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VOL. LXXXL NO. 153.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1914. coPVm,M, in. by the a prinuno .; pummt -.-ohoho.
TWO CENTS.
PRICE
STEWART FAILS
IN GRAFT TEST
Ject Onffncy us Stiungcr
iind Weeps us Mem
ory Fades.
FACKS THE GHAXD JURY
limbic to ItiH-ogiiizu .1. E.
(jiiffiicy, but Still Ac
cuses "Uaffney."
JAM1
W. OSBOllNE HEBE
Willi I ho Governor He Will Sock
I,nw to Divorce Highways
and Politics.
James Stewart, who told Charles F.
Murphy. United HUltes Senator James A.
O'Onrman and District Attorney Whit-mar-
'hat It wai James K. Oaffney who
ask-d him for u cuntrlhutlon of J 150,000
Hie Stewart's tilde on oinal work were
under consideration by tho Canal Hoard,
us confronted yesterday nfterneon by
Janic.i )'. liaffney, baseball -magnate, con
tractor and friend of Charles K. Mur
ph. The two shook hands nfter nn In
troduction by DVtrlct Attorney Whitman,
.f they had never seen each other be
for The meeting hud bem carefully ur-1
ranged. Despite thu fact that Stewart I
tuid he was cure thu man who uppioaehed
dim was Jamw E. C.atTuey ihero was In
Use District Attorneys mind the posslbll
Ity tlmt Stewart might not bo able to
Identify tho physical James 10. Gaffney
llh the Jnmes E. Unffney he hail firmly
convinced himself was the man who tried
to hold him up. The situation was
traucht with grout possibilities so far a
tie investigation of the relation of con
tfauors and politicians are concerned.
Gaffney had agreed to be u party to
tit experiment. Hu said he was willing
to let Stewart look him over. Stewart
knew nothinK ubout it until the moment
the big, smiling contractor stuck out Ills
.ur.d and the Pl-trlct Attorney, with eye
keen tor tho faintest sign of recognition
murmured tho names of tho two men.
Didn't Know -Which Waa J. C.
Oaffney thoolc hands cordially', said he
wis glad to mint Mr. Stewart and then
turned to shake hands with Alexander
M. Stewart, the contractor's brother, itr.
itjfiney said afterward that hu didn't
Know then which was thu man concern
trig whom so much had been written In
the newspapers.
With Mr. Stewart anil his brother came
Almuth C. Vandlier, law partner of Sen
ator O'Oormnn und George Gordon Hat
tie, With Mr. Oaffney were James A.
Lkerlng und J. C. Toole, his counsel. There
were Introductions nil around and Mr,
Whitman then left them in his office while
U went Into the Grand Jury room.
Mr. Whitman returned shortly and
celled Mr. Stownrt into his private otllce.
lie asked Stewart If ho was still convinced
that the man who approached him was
4km s K. C.affney,
st- wart told tho District Attorney that
st'll believed It was Jutues E. liaffney.
but he said he could not say positively
tl.at the man In thi' outer otllce was the
man who had utked him for SliU.000,
Vui'ther thu fourteen months passed since
the Attempted holdup had changed the
abearance of James Ii Gaffney he could
not say, but it was beyond his conscience
to pick out the man to whom he had Just
fcfen introduced.
Tho District Attorney then demanded to
Vnow why Mr. Stewart had first gone to
Ciia-Us F. Murphy with a talo of being
fetid up by Gattncy. why he had told
fctnitor O'Ciorman that It was James V.
Otffney, and tlnally why he had Informed
the District Attorney that ho was pre
rrej to tell the Grand Jury that it was
Jin.cs K. Gaffuc.
To all of which Mr. Stewart replied
tUt hr Mill thought that It was James U
Saffiuy and that he was prepared to bo
htfrir .Via flrunrl .Flirt; nnrl m'.lM tit.!.
ti'vnnr-it under dath. Hut he was not
p-ipari-d to tay that the Jnmea B. Gaffney
In ids m.nd was tho same individual as he
ho wan ialnily puffing a e!ar and talk
ire luseball Just outside the door.
In Tears at End.
Mr m -uart then went before the Grand
ur V. Inn ho came out at thu end of
t.'r hours questioning the tears were
n it g down his face. He was far
frc-i bfc.ni; the sclf-poifessed man who
r a ' bfforc Chief Magistrate Me
A'loo thrte weeks ago. As he nnd the
Duv, t Attorney passed through tho cor
ti'lor ho Etopped and placed both hands
Mr Whitman.
"Judifc," he bald, "I'm awfully sorry,
tj' I onestly can't remember."
f'''fi y and his countel left tho Dls
' Attorney's otllce bearlnc an invlta
POP to .'ni.M:ie liufnp. ,Iim fli-nml .Filet' I
'.. !,.. i y ....'..I
xj.tii.tii ttsn.'ii ijniine.v 11. lie wua ,
g to d -clarc thut ho was not the, only yesterday King Ludivlg III. of
u- h approached Stewart Mr. Oaff- Bavaria oillelally disapproved of arlsto
nig!. .1 the request away. Then he crutlo women of his court devoting their
".'d if he would waive Immunity! attention und fortunes to homes for sick
-'J t- iKfore tho (Iruiid Jury, To which, cat, dogs und horses.
1. '...tfii, y repliud tlial ho wuuld bo'
fjw -i bv the ,ii ice of hu counsel. BREMNER'S CONDITION SERIOUS.
'ie rume out liaffney was told thut
- t h.i I been unable, to recognize consfreasinan'a Sister Summoned to
''in i' u man ho had ever eeu before.' ... tH.
t- M iy laughed and said he couldn 1 1 '" '
i- word. IlAi.Tixior.K. Jan. 30. Congressman
ic ,ou Introdiictd to ritewartT" 1 nreinner, who Is being treated for canoer
' 'in identify you?"
have tn uhI Judge Whitman
l,,.
in ju iw-r met .Mr. Stewart
, .i, . Me '
,1., ,. ;, !( murk thu .Mr. lie
line olg.il, that he expected
Ims. ball push '"f lunf;;!;.
i m iiivht lie i-oiild innk.-
ii -ul ml il(ifi i'Hfe.
MO SLIT SKIRTS; WON'T DANCE.
Budapest Women Will Olsey Mil
dlstea, bnt Not a rirlil Marshal.
fptcM Cobtt rrintrh Ut Ti! Si .
llL'DArraT, Jan. 30. In conrcquem-e of
H:e oixler Issued by Field Marshal Feteko,
the commander of tlm garrison here, that
women would not ! allowed to appear In
slit skirts at any functions of the oillcers
Corps uil the women who hud been In
vited to u military Lull nt the Casino re
fused to attend. Tho lull hud to be
postponed.
The women declare thnt they will not
attend nny military bulls so long ns tho
order of Held Marshal Fetcko etauds.
Ono Indignant woman said In tin Inter
view to-day:
"Wo obey the commands Imposed by
the Paris and Hudapcst morllaUs, but we
will not obey the commander of a par
rlson. bolide.-, wo like Mlt sklrtr. More
over, we have bought our gowns and can
not urford fresh ones every dity llko tho
wives of Generals."
DINNER FOR HIS $100,000.
HpstUtrr Hopper to He Honored by
Friend for Heforius.
Friends of Kefilster John J. l!oiper In
iinnouucln,; a dinner in his honor to be
held ut tho West Knd Casino on February
14 ay they have accidentally discovered
thut ho liitN siient more than luu.VOi) of
his personal fortuno In his cffortH to pro
duo reform In tho Hllttcs of this city.
Mr. Hopper was formerly an Indepen
dence Louitucr. Ho Ih now clascd as it
Wilson Democrat.
VATICAN BANS ALL
MAETERLINCK'S BOOKS
Faithful
Kcp.
Forbidden to Head,
Morrow tr Sell
Ills Works.
Aprcuil CnUle I)ttrMh to Tin. Sl.v
Home, Jan. Si). Tho Congregation of
the Index has Issued a decree placing a
ban on all the works of Maurice Maeter
linck, the Belgian author and poet. All
the faithful arc forbidden to rad. keep,
burrow or sell his works,
One of th.' latebt books of the Helgtm
poet, which may have cuus.d the Catho
lic Church to object to his writings. Is
"Immortality," In which he discusses the
question of u future life from a phllo
hophlcal point of iew. After laying
stress on the Impossibility of tile human
brain grasping this tremendous problem
even to the extent of being able to formu
lttto It In definite, words. M. Mueterlluck
says :
"It ctenm to us that if our existence
after death Is not continued Kith the wor
ries tho littleness, und the. defects which
characterize It to-day our Individually
will be lost, thnt each one of us will lu-
come a drop of lgnorur.es In tho Imnit .is-1
ocean of the in. known mid that theretort ,
what lmpp ns after this llfo Is no con
cern of ours.
"What IniinuiUtlUy can b promised to
men who necessarily concelvo It In this
fashion" What would there bo to do In
such a future state'.' This Is the question
proposed to us by nn instinct, puerile, jet
profound. All Immortality which does not
drug through eternity, like the, ball ami
chain of the prisoners which we are. that
strange consciousness formed during the
years, all Immortality which does not bear
this Indelible sign of our Identity Is for
us as if It did not exist. Thu majority of
religion" havo understood this, nnd have
taken Into account this Instinct which
gives birth to and destroys at tho same
moment tho dtfilre for a future life. It
Is thus that the Catholic Church, going
baek to the mot prhnltlie hopes, guaran
tees to us not alone the Integral contlnu
aneo of the terrestrial ego but the resur
rection of our bodies."
In another book entitled "I. Mort" M.
Maeterlinck examines the question of sur
vival In a morn detailed manner. His con
clusion In tills book Is an absolute rejec
tion of the Idea of hell and lie expressed
the conviction that no matter what may
come after life on eaith It cannot bo worse
thun llfo Is for us here, no matter now we
have conducted ourselves during this life.
M. Maeterlinck received thu Nobel prize
for literature In 1911.
MISS CRUFT LEFT $1,249,406.
Public Beqnesta of Boston Woman
Amounted to :(3,000.
BoaTOS, Jan. 30. Miss Harriet Otis
Cruft. who died In August leaving public
bequcflts In her will of 1323,000, left an
estate worth S1..49.406. Of this $654, DOC
Is personal property and 5S94.50O is real
estate.
Miss Cruft Inherited her property from
her father, Edwurd Cruft. a Doetop mer
chant Her bequests Included $30,000 to
the .Museum of Fine Arts, $30,000 to the
Massachusetts General Hospital, $45,000
to the Children's Hospital und $50,000 for
American women of native birth and
Protestant religion over 30 years of ago
In great need, preference to be given to
scnool teachers, wives of ministers und to
those "who hae eeen better days."
"ONE HORSE WORTH TEN MEN."
So Says Austrian Who Leaves For
tune to Animal Society.
Special Cubit despatch to Thu sin
Vikkka, Jan. SO. "One horse is worth
ten men," according to the will of a de
ceased land owner named Blrony, who
bequeathed his entlro fortune of $60,000
to the Society for tho Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, on condition that It
builds an asylum for decnplt horses.
tllzony s next or Kin win conies; tne
WW
! by Dr. Kelly at Johns Hopkins Hospital
' here, had u relapse into ium evening nun
noiidlilon was not at all satisfactory,
but later he Improved and this evening the
attending plo-'clan said ho was much bet-
The report that Mr. Bremner is dying
' nfle ,,, it was not denied, however,
, WKrc nllirnlra and at an
h; , lib morning telegraphed to
" .", "lr fur Jlls iirvniiier, tho Con-
gicssinaii's Hlstcr, who Is now lure.
IT TJ 117 TXMflDC CUAWM
it L ii iniivLiu uiiviin
FOR SCHOOL HEADS
Board of Education and Clergy
Applaud the Castles and
Other Exponents.
BAX LIKELY TO BE LIFTED
tilled That the School Houses
Should Offset Influence
of Vicious Halls.
Tho new dances took n long glide and
dip toward official recognition by the
Hoard of l.'dtu-.itlon Inst night, nfter sev
trul of tho Commissioner, elbow to el
bow with Catholic priests ami I'rotestant
clergymen, applauded tho charming danc
ing of Vernon and Ireno Castle, the Boron
and Baroness do Mer, Klsle de Wolfe,
Jultaunu Cutting and others In Public
School II In Gteenwlch avenue.
Leaning slightly to tho left, as In the
hesitation, tho better to gllmpso Mrs. Cas
tle's twinkling Itusslnu boots as sho
whirled with her husband In the waxlxe.
tho Commissioners agreed thnt there was
no reason to forbid such darning In tho
schools: and they made It apparent that
they will vote to lift the bun.
' Commissioner Itobert I,. Harrison was
particularly pleased nnd s.ild so.
Wonld Offnrt Public Hull.
For ii good while Mrs. James A. Wright
of 133 West Kloventh street, the head of
the Greenwich Village Social Centre, has
been trying to persuade the board und the
clergy that tho onestep, the hesitation nnd
the tango should be permitted In public
school buildings, so that the young people
In various recreation centres would be
drawn from tha temptation of vulgar
dancing In public dance halls. Rut tlx
board hadn't betn ublo to see it. The
board held that the new d.inrcs wero the
deill's own frlaklugs and Insisted on plac
ing In every school building the sign. "Two
Sup and Walt Only."
So last night Mrs. Wright and Miss May
Agnes Maloue, the principal of Public
School 41, persuaded KUzabeth Murbury
to ask the Castlis, the De Myers and
others of her friends to go down to Green
wich Village and charm the Isoard from
tin error of Its judgments.
A limited number of tickets were Is
HUtd. but In Kimu way the whole neigh
borhood heard of the Interesting experi
ment and decided to attend. Therefore
Mrs. Wright and MIm Warders at the
doorway of the school, which Is ut 30
Orenivleh avenue, spent a weary two
hours denying admission to such as
lacked the proper credentials
tlooni llneres With Pleasure,
l.'ci.tjally 5ou people ciouded Into thn
assembly room and hiuzed In pleasurable
x-!tenier.t. There were Mrs. Thomas W.
Chui chill, wife of the President of the
Hou.-d of Kducatlon (It was s.ild that
Mr. Churchill oa:ne In late) ; ConiinHaion
ers Harrison. Wade, Houpt and Mrs.
Martha U Proper; Father Smith. Paul M.
Warburg, John I', llerwlml, members of
the Children's Aid Society und three or
four clergymen.
MIm Marhury appeared presently, es
corting Miss Anno Morgan, MIm Klsle De
Wolfe, Miss Jullnnuu Cutting and the
Castles. The llaron and HaronnciR De
Myer joined the circle of expert dancers
Miss Murbury mado a little speech, saying
that objections to the new- dances were
bused btruelv on tl-.e i.ttleettnonltl.. .Lin-
elng done by persons who were rot versed
In tho proper graceful steps. 1
Whereupon the Castles performed the
perlgon. and tliire was u sound us of
good gloves splitting ns the Commissioners
applauded tho perfect rhythm of this light
footed family. The llaron de Myer
danced with the Baroness; Miss do Wolfe
performed notably with a Mr. I.uttlmer,
and Mibs JuUuunn Cutting and a young
r.m n almost a graceful as herself exhib
ited trying step.
Then all hands. Including the Castles,
joined in the hesitation, which concluded
the exhibition.
SHOWS TOILERS HOW TO TANGO.
Miss Joan Snwyer Dances for Work
ing Unya and Girl-.
At the request of Mrs. Schuyler Schleffe
lln, Mrs. I. N. Phelps Stokes. Mre. tMwnrd
Klngwood Hewitt, Miss (J race Hlgelow,
Mrs. Charles W. Cooper, Miss Ida M. Tar
bull, Miss Jeannette I.. Glider and other
members of the Oramercy Neighborhood
Association Mitt, Joan Sawyer gave nn ex
hibition of modern dances for Kast Side
working girls and boys In Washington
Irving High School laet evening. Tho
women of tho Cramercy Neighborhood
Association bdleve If tho girls and boys
of the i;ast Side will dance the tango, and
they consider that they have as much
right to do so us tho dwellers In moro
fashionable quarters, they should bo
taught to dunce properly.
.Miss Sawyer was assisted by her danc
ing partner, John Jarrott, and Dan Klt
daro'h band from her Persian Harden.
Jumes Fiske Mnbbetl has charge of the
Oramercy Neighborhood dances. Thcte
arc held In the Washington Irving High
School. From 200 to 400 working girls
and bos dance there Friday evening from
8 to 11 o'clock.
RICH WOMAN NEEDN'T PAY.
ttaya dervants Ate 'l.l.'IU Worth of
Uellenclcs While She Was III.
Mrs. Julia Watt Curtlss Lawrence, who
inherited one-third of tho $, 000,000
estuto of her aunt, Miss Mary O. Plnkney,
need not pay for supplies furnished be
tween 1007 and 1013, during which period
her property was III the care of conserva-' Oueenboro Bridge, 7S.S90; Manhattan 1 two or three minutes, wie .uonroe mi
tors appointed In Connecticut on the I Bridge. 4S,fi-0. Tho total of all bridges1 mediately listed to tho starboard, and In
around that she waa Insane. was 742,9f.. an Increase of 12.6 per cent. tl0 course, of three or four minutes tho
City. Court Justice Flnellto made this over the samo period of the year 1912. u,uruoard side of the Monroe was awush
ruling yestetday In dismissing a suit by Tho gross receipts of the New York , . ; L ', alriB W11S i.lith in the air
Antonio Martin to recover for delicacies Consolidated Hallway, whose earnings are "'"l 1110 Pn m " '' lllB a,r
nnd fruits valllfd ut $1,136. Thu court nonl.-d with those of the I nun kiiliwnv- u-sn ' "111 tho collision boat No. 1 on the
ueiu umi uu'u ...to. .'..mi-lire wus in-
competent at the tlmo traddtmtn who
dealt with her did so at the risk of having
their hills loft unpaid.
Counsel for Mrs. Lawrence said that
she would have paid the claim If she had
enjoyed any of the luxuries herself, but
that sho know nothing ubout tnelr de.
livery and they were consumrd by her
butler, maid und other servants.
All lleerfoot farm Nausatct
nr- made ut the l-'arm, In iSouthlioro. .Man.
Thalr success is awing to till choice umterhila
and the n-atnsst snd elsaiillnes) of the
nrepsrntlon. Try h ..pound pucktire. New
Vol more, 17: C'lianib-r ttuot, .li,
HID STOCK IIST, MUST PAY $500.
Trrasnrrr of Steel Corporation I,nra
Snlt of Shareholders.
lllchard Trimble, necretary nnd treiis
tirer of tho United States Steel Corpora
tion, must pay penalties of ISuO each to
Walter Althauro and William Thiols, who
held ono bhare each of Sleel stock, b
causo ho refused to shotr them th stock
'book of the company to enable them to
copy the nHtnes of nil tho Steel stock
holder.
The steel company refu;ed to permit
Althause and Thlele to Inspect the tl-t
on the ground that they wero acting
attains t tho interests of the stockholders
and that tholr reason for desiring the
list was to coll It,
Tho court held that the plaintiffs had
a right to lnspoct the atock list whether
or not they had ulterior motives.
SIX FIREMEN INJURED
IN EAST SIDE BLAZE
VarnMi Vat in Walters Piano
Tat'tory Blows Up Injnr
inar Several.
Six hremeri of Knglno Company .N'o. 33
were hurt, ono of them seriously, in a
flro which destroyed tne Wnllen phino
factory nt 23? to 228 i:ut Sixty-third
rtreet this morning. They wero with their
chief. Lieut. Nelson, on tho second floor of
tho factory when n, varnMi vat beside
them took lire and exploded.
All three men were thrown down. Two
of them, Firemen Adams und O'Lenry,
were able to crawl to the street. Nelson,
who was helpleM with u crushed foot
nnd severe burns, had to be carried out
by Policeman Dllge of the Hast Fifty
llrst street station.
Nelson was taken to I'loner Hospital.'
Firemen Fl.mnery und Hoyd, and Capt,
Kelly of the lire patrol were ulo hurt,
but not severely
CapL Guy of Huglne No. 31' said after
the fire was under control that ho had
led his men through to the rear of the
factory after the second explosion. They
The explosion which Incapacitated tho
firemen was the second of the firp. The
first, which was the cause, occurred at
half past twelve this morning In the base
ment. It was of tremendous force and
p.emed to tear holes In the entlro build
ing. Tho men from l'nelne .19. which
was the Mm to arrive, found the
factory ablate and the west null top
pling. That fell Just after the firemen
made their exit from the building. It car
ried with It the roof aYd the entire In
terior -tructure.
The front und east walls followed
shortly afur. That left tho r.earby build
ings exposed and In greater danger.
There was a report current durln? the
fire thnt of the fifteen men of Hr.glne
Company 3'J only three escaped. This
wai Utnled by the lire, chiefs.
Directly mi the rear of the fuctoij Is
the chapf 1 of the Hungarian Society. This
wafc partly burned. School No. 74, next
door, also caught lire. j i
OppvMte tho factory is the Clara de
Hit-sen home for working sir's. The l.IoO
l.,.t.tl.,w n-..,n w1t..hl .i.i.l n..e,.li,..l (. ,1.1
ground tloor. T
rear lence, ready for their twape,
girls did not have to leave the building.
Four alarms were ti.rntd In for the
blase and at 2 o'clock It was under con
trol. LEAVES CABARET FOR FACTORY.
kn
( Son o
r
Mil in III.-, Asbestos
I .Maker, to Settle llorrn and Work
PiTTsnur.a, Jan. 30. From cabaret fa
vorite to factury worker li the lateat step
In tho varied career of Thomas F. Man
vllle. Jr.
With $10,000 in his poj.sejMilon and
an Income of $300 u month a&sured from
his father. Thomas Franklin M.invillc,
Sr.. tho ubestos manufacturer, ho has
gen to work In the Wood street plant
of the W. H. JohiiK-Manvlllo Company
with the avowed Intention of "settling
down."
He said to-duy his wandering days
are over. With his bride, who was Flor
ence Huber, u chorus girl, he intends to
make Pittsburg his home nnd work h'.s
way up in tho buslne-s which rnndc his
father rich.
WANTS DINERS IN SUBWAY.
fthnnt Told Meals on Trains Wonld
Tickle llrooklynlte.
President Shonts .of tho lntertorouh
wai cheered by this suggestion from a
resident of Brooklyn, which came by
mall yesterday:
"It seems to me thnt it is necessary
for the public, and will be profitable to
you,' ro run dining cars on your fines in
the rush hours. I'm sure that many of
tho passengers will like to have their
breakfast while travelling on the '1 and
subway trains Instead of hurrying to get
his morning meul and train on time. I
hope to sen this nccompll'hed,"
An Interborough official said he wished
the Brooklyn Innovator would show how
to get so much as a cup of coffee aboard
a subway train loaded for the morning
fctampede to Manhattun.
BROOKLYN BRIDGE LOSES CASTE.
More People Not Travel Over the
I
WllllamsbiirK Slrnclnre,
Because of tho opening of thu Centre
street loop more people are crossing the
Williamsburg Bridge than the Brooklyn
Bridge, according to a twenty-four hour
count made by the operating companies
In November.
ni .347 KurooZzr " sru rg ara;
iuii,.ui lor .oveniuer lust. ine oeucit
for November was $S3,Stl and tins detlclt
for the entlro period slneo August 4, 1913,
w,en the loop was opened, was J22S.050.
- it I expected that Increased tralflo this
I spring Hiid summer will cuuse h much
better showing.
The number of loop subway tickets sold
lln November was 1,145,523, distributed as
follows: Bowery station, 610,077: Canu
street. 224, C17; Chambers ttreet, nsu.SOS
COAST LINK'S "Fl.OllIIIA NPKCIAI."
57th fcssoii of 1'lorlilH's liiie.t Train, U'i:i8
noou. - 3 olhsr Ltd. Trulnn Hallyi 3llj A. M.,
J:M. 9:30 IVM. Kit IJ'u-i.y'Tul. .Mud. f n.HSS.
-pvtir.
OLD DOMINION LINER MONROE
RAMMED AND SUNK; 42 LIVES LOST
Complete List of Victims
and Survivors of Monroe
THE DEAD.
pAsE.cr.n.
Of.TOJf, 3!r. W. I... Jfessmrk, X,
J.
BOWKX. -Mrs. Mary, and two chil
dren, ?fcsv York.
t't'RTIM, I.lcnt. I.c Grand ., I.
. A., died on lifeboat.
HIIWAHI), J., tT. f . X.
lilHMIV, .Mm. Jersey rity.
itt.RK.HT, J.
HASKKM., .1., Cortland. .V. V.
IIAKIll.VOTOV, Mrs. T. 11., died
aboard .Natitncket, Bridgeport,
Co n ii,
IMitlA.M. W. II.. Sumter,'. C. .
.IKt.LKI'KK, Charles Marshall,
, Mncarta Opera Company.
t.l.WIK, (ieorac I... Macarla Opera
Company.
OK A KAMA TO, J.
POOI. 11, Mm. C. W.. and child,
Cray. Va.
HAY, J. S., .VesT York.
II OK I" It, Mrs. Charlotte. Xew
York.
WAGXKII, o , V. . Marine
Corps,
WIMIW, Ira. .Nesr York.
THE RESCUED
noowilTT. llenrj.
IIHItW.V. A. G.
Ht'DtVli;, tit, New York.
I I. At W. C, MIlHsskse,
Wis,
IIAVIS, P. L Brooklyn.
ItAVIDX, C. II.. w York.
l'l,A.Vtfi., It., Brooklyn.
l'AI,KO., .lohn.
tiOlltlAN, Eilsrard.
II .M IIEHIiER, Adulph. .Vet- t ork.
IIAHItlf;TON. Thomas It..
R rid ce port. Conn.
HtVILANn, Hilda (real name
Thackeray), Macarla Opera Co.
l,Y4I.Vsl, 11. p., Hlchmond, Va.
MA., Joseph n.. Macarla Opera
Co,
MAIll.OW. lifiirnr M.. Macarla
Opera Co.
MeCOV, Ada.
McCOMllo, all... Macarla Uper.
Co.
MeVAIK. . llnffalo.
I V
EHICOMPANY-S
OF THE DISASTER
The
Monroe's Last Two Whistles Not Answered
by the Nantucket, and the Crash
Immediately Followed
Nor tor.,. Va.. Jan. 30. The following
statement was given out ti-nlght by Ed
ward U, Palen, assistant general manager
I of tho Old Dominion Steamship Company.
from the Norfolk offices:
"The Monroe left Norfolk nt 7 ;40 P. M.
and ran Into a light fog when outside,
of tho capes and was proctedlr.3 cau
tiously on her rout to New York, blow
ing n fog whistle even minute by an
automatic time clock.
"She parsed tw-o vetsels, stoppir.i In
ench cuso when tho hesrd tholr signals.
"When about half way between Cape
Charles lightship and the winter qutrter
lightship she heard tho fog whistle of th.
Nantucket off her starboard bow, fiho
slopped and blew two whistles, which
were responded to by the Nantucket,
She again blow two whistles, which were
not responded to. and immediately there
after the crash came.
"The Nantucket waa not visible except
Immediately before the collision, the fug
Ixing heavy mar the wster but light
above. "
"The Monroe was (.truck on tho star
board side, about one-third the distance
........ tw.o Knn. , I, u V i ,1 , , M. A i eint-.
' "- "" "" ' '";-,
inf? in .Monroe BiuiurumiK un- uut-'mtnt i
of her width, making tho sinking of the)
Monroe unavoidable.
u.n. ,vl,o had hetn m the
pilot house for several hours. Immediate!"!
'
gave notice to the steward to awaken all
the, passengers, though tho passengers
wero at that time rushing out of theh
staterooms. They were told to oome at
once to the boat deck.
The LlKhts Out.
"The dynamo, which wo then runnlnt.'
gave out In a few- minutes, nnd the ves
sel was encompassed In darkness until V.n
glneer Oscar Perkins rushed below und;
dyi,anv w,'.'h rtt" .for
starboard fcldo was crushed ; bout No. 3
on the starboard side fell In the water
and was swamped ; boat No, 6 was got
off under the. supervision of Capt. John
son, and boat No. 7 was got off unJer
the supervision of First Olllcnr llorsley,
"It tUh Impossible to use bonta 2, 4,
6 and !, as they were on tho port side and
could not bo put out on account of the list
of tho vessel to starboard, Thn life rafts
nn tho forward deck of the vessel floated
us thn boat sank ami were Instrumental
in Wiving many live-.
CREW,
GAI.K. William, Qnartermaater,
JCV1CII, T.. Deck Watchman.
KIJEHN. P. J.. Chief Wireless
Operator.
JIAt'flllt,AM, Intrsrald, sailor.
ItAHKINH, Bras-ton, Third Assls-
nnt Engineer,
A., C.
MCIIOI.S, Prank,
J'AI.T, Hobert.
i;orma, t..
PAXTIIKS", W.
HI LEY, P.
MIM.EH, C.
HE.MEH0, A., flrrraan. ,
UK.MOXff, 3trs atewardrsa.
WAI.I. cr., Gnssle, colored te .
ardess.
MOLO.NOM, J.
PICKCHE, Van l.esrls.
DAVIS, P.
DEI.K, A.
TRYOIIXE, A.
MARTIN, K.
(Itnll.VKR, W. A.
PASSENGERS.
MONTtJO.MERY, J. II., Macarla
Oprra Co.
MOUHC, James, Macarla Opera Co,
AEWHY, J., V. Jt. '.
.VYI.ANI1. Cnrl.
0'CO."EI,l James, Washlasrton.
n. C.
I'AI.LE. . W., Gray. Wis.
HAY, Mrs. J. I. w York.
IIOLI.IMI. C, I.arrrncevllle. m.
HOI.M, Mrs. Ilena.
sjCOTT, t.oalae.
SMITH, C. S.
H.VYDER, W. A.. East Orancr,
SOCLE, Leona. Macarla Opera Co.
TII.LET, Alfred H Macarla
Opera Co.
V WINKLE, It. M Nntlry, .
J.
VEHNOA. H. B Aen 1 ork.
WILLIAMSON, John, Ne York.
WILLIAMSON, J. n.. Ne- York.
WILKINSON, lloirnrd.
WIIOHS, Mr-. T. J Norfolk, Va.
STORY
"Capt. Johnson, as oor. as he oould "ad struck her very vitals, t-ho tried
pet bo..t No. 0 over, took all m who and s-.ink with the certainty of a plum
were on the starboard side except tho.-e met to the bottom.
who wero getting In First Otllcer Horbley's SIio Ilea In nearly fortv fathom? t
boat No. 7, and Capt. Johnson's boat j blue, ocean w-ater.
No. H Immediately dropped down to the, flocking as, was the tragedv, the gal
stern of tho Monro for the purro- otj,al,lry of ,he ottlccrs fln(J
going to the rort side and taking oft th d tf h, & f h
remaining passengers on the saloon' deck . . , ,, '
who btal climbed to the port side on uo- h"'1 "rucl tl"? "" ,"r"'t3n
count of It b-tng the high side. I WUhm paSe for the anm-la of thi
"As he dropped toward the stern ho , American mere-hunt marine,
I waD engaged in picking up passengers
who had leaped overboard, nd In a very i
short t'me had about thirty-ilve persons' omen und children first" th-i
In the boat, these filling it so that It had i wrds that made men strong at the ttm
only sbout eight Inches freeboard. of the sinking of the Titanic, worn
"A pretty good ses was running and the shouted In this trnsedy by black men
boat was overcrowded, but no fine was as well us white. The words broughi
left In tho water who could bo found. tn the reulUition of the p.tss-nger-.
"Flrst Olllccr Horsley -uccetdtd In low. ' .,-,.,.-. )n the ,vater that with nl
crlng boat No. 7. taking all who r- w,r llanKer , nicn of tr mvrBbttn.
malnod on the boat dCK. and f'dlowtd i , , , u.., ,,, ,,
the example of Capt. Johnson In picking
up those who weru in the wnttr, and pro
ceeded by the stern to the port -Ide of
the vessel to rescue those who -erc cling
ing to the high side
Women and hlldren First
"Ca" Johnson's orders. Immediately
"V'-lug the vessel was doomed,
were that women and child n should come
u"'1 l,ls or,,r "A" repeated by the
..ll. h .lll.i.ivs ritnl iiliil.illii fil.A.ii-)
other olllcers and strictly obeyed.
"There was no panic at Hny time, nor
wav there any failure to take anybody on
bo.rd the llteboats who could be found.
"The passengers speak In tho highest
terms of the gallantry of the officers and
crew, und many of them praise the cool
ness of the negroes, the mule and Irinale
negro employees of tho Old liotnlnlon,
who did everything in their power to aid
the pustengers in the adjustment of the
llfo preservers.
"There arc many tales of heroism.
Wireless Operator Ferdinand J. Kuelin,
after obeying the instructions of Capt.
Johnson tn sending tho SOB rlguul,
took ott his life preserver and handed It
to one of the ladles on board and was
himself lost.
"T. It. Harrington of Br idgeport.ContL,
Jumped overbourd with Ills wife, They
were picked up by Capt. Johnson's boat,
but Mrs. Harrington tuceumbrd to the
excitement and exposure and died when
sho reached the Nantucket.
"Capt. Juhr.son, as soon as he wat able
to put ttio occupants, of boat No, 5 on
board tha Nantucket, returned to the
place where tho Monro., had sunk and
with the aid of tho searchlight of the
Nantucket and the light burning on tho
lifeboat neHtclied A long time for u
possible survivors."
Merchants Liner Xuntucket
Runs Her Down Dur
ing Thick Eop;.
OFF VIRGINIA CAPKS
Nantucket's Rows Trundi
Third Way TJuoujrli Ship
on Starboard Side.
AT B0TT03 IN 10 311. VS.
Ninety-eight, of Passengers
and Crew Saved hy
Raft and Routs.
WOMEN BESCUEI) l-IKhT
Bravery Shown on All Side- and
Xeirro Stewards Arc
Praised.
i NonroLK, Va.. Jan. SO. The inot
1 shocking tragedy In the history of th
Atlantic coaptwlsn trade tool: plan off
Hog Island, sixty tulles northetitt of
Capo Charles, Va., about 1:40 oViorlt
this morning, when forty-two lives were
lost In the disaster.
The 1,700 ton passenger ship Monroe
of the Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany wan rammed during a thiol;, 1- w
lylns fog by the steamer Nantucket of
the Merchants nnd Miners Transpo' ..
tlon Company. The Monroo, rent from
her stem clout back tn hor engine room,
filled and sank within ten minute.- after
the collision. Fortunately nlnety-eiUit
of the ship's company were saved.
The Monroe had left Norfolk it T
P. M. bound for New York with a full
crew, a heavy passenger list and n cu-an
valued ut niori thnrl J300.OH0. The Nan
tucket was Inbound from Boston, Mas.,
with a fow pa-sengers and console raids
cargo.
Ill the dead of night, with the stars
shilling clearly overhead, the two ship-,
.surrounded by the fog, approached each
other. Not until they were within actual
hailing distance did tho otllcer.- of either
craft illx-eru the light of the other
Whistles Were Too Lute.
Then It was too Lite. The v!nil s
hhrleked their warning und tho sign. J
bells tinkled "Stop lierV "Back hei '
but the crhls was Inevitable.
The great fdeel bows of tho Nantiu ; t
struck tho .Monroe about thlrt. feet
abaft her st.irbourd bow. night through
the Monrcw-V plates tho chilled cutwntcr
of tho Nantucket crushed Its way js a
knife would through chfese. The Mon
roe was rent In nn instant. The b'.-nv
h ,. is....
I " '
One ami nil of the rescued passengers
were loud in their praise, of the mon of
both ships.
Of the passenrer H't of thn Monro'
there wero Just twenty lives lo-t. T'"
crew- ulso suffered severely, lnsint-twenty-two.
Penned in the bunks bo
low many were unable to escape.
In tho quick inriifh of the waters mid
Htnld tho clouds of escaping sicum uno
billowing smoke from thu tire reen
they struggled to the deck too Ute to
provide themselves with life preserver
und down they w-ent to the bottom '
the Atlantic.
The Thickening; I'og.
The Monroo utter leaving NonelK
was proceeding slowly, owing to the to,
which she ran Into before she p.wscil
through the Capes. It uus nearly m.d
night before sho had cleared tlio rape
About half way butvvecn tho Mid Cap
channel and Cap? Charles lightship tne
fog begun to thicken.
Tho Monroe then tlowe down to
aliout half speed und proceeded with
extreme caution, blowing lior siren 11,11
sounding tho whlstlo. Then alum
toward 1:30 A. M. tho whistle of nnoth.-i
vessel wus heurd through thn log
Above tho sky was dear. Tlio fog in
a blanket luy close to the surface of the
sra.
Signal whistles were oxchani'i-il bi
twovii the two vessels, vvhon all i.t ) ee
an out of tho fog bank, there loomed t o
KautticUet, her high Vluok bowa, her