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History's Greatest Tragedy.

HlslOTyS UItaltSt l-0StUys
 he greatest marine tragedy in his-
 was also the strangest and most len. The ship went clear over her side, in less than three min
 }, drowning or suffocating all eX-
 those on the upper deck. in a
 l-walled trap.
 he exact number of dead may Ter be known. Coroner's Physici-
 Dr. Walsbringer announced late hy that there. were 2,30O dead.
 teel workers, firemen and divers, ming off the steel plates of the
 and punching into the hold, have en out 1900 bodies.
 iany however, fell from the upper K and were crushed under the into the mud at the bottom of
 river. Still others floated down eam.
 Dead Estimated at 2,OOO.
 First Assistant Superintendent Af Ice Herman Schuettler and other pservative men on the scene esti- ted the dead at 2,0O0.
 hls conservative figure was Ped upon statements by Robert H Crary, the deputy collector of cus- ns. and w. K. Greenbaum, general lnager of the Indiana Transports n company, lessee of the ship that Y 2,5O0 passengers were on board 3 the checking up of 800 survivors MT. Greenbaum said that 2,S0( fkets had been taken up. McCrary Id he stopped the loading of the |ssengers when 2,5OO had entered. As the full horror of the ~disastel (wned upon the ely. States At Fney Hoyne declared:
 ISome one must go to jail for this. |Ine states attorney, Coroner Pete1 Pffman. and the city officials, acted unison for full enquiry. EMore important. probably, was th' Ftlon of Federal Judge Landis 1T |derlng a special grand jury to mee Eonday, and issuing subpoena fol !. Greenbaum and other officials O |e excursion line. Attempt to Lynch Captain.
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SUICIDE FOLLOWS
 CLOSING OF BANK

Fort Worth, July 24.-E. B. Bal dridge, president of the Fort Worth Savings and. Trust company, and rated for several years as one of the richest men in Fort Worth, was found dead in his barn at Arlington Heights at a. m. today by servant
 The bank was closed yesterday when a depositor filed an application for a receiver, stating that the bank refused to pay his deposit. This was filed in district court and was agreed to by President Baldridge.
 w. B. Paddock was named as re- ceiver. All of the city funds were carried in this bank, as were the school funds. However, both arc protected by heavy bonds.
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PROMINENT MAN DEAD.
Judge Henry Townsend Succumbs TO
 Sudden Attack of Heart Disease

News reached ehere last night. to thel effect that Judge Henry Town send one of the most prominent men in Southeast Arkansas, had died sud denly of heart disease about 6 o'clock Saturday evening, at Arkan- sas City. t.t
 Judge Townsend was about 30 ty as county judge and as sheriff. He hal also served as city recorder al Arkansas City. He married Miss Addie Goodwin, member of promin- ent family of Arkansas City. Judge Townsend was widely known and very highly respected, not only at Ar. kansas City, but throughout the state
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GREATEST DISASTERS
 IN MARINE HISTORY

* Some of the great marine dis * asters in history as given in the * Graphic's Handy Encyclopedia * and Atlas follow. s Steamer Atlantic, wrecked off * Nova Scotia, April 2, 1873, 547 * lost.
 * Steamer Coapatrick, caught fire * off Nova Scotia December 2G, * 1874, 476 lost. * Steamer Deberg, wrecked in * China Sea, February IT, 1890, 400 * lost.
 * Steamer Erotgrul (Turkish, * foundered off ccas.. of Japan, * September 19. 1890, 54O lost. * Steamer Norge, wrecked on * reef in North Atlantic June 9, * 1894, $50 lost. * Steam:r La Bourgoyne, ram- * med off Sable Island, July 4, 1898 * 56O lost. * Steamer Norge, sunk at sea * July 3, 1904, 750 lost. * Steamer General Slocum, * burned in Long Island Sound. * June 15, 1904. 95S lost. * Steamer Titanic. sunk after * collision with ice berg off Cape * Race, April }, 1912, 1,5O7 lost. * Steamer Eastland, turned turtle in Chicago river 1July "A, 1915, * 1000 lost (estimated)
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KaisAr,s Friend Writes.

Berlin, July 24.-Count Ernest von' Reventlow, in an article in the Tages Zetung. headed "Ungrounded Anxie- ty," declares that no matter what the note contains the submarine will not be restricted. N@lv
 So far as the German empire is concerned, he says, there can be no further question of it's attitude. Ger manys stand has been taken, Count von Reventlow asserts, and 1t will he maintained. NM v ..E Ia
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AVENGES
 HUSBANDS DEATH

Manila, Ark, July 24.-Crying that he could not "kill her husband and then laugh in her face,'' Mrs. Smith Gilligan. 3S, pulled 3S-calbre re- volver from her dress on Main street here, this afternoon and shot Saland Bunch, 26, three times. He died in- stantly. She was arrested.
 'Milligan was killed six weeks ago and Mrs. Gilligan accused the Bunch family of his death. Both are inem- bers of prominent families.
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ny DELINQUENT
 TAX NOTICE

TL; ,- ;. .. KY .tE 4hE Is Te saezs .s
 rms is to advise all people owning
 n'cles or dogs, and to those operat- $ any kind. of business for which
 e city demands an ANNUAL l'CENSE TAX who have failed to BY same; on and after the first day i august a PENALTY of TWENTY |e added.
 o.. W W HuTT. City Collector,
 oliice' City Hall. Hours. all day p"s' 7-23-St
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OIL STRIKE TO
 BE. ARb|1RATEO

Bayonne, N. J., July 22.--Arrange- ments to arbitrate the strike in the Standard and Tidewater oil plants were made late this afternoon.
 At a meeting of the strikers to- night, the men voted to return to wolk Monday, pending settlement of their differences.
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Neero Killinp at Sweden.

Reports reached the city about 2 o'clock this morning, of the killing Of one nggro by another at Sweden, late Saturday night. Names are not known hers. It is known, however, tha. the slayer escaped.
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Two Vessels T0rned0ed.

July 24;7--The Russian ship Rubonia has been tofpedoed and sunk by submarine. Her crow of thirty was landed on the, Orkney is- lands. The trawler Star of Peace also was torpedoed and sunk off the Orkneys.. The crew was landed at Stromness. '@'
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Nothing New In West.

Paris, July 24.-Nothing of inn portance has occurred in the west, is the substance of tonight's official bulletin.
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Mill Watchman Hurt.

J.K. Hudson, watchman at the Mcintyre mill. was painfully and per haps seriously hurt in fall at the mill early Sunday morning.
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SEARCHING FOR BODIES.


 workers melting off the hull of the excursion with acetylene torches which throw ghasty light the while the black submerged state. bodies of children, Chicago tonight |ted greatest disaster in history sOOO dead" police and private officials in charge he work
 17OO figure probably although the locks have been closed practically stopping closing the Chicago dead from oa |down into the Mississippi. GRIEF IS UNPARALLELLED. Unparalleled outburst of grief marked the throwing of the Regiment armory 10 oclo tonight where 919 bodies identification. While police clubbed the sobbng |ng into n with day of !, tainted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-25

hicago July o'clock this
 bureau of passengers had been ac Sed alye
 the 99 bodies Regiment amory that hour 16 been identified
 bodies have been the various morpues the general estimate that 1000 dead. he tn any ship ty
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Former Mayor Slays Self.

Houston, Texas, July 24.-W. B. Turner, former mayor of Alexandria La. shot and killed himself in local hotel today. He left Alexandria yes teraay on a round, trip ticket to the San Francisco exposition. The DO lice have not discovered a, reason fol the suicide. z 1 7 4 .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-25

<. Mrs. J. A. Allen, who, has been i'll fer several weeks, showed some inn
 provement yesterday.
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The Weather l|'

Generally 'fasf Ahnday aands Aienday
 o' much change. in temperature.
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loo Women and Children Drown
 When Excursion Steamer Overturns. Trapping Them Under the Water

Itest Marine Tragedy in History Is Experienced |hen Steamship Eastla nd Careens at Dock in Chicago River, When About to Start for Picnic Grounds with Famile es of Electric Com pany Employees Only One third of
 Party Is Saved
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-25

the recent war against Japan. He is best known as a cavalry officer, but is conceded to be one of the ablest strategists in Europe.
 In personal appearance he is strik- ing; he stands over 6 feet 8 inches in height and has most distinguished and commanding appearance. He is 59 years old and very erect and act i've. a5sE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
PILOT FALLS TO DEATH
BOARDING AN OIL BARGE
James II. Van Pelt, Whose
Father Was Drowned on Duty,
Hits Head on Gunwale.

James II. Van Pelt, forty years a
Sandy Hook pilot, attempted TO board
oil barge No. %, from London in tow
of the steamship Richmond, off the Am
hrose Channel lightship just before dawn
| Yesterday and slipped from the ladder
into the sea.
lie struck his head on the gunwale OF
the pilot yawl that had put him along
side the barge, and 1t is supposed that
his skull was fractured, AS he was dead
when picked up.
James Howard Van Pelt was the son
of u pilot. His father. Iowa van
pelt. who also was drowned at sea,
had been "a pilot all of his life ana
he trained his son to bring ships into
port as soon as he had finished school.
lie was Is years old when he first o
the wheel of n -four masted schooner,
with his father at his side. and saielS
brought her to n lock in Brooklyn
Then for forty years James Van ielt
continued to take charge of various KINDS
Of sea vessels when they arrived al
Sandy Hook II direct them up the
bay to their moorings.
In all his years of pilot duty there
is not recorded against him one Single
accident to a ship in which he was IN
charge. He was born at Stapletol1,
: staten Island. fifty-siN years ago. lie
was an Elk and a member OF 81. rat
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
STORES HERE OBJECT
TO HIRING E~X-CONVICTS
Prison Association Meets Diff
ficulties, but Most Freed
Men Find Work.

The Prison Association of New YORK
has been conducting an Investigation III
tho las, month to ascertain the attitude
NJ the large firms Of New York city to-
ward men discharged from the state
prisons. pr. - +. Lewis, general secre-
tary OF the association, In his report
saws +, is d~iscouraging and that hrms
o%prloyiug large numbers of men are un-
willing To hire men who ave been coh-
vi,ted of crime even for the humhlest po
sitions.
Nevertheless" aid pr. Lewis yesteI-
day iii is remarkable to what extent
released prisoners are able to ma worn
h,re through their own efforts an" the
r,oneratiou II the Prison Association
The association acts As parole agent lol
the state prisons. We had ON August 80
1918. ls5 men from SIM Sing. Auburn
clinton and Great Meadows prisons Oh
parole.
Less than 10 per cent. Of these men
are uuemplnNe ell. although when they ar
rive in New York rot half Of them nav
work assured them. our parole agents
visit their homes and places of employ
ucut regularly and in that way nave
them under constant supervision.
'Thc association when necessary pro
yldes the men with meals. lodging ana
clothes. The work is of necessity poorly
paid and entails No reeponS.hl"'S
but it j. a stepping stone to better things
Emphasis should be laid on the faci
that no real solution OF the situation VIII
be reached until employers OF Iahor'
either large or small, do their snare IN
taking a chance with the men an"
women released from PRISON
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MOTOR VANS FOR PRISONERS.
Under sheriff Would Abolish Press
ent Hnndcuf Method.

Plans for high powered. motor driven
"Blac Marias' to transport prisoners
between the courts and the penal insti-
luton instead of the familiar handcuff
method have been submitted by Under
Sheriff Frank Is. Bowers and approved
BY Sheriff G~rifenhagen.
In a REPORT Mr.. Bowers says the
present method of Transporting sentenced
prisoners by means of deputy sheriffs
with handouts lis repulSive to the pub
lie view. unsafe, demoralizing to youth,
expensive to the COUNTY and humiliating
70 the prisoners as well Mr.. Bowers
would do away with all of this by using
automobile vans. Their employment, ac-
cording to MIR. Bowers. will not only
facilitate the quick and unobtrusive de-
livery of prisoners to Sing Sing and
other penal institutions, but this work
will be accomplished without the usual
armed escort of a small army" of depu-
ties. The cars will be protected so as
to prevent successful attack from within
and without.
"a great many OF our citizens Justly
object TO the appearance Of haudcuffed
prisoners in the streets and railroad
stations and in public -conveyances," says
the Under Sheriff. THE spectacular case
OF the -four gunner and Becker's trips
TO and from Sing Sing are Sti,i pointed
out as disagreeahle sights. but we have
the same scenes occurring daily. There
is no occasion for giving public offence
by a public parading of noted or minor
prisoners
The report also calls attention to
the system of transporting prisoners
between the city prison and the court
rooms which. he says, IL a useless dupli-
cation and expense to the county. Ac-
cording to the report the present law
requires that the Sheriff of New York
county TRANSPORT the prisoners from the
city prison in charge Of the Correction
Commissioners and his keepers To the
court room. "lt should be the duty OF
the keepers of tho city prison, instead
Of handing these prisoners over to the
Sheriff's office, to take them direct TO
the court room" Mr. Bowers asserts,
land II should he the duty of the Com
missioner OF Correction to transport the
prisoners after conviction N sentence
from the city prison to the institutions
to which they have been committed by
the order Of the court
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
BROTHERS CALLED BIGAMISTS.
Two arrested aS Unlawful Takers
of New wives.

Two brothers. each charged with big
amy, have been arrested. one ~ lhen''
Frank Lyle, 20 years old, a chaun"ur.
was taken into custody on SATURDAY amt
held m $500 bah by Magistrate Marsh
in the Harlem court for a hearing to-
day. The other, charles Lyle, -. Of
272 Alexander avenue, The Bronx, Mas
arrested yesterday and held by Mag
is,rate Manner in Brooklyn, in $l,5uo
bail for "A hearing ON Wednesday. II
IS said that each was Il witness AZ the
alleged bigamuus marriage of the other.
Frank Lyle was accused by William
Armstrong of l739 Avenue \ OF con
tracing a bigamous marriage with ms
ffteen-yoar-old daughter, Elizabeth. on
Angus .. Armstrong charged hat Lyle
had married Florence Kurt" OF 3N"'
Third avenue. The Bronx, in 1909.
Charles Lyle was accused by Mrs.
Agnes Lyle Of III East Eighty-ninth
street of contracting an alleged biga-
nous marriage with Margaret Burke
on August -. Mrs. Lyle said she was
married to Lyle ON December :, 1909
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s HELD AS CoUNTERFEITERS.
Nndc Fake Revenue stamps !"
small shop. Is charge.

can't Henry of the secret service and
detectives from Police Headquarters ar
rested four men yesterday IN the rear
of a small printing shop at ?26 Sulil-
van street on a charge of counterfeit
ing 81 internal revenue stamps They
are Giuseppe Callcsi, 80, printer, OF
ai7 Thompson street Francisco Allie
sandro. 30. driver, Of 1863 sullivan
street Alberto Peuesi, 20, presSer, of
l76 Thompson street, and AleNander
Acuti. OF 2l7 Tn,mpson street.
\ NTH man, Dario Mloletesi' 40
saloon keeper, of 30 West Eighth street,
was arrested as an accomplice.
capt. Henry. accompanied by Agents
Burke AID Cavaulugh and Detectives
Leahy. Mayer, Brown and savage,
caught three of the men at work. CAL
lesi was making Il hasty exit through
a side door with a bundle containing
So. o u worth of the stamps and a die.
The detectives found several thou
sand more OF the stamps under the
flooring. According to the secret SER
vice men The printing SAop was con-
Quoted by Callesi. Mioletesi, who runs
a cafe at 22l Blocker street, peddled
the stamps at that place, the police
say.
According TO William Flynn, CHIEF of
the secret service, his IS one OF the most
important raids tn" Departments has
made in several years,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
THIRD DEATH MYSTERY
PUZZLES DOBBS FERRY
Body Of Another Man, With
Money Gone. Found on
Tracks of Railroad.

DoBBs FERRY. y. Y. Sept. l9-The
mystery. the tniNl in a little more than
two months.
The body Of Michael Duny. 60 years
Old. a gardener. wac found at 80
o'clock this morning beneath the age
bridge over the New York Central Rail
road tracks. about 100 feet south Of
the station. The skull and tho spine
were fractured and the jaw and both
legs were broken. Police Captain Cos
tello and Coroner James L. Dunn believe
that Duffy was attacked and killed and
his body placed on the railway track.
II was weigcd in at the sid OF the third
rail.
Duffy was employed by the lorcna
Real Estate Company. which is con-
ne,tcd with the estate Of \. !. Rarhcr,
founder of the Barber Asphalt Paving
Company. He drew his months wages,
$is.7I. Yesterday afternoon n aftc~
paying s. to Mrs. Hugh Kelly. at whose
house. IN Man street. he boarded. left
to 20 to TaIrytoWN TO visit his VIE and
sin children. No money was found on
his body, but a return ticket to larry
town was iu one of the pockets.
The attack on DuGy was on" az four
of . similar nature made at almost the
same spot in a few months, though in
one case the victim recovered from his
injuries or May = william Keenan, Of
Broch,yu was found near the wagon
bridge with his skull slightly fractured.
keenan, could tell nothing Of the attack.
The body OF Richard MoyuIu also ot
Brooklyn. was ground to pieces by a
train on July 80 about 200 feet north OF
the point at which Duny's body was
found to-day. a body. which was iden-
40 49, - ----A "a LH No
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-20
Fond OF Riding In Auto.

William Davis, Bradley's stcp-hrother.
told reporters that Bradley used TO re-
tu IN to his home I'm WoodhaVou early At
night and take long automobile rides.
generally with his wife. Davis also said
that Bradley was very friendly with
Andre Guuu. an employee of the Mer-
chants National Bank, until a montu ago
and that Gum was here in tamfor ON
Wednesday. the last day Bradley was
seen here.
Davis said absolutely no news of Brad
ley's whereabouts was received to-day.
Mrs. bradley at Woodhayen also was
without information from her husband.
1t was learned to-day that Mrs. Brad
ley had already consulted an attorney
about the case.
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RETIRED MERCHANT MISSING.
Hugh 4. RILEY Left Home Thurs
day and Hasn't Returned.

The sudden disappearance of Hugh \
Riley, 80 years Old, a retired produce
merchant, of lS7 West kiugShridGo
road. The BrpuN, could not h." explained
Yesterday by members of his family or
hy his many friends.
Last Thursday he left his home at
noon t. transact business At II Broad
n Since then no word has been heard
from him. Hospitals have been visited
and acquaintances questioned without
getting a clue.
Thomas W. Churchill, president Of the
Board of Education, is n personal friend
of the family, lie will ask Police Com
missioner W." ds to give the case his
personal attention.
Mr.. Riley lived with his wife and a
son. Frank. II daughter, Lillian. lie
has two other sons. DR.. Hugh A. Riley,
Jr., of 3O07 tIo avenue and J. L. Riley,
"A lawyer, OF l15 broadway.
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ENGAGEMENT STORY DENIED.
Atwood Wallet, Jr., Doesn't KnoV
Ills Reported Fianccc.

Those fire bells in front OF Brownies
chop house Saturday night weren't really
80 suggestive OF wedding hr''s after All
While flames were curling up the ven
tilator in the rear of the place all the
diners left the restaurant except "A party
Of young men on the third floor. Later
when reporters entered, a member OF
this party told them that Atwood VIC
lett. Jr., son of u broker, was present
and thai he had Just announced his
engagement to marry Miss Margaret
McKrllip OF -, Paul, The story was
printed in yesterdays pagers,
Mr.. Violet said last evening that he
had attended a dinner party AT Brownies
the night before, hut left early to kcor
another engagement and WAS not pres
cnt when the fire started, He made no
engagement announcement, and II thcr,
IL n Miss Mprgarct McKelllp of 81. Paul
he has not had the pleasure Of meeting
her.
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FUGITIvE'S LIBERTY BRIEF,
Arrested After BEING Ont of Sing
Sing Only Two Days.

Two days after he had been released
from Sing Sing, whore he had been
serving a sentence of one year for
burglary imposed upon him by Judge
Rosalsky, Fred Pellechris, alias Fred
Pals. %, was arrested on "A charge OF
attempted burglary Saturday and held
for examination Tuesday by Magistrate
Marsh In Jefferson Market court.
Saturday afternoon Detectives Dow
ling and Londrigan of the First branch
detective bureau saw two men acting In
a suspicious manner in the vicinity of
Broadway and Fourteenth street. The
detectives followed them and thought
that they were paying too much atten-
ton to the loft buildings that they
PASSED. They followed the men for an
hour and placed them under arrest Al
Bond and Lafayette streets. When
searched at Police Headquarters a
Jimmy was found on the man who rave
his name as Louis Falci. He said ne
lived at 3S Second street.
Pellechris was found TO rave a record.
In 1910 he had been sent TO the State
~Refotnatory by Judge Itosalsky and
later had been sentenced by the same
Judge to one year In Sing Sing.
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LION HER BIRTHDAY GUEST.
Baltimore. In whose Cage Girl
Was Christened. Dimes with Her.

Baltimore and Miss lsla Tudor dinod
tagcther yesterday in the lion house at
Prospect Park while the movie cameras
clicked and "A half dozen beasts who
hadn't been invited snarled obviously
And it wasn't etiquette, but good stout
iron bars that X, pit them from crowding
in at the feast and probably taking a
bit, out of tls hostess too as dessert.
II was Miss Tudor's birthday party
and Baltimore was the guest OF honor
because he had been present when Miss
Tudor, who is the daughter of a Bostock
agent. was Christened in "a lions cage at
Dreamland twelve years ago.
Baltimore. sole survivor of the troupe
of twenty-niue, rOared a greeting tHead
Keeper John O'Brien is authority for
this) when the little acquaintance of
former years entered the lion house
Yesterday with her mother. He per-
mitted her to pat his head and he got
the lions share of the breakfast, which
on his side of the iron lattice began with
beef and ran to chicken, but he refused
to partake OF the birthday cake,