The Detroit times., 1915-07-26
CREPE WAVES
FROM DOORS
OF HOMES

I OF HOMES
j Ccsssa,sss ssse P~ss o.eJ
with which idsntiAcations wers
ImaAe IN the face Of % many dead
In Wa one Of the mercies accorded
In the catastrophe that scarcely q
Ibody % far recovered vas treated
with the cruelty Of hanging that
Ars or wreck displays towards Its
Ivicttms-
| Divers and dredgers resumed their
|uusscms hunt for bodies ~ 1880
this mofning. At the same time ef-
forts vers started to raise the East
had's hull.
n crux Of the two chief ques-
tiouo of where lay the blame and
how many lost their lives conferred
- the single issue Of how many
vses a board the Eastland. on
eiaIs q he Indiana Transportatiou
Co. vhlcA chartered the boat from
the O. Joseph Chicago Steamship
Co, ana vas in charge Of the sxcur-
sioa ~ The western Msctric Co..
| reiterated today that the boats ca
pocaty q 1850. which included .
ersw q q. was not exceeded.
Wog11ng On these figures n =
basss. recovery of sc bodies would
Isave . total q 1.3e4 70 b account
q ~. II nunbss saved n given
b. sonA - 1.eoo. perhaps more.
fAls wouaA Dsavs - missing o. un-
aecannssa ~. naking . total Of
- - nissing q -1.Ooa
A21P11fpuEnssth. presidsot OF
4 11 1onal Seamen's union
! 2AnkG11a 81 today:
10 p6ooon1oE boat n safe that
fNm ~ SanaA % without water bal
~ - Win In maximum load Of
rnGwoneoss IN - one side. Water
ba1la6t \ MT Used - . safety de-
w. q ~ o. -shonN- not be. II the
)ake: baasB are properly inspected
sVoNsr ballast n used only and
1GEoay ~ trimming purposes-for
he1D1Ag - hep IN sven keel. 20 ~
/ - rsonee fsiction--
IAN seamsa knew that the East
Ind va . cranky ship. That was
hsf rsDstatioa. That meant that
shs va not carrying the proper
solid ballast II she had been prop
cry weighted. then al the passen-
gers on her could have stood on one
siAs Of the ship and II would not
have turned her over. The federal
stsamboat inspection service n
again q fanit for this disaster. In
vesttsate Il from top to bottom"
Victor A. Olander. secretary Of the
Lake 0eameu's union. Who has been
vainly trying for years to have the
eovsFnnent clean out and clean m
H. hsptction service on the Great
Lakes. makes the direct charge that
boass have been sunk by the score
On the Great Lakes. With . loss Of
many Hives. because the federal in
spectioa service was rotten"
The United States inspection ser
vice h directly responsible for this
disaster," he said. Nov they are
either here or are on their way here
Tor what? To investigate their own
service and their own oflicials.
Chicago should be warned
against this. The public should de-
msnd ~ one person that instead Of
these inspectors. Who ought to have
Inspected the Eastland and refused
. permit coming here to inspect
thsmsslves. they and their entire or.
ganiaAtion. from the highest man In
washington to the lowest man on
the lakes. be put under the search
hight.
II when the Pere Marquette sank
lAst yeAS. the Grand Haven inspect.
Or, the same men who said the
EastianA was safe-also passed
fAverably on that boat. Later they
reported that they could ind no rea-
son for the beat sinking. That Ia
. what they viii do In the Eastland
ease--if the public doesn't STOP
; them.
,, The Inspection service OF the
; unitsd States government has beer
| On open scandal with seamen for
! yeara Now 10 the time to inspec,
! the inspectors. Chicago and every
public o0cial here should demand
hat an nothing less.
~1osso IRE the men in the federal
3 lnsDsctioa service who should be In
Ivssstonked:
-, -oeoeUs Uhlir. Washington. d. G.
Z IseoervnoAs Inspector general.
. ~ - supsrvising inspsctors
; ~ VIII the Inspector general. con
, 6etuts ne board Of supervising In
: iDee1eep.
u = ehafgs this. and no more: tina,
= Itno rooo6nsible parties-ths ollcial.
III 49, 1Dsrs liss the blame 70
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