CHICAGO'S GREAT CALAMITY. Latest figures Coroner Hoffman the steamer 842 and 1,588 with pany a counted for. it given out Of by Chicago, on death the Eastland bodies that Parse the toll of capsized showed that been i of the ngers ha have 1.000 ve Els Of the was Western 8 saved t £0t thou about in the approxim 100 alive a making the Were nd 18K river total dead ately 1,000 A considerable p blame the Eastland disaster the United States Tests spection Bureau,” said Mac! { Hovne, state's attorney ment in Chicago regarding vestigation of the wreck had done thelr the could not have urred the ship was conside inspectors duty accid We ent OC Know red am, because copies of ietlere sent to ton which rence i at th al he predicted this may introduce inquest.” The state's attorney will n to the grand jury a letter written in 1813 by John D. York, a architect of Chicago, to the steam boat inspector warning him the Eastjand was not a safe boat Colonel Hannan, secretary to Senator La Follette, puts the blame faulty laws and lax in- spection He says a tive of the Seamen's called the attention of the tion the danger of al lowing crowds the Eastland type Acting Mayo: cided to raise a relief £200,000 be distri the direction of National Cross in addi ters naval that on representa Union had Ins Deg service to r large on boats of Moorhouse de fund o to ted unde: Red the Western Electric Company, whose employes formed the the ill-fated excursi nounced that $100,000 from ployes insurance funds able for The the four boat was overloaded: tha majority On party wa relief dis are Moet disaster 1nsed not properly ballasted that fast land from the docks ing too soon; that passengers rushing glide, attracted by sensation, over Lnatl a Fast started pull congestion of made to warp the 10 the port BOM passing tipped the steamer Chicago most of them nd women ar children were drowned Saturday within a feet of land by steel steamer Eastland as it to leave its wharf in the Chicago ri with 2.500 relatives and friends Elect FO 8 the capeizing of the was about ver of am ployes of the Western pan for excursion ihe ghip Tolis] Oye gide in 25 feet of water wi Ins to list minutes after began Thege The ca been determined, but Federal officers are conducting gations to detern investigations Under Way CAPRIZIDE nas not city and =e of the State investi ne whether the ship was top heavy from faulty designing was improperly ballasted or was ly handled in Marine Eastland the Cauge poor warping from the wharf d that the design tects a faulty in had been tendency of the archi serie was that deck the list and also pointed to removed be the op of whi possibility that the ship had been unevenly or in sufficiently Eastland used that t pump out some entering shallow lake harbors, so investigators working on a theory that the Were filled and passengers to one side to roll over ballasted Ihe ballast on water £0 could BOIS bal the are last tanks rushing the deck 7,000 Were Out For Merry Day. Under misty skies 7,000 men, women and children wended their way to the not of caused it steamers with to Michigan City. The steamer East land, brought to Chicago from Lake Erie after an unsatisfactory career, was the first be loaded Rain began fall as to 10 the wharf from the Eastland, declaring that the Government limit of 2500 passengers had been reached. White dresses peeped from raincoats along the shore rails as those aboard waved good-by to friends on shore waiting to board the steamer Theodore Roosevelt and other vessels. Then the passengers swarmed to the left side of the ship, as the other steamers drew up the river toward the wharf. A tug was hitched to the Eastland, ropes were ordered cast off and the steamer’s engines began to hum. The Eastland had not budged, however. Instead, the heavily laden ship wavered sidewise, leaning first toward the river bank. The lurch was po startling that many passengers joined the large concourse already on the river side of the decks. i | 1 hie turned left skir ship never slowly toward side Children clutched the ts of mothers and sisters to keep falling The toward falling heeled back but steadily from whole cargo was mpelled the ide of t! Water began to enter lower the to which the vessel was it ship postholes and hawsers tore the p le tied screams from attent n the dock passengers attracted | i the ion of fellow-excursionists awaiting the and picnickers f the embanknient, reachir the next steamer Wharfmen the edge © goon line out helplessly toward waver teame; nearly before ve swift : fe & iia flows from the n aty turning ra 11 al d other decks, slipped dow: rushing the waters 112 piunge from ngled with crying of children and | hrieks of women, and the ship was | on the bottom f the river, casting | hundred of living creatures into the | Hundreds Saved Quickly. Many and bundies sank, entangled with clothing but hun seized float Those and did not rise dreds came to the surface ing chairs and other objects Y ' 3 in those these life | firms | who could hold ) . lines. Employes of commission alane 3 % 3 3 aiong the ver threw crates, chicken | and other current, but COOps floatable thing he y » } the nost of the away by the stres Boats put ou tugs whistle and off SOIR I 2 a th prang | he and to aid | ousands Coat thoes and Irowning 3 } +1 arowning ie 181 river ready to ald and the ind nd ers hi reel & Pp. DUNGreas ag" : vy effort THE PRESIDENT'S SYMPATHY. i Lipton Also Offers Condolences and | a Check For $1,000 : Mavor Moor the follow ACLIng rece Pres DICARO ved am fron gent Woodrow “Windsor, Vt William ‘Mayor Hale 7 Chicago, I speak the people of the i athy symp ff 5 ¥ pre found Ce oO $ received Lonaon EMPLOYES WERE INSURED. Relatives Of Drowned Persons Tem. | porarily Provided For. Relatives of Elect the ( of any who h employes Western death are ic Cor hicago for in provided which iver dis | in maintained | aster tinder an pian is through affiliation with the American | Telephone and Telegraph Company The death benefit provides payment of six months’ wages to dependents of those having been in the employ of company for five years or more one year's pay to those having 10 years or more and Chicago. — Exhibition of moving -pie- tures depicting the Eastland tragedy in any photo-play theatre in the city was forbidden by Acting Mayor W. R. Moorhouse HISTORY OF THE BOAT. Built In 1903, Owned In Cleveland, Remodeled This Year, The steatmmer Eastland was built in 1903 and owned by the Eastland Navi. gation Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. It was 265 feet long, 38 feel wide and had a draft of 23 feet, with a net ton nage of 1,218. It was brought to Chi cago in 1904 and was used in the ex- cursion business to South Haven, Mich. for several years. Later It was taken to Cleveland and placed In the excursion service there. This spring the boat was remodeled, It was then brought to Chicago and put on the run to St. Joseph, Mich. It had a steel hull and was known as one of the fastest excursion boats on the Great Lakes. It had a speed of 21 miles an hour. rau righc) A ROHT ATTACK 19 EXPECTED ominous As AN AERIAL Admiral Fiske. D. N To Guard Against Submarine Attacks Rear.Admiral Net Taylor invents Battieships Washington Ihe ment “AVY is expect to adopt a { the battieshi Y rim! ’ v i os ¥ v r All aerial lorpedo bon the Invention now attached to the lege at Newport The aerial boat & torpedo from proaching or In charge than ing ! ral F this plere Adm with it is u new Fiske new tests Adm bureau of o« and a Hear the ction of the Navy Department, will has been stated experiments so showed that pedo attacks co espf he explosion of resisted and that ¢ torpedoes would destre Admiral Tavlor his tests of or more both ot torpedoes CRIREONDE, reureseniing s+ and on the valu Many navy of battleships ywpedo py gad I net new ne WANTS U. 68. TO BUY BELGIUM, Wanamaker Over To People. Phila olay fe vy glum om States d delphia The purchas by position Lsorm of by and the ir uties on imports and exports the suggestions an ad which country were among Wanamaker in meeling and professional branch of the Na ue made by John dress prominent here atl 2 at blisiness men formed a local tional Security lLeag Mr. Wanamaker, was later elected president organization said it is now the duty of the business men of this country to do all in their power to restore normal conditions in Europe, and that $100,000. 000 be loaned without! interest to the Government for the purchase of Bel glum. He suggested that later the Government of that country could be turned over to its own people, who of the proposed LUSITANIA VICTIMS FOUND, Two More Bodies Of Americans Re. covered From Sea, Washington. The American Consul at Queenstown cabled the State De partment that the bodies of Harry J. Keser, of Philadelphia, and Mra. R. T. Leverich, of New York, victims of the Lusitania disaster, have been re covered, These bodies and that of Herbert 8. Stone probably will be shipped from Liverpool for New York next Wednesday. MRS. RICHARD H. DANA DEAD. Daughter Of Longfellow and Wife Of Boston Lawyer, Lancaster, Mass Mrs. Richard H. Dana, wife of a Boston lawyer and daughter of the poet Longfellow, died here after a brief fliness. Her mother was the second wife of Mr. Longfel low. Hi CAPITAL Carranza Insists on Countries Having Diplomats There. Likely Teo Be Villa Is Regarded | Recognized, As n Army Circles As Having the Better Of the Military Situation. approa ranza anda 900 MORE COKE OVENS FIRED Production In Connellsville Region Be low Capacity. hundred to the Connells Connellsville, Pa Nine ovens were added this week producing capacity of the ville coke region, bringing producing possibilities to 400,000 tons a week if all in blast. That point, how ever, was not reached, reported pro ductione having been 371.000 tons with ghipmente 5,000 tons over preceding week Furnace ovens in operation are 76.5 per cent. of the total and merchant ovens 62.6 per cent. were HARDY FOUND GUILTY. Was Charged With Conducting Base. ball Lotteries. Cincinnati, O.~Edward Hardy, ar rested here in connection with the country-wide campaign against base ball lotteries, was found guilty in Municipal Court. On his plea that he was simply an agent for men higher up and had accepted the position of agent because he could get no other work, the minimum sentence of 10 days and $50 fine was imposed, the 10 days then being remitted and the fine cut to $25, which Hardy has arranged to pay a SRR, fast, P mn king mone NOMONEY without a eend depowit $n actunl factory cost, a wish, to keep the bie ; Lome cond, We furnish the highest grade bicycles it is ‘ possible to make at one small profil above You save $10 10825 middicmen 's profits by buy bicycle, Y & bleycle or a palr of tires from anyone at urhesrd of 1 YOU WILL Pp Licyuies for lees toone above Paclory oor, OWE GeO » sECOND bat uenlaly have COASTER BRAKE ; he vogular vetatl price of these fore Liven fo $10.00 per poly, but Lo (stro soe stl peil you a » pl ir Jor y {2 Solth oveler 84 0 v apple patr J AE (ousk FOMORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES Malis, Tooks or Glass will net lof the sir out. A hundred thousand pairs sold last year. DESCRIPTION: }!*% 17 ¥] =p It . is lively and easy Fding, very durable and Hned inside with Bb special guelity of rubber, which never bee tomes porous and which closes up emsil punciures without slowing sir Ww EHCU DE BO more th an ordinary Ure, the pun Qualities ving gl veg several layers of thir prepared fahric on Brow Is $10 ir, bu Baking s spoecis clory t ! 3 i % shipped ved H shi OD BOL need nti you We will sliow 3 send FULL naling us a1 ! Lietaetory on fr of these | advertising « TOE same d on BPLroY fFXAmMiue 8 CASH WITH ORDER sr. « oe, ¥ find that t i haveaver ged OF seen sl ay § ey w 2 eT ain 14 ive us your order YE want ye hs IF YOU NEED TIRES ©=.5 = Tow rites above: or write for our wig Tire and Indie of 11res and bicycle ir pas and sundries st s O NOT WA write us a poral (od of tires Frosh sty coe Got Bt oonts only a poste! Lo be when you receive our bosutifel este. logue and study our supert models at the hig her! grade Ve arw eelised with § 90 prof i our Wey cies under Jour Orders Slled the day roseivod, wisrly had ie seonnd band & iby Iastory $10, Deneriptive bargain Hote malied free | pedals, paris reped rs Puncture-Proof $ 45 80 A SAMPLE PAIR TO INTRODUCE, ORLY Notice the thick rubber tread ‘A’ and punciure strips’ 'B8" and “D' aise rim strip “MH” to prevent rim outting. This tire will outlast sry other make -SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. iy us re emer tad “ the price $4.88 p is advertisement a ru OUR expense If for ay ressos ue io ar sulle ae is wor twilter resisting specisl of only letter is i GO rt Phe (Lhereby fancier Gh prem DO BOT THINK OF BUYING » bieys Jou know the Sew and wonderful offers we are making BRIEFLY TOLD Latest Doings in Various Parts of the State. PREPAREDFORQUICKREADING Big War Order Landed By ML Cs: Concer. Ends 1 Young Girl, \ By Weight Kills Long | SROCL AC ew- B ’ undred the producing ville Oke possibilities were fF ih ovens CAPRCILY « region. br 10 40:0 Oi blast reached been 371.000 ton ODE over he B. Hertzler, a but has disappeared from his home leaving a note for hb wife ng he never Coipci dent with Clayton Rothsville stat would return the town. The Farmers’ Bank of Lititz hae issued an sttachment for $2700 against Hertzler. the same Despondent because of continued ill health, Miss Margaret Cusatti, aged eighteen, committed suicide at her home in Hazleton, by twice shooting herself through the heart. Her mother was taking tea to the bedroom, when ghe heard the shots and found her daughter dead Congressman W. W, Griest. Licuten. ant Governor Frank B. McClain and Mayor H. 1. Trout were in a party of Conestoga Traction Company direc. tors, officials and citizens of Lancaster, who were guests of the Ephrata & Lebanon Railway Company. Struck on the head by the heavy weight which held a fire escape above the street level, Paul V. Estep, aged twelve, of Altoona, was instantly killed. He had jumped on the escape from a fence and the jar snapped the wire chain. Jacob H Wise, one of the oldest members of the Knights of Pythias in this { ate, was installed as master of records and seals of Jmprovement Lodge, 187, of Clifton Heights, for the fortv.aixth consecutive time. OUTLINES PLANS FOR LABOR INSURANCE ~ epartment MM Brashear Modest At Highest Honor Brashear. wh brewer has moO oke, not know .” said Dr weeks age 3 ago that he naming me I sent that gen. id told him that he arrested for repeat ie : Why should a name m« there State BE & were who leading tizen? many great could 1} honor | While as press dent and member of some of the great est mechanical and academy of science America, 1 congider it a be named one of the Jeading citizens “1 believe my most notable achieve ment wae the raising of the $300,000 | fund for the erection of the Allegheny { Observatory and securing permission {to make part of the observatory free {to the people. Since ite erection five | Years ago. more than 15,008 persons have visited the observatory.” ure this given the honored men ave been have been { spcieties in Serer amd », BIRLA Do | State's nor io Cost Of Militia Encampment. The Adjotant General's Department announced thet the total of the pay warrants on account of the recent Na tional Guard encampment at Mount Gretna was $101,088.70. The disbursement in detail was as follows First Regiment, $11,279; Second, $16, 887: Third. 810.721; Fourth, $12881: Sixth, $12,698: Eighth, $12.650: Ninth, $11.457: Thirteenth, $12,152; Separate Battalion, $3822. Division Headquar ters, $1,086; Headquarters First Brig. ade, $735; Third Brigade, $747; FPourth Brigade, $827 State Highways OWicial Dies. George A. Barclay, of Pittsburgh, superintendent of sign erection of State Highway Department died In Harrisburg Hospital as the injuries received May 7 when a way Department auto truck on he was riding plunged over an bankment on the road leading from this city to Bunbury.
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