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BIWI OWPUN^fite EVERY GUILTY PARTY
wifbtB'gnjiih lMiaribre4« w«nt to 4eatk
detpite Mwrr rfort at rtaeae.
Ofi«’ «fot&er sr»«{)ed her two «l^>
dr^. in iwr ttnas m Ae «lipp*d fron
the utM^r into the mteti Ota e)i3M
«rM Itiiea hom her but the' and
otliM /w«re saved. Fathers we»
droiv&«d after aidiiiK their wives and
jchiidran to safety.
tJae Maa aa LaiUer.
Fint it was a Ksily drew^ |
Im teens iriio.hi^ been eaoght
a pile chairs and a cabin
Next it was a slii^t boy, faUi-
om the li^eae anb» of a fo'id
who ;h^ eianc to bis pffr
even in dea^; .^^ii ioUowed
woman, yiho bad gone aboard
ip to watch the youthful pieas-
if her graiidchi](^en« or a little'
(I. S. ViLLItaATilW illE
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Note to Germany Pre^es Hoiii That Rrpetitioa
Will Be Regarded as Uzi^iendly Act
Numerous Theories Advanced to Account for the Accident;
F»uitv Construc»ionwMlced By Some as Cause. Deniett
tty Own««and lfi«i>eet(R«; Ara.itect Dedares^
land Was Not a Boat
Oil« man was swn to cling to « i^^pMth bare legs and bootees with
spike in the side of the whaii' n^ile |^i^,^bons sodden against the lace oi
two women and three ehildjren
sf^ppAd vpo4 his body as on a Isd-
d«r, to safety. He fell exhausted into
the^riw as the last on» of the five
reaetied the pier.
Instances of heroism were almost
'l^oliday gown.
Baby Found Aiive.
thrill passed through the crowd
M came from the steamer that
a 1^1 baby had been foiuid alive
the hundreds of dead in tlie
The child was discovered in a
ird state room where she had
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE CLAIM
OF EXPEDIENCY
Rights of NeutraJs in Time of War are Barred
on PrincipKs, Says Note, and If a BeiUserent
' A# 11 & ib A L ^
Paa*»gcn, Mwtly «f career, was the first ta as nuroewus as the number of poi--
' me> and QiiQdrea. Oiwweed on the scene. Bonta as soon as
a Few Feet of Whmtf tt CUcago.^ Aboard. T“H. twt rescned passengers to the fi^Jield from the water by s chairj
' ‘ Rain began to fall as the wharf wharf or to the steamer Theodore d^^^ammed against the berth. The '
superintendents lifted the gang planks Roosevelt, which was held up oppo> ]^i
continued
831 Bodies, Be««vered; SearehUghta
.Aid Worlc—Several Perwise IVtkea
AKve Fren tiie CaMiu tf the Ship
Afl« it Hadi Lain on lit SUe For
Fwir Hours; Many More Bodisa
' Said to be ia Hull of Veaeei; Marine
Architects Dedaie Ship Was Fan«y
■ in DeaSgB-'
Chicago, July 24,—More than one
thonsand persons, possibly 1,300, most
of them woinen and children, were
drowned today wi&in a few feet of
land by the eapsiiing of the steel
steamer Eastland as it was about to
leave its wharf in the Chicago river
witli 3,600 relative* tud friends of
eui^ojes ^ tiie WesteAi EtMtric
Cutkfamr,
Lake MicMgBn; The liiJp tolled wr
from the vessel, declaring that the sit* the Sastland.
government limit of 2,500 passengers In an hour the water was cleared be
'had been reached. White dresses of excursionists. Those who had not
Ifeeped from raincoats along the been taken to land had sunk or were
^om raila as those aboard waved swirling down the river towards the
£:i)ed-bye to friends on shore who drainage canal locks st Lockport, 11).,
were waiting to board the steamer many miles away. Th» locks were
^eodore Roosevelt and other vessels, raised to stop the cunrent and ar-
Then the passengers swarmed t/> rangetnents were made to take bod'
the left side of the ship, as the other ie4 from the river along tltec. eoma«.,
steamers drew up the river towards throegh the southwest jw'rt'
the wharf. A tng was hitched to the cago. ' ’
only half awakened as it wasj^^g CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOK SO-
to land. Its mother couid not: ce^y CHATHAM FRIENDS’
^ "** I CHRUCH ENTERTAIN.
1^0 women were found alive in ;
anallier state room in a protruding
the Eastland, but that ended
tirtfopes that any number had es- So^.ty of Ch,»-
CM>« to»th in the trap. Jt.ere were ““ Church deiightfuUy entsr-
sjim aOO persons in the hold when ‘“'"“I Vounf people
tlffW titfee txsrspns were taken out
«iitd '^e; ^sples^n oi^.tbe hull
^-that. all were dMd.
on its side in twenty-feei of ^t«r „> startling that many paasengers pier end the capsSsed ship
within (I've minute* aftbr it oegan to ■ joined the large concoursc already on
at the home of Mr. Charlie Newlin,
from 7:30 to 10:30,
The firsc feature of Ae piog^ta
was "a Biblical Contest,” given orally
by Mr. C’jrtis Newiin.
The prize, which was a beautiful
bunch of roses, was won by tite Sf r.
Mrs. Ada Lee, of Greensboro, Next
Identification was slow and scenes ^Khile music w»* rendered by Mias
^ . ... . ' tile river »*en the *teanier:f-o„‘iv^ -j.ii,,. ♦„ *w-
tn# was moored as a bridge between . . „ . „ ■ . “* “ “® sitting «»««:
eapsizcd. Mothers fell across the where they were given instructions, as
„ , , 1 j • 'TOris of tagging the bodies of the
EasU^d, ropes were o«lered cast off . shortly after the water was cleared accessible
and tiie stumer enguies ctty t^^en, ship engineers and help- identification proceeded all
hura. The Elastland had not budged, were on the exposed side of the
however. Eastlsnd's hull, cutting through its
. iMtowi, the heavily laden ship ^eer jiktes vrith ps ftwaes; Divers
l«ai(iHg fttrt wMie'liatfii^ int« tiftdeiilrat^’mits;
wards the rfvor bank. The lurch wss
wm SHIP GIVES 17
820 BODIES
EsUnated Tatid tf Theee Who Pcridi^
' ed SeawlM at Apt«KdiHUdy MfPt
—1,072 Are Reported Safe^
Of 388 RemiaUlig VnaccouBted far
It ia Believed 4M Are Alive ;and
That IM Badie* Are StitI in the
River; H«9e For Safety of Loved
Oaea Still in Hearts of' Many.
PUNS FOR DEFENSIVE
list.
Coroner's physician Springer to
night declared that, I,SOO persons
were killed, while other estimates ran
its high as 2,000, but these did not
the river side of the decks.
The ehip never heeled back.
It
WareheoM as MorgaM,
As' the divers gained entrance to
agree ■with the. staterxjrt.-.that not falling. Th* w&ole tsrgo was in»-
titore than 2,500 pasaengere were on
bMrd th^; ^sel. Ddiw^ jthe iay
t^ .Mier ;rci« .Mcea irvei
ovetternte- sfyj^ si^;w4ri»'
cut open witli gas flames to idnut
divert.
■. Several persons were talcen from
the cabins of the ship aJfter it nad
Iain on its side in rirer tor tin
■lamts, bnt the 800 o^ers aaid to be in
tte IkisU axe sll
' #e«i^ Aid «r SearrikB^ii^
.. ^ari of seai>dinghta to-
itNires of men wori^' in th*
hoU of tfce- vessels to )fe!ROve the
bodies. The steamer lay on the bot^
tcitB of the Ti««r,'one side protruding
like *• m^WDdent \o the handles' ‘t
itii drowned as 'it VstmA ot«& '
invesjjSrtSitM''''' &
'irbetHer'. froin
'faidty ^fts^i'air,' Ws't:^r^artir bil.^
lasted cer wm poerly fcanaieiflrf w^-
ii^ fi-om t2te wh^.
Mariite ^^hitects asserted thart the
W|M,^clty in def^Q,
the top deck had bacj^^.remove^ Ite-
,««use of the tendency of the s^ to
)ist and also poiid^ to the
tiie.ship had been uMveiUy, or
iimtfficintly bailasted. The. Eastland
ased water ballast, so ^t it e««ld
j>saixf dot some oa eotering: shallow
ii&e harl)ors, so some inyestsgators
are woridpg * tbe^y. that tlw bal
led tanks Were not jUM and,tiie mah-
ing of pasMngers-to one side of the
i4ecks caused it .to_ F*Ji
Under misty skies, 7,000 men, wo-
]»en ao^ t^ildi^i weftded thotr /wy
% the 'fl^,ftp|eV .dofik ^^ly ^toi^jl
to ill five 1«^ steano*^
Wid«y lai^ in.» inp U p.
Tlkp ftMktwr Bxatiud, braigiit
to intfL Lake after •»
the halt ^ scene of distress moved
turned slowly but stea^Iy toward it. j^e river to
left side. CMldreu clutcl>ed the skirts e««vori»ed morgues. Ware
houses of Wholesale companies alor>g
tKk rivei^wtefe thrown open and bod
ies were placed in rows on the floors.
biers of children whom they had sent to how to meet their partners. After iPresidelit Ex-
av«y a few hour* before on what was jhe instruction, were completed, thej *® ** Sabmitted With Few
Uaya—UnpnKcdented Program.
ef motifsrs and •sifters to keep fron
pelled towards the falling side of the
ship. Water began to enter lower „ . . .
Scores of persons rescued from the
portholes and the hawser* tote out j
^ . water were utjured and thete were
‘the pij)»s ..L. .
tied;.-,-;'
Fel^w Exetinriatiists Bel^Seaa.
' Sraama fron passengers attracted
Ithe attwition «f feilow ezeoraioiiiste
the dock awaiting tlte next
WhMfinen and picnickers
Navy Plans Centcsspiste Fifty Sti>-
■urines. Several Battle CmisWs^ I
OreadBonghts, Big Increase in A«^»
iliary Fteei a^ Aircraft; Araur
Plans for Big laereaae.
■con llaed th* edge of the embuuc- ^ver wre gene^iy th* ttu&en vessel to determine’>"e that this should not be the last
TMKtdnc oat heletessly towards .^he uiiderlying e&l»es of the accident. Ps'-ty «‘ven by T»ie Christian Endeav-
the wavering ^»er. Oemcks on *:ows were taken to the ,»«•
For nearly five nunotes the ship side of the Eastland and marine engi- '
turned btfome it finally dived, under consterr,a- engaged to inspect the GARAGE AND MACHINE SHOP
tho awift ewwnt of the river which treacherous ship. FOB GRAHAM.
is due to ^ drainage canale. sfsiw tS^sieeident spread rapidly and to Ote Those in charge of the vario is
yhi^Ui 5pwa .?roni the l^ke. Ouruig )ji,m^nds already at or near the works of clearing up the toll of caa- ; Mr. Jonathan Thompson of Has?
the . mighty tunHtig . of the a(up with other thousands added them- ualties and deterir-ining the respon- River, who bought a lot on E.. Elm
: B^>ni^y^lif^^tc> ch«ira^^^^^. - street bridi^ near sibility for Ithe capsizing of the boat St., at the sale of the Whitsett prop-
,*nd :«««w loose .OB tic tonight'said that the endeayoT would erty a few weeks ago, broke dirt this
d^S'SliN>^ .4p*m ^e^^C!^^.oor3, ncces^r^f Jte slow be»as« of the morning for a new brSck Ixiilding
eim^nir F^saenvm t^w^^ tiw iiftlirr tft^lhhr fhi- large'iMiajber of persons-aboard the which will be M by 100 feet, one-
watnr. ^ «iam!anceK, - Eastiand w>d the diiScalty of gettinjr‘stoiy, and will be used for a garage
Pt^fea to w.t-ia • at thehnll of tJ»e stearaer. land machine shop, Mr. Tnoitipsoh
intended to i>e a day of pleasure. sskep into the hall, whore
Investigatiwis Started. they mat their partners and returned
Federal Ju4||v LJa.ndie ordered k to the parlor for "the dime contest.”
grand jury, empanellod to investigate The prize, u box uf chocolate sandy,
the cataistrophe; States Attorney was awiirdeti to Mr. Ben Nicholson
Hoyne prepared a county grand jury and Miss Jennie Newiin.
inquiry; Coroner Hoffman selected a f'oiiowing thin we were enjoyab'.y
f^ury to. look into the cause of the amused by a comical recitation,given
to vASeh-the vessel was , '11- k'«* deaths; thf police arrested all the by Miss Nettie Lewis. Last, but not Governor Whitmnu throws cold.:M-
: -.T in’fif the” ^ w in* * fhl! oiBc3«»«f tl|» EastUuid sad the health least, we were invited into the dining “r o** the latest "confetsions" Itt lia
. ^ commiasiejim'a.arranged- to purify the room, where two tables were bounti- Bsdt-er caae, and If Becker fails
drsn and a fow men who were burned
and crushed to death in the Iroquois
theatre, New Year’s eve, some years
ago.
Efforts to reseositate those takeis
river, f^ fear disea&e might be spread f^^lly loaded with delicious cream and to get a new court hearing oil
fby the presence of sa many bodies in cake, which we all greatly enjoyed. plea of newly discovered eviden^, it
the stream, i Al! went away declaring they had looks ae if the t^eclric cheir will jprb
Armngemeiits also were made »„ been pleasrfntly entertained and desir- Wm this week.
WHEAT IjPWARD WrTH
(IBSWNG
Reports That BUck Ruat Began
Atlaridng the Stena of Wk*»t in
South Dakota Cauacs Qiuek l|ife.
Then thM» was » plunge with a
Tyijfflta Are XMaed.
.s^h lf escaoinT from'the holi.* Business Cinen aent their automo- *** Recovered. « u « — - *—
aigh of air escaiang ^ spectators ready to aid and the wJurf At 9 o'clock tonight 831 bodies had ™**me snop for general work is very
with cryiag of c3uidr»t» and ^ ^ g ^ Bc«- here.-The Gieanct.
W„m«n and the shin was Mes ^ motor truck* to help «d the «“»ved to tiie Second Beg. .
'is a practical machinist and a good
They were laid in:
N0AIM1MNT
shrieka af womeii and the ship was -
the bottom of the river, casting injured and carry away the dead. One ^opr. , ,
«£ ilvjng creatures to the warohonse soon was fllied wiOi bod- °* aight.y-Sve, aaross the who.e THE WORKS HOLD IXITIATION
ies, and other dead were taken to the —
" Mnny «ank entangled with cloth- B^ment Annory,' a mile Keyised fibres showed 176 bodies On last Friday night, the Sigifla
W «»i bnndlU and did not rise, but '*W- had been identmed. Of lU partiaUy Oelta Sigma Charter of the Rby.if
lw»iU«d« cane to the surface, seiied' M^ybr William Haie Thompson was identifiod bodies 47 were men, 48 wo- Order of Works, Burlington, N. C.,
flo«ting diaira and otbtf objects. ^ foancisco and Chief of 'Pdice men, seven, boys and IZ girlfc iGagnaki Division held an initiation,
■ntoaa 0= shore thrsw oat ropes axti p- H. ll^ley also v?as out of toWn, but The armory, situated in a Ihickly
(fragged in those who cotild hold these' Mayor Moorhouse sent oat a settled part of the Wost Side, was
life Unes. Employes of commission *»»»* the .Sty display aigns of surrounded this evening by , a great
The following members having madr
themselves eligible were initiated in
due order. These are Miss Ii^ Hpit,'
UtaB along the liv^ threw crates, “>*>”!•'«. Fl*srs on public buildings throng.'* Most of the victims were!and Miss SadV Montgomery of Bnr-
^icke^-CMp*^ and other floatable ■- many lyesidentsof the West Side, jlington; U\r^- Elizabeth Craddock of
04«c« into the carr^ but Tmret of ^1* M«*»fing. It hoped to have the recovered |Houston, Va.; and Miss Peari C^J»t
were twe'^t %way by the strean. Baseball'games were poistponed and rtx»d«*all j^ory bp 10 o’clock!of Nashville, N, C. We ate prondli)
wkrti rans five an hour. ' festiyitfM iargeiy iSeased; -and.-sntil that tiim» no one was ad-,declare these as honored with ft^l,
‘ B-TfltiT p«rt cqt, tsga ruahed to the , *»se *h land WWW ’aispos-jniittad, A«c«rd»gly, thousands fbem- membership.
aeaM with jng of tht -Mi, injured arf 'mami. *«d Ip 1ji«y Iwwjo , before th«.,. great j After the initiationj ttife nW ttem-
fa»af mm «« di1r^‘ln ai« heart of iW (SwS^ ifciora. iM* oj>ewri,j^ w^ given an infonr^. Iwoqaefc
U»e.* «4 8jtw»inte «» ri»w *" be- which was enjoyed by
tlM . Witk
Decisive Action on Fronts Not Ex
pected to be Fousht in Few Days
Yet—Position Favors Ruwiam^
(zerir:r.s Claim to Hare Made Smw
I'i egress; Severe Fighting
ics Ml in Argons and in Vosfe^ ^
the Western Battle Front, But
oot Much Change,
WINGHIN
ctnf
.-'Hs
*Will Start Octobe 1 With Fmst
aid.
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