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taken was that Germany, in effect, had ignored and disregarded an ear- lier note sent if connection with the traband declaration. ‘While precedents of International s a Irreapective of the princt- international law noted on it, the United States has, in correspondence with Germany, in- @ application of the fol- 3 of one of the con- parties being engaged in ith any other Power, to prevent all the difficulties and misundemtandings that usually arise reapecting merchandise of HI i Fs ? : i i 1 & 2 = | i : & Fy i ii sze 5 so aE tf z | ial} very careful.” EASTLAND HORRO |DECAREDUNLKELY = AROUND NH YORK Government Officials Say Nu- merous Inspections Safe- guard All Vessels. NO BALLAST REQUIRED. Masters Are Judges of Proper Handling of Their Boats. An accident Itke the Eastland hor- for is net likely to happen on any of the excursion boats or other steam venaels plying in New York waters, ac- cording to the United States Inspec- tors of Steamships in this city. Su- Dervising Inspector Seely, in charge Of this Gistrict, declined to comment on the conditions, and referred The Evening World reporter to the local inepectore—J, L. Crone, inspector of boilers, and G. T, Charlton, inspector of bulls, “We cannot say exactly that no such aocident ie ponatble,” they sald toxeth- or, “because we do not know preciscly what made the Wastland turn over.” “How many New York excursion boats have water ballast, as tho Kast- land had?” the reporter asked, “Very few—probably not, halt a Goren,” said the inspectors. “What te tho law about water bal- @aid the inspectors, “That is a matter entirely within the judgment of the OfBcers of @ vessel. There is no law to say how much ballast any vossel shall carry.” “Do you believe the present laws adequate to save life?” “ma to that we have nothing to say. Congress makes tho laws, The Supervising Inspectors, of whom there are ten in the United States, etudy these laws and make suggestions as ‘ve thelr interpretation in thelr reports te the Secretary of Commerce, His rulings are the final definition of the laws. “All the ocean-going steamships of this pogt are rigidly inspected as soon as they are put in commision here and certified for one year. Also they are examined three or four times a year, aa Weli as put through the moat inapection at the end of the yea ‘The excursion boats ply only in the summer, They are inspected once a month, When @ néw boat is put commission ahe ie tried with a co pnevetive mwober of passengers at » then with more as her size and behavior warrant. The usual rule is Py ees re La nine pease foot of clear oo for each passenger carried, In some cases we allow twelve or fifteen feet to each. - is a new inspection when- ever a change is made in the con- Gition or route of a vessel. We are DEAD ARE JAMMED INEASTLAND BEHIND HEAVY RON SCREEN (Cor.inued from Firat Page.) anffounced that he would hold to his plan to get every possible piece of evidence in hand before prosenting his case to the specially called Grand Jury which will convent Thursday. Pians that Federal stearhboat inspec- tors had laid for an investigation of their own service apparently were halted, temporarily at least, by the calling of Westcott before the County Grand Jury. Another factor that en- tered into this phase of the investiga- tion was the widespread sentiment, openly expressed, against permitting Federal inspectors to investigate their own acts, which are under heavy fire of criticiam. A muggestion that the ship be broken up with dynamite was turned down by Coroner Hoffman. He tn- sisted that other means would prove @uMMcient ¢o get all bodies without use of an agency that might mangle some of the dead, Capt. Harry Pedéreon of the East- land, who admits the water ballast ‘Was not adjusted and that a valve ‘would not work; two officials of the ateamehip company and the crew of the boat are held by the police for instructions from the Coroner. No other arrests have been made. President Wildon has ordered the Department of Commerce to make a full investigation, and if possibie fix | the reeponalbility, Mayor Thompson is speeding from the Panama Exposi- | tion on @ apecial train to take his) place in the investigation and relief) work, The main questions to be an- swered are: she was, whe permitted it? mont? If eo, why? Did Government weep eer cere een ne ne nye 2 * PHOTO By GReaay Mere AaRviCe. the carrying capacity of the jet land? If so, who is to blame, and why? The total amount relatives of vic- tims can recover, steamship men say, fe about $10,000, the value of the wreck. Relief work to meet distress caused | by tho disaster was continued to-day under the direction of Mayor Thomp- son's advisory committee and the local chapter of the Red Cross So- clety. Persons in every trade and industry are contributing to the fund, It was announced long before noon that $150, 000 had been pledged and that the r mainder of the $300,000 it is planned to raise would be available within thir- ty-six hours, The only voloes raised in defense of the Baatland inspection are the voices of the inspectorea. In 8t, Joseph, Mich., to-day Robert Reed, who made @n inspection tm the last week of June, sald: “The steamer was perfectly able to hold an excursion crowd of 3,500.” He attributed the catastrophe to shallow water. He offered to open up, the recorde of hie office to the/ public and convince any one in doubt of the thoroughness of his inspection. “We want to be like an open book ae far as our actions are concerned, The public is entitled to have every fact in. connection with the vessel. ‘There can be no just criticism of the steamship inspection. All we are re- quired to do is to certify to the sea- worthiness of the boat. What hap- pens afterward, under the Captain's @irection, we are not responsible for.| “My eon-in-law le chief engineer on| the vessel, and | certainly would not) have given the it a permit to navi- gate if | had ught there was any danger.” SORROW VOICED FROM THE THE PULPITS. Profound, universal sorrow, mingled with outspoken indignation for those to blame for the disaster, marked the utterances of Chicago ministers con- cerning the Kastland disaster, Every- where special prayers were offered and sympathy and consolation ex- preased, Even in the Sunday schools hymns and prayers voiced the deep grief which rested on the city, This was especially true in the churches where one oF more were absent from their accustomed places, victims of | the calamity, Wiliam Nichols, Federal inspeo- tor, after two days’ investigation of the wreck, said to-day: “The cause of the loss of life will be determined by the water ballast, Chief Engineer Wrickson has charge of the tanks, There are five ballast compartments, filled automatically when the valves were opened, It wae) up to the engineer to operate the vee 80 to keep the beat up- right. “We cannot say what was the pri- mary pause of the accident, I am not! Ky @t all satisfied there was any sudden | Was the Eastland overorowded? If| ghitt of the passengers from the starboard to the port wide. It is re- Was ite water ballast out of adjust: | ported that a squad of mounted po- Mee crossed the Clark Street Bridge Dist ae 4 ea that the passengers rushed over pose, 2. r Photographed To-Day as She Left the Supreme Court PERMA GD ADD DODUD DONATE 41141 ROBE OHREE DEVE DS BO © BODLDDDDDDDA DDD DDADDODD1G9G1-149 00 D6 G-ONABGG4 D9 HHHE FOG i SESS S£445-0-4-22S99S SS 9SE MRS. BECKER to see it. Tumors.” Nichols said the general orders in regard to ballast were issued by the Captain, but it is the duty of the en- Gineer to keep a close watch of the shifting of the boat and to act ac- cordingly, He added: “I am here to impress upon the local inspectors the grave importance of a thorough investigation. If it is true that an inspector or the inspec- tion service is uch a condi- tion would b rtm But you hear all kinds of <—aniioaents FEDERAL AND NAVY BOARD MAY TAKE UP DISASTER TO EASTLAND. WASHINGTON, July A board of civilians and naval officers prob- ably will be asked by the Depart- ment of Commerce to Investigate the Fastland dinaster, in addition to the investigation by the Board of Feeral fteamboat Inspectors. Acting Secre- tary Sweet to-day prepared to make @ recommendation for such an addi- tional investigation to Secretary Red- field. The inspections required by law of the local Board of Steamboat Inspec- tors in such disisters deal only with questions of carelessness, if any, or incompetency of licensed officers, and with the judgment of the inspectors in passing the vessel on inspection, Mr. Sweet expressed the belief to- day that there well might be an in- vestigation with @ broader scope, con- ducted by men in whom the public would have greatest confidence be- cause of their standing and experi- ence. Mr, Sweet suggested to Secretary RedBeld that either the Secretary or the Acting Secretary go to Chicago to take charge of the Investigation, Solicitor Thurman of the department left to-day to co-operate with the local steamboat inspection officials. The Coltanesionay of Navigation to- day received from Nivers MoNeill, Collector of Customs at Chicago, a report on the loading of, the East- land. It saya: “According to the certificate of in- spection of the veasel she was allowed to carry 2,600 passengers, and she had on board 2,500, The count was made by Inspectors L. A. Lobdell and H, G, Oukley, two of the navigation luspec- tors under your department. ‘The count was made jointly by them at the same gangway, and Mr. R. H. Mc- Creary, Deputy Collector of Customs, was at the dock and superintended the loading of the vessel and the counting of the passengers. When the gangplank was ordered pulled in there wore several bundred people on th dock who wished to get on board.” Solicitor Thurman took with him the only protest filed with the depart- ment against the Kastiand. [t was made in 1906 by George J. Schmitt of wo, when the Eastland was run- between Chicago and Sou Haven, Schmitt wrote to Secretary Shaw of the Treasury Department that she was overcrowded, Suporvis- | ing Inspector Westcott made a special investigation and discovered that the land carried 2,580, 2,763 and 2,91 m various trips at that time. Hor certificate then allowed her to carry | 8,000 passengers. — for the, week, or ramed as follows: Domest eons per vound.—. . nine faturday" | THE EVENING WORLD, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1915. PRESIDENT ORDERS PROBE TO FIX BRITISH U BOAT SINKS WARSHIP IN HARBOR OF CONSTANTINOPLE Passes Through Dardanelles and Fires Tor- pedoes—German Submarine Destroys English Vessel in the North Sea—Crew Is Saved. ATHENS, July 24.—For the second time since operations in the Darda- nelles began, a British submarine has penetrated the harbor of Constanti- nople, sinking a Turkish transport, two gunboats and a steamer loaded with ammunition. Advices reaching here from Con- stantinople said the submarine frat torpedoed a Turkish transport In the Sea of Marmora. Proceeding to Con- stantinople the British raider sank the gunboats and the ammunition British Steamer Torpedoed By Submarine in North Sea LONDON, July 26.—The British steamship Grangewood of 3,422 tons gross, bound from arene), Russia, for Havri pedoed and sunk in the landed to-day at Lerwick, Scotland. The Grangewood was 332 feet long, 47 feet beam and 24 feet deep. She was built at Sunderland in 1902 and was owned by the Gratitude Steamship | Company, LAd., of London. ROSE PAID $1,000 FOR MURDER AND POCKETED $000 (Continted from First Page.) alle. Mr, Cockran charged that what he called “the Governor's press bu- re had made it appear that Murphy, who swears he heard Rose, ‘Webber and Vallon conspire to fasten the Rosenthal murder on Becker, had been trapped in a lie. “We are told,” said Mr. Cockran, “that two keepers are to be dit charged for allowing Murphy into the T2ath House to have what is termed, by insinuation, a secret conference with Becker, and the inference 1s a! lowed to go out from the Governot office that Becker and Muprhy con- spired to fabricate a false affidavit.” WARDEN TELLS WHAT CONVICT TOLD GOVERNOR. Mr. Cockran then read an affidavit signed by Deputy Warden Johnson of Sing Sing, who accompanied Murphy to Albany on Saturday and was with him when he was questioned by the Governor, Mr. Johnson swears that what Murphy told the Governor was this. That he went Into the Death House with other convicts to sing for the men In the death cells, and that while there he walked to Becker's cell and | said to him, “I know something about! and Beoker said, “Don't | “Remember,” said Mr. Cockran to the Court, “the man Murphy, who is serving a term of from twenty years) to life, waa not represented by coun- sel in that star chamber proceeding in Albany. But the District Attorney who convicted Becker was there—the District Attorney who by his own tes- tlmony ‘pounded, and pounddd, and pounded’ the guilty culprits Rose, Webber and Vallon, with the halter around their necks, to put the halter around the neck of Becker, The Dis- trict Attorney who convicted Becker was there in the Governor's private chamber and he was still pounding. The District Attorney who convicted Becker was there with the Convict Murphy, ‘shaking him as a terrier would @hake a rat,’ according to the report of the Albany press bureau.” WIFE OF CONDEMNED MAN LI8- TENS TO THE PLEA. Mrs, Becker was easily the most interested person in the crowded courtrom, So great was the crowd in the corridor during the noon recess that she waa taken from the court- room by a side entrance, Mr. Cockran had been talking two hours and twenty minutes when be suspended his argument for the noon! recess at 1.10 o'clock. He said he hoped to conclude within a short time after the resumption of the proceed- ings. | ‘The Rose statement made last week | to the press gave Mr. Cockran his most impressive opportunity to strike telling blows for his client. He estab. Mshed by comparison that Rose in his statement, made in anger when he had read that Becker said he (Rose) would “turn up bis own mother to save his neck,” corroborated many of the state- ments of Becker and contradicted his own testimony in both trials. “Here,” said Mr, Cockran, “in his statement, which is not disputed by the District Attorney, Rose says that $6,000 would have sayed Rosenthal and there would have been no mur- der done, “How does he know?" shouted Mr, Cockran, bie voice audible out in City Hall Park, “How does he know? BLAME FOR RIVER TRAGEDY orth Sea by a German submarine. The crew _ j against the accused jrage on the dignity a — cane, and immediately plunged into the quotation of decisions in cases which, he claimed, paralleled the case before the Court. Mr. Cockran quoted a case in which the defendant was granted a new trial on alleged new evidence although it was shown that the evidence was| in the possession of the defendant at! the time of his first trial, Mr. Cockran soon launched into the charge that the then District Attor- PRESIDENT ORDERS FULL INQUIRY INTO GHIGAGD TRAGEDY ney, Mr+ Whitman, literally forced Segks to Fix Responsibility and... Webber, Rose and Vallon to testity against Becker because the District- Prevent Another Such Attorney had formed an idea that) 4 Becker was guilty and was deter- Disaster. mined to “get” him. . Justice Ford frequently interrupted steamer near the wharves. the argument with questions which One of the submarine’s shots dam-}showed that he has made a careful aged the wharf at Tophane, a suburb/ study of the Becker case. of Constantinople, where the Turkish Mr. Cockran took Becker's affidavit, arsenal id barracks is located.| published’a few days ago, and went Turkish soldiers fired severa) rifle|into it after the manner of an ora- shots at the submarine as she disap- | torical lawyer. He described Becker's peared. feelings and went into deta! eon- British avin.ors bombarded Smyrna | versations which do not in yesterday, destroying the gas works|the affidavits ateall, In other 9, and petrol depots, according to Myti- Tene Binatone seeing to, Mut: | Mr. Cockran told Becker's side of the Rosenthaj case in the form of an em- bellished) story. He dwelt at length on the relations between Becker and{ stroyed a Turkish munitions con near the Asia Minor port of "alvall. Rose in an effort to show that Rose| was essential as a “stool pigeon" to| the success of Becker's operations against gambling houses, So efficient | was Rose, Mr. Cockran said, that there is not on record against Becker | lee Police Headquarters a single fall- ; ure of a raid following a complaint against a gambling house. Mr. Cockran waxed sarcgstic when when he reached the statement Rose made the day after Becker's state- ment to the Governor was published. “Rose tells us,” said Mr. Cockran, “that Mr. Whitman lacerated his heart in prpsecuting Becker because Becker was a friend of the elder Whitman and as a matter of fact Becker never met the Governor's father at all.” Mr. Cockran at the opening of the afternoon session went into the case of Jack Zelig, the gang leader, when that individual was arrested for the first time on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. Rose and Webber furnished bail for Zelig, Mr. Cockran claithed he can show, and that it should have been shown in the trials CORNISH, N. H., July °6.—Pregi- dent Wilson ordered to-day @ ther- ough investigation by the Department of Commerce into the sinking of the excursion steamer Eastland in the Chicago River, with a consequent loss of many bundred lives, Acting Secretary Sweet of the de- partment sent him word that the causes of the disaster will be looked into, and the President directed that nothing be left undone to fix the re- sponsibility. The President sent a telegram to Mayor Thompson of Chicago express- ing profound sympathy and sorrew over the loss of life. In conversation with friends he ex- pressed horror over the entire affair. Although he is keeping his mind open as to whether any one was re- sponsible for the loss of life, he is convinced that rything possible should be done to prevent a res currence of the di France, has been tor- of it, and to satisfy his own ven- geance called Rosenthal to the Metro- pole and caused him to be murdered | at the expense to him of the other, $1,000, which he later paid to the four | gunmen.” Mr. Cockran set up that these dis- crepancies between Rose's statement, madp in the heat of anger and while he was not in possession of a tran- “Spinach is usually a that Rose and Webber wanted to : script of his former evidence, are en-| favor Zelig because they had been humble dish—but to titled to careful consideration as to|told Rosenthal might hire Zelig’s know what a wonder it can be—serve it with fremiey SALAD DRESSING “Mayonnaise De Luxe” Hecipe Book, Rose's credibility as a witness in the two Becker trials. “In his worn testimony,” sald Mr. Cockran, “Rose said that Hecker} caused Rosenthal’s death for self pro- gang to kill them. Justice Ford here for the first time intimated that Mr. Cockran was going outside the jue before the court. Mr. Cockran proceeded right alc AW the witnesses used by the Di: trict-Attorney against Becker, At not write ask for Salad FRANCIS H. LEGGETT & CO. Hadson River, 27th te 28th Sts., New York. SILK STOCKINGS THAT WEAR “GOTHAM oLpD Strip REG.U.S PAT.OFF a THE GOLD STRIPE STOPS GARTER RUNS, 400 DIFFERENT SHADES, — MALONE DENIES STATEMENT Did Not Say That the Orduna Was Not Attacked, AT YOUR DEALER'S AND GOTHAM HOSIERY SHOP, at WEST MATH 9T, DIED. MULLER.—Mrs, Mae A. (nee Voss), ate: ter of Dorothea Moore, suddenly July 25, 1015. Funeral services on Tuesday, 2 P. M,, at Funora} Parlors of Fred. Riker, 180 Tth av. Brooklyn. O'BRIEN.—On Baturday, July 24, 1026, PATRICK O'BRIEN Funeral from Lao ‘9 Funeral Tuesday, E. Baile; Bt, o1 Reaulem mass . M, tection. In his statement he says ‘ said, were bribed either by {inmunity, that Becker ordered Rosenthal’s murs | as in the cases of Ioxe, Webber and der as a warning to ‘aquealers’ and | Vdllon, or with money as in the case that Becker wanted it advertived | of the oy Ba beta bro got . salary and exponses for weeks, anc that Be wan he one man in this elty lin the case of Plitt, Becker's former | who held the power of death in his| friend and press agent, who appeared | hand and could slay at will.” for the State in return, Mr. Cockran Mr. Cockran brought out that Rose | asserted, for a salary and travelling | in his statement goes into detail expenses. about the Circle Theatre conference | CHAUFFEUR HIRED BY PROSE- | the night before the murder of CUTOR AS ote : ob “Between the first secon eee ae rene, Maid nothing mbout | ertais,” anid Mr. Cockran, “the chaut ‘e at elther trial, al-| four who was said to have taken the| though he said he told Mr, Whit-|conspirators, Rose, Webber and Val- man about It. ton, to, the so-called Harlem confer: ence signed an affidavit stating that SUPPREGSION OF FACTS A CRIME ho aid not take them to Harlem at AGAINST BECKER. jal. When we went after him to “ © make him our witness on the second ciate ne facts of the meeting at the | ‘ral we found him employed by the| rele Theatre were aupprossed in the pixtrict Attorney in the capacity, if trials of Becker,” shouted Mr. Cock-| you please, of a Wetective to detect ran, “that suppression was a crime | automobile thieves.” ‘and an out.|, Mt. Cockran ended his argument at - “| 2,80 o'olock, having talked two hours of the Supreme! and forty minutes. Assistant District Court.” Attorney Taylor began his argument Mr. Cockran read into the record, !mmediately. the letter ofVames Murphy, the Sing Sing convict who made aMdavit that| he heard in the Tombs Rose, Webber and Vallon conspire to fasten the murder of Rosenthal on Becker. “On this letter alone,” sald Mr.) pudiey Field Malone, Collector of the Cockran, “we are justified In asking Port, denied this afternoon the state- | Your Honor for a new trial until we ment attributed to him that he had have exhausted cvery possible, expe- declared he found mo proof that the dient to get the facts in this extraor-| Cunard liner Orduna was attacked by a dinary case.” German submarine, Count von Bern- :0 F , the Ger Ambassador, was Should Justice Ford decide that the Stor. the, German AM Malone had arguments of Becker's counsel war- so informed him. bape 1a M rant him in hearing oral evidence he yyubrt*’Saluicunsed ihe Orduna, report will have the power to order Beckem@® with anybody. directly or Indirectly, ex been made for such a contingency, Marement painted, by Ba eveping bey “ solutely without foundation. but if Becker is wanted he can be Paper is abaoliits wiount von. Bern: brought down here on a court order storff ever made any such statement, in four or five hours, and. if anybody made it for him he di tatement which is utterly The Becker s.®: opened by pre-|faine” senting the aM@davit of Harry Ap- = Mextean Troops. , pelbaum as to the Circle Theatre con- Nrexisn ae? aa toe It’s All In ference the night befere the Rosen- =“ adio to San Diego, Cal.).—It ia re- thal murder, This affidavit was not) ported here that Mexican soldiers attached to the original moving | sent from Guaymas against the Ya- papers, |qui Indians were ambushed by the BOURKE COCKRAN BEGINS THE) (t{tC" Yesterday and ten soldiers, in- Knowing How! cluding the Chief of Police of Guaymas, ARGUMENT FOR BECKER, were killed and four wonded. The nm casualties are not reported, Mr. Cockran opened his argument [4 » mas and the Yaqui Valley are by outlining the status of the Becker qut Extra Special for Monday and Tuesday ASSORTED TAFFIES BIG BOX of chewing delights, presented in 15 different Fruit, Nut and Spice flavors, each piece wr: id in sanitary paraf- fin of distinctive charm, Cris; Fresh—Delicious. Our regu! gr To start off the Oo f \ lag goods, week with a glorious extra special, M: and Tues- day, you get them at empgunn Box 19¢ Special for Tuesday And why should it be since there wers Special for Monday 95 phase datuy,. Vink pages 4 | printed? eae serene Sareea made Tusclous wares | || wero, LOC 23,405 from BROADW. jurtd p=. World “To Let” Ads. Last Month 7 NAsBAU x Pi | ; 15,687 pontine rid sf MORE THAN THE HERALD, “My room is my castle, Sir,” she said; “It must be faultless From carpet to bed.” “How can I find one Of this kind?” you ask. With World ads, at hand It’s no difficult task, aoe I'l tell you how he knows, “He collected $6,000 to be given to Herman Rosenthal, He stole $6,000 re Ses “What's Doing" To-dayl