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JUMPED FROM Big LINER.
SAILOR, APPARENTLY CRAZY.
LEAPS INTO THE SEA.


Committed Suicide for Shame vig0r.
otsly Denied-Ethel Darrym ore on the
Deutschiand-Tells OF Esgement.
The crack Hamburg American liner
Deutschland and the colossal Baltic Of the
White Star feet arrived yesterday with
cabins crowded. chiefly with returning
Americans. Some Of the travellers by the
Deutschland were Ethel Barrymore and
her brother Jack. Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Caru-
thers, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Edeson. DR..
and Mrs. John Addison Fordyce. Mr.. and
Mrs. James Montgomery Flagg. William
F. Day. Mrs. John A. Logan. Jr.; Mr.. and
Mrs. William q. MoAdoo. Nine. Ernestine
sohumann- Heink, Stanton r. Mott. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Forbes McCreery. Prof.
A. o. Schuster, Sefior Don Esteban Uloa.
Mr. and Mn. j. II. Wallace, Mr. and Mrs
w. A. Hough and W. w. Hayden.
Aboard the Baltic were Edmund L. Bay
lies, Thomas F. Barrett, Major-Gen. Lord
Cheylesmere and Lady Cheylesmere, Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard j. Busby. William A. Conant.
Michael F. Cudahy, Clarence j. Cudahy.
John Gavey, w. H. Gelshenen. Mrs. Gel
shenen, Col. Beirne Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs.
Powers Gouraud, Mr.. and Mrs. E. W. Hyde.
W. A. Harper, the Rev. and Mrs. Randolph
H. McKim, Capt W. Carmichael PEBBLES
and John NJ. Savage.
on the Banks, just before noon on Tues
day. Lewis Jansen, a young deokhand
shipped in Hamburg. and making his first
trip aboard the Deutschland, jumped or
fell into the sea, which was running high
under stress of an easterly gale.
The impression OF Capt. Kaempff il that
Jansen was demented. He came on watch
at s O'Clock and was ordered to the post
Office to assist in the handling Of mail.
The mail clerks complained that he was
abusive and apparently drunk. He was
sent to paint in the forepeak and boy was
put over him to see that he did his duty
The boy reported that Jansen would not
work. Jansen then came up on the hurri-
cane deck. talking and swearing loudly.
The boatswain hustled him forward and
he resisted. This gave rise to a report
that Jansen had been logged and that he
had committed suicide In consequence.
After going forward the sailor climbed
q lifeboat davit on the starboard side and
either fell or threw himself into the sea.
Several passengers, hut none Of the crew,
most Of whom were on the lower decks,
raw Jansen tumbling William Sachs, a
first cabin passenger, who was looking at
Jansen, said it seemed to him that the
sailor slipped from the davit and fell.
Others say that It looked as II Jansen had
jumped deliberately.
The ship was going at the rate Of about
twenty-five knots and had left the sailor
q mile or moro astern before the CRY OF
man overheard reached the bridge.
She was stopped and ciToled about TO And
Jansen, but no trace Of him was seem The
incident. which was observed BY many
and dance scheduled for that night was
cancelled.
Capt. Kaempf1 said he would report
TO the line the rumor circulated by several
cabin passengers that the boatswaln had
an Investigation. Tho boatswain has been
long In the service Of the company and
has an excellent reputation. He said It was
true that he had showed Jansen forward
because he was creating disturbance
them. Capt Kaemph declared that It was
ridiculous to think Of anybody being logged
In these times on German merchantmen.
Very rough weather on Wednesday
night caused the calling Of Of the usua!
concert at which Ethel Barrymore and
pear. Nine Schumann- Heink was very
seasick. Miss Barrymore confirmed the
announcement sent from London that
she Is going to be married to Capt Harry
Graham Of the Coldstream Scots Guards,
q second son OF Sir Henry Graham and
secretary to Lord Rosebery Miss Barry
more said abe would spend a month at the
Long Ia and summer home Of her brother
Lionel and then would 60 to San Fran
cisco to play Sunday, She wiz return
here to present Alice Sit, by-the-Fire.
In which her brother L. to have a part.
Then she will 60 to England and be mar
ried
Passengers by the White Star liner Cedric,
which sails to-day for Queenstown and
Liverpool:
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bryce. the Rev. Dr.
Dwight. Hills. Justice Will!am J.. G9ynor.
stebbins. Mrs. Kenyon Parker, Mrs. ": b.
Matthews, Mr.; and Mrs. Alfred E. MsrliIg.
Edison q: Dayidge. Mr.; and Mrs; Il. R; Bor-
roughs, Mr.. and Mrs. John NJ. High. Lieut..