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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1915-07-29, Page 7CHICAGO CATASTROPHE COST THOUSAND LIVES M10111.1M The Steamer Eastland, Which Turned Turtle, Known As a "Crank", Some Survivors Say She Was Also Much Over -Crowded. Chicago, July 26. -The Oath ship 'Eastland to -night had given up S20 'bodies. The estimated total or those who went down to death in the Chi- cago River yesterday morning when the steel steamer bearing 2,408 ex- cursionists rolled over at her dock remained at approximately 1,000. The Eastland, a steel steamer, listed to port and turned over in the Chi- cago River near the heart of the busi- ness district at 7.20 yesterday morn- ing.. All her passengers, save two or taree Intudred, who clung to the sterboard rail or climbed out star- board portheles, were thrown into the liver, =seal tato the slimy mud or the bottom, Jr imprisonea between uecks. The passeneers were employees ur friends or emiroyees of the West- ern Electric Comeany, bound for a picnic at elichigan City, Indiana, The listing of the boat to port was eotieed, seize said, fifteen minutes before she turned over. Capt. Peder- son said five minutes. Some women cluteleed their children, but deeided the slope of the deck must be eome- thing nekssary in warping from the dock. When the full reenzation came the slow list haa become an overturn. Known to vosselmen as a "crank" or "hoodoo- steamer, the Eastland was about twelve years old, but was rebuilt at Cleveland several years ago by order of the authoritiee there in order to render her more seaworthy. Site was required to carry water bal- last, but it is said that sometimes the water was pumped out temporarily to lighten her draft in traversing shal- lows. Various theories as to witat caused the Eastland to turn over are being discussed, but without prospect of a &finite explanation being reached until the official enquiries to be taken up to -morrow are finished. The most discussed theories are four -that the boat was overloaded; that she was not properly ballasted; that a tug' that made fast to warp the Eastland from the dock started pulling tob soon; that congestion of passengers rushing to the port side attracted by some passing sensation tipped the steamer ever. Of the total of 2,403 on board at the time of the catastrophe, 1,072, in- cluding the crew of 72, have reported themselves as safe. Of the 588 thus remaining unaccounted for, it is be- lieved 400 are alive and that 189 bodies still are in the river. Acting Mayor Moorehouse and his advisers to -day decided to raise a. relief fund of $200,000 to be distributed by a sub -committee. The steamer lay on her side close to the south bank of the river at Clark street like some giant fish that had stranded in shallow waters. Tee East - land's position had not shifted during the night. The river current which or- dinarily le from six to eight miles per hour, had been reduced to about one mile an hour by closing the gates in the drainage canal dam at Lockport, 311s. This not only kept the great steamer's hull steady, but prevented drifting away of bodies that were still In her hold or pinned down in the mud underneath her port side. One of the divers, Louis Kruger. said that he thought several score of bodies were still pinned under the boat, which he said was resting in about four feet of stiff mud. These bodies cannot be reckoned with until after the coroner's inquest, when efe forts will be made to right the vessel. Coroner Hoffman announced late Saturday night that he had ordered the arrest of every official of the In- diana Transportation Company, which leased the Baetland. No individuals were reehtioned in the coroner's an- nouncement. W. C. Steele, secretary and treas- urer of the St. Joseph -Chicago Ream - ship Company, which owned the Eastland, was arrested last night and locked up at the police station. The steamer was leased by the Indiana Transportation Comgany, whose offi- cere said they were not responsible far the licensing of the ship and did not control the crew. ARCHITECT'S ESTIMATE. "The Eastland was the crank or the lakes and tis far an I know the only crank on the lakes," W. J. Wood, naval architect, who was called by the owners in 1903 to correct faults in the boat, declared to -day. In 1904 Wood made representations to Captain Ira Mansfield, Waal steamboat in- spector, whine resulted in an order to cut off the top deck of the vessel and to keep the water ballast compart- Mats filled. • "The deck was cut off," Mr. Wood declared to -day, "but it 'would be im- possible to tix the Cause Of the anti - dent until it is known whether the other conditions were fulfilled. "The design of the vessel would not permit its operation as other vessels are mierated, and great care had to be taken at all times." The Eastland was built by the Port Huron Shipbtillding CoMpany, and on its trial trip in 1903 failed to collie up to specifieations, aceording to Wood, who Was one. of three judges to pass On its performance. "The fault in the Eastland was in the hull," said Mr. Wood. "After the Eastland was eonipleted $36,000 wati spent to correct fault, but the vulnerable faults were in the and T got my first sight of it today as flaw the boat Overturned in the rIver. There are tertain funtlatriental principles aPplying to 'naval architec- ture which seelued not`to have .been cerried out, • 'The Eatitiand bad 'almost no body at all, and thie was its Main Weak - nese. Other boats on the lakes look as top-heavy, as did the Eastland, but they are abigibitely safe, because their hulls are properly construeted." Ileir.DS Or IIERO/SM. nrPatPr bY hundreds 'mid haVe been tee number ef dead, but for dock rats and hoboes, too profession- als, A frail mite of a. girl crewled over the slimy side of the ship at the immineut risk of her awn life, and With her thin little arms dragged a number or children to sarety. A glooraY Man who was Out of work,, and COW, tempiating suicide in the river, found plenty of wore when the ship OP- sizee. Ile plunged in and rescued nine Persons before lie was dragged out al- most dead by other rescuers. A police- man made a motorman stop between stations, ran been aid% the tracks, plunged in the river and saved eight from drowning. There were numerous cases ot boy heroes; in two cases the little fellows themselves perished af- ter helping many women and children to safety One boy, 'whose identity is yet a niystery, lumped from the dock into the river to help two women hanging to some object in the middle of the stream. He was swimming to the the dock with one of the women, ween the other flung her arms around. his neck, and all three were drowned. All witnesses agree that in the crisis women were the stronger and more sensible. While the men fought madly for their lives, the women and • girls, after the first panic, quickly recov- ered. They clung Patiently to bits of wreckage and obeyed commands of rescuerers. Those trapped in the hull waited calmly for death or rescue The men, however, chiefly young ones, dragged women from places of -safety, and even after their own safe- ty was assured, stood around stolidly without offering to assist. Fred Swigert, a city fireman, work- ed three hours lifting bodies from the hold. Then a diver passed up the body of a little girl, her flimsy dress a pitiful, clinging shroud. Swigert Plaeed the little body on a stretcher and then, looking *closely at the drawn features, gasped and fell unconscioue across the body. It was his own daughter. BOAT -WAS OVERLOADED. sons than the 11,800 tor Whit she Watt, UMW, Seele Of the heliditg+ MOM whe get Ile tor AO tile Otago plea and decided. to take anOthee boat, fearing the erowde op the Oast+ 14kn4. say that between 0,4)00 Aluti 3,600 persona were aboard, and that the &Whet -Wore Itept admitting per,. Ple up to withia a few htituttee Of the eataitrophe. Thie is denied by the Ooverument inspeetors. RObert IL lifeCretrry, (thief of the nzarino bureau, says an exact check of tho passengers was taken and that as soon as 2,500 had gene ttneard, no more were allowed adniission. Captain Harry Peterson and First Mate Dell Fisher, of the Eastland, were placed on the fireboat Graeme Stewart by Assistant Chief Schuett• ler, and were kept miler arrest. Chicago, July 26. -Federal and State authorities today took up the task or fixieg the responsibility for the over- turaine of the steanrallip Rutland at eer doek in the Chicago River last Saturday, in which approxiinately 1,000 a OAS excursionists aboard were drowned. Exaraination of the Members ot the crew was continued, with a view of teaming if the regula- tions for the operation of vessels of her class were coniplied with. Mi1. denee also was sought to slimy whe- ther the vessel was properly con- structed. State Attorney Hope began the Preparation of evidence for the Cook couuty grand jury ou the theory that the U. S. Inspection Burean erred when it granted a license to the boat to engage in trans -lake business. Mr. eIoyne declared that he was ignoring the question of the filling of the Water ballast compartments, and declared that evidence he had in hand already indicated that the Eastland .was an unsafe vessel, regardless of the dila gene° of the crew in complying with regalations. Dickerson N. Hoover, acting super- vising inspector of the IJ, S. Steamboat Inspection Service, and Captain Chas. H. Westcott, 01 Detroit, joined Inspec- tors Mansfield and Nichols in the ex- amination of the crew of the East- land to determine whether there had been negligence he operation, and, es- pecially if the water ballast compart- ments were prnperly filled at the time the Eastland laid over on its side. They expect to have this question de- cided to -day, when every witness held by the city will be examined. The theory that there was a sudden shift of weight is not credited by them. Coroner Hoffman announced that he will not hold an inquest until the work of searching for the dead is completed. This was continued throughout the night, and this morning an additional squad of twenty -rive divers was sent into the hull to recover bodies believed to be there, The number of bodies re- covered so far is 810, and there is a Possibility that almost 200 more are beneath the steamer or in the river. Plans for determining a way of rais- ing the Eastland will be niade to -day at a conference which will be attentled by Acting Mayor Moorehouse, State Attorney Hoyne, Chief of Police Hea- ley and Coroner Hoffman. Inunediately after the conference, at which investigation -plans also will be made, Coroner Hoffman says he will again call for the jury which was em- panelled on Saturday, and a trip to the Eastland will be made. The jurors will make a thorough inspection and then adjourn indefinitely. "I believe that there are a number of bodies still in the water, held down by the wreckage or the weight of the boat, and that it will be impossible to recover these until the Eastland is raised," the coroner declared. An effort will be made to complete the identification of bodies at the sec- ond Regiment armory to -day, Only 14 of the 728 cared for there were iden- tified this morning. Early estimates of the loss are being contractly low- ered, but there is only speculation to indicate the number In the vessel or in the river. • A fund of $300,000 will be ready to- morrow for general relief work, it is annoUneed. Relief committees which were appointed yesterday took up their work early to -day. The Finance Com- mittee will meet in the Mayor's office this morning to complete the plane for raising a fund of s200,000, to whin the Western Electric Company has added $100•,000. Deputies 'from the State Attorney's office began the work 0.1 summoning members Of the crew who are known to have escaped. Among the men men sought is said to be George Mun- ger, of Kalamazoo, Mich., purser of the Eastland and an important witness. Many spectators of the disaster will be examined by city officials, who plan an investigation separate from those of the Federal and County officials. Hundreds of unemployed assembled in front of the Western Electrical Company's pleat at Cicere this morn- ing, seeking positions left open bY deaths in the Eastland digester; They were denied admittanee to the employ- ment office and were told that the company had no positions for them.. Police were called to • disperse the crowd and clear the pavement in front of the company's offices. THE FEDERAL INQUIAY. NVashington, July 26,--A board of civilians and naval, officers pro:ably will be asked Ler tee Department oi Comm erce to investigate tne Eastland Meaner, in addition to the investiga- tion by tne Board of Federal Steam- boat Inspection. Acting Secretary Sweet to -day prepared to make a te- czonimeitdation for such an additional investigation to Secretary Redfield. The inspectious req,uired by law. of the loesa board of stearnbat inspec- tors in such disasters, deal only with questioim of carelesseess, if any, or inconmetency of Harmed officers, and eith the judginent Of the inspectors In passing the Vessel on inspection. Mr. Sweet expressed the belief to -day that thereavell might bealt investiga- tion with a broader scope, conducted by Weft in Whom the public would have the greatest confidence, becaufse of their Standing end experienee. Should Secretary Itedfield decide riot to appoint a speeial board, it is probable that Solicitor Thurman, et the depattermet, WM be sent to Chi - cage to •Ciseist in the inquiry by the local boartl. Any asSistante the selic- Hot might extend *Would be in the maitre Of °dyke, as the loeal beard le entirely independent of higher an- therity during its investigation, ' PATAL PALL. Detroit. :lily t5.-Leithing otit of dow at the Michigan Exchange Hotel on Ilandolsit Straet, Antrt 0. Melees lost bin balance, It is eupposed, and Piongea head tiret te the pavement. lintel eat- ployeett who heard hint fall at 3.411 0'. Mock Wit morning toned his Ilfeteoe eddy 'older tar window. leodeinti was .94 Yeats aid tied unmarried. Ire was ttn um- tysohlie pnete hiseeeter. menloyed in the teezmater, lernerli er the reel feetory, Three investigations were in full swing here to -day, the object of each being .to ascertain the cause of the Eastland disaster The entire Police Department was active. That' evidence of criminal negligence in counection with the wreck had been obtained by them was hinted by C. C. Healey, chief of police. He said valuable information was found in the inspection papers seized yesterday in Capt Harry Ped- erson's cabin. Two documents were taken, and the captain and 23 officers and mem- bers of the crew arrested. These Papers, according to the meagre in- formation that could be obtained about them, showed that following inspection the boat was permitted to carry 2,000 passengers and a crew of 70. For the first time in Chicago a catastrophe will be investigated by a Federal grand jury, The Eastland sank at a dock, and as a vessel plying the navigable waters of the United States it lies within the province of the Federal Government to find where the blame lies. As the boat capsized hundreds of Pleasure -seekers on the upper deck were thrown in masses into the water, 'where many were lost. Most of the other passengers, caught below in the cabins or on the lower decks, perished without chance of escape. They were swallowed tip in watery graves in sight of other thousands who were overcrowding the Clark street bridge, the wharves and the adjoining streets on their way to other boats, for five ere.ssels had been chartered for the ex- cursion. The disaster was a matter of only a few minutes. Many eye -witnesses ray it was all ever ih between four and six minutes. The boat was filled with laughing picnickers In their 1-eliday finery, while others were eurging to the gaugpla.nk to embark. As the gangplank was pulled in and preparations were being made to cast off, the steamer listed to port, or toward the river, The passengers were crowding on that side to get the view. The sway at first occasioned little Warm. A minute or two more and the ship was flat on its: side like a dead fish, and those caught beneath and within were entombed by the in - rushing waters. The surface of the river was thick with eiruggling forms, Babies perish- ed in sleet of tliose on the docks and bridges. The forms et Men and wo- men in a, frenzied fight for life ehurre ed the water and theu sank. On. the Vole of the boat were nuntbers who had clambered over the rail as the boat settled on its side. Some es- capea without even wetting their feet. Th: whistles of tugs and excursion boats shrieked the alarm. Boats put off te the rescue- Hundreds of per- sons were dragged from the river to safety. South Water street Men toss- ed barrels and crates into the river, where they 'were seieed by the drown- ing. Forty •ailles a.wey, at Lockport, the bear -trap dam in the dralnap canal Was closed to stop the river cur- rent. Fire boats and tugs spfead out like tt tan around the death tihip and then began the Werk of taking out the bodies. The nearby streets and warehouses were turned into niorgues. Bodices were piled ta rows. Atebtilances and t*ane and delivery trucks were pressed Into eervieg tie death carte, while at fast as the bodiee were taken out lime (Irene ef persete strove to bring back Ufa At the south approach to the Clark street bridge respiration machines were operated on the sidewalk: Vie - tens were Worked over the montent they reached shore. Emergency hos. either were ettablishol 'with a few feet of the dleetiter. The Theodore Rooeevelt, 0110 of the five boats Chartered by the exeursion, which Wats moored on the Opposite stide of the Clark street bridge was tunnel hitt 0. rnierglie and liespftal. CAUSE Or TelE ACCIDENT. Was the Vastland crowded beyond edizaeity'? This VMS the gravest quest:10e Rite b in. ;Ii iry it ill lie Made Eyre fanged from prodigies Of heroimm, The heroee witneseee nesert flea the boat Wee nnil t,Intistono . v setipt, slips Of girls to ragged carrying. from GOO to 1,0011 more per- am,. ALES ROUT PRINCESS PATS 111100110 YPRES Their Heroic Stand There Told of by the Men Who Were In It. HUNTER'S WORK Corporal Christy., Bear Shooting 4xpert, Did Not Waste His Bullets. (I3y :Frederick Palmer.) British Headquarters, July 2, -Cor- poral Christy, the bear hunter, took particular pains with his shooting on that day of days, May 8, in the his - tore of the .Prineess Patricia's Cone- dian Eight Infantry in Flanders, In- stead of standing in the trench and resting his rifle en the parapet, wheu the Germans Charged he crawled out London Papers Say Germany Has on the parapet. In keeping with Col. "Fanny" Farquhar's Instructions that the way to end the war was by killing Gernans, he was noting strictly Ac- cording to instructions, No danger of his getting "buck fever." One bullet --one German: As he had no clerk along to keep count, we shall never know how many he got. It was in a big chateau that I nest r UNDER ARREST Two Hamilton Greeks Are Hold, tor Hearing at Buffalo. Buffalo, N, Y„ July O. -Louis Olott, Is, of Hamllton, Ont., wile was Arreat- ed early Satureay morning by United States agenta on a charge of Import- ing into the States for iMproper pur- poses„ Beatrice Moreingstar, a 23-year- o1e Greek girl, when privately ques- tionee Saturday by Inspector Hurls Limits, is said to have told Mr. Lan- dis that he met Beatrice while both sh were employee in a Candy op in Hamilton. (Monis said he was a cite- colate dipper, while the girl was em- ployed as salesgirl, but the work of the two threw them together most of the time, The pair were arrestee While entering Buyalo on the train at Black Rock, Clouts afterward was arraigned before Unitea States Contraissioner Robinson and. was remanded • to Jail with the girl until Monday afternoon, when a hearing will be held. *44 THINK tilLSON 16 IN ERHOH netted the stery of May -8 and felt the thrill of it as told by its liana:Wants. The 4th of May was bad enough, a ghastly forerunner of the 8th. On the 4th the Princess Pats, after having been under aliell fire throughout the second battle of Ypres, the "gas battle," were ordered forward to a new line to the southeast of Ypres. To the horth of Ypres the British line had been driven back by the concentration of shell fire and the rolling, deadly march of the clouds of asphyxiating gas. GERMANS WANT YPRES. The Germans were still determined to take the town Which they had showered • with 84,000,000 worth of shells. It would be bignews, the fall or Ypres as a prelude to the fall of l'eremyst and of Lemberg. A wicked salient was produced in the British line to the southeast by the cave-in to the north. It seems to be tho lot of the Princess Pats to get into salt- ents. On the 4th they lost, 28 men killed and 88 wounded from a. !gril- ling, all -day shell fire and stone wall- ing. That night they got relief, and were out for two days when they were back in the front trenches again. The - 5th and 6th were fairly quiet; only 8 men.killed and 17 wounded. On the night of May 7 the Princess Pats had a muster of 635 men. This was a good deal less than half of the original total in the battalion, includ- ing recruits who had eome out to fill the gaps caused by death, wounds end sickness. The Gentians wore quiet that night, suggestively quiet. At 4.30 the pre- lude began; by 5.30 the German gun- ners had fairly warmed to their work. They were using every kind 01 shell they had in the locker. Every sigual wire the Princess Pats possess- ed had been cut. The brigade com- mander could not know whatwas happening to them, and they could not know his wishes, except. that it may be taken for granted that the orders of any British brigade com- mander are always to "stick.it" By noon there were as malty dead and wounded in the Princas Pats' trench as there were men fit for ac- tion. Those unhurt did not have to be -steadied by their superiors. Knocked down by a concussion, they sprang uD with the .promptnese and disgust of thee thrown off of a, earn cr tripped by a wire. 0 At 1.30 o'clock a cheer rose from that trench. It was for a platoon of the King's Royal Rifles which had come as reinforcements. Oh, but that band of Tommies did look good to the Princess Pats. And the ilttla prize packet that the very reliable Mr. Atkins had with him, tb.e ma- chine gun! Making another tour of his trench- es about 4 in the afternoon, Niven found that there were a gap of fifty yards between his left and the right et the: adjoining ;regiment Fifty yard e is the inch on the end of a vieres nose in trench warfare on such an erasion. He was able to place eight men in that gap At least they could keep a look -out and telt him • what was going on. It was not cheering news either to learn a little later that the regiments on his left had withdrawn to trenches about thee hundred yards to the rear, a long eietance in trench warfare, 'But the Princess Pats had no time for re- tirement THE SUPREME EFFORT. Not Altered Sub. Warfare, "Freedom of Seas" Paragraph Needs Careful Watching. London., July 213.--Severalof the 43teruing papers eeelere they ale en - e.,1 ktatteithmau etessuwic tv fisua A reit:I...ace at ezie latest. note tu uur- hiallY C0 (.71, WAS 01 1:11Li .0.4L LWU 11101111.16 i.141041 isave proved Lilac U IS•pusishou eUnUllet se...marine operatiten3 itt accoluaitue who accupteu principles et warfare. Tau papers argue tliera ha Peal no onstage of Gentian mallow.: in this respect. Tne naval corespondent of the Times asserts tne blockade of hie pest two months does not bear out tae view of President Wilson, and points out that tne tow intervals of decreased activity always have been followed by renewed activity, resulting in the sulking without warning and with the loss ot life both of British and eeutral rage's. He says there is not the slightest indication that (Jarman com- manders, have changed their methods, and that President Wilson's words, therefore, taken in their ordinary ac- ceptance, "cannot be justified." The Times says it is possible Presi- dent Wilson may have had from the British Government some information which is withheld from the public, but argues that so far as the facts have been revealed, there is no ground en supposing any changes have been made in the instructions given Ger- man submarine commanders. in an editorial discussing the para- graph in the American note to Ger- many, which invites the co-operation or the German Government in secur- ing the freedom of the seas, theMan- chester Guardian says: "This whole passage should to very carefully noted. It means quite plain- ly that in President Wilson's opinion Ibis country is an offender against the rrinciple of the freedom of the sons; we have in fact, had several des - Patches from President Wilson on this eery subject, and these, it is believed, shortly will be followed by a.nother. "He declines to discuss alleged In- fractions of the freedom Of the seas with Germany now, but he says in effect that the case might be different it Germany showed sincerity in her attachment to the principle of free- dom at sea by abandoning her sub- marine campaign, whiein,in the most serious infraction of that freedom eve' known. Let Germany do that, awl America and she may do some- thing together for rreedom ot the seas. The whole passage may well occaelon some very ssgious reflections in this country.," BIG PRIZES Hill lEP. DESTROYER London, July 26. -Five thousand dollars each for the first ten dirigible balloons destroyed is the prize offered to British airmen to -day by Baron Michelham. The only proviso is that the airships must be deatroyed while in the air, Now., was the eupreme effort. It was aa eightnnare in which only the objective of effort is recalled and all else is a vague draggle of all the etrength one on exert against smothering odds, The Prineess Pats shot at Germans. After a night with - Out sleep,. after a day among their dead mid wounded after the torrents of shell fire, aftsr breathing smoke, dust and pus, these veterans were in n state of 0/coalition, entirely liticOit. 'Seim of dargera of their surround- illgeS, mindleSs .of wliat name text, neteutatiettily shooting to kite Os they Were trained to do, teen as 0. Mall pulls with every ounce of strengte he bee in Min in the criteial hist of a t (motet an The Germans get Poesessions of it t.oction of thci Princeee Pats' Wench, where, it. is believed.' no Canadians Were left alive. But the Gentian ef- fort died there. It coled get no farther. This Was as near to Ypres as the Geritutne were te go in this diree• lion. When tile day's work wag done Mid there. In sight of the Veld scat- tered IV 11,11 German -chain -the Pritieese Pats counted their numbers; of the • Gas nica who had begun the fight at daybreak, 150 Men and four ofiefere, NiVen, Papineeu, Clark one Vanden. berg, remained fit for dnty. • "Whitt were you doing so long at the photOgrapher'se" "Merely await- ing developments." --Boston Tree - ONLY FEW LEFT BATTLE UPON 13011/0 FRONT ON BY 1111 , Gorizia, It is 'Unofficially Report, ed, as Been 4vacuated by the AustrianS. VIENNA NEXT Italian Diplomats Working With Balkan States to Bring Them to Allies. Says Returned. Survivor of Heroic 2nd Battalion, Rome, July 25. -Although there is no official confirmation, it is now re- garded as certain. that Gorizia has been evacuated by me Austrian gen- eral staff, and the official announce- ment of the occupation or the fortress by the Italian troops is hourly ex. eeeted. • Despite heavy laavarran reinforce - meats the Austrians are being driven back all along the Isonzo front, and aro unable to hold Gorizia and Toe mino, both of welch *places are already dominated by the Italian artillery. Following the battle of the Isonzo operations against Vienna will be initiated. The correspondent of the Messag- gero at Udine, the Italian headquar- ters, says the battle north and sleuth of Gorizia is assuming larger proper; tions and is growing more bitter in its character. Prisoners taken by the Italians bring the news that heavy reinforcements are expected hourly on the Anetrian front, and that before the strongholds Tolmino and Gorizia- capdtulate e. desperate counteroffen- sive will be launched against the in- vaders. • FALL OF GORIZIA, IMMINENT. Despatches to the Tribune from Chiasso and Lalbach say that the fall of Gorizia is imminent, as the city has received the heaviest bombardment thus Par in the ,A.ustro-Italian War. The Italians, the deepatch says, have taken many prisoners, including 80 Bavarians. The battle continues on Carso Pla- teau, wheee both slues are declared to lie losing heavily. The Italians bombarded Playa Friday and Satur- day and destroyed the strongest fort there, No. 3, anti also one 12 -inch gun. The correspondent says that the Austrians made a connteaattack on Monte Nero and succeeeed in recap- turing same trenches. The Italians at Ternova are reported to have forced back the Austrians two miles. It is asserted that the Italians are virtually masters of the northern Were of Lake Garda, wnere many torpedo boats are aiding in the attack on Alva. Because of the ravorable situation at the front it is believed that King Victor Emmanuel will return to Rome to atteud n Reguiem Mass on the an- niversary of his father's •assassination. THE OFFIC/AL REPORT. Montreal, July 26.-Twe1ve Can- adian officers and twenty-three pri- vates reached Quebec yesterday, on the C.P.A. liner Missanabie. The of- DOUi3LE GEM 4• Man WileHii Sen 04 The Sniektee, St. John, July 20,-4.rrastrong's Cor. ner, thirty miles from St. John, 01 the main. road to Frederict.n, was tht mate of a murder and suicide earl:. Saturday morning, the facts of weld came to light yesterday. denies Fran cle, sixty years of age, a farmer, ano Lather of fourteen children, shot hit son Fred Malign the 'lead, killing him instantly, and then placed the bare of tite gun to Ins Mouth and blew hit own head off, Francis' wife died in March last and since that time his mind hat weakened. Recently he had math threats to -neighbors that he intended to kill himself, but Rale attention was Paid to his threats. The following official communica- tion was issued on Saturday by the War Office: "In Cadore- we have completed the occupation of Tensile and repelled slight enemy attacks. Against our position at Monteplano, north df •the basin of Misurina, the enemy alto tried an attack which was promptly repulsed. "In the Monte Nero zone our fm - ward advance continues along the crest or LuzinIca: On the Isonzo front the enemy sought by habitual night attacks, all or which were entitless, to trouble our works and positions we have conquered. Yesterday morning tee enemy also attern;ptecl an advance in force against our right wing occupy- ing Cargo, but were obliged to fan back, suffering heavy losses and leav- ing in our hands some dozens of pri- soners, including an officer. Accord- ing to orders found on the Austrian of ficer, who was taken'prisoner, the at- tack we repelled on July 22 and al- ready recounted in yesterday's cone munique was of a general character intended to throw back 'our left wing occupying the region this siderof the Isonzo. The attack vies directed by several generals including Generale Bomg, Schreitter and Schwartzenburg, .and in part made by troops previusly engaged *against us and especially by troops freshly arrived on the field of action." THE BALKAN STATES. Baron Sonnino, Rabat Minister or Foreign Affairs, is saitleto be contr. ing his efforts to bring about an un- derstanding With the Balkan States, 'which would enable them to partici- pate in the war on the side of the dila' of the Quadruple tntente. It Is understood that the Foreign Minis- ter is being assisted in this work by 'el, Standoff, the new Bulgarian Min- ister to Italy, who has presented to Baton Sonnino a elan formed in Sofia, which might be the basis of an agreement. It is stated that Baron Sonnino is submitting the matter to the Chancelleries of the Quadruple lentextte. fiCers are: Captain Gordon, Captain C. W. Holt, 26th Battalion; Lieut. R. L. Dennition, 8th; Lieut. Ie. 11. Tingley, 2nd. Artillery; Captaiii Hastings, 16th Battalion; Lieut. Rogers, lird;Lieut. W. N. Nichols, Ammunition Park; Lieut. McCOrMack, 3rd; Lieut, A. R. Fortin, C.A,S.C.; Lieut. J. M. Reid, leth; Captain S. .3. Anderson, 6th; Lieut. Gendron, Met Canadian lenge hearse "There are only a few of the 61(1 tecond battalion left," said Pte. Wil- liam O'Connor, whose honie is in To- ronto, btit Who was transterred to the command or Lieut. -Colonel David Wat- son, of Quobee. "After the battle of • St. Julien, we counted up a bare 166 men. We started a charge at 4.30 in the Morning, led by Col. Watson himself. It was barely daylight when we started to rush. There Was no shelter for us, and es We 'Went On we had to dig otinielves in, the Machine gun fire ,getting to hot to face in the open, rive times we had to- stop to dig ourselves to safety, and it wae hat poor shelter at that. As we lay there • with the Germans toncentrating their fire upon ue, Col. Watson went threegb the ranks, and told Us to be ste • and *make a name for the battalion. "Put your tenet in God, my boys," said the Colonel, tied WP stuck it out. We ala got the trenches we were aftvr, 'but 1 believe they were lost later." PUSHING iiiIRD UPON G11111/111 Italian Airmen Make Good hold On Rive.. French Destroyer Denaolishes A.us- tian Sub, Base, Udine, via Paris, juiy 26. -For the first time since the endless began operations against Gorizia, Lieut. -Gen- eral Count Cadorea, chief of staff of the Italian army, has been personally directing the battle, ih the presence of King Victor Emmanuel and the Duke of Aosta, cousin of the ruler. The operations against this import - alit Austrian town have been pushed., with extreme intensity of late. The Italian engineers have constructed new bridges across the Isonzo River, made new owls, and erected tempor- ary fortifications and gun platforms. Meanwhile the scouting service, the cavalry and *airships, have been co- operating, while the Italian artillery has swept the Austrian front with a coacentrated fire. THE ITALIAN REPORT. Rome, July 25, via Paris, July 26. - An air raid upon Rive, an important town at the head of Lake Garda, In tho Austrian Tyrol, is described in au official statement issued to -night al the headquarters of the Italian gen- eral staff. The communication says: "On the afternoon of July 23, two of our seaplanes flew over Alva and dropped eighteen bombs on the rail. road station with excellent results. The enemy's artillery fired on the machines, without causing any dam- age. "In Carnia, during the night of the 24th -25th, enemy forces attacked our positions at Somdogna pass, but were promptly. repulsed, "In the Monte Nero region the enemy tried to stop our offensive, de- vering three fierce attacks on posi- tions conquered by us on the crest of Guzinica, but was repulsed by us with great losses. -"On the Carso• plateau the action continues to develop favorably for us." FRENCH DESTROYER'S GOOD WORK. Toulon, France, July 26. -The new ierencli destroyer Le Bisson has de- molished the Austrian submarine and aeroplane depot oft Lagosta Island (the southernmost of the Faimatian group in the Adriatic Sea) with the loss to the French er only one man The commander of the first torpedo boat and submarine division of the Mediterranean fleet, -to which the Bisson belongs, has issued an order eighly commending Lieut. -Commander Le Sort for his brilliant ezpiolt. 18,000 AUSTRIANS CAPTURED, London, july 25. -Martin H. Dono- hoe, correspondent of the Chronicle, in a despatch from Rome, says that in the two months since the outbreak of hostilities with Italy, the Italians have taken over 18;000 prisoners, On the other hand, it is computed that not 'more than 1,000 Italians have been captured by the Austrians on the Carso plateau. , BRITISH REPLY TO U. S1OTE Washington, July 26. -Great Brie tain's reply to the Anieritan note of March 30, protesting against enforce- ment of the orders-in-coUncil which restrict natal colinnerce'was re- ceived here td -day it holds that the orders are within international law although they May involve 0, new ap- plication or principles and argues that It is proper tO await a judicial inter- pretation. ANS REOY FO1 •tNINTER TWO OF PIRATES 2. GERMAN PAPERS ON It S. NOTE Declare Submarine Warfare Will Continue as Before. Claim American Note in Interests of Britain. july•26.-The American note was published In the Sunday morning ' newspapers, Count Ernest von Rev- entiow, in the Tages Zeltenig, declares tbat the contents and wording far ex- ceed oven •the mat unfaverable an- ticipations. Count Reveal(' w writes: "The note uses language whieh will arid no response wan the overwhelue lug majority of the German nation, since It means in the last anelYele ua appeal to fear, a, threatening domi- neering demand. The note will make a conceivably bad impreselorz among the people, since it lacks utterly the friendly frankness of the German note, and breathes almost hateful dis- regard of the German Government's talli'lldeP°S1)etsts7ls ch e Zeitung in. a lengthy editoriallirurS'eaYssa: e 1 to accept Germany's practical proposal to protect Ameri- can passengers shows an. absolute lack of reaeinees to understand the Ger- man standpoint, The principle that belligerent States must protect neu- trals is untenable if applied in the fullest seuse, as it would mean abdi- cation to neutral States. "Victory over the enemy is the su- preme law for every belligerent. Those 'who render more difficult this task than does international law support the enemy. The war on land has shown clearly that restrictions are ne- ceseari. A person who remains with- in .a beleaguered fortress er walks into a gun -fire zone risks his life without the right of protection from his home Government. "The same also is true of naval warfare in spite of the mistaken phrase 'freedom of the seas.' It is granted that the ocean is free for peaceful travel, but naval battles al- so take place on it, Neutral ships sailing between fighting battleships run the risk or being hit by shells and also of being struck by mines. The submarine's only instruments are the firing of torpedoes. "Those who demand that Germany should conduot. the war according to rules laid down by some academie professor, expect Germany either to endanger her submarines or to give up this warfare, which means the weakening or Germany in the interest of her enemy. This is not neutrality, but partisanship against Germany. "We know to -day that the pas- sengers (of the Lusitania) could have been saved, but that they were nee- lected. Germany regrets their death, but she has a clean conscience, and has no reason to disapprove of the conduct or her submarine comznand- eThe Tagliche Rundschau and the firm Zeitung similarly declared tbat the American note calls for the most decided opposition, and that it re- quires Great Britain to show at least an equal respect for the spirit of in- ternational law as the President de- mands from Germany. The Tageblatt says: "The note shows clearly that the American Gov- ernment cares more for the crippling of our submarine war than for the safeguarding of American Ilyes. The Uniteld States realize that to change our submarine warfare is out ottieci The Tages Zeitung writes: "Neu- trals have rights, but so also has a great nation fighting for its life, Though maintaining submarine war- fare, Germany always is willing to re- spect the justifiable wishes of Ameri- eans,but not at any price." Tagebiatt, commth commenting on e note, says: Capt. Persius, naval expert of the "The American note expresses a decided will to rob us in our battle against England of the weapon on which we place the biggest hopes. 13y the kejection of the German pro- posals regarding special ships the United Slates shows that it is not stetting tor the safety of its citizene, mbuatr:inetetheeafm•rpoarigtnli, laming of our sub - The Vossieche Zeiung says that Gerniany's courteotte proposals have not been able to ehange the Presi- dent's obstinacy, and that from les standpoitt he not only rejects all pro- posals, but clothes' the rejection in a form that le anything but friendly. "Whoever plans such a thing," the Vossische Zeitung continues, "la no longer neutral, but takes sides against Germany and for its enemies." The newspaper defends the sinking of the Lusitania, which it terms a waureta rs6lipci,tnanadt says that a different eo be followed towards a warship simply beeause Americans are O n board. The Vossisehe Zeitung adds that the note further shows "that not only is President Wilson's policy in the Mat- ter of the GerMan submarine pollee' innuented by an especial relation to England, but alSo by the internal po- litical situation in the United States." "The only answer to the cohcluding paragraph of the note," says the news- paper, "is that American citizens have It in their own power to evoid dan- ger." "We resist the theught," says the ICreuz Zeitting, "that the Vatted States in ite position on the submarine mat- ter aims at the indirect support al England. but we Met confess that the contents of the note are with dif- riculty understandable to its from any &het viewpeint," The Boerzen Zeitung aye it regrets that it is Compelled to say the note IS A very unsatisfactory one, and that "one Cannot Malin feeling that the shadow of England Annals belittle le" London, July 20. -The American steam- ship Leelanaw, from Archangel, july 8, for Belfast, with a cargo of flax, was sunk by a German tubmarine off *the .northwest coast of Scotland. All the members of the crew of the Leelanaw were saved. They were brought into Itirkwall in their own boats. The Leelanaw was torpedoed on SulY 25. The British steamship Grangewood, of 3,422 tons gross, bound from Archangel, Russia for Havre, France, has been tor- pedoed and sunk 4n the North Sect. by a German submarine, The crow landed to- day' at Lerwick, Scotland, b jaly 26. -vie, London -Army authorities announce officially that the requirements in the Way or warbi underclothing, gloves and wristlets for the GerInan soldiers' use in an eventual winter campaign have been amply covered, NOT ALL SETTLED Friction Causes More Trouble at the Remington Plant. Bridgeport, Conn„ July 26.-I1mx- meted tomplications, *which are said to have arisen through refusal of sev- eral superintendents of departments In the Remington Arms and Ammuni- tion. Company to take Machiniets who had. been on etrike, prevented rennin - tion in full of several sub-contraceiteg eoncerns Of the Remington plant to- -- THE EIREELAU TORPEDOED. London, July -25.--A2vices received in Athens from Constantinople state that the Turkith cruiser Midullu, formerly the German cruiser Breslau, was tor- Vedas's] In the Illaelc Sea and hat return- ed with a hole six yards long and three Yards wide under the water line, accord - Mg to the Athens correspondent of Hen- tes's 'reinvent atroPanY., Tile corres- s subluerine RHELD POR EtOAIVIY. Stratford, July 115. -he Tpolice arrested on Saturday afternoon Minnie label Quick and James Thomas Steplamson, of tendon, wanted in that city on 'charges of bigamy. They were found rooming at 138 Wellington titrect. this eity, Miss Quick was married to Mr. Stephenson in London, on April 0, ISM according to the pollee, aud It is claimed at that time she was the weft.' wife of -another matt. 4 KILLED BY A HORSE. Guelph, enly aged 45, an employee ef the Light and Heat (2m-.pondent addthat the German mission, while gemming to his llama 1'41 is reported to be titian ed nhertly after 11 o'clock on Ftiday even- Toludatedie. Vas struck down by a horse, said to be driven by George strome, and m. Aside, frOlite retire seelabilitte, the most inttantly killed, Strome Was ar.. doctor would hate to know everyhotyriptea. ill An it:quoit hrts been opened, and *wbe Continued Wednesday even-. Ing.