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WEATHER PROBABLY FAIR.
WASHINGTON. D. 0.. SUNDAY, JULY 25, 1915.
FIVE CENTS.
MORE THAN 1,400 CHICAGO PICNICKERS DIE
WHEN EXCURSION BOAT UPSETS AT HER DOCK
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RUSSIANS DEFEATED
AT TWO POINTS IN
POLISH BA TTLEFIELD
Von Buelow Wipes Out Whole Army Corps
Of Defenders Von Hindenburg Storms
Poltusk and Rozan Positions.
EXPECT WARSAW TO FALL SOON
London Military Critics Have Small Hope for Successful De
fense of Polish Capital. Despite Strength of Slavs
Along Lublin-Cholm Railroad.
"pedal Cable to The WnMilnKtsn Ileralil.
London, July 24. Two great battles have been won by the Germans,
one in Poland and one due north of Warsaw, where Von Hindenburg has
crossed the Narew.
While the Austro-German armies to the immediate west of the Polish
capital and along the Lublin-Cholm
unable to break the Russian resistance,
military critics here and in Petrograd
of Warsaw.
Field Marshal von Buelow, after a chase of ten days, has practically
wiped out the Fifth Russian army, according to an official statement re
ceived heie from Berlin. The battle, which took place in the region of
Rossieny and Schadow, ended with the German artillery blowing up the
Russian defenses and the German cavalry dashing in among the panic
stricken Russians who were cut down by the horsemen as they fled in a wild
rout in all directions.
Great Mores of booty have
beenf
tawen-.acco.dT ! Tl I T
III, ai' ' 11 mil e.' ii '-- t. -
1 .. bl lo Udssif So far as enunic-J
-. (I tuanfi.ntA s-n nnnn Yitt beeiKT
.aptuied together with thirty aa.cfcfne'i
pun, upwards oMtlft munition arou.s
iiiepi bacjage ecns, ana oiner ma
f-ml of all kinds.
I'orre Nnrew f'rosstnc
Tlns arm) which has been re-enforced
h an entire axm corps IS now
t-weepinK touthuard
In hat the German official report
describes as an "irresistable attack"
tlrt troops under Von Hindenburg;
Mormed the fortified ity of Pultiisk
and the ctronf? positions at TJozan and.
pressing ahead m the heels of the Rus
cUns. forced a pasaae of the Carev
on a wide front between these two
points
Great bodies of troops were thrown to
the southern bank of the river where the
Germans quickls consolidated their po
sitions and prepared for .in advance
acainst the Bub las.t narrier to Warsaw
Take "Much "War Floot?.
Tor months the German' have been
battering at the Narcw line" I-ast win
ter thev were thrown hack time and
again from the positions thev now have
taken in their earlj drive on Warsaw
Great numbers of prisoners and larce
ijuantitics of war material are reported
b Berlin to have been captured in the
fall of Hozan and Pultusk, oth of which
had been constructed b the Russians
with a 'view of withstanding the strong
est attacks This bootv has not as ei
lecn classit.ed
DrnvTlnsr lvnnciirnl Lines.
On the lines dirertlj in front of War
saw there haB leen little lishtinc The
Germans have attempted no frontal as
saults here and it is believed that they
either are nierelv encagd in a clnakinjr
movement here while their main forces
hit at Warsaw from other directions or
nie awaiting re enfon-ements before be
Klnning serious operations
The Germans report that they are draw
inc their lines closer to Ivangorod. the
preat Vistula fortress and state that
stubborn tlchtlns is continuing aloni; the
Lublin-Cholm lines The Russians are
offerinc their createst resistance In this:
region and v on Maekenen Is being forced
to pav dearlv for everv inch of ground
gained
Rjsslan atfici:s acainst th bridgehead
position established bv the Austrian" at
bokal have been repulsed.
BEATEN AND ROBBED,
Ckarlra
oimU Mnckril b, Two
rn roes.
Charles Wood, of 63 M street south
east, was attacked and robbed by two
negroes while crossing a lot on M
street at South Capital and One-half
streets southeast. esterday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Woods was struck and
knocked down with a heavy Instru
ment, he told police While he was In
prostrate position, the assailants held
111 in and rubbed him of $6. Although
the assault was made In broad day
light, no help was attracted to the
scene, and the assailants escaped with
ease. Woods was unable to furnish a
description of the negroes.
Germans Take Swede Ships.
Copenhagen. July It. The Swedish
steamers. Helos and Eva, have been cap
tured by German warships in the Baltic
and taken Into port nt Swinemunde. Ger
many.
Railway so far appear to have been!
the two disasters in the north lead
to practically concede the early fall!
BAYONNE STRIKERS TO
RESUME THEIR WORK,
PENDING SETTLEMENT
Arrangements Made to Arbitrate.
Back on Jobs Monday Will
Cut Down Demands.
Bdjorna. N J. July II Arrangements
to arbitrate the strike In the Standard
and Tidewater Oil Company plants here
were made late this afternoon
At a meeting of strikers the men voted
to return to work Monday pending set
tlement of their differences
A suKsetlon that the demands of the
trikers bo modified to include onlv a 13
per cent increase in wages. a Tift -hour
week and guarantees that all strikers
would be rehired was adopted. The
original strike ultimatum held out for
time and a half overtime, better work
ing conditions and elimination Of certain
foremen disliked by the men
The plants affected bj the latest de
cision of the strikers are the Standard
Oil Companv. Tidewater Oil Companv and
acuum Oil Companv with a combined
pav roil of JST.oiO per week.
BOMB IN ALLIES' SHIP
STARTS $150,000 FIRE
Twenty Men Loading British Tramp
Steamer in New York Endangered
by Blast.
New York. July 24. An explosion be
lieved to have leen due to a war bomb,
set fire to the British tramp steamer
Cragside today at the foot of West
Twent-thlrd (street and endangered the
lives of twenty men in the hold
The boat was being loaded with sugar
for the allies and the explosion Is be
lieved to have btn due to a bomb,
placed m one of the bags.
Two fire boats rushed to the aid of the
vessel and the fire was gotten under
control with great difficulty. The ves
sel vva to have sailed tonight.
The fire caused a loss of S150.000; 21,
fino bags of sugar being destroyed.
OFFICIALS DESERT CAPITAL.
Ilnrlesnn "Nits nn Mil" A'hll
HUM
Others re Airny,
Washington is a desrted village on this
j week-end sp far as officialdom Is con-
cerned. President Wilson and seven of
the ten members of the Cabinet are
out of town.
Secretary of State l-inslng is spend
ing the week-end at Manchester, Mass.,
as the guct of Col. House. Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo Is In Maine:
Attorney General Gregory Is at Blue
Ridge Summit. Tenn.; Secretary of la
bor Wilson is at his country .home In
Pennsvlvanla, and Secretary of the Navy
Daniels nt Moorehead. N. C. Secretary
of Commerce Redfleld is away on his
vacation, and Secretary of "War Garri
son at SeabtighL
As the senior member of the Cabinet
In the city. Postmaster General Burleson
Is "sitting- on the lid."
Story of Wreck in Flotsam.
Copenhagen. July 21. Fisherman from
Manko Island, report finding floatlns
wreckage of a German steamer, which Is
believed to have, been blown up by a
mine. Covers of ammunition cases were
among: the flotsam.
CANADIANS AGAINST
BRITISH RECRUITERS
Montreal, July 34. MaJ. Emllr
Rnncer, who recently returned
from ihe front, and several offi
cers front local battalions were
Inst night presented from con
dnetlne a recrnltlne meetlne In
Fare I. a Fontaine by an angry
crowd of more than 1,000 men
and boys, who after ahoatlng
"We won't hne conscription.
pelted the speakers with mis
sites.
WILSON TACKLES
U. S. Now Stands Committed
to Contend, "At Any Cost,"
for Freedom of Seas.
DATA FOR NOTE READY
Protest Will Not Be Dispatched Until
German Situation Assumes
More Definite Form
With President Wilson's note on the
submarine issue now before the German
government, officials in Washington are
turning their attention to the situation
that has arisen thiough Great Britain's
attitude toward the rights of neutrals
In the conduct of her blockade of Ger
many. Prlsident Wilson, through the note
which has just been delivered at Ber
lin, stands committed now to protest
these rights "at any cost" He will be
obliged to fullflll his solemn promise
to Germany, to contend for the freedom
of, the seas "from whatever quarter vlo
UvtV .
V hlle the President., according to the
Washington view, must now takeGreat
Britain to task as vigorouslv- and as in
sistently as he thas the German govern
ment, there is considerable doubt as
to when the President will enter upon
this course of action.
Did nt Follow dvlrr.
There is reason to believe that
some of" the President's most competent
advisers urged him from the 6tart that
he ought to use practically the same
language in dealing with both Germany
and Great Britain when it came to the
assertion of the rights of the United
States under international law. The
President, however, followed the course
of dealing more vlgorouly with Germany
because the issue was more pressing and
involved not a question of property, but
the safety of American lives.
It was learned vesterday that data
for the protest to Great Britain already
have been gathered and that the note
Is in course of preparation. This note
will not. according to the understand
ing In Washington, be dispatched until
President Wilson knows definitely Just
how serious the German situation is
likely to he as a result of the com
munication Just delivered In Berlin. The
Wasklngton administration has no de
sire to stir up another bitter contro
versy with one of the European powers
until it knows exactly where it stands
as regards its relations with Germany.
It Is realized here that the German
government and the German people can
make the submarine issue now just as
serious as they see fit to make It. The
United States, having sent Its final
word to Berlin, will he forced to act
In the event of further violation of
American rights.
As viewed here the President's note
Is open to two Interpretations by the
German people. They may regard the
President's severe language in describ
ing the Lusitania sinking and hla
forceful warning against any further
attack upon American life as over
shadowing and obscuring all other fea
tures of the note. If this view of the
communication predominates. It Is
acknowledged here that the anger of
the German people is likely to be
aroused and that the situation will be
full of danger.
Wilson's Advisers Hopefnl.
If. on the other hand, the German
people shall emphasize chiefly the friend
ly character of the communication and
the President's willingness to co-operate
with Germany to maintain freedom of the
seas, together with the Intimation that
he will assert the rights of the United
States against England, the situation wilt
be encouraging.
The President and hla advisers are ex
tremely hopeful that the, latter features
of the note will Impress themselves deep
ly upon the German mind.
There was some speculation here -yesterday
as to the character of the act
which the United States would regard
as "deliberately unfriendly." The Im
pression when the note was given out
was that the words "deliberately un
friendly" applied to another attack like
that of the Lusitania. in which" American
Uvea "re sacrificed. 'X careful readme
of the .note tseems to Indicate that the
OOHTIMJED JfROsTpAOS OKa.
BRITSH
ISSUE
Eastland Disaster Worst Sea
Tragedy in Modern Fistory
The loss of life on the Eastland was the largest of any disaster to a
single ship in history. Following are the most important disasters of
recent years:
Ship Cause of Wreck
Maine Blown up in Havana Harbor.
La Bourgogne. .. Collision at sea
Portland Wrecked off Cape Cod
General Slocum.. Burned in East River
Norge Foundered in mid-ocean
Larchmont Collision off Rhode Island.
Columbia Collision off California 1907
Liberte Explosion in Toulon Harbor 1911
Titanic Hit iceberg in mid-Atlantic 1912
Kickemaru Foundered off Japan 1912
Volturno Fire at sea 1913
Lusitania Torpedoed ., 1915
Eastland Turned turtle 1915
Eastland, "Crank of Lakes,"
Carried Doom in Her Hull
Failed to Come Up to Specifications, Says One of Judges,
Who Witnessed Her Trial Run Top Deck Cut
Off Twelve Years Ago.
Chicago. Jul II. "The Eastland was
the crank of the lakes, and as far as I
know the only crank on the lakes." W.
J. Wood, naval architect, who was call
ed by the owners In 1903 to correct faults
in the boat, asserted tonight. In 190.1
Wood made representations to Capt.
Ira Mansfield, local steamboat inspector,
which resulted In an order to cut off the
top deck of the Vessel and to keep the
water ballast compartment" 'J! lied.
"The deck was cut off tn pursuance of
Capt. Mansfield's order.' Mr Wood
said, "but It would be impossible 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."
The Eastland was -built by the Port
Huron Shipbuilding Company, and on
Its trial run In 1903 failed to come up
to specifications, according to Mr. Wood,
who was one of three Judges to pass on
its performances.
"The gangways were not watertight."
said Mr Wood, "and I was called on
"Stop! You'll Spoil the
Tells Men Trying
Chicago. July It "Hey! Stop that!
You'll spoil the boat'"
That was ("apt. Harry Peterson's sreet
ing to the fifty steel workers called from
work on a new skj sera per to cut holes
In the side of the overturned steamer
Eastland to rescue the Imprisoned men,
women, and children. The men, armed
with powerful acetylene burners, were
melting holes in the steel hull.
"Who told ou to do that?" the captain
demanded.
"The pollre." answered E. Nelson, a
welder.
"Well. 1 don't want the boat spoiled.
You get oft here'" shouted Peterson.
I Just then First Assistant Superintendent
of Police Herman Schuettler saw Peter
I son.
1 "Arrest that man and every member of
his crew'" shouted the commanding po
lice official. "This d d old tub ought
to have been burned before this hap
pened. Spoil the boat!"
Four priests took their lives In their
Navy Quartermaster Killed, Three
Friends Injured, When Auto Upsets
John F. Yoeckcl, a quartermaster at
the navy ard, was almost Instantly
killed early last evening when an auto
mobile in which he and three friends
were riding overturned eight miles south
west of Rockvllle. Md. Yocckel was
pinned beneath the machine. His skull
was fractured and his neck broken.
Yoeckel was riding with Miss Lulu Mc
Nally and her mother and step-father,
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Piper, of 13
Sixth street northeast. Mrs. Piper was
Injured seriously and taKen to Providence
Hospital "Miss McNally and Mr. Piper
received minor wounds.
Yoeckel and Miss McNally had changed
seats In the front "of the automobile
shortly before the accident, the former
taking- the steering gear. They were
skimming along the Rockville-Dames-
Turks lepulsed oa Oallipoli.
London, July 24. Sir Ian Hamilton,
commander of the British land forces-at
the Dardanelles, reported today that the
Turks had attacked the allies' trenches
on the southern flank, on the Gattlpoll
peninsula, hut -were repulsed with heavy
losses. , s
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to correct that fault as well as some of
the other faults in the interior of the
hull.
"It was most important that the water
ballast compartments should be filled at
all times. It was also Important that the
passengers should not crowd on one tide
of the upper deck.
"It seems to be evident that the pas
sengers were not where they belonged
when this accident happened.
"The fault In the Eastland was in the
hull. I told the builders at the time 1
was called to Inspect some parts of It
that it was not properly designed, and
they told me they had spent C000 for In
spection and were willing to spend $10,000
to have It right. Subsequently they sold
the boat, and they teemed never to have
favored it very much.
"The Eastland had almost no body at
all, and this was its main weakness.
Other boats on the lakes look at top
heavy as did the Eastland, but they are
absolutely safe because their hulls are
properly constructed."
Boat!" Captain
to Rescue Passengers
hands that the passengers on the East
land who still had a breath of life, but
who were dbomed because of the in
juries, might die with all the rites of
the church.
Father Thomas Kelly, of the Pre
cious Blood parish; Father John
O'Hearn. and Father Herman Wolff, of
the Cathedral parish, and Father D. J
Dunne went out upon the side of the
ship llng out of the water and ad
ministered conditional absolution to
all aboard. Father O'Hearn went Into
the hold and heard the dying confes
sions of a dozen men and women. He
came out only when the firemen no
ticed his faint condition and made
him leave.
One captain and several patrolmen
set upon a diver, who had Just come
ashore after bringing thirty dead
bodies from the river, and beat him
unconscious when he did not want to
desist from returning to the water
after more bodies.
town turnpike at about S o'clock when a
herd of cows broke Into their pathway
from a cross-road. Yoeckel threw on
the brakes, which held but two side
wheels. The automobile was thrown
about from the momentum, facing In the
opposite direction and plunging across a
ditch.
The machine turned over, rolling sev
eral feet and pinning Yoeckel down. His
body was entangled about the steer
wheel. The other three occupants were
thrown out. Passersby lent assistance
and summoned 'physicians, among them
being Dr. C. H. Nourse, of Galthersburg.
Miss McNally-and Mr. and Mrs. Piper
were brought to Washington in the auto
mobile of A. O. Carlisle, a Galthersburg
furniture merchant Mr. Piper Is -an
examiner In the Government Patent
Office. u
Kaiser Lands Army Corps.
London. July, 2t The Germans have
landed 40,000 troops on the Russian coast
near Iabau. according to a telegram "to
the Telegraph fronr Petrorrad. Ivlih..
Uered by .military expert that the Oer-l
mans are aiming to cut, the northern lines
of communication leading Ijita "Warsaw,
then try to occupy Riga,
X-mkM.T.
""fa -en ,.
Hundreds of Bodies Still
Held at River Bottom in
Hulk of "Top heavy'9 Ship
BECKER'S APPEAL
Governor Blasts Last Hope of
Former Policeman for
Retrial.
CORNERS NEW WITNESS
Forces Murphy, Sing Sing Inmate, to
Admit He Broke Prison Rules to
Talk with Condemned Man.
STeciil to The Wafhlncton HraM.
Albany, N. Y., July II Joseph Murphy,
the new witness In whom Charles Becker
rests his last hope for a new trial and
life, was brought from Sing Sing, where
he Is serving a life sentence fop murder,
to the executive mansion today.
For two hours he sat in the executive
library at the great mahogany desk
across from the governor and submitted
to a gruelling examination.
It was toward the close of the examina
tion that the governor trapped the con
vict into an admission which he regards
as completely dcstrojlng Murphy's story.
Story n "Frame Up."
The convicted slaver admitted that last
Sunday night he obtained admission to
the death house through subterfuge and
had a long talk with Becker. Earlier In
the examination he declared that he had
never talked with Becker In his life.
The governor franklv declared that he
regard the story of Murph, which is
the principal factor in the application for
a third trial on the ground of newly dis
covered evidence, as a "frame-up." He
said:
"Murphy gained admission to the death
house Sundav night, having been granted
permission by the Mutual Welfare League
to go as h singer with the entertainment
committee.
Trip Ordered 1 Governor.
After hearing Murphy's story. Gov.
Whitman called Warden Osborne at his
home In Auburn and ordered that the
two guards on duty In the death house
Sunday night be dismissed and that a full
investigation be made by the warden.
The convict's trip to the executive
mansion was ordered by the governor In
response to a written response received
from Murph) last Tuesday.
Gov. Whitman has sent a full report of
his examination of Murphy to District
Attorney Perkins to be used in the ex
amination of that witness before Justice
Ford Mondav.
FLIES DEADLIER THAN
BULLETS IN THE WAR
Sir Frederick Treves Says Pestilence
Threatens Through Presence
of Insects.
London, July 24. Sir Frederick Treves
was to have presided at a meeting held
at the Mansion House recently to inau
gurate a national campaign against flies,
but was prevented from doing so. And
It was files that were responsible for his
absence, if his own suspicions are cor
rect, as he explained in this letter, which
was read at the meeting:
"I am sorry I cannot attend the meet
ing. More than a month ago I acquired
through flies, I suspect complaint in
Alexandria which has got gradually
worse, until now I am laid up In bed.
Had I been able to attend the meeting I
should have liked to have laid stress
upon the gravity and Importance of the
subject.
"In South Africa during the war there
were more casualties di'e to files than to
bullets. In France the presence of so
many nnburled dead makes the fly ques
tion a very serious one. In Alexandria,
owing to the vast number "of cavalry
horse lines near the town, the trouble of
flies a becoming really distressing. It
only wants a definite 'source of infection
to be Introduced for an epidemic to run
rampant.
"Fly-bome disease should cease to ex
ist. Its very existence Is a discredit to
the Intelligence of the people."
BELGIANS. IN UPRISING.
Manx Injured In Ghent In Holiday
" Celebration Riots.
Amsterdam. July 24. According to ad
vices received today, rioting broke out
In Ghent on Friday during the celebra
tion of a .national holiday and 200 arrests
were made, tin fighting between German
soldiers and civilians many persons were
wouded.
91.00 HrBsrs, Kerry. 1JB Xartlnskar-r.
1.3 Berkeley Snrlasa, and true
to-CnatberIan4 and Stetnra.
'Baltimore and Ohio Sunday, August 1,
from-Unlon Station S:2$ a. m. JJUturainc
FRAMED
WHITMAN
same'dajr. Adv.
Federal and Municipal Inquiries Immediately
Started to Probe What is Declared to Be
Greatest and Strangest Maritime Disaster in
History Captain and Part of Crew Ar
rested Mob Attempts LynchingSkipper
Orders Rescue Workers Away From Ship
When Engineers Start Drilling Through
Hull to Release Victims Chicago Goes
Into Mourning Armory and Warehouses
Converted Into Morgues Police Battle
With Mourners.
BULLETIN:
Chicago, July 25. At 1 o'clock this morning the Western
Electric Company's bulletin of information announced that 1,009
of the passengers aboard the Eastland had been accounted for
as alive.
Of the 919 bodies at the Second Regiment Armory at that
hour 161 had been identified. Few bodies had been identified at
the various morgues.
Speelal to The snhlnRtnn Herald.
Chicago, July 24. While steel workers were melting off the hull of the
excursion steamer Eastland with acytelene torches, which threw a ghastly
light upon the scene, and while divers groped in the black hold and sub
merged staterooms, bringing up more bodies of women and children, Chicago
I tonight counted her dead in the greatest marine disaster in history.
"More than 3,000 dead," said police and fire officials in charge of the
grewsome task.
The estimates ran from 1,700 up to 3,000. The exact figure will probably
never be known, although the locks near Joliet have been closed, practically
stopping the current, and nets have been stretched across the Chicago River
to prevent any dead from floating down to the Mississippi
The Second Regiment Armory was thrown open at 10 o'clock tonight
where 600 bodies were arranged in rows for identification by mothers,
fathers, brothers, sisters, and sweethearts. While the police clubbed the
weeping and shrieking throng of tens of thousands into line, women were
crushed and men, weary with a day of distraught grief, fainted.
Two Federal government investigations and a combined inquiry by
Coroner Peter Hoffman, State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne, and the city of
ficials were set on foot tonight.
STRANGEST DISASTER IN HISTORY.
The Chicago Federation of Labor wired President Wilson at his sum
mer home, demanding a full investigation. Coroner's Physician C. C. Healy
was recalled from his vacation, and Mayor W. H. Thompson boarded the
first train from San Francisco.
Somebody must have been to blame for this strange disaster which
snuffed out the lives of 3,000 picnickers, mostly women and children. Officials
are determined to find out who were guilty.
Capt. Charles N. Wescott, of Detroit, Federal supervising inspector of
all lake vessels west of Lake Erie, will arrive early tomorrow. Local in
spectors tonight began summoning witnesses and questioning them.
The maximum penalty under the Federal law for boat captains or owners
found guilty of carelessness which results in loss of life is ten years imprison
ment, or a fine of $10,000, or both.
The government officials are determined that the blame and the penalty
shall be fixed on the guilty persons. There were reports that the 365-foot
steamship was known to be "cranky" and "topheavy." These reports will
be traced down and experts called to explain the structure of the ship in the
hope of showing how the vessel could break all the laws of probability by
lying down on her side in a quiet stream, like a tired horse between the
shafts, and drowning or suffocating practically everybody on board.
It was impossible tonight to get what were even claimed to be accurate
figures on the number of dead.
Directors of the picnic party said more than 700 had been registered as
saved, but their list was found full of duplications and the police said not
more than 500 had been saved. Government inspectors insisted that they
had counted every soul going aboard, and that there were exactly 3,500. Mr.
Greenebaum said there were exactly 3,408. Two officials of the. picnic com
mittee said more than 1,000 got aboard before the inspector began to count,
and that there were 3,700 aboard.
CORONER TO HEAR HUNDRED WITNESSES.
So the estimates of dead ran from 1,700 to 3,000, and the police on the
scene held to "more than a.ooo."
Coroner Hoffman tonight impanelled a jury and adjourned the inquest
until he could get a chance to hear the hundred-odd witnesses called by the
State's attorney and the Federal grand jury.
Late tonight detectives located and arrested Walter C. Steele, secretary
of the St Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company. He was, on his farm near
St. Joseph, Mich., when notified of the disaster, and' came to .Chicago by
train. He was questioned by State's Attorney Maclay Hoyne and First
Deputy Superintendent of Police H.-Schuetler. Then he-was locked up for
the night
1 The St Joseph-Chicago Company owned the Eastland and leased it to
the Indiana Transportation Company to carry the Western Electric Com
pany picnickers to Michigan City. x
Jt was charged during the day that the boat while ia service at Cleve
land aad South Haven had been pronounced dangeroHS. It was said that
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