The chronicle=news., 1914-06-20
LIGHT THROWN on MYSTERY OF
REPORTED S1RANDING OF SIBERIA"

Il onsfnng. desires yon io hurry up to
Sih. TIA in ...,d'r To render assistance.
Nelson" Captain Hiii Of the Per
Sis -fepii-d: II met the Siberia at
. y. III. yesterday like Il mis-
tre. Difly Manila 90, At"l y. 4
an. now ON 'Guarfm Point Haif an
hour later a message Was received
from TIA. Siberia herself saving that
she MAS i.5 miles north OF Manila.
"aii q. X"
l'y this tin. the Siberia had en-
tered what Is kho~n as static
storm. an atmospheric condition fro
ausn,is met with in tropical eoun.
tries. which renders wireless rom-
munieaiioas difi.uit and s.,ms Tim.
impossible. The P-rsin Mas ih~re@
for. unaii. tn inform the siiscv,s ~
the uns-couniahis messages she had
b~en receiving from iinsr-nt doar-
isrs- The Persia. hs~-Ssv. at once
transmitted III. m@ssae. she HAD re-
ssiysi fgcri III. Siberia Ia Hong Sons.
but so, NO r-piy. and therefore could
no, tell whether II had b.-n kicked
up or not.
The Persia continued Ia receive
messages from different sources. one
fgon, the wireless stallion in formosa.
nrsihs her tn so u the r.-sru~. willis
others told her that the Siberia Mas
safe
Al half pasi seven the sai,- mosr-
inr the Persia reached The i-'si'ian
where III. aib-sla sss 'is>rsii'-.; to
h~ In distress. ana here sighted a
japanese sable shir. which strhsii.si
that she had seem nolhinr In The
nature oi a vessel !, want of assist
ans-. issif an hour later m~ssas"
~as picked up f'os the u. ~, :,
Yarmouth. which ~as no~ in ih- i'm
n-stsi- sisintiy M ihs lockout for
the ssSsns~r In disises.. REQUESTING
any Information. CAPTAIN iiiii sv-
rii-.i that he had sen tho Sii.-ria
tho rs-, isus day and added. - -sn-ss
sh- Is nos In Manila Think sh-r'
mus, h- a mistake somewhere.
A,-aui the time al the P-rs,s's ar
rival an important Point In the mys-
irss ~ss cleared up when the Nisisn
vu.~e kaisha. a. the s~.nis af an in
srstiEaiion. nnnoas~-d that the si-
b-sian disssr<. signal siN-n out 10y
tho rami.any's steamer Hing. Ma
su.'' aad transmitted to the farmo.
San sov-snmenl and ih-n.- la the
la,.snssrs navy. had no, b-ea rr--is-
ri ais-ssi, rum tho Siberia bus iron,
the Osssaki iaad siaitoa. The cum
rAay explains that tho mtsssk- ~as
mad- by the fukikakn ~isri~s. sta
isoa Al formnsA. vhsrh handel the
m~~ss~ stnaE as y ''iiaen Masu''
svposs ~hea. In fact. II ~ss IN Oar
saki s-i,oss. 'fhis. % fss ~ - known.
lsss~s tho Osssski station shc oais
oar h~asisr the Siberia distsrss sis.
nsl.
What the Department af communal.
saiioss as Ispan lhinks about the
question ai issue MAY i'r s~~a from
tho foiio~ias odi.iai letter which
~ss s~ni ia tho agents of the Pacific
Mail eom.say:
"Oa MAY al ISL" =. TN. the -.
u. s. ". ". a." tbi.'s~s. Siberia
call Was received suddenly and re-
rcais,iiy al tho Osssakt wireless i-,--
graph onir~. However. ~ tho tri--
sraph'r effect ~ns weak tho rc~civ-
Ing tnstrumns ~as st In order 9"
that reply might bc given aitc- foi-
ling the said call positively confirm.
ri. In y short time the cali same as
above vas repeated. Immediately q
trriy ~a. given repeating "wwr pf
los OK YR sos Give Posn'' tSihcrta
here Osrsaki all right. your iis,r-es
Eivc rosiiion,. II tcins asc-rtatncd
that the said ships POSITION vas
~ north latitude and tst.i" cast
longitude = m"saaEr vas repeated
saying. what kind and cause q: 'ii.-
tEtr& WV ~ Su"tr' W"h Wt'NV'tss"
Ing tho communications became 'lif-
ncuIs. Although a clear repiy could
not bc received In tho approaching
dawn II was considered h, the oH,''
10 he beyond doubt that there was
tho di.tres. anyhow and necessary
measures wcrc Immediately taken"
Inability To "ra,sc' the siberia
subsequently led TO tho report that
tho sh,r was sinking and messages
to that effect were sent to SaSasnki
from Oycsaki and thence to Toxic
Of1iciai bulletins from tho Formoeah
govs rnmcnt and the japanese nav,
reported tho Siberia had met with
disaster. Investigation thus far
shows that all these reports cman-