The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-02

Eastlsnd Disaster Recalled.
July wa made particularly terrible
by the Eastland tragedy IN the Chicago
River, when S1l persons were Killed
There were many disasters ia August,
Of which the sinking OF the
Maroisne with 96 persons in the Gulf Of
Mexico was the worst, IN September the
Italian battleship Renedet,o Rrln blew
up and Killed 40. In October the
steamer MILAN Carasco went down on
IN" Spanish coas, and drowned II per-
s'n In November the steamer santa
Clara sank on the Pacific coast down
ing ~. and the steamer Charles A. Luch
sank in Lake Superior. drowning 20. In
December the steamer 81. Kilda was log.
IN the coast OF Newfoundland. 20 per-
sons perishing.
There were nearly double the mum.
her OF lynchinEs in 1918 thar In the
year preyious--s6 in 1915. - in 1914.
However, the record ~ Judge Lynch's
activities In the past few years is mark
eddy less han was true some fifteen
years ago, OF The persons lynched 90
were negroes. II whites and % Mexi-
cans caugh raiding on Texas soil. Fifty
nine were accused OF murder, II OF theft,
? OF rape, : OF murderous assault, OF
attempted rape.
There were more executions In 1915
thar In 1914, Last year li5 persons
paid for their crimes with their lives
in 1914 only "A suffered capital punish
ment. New York State killed more
criminals than any other. the record OF
executions showing 10. In California
- were executed. In Georgia 10 paid
the penalty, Among tho most notorious
cases were those Of Lee Dock and Eng
Hung. New York's Chinatown: Charles
Becker. New York Joseph Hillstrom,
salt Lake City.
The record OF financial dishonesty In
1915 II II very close to shat OF 1914
sl3,4?6,2o3 for the former, &l3.O5I.23
for the latter year. IN. distribution
OF these thefts or embellishments was
Banks. lost $500. %Sa: public officials,
ssos,9si: forgeries. 31,07O.o59; miscel-
%laneous, sc,9s2,2Ss.
Fire Losses Decrease.
Fire losses decreased notably FALLING
from $500. 900 900 In 1914 to Sl65. O0O,-
600 In 1915 for this country and Canada.
Among the losses OF 500, 900 or more
were a $4,000 fire In Philadelphia, the
sl.O0O,0 600 Roebling fire In Trenton and
a 100000 fire in Camden. January the
Texas compress plant at Ballinger. $780,
900, February the State Normal Schoo,
~ "a'IcHtoH' MO, $oUU,UUV, March .
fires I'm ST. Paul, MINI. 500. 600, April
sheffield elevator, Minneapolis. $3.50 900,
May; Barton Winery. Fresno. Cal,
$4,000 June Diamond Match Lumber
Yards, Oswego, n. Y. $500. 600, July
fires In Buffalo. $500, 900, August IA
nous Players Film Plant, $1,000. 600
Chesapeake and Ohio elevator, Newport
News. 1000. 900 Union warehouse. Los
Angeles, $1,000. 900. September; fires in
Marshall. Tex. $4,000 and in Seattle.
$500. 600. October: Bethlehem Steel ma
chine shop. $1,000. 900: RoebIins wire
rope mills. $500, 900: Pine RlufY Com.
pany, PIN Blum, Ark, s1,c5O,0Oo, No
vcmber; Hopewell. Va, $1,000, 900, DE.
GENDER.
There was n considerable falling of.
AZ compared with 1914. in the donations
and requests made In this country,
This was due probably to the enormous
amounts that were contributed by
wealthy persons to the various foreign
relief funds. Outside OF war charities
the total Of contributions for 1915 was
$l3S.553.762. AN compared with S2lS..
5ss,4S2 In 1914. Contributions To the
Red Cross In money and contributions
OF food and clothing and money to other
relief organizations brought the grand
total OF giving M TO $3.50, OOO, 900 for
1915. This includes only what was
given publicly, II the true total could
be had, and the amount that was given
privately added. the sum would he
$500, 0O0. 900. Gifts accounted FOR
$40, 76l $50 and requests for sat, 79I,sIa,
To charities VI various kinds was
given $72.239,07l 10 educational insti-
tutions. SSb.abt.33s: to religious o-gani.