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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
ILLINOIS INSPECTOR
OF FOOD; BRIBERY CHARGED

Prendergast, state food inspector and
a Democratic candidate for congress at
the last election, was indicted today
on a charge Of accepting a bribe TO
permit the disposal Of $500 cans Of to-
matOes, which had been labelled sus-
picious by another inspector
Prendergast is said TO have asserted
that he accepted the money involun-
tarily in order to obtain evidence Of
bride giving against the man who paid
him
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
CARRANZA ORDERS DOUBTFUL
OFFICE HOLDERS REMOVED

Laredo. Texas. Dec 2s.-ReDorts
reaching here from Mexico City today
say that first chief Carranza has de
creed that office holders who have
failed to support the Carranza cause
shall be removed.
The decree says that offices thus
vacated shall be filled by loyal sup
porters Of the COnstitutiOnalist cause
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
MOTHER OF SILVER CITY WOMAN
DIES AT HANOVER. n NJ

Silver City. y. NJ, Dec 29.-FuneraI
services for Mrs Hunter. mother OF
Mrs Oscar Rainville. Of this city was
held at Hurley Tuesday with Rev.
Earl Du Laney officiating
Mrs Hunters death resulted from
an attack OF typhoid fever She was
the wife Of a Baptist minister and is
survived by her husband and a number
OF grown children
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
BOYS PUT cap" IN FIRE;
EXPLOSION IS RESULT

Douglas. Ariz-. Dec 29.-TwO small
sons OF Mr.. and Mrs o. J. Hurley found
a illuminate cap and put il into a small
bonfire to see what il would do In
the ensuing explosion small bits OF
metal and rock were driven into their
flesh. making many painful but not
serious wounds. They received "a
decorations.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
CATTLE SHIPPED FROM
BERINO TO ROSCOE. TEX.

Berino, \. NJ, Dec. ga. J. Light
foot has shipped Ill head of COWS and
heifers TO Roscoe. Tex. This cattle has
been feeding on the Lightfoot farm and
belongs to NJ. T. Coggins, of FL Paso.
Snow fell here Monday night and
everything was white, but it rapidly
melted.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
IL STATES REPRESENTED

Santa Fe. y ". Dec. Soften states
outside of New Mexico are represent
ed among the students at the state
school of mines at Socorro, according
to the annual report OF the treasurer
today. They are Texas. South Dakota.
Mississippi California. New York, Wis
consin. Kentucky. Illinois. Pennsylva-
MIA and New Hampshire over $4,000
was spent in the fiscal year on new
buildings and other improvements.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
SMALLPOX IN HERMOSILLO
REPORTED; MANY DEATHS

Nogales. Ariz-, Dec. 29.-llany cases
OF smallpox are reported in Hermosilio,
issued. ordering everyone to be vac
cinated. 1t is said 20 to 80 deaths
daily have been reported in the Sonora
capital for the past two weeks Her
mosillo authorities are said to be con-
sidering quarantining the city to pre-
vent the spread Of the disease.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
TAOS IRRfG ALTON COMPANY
CAPITALIZES FOR $4,000

Santa Re, n n, Dec. z9--IncOrpOr-
alton papers have been filed by the
LlanO Irrigation company, of Questa-
Taos county. It is community affair,
capitalized at S10.500. Of which s976S
is paid up. the shares being 50 par.
Water from CabrestO lake is to be di-
Terted TO irrigate lands.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
YELLOW HUNTING LICENSES.

Santa Fe, y. NJ, Dec. 2e.-Tbere are
II varieties of hunting and fishing
licenses that are being sent out by
game and fish warden 7. c. de Baca
TO applicants and to deputy wardens
and collectors. They are all yellow
in color.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
SHEVLIN. YALE'S
ATHLETE, IS DEAD
Millionaire Lumberman,
Football Coach, Succumbs
to Attack of Pneumonia.

Minneapolis. MINI, Dec 29.-ThOmas
L. Shevlin. Of Minneapolis. millionaire
lumberman and Yale football coach.
died at his home here Of pneumonia
this morning. Mr.. Shevlin contracted
a cold while training the Yale football
squad last fall. His illness assumed
serious proportions last Thursday. and
since then he has been gradually de-
Ginning.
After leaving Yale at the close Of the
football season, Mr. Shevlin went TO
California to rest Last Wednesday he
returned to his home here and the fol-
lowing day was taken sick. He was %
years old and is survived by a widow
and two children
Was All Around star.
Probably no more sensational athlete
ever played on Yale teams than Thomas
Lee Shevlin- He was an all around star
in athletics, being identified while at
Yale with virtually every branch OF
sport However, his greatest fame
came from prOwess on the gridirOn. For
four years he was accorded the honor
OF being picked for all-American ends
As a senior he captained the Yale
eleven During his career, Yale de-
feated Harvard four times and Prince
ton three times.
On the Yale track team Shevlin also
shOne as a star, earning a Y" He
played on the ball team in his freshman
year.
Pulled Yale Out OF Hole.
After his graduation Shevlin was
held responsible for several victories
for his university on the gridiron.
Twice he came out OF the northwest to
pull the Ellis out Of the mire- His work
last fall IN leading Yale to victory over
Princeton is OF recent memory
Only seven other men in the United
States carried as large an amount OF
life insurance as Shevlin, according to
his business associates
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29

over 1900, students are taking
courses in farming at the various agri-
cultural colleges in the United States
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29

I viii not be responsible for any bills
contracted by Antonio Perez, my wife
3. Cortiana-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
NEW MEXICO STATE OFFICER
Is ILL IN CHICAGO HOTEL

Santa Fe, n. NJ. Dec. 29.-Secretary
Of state A \ Lucero has been i'll at
his hotel in Chicago for several days
but is reported 10 be much improved
Indians in the United States num-
Der over $4,000.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
ROOSEVELT is FOR
PROPER ARMAMENT

CContinued from page II
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
BIG GRANGE SPECIAL

We unoaded of California Sweet Navel Oranges yesterday
containing 396 Boxes.
81 boxes Of which regular 81 select stock sale $50
BIS boxes fancy thin skinned and sweet sale S225
Extra fancy 10 size. sale per dozen 27e
Extra fancy 100 size. SALE per dozen 33e
Extra fancy Mixed Nuts. per pound ..............1Sc
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29
PAY CASH AND PAY LESS

For Fruits Vegetables Groceries and MeatsWe have the
finest FL Paso and positively guarantee every article sell
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29

has been heretofore. It must be one
thing or the other.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-29

Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention.
2O4 and COG Z. Overland ST.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
While the Mandolin PLAYS.

1t was at 7:40 o'clock that the East
land went over, just as its stern line
had been cast off from its berth west
of the south end of the Clark street
bridge. On the east side of the bridge
the steamer Theodore Roosevelt, also
chartered by the picnickers, was TAX
ing on a second load of passengers.
On the upper deck of the Eastland a
little mandolin and fiddle orchestra
was playing ragtime.
Some of those aboard the boat had
noticed it was unsteady and swaying
from side to side without apparent
cause. At last, when it seemed the
vessel could hold no more passengers,
the gangway was drawn in while deck
hands made fast a hawser from the
tug Kenosha, which was to tow 1t out
of the harbOr.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

close to the then north limits OF the
city.
The next great tragedy was that of
New Years eve, 1903, when, without
an instant's warning, a sheet of fame
enveloped the audience attending the
performance of Blue Beard" at the
lroquois theater and wiped out the
lives of 657 persons. most of them
women and children.
On January 20. 1909, occurred the
big crib fire, which snuffed out the
lives of fifty-five workmen. The fire
occurred in the George w. jackson
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

II do not believe it would have hap
pened in the lake, where the steamer
would be drawing its proper depth of
water. AS it was, the ballast tanks.
kept full to prevent her from list
ing. were empty when We entered the
river. II would draw too much water
otherwise. 1t no sooner. listed to port
and the captain gave orders to Peter
Erickson, the oiler in charge of the
ballast pumps. to start thom working.
They were going properly, pumping
water on to the starboard side when
the crowd itself began to notice the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

list, and part of it went over toward
the river side. That settled it. The
ballast water would have righted it.
The crowd on the same side caused
the ship to list so much that the bal
iast pumps were sucking air instead
OF water
"A boiler explosion was averted
when the engineer ordered the in
1ectors OF the boilers filed. Had there
oeen no water in the boilers, the on
rush OF cold water from the river
would have caused a certain explo-
sion"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO
AMBASSADOR GERARD.

International News Service Correspondent
Department Of State, Washington,
July 24-"You are instructed to de-
liver textually the following note to
the minister for foreign affairs:
THE note of the imperial German
government dated the 9Th of July,
1915, has received the careful consid-
Grafton Of the government Of the
United States, and 1t regrets to be
obliged to say that 1t has found 1t very
unsatisfactory, because 1t fails to meet
the real differences between the two
governments and indicates no way in
which the accepted principles of law
and humanity may be applied in the
grave matter In controversy, but pro-
poses. on the contrary, arrangements
for partial suspension of those prin-
ciples which virtually set them aside.
One Point Satisfactory.
The government of the United
States notes with satisfaction that
the imperial German government
recognizes without reservation the
validity Of the principles insisted on
in the several communications which
this government has addressed to the
imperial German government with re-
gard to it's announcement of a war
Eors and the use of submarines against
merchantmen on the high seas-the
principle that the high seas are free,
that the character and cargo of a mer-
chairman must first be ascertained be-
fore she can lawfully be seized or de.
stroyed, and that the lives of noncom-
batants may in no case be put in
jeopardy unless the vessel resists or
seeks to escape after being summoned
to submit to examination-for a bel.
ligerent act of retaliation is per sc an
act beyond the law, and the defense OF
an act as retaliatory g an admission
that 1t is illegal.
Cannot Discuss Great Britain.
THE government of the United
States is, however, keenly disappoint
ed to find that the imperial German
government regards itself as in large
degree exempt from the obligation to
observe these principles, even where
neutral vessels are concerned, by what
1t believes the policy and practice OF
the government of Great Britain to
be in the present war with regard tC
neutral commerce. The imperial Ger
man government will readily under
stand that the government of the
United States cannot discuss the
policy of the government of Greal
7-itain with regard 20 neutral trade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

construction crib, about a mile out in
the lake, off Seyenty-third street. 1t
was caused by an explosion.
In November. 1912, the Rouse Sim
mons. Chicago's Christmas ship, sank
in Lake Michigan of of Sheboygan,
Wis. with all hands and the tragedy
held the city spellbound while the
hunt for the missing vessel was being
conducted. The boat, which was head
ed for the northern woods to bring
back load of Christmas trees. was
not seen after it left the Chicago
port.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
u
An UNPARALLELED tragedy.

Literally in the heart of a great city.
with elevated trains and street cars
numbering past within few hundred
feet, on a mild summer morning, with
a multitude to look on in mute help
lessness, with metropolitan skyscrap-
ers casting their shadow over II all,
something like 1900 persons went to
their death in a prosaic excursion boat
as 1t capsized at its berth.
Such was the unparalleled, pardox-
1cal tragedy of the Eastland. The VIC
Tins persisted within reaching distance
of shore, within speaking distance of
streets crowded with oMce-bound loop
workers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
First Listing IGNORED.

At first the Eastland heeled slowly,
almost imperceptibly. Harry Peterson,
the captain, stood on the bridge shout
ing routine orders. Neither he, his
officers. nor his crew paid attention to
the list, and those of the passengers
who had felt slight alarm forgot their
fear.
The orchestra played on.
Farther over leaned the Eastland.
Chairs began to slip from beneath
their occupants. Still the captain
stuck to his bridge, his voice ringing
reassuringly.
Then. with final lurch of the top
heavy hull, tragedy took a hand in the
picnic. The music stopped in the mid.
die of a bar. Downhill against the
port rail tumbled the musicians. scat.
tered and mixed among the rolling,
struggling passengers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
PREVIOUS STEAMSHIP HORRORS

submarine on
1887 lives lost
Ireland Stosd the ST Law"
lives lost.
off Newfoundland; 1os5
lives 745 saved
collision Singapore s5
AUGUST collision Montevdeo
collision lumber schooner
collision with Henry
xIton n sound; 1873 lives lost
dredso of scho children $50 lives lost
collision Cromaryshire; e7
Janpary crahe in North
335 lives lost
March off GIbraI
54 lives lost
Alice ByweI Castle in the Thames
700 Hvesost
Michigan; 100 lives lost
1seoLady Esn sunk in collision Lake Michigan; @
Lawrence $50 lives
Atlantic sunk N
Lake Erie; 800 lives
Lake Michigan; 247 lives
burned o Lake Erie; 175 lives lost
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
TEXT Of WILSON,
NOTE TO GERMANY
United States to Uphold Rights
on Sea "At Any Cost"
REPLY is STRONGEST YET
Kaiser Warned That New Submarine
Attack Will Be Regarded as "De-
liberateIy NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ton Again Demanded.

Washington, July 24.-The text Of
the reply of the United States to the
German note on the Lusitania and the
general subject of Germany's subma-
rtne warfare was made public at the
state department.
Soon after 1t was given out the
president went to Cornish for vaca-
ton and Secretary Lansing left town.
Secretaries Garrison and Daniels also
will be absent until about Tuesday.
Only One Threat.
The only suggestion OF threat or
menace to the Germans in the note
is in the last paragraph, and it is be-
lieved changes were made in 1t just
before 1t was put on the cables. This
paragraph says:
Friendship itself prompts 1t to say
to the imperial government that repe-
tition by the commanders of German
naval vessels of acts in contravention
Of those rights must be regarded by
the government of the United States,
when they affect American citizens,
as deliberately unfr1endly.
This phrasing, it is believed, was
adopted at the last conference be-
tween Secretary of State Lansing and
the president and at a time when
there were several other phrases IN
der discussion. '"4..v
Not an Ultimatum.
The general tone of the note does
not affect the German official mind
here adversely. In the opinion of
some German officials the note is least
OF ell an ultimatum, and suggests new
ways by which the diplomatic discus
sions can be continued. Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
was at the state department and was
handed copy of the note. He would
not discuss It officially but he left the
distinct impression on friends with
whom he talked that the avenues by
which friendly adjustment can be Sc
cured have not been closed.
One of the salient suggestions OF
the note Is that 1t seems to refrain
from repeating the language of for.
mer American notes, which have been
construed by diplomats here as mean
ing that Germany must stop her subma-
rine warfare. Not only Is there an alb.
sence Of that character of language
but the concluding paragraph seems
only to ask that there be q restriction
on the conduct Of the submarine war.
fare affecting ships carrying Ameri-
cans. In other words, there is no
apparent insistence or demand that
the United States supervise the whole
conduct of German military activities
to her war zone. The note in full fol.
lows:
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

ing to be trouble. ran up there just
in time. and yelled: 'Aband ship.
which is the cry to all hands to aban-
don the ship. Some OF the boys got
out when the water was beginning to
come over the side. I was up on
deck when she settled on her side.
and got safely over onto the side
knew every inch of the ship and
knew that there were lot of people
imprisoned in the lounging room u
the rear Of the main deck.
Regarding the cause OF the accident
Ebert said
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

Chicago, July 26.-"Somebody made
a big mistaRe!"
Five words serve to epitomiZe the
official summing up of the worst ma
rine disaster in modern history.
The steamer Eastland, crowded with
$500 employees of the Western Elec-
trio company bound on a picnic to
Michigan City, Ind, suddenly turned
over in the Chicago river at TAO Sat
urday morning just as she was swing
ing from her dock to make the start
for the lake. go. -sc .t,is.<5<f t'9jl2-'g''
Hundreds of men, women and chill
dren were trapped in the hull of the
vessel and when rescuers drilled
through the steel hull of the vessel by
the use of acetylene gas many of the
Svictims we're still fighting for life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

Murdoch warehouse was thrown open
for the reception of the dead.
Over the side of the Eastland. over
the deck of the Kenosha, along the
narrow dock, and up the stairs to the
street level crawled continuous dou-
BILE line of stretcher bearers, police
men for the most part. Once the work
was systematized bodies were brought
out of the hull at the rate often OF two
a minute.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
No Warning; No Escape.

The better part of them, with wom-
-en and children outnumbering the men
four to one. died without chance for
life. Packed mostly between decks
aboard the cranky craft, they got no
warning from officers and crew until
the water was upon them. Then 1t
was too late.
The old Eastland, its livery work
done, lies YEARLY on its port side less
than fifty feet from where it started.
More than half the boat was sub
merged. On the dry uppermost por-
ton fremen, federal life savers. po-
licemen. physicians and other rescue
workers lowered about yawning holes
which had been pierced through the
steel shell by oxygen flames.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
WarnIno Was Scorned.

Chicago.-"Get off. De boats turn
in over!"
This was the warning shout OF Mike
Javance Of 1119 Larrabee street as
he drove his vegetable wagon across
the Clark street bridge and saw the
Eastland listing over on its side.
"Gwan, dago, you're crazy!"
That was the answer Mike received
from those crowded in the bow Of the
i'll fated steamer. Then came the
shouts of terror, and Mike Joined
with scores of others in the work Of
rescue.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
Women Slide Into Water.

1t was hill there was no climbing,
a hill that grew sleeper and more i'm
possible with each instant. There was
silence for a second as the deck was
swept clean. The water rose to the
port rail. 1t was the signal for a
chorus of screams. The water drowned
them.
Some Of those on the open upper
deck, confident of their ability to swim
boys and men for the most part
jumped overheard. The rest, the WON.
en-, were slid into the river.
Below, on the boxed-in tween decks.
1t was different-worse. At the last
moment, with the Eastland leaning at
an angle of 45 degrees. there had been
a rush for the companionways. A few
reached the upper deck and compare
tive safety. and then, with hundreds of
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
TWO MEN SAVE TWENTY-FIVE
They Plunge From Steamer to Aid
victims-commIssion Men Throw
Barrels Into Water.

Chicago.-Patrol Sergeant Nicholas
Sweig and Policeman Charles Fisher
were near the North Clark street
bridge when the Eastland started to
turn over. Thessergeant said:
81 saw that boat begin to turn. Fish.
er and ! and number of commission
men and their employees began throw.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
Two Bio Questions.

According to the testimony now in
hand, passengers were sliding down
the sloping deck and the port rail was
at the waters edge before there was
an official chorus of:
8 Get over on the other side, every
body!"
There are two big questions which
the various investigating bodies will
seek TO have answered:
WAS it because of a defect in its
water ballast that the Eastland cap
sized?
2-Were more passengers permitted
aboard than its official carrying ca
pacity OF $500?
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

dition and would not come under the
effect of the German law while they
remain in the United States. Should
such Germans become naturalized
Americans and return to Germany at
the close of the war they are protect
ed by the naturalization treaty under
which the United States could inter.
yene in their behalf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
PROTECT MUNlTION WORKERS
German Action, State Depart
ment Says.

Washington, July 24.-State de-
partment officials said today that
Germans in the United States who
might be prosecuted, as was an
nounced from Berlin last night, for
working in ammunition factories sup
rlving war materials TO Germany 5
enemies were in no danger of extra
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

ing barrels and coops and other things
into the water to help the victims.
finally got to the boat and fell
through one of the openings.
IL ever two men deserved hero
medals know Of two-but I don't
know their names. When that boat
turned over and people were dumped
out into the river saw those two men
jump into the river and save not less
than twenty-five persons"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
SAVES TWENTY WITH ROPE
=. w. Willard, Himself in the Water.
Aids Rescue Of Com
panions.

Chicago.-F. w. Willard, member
OF the Western Electric committee
IN charge of the arrangements for the
excursion, not only saved his own
life. but that of about twenty-five 9TH
er persons.
He was on the lower deck and as
the boat began turning over he found
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
PHYSICIANS Aid ReSCuerS.

Through the early hours-whlle
there were any more chances left-not
a chance was taken. Physicians in
jected strychnine into each body as it
came forth. But that was not all. Up
on the bridge and on the sidewalk to
the south a staff Of physicians and
nurses waited with the lung machines.
A score of the machines clanked at
the same time. In a few cases men
and women apparently dead were re-
stored to life and carried to hospitals.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
Dead May Reach 1900.

Estimates of the total number OF
dead-based on the recovery of SIT
bodies-are still uncertain. OF the pas
sengers and crew, reported to be few
less than $500, 700 have reported as
safe. This would mean that 600 bodies
are still in the hull of the vessel or in
the river, with a total of 1900.
However, the authorities do not be-
lieve that any such number are dead
and not recovered. 1t is supposed that
many of the passengers got off the
Inflated boat without reporting the
fact.