The Washington herald., 1909-11-22

Willemstad, Curacao, Nov. 2I.-
Col. John Jacob Astors yacht the
Nourmahal was riding peacefully
in the harbor Of San Juan, Porto
Rico, on Monday, November i,
her owner apparently unaware that
she had been a source OF much
worry TO his friends and relatives
The Red D. liner Caracas, which
arrived here to-day, reported that
while she was at San Juan on No
vember Il the NourmahaI came
into the harbor and the next day,
when the Caracas sailed for this
port and La Guaira, Venezuela, the
yacht was still at San Juan.
The Caracas Is on her way north,
and is due at San Juan in three
davs, If the weather Is favorable.
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New York. Nov. I.-Wulam A. Dob
byn. secretary OF the John Jacob Astor
estate. and Douglas Robinson, trustee.
received to-day dispatches condrmatory
OF the above. Mr.. Dob8yn SAID he felt
assu. that the Nourmsial vc1d DO
heard from iu good condition. He got
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marine superintendent Of the Red D. Line.
as soon as he received word OF the yachts
safety. and learned that the Caracas had
been reported three days ago arriving al
Wluemstad.
Capt. Furst. Of the Caracas. ussd the
Haitian cable connecting with WuIen-
stad. as soon as the Caracas reached
that port on her downward trip on
THURSDAY. He supposed naturally that
her agents here. Boulton. Bliss & DaI-
Iett, would want 70 know whether or
not she had gotten into trouble in the
West Indian cyclone that prosuatsd
wires IN Jamaica and Porto Rico. and
split the cable between the islands.
Capt Dallas said that when the Mara
caibo. which arrived here last week lefr
san Juan Tor this port the Caracas was
in san Juan. so she evidently had not
been much troubled by the storm, being
only about a day late from this port
No knowledge Of Fears.
/ changing conjectures on the subject OF
the Nourmahal. decided that Capt Furst
was unaware when ne arrived at VII
/ Iemstad. on his downward trip. that there
( had been any fear about the safety Of
the NourmahaL and therefore did not
mention her IN the dispatch that he sent
on Thursday last telling OF his own ar
rival ut WiHemstad and previously a.
San Juan.
Capt Dallas is OF the opinion that
while the Caracas was returning from
Ia Guaira 20 Wiliemstad on It's trip this
way Capt Furst picked Up one or the
many wireless messages asking all the
world afloar equipped with wireless 10
/ look out for the NourmahaI. and that
naturally when he reached WIIemstad
to-day he made II a point To tell folks
ashore that he had seen the NoUrmahaI
IN the harbOr Of San Juan
The wireless quest for the yacht was
without direct result. as the news came
| hv that ancient and usually reliable
route. the cable. The message arrived
| here bv way OF Haiti. over what the
cable chief Of the Western Union called
the Independent Haitian Line II was
through the parting of another cable. that
linking Porto Rico with Kingston, that
/ the rumor that the Nourmahal might
! have 70 be classed among missing ships
came about
Wreck Not the NourmahRI.
/ TAMPA, Fla. Nov. 2l.-Capt SchIaikier.
Of the German steamer Wotan. who re-
ported sighting a sunken wreck of the
! coast OF Cuba which he thought might
be the NourmahaI says that since study
ing the description OF the Astor vessel be
does not believe the wreck ne sighted
I was the missing yacht
Savannah. Ca. Nov. A-It is believed
here that Col Astor's yacht is at san
Juan, Porto Rico. The operator at the
wireless station reports that late this
evening he caught a message from some
vessel at sea stating that the Nolrmahal
was at San Juan and had been there for
! several days The operator did not know
/ from what vessel the message came.
| omcers OF the Treasury Department
who have been assisting in the effort 70
/ locate the Nourunahal. John Jacob As
/ tors missing yacht. expressed confidence
I last night that the vessel seen by the
Red y liner Caracas at san Juan. Porto
| Rico. on November lf and Is. was the
Nourmahsl
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison III.