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THE GAZETTE-NEWS
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VOL. XX. NO. 140.
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EVIDENCE IS PREPARED
: TO FURNISH GRAND JURY;
EXAMINATION OF CREW
Investigators Do Not Credit
Theory That Shifting
Weight Caused Disaster
, Costing 1,00 Lives.
EASTLAND NOT SAFE,
PROSECUTOR DECLARES
Joroner Defers Inquest Till
Search For Bodies Ends
Graphic and Pathetic
Stories Related.
Chicago, July 26. Federal
And state authorities today
took up the task of fixing the
responsibility for the Eastland
steamship disaster in which ap
proximately 1,000 of the 2,408
people aboard lost their lives
while preparing to start on an
Excursion Saturday.
The examination of the crew
tt the Eastland continued to
)iay with a view to learning if
"all regulations had been com
plied with. Efforts are also
being made to ascertain wheth
)ejt the vessel was properly con
structed. State's Attorney Hoyne has
Vegun the preparation of evi
dence for the Cook county
grand jury on the theory that
the United States inspection
bureau erred in granting the
Eastland license. to engage in
trans-lake traffic Mr. Hoyne
declared that the evidence he
had in hand indicated that the
Eastland was ah unsafe ship.
Dickerson N. Hoover, acting
supervising inspector of the
United States steamboat serv
ice, and Captain Charles II.
Westcott, of Detroit, 1 joined
nspectors Mansfield and Nich-.
Dlas in the examination of the
crew to determine if there was
any neglect in the operation of
Ihe vessel and whether the
rater ballast compartments
were properly filled. They do
not credit, the theory that the
iccident was caused by the sud
flen shifting of weight.
Inquest Deferred.
Coroner Hoffman announced
today he would not- conduct
the inquest into the disaster
Until the search for the dead
had been completed. The
earching for the bodies con
tinued through the night and
this morning, and an additional
twenty-five divers were sent
Jnto the hull , .
Otto Brandt was sent to the
cene by his sister, Mra Mary
ftraitch, to find her . husband
nd four cbilrden from whom
he was separated when the
boat capsized.' Brandt located
ill the bodies in the moreue.
Mrs. Braitch and hor family
cre together when the vessel
)iarted to tilt. -Sho had her
Steamship Msp
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Hastened Plans for JJ.S.
Defense Follow Sending
of Firm Note to Berlin
Washington, July 26. It haa been
formally announced from the white
house that (President Wilson on his
return from Washington would confer
With Secretaries Garrison and Daniels
on a program for national defense.
President Wilson has written to the
heads of the war and navy depart
ments for reports, pointing out the
necessity- for working out flans for
increasing the efficiency of the mili
tary arm of the government
Although nothing was stated offi
cially concerning the purpose of these
plans, it was hinted that with the dis
patch of the emphatic note to Ger
many the president had decided to
hasten the reports and recommenda
tion which are being prepared by the
war and navy departments for con
gress so that all necessary Information
would be available if emergency arose.
As yet it has not been intimated
that the president has set any definite
time for submitting the program to
congress, but he purposes. It is -said,
to map out a plan so that no time may
Gen. Funston on Border
Given Drastic Orders
San Antonio, Tex., July 26. Defi
nite orders have been received from
Washington by Major General Fun
ston, commanding the border forces
to repel from American territory any
firing that threatens between Car
ranza and Villa forces at Nogalee
and Naco.
, . Drastic Order.
Washington, July 26. The order
baby in her arms when they
were thrown into the water but
it slipped from her grasp. She
was taken home in a hysterical
condition.
"She sent me down here and
said 'I know that at least one
of my babies is alive,' " said
Mr. Brandt. "I found the
bodies and had. them brought
together. I should have gone
home long ago but I cannot tell
her they are all dead.
Dragged Through Holes.
" George Olingor and his wife,
Elizabeth, were dragged out
after a hole had been cut in the
hulL
" When the boat began to
roll I grasped Elizabeth and
we both scrambled up the
side," said Mr. Olinger. "We
clung there to a port hole and
looking down could see the
water pouring through like a
waterfall. 1 1t rushed by the
stairway and spurted through
port holes. Men and women
were floundernig about in the
water and screaming-as it rose.
"In the place where we were
there were about twenty wo
men and seven men. The men
asssited the women to places
where they might cling until
help arrived but many sank.
"I kissed my wife and we
prepared for death. Some of
the women, were hysterical.
The rescuers tried to pull them
through the 'port holes, but the
openi n gs were too s mall. ' '
J. Fatterson, his wife and
ASHEVILLE N.
be lost if congress should be called
together.
The president has already collected
some data on the subject. Secretary
Garrison has been at work steadily on
Information furnished by the army
general staff for several weeks, plan
ning a general military policy. The
navy also has been occupied secretly
with emergency preparations.
Delicate , International affair
brought the facts to light and officials
admit that during the next few weeks
the question of national defense will
be a foremost one.
President Wilson hopes to lay the
foundation for a permanent national
policy, particularly for the army. De
tails of a reserve system which is now
being planned are withheld, but the
plan is said to aim at the creation ot
a reserve force of at least 500,000 men
at possibly more.
Increases are planned for the regu
lar army posts at Hawaii the Philip
pines and the Panama canal zone with
material Increase of forces in conti
nental United States.
to General Funston in regard vO the
threatened fighting between Villa and
Carrnnza forces at Naco and Nogales
is the most drastio yet given by the
war department for the protection of
Americans on the Mexican border. It
is understood that both Carranzaand
Villa, have been notified that the
United States will use force if nec
essary. her sister, were on the second
deck. They were washed
through the boat after a par
tition had given way.
"I can swim," said Mr. Pat
terson, "and I rose with the
water. The partition above me
gave way and ,1 went up
through the cabin side. There
I held to a beam which sup
ported the upper 'deck. This,
beam gave way and I 6wam
again. While hanging to the
beam my wife came up through
the opening and later her sister
appeared. They came up
through the same break in the
partition that I did, although
they could not swim."
The crowding of passengers
on one side of the boat is popu
larly supposed .to have caused
the tragedy, but the authori
ties, not satisfied with this ex
planation, have ordered the ar
rest of boat's officers. Captain
Harry Pedersen and Bell Fish
er, first mate, were taken to
police headquarters.
Panio struck the passengers
when the boat began to turn
ovrr. , The best accounts of
eye-witnesses say that the boat
rose slightly twice- and . then
tilted further, and hundreds of
screaming, struggling men, wo
men and . children, slid down
the decks clutching at compan
ions, deck chairs and anything
they could reach, y t
' Women and children by the
hundreds were caught below
(Continued From Pact One).
0., MONDAY AFTERNOON,
BERLIN
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CRITICISE NOTE
U. S. Reply SHows Lack of
Readiness to Understand
German Standpoint, Says
Vossische Zeitung.. V
MAIN PRINCIPLE NOT
TENABLE IT HOLDS
Contends Germany Can Make
No More Concessions, and
Continued Insistence Is
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Not Neutrality.
Berlin, July 26 (Over-Seas News
Agency , dispatch by wirleess tele
graphy fo Sayville, N. Y.) The latest
American note to Germany concern
ing submarine warfare was received
most unfavorably by the German
newspapers, in which it was printed
Sunday morning.
The Vossische Zeitung, in a lengthly
editorial says: ,
. "The refusal to Accept Germany's
practical proposal to protect .Amerl
can passengers shows an absolute lack
of readiness to understand the Ger
man standpoint. The principle that
belligerent states must protect aej
trals is untenable if applied in '.he
fullest sense, as it would mean abdi
cation to neutral states. It is true
that belligerents muttt respect neutral
rights, but only provided neutrals do
everything to prevent their citizens
getting into situations where protcc
ion is Impossible. . i
"Victory over the enemy Is the su
preme law for every belligerent. Those
who render more difficult this task
than does international law, support
the enemy. The war on land haa
shown clearly that restrictions are
necessary. A person who remains
within a beleaguered fortress or walks
Into a gunfire zone risks his life with
out the right of protection from his
home government.
"The same also is true of naval
warfare in spite of the mistaken
phrase 'Freedom of the. seas.' It is,
granted that the ocean is free for
peaceful travel, but naval battles also
take place on it. Neutral ships sailing
between fighting battleships run the
risk of being hit by shells and also
of being struck. by mines. The cub
marine's only instruments are the fir
ing of torpedoes. '
"Those who demand that Germany
should conduct the war according 10
rules laid down by some academic
professor, expect Germany either to
endanger her submarines or to give
up this warfare, which means the
weakening of Germany in the interest
of her enemy. This Is not neutrality
but partisanship against Germany.
"We know today that (he passen
gers (of the Lusltanla) could huAi.
been saved, but that they were mvt
lected. Germany regrets their death,
but she has a clean conscience and lias
no reason to disapprove of the con
duct of the submarine command -r.
"President. Wilson considers, the
further torpedoing of their warehl;
carrying American passengers a .lo
llberately unfriendly act. While Ger
many always is glad to respect Amer
ican friendship, she has conceded
everything that can be concede! One
bit more would bs considered humil
iating by Germany, whose armies
have been victorious upon alt the bat
tlefields in the east and In the west."
The Tagllehe Rundschau and the
Krunx Bettung similarly declare thit
the American note calls for the most
decided opposition and that It requires
Great Britain to show at least an
equal respect for the spirit of Interna
tional Taw as the president demands
from Germany.
The Tageblatt says:
The note shows clearly . that the
American government cares more for
the crippling of our submarine war
than for the safeguarding of American
lives. The United States must realise
that to change our submarine warfrre
la out of the question. The note
prove that pro-British Influence h-it
gained an upper hand In Presldtnt
Wilson's circle. We hope thei com
mon sens of the American people
will prevent cltliene from serving si
protection for English munition
ships." .
JULY 26, 1915.
FIGHTING FOR WARS AW
SHIFTS FROM SOUTH AS
VONMACKENSEN HALTS
Great Britain Fails to
Heed U. S. Protests In
, Belated Reply to Note
Washington, July 26. Great Bri
tain's reply to the American note of
March 80 protesting against the en
forcement of the British orclers-in-councll
which restrict neutral com
merce was received today. Th; reply
holds that the orders-in-eouncll vre
within international law, although
they Involve new application of prin
ciples, and argues that they may pron
erly await juillchxl Interpretation. The
new note contends in courteous lan
guage tat the acts based on the or-aers-in-council
are justified In decis
Calle's Carranza Army
Apparently Preparing
To Defy
Walihlngton, July 28. Major Gen
eral Fnnstnn has reported that de
spite warnings to Carranza and the
hitter's assurances that there will be
no fighting at border towns which
might endanger the lives of Ameri
cans, General Calles, with 2,000 Car
MOTOR CARS FOR RURAL
L CARRIERS, IS
Postmaster General Orders the
Elimination of Bicycle
and Motorcycles.
(By PARKEK AXBKRSON)
Washington, July 26. Postmaster
General Burleson Issued an order Sat
urday prohibiting the use of bicycles
and motrcycles In the rural delivery
service after January 1 next. Mr. Bur
leson Bays after that . date . carriers
must use automobiles instead of mo
torcycles and bicycles.
According to an official statement
given out at the department there are
approximately 8,000 routes upon
which bicycles and Motorcycles are
used to carry the mails. It is held by
the department that this type of vehi
cle does not have the carrying capa
city needed for the parcel poHt ser
vice. The elimination of this kind of
vehicle, the department says, will also
tend to equalize the working condi-l
using motorcycles are especially liable ) Z
to Injury which results In great ex-1
pense to the government since theij
passage of a law by congress authorlz-1
lng the government to pay for Injury I
and death to postal employes while on
duty.
Ensign P. G. Blasdel, IT, S. navy.
who is attached to the division of na
val militia affairs in the ncvy depart-!
ment will leave Washington July 27
on a tour of Inspection of the North
Carolina naval mllltla and to assist
the state authorities In the Installa
tion of a comprehensive and a proper
system for the accounting and care of
federal property loaned to the atate
of North Carolina for the use of naval
mmtla.
Ensign Blasdel will first confer with
Adjutant General Young at Raleigh
and will later accompany General
Young on an Inspection of the naval
mllltla at Newlernt Washington, Bel
haven, Hertford and fflUubeth City.
' Chief Yeoman Eiey will accompany
Ensign Blasdel on the trip and will bo
assigned for duty with the naval mlll
tla of North Carolina temporarily un
der the supervision of the Inspector
Instructor, Lieutenant E. H. Connor.
Yesterday afternoon at 1:11 o'clock
the fire department answered an
alarm at No. '61 Cllngman avenue
where a s'niall blase on the roof was
soon extinguished with small losa
tottozviner
Wnd
ions by the United States ' Supreme
court on oases arising during the w r
of the states.
There are many differences with the
ITnited States over what is termed the
new nppll"atlon of principles which
are held proper for judicial submis
sion. The receipt of the reply was nn-
noiinced by Secretary Lansing today.
It will lie sent at once to President
Wilson at Cornish, N. II., and will be
given out for publication fpr tho pa
pers Wednesday morning.
United States
ranza troops, has arrived' at Santa
Barbara, 20 miles from Nogales ami
apparently is preparing to attack the
border town.
General Funston .had been ordered
to repel with force any firing into
American territory.
TO
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Greensboro, July 26. The' chamber
of commerce is planning on a big
scaje for the banquet to be held here
August 4th, when Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo will be ( the .chief
speaker and honor guest. The occa
sion has been termed the Pan-American
banquet. In addition to Secretary
McAdoo, there will be a number of
short speeches by prominent men of
the state and possibly two or three
from out of the state. The supper
will be held in the State Normal and
Industrial college dining room. Invi.
tatlons have been sent to about 1,000
people and it is believed that nearly
all of these will be able to attend.
Mrs. B. J. Baldwin and Miss Addle
Baldwin of Paris, Tex., have arrived
at the Battery Park hotel. Mrs. Bald
win and Miss Baldwin visited here last
summer and are well known in this
city. ,
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Commercial depressions are caused by mental suspense
Fear and mental suspense among business men come
from decreased business. .'
Decreased business comes
purchases.
This country established for five centuries isn't go- X
ing to the bow-wows in a day nor in a decade. ' $
Show you've got mornl courage, backbone, faith in 5
your country, your fellowmen and yourself and BUY
NOW instead o f hesitating and help business pick up.
Then there will be more smiles and sunshine.
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This la the time of all timea for. the V. H. A.
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dollars. Pea business talk on page 4.
WEATHER FORECAST.
PRICE 2 CENTS p'
German Field Marshall Unable ;
to Advance in South Poland
to Join Army in the
North.
RUSSIAN STILL HOLDING
TO LUBLIN RAILROAD
Germans Are Within 25 MJea
of Warsaw One Place and
12 Miles Another by
Late Success.
London, July 26. The fight
ing for Warsaw "has shifted
from the south, where Field
Marshall von Mackensen has -been
unable to advance toward
the norht, where the Germans
have crossed the Narew river
along the border front,
Petrograd has not admitted
the German success at Ostro
lenka, the fortress from which
radiates three useful strategic
railways which are apparently
still in the control of the Rus
sians, although they are being
attacked from Pultusk. There
is no fighting by the Germans
at points south of Ostrolenka.
The latest German success
has brought the invaders
within twenty-five miles of
north Warsaw but the Polish
capital has two lines of defense .
along the Mug river. To the
south the Germans are atack
ing the defense lines near Pits
eczno, which is within twelve
miles of Warsaw.
The Russians have with
drawn all men and materials -for
the manufacture of muni
tions from Warsaw.
The stubborn hold of the
Russians on the Lublin-Chelm
railroad continues. Teh Austro-
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