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COROtjER PLACES
EASTLAND LOSS
Elver Engaged in Bescue Work Es
timate that Two Hundred
Bodies Are Still in HuU
- of the Vessel.
CAKNOT BE BEACHED NOW
Preparations Are Being Pushed to
. Right the Partly Submerged
Steamship.
JIANY BODIES FAST IN THE MUD
J BULLETIN.
CHICAGO. July 26. Late today
the official number of bodies res
cued from the steamer Eastland, as
given by Coroner Hoffman was 81?
.The carefully ' checked llt of the
missing prepared by the Western
Electric company contained 384
jiamee and was slowly being In
creased. This brings the approxi
mate loss of life to 1.201.
. i
CHICAGO, July 2. Ttaa total
number of bodies recovered from the
steamer Eastland was announced by
rnmntr TInffman aa BIO at 1 o'clock
ww.
this afternoon.
His figures show that the total
number of lives lost probably may
reach 1.080, as follows:
Number of bodies recovered, 810;
number of missing reported to West
ern Electric company, 270; total,
.1,080.
All but nine of the bodies recov
ered have been Identified. It Is estl
. mated that there still are 200 bodies
It. the hull of the steamer.
Investigations to detennlna the cause of
the accident and puntsh'the guilty ti
vigorously pushed during the day by
Coroner Hoffman. State' Attorney Hoyne
nd United States Dlatrlct , Attorney
Charles F. Cllne.
' , Boat la Overloaded.
After Questioning members of tba
Eastland's orew and ocorea of eye-wlt--
nesses State's Attoraey Hoyne and hie
. aailatanta expressed the opinion that the
accident waa cauaad by ' the' overloading
of tba beat. v
United Btatea District Attorney Cllne
after conferring with federal steamboat
inspectors aald; '
-: ', Whan the' time comes for us 'to talk
we win "have plenty to aay.'V
Later It wee announced It weald take
tea daa to ralae the steamer.- And that
work would be' begun at once.
F. P. Avery In oherxs of the divers
engaged In the reecue work. said, today
that hie men were able to aee , many
bodies In the bull which tbey were unable
to reach. After talking . with, the . men
working uniier the water, he formed his
estimate of 300 bodies .gull, in the. boat
Plana for ralalng the steamer Eastland
(Continued on Page Two Column Two.)
Strike of Standard
Employes Spreads
NEW YORK, July r.-The atrike of
Standard Otl employes extended to Jersey
City today. At noon 200 coopers employed
In the Eagle Oil works, a subsidiary of
the Standard Oil company, located at
Caven Point. Jersey City, went on strike
and their leaders announoed that before
evening all of the 2,500 men 'employed In
the plant would be Involved.
The atrike situation In Bayonne, N. J.,
where aerioua disorders ooourred last
week, appeared to be well in hand today
There wma not a sign of trouble and the
man seemed sat left ed to await the work
of the mediate re, who are still trying to
arrange a settlement
The men were paid off today, being
taken !n blocks of 100 from their meeting
ban to the office of the Tidewater Oil
company. No untoward Incident marked
this function.
Guards still lemain In the works and
outside of the plants the "dead line", es
tablished by Sheriff Kenkead. is strongly
guarded by hla deputlea.
The Weather
For Omaha, Council Bluffs and Vicinity
-Unsettled, with probable ehowers; not
gnuoh change In temperature.
Tesiserstare at . Osaafca Yesterday.
Hours. Deg.
6 a. m..
C a. m..
7 a. m. .
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, 62
CJ
64
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P a. m..
10 a. m
... Vf
it m. M
1 n. nil"!!"!!.". 67
m
m
m
m
m
m
ro
67
I p.
4 P.
5 p.
P
7 P-
P.
67
,
, W
, 71
, 70
Comparative
Highest yesterday
Ioweet yesterday .
Mean temperature
Precipitation
Temperature ' and
Local
Brcera.
1915. 1914. 191 S. 1912.
71 to W 82
61 7 70 71
.... 66 M 84 74
26 .00 .17 .03
precipitation depar-
turee from the normal:
" Normal temperature 77
Deficiency for the day 11
Total deficiency since March 1 274
Normal precipitation 14 Inch
Excess for the day 12 Inch
Total rainfall since March 1..17.1 inobes
Ieflc!enoy since March 1 U Inch .
leflci-ncy for cor. period. 19)4. 1. 85 Inches
. Deficiency for cor. period, 1912. 1.9S inches
Resorts Pros Stations at T P. M.
Station and Stale Temp. High- Rain-
of Weather.
7 p. in. eat. fall.
... 64 .00
... 74 78 .1)0
...68 71 .06
...6 72 ;m
... a 86 .01
... 71 71 .M
Cheyenne, cloudy
pavenport, cloudy
enver, rain ....
ee Molnea, rain....... .
lodire City, cloudy
Onuthe, rain
l uipld City, clear
fberldan, clear
f-fiju City, cloudy
70 7 .14
70 Ti .(
8 68 .M
74 80 .01
Valentine, part cloudy.
-T" indicates trace of Precipitation.
i A. WfXSii. Local Forecaster.
AUSTRIAN SUBSEA
BASE IS DESTROYED
New French Warship Makes Suc
cessful Attack on Teuton Supply
Depot on Island. ,
AEROPLANE RAID OVER RIVA
TOULON, France, July 26. The
new French destroyer, Le Blsson, has
demolished the Austrian submarine
and aeroplane depot on Logasta
Island (the southernmoet of the Dal
matian group, in the Adriatic sea),
with the loss to the French of only
one man killed. The commander of
the first toropedo boat and subma
rine division of the Mediterranean
fleet, to which ' the La Blsson be
longed, has issued an order highly
commending Lieutenant Commander
Le Sort for his brilliant exploit.
Aeroplane) Half Rlva.
ROME, July a. (Via Parla. July 26.)
An air raid upon Rlva, an important
town at the head of Lake Oarda, in the
Auatrlan Tyrol.' la described In an of
ficial statement Issued tonight at the
(Continued on Page Two, Column Four.)
. ..ii in
WESTERFIELD SHORT
$21,048 lNACGOUNTS
Investigation by Butler Finds Bhort-
. . Accounts..- r-.- '.:
BUTLEB MAKES A STATEMENT.
' Eliery ; H. ' -Wefcterfleid, fortoer
treasurer of th tillage of Dundee,
has been found short f 1L048.81, and
the city council directed its legal de
partment to confer with the county
attorney to take necessary and legal
steps toward bringing the missing
official back to Omaha.
Commissioner Butler submitted a
flfty-flve-page report, . covering a
check of the Westerfleld accounts
from May 16, 1911, to June 11. 1915.
Ihe mayor made a motion that the
report be accepted and action started
against Westertleld.
' ' liunwr of Report. Y,
A summary of the report prepared by
the city accounting department reeds:
Cash balance. ttt7.Eeo.tt; overdrafts,
6,671.g3; net cash balance, SlH.W8.4t,.
Cash In banks: Omaha National, 174,
117.41; State bank, ttl.822.8e; cashier's
check, Omaha National, SlOLoe. Invest
ments, tl4.t9S.71. Total reaouorea, tl30.9S.l.
The difference between S1S1.K8-4S and
tU0.Mt.Sl la 121,048.81, the amount of the
ahortage.
Charles Stenlca of the department of
accounts and finance, who did most of
the checking of the Westerfleld accounts.
(Continued on Page Two, Column Three.)
German Airmen Fail
To Destroy Bridge
Over Vistula Kiver
LONDON, July 2C. A dispatch from
Petrograd to Reuter'a Telegram com
pany today says:
"A German air raid on the Vistula
bridge at Warsaw failed of its object,
though the bombs caused several casual
ties among the civilians.
"The German advance from the Naxew
river now Is twenty-four mllea, as the
crow flies, from the Warsaw-Petrograd
main railroad, but the Germans still have
to fight their way acnoea the Bug river,
as well as over sixteen mllea of virtually
troadleae country between the Narew and
'the Bug.
"The fate of Warsaw really depends en
I the Bug river, which la a much more
lorroldable obstacle than is the Narew,
the crossing of which by the Germans
waa facilitated by an Islet In mid river,
i near the confluence of the Orjltaa liver."
King of Bavaria
.Gives Kaiser Job
'LONDON, July 21. The king of Ba
varia has appointed the German emperor
a field marshal of- the Bavarian army,
and the emperor has accepted the ap
pointment, according to an Amsterdam
telegram to the Exchange Telegraph
company.
The' Incident, the dispatch adda, has
caused much comment in Germany , ,as
It has frequently been asserted that the
emperor alone bad the power to appoint
field marshals.
The riaiits of the Bavarian king have
never before been asserted, but tbere has
been a strong feeling recently In Ba
varia In favor of the king asserting his
position In the face of the powerful
Prussian army because of the prominent
part the Bavarian troops have taken In
the war.
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HOW HORSES ARE PUT ABOARD TRANSPORTS
Photo taken during landing of English troops for the oper
ations at the Dardanelles.
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The Day's War News
AN AMERICA STB AM EH, tke
Leelaaaw, loae wlta flax, a
roftet ffielally neolaren by
Germany te fee eoatrabaag mt war,
was rank yesterday ' off Scotlaaa
by a Otnua aabsaarlaea All the
SBeaaaere of Its crew, whtek narn
kereS aiisst gesi.iea , have. keen.
laae aafely at Kirkwall la taelr
.own boats.
GERMANY'S ARMIES in the east
eeatlaae to snake roa-resa la tke
task allotted tkesa . of lavestlaet
Warsaw. North of tke Polish cap
ital tke Teateale troops, accord
ing? o eftlelal Berlin reports, bare
eroased the Narew river and are
advancing toward tke River Bag
and tke railroad mania oat .of
tke city eastward. la tkls sector
tke 4ersaaa are tweaty-flve miles
froaa the aapltal. , ,
SOUTH Of WARSAW tke Germans
are directing tkelr efforts against
tke Rasslaa lines of defense near
Plaseesao, a town twelve miles
front tke capital ,aad tkey kave
already ' takea two . positions ky
storm. ..... .
IN tOl'TH POLAND tke Germans are
meetlaa wltk determined resist
anee from tke Raestan troops
koldlng tko Lablla-Ckelm rail
road, wklek Is of great atragetlo
valae la connection wltk tke mili
tary operations farther ta the
northwest.
FRENCH TORPEDO boat destroyer,
am
Italian . fleet, ta reported from
Tonloa to kavo desoyed tko Aas
trlaa sabmarlae and aeroplane de
pot oa Laaroeta Ulead, one of tke
Dalmatlaa grroap, la tke Adriatic
aea.
AUSTRIAN TOWN of Rlva, on Lake
Oorda, k,aa keen tke object of at
tack from tke air ky Italian avia
tors. M
AN OBSERVER at tko Dardanelles
describee a eaeeessfal effort on tko
part of a British aeroplaae to pre
vent a aahmarlae from discharg
ing a torpedo at a British troop
ship. The aviator dropped sheila so
close to the snhmnrlne tkat It waa
compelled to seek aafety aader
tke sea.
Will Foreclose
Liens on Homes of
Danbury Hatters
DANBURY. Obnn., July M.-A notice
of intention to foreclose was filed here
today by attorneys for D. EX Loewe sV
Co., against 13S defendants in what is
generally known as the Danbury hatters'
case The oasee are returnable in Hart
ford on September
Of the Individual defendants against
whom decrees of foredoeure are asked.
111 own proterty In lanbury, seventeen
are owners of property In Bethel and ten
have property In Norwalk.
Uniud Btatea marshals are expected to j
begin the service of papers upon each ;
of the defendants tomorrow.
Gunboat Kescues
Missionaries'
WASHINGTON. July Sf.-The loss of ,
life In Canton, China, due to fire and
flood, la estimated In tens of thousands,
according to a report today from Ad
miral Wlntsrhaller, commanding the
Astatic fleet. The gunboat Callao took
100 bags of rice to Shuyhlng July U
and rasooed missions rtee and fifty blind
girls from the dikes of that town.
TO STOP BUILDING
OF BIG TABERNACLE
Injunction Proceedings Started-by
. Hospital and Business Houses
Near the Site. ' .
HEARING BET F0R.r WEDNESDAY
. .
. Injunction proceedings to prevent
building of the BlllyvBunday taberna
cle at Fourteenth street and Capitol
avenue on the ground that it will be
a nuisance and a fire menace were be
gun yesterday in district court by the
Lord Lister Hospital company, Mr.
Margaret A. Henry, proprietor; the
Omaha News company, James M.
Simpson, Charles Haas and the Ho
neer Glass and Paint company. The
plaintiffs are all Interested In busi
ness enterprises located near the pro
posed site of the tabeVnacJe.
' liearlna- Set for . Wednesday.
Hearing "to determine ' whether' a re
straining order shall be Issued has been
ret for Wdnedny morning at 10 o'clock
before District Judxe Redlok.
The plaintiffs set forth In their peti
tion that the proposed tabernacle will be
built of wood and that sounds of singing
and speaking will constantly issue there
from. The noise, it la alleged, will annoy
patients In the hospital and prevent their
recovery ana p .......
tnere lor treatment.- cuim.w vume
In the vicinity will suffr serious Impair
ment of patronnge. .'..
It la also charged that the big frame
building, if allowed to be constructed,
will constitute a serious fire haaaru. . The
court la Informed by the petition that the
building of such a structure within the
fire limits is forbidden by law.
Inspectors Confer
. With United States .
District Attorney
WASHINGTON, July 24 That the
United States is planning a definite atep
with respect to atenoo ana mat u wm
be taken soon, was authoritatively an
nounced today at the State Department
but no auggestion of the course to be
pursued was given
Major General Funston reported today
that despite warnings to General Car
ranxe and hla assurances that there
would be no fighting in border towns
endangering Americans. General Callea
was assembled with 1 000 Carransa troops
at Santa Barbara, twenty miles from
Nogales, and apparently was preparing
to attack the border town.
General Funston has orders to repel
with force any firing Into American
territory without waiting to refer the
question to Washington. If the Mexican
factlona battle there. General Fuxiston'a
artillery la expected to shell them out
to a safe distance from the border.
THEGATECITYOfTHEWES
Nearly every big circus
and tent show on the road
hat put Omaha on its itin
erary thia season. The
how-men know a food
town, i
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FIELD OF BATTLE
SHIFTS TO NORTH
PART OF POLAND
German War Office Baya Army Hat
Forced Patiafe of. Narew Barer
Along- Wide Front After
Desperate Fight.
ABE CLOSTOO IN UPON WAESAW
Teutons Within Twenty-Five Miles
of Capital on One Side and
Twelve on Other.'
TURKS IN DEALS WITH BT7LGARS
LONDON, July Is. Fighting for
Warsaw has shifted from South
Poland, where the most desperate
efforts of Field Marshal Von Mack
onsen have been unable to win an
appreciable advance, to the north of
the PolfBh capital, where the Ger
mans have crossed the Narew river
along a wide front.
Petrograd so far has not admitted
this German success. It also still It
apparent, London military observers
say, that the Ostrolenka .fortress,
from which radiate the useful stra-
getlo railroads, continues to be con
trolled by the Russians, although the
attack of the Germans from Pultusk
northward has brought them to a
point south of Ostrolenka. The
latest success of the Germans bring
tbem within twenty-five miles of
north Warsaw, but the Polish capital
has a second line of defense In this
direction along the Bug river.
Twelve Miles from Warsaw, '
To the southward the Germans are at
tacking the defense lines near Plasecsno,
which is twelve miles from Warsaw.
That the situation In the capital la be
coming; more precarious ta Indicated by
the news that the Russians are with
drawing all men and material for the
manufacture of munitions from the city.
The stubborn hold of the Russians on
the Lublin-Chelm railroad continues.
The Austro-German troops, Russian ad
vices say, not only are being held along
this Una, but are suffering under fierce
counter attacks.
Bsoept for the consolidation of the
French auocese in the Vosges mountain
which resulted in the capture of K00 Oer
mane, Paris reports only artillery and
mine warfare along the western front
Turks Make Deal with Bulgaria
Borne uneasiness la being ceusted . In
diplomatic) eiroles of (he entente allies
by the report, not yet officially eon
firmed, that Turkey hes ceded to fcul
garta the Turkish portion of the Dedee
gatoh railroad. Sofia reports this cession
will have no effeot on Bulgarian neu
trality, but the belief la expressed here
that Turkey would not be likely ta give
up such valuable territory without the
promise of substantial aid from Bulgaria,
The English newspapers comment with
warm approval en the American note te
Germany, but two of the leading organs
express some concern over' the paragraph
whloh, under conditions, promises co
operation with Germany In securing free
dom of the seas.
Comments on the paragraph of the note
which professes to see an Improvement
in the methods of the German submarine
campaign show that the British press
rests under the mistaken belief that
Washington la concerned over the whole
question of a submarine blockade as
as strongly as It la ever the effects of
such a warfare on American Uvea and
shipping.
French Official Report.
PAK1S, July as. The French war of
fice this afternoon gave out the follow
ing statement:
"Last night there were artillery engage
ments between Alz-Noulette and tou
ches, as well aa in the vloituty of Sola-
eons, fighting with grenades between the
trenches In the forest of A Illy, and
bombardment of Hartmanns-Wellerkopfi
"French aviators have thrown down
shells and steel arrows on the military
railroad station at Nantillole, to the
north of atontfauoon.M
You Can't Find a
Soft Voice With a
Big Stick Bryan
HAN FRANCISCO, Cel., July H.-Wlll-
! tarn Junnlnn Rrvan. former aecretarr of
gUU of th op,n,on thmt -tiioae who
. looking for the big stick In the scrip-
tures would think the writers of Holy
Writ were mollycoddles." That la how
he expressed himself In an address last
night at the First Congregational church.
j He did not mention Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt by name, but hla address was
full of obvious referenoee to him,
"There is a phrase about speaking
softly, but carrying a Wg atlok," aald
Bryan. "The man responsible for that
phrase never found It la the Bible and
hla reputation aa a wise man could never
depend on that alone. The trouble la
you can't find a soft voice with a big
stick. If a man has a sort voice ne
doesn't want a big stick. If he gets a
big stick he lose his soft voice."
Tin keynote of Bryan a addreae waa
that the United Stataa hss no warrant
to conceive w ar against Germany or any
other European power.- "To go to war
with Germany now." he said, 'would be
like chslienglng an insane asylum."
Justice Ford Takes
Becker Application
Under Advisement
NEW YORK, July . Supreme Court
Justice Ford took under advisement the
application of Charles Becker for a new
trial. Decision will probably be bended
down tomorrow morning. If a long
period la required, District Attorney
Psrklns will see that Becker's electro
cution U postponed.
BRITAIN DEFENDS
ORDER JN COUNCIL
Note Contendt Restriction of Neu
tral Commerce in Line with TJ. S.
a Supreme Court Deeitiont.
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CRITICIZE NOTE TO GERMANY
WASHINGTON, July 2. Great
lirltaln's reply to the American note .
cf March 30 protesting against en
ferrement of the orders In council
which restrict neutral commerce waa
received here today. It holds that
the orders are within International
law, although they may involve a new
application of principles, and argues
that It la proper to await a Judicial
Interpretation.
The new note, In the most courteous
language, holds that Great Britain's no
tion is Justified by the decisions of the
United States supreme court In cases
arising during the civil war. Any differ
ences with the United States over what
la termed the new application of princi
ples are held to be proper for submission
of Judicial settlement
Secretary Lanalng today announced re
ceipt of the note, but made no announce
ment of Its content, ft will lve for
warded to President Wilson at the Sum
mer White House at Cornish, N. it., an. I
will be gtven out In XTnahlnston for pub
lication in morning papers Wednesday.
British Da Not Like Nolo to Kaiser.
Ragliah t-pra View.
LONDON,. JtUy si In an editorial dis
cussing the paragraph in the American
note to Germany which Invites the co
operation of the Oerman government in
.securing the freedom ot the seas the
Manchester Guardian says:
"This whole passage should be very
carefully noted. It means, quite plainly,
that In President Wilson's opinion this
country Is an offender against the prin
ciple of the freedom of the seas; we have
In fact had several dispatches from Pres
ident Wilson on this very subject and
these. It is believed shortly will be fol
lowed by another.
"He declines to discuss alleged infrac
tions ot the freedom of the aeaa with
Germany now, but he aays in effect that
the case might be different If Germany
showed sincerity In its attachment to the
prlnolp'e Of freedom at sea by abandon
tng Its submarine campaign, which la the
most serious infraction of that freedom
ever known. Let Germany do that and
America and it may do something to
gether for freedom on the seas. The
whole passage may well occasion some
serious reflections In this country.
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Germany Will Delay .Reply.
BERLIN, July 26. There la every Indi
cation thai considerable time will elapse
before the German government makea
any attempt to answer the latent Amer
ican note on the sinking of the Lualtanla.
Should the United States protest to Great
Britain in regard to restrictions placed
upon shipping, which it Js reported here
is now being formulated, be oouched In
firm tones, it Is considered possible the
German reply would not be brusque.
In the absence of evidence that the
United Btatea Intends to force Great
Britain to abandon the policy. Germany
considers Illegal, condemnation of Presi
dent Wilson's note la universal. Hope
has not been abandoned, however, that
the United States may intend to assail
vigorously Great lirltaln's methods of
controlling the aeaa. Until this point be
comes clear, the Berlin foreign office
probably will mark time.
The British note is a long, exhaustive
legal discussion of each point made in
the American correspondence, its keynote
Is that the British government has stead
fastly held to the broad principles of
international law In all that has been
done under the order in council; and that
If a neutral government feels aggrieved
at the application of the order there la a
remedy in the courts, or, eventually In
arbitration.
Blockade ot Bermuda Cited.
Generally, It la held, that when a
neutral country or port la made a base
of operations against a belligerent, the
other belligerent la Justified in blookad-
ing such country or port The action of
the United States during the civil war in
blockading the British Island of Bermuda
la cited as a warrant for the action of
the British government in preventing
goods from reaching Germany from the
United States through Denmark, Holland
or Sweden. The original American block
ade on the west aide of Bermuda proved
deficient and ths American warships, were
stationed on the east side and through
out the remainder of the war no goods
were permitted to reach Bermuda that
might be transshipped to the confedera
te states. That action was sustained by
the United States supreme court.
Assuming a sufficient legal baals for
such a stoppage of trade with Germany
through the neutral ports of northern
Europe, the new note makea the point
that the only way to ascertain the real
destination of supplies from Amerloa con
signed to those neutral countries is to
consider the amount of the goods con
sumed in their normal trade, for It Is
oontended that the smaller northern Euro
pean countries are ao much In fear of
Oermany that they fall to prevent.
through actual embargoes the reshlpment
of such goods Into Germany.
On July IT the United States gave no
tice that it did not accept the order in
council as a substitute for International
law so far aa It affected American com
merco. It waa In effect a reiteration of
the statement made In the American note
of March and October tt, that the
United States government "will Insist that
the lights and duties of the United States
and Ita cltlsena In the present war shall
be defined by the existing rules of Inter
national law and the treaties of the
United States, irrespective of the dec
laration of London.
MEAT PACKING PLANTS
AT P0UGHKEEPSIE BURN
POUGHKEBPSIE. N. T., July
Damage estimated at KAO.COO waa caused
early today by a fire which destroyed
the Wilbur Lumber company, tta plants
of Armour Co., Nelson, Mori la A Co.
Forsythe -and Davis Paper warehouse,
Jans. Roberta Chemical company anil
several dwellings. Thirty firemen were
Injured by five explosions In the meat
pausing plants.
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AMERICAN CRAFT
WITH CONTRABAND
SUNK BY SUBSEA
Steamship Leelanaw, Rearing- Carg-o
of Flax, Torpedoed by German
V Boat Off the Coast of ' '
Scotland.
REMOVED FROM BOAT
Washington Does Not View Action
, of Raiding Vessel as Disregard
of Latest Warning,
SITUATION IS AGGRAVATED
LONDON, July 28.-The American
steamship Leelanaw, from Archangel,
July 25, for Belfast with a cargo ot'
flax, was sunk today by a German,
submarine off the northwest coast of
Scotland.
All the members of the crew of the
Leelanaw were saved. They were,
brought Into Kirkwall In their own
boats. v
The ateamer left New York May It
with a cargo of cotton consigned to Rus
sia by way of Gothenburg. The vessel
waa detained at Kirkwall while Inquiries
were made aa to the possibility of
getting Its carao to Ruasla. as Sweden
forbids the export of cotton. The ship,
was released June M with permission to
proceed to Archangel, where the cotton
was discharged and a cargo of flax waa
loaded for Belfast,
No details of the torpedoing of the
Leelanaw have been reorlved beyond
a message stating that the crew had
bren safely landed at Kirkwall, Scot-,
land, from which place they notified
the American consul et Pundee of the
sinking of the vessel.
Sank ky Torpedo.
A dlspatoh from Klrkall to the Central
News agency says that after the mem
bers of the crew left the Leelanaw about
a dosen shots were fired at the steamer.
They failed to sink it however, and It
ultimately waa sent to the bottom by A
torpedo.
The members of the crew were taken
aboard the submarine, the dispatch adds.
and were well treated. When in eight
of the Orkney Islands the men were or
dered to return to their boats and the
submarine disappeared. '
The Leelanaw. was owned by the
Harby Steamship company of New Tork.
It waa formerly called the Barnwell. If
waa 280 feet long and f -124 gross ton
nage. It left Galveston May S and New
Tork Miy IT witn a cargo of cotton for
Arohangel. Early In June It waa de-,
talned by the British authorities at
Kirkwall. This notion waa taken because
Ita cargo, although destined for Russia,
waa consigned by way of Gothenburg.
Sweden, which country forbids the ex
port of cotton. Having discharged Ita
cargo at Archangel It Is evident that
the Leelanaw waa returning from Arch
angel when It was sunk.
An official statement of the 0rm k
government, issued April II, 11B, set
forth that flax Is contraband ef war.
The Leelanaw was commanded by Cap
tain B. B. Pelk. Ita crew consisted ef
seven officers and thirty-two men, and
Ita owners, the Harby Steamehlp com.
pany, planned to return the Leelanaw In
ballast to this country. The LeelanaWs
agents had no information regarding the
sinking of the steamship other than that
contained In the press dispatches.
Can sea Shoek.
WASHINGTON, Juty . The torpedo
ing of the American ateamer Leelanaw
la a shock to Amerclan offtclas, who see
In the Incident further aggravation of
the situation between Germany and the
United States.
Although they hesitated today In the
absence of details to eonatrue tae aat aa
coming within the warning of the last
American note, whloh pointed out that
further violation of International law
affecting American oititens would be re
garded as "deliberately unfriendly," the
view was taken that Germany in effect
had Ignored and disregarded an earlier
note sent In connection with the sinking
of the American sealing ehlp William 1".
(Continued on Pare Two. Column One.)
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