f 1000 prize for the American play best representing the "educa tional value and power of the stage in raising the standard of good mor als, good taste and good manners." The $200-0 prize for the "best book of the year upon the history of the United States," goes to James Trus low Adams for "The Founding of New England," and the . $10P0 prize for the "best American biography, teaching patriotic and unselfish serv ices to the people, illustrated by an eminent example, excluding as too obvious the names of George Wash ington and Abraham Lincoln," to Hamlin Garland, for "A Daughter of the Middle Border." 91000 Awarded for Poems. Edwin Arlington Robinson's "Col lected Poems," won the $100-0 prize fp,r the best volume of verse pub lished during the year. The Arlington, ceremonies for Amer ica's "Unknown Soldier" last Novem ber provided the material from which were written the prize-winning news paper stories and the prize-winning newspaper editorial of the year. Kirke L. Simpson of the Washing ton staff of the Associated Press, for his stories on the return of the "Un known Soldier," won the 11000 prize for the "best example of a reporter's work during the year." Editorial Is Recognized. Frank M. O'Brien's editorial, "The Unknown Soldier," published in the New York Herald on November 11, was awarded the $500 prize for the "best editorial article written during the year, the test of excellence being clearness of style, moral purpose, sound reasoning and power to influ ence public opinion in the right direc tion." The prize of $500 for the best news paper cartoon went to Rollin Kirby of the New York World for his car toon "On the Road to Moscow," pub lished August 5, 1921. The New York World won the gold medal for "The most disinterested and meritorious public service ren dered by any newspaper during the year for its expose of the Ku Klux Klan." Traveling Scholarships Given. Three traveling scholarships of $1500 each for graduates of the Co lumbia school of journalism "who have passed their examinations with the highest honors and are otherwise most deserving" went to Robert Ar thur Curry of Nassau, Bahama is lands; Zupha Mary Carruthers of Denver and Robert Henry Best of Spartenburg, S. C. These scholarships are awarded to "enable them to spend a year in Eu rope to study the social, political and moral conditions of the people, and the character and principles of the European press." Edith Bell of Des Moines, Iowa, won the $1500 scholarship to the American art student "who shall be certified as the most promising and deserving by the National Academy of Design." SAN JOAQUIN FLOOD RISES Damage From Broken Levee Likely to Reach $100,000. MODESTO, Cal., May 21. The flood waters of the San Joaquin river west of here continued to rise today as the break in the Elliott levee became wider. Approximately 5000 acres have i been flooded and warm weather in ! the mountains is expected to bring the waters to a much higher level, with greater territory inundated. The Stanislaus Farm company has suffered the largest damage. The total will reach $100,000, it is reported. JOY RIDE FATAL TO ONE Young Man Dies of Bullet Wound; Four Others in Jail. LOS ANGELES, CaL, May 21. Ken nern Dyer, 18, of Compton, near Los Angeles, died in a hospital at Hun tington Park, a suburb, as the result of a bullet wound In the back' and four other young men were in the county jail here tonight following what sheriff'8 deputies termed. "ivy ride." 100 Persons Carrying Baskets Go to Get Poultry; Autoists Stick In Mud. m The eyes of R. E. Butler, patrolman chicken fancier, loosened themselves in their sockets yesterday morning; his ears could not believe what they heard over nine long-distance calls. Six automobiles were stuck in the mud before 7 o'clock trying to reach his "ranch." Visitors, calling early, continued throughout the day so thick that the chickens missed their regu lar meals. Fire department head quarters was besieged with calls for chickens and nearly 100 persons car rying baskets visited police head quarters to get a start in poultry. All because of a little advertising that Butler did not know he was go ing to get, and that he could not buy again with his three chicken ranches and his 'steen thousand hens. The Oregonian printed a brief story yes terday morning to the effect that he had given away 600 baby chicks and was going to give away more. He left the 600 at fire station 21 and callers helped themselves. Well, the people wso called did not want the chicks as a gift. Butler is usually booked way ahead, so they jumped at the opportunity to obtain an immediate delivery of chicks and even attempted to bid up the price. He said that if he had had 12,000 chicks yesterday he might have sup plied the demand. 4 OZMO ON R0CKS AGAIN Stranded Schooner Floats, but Is Carried Aground Later. COOS BAY, Or., May 21. (Special.) Captain M. P. Jensen and his coast guard crew placed a line aboard the stranded Ozmo last night for the tug Fearless at 5 o'clock, and the tug worked until 8:30 trying to pull the Ozmo from the south spit, where she stranded Friday night. The tug had no success and gave up the task at f.:4o o'clock. This morning the Ozmo floated and went on Guano rock. where she is still fast. Captain Jensen of the coast guard believes she will float at high tide to right. The tug Fearless will be on hand to pick her up if she floats near enough to place a line, with the help of the coast guard. MAN KILLEDAT ROUND-UP Rancher's Horse Runs Under Tree, Low Branches Hit Head. GRANTS PASS, Or., May 21. (Spe cial.) Fred A. Knox, a Josephine county rancher, was instantly killed this afternoon in a round-up staged in Grants Pass. Mr. Knox was en gaged in catching a horse which had thrown its rider. His own horse be came unmanageable and ran beneath a large oak tree with low branches, two of which hit Mr. Knox in the head, "filling him instantly. The accident occurred before a large crowd which was witnessing the events. Mr. Knox, who was about 45, leaves a widow and a son and daughter. 4 ROBBERS GET $1000 Oil Station Collector Is Held Vp in Broad Daylight. SAN FRANCISCO, May 21. Four masked motor robbers held up Will- liam Becker, collector for the Shell Oil company, in a residence section in broad daylight today. They robbed him of $1000 in cash. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 59 degrees; minimum, 4a degrees. TODAY'S Clearing weather; southwest erly winds. Foreign. Observer of world events sees great danger ol anotner terrioie war.- Page 5. American food supplies amaze peasants. Page 3. Liner la wrecked; nearly 100 lives lost. Page 1. National. America may Join world conference when politics Is eliminated. Page 1. Harding's policy is for lower freight rates. Page . Domestic. Wilson's hand seen in primary campaign now on in Missouri, page 2. Education and religion big needs, says Vice-President cooiiage. I'age 5. Conan Doyle sees dead son's spirit. Page 1 Booth Tarkington again wins Pulitzer prize for best novel. Page 1. ' Pacific Northwest. Washington women control big vote. Page 5. George Estes summoned to answer to charges in supreme court. Page 9. Sports. Chicago is beaten by Senators. 8 to 1. Page 8. Pacific Coast league results: At Sacra mento 4.-1, Portland 2-5; at Salt Lake 7-9, Seattle 2-4: at San Francisco 7-2, , Vernon 9-3: at Los Angeles. 4-2, Oak land 2-4. Page 8. Miss Lenglen wins against Miss Ryan In tennis tournament. Page 8. Commercial and Marine. nnnA offerings decline. Page 15. Financiers await peace In Europe. Page 15. Portland and Vicinity. Boom In lumber business continues. Page 10. Andrea Luckenbach arrives in the river. Page 10. Session on strike due today. Page 9. Fourteen horses burned to death in Emer son hardwood fire. Page 18. Becheck of Multnomah vote shows no ma terial change. Page 3. , Hall yet ahead in late returns. Page 1. News story draws throngs to policeman's chicken ranch. Page 1. "The Holy City" sung into The Oregonian radio. Page 1. Mr. Bryan's views on .Bible scored by pastor. Page 16. Log in raft tears gap in steamer Twin City. Page 4. Authority on gorillas here to deliver lec ture. Page 4. E. C. Gunther crushed to death by log. " Page 1. Vessels Crash in Fog Off Island of Ushant. PASSENGERS LEAP INTO SEA Survivors Scramble About Search of Debris. 80 OF CREW ARE MISSINJ Ten Passengers Thought Dead Freighter, Badly Damaged, Bring In Some of Rescued BREST, May Zl. (By the AssocM ated Press.) Nearly 90 persons per ished wheli the Peninsular & Oriental liner Egypt sank off the Island of Ushant last night after a collision in the fog with the French cargo steamer Seine. News of the disaster was brought here today by the Seine, ' which made port with tho rescued and 20 bodies. It was said late tonight that there' might be more survivors of the dis aster since the steamer Cap Iracon, nine miles away at the time of the collision, had hurried to the spot, and : may have picked up some of those in the water. The Egypt was bound from London for Bombay. Ushant is 26 miles west by north of Brest. The Egypt left London Friday with 38 passengers and a crew of 290. A rollcall on board the Seine after the disaster showed that 10 of the passengers and 80 of the crew of the Egypt were missing. Collision Is in Dense Fog. The collision occurred during a dense fog within 22 miles of the Armen lighthouse. The dinner gong was about to be Bounded on board the Egypt. Many of the passengers and most of the crew were on deck. The shock threw 6everal persons into the sea; others jumped and a num ber went down with the ship, whick sank in 20 minutes. The Seine, badly damaged, reached Brest today with 28 rescued passen gers, more than 200 of the crew and the bodies of 20 dead. The captain of the Egypt was among the saved. When the collision occurred there was a rolling sea. Some of those res cued charged that the Indian sailors on board the Egypt usurped the life boats, compelling a large number of the passengers and crew to shift for themselves. Survivors Cling to Wreckage. Those who jumped into the sea and who could swim scrambled about for bits of wreckage to which they might cling. Many of these were rescued. They floated about in the fog after the Egypt went down, calling for help. The sound of their voices directed members of the crew of the Seine In small boats who were patrolling the sea, picking up both living and dead. Among the known missing are the doctor and chief engineer of the Egypt. The Egypt was a vessel of 8000 tons. The Seine was bound for Havre when the collison occurred. Disaster Is Described. Captain Le Barzic of the Seine, in describing the disaster, said: "I was at my post on the upper bridge Saturday night at 7 o'clock 15 miles from Armen light. The sea was calm, with a slight swell. The fog was very dense. I was listening for fog horns and proceeding at the slow speed of five knots. "In leas time than it takes to tell a steamer emerged from the fog. It struck my ship and tore away the forward works and moved on at great speed. J immediately ordered our en gines reversed. "I saw nothing further. Bat then. I began to hear cries of horror that tojd me of a catastrophe. I went in search of the stricken vessel in the fog and darkness. I found her in 20 minutes. Vessel on Port Side. "She lay on her port side, ready to turn over. Water was pouring into a long, deep tear in side plates. Cries and wails of despair were to be heard coming from the steamer. Passengers were seen running about on the decks as the steamer was about to go un der. "I saw a man throw himself into the sea with two little children in his arms. The shipwrecked people in the sea clung to floating debris. I had all my life boats lowered. It was particularly perilous work, for we were on the main path of vessels go ing from the open sea to the English channel. I stayed at the scene of the wreck until 20 minutes after 11 o'clock Saturday night." TWO AMERICAN'S MISSIXG Women, Addresses Unknown, Lost; R. F. Beyan Is Rescned. LONDON, May 21. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Two American women. Mrs. M. L. Siblf-y and Miss V. M. Boyer, were on board the steamer Egypt and are missing, according to the Peninsular & Oriental line offi cials here. Their addresses were not known. R. F. Bevan, another American, was saved.