Show r Ship Distress Call a Remains Mystery NEW YORK May 1 The The faint SOS from a ship in distress heard here last night reported to Halifax by the Red Star liner Zeeland Zeeland Zeeland Zee- Zee land as coming from latitude 44 longitude ong 64 64 remained unexplained today TJI Tie The Zeeland after reaching the c spot pu at 9 a. a m. m and standing by in inn n I dense sent fog-sent at 1115 p. p m m. m a aI I I lurther urther message that she had picked up the word I It was thought that the ship might be the British steamer Clack- Clack mas max which sailed from Newport News on April 26 for Halifax Halfax a wooden craft of 1724 J f tons net loaded with coal The is owned by W. W N. N MacDonald of Syd- Syd ll v and Ottawa ana and was purchased a few months ago from the United States StatE's shipping board having been built at Portland Ore in 1919 The United Fruit steamer San Gil from Boston to Halifax was asked by the Canadian department C of marine and to tb s-fu s proceed I to the location mentioned in the SOS but no report as was received from her Radio broadcasting was stopped for tor half an hour at 1020 p. p m. m al although although although al- al though the call was barely heard here Local stations were unable to ascertain the name of the ship or its position and estimated that tha it must have been sent by a vessel vesse approximately halfway between the United States and Europe |