New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 24, 1915, Page 10

Vacation " Time? i Forget to Let the e pleasures of home ombined with vacation 't cost much’ to vorth a touch. lot. _ischool © will at Wiegand’s of Merit, than in Q“P’ City. What,is 1.0. 0, F, will : ';M‘nnd’l grove on being planned by Rebekah lodge, ‘at the home of this company has sold le avenue to Wil- ‘and land at Belvi- hly meeting of 27, Daughters of [d Tuesday evening, the new Electric les of Ithaca, N. Y., “after a month’'s n Mr. and Mrs. of Clark street. born to Mr. and dt of Newing- be given = tomorrow Burfgalow under the e Hebrew Ladies’ Aid ’8 orchestra will fur- ~—M. Seibert.— of the New Britain pany went to today as enkirchen. '0op 1 of the Boy ing at the Y. ‘decided ito held a park next Tues- Savin the day. Scout Master E. 'W, Yergin have charge of the events, Peter Reska has transferred land on Highland Heights to Joseph' Sa- kowska. P 5 2 The estate of Horace Booth has trapsferred and on Board street to | Mike Belomazy. : The Farmington Savings bank has filed quit claim deeds on property in this city to Fred Hoffman and John A. and Jennie Johnsan. M. H. énd H. V., Camp have trans- ferred land and buildings on Com- monwealth avenue to John A. and Tillie C. Kallberg. John A. and Tillie C. Kallberg have transferred land on Commonwealth avenue to Florence A. Camp. will SUNDAY AT COMPOUNCE, Concert Program by Governor’s Foot Guard Band, of Hartford. The Governor’s Foot, Guard band of Hartford, wiil furnish the concert program at Lake Compounce Sunday afternoon, whea the following selec- tions will be given: March, The Whip ... Holzmann Overture, Zanetta, ... Auber The Germans before Paris........ 3 “ avhis . Trenkler (A medley of airs, mostly of Ger- man origin, supposed to have been played outside the city of Paris by the bands:of the German Army dur- | ing the great siega.) Selection from “The Army Chaplain” Millocker from Tann- The Pilgrims Chorus . hauser ‘Wagner Quartette -from “Rigoletto” ... Verdi Xyllophone Solo, Concert Polonaise I g S s Fools v ios ae Rainch ‘ - C. F. Baker. Stern’s All Star Medley .. Grand Selection from quest) ..... ceeeis . Bizet Song of the Nation Lampe ‘Wm. M. Redfield, Director. Managers Pierce and Norton will serve one of their special Sunday din- ner menus from 12 to 2 o’clock ‘for seventy five cents. These dinners have became very popular this sum- «++ Smith Carmen (By re- WILSON 70 WORK ON * NATIONAL DEFENSF President to Confer With Secre- {aries Garrison and Daniels. Washington, July 24.—Formal an- nouncement was made at the White House today that the president on his return to Washington wi'l confor with Secretaries Garrison and Daniels on a program’ for national defense. The president has written to the heads of the war and navy departments 1.1 re- ports on the subject, pointing out the necessity for working out plaas fopfs increasing the efficiencies of the mil. itary arms of the government The White House statement follows: “The president has been ccnsiders ing every phase of the matt:r of na- tional defense and intends immediate- ly on his return to Washington to confer with the secretary of war, hig purpose being to procure ' informa- tion on which he can formulate a sane, reasonable and practical pro- gram of national defense.” To Hasten Reports. Although nothing was started offi- cially concerning the purposes .f the government, it was hinted ofiicially that with the despatch of the em- phatic note to Germany the presi- dent had decided to 'hasten tne re- ports being prepared by the war and navy departments for the rezuluir ses- sion of congrees, so that all neces~ sary information might be available if emergency arose. + As yet there are no intimations that the president has fixed any def: inite time for submitting the prograny of national defensese. ; Much Data Collected. President Wilson himself already has ‘collected much data op.the sub- Ject, Secretary Garrison has been .at work steadily - with members of the army geheral staff ‘for seveéral weeks planning a general ‘military ' policy, The navy’also has been .ocaupied: iz secret with emergency, prapasdtions. The delicacy of ' the-.' internwticnal affairs brought these"facts ‘to- light, and officials admitted today that for the next few weeks, the question of national defense will be a fo-omost one. : Permanent ' National Policy. The gesident hopes to lay founda- tions for a permanent national policy particularly for the army. Details of a reserve system being planned are witheld, but it is said the ain: of the general staff is to create a rescrve ars my of at last 500,000 men and pos- sibly more. . In the navy work is proceedirg steadily on the perfection cf the suly. marine and aeroplane. Attention his been ' concentrated- on putting the navy on an equal with the most efil~ cient. It is understood that at least forty submaries and possibly fifty will be asked .of congress. when the re- ports are submitted. To Rush Ship Buildins. Work on ships now building Is to be rushed. Officers in the army and navy man- ifested much satisfaction today at the decision of the administration to in- quire immediately into the needs of the two branches of the service. The president wants nothing to dis- turb conditions in the navy yards and at ‘his direction Secretary Tumunlity has informed employes of the Washing- ton yard that the president will con- fer with them on their wage scale de- mand as soon as 'he Teturns fron Cornish. i £ Received Constant Attention. Seabright, N. J., July 24.—Secy. Garrison here for the week-end, said that he would be in Washington the first of next week to.resume his con- ferences with members of the com- mittee on the'subject of national de- fense, : : “The matter of a proper military policy,” ne said, has been under con- sideration for:a long time and has received our constant attention.” o Daniels Preparing: Outline. ¢ Morehead, City N. C., July 24— Secretary Danicls, who is spending a few days here with his family, said today he was préparing to present a tentative outline of his recommenda- tions for the navy’s part in the pro- gram of national defense, to president Wilson as soon as he returns from the summer White House at Cor- nish, N, H.,, P He was confident . that congress would co-operate patriotically and cordially with the program Presi- 'dent Wilson wil) recommend. 1,200 T0 1,500 * PERSONS DROWN (Continued from First Page.) son, Edward, while the boat was tip- ping. and after we struck the water I clung to him around the neck . We drifted in towards the wharf and 1 caught hold of some piling and half pulled myself up.” A ten year old girl, Gene Tourna- bene was weeping for her two aunts, uncle and little cousin who were miss- ing. She alone of that party was mer and cannot'be excelled at any of the famous hostleries of Connecticut. ¢ TIES NUPTIAL KNOT. | City Clerk Thompson was _ called ipon today to act, in the capacity of officiating clergyman. Jullus Harnat i of 29, ‘High street, a machinist i and Bva Sheverer & dressmaker of 31 | West 110t streef, New York, applied jfora marriage license and were mar- ried immediately. rescued, so far as known. Lad Made Orphan. Franke Hefle, eleven years old was erying. “I'm waiting for my Mama,"” said he, . His father Franke Hefle, his mother and two sisters, Josephine triondn.vman'y of who mude attempts to force their way through to the police lines, Captain’s Story of Accident. Captain Harry Pedersen, of Benton Harbor, ‘Michigan, who was com- ma_nder of the boat, says: I wag on the bridge and was about ready to pull out when I noticed the ope! and give the ‘people a chance to get out. . The boat continued to roll, and shorfly afterward the hawsers broke and the 'steamer turned over on its side. It all happened in two minutes. The cause ig a mystery to me.” . - Chief Steward’s Story. Chief Steward Albert Wyckoff said: “I was in the lunch room on the main deck when I noticed the boat be- BiNNing to list, A scene of wild ex- ‘;a?e ent followed. 1 shouted for the 1 ve themselves. A moment ater T jumped into the water Mmanaged to rescue three women. Lysle Goyatte, 1953 South Avers avenue, Chicago, said: “My wife and I had ‘just entered the boat and were in the crowd on the main deck near the gangway. shout:. ‘get back’ and we were pushed over to gne side. A moment later the boat started to list. We were all banfc stricken and could do nothing. I litted my wite in my arms and erawled out of an opening on upper--side of the boat as it slowly went over.”” Officers to Blame. » Mrs, O’'Donnell of Berwyn, IIL, said: and “The steamer was getting ready to'| The officers leavs with excursionists. of the boat pushed crowds back, which Were around the plank, in order to bull it in. I think this is what caus- ed ‘the boat to list to one side. * I Saw dozens of people drown. By g great effort I was able to climb on the upper side of the boat and man- aged to hdld on until taken off by res- cuers.”” Accident Mysterious, W. K. Greenbaum, manager of the Indiana Transportation Company, who Was in charge of the excursion said: “We . had chartered five steamers for the excursipn of the Western Elec- tric Company’s employes to Michigan City, Ind., today. =~ We had five Steamers Eastland, Peteosky, Theo- dore Roosevelt, Racine and Maywood. The Hastland was the first boat to | load. and the docks - were crowded With “passengers, who were ‘to be taken.on the ofher boats nearby. One United States teamboat inspector and two assistants watched the Eastland load." They stood at the gangplank and’ counted the passengers as they went aboard. . “Their report shows there were 2,600 passengers on the Eastland, its fuli capacity, under the United States steamboat regulations.! T have no idea how the accident occurred.” ) Says 1,000 Dead. Flrgt Deputy Supt. of Police Scheut- tler said: “Two hundred and fifty bodies have been regovered and I believe ' that one thousand in all perished. I be- lieve the other bodies will be recov- ered when the inner compartments of the boat are reachd. We are re- covring bodies rapidly and the list of dead is growing fast. - “My estimate of one thousand dead is based on information I got from a purser on the boat who had a narrow escape.” Candy Butcher's Story. L. D. Gadory, employed as a can- dy butcher on the steamer, was the first eye-witness to tell a detailed story of the agcident. “It was about 7:40 o’clock this morning and the boat was lying av the dock near Clark street bridge loading passengers,” said Gadory. “We were to leave in twenty minutes and the upper deck and cabins were crowded with passengers., There were hundreds of women and children. 1 estimate that there was between two and three thousand'on the boat at the time of the accident. I was standing on the lower deck near the gang plank, watching the people come aboard. Suddenly I noticed the boat list toward the center of the riv- er. It rolled slightly at first and then seemeq to stop. Then it started to roll again. I became alarmed and shouted to the crowd to keep still. Ap- parently a majority of the passengers Were on one side of the boat and this had overweighed and it caused it (o list. Suddenly the hawsers which held the boat to the dock snapped and the officers pulled the gank plank in and Tefuged to allow any more 6n the boat. Everybody Panic Stricken. At this time everybody was panic stricken. I attempted to reach an up- per ‘deck but could not because of the crowd and excitment and ran ba k to the port side where the gangway had been. The boat then slowly drifted away from the dock, rolling as it slipped, and ‘a momént later, it had turned over on its side. I climbed over on the gide of the boat and stayed there until I was taken off by lifc- savers. “Many of the passengers leaped in- to the water as the boat went over, Scares_ of others were caught in tae cabips'and drowned. When the small boats began com- ing out to us, I worked with other surviyors in taking passengers out ot te water and cutting holes in the ca- bins to nemove bodies.” ‘W, J. Plamondon Rescued. Among those rescued was W, J. Plamondon, an electrical engineer and, cousin of Charles A. Plamondon, who with his wife lost his life in the Lusitania disaster. Patrolmen Fred Fisher and John 8. Lescher, who were on duty at the Clark street bridge when the accident occurred, led in the rescue work. Save Firty Pesons. They obtained a rowboat and lifa 19, and Katherine 16, were among the missing.. The laa nhad not gone te the boat, but remained at home. Acetylene blow pipes were rushed to the boat and the task' of melting 2_hole’ through the upturned steel #ide of the steamer was cheered on | by hundreds of anxious relatives and preservers and went to the steamer and sucgeeding in saving fifty per- sons. When/firemen chopped and forced itheir way through the side of the hull of ‘the overturned boat they found bedies piled on one another. They boat bégin to list. I shouted orders to gangways nearest the dock | the | began taking them out and pl them on the tug Racine. They we! placed on stretchers and carried ashore. As fast as bodies were taken | on the wharf they were carried to th | Wert reported to have escaped Then I heard someone steamer Theodore Rosevelt or to the nearby buildings, or the stretchers Were set down on the streets, where scores of physicians and volunteer rescuers began attempts to revive them. Catholic Priests Summoned. Fifty Catholic priests, summoned hurriedly from their churches reached the scene shortly aft- €r 10 o'clock. Some of the priests went aboard the steamer Theodore Roosevelt which was turned into 2 temporary morgue but most of them devoted their attention to the dyins and injured. "There were seventy-two men inthe Crew of the Eastland and all of the:x " Swimming to th wharf. Lateg they alded In the rescue work. Last Inspection in May. The last annual inspection of the Eastland was made in St Joseph, Mich.,, May 7, 1915. On July six 2 dry dock examination of the hoats hull was made by Captain Ira B. Mansfield and William Nicholas, lo~ cal steamboat inspectors. Bodles were removed to down town morgues in wagon loads, Wwhere clothing of the victims were examined in an attempt to identify them. Six- ty per cent. of the dead were women, | @ deputy coroner said. Grand Jury Investigation, Grand Jury investigation was fore- cast when Walter K. Greenbaum, General. Manager of the Indiana Transportation company, which char- tered the Estland for the outing was summoned to the state’s attorne; office and questioned by State's At- torney Hayne. Henry Vantak’s Story, Mrs. Pauline Vantak, the mother ot three ' children, ~was among - the drowned. Her children were believec to have heen lost. Henry Vantak, the woman’s husband, was pulled out of the water. $ “I could not believe thé boat was turning over,” Vantak, sdid. “About a ‘dozen of the 150 persons on the up- per decks jumped. ' The rest . were thrown into the tiver. I did not see my wife or children after the boat turned. They were carried into the river with the ~ecrowd. Some —one grabbed me around the neck and kept pulling me. It was a woman, but 1 could not save her.” X Policeman’s Description. Policeman Henry H. Sescher, one of the first to go to the rescue, gave a vivid description of the accident. “I saw scores of men and women, many of them holding children, plunged into the water. I jumped into a rowboat and pulled out to the drowning. ‘T think I got about fifty ashore. The fireboat and tugs hurs ried to the scene and picked up more than a hundred people. “We grabbed those nearest us first. At one time I had fouf women in the boat with me. Others I aided by dragging them from the water onto the docks.” Filled to Capacity. “The Eastland was filled to capae- ity and hundreds turned to other boats, according to S. G. Hall, one of the Western Electric picnickers. He estimated that seven thousand tickets had been distributed to the employes and that more than 2,500 were crowd- ed on the Eastland. “I went to the dock,” said Mr. Hall, “and was told to go to the other boats as the Bastland was already too crowded. There were fifteen or twen- ty people behind me and more com- ing fast. 7,000 Tickets Distributed. “I was told that 7,000 tickets had been distributed ‘among the coms pany’s employes and that there were to be six boatloads. The only boats that I heard were to be used, how- ever, were the Eastland and the Theodore Roosevelt. “I had scarcely gone ten feet toward the Roosevelt when the East land began to list. Hundreds ran to the rail and many climbed over its side as it turned over. All werc thrown into the water.” Bnilt in 1903, The steamer Fastland was built in 1903 and owned by the Eastland Navigatioe company of Clyeland, Ohio. 1t was 265 feet long, 38 feet wide and had a araft of 23 feet with s net tonnage of 1,218. It was brought to Chicago in 1904 and was used in excursion business to South Haven, Mich., for several years. Later it was taken to Cleveland, Ohio, 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 has a steel hull and had a speed of 21 miles an hour, Similar Accident Eight Years Ago. “The Eastland nearly met with an accident eight years ago similar to that which befell it today, “said one of the officers today. “She was then in commission between Chicago and South Haven, Michigan. The boat, crowded with passengers, listed bad- ly in the'South Haven harbor when the water ballast was being taken aboard. Officers of the ship drove the passengers to the other side of the vessel and by that means probab- ly avoided a disaster.” Six government inspectors were working on the docks when the East- land turned ‘over. They were in charge of Inspector R, H. McCurry. “Two inspectors were assigned to the Eastland,” Mr. McCurry said, “to see that the boat was not over- crowded. ' The ship had taken on al! that she would hold and the two In- spectors had turned many others away. She was ready to sail when the accident occurred.” Orders Investigation. ‘Washington, July 24.—Acting Secre- R RN £ - o L SRR « ESTABLISH Schafit;er Globe - Clothing House This Week We Are Having a |PAJAMA SALE All Pajamas Are Reduced in Price ED ia, ; ™ a & Marx Suits at a Great Reduction Bathing Sui Bathing Belts | Itlsa Facf, We Have Been | ~ Here 29 Years their lives on June 15,1914, when thi steamer General Slocum was burned in the Bast river New York. In the Titanic dsaster 1595 persons lost their lives. The collision of the IEmpress of Ireland in the St Lawrence river May 29, 1914, cost 1024 passengers their lives and the burning of the steamer Volturno in mid-ocean on October 9, 1913, was responsible for the deuatn of 1866 per- persons. BASEBALL GAMES POSTPONED. Chicago, July 24.—New York-Chi- cago American league and Baltimore- Chicago games, postponed account of Eastland accident, WILSON BACK AT “ SUMMER CAPITAL President Says He Went Thee for | Opportunity to Work. Cornish, N. H., July 24.—President Wilson arrived here shortly after one o’clock this afternoon for his sec- ond visit of the year at the summer capital. The presidént tald an admirer at | Bellows Falls, Vt., where his train | stopped for a few minutes, that he | did not come to New England for a | vacation. ! “I came for an uninterrupted op- portunity for work,” he said. i Slept Late This Morning. Hartford, Conn., July 24.—Presi- dent Wilson, who is en route to Cor- nish, N. H. for another brief vacation, slept late this morning and plainly showed the effects of his close appli- cation to the German situation and his work in the preparation of the latest German note. To members of his party, he expressed his realization of the possibilities of the situation. During the early part of the presi- dent’s ride few people greeted him at the various towns as it had not be- come generally known that he was on the train, but during the forenoon the | crowds Wecame thicker and at nearly every station people had gathered in the hope of seeing the president as the train speed through. Breakfast With Grayson. ‘The president breakfasted with Dr. Cary T. Grayson and planned to spend some of the forenoon at work on of- ficial business. MAY CONTINUE INTEREST. tary Sweet of the Department of Commerce, ordered the steamboat in- spection service to investigate the Chi- cago disaster. Recalls Slocum Disaster, Upwards of 1,000 passengers lost l Commerce commission, Washington, July 24.—Application of the Southern Pacific railroad to continue its interest in the Sacramen- to Transportation company, operating steamboats on the Sacramento river, was granted today by the Interstate ! | Beach. today fop a two weeks' stay at Nian. tie. i N Mr. and Mre. James Dorsey family and Mr. and Mrs. David of 243 Maple street will spend next two weeks at Chalker Beach. Mrs. O. F. Bertinl and family «of Griswold street are spending their va- cation at Indian N.?k. hin' the W. T. Hill and family have goire 1o Block Island for thelr vadation. - Mr. and Mrs. Adam Zahnleiter of a% Tt c or Maple street have, gone ip Beach for their vacation. Miss Mildred Weld of Park has gone to Sabel, N. ¥. Piace B i Assistant Postmaster . J. Muason has gone to Portland. Me., for his va- & cation. The Missés Bello Hanna and Leor- ora Hanna of Liberty street sone to Griswoldville, Mags. Mr. and Mre. Olin 1. Oldershaw and Sidney Oldershaw of Stanley street arve” spending the summer at 1. Arthur May of Seymour street ¥ill leave this evening for a two weeks" stay at Newport, R. 1 DEATHS AND FUNERALS Berndt August Johason, Funeral’ services for Berndt Auy- ust Johnsonm “6f 34 Grove gtreet were held from -his-late home this after-* noon at 2 o'clogk and at 2:30 o'clock from the Swedish Lutheran chureh. Rev, Dr. 8 G, Youngert of Hartford officiated and intermeht was in Fair.' view cemetery. DPR. BEDLOE DEAD. Philadelphia, July 24.—Dr. Edward Bedloe, a retired . wveteran of the American congular serviee and one of the founders of the Clover club, wide- ly known, died today after a long il ness. ITEMS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. Tussor silk and tulle are one the new combinations. or Transparent hat brims have res turned 10 favor, Short, Jlose nose-veils ing in favor. Aare gain. The newest. of all middy is made of sk jersey. 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