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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-30


Henry Bauer of 1927 Lawrence ave
nue., lifeguard at Diversey beach,
II must rest awhile" he said I'm
all in. / must have fastened dozen
girls to the ropes. 1t seems there are
piles of them. Somebody give me
cigarette"
The bodies were carried down to
the tug, across the tug, on the right
side, up the steps and over the bridge
to the Reid-Murdoch storage room.
Others were taken in the opposite
direction, placed in one Of the score
Of small boats at the end and taken
across the stream to the warehouse.
Thousands of men and women
looked on, crowding the bridges, fill
ing every window overlooking the nv.
er, choking the docks and the piers
near by.
Morgue In Warehouse.
The Reid-Murdoch warehouse pre-.
sented another picture of confusion.
The dead were placed in long rows,
side by side-men, women, children.
There we're boxes, and bundles, and
barrels and articles of merchandise
all over the great room.
The police swarmed all around, com.
pany officials, doctors, nurses-and IN.
dertakers who were embalming bodies.
"Clear away all these things" bel.
lowed Schuettler through his mega.
phone; make room!"
"How many bodies are here now?"
he asked someone.
six hundred he was told.
There's twice that many on the
boat yet" he said; "get some more
men in here to guard these bodies. We
caught one ghoul robbing on the boat
and ones too many"
Finds Girls Body.
A man stumbled through the crowd
around the corner and exclaimed:
"I've found my little girl, I've found
her and l want to take her home"
The coroner shook his head.
1--WE can't do it, we cannot release a
single body. We're going to take all
these to some central point-the Sec
ond infantry armory or the Coliseum
or some place big enough Write down
the girls name on tag, the one who
identified her, the address and the
amount of the estate"
And so it went all day. the stretcher
men going and coming.
Work to Restore Lives.
Upstairs In the storage building
physicians worked to resuscitate many
Many we're brought to life, many were
given up after lung motors had been
used for hours in vain.
One of these latter was boy Of
eight years.
A diver had found him clinging to
the submerged rail. He was dressed in
an Indian" play suit, with bathing
suit underneath.
I'VE worked on him for more than
an hour" said DR.. Joseph Ross. There
were signs of life, but very faint. He's
gone in spite of all we could do"
A string of ambulances and auto
trucks lined Clark street. A Gordon Of
police stood about the doors of the
Reid-Murdoch building, and crowds
sought to get past, claiming relatives,
parents, children, friends.
The police were forced to refuse
most of them admittance- and the
women went away weeping the men
murmuring, cursing or Threatening
And more came in their places.
Suddenly Finds Wife.
A man in overalls. who was thought
to be one of the electricians at WORK |.
putting in the emergency lights at one
Of the hospitals, suddenly sank by sSs
side of young woman who had Just
been brought back from the embaln
er's table. The black-haired, pretty
girl wrapped in the shroud was bis
wife.
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WOMAN TELLS OF DISASTER
Mrs. William Peterson Says She
Was Separated From Hus-
band and Child.

Chicago. Among those rescued
was Mrs. William Peterson.
Mrs Peterson was on the second
deck with her husband, a foreman at
the Western Electric company; her
daughter. Ruth, eight years DID, and
her sister-in-law, Mrs. Emily Chell-
berg of 4129 Sheffield avenue, when
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-30
GREATEST SHIP CALAMITY IN
HISTORY TAKES TOLL OF 1900

Men, Women and Children Take by Sudden Death When the
Steamer Eastand 0verturns in the Chicago River When
About to Start Out With Picnic Party.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-07-30

had left home in the early morning in
high spirits for a day on the lake,
men, women and children who had
relatives and friends on the ship of
death fiocked to the temporary NOR.
tuaries.
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be left to speculation. but neutral en-
gineers lately u Of Germany nave
announced positively that the German
sh!pyards are turning out between two
and three submarines every month.
and these Of the Target and hes, type.
1t is a known fact that tho famous
Augsburg Maschienanfabrik. which
specializes in Diesel engines for sub
marines, lie running nOw day and night
In an effort to supply these motors q
fast as the U boats are built.
When the submarine blockade of
England was announced on December
2 last the Grand Admiral said the big
gest Of his submarines could circum-
navigate the British Isles, and their
performances have proved that he wa
undoubtedly right. On February g.,
1915, the German Foreign once pro-
mulgated its declaration announcing
the submarine blockade that would 20
into effect thirteen days later for the
purpose of starving England into a
change Of policy. Just twenty-four
hours later the first y ip, q Norwegian
vessel. the Belridge, was sent to
the bottom, and the same day saw
the sinking of the French steamer
Dinorah.
In this fashion tho work has con-
tinued WITH q period Of more than Q
week at one time when the Y boats
had seemingly given up the task of
striking terror in England. The truth
Is Won Tirpitz was feeling his way
and likewise waiting for additions to
his fiotirla of boats nearly ready. But
the British m~isinterpreted the inter-
val OF calm and the desultory attacks
Of the u boats. and it is worth while
here to quote the naval expert OF the
London Daily Telegraph OF April /:
"Since the sinking of the Formula
BILE on New Years Day submarines
have had no success against men-of-
war. The submarine has lost it's nov
city and therefore its moral menace
and has become almost a common
place. II the Germans had
issued their Berlin Decree after tho
sinking OF tho Aboukir. Hogue
and Greasy it Ia probable that its
psychological failure would not have
been 90 complete ~ II has proved b
10. The threat was inefec-
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CERMANYS UNDERSEA TACTICS
THAT SANK THE LUSITANIA

s,YN discussing the submarine
question with one Of the stan
Of Prince Henry in New York
this oficial informed me that
the Americans had done very we'll in
going slowly in building such boats.
HE further remarked that the Ger
man Admiralty had done better. for
they had refused to build any"
So the late Rear Admiral George W.
Melville recorded the conversation he
had hero in 1908 with Admiral Won
Ttrpitz!
A little later Admiral Won Tfrpitz
declared: ut il true that submarine
boats have improved. but they are as
useless o. ever. Nevertheless, the
German navy IL carefully watching
their progress. though It has no reason
b make experiments itself" It might
b inferred that the head Of the
KaiSers leet has altered his opinion
radically since then. But he probably
spoke thirteen yars ago more a. a
DIPLOMAT than . technictst when he
frankly belittied the undersea boat.
In 1900. copying England, Admiral
Won TirpitE organized the German
Navy League. He did % to drive home
- the finland peoples Of the empire n
natton's need Of an ample battle feet.
He played politics then and worked
upon the passions and susceptfbilittas
q the Germans. He knew that he had
y struggle with Q conservative Reichs-
~. q he got the public opinion back
II him and laid the foundation for the
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navy what II IL.
The lrst need was battleships. and
Admiral Won Tirpitz was shrewd
enough 70 keep the inexpensive sub
marine in tho background. He did not
want the German nation to believe ct
"a In that sort Of craft. Just the same
b watched France, America and Eng
land - they successfully made ex-
psr1monts with torpedo craft Of this
eRt.
When Admiral Won T1rpitx was sure
that the navy VA to hAve all Of tho
heavy fighting ships and d~estroyers he
deemed necessary. then and then only
did he publicly recognise the sub
marine, and by hat time Germany was
in q position TO profit by the outlay of
other countries. Here. in brief. Is the
story Of the Kaiser's undersea fiotilla:
A number Of private German citizens
undertook experimental work with
submarines before tho German Gov
eminent made any movement In that
direction, but those boats really meant
nothing to the official efforts that
started later. On August 8. 1906. the
German Government launched the U-1,
the first Of the present fiotilla. That
craft ranked At once by eason or her
performances With the very best then
extant in rival services. OF $40 tons
submerged displacement. she was able
to make eleven Knots on the surface
and nine knots submerged. while the
best that American boats Of the same
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date could do was ten and one-half
knots on the surface and eight and
one-half submerged, the underwater
displacement being thirty-three tons
greater than hat Of the U-1.
The French authorities for some
years previously had been laboring
with a variety Of designs for submarine
boats, unwisely scattering their efforts.
and the Ministry of Marine was any
thing but kindly disposed toward for
eisn or outside plans. Raoui
dEquevilley. a Spanish subject Ut
French extraction and engineering
training, offered q design for sub
marines To the French Government
early in 1905, after he had previously
built a small but promising craft, the
Florelle, for the Russian Government.
HIS offer was rejected by the French
Ministry Of Marine and the inventor
turned his attention to a more promis-
ing market. That he found in Ger
many and a the Krupp works.
When it was learned that the U-l
was in course Of construction great
excitement was aroused in France, be-
cause it was rumored that the boat
'''lulHS dt Mel WdS n uupiICdtc VI thc
AIgrette, the first successful French
suhmersible. The charge was unJus-
titled. Almost contemporaneously with
the launching OF the U-1 the Germans
had in hand the first Of their heavy
oil engines designed to supplant the
usual motors using the more danger
Gus fuel, explosive gasolene. This
shows how energetically the Kaiser's
navy moved ahead when once Admiral
Won Tirpitz was satisfied that II was
time to begin the building Of under
sea boats. The U-l Ia an active unit
in that service to-day and from her
a. a start the rest Of the fiotilla have
developed.
II one will study the data available
v Hil be apparent how few are the
Classes or different sizes Of the Ger
man u boats. This means that the
imperial Admiralty has advanced by
positive steps 40 graded that a meas
ui- Of success has been obtained with
each group. Thus from an initial
craft Of 24o tons submerged displace'
ment the German submarines have
crown N he vessels close on to 1000
Ions under water and able 10 make
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eighteen knots and more an hour at
the surface.
While naval annals credited Ger
many With less than thirty. submarines
AZ the beginning OF the war, the fact
10 that ten or q dozen more were
nearing completion. for the naval
budget for 1914 covered a grant OF
S4.760.O 900 for this type Of torpedo
craft. What has since been done must
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sells were sunk of Scarborough. Has
tings and In the Irish Sea approaches
10 Liverpool. 1t is plain that one
submarine could not have done this
work and all Of these boats must have
operated from Zecbrucge as a primary
base.
1t IL important to consider what
happened within the span Of eight
days just prior TO the sinking OF the
l.usltania. These occurrences should
have amply warned the British OF the
peril that menaced the Cunarder. 1t
Will be clear to any one how thor
oughly the Germans had spread their
net 10 catch hat steamer. In connec-
ton with this point 1t should he re-
called that the First Lord OF the Ad-
miralty declared that the British navy
cannot spare destroyers L convoy
merchant shipping. The ssagoing
torpedo boat has proved to be the
submarines most effective enemy.
With the following list and the ac-
companying map Of the approaches TO
the Irish Sea and the English Channel
a graphic conception can be had Of
what has gone on IN these relatively
confined waters and what logically Is
likely to take place II Grand Admiral
Won Tirpitz III have his way in the
maintenance OF the submarine block
AIDE.
Date. Name Of Ship. Point of Attack
Apr, - Cherbury. .... West coast OF Ire
land.
Apr, so Svorono. ..... Basket Islands.
May l Edale. ~Scilly Islands.
May ! Fulgent. ...... Skellig Rocks.
May ] Europe. ....... Bishops Rock.
May ] Gulhight. Scilly Islands.
May 2 America. .Southernmos point
OF Ireland.
May ; Minterne. .... Scllly Islands.
May q arlofI.stha on kinsale.
May . Candidate. g. ON Waterford. Ire
land.
May q Centurion .... Near Waterford.
May 7 IMsitania ..... on Old Head Of
Kinsale.
From the Scilly Islands. south NJ
England. across to the Basket Islands.
on the Irish coast, is a stretch of 217
miles and from the entrance to st.
Georges Channel TO the Scilly Islands
is a span Of 1ls miles, and this makes
It clear that a group OF submarines
are based along both sides OF the ap-
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Showing how German sub

ten vessels have been sent to the
bottom. True the losses in ships are
relatively few compared with the
total tonnage moving constantly to
and from tho British Isles.
Some idea OF the widespread activi-
ties of the Y boats nan be gathered
from the fact that in q single day ves-
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Continued on Eighth Pace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21
Germans Say British Used
 Neutral Flag

Washington, June 21.-The state department was in receipt today of a despatch from Ambassador Gerard, representing Germariy's claim that the submarine U-29 was rammed and sunk by British steamer flying the colors of Sweden. The message, it was said. containing no comment as to the pos sibIe effect of the negotiations with Germany. The British admiralty has denied the German allegation.
 Berlin takes the view that the incl dent has a, bearing in the negotiations with the United States over subma- rine warfare. American officials, while not admitting this, are curious to know how the German admiralty got its in formation inasmuch as everyone on the U-29 was reported lost.
 Officials feel, however, that misuse of neutral flags complicates the issue with. Germany and the new code will contain something the subject. Sev- eraI instances of use of neutral flags other than that of the United States have been brought to the attention of the state departme ent.
 The ambassador has as yet been un- able to give any indication of the probable date of the replay to the last American note. It is asSume ed from official reports, however, that it may be sent some time next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21
EMPEROR IN CHARGE
 OF LEMBERG ATTACKS

London, June 21.-The announce ment that Emperor William has as- surned supreme command of the Ope- rations in GaIicta, is interpreted here as an indication of complete German confidence in the final victory of the assault on Lemberg, now. regarded as so near at hand that the generals who, during the last two months have bat tered their way across the province wish the Emperor to participate per EsonaTly in the expected triumph. Some of the claims put forward by the Ger mans and Austrians have still to be substantiated, but there is no ques- ton that they have won Fne-v victories both west and north of the Galician capital.
 The Austro-Gerznan advance is still in progress through the. Grodek lines west of Lemberg. The failure of the Russians to hold these posi- tions has been a keen disappointment to the British who hoped that this strong and selected position might furnish another example of the resiI- iency of Emperor Nicholas forces, which has been one of the marked features of the war in the east New erth eIess, it is questioned here that anything so vital as the flight off the Russian army as indicated by Vienna. reports. or a perilous break in the Russian front, has occurred. Some British experts are of the opinion that the Russians are fighting rear guard actions while withdrawing their ar mics practically intact. They suggest that either the Russians have no in tention of defending Lemberg to the last, or have prepared their main de- fensive lines on positions not yet reached by the Germanic forces.
 With less than 8 score of miles sep arating the Austro- German lines from Lemberg, these points must soon be e1ucidated. It is pointed out further by British observers that the Russian communication hardly shows as over whelming a success as their claim al- though it is admitted that their bat tering of the Teutonic plaalanxes has won further ground.
 French and German accounts of op- erations in the western theatre show the usual divergencies but detailed re- ports from Paris satisfy the British that their allies are making such an advance as will shortly permit more active operations in the sphere Occu- piedsby the British army. The French advance north of Arras, it is thought here, must have pushed the Germans into a narrowed front which will rem der some of their masses of troops comparatively troops comparatively ineffective. The gains in Alsace show that the French are drawing close to the area of permanent German for tiffcations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21
RAIL ROAD CLERKS ARE READY TO STRIKE; LAST CONFERENCE
 OF OFFICIALS BEGUN TODAY

New Haven, June N.1The question of a strike of two thousand clerks en- ployed in freight houses of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail road company, rests with the commit tee of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks which will meet here later to- day to take action.
 Up till noon no word had been offi- cialy passed along the line for a strike although many clerks had heard ru- mors that such action had been or dered-
 John J. Forester, grand viee-presi- dent of the Brotherhood, who, by vote of the clerks, had been given full pow CT to act in the negotiations over grievances with General Manager c. L. Bardo, of the railroad, has de1egat- ed his power to declare strike to the ---1-s' committee. The negotiations had reached the point where General Manager Bardo had been given until grievances be submitted to arbitration along lines suggested by MT. Torres ter.
 } If no reply was forthcoming the clerks committee was to meet and de- eide upon the next step, which, ac- cording to MT. Forester, may be to strike. The committee of the conduc- tors, trainnen, engineers and teIe- graphers, with their chairmen, ar rived over night, with the exception of F Evans chairman of the engin- eers, who is in Boston.
 The committees met with the na- tfona1 officers this noon at a local ho- tel to go over the situation. It is un- derstood that before the clerks com mittee takes final action it will be asked by the joint committee of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21
MOTHER KILLED
 WHEN SON TRIES
 TO SAVE ANIMAL
Coroner Hears Testimony of Injured Man in Cot At
 Norwalk Hospital.
Especial to the Faruner.)

Norwa1k, June 21-Lying on his cot in the Norwalk hospital here to- day, William Duncan, Jr., of Yonkers, N. r., told Coroner Phelan of Bridge port how, in trying to avoid hitting a COW in the road near Darten yester- day. his mother was killed. The au- tom bile driven by Duncan in which his mother was riding, skidded and turned turtle on the smooth roadway. Mrs. Duncan, who was 81, died from the shock caused by the impact of her body with the hard roadway. Her son received a number of cuts and abrasions about the head and face Mfr. and Mrs Morris Lasher of Yon- kers. and their son, Donald, who were thrown from the machine, substan- tiated Duncan's story that he turned out to avoid striking the COW and then lost control of the autom obile. The coroner made no finding.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21

other broth erhoods to give it hear ing. For this reason, 1t was stated by brotherhood officer, a strike order by the clerks committee is likely to be delayed.
 MT, Forester, who attended a meeting of the clerks committee dur ing the morning, said later there was no statement to be issued at this time. He had not been requested by representatives of the other broth erhood to meet them for @ discussion of the situation, nor had the clerks committee been asked to receive such 3, committee. He said it was a fact that informally several officers of the other brotherhoods had talked with him about the grievances. He said that no suggestions as to the wisdom of the clerks position had been a.d- vanced.
 The clerks grievances are matters to be adjusted by the clerks broth erhood," said MT. Forester, '+and no other brotherhood would presume to tell us what to do any more than we would have any right to make suggestions about taking care of grievances which other broth erhoods have"
 MT, Forester said that he was aware that the other brotherh oods had sent their enlistment commit national officers were either here or on the way to this city. He had seen several himself
 The federal conciliators, Messrs. Gi1day and Reeves, had not been to the clerks headquarters and he was not aware they were to return, he said.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21
.SIEGEL IN CELL
 IN N. Y. PRISON
 FOR BANK FRAUD

Geneseo, N. Y, June 21-Henry siegeI, former owner of department stores, and priate banker of New York, convicted last November of a nrisdemeanor and sentenced to ten
 months Imprisonment and to pay fine of $1,O0o unless he made restitu- ton to his creditors, is on his way to Rochester to enter Monroe county penitentiary to begin his sentence. At his hearing in the supreme court to- day Siegel waived sentence of execu- ton of sentence and was immediately placed in an automobile and the trip to Rochester begun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21
Is Vast Plant Now.

IS vast EAd0G NOW
 The Canadian branch of the Bridge port company was located at Windsor two years ago. At first the plant op- erated on a modest scale but now pa per shell ammunition is being turned out there in fairly large quantities and activities at the plant, which have been great in the last few months, have aroused the ire of Anti Allies agitators.
 At first the shells were sent from Bridgeport to Canada and. were loaded there. Later the plant began man ufacturing parts of shells and now it Is turning out munitions like the main plant, only on a smaller scale. It had been planned to increase it year by year.
 The Peabody is said to have just completed an order for 115,OOO Brit ish uniforms and it is assumed that the bomb-p1acing was inspired by that fact. The attempt on the U. M. c, branch IS believed to have had the same cause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-21

Canadian plant of the Remington ArIns-U M. O. Co.,, Windsor, Ont would have been wrecked early this morning and 300 would probably have lost their lives but for the fuse sticks of dynamite placed under buildings burned out.
 the factory of the Peabody Co.,, Ltd To- Wakervile, Windsor, had been partly by explosion of bomb, the sticks of dynamite the Windsor plant of the Bridge port attached to the dynamite set for 3:45 a. fn.
 WOrkmen Asleep in ATTnory
 According persons the the plant would have 300 who had slept there during the blown to atoms. Horace B. Peabody of the Overall Company expressed the belief that placed German sympathizers from De- tro which is just the river
 Police andm military authorities working the propertv damages between and $1O00O