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the machine TO halt Instead, the rising
roar of an accelerating motor answered
him. Once more he raised his arm, and
when the black bulk behind the shining
lamps doomed almost above him, Sprang
aside. AS he jumped tiny jet OF flame
flicked out from the windshield and
mingled with the echoing report and the
roar of the car came the diminishing
screech of bullet bouncing from the
roadway off into the darkness. A tall
light lurched and leered at him and De-
laney floundering in the Shin-dee mud,
drew his revolver and fired.
He saw the taillight vanish as the car
skidded. Brakes Scrceched There was
a crash and q groan of tortured metal
rs it slid from the pavement into the
mud, shattered headlight against q
fence post and halted. For moment
thereafter black silence brooded over
everything save where a few rods away,
Delaney's lantern blazed tamely by the
roadside At last he advanced toward
the machine, his gun held ready
I've got you covered he announced
loudly as he swung open the door near
est at hand No voice or movement came
from the interior bIackness. He CROPPED
therein with his free hand and satisfied
himself that the car was empty.
IInStallment / Continued Tomorrow
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A Neruc Tingling
Mystery Romance
Of Unusual Interest

He opened the outer door for the
raincoat -sheathed tenant who gfum-
bled as he faced the wet blast OF the
wind. marked that the dark bulk OF the
automobile still waited before the ooor
and returned to browse IN ms cnaT'
Fifteen minutes later the loud oang
of the front door reused him. a woman
passed the alcove in which he sat, Win
a crisp nod and hasty Good evening"
Eustace."
The wind cried with eldritch voices IN
the alley, Rising through and above Its
clamor came a scream that snapped the
hallboy up stiff1y in his chair ana SEM
prickleS OF horror courSing along MS
spine. The door Of the Strake apart
ment was thrown open, and she STOOD
before him, again. eyes wide and oiack
in her bloodless face.
THE police" she gasped. Call the
policel Hes been murdered Hurry
Before he could stir, she had gone on,
with a slthefing rush of oilskins Whirled
away as though the tempest had caught
her up and borne her.
First. the wind had Slackened and
died away and then the rain mad
dwindled into a drizZle and become only
a failing mist Trooper Stephen Cam
eron, on traffic duty at the Duquesne..
ward end of the half-paved stretch OF
the Milledge highway, set his lantern
down upon the storm secured concrete
and struggled out of his rubber coat.
The highway glimmered Wetly under
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THE EYE of LUCIFlElR

ing and slipping on the paved road. out
side He peered through blurred VIM
towpane and grunted in mingled eXas-
peration and relief. A figure, dark and
glistening in the half-lieht, swung a
steaming horse into the alley that led to
the stable and vanished.
And darned near timei" Delaney
muttered
Minutes dragged by before Cameron,
the rookie, appeared.
Where in Sam Hill have YOU becn?"
Camera sighed in deep despair.
reached into the inner pocket of his uni
form coat and brought forth a new
notebook Practically everywhere" he
responded, lowering himself into a chair
with a sigh OF relief and opening the
volume TO report,
Calling on a girl eh?"
How did you know that?" asked
Cameron.
Il guessed 1t when you were an hopr
late blowing in here" his superior re-
torted. Now listen to me, kid: If your
social duties interfere with your work
you can give up your work. and If they
keep on interfering. III give it up for
YOU. The State isn't paying you money
to make calls on your girl friends"
The raindropS smashed against the
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the headlights of an advancing car. He
stepped into the core of their beam and
held up his hand. Brakes ground and
the machine slid to q halt abreast of
him It was a closed car and he opened
the door on the drivers side.
"One-way road" he cited And she's
going to close down at II o'clock, so
II you're expecting to get back to Du-
quesne tonight, come before then. You'll
find another trooper mile down the
road. Tell him you're all that's coming
through on this interval"
In the faint reflection from the head
lights he was aware of two figures on
the drivers seat, AS he peered at them,
the one behind the wheel leaned for
ward and dimmed the lamps. Then he
asked casually:
Did car go through few minutes
ago, ahead of us? We're looking for
friends and we wondered
There was foreign thickening and
blurring Of consonants In the mans
speech. Cameron shook his head
The other occupant of the front seat
muttered something Cameron did not
catch. The driver nodded.
Excellent" he pronounced. Suppose
you give them this for me?"
He held out cupped palm. The
trooper leaned to look at It, A hand shot
out and gripped Cameron by the throat,
pulling him forward. Off balance. He
felt his feet slip on the flooded road,
heard voice cry out shrilly--
At the far end of the half-paved strip
Of road Sergt. Delaney stiffened sud-
denly and cooked his head Twice more,
the sound of far-of reports came TO
him, dull but distinct through the mist.
He waited an instant and then shrugged
his shoulders
Car with a flooded muffler," he dag.
nosed. AT first thought the kid was
having a war One of those sounded like
AS. Yep: here she comes"
Headlights shone upon him, haloed in
haze. Still vaguely uneasy, he signaled
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Van de Water
COPYRIGHT by
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sheathed again with laminated steel.
Four time clocks studded It's colby
cleaning surface and caught red gilt
tiers from the sea-coal fire before which
a withered little man with thick-lenSed
SpectacleS sat in a cordovan leather
chair and slipped a glass of warm matted
milk with savage. thin-lipped mouth
This was Ithamar Strake, and the
high -ceilcd chamber with its tall ranks
of books and oblongS of filing cabinets
was the living room OF his home, fire.
ouented only by Osaki his Japanese
and Ana Lyoff, his confidential secre-
tary. Into that fortified province beyond
the shining complication Of the great
door he alone ever Ventured.
The curtains at the far end of the liv-
ing room parted Strake turned his
head sharply and half rose as the
white jacketed OSaki ducked and sucked
in his breath.
HE come" tho servant announced,
Ithamar Strake looked at his watch
md froWned Then he nodded.
Show him in" he directed. and
have supper at sharp. It's quarter-past
) now
You are as minutes ahead Of time,
Strake complained susptciouSly, with
,ut a word Of greeting, lifting chill eyes
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INSTALLNfENT l.

- AvAO'S woman found il thou
sand years ago. Where the
waters Of jungle spring ran
IL down into the flow of the Re-
lang River she stopped 10 fill
her earthen jar. Something cleaned
palely in the bottom of the pool and
shook beneath the ripples Of the sub
merging jar. She plunged her lean
brown arm to the shoulder and then
pried it out from the clay Of its bed,
1t was & pebble, Davao's woman de-
cided after she had dried Il on q corner
Of her Sarong--s pebble Of uneven egg
shape and greenish white in its film of
scum except where chip had been
broken from its point. There, it Shone
a clear, deep green. She turned it over
and laid Il aside while she lifted the
water Jar from the pool with both
hands. The Jar was heavy. and her
shoulders were sore from thc beating
Davao had administered the night be-
fore
She returned Ia her hut and met the
drink Redeemed eyes Of her lord Meekly
she proffered the water Jar, and while
ne drank fiercely. stood with her back
to him turning the green pebble over
snd over upon her yellow palms, AT
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What most people call indigo stlon
Is usually excess acid IN the stomach.
The food has soured The instant
remedy is an aikali Which neutralizes
acids But don't use crude helps
Use what your doctor would advise.
The best help is Phillips Milk Of
Magnesja For the 50 years since its
invention il has remained standard
with physicians. You viii find moth
ing else 50 quick ~ ITS effect, 50
harmless. So efficient
one tasteies- spoonful IN water
aeutrsithes many tunes - toiune "a
acid. The results are immediate. With
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no bad a(ier-etieets. Once you learn
This isct you wilt never deal with
excess acid IN the crude ways, Go
Iearn-noW-~why this method is SUI
prcmc
BE sure 10 get the genuine Phillips
Milk OF Magnesia prescribed by
physicians for 50 years in correcting
excess acids 2Sc and SOC a bottle
any drug store,
"Miik Of MaRncsia" has been the
&. y Registered Trade Mark Of The
Charles II Phillips Chcmieal Com
pans and II pfedeee sSor. Charles III,
Phillips. since 1875.
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(Installment l Continued Tomorrow
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Listerine clear. Imme.
diately. the odor is
gone. Even the strong
odor of fish yields to
this treatment.
Lambert Pharmacal
Company, St. Louis,
Mo-, u. S. A.
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announce itself to the
victim, you simply can
not know when you
have it. Unknowingly
you may offend.
Why take the chance
at all? Simply use Lis
tcrine every day. Then,
Evening star., 1928-11-13
RESIDENTS
HERE ON VESTR|S
Maj. and Nine. Inouye and
Mrs. Mills Among Pas
SengerS on Ship.

Mrs. Mabel NJ. Mills, former resi-
dent of the District, and Maj. and Nine.
Yoshkio Inouye. formerly attached to
the japanese embassy here, were among
the passengers on the Inflated steam
ship Vestris, it was learned this morning
Mrs. Mills, widow of Rev. John Nelson
Mills, was the guest last week of Miss
Laura P. Waller, 1888 Eighteenth street,
and went direct from Washington to
New York to sail on the Vestris.
Maj. Inouye was military attache of
the Japanese embassy here about six
years ago. In the intervening time he
has returned to Japan, and with Mime.
Inouye was en- route to take up his
duties as attache at the Japanese en-
bassy in Brazil, it was said at the local
embassy today.
Since the death of her husband, a
retired Presbyterian minister, four years
ago, Mrs Mills has lived with relatives
on the Pacific Coast. Prior to that time
she resided with her husband at the
Ontario Apartments here for about 10
years During the time they main
tanned their local residence Rev. and
Mrs. Mills travelled extensively abroad,
Miss Waller said
Mrs. Mills while here told of her
plans to make an extensive visit to her
brother, a ranch owner in the Argentine.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
Among Passengers

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 13.-A par
tial passenger list of the Lamport- Holt
liner Vestris, all that was available at
the Offices here, follows. Line officers
said that 129 passengers were known to
be aboard and that others unlisted, in
cluding five employees of the Standard
Oil Co. of New Jersey, might raise the
total close to $50:
First class-Mr. and Mrs. w. A.
Brownfield, New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Norman K Baton, Los Angeles; Mrs.
Margaret A. Daugherty, Philadelphia;
william w. Davies, New York; Mr.. and
Mrs Earl F. De Wore, Los Angeles;
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred C. B. Fletcher, San
Francisco; Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos FRANKIE,
their daughter Irene and son Henry,
Mexico City; Herman Hipp, representa-
tive OF Swift & Co.; Mr.. and Mrs. j. B.
Wilson and their two sons, F. and P,
Wilson.
The following first-class passengers
were listed without addresses: w. F
Adams, w. B. Burke, Miss Iracema Dos
Santos Cabral, P. A. Dana, DR.. A. Gro
man, j. A. Hardman, Charles M. Hen
rotin, A. M. Jones, Mr.. and Mrs. E. A
Jackson, Cary Jackson, Edwin Johnson
T. E. Mack, E. I. Marvin, Isaac Nahen
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Puppe, C. L. Pfaff
Ernesto Permuy, M r. Ross, Ray
nond L. Rickett. G. I. w. Stone
Clyde G. Tufsfull, James F. Toomey
Edward ]. Walsh, E. M. Walcoot
Second class-Keith W. Burton, Sal
Lake City; S. Cox, Montreal; Davic
| H. hewitt, Salt Lake City; Mrs. j. F
Thompson. Montreal; Joseph T. Bel
/ grade, $50 Warren street (city no
| given): Miss Eda Cubbin, New York
William M. Fields, New York; Mrs. S
j. Goodman, New York; Ger.
maine and Daphne Julien, New York
| Carlos Pellazino, Havana; Mrs. Clytit
K. Raphael, New York; Sorenson
Brooklyn.
The following second-class passenger.
were listed without addresses; Eide
Jeith w. Burt, Harry Fay, Mrs. l
johnson, A. C.. Patterson, Mrs. j. F
Thompson.
Third class-Mr. and Mrs. Clarenc'
Smith, New York City; Carl Schmidt
Chicago; Lloyd Keizer: Mr.. and Mrs
Louis Leuthauser, Jersey City; Francs
Placento, New York; Miss Nancy AL
| leyne, Jersey City; Mr.. and Mrs. 9
Bowen, Jersey City; Joseph Mihel, Chi
cago; Walter Cabogan, New York; Dal
rymple Leslie; George Panorama, Pitts
burgh; Theophilus Rowe, Jersey City
Solomon D. Baunoff, New York; MI
and Mrs. Headley and three small chill
dren, New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Jose Ru
and 2-year-old child, New BEDFORD
Mass: Jorge Dovalle, New York; Mrs
William Eversley, Brooklyn; Darnle!
Thorne, Cambridge, Mass; l.. E. Ramos
New York.
The officers of the ship are William
]. Carey, captain; F. w. Johnson. chic!
officer; L. Watson, first officer; ]. Q
Bolger, second officer; Fl. G. Welland
third officer; j. A. Adams, chief en-
gineer: j. Blue, second engineer, p
Forsyth, third engineer G. Prestwick
fourth engineer; A. Pough, purser; Dr.
W. Sears, surgeon, and r. Davies, chic
steward.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
Messages Tell Thrilling Tale
OF Vestris Disaster and Rescues

BY the Associated Press,
This is the story of the disaster
of the steamer Vestris as it was carried
over the air:
10 ans o S from the Vestris, fol-
lowed by the message: IS. S. VestriS,
Lamport & Holt Line, latitude 3735
north, longitude 718 west, requires i'm
mediate assistance"
1890 am. From North German
Lloyd liner Berlin to its New York Of
fees: Steamship Vestris sinking. Ur-
gently requests aid. Our distance from
her about l80 knots. Going to assist
ance."
IL a.m.-From New York Navy Yard
to the Vestris: United States destroyer
Davis proceeding to your assistance"
11:20 a.m.-From steamer Santa Bar
bara to Vestris: Expect reach you by
z pm"
l1:45 am. The first reply of the
VestriS to messages from destroyer
Davis: Developed 80 - degree list to
starboard while hove to last night and
now on starboard beam ends with deck
under water"
1:20 pm.-U. S. S. Wyoming to YES
iris: Expect arrive your vicinity 2 am.
Tuesday"
1923 p.m.-Vestris to Wyoming: "Too
long. Cannot wait longer. Going aban-
don ship"
1:25 pm. - Vestris to all stations
Abandoning ship. Taking to lifeboats
now"
1:27 pm-The last message from the
Vestris: "Good-by, WSC" (Those are
the call letters of the Radio Corpora
ton of America station at Tuckertown,
N. j.
6:20 pm. - From japanese steamer
Ohio Maru: Expected reach Vestris
about 4:20 pm, but not sighted her
yet"
802 pm. From Santa Barbara: ::
"Now in vicinity of wreck. Searchlight
working, but no sign Of wreck or boats.
Will keep cruising around"
8:07 p.m.-From steamer San Juan
Reached position broadcast by Vestris
at $50 pm. Cruising in vicinity since
then. but not sighted her vet"
1852 Craftsmanship Santa Bar
bara reaches scene and begins search.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10.
200 am-Battleship Wyoming and
cutters with merchant ships continue
search without seing anything but
Wreckage.
$3.50 a.m.-American Shipper sights
flares at latitude 37.19 north, longi-
tude 1898 west, while seeking life
boats.
400 a.m.-American Shipper reports
first lifeboat found
AIS a.m.-Oil tanker Myriam on
scene and locates lifeboats. Urges
other vessels to hurry to scene.
$40 a.m.-American Shipper reports
she and Myriam had accounted for five
lifeboats and one raft.
$50 a.m.-Indistinct message report
ed finding lifeboat No. 13 and sighted
some Wreckage.
1890 a.m.-Lamport & Holt Line in
Evening star., 1928-11-13
WIVES OF CREW WAIT
ANXIOUSLY IN BRITAIN
Purser and Four Others Who Did
Not Make Trip Arrive
in Liverpool.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LIVERPOOL, November 13-Four of
the crew and the assistant purser, G. r..
Jones, of the Lamport g. Holt liner
Vestris, who would ordinarily have been
aboard their vessel, arrived at Liverpool
today aboard the steamer Celtic, the
purser being on vacation and the others
on sick leave.
None of them had heard of the dis
aster to the Vestris until they landed.
Realizing the anxiety of relatives who
were unaware that the men were not
aboard the Vestris, the authorities
passed them through the custom for
malities quickly and allowed them to
hurry home.
Affecting scenes were witnessed at the
Lamport g. Holt Office today when the
wives of members of the Vestris' crew,
many carrying babies, made anxious in
quiries regarding the fate of their hus-
bands. Mrs. Carey, wife of Capt. w. j.
Carey, in command of the Vestris, walt
ed all night in the hope of hearing some
definite information regarding the res
cue efforts and the fate of her husband.
1t was believed here that the radio
operator aboard the ship. whose calls
for aid brought rescue vessels at top
speed to the scene of the sinking, was
making his first voyage.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
COL. BURNETT DIES
AFTER OPERATION
Passes Away in Walter Reed-Was
Connected With Infan-
try Office.

Lieut.. Col. John D. Burnett, who was
on duty in the Office of the Chief of
Infantry, died in Walter Reed Hospital
yesterday following an operation for
appendicitis. He was 48 years old.
Col. Burnett is survived by MS widow,
Mrs. Marian Gibbs Burnett. Col. and
Mrs. Burnett had an apartment in the
Chevy Chase Club.
Col. Burnett was born in Evergreen,
Ala, February 6. 1880. He was ap-
pointed to the Military Academy from
Alabama June 13, 1899, and commits
stoned second. lieutenant of Infantry
June Is, 1904. During the World War
he served as lieutenant colonel of the
54th Infantry in the Meuse-Argonne
offensive. Col. Burnett graduated from
the Army War College in 1927, General
Staff School in 1922 and was an honor
graduate of the School of the Line, 1921
Funeral services will be held at the
Fort Myer Chapel tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock. Interment will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
The following officers will be pail
bearers: Lieut.. Col Matthew H. Thom-
linson, Infantry; Lieut.. Col. Charles F.
Thompson, Infantry, G. S.; Maj. Charles
H. Bonesteel, Infantry; Maj. Rowan P,
Lamly, Infantry; Maj. Thomas H. Lowe,
A. G. D., and Maj. Bruce Magruder
Infantry.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
.SPURNED HUSBAND
|. DIES FROM WOUND
Russell M. HadaWay, 27,
Shoots Self After Plea for
Reunion Is Denied.

Russell M. Hadaway, 81, of 434 Emer-
son street who shot himself last night
because his wife refused a reconcilia-
ton, died at 9:20 O'Clock this morning
at Sibley Hospital Hadaway sent a
bullet into his abdomen while seated
in a parked automobile in front of BIS
Fifth street. The wife, Mrs. Norma
Hadaway of so U street, was prostrated
upon receiving the news or her hus-
bands death.
Hadaway told Policeman E. d. Gemeny
of the second precinct that he shot
himself because his wife left him sew
eral weeks ago and refused to return.
The couple had parted once before but
had been reunited.
Leaves Note for Wife.
On the seat of the automobile in
which the shooting took place was found
note addressed to Mrs. Hadaway. In
Hadaway'S coat pocket was a letter
from his wife dated November IL
stating that she did not wish to live
with him and would not return to his
home. The note written by Hadaway
was on the back of leaf of a book, on
the face of which was printed the poem
by Robert w. Service, "The Shooting
of Dan McGrew" The note follows:
Norma love you. dear, with all
my heart. When you say you don't
want me, will say good-by this way"
After receiving the letter last night.
police learned, Hadaway borrowed an
automobile from a friend at the
Emerson street address and drove to his
wife's home and pleaded with her to
listen to him.
She consented to take a ride with
him. After driving about for almost
an hour they parked in front of 815
Fifth street: When his wife proved
obdurate to his pleas he drew a re-
volver from his pocket and. with the
muzzle against his body, pulled the
trigger.
Couple Rushed to Hospital.
Attracted by Mrs Hadaway's scream,
Norris Friel, 1907 White place south
east, rushed both Hadaway and hi.
wife to Sibley Hospital. Mrs. Hada.
way was hysterical, and it was severa.
hours before police could get rationa.
account of what had happened. ThI
wounded man was treated by Dr. G. II
McLain of the hospital staff.
The bullet passed completely through
Hadaway's body and was found by sixth
precinct police lodged in the tonneau
of the machine.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
AUTO RACERS, ON SHIP,
WERE ADVANCE GUARD

BY the Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, November 13.-Earl
Devore and Norman Batten, listed with
their wives as passengers aboard the
liner VeStriS, long have been associated
with automobile racing in Southern
California and were en- route to South
America as the advance guard of a
group of eight racing drivers.
In the last Indianapolis 500-mile race
classic, Batten finished fifth with an
average speed of 93.228 miles an hour,
winning a $4,000 purse. Devore, driv-
ing in the same race, narrowly missed
death when his car hit an oil spot on
the rain-soaked track, spun around sew
eral times and crashed into retaining
wall.
The driver re-entered the race and
was squirting after the leaders when he
was hailed into the pits and an exam
ination showed a broken gas tank that
removed him from the contest. Until
the accident, he had been averaging
better than 90 miles an hour.
About a year ago the racers and their
families moved east, Devore making his
home at Altoona, Pa, and Batten at
Dayton.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
KEMTUCKIANS IN LIST.

LOUISVILLE, KY, November 13 LP).
Mr.. and Mrs. Watt A. Brownfield o.
Louisville today were believed to have
been among the passengers on the SIS
VestriS, which sank in the North At.
lantic yesterday.
Brownfield, who was chief enginee.
of the Kentucky Rock Asphalt Co, wa.
on a three-month visit to Brazil for tbs
purpose of introducing the product O.
his company in South America. Rela.
tives of the couple received word lasi
night from the firms New York agent
that Mr.. and Mrs. Brownfield had sailed
on the Vestris.
Evening star., 1928-11-13
215 ARE REPORTED
| SAVED FROM LINER
Rescue Vessels Standing BY
! to Continue Search for
1926 Others.
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Continued From First PageO
nothing to be found. There was not q
trace of the vessels 339 passengers and
crew who had taken to the sea in open
boats.
And then at $50 o'clock came the
first hopeful word. At that hour, the
steamship American Shipper sent out
a message saying that red flares had
been sighted. The communication was
intercepted by the naval radio station
here and by the Radio Marine Corpora
ton at New York.
A tense half-hour followed. At 4
o'clock the American Shipper reported
that the first lifeboat had been found
and was alongside. The vessels radio
message said: Nov on scene. One life
boat alongside us now."
Just little later a second rescue
vessel, the oil tanker Myriam, sent out
word that it, too, had located a life
boat and a little later still told of
others in the offing A message from
the Myriam to the steamship Sunewco
urged that that vessel hurry to the
thick of the hunt. 1t said: Come at
once. More boats to pick up. Am
bound New York myself. Have res
cued Boat No. So
Another message from the American
Shipper was the next to be received.
Tt went on the air shortly after o'clock
and said: About miles north of posi-
ton where found first lifeboat. Ap-
preaching four other lifeboats now"
And then, at 5 40 the American Ship
per summed up what she and the My
riam had accomplished in a report to
the battleship Wyoming, which said
that between the two, they had account
ed for five lifeboats and one raft. The
survivors in three of the lifeboats were
taken aboard the American shipper,
while the Myriam cared for the rest.
The message was relayed by the Wyom-
ing to naval communications at Wash
ington.