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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
Redheld Gives Up His
Vacation for Inquiry


Washington, J1ly 26.-Secretary
Redfeld of the Department OF Com
merce interrupted his vacation tonight
and started from Syracuse to take
charge of the investigation OF the
Eastland disaster in Chicago. solicitor
Thurman, carrying the records of the
wrecked steamer, left here to join the
Secretary.
Senator Lewis, of Illinois. tele..
grained to both the Department OF
Commerce and the Department of Jus
tice to-day that there were rumors IN
Chicago that the government had re-
fused to countenance q Federal lnves-
tigation of the disaster and was shield
ing guilty inspectors. Emphatic denial
of these reports was made tonight by
Attorney General Gregory.
He announced that he had been in
formed that a Federal Grand Jury had
been ordered for a special meeting Tor
Thursday to investigate the Eastland
disaster. and that he had Immediately
wired the United States Attorney and
the departments Bureau of Investiga-
ton at Chicago to give all possible
assistance in developing the facts re-
lating to the sinking of the steamer
that might show violations of Federal
criminal statutes.
There was considerable speculation
at the Department of Justice as to
Just what Federal laws could have
been violated. 1t was pointed out that
if it could be demonstrated that any
Of the Federal inspectors had been lax
in their examinations there would be a
clear case for criminal prosecutions.
Also, if it can he shown that any of
the Federal regulations were violated
by the officers of the steamboat or by
tie company, there will be@a clear
case. As the facts are reported thus
far to the department the vessel was
licensed to carry $500 passengers. and
when this number had gone on board
other persons were turned away.
Solicitor Thurman, of the Depart
ment of Commerce, who will have
charge of the legal phases OF the in
vcstigation, will cooperate with local
officials of the department at Chi
cago. Possibilities of general re-
organization of the Steamboat lnspec-
ton Service were much discussed at
the department to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
Bodies of 10 East1and Victims
Speeding to Old Homes Here
Many Who Perished in Chi
cago Disaster Moved to
Illinois City Only Six
Months Ago - Former
Bronx Church Elder
Among the Dead.

The bodies Of sixteen Eastland VIC
Tins have been shipped to friends III
and near New York. Most Of them are
those OF people who formerly lived IN
this vicinity, moving awav six months
ago. ukkn their work called them 70
Chicago. Friends here Of thirty-two
passengers on the excursion steamer
have been notified of their safety.
Mrs. Martin Jude is coming home TO
her mother, Mrs. Helen Purteil, OF ooo
West Thirty-fourth Street. with the
bodies Of her son Martin. two years
old. and her husband. Mr.. Judge was
foreman in the Western Electric Com
pany and moved to Chicago six months
ago. His former home was at 80 Mad
ison Street. Hoboken. He was married
10 Miss Helen Purtell on June "a. I'M:
Members of the Junior Baraca. OF
the Beck Memorial Presbyterian
Church. in The Bronx. learned yester..
dsy that Frederick Kahn, organizer or
their society and former elder in the
church. had been killed on the East
land. Mrs. Kahn was saved. The body
will be sent to Newburgh. n. T., where
Mr.. Kahn was born.
II was said at the local office of the
company that none Of the college stu
dents spending their vacations in the
plant had been drowned.
Among those whose bodies are on
their way East are:
u. L. Clark Mrs Il. l.. Clark Elinor Clark Jo'
semi Tdwsrd Joseph Gateus Anna Hillman Gas
per Laire IT, John J. Lyons. Thomas Lyons
Marie NrGlynn George =. Rechten William Rupp
Harry Thcyer aud Miss Theyer.
The following, according to word re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS:
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS

Capt JAMES r. MOUNT. Med. corps rresi,Iio
OF Monterey. ior duty With I.si Ilospit,l No. p.
Of Monterey; f9t duty with 1mhularee ,orpe No
2; Capt FRED. &. A kELLAM Mel CorTs
Tor Bi H:!, cs1 t.oi LOIS II HAySoX pig
srliONG. Fort ID. A Russell. for duty With
Pea Hospital 10. /: Capt ioHY J. LEppY
|. SMITH Med Corps Le,terma1 General Mo-
p,tAi p,e.idlo OF s1n Francisco; Capt. GEORGE
70, d h" Ahpf Fall Ell f,os,,i sam HnSgsto1
BEEIwkES Med. Corps. 10 iIty Ia 81 Nice q
attending surgeon. Washington
Med. Corps. four months upon relief from present
duties Major EDWIN IANDON. Coast Al
leave extended until nov !.
NAVY
capt. R. \. JACKSON. Comm. ?. y. FREEMAN.
F FAX, Hq%n and Lieut. L4hNfoT x Lssi CONS
Lieut. Ii il. MICHAEL. detached Georsi.; 10 A..
laniic reserve feet
MOVEMENTS.
ARRIVED
%gy .s-Y H.. at s.ni9 Domi1so CITY
and Parkcr al Newport: Louisiana A. tilourss-
ter. Barney at Washington. Du Pont. at Fan
River. WAb4u and Uncas. AZ hey West. Doro-
thea. At Cleveland. Paul Jones. Preble, Perry
aud stewart. al Sitks
land. ore Glacier. At San Diego. Mont gonery
al Baltimore. Jupiter al Portsmouth. y. II.
SAILED
July gg-Cleseland. MIE4tlsn for san Bias. Denver
MaEatiau for La Psk
july 2l-Supply Sh.i chat for Hong Kong. Parker
s. Y yard for Newpo!, Mar. Norfolk ioE san
FrAncisco. Lebanon. Norfolk for Neapou Jupi
ter Newport Tor Portsmouth. y. n. Jenkins
Newport Tor y Y. Amphiir.te Pensacola for
New Orleans. Rarney. Washington yard for Sev
enih street Wharf. Washington. Albany. seattle
Tor Portland ore kearsarge aud keuturky.
\ Y city for BALTIMORE Montgomery. Tangier
sound for Baltimore. Celtic Vera Cruz Tor Pro-
srss0- Machas vera Cruz fer Tampiro
July s5-Terrl souihold. L. l.. tor Nesport Reid
ChAreston for key West; Cailic. Canton for
West River. Cuisua. y. Y. yard Tor Nespor
Saudosal Rochester for practice cruise
july .s-Galus.Jn shanghai for Che Foo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
new YORK SAFE
FROM BOAT PERILS
Big Disaster impossible"
Inspectors Say, but Order
Extra Precautions.

Thomas +. Rush. Surveyor OF the
Port. issued orders yesterday lot
stringent observance of the laws gov
erning excursion steamers. ne re-
auested the inspectors to see tnat not
even the slightest infraction oil rules
was permitted. ,,., c...os
Steamboat Inspection Service. to when
comics of Surveyor Rush's orders were
sent. an accident like that which over
took the Chicago steamer could not
bannen in New York. There are only
about hundred excursion boats here,
il was said, and an ever rigid system
Of inspection is maintained. Furtner-
more, the craft, with but few EXCEPTIONS
are in excellent condition, and All are
seawortny. i.
Captain G. T. Charlton, inspector OF
hulls. of the government service. said
there were not more than half dozen
Measure craft that carried water bal
last. 8,
There is no law about the ballast
he said. "That is a matter within the
Judgment of the captain of the steamer.
The law does not attempt to regulate
the nature or the amount OF ballast
a vessel shall carry.
"All oceangoing steamships OF this
port are rigidly inspected as soon as
they are put in commission here and
are certified for year. During the
year they are examined two or three
times more, and at the end OF that
period they are put under severe IN
spection.
Excursion boats run only in the
summer, and are looked over once a
month. When new boat is put in
commission the number of passengers
she is allowed TO carry is limited until
her captain has a chance to see how
she behaves with a light load. II is
gradually increased until the limit of
passengers allowed by law is reached"
The number of persons each steamer
may carry is specified by the Depart
ment of Commerce. Week-ends and
holidays, when the crowds using the
boats are heavy, owners of the lines
may be likely to protest against the
rigid enforcement of the law, but in
instance. where the power of mis- in
spectors was questioned the Surveyor
announced, he was ready to take the
matter directly to the courts.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
workman was forced to use crowbar

workman was forced to use crowbar
to open a case of life preservers.
THAT | saw myself" said DR.. Farr.
at is a violation of the law not to
have the life preservers where any one
can get at them Immediately. II the
belts had been loose and some one had
had sense enough to toss them over
board many more lives might have been
saved"
OF only the diver were exhausted
len quitting time came, and the
wreck was left TO new force of men
who worked under the glare of search
lights with pike poles and dragnets,
but the surgical staff, too, were at the
breaking point.
A staff of checkers. recruited in the
offices of the Western Electric Com
pany, made d house to house canvas Of
the homes of the picnickers last night.
They not only compiled an accurate
list of those still unaccounted for, but
reported cases Of need where the
breadwlnner had been lost and only
dependents survived.
Earlier IN the day the company had
faced a rush of job seekers, seeking
the places the topheavy Eastland had
made vacant Blu the thoughts Of
company officials were all on their re-
lief work. Only in a few departments
was there any effort to operate the
plant, and four special policemen were
assigned to tuln away the job seekers.
The employment Office was besieged by
crowd of five hundred. which re-
manned even after REPEATED announce
ments that no new employees would be
taken on.
Wait for More Bodies.
Waiting that was the story at the
big emergency morgue in the Cd Regi-
ment Armory. at Curtis Street and
Washington Boulevard. All through
the day a group of drawn faced men
and women sat in chairs placed along
the walls of the great hall and waited
waited and watched for the arrival Of
new bodies recovered from the waters
of the Chicago River.
The great majority waited in vain.
Only fourteen bodies were taken from
the river and transferred to the morgue
during the day. Two other bodies were
brought in from undertaking establish
ments, and one body, wrongly identi-
fed was returned.
Tragic scenes continued 70 mark the
identifcctions. and there were several
who collapsed under the strain Of wait
ing. The blotting out of one entire
family of seven was shown by the iden-
tifcation in the afternoon of Albert
Sindelar, eight years old. The identl-
tcation was made by Miss Clara Dole
zal, a cousin, who in the morning had
identified the boys mother and OF the
day before had found the bodies Of his
two brothers and two sisters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27

State. The law provides that he snail
publish them at least two months De-
fore submission to the people, but pub
LEGATION is not compulsory. Secretary
Hugo has suggested that they be IN his
hands by August To-
There is only one other law touch
ing adjournment. 1t requires that the
proposals must be finished at least SIX
weeks before submission TO the people.
The convention might run until the
middle of September, and still ne pro-
posals could lie legally submitted at the
regular election on November 2.
4 report on the short ballot PROPOSE:
ton, one of the most important still
to be disposed of in committee, proba-
bly will come early next week. The
most generally accepted theory IS tha'
tho election of the Lieutenant Gey.
ernor, the Controller and the Attorney
General. besides the Governor, will be
advocated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
WOMAN, WAR CHEST, HELD
Revolver and 1,135 Cause
Her Arrest in Jersey
Strike Zone.

With loaded revolver in one
pocket and $1,i35 in another. Mrs.
Elizabeth Easier searched yesterday
among the strikers at the Eagle Oil
Works, Jersey City, for her husband.
A policeman spied her sagging
pockets and arrested her. She refused
to tell her purpose. but the police be-
with carrying a concealed weapon. Her
home is at Sc Maple Street, Jersey
CitV
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
Critic of u. S. Inspection
Challenged by Redfeld

Syracuse, July Discharges by Vic
tor A. Olander. secretary CT the Sea-
mems Union, that the Federal inspec-
tios service was responsible for the
Eastland disaster, were challenged by
Secretary of Commerce Rec field to-
night in a statement, which says:
1.-THE Department of Commerce has
always been willing to give careful
heed to 2hy accounts which Mr. Olan-
der or any one else presented. Speak
ing from recollection, he has been given
opportunity, both verbally md in writ
ing, to present his facts, not only to
the steamboat Service, but to the Off
GERS of the department. | am not IN
formed that he has justified any Of
his complaints by the facts submitted.
1.-THE department welcomes criticism
of the steamboat inspection service, and
has always done so, but it has the right
to insist, and does so, that the cri l.
cism shall be candid, not based on
special interests, and that it shall be
founded on facts which are known to
exist.
"The department will welcome the
fullest light thrown on Mr.. Olander's
relations with it. The inquiry to which
he objects is that which the law pro-
vides. | have already told the officers
in charge that, while no neglect on the
part of the inspectors is assumed, none
will be pardoned.
"Mr. 0lander will perform a public
service if, instead of sweeping attacks
on a whole service in advance of in
pending inquiry. ne will at that inquiry,
under oath, show definite facts to ex-
list as will permit the department to
deal with them. lie has m. assurance
in advance that any such facts as may
be proved to exist will receive merited
attention"
I'VE want light thrown on this mat
ter. but it will be better to have 1t
light and not Leaf" said the Secretary
tonight before leaving for Chicago TO
take charge o. the Eastand investiga-
ton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
lFrorn The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. July IS.


= foD he lnbu9e bureau
Washington July %.
Following changes in @ II. {. ordered Lieu, Col.
AMOS " kINiBALL. relieved a. assistant 10
a VI. "a Div. Texas CITY. to Galveston Tor
G op c IL K ERAriTHofF' to San Fran:
cisco and resume duty a. assistant 10 department
O VI and assistant 10 division Q 81 81 Div .
Mai JAMES CANDY. assistant 70 depot O. NJ.
Washington. assume temporary charge that depot.
also construction work at Walter Reed General
Hospital vice Lieut.. Col. IANES y. HOU STON.
10 san Francisco ana sail sept for Honolulu
a. y NJ. Hawaiian Dept and assume charge all
construction WorL at Schontld Barracks aud pOsta
adjacent 70 Honolulu and . depot aso q
army transport service Al Honolulu. vice Lieut..
col. y. FRANK CliEATHAM. 10 san Fraacisco
ERT H. ROLFE from r. sam Houston o. eN-
piTation Of present leave Of Absence. 20 Philadel
phia. aud repor to depot Q. NJ for duty a. his
cart HOWARD NC. SNYDER Med corps. from
f. u. A Rus eli 10 Walic- Reed General Hos
Ptai. d. G.. vice Cart. THOMAS j. LEARi.
. Med Coips - anal LoIe 80,
First Lieut.. DEWITT {. GkJ BIS. 6th Inf. de-
tsry college ,'iledseyilIc "a. crcct Sept /. vic.
Fir>' Lieut. RED J.. WILSON. 9TH Inf. TO his
R,sisIation Of Second Lieut.. ROBERT W VIII.
son "a Field AT, accepted. ener Aus. i3
Following Officers. after arrival Ia United States
-a ' .pes ss"MI aop ipwARp n SCHRE IL
In Med Iorps fou Mysr. MAJOR ROBERT "
THoRNBuRGh Med Cops. For oseihoge
'eNt hul ' HFflsfbbNfhs Altu NoITes or
Niagara Capt. John ;. COULTER. Med. Cof.s.
Fort DqPcnt: Captain GEORGE Il LAKE Md.
rerPs. For, osethorpe CAPT DAME +. MA
WARD { REGISTER. Med COPS Fo-' Ily 4.
First Lieut. HENRY = LINCOLN. Mcl Hes
CORPS. Jackson BarrscLs. FlIst Ll-u' Edmund
" BAILEY. Mod. Re-. Cone. OF Casa n .
Lieut. Col MERIITTE ". IRELAND Me-.
Corps Fort sam Houston IS sAlitsV msIc-,r
southern Department and As surgeon ~ rarJ'y
division. Lieut. Col PAUL +. SrEAl Il. Mcd
C1orgs =, Fort Los1 -. c-Pt vii, wILlIAH a.
AlcAtraz Captains GEORGE - Fu~rEH n.
and FERDINAND SCHMITTER. Med. torpe.
columbus barracks Capt PAUL " GIBSON.
Med Corps For Slocum: Caytm FRANZ y
Chiffon, Med Corps. IrtesB.n BGusckS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
EX-MiniSter to SantO Do
mingo Condemned by
the Investigator.
QUIT TO AVOID
BEING RECALLED
Report Declares Persons Seek
ing Graft in Republic
Backed Bryan Man.
tFron The Tribune Bureau

Washington, July 26.-James NJ. Sui
Ivan was not competent to hold the
post Of United States Minister to Santo
Domingo and his appointment was
vigorously supported by persons with
large financial interests in the Repub-
lie, says the report of Senator James
y. Phelsn. made public by the State
Department to-day. Sullivan. one Of
Bryan's deserving Democrats" antici-
pated the report of Mr.. Phelan by re-
signing a fortnight ago. Senator Phe-
IAN declares that there is TO evidence
that Sullivan took part in any graft.
Tested by ordinary standards" the
report says. there could scarcely have
been any general expectation that the
training, education and experience Of
James NJ. Sullivan would have resulted
in his acquiring those attainments not
only desirable. but probably necessary,
for a successful administration.
"The candidate was vigorously sup
ported by persons having large fnan-
cial interests in Santo Domingo, with
the intention and in the hope of secur-
ing pecuniary profit through the in
cumbency in Office Of a Minister who
was friendly and under obligations;
and the support and the object thereof
we're concealed from the appointing
power.
Contractor Bought Introduction.
There is no evidence that Minister
Sullivan received any money from any
contractor or other person desiring
favors in Santo Domingo, or that he
participated in any way in what has
come to be known as graft but there
is evidence that a proposal was made
TO New York contractor to pay money
TO a representative of some of the in
terests that had supported Mr.. Sulli-
van, in order that the contractor might
secure favorable contracts in Santo Do
mingo; that as a part of the proposal
the statement was made that the in
terests had procured Mr. Sullivan's ap-
pointment and could influence him;
that a letter of introduction to Mr..
Sullivan wac given TO the contractor by
those making the proposal that the
contractor proceeded to Santo Domingo,
was entertained by Mr.. Sullivan, who
assured him of the reliability of the
introducer, and that thereupon the con-
tractor returned to New York and paid
over the money. There is no evidence
that at the time the contractor was in
Santo Domingo Mr.. Sullivan knew any
such payment was under consideration.
Lost Confidence of Dominicans.
"By reason of his conduct in office,
in such matters, among others, as his
relations with the Banco Nacional; his
attitude Of hostility toward other bank
ing houses; his methods in dealing
with the revolution at Puerto Plata IN
September and October, 1918; his UNI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27

the judgment" said Mr.. Moss The
separation of West Virginia from Vrr-
pinia was war measure. 1t was neces-
sar r,4 to help preserve the Union dur
ing the Civil War. West Virginia, or
the western part of Virginia, control
ling an east-and-west railroad, re-
NAMED loyal to the Union, and, being
a border state, was a potential factor
in aiding the Northern soldiers. Now,
| think the Federal government should
assume the financial burden for the
sacrifices which West Virginia has
been forced to assume through its act
of breaking away from Virginia and
helping the Union cause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
CONE NET SHARES FOUR
Ice Cream Men Face Prosecu-
tion-Five Out of Business.

Criminal proceedings against four
manufacturers of ice cream cones were
ordered yesterday by DR.. Lucius P:
Brown, director Of the Bureau of Food
Hygiene of the Health Department
The twenty-one factories in Manhattan
and The Bronx were inspected in the
last two weeks. Unsanitary conditions
were generally found, DR.. Brown says.
Five manufacturers who refused TO
mend their ways were driven out Of
business, twelve promised to do better
and the remaining four DR.. Brown
wishes to prosecute. II was said a
victim of tuberculosis was making
cones in one factory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
City Bank to Train Men.

The National City Bank on August
will start classes to train its employees
for work in the institutions South
American branches. The first class
consists of twenty college graduates,
who will be thoroughly drilled for one
year by experts from each department.
In selecting the men consideration was
first given to National City Bank en-
ployes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
Two Talks to Lead to Country

The National Forward the Land
League, which helps relieve city con-
gestion by helping foreigners get out
into the country, will give two lectures
in Labor Temple this week. Professor
Layton S. Hawkins, of the State Educa-
ton Department, will talk on the coun-
try home and the country school to-
morrow evening. On Friday evening
Professor Adams, of the New York
State College of Agriculture, will lect-
ure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
WEST VIRGINIA WANTS
u. S. TO PAY HER DEBT
Will Ask Federal Treasury to
Settle with Virginia.
from Tie Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, July Pa modest re-
quest that Uncle Sam pay her debt of
Sl3,000,0 900 to Virginia, as fixed by the
Virginia, through her representatives
in the next Congress. Representative
II. II. Moss, of Parkersburg, announced
to-day that he would introduce a bill
providing for this, and that Senator
Chiffon would present a similar bill
in the upper house.
THE Federal government should pay
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
Jow Gum Held; Opium Seized.

Jow Gum, said by government on
Gals to be :he head of the largest ring
of opium smugglerJ in the country, was
arrested yesterday as he was receiving
ten cans of opium from sailor in a
hallway in Forty-eighth Street, near
First Avenue. Commissioner Houghton
held him in $500 bail for the Federal
grand jury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
ce;ved by friends here, are among those

saved: n.-,
p,i.tol charlie. Dean. Alice Dunn. T. J. GRANNY
Mr., George Grins Joseph Haas. James Ham Mfs
is,ne, Hahn Eugene Hanser. Mr.. Hsrgah; Jonn j.
Uvrhss II 4 Kiber,z. Ernest koster fredercs
McNut. William Merz. Edward g. M np,Si R M1s
,hrr Frank EiegeL Charles W sutton. George w
TT;tte David Van Ilouten George Van HOTTER
Pred Verh0off Miss Nerhoef, william wagner A''
Charles Williams
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27

decide to look into the conditions Of all
vessels issuing from the Chicago Har-
Dor Captain Westcott has been SUD
po-naed TO tell his side of the story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27
NO FORECLOSURE
TROUBLES

circumstances may make II
necessary for you to foreclose
what we're considered GOOD mort
aases. Even II you know that you
cannot lose ultimately, foreclos-
ure suits cause annoyance and an
interruption OF income.
All this is eliminated II you
purchase only Guaranteed Mort
CAGES.
The interest you will receive
regularly until the principal is
paid and the Bond and Mortgage
Guarantee Company will take
the consequences Of the foreclos-
ure, purchasing the property Ii
necessary.
No investor has ever lost a dollar
BotDsfpuGAaE (uARNTrE@
CAPITAL & Surplus, S10.OOO.OUO
izS B'way, my. IFS Remsen St. bNyn'
$50 Fulton ST., JemaicI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-27

in such matters, among others, as his
relations with the Banco Nacional; his
attitude of hostility toward other bank
ing houses; his methods in dealing
with the revolution at Puerto Plata in
September and October, 1918; his un-