Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-31
NO TRACE OF BODIES
ICE CAUSES SEARCHERs FOR LoR-
BER PARTY TO GIVE UP.

BALTIMORE, January 31.-Unsuccessfu
In finding traces of the FIVE men who have
been missing since they embarked In q
small rowboat eleven days ago from Nil
ler's shore bound for Bay Shore Park. the
searching party. under the direction Of City
Councilman John Betz, IT,, returned t.
Baltimore yesterday afternoon convinced
that for the present at least nothing more
can be done.
The ice along the eastern shore, neal
Kent Island. and on up the Kent county
shore. is SO heavy that no boat could gel
in shore close enough to get q clear view OF
the places where the hapless boat is though,
to be.
For its size the new tug Baltimore of the
harbor board. which made the trip, is one
Of the best ice cutters that can be found
A larger and more powerful boat, such as
the .Latrobe and the Annapolis ice boats
would have been unable on account Of its
depth Of draft to go in as close as the Bal
timore did,
Ice Very Bad.
The sweeping Of the tide has formed foes
layer on top Of layer, in some places near
the shore. which were as deep as three feet
In places. Between these rugged areas OF
ice there are wide cracks and here and
there spaces OF clear water which would
make traffic on foot impossible. Capt.
Gunby of the tug and all those who par
ticipated In the search were convinced tina,
made until the ice has melted away or has
been blown out OF the bay. It may be
March before this happens.
II shall come back again." said Coun-
Gilman Betz after the work of searching
had been abandoned. "as soon as the waters
hereabouts are open for the navigation OF
small launch which can nose into every
root OF space This trip of ours has not
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WINGED me that the city has done all 1t car
do. and the friends and relatives Of these
missing men will agree with me. Had this
trip not been taken some persons mirhf
have felt that there had been neglect, and
would not have felt satisfied until came
down here and saw for myself what the
obstacles were"
Mr.. Joseph Lorber, son of one of .ne
missing men and cousin of two of them,
who made the trip. was grateful to Mr..
Betz for conducting the expedition. 81
am sure no satisfactory search can be made
until all the Ice has gone" he said.
All on the Alert.
From the time the boat left Annapolis.
at am. until, after five hours. the tug
turned or from the Kent shore for the Pa
tapsco, Mr. Lorber stood intently with
strong field glasses in his hand scrutinix-
ing carefully every pile of Ice or of snow
which in any way resenabled the edge of q
Hozeh,in roWpoaI Otners OF the party,
with glasses. kept constantly on tie alert
for anything they might pick out Again
and again one or another of the observers
saw what he thought might be the top rim,
OF boat. but each time closer scrutiny
proved that tle alarm was false At Love
Point the members Of the searching party
landed and inquired Of those who were
gathered on the wharf to greet the tug If
anything had been heard Of a rowboat but
no clue could be obtained.
On the trip tales of many tragedies OF
the bay and of the ocean deep were re-
peated by members Of the crew who at odd
times found time to talk. Besides the cap
tain the men who man the tug are Messrs.
Charles Fl. Berigtold. mate: William Thorn
ton. engineer: Daniel Casey, oiler, and
Michael Burnett and John McAvoy.