Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-07-30
Vindication of Inspectors
by Secretary of Commerce
Arouses City.
SIX UNDER ARREST
IN EASTLAND HORROR
Federal Judge Lands Tells Jury to
$50 to Bottom and Spare No One"
Congressman SABBATH Threatens to
Take Matter Before Congress-.

line officials under arrest and two
other men served with mittimuses for
their arrest; with the federal grand
jury organized for hearing witnesses
tomorrow: and with the state grand
jury drawing indictments. the inquiry
into the steamship Eastland disaster
took a decidedly sensational turn to-
night when Congressman A. ]. SABBATH
attacked the investigation conducted
by Secretary OF Commerce William G.
Redfield and threatened to take the
matter before congress.
Secretary Redfields vindication of
the inspectors who watched the load
ing of $500 people on the Eastland,
more than a thousand Of whom we're
drowned few minutes later, and the
line of questioning at today's session
of the inquiry, which seemed to be in
ferring that if there was criminal
negligence only the members of the
crew were responsible, stirred Chi
cago pretty generally.
Start Another Inquiry.
The harbor and wharf committee
of the council passed resolution
calling upon President Wilson for a
special inquiry, and directed the har-
! bormaster to start his own investi-
CATION of passenger ships and find
out if he had authority to shut the
bridges on any ship he believed un-
safe, regardless of any 20. K" by
government inspectors. Mayor
Thompson gave his endorsement to
the appeal to President Wilson.
Finally. Judge Lands, in closing
his instructions to the federal Crane
jury, which was sworn today and
viewed the capsized ship, said:
Zone word of caution. Much pub.
licity has been given the declarations
purporting to emanate from Officla
sources in vindication of the conduct
| of persons with whose acts you will
be concerned. OF course. you will not
be impressed by any such publica'
ton, no matter how high the pur'
ported authority may be-"
w. S. Steele, secretary and treasur'
err of the St. Joseph Chicago compa-
ny, owners of the Eastland, and five
of the six men whom the coroner's
Jury ordered held to the grand jury
for responsibility in the river TRACE.
dy, were taken in charge today by
! the police and States Attorney
Hoyne's detectives.
! Walter j. Greenbaum, president Of
the Indiana Transportation company
which leased the Eastland for the day
of the Western Electric company
employees picnic, was taken to jai
and held until he provided $4,000
bond. Harry Petersen, captain, and
J. M. Erickson, engineer. of the East
last, with Inspectors Robert Reii
and Charles E. Eckliff, both of Crane
Haven. were served with mittimuses
of arrest.
sSpare No One," Says Lands.
An attempt was made to ares
VIM. H. Hull, vice president and gen
eral manager of the st. Joseph-Chi
cago line, but Judge Lands declared
him under protection of the fedora
court as a grand jury witness. Thu
grand jury-23 farmers and countr!
merchants chosen by Judge Lands
| from a special PANEL of 60-was or
dered by the federal Judge to Ego tt
the bottom of this horror and SPAR
no one" They were taken to view
the capsized ship this afternoon. TIT
trip gave the jurors their first view
of the horror ship. For two hours
they examined the wreck and watch
ed the workmen engaged in preparing
| to raise it.
Nearly 800 of the Eastland dea'
had been buried tonight. when tire
undertakers, ministers and sexton
rested from their five days of un
precedented labor.
Work is progressing energeticall
ON the new plan of raising the ship
The superstructure is being cut ava,
and will be taken out first. Then tn
hold will be sealed and pumped GU
until the ship floats.