Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 26, 1915, Page 2

I'HE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY MAGNITUDE OF CATASTROPHE APPALLS CITY ntinued from Page One.) HARK! TYPEWRITER OF MAHER RINGS 0UT| Lincoln Man Charges Bryan with (e “Nepotism’ in Regard to Pie I | nd crew of the Bastiand were COMPANY HEADS Transportation Firm Heads, but 2 Distribution. W. C. Steele, secretary and treasurer No Individuals Named. | f 8 Jose ¢ 0 leamship o - — WILL SADDEN THE PAITHFUL |pany. which owned the steamer Sustiand, | CHIEFS AND CREW IN CUSTODY | built on Lake Erie in 193, and remodelied | |later Because top heavy, it is sald; was arrested tonlght and locked up at a po- | John G. Maher, who was out of the city |lice station. The steamer was leased by when fhe federal appointments were the Indlana Transportation company, made last week, has returned and, of | Whose officers sald they were not res- course, has something to say regarding | Ponsible for the licensing of the ship and | tnem. To the press he gives out the fol- [4id not control "'"'": Faulty in Den'sw. H o Interview 1 ' 7:::“ do 1 think about the appoint-| Marine achitects asserted that the East- | ments? 1 think about the same as thou- |1and was faulty in design, that the top | sandé abd thousands of loyal democrats [deck had been removed, because :'" the all over Nebraska think. For twenty. |tendency of the ship to list and also five vears the democrats of Nebraska |Pointed to the possibllity that the ship have followed W, J. Bryan. They in fact | had been unevenly, or insufficiently bal- worshiped him, and watched his grow- |lasted. The Eastland used water ballast, | ing power and influence and strength |#0 that it could pump out some on en- with pride. They have been thrilled by |tering shallow lake harbors, and inves- Jis eloquence In commending the life and | ti€ators are working on a theory that works of Thomas Jefferson. [the bullast tanks were not filled and the | " rushing of passengers on one side of the men, and cause them to lose confidence | Under misty ukios 7.6 men women Bryan's brother-in-law, will sadden these %77 chiiCren In human natare. When he was ap- |7 pointed to the office of secretary of | (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN, July %.—(8pecial )=Colonel with holiday mirth in & trip to Mich- CHICAGO, July Hoffman announced late tonight| that he had ordered the arrest of every official of the Indiana Trans portation company, which leased the Eastland, which capsized today, causing the loss of a thousand lives. No Individuals were mentioned in the coroner's announcement. The officers and crew of the boat are under arrest, i Coroner Hoffman had a number of photographs of the boat taken and then ordered It pumped out and raised. Chief of Police Healey, who inspected the hull, expressed the| 24.—Coroner | | opinion that there were still 300| mye jive stock ! bodies in the boat which cannot be!South Omaha e oy e e _|recovered until the boat is raised.|the party, as this afforded them an ex- “Orank of the Lakes.™ IBOOSTERS BACK ARE 70 BE HELD | Coroner Orders Arrest of Indiana | state he had an opportunity to follow | the teachings of Thomas Jefferson (who he clatmed to have loved so well, rel- ative to nepotism), but what did he do? Here is the record, so far as we know “Mr. Bryan's son, W. J, Jr; Mr Bryan's son-in-law, Hargreaves; Mr. Bryan's ‘son's wife's brother, Berger; Mr. Bryan's brother-in-law, Allen; and Mr. Bryan's son-in-law’s brother-indaw, Stein.. This is nepotism with a ven- weance, “Thomas Jefferson, writing of John Adams In regard to nepotism, sald: “ “I'he public will never be made to belleve that the appointment of a rel- ative is made on the ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by family views, nor can they ever see with approbation of- fices divided out as family property.’ “Just before Thomas Jefferson died he wrote to J. C. Cabell as follows: “‘In the course of trusts I have ex- ercised through life with powers of ap- pointment. 1 can say with truth and with unspeakable comfort that I never did ap- point a relative to office.’ |to Chicago from Lake Erie, after an un- {satisfactory career, was the first to be loaded. Rain began to fall as the wharf super- intendent lifted the gang plank from the Eastland, declaring that the government Umit of 2500 had been reached. White dresses peeped from raincoats along the shore rails, as those aboard waved good- bye to friends on shore walting to board the other vessels. Does Not Rudge. Then the passengers swarmed to the left side of the ship, as the other steam- ers drew up the river towards the whart. A tug was hitched to the Eastland, ropes were ordered cast off and the engines began to hum. The Eastland had not budged, however. 3 Instead, the heavily laden ship wavered side-ways, leaning first towards the river bank. The lurch was ‘so wtartling that many passengers joined the large con- course on the other aide of the decks. The ship then keeled back. It turned slowly but steadily towards its left side. +|Children clutched the skirts of mothers A Great Disappointment. “In regard to the other appointments they must be a great disappointment to many who visited Prince Charley in his castle, and were advised that he would be friendly to them, and accordingly have heen gathering commendations since that time, thinking that he was sincere. He has leud these men to belleve that they might be finally selected for marshal, revenue collector, district attorney, audi- nounces that the appointments made are tatisfactory to ‘me.’ “JOHN MAMER." 0 ME T RUSHVILLE : | B and sisters to keep from falling. The whole. cargo was impelled towards thé falling side of the ship. Water then began to enter lower portholes, and the ropes snapped off the plles to which tho vessel was tied. Screams from passengers attracted the attention of fellow excursionists on the wharf awalting the next steamer. Whar- men and picknickers soon lined the edge of the embankment, reaching out help- lessly toward the wavering steamer. Slip Down Floors. For nearly five minutea the ship turned before it finally dived under the swift ourrent of the river, which, owing to the drainage canal system, flows from the lake. During the mighty turning of the ship with its cargo of humanity, life boats, cheirs and other loose appurte- nances on the decks slipped down the sloping ficors, crushing the passengers towaird the risink waters, ‘Then there was a plunge with a sigh Of alr escaping from the hold, mingled with orying chaldren and sbrieks of women and the ship was on the bot- tom of the river, cesting hundreds of its Passengers Into the water, Many sank, entangled with clothing and bundles and Aid not rise, but scores came to the surface, giving the river the appearance of a crowded bathing beach. Many seized floating chairs and other objects. Those on shore threw out ropes and dragged in those who could hold the life lines. Employes of commission firms Wwith houses along the river threw crates chicken coobs and other floatable thi into the current, but most of these were sweplL away by the stream. Taws Rushed to Seeme, Boats were put out, tugs rushed to the scene with shrieking whisties and many | men snatched off their coats and sprang into the river to ald the drowning. With thousands of spectators ready to ald, . | hundreds went to their death. grasped her two children Thousands in Line. It was hoped to have the recovered {and until that time, no one was admitted. 1gan City, The steamer Eastland, brought | bodies all in the armory by 10 o'clock | “The Eastland wi |lakes, and as far erank on the lakes, 1 know the only W. J. Wood, naval architect, who wae called by the owners entations to Captain Ira Mansfield, local | steamboat Inspector, which resulted in an order to cut off the top deck of the vessel and to keep the water ballast compartments filled. “The deck was cut off in pursuance of Captain Mansficld's order,” Mr. Wood @eclared today, “but it would be im- possible to pass on the cause of the accident untll it ts known whether the other conditions were fulfilled at the time of the overturning of the boat. The Bastland bhas been in operation on Lake BErie and hay not met with an accident, but evidently the owners were acouainted with Its faults and operated It accord- Ingly. The design of the veasel, the hull of which was faulty, would not permit ita operation as other vessels are oper- ated and great care had to be taken at all times."” vestigates Report. Bteamboat Inspector William Nichols is investigating a report that water bal- last was pymped from the hold of the Eastland as the passengers boarded, so that the boat would rise and that more passengers mighit be carried, “There are various reports as to the cause of the catastrophe,” sald Mr. Nich- olas, ““but I cannot say which one s tho more plausable. 1 am invetigating the report that water ballast was pumped out during the loading of the boat, I have been Informed that there was water In the ballast tanks and 1 also have been informed that there was not.” W. K. Greenbaum, manager of the In- diana Transportation company, made the following statement late today: “The Indiana Transportation company #xpresses its deepest sorrow and sympa- thy for the breaved in the Bastland ca~ tastrophe. The Eastland was not over- loaded. Thore were 2,408 tickets taken uUp at the Eastland gangway by the Bastland collectors under federal super- Vision. The gevernment capacity mark is sot at 2,500, ! Hired for Day. “At this time the Indiana Transporta- tion company is unable to volce an opinion on the cause of the accident, be- cause the Eastland was hired for the day and the captain and crew were not em- ployes of the Indiana Transportation com 3 “We ars doing everything In our power and will continue té do so, both in the work of rescue and in alding all investis &utlons, hoth by legal authorities and by the pross.” © it Safe Boat. CLEVELAND, O,, July 24—Grant Done aldson of Wickliffe, who served &s chlef engineer on the Eastland from 1904 until |94, retumed from Chicago Tuesday, | where he had been sumnioned Sundey by the prosent cwners to adjust the en- &ines, which were not running satisface torily. | “In my opinion the Eastland was a safe boat," Donaldson sail. There was a pop- | ular opinton that it was top-heavy, but this was due to claims of rival boat owners. It never was condemned by gove ernment inspecters and was In good con- | dition." ' Red Cross to Atd. WASHINGTON, July M.—Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of the rellef board of the American Red Cross, today dis- patched Ernest P. Bicknell, national ai- | rector, to Chicage to look into the re- Def situation and sent this telegram to Governor Dunne: “The American Red Cross expresses doepest sympathy at the dlsaster which FROM GHEYENNE Specidl Train of Omahans Who Went to See Frontier Days Rolls Into City Sunday Morn. GOVERNOR MAKES ENTIRE TRIP Two hours late, the excursion train carrying the sixty-five Greater Omaha boosters, who at the end of the Cheyenne Frontler days celebra- tion last week, pulled into Omaha at 10:20 Sunday morning. 1In the best of spirits all returned, declaring they had received a royal reception | everywhere. They are enthusiastic over the Frontier days’ festivities; those who had seen the celebration in former years declaring that the thing hag lost none of its wild west glamor, and those who had never seen it before, declaring that they must see it again in future years, commission men of were cellent opportunity to see many of their the crank of the |Customers, the stock-raisers of Wyom- woll represented in | Commerecial club was well rep- resented by wholesalers, manufacturers, retaflers_and professional men. Ak-Sar- Fen was represented by Secretary J. D. ing. T tities to of beets produced in that valley, 50 thet many of them have to be shipped other factories. ready been put up, and the four crops Much alfalfe ahs al- that North Platte valley never seen the country so exceptionally prosperous as it appears at this moment. unty, but had flats, houses and cottages ean be rented quickly and cheaply by a Weaver, George Haverstick, governor; | fof the year are assured.” and Everett Buckingham, president of | Governor John H. Morehead, who| Apartments. | the board of governors, who at the mean- | stayed with the Omaha party through time represented the Unlon Stock Yards |out, said he had made many a trip into | Bee “For Rent.” |and the South Omaha live stock inter - | ents | Visit Irrvigation Conntry. Leaving Cheyenne, the special train took [the Omaha crowd through the valley of the North Platte river for a one-day | booster tour into the heart of that rich | irrigated country. They stopped at Ger- |ing, Scotts' Blutf, Mitchell, and in fact |all the towns along that Burlington line during the run Saturday; and they were rece ved by a long ca that took them over automobiles town At 10 o'clock Saturday night the spe- cfal pulled into North Platte, where the | business men had been waiting for them They took the Omaha crowd to the big opera house, where a lunch was served and & musical program offered “I never saw a bunch of people so All Are Prosperous, enthusisatic over their country as thc fellows in the North Platte valley,” sal J. D. Weaver. “They all have good croy prospects, they all wear good clothes and | hace money. They have a right to. b proud of that country. Cattie are fat and sleek. Sugar beets are looking finc and the enormous factory at Scott Bluff can no longer mill the great quan s b5 Important to Health During Hot Weather Summer Conditions Contri- bate in Various Ways to Constipation. At no time ghould people be more care- ful of the condition of their bowels then during the hot weather. Constipation should be guarded against especially, as many serious, and often fatal, diseases are traceable to neglect. Some people find that certain fruits have a laxative effect, but fhis cannot always be depended upon; a mild laxa- tive-tonic that will act gently, yet posi-|, ticely, without griping or shock to the system, is far preferable. A combinatioa of simple laxative herbs with pepsin, ®old in drug stores under the name of Dr. Caldwell's S8yrup Pepsin is highly recommendéd as being easy and natural in its action, pleasant to the taste and certain in its effect. A dose of this ex- cellent remedy at bedtime will restore | normal actlvity in the morning, carry- ing off the heaviness and bloat. Salts, Svee purgatives and cathartics should be avoided as they upset the entire system, and at best afford but temporary rellef. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is not ex pensive and can be obtained in any drug store for fifty cents & bottle. For a free trial bottle, write to Dr. W. B, Caldwell, 453 Washington 8t., Monticello, Ill. The Line with Service plus Scenery To Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York The most beautiful of all moving pictures of mountains nndrlmhfium_osthhtoricmfionofAmefica,m those viewed from the splendid trains of the Baltimore @ Ohio Railroad. Tfimghmhdmdmmfimel&cuicfighted. the latest products of modern ingenuity, with the best The “INTERSTATE SPECIAL,” Pittsburgh & m, arrives Chicago 10:43 t, m‘l‘! 12:05 noon, New wing-room sleeper from Cleveland to ‘Washington. It traverses the great steel ufacturs district of Indiana and Ohio, and m?m:‘l‘:m\hu:; and Blue Ridge Mountains in daylight. The “NEW YORK LIMITED,” leaving Chicago at 5:45 m., arrives Pittsburgh 7:50 & m., Washington 4:45 p. m., Eflfi-fi' 530 p. m., Philadelphia 8:19 p. m., Nnrq“i Western, twenty-five bushels; John Mo- | Accordingly, thousands formed in line | Lucas, Fualrbury, twenty-six bushels; | hours before the great doors were Harry Patton, Dillér, thirty bushels; M. |opened, eagerly awaiting a ochance to ! J. Harms, Gladstone, thirty bushels. Sell- | seek the bodies of relatives and friends ing price ranges from 95 cents to $1.9%; | they belleved lost, quality, fair. Estimated average yield | Stories of herolsm were almost as nu- . Yor Jetferson county, twenty bushels per merous tonight as the number of per- sona on the scene immediately after the disaster, Boats as soon as full took res- cued passengers to the wharf or to the steamer Theodore Roosevelt, which had tied up as near the upset Eastiand as possible. an hour, the water was cleared of excursionists, Those who had not been | taken to land had sunk or were swirling up the river toward the drainage canal locks at Lockport, Ill, many miles away. The locks were raised to stop the current and arrangements were made to take ' bodies from the river along its course through the southwest part of Chicago. Bridae ta Formed. BShortly after the water was cleared, H £52 i i has overwhelmed so many people of Chi- 10:40 p. m., with coaches, dra -room cars and eago. Krnest P, Bicknell, national a observation parlor car. It traverses the en castern rector, 1s leaving for Chicago to be of mountain section of the and Blue Ridge ranges all assistance possible. “J. J. O'Connor, chairman of the cen- tral division snd director of the Chi- cago chapter, has placed the chapter at the service of Chicago.” and Potomac River Valley from Pittaburgh in daylight The “NEW YORK EXPRESS,” leaving Chicago 8:00 a. m. & m., arrives Pittsburgh 10:20 p. m., Washin, 7:10 & m., Baltimore 8:13 a. m., Philadelphia 10:35 a. m., New York 1:00 m., with coaches to Washington and drawing-room sleep- flh cars Chicago to New York, and Pitsburgh to Washing ton. It traverses the states of Indiana and Ohio in daylight, through the great steel districts. The “NIGHT EXPRESS” leaving Chicago 9:30 p. m., wrrives Pittsburgh 12:50 noon, Washington 10:30 > m., Baltimore 11:30 p.m., New York 6:35 a. m., with coaches to Baltimore and dra -room car to New York, and cosches and dra room car to Wheeling. Send fof copy of “See America” All trains leave Grand Central Station, Fifth Avenue and Hasrison Street, Chicago. H. C. 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