Show NO TRACE IRACE Of PARTY t. t LOST ON SALT SAL I LAKE leur Men Mall Who Lefi ll Saltair ir on Oil Pleasure T Trip Have Completely Disappeared Many Boats Take Searchers on Oil Bi Big Bony Body of Water Nat tint hut Search is Vain The missing Joshua Selley yard foreman of the Ba Bamberger Co Coal company Harvey Selley of the weather bureau office William Selley Joshua T. T Midgley manager of the Bamberger Coal company Up Up to a late hour this afternoon absolutely no trace had been found of the party which left Saltair altair beach in a small motor boat loat Saturday evening with the intention of returning Sunday night Four fast boats manned by men meni i who know r every nook and and corner of the great body of water I have been skirting the islands and scanning the i surface of the lake in a vain endeavor to locate the party and ana no sign has been discovered discover The beacon light which was vas as seen to bel burning be brightly off the western point of oft t Antelope island last night proved to be a large bonfire built by DV a searching party They returned to Saltair Hair this morn morn- ing a and d reported that the Seller Selley party I did not spend an any ni night ht since sinco it left tho the beach on tho usual camping ground on Antelope lope island The Thc se searching nJ party jid Lad examined the shore for miles on 1 Ithe the western coast of tho the island in hopes of finding some sign aign either of oi tho the party par par- ty or their boat boaL They built the fire which was WaB seen b by tho the anxious watchers watch- watch It ers at tho the beach last n night to lot let their own people know that the they had hall weathered the brisk storm which blew V I J. J over the thc lako lake yesterday evening j I Th The Tho gravest avest fears are arc now V bei being g entertained en en- fl by the old and experienced I on tho inland lake It is is sai said sn-ia that unless the party reached shore f before the storm torm o of ot Sunda Sunday ni night lIt 1 truck struck th the lake their their- small boat would have b been en swamped by the heavy waves Had the boat survived the tho first storm last nights night's squall would have been too much for it in its cd crippled condition 0 Another Searching Party Late this afternoon another searching party part left eft tho the bach fully equipped to o stay atay on the lake lako until tho lost party is 18 I either located or until some somo si sign n of I c their fate is discovered i This Thi party is is led by Capt John Anderson An An- derson whoso whose reputation as a seaman on on the gr great at lake is unquestioned Ho knows e cf every nook and corner and will I exhaust his knowledge e of the tho lake lako and its ways aYR giving ivin up the search The lost left Saltair party part Saturday afternoon with tho the purpose in in view view of making makin the thc trip to the Lucin Lucia cutoff northwest of O Ogden The They were to follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low the west shore of Antelope island to its most northern point and from thero there were to go o across the gap Jap of water water wa wn ter to Fremont island and thence to the cutoff a distance of approximately sixty or seventy miles Wag Was Built for tor Speed On account of the tho frailty of their boat and tho the suddenness with which I storms come como up on tho lane lae tho the part party had planned to keep close to the islands during the trip 50 so as to be able to tomake tomake tomake make the tho shore in in case of at trouble Prom From tho the north end of Antelope island to Fremont Fre Fremont f mont is ten miles and from the northern northera north north- ern era extremity of the latter island to the cutoff is about fifteen or t twenty enty miles nilles so that for these two stretches the boat would be bo running in in an open sea aea with small chance of oi of makin making the in ease case of a bad accident The rhe boat was was a foot sixteen foot n-foot 3 horse 3 power vcr gasoline motor craft and ana was built for speed ten miles an hour being be be- ing tug maintained even in the heavy waters of ot Salt Lake Lako Four men could be ho comfortably seated in the boat aside from tho the room occupied with provisions When the men left the tho beach they the were provided with food enough to last lait until Monday night and a gallon five ke keg of water They intended to replenish replenish ish the latter supply on Fremont Premont island Whether they reached that island before before before be be- fore meeting with the tho accident which is delaying yin their return is is not known If they ware stranded on any other island that Fremont or Antelope thc they are probably by this time suffering from thirst Boat Not Broken So far the tho theory of the boat going to pieces in the he heavy sea of Sunda Sunday cven evening n has hM been scouted as the sailors sal sail ors say y that tho storm which came up upa gave a vo plenty of warn warning in to those who know the lake and the Selley men are oro credited with being perfectly acquainted ac ac- ac with tho the large body of water in all it its moods and ana would woula ha have vo had ample time to land at any of the numerous numerous nu nu- nu bays alon along the tho route they chose The Tho prevalent theory among tho navigators of the lake is that tho the boat has been disabled and is drift drifting n non on the lake Whether party was equipped with oars is not known An All other theory i is that the men are stranded f on one of the small islands with a broken boat or maybe no boat at Rt all Practically ever every small island in inthe inthe the tho lake is in barren so 0 far as water is concerned as the Sahara and for this thi rea reason on the tho searchers are bending all their effort efforts toward visiting over overy known piece of rock that sticks its head boa above the surface of the lake lako More apprehension is caused by the fact that every member of the lost party was an experienced navi navigator ator on ou the lake hka and would have been able to reach a a. point point- of safety by this time unless some soma very bad accident had bad occurred Still Some Somo Hope So far no one has ventured to eu suggest sug gest that the party has haa perished in the storms and hope of re rescue cue is if still strong Mrs Selley wife of Joshua Joshu Selley the leader r of the the party part is con conn- conn cond- cond dent that the party part is is stranded and Willbe will willbe willbe be discovered by one of the numerous searching parties Jud Judging ng from the thi intentions of tho the party upon l leaving avin some ome point very ery close e to the tho cutoff must mut ba have ve been re reached ched before the storm overtook o them For this reason it was UI thou thought ht that perhaps they had b been en blown out of their course by the storm and landed on op tho the e eastern shore of the lake opposite opposite site ite O Ogden den But the failure of the tam fame of f the lost ones to reee receive c any communications com corn from that city or any of the towns town between O Ogden den and ind this city has destroyed this thi hope Another pO possible hope was wat that hat they thoy had hod been stranded on their return trip near Antelope island and had walked across the mountains to the eastern pastern side of nf the tho island and down to John Dooly's ranch to seek shelter and provisions A boat reached that point early this morning mornin and reported that nothing had been seen Been on that side of ot the island of the party As An a a. Beacon Light One 8 searching arching party discovered discover d a 11 wrecked boat in 10 Dead Mans Man's lIns lIn's hay bay on the north end of Antelope but this proved to be bo an Rn old rowboat The rho party may bo ho marooned on any I Continued on Page Pago 9 NO TRACE Continued from Page Pae 1 of tho the islands and a week will wl elapse before these can all nI lie be e visited and searched If I the tho boat went to pieces in the storm somo etti vestige e of tIe tho tlc wreck will bo be discovered floating the wH on sur sut face faco In fact the tho bottom of the lake is the thc one place the searchers will wi not have to search for t the o party for any solid sold either t. t dead or alive would float foat on the surface of tho the heavy water The Tho boat that left the beach this afternoon afternoon af af- af- af will sail sai during tho the night time timo as well as a day an and will wIl navi navigate ate the tho dead sea brightly lighted as a beacon to the marooned party parly A searchlight ht will wi be bo brought into play and every possible rock and bay hay iJ will be he searched luring during lie 10 ni night bt as well 01 as in day day- light Some trace of tho the party is suro sure to be found eventually e say the tho navigators navi nai gators of tho the lake o owing in to the ever I present southeast current which will brins anything floating loose on the lake to the tho southeastern extremity of at the lake Jako |