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GUARANTEE Your Money Back If You Want It. ?ci' Editorial Page, Firat Column. ?to $<rri( <Mbune WEATHER OBMEBALLY ? ?IR T<? li.1V \Mi TOMORROW. Va?tar?l??'a Tam|K?raf ?ira? : High. Mj ?itivr. at. lull ra;i'.rt on I'nc? a. fnrt I First to Last?the Truth: News - Editorials - Advertisements Vol. I.XXV-No. 25,088. |r<?p>rl|hl, Iftt.V n? Thr Irll.iina \??i? In?Inn ) SUNDAY, JULY 85, 1915.?SEVEN PARTS FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1000 to 1200 Die in Chicago Boat Disaster; Four-fifths of Lost Women and Children; U. S. and State Sift Upsetting of Picnic Ship BERLIN NOTE WARNSBR1TAIN OFFICIALS SAY Think Stand on Submarine Has Broader Range. GERAUN CHANCE TO BE U. S. ALLY May Co-operate Toward Freedom of Seas for Neutral Shipping. Great B ?? we'.] a-? her enemies must read a ? in the note just dis Germany. This is the opin f many official*- who studied the to-day and believe the document tion of the eray, but a statement of -/eminent ia ,-ed to back up to the letter, no ted. Much cor I forth by which the I operation" of en co-opera ;nay accomplish most ;ir.?l this object the freedom of; y and efTec- j ? ed." , : ret this to mean that : ment will ab: e tl -.a! law in bmarine warfare, the i take to compel .:.ce of the same princip.. '???many an '? -;e virtually ' . ' ' ites, officials at once on the e are anxious to see the Gen . Office will [.'rasp this : judgment, they .'.?I dictate such a policy, as . ..-.-i at ?seal .ore ; ,c unlawful i ipa without i time has ? . military way. ? hance I?. Kaise Blockade. tea to pros- ! against Kntfland, ; "?.?pht be in- ' ertain ex- ; e that has cut tier- : ? ? i nly with the : with the neutrals of prepared ' to :, sharply to account ? ml commerce, but has beer, prevented so up to now by German ? sfaction on ? hat the question | i?i many rt verts ; that destroyed the confidently expected j in the note a ' ?? Great Britain of increased; ?cuting Ameri- ; although they say the in which this is i tended for popular i ?'he state- , -.?. ill, "with- , ." con- | for the freedom of whateTer quarter vio? the I'nited more vigorous tl i in the past in sup? ? ? : this opinion, how- : fact that the difficul ? of a highly involving princip i ich have never ? 1 The whole Of the lon| ".e that can >? reference to specific ? - ? edenti Foi I ? ? Great I and cannot' ir or even popu-| ? American *?'?!iiti?K? i aborioM Taak. ? Miment can an?' ?vith regard to ?hat all th< ettled ace '?* til? at ions. When tl ? it Britain a great deal .?I, but the ? problem will not by any , i? ached. The inter? I 'he law to mutual satis- t will be a minute and laborious! 'he German people will look ' Of tie ni' ' - it is believed the I the .'hanr ? nk the au? :> a trump ? 11, . ' from the Ui -anti to trickle .-. of the In this way not only would a friendlv ? ?.cd, but the German j So'-ernment would tret credit for skilful j I "nilimad on |>age S. column 4 BRITISH PLEDGE FAITH ON WAR ANNIVERSARY London. July 24.?The anniver? sary of Great Britain's declaration of war on Germany, August I. ?ill be marked throughout the Umpire by reaflirming British determination to continue the struggle unswerv? ingly. The pledge will be embodied in this resolution, approved by Pre? mier Asquith: "That on this anniversary of the declaration of a richteous war. this meeting of citizens of ???? records its inflexible determination to continue to a tictorious end the struggle for the maintenance of those ideals of liberty and justice which are the common and sacred caaae of the Allies." Meetings have been arranged throughout the Umpire at which the resolution will be put. Members of the Cabinet and of Parliament and other public oflicials are co-operat? ing in the arrangement. The ?lo minions and colonies are all joining in the mo*?ement. E. M. GROUT GUILTY; JURY OUT 53 HOURS One Juror Finally Con vinced?Recommenda? tion of Mercy. Edward M. Grout was found guilt] late last night of perjury in connec tion with a statement of the conditior of the Union Bank of Brooklyn, o which he was prc-ident. The jun came in at 10:45, having deli1 ?y.three and three-quarter hoars It was said that from the very stari only one juror, James M. Murnhy t musician, had held out for aciuittal They included a recommendation foi mercy in their verdict. The former Controller will be sentenced Tuesday, He came into court about ten min? utes before the verdict was returned, His wife and sister-in-law were with him. Grout took his position inside the railing beside his attorney, Stephen C, Baldwin. After a few minutes the jury entered. 'Ihere was a trying five minutes before Judge Lewis came in. "I want it thoroughly understood," said Judge Lewis, "that under no cir? cumstances is there to be any demon n when the verdict is announced." At the summons of the court clerk Theodore Cramer, foreman of the jury, announced the verdict. Not a tremor was visible to those whose eyes were fixed on the prisoner. In response to the questioi I clerk he gave his "pedigree" in a voice that was inaudi? ble a few feet away. Judge Leu;.- thanked the jury for the patience with which they had borne nine weeks of testimony and argument and turned to Mr. Baldwin to hear the customary motions to Bel aside the ver? die and grant a new trial. Mr. Baldwin said he was not yet ready to make the motions, and asked to have an hour's conference with his client. Judge Lew:? assented, but not before he had discharged the jury and remanded Grout until Tuesday. After bidding goodby to hi- wife, son and other relatives in the Sheriff's loom Grout was taken to the Raymond Street jail in hie attorney's automo? bile. He will stay there until Tuesday. When he is an ? nci a ate of reasonable doubt, en? titling him to bail pending an appeal. may DC t.ied. lie and his attorney went into conference in th< room under guard ot several court at ten d SHIPS IN CRASH, DRAG TUGS IN BAY Five Boats in Tangle Wove by Drifting Oil Ship and Four Master. Swinging to the urge of the ebb tide lai-t night the English steamship Teucer, loaded with case oil, fouled th? American four-ma-ter Hilton otT Stapleton, Statin bland. The bow? in ?t of ttie Hilton raked the 'lank of the oil steamer, brushing off half a dozen life? boats and finally snapping off and jam? ming near the St? MTU. Whistles were sounded and i went up. The tug-- Stapleton and Tim? mona panted out and made fast. W it h their engines going full speed and ? their anchors out the tugs wen- power? less to sto? the drift of the unwieldv ships. All four started down the crowded upper I Two German freighters came w;ith'.n Mi ace of being scarred. Off Clifton. Staten lslan.l. the tangle picked up the ??timan bark Ar.dr? -, and the flv? ?.uni. reeled drunk. own tlie bay. .? ami churn as they would, the icceeded only ?.i in mtarv motion *?? the drift, which made . through ? ?gued doubly perilous. By midnight ? ., i i. ach? ? i were undei the searcnlights of' the destroyer ami naval tin- anchored there. The tugs sounded their whistles continually. It was thought that nothing would interfere with their career until the tide changed at 1 o'clock this morning. STEAMER ON WHICH 1,000 WERE DROWNED, AND RESCUE LEADERS. CONVICT REVEALS SING SING PLOT TO FREE BECKER Life Termer, Taken to Ex? ecutive Mansion, Trap? ped by Whitman. ADMITS SECRET TALK ?N DEATH HOUSE Murphy's "New Evidence" Plea May Bring Investigation of Welfare League. [Preari a Slag C? ?- ' a? 1 Albany, Julv -4. On Sunday night. June 20, a convict serving a life term for murder, stole into the death house ! in Sintr Sine prison. Two keener ?>n , watch, who are supposed to let none into the death house but the chaplain, j the k> ?fives ? of the condemned, did not stop this '? mier from going to the cell of Charles Becker and conversing with him. This convict, after having this for 1 idden talk with Becker, drafted a let? ter to W. Hourke ("ockran. ?nd mailed it to him. Mr. Cockran. Keeker's coun? sel, incorporated the note in his appli? cation for a new trial on the grounds of newlv discovere?! evidence. This appeal Will be argued before Justice ' Ford in New York City on Monday, I he same convict, wlu.se name is Joseph Murphy, wrote a letter to Gov? ernor Whitman, begging and ?mi ai?' the convict's words) a per? sonal an,hence. The Governor granted thi> interview ? to-dav. Mr. H i. tmai i I nol co to nt:. The convict cam' , . and was taken, not to a local jail nor. to atLV of the other places set a-uie for the administration of justice, but to the Executive Mansion. Governor Traps Convict For two hi'tir?; the murderer sat in a richlv furnished room on th< ond floor of the mansion. This room ?a used as a Study. For two hours the Governor, with his st?nographes, >?f a few feet away from the mur ? ? - ?tory, with here and th< Murphy, who ?a t fi um Sing Sing by Deputy Wardei ' . came with tl e of h? Ipinc What the slaver did il ?utes of his i-.4 this: He .-n! nut? i',l what was tantamount to a ronfe-Mon of a COBViet conspira?? to i re?* Becker. Murphy lifted himself out of the ob? scur :t f Sing a few days ago by accusing Bndgie Web ter, Harry Vallon and Jack Rose of ring while they were in the the electric ? to his -to.1 . ?a ho were ae? ? ,i doomed man to ch? '1 hey h...| no pre. ? that t.me. Hut proof ? will bi in . ? hen Mr. Cockran will argue for i trial on the allegations of Murnhv. i h - proof will al - th?? basi.? for a thorough . in of the Mutual Welfare Leagne, some of j ( oniiuii"! on paa?* *. rolumn 1 FOUR INQUIRIES INTO EASTLAND DISASTER BEGIN Federal, State and City Officials Seek to Fix Responsibility. WATER BALLAST BELIEVED CAUSE Witnesses Testify at Coroner's Hearing of Listing of Top heavy Vessel. Chicago. July 21.?Coroner HofTman announced late to-night that he had ordered the arrest of e\ery official of the Indiana Transportation Company, which leased the Kastland. No indi- , ?i.In.i Is were mentioned in the Cor ?mer's announcement. .1. in Tribun? ] Chicago, July 21. Chicago was busy to-night getting investigations under way to place responsibility for th? negligence which cost probably more than one thousand lives. Although the Gastland was known over the lakes for its lack of balance, neither officers nor crew apprised the ?.?ers of their danger until it was too late. On that the stories of the , survivors, however incoherent, agree. ? There are two big questions which the various investigating bodies will ???ek to have answered: 1. Was it because of a defect in its, water ballast system that the Fastlan?! led ? :. Were more passengers permitted "thcial carrying capac? ity of 2..-.mi 7 Already there have been several an "PS. l: 1! McCreary, navigation inspector, he turned away all prospectivo ?fers after his automatic counter i ? ' ed 2.."?mi. ? tradicting MeCreanr*a assertion is ? the estimate of two officials in charg* of the outing that 0,200 persons, of whom the women and children out- | numbered the men four to one, had been crowded aboard the Fastland. The Fast land'? gauge tender came forward late in the afternoon with th? S?. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Com ?.??ision of the capsizing. '?. i.Id-n ru?h of pas.-engeis to the |.. of the excursion boat to vie.v a pa--nig launch carried the Kastland over, he said Before half the bodies had been tak? en from the choke "tween decks" of, Continued on pas* I. column ? The steamer Eastland, 1,000 of whose passengers were drowned when she upset in the Chicago river yesterday. In the inset above?H. P. Albright, of the Western Electric Company, who took charge of the rescue and relief work for the companv. In the lower inset is F. W. Willard, another orticer of the company, who personally drew twenty-two ot the victims from the river. Women Calmly Await Fate as Men Fight Dragged from Places of Safety by Frantic Members of Stronger Sex, They Fearlessly Accept Rescue or Death. !.. T-'.?raph t/> Th? Tribu:!?? 1 I Chicago, July 24.?Stories of joy a joy which found expression in tears were told by those rescued from the river or from the deathtrap hull of the steamer Kastland. A daughter, hauled from the water just when she felt that she had no chance for life, lay on a bed at the Hotel Sherman and told the story of bet itscue. In the crisis the women were the stronger. While men fought madly for their lives the women and girls, after the first panic, quickly recovered. Kither they clung patiently to rails and bits of wreckage, or, if trapped in the . hull, waited calmly for rescue or death. Rescued, their thoughts for the most part were of those not so fortunate. With the men it was different. They dragged 'he women from places of tem? porary safety so that they might be saved. They struggled madly to save life, not for others but for themselves, i And some, when rescued, stood stunned and helpless watchine* others at work. "I hear?l her nop over with a crash an?! a splash,*1 said William Raphael, manager of a commission house at 71. Sou'h Water Street. "'I jumped out to the door and sa?v what had happened. Two women came bobbing up to the I Samuel Hopkins Adams writes his regular weekly business article this morning about .1 visit to one of those men's furnishing ?"?tores whose alluring windows luve often stoppe?! \ou. Here's vour chance t<? find ? .: whjt is inside?without paying lor youi lesson. Turn to the article no??it's on I'.??:?' 12. ?lltr ?mt?mtj ?ribum? First to Last? he Truth: News? Editorials?Advertisements H Tj surface not far from the shore piling. I jumped in to grab them. Frantic Man Prevents Rescue. "Some fat man, his face green with terror, was making for them, too. I got hold of the Wornes. anil started to pull them out. The fat man held on to 'he women's dresses, and I couldn't swim with the whole load. I yelled at him, treading water as I fought. He wouldn't let go. "I kicked him in th<* face and made him let go. I lost one of the women in the struggle) but I got the other woman to shore safely. All three of them might have been saved if that follow hadn't been -cared into a fren- i zy. I am glad that I laved one, any way, "I wonder what the coppers were doing. When I was in the river inp to save the lives of these women I looked un and saw a whole row of ?hem on the dock. There must have , been ten of them there, not making a move." Jumped to Nearby Boat and Didn't Wet His Feet. One of the most dramatic, complete and coherent of the survivi wa.? that told by K. w. Sladkey, h??a?l of the Weatern Electric Com? prinl Bg department The la I board the Eaatland and the first to es iie walked over the upper of tHe vessel and jumped to the ?'f the Keno?ha without so much as wetting his feet. Many of those who wr.? saved, he .?aid, followed his ex? ample. Sladkey, who probablv will be an im? int witness before the various in-i rating bodies, pra:se?i 'lie captain of the Kenosha for his presence of mind in backing the tug against the , upset Kastland. But he said the e.\ cursion boat's officers and crew gave I BO warning of the imr>- isl until the vessel had heeled beyond an \ antrle of 46 '!";"r' ? - I., w Miller, employed in the '-> ? it ern Klectr - was one of a group of young men who ? ??'. in the -am?? way as SI . . He and 'he ?.'her three John Peter ton, E. H. Peterson and "a suenjop climbed to the dr ? Woman Pulled Through Porthole. Mrs. ' illiam Peter?on, wife of a foreman, was pulled through a port? hole to safety. "I was dragged clear Continued on page 3, columa 2 BODIES OF VICTIMS COVER RIVER; MANY TRAPPED IN CABINS Eastland, "Hoodoo Ship," Capsizes at Pier While Loaded to Capacity for Excursion. SEARCH OF HULK GOES ON UNDER ELECTRIC LIGHTS Catastrophe Stops Picnic of the Western Electric Employes, 2,000 of Whom Were Recently Sent West from New York. (By Telegraph to The Tribune.) Chicago, July 24.?Nearly 1,000 persons, at the lowest esti? mate, and possibly 1,200. of the throng of 7,500 employes of the Western Electric Company and their families who started this morning for a picnic across Lake Michigan were drowned when the steamer Eastland, the first of five boats that were to carry the crowd, capsized at her pier in the Chicago River. Coroner Hoffman at 11 o'clock said that according to the in? formation at hand he hoped that the total dead would not exceed 1,000. The number of bodies in the morgue, according to official count, was 842. While others were added later, there was some duplication, it was discovered. The Coroner said that any bodies in addition to the 842 were in the river or in the hull of the steamer Eastland. These are estimated at from 200 up. It is believed that 1,500 of those on board were saved. These estimates do not fit into the official statement, which places the number on board at 2,500, the legal capacity of the vessel. Several witnesses, however, declare that this number had been greatly exceeded, some putting the total as high as 3,200. Probably four out of five of the victims were women and children. The men employes were practically all accompanied by their families, while in addition there were hundreds of girl workers. All day long every available man strained at the work, first of rescuing the living, and then of recovering the bodies, and to-night long lines of electric arcs were streched along the uppermost side of the Eastland to enable firemen and divers to continue their work through the night. NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE. So sudden was the overturning of the boat that none on board had a chance to escape. Within five minutes of the first notice? able list, the vessel snapped the hawsers that held her to the pier, or dragged up the piles to which they were fastened, had drifted slowly a few yards out into the river, turned on her beam ends and settled to the bottom in twenty-five feet of water. Panic seized the passengers when the boat began to turn over. The best accounts of witnesses agree that the steamer rolled slight? ly t" ice, then turned further, and that hundreds of screaming, struggling men, women'and children slid across the sloping decks, fought for room and clutched at companions, deck chairs or any other object that came to hand. Women and children by hundreds were caught below decks, and the scratched faces, torn clothing and bruised bodies of the dead bore mute evidence of the desperation with which they had fought for life. Instantly the surface of the river became a mass of bodies; the light dresses of the women and children, who were nearly four times as numerous as the men, making patches of tragedy on its murky surface. MEN RUSH TO RESCUE. Instantly, too, from the crowd still waiting on the piers, from neighboring boats and buildings, and from every point where men were gathered volunteer heroes plunged to the rescue. When firemen chopped and forced their way through the side of the hull of the overturned boat they found bodies piled on one another like so many boxes of merchandise. They began taking them out and placing them on the tug Racine, which stood along? side. There they were placed on stretchers and carried ashore. Eight divers, equipped with underwater suits and helmets, searched the holds of the vessel, aided by a doz-en or more volun? teer swimmers who, clad in bathing suits or stripped to their un? derwear, dived time after time into the water. As quickly as a body was located it was seized with hooks and brought to the surface. "There's one," would be the cry, and usu? ally this would be followed by the call: '"It's a woman." Summer gowns and finery torn to shreds, scratched faces and clenched hands were the rule. The rescuers for several hours suffered from the heat of the hull, caused by the furnaces of the boat. They stood first on one foot and then on the other until sawdust, burlap bags and tarpau? lins were laid on the hot steel plates. Several persons were taken alive from the cabins of the ship after it had lain on its side in the river for four hours, but the hun? dreds of others said to be in the hulk are all dead. There were seventy-two men in the crew of the Eastland and