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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-01

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-01

The Fagalco club gave n hiking party
at Big lake. Council Blubbs. Sunday
morning. Those present were:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
HUNDREDS DROWNED WHEN BOAT
CAPSIZES IN THE CHICAGO RIVER

The commission stores and business
houses in the nelRhborhood of the Clark
street bridge We'd with one another in CIV
ing assistance and comfort to the saved
The Steele-Wedeles coffee house ordered
business suspended. Clerks were set to
ripping open sacks OF coffee TO make up
great caldron Of the beverage for scores
of rescued who were taken into the store,
DEAD PLACED IN ROWS
All the dead first taken from the water
we're placed In greusome rows along the
floors Of the dook warehouses.
AS more bodies were removed and the
ambulances and fire department appar-
atus proved inadequate to remove the
dead and injured, police Communicated
scores OF private automobiles and i'm
mediately pressed many men into service
as chauffeurs in removing the injured to
the hospitals. Streets leading from the
docks were the scenes OF constantly
moving procession of automobiles. Every
morgue In the loop district and the wide
area north of the river was notified to
be in readiness for the reception OF
bodies.
All the big State street stores ellmi.
mated their delivery services and rushed
their automobile trucks and horse-drawn
wagons to aid the police department
Police from outlying districts were
called in, as we'll as traffic policemen
to aid in the relief work. AS a result,
the normally jammed loop district thor
oughfares were well nigh impossible.
Street car motormen had no one to tell
them when to cross busy corners. At
some crossings impossible masses OF
wagons, automobiles and street cars
virtually locked those streets for many
minutes at a time.
So quickly did the Bastland turn over
that many Of the passengers remained in
their seats until they were flung into the
water. As soon as the accident occurred
calls for help Immediately crammed all
telephone wires. Police ambulances, pa
troll wagons. fre department trucks, tugs,
launches, rowboets, hatboats and life pre-
servers took part in the rescue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
MEXICO CITY'S SILENCE
ALARMS WASHINGTON
Fear for Foreigners Safety Felt in
New Situation.

WASHINGTON, July 24-As a result Of
the complete isolation OF Mexico City for
Ave days. the Mexican situation today
again began 10 assume an air OF tension
Both the State Department and the local
aKencies OF the various revolutionist FAC
tions are In complete ignorance as 10
what has taken place In the capital since
its reoeeupation by the zapsta forces.
The silence Is believed 70 cloak military
operations which may be OF the greates'
Importance.
General Gonzales, with his CsfransA
army military observers think, may
already be battling with the flying COLI
umn" OF villa. whose descent from lhe
north caused him hurTiedly 10 abandon
the capital Ia order to save his commune
cations with Vera Cruz.
Neither the CarFanza ofieials at Vera
Cruz nor the villa headquarters 10 the
north have heard any reports from the
battle assumed 70 be In progress al-
though each expresses confidence In it7
outcome. In diplomatic as well as gov
ernment circles there Is much uneasiness'
No one knows how much reliance 70
place on zapata, but Il Is assumed tht,
the diplomatic corps in Mexico City van
take steps 70 protect Foreigners Ia case
OF food riots.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24

CHICAGO, July A.-survivors OF the
Eastland horror in the Chicago River to-
day told gruesome tales, filled with fear
ful details, in relating their experiences.
Miss Bertha Swanke, the most hysterical'
said:
II was on the top deck with two girl
companions when we felt the ship going
over. The great mass Of people behind
us slid toward us and literally showed
us over into the water We could not re-
sist They fell on us, pushed us down,
down in the water until my face seemed
to touch the mud on the bottom,
After what seemed to be an age,
felt myself on top of the water. caught
a rope and in moment / was dragged
ashore. My two companions, May ana
Esther Price, l think, were drowned"
John zwaska reached the gangplank TO
20 aboard just as It was drawn up. He
was standing close by when the big boat
went over.
II Isaped into a tug that pulled along
side and looked into port hole" said
Zwaska. "a woman was sitting in
chair with water up TO her neck,
"She was drowned, Firemen and tug
men chopped the hole bigger and let
ropes down. Everybody who was hauled
out was dead. Lots of people on the
Clark street bridge threw life preservers
20 us, but most of them hoated away
useless.
II climbed into the hold and worked
with the fremen and tugmen until Il be-
came so suffocating l could not breathe
and We were saved by other reseuersf
GIRL. IT, REscUEs TWO OTHERS,
Alice steJskal. II. who was thrown into
the water, saved two girls and nearly
lost her life attempting 10 save third,
Herself an expert swimmer, Miss stejskal
struck out and took one young girl as
she was being sucked back into the whirl-
pool and dragged her 10 safety. Then, In
making a third attempt al a rescue, the
girl she caught fought with her nnth ex-
hausted, and Miss Steiskal was forced 10
unloosen her hold The Sin drowned and
the young woman was dragged 70 the
dock.
Peter Vehan. survivor saw his sweet
heart. Mary Kesel carried 20 her deaih
despite his efforts 70 save her
I'VE were on the starboard side OF tne
boat and slid 10 the port side when the
list came and oapsized us," said Nenan'
Scores OF chairs and tables pied upon
US and forced US apart. One chair struck
Mary on the head. She vas unconscious
when she fell into the water triea my
heat 10 set her, but she diaarpearea.
searched about u the water Tor hs@ pa'
Mas MaratS. one Of the girls who was
saved. praised the action Of the men on
board ths steamer.
The men were everywhere trying g
help the women. she aaid Truly thef
proved their courage and kinduass 4
Was another case 81 Women and ehiiafen
frst wherever there Nas q enance g.
eiFa taem an Opportunity % p brave
EaWAra kieises. ap iI-yeerzola yoeas'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
U. S. ORDERS IMMEDIATE
PROBE OF BOAT DISASTER
Assistant Secretary of Commerce Be
gins Investigation.

WASHINGTON, July 24-An immediate
inquiry into the Eastland disaster today
was ordered by Assistant Secretary OF
Commerce Sweet. He conferred with D.
N. Hoover. Jr., Assistant Supervising In
spector General of the Steamboat Inspec-
ton Service. as soon as he learned OF
the disaster. Hoover may go to Chicago
TO assist the steamboat inspectors there.
Assistant Supervising Inspector General
Hoover of the Steamboat Inspection
Service. later ordered Ira b. Mansfield,
inspector of hulls. and William Nicholas.
inspector of boilers. who comprise the
Board of Steamboat Inspectors for Chi
cago, to make the inquiry
She was privileged, under the Law, to
carry 2570 persons in summer. onieials
would not discuss the matter In the alb
sence Of oficial reports. They intimated.
however, that the press advices indicated
the vessel was not overloaded.
The Eastland. according to department
records, was built at Port Huron, Mich,
In 1903, and her boilers the same year.
She was considered, by the inspection
service to be a fine boat
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
TERRIBLE PANIC SEXES
UNF0RTUNATES ON BOAT

CHICAGO July A,-Accordlng to Ross
II. GeetinE, a commission lineeman, who
was passenger on the Eastland. the
panic as the boat went under was inde-
soribable. Anna Golnick, who saved her
self by hanging to two chairs. corrob-
GRATED Geetins's statement that women
carrying babies were beaten down and
trampled by men in the wild rush from
under decks.
1.-THE boat swung several times un-
steadily" said Geetlng, before the rinal
dip. 1t was at that last terrible lurch
that every one at once seemed to grasp
what was happening. The screaming and
panic was frightful. Many women had
almost all OF their clothing torn off be-
fore they could get to the rail or a port
hole to jump.
There were also terrible scenes enact
ed about stanchions and every stable up
right on the upper deck as men and
women fought to get hold. Even after
the boat settled on her side there was
struggling on the slippery upturned side
plates. There must have been at least
is or 20 of all sexes and ages who were
literally pushed off to their deaths who
might have been Eaved If they had heed
ed the calls from Captain Peterson and
other ships officers TO remain quiet"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
GUARD CRITICISED BY
INSPECTOR GENERAL
Colonel Sweeney Dissatisfied
With Decrease in Attendance
and Efficiency.

HARRISBURG, July 4.-The outstand-
ing feature OF the report Of Colonel
Frank NJ. Sweeney inspector general OF
The National Guard Of Pennsylvania, OF
the condition of the Guard as shown by
the annual inspections last winter. is the
complaint which he makes about attend
ance, Colonel Sweeney's report, which
was made public today through general
order issued at the Adjutant Generals
Department. says that company COM
manders "either are lax in discipline or
are carrying men on their rolls that have
ceased to be Identified with the Guard
and therefore not available for military
duty in order to maintain their organiza-
tion at the required minimum"
Colonel Sweeney also remarks that the
Guard, especially the infantry arm, is not
materially increasing In efficiency, and
adds that this may be attributed in part
70 the small attendance at drill during
the year.
state property in the hands OF the
Guard, company books and papers and
the discipline Of the body as whole the
inspector general regarded as being in
a satisfactory condition.
The inspection upon which these find-
ings are based was made on a new
method of rating which Colonel Sweeney
Is convinced 10 not al improvements IN
stead OF the numerical rating heretofore
used, organizations attaining the required
average, 75 were merely marked
passed" Upon this subject Colonel
Sweeney says:
while the method OF numerical rating
may not be perfect. It is the best ever
devised for National Guard use, 1t in
Hpired the omeers. and. through them.
tho men. to greater effort in endeavor TO
secure for the company the highest rat
ing in It's regiment, or in the guard at
Iarse-a result highly beneficial, both to
the organization Immediately affected,
and TO the service IN general"
Colonel John p. Wood. acting inspector
OF cavalry. who made the hrst inspec-
lion OF the cavalry units since they were
united In a regimental organization notes
that most Of the troops are without ade-
oilats accommodation for the proper care
% public property and have not sum
clent room for drill purposes. He also
urges that provision be made for more
mounted drills IN all OF the troops.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
LONDON, JulY

Intrenehed behind their strong imme-
diate defenses guarding Warsaw, the
Russians are checking the swift progress
which has brought the three great armies
OF the Austro-Germans almost TO the Pol
ish capital.
Fighting OF tremendous violence in
going on along the Lublin-Cholm railway,
on the Vlstula and along the Narew. Be
hind the natural barriers formed by the
two rivers the Russians have constructed
defenEes which, despite the lack OF am
munition among the Czar's troops are
most difficult 70 overcome,
The Austrians have brought up seven
1f-inch ana 20-inch guns for the bonn
baFdment OF Iyangorod.
With undiminished vigor the Germans
ana AuEtrians are hammerlng at the Rus
sian lines north, south and west OF War
saw, but neither Berlin nor Vienna today
claims progress equal 10 that attained by
the Teutonie armies during recent days
The German War onice reports that
the west bank OF the Yistula from Janou-
wiee 70 Granlca has been cleared of the
Russians and that between the Vistula
and the Bug, IN the hghtinE for the Lub-
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Photo by wllliam Rau.

gan City, was swept into the water when
the rush came, but she swan to the shore
and was dragged upon the dock by a
policeman,
BYsTANDERs MAN LrFEBoAT.
william Sharp Jr., an oller on the
steamer Petosky, which was standing
nearby when the Eastland went over,
manned llfeboat with three other mem
bers OF the Petosky's crew and saved
100 persons who were foundering about
in the river.
Bodies were bobbing about like apples
in tub" said Sharp, describing his ex-
perience. "The shrleks of the drowning
were terrible. As fast as we could get
our boat filled we rowed the survivors to
the dock and returned for more"
KILLED MAKING RESCUE.
Peter Boyle. a lookout on the Petosky,
dIved into the water to save a little girl
floating on the surface He never came
up. 1t was supposed he broke his reck
Caspar Lalind was a passenger with
his wife, his son Caspar. s years old,
and his daughter Cecilia, 12 years old.
All were separated when the outer rail
went under. Swimming about Lalind
picked UP his daughter and took her
safely to shore, within a foot of where
ing.
Eye witnesses corroborated the story
told by Edward Setback. a commission
merchant, and F. w. Willard, a passen-
ger on the Eastland. Setback was some
yards from the dock when the boat went
over.
DRAG 90 THROUGH PORTFOLIO.
He Communicated a large rowboat and
padded TO midstream. He dragged Will
lard from the water and with him
climber to the boats upturned side. The
two drew 90 passengers from below decks
through a portfolio Peter Horwich,
musician, went overheard with his violin
when the boat tipped. An unknown
woman struggled in the water hanging
TO the violin when Horwich came UP. He
managed to swim with the woman to
shore.
Among the passengers who put the
death list at a high figure was Theodore
Soderstrom who was pulled out uncon-
scious. He declared he held his wife UP
for what seemed hours. and then she was
torn from his grasp by two women who
struggled to hold themselves up on his
shoulders. She was drowned.
BLAMEs ovERCRowDING
soderstrom said he didn't believe 1t was
a broken "air chute,hthatscausedit this big
boat to tip over. -
"The passengers were crowded on the
outer rail from 10 to 80 deep in places 1
noticed the boat beginning to careen
slightly, but at first 1t gave me no un-
easiness Then, just before we pulled
out. several hundred passengers who had
been waving to persons on the dock came
over TO the outer rail- Almost instantly
the boat lurched drunkenly, righted itself
and then pitched once more
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
COMPANY'S STATEMENT SAYS
BOAT HAD AUTHORIZED LOAD

CHICAGO. July 24-M. X Greenbaum.
general manager OF the Indiana Trans
portation Company. which chartered the
Eastland for todays excursion issued the
following statement at noon today
"Today's loading OF all passenger boats
was under the personal supervision OF R.
II. McCrary, Deputy Collector of Gus
toms and a Federal oficer. He was as
sisted by several checkers. two OF whom
stood at the only gangway over which
tho passengers were admitted
When 250O passengers, allowed by the
Government, had gone aboard further
loading was stopped. These checkers
have automatic counting machines and
check against each other
Exactly 250O persons, most of them
women and girls and small children, were
aboard the Eastland," said McCrary IT
personally stopped any more from cross
ing the gaRgplank when our tally ma
chimes showed 25O0. 1 will not express
my theory as to the cause of the accident
until the official inquiry begins"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
BATTLE ON THREE FRONTS RACES
FOR MASTERY OF WARSAW FELL

lin-Cholm railway. the Russian front has
been broken at several places and the
slavs compelled to retire.
Tie Austrians and Germans though
their pace is retarded. are pushing their
great attacks against the Russian armies
defending Warsaw with energy, and at
some points report that progress has been
made.
They are operating however. through
country which the retiring troops have
laid waste and where what roads there
are are little suited for the movement OF
the heavy artillery which Is necessary for
the bombardment Of the great fortresseu
that bar their way.
II Is not expected, therefore, that de-
eisive actions on any OF the fronts will
be fought for some days yet. although
the battle between the Vistula ana the
Bug Rivers, where the German Field
Marshal Won Mackensen's army is ad-
vaneing toward the Lublin-Choim Rail
road, has about reached a climax. Here.
according TO the German Official COM
munieation issued this afternoon. the GER
mans have succeeded in breaking the
obstinate resistance Of the Russians al
several points and forced them 10 retreat.
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any information will be heard at the
inquest"
With acetylene torches. electric lights
and steel saws, a large force of men
worked untlringly to open wide the vents
in the steel hull of the vessel. Mean
while, others were working inside the
hull, fastening bodies to ropes which were
drawn through the portfolios and Jagged
openings cut by the saws.
The first two bodies Identified were
those of Mrs. Charles e. Campbell, found
submerged in her stateroom, and Miss
Pauline zantak, taken from the hold.
A second tragedy was narrowly averted
when the police discovered that the
crowds OF spectators OF the accident had
crowded the Clark street bridge beyond
the safety point. The bridge was sagging
when a squad Of police made the crowd
move on.
Police Captain Denman and his men had
a terrific struggle with friends and rela-
tives Of the victims Of the disaster, who
surged about the narrow landing frantic
to reach the capsized boat. The police
men beat the crazed mob back with clubs
Every time a new group was rescued
from the water there was a fresh rush
from the maddened crowd on the Clark
dock landing.
Many persons suffered bruised heads in
the battle with the police
Every police and hospital ambulance
within radius of more than a mile was
rushed to the Clark street bridge. As
fast as tugboats and small craft in the
neighborhood could bring up a boat
load they we're loaded in the ambuances
and patrol wagons and rushed to the
nearest hospitals.
Three huge dredges were put to work In
an effort to stand the Eastland on end
To prevent possibilities of bodies being
swept down the river, orders were issued
at the great pumping stations. which
force the water from the lake to the
drainage canal, to reverse the process
sufficiently to make the water stagnant
Two city divers went to work shortly
after this. Four more were put to work
this afternoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
LITTLE DANGER
OF BOAT HORROR
ON DELAWARE
Every Precaution OBJ
served, In sp ectors
Say, to Prevent Acct
dents Here.
Possibilities of Disaster Are
Many, but Probabilities Are
Very Few in View of Strict
Adherence to Code of Safety
Rules.

There is small danger Of an exeursion
boat catastrophe OF the magnitude ana
horror Of the one today I'm Chicago occur
ring on the Delaware River here, accord
ing to steamboat experts in this city.
II was pointed out that in river boats.
necessarily Of slight draft. the centre Of
gravity is not sufficiently low to permit
any great shifting of weight Faulty
ballast might make boat capsze.
About fve inspections a year are made
by the United States steamboat inspect
ors however and sometimes special addi-
tional inspections are made. Everything
possible is done to safeguard the lives of
excursIonsts Life preservers hulls,
boilers. fire apparatus, boats and all other
equipment or parts Of the boat are exam
ined and tested.
RIGID BALLAST TESTS.
Rigid ballast tests arc made on all boats
btIIt for Delaware River traffic and for
boats brought IN from other cities. All
the boats are required to have more life
preservers on board than the number Of
passengers II can carry. strict limit as
to the number OF passengere is set and
all steamboat men are required to keep
inside this limit.
steamboat men say that frequently tide,
wind or even a leak in n passenger boat
cause disasters. II passengers rush to
one side OF boat In good condition it
may cause only a slight list. II there Is
a leak that has let I'm some water, this
weight, added TO that of the passengers on
one side. may cause the boat to overturn.
Captain Horace Wilson, head Of the
Wilson line, which runs four boats be-
tween Philadelphia and Wilmington, said
that the excursion boats In general
around Philadelphia were as safe, II not
safer. than those anywhere else Two
OF the boats on his line, the City of
hiladelphia and the City of Whining
ton. he said, could accommodate 1900
persons, and that frequently the entire
load had been concentrated on the upper
decks without accident. He attributed
the safety of the local boats to the
rigid inspections that are frequently
made and the careful ballasting OF the
boats He said that the Eastland the
boat which turned turtle in Chicago, was
OF shallow draft, high build and ex-
tremely unstable.
Omcials of the Ericsson Line to Balti-
more from this port and of the Delaware
River Transportation Company, which
operates to Trenton. said that conditions
OF boats on their lines and others oper-
ating up and down the Delaware River
we're better than at other ports Both
lines set n limit Of capacity lower than
that set by the steamboat inspectors.
CHICAGO ACCIDENT MYSTERY.
1t was said that the possible causes of
the accident at Chicago are so numerous
Chat it would be futile to speculate on the
been made. Ferryboats are said by ex-
parts to be the safest possible river
craft. They are OF the type known as
turtle backs" and virtually nonsinSable.
II also is next to impossible to capslzs
them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-24
REPULsE OF GERMANS
IN VOSGES REPORTED

PARIS, July 24-Fighting in the Vosges
mountains is the only activity chronieled
in the official communique OF the French
war ONCE today. According to this state
ment the Germans were repulsed at
every point,
The text OF the official communique
follows:
1.-THE night was calm on the entire
front, excepting in the Vosges mountains
where the enemy has made several at
tacks at the Reichs Ackerkopf Mountain
and on the heights to the east OF Met
zeral. The Germans have been repulsed
everywhere"
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MACKENSEN DELIVERS sLEDGE
HAMMER BLOWS IN SOUTH

of only slightly less Importance IN tbIs
region are the battles on the Bug between
krylow ana DobrotoVra
ihe central IDEA Of the German cam
psisn is assumed 20 bs 20 obtain control
OF the Nlstula line. With this strong pst-
Afai barrier adequately fortiasd. ne mii.
tafs critics eay Gefmany mirht hora
% keep hussia Ia cheek wifh comaar.-
At-it Hfneli fercos and then thros -
entire weight azaintt sIausa