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.
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9(1 PERSONS LOST
THE OREGONIAN BROADCASTS
SACRED CANTATA.
PORTLAND MAN CRUSHED FA
POLICEMAN'S RANCH IS BE
SIEGED BY VISITORS.
TALLY AT SEASIDE.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.