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Show BI SAP 1 Y j fllJViiiiLfl I News That the Pacific f Mail Steamer Siberia If Was on the Rocks Off Formosa Turns Out to Ig Have Been a Mistake I fa on the Part of Wireless 1 jj Operator. 8 WHOLE COUNTRY 1 j WAS INTERESTED i (Mrs. Francis Burton Har- 1 1 rison, Wife of Govern- jf; or General of the Phil- Ji ippine Islands, Among j the Passengers; Report jf of Disaster Result of l Poor Wireless Reading. 1 1 SAN FRANCISCO, la.y 1. The Pa- j cific Mail liner Siberia, reported wrecked lt off Formosa, stcaniod into Manila bay 1 within an hour of schedule tirao. Ad- ft vices cabled from "Manila under tomor- I row'a.dato reported that at 11 a. m. the 1 1 vessel dropped anchor and her captain K ;1 reported nn uneventful voyago from Ijg Nagasaki. SI Prior roports from Manila led to gen- j lj9 oral belief that the lS.000-ton steel MB ship was eafo, but local shipping circles jf jj remained pessimistic, arguing that raes- , sages of latitude and longitude do not ; n spring from nowhore. Tho explanation I that tho wireless call "S. O. S." and ' f the codo signal of the liner Persia, f4M. 1 E. S.," had bocomo confused, straight- , j . ened out this phase of tho affair. i f j Exceptional interest was taken through- 1 out tho country in the fato of tho Si- I jj j beria. because her pussenger list Includ- ' I, j cd tho name of Mrs. Francis Burton I ' Harrison, wife of tho governor general. m of tho Philippine islandB. Manila timo j EH is about twonty-four hours alicad of San 1 jjnj Francisco time, i r |