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I SEARCHING PROBE OF EMPRESS
I DISASTER IS BEING MADE
British and Canadian Governments Co-operate to Learn Every
Fossible Detail Concerning Sinking of Great Liner
Royal Commission of Three Appointed Measures
to Be Taken to Make Navigation in St. Law
rence More Secure Pilot Tells Story.
SET OF DRASTIC RULES IS PLANNED
Point of Collier Storstad's Anchor Rips Through Hull of
Doomed Ship Like Great Can Opener Portions of
Battered Steel Bear Stains of Blood Captain An
derson Grieving Over Terrible Tragedy Of
ficer Sees Storstad Going Full Speed
Astern Tells of Rescued Passengers.
Montreal. Quebec, June 1 ' -The gov
ernment Investigation of the sinking
of the Empress of Ireland and the
loss of more than 950 souls aboard
will be held in -Montreal and will be
gin on Tuesday, June 9. This an
nouncement was made today at the
offices o.' th? Canadian Paeiric Rail
way company, owners of the lost ve
sel.
Tim investigation will be conducted
by a board composed of two judges of
'he Canadian admiralty to be appoint
ed by the dominion government, and
cne representative of the British ad
iniralt) appointed by the imperial gov
ern meat.
Ottawa, June 1. The British and
Canadian governments are cooperat
ing to mnke the most thorough pos
sfble Investigation Into the sinking of
the steamer Empress of Ireland.
The disaster will be inquired into
by a royal commission of three The
British government has appointed
George Vaux as its representative. He;
has already sailed from England and
will reach Montreal June 8 when the
Inquiry will be commenced. The other'
two member of the commission will
bp judges of the Canadian admiralty
court.
While the commission Is organiz
ing. Captain Lindsay, the wreck com
missioner of the government, is carry
ing on a preliminary Investigation,
preparing evidence and getting the
P" case ready as far as possible All
the passengers who were saved will
be summoned to give evideuce under
oatli of Captain Lindsay and officer?
and members of the Empress and the
Cil ler, which sent her to the bot
tom, will be examined
The royal commission will report
upon what measures should be taken
to make navigation Ip tne narrow
v-uters of the St Laurence more
5IC1 t- and whether 'here should he
a revision of the rules which new
gcern : hipping traffic in that rivr
l a expected that i .e. of drastic
rule wiil be prepared :tnd that thov
will be thoroughly enforced.
Montreal. Quebec Juno 1 The
sharp point of anchor projecting from
the twisted bow of tbe Norwegian col
lier Storstad may explain wh that
vessel did Buch terrible execution
When she rammed the Empress of Ire
land early last Friday morning in
the lower St Lawrence An exami
nation today of the collier's shat.er?.l
ulaU-s revealed thp anchor jammed
In a position where it could have
' ripped through the hull of the Em-
press like a great can opener The i
anchor point and portions of the bat
tered steel surrounding it bore stains
of blood
Preparations were begun here to
day for the Inquiry into the disaster
which cost, at present reckoning. 986
lies. The inquiry will be conducted
by a joint commission of Canadian
and British shipping expert. The
arrangements for the inquiry, which
will be held either hero or In Que
bec, are being made by Captain Lind
say, Dominion wreck commissioner
Pilot Nault Tells Story.
Pilot Nault, who navigated the Stor
stad up the St. Lawrence from Que
bee said today that Captain Ander
son told him that Anderson, his first
officer and Pilot Lecbance. who
brought the Storstad from Father
Point to Quebec, were on the bridge!
at the time of tbe collision
"On the way up the river" con
tinued Nault, 'an examination was
made to ascertain the extent of the
I damage done to the Storstad. As
war as we could learn, twenty plates
forward had been sprung, but aft of
that the ship was undamaged. At
Quebec the Storstad took in so much
water we were obliged to flood the
aft compartments in order to keep
f the ships bow up. There was no
. water in the hold of the Storstad.
I Captain Deeply Grieved.
"Captain Anderson is deeply grieved
i- over the tragedy. Several times dur
H ing the trip from Quebec. I came up
on him crying with his face buried
r In his hands. Captain Anderson to d
i me he bad been instructed not to talk
about the accident." ,
One of the officers of the Storstad
said today:
u "At the time of the disaster I was
, lying in my bunk I was awakened
Id by a shock and looked over the sid
The Storstad was going full speed
astprn The water around was filled
with struggling men and women who
were shouting for help Bo.Us were
Immediately lowered and there was
not a man on the Storstad who did
not do hlB utmost to help rescue the
people in the water. We in the boats
, brought the survivors to the. deck
of the Stomtad From there they
were taken into the engine room, the,
warmest place on board. Some ot
the survivors had been so numbed
I by the ice-cold water that they lean
ed up against the cylinders of the
engines until their flesh was blist
ered "
ANOTHER CUT IN
CRUDE OIL PRICES
Pittsburg. June 1 Another cut in,
the price of crude oil was announced1
today at the opening of the market
New prices are:
Penns Ivania crude, f 1 S.
Mercer black and New Castle, $1.35 '
Corning. $1.00.
Cabell. $1.40,
No change was made in Somerset
or Ragland.
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EDUCATION BILL
1 IS INTRODUCED
Measure Proposes an Expen
diture of $1,500,000
Amount to Increase
Automatically.
Washington, D C June 1. After
several months' investigation, the plan
of the presidential commission for no
ilon-wide vocational education ap
peared today in the senate today in
a bill introduced by Senator Hoko
Smith, one of the commissioners. Ik j
proposes an expenditure by the fed-1
eral government of $1,500,000 next!
1 year for the salaries of teachers of
agricultural, trade, Industrial and
home economics. The amount would
increase automatically each year tin
til 19-4, when the total would reach
$7,000,000
An equal amount must be expended
by states.
A federal board of vocational edu ,'
cation would consist of the poslmas j
ter general and the secretaries of in
terior. agriculture, commerce, and la-1
bor State boards of not Ipss than
three members each would be provi
ded.
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LANE SUBMITS
ALASKAJEPORT
Recommends Creation of
Board to Have Complete
Control of Affairs.
Washington, June 1 Secretar
Laues report to congress in which he
strongly recommends the creation of a!
' de elopment board to hnve complete;
control of all go ernmental affairs in1
Alaska connected with the natural!
resources and development of that
territory," attracted considerable at
tention at tho capital today The
proposed board would consist of threp
members appointed by the president,)
its headquarters would be in Alaska
and it would do the work now done
there by the general land office, the
forest service, the road commission,
the bureau of mines, the bureau of
education and the secretary of the in
terior and a part of the work and
authority of the bureau of fisheries.
Measures are now pending in congress1
along the lines suggested by Secre
tary Lane and It was believed today
that the secretary' report would give
impetus to the enactment of the pro
posed legislation
Secretary Lane In his report sharp
ly arraigns present "red tape" meth
ods in the administration of i;ovorn
ment affairs in Alaska. He paints out
that at present each of at least B
score of government bureaus In
Washington have something to do
with the government of Alaska, re
sulting in a vast amount of red tape
and clrcumulocution in the adminis
tration of public affairs The secre
tary cites instances of delays of sev
eral years in the handling of uncom
plicated land and other matters which
should have been disposed of
"Our prpspnt ostein ot government
In Alaska is heterologous Hum
Personnel) says the secretary. "In
stead of one government there, we
have a number. Interlocked, over
lapped, cumbersome aud confusing
Experience has demonstrated that ef
' flclent administration Is best
TRYING TO SAVE BIG
'FRISCO PROPERTY
Jesse Lilienthal.
Jesse Lilienthal is president of the
United Railroads of San Francisco
and is trying to save that big prop
erty from ruin. Last year Patrick
Calhoun, then president of the com
pany, invested over a million dollars
of its monev in a land project which
afterward collapsed. This invest
ment almost put the company into
bankruptcy.
cured by centralizing responsibility
and authority In the hajuls of a few
men who can bp held to strick ac
countability for the results of their
actions The proposed development
board for Alaska follows this modern
and well tested plan for securing el
ficient administration "
In pointing out some of the red tpe
caused by the present division aud
multiplication of authority in Alaska,
Secretary Lane cited the case ot a
citizen who v anted to lese an island
for fox farming. The party carried
on a correspondpnee with three dif
ferent departments for sever il
months in an i-Lfort to learn which
had jurisdiction and authority to
make the leape. It was finally decid
ed, he said, that none of them pos
sessed this authority
The difficulty of securing accurate
information as to Alaskan revenues
and disbursements on account of be
ing handled by so many agencies Is
pointed out by the secretary, who ad
vocates a budget system
Figures are given which showed
that while Alaska s receipts in 1013
v. err only her expenditures
were $5,OL9,980, a deficiency which In
the secretary's opinion is by no
means discouraging and one that
might cosily be overcome
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MOUNT LASSEN
IN ERUPTION
New Crater Said to Have
Opened in Side of Ancient
Volcano.
Redding. Cal , June 1. Mount Las
sen, a peak in the Sierra Nevada be
tween Plumas and Shasta counties,
California, Is in eruption A new cra
ter has opened in the side of the
mountain, with lateral fissures run
ning in all directions. Ashes cover
the ground to a distance of three
miles, and large boulders ha e been
ejected from the crater. A cloud of
smoke and steam hangs over the
mountain.
Word of the eruption was conveyed
to this city today In an official report
from forest rangers. No great dam
age is probable, as tht? country in the
vicinity of the ancient olcano is
sparse! v settled
luunt Uissen is in, 4.17 feet hi'h
and of volcanic origin. There Is evi
dence that it was in eruption at a
comparative recent period, although
antedating the entry' of the white man
Into California.
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M. P, RAILWAY
NOTES EXTENDED
Directors to Later Announce
Exact Terms and Conditions
Protracted Session Held.
New York, June 1. The plan to
extend the 25,000,000 Missouri Pacific
railway throe-year five per cent notes
maturing today DJ an exchange for
one year six per cent notes was de
clear operative after a protracted ses
sion of the directors today
The exact terms and conditions of
the plan probably will be announced
later.
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NOTED ART AUTHORITY ILL.
Chicago. June L William M R
French, one of the best known ait
authorities In the United States, and
for 34 years director of tbe Art Iusti
tttte of Chicago. Is ill and the gravest
fears of the outcome are felt by his
friends.
POPE RECEIVES AMERICANS.
Rome, June 1 The Right Rev Ma
thias C Lenihan, bishop of Great
Falls. Mont., was received by the pop
today and presented a party of Ameri
can Dll&rlmfe
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VESSELS SEARED '
TOR MORE DEAD
Systematic Effort Made to Re
cover Bodies That Sank
" With Big Liner.
Riratiuski June 1. Several tugs and
launcbfcB. chartered by the Caadiau
Pacific' Hallway company, today be
gan a ysiematic search oi the St
Lawrence nvcr, In an effort to r
cover Tniore ol the Empress of Ire
land's Idead.
I Onenir more launches remained di
rectly over the spot where the shat
tered hull lies three miles off shore
witing for the bodies of some of the
victims to tome to the surface of the
water1.
T wo of the lost liner's life boats
were found floating down stream to
da.) . They w ere empty.
Commander Tweedle of his majes
t's ship Essex, which has been aid
ing in "the search for the bodies, de
clared today he believed it would be
impossible to salvage the Empress of
Ireland., He expressed the belief thai
the hull of the Empress will have lo
he blown up with dynamite to prevent
it from becoming a menace to naviga
tion. Sk'
The services of divers from the Es
sex have been iTered to the owners
I of the Empress. These divers may
! be used In an effort to recover a pari
of the valuable cargo and the bodies
of some .hundreds of persons now be
lieved to be locked In the sunken
ship
POTTER'S FIELD III IE
GEMETERV CONTAINS
SO GRAVES p
A
TO THE UNKNOW N DEAD:
Here In this remote cornier of the
city of the dead, here In thia location
which the world calls undesirable, be
cause of the low and aitas4y charac
ter of the soil, I find your graves i
I use the word find, because Ihave
had fo c;u.pfor the simple unpHr.ted .
boards w-hioh mark your last resting;
j places
What magnificent June grass grows;
here- What gorgeous weeds' and with
what little effort rlo they grow? Up
I there on the hill the people who mark
the graves of their dead with state
ly marble, toil and w orry to grow
I smooth lawns and shapely trees about;
I the tombs of their )o ed ones, but,
' for you no one toils or worries, or
I cares, and so Nature, the common
mother of us all spreads, this bright
mantle of shimmering green, com
pletely hiding from view lour score
i of sra es In the Potter's Field
I do not need to explain to you,
comrades You lived long enough in
this world to learn that the good
I things of this life are for those only
who have the price and that when
j j ou die. If you have not the price
; ybU cannot expect very much extra
; pomp and circumstance in connection!
! with a $16 funeral, paid for b the
county.
And when your body h:s been de
cently buried and the head of
your grave has been duly marked,
with a pine board, costing the county
not less than ten cents, the world
has really done all for you that it
expects to do For you were, many
of you, strangers in a strange land
Very few of you were ever taxpayers,
many of you were never voters, or
j even citizens
You. ntoine, came from the far
off sunny slopes ol Italy and you
Paulus, from the Vineyards of Greece.
What claims have you upon us that
we should keep the weeds and June,
grass from hiding your head board0!
Why should we place a flower upon!
, your graves, on this day of mem
I orles0
Over there the graves are gay with'
flowers and brave with flags, but.
the June grass and weeds are for you
You were onh soldiers of fortune;
prisoners of hope The great west!
beckened and you came. You toiled!
In her armies of industry, building
her roads and tolling In her ditches
and when at last your battered and j
; crusted body was gathered up, so
ciety organized society arose grand-;
ly to the emergency and gave you a
$16 funeral
However. It was unkind for the
thrifty hs maker to drive his ma-1
chiue so close as lo break down some!
of those boards but, you know this ;
is f in f grass and in this age of fierce j
competition even cemeteries must pay1
di i ldends.
And yet, from here the view is
Krand and one sees all the wide sweep
of the wonderful mountains that were
old and gray apes before the first!
money w as minted and before men be-1
Ban collecting rent, interest and profit
from each other And here at least,)
comrades, no one asks for rent and
Interest ha.s ceased to run.
But this broken board raked up
here (n the windrow, whose Is tbl8?l
Undine! Is that the name of a hobo,1
or blanket stiff Permit me to re
place this fragment of pine which
tells thai you lived and died. M
apologies that the wheel of the hay
rake should have broken vour humble
monument Also. I fear I have been
standing on your grave, comrade.
Undine! Perhaps In the life you
lied, It may be none too aaleely men j
loved you for graces and Charms that 1
Madam Pompadour might iave envied
but one must shudder now at the j
Krastly suggestions of tola caved In i
grave, and yonder hole worn by the ,
flow of surface waters
Four score graves on this little '
j ARCH OF TRIUMPH TO HONOR MEMORY OF I
( VALLEY FORGE PATRIOTS IS FINISHED J .
liilwPliiliIwHf''iM 'E3HKW:: I
Arch of Triumph at Valley Forge, Pa.
This is the beautiful Arch of Triumph at Valley Forge, Pa., for which
congress in 1910 appropriated $50,000. It has just been completed, and on
June 19 will be dedicated in the presence of a host of notables, including
President Wilson. This beautiful memorial is erected in honor of the
natriots of the Revolution who suffered at Valley Forge, r
JAQt I
plat of 10 b li'ii feet! At least a
third pi tlieni unmarked and only
four with lettering on the head boards
and the rank June grass hiding it
all' Vet, comrades, you do not com
plain. Perhaps in that bright realm
that lies beyond our mental horizon
you walk hand in hand with the
spirits of those who were more for
tunate than .vou while on earth, and
you lau:h together, when you think
OI us. who go about so solemnly
burying the rirh un the hill under a
marble shaft and the poor down ne're
in the hollow in a priie marked bj
a plain board.
Names unknown . And yet. in a
good eastern home they wait, hoping
for your return. A light glimmers in
many a window to guide you across
the fields, if it should be night when
you come back Perhaps a light
shines for even you. Undine ot the
Potter's Field and a mother listens
for your timid lap on the door. Pr
the east has sent many of her sons
and daughters "out west" and Bpme
of them have not done so well Hence
these graves, hidden by the June
gT38S.
Yet you do not complain or re
proach us, even though we are all
conscious ol bejnjg equally to blame.
If you could endure the injustices Ol
life you nn endure the inequalities
THEY'RE CLEANING
UP MEXICAN TOWNS
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Dr. R. H. Von Fzdorf (top) and Dr.
Gregorlo Guiteras.
Dr. Gregorio Guiteras and Dr. R.
H. Von EAlorl are the two yellow
fever and malaria experts, rcspec
tively, in Vera Cruz and Tampico,
who aa representatives of the U. S.
puhlk health and marine hospital J
service are cleaning up tho?e cities.
Dr. Guiteras is a Cuhan by birth and
his brother is at the present time
health commissioner of Lhe island.
Dr. Von Ezdorf is a native of Wash
burton. D. G. J
of the grave, lyimrhere in the calm I
dignity of death, 'you give no heed to
what we do or Kre undofte How
ever, when I come again next year,
u 1 come, 1 shall bring flowers for
each ol thesi giaes the graves in
the Potters Field the groves of the
proletarians of the sons and daugh
ters of the poor of those who lost in
the game, or perhaps never had a
Chance to win of those who did not
do so ery well.
Good-bye comrades, till we meet
again. (Signed)
n a. KENNEDY.
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REBELS CAPTURE
SUGAR SCHOONER
Enter Mazatian Harbor Under
Cover of Darkness and Get
Safely Beyond Artillery
Fire.
On Board 0 S. S California. Mazat
lan. Mexico. May 3T. (Via Wireless
to San Diego, June 1.1 The consti
tutionalist tug Hercules, emboldened
bj Us successes under cover of dark
ness lasi ni'ht, when provision barges
were captured entered Mazatian har
bor in broml daylight today and cap
tured the BChooner Garibaldi, which
had a cargo of sugar for the United
Sugar company of Los Mochis
As soon as the Hercules and her
pria a ere i lear of the American fleet
in the harbor, the federal battcrie.-s
opened lire with their heavy arullef.
some of the shells falling close to the
tug and the captive schooner.
The Spanish consul at Mazatian
sent to the commander-in-chief of the
American flee! today a formal ex
pression of his thanks lor the assist
ant that hod been ::len Spanish sub
jecta desiring to leave the west coast
ol M xlco
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SUMMER COURSE IT
THE HIGH SCHOOL
THIS WM .
Supt. J M Mills, of the City schools
announced this moruing, at a special
meeting of students from the upper
grades, which was held at the high
school, that a special summer course
in manual training and sewing would
be given beginning Wednesday. The
course w ill be for the students of the
fifth and sixth grades, the junior high
school and the high school and there,
will be no charge for tuition. The
only expense which will have to be;
borne by the parents will be for ma-J
terial used.
Supt. Mills also announced thati
there would be teachers secured to
give private lessons in other subjects.
If anyone desired to receive such in-.
BtrucMon.
At the meeting this morning, ther?
was quite a number of students pre
sent and it is expected that a num
ber ol classes will be organized for
the summer work.
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BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
Equalization The board of county
commissioners is sitting today as a
hoard of equalization. The other
dates for BUCb sittings are June 8;
B. ('-. S. 1" 12, 13, 15. 17, 19. 20 1
and 2t
ARSON SQUAD
BURNSCHURCH I
Historic St. Mary's at War- Bp
grave With Its Priceless Ktf
Treasures, Destroyed.
Henley, England. June 1. An arson
squad of militnnt suffragettes today fcf
destroed the. historic parish church jr! I
of St. Mary's, Wargrave, three miles Ii- i
from here on the Thames. Al! that V
remains of the church, which was -V
built in 1538, Is a portion of the lower Kf' t r
and the scorched stone walls. Two eT' V
women strangers were seen In the ft '
neighborhood early this morning Just V
inside the ruins the firemen tound a EL' '-. . '
hammer and a heap of suffragette m . : I
literature with a placard "Stop Perse- Wi
CUting Women."
The only propertv saved waB an Mr
ancient register and a few church or- It'v;'
naments. These were rescued by the E I
vicar, Rev Basil S Batty, who rushed Wj; . '
through the flames to get them. W I
The church contained many price- 'By
less treasures, Including some bells E I
four centuries old, which melted in
thp flames, and a monument to Thorn- i.
as Day, author of "Sandford and Mer
ton." a-'..
Windsor. England, June 1 A fire
which the police say was started by
suffragettes toda , destroyed a man-
sion here The house was formerly ,
the residence of the Duchess of Suth- if, ,
erland R
SPEE0I1 IS TO STOP.
SAYS THE CHIEE I
OF POLICE I
Four forfeitures of bail, two sus- f
pended sentences constituted the ac-
tion of the municipal court judge, iu ;
the session of his tribunal this morn- L
ing. L'
Sam Braden forfeited $5 and Ar- jij
thur Dalton $2. They were called in Ifg.
I by Offieer Renst for riding bicycles ji
on the sidewalk. f
Ralph Morrow forfeited which !j
he left at the station after being t'
1 booked yesterday on the charge of j
speeding an automobile. j
Frank Folkner, a drunk, forfeited j.
$5 balj and Gerald McDonald ami K
I Summers, drunks, were given suspend- I
ed sentences. J
Anent the bicycle riding ;nid speed I
ing cases, Chief of Police Norton
I stated this morning that the deport- j
ment Is going to make a strenuous I
j effort to stop the breaking of the j
traffic ordinance Numerous com i
' plalntfl have been telephoned and
moiled to the station, of persons of
almost all ages riding bicycles on i
the sidewalks and, hereafter, accord- tl
I ing to the chief, a specinl officer I
I will be assigned to look into such I
complaints and to work in all parti I
of the city. In nn endeavor to break 1
I up the practice now prevalent among j
j some of the local automobilists, bi- j
cyclists and motor-cycilists of disre- j
gardlng the traffic ordinance. j
j Up to the present tlme; the bail j
! in the bicycle cases, has been set at I
$L', but this has not served its pur- I
pose very well, so, beginning today,
the ball will be raised to $5 and
will be set higher, if found ncces- j
EMMA LUCY CITES IS I
TO Si WITH THE I
LOCAL CHOIH 1
The Ogden Tabernacle choir Is
anticipating with considerable ple;i
BUre its coming recital with Emm i ;
Lucy Cates 'Utah's Nightingale.' I
who is again to pass her vacation
in her home state. j
During the season just passed Mis
Gates achieved dew triumphs in her jj
appearance us j pnmi donna with the I
Royal Opera company of Germany.
essaying ' number ol new roles. ,j
Among these was the leading role of
"La Travhita " which i a musical j
settn.u oi Camilla, and I- considered
one ni tbe most difficult and yet I
one of the most popular operas of j
the present day
When her recital with the Ogden j
choir was first planned. Miss Gates
Stated that she would like the oppor- I
tunity of singing the finale to the
secoud act of "La Travlata" in which
occurs the great coloratura aria, fol
lowed by the chorus "Shame on the H
cruelty thy words have spoken, " with
the local organization.
After recelvjnu the communication, l
Iiireitor Joseph Ballantyne, of the
Choir sent east for copies of the ,
finale and for the past two weeks i
tie' ( hoir ha- been rehearsing it In
connection with other concert I
Choruses Anions the other choruses 1
to be given will he "The Parting
Kiss by Puccini and "O, Italia. Italia
Beloved f
The recital is to be given on the
evening of Thursday, June 18th. and
Is expected to be one of the most f
brilliant musical e cut ever staged f
In iho city I