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IVIEW OF IHE EASTLANn ON ITS S!----f <fwwK • UIII1C1/ UVCfl Captain Pedersen REMOVING BODY OF A YOUNG GIRL FROM THE WRECKED EASTLAND mmmm • ̂ ' 1 y i / ' V ' mm®- yy- ' * m POLICE CARRYING BODIES TO AMBULANCES FROM THE EASTLAND EASTLAND SURVIVORS DIVER WHO RECOVERED MORE THAN 60 BODIES Mrs. J. A. Montgomery and one of the three daughters she reoovered from the wreck. WOMAN 18 ONLY SURVIVOR/ / FROM A FAMILY OF SEVEN. 10 its-* ^lfr». Mary Braitch, one of the res­ cued, is the only survivor of a family of seven who were passengers on the Jbustiand. ^ „^She was taken to St. Luke'a hospi- fil. Although her conditio? Is not considered serious, she was so hys­ terical that it was impossible for her to tell a connected story of the trag- «*y- To th» BUM who attended her she shrieked that her baby had been torn from her arms when she slipped from ihe deck into tl^e .water. In addition to the baby she ioftt her husband four children. ' < • TWOFAMILIES PERISH; ' V * • LIVED IN 8AME HC^E. Every person living In a two-famhfi house at 2301 gquth Kolin avenue was Wiled in the Eastland disaster. Jule Strogl and his wife, married only 3ve months, lived ou the first floor of the house; Alfred Anderson, his wife and their seven-year-old son lived above. The families were friends and went on the excursion together. All of them perished. Life Guard Gets Bodies. "Henry Bauer, a life "guard at Wilson beach, is believed to hold the record for the number of bodies recovered Attired in a bathing suit, he spent the day diving into the murker water aft hnrfin* $AYONNE STRIKERS SHOOT DOWN THREE DEPUTV 8HERIFF8. &UAR0S WILL 5H00TT& KILL Demands Are Again Made Upon Gov­ ernor Fielder for State KMIitia-- . Strikers Raise Fund (y Aauptt^tlon and Dynamite. Bayonne, N. J., July 26.--8erlous rioting broke out In the war zone about the Tidewater and Standard Oil companies' plants in Bayonne late Friday afternoon and carried the strike situation out of control of the local officials. Here are the develop­ ments: Three deputy sheriffs were shot down on their way to guard the Tide­ water Oil company and one deputy's arm broken by a stone. Guards at the Tidewater works were supplied with high-power Spring' fields and ordered to shoot to kill fol­ lowing the riot. Demands again were made upon Governor Fielder by Sheriff Klnkead for state militia protection. Strikers raised a fund ot |306 for ammunition and dynamite. A mob attacked Sheriff Klnkead, Who was rescued by the police. The rioting took place when Sheriff Klnkead and a squad of 50 deputies marched through the strike zone to­ ward the Tidewater company. Stones were hurled at the deputies, 20 shots exchanged as Sheriff Klnkead was hemmed in by a mob of angry strikers. The wind shield of his auto­ mobile was broken by stones and it was only after a riot call sent police reserves to his assistance that the strikers were pushed back. Three of the deputy sheriffs are said to have been wounded by bullets and one suffered a fractured arm. All were taken inside the Tidewater plant for treatment. FRENCH GAIN SOME GROUND Advance in Le Pretre Wood and the Region of Bagatelle In the Argonn*. In July 26.--The French gained ground Thursday njght in La Pretre wood and made a slight advance in tbe region of Bagatelle, in the Argonne. In the night engagement the Germans were driven out of a line of French trenches which they had occupied, thus restoring the Integrity of the French position. The Bagatelle gain was made in a line of trenches hither- to held by the enemy. German at­ tacks were repulsed in the region of Arracourt and south of Le Faye, in the Vosges. After a violent bombard­ ment the enemy succeeded in pene­ trating a part of the French position east of Metzeral, but was driven out by a counter-attack. Heavy artillery firing is reported along a considerable part of the front with Reims and the outskirts of Solssons again under shell fire. GERMAN FRONT IS CHANGED Von Mackensen Compelled to Re­ arrange His Lines 8outh of Wsr- . saw--Losses Are Heavy. Petrograd, July 26.--The Austro-Ger- man forces are suffering heavy losses on' all three lines of their drive against Warsaw. In the south Von Mackensen has again been compelled to change his front. He is now directing his main move against a position near Tre- valka, three miles west of Ctaolm Every step costs him dear. He found It necessary to exercise extreme cau­ tion and is literally feeling his way in the hope of finding a weak spot where he may be able to catch the Russians unprepared. In the north, on the Nsrew, severe casualties have been Inflicted on the Germans. In central Poland the Russian line from Bonie, about 18 to 20 miles in front of Warsaw to Ivangorod, is very strong. FORCE THE AUSTRIANS BACK Italians Attack Enemy at Many Points --Teutons Compelled to Recede Beyond Fslzarego. Milan, July 26.--The battle of Gori- zia is not the only one in which the Italian army has been engaged in the last few days. Simultaneously with these operations in th% Alps and in southern Trentino the Italian artillery has been bombarding relentlessly the forts of Platzwelse, Landro and Sex- ten, to the north of Malborghetto. Hel- del and Plezza, the Austrian positions at the forts of Pieve and Livinallongo and the heights beyond Falzarego. where the Austrians have been com­ pelled again to recede. JKIght In Voeges Mountains. Paris, July 27.--Fighting in the Vospres mountains is the only activity chronicled in the official communique of the French war office. According to this statement the Germans were repulsed at every point. ? performs 8,000 Operations. Varls, July 28.--The surgical record of the war is held by Doctor Rutsca of the Jaegersdorf hospital, near Cracow, who performed more than 8,000 operations between November of la^t year and June. Aviators Fall Into Bav. ' fviators Fall Into Bay.' ^eneacola Fla., July 24.--'WTStle making a fight in a new .machine, Lieut. Kenneth Whiting of the navy aero corps and Walter Brookings, a civilian aviator, fell into the bay. NeUUef of the aviators was hy^ ,:J ' ""Father Llnneborn Dlesi^.' «, ' •ttflfre Dame, Ind., July 24.--TTea*t failure caused the death of Rt. Rev. Frederic Linnebqrn, formerly rector of Holy Cross, hall, Notre Dame uni­ versity; at EAsl Bengal, India, accord* OIL STRIKERS IN BATTLE WITH POLICE 0 WANTS REPORTS ON lEXiCO • .. *.';i rv tflf' \ > i ' .VVy 5 SITUATION GKQWiNG WO«M IN SOUTHERN REPUBLIC. Army Officer, In Report'to Washing­ ton, Sees No Chance There tor ' Adequate Relief.1 >\ ^ Washington, July 23.--Official re­ ports given out at the war department, indicating widespread starvation in Mexico; the apparent failure of the Carranza government to sustain itself in Mexico City, and the reoccupation of the national capital by the Zapatis­ tas, gave rise to the view again in of­ ficial circles that President Wilson, before long, will make public a new plan for the pacification of the repub­ lic. Brig. Gen. C. •. Devol, sent by the war department to take charge of the American Red Cross' efforts to relieve the suffering in Mexico, has made a report on conditions there. It is re­ garded as of great significance that it should have been made public at this time by Mr. Garrison, General Devol expresses the opinion that the people of Mexico are being abused by the leaders of "all factions," and that "there appears to be no fu­ ture for adequate relief, even if the American people would contribute for this purpose. This, however, they have only done to a very limited ex­ tent to this date." General Devol says there have been large exports of food supplies out of Mexico to the United States and to Cuba. He estimates that two thou­ sand carloads of beans have been sent out of the country. He states that General Villa and his generals have prohibited the purchase of supplies in Mexico because there is an export tax which is collected for the benefit of the military leaders and this amounts to four hundred to five hundred dol­ lars for each car that crosses the bor­ der. The Red Cross was not permit­ ted to buy supplies in Mexico although corn could be purchased on the Mexi­ can side for fifty-six cents per bushel. The Mexicans insisted that it should be bought in the United States. EXPRESS RATES TO GO UP Interstate Commerce Commission De­ cides in Fsvor of Companies ,Aft­ er Exhaustive Investigation. Washington, July 24.--The fitter- state commerce commission has grant­ ed increased revenue to the princi­ pal express companies of the United States. The Increases amount to approxi­ mately 3.86 per cent and are effective as to the Adams, American, Southern and Wells Fargo Express companies. The commission accepted the ex­ press companies' plan for the in­ creases. This plan provides an in­ crease from 20 to 25 cents in the col­ lection and delivery charge and re­ duction at the rate of substantially one-twentieth of a cent per pound on the terminal allowance, which a#w 4a paid by the express companies.;' NAVY PRESIDENT WISHES PERMANENT DEFENSES. Heade of War and Navy Departments Asked to Report to President Wil­ son on Condition. Washington, July 26. -- It became known Saturday that President Wilson wishes the American navy to stand upon equality with the most efficient and serviceable fighting sea force maintained by any power. This determination the president has reached without regard to present-day controversies. It is part of his plan for permanent national defenses, which plan also Includes a definite program for the development and equipment of the army. The president has called for reports on the subject of national defense. These will be made to him personally by the heads of the war and navy de­ partments. The fact that this action had been taken became known here after the release for publication of the note to Germany relating to subma­ rine warfare. The president, in association with various heads of departments, has been giving consideration for some time to the preparation of a reasonable and adequate naval program which he will propose to congress at the proper time. He will study this subject on his visit to Cornish. Practical advice concerning national defense from every available profes­ sional source is .being sought. Men of the army and navy who hare been most directly in touch with con­ ditions of defense that have been evolved out of modern experience have been called upon for their views. The fact that he desires an adequate and efficient navy was especially made clear here Saturday. RUSSIANS MAKE COMPLAINT DOUBLE MURDER AT JACKSON Man and Woman Shot and - Killed While Walking Near Cemetery-- Murderer Coolly Eats Breakfast. Jackson. Mich., July 23.--Mrs. Mfiry H. Palmer, aged seventy, and Edward Madden, aged about fifty, were killed by John Carson, son-in-law of Mrs. Palmer. Careon fired about a dozen shots at the couple as they walked along a path beside the Catholic and Woodlawn . cemeteries. Five bullets struck Madden and three took effect in the body of Mrs. Palmer. Both died instantly. Carson, in a statement made after the shooting, declared that he blamed Madden and his mother-in-law for the estrangement that exists be­ tween himself and his wife. Say Brunt of the Great War Is Being Borne by the Czar's Troops. Petrograd, July 23.--Complaints are beginning,,to be heard that Russia is being made to bear practically the en­ tire brunt of the war. These com­ plaints are not confined to the mass of the people, who are not in a po­ sition to judge what is really happen­ ing on any front For the second day in succession the military critic of the Russky In­ valid, who certainly is in close touch with the general staff here, contrasts the furious battles which are being fought in a dozen different directions within the frontiers of Russia with the apparent quiescence of the British, French and Italian armies. Without pledging himself to their accuracy he mentions " various esti­ mates that between the Vistula and the Bug alone the Austro-Germans have upwards of twenty corps--say 1,200,000 men. SHIPBUILDING BOOM IS ON More Vessels Being Constructed the United States Than Any Year Since 1901. In Russians Expel Jews. New York. July 26.-rTransIatlons from lettero just received here show that numerous expulsions of Jews from various districts of Poland were followed late In May by an order of the Russian military authorities. Washington, July 23.--Shipbuilding activity, due to the heavy demand for vessels since the European war be­ gan. is greater in the United States than it has been for several years. More steel vessels were being built or were under contact since 1901, and there was a greater tonnage of wood­ en vessels building than since 1907. Department of commerce statistics issued today show 125 vessels were building July 1. Sixty-five were steel ships aggregating 298,426 tons, and 60 were wooden vessels, totaling 288.701 tons. PRE8IDENT SENDS AID TO CHICJt* . GO TO DIRECT EASTLAND HOR&OR IN VESTLG^TlOtt. WHITEWASH i Federal Officer 8ays Government WH| Place Blame for Accident--Chief Executive at Helm in Govern* ment's Probe. ef/V;'f mm Chicago, July 28.--Secretary Wil­ liam C. Redfield of the department of commerce arrived in Chicago Tue*» day asd will take charge of ihe in­ quiry which his department is making into the Eastland disaster. He to Chicago upon suggestion of Presi­ dent Wilson. President Wilson's keen personal In­ terest in' the inquiry is Indicated in the sending of a cabinet officer to take charge. The president has ordered n sweeping investigation. Albert L. Thurman, solicitor general of the department, is also here. He will assist in the taking of testimony. Eugene T. Chamberlain, commissioner of navigation of the commerce depart­ ment, may also come to Chicago. "There will be no whitewashing in this inquiry," said a federal offlcbL "President Wilson is at the helm in a personal and particular way. The president has demanded facts, aTv* he is getting them." Solicitor Thurman brought with hi» to Chicago the only protest ever filed with the department against the steamer Eastland. It was made in 1906 by George J. Schmitt when the Eastland was running between Chi­ cago and South Haven. Following an interview with Presi­ dent Wilson by telephone, Attorney General Gregory communicated by long distance with District Attorney C. F. Clyne and with Acting Super­ vising Inspector General of Steam­ ships Dickerson N. Hoover. The long­ distance conference is said to have lasted 23 minutes. Immediately after talking with the Washington authorities, Mr. Clyne called a conference in his office in the federal building, both Ira B. Mansfield, , and William Nicholas, local inspectors, being summoned. Por more than an hour Inspector' Mansfield was excluded from the con­ ference after both Inspectors had been questioned. The July grand jury, under Foreman George A. Hughes, visited the wreck of the Eastland and made a thorough inspection of the hull. The jury seemed particularly impressed with the fact that bow and stern lines, which had moored the craft to its wharf, were still attached. "There is ' nothing that the grand jnry can say at this stage," said Hr. Hughes. We are just looking around and getting our bearings." "I can't say anything," echoed State's Attorney Hoyne, a moment later. "We are going after this right,. Give us time." The orders which resulted In tfiv mendous activity on the part of steamboat inspection department and the department of justice, came straight from the president him­ self. A private bulletin service is declared to have been ordered by the president* covering all the essential facta with relation to the disaster, and this .In said to have been in operation for nearly forty-eight hours. "The president knows all that any­ body can know, aside from those who will be summoned as witnesses," said a government official. "This is a mat* ter that will not be allowed to rest. We are going to cover the whole situ ­ ation thoroughly." . Captain Mansfield, who is said to. have been asked to leave the room while his associate, Nicholas, was un­ der questioning, stated a belief that the result of thorough inquiry would be exculpation of all local inspection officials. . Following a conversation lasting hour with Acting Secretary of Cou>- v merce and Labor Edwin F. Sweet, So» pervising Architect Hoover made the announcement that he will hold an in* dependent investigation covering the entire matter of the Eastland and wfi -| summon from 50 to 100 witnesses. "Model Man" Goes Wrong. Somervllle, N. J., July 26.--Daniel Haley, who never used tobacco nor liquor, for. more than twenty years tfc3 trusted agent of the Prudential Life Insurance company here, is In jail, accused of embezzlement. Capture 18,000 Machine Guns. Berlin. July 24.--According to cor­ respondence ; from Russian headquar­ ters which the censor allowed to pass, the Russian armies hav# lost 15,000 machine guns Nearly all of the guns are badly damaged. Submarines Again Active., London, July 27.--After several days of inactivity the German subma­ rine war has been renewed. Reports received here tell of the sinking of one British, one French and one Rus­ sian steamship by submarines. MAY CALL EXTRA SESSION f ?"-ft1- President Giving Serioue Conaitftgfcr, £-J tion to Question of National jbiM I Defenee. • .. • • " • Washington, July 28.--President | Wilson Is giving serious consideration "'S to the question of calling an extra session of congress to take up th» 4 subject of national defense. Men whin •. . .. have talked with the president re»; V* cently believe that, unless circuig**i stances compel an earlier meetfei£u' - the congress will be summoned ftfljt', October. Italy Calls Reserves. Rome, July 2 7 -- The reservists of the infantry arm of the Italian army, belonging to the classes of 1885 and 1888, together with the specialists In the several other arms of the service, have been called to the colors. Frank Out of Danger. Milledgevllle. Ga„ July 24.--Leo M. Frank is out of danger. No more bul­ letins regarding his condition will be Issued unless his condition should take an entirely unexpected- torn for the worse. Liner Cymric Sails. New "York, July The White- Star liner Cymric, with 52 cabin and 120 steerage passengers and 15,500 ions of frei:'-t. saiUi5 for Liverpool Friday afternoon. American aboard. There was but one Belva tt Get Pe.wion. Washington, July 26.--Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the venerable peace advo­ cate. has been notified by friends that Andrew Carnegie has placed tor on his pension topA list te 929 monthly. Big Fire in Poughkeepele. > ^ Pbughkeepsie, N. Y., July 28.-- which for a time threatened to wipb out the manufacturing district Ot Poughkeepste was brought under trol with a loss of $750,000. A wholm , city block was destroyed. | RaW by French Aviators. Paris, July 28.--French have made another daring and su^ cessful raid within the German line%: 4"? the war office announced. They bosff^1^ barded the military station at Nantilh-'ft,'* - lots, near the Meuse river. "C' S * Move to Forestall Strike. 8p>ingfleld, $tass., July 28.- ^ New England Westinghouse company has announced that on August 6 suIjk stantiai bonuses will be given to ent wage scales, according to lenftk of periods of employment. Turk Tins Silent. Athens. July 28.--It is reported Mitylene that the allies during the last few days have bombarded with*,, out interruption the Turkish position** t in the interior of the straits and artfc, endeavoring to destroy the batterieB^^ tike Astatic ooaat. - t.' if* \

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