Arizona republican., 1919-12-15
PLEASURE YACHT WITH GRIFFITH. PARTY IF q |S. LOST IN STORM
Master Film Producer with Company Sailed for Mas sau Wednesday and Have Not Been Heard from Since
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MIAMI, Fla, Dec 14.-No informa- | ton was received today from David W. | Griffith. motion picture producer, and a party of 36 persons who left here early Wednesday on the yacht Grey Duck, also known as the Rosandra, for Nassau, Bahama Islands, and have not since been heard from.
 The search instituted yesterday for the Grey Duck was continued today and but with one exception there were no reports received concerning the yacht, which should have reached Nassau late Wednesday. The single report came from S. G. Poppas, master of the Maysie A. a gasoline boat plying between Miami and Nassau, and was that members of the Maysie As crew had seen the Grey Duck at distance of two and a half miles aground off Berry's island.
 Give Conflicting Versions
 Members of the Maysie As crew on being questioned, however, gave con- flicting versions, and the general re- port was denied by e. N. Reinhart, manager of the Aero Limited of New York. which operates commercial air line between Miami and the Bahamas, and by F. Blattner and Gertrude South ern, pilots, and Harry Rodgers, me- chanic, of one of the company's ma chimes. Blattner, Rodgers and Miss Southern left Miami in a plane Satur- day morning, secuted among the islands | lying between Miami and Nassau and returned to Nassau early today, declar- ing they twice had visited the spot where Poppas said he saw the Grey Duck and that the vessel was not sighted. They also reported that the yacht had not reached Nassau up to the time they left that city.
 Wireless messages were sent to Nassau today, making inquiry as to the Grey Duck. but none of these had been answered tonight. Cable com munication with Nassau has been in terrupted for several days.
 One theory advanced today was that encountering one Of the recent storms, the yacht put in for shelter under the lee shore of an island in the Bahama group. If such was done, means of re- plenishing the crafts food supply nec- essarily -ould have to be taken. Va rious reports have been circulated here as to the amount of food on the Grey Duck when sine left this port, but the belief is that only one days supply was in the yachts galley, it being consid- cred impossible that more than that amount could have been put aboard along with 37 passengers.
 Prominent Citizens Aboard Among the passengers aboard tht yacht are Phil J. Reed, mayor of For Lauderdale. Fla, and former captain il
 the regular army. and his daughter
 Marion. The Grey Duck is about 6i
 feet over all and equipped with a POI
 horse power gasoline motor. Persons : arriving from Nassau today on boat . of the size of the Grey Duck reported : the passage one of the toughest the. t ever had experienced.
 Confusion at first resulting from tn I use of the names Grey Duck" ant s "Rosandra" to designate the yacht ol l which the Griffith party sailed, aros from steps recently made to change tn e name of the yacht from Grey Duck t 0 Rosandra. The vessel is known b. = customs and immigration authorities l however as the Grey Duck.