The Sunday telegram. [volume], July 25, 1915, Image 1

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VOL.1
SUNDAY, JI
EVERY OFFICIAL OF INDIANA
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
TO BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
Special Federal Grand Jury is
Called by Judge Landis to
Make Investigation.
DEATH TOLL ABOUT 1,000
Distressing Scenes When Ca
tastrophe Occurs and Also
at the Morgues.
(IT ASSOCIATED MKM)
CHICAGO, . July 124.?Coroner
Hoffman ?nnonnced late tonight that
be had ordered, the arrest of every
official of the Indiana Transporta
tion Company, which leased the
Eastland. No individuals were men
tioned in the coroner's announce
ment.
<IY ASSOCIATED FREES)
CHICAGO, July 24.?Coroner
Hoffman at 11 o'clock tonight said
that according to the information at
hand he had hopes that the total
dead from the capsizing of the
steamer Eastland would not exceeed
l.OOO.
The number of bodies in the mor
gue, according to official count, was
842. While others were added later,
?there were .some duplications, it was
discovered.
The coroner said that any bodies
in addition to. the above were in the
river or in the hull of the steamer
Eastland.
CSV ASSOCIATED
CHICAGO, July 24.?"liet no one
go until we fix the blame for this
tragedy." This was the order today
of State's Attorney Hoyne.
He had Captain H. Pedersen, En*
ginneer C. Erlckson and other offi
cers of the boat together with thirty
of the crow in his office (in the
criminal'court building.
. .Coroner Huffman began the in
quest late today.
He had a number of jVaigraphs
of the boat taken and then ordered
it pumped out and raised.
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
OFFICIAL IS ARRESTED I
'Ml ASSOCIATED PRISE)
Chicago, July 24.?A thousand per-l
sons lost their lives in the Chicago
river today by the capsizing of the ex
cursion steamer Eastlaijd while
warping from Its wharr with more
than 2(400 employes or the Western
Electric Compaq, and their rela
tives and friends on board bound for
a. pleasure trip across Lake Michigan.
After working ceaselessly all day
and far into the night the bodies of
842 victims of the catastrophe, most
of them women and children, were
collected from temporary morgues
and taken to the. Second Regiment
armory. When these '
Bodies Had Been Tagged
Coroner Hoffman taking, into cohaic
eration estimates of bodies thought to
be In the hold of the steamer lying on
Its side in the river, and nr the stream
Itself, said he has hopes that the to
tal deaths would not exceed 1,000.
W. C. Steele, secretary and treas-l
virer of the St. Joseph-Chicago Steam
ship Company, who owned the East
land, built on Lake Erie In 1903 ant
remodeled later because top heavy, it
Its said, was arrested tonight ana
locked" up at a police station. The
atearaer was laid by Indiana Trans
portation Company, whose officers
said they were not responsible for the
licensing of the ship and did not con
trol the crew.
Identifying the Dead.
At 9:35 the first batches of people
were admitted to the armory and be
gan efforts to identify the dead. They
were admitted in groups of twenty
five and, judging from the crowds
which surrounded the building-, coro
ner's aides believed it would take all
night to let them through. More than
900 bodies were in the armory.
Shortly after the opening of tne
great morgue to the public the Or si
Identification took place. An elderly
woman, accompanied by a young
man, dropped on her knees, and then
fell moaning and walling on the body
of what proved to be her daughter.
Similar scenes followed fast and the
line appeared to be ever on the m
crease.
Curious- Are Threatened.
The first squad admitted to the ar
mory consisted mainly of the curious
and Coroner Hoffman, through r.
megaphone cried out he would arrest
"In the name of decency" anyone who
watered the armory withput reason
other than the satisfaction of morbie
ciiricsitv. . '
Mmbers of the crowd waiting out
side the armory stormed the doors
late tonight and the police were
forced to use their clubs to drive them
back. Several persons were injured.
It was said. C:i M ,. , ..
lata tonight divers working in the
bull of the Eastland discovered sev
enteen bodies, which T?ere taken to
tbe morgue to the second regiment
* ? -V. A. Evans, formerly
toner of Chicago ana
GENERAL FUJS/S70JM
ORDERED TO FIG HI
: *
Lord Brooke is in command of the
Qwnitign forces and "will bo rein
forced as fast as thetroopKcanbe
fitted out and ammunition sent to the
front.
foreman of the coroner's jury to in
vestigate the disaster tonight, after a
tour of the morgues and the wreckea
steamer, said be believed the dead
would' total about 1,000.
The Planionden family figured In
its third great disaster today in tne
capsizing of the steamer Eastlantt.
Members of the family narrowly e>
baped death in the Iroquois theater
disaster, in which 600 lives lost sev
eral years ago.
Charles Plamonden and wife met
death *hen the. Bteamshlp Lusitanrn
was sunk by a German submarine.
The Kastland disaster also claimed as
probable vict/kns other members or
the family.
On board the Eastlahd were E. K.
Plamonden, cousin of Charles a.
Plamonden, his wife and four child
ren. Latest" reports Indicate that
while the moLher and fafier and tw?
of the children were saved, two child
ren were lost. Marie and Vera Plam
onden, 18 and ?9 years old respec
tively. were rescued and taken to tt
hospital for treatment.
MORE THAN THOUSAND
VICTIMS OF DISASTER
Car ASSOCIATED PRKSS)
I CHICAGO, July 24.?More than
11.000 persons, most of them women
and children, were drowned today
within a few feet of land by the cap
sizing of the steel steamer, Kastland,
as it was abput to leave Its wharf in
the Chicago river with 2,500 rela
tives and friends of employes of the
"Western Electric Company for an ex
cursion across Lake Michigan. The
shipp rolled over on ItB side in twen
ty-live feet of water within Ave min
utes after it began to list.
Coroner Hoffman at 8 o'clock to
night estimated the numoer of bodies
to be taken to the second regiment
armory at 1,500. Of these, he said,
800 had already reached the armory
! from morgues and other places wherr
they were first taken.
Several persons were taken alive
from the cabin of the ship, after il
had lain on its side in the river for
four hours, but the 300 others, said to
be in 'the hulk, are all dead.
Scores Working in Hull.
Under the glare of searchlights to
night scores of .men worked Jn the
hull of the vessel to remove the bod
ies. The steamer lay on the bottom
of the river, one side protrudipg like
a monument to the hundreds it had
drowned as It turned over.
The cause of the capsizing had not
been determined tonight, but federal,
city and state officers were conduct
ing - investigations to determine
whether the ship was top heavy from
faulty designing, was improperly bal
lasted, or was poorly Handled in
warping from the wharf.
Marine architects asserted that the
Eastland was foulty In design, that
the top deck had heen removed be
cause of the tendency of the ship to
list and also pointed to the possibil
ity that the ship had been unevenly
or Insufficiently ballasted. . The East
In the Event Mexican Forces
Fire into American Terri
tory in Ttieir Fighting.
(ST ASSOCIATED PflKS*>
WASHINGTON, July 24.?Orders i
were iBsued today with the approval
of President Wilson to Major General
Funston to ropel with force, if neces
ary, any firing into American terri
tory during fighting between the fac
tions in border towns and a note1
was despatched to General Carranza
advising him of that fact.
Soon afterwards advices from
Vera Cruz to the Carranza head
quarters here, said that the general
has instructed General Calles, his
commander before Nog\les, not to at
tack the Villa force there and gave
i assurances that the Carranza force,
j which has occupied Naco, would
withdraw, leaving a civil administra
tion, in charge. The-garrison marched
out late today.
What threatened a new complica
tion in the Mexican situation ap
parently passed over when officials
here determined to take drastic ac
tion if the Mexicans forced the fight
ing.
? The situation throughout Mexico
as reported from various sections to
day was considered discouraging by
officials. ? t*"
Mexico City is completely cut oft
and presumably in file hands of a
band of Indians under .the control
of General Zapata. General Gonzales
the Carranza commander,, is in the:
vicinity of Pachuca endeavoring to
retake the town from the Zapata
forces. General Obregon, another
Cdrranza lfeader, according to offioial
reports, is Isolated north of Mexico
I City. A column of Villa troops has
| taken Quearetero.
JOE
CAUGHT IN LIE
BY GOVERNOR
|Sing Sing Convict's Story in!
Support of Becker's Plea 1
Has No Effect.
IBV ABSOC1A7 ID MtBBt
| ALBANY, July 24.?The personal
.appeal of Joseph Murphy, a Sing Sing
i convict ;to Governor Whitman to save
jthe life or stay the execution of For
[mer Police Lieutenant Becker, sen
tenced to be electrocuted next week
for instigating the murder of (Herman I
Rosenthal, failed of its purpose today.,
| The governor aald he "had caught
Murphy in a lie today," and branded i
as untrue Murphy's entire story thatj
he had overheard Jack Rse, "Brldgie"'
Webber and Harry Vallon, three of
,the most Important witnesses against
Becker, conspire three years ago in I
.the Tomb* prison to place the blame
for the murder upon the condemned
man. J
I During the conference he discovered j
that on July 20 Murphy had talked |
with Becker in the death cell in Sing
Sing, to which he gained admittance
' by posing as a singer of the (Mutual
Welfare League of the prison. The
following day W. Bourke Cochran, at
torney for Becker, was Informed by
Murphy of the alleged conspiracy
three years before.
The governor said he believed that
during the death cell conference Beck
er and Murphy arranged tho story of
the alleged plot.
Murphy told the governor that al
though he overheard the alleged con
spiracy in 1912 he had pot mentioned
it to anyone prior to June 21 of this
year except to a fellow convict named
! Wallace.
MOB ATTACK
Feared by William Creen and
That is Why He Tried to
Kill Leo Frank.
? ? 1 ?
(?V AtaoeiATID PRK8S*
MILLBDGETVILLB, Ga., July 24.?
convict who stab
Wmmmrnm
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CZARINA GOBS INTO HOSPITALS AS A RED CROSS SISTER
The Czarina of Russia is setting a
wonderful example to all the royal
households of the warring nations of
Europe. While other queens and
princesses have done much to htlp
the stricken people and worm dad sol
diers of their countries, the Czarina
has devoted all her time and re
sources to aid and has gone in per
son as a Red Cross nurse into the
hospitals. With her in thfe service of
the injured are her daughters, the
Grand Duchesses Olga and Tatiana.
UNBROKEN WORK
On a Group of Subjects is the
Intention of the President
at Cornish.
(BY ASSOCIATED PKHS)
CORNISH, N. H.. July 24.?Freed
from the minor worries inoident to
Tiis official life in Washington, Presi
dent Wilson settled down here today
to a period of hard work on a group
of subjects which -he has desired to
study for sometime. He arrived at
Harlakenden House this afternoon for
an indefinite stay. The president's ob
ject in coming here at this time was
described by him today In speaking
to an admirer at a station on the way.
"I am not expecting a vacation," he
said, "but am coming to Cornish for
an uninterrupted opportunity for
work."
GOAL SEAL
In Logan County to the Magni
tude of Two MHIion Dollars
is Started.
(?* ASSOCIATED PRKSSI
CHARLESTON, tfuly 24?W. H.
Coolridge. of Boston, general counsel
of the United States Coal Oil
Company, it was announced here to
day, has obtained afl option ,on the
holdings of the Main Island Creek
Coal Company, at Omar, Logan
county, until August 10. It is un
derstood that the price. If the sale
t* consummated, will be $2,000,000.
The property Includes leases covering
27,000 acres of coal on which eight
mines aria now operating. John
Lalng, of .Charleston, is president or
the company.
From the Important Positions
to the Immediate West of
Warsaw City.
BUT GRIP IS TIGHTENING
By
the German Victories in
Northern Poland and North
of Polish Capital.
(?V ASSOCIATED PRESS)
LONDON, July 24?The Austro
German armies seem unable to force
the Russians from the important po
sitions to the immediate vest of War
saw and from the line along the
Lu blin-Chelm railway, but. the Gec
man victories.in northern Poland and
north of the Polish capital have
tightened their grip on the city and
military critics say that the abandon
ment of the Russians again becomes
more probable.
After weeks of battering the Ger
man forces for the first time .have,
crossed the, Narew river nortft
of Warsaw and now have a consider
able weight' of men on the south
bank of that river between the fort
ress of Rof?n and Pultusk, which a
Berlin official statement describes as
having been "stormed Irresistibly."
The communication, however,. - does
not state whether the fortresses ca
pitulated.
Crash tog Victory.
The-fight lii 'northern Courland, ac
cording to German claims, has re
sulted In something akin to a crush
ing victory sucm as was familiar-in
wars of orxner years, General von
Buelow's "forces Having cut off 'the
Russian retreat and delivered a body
blow. ' It, Is stated that the Germans
cut up the retlralng troops badly, dis
persing those -who were not' killed,
wounded or captured;
That /ihe Russians are holding tho
Immediate Warsaw front is plainly
evident by a German official state
ment which refers tor only 'minor ,'op
-- -*?^ insignificant number
MSURANGE
- -i
Plan of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company
Provides for Relatives.
\m t naaobiMiftu rHMw
CHICAGO, July 24.?Relatives of
employes of the Western Electric Com
pnay' ,who met death today in the
Chicago river disaster, are provided
for under an Insurance plan, which is
maintained through affiliation'with the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company.
'Exhibition of moving pictures de
picting the Eastland tragedy in any
photoplay theater in the cty was for
bidden, by Acting Mayor W. R. Moor
house.
lllDtl*
STRIKE ENDS
At Bridgeport and the Machin
ists Wrfl Return to Work
Monday Morning.
?V ASSOCIATED P*?S?
BRIDGEPORT, Ct.. July 24?
With the ratification tonight by the
machinists or the agreement reached
between labor leadars and the Rem
mington Arms and Ammunition
Company, at the Stewart Construc
tion Company, the strike at the arms
company's plant virtually came to
an end tonight and<the men. will be
back 'at work Monday morning. The
"?tructural -iron workers took simi
lar action during the day.
' BED CROSS AID.
tav M(OCIlT? MUV
WASHINGTON, July. 24?-Miss Ma
bel T. Boardman, chairman of the
relief board of the American Rent
CSV ASSOCIATED MKSSt
Is the Assertion of Jack
Gauge Tender of the East
land Steamer *
WEIGHT ALL ON ONE Sl[
As the Crowd Rushes Over to
the Portside to Look at a
Launch Up the River. Im
'
(IPrCIAL TO THK TKUCORAM)
CHICAGO, July 24.?That a sud--/
den rush of persons on the deck of , ,
the Eastland to portside to look at l'|
a speeding launch caused the catas- |&jj|
trophe, was the assertion of Jack i
Elbert, gauge tender of the steamer.' ?r' :
He said ? he and J. M. Erlckson, ,
chief engineer, escaped drowning by
wading through water in the hatch. ...;'
and crawling out of a porthole-into
the river.
"The steamer Eastland wan kept l
stable by means of a water ballast . '
system," Elbert said. "Water la "
pumped in the chambers in the ship'.
until sha becqmes steady. This was
done before ever freight was taken
on board. The first thing I notic
this morning was tliat the Eastlai
began to lean to starboard. Erick
son, the chief engineer, was in charr~" '
of the pumps used to pump the watt
into the chambers. He said 'boys,
steady her up a little,' 'and then we
pumped water - into the other side
until it was up even and all right
We had Just- evened it up when i
launch came down the river and
passed the Eastland and the crowd
on the deck rushed over to portside '
to look at it. The. weight all on q
side apparently proved too mUcli?un
the Eastland began to list badly. ?
"We worked frantically at th??
pumps to try to bring her back, buj
she was too far gonje." V
Eye witnesses informed the ppli
that there was a man in a launch
with , a moylng picture camera-and
that this attracted. the attention of ,
passengers, on the Eastland who,
rushed to one side of the boat.
Of Young German on Suspicion
of Being in a Plot to Blow ~
Up Big Plants. " $jfl
pjtavni . >
CLEVELAND, July 24.?A young ;
Germar, 25 years old, whose name '
the authorities refused to divulge,
was arrested tonight on a charge o?
suspicion in connection with an al
leged plot to blcfy up the plant of
tho American Steel a\d Wire Com- *
pany, the Peerless Motor 'Car Com- ?
pany and the White Company.
His arrest followed nearly a week
of investigation by federal.and local
authorities. Two of the man's felloir "
employes charged that he told them
of an elaborate plan to blow<up these
plants by means of nitro glycerine '
bombs to be dropped from great box
kites. He is - quoted - as saying' he
could do.lt and that would "get big .
money for doing it." x .
He denied tonight that he has any
knowledge of explosives and ds
clardd that he had said merely th?*
"It could be. done without fctiHn
anyone the war would be - stopped
Search, of his boarding place fail)
to disclose anything indicating tha
he Intended carrying oat the pi
attributed to him.
GRANT GUILTY
| Of Perjury, Says a New Ye
Jury after Being Out Fifty-" .
Three Hours. mM
??' Mwewrm mwi
NEW YOBK, July 24.?-A Jury, af
ter being ont for fifty-three hours, the
record fo^ a criminal case in Kim
county, tonight found Edward L
Grout, Brooklyh first borough pre?
dent and former comptroller, of Ne
York City, guilty of perjury in.that 1
made a false official statement of the
funds of the defunct Union Bank
Brooklyn while he was Its president;
. The -Jury recommended that i
be shown. - v-e
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Of Unknown Origin Occurs-.,
ish Freight Vessel.
. NEW YoScHSTS?
of unknown origin ooca
forward, hold' of the . Br1.
strainer Cragside at its dock in 1
Hudson riv:er here today *hd&w
lowed"by^a ilre-^"* " -
speedily checked.
to leave here ?*