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Show I iiscojEjy oj Hj BUCHAREST, April 9 The discov cry of the yacht Ostnrn. stranded at Sullna on one of the- mouths or the Danube, of-the bodies of eleven notec Russian men and women, each sho'. through the head and not a living soul on board has presented to the Human-! inn authorities one of the most mys-trious mys-trious tragedies of bolshcvisni in the Black- sea. The bodies haVo becniden-tifled becniden-tifled as those of members of the rioted Russian families of Fnlzfeiu and Ska On board the yacht were fouricon million rubles in gold and paper and jewels. 1 The elder Falzfoin still grasped a pistol In his hand when his body was found and whether the party commit-ted commit-ted suicide or were murdered Is a question that remains unanswered. Investigation Being Conducted, fl An investigation is being conducted b, the Rumanian authorities, aided b Russian Trlends of the two families Ah that is known is that the two fanv ilies fled from their estates to Odes sa, and when the bolshcviki arrived there in February, put their belonging! cn board the yacht, which was ther towed by a Russian steamer bound for ft Constanza. The tow ropes broke sev j oral times, owing to severe storms anc" j finally the yacht lost the steamer ni . together and proceeded to Constanza. The refugees were refused permission f to land. 1 1 Drift at Mercy of Storm. It is believed, as a result of the lu estigation so far that after the yneh lost its tow it drifted at the mercy of the storm, and the refugees, six met ML and five women, became exhausted f Trom the cold wavea breaking over the Hl cssel and lack of food. Unable to manage the yacht, the party made a do-H4l do-H4l .pairing effort to put her ashore on H ' f. the desolate beach near Sulina. There r tne succeeded in launching small I boats, but Rumanian guards, under BmV strict orders to permit no landing through fear, of the bolsheviki. order- ;! ed them to return to the vessel. It; appears that some coast fishermen of j H. fered a rescue when the vessel began! estllng, owing to theconsequent pound- j j Ing of the heavy seas, but soldiers pre j vented. How the families met their t f' ocath probably never will be known I i Some money and valuables were miss-, H ; ing when the valuables the refugees ; had on board were cheeked up and W, Rumania has been asked to attempt to H recover them. Htt King and Queen Interested. . HS King Ferdinand and Queen Marie of HB Rumania have taken a great interest Hy in the investigation because when the Hfl roya: family was driven into exile and the capital removed to Jassy, the king W m-tl queen were offered the magnifi H cent home of the Falzfeins, across the H Pessarabian border. H The Falzfeins belonged to one of the Hj ancient families of German-Mennonitz H colonics who settled In the province H of Kherson, at the invitation of thi Vv Pussian government. i oo |