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Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
Important Positions Along Lubin-ChcIm Railway Still in Hands of Slavs, But the Germans Gain Slowly on City
FRIGHTENING GRIP
 ON POLISH CAPITAL.
Germans Cross Narrow River and Storm FortresscS of Rozan and PuItusk -- NarsaW's Evacuation is Again Probable
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LONDON. July 24-The Austro- Germans seem unable to force the Russians from their important posi- tions northwest of Warsaw along the Lublin- Chelm railway but German victories in northern Poland and north of'the Polish capital frightened their grip on the city. Critics say the abandonment of Warsaw again becomes probable. There is no change on the western front. The Turks attacked the British on the GallipoH peninsula but the British claim they lost no ground.
 After weeks of battering the Ger man forces for the first time crossed the Narew river north of Warsaw ard now have considerable weight of men on the south bank of that river between the fortresses of Ttozan and Pultuck which the Berlin official statement describes as stormed ir- resistibly. The communication, how ever. did not state whether the fortresscs capitulatcd.
 The fighting in southern Courland, according to German claims, has re- suited in something akin to a crush ing victory such as was familiar in wars iu former years. General Won Buclows forces having cut up the retiring troops badly. dispersing those not killed. wounded or captured.
 That the Russians are holding the immediate Warsaw front is plainly evidenced by the German official statement which refers to only minor operations in this area and tells of a comparatively insignificant number of prisoners taken Military critics say this indicates there have been no serious attacks on either side. which probably means the Germans are waiting for endorsements, or some favorable circumstance. while the Russians from their strongholds are risking nothing in counter attacks.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
SHEER WEIGHT . IF HUMANITY ON SHIP SANK HER
First Eyewitness to De scribe Disaster Says the Crowd Moved, Boat List ed, Broke from Moorings. Drfted, Turned Over
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CHICAGO. July 24.-L- D. Gadory, employed as a candy butcher oa the steamer Was the first eye wit ness to tell a detailed story of the accident.
 Al about : % in the morning the boat. which had been chartered by employees of the Western Electric Co., for an excursion to Michigan City. was lying at her dock near the Clark street bridge, loading passen- gers" said Gadory.
 We were to leave in twenty min utcs and the upper deck and cabins were crowded with passengers. There were hundreds of women and chill dren. ] estimate there were between two and three thousand on the boat at the time of the accident. I was standing on the lower deck near q gangplank. watching the people come aboard. Suddenly l noticed the boat list toward the center of the river. It rolled slightly at first and then seemed to stop. Then it started to roll again.
 T became alarmed and shouted to the crowd to keep stil. Apparently majority of the passengers were on one side of the boat and this ovcrweighted it and caused it to list. Suddenly the hawscrs which held the boat to the dock snapped. and the officers pulled in the gangplank and refused to allow any more on the boat.
 At this time everybody was panic-stricken. Women screamed and men tried to quiet them I at tempted to reach the upper deck but could not because the crowd in i'its excitement ran back to port where the gangway had been. The 1 boat then slowly drifted away from the dock rolling as she slipped into | midstream, and a moment later it i turned over on one side. I climbed stayed there until taken off by life savers.
 Many of the passengers Ieaped l into the water as the boat went over Scores of others were caught in the cabin and drowned When small ] boats began coming out to us worked with the other survivors talk ing passengers out of the water and cutting holes in the cabins to re- cover the bodies"
 Mrs. Paulina Vantack. the mother of three children. was among those drowned. Her children are believed to be lost. Henry Vantack. the wom
 ans husband, was pulled out of the
 water.
 T could not believe the boat was turning over" Vantack said. 'I dit
 not sec my wife or children after the boat turned. They were carried 
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Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
Passengers Rush To Look
 At LamnCh Caused Disaster

noticed this morning was that the Eastland began to lean to starboard. Erickson was in charge of the pumps. He gave an order to steady the boat and we pumped water in the other side until she was even. We had just evened her up when the launch came down the river and the crowd on deck rushed over to port side to look at it.
 The weight all on one side ap- parently proved too much and the Eastland began to tilt badly. We worked frantically at the pumps to try to bring her back"
 Eye witnesses informed the police that a man in the launch operating moving picture camera attracted the passengers.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
HEROIC WORK OF RESCUERS;
 HUNDREDS ARE L|FE-SAvERS

Efforts to resucitate those taken from the river were unsuccessful, except in two or three instances. It was also stated that many of the injured would die. The whole city was soon in con sternation over the catastrophe. The word spread rapidly and the thousand already on or near the wharf were in creased by other thousands and the Clark street bridge nearby was crowd ed until it was threatened. The streets had to be cleared by the police to al L. low the moving of ambulances. Busi- ness men sent automobiles and motor trucks to help aid the injured and car ry away the dead. One warehouse was soon filled with bodies and the other dead were taken to the Second Regi- ment armory a mile away.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
MODERN WARS GREAT WASTE
 IN SHELL FIRE
4 Comparison of Expendi- lures for Artillery Fire ill the Present War With Those of the Earlier Conflicts
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BERLIN, July 24.-The astonishing shell ll-consuming power of modern ar tlllery is discussed by General Hein- rich Rohne in an interview pub Iished by the Vossische Zeitung.
 Tn the war of 1S70.' says General Rohne, mo German battery fired more than 200 rounds ill one battle from each of it's guns. A Russian battery fired 522 rounds for each of its guns at the battle of Tuschit- schao. The use of ammunition in the present war puts all these fig ures in the shade.
 During the whole Franco German war the German artillery fired S11,- 900 rounds, a tenth part of which was used in the battle of St. PriVat. In the Russo-Japanese war one side used a total of 954,0OO shells.
 "On March 10 German headquarters announced that the enemy during the preceding fortnight had fired off an immense amount of heavy artillery of it's own and of American manufac- ture. often using more than 100000 shells in twenty-four hours. This is three times as much as was used in the battle of St. Privat on front almost twice as long. The number of shots that were fired at a yard of front was six times as large as in
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Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
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 CHICAGO. July 24. - Stories of heroism are almost as numer- ous tonight as the number of persons on the scene of the disaster. The boats as soon as full took the rescued to the wharf of the steamer Theodore Roosevelt, which was tied as near to the upset Eastland as possible, and in an hour the water was cleared of eXcursionists Those who were not taken to land had sunk or were swirling up the river to- wards the drainage canal locks at LocIlport, thirty-siX miles away. The locks wero raised to stop the cur rent, and arrangements made to have the bodies taken from the river along it's course through the south west part of Chicago. Shortly after the water WAS cleared, engineers and helpers went to work on the ex- posed side of the Eastland's hull, cutting through the steel plates with gas flames Boats formed a bridge, between the pier and the capsized ship.
 As divers gained entrance to the hull, the scene of distress moved for the time being from the river to the cxtemporized morSueS. The ware houses of wholesale companies along the river were thrown open and the bodies laid in rows on the floors. Scores taken from. the water wero severely injured, and they were taken to the Iroquois hospital, built in memory of 600 women and children and a few men who were burned to death in the Iroquois theater on New Years eve several years ago.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
Orders Issued With Ap- proval of President to RepeI With Force Any Firing into American Territory from South
ENTIRE SITUATION
 MOST DISCOURAGING
Mexico City Completely Cut Off and at Mercy of Ha- pata's Indians While Fac tions Engage i'll Fruitless Fighting
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WASHINGTON, July 24.-Orders were issued with the approval of the president to Major General Funston 10 repel with force if necessary any firing into American territory from the Mex ican side of the border. Carranza has been advised of this.
 Advices from Vera Cruz to the Car ranza agency said that Carranza has specifically instructed Gales not to at tack Nogales. Late in the day the NacC garrison withdrew.
 The situation throughout Mexico. as reported from various sections. is con sidered discouraging by officials. Mex ico City is completely cut off and is presumably in the hands Of a band of Indians under control of Zapata- Con gales is in the vicinity of Pachuca en- deavoring to retake the town from "a pata forces. Obregon, according to of ficiaI reports, is isolated north of Mex ico City. A flying column of Nilla troops has taken Queretaro and is op erating in the vicinity of the Mexican capital.
 The city of Guanajuato is reported il a chaotic condition and an appeal has been sent through the state departmen to have the Villa troops return there tc restore order In Los Mochis, in the state of Sinaloa, 1,5OO Indians are causing much apprehension.
 Villa himself is reported at Torreor with no communication south of Zaca- tecas He has not heard from his fly inc column of several thousand men fo- nearly a week but they were given spe- cific instructions to protect foreigner and their property, he told American consular agents
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
Proposes Separate Peace
 F0y .FyunCe And German

through Switzerland between Fran a and Germany The first of the ass ciation's publications is entitlal Switzerland as Reconciler and Medi tor between France and Germany, F long review of the present peace pro 70 poets by Pastor Eduard Blocher. cha - lain of the cantonal hospital in Zuri 2. A second pamphlet is by the Rev Dr. Bauer of Basic, and describes a tip which he recently made through Ger many, where he found the sentim anC among the people generally favora { to peace,
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
STORES TEMPORARY REFUGE

CHICAGO. July 24.-Stores and warehouses in the vicinity tempo rarily housed the survivors They provided% coffee and sandwiches. one big concern turned its sales rooms on South Water street into an information bureau and relief station. Here came relatives and friends tcarfulIy seeking informa- ton statesmen passing among the crowd obtained the names of missing relatives. Dr. J. E. Murphy. pr. John Golden and former Health Commissioner Evans were in charge of the medical relief staff at the temporary stations.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25

NATIONAL DEFENSE
 PLAN OF PRESIDENT
 TO BE WORKED OUT
STRIKERS DEMANDS
 TURNED DOWN

NEW YORK, July 24-Bayonne strikers at the Standard Oil plant were notified tonight by officials of the Standard oils New Jersey company that they would not ac- cede to their demands.
 The strikers called d meeting and decided not to return to work Mon day
 The strike, which has been marked by serious rioting and the killing of three strikers, affects 300 Standard oil employees. Near ly 6,OO0 more employed at the Tide water companys plant will also re- main idle.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
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 ZURICH, Switzerland, July 24.-An organization which hopes to bring about a reconciliation between France and Germany has just opened offices here. It bears the imposing title of "Stimmen i'm Sturm aus der Deutschen Schweiz' in : storm from German Switzerland.
 The organization, according to the Zurich Post, intends by means of pamphlets and personal propaganda to establish a friendlier understanding
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
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CHICAGO. July 24.-That a sud- den rush of persons on the decks of the Eastland to the portside to look at a speeding launch caused the catastrophe was the assertion Of Jack Ebert, gauge tender on the steamer He said he and J. M. Erickson, chief engineer, escaped by wading through the water in hatch and crawling out a port hole into the river.
 The Eastland was kept stable by means of the water ballast system, Ebert said. Water is pumped into the chambers until it becomes steady. This is done even before freight is taken aboard. The first thing l
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
Of Embey GiUeS
 HiS Reasons
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 IDAHO FALLS, July 24.-"A desire to live in the proper way, perchance tc have a family and to fill mans proper sphere which is impossible to a wage earner under present conditions was the reason assigned by LeOniGas Dean, sheepherder. for Kidnapping F. A. Elm pey. a wealthy stockman and demand ing S6.00O ransom.
 Dean. who is held in jail charged with Kidnapping denied any connection with the Yellowstone holdup on July 9 or the reported plot to kidnap Pres dent smith of the Mormon church Dean appealed to Empey to inform tn public he was treated with as muc consideration as possible to accomplis - the object"
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25

 OF GAL|C|A
 GERMAN JOY
Declaration That They Are Ready for the Remaining Four-fifths of All the Soldiers Car Can Put into Field

LONDON, July 24.-If the German newspapers reflect public opinion on the event the Germans gloat over the fact that the Russians have been comuclIcd to withdraw in Galicia rather than rejoice over the reoccu- patton of Lemberg. The Hamburg "NachriChten' writes:
 The Russians established them selves at once in Lcmberg, which became wrctched Lvoff in the mouth of the unhcroic English who crawl before Russia in a disgusting manner. The good German eame was re- placed by the yap of a dog.
 "Wben everything seemed safe the children of the Lemberg citizens were torn from their parents in
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
INQUEST IS BEGUN

CHICAGO, July 24.-Coroner Hoffman began his inquest late today. He had q number of pho- tographs of the boat taken and then ordered it pumped out and raised. Chief of Police Healy, who inspected the hull late this afternoon. expressed the opinion there are still three hundred bodies in the boat which cannot be recovered until it is raised.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
SECOND REGIMENT ARMO}Y BECOMES
 A VAST MORGUE WITH 1900 BODIES

Catastrophe Plngcs Great City into Deepest Grief, While Great Crowds Wait Patiently for Hours in Hopes of Finding Bodies of Kin triends-Many Heroic Rescucs Recorded-Fedelal and State Invcsti- gations Begun With Empanelhng of Grand Jury
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25

CHICAGO persons of  ing
  the Western Electric Michigan The O
  to be taken to the Second Regiment aror2 at l or these said 500
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  fearnding There
  mourning The police arrested all the officers
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25

After q hole had been cut in the pro truding side of the vessel and many dead bodies removed, a thrill passed through the crowd as word was passed along that a baby girl had been found alive among the hundreds of dead in the ship The child was in a starboard
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
STEAMER EASTLANO, LOADED WITH HOLIDAY
 CROWD TURNS TURTLE AND HEAVY LADEN, |S
 LOST WITH NEARLY ALL IF |TS PASSENGERS

Over Two Thousand Employcs of Western Electric Com pany Bound for Lake Ride Thrown into Water or Carried Down When Ill-faed Ship Reels Over Side in Act of Leaving Pcr-But Few Escape from Death Trap They Boarded Minute Before
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
Call Peace Conference

Fl. PASO. July 24-Carranza's mil itary officers are to be invited to i peace conference regardless of the un compromising attitude of their chiei according to Miguel Lombardo, Villa minister of foreign affairs. who arrived from Washington today. Lombardo i en route to Mexico for conference with Villa who, he says. will probably agree to the plan.
 Any efforts now made to effect 2r
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Arizona republican., 1915-07-25
Associated Press Dispatch)

CHICAGO, July 24-ThOusandS lost thcr lives in tho Chicago river through the capsizng of the Eastland After working ceaseleSs all day and far into the nigh the bodies of Sl2 passengers taken t. the Second Regiment arnory. Coroner Hoffman said he hopes the total dead will not exceed 1000
 W. C. Steele. sccrctarvtreasGrcr of the St. Joseph X Chicago Steamship company, owners of the EaStand. arrested tonight and locked in the police station
 The steamer leased by the Indiana Transporta- tOn company, whose officers said they rcspon sble for the licensing of the ship and not control of the crew.
 koin avenue, small street the factory of the Western Electric company, in universal mourning. tonight. Every house had lost all it's occupants Many of the i-fatcd residents of the tonight in the morgue beneath the steel hull of tine Eastand over which searchlighs shot bndin@ glare while hul- dreds of men searching for more bodies.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-25

statcroom where 1t was held from the water by chair that was damned against the berth. The baby only awakened as she was carried to land.
 The mother was not found. Two wo-
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-10

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 troops landed at both sides of the entrance to the bay, taking Bayonne and Eizabethport, with their oil re- fneries and tanks, and their ship yards. Then the dotiila moved up the bay and put great bodies of soldiers of all arms ashore at the great factory town of Newark. A big city, and a diff cult city to control, it kept the com manders occupied for three days before they had made their footing good, but then it was an admirable and vastly valuable base. From it the troops spread out and took Rutherford, Pas saic, Hackensack and Paterson.
 It was rich commercial territory that ing New York, for these factory cities were a part of the metropolitan dis trict counted with New York city in every national estimate of industrial wealth. This district contained almost 8 OOO factories In wealth and pro ductiveness it was d choice prize.
 Having made good it's hold on the new conquest across the Hudson river, the invading army ceased to expand. Even with the accretion that had been made to it's forcesuit had none to spare for further operations, for. it now had under it's charge more than 62,000 square miles of domain with more than 100000 people
 This was kingdom. The victor set himself to the task of organizing his government, which meant the task of turning it to profit From the begin
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-10

tions of war, bridges and roads.
 In all the towns they seized parts of the hospitals and set them aside for the care of their men, impressing the hospital attendants into the service. For the use of their own medical serv- ice they forced the towns to contribute drugs and medicines.
 They seized all appliances on land, on water or in the air that might serve for the transmission of news. Under the allegation that they were susceptible of use in war they took all sorts of subjects of peaceful commerce or industry, from telegraph wire to houses.
 Already they had subjected Boston to a levy of $50,OO0 day for the maintenance Of the troops. They laid on New York and the factory cities of New Jersey a joint levy of $1O0. 900. They laid another impost for the same purpose on the big cities of New Eng land of $75,o0o. This one levy alone amounted to $1, ,575, COG a week, and it was only one of many.
 They Nconfscated outright all the cash, funds, Fealizable securities and notes belonging to the state, city and local governments. Every bank. was warned under threat of condign pun might be considered public property Tn New York city they seized from a bank S1Oo,0oo that was deposited by state department to pay draft. and they Issued a warning that if the hold
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-10

ming he had taught the conquered peo- pie that an invading army lives on the country. Wherever his troops entered the inhabitants were ordered to supply all that was needed by men and horses.
 The occupying army demanded 1odg
 ings and stable room. They demanded accommodations for everything belong
 ing to the army. They requisitioned fuel and straw. They called for teams, cars, motors, wagons boats and claim ed the services of their owners. They occupied four mills and bakeries. They took machinery, material, tools and equipment for repairing their muni-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-10

CT of the draft attempted to collect the amount or permitted it to pass from his possession his house and lands would be confscated.
 They declared themselves possessed as absolute owners by right of con quest Of all public property besides cash. Thus in New York they asserted ownership of .$99, 100000 worth of sus- pension bridges, and in Boston they took bridges to the value of ten and a quarter millions They took the New York city armories, valued at $15, ,O0O,. GOO. They declared that they owned