The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1914-06-06

ITO was Blow
ly. The vessels officers heard the
Storstadt's siren but the fog was so
dense that the position OF the vessel
could not be determined. The Stor-
stadt was heavily loaded and lying
low In the water. She burst through
the Empress side like It was an egg.
shell.
When the Empress sailed from
Quebec the Salvation Army company
sang God Be With You Till We
Meet Again" Only a few OF these
people were saved.
The Empress was valued at $4,000.
900 and the cargo at S250,000. The
ship anG cargo were fully insured. At
low tide her tunnels may be seen and
1t is thought she may be raised. The
wreck of the vessel in the channel is
a menace to navigation.
The Empress carried 1867 passen.
gers, of whom 399 we're rescued and
LANDED here. The Storstadt, at first
reported to have had more than 300
survivors, sailed for Quebec after
landing only handful of rescued and
a number of dead.
From partial lists available il is
evident that but a sprinkllng OF the
first cabin passengers were saved.
Only three names OF those in cabins
appeared in the preliminary lists OF
rescued.
The stricken vessel sank as IL she
was lead. An explosion, apparently
originating in the engine room, has
tened the end and those who were
able to make their way from the cab
ins found themselves on a perilously
slanting deck Many leaped and we're
drowned. Others were fortunate
enough to grasp driftwood or were
picked up by lifeboats.
No Time to Get Clothes
The president OF the Canadian Pa.
cific railway issued a statement say.
ing the Empress sunk in fourteen
minutes. No one aboaId had time to
seize their belongings, much less to
dress. Women suffered most. Only
few were saved, according to the
early lists and indications are they
lacked strength to combat conditions
which confronted them. There was
not, as was the case on the Titanic.
time for calm deliberation and rigid
observance of unwritten rule of the
sea, Women first"
When the rescue ships, Eureka and
Lady Evelyn. reached The scene short
ly before daybreak, they found nine
lifeboats from the Empress, all
jammed full and many occupants
wounded. II was still dark. Wreck
age covered the river everywhere.
The Storstadt had her bow badly
crumpled, was still on the scene pick
ing up the living wherever she could.
In one OF the lifeboats crouched Cap
tain Kendall, commander OF the EN-
press, dazed and greatly shaken. He
leaped from the deck and had been
picked up by members of the crew.
The Colorado investigation
New York.-That Colorado judges.
supreme court Justices, its lawyers, It's
business men, are owned like office
boys and controlled by the coal in
terests were charges made by Judge
Ben Lindsay, OF Colorado, before the
federal commission on industrial re-
lations in session here. Judge Lind
sey told OF the conditions in the strike
zone. and branded as falsehoods tes.
timony given by Major Edward j.
Bouton. judge advocate OF the mill.
tary district. who had just preceded
him on the stand.
Federal troops could now be with
drawn from Colorado without danger.
according to testimony given by Major
Edward j. Boughton. Major Bough-
ton said he had been sent by Gov
ernor Ammons and by his own COM
manding officer of the Colorado Ma
tional guard to enlighten public opin-
lon which has been infiamed by press
reports" He was chairman OF the
military commission appointed by
Governor Ammons to investigate the
conduct OF the National Guard at
Ludlow. where the striken tent col
ony was burned recently.