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Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
SAYS HULL OF SHIP
 MUST HAVE BEEN SHELL
Comment of Senator Burton, Who At-
 tended Sea Safety Convention.

Washington, May 2s.-News of the sinking of the steamer Empress of Ireland and the appalling loss of life in the catastrophe stirred administra- ton officials to activity today and aroused comment in congressional cir cles.
 The hull of the Empress of Ireland must have been a mere shell for the ship to have gone down in ten min utes,", said Senator Burton, who was one of the American delegates to the London convention which drafted a treaty for safety at sea. The senator expressed the opinion that if the treaty had been in effect, the hulls classification clause would probably have compelled the owners of the Empress to have reconstructed her
 The treaty would not make com pulsory the remodelling of existing vessels so as to provide for separate watertight bu1kheads, he explained. but the publicity about the condition of those ships would cause the public not to patronize the dangerously con- structed vessels
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
ase OF THE SURVIVORS t
 TAKEN TO QUEBEC.
Very Few of Those Rescued Had a Complete Outfit of Wearing ApparaI Graphic Description of Scene Aft
 CT Collision Given by Ships Surgeon.

Quebec. Map 2s-A train with ss6 survivors from the sunken steamer Empress of Ireland reached here shortly before eight ocolck tonight. The rescued on board numbered 29 first class, 29 second class and 101 third class passengers and 237 of the crew. Thirty-seven survivors were left at RimOuski, which would make a total of 433 saved. As revised figures show 1887 persons to have been on the steamer. this makes the probable number of lost 934
 A full equipment of ambuianees sup piled by the, city of Quebec, by the town of Lewis, on the opposite side of the river, and the army medical sery- ice corps was awaiting in readiness at Lewis when the special survivors train arrived. The passengers were inme- diateiy disembarked and transferred to the ferry steamer, which had been waiting at the special wharf to faciii- tate the transfer to the Quebec.
 It was pitiful sight when the ferry steamer Polaris docked on the Quebec side at S.30 o'clock tonight and the 396 man and women saved from the ill., fated Empress of Ireland trooped fal- teringly down the gangway.
 The faces of all plainly registered the frightfuT experience they had gone through. Very few of the survivors possessed s complete outfit of clothes. the majority wearing only shirts, trousers and boots.
 ]. Heads were barred as the injured were brought ashore supported by friends and officials of the company.
 The second and third class passen- gers and the crew were immediately made comfortable on the Allan liner Alsatian which was lying fn an ad- joining berth at the brea1xwater. The 1irst class and injured passengers were IT Hflt0naa ahiiaa and afhar
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
CHARLES E. BECKER AoAIN
 IN DEATH HOUSE.
Many Months Will Rfapss Bsfsrs Court of Appeals Acts On His cass

6ssiHiAg. N. T., May as.-chariss N Becker today passed for the second time iHte the death house at Sing Sing prison te await death in the eleotvfo chair for iRstigatiAs the murder Of Herman HoseHfhal- Justice 6eabury in New Yerk had sentenced him early in the day to die during the week of July (, The prisoners eounsel will ap- peal. however, and this will seYve as a stay of execution Many months will e1apee befere the court af appeals hands down it's decision In bis fermeR appeal BeekeF wan-
 The prisoner today was assigned te Cell IF in the second tier. fhe green screens fn front of all the cell doors la the death house were drawn when he entered When they were lifted Becker found that his cell faced that occupied by Hans Schmidt, the dis credited pEiest vho murdered Anna AumuIler in New Fork and then threw her dismembsesd body into the Hudson ruer
 schzaidt szsstsd Becker, but naHe of the IT other occupants sf the death houss spoke
 As Warden Clancy left hin Beelrsy red17axked. Fhe death heuso danan't look like the old place, waSdaR. The now coat of paint makes ii leek fine 'e
 Wrs. Becker will visit her husband tpmorroW and bring him suit cass full of legal papers. documents and books. Becker will then beG1n vuuk 1o heln: alz aftonWH unnnnlpr - onnn1Il
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 ion on the disaster. but it is difficult to believe that such an accident in the St Lawrence so.uear to Father Point could not nave been prevented.
 T will. not pass Judgment and hope it will turn out to be one of those disasters which could not have been prevented by human agency"
 The government steamer Lady Grey well equipped with medical supplies provisions and a number of doctors from Quebec City is due to arrive at Father Point at midnight and will rem der every assistance to the survivors according to the marine department here.
 The department has taken steps to mark with buoys the place where the Empress of Ireland sank, as protec- ton to other vessels
 An official inquiry into the circum- stances connected with the accident will be begun early next week, accord ing to Alex Johnston, deputy minister of marine and fisheries.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

stem still hung in the gash it had made in the Empress side, Captain Kendall begged the master of the col Her to keep his propellers going so that the hole might remain plugged. The Storstad, however, dropped back and the Empress filled and fioundered.
 Captain Kendall stood on his bridge as the ship went down. One of the boats from the liner picked him up and he directed its work of saving others until the craft was loaded to the gunwale. The captain was injured in the crash and suffered from expo sure but his hurts are not dangerous and his speedy recovery is expected.
 When day broke this morning the rescue boats had not yet returned from the scene of the wreck. People standing on shore at Father Point saw the rescue steamers picking up boats off the river. and prepared to give help to the survivors. They were surely in need of help as most of them had on little clothing and the temperature was almost down to the freezing pcii-t When they had been given attention and started on their way to Quebec the work of recovering bodies was undertaken. The rescue steamers themselves had brought in nearly fifty of these, and tonight after they had continued their search the entire day a total of about 250 bodies had been recovered.
 One woman and four men who were still living were picked up during the day by the steamers. Few of the bodies had been identified tonight
 The wireless is given credit for saw ing many lives from the sinking liner. Responding promptly to the "S O S" call the Eureka was on the spot ap- proximately twenty minutes after the disaster and the Lady Evelyn but lit- tie later.
 Among the missing are Lawrence $. B. Irving, the actor, son of the late Sir Henry Irving, and his wife (Aa- bel Hackney)
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
ROCKEFELLER EpucATloNAC
 FUND DISTRIBUTION. Vale Medical School Gets HaH Million to Get Control ef Hospital.

New York, May 2slThe general education board which administers and distributes the John b Rockefeller fund, today announced appropriations totalling sI4oo.ooo to universities and colleges and for the purpose of caxry- ing on farm dsmonstration instruction and boys and girls clubs in Maine and New Hampshtre- Nineteen thouAnd dollars goes to Maine. $1oooo to New Hampshire The college and unfver- sity appropriations were aS followS:
 Stevens Institute of Technology, Ho- boi,en. N. J., $2Bo.o0o; Elmira ooilssN Elnira, N. r., s1oo.ooo; Hendfx col lege, Conway, Ark, $1oo. 900; WAahtns- ton and Lee University, LexfnEton, Va S1o0 900; Wells College. Aurora. N. Y4 s100 900 and Wofford college, Spartan burg, S. C., $3s,ooo.
 A report covering a careful study of the status of rural education and touching on the renewed interest in rural education throughout the ooun- try was submitted to the board It was pointed out that the state depart ments of education often lack the CT ganization to make thorough surveys forces with a view to developing edu- cationa1 systems of rural education
 The board decided to support rural school agents attached to the offfce of the state superfntendents of instruction and a general agent for the purpose of bringing about cooperation between the several states, in order to initiate a country wide movement for the gen- eral Improvement of rural schools An initial appropriation Of &Bo.ooo was made for starting this work in twelve or fifteen states. the states to be chosen by conference between the of fioers of the board and the state de- partments of education. For the sup- port of supervisors of rural negro schools sso,ooo YVES appropriated An appropriation of $40,ooo was made for further development of the secondary school movement in the South. Five hundred thousand dollars was appropriated to the medical ds- partment of Yale University to enable the university to gain complete edu- eatienal control of the New Haven hespital and to install full-time clfni- cal teaching in the main medical and surgical departmahts.
 A sum of SsS,ooo fs not accounted for iH the distribution as announced.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Ice Crushed
 Arctic Ship
ENTIRE CREW OF SUPERVISION
 KARLUk MARooNEp.
SANK ON JANUARY 1eth
Crew Has Plenty of Food and Wood Cryptic Msssans Sent to Herbert Bridsman Of Brooklyn, Long Intsr- estsd In Arctic Exploration Weri1

, Nome. Alaska, May zs-rhe szo ton wooden steam whaler Karluk, nagship of the Canadian governments Arctic exploring expedition, under command of Vilhjalmur Stefansson, was crush ed in the ice and sank January, Is near The entire white crew of 24 men except Captain Robert A. Bartlett, Is now on Wrangen Island with plenty of food and wood.
 Captain Bartlett made his way across the frozen ice to North Cape, Siberia. and then proceeded overland to Whaler bay, Siberia There he was taken on board the whaler Herman. which carried him to St. Michael. where he is now, and from which point information of the Karfuks fate came by cable.
 to the relief of the Karluks crsw ts soon as she can get through Boring strait into the Arctic.
 Stefansson is at the mouth of the Mackenzie river. having left hte KAr- luk September 10 to hunt caribou ashore. When he returned to the point where he had come ashore he found that the Kariuk had been blown away ton to the Arctic. was crushed in the by storm
 New York, May zs-Ths Karlui<, which carried the steffanson e1pedi- sage received here today from St. Michaels. Alaska The crew fs ma rooned on Wrange1 Island-
 The message announcing the fate of the Karfuk read as follows;
 "Karluk crushed in ice JanuAry six ey miles of HerAld Island Bartlett arrived here tonight. Whalsr Herman of Siberia assistance for wransei Is- land"
 This somewhat cryptic message was addressed to Herbert Br1dgnan of Brooklyn, long interested in Arctic ex- ploration work The Bartlett referred to is Captain Robert Bartlett, who commanded Pearys ship Roosevelt. and later assumed command of the Karluk.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
CANADIAN GOVERNMENT
 URGES INVESTIGATION
Third Disaster on St. Lawrence in
 Last Two Months.

Ottawa, 6nt.. May as.-That thor eugh investigation must be made into the loss of the Canadian Pacific steam CT Empress of Ireland was FurGed on the Canadian government tonight by Sir Wilfrid Laurier, leader of the op- position in parliament
 The hand of fate has been heavy months. he added stTais is fhe third disaster on the St. Lawrence reuta since navigation opened tive months ago and in loss of life it has surpassed anything since the wreck of the ri tanic. In proportion of loss of life this even exceeds the Titanic itself.
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Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Corrected Estimate of Victims and
 SurYiNorsl

Of total of 1887 persons on board the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland when she sailed yesterday from Quebec for Liverpool, 954 were lost when the liner was rammed by the Danish collier Storstad and sank of. Father Point in the St. Lawrence river before daylight today. according to revised figures late tonight. Only 433 are known to have been saved.
 Of the ST first cabin passengers. the late figures show 29 to have been saved. Of the 153 in the second cabin 29 were rescued; of the 715 third class passengers, there are 101 survivors, while 237 of the crew of 432 were brought ashore.
 These figures account for the 396 survivors landed here and taken by train to Quebec, where they arrived.
 The remaining 38 rescued persons, unclassifed, complete the total of 43s known survivors
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
RIVERS AND HARBoRs
 BILL CARRIES s5s. oo,ooo. New Appropriations In;Iude sf1,aoo
 For Bridgeport.

Washington. May 29-Work on the rivers and harbors bill was completed today by the senate commerce com- mittee and the measure will be re- ported next week. carrying appropria- tions aggregating 53.5e0. .0e6. This is an increase of about s10,0e6.eee over 094 ,eo0 ov<r last years total
 The senate committee cut out sereEa1 small items in the house bill and TO- duced others. but added many new ones. The new appropriations pro- posed include geo for Bridgeport, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
EXAMINATION OF BOOKS
 MAY DELAY PROCEEDINGS.
No Estimate of Length of Time That
 Morgan Books VIII Require.

Washington, May 29.-Examihers of the interstate commerce commission who are in New York going over the books of J. P Morgan 6 company re- lating to fininciaI affairs of the New Haven railroad were unable to esti- mate. it was stated here tonight, the length of. time that would be required for completion of their task They will observe tomorrow as holiday. Examiner McAdamS of the commission has an engagement to meet William Rockefeller in Greenwich, Conn.,, to- merrow to determine whether the aged hnancier will be able to stand the strain of questioning during the New Haven hearings which will be resumed here next Wednesday. MT. McAdams elan. He will endeavor. it is said, to judge, as 8 layman. whether MT Reckefeller's condition is such as to prescribe any attempt to put him to examination.
 300 Bodies in Wharf Sheds.
 About see bodies of dead from the Empress of Ireland lie tonight in the sheds at the wharf here. Some of the bodies have been identified aad~claim- ed; the others will be kept here until the friends or relatives give orders for their disposition. One of the bodies on the wharf is that of a woman whose arms are clasped tightly about her child; Many of the bodies are torn and bruised
 It was noticeable that on board the train that took the survivors from RimouslSi to Quebec the greater mum Der of those who had been saved from the sea were men.
 Captain Kendall of the ill-fated Enpress of Ireland was dovncast oxer the disaster to his ship when he was brought ashore here. T wish had saaa ks 4h6 natirl8 zith hazf hs 0ia,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Steamship Arrivals.

Liverpool, May 2s.-Steamer Cal garian, Quebec.
 Gibraltar, May 29.-Stearner Ham burg, New York for Naples.
 Queenstown. May 2s.-Steamer Ced- ric;, New York for Liverpool.
 Eayal, May 2S---Steamers Ancona, New York for Naples; 2sth, Germania, New York and Providence for Mar
 Naples. May 2s.-steamer Cedric Boston,
 New York, May 2s.-Steamer Prin- ejndnIa 8aktiefaA .5fa EnHfnx
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
steamers Reported by WireIe.s.

Steamers Reported by Wireless.
 New York, May 2s.-Steamer Ma poll, Naples for New York, signa1led 621 miles east of Sandy Hook at noon. Dock noon Sunday.
 Steamer Carmania, Liverpool for New York, signalled TIA miles east of Sandy Hook at l D. m. Dock 10.3o a. m Sunday.
 Lizard. May 29.-Steamere Oceanic. New York for Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southampton, signalled 454 miles west at 4.15. Due Plymouth 5.SO a. mn. Saturday.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
ReIief .Iraia peraiIed.

Quebec, May 2s.-Fhe special Can adian Pacific relief train carrying sur vivors from the, steamship Empress of Ireland, was derailed shortly after leaving Rimouski. So far as is known no one was injured Another train was immediately made up.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

HartfereA Rev. Br. William Be Loss Love. president and treasurer of the Connecticut Humane s0ciety, has re- turned from a visit to Lancaster, Mass. where he attended the End am niversary celebration Of fne Lancas- ter church. where he served his first saateFzis kaa 1S5s ta. 4sA .z-.s .-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Carranza Agent
 Now at Niagara
WITH COMMUNICATION FOR
 SOUTH AMERICAN ENvoYs.
NOTE IS NOT ACCEPTED
Contained Msssase Expressing Sur prise That Negotiations Were Con- tinuins with constitutionali.ts Un- -Mediators Silent.

Niagara Falls, Ont. May 2e-Con- sideration of an agreement between the Huerta government and the United States was temporarily interrupted to-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Navle atlen lights orf the Campeche bank are kept burning and appear to be in good condition. The commander of the U. S. S. Yankton cabled the Navy Department to that eeet.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

The Senate has stricken from the naval appropriation the authority for an investigation by the Secrtary of the Navy into the plans for the erection of government armer plate plant.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Miss Annie Kennedy, militant suffragette and chief aide to Mrs. Pankhurst, became seriously ill from the effects of a hunger strike and vas released from Holloway jail.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Pacific Liner Empress of Ireland, Rammed in St
 Lawrence River, Sinks Within 15 Minutes WIRELESS CREDITED WITH SAVING MANY LIVES

Danish Collier Storstad Crashed Into Big Liner Aish and Ripped Her Open Clear to Stern-Disaster Happened Not Far Of Shore-Captain of Doomed Ship Begged Master of Collier to Keep Propele Going Block Hole But the Sorstad Dropped Back and the Empress Filled and Floundered-Rescue Boats, Responding to aS o. 5" Cal, Found Only Floating Wreckage Few Life boats and Rafts Buoyng Up Less Than Third of Those who Had Been Aboard the MLfated Ship-22 Dead From Injuries and Exposure Steward Did Not Have Time Rouse People-Very Few Women Among the Rescued - Captain Stuck to Duty Till Ship Went Down-Surviv- Total 437.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Cabled Paragraphs

Madame caiIIaux Remsnded.
 Paris, May 29.-Madame CailIaux. wife of Joseph Caillaux. former French finance minister, was today formally remanded for trial on the charge of killing Gaston Calmette, editor of the Figaro. on March Is last The hear
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

15 Voters at Derby City Meeting.
 Derby. Conn, May 2s.-Oniy fifteen voters took the trouble to attend a city meeting tonight and fourteen of these were in favor of the proposed S100,O00 refunding bonds issue.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

. A resolution was adopted at the Farmers annual convention In Stroudsburg, Pa. setting aside June 1 as Rooster Day. when every rooster in the State shall be killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

An invitation to spend. July. A. at Philadelphia was extended to Presi- dent Wilson by a delegation represent ing the City Council.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the English novelist, visited the Tombs prison in New York and was guest of honor at a dinner given by the Pilgrims.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
After making elaborate prepar,

for the celebration of the 1o0th anni- versary of its foundation, the steeple on the Reformed Church at Blooming dale N. J., was struck by lightning and destroyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Four persons were killed and three seriously injured when an automobile stage skidded off the approach to a bridge across the Snohomish River near Everett, Wash.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Using a barber pole as a ladder, hrs- men rescued 10 persons from nre which destroyed a three story build ing in Newark, N. J.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

The steamship J. F. Luekenbaeh, [ 3.0o0-ton vessel with a crew of 20 men which was due in Baltimore on May 21 is believed to have been lost.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Emperor William is suffering from . severe cold.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

The first drowning of the season at Mays Landing, N. J., occurred, when Nicholas Rossati. Is years old, lost his life in Lake Lenape.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Gustav Lloyd, a Ionsshoreman en- ployed on the steamer Bahassire at the Bush Terminal piers in Brooklyn. was killed when a load of crated beef fell on him.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

A number of mills at Youngstown, Ohio, were compelled to close down be- cause of the excessive heat. The temperature was 95 degrees.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Winston Churchill, first Lord of the British Admiralty. accomplished the first of series of tests, required in order to obtain an air pilots license.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Sir WiIfrer Laurier completed 4Q years of service in the Canadian House of Commons. A gold watch was presented to him by the Liberal party.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Alfred j.. Straka, of Cleveland, q sea- man on the .battleship Texas, fell from the deck of the vessel and was drown ed. The body was recovered.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

"Good Roads Day" was celebrated throughout West Virginia by 5o,ooo men. who with picks and shovels, re- paired the public highways.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Ford Margeum, president of the Farmers National Bank of Sussex, N. J.. is dying from injuries received his automobile went over an embank- ment.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

The failure of the Banque Miniere Metalurgique ct Industrielle at Paris was announced.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

The army worm is reported to> Do causing damage to crops in Missouri
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30
Captain Bsrs HImssIf sraYsiy

From all accounts Captain H. G. Kendall, of the Empress of Ireland. bore 11fmself like true sailor 50 long ns hfs ship stood under him, He re- &61no6 N1oh co1aeaond ofs ths situa taoss
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

Severe earthquake shocks wers rs- corded at Sydney Australia
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

More than 50 firemen were overcome by smoke when fire partially destroyed the Union Station at Detroit, Mich The loss is $30,000.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

St. Louis celebrated the 15oth anni- versary of it's foundation
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-06-22
SOUTH BEND WOMAN
WANTS BODY ExHUMED
Mrs. Rose Varga Says Husband Went
to Detroit to Get Job IN Ford
Automobile Plant.

A South Bend man who went to
Detroit in an effort to land a job in
the Ford automobile factory and share
in the profit sharing plan now lies
buried in the potters' field there. ac-
cording to word received from that
city yesterday.
The man is supposed to be John
Varga of 226 Pagan St. according to
his wife, Mrs. Rose Varga, who is now
in Detroit intending to have the body
exhumed so she can tell whether or
not it is her husband.
Mrs. Varga yesterday visited the
coroner at Detroit and told her story.
She said her husband left South Bend
this spring Intending to try and secure
a job with the Ford company. She
heard from him a couple of times and
then his letters quit coming.
On April II a man was hit by a
Wabash train at Detroit and the fol-
lowing day was buried in the POtters'
field The following day Mrs. Varga
read of the accident and the descrip-
ton tailed with that of her husband.
She waited for some word from her
husband and after several weeks pass
ed decided to visit Detroit and have
the mans body exhumed.
In case her surmise is true. the
body will be brought back to South
Bend. The body is to be exhuned to-
day.