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TRAGEDY OFJHE EASTLAND
No Chance of Rescue In Suddenness
of Sinking Majority of Victims
Were Women and Children
Sweeping Inquiry Wilt De Made
Into Cause of Disaster.
Western NnUHpujier Union News .Service.
TRAGEDY OF THE EASTLAND
Estimated number on board 2,408
to 2,700.
Number officially accounted for as
urvlvors 1.079.
Number of brdles at main morgue
700.
Number of bodies at other morgues
(estimated) 150.
Total l-nown dead (estimated)-
1,329 to 1,621.
Chicago Denth Htnlkoil Into a linppy
lake boat excursion Saturday and fur
nished the world with what la be
lieved will result In the greatest water
horror In Its hlHtory. Ilctwccn 1,329
and 1,621 women, children and men
Are believed to have died within a
atep of shore by the overturning of
the great Rtecl Rtcamer Eastland, as
she rested at her North Clark street
dock In the Chicago river.
Search for tho victims continued
all day and into the night. Divers
and dredgers dragged tho river while,
policemen, firemen and citizens who
volunteered for tho task In the hold
worked under the glare of a dozen
earchllghts and Incandescent lamps
strung over tho scene.
There wore two outstanding horrors
In this disaster which drew n toll
threo times as great as the tcrrlblo
Iroquois theater fire here, in which
605 died. One was that so many died
so close to land and in tho sight of
friends and relatives to tho numbor of
17,000, who a moment before tho ac
cident were calling God-speed from
the decks of five other steamers that
bad been chartered with tho Eastland
to take tho Western Electric employes
on their annual picnic.
Majority of Women and Children.
The other heart-breaking fact was
that most of tho victims were babies,
young girls and women. This horror,
of all tho others, was forced homo
with scintillating vividness by the long
rows of victims at tho morgues. For
every man thoro were three or four
bodies of women, girls or children.
Long after artificial lights replaced
tho sun, the workers were rcmbving
the victims. Hopes wero held out
until 3 o'clock that somo would bo
found allvo. Shortly before that,
twelve girls, all in their 'teens, wero
found nllvc, crowded in a stateroom
that had beon thought empty. All
were unconscious and only responded
to tho pulmotcrs after literally hercu
lean efforts.
There continues to be a wide diverg
ence in the estimates of dead. Assidu
ous effort by RtcamBhlp, police and
Western Electric company officials
who followed every clue, developed
these facts:
Thoro were between 2,408 and 2,700
men, women and children passengers
land crow on tho Eastland. Charles
Culy, Western Electric superintendent,
assigned to tho task of tabulating n
list of the saved, accounted for 1,079
persons.
Betweon 700 and 850 bodies have
been recovered. Even tho number of
corpses could not bo accurately count
ed up to a late hour, because so many
volunteers had boon engaged In tho
work nnd becauso tho bodies wero
brought out bo rapidly they could not
bo counted or were perhaps twice
counted beforo being removed, first
to tho scoro or moro of tomporary
morgues in tho vicinity and then to
tho Second regiment armory.
Police officials would only promlso
that they hope to glvo exact figures
when all of tho bodies woro centered
at the Second leglmont armory.
There was ono faint hope gleam
offered by Police Deputy Schuettler
after moBt of tho bodies rocovcrod
bad reached tho armory. Whon ho
had said ho was certain tho dead
would reaoh 1,600 earlier In tho even
ing, ho said another tour of the char-
Every effort was marto by thou
Bauds of persons on tho river wharf
fto rescuo tho drowning men, women
nnd children. Hut ninny drowned al
most within srusp of tho river bank.
Mothors went to tholr death while
their chlldrnn woro snatched to
safety. Othor children died In tho
arms of tholr parents, who woro finally
'saved. Hundreds of girls, freed for a
nlay from thelf tasks of making tele
phones nnd ot'ior olectricnl apparatus
in tho factory of tho Wostorn Electric
company, dressed in tholr smnrtest
vhlto frocks, drowned miserably.
Murine nrchltectB nssortod that the
Eastland was faulty in design; that
the top deck had been removed be
cause ot tho ttudency of tho ship to
list, and ultio polntod out that
the ship had been unovenly, or
insufficiently bnllusfod. Tho Eastland
used water bullnst, so that it could
pump out somo, on entering shallow
llko harbors, and lnvcstlgaorH are
working on a theory that tbo ballast
tanks woro not filled nnd the rushing
of paBBongoro to ono side of tbo decks
caused it to roll over.
.mate was high by 100, pornapB uy
I ICO.
During the early panic and beforo
the police had the vast crowds, that
swarmed about tho docks well In
hand, Captain Pcderson and First
hand, Captain Pedersen nnd First
Mate Hell FiBhor. of tho Eastland,
wore arrested on tho demand of Com
missioner of 1'nbllc Works llurkhurdt.
Shortly after this those of the ship's
crew who were saved were held as
witnesses for a special grand Jury
which District Attorney Clyne asked
Federal Judge Iindls to convene for
the purpose of Investigating tho East
land sinking. Manager (ireenbaum
was served with a subpoena to hold
himself ready for tho call of the au
thorities. Judge LandlB at once Issued
a court order to Jury commissioners to
select sixty names from which tho
Jury will be Impanelled.
United States Steamboat Inspector
Manfleld did not wait for court action,
but put Investigators at work at once.
Mayor William Halo Thompson, up
on learning of tho disaster while at
tho Pannrna-Paclflc exposition, called
his offices on tho telephone. Receiving
first hand nowB of the accident ho ar
ranged for n special train to bring him
back to Ills desk. He will arrive on
Tuesday.
Coroner Hoffman reversed his de
cision to hold tho bodies until nil or
most of them had been recovered, nnd
permitted relatives and friends in
groupB of from five to twenty-flvo to
look at tho victims at the armory.
City, county, stnto and federal au
thorities got down to tho task of fix
ing the responsibility. Several
theories were advanced to them as
causes. They were:
Possible smuggling aboard of more
than the Eastland's capacity, which
caused too much weight above tho
water lino.
I4ick of water ballast, the ballast
having been removed to permit the
Eastland to leave the river easily
against tho swift current caused by
tho drainage canal.
Posslblo faulty construction of tho
Eastland, ns sugested by several
ship builders, which gave tho steamer
too much weight above the water
lino for the weight below,
Victor Olander, secretary of tho
Great Iakes Seamen's union, traced
tho blame back to tho offices of
the federal steamboat inspection ser
vlco in Washington. With President
Fltzpatrlck and Secrotory Nlckalls of
tho Chicago federation of labor. Olan
der was granted a formal interview
with Stato's Attorney Hoyne. Olander
told Hoyne that ho haB known of
many cases In which local steamboat
Inspectors have ordered ship own
ers to comply with laws, only to have
tho order reversed by a federal of
ficial who insisted ho was acting un
der Instructions from Washington.
Hoyno promised to look into tho
charge, but admitted that he was in
doubt ns to what course o pursue
oven If he unearthed apparent cor
roboration of Olander's declaration.
Regardless of what action was
planned by other officials, 'Alderman
(Murray said that when the special
council meeting convenes to investi
gate the disaster, ho will insist on
ndoptlon of resolutions culling on tho
authorities to demand Imprisonment
nnd not fines as punishments if Indi
viduals are found to have been crimin
ally negligent.
Theories as to Cause.
Severnl theories as to tho cause ot
tho disaster have been advanced.
Some marine men said thoy believed
tho Jam of tho passengers on tho
top or hurricane deck caused the boat
to tip. Federal, state, county and mu
nicipal authorities who began investi
gations had beforo them n report that
the port sido ballast tanks on tho
dock side woro empty. While thoso
on tho port or outer side, were full
of water.
Several men who saw the nccldent
said a tug pulled a ropo which held
the Eastland's bow to tho dock, thu
tipping her nnd causing a rush of
passengers to the outer rail. The
dopth of tho water where the Eastland
snnk Is about twenty feet. This left
her port side sticking eight or nlno
feet out of tho water, a fAct which
saved tho lives of scores who wero
Imprisoned below decks nnd In state
rooms on that sldo. Ono man, Charles
Bollngor, his wife nnd four children
wero thus imprisoned in a stateroom
for four hours.
Redfleld'8 Orders.
Syracuse, N. Y. "Leavo nothing
undone to determine tho cause of tho
sad dlsnstcr to steamer Eastland and
fix responsibility for Bumo. lnqulro
strictly nnd fearlessly whether any
official neglect or Incompetence. You
will bo given nny needed help from
Washington. Go to tho bottom of
tho matter."
Secretary of Commerce Iledlleld
this afternoon sent this message to
Deputy Supervisor General l)ovcr of
tho Bteamboat Inspection aervlce, Chicago,
After working ceaselessly nil day
and fnr Into tho night, tho bodies of
842 victims of tho catastropho, most
of them women and children, wero
collected from temporary morgues
nnd takon to tho Second regiment
nrniory. When theso bodies had been
tagged, Coroner UotTmun, taking Into
consideration estimates of bodies
thought to be In tho hold of tho
steamer lying on Its sldo In tho river
and in tho stream itself, said he had
hopes that tho total dead would not
exceed 1,000.
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WAR SIDELIGHTS
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FOR EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
MEXICO CITY STILL CUT OFF
FROM THE WORLD.
German-Russian Negotiations for Ex
change of Prisoners Successful
Russian Forces Still Hold
ing Their Own.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington. Mexico City remains
cut off from communication with tho
outside world and there have been no
idvlccs concerning the whereabouts
Df General Gonzales, who is believed
to be seeking to glvo battle to a col
umn of Villa troops under Generals
Pierro and Natera somewhere in tho
rlclnlty of Pachuca. Neither has the
itato department becn-nblo to get any
ionvlnclng news as to tho exact condi
tions in the capital nor whether the
Zapata forces, as reported several
lays ago, are again In active control
of the city. The Red Cross officials
bnvo asked for a conference with
President Wilson on the seriousness
of the situation in getting relief Into
Mexico.
Russian Forces Holding Their Own.
London The Austro-Gormnn armies
iontlnue to press the IlusBlan forces
defending Wnrsaw, but while they
save made progress at somo points,
:hey have not made nny serious breach
!n the woll fortified Inner lines. The
RusBlans have been pressed back to
the bridgehead positions directly west
if Wnrsaw and into the fortress of
vangorod, further to the southeast on
Ihe Vistula. Hut at these points they
ire probably In n better position to
)ffer stubborn resistance to their op
ponents. AN EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS.
Negotiations of Russia and Germany
Successful.
Berlin. Tho Overseas News agency
tas given out tho following:
"Negotiations between Germany nnd
Russia for tho exchange of lncapacl
ated prisoners of war have finally
oeen successful after many fruitless
efforts. This Is due largely to the
tfork of James W. Gerard, the Ameri
:an ambassador at Berlin.
"Tho plan of exchanging prison
ers on transports with escorts has
leen abandoned. Th prisoners will
be forwarded by railway through
Bweden. The Swedish government has
andertaken to transport German nnd
Russian prisoners to tho frontier at
Ihe same time."
Want Three-Cent Rate.
Oklahoma City, Okla. Railroads
opened their fight to secure three
sent passenger fares In Oklahoma by
placing A. Hormany, auditor of the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, upon
Ihe stand in tho federal district court
to Introduce statistics purporting to
ihow the cost of transporting passen
cors. This is the second hearing of
tho effort of the trunk railroads In
Oklahoma to nullify the state law fix
'ng passenger fates nt 2 cents a mile.
Rancher Held for Ransom.
Idaho Falls, Idaho. Ernest Empey,
Iged thirty-live n wealthy rancher, la
being hold by a lono bandit for $G,000
rnusom, according to word received
from Empey's ranch, thirty-three
miles east of horo. Directions for de
livery of tho ransom money, brought
o tho ranch by Empey's eleven-year-Id
son and a neighbor lad, provided
hat It be delivered on n lonely moun
din road tho night ot July 24, and if
t is not delivered Empey Is threat
ned with death.
Rioting in Standard Oil Strike.
New York. Serious rltotlng, In
Milch John Molosky, 18 years old, was
killed, and nenriy sixty or moro seri
ously Injured, marked tho second day
of the strike of tho workmen at the
plant of the Standntd Oil Co., of Now
Jersoy, nt Rayonne, N. J. Tho work
ers, most of whom are of foreign birth
nd unorganized, gathorcd at tho gates
of tho plant at an early hour and dis
order lasted until noarly noon. Tho
police say several thousand persona
took part in the attack.
might attack i expeenspj
yffltV't yvMrflVI
WILL STAND ON POSITION
READY DECLARED.
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Chinese Flood Victims May Reach
100,000 Russians Are Fighting
Fiercely Against Austro-
German Allies.
Western Newspaper Ur.Ion News Service
Washington. Prtuldent Wilson and
Secretary Lansing have completed the
new note to Germany warning her
that the repetition of a disaster such
as that visited upon the Lusltanla or
any violation of American lives, will
bo regarded as "unfriendly." It will
bo dispatched at once. The note Is In
the nature of a flnnl statement by the
United States of the interpretation
that will be placed by this govern
ment on future transgressions of
American rights, nnd repents that tho
American government will leavo noth
ing undone to stand by the poslton it
has previously declared.
Russians Make Determined Stand.
London. A series of great battles
to decide the fato of Warsaw is being
fought to the northwest nnd south of
that city. Having successfully retired
to positions on tho rivers and being
well flanked by fortresses, the Rus
sians have turned nnd are fighting
desperntely to stem the Austro-Ger-man
onslaughts. To the north, on the
River Narew, they delivered three
fierce counter attacks from the for
ti esses of Rosnn, Pultusk nnd Novo
Gcorglevsk. The Germans, who had
taken one outer work of Rosan, were
unable to mako further progress.
MANY LIVES ARE LOST.
Flood Victims in China May Reach
100,000.
Washington. From eighty to one
hundred thousand lives have been lost
in the floods In tho vicinity of Canton,
China, according to a cablegram to
tho state department from Poking.
Consul General Cheshire has appealed
for all the assistance that can be
rendered by tho navy department.
Tho stnto department issued this
statement:
"A telegram from the American
legation nt Peking snys the American
consul gcnernl nt Canton telegraphs
that eighty to one hundred thousand
lives are estimated lost there on ac
count of the unprecedented floods.
The Wilmington and Cnllno (United
States gunboats) are rendering as
sistance, but Consul General Cheshire
recommends all tho assistance the
navy can afford."
Omaha Welcomes Saengerfest.
Omaha. Tho welcoming of incom
ing delegations of singers, rehearsals
and final preparations made Wednes
day a strenuous day in saengerfest
circles. Throughout the forenoon a
reception committee, with band and
a mounted escort, made frequent trips
to the railroad stations and accompa
nied parties of the visitors through
the business sectton to the MuBlk
Vereln, where tho ladles of the local
organization regaled them all with a
suntptuous breakfast.
Lincoln Makes First Payment.
Lincoln, Neb. Payment of tho first
half of tho $100,000 which this city
promised to ralso as Us share In tho
purchaso of property for the extension
of tho university on tho present enni
pus has been directed by tho city au
thorities, Tho other $50,000 will be
forthcoming when needed, according
to officials. Tho city ngrced at tho
time of the removal fight to Indemnify
tho stnto against the cost of the ad
ditional land exceeding $200,000. Tho
money was raised by direct lovy on
taxable property.
Advertisers Get "Calling Down."
Washington. Letters of reproof,
written by Secretary Redfleld, have
been sent to tho Cleveland Automatic
Machinery company of Cleveland, O.,
and tho American Machinist, n Now
York trado magazine, dealing with the
publication ot nn advertisement of
poisonous, acid-loaded shells. It was
announced by the department ot com
merco that President Wilson, after
looking over the letters prepared by
Secretary Redfleld, directed Acting
Secretary Sweet to forward them.
IHE STRONGESTYET
GERMANY FIRMLY WARNED TO
BEHAVE.
BUY BELGIUM OF GERMANY
John Wanamaker Makes a Novel Sug
gestionConditions at Mexi
can Capital Growing
Desperate.
Western Newspaper Union News Bervlca.
Washington. Tho text of tho Ameri
can note on submarine warfare, pre
sented at Berlin, by Ambassador Ger
ard, reveals that the imperial Ger
man government hns been Informed
it is tho Intention of the United States
to regard ob "deliberately unfriendly"
nny repetition by the commanders of
German naval vessels of nets in con
travention of American rights.
Tho United States announces that
It will continue to contend for the
freedom of tho seas "from whatever
quarter violated, without compromise
and at any cost."
In official and diplomatic quarters
tho communication was received at
tho strongest and most emphatic pro
nouncement that has come from the
Washington government since the be
ginning of its correspondence with the
belligerents of Europe.
Capital la Still Cut Off.
Washington. Mexico City remalne
cut off from communication with the
outside world and military operations
in the surrounding territory are
cloaked In mystery. No special effort
is being made by the United States
to re-establish communication because
fighting makeB it impossible. Both
Villa and Carranza agencies here are
without advices of tho armies be
lieved to be engaged somewhere neat
Pachuca, forty miles northeast of the
capital. The Carranza troops which
left Mexico City to meet the south
ward bound Villa column have not
been heard from for a week.
BUY BELGIUM FROM GERMANY,
Novel Suggestion of John Wanamaker
at a Meeting of Business Men.
Philadelphia. Purchase of Belgium
from Germany by the United States
nnd the imposition of high duties on
imports by this country were among
the suggestions made by John Wana
maker in an address here at a meet
ing at which prominent business and
professional men formed a local
branch of the national security league.
Mr. Wanamaker, who was later elect
ed president ot the organization, says
it Is now the duty of the business
men of this country to do all in their
power to restore normal conditions In
Europe, and proposed that n hundred
billion dollars bo loaned without in
terest to the government for the pur
chase of Belgium. Ho suggests that
later tho government ot that country
could be turned over to Its own
people.
Disposal of Italians a Problem.
Basel. The south Germin press 15
greatly exercised over the problem of
what is to become of the Italians re
siding in Germany. The authorities
seem to believe that thoso who would
not be liable for military service in
Italy should be nt liberty to stay or
to leave Germany with their families,
as they prefer. For those between
the ages of 17 and 55 restraint under
police supervision Is suggested.
To Invoke Divine Aid.
London. It is announced that the
king and all tho leaders of the nation
will attend St. Paul's cathedral on
August 4, tho anniversary of the dec
laration of war, to inaugurate the sec
ond year of the war by invoking God's
help.
New York. The American Bible so
ciety announces that the empress ot
Russia has consented to the distribu
tion among one million soldiers ot
tho Russian army of copies of the
Blblo contributed by children of tbo
American Sunday school.
Idaho Falls, Ida. Cowboys Friday
night captured tho abductor of Ernest
Empey, a wealthy rancher, who was
kidnaped several days ago and held
for $6,000 ransom, according to a mes
sago received hero.
To Ship Produce by Mall.
Lincoln, Nob. Flfty-ono towns are
now listed In tho Lincoln postofllco
bulletin showing names of farmers re
siding thereat who aro anxious to fur
nish people horo with butter, eggs,
poultry and fruit. Tho produce list la
preparod for tho purpose of establish
ing n direct producer-to-consumer
trade. Flfty-slx Osceola farmers head
the local list and tho number of pro
ducers at each of tho towns varies
from that number down to Just a few
who aro anxious to build up their post
age stamp dealing.
Seventeen Cattle Killed in Bunch.
Humboldt, Nob. A. B. fjornellus,
looking after a bunch of cattlo that
had been left In pasture, found seven
teen head lying dead close to a com
bination wiro und hedge fence. There
were fourteen steers weighing about
800 pounds each and threo calvos, n
loss of about $800, partly insured. A
heavy storm passed over the section
ot the country about seven miles
northeast ot this city and the suppo
sition is thnt tho cattle were killed bj
lightning during the storm.
SHOULD NOT
HAVE MOVED
Story of a Man Who Was Mak
ing Good, but Roving Fever
Got the Best of Him.
On May 4th, 1915, the St. Paul Farm
er's Dispatch contained a very inter
esting account of tho experiences of a
man from Staples, Minn. Realizing
that he was not making much head
way, he decided to look up a home
stead in Canada. With $250 he ana
his wife took up a homestead near
Outlook, Saskatchewan. After recount
ing his experiences of a few years, in
which they had undergone hardships
which wero likely to bo unavoidable,
with a small amount of capital, he
continues the story by stating that
in the fall after a fair summer's work
on his 100 acres cropped, hescleaned
up nearly all his debts, having now
four good horses, a complete set ot
farm machinery Including two wagons
and a "Swell" top buggy and eleven
head of cattle. He continues, "How
ever, I was not satisfied. I had been
reading of the splendid homesteads
that were to be had in Montana.
Wheat was cheap and I thought It
would get cheaper, so I began to think
that homesteading as a moneymaklng
proposition was better than farming.
I did not stop to consider that wheat
was not the only thing; as a matter
ot fact I had sold pork for 14 cents a
pound. Eggs and butter had kept us
In groceries and more, we bad now
four milch cows, two heifers coming in
and more growing up. We had a cream
separator, and some hogs. We had a
quarter section of land that could
raise an abundance of small grain,
roots and grass for feed, but I could
not see all that; I had the 'moving
fever, and decided to sell.
I set the price on the land at $3,00
cash. I could not find anyone with
that much money, however, so I cam
own until I finally sold for $1,400.
We had an auction and sold the per
sonal property. On the sale we got
Just about enough cash to pay the auc
tioneer; tho rest was all notes.
The horses brought about two-thirds
what they were worth. The imple
ments sold for hardly one-third ot
what they had cost. The cattle
brought a good price.
Must Make Another Start
We now have a homestead in Mon
tana, but we find that after moving
here and getting settled, what money
we had did not go far. We have three
horses, about all the implements we
need, and a little better buildings
than we had on our former place. We
have no cattle, though wo had to build
much fence to keep ranch stock out
of our fields. Wo have about $500
worth of honest debts.
True, we have a half section In
place of a quarter, but that is no good
to us, as long as we have not the
capital with which to work It.
In summarizing it all up I see where
I made my mistake. It will take fully
five years to get into as good circum
stances as we were beforo wo made
the change. It Is five years lost.
My advice to anyone contemplat
ing a change of location is to think
twice before you act, and If your pres
ent circumstances are not too bad,
'stay by your bush till you pick It
clean.' "Advertisement
Beating the Bakers,
"Oh, I'am almost tired to death!"
said the woman who spends half her
time addressing club meetings. -"Our
political economy club has been in
session all day passing resolutions
and drawing up petitions demanding
a law regulating the price of bread.
Only think! Three dollars' worth of
flour costs, when baked into bread,
$13. It's outrageous. We'll soon all
be bankrupt. Tho bakers must be
made to feel tho power of the law.
You should have been at the meet
ing." "1 couldn't come, I was too buBy,
said the calm-faced woman.
"Busy on a club day? What on
earth at?"
"Baking bread," said tho calm
faced woman. New York Times.
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"Ho'b a very modest young man."
"Very. He hasn't ono of thoso loud
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A la Bible.
"If I kissed you on ono cheek, what
would you do?"
"I'd turn the othor cheek, also."
Occasionally we meot a man who
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