Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1915, Page 1

‘ EIGHT PARTS . INCLUDING . Star’s Sunday Magazine And Colored Comic Section No. 538.—No. 20,024. DEATH TOLL OF 1,000 FIGURES OF CORONER IN CHICAGO DISAS ‘Work of Rescue and Recovery of Bodies From Excursion Boat Goes On Through Night. ALL THE STEAMER OFFICIALS ARE ORDERED UNDER ARRES Thrilling Tales of Heroism—Electrical Company's Employes Turn Their Talents to Account—A Baby Found Alive and Alene. : ‘ UNDER MOTOR CAR John L. Yoeckel Is Killed and Three Persons Are Injured in Wreck. CAR CRUMPLES IN ROAD, PLUNGES INTO DITCH Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Piper and Miss Lulu A. McNally Thrown From Machine, Hurled from an automobile on the Rockville and Barnestown road, eight miles the other side of Rockville, Md., shortly before 8 o'clock last night, one person was killed and three others were injured. The dead man: John L. Yoeckel, 647 East Capitol street, a quarterman at the United States navy yard. The injured: Frederick Piper, 13 6th street north- east, examiner at the bureau of pen- sions. ‘Mrs. Frederick Piper. Miss Lulu A. McNally, 13 6th street northeast, teacher at the James Or- mond Wilson School. Auto Falls on Driver. The automobile fell upon John L. Yoeckel as it overturned and instant- ly killed him. Mrs. Piper received injuries which necessitated treatment at Providence Hospital Mr. Piper was shaken up and slight- ly_ injured, ‘while McNally ap- Peared to suffer from the shock of the accident, It was stated at the hospital last Piper's condition was CLEVELAND, July 24.—A German, twenty-five years old, whose name the authorities refused to divulge, was ar- rested tonight on a charge of suspicion in connection with an alleged plot to blow up the plants of the American Steel and Wire Company, the Peerless Motor Car Company and the White Company. His arrest followed nearly a week of investigation by federal and local authorities. Two of the men’s fellow-employes charge that he told them of an elabo- rate plan to blow up the plants by means of nitroglycerin bombs to be dropped from great box kites. He is quoted as saying he could do it and that he would “get big money for doing it Search Reveals Nothing. He denied tonight that he has any knowledge of explosives and declared “If it could any one hie | CHICAGO, July 24.—The death roll of the steel excursion steam- er Eastland, which capsized in the Chicago river today, will be in night that’ Mrs the neighborhood of 1,000 persons, mostly women and children, pepronsd = Herd hus and res taken te according to an estimate made by Coroner Hoffman at 11 o’clock| Miss MeNalley. accompanied by friends, tonight. The machine was the Droperty of Mr. As the coroner expressed it, he hoped the total dead would not Piper and Mins McNelly to ride yester: exceed 1,000, although at 8 o’clock in the evening he had estimated yond Rockville and wore, Seite way ihe number of dead at 1,500. eae ren te Acute temas sant i What caused the machine to, turn. over HEROISM OF ELECTRICIANS. A d employed near the scene i C d hligh! ee th said that just before the autonrobile With ten high-powere searchlig! ts playing over the scene oe aa ane ie agen ead the tragedy from roofs of neighboring buildings, and the inside of| side hard enough to throw out Mr. and 3 ayes a 2 z Mrs, Piper and Miss McNally. ; the ill-fated steamer illuminated with electric bulbs, the hunt for : aa 2 the bodies. continuéd tonight, the hazardous task of stringing the) _.. ag u 4 electric light wires inside the wreck having been accomplished: by | sige, mz: twenty or more electricians. in thé-employ of the Western Electric Ap: Company, fellow-employes of the dead, who started yesterday] Yoeckel was dead. b morning with 7,500 employes of the company in all on the big annual borg eae Bi Macaon at Sgotors: excursion of the corporation. nF ee et Behe! Coroner Hoffman announced late tonight that he had ordered the | sician 4 Bt, salaries ‘of £B6. arsest-obevery officiat of the Indiana ‘Tratisportation Conipany, which[ety leased the Eastland. No individuals were mentioned in the corotter’s ne ‘Gedite fafbrination go fo the erst announcement. x 2 P: Sop ae the Fechine was canning The 2d Regiment armory is being used as a morgue. At id 2 <frimed,. syne received fuforma- o'clock tonight the number of bodies in the. morgue, according te ae a official count, was 842. While others were added later, there was| nd instantly overturn some duplication, it was discovered. The ‘coroner ‘said: that ‘any| Three Hurt in Second Accident. ies ii ii ive? Il of Slipping over an embankment on the eS in addition to the 842 were in the river jor the hull of ‘the - go opts leap ane ars steamer. aiege. ( : tomoBile owned and operated by George At the armory the bodies were laid in rows of eighty-five, across | W- eee, eaten strorhey: 4700. 13th oe we =. _ | street 1 seriousi: the whole length of the building. Revised figures showed 176 Dodies | fa jeroainercmaniioy: nis rite eimeaere had been identified. Of 114 partially identified bodies 47 were men, | Gelin, at 8:80 o'clock last night. z Mr. Ramsey attempted to pass an- 48 women, 7 boys and 12 girls. ’ other automobile. He drove too near the edge of the road, MORGUE STORMED BY RELATIVES. whecl went down tho enfoankment and : . E the car upset. 5 The armory, situated in a thickly part of the west side, was SUI! yr, Ramsey's right arm was broken, rounded all night by a great throng. Most of the victims were resi-|Mrs. Ramsey was-hurt on the knee and dents of the west side, and nearly every elevated train bound for the pep eee pers thes tise The ae section tonight carried its group of weeping men and women. Until Tiel injuries” were given ‘medical and 5 5 5 = n utc! . ; 10 o'clock tonight no one was admitted to the armory. Accordingly, | iictys Ae poesia Me: thousands formed in line hours before the great doors were opened, | #ge¢. ae z é a Mr. Ramsey, whose offices are 700 awaiting a chance to seek trace of kin and friends believed lost. aoth qitreet northwest, last night de- Members of the crowd waiting outside the armory stormed the ing. he was suffering eee ess doors late tonight and the police were forced’ to use their clubs to SSS drive them back. Several persons were injured, it was said. BOMB PLOT iS ALLEGED Kolin avenue, a homely west side street, was an avenue of mourning tonight. For blocks there was hardly a house which ‘had not felt directly the shock of the disaster, for many of its residents| Young German Arrested in Connec- were employes of the Western Electric Company. One large house,| tion With Conspiracy to Destroy in which dwelt two families of workers in the factory, was without a iti s light tonight, and neighbors said that every resident - of the place was| « dead. Harbor police stretched a net across the river at the Wells Street bridge in the hope of catching bodies carried with the current. HAD 2,500 ABOARD. The Eastland went down in the Chicago river shortly before 8 o'clock this morning, with 2,500 passengers aboard, employes of the Western Electric Company and their relatives and friends. They were about to start on an excursion across Lake Michigan, and without warning the ship rolled over on its side in twenty-five feet of water, within five minutes after it first began to list. The sides of the ship were cut open by electro-magnetic drills to admit of the taking out of the bodies. Several persons were taken out of the cabins alive, among them a baby. \ . SCENE OF MADDENED . PANIC) ssc reetsmercnret, sono CHICAGO, July 24.—The cause of the}on entering shallow lake harbors, so| ‘i2& indicating that he intended car- Capsizing of the steamer Eastland had|S0me investigators are working on © Ho'ls ‘being “held pending further in: not been determined tonight, but fed-| shoory tues the ballast tanks were not| vestigation | the alleged e firs Se ER eee eMcers were con-| one wide of the decks catacd Itca vent plot was given “to feagrat authorities jucting: invest ions «to determine e man’s fellow-employes raietiiec! Uirellatial warm| tape Beaeel foes eo ouesic iste dkten egimenceomen|n ee faulty designing, was improperly bal-|and childr. t y RALIPIANS TO tasted or was poorly handled in warp-| Clark street dock early ‘tosay_to an] 40,000 GALICIANS TO GO ing from the whart. five large lake steamers with holiday P Marine architects asserted that the| Mitin IP Sti to Michigan City. | The BACK TO HOMES SOON Eastland was faulty in design, that the| from Lake Erie, after an unsatisfee:| LONDON, 1 tup deck had been removed because of | tory career, was the first to be loaded. | e075 zuric Sirs gre enter dispatch the tendency of the ship to list, and Lo to the Teoea'ty ich says that es ler a decree ais maied ta ths panties te jaded Limit. lssued by the Austrian minister of the ship had been unevenly, or insumficient-| Rain began to fall as the wharf super-|(Dterer, 40,000 Galicians, who. have ly dallasted. The Eastland used water intendent iffted the gangplanks from|take” to' Avg!” Nacna” within’ theos ballast, so that it could pump out some (Continued on Eleventh Page.) ‘weeks. CRUSHED 10 DEATH | WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1915° JUST LOOKING THINGS OVER. PRESIDENT PLUNGES INTO VACATION WORK ‘Bock at Cornish Summer Home, He Immediately Takes Up Execu- tive Business. CORNISH? H., July 24.—Freed from the minor worries incident to his offi- etal life in Washington, President Wil- Words of Bessie Stripling, Will Release Her Father. MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga., July 24.—The Plea of .a- six-year-old child to Gov. Harris today won a promise of free- gon settled down here teday to a period! dom for Thomas Edgar Stripling, who ef hard work on a group of subjects which he has desired to study for: ssumte time. He arrived at Harlakenden House this afternoon for an indefinite stay. The reports from Secretary Gar- rizon and Secretary Daniels on national @efense, which the President has re- quested them to prepare for him, will not be placed before him until his return to Washington, but he plans to give preliminary consideration to the subject while here. His ultimate ob- ject is to get material for incorporation in his next message to Congress. Beyond confirmation of the fact that the President had asked for the reports from Mr. Garrison and Mr. Daniels nothing on the subject of national de- fense was forthcoming from the Presi- dent's summer quarters tonight. Mr. Wilson brought with him data on the Mexican question, and next week probably he will receive from Secretary Lansing the draft of the note to Great Britain protesting against interference with commerce between the United States and neutral nations abroad which has been under preparation for some time. ‘Wants Chance to Work. The President's object in coming here at this time was described by him today in speaking to an admirer at a station on the way. not expecting a vacation,” he ut am coming to Cornish for uninterrupted opportunity for work.” It was not generally known that the President was en route to Cornish, but as he neared his Journey's end he went to the rear platform of his private car at every stop and shook hands with the few persons gathered to see him. He looked tired and careworn. ‘At Windsor, Vt., where the President alighted from his car, virtually the en- tire population was out to welcome him back. Accompanied by Francis B. Sayre, his son-in-law, he was driven immediately to Harlakenden house, and almost at once settled down to work. ANNAPOLIS PROBE IS ENDED. Court of Inquiry Completes Its Work and Adjourns. ANNAPOLIS, Md., July 24.—The court of inquiry which has been investigating irregularities in examinations at the Na- val Academy since June 7 campleted its work and adjourned today. Its findings and recommendations to the Navy De- partment will be reviewed by the judge advocate general, who will later turn them over to the head of the bureau of navigation. The head of this department will review the findings and formulate his recommendations to Secretary Dan- fels of the Navy Department, who in turn will lay the whole matter before President Wilson. ULTIMATUM TO SERBS FORWARDED YEAR AGO LONDON, July 24.—Today was the an- niversary of Austria's ultimatum to Serbia, which so soon was followed by the great war, The Serbian army has been heard little of for several months, but it would cause no surprise if some- thing developed soon along this front with the Serbian forces. was arrested in Danville, Va, in 1911, where he was chief of poliee, and re- turned here to spend his life-in prison for murder after ‘he had escaped from Jail, fourteen years before, while await- ing transfer to the Georgia prison farm. Learning that the governor would visit the prison today, Bessie Lucile, Stripling’s little daughter, obtained permission to be present and make her appeal. “Mr. Governor, won't you please turn my papa loose,” she pleaded. “He is sick and there is nobody home to work for us. Please turn him loose, Mr. Governor.” Gov. Harris, visibly affected by the childish plea, patted her on the head and replied: Child Bears News to Father. “Little girl, Sun and tell your papa that I'm going to turn him out of here. -Tell him that I am going to pardon him.” Later, after the prisoner's daughter had told him of the decision, the gov- ernor himself visited Stripling. He did not announce the date the pardon would be given. Stripling was known as R, E. Morris in Danville, where he was prominent. Four years ago he was recognized by a former acquaintance. He admitted his identity and voluntarily returned to this state, where he had been con- wicted of shooting W. J. Cornett in 1897. 3 Two othér governors have refused clemency pieas’in behalf of Stripling. He is said to be in ill health. BATES’ BODY RECOVERED. Lusitania Victim’s Remains ‘Washed Ashore on Irish Coast. QUEENSTOWN, July 24.—A body washed ashore at Kiloolgan: gateway on the Irish coast has been identified from documents found in the coat pocket and from the name on the linen as that of Linden Bates, jr., an American victim of the sinking. of the Lusitania. A body recently washed ashore in County Limerick, Ireland, was at first bel'eved to be that of Lindon W. Bates, j son of Lindon W. Bates, vice chair- man of the commission for relief in Bel- gium, but later messages received by j the family in this country said the body had been ,buried as that of another Lusitania victim. The effects found on the body, however, were sent to London for closer examination. TEN AMERICANS ON TUSCANIA. Anchor Liner Sails for Glasgow With 143 Passengers. NEW YORK, July 24.—With 143 pas- sengers aboard, including ten Americans, the Anchor liner Tuscania sailed today for Glasgow. Just before he sailed Capt. Peter McLean announced that after pass- ing Sandy Hook drilling will begin in which the passengers, especially the women, will be taught how to get into lifeboats in case of emergency. Other steamers that sailed today for European ports with large passenger lists were the American liner New York |for Liverpool, La Touraine for Bordeaux, ‘Nieuw Amsterdam for Rotterdam, An- cona for Naples and Bergensfjord for Bergen. ‘The ‘New York had 592 passengers, of whom-more than 100 are Americans. PARDON FOR MURDERER OIL COMPANY REJECTS WON BY CHILD'S PLEA) DEMANDS OF STRIKERS Georgia's Governor, Affected by| Bayonne Leaders Call Meeting and “Work Monday. NEW YORK, July 24—The Bayonne/}cannon and machine guns and great -quntities of material, it ofl strikers were notified late tonight by officials of the Standard, Oil Com- pany of New Jersey that the company would not accede to the modified de- mands of the strikers. Thé strikers immediately called a meeting and decided not to return to work Monday. The strikers offered to accept a 15 Per cent increase in wages with a fifty- hour week, or to return to work Mon- day morning, leaving the several points under discussion to be decided by & board of arbitration, that would later be appointed. The proposed board of arbitration was to be composed of a committee of two of the strikers and a committee of two representing the of] company, the fifth man or umpire, to be selected py both committees, if possible, or in ease of a deadlock by Gov. Fielder. The only disorder of the day oc- cufred late today, when a crowd of 400 men attacked Max Leltzer, a re- tired United States Army soldier, mis- taking him for a guard. A riot call brought the boulevard motor cycle policemen, who wielded their clubs, putting the disturbers to flight. Bridgeport Strike Settlea. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 24.—With the ratification tonight by the machin- ists of the agreement reached between the labor leaders and the Remington Arms and Ammunition Company and the Stewart Construction Company, the strike at the arms company’s plants virtually came to an end tonight, and the men will be back at work Monday morning. The structural tronworkers took similar action during the day. ‘The agreement provides for a regular weekly working schedule of forty- eight hours for both day and night shifts. beginning August 1, any time worked in excess of these haurs to be regarded as overtime, for which extra pay will be given. All employes who were involved in the trouble are to be taken back, and the pay will not be less than was in vogue prior to the trouble. —_——__.-__ BENEFIT ARTILLERYMEN. Hikes at Tobyhanna Camp Prove of Advantage. TOBYHANNA, Pa, July 24.—The hikes of the batteries through the country, covering a period of three days and for which the soldiers are equipped as though on a long march, are proving specially beneficial to the men at the U. 8. artillery camp here. A battalion of marines from Annapo- lis, Md., is due at the camp Bhortly. It will comprise nearly 300 officers and Between 8,000 and 9,000 men, men. it is estimated, will have received special instructions when the camp, which {s under command of Col. C. T. Menaxer, finally closes. TAGGART FIGHTS INDICTMENT. Attorney Argues Motion to Quash Before Special Judge. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 24.—Argu- ments on a motion to quash the indict- ment charging Thomas Taggart, Mayor Joseph E. Bell and more than 100 others with election frauds were heard in criminal court here today. Attorneys for the defense contend that the indictment is faulty and re- lates no facts sufficient to constitute ffense. *Bpectal Judge Eichhorn said he would announce. bia decision in a few WEATHER. Fair today and Monday, with moé- erate winas. temperature; light easterly Temperature past twenty-four hours: High, 81, at 4 p.m. yesterday; low, 60, at 6 a.m. yesterday. The Sunday Star. FIVE CENTS. FIFTH RUSSIAN ARMY SCATTERED AT SHAVEI; WO FORTRESSES FALL Germans Storm Rozan and Pultusk. Hew Their Way Across the Narew. | KAISER CLOSES IN ON WARSAW; CZAR’S MEN HOLD NEAR LUBLIN Slavs Hurled Over the Vistula Northwest of Ivangorod: Severest Ba‘tle Is About to Begin, Says Teuton Correspondent. LONDON, July 24.—Further breaches in the defenses of War- saw are claimed in the latest official statement from German army headquarters... Teutonic troops ate closing in on the Polish capital both from the north and the south. z Gen. von Gallwitz’s army has stormed the Russian fortresses of Rozan and Pultusk. German troops have fought their way across the Narew between these places and already are in force on the south bank, Berlin declares. Further to the north the Germans are advancing toward the river, along which the Russians have made their stand to the northeast of the city. To the southeast also the drive on Warsaw is making headway. Northwest of the fortress of Ivangorod, at which the Germans are hammerit the Vistul , the Russians are declared to have been thrown across from Kozienica as far as the mouth of the Pilica, while the attacking forces have worked closer to the fortress itself on the west front. Apparently the Russian lines where the Austro;Germans toad. y = In the Baltic campaign, are still holding south,of Lublin, are struggling for possession of the rail- the Berlin-war office announces that Gen: von Buelow’s army has defeated the 5th Russian Army near Shavli. Ten days’ continuous fi ighting and marching resulted in the defeat and dispersal of the Russtan forces, with-the capture of many Claimed. 1s The Austro-German armies seem unable to force the Russians from the important positions to the immediate west of Warsaw and from the line along the Lublin-Chelm railway. The German people are expecting a decisive battle on the Rus- sian front, the result of which may decide the war. Within ten days the Austro-Germans have made 120,000 prisoners, according to Ber- lin. Warsaw Abandonment Nearer. By the most recent victories in north- ern Poland and north of the Polish capital they have tightened their grip on Warsaw and military critics say that the abandonment of Warsaw by the Russians again becomes more probable. The German crossing of the Narew river north of Warsaw was accomplish- ed after weeks of battering and they now have a considerable weight of men on the south bank of that river be- tween the fortresses of Rozan and Pultusk, which a Berlin official state- ment describes as having been “stormed irresistibly.” The communication, however, does not state whether the fortresses capitulated. The fight in southern Courland, ac- cording to German claims, has resulted in something akin to a crushing vic- tory such as was familiar in wars of former years, Gen. von Buelow’s forces having cut off the Russian retreat and delivered a body blow. It is stated that the Germans cut up the retiring troops badly. Holding Warsaw Front. That the Russians are holding the immediate Warsaw front ts plainly evidenced by a German official state- ment, which refers to only minor operations in this area and tells of a comparatively insignificant number of prisoners taxen. Military critics say this indicates that there have been no serious attacks on either side, which probably means that the Germans are dug in, waiting reinforcements and some favorable circumstances, while the Russians, from their strongholds, are risking nothing in counter attacks. The report of the investment of Ivangorod is now patently erroneous, as the Germans speak of attacks west of the city, and, though claiming that they hurled the Russians across the Vistula to the northwest of the city, do not contend that tteir forces ob- tained a foothold on the eastern bank. Biggest Battle Impends. Reuter’s Amsterdam correspondent sends the following received from Berlin: “The war correspondent of the Lok Anzeiger on the eastern front tele- graphs the warning that ‘while the Russians are being continually pressed back along the entire front it cannot be concealed that only now the severest battle is about to begin, and we must now see how far we have succeeded in breaking down the strong hostile armies. ““The battle for the Russian central positions may be of an extremely vary. ing character,’ continues the An- zelger’s correspondent. ‘The Teutonic allies are aware of that, but the battle also may end in the breakdown of the enemy.” German Dead Carpet i Field as Troops Try to Rout the French PARIS, July 24.—The slopes of Little Reichacker Kopf and smaller peaks east of Metzeral are carpeted with dead and wounded, the result of savage Ger- man attempts to retake the French po- sitions on the heights. Official dispatches this afternoon said that the Germans are attacking at in- tervals of two hours. When one charge is stopped by the French, the German line is reformed at the foot of the hill, the gaps made by French ma- chine guns filled with fresh troops and after a short period of rest the enemy again dashes up the heights. The offi- cial communique said that all attacks thus far have been repulsed. Bombardment of the French positions around Souchez, Rheims and Soissons continues. The German crown prince's army is reported to be preparing for fresh attacks around Verdun. BRITISH TO VOICE DETERMINATION TO PRESS WAR UNSWERVINGLY LONDON, July 24.—The anniversary of Great Britain's declaration of war on Germany, August 4, will be marked throughout the empire by reaffirmation of the determination of the British peo-: ples to continue the struggle unswerv- ingly. The pledge will be embodied in the following resolution, approved by Premier Asquith: “That on this anniversary of the dec- laration of a righteous war this meet- ing of citizens of records its inflexible determination to continue to a victorious end the struggle for the maintenance of those ideais of liberty and justice which are the common and sacred cause of the allies.” Meetings have been arranged through- out the empire at which the resolution will be put. Members of the cabinet and of parliament and other public officials are co-operating in the ar- rangements, and the dominions and colonies are all joining in the move- ment. BRITISH REOCCUPY SHEIKH OTHMAN, EXPELLING TURKS IN SOUTH ARABIA LONDON, July 24.—There has been further fighting in southern Arabia, where British and Turkish forces have been skirmishing for some time, accord- ing to a British official statement issued today claiming a success. The state-| ment follows: “Sheikh Othman, which in the with- drawal of our troops to Aden had been temporarily abandoned, was reoccupied Wednesday. The Turks were easily ex- pelled and were pursued for five miles. Sheikh Othman is now securely held an the civil population is fast returni The Turks are still near Lahej, but are said to be ee sickness. “Our total casualt im the affair of a », ‘