Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 193, 27 July 1915 — Page 1

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SHIP'S SINKING MAKES CRISIS MORESERIOUS Serves to Increase Tension But Does Not Mean Immediate Break in Nations Relations.

CREW GETS AWAY Only Mitigating Circumstances lighten Serious : Situation Will Handle Case Apart from Note. WASHINGTON, July 27 Germany's apparent determination to sink American ships with promise to pay reparation under the policy it established in the Frye case, may require another warning to be sent to Berlin. This was the view in administration quarters today, following the sinking of the American flax ship Leelanaw. It was generally believed, however, that this incident would not change the general situation between the United States and. Germany and would serve merely to increase the tension In the relations between the two governments. . That the sinking of the Leelanaw does not bring the gravest crisis between the United States and Germany Is due to several mitigating circumstancesthe fact that her crew was warned and escaped; the apparently considerate treatment of the crew by the unofficial dispatches, and the further fact that the Leelanaw carried flax, which was declared contraband of war by Germany last April. Falls Back on Treaty. Nevertheless, this government disputes Germany's right to destroy ships even if they carry contraband. This was the contention in the Frye case, the United States falling back on the old treaty of 1828 between Prussia and this government. Germany apparently is Insisting upon her own Interpretation of that treaty under the exmimim nr th occasion and is expect ed to send the customary offer to make reparation for the Leelanaw. While it is not felt that the Leelanaw incident will be sufficient to strain to the breaking point the relations between the two governments, it has by no means improved the situation. Officials were surprised and grieved over the sinking of the vessel, while the mere confiscation of her cargo would have, caused jonly passing comment.' It is probable that the Leelanaw affair will be handled as a separate matter by this government, but it has at least an indirect bearing on the broader controversy over Germany's submarine warfare. GREW OF WASP FIRES STEAMER AMSTERDAM, July 27. The Nor wegian schooner Harbo, carrying a cargo of lumber from Christiania to Sunderland, was set on fire by the mv nf a German submarine in the North Sea Monday.' The crew was given ten minutes In which to leave the ship and was landed at a Dutch port today. Sailors of the Harbo reported that when tnelr snip was set on lire mree other burning vessels were visible in the neighborhood. TWO SHIPS SUNK. ABERDEEN, Scotland, July 27. The steam trawlers Roslln and Strathmore were sunk by a German submarine today off Lewis island. The crews of both boats were saved. TRAWLER WRECKED. ABERDEEN, Scotland. July 27. The Grimsby trawler King Athelstane was sunk by a submarine off the coast of Scotland early today. The crew was landed at Stornoway. CREW MAKES ESCAPE. HULL. July 27. The trawler Hono ris was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea today. The crew was landed at Kirkwall. WASP GET8STEAMER. COPENHAGEN, July 27. The Dan ish steamer Noglll was sunk by a Oerman submarine in the North Sea. AVERAGE OF WHEAT YIELD IS NORMAL The yield of wheat per acre on the farms of Wayne county this year is about the average, according to the reports made to the various mills in the county. Although It Is too early in the season to estimate the total yield it is known that the quality of grain this year Is perhaps above the average. The yield of wheat on the farm of Sam Gaar, on the Smyrna road, is, one of the largest that has been reported at either of the local mills. Thirtythree bushels per acre is the amount harvested. The average for all the wheat brought to, the local mills seems to be about twenty bushels to the acre. This Is somewhat smaller than last year, but only a small per cent of the farmers have marketed their wheat, bo the 'average yield per acre will be raised within the next week.

GIVES LAST DOLLAR FOR RELIEF FUNDS

CHICAGO, July 27. William Schmidt, collarless and hit clothes showing the effect of many season's wear, entered an office where subscriptions to the $1,000,000 fund for Eastland sufferers were being received. From his pocket he fished two dirty one-dollar bills, wadded together. "That's for the orphans," he said. "I was an orphan myself. I never had a family. Give 'em those two bucks." With his bands in his empty pockets William Schmidt turned and walked out into the rain to return to his duty as a porter in a cheap Clark street hotel. LILLY DEPICTS GHASTLY SCENE NEAR EASTLAND Richmond Man Saw Raving Men and Women Pacing Madly and Helplessly on Pier in Chicago. DIVERS WORK HARD Floating Hats and Lunch Baskets Mutely Tell of the Tragedy Frantic Mother Tears Hair. Two hours after the Steamer East land, standing at her docks at Chicago, turned over and' nlunged with her human cargo beneath the murky waters of the Chicago river, Frank Lilly, night manager of the Westcott Hotel, stood on the wharf, watching the rescue work. During the confusion and turmoil which accompanied the disaster, scenes witnessed by him, stamped a vivid impression upon his mind, he says which will be forever remembered. "I had gone to Chicago for a short vacation and when I left the train after it pulled into the station, it was a ' few minutes after " the tragedy occurred. I hurried to the docks and saw part of the work of rescue which continued for hours before the police roped off the place and shoved the crowds back. Women Tear Hair. "Frantic women were soreaming and tearing their hair. One. of them who came near where I stood, was In a raving condition. 6he wa practical, ly insane. She and her daughter had been among the picnic passengers and she had been rescued but did not know the fate of her little girl. "Tears streamed from the faces of strong men, who stood in the silent throng which afterward watched tho bodies of those who had been in the hold of the vessel, brought to land and taken to the morgue. "Three great holes were cut in the protruding side of the vessel through the use of acetylene fire and through these divers flashed in and out, bear ing the dead bodies of those who had been Imprisoned. People Fight In Water. "Everybody in Chicago was wonder ing what caused the ship to capsize It seems to be that one side of the vessel as she was standing at her dock taking on passengers, was resting against the mud bank. This and the ropes which held her taut, prevented her turning over until she started to get under way. "The plunge occurred as she left her resting place. The first scene I. saw as I approached the dock, were the hats, lunch-baskets and every concelv able object, floating down the river, mute evidence of the peril of their owners. STANDARD STRIKE ENDS WHEN 1,800 RETURN TO TASKS BAYONNE, N. J.. July 27. The Standard Oil strike was broken today when 1,800 men returned to work. The other 2,400 strikers who have been .put for a week probably will go back to morrow. Sheriff Klnkead's promise that the company would Increase the workers' pay led to the breaking of the strike. George B. Hennessy, general superintendent of the Standard Oil plant. Indorsed the sheriff's action today, saying: About ' half the strikers have come back. We are delighted for the Standard Oil Company thinks more of the men than of Its own interests. Our hearts go out to them. We want to help them all we can. That is and always has been the policy of the company. I am tryin gto get an Increase for the men. I am sure the company would have paid them more if they bad not gone out" Seven hundred police and special deputies were on duty to prevent violence when the strikers returned to work. Only two men tried to start trouble. Both were arrested, but were subsequently released. Weather Forecast United States Report Partly cloudy In south and probably showers in north portion tonight and Wednesday. Temperature. Noon 74 Yesterday. Maximum 82 Minimum

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Photographs show: (above) The Steamship Eastland on her side In the Chicago river wfth passengers marooned' thereon trying to get aboard the tugs and all other manner of water craft that came to the rescue; (below left) The prow of the excursion steamer as she lay flat on her side, with rescuers taking off to tug boats the dead who. have been recovered by cutting holes through the ship's hull; (below right) Rescuer carrying off to shore the body of a baby drowned between decks.. The greatest Inland waterway steamship disaster comparable , in loss of life only with such great catastrophes on water as the Titanic sinking and the destruction of the General Slocum, occurred on July 24 at Chicago, when the steel excursion steamship Eastland turned turtle Immediately upon leaving her dock in the Chicago river, while loaded to capacity or over with seyeraM thousands of men women and children enroute across Lake Michigan to attend a monster picnic 6f the employes, of the Western Electric . company, j Hundreds of 'unfortunates were caught "between the decks ano drtfwned like rats In a 'trap' without a chance for their lives, for the list of, the boat was so gradual and Imperceptible In the beginning and so sudden at the finish that there; was no warning of the peril. Thousands caght-onthe. decks wre injured by being thrown or Jumping npo the docks or were .drowned .when they fell Into, tha swift-running. river. Chicago la In mourning; all her morgue both official and temporary' are filled with dead; all her hospitals are overflowing with -injured. The city has not been so deeply stirred since the fearful Iriquois theatre fire on December 24, 1903. , r

POLITICS TAKES PART IN PROBES OF SHIPJVRECK Coroner Hoffman Thwarted in Investigation of Conflicting Orders From Department of Police, BIG DREDGES START Only Federal Authorities Permitted to See Captain Peterson at Cell Semi-Of-ficial Count Is 1,239. CHICAGO, Juy 27. With six separate investigations under-way looking toward fixing the responsibility-to the steamer Eastland which turned over and caused the death of approximately 1,200 persons, a tangle of confusion arose today and politics threatened to overshadow the big questions of who Is to blame. In the inquiry Coroner Hoffman, Republican, representing the Denning faction of the party and the Mayor Thompson faction represented by the police were not working in accord. State's Attorney Hoyne, a Democrat, was heading another investigation which was not entirely' In" harmony with the one being made by-the-Federal officials. Political Scrap Arises. These facts appeared .to substantiate the charge that a political tangle has made itself felt. The police connected all the papers found on board the Eastland. Coroner Hoffman demanded that all the documents be turned over to his deputies. Deputy Superintendent of Police Scheuttler had signified his intention of complying with the demand when Chief of Police Charles C. Healey" suddenly ordered them turned over to the federal authorities. At the Hudson avenue police station Captain Harry Penderson of the Eastland, is a prisoner. ; Orders were given that no one except federal authorities see him. - - Raising of the Eastland was begun today by the dredge Favorite, the largest of Its kind on the great lakes. Even with this giant in service river men expressed the opinion she would prove unequal to' the task and pontoons would have to be used. Two huge dredges were put to work dredging the river between the hull and the docks at Clark, street. The raising of the boat it is believed will release many more bodies. :.

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BOARD MAY NAME 4 MORE FIREMEN It is probable that the board of public works will have to appoint one or two additional members of the fire department because of the new aerial motor ladder truck, which is expected to arrive in the city at any time. There are only. four, members of the crew of the-horse drawn ladder truck, which is to be placed in reserve at the No. 3 fire house when the new truck arrives, and, it is said, this number is insufficient' to man the new truck properly. "Fire insurance men contend that five men is the minimum number required efficiently to operate an aerial truck," Chief Miller said today. "It is also asserted that the proper complement for such a truck is eight men. I do not know what action the board of works will take in this matter. " POLICE EXPECT MURDER TO END TURKISH FEUD Enemy of Isin Baractero Enters Room, Steals $55, Cuts Up Suit and Fires Bed Clothing. - The police - will not - be - surprised If the feud between two factions of Turkish laborers, living in Riverdale, culminates soon in a murder. Yesterday afternoon while the Turks who live at 714 North Thirteenth street were at work and no one was at home, some one entered the house, broke .into the room occupied by Isin Baractero and set. fire to the bed after helping himself , to $55 and cutting into ribbons a suit of clothing which was hanging in the closet.' The money - was - in - one - of - the trousers pockets. Neighbors saw smoke pouring out of the window of the room and sent in a fire alarm and only very energetic work on the part of the firemen saved the building from destruction. The bed was nearly destroyed, the paper burned off the walls and the varnish on the woodwork blistered. The loss will amount, to about $50.' , ' Beaten with Hatchet. ' About a month ago while Baractero was sleeping on his- bed,- taking ' an afternoon nap, someone entered the room and attacked him. In the struggle Baractero was overpowered and then - rendered unconscious by a hatchet , blow on his head. ' When Continued; On Page, Eight J

HA ASSESSMENTS MAKE RECORD GAIN IN YEAR Auditor Bowman's Figures Show Greater Increase in Totals Than During Last Year. REPORT PREPARED Official Expects Rate For Wayne County to Remain Same in View of Showing Reported. .The report . compiled by County Auditor Bowman to be presented to the state tax board in fixing the tax levy, shows that a larger increase was made in the total assessment of real estate and personal property In Wayne county the last year than in the last ten years. Property in Wayne county has increased in Value - from ? 27,746,140 in 1906, to $34,486,290 in 1915. This shows an increase of 24' per cent in the value of property in Wayne county in the last ten years. This year's assessment is 4 per cent higher than last year, and " the" average annual increase amounts to -2.4 per cent.Decrease Indicated. Personal property shows a decrease in the assessment of 1915 of $72,070, although this is more than offset by the large increase of 6 per cent in in real estate. The total increase in real estate assessment in 1915 over that of 1914 is $1,465,090.' The percentage of increase in real estate value this year is 3 per cent higher than the average annual increase of the last ten years. ' "When these figures are presented to the state- board, 1 do not believe they will increase the assessment of Wayne county," said Mr. Bowman. "The increase which probably will be made in the assessment of railroads and public service corporations will also be an argument in favor of leaving the Wayne county assessment as it is reported." ' Mr. Bowman will go to Indianapolis Thursday-to appear before the board and ' explain in detail the increased valuation of property in every township in the county. Clay and Webster townships are the enly ones showing a decrease compared with the 1914 assessment, and Greensfork and Spring Grove are. the . only corpora- . .Continued On Page-Eight

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TEGELER ACQUAINTED

WITH SHIP'S VICTIMS The names of the identified victims and , the survivors . of the Eastland steamer disaster at Chicago, are read with direct Interest by Herman J. Tegeler. 701 South Eighth street, an electrician at the EUiott-Reid Fence factory, who numbers among them for mer acquaintances and fellbw-workera. Mr. Tegeler was formerly employed by the Western Electric company, as electrician. It was - this company which planned the outing to Michigan City for its employes and their fam ilies and chartered the Eastland to carry the passengers. The Western Electrii Co Mr. Tegeler says, has an employment' list which is always changing so that only a few of those who perished or were rescued In the tragedy, are Itnown to him. y , Mr. Tegeler left the company ' last September. . ' RIVER HOBOES PROVE HEROES SAVING BODIES Fred Bayer Witnesses Rescue Work at Chicago Dock Shortly After Sinking of Eastland. LOAFERS SAVE MONEY Pickpockets Reaped Harvest on Grief Stricken Crowd Which Packed Pier in Anx ious Fear. Fredrick Bayer, who has just return ed from a visit with relatives in Chi cago, witnessed rescue work at the Eastland which carried over 1,200 persons to their death. "I only wish now that I had not gone to the scene of the tragedy," Bayer said today. "Many of the sights 1 witnessed still haunt me. It was ter rible. The accident occurred about 7:45 and I arrived on the scene a little after 9 o'clock, so I did not see any of the people who were on the boat drown, but I saw body after body taken from the hold and from the river. "Thousands of people were packed on the streets and bridges surround ing' the "dock where' the Eastland top pled over and I thought I never would get out of the mob. One of the first things I saw was a diver shove the body of a beautiful little baby, not more than two years old. through a hole in the side of the boat When the crowd saw a policeman take the baby's body in his arms a moan that could be heard blocks away went up and men and women all about me sobbed convulsively. That was the most pitiful thing I ever saw." Mob Grew Violent. Bayer expressed the belief that if it had not been for the strong guard of police the mob would have torn mem bers of the ship s crew limb from limb. He said the shrieks of the relatives of the victims still ring in his ears. "Pickpockets reaped a harvest in the great crowd," Bayer said. "A policeman gave me a shove almost knocking me off my feet when I saw his mace come down on a man s head, felling him. He was a pickpocket caught in the act of lifting a purse." Dock hands and idle men loafing about the river front were the real heroes of the tragedy, Bayer declared. He said many of these ragged, penniless heroes were drowned trying to save people. "I saw a policeman lead two of these ragged, dripping fellows into a saloon and buy them drinks to warm them up," he said. "The cop seemed to be as proud buying drinks for the two hoboes as though he was treating a couple of kings. After they had taken their whiskey they gave the ship's crew a sound cussing and went back to the river to continue their rescue work. "WE WERE SAVED" , STATES TELEGRAM FROM H. TIEMAN "We were both saved," is the text of a telegram received this morning by Mrs. Ed Sweeney, Boston pike, from her brother, Harry Tieman, of Chicago. Last week, Mrs. Sweeney received a letter from her brother stating that he and his wife intended to take the excursion trip on the steamer East land, which met its fate in Chicago harbor Saturday morning. Two days of anxious inquiry has been made by the local woman In an effort to learn whether or not her brother and bis wife lost their lives in the ship disaster and the suspense was not relieved until she received the above telegram this morning. The details of their escape from the fate of hundreds of other excursionists is not known by Mrs. Sweeney. Mr. and Mrs. Tieman are well known In this city as they have frequently visited here the past few years. Mr. Tieman went to Chicago three years ago to enter the employment of the Western Electric company. It is the opinion of Mrs. Sweeney that her brother and his wife were on the boat with the other people and were among the few fortunate ones to be rescued. She is expecting a letter. from them giving exact details of the tragedy' tomorrow. -

JONES COMPANY

EXPANDS STOCK TO MEET TRADE Total Increase in Capital An nounced by James A Can After Meetinjr Amounts to $210,000. BUSINESS IMPROVES Firm Prospers Under Ira Swishers Direction After Sharon Jones Tendered Resignation Year Ago. Jamea A. Carr. chairman of tha board of directors of the Jones Hard ware company, this city, announced today that at a meeting of the stock noiaers or the company last night 11 was decided to issue $100,000 of pre ferred stock and to Increase the conk mon stock from $90,000 to $200,000. The total increase In the capital stool of the company, as authorized by tht stockholders, amounts to $210,000. Preferred stock has never been issued by the company before. : "The new Issue of common stock has already been taken over by tht old stockholders, Mr. Carr said. "A considerable amount of the preferred stock issue has also been subscribed to and it is anticipated that all of this issue will be disposed of very shortly. Business Expands. "The Increase In the capital stocl of the Jones Hardware company was made necessary to finance the rapidly expanding business of the concern. The company has had a very prosper ous year, under the management oi Ira Swisher and the future prospecU for even better business are very satisfactory to the stockholders." Less than two years ago the Jones Hardware company was reorganised, At the time of the reorganization th financial condition of the concern waa precarious because of mismanagement, the disclosures of methods pursued by the former management creating a sensation In business circles at that time. Under the management of. Mr. Swisher the company today is recognized as one of the most prosperous hardware Jobbing concerns In the United States. This Is evidenced by the fact that at a time when the country Is just emerging from a general business depression it has found it necessary to Increase its capital to meet the demands of a rapidly expanding business. . Jones Leaves Position. boot two ryears - age -Sharon' E. Jones, formerly of this city, tendered his resignation as manager of the Jones Hardware company, under pressure, when an audit of the books re vealed the fact that he had overdrawn his account with the company a sum in excess of $25,000. The audit revealed the fact that two other officers of the company had also overdrawn their accounts for a considerable amount. A receivership threatened the company for a time owing to the demands of a Chicago bank, which held notes of the company for a considerable amount These demands were finally modified, it is said, and a complete reorganization of the company was effected. That the business had been established on a solid foundation was proven by the success it has had under efficient management Richmond's other large Jobbing concerns are also reporting a satisfactory improvement in business conditions. Trade Is increasing, they report, and collections have been much better In recent months. RUSS REPULSE TEUTON DRIVES PETROGRAD, July 27. Repulse of German attacks at several points on the Poland front is announced in the latest official rSport from Grand Duke Nicholas. The stubborn resistance of the czar's troops apparently halted the kaiser's rush upon Warsaw and Ivangorod. The German troops who crossed the Narew have been driven northward. Attacks on the outposts of Ivangorod have been repelled. German assaults north of Groubechow and southeast of Pultusk met the same fate. On the Baltic coast Russian naval forces, co-operating with the army checked the German advance near Tuckum. DR. RAE TO TALK IN OTHER PULPITS The Rev. Dr. Joseph J. Rae and Mrs. Rae will leave for a month's vacation on Thursday morning. They go to Elizabeth, 111., to the home of their daughter. Mrs. Dr. Hagie, for two weeks, and then to Stony Lake. Michigan, (Shelby P. O.), for the rest of the month, returning to Richmond on Tuesday, August 31. Dr. Rae preaches in Austin First Presbyterian church. August 15, and in Ravenswood First Presbyterian church. August 29. both being suburbs of Chicago. The pulpit of the First Presbyterian church, Richmond, will be supplied on Sunday, August 1. and Sunday, August 8. The other three Sundays of the month the service will be withdrawn on account of the Chautauqua. . DIES ON EASTLAND CHICAGO.: July 27. Mrs. Rattle Wenderfelder. 45 years old. wife of the chief of the car inspection service of the New York Central lines at New York, has been Identified as one of the victims of the Eastland disaster. Her body will be shipped to New York to-