The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
.ASTOR YACHT
 STILL MISSING Wireless Fails to Bring
 News. CAN GET NO CONFIRMATION Fears Again Felt for New Yorker's
 Safety. Report That Nourmshal Ia ss San Juan Cannot Be PositiveIy Con- firmed or Denied--Govern- ment as We'll as Private
 Interests On Alert.

New York. Nov. 22.--One of the most persistent searches ever made of the seas that which is being con- ducted in an. endeavor to ascertain the whereabouts of Colonel John Jacob Astor and his yacht Nourmahal. con- tInued unabated today
 Colonel Astors friends and relatives have been worried one day by stor- les of ship-wreck and cheered the doubtedly was safe. The latest and most positive of these reports came from Caracas today when the captain of the Red D. liner Caracas reasserted with certainty thaa 1t was the Astor yacht he had seen safely at anchor in San Juan, Porto Rico. on November 14. or after the hurricane had pass ed. The yacht appeared to have suf- ferei no damage.
 Reports from san Domingo today said the Noprmahal had sailed from there November 12 in the face of a hurricane but William A Dobbin, sec retary of the Astor estate believes that Colonel Astor Is too careful seaman to have left safe anchorage in the teeth of storm. It Is possi- ble. although 1t is but mere specula- ton, that the yacht had put out again for cruise. the storm having subsided and that the party aboard is still Ignorant of the anxiety feit here for their safety.
 situation Complicated.
 Tampa. Fla. Nov. 22,--Brief wire- less communication between Key Wesa and San Juan, Porto Rico. this morn ing served to complicate rather than to clear the situation surrounding Col John Jacob Astor's yacht NourmahaL
 But after sitting mattess down to- night there is nothing to indicate that the yacht Is not safe at San Juan. or was at least there November 16 as reported by the steamship Cara cas- Sunday and confirmed by that vessels captain again today. The fact that the wireless operatoi at San Juan could not state off-hant this morning that the fsellf waa ln tas harbor gave rise to 4 report that tho
 vessel was still missing. But this In depreciation, according to a statement | Issued by the operator at Tampa to. night, is unfounded ana due solely tc the fact that the San Juan operator ir his station. was not aware of the pres. once of the yacht in the harbpr.. Because of interrupted communfca- tion of late, the operator at San Juan
 knew nothing of the anxiety for the Nourmahal and when asked specifical- | Iy if the yacht was there, replied sim ply that he did not know.
 Soon thereafter communication was interrupted, leaving the situation open | hut in no wise. according to all ap- pearances, questioning the reliability l of the reports of the Nourmahars safe ty as given at willemstadt yesterday and at Caracas again today by the steamship Caracas.
 In order that the brief conversation between Key West and San Juan might not be taken to indicate that Il had been ascertained positively that the Nourmahal Is not at San Juan. s W. Hance, in charge of the wireless station at Tampa sent the Associated Press message tonight in which he said:
 Absolutely no truth in the report regarding wireless received here via Kew West about yacht Nourfnahal not being at San Juan"
 Mrs. AstOr Learns News. Queenstown. Nov. 22.-Among the passengers on the Lusitania. which touched here today. was Mrs. Ava