rilK MM: OMAHA, AIOXDAV, JULY 1915. HARK! "TYPEWRITER OF IIAHERRIKGS OUT Lincoln Man Charg-ei Bryan with "Nepotiira' in Regard to Pie Distribution. WILL SADDEN TJIE FAITHFUL IFYom a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July X. (Hpecl!.) ColonH John i. Mahcr, who wu out of the city when Q federal appointments were ma1 last week, ha returned and, of course, ha something to ar res-ardlns; tnem. To the press he (Ivca out the fol lowing Interview: "What do I think about the appoint menu? I think aliout the same aa thou sand and thousands of loyal democrat nil over Nehraka think. For twenty five veara the (kmmrati of Nebraska have followed W. J. Bryan. They In fart worshiped him, and watched hi stow Ins; power and Influence and strength wllh pride. They have been thrilled by nla ajcqtirnce In commendlna- the life and work of Thomaa Jefferaon. Will Haadea Tkrm. "The appointment of T. 8. Allen, men. and cause tbam to lose confidence Bryan' hrother-ln-law. will eadden theae In human nature. When he waa ap pointed to the office 'of secretary of Hate he had an opportunity to follow the teaching of Thomaa Jefferaon (who he claimed to have loved ao well, rel ative to nepotism), but what did he doT Mere I the record, ao far a w know: "Mr. Bryan" eon, W. J., Jr.; Mr. Hryan's aon-ln-law, Ilaritreavea; Mr. Bryan' aon'a wife' brother, Berg er; Mr. Bryan' brot'ner-ln-law, Allen; and Mr. Bryan' aon-ln-law' brother-in-law. Stein.. Thla la nepotlam with a ven geance, "Thomaa Jefferson, writing of John Adam In regard to nepotlam, aald: " The public will never be made to believe that the appointment of a rel ative I made on the ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by family view, nor ran they ever aee with approbation of fice divided out aa family property.' "Juat before Thomaa Jefferson died he wrote to J. C. Cabell aa follow: " 'In the course of truata I have ex erclaed througli life with powers of ap pointment. I can ay with truth and with unspeakable comfort that I never did ap point a relative to office.' A tlreat Dlsappolat meat. "In regard to the other appointment they muat be a great disappointment to many who vlatted Prince Charley In hi eaatle, and were advised that he would be friendly to them, and accordingly have been gathering commendation alnc that time, thinking that he was alncere. He haa lead these mun to believe that they might be finally selected for marshal, revenue collector, dlatrlct attorney, audi tor of the L'nlted State treasury, poet matter or for one hundred and one other position. Now they find they were double croated because Mr. Bryan an nounce that the appointment mad are satisfactory to 'ma.' "JOHN MAHER." FUNERAL 0 FOLD TIME SETTLER AT RUSHVILLE - i , . i nUSIIVILLE, NsVx., July X. (Special.) The funeral of W. W. Wood, an old time settler, took place here thla morn ing. Mr. Wood several year ago moved to Alliance, where he filled the offlos of register at the United State land office under President Taft, and only vaoated last month to make way for hi luocee or. The body waa brought from Alli ance thla morning about :0 o'clock, ac companied by Mr. Wood and daughter and other relative and friend In la oars, which were met by a delegation of Masona at Hay Fprlnga, who accompanied them to Ruahivllie. The funeral was oon duoted by the Masons. Shortly after 19 o'clock the Mason marched down from the lodge rooms and escorted the remain afoot to the corporate limits or the town and then boarded auto for Falrvlew cemetery, where the last sad rites were performed by the Masonlo brethren, un- ler the direction of. Ned Stamper, wor shipful master. Mr. Wood waa an able lawyer and waa among the flrat settlers In Ruahville, arriving In the fait of IMS. Ilia daughter, Wilms, was the first whit child born here. The funeral waa on of the largest ever seen In Kuahvllle, twenty-six cars and other vehicles following the remains. The store were closed during the funeral. MAGNITUDE OF CATASTROPHE APPALLS CITY (Continued from Page One.) THRESHING? UNDER WAY IN JEFFERSON COUNTY KAIRBURT. Neb., July X. Special. ) The threshing season Is on. The wheat yield falls short of expectations. John Mendenhalt, Palrbury. reports ten buab ela per acre; Cuy Taylor. Steele City, thirteen bushels; Mike Coons. Steele Cltv. twenty bushels; GUI Bros.. Endicott, 'twenty-two bushels; (leorse Wendorf, Western, twenty-five bushels; John Me Lucaa, Palrbury, twenty-sis bushels; Harry Pattern. Wller, thirty bushels; M. J. Harms. Gladstone, thirty bushels. Bell ing price ranges from SS cent to $1.'; quality, fair. Intimated average yield for Jefferson county, twenty bushels per "aire. OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND COLLECTED BY POOL Froro a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. July 36 8peclal There haa been collected by tivcretary of Blate i'uol. up to the present time, ?!, In occupation taxes from corporation do In bUHlneaa in tna state. The tax be atue due on domestic corporations on July 1 while on foreign corporations Au gust 1 Is the time set for the money to reach the secretary of slate's office. It Is expected that lb revenue to the xiate from theae source will probably r-ch li'O.noo. The amounts run from a very small amount up Into the thousands on some of the larger corporations. t'reas at Pea Paras. IKrum a Ptaff Correspondent) LINCOLN. July 24. (Special.) Two croi of cabbaae is the record at the faun at the slate penitentiary. The flrat icp has already been harvested and the second trvp will be used to maks aa.uerkra.ut Warden Penton expecta that He -rop will be sufficient to put Up about sixty barrels of kiaut. enough for tr.e Institution for tit jear. I lr t Hsveeaa. RAVENNA. Neb.. July 3. -(Special)-. Turing a very severe wind and thunder aiorm last nlxht the barn on the James Jvaret farm, five miles north of Ravenna, was struck by liMnltig and burned to ).r .round, together with all harness, y, nutil-inery and othtrr prorty. officers and crew of the Kustiand were arrested. W. C. Steele, secretary snd treasurer of St. Joaeph-Chlcago Steamship com pany, which owned the steamer 1 Eastland, built on l-ake Erie In 1H03, and nmodelled later becs'iso top heavy. It Is said", was arrested tonight and locked up at a po lice station. The steamer was leased by the Indiana Tranrnwrtatlon company, whose officers said they were not res ponsible for the licensing of the ship and did not control the crew. Paalty la Dea'a Marine achltects asserted thst the East land was faulty In design, that the top deck had been removed, because of the tendency of the ship to list and also pointed to the possibility that the ship hsd been unevenly, or Insufficiently bal lasted. The Eastland used water ballast, so that It could pump out some on en tering shallow lake harbors, and Inves tigators sre working on a theory that the ballast tanks were not filled and the rushing of passengers on one side of the decks, causing It to roll over. Under misty skies, ?, men, women and children went to th river wharf yesterday to fill five large lake steam ers with holiday mirth In a trip to Mich igan City. Ttia steamer Eastland, brought to Chicago from Iake Erie, after an un satisfactory career, was the first to be loaded. Rain begun to fall as th wharf super intendent lifted the gang plank from the Eastland, declaring that the government Umtt of 2,500 had been reeohed. Whit dresses peeped from raincoats alone the shore rails, as those aboard waved good bye to friends on shore waiting to board tha other vessels. Does Net Basse, . Then th passenger swarmed to the left side of the ship, as th other steam ers drew up the nver toward th wharf. A tug was hitched to th Eastland, ropes were ordered cast off and the engines began to bum. Tha Eastland had not budged, however. . Instead, the heavily laden Ship wavered side-ways, leaning first towards tha river bank. The lurch was so startling that many passenger joined the large con course on the other side of the deck. The ship then keeled back. It turned slowly but steadily toward It left side. Children clutched the skirt of mother and listers to keep from falling. Tha whole cargo waa Impelled toward the falling slda of th ship. Water then began to enter lower portholes, and th rope mapped off the pile to which the vessel was tied. Scream from passengers attracted the attention nf fellow sxcurslonlsts on th wharf awaiting the next steamer. Wharf men and plcknlcker soon lined the edge of tho embankment, reaching out help lessly toward the wavering steamer. Ill) Dsrwa Flaors. Tor nearly five minute the ship turned before II finally dived under the swift current of the river, which, owing to the drainage canal system, flow from the lake. During tha mighty turning of tha ship with 1U cargo of humanity, life boats, chair and other loose appurte nance on th decks slipped down the sloping floors, crushing th passenger to wai d th rising water. Then there was a plunge with a sigh of air escaping from th hold, mingled with crying chaldren and shrieks of women and the ship was on the bot tom of tha river, casting hundreds of Its passenger Into th water. Many sank, entangled with clothing and bundle and did nut rise, but scores cam to th surface, giving th river the appearance of a crowded bathing beach. Many seised floating chair and other objects. Those on shore threw out rope and dragged In those who could hold tha Uf lines. Employe of commission firms with house along th river threw crate, chicken cooo and other floatable thing Into th current, but most of these were wept away by tha stream. Tears Bashed to Seeae. Boats were put out. tug rushed to the cen with shrieking whistle and many men anatohed off their coat and sprang Into th river to aid the drowning. With thousands of spectator ready to aid, hundreds went to their death. One mother grasped her two children In her arms as she supped from tha steamer Into th water. On child waa torn from her. but alt and th other wera saved. Father were drowned after aiding th wive and children to safety. Th Second regiment armory, situated In a thickly settled part of th west aid, waa surrounded early thla evening by a great throng of people. Most of th vic tim were residents of th west side and nearly every elevated train bound for I the realdenca portions of that section. wnea lis group or weeping men and women. , , Tfcaaeaad la Llaa. It waa hoped to have th recovered j bodies all In tha armory by 10 o'clock i and until that time, no one was admitted. Accordingly, thousands formed In line hour before th great door were opened, eagerly awaiting ,a chance to seek th bodies of relatives and friend they believed lost. btorles of heroism wera almost aa nu merous tonight as th number of per sona on the scene Immediately after the disaster. Boats as soon ss full took res cued passenger to the wharf or to th steamer Theodore Roosevelt which had tied up a near th upset Eastland as possible. la an hour, the water was cleared of excursionists. Those who had not been taken to land had sunk or were swirling up the river toward the drainage canal locks at Look port. III., many miles away. The locks were raised to stop the current and arrangement were made to take bodies from the river along Its course through the southwest part of Chicago. Brlda-e Is , Formed. Shortly after the water waa cleared, hip engineer and helpers were on the exposed aide of the Eastland's hull, cut ting through it ateel plate with gas flames. tlvers were hurried In under water suits. A bridge of boat was formed between the pier and tha cup elled ship. A the divers gained entrance to the hull, the scene f distress moved for the time being fens th river to th ex temporised morgues. Warehouses of wholesale companies along the river were thrown open and bodice were laid !n row on the floor. Boo re a of persons tsken from the water were severely in jured, and these were taken to the Iro quois hospital, built In memory of tho tu women, children and a few men who were buined and crushed to death In the Iroquois theater New Year's eve several year ago. IA forts to resuscitate those from th river were unsuccessful except In two or three instanrea It a as also expected Uial many of those Injured would die. . COMPANY HEADS ARE TO BE HELD Coroner Orders Arrest of Indiana Transportation Firm Heads, but No Individuals Named. CHIEFS AND CREW IN CUSTODY CHICAGO, July 24. Coroner Hoffman announced late tonight that he had ordered the arrest of every official of the Indiana Trans portation company, which leaned the Eastland, which capsized today, canning the long of a thousand lives. No Individual were mentioned In the coroner's announcement. The officers and crew of the boat are under arrest. Coroner Hoffman had a number of photographs of the boat taken and then ordered It pumped out and rained. Chief of Police Healey, who Inspected the hull, expressed the opinion that there were still 300 bodies In the boat which cannot be recovered until the boat la raised. Trask of the Lakes." "The Eaatland was the crank of the lakes, and as far as I know the only crank on the lakes," W. J. Wood, naval architect, who war called by the owners In 10. to correct fault In the boat, de clared today. Tn 1904 Wood made repre sentations to Captain Ira Mansfield, local teamboat Inspector, which resulted In an order to cut off the top deck of the vessel and to keep the water ballast compartments filled. "Th deck wss cut off In pursuance of Captain Mansfield' order," Mr. Wood declared today, "but- It would be im possible to pass on the cause of the accident until it Is known whether the other conditions were fulfilled at the time of the overturning of the boat. Th Eastland has been In operation on Lake Erie and haw rot met with an accident but evidently the owner were acoualnted with It fault and operated It accord ingly. The design of the vessel, the hull of which was faulty, would not permit Its operation aa other vessels are oper ated and great care had to be taken at all times." Iaveatlgates Report. Steamboat Inspector William Nichols Is Investigating . a report that water bal last was pgmped from the hold of the Eastland aa the pasengera boarded, ao that the boat would rise and that mora paaaenger mlg'it be csrrled. "There are various reports aa to the cause of the catastrophe," said Mr. Nich olas, "but I cannot say which one Is tho more plausahle. 1 am lnvetlgatlng the report that water ballast was pumped out durlmr the loading of the boat I have been Informed that there was water In the ballast tanks and 1 also have been Informed that there was not" W. K. areenbajum, manager of the In diana TransTiortatlon company, made th following statement lata today: "Th Indiana Transportation company expresses Its deepest sorrow and sympa thy for th b reared In tho Bastlaad osv tastrophe. Tho Eastland waa not over loaded. There were 8,403 ticket taken up at tha Eastland gangway by tha Eastland collectors under federal super vision. The arcvernmeot capacity mark la aet at 2,500. ' Hired for Day. "At this time the Indiana Transporta tion company I unable to vote an opinion on th causa of th accident bo- cause the Eastland waa hired for th day and tha captain and crew were not em ploye of th Indiana Transportation company. "W in, doing everything In our power and will continue to do so, toth In th work of rescue and In aiding all lnvestl Rations, both by legal authorities and by ! the press." Calls It Safe Boat. CLEVELAND, O., July M. Grant Don aldson of Wlckllffc, who served a chief engineer on the Eastland from UOt until 1H, returned from Chicago Tuesday, where ho had been aumnioned Sunday by th present cwner to adjust th en ginea, which were not running aUsfac torlly. "In my opinion the Eastland waa a af boat," Donaldson said. There was a pop ular opinion that It wa top-heavy, but this was due to cialma of rival boat owners. It nevor waa condemned by gov. eminent Inspectors and waa In good con dition. . Red Cross Aid. WASHINGTON, July M.-MIss Mabel noardman, chairman of tb relief board of the American Red Cross, today die patched Ernest P. Blcknell, national dl- rector, to Chicago to look Into th re lief situation and sent thla telegram to Governor Dunne: me American ilea uros expresses deepest sympathy at the disaster which hss overwhelmed so many people of Chi eago. Ernest P. Blcknell. national di rector, 1 leaving for Chicago to b of all assistance possible. "J. J. O'Connor, chairman of the cen tral division and director of the Chi cago chapter, haa placed the chapter at the service of Chicago." BOOSTERS BACK FROM CHEYENNE Special Train of Omahans Who Went to See Frontier Days Rolls Into City Sunday Morn. GOVERNOR MAKES ENTERE TRIP Two hours late, the excursion train carrying the sixty-five Greater Oman, boosters, who at the end of the Cheyenne Frontier days celebra tion last week, pulled into Omaha at 10:20 Sunday morning. In the best of spirits all returned, declaring they had received a royal reception everywhere. They are enthusiastic o-er the Frontier days' festivities; those who had seen the celebration in former years declaring that the thing has lost none of Its wild west glamor, and those who had never seen it before, declaring that they must see it again In future years. The live stock commission men of South Omaha were well represented In the party, as this afforded them an ex cellent opportunity to see many of their customers, the stock-raisers of Wyom ing. The Commercial club was well rep resented by wholesalers, manufacturer, retailers snd professional men. Ak-Sar-I'en was represented by Hecretary J. I. Weaver, Oenrge Haverstlck, governor; and Everett Buckingham, president of the board of governors, who at the mean time represented the fnlon Stock Yards end the !tiuth Omaha live stock inter est. Visit Irrlsratloa Coaatry. Leaving Cheyenne, the special train took the Omaha crowd through the valley of the North Plntte river for a one-day booster tour Into the heart of that rich Irrigated country. They stopped at Oer ing, Hcotts" BlLff. Mitchell, and In fact all the towna along that Burlington line during the run Batjrday; and t-very where they were rece ved by a long caravan of ' automobiles that took them over the . town. At 10 o'clock Saturday night the el- 1 rial pulled Into North I'latte, where the ' business men hsd been waiting for them. They took the Omaha crowd to the big opera house, where a lunch was served and a musical program offered. "I never saw a bunch of people so ' All Are Prosperous. enthuslsatlc over their country as thou fellows In the North Platte valley," sal'. J. D. Weaver. "They all have good crop prospects, they all wear good clothes and hace money. They have a rlnlit to. be proud of that country. Cattle are fat and sleek. Sugar beets are looking fine nnd the enormous factory at ScotU' Bluff can no longer mill the great quan tities of beets produced In that valley, so thst msny of them have to be shipped to other factories. Much alfalfa a hs al ready been put up. and the four crops fof the year are assured." Oovemor John It. Morehead, who stayed with the Omaha party through out, said he had mad many a trip Into that North Platte valley county, but had never seen the country so exceptionally prosperous ss It appears at this moment. ( Apartments, flats, house and cottage can be rented quickly and cheaply by a Be "For Rent" Important to Health During Hot Weather WILSON SETTLES DOWN ' FOR LONG. HARD WORK CORNISH, N. II., July at-rreed from th minor worries Incident to his official Uf In Washington. President Wilson set tled down her todsy to a period of hard work on a group of subject which he has desired to study tor some time. He arrived at Harlakenden House this afternoon for an Indefinite stay. 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