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LAWRENC1 RIVER EARLY TODAY BHBUI NCIHG LINER EMPRESS 1EDUIDBS HELD OP BY CARRANZA TWO KILLED HID ONE HURT F IRELAND SIS AFTER COLLISION Empress of Ireland, with 1439 People on Board, Goes Down' Twenty Minutes After Being Rammed by Collier i Storstad Near Father Point, Quebec. COLLISION OCCURRED DURINgTa HEAVY FOG IN DENSE DARKNESS AFTER MIDNIGHT j flost of the Rescued from Third Class Passengers and Crew Many Prominent People Lost Capt. Kendall Saved Near Where Dr. Crippen Was Caught. Mexican Rebel Leader Says They Can Settle Only Inter national Question and Not Internal Squabbles. I TURN CARRAN'.A DOWN I tllr AwKlt. l'rt iu . trnr Tlm 1 I XIAOAHA l.'AT.T.S fun.. Mnv 29. Tlio mediators practically decided not to receive tlio com iniiulcatlon from Cnrrnnza. Me diator Dagnma so Informed tlio Amorlcnn ami Mexican delegates. LATEST CLAIM IS 1030 LIVES LOST. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times.) MONTREAL, Canada, May 29, G, W, S, Hender son of Montreal, who was among the Empress of Ireland survivors, telegraphed to his firm this afternoon, giving Hie number of dead at 1030, FIND MANY BODIES TODAY. (By Associated Press to The Coos Bay Times,) RIMOUSKI, Canada, May 29, The' Lady Evelyn, which returned to the scene of the disaster, reported by wireless that she had picked up seventeen bodies at 3 o'clock this afternoon, ih Api- toil"! tw it TU Tim J NIAGAHA FALLS. May 29. .Juan F. Urquldl, prlvnto secretary tn Ilaracl Zuunran, Constitutional 1st agent at Washington, arrived here today bearing a communica tion from General Cnrrnnza to the mediators, saying ha Is willing to send a representative to the con ference to discuss the International differences between the United States and Mexico. It Is understood that Carranza reiterates his original dec laration that he accepted tlio media tion principle on condition that tlio International question alone would be discussed. The conferences horo nro at a standstill, awaiting replies from the Washington and llucrta governments on the plans of the mediators far the settlomeiit of tlio Mexican question. Aftfti n lirlnf nnnfnrntipo. tlin mml. lators asked I'rquldl to return nt "1 o'clock. They did not ask him for tno communication he carried uori did they say they would rccelvo It . wuen inoy saw nim inter IN TEN MILE 51 ILL 1011 BURNS HIMSELF II HIS HOME1 NO! I ny Associated itcbb 10 i no v.uus iiuy innua.; HJ.MOi'SKI, Quebec, .May 29. The twin-screw Canadian Pacific liner, Empress of Ireland, carrying H.T7 passengers mid crew sank iu the dark new before dnwn today Iu tho St. Lawrence River with n Iobb of perhapr. 10(11) lives. Tlio early estimates of tho nnmhor or dead varied from 078 to more than 1100. Tho vessel wob bound from Quebec to Liverpool with 77 first class, 2015 .second class and fiO-1 third class passongora. S!-u was cut wldo open by tlio collier Storstad and sank within twen ty mlantcH In nineteen fathoms of water. Of those saved, tho majority appeared to bo niembors of tho crow or from i it Ktiorage. Mnny were Injured and twenty-two tllod after bolng picked up Uriel wireless talla for help sont out by the Marconi aporntor wore ba-' i'h pilot boat Eureka hero, ten miles from tho scone, and the Eurekn rii'ouixt in- im i.miv Kvnlvn. n mall tendor. made full speed to the spot It was these two boats that found afloat a few llfo boats thnt wore linnclied from tlio stricken ship and picked up tho survivors thoy con tained. ;:.m were saved by the l.ady Kvolyn and sixty by the Kureka. Aintng those saved was Captain H. G. Kendall of tho Empress. The trash occurred about 2 a. m. off Father Point. Quoboe. a vIIIhko brought Into prominonco when Dr. Crlppon, tho London murderer, was ciuglit, Tho (oilier, bound for Quebec, struck tho EniprcsH on tho port Bide ibout tho middle of tho ship. Shu literally tore her way hock almost to the liner's scrows, lunvlng a rent through which tho water poured In such a deluKo that bIio Bank before- many of the passengers wore aware what had happened. Noted Tcoplo Aiming Victims i Most of tho first olitss passengers perished. Among thono In tie; ini ruuins woro wir nenry noiou nun, i hm "i. .; -. - rame hunter, nnd Laurence Irvine, son of the late Sir Henry Inlng, ann M wife, Mabol llackonoy. scenes ok iioiiuoit .xi si'i'i-kinm.. la tho llfoboatB woro huddled tho Biirvlvors, dnxod and moaning, somo dying of tho Injuries sustnlnod In tho crash or the rush Iu 'eny'B ''" Empress of Irolnnd. Few could glvo nnythliig but Incoherent. J ' accounts. J. L. ninck and wlfo said (hoy Jumped togethor Into the rlvor. They were roused from Bleep by tho collision and wore unable to got In a lifeboat. They wero picked up by a boat from the Lady hel i. TI e ater being Ico cold caused many who in ht have been "d '""., P."K. No baggage was saved. Tho condition of ho Biirvtvors was pitiable. Somo had brokon nrins and logs and all suffered torrllily. ,,,, .... L. E. Gossotln, a prominent lawyer or Montreal, saved himself bj CllD8Vl.enthor rescue ships docked hero, the station P,nt'? ? C,V,JJ: ed Into a hospital. Twelve bodies with their faces cowed lay o n t o wbarf, They woro passengers who mado the lifeboats but wero fatall) hurt 'Wreckago strows tho St. Lawronco for a long distance. A vast num ber of those saved were uioinbora of the ship's crew. Early estimates jn dtted that not more than sixty passongora woro Bayed nesldestho captain, the first and; wcond enB: imouskl lurpeon woro rescued. Tho entire population and overydoctor I n Kli raouKi wb every aid possible. The half naked Btirvlvora we ro clothed ai d taKen to private h6mes. Tho rescue boats Eureka and La a y Mol n. on roac Ing the point where tho Empress of Ireland sank, found a bcene , not uu Imllar ro that which greeted tho liners which rusl ied "be '".lotted They found tho ship Bunk and the Biirfaco of tho water calm but dotted with IIXeboatB nnd smeared with floating dobr w. 1JOTJI WEUB LA I!Oi: VKSSWA. the-Empress or Iromnd.was a twin m so or 1 jl" Jon.. She was built In Glasgow In 100C. She carried a , '"" J,'!"l"qK',eaYt'e tn ... The Storstad registered 0.028 tons. She was bu I In ' ." il and her owner is the uampiK - r':"r c10 ,ad a crew ne is of tho single screw type anu iw- B8rs lorlunate onougli lo get HK "" "K"0"5 Iouno 'nl"'"i latbea only In tliolr nleht clothe.. stoiitoi.i nvsnivnons. d if. se'i,sor!Srar:s iSr,. .B.g .o . "il and went down with tho stnK ng . " "i rZ xaeA by the Eureka. "Ml grabbed a lireboat rail Qand held to I ; unti reued h William Measures, a Salvation Arrajhanasmanr. ' the promenade deck, stepped Into tue water aim less mm 100 WERE LOSI Of Those Saved Crew Mem bers and Third Class Pas I sengers Predominated. ' (Or AmIII 1'nxi lo Co lUf Tlmn.1 wiMniiSKT. Mm- 29 The Stor stad, at first reported to have 300 survivors on Tmard, sailed for Quobcc utter landing only a' handful of res cued nnd a number of dead. As tho Eureka and tho Lady Evelyn rescued 309, It Is prohablo that over 1000 lives, and surely not less than 700, woro lost. I Of those saved, tho crow nnd mom bora of tho third-class passongors pre dominated. Tho stricken vossol sank us If sho wore lead. It Is apparent trot a great holo was torn In tho ship's aldo which admitted such n delugo of woter that many wero over come In their bods. Tho Canndlan Pacific officials claim tlie Empross of Irolnnd was standing still when s c was rammed by tho Storstad. Many or tho Biirvlvors wero landed here pltirully mnlniod and almost naked. Tho rescued. flKhtliiK tliolr wny tn the llfo boatH from the careening docks, clinging dosporntoly to tho rallH or loaplng blindly overboard, hroko tliolr arms or legs, or otherwise Injured thom solvos. , Tho president of tho Canndlan Pa cific Issued a statoment saying that tho Empress sunk within four mill- iitnn Thnro Wnu not. Its W08 tllO CttSO mi tiin Titntiic. tlmn for mini deliber ation and rigid observation or tho unwritten law or tuo sea: women first." ' When tho roscuo ships Eureka and, Lady Kvolyn reached tho Bceno short-, ly heroro daybreak, thoy found nlno lifeboats lainmod full nnd mnny occu-l pants wounded. Wreckago coverod oer everywhere. Tho Storstad, her iinw badlv crtimn eu. was sun on tho sceno picking up vicuiuh TWO SEATTLE MEN ON BOARD stoam with hor bow badly drlvon In. It Is understood that sho Iiuh on board her a number of Btir vlvora or tho Empross. ino im press sank In nlneteon rathoms or water. CUT. KENDALL'S ltKI'OItT OF THE IHSASTKU Or AiocUtl Prt l Coof nr TlmM.) MnvTnEAl, One.. Mnv 29. Tho fl-L. nfrinlnl nprmint. nf tho (llsastor "I" u..v. -- .--- - . to tho Empress of ireiunu came from Captain Kenuaii, wnoso wire- !,, ...nrnlnrr tn Pimt.-llll Walsll. MOT- Ino Superintendent of tho Cauadlun Pacific, was as louows: "Empress of Ireland stopped In dense rog. Struck amidships in vit al spot by collier Storstad." Kendall, who was rescued rrom a floating piece or wreckage. In con- ...... I.,,. .l,n Intnlllirnnrn tn Oantalll Walsh that tho Empress had gone down, said: "Ship is gone.- A special train was dispatched from Father Point to bring back tho survivors. STOHSTAD 1JADLY DAMAGED. t&r Anoclttxl PrtM to Cooa lUj TlmM.) .FATHER POINT, Que., May 29.- "c coiner Storstad, wnicn collision with tho Empress of Ire land, did not sink as was reported. Early today she was proceeding slow ly toward QueDec under her own I CUT. KKXDALL CAUGHT I .NOTED LONDON SLAVEIt IPy AuotUled Vmt to Cooi Br TlmM.) MONTREAL, May 29. Capt, Kendall won renown as the man who first Uetectea ur, urippen. the notorious London murderer, nn tlio Htonmshln .Monilori, : Nels Erickson and Peter Bjor dal on Empress of Ireland -U. S. Delegates Safe. , inr amocuim rnw 10 com uf tirim.) UELLINGIIAM. WobIi., May 29.- Nels "Erickson and Pcdcr lijordnl, or nolllnghnm, wero on board tho Em press or Ireland. SEATTLE. May 29. There wero no United States delegates to tho Salvation Army's world convention or. tho Empress of Ireland. Ton Oregon and Washington dolegatos, with other Americans, will sail to morrpw from n'LX?r!?WvwwAn Indicating that all tho pussongers on the Empress of Ireland woro saved could not bo substantiated. The estimates of tho total loss of llfo rume rrom 7S to 1100. Among the persons reported rescued are twelvo women. Twenty-two of the rescued died rrom Injuries nftor reaching here. HAD I liJ7 ON ItOAKD. HnipiwH of Ireland Curried Imrgo Number of PuHxciigcru (llr A.iwlitM IT' l. lo Co.,. Il; TIihm.1 ItUlOIMKI, Que., May 29. 390 survlvora from tho Empress of Ire laud have been landed here. ThlM leaves 1038 of thoso on bonrd un accounted ror. It Is understood, however, that 300 woro picked up by tho colllor Storstad, cutting the list or missing to 078, GOV. WEST IS AFTER OLSON Tho following from a Salom paper will bo of Interest hero us Olson ; spout u eouplo of yoars In MurshfUld and at Ton Mllo. "Charging that ono N. S. Olson 1 had secured a lettor rrom him under j taU.o pritensos and had slnco that siiod yesterday reaulsltlon papora ro. questing Olson's return from tho tlmo used It In carrying on n potty j larceny practice, Governor West Ib state of WaBliingtou on 1110 eiiurcu of perjury. " 'About two years ago,' said tho Govornor, 'ono N. S. OIboh wus brought to mo by a Irlond who stat ed that he (Olson) was about to tako a trip to Mexico whoro no wus intor oeted In some mining properties nn.l asked tor a letter from mo which might be of somo aid to him In tho performance of his mission in mai country. Olson was given a general letter, such as would be given out under those circumstances, but In stead of using It tor the purposes given, he has used It In carrying 011 petty larceny practices in this and adjoining statos. ' 'We havo been on his trail for some time trying to locato him, but without success, until recently, when the Linn County authorities located him in tho state of Washington and secured his Indictment on the charge of perjury. Itequls'tlon papers have Just been Issued calling for his return to this state." :. C. Clinc of Seaside Thought to Have Committed Suicide in Strange Way Today. inr AtwcUtM t'rwt to Cm lujr Tlmn.1 SEASIDE. Ore.. May 29. "Como out your houso Is on fire," cried tho neighbors who woro aroused by tho flauios leaping from tlio houso or C. C Cllnu early today. "I'm nil right," Cllne called back to thoin.Jaughlnjs ly. Tho doors woro broken opon hut tho rescuerH woro drlvon back by tho names. Cllne. hnd been acting strangely nnd It Is believed that while demented he took this means or end ing his Hfo. Ike Frceliind of North Bend and W. T. Shaw Victims of Boiler Explosion. HARLEY F0LB"Y BADLY SCALDEDJN ACCIDENT Bodies Literally Blown to Piec es and One Blown Into Lake Cause Unknown. HOB OFFICES IN ORE. TOWNS Burglars Make Getaway with Money and stamps irom Aurora and Canby. tllr kUI. PrtM I Onno IHf Tlnn 1 AlMtOllA, Ore, May 29.- Not sat isfied with the loot they obtained by robbing tho Canby Postofflco early today, robbers came to Aurora and robbod tho Postorflce bore. Thoy ob tained about $1000 worth or stumps here and took a hook or blank money orders, At Canby thoy obtained f 10 In chaiiKO and blank money orders. Tho Canby supplloH hnd hotm locked tho night before. In thu bank vault. Tho work was that or expert yogg moii who escaped: without leaving any tangible clues. TRUCK 10 FIELD MEET I lite I'reelund, or North Ileud, and W. T. Shaw woro Instantly killed, Jnud Hnrlcy Folby badly scalded and Injured today whon tho bollor of tho Monutzell snwmlll near Lakeside, exploded. Tho cause or tho accident In not known and probably will not bo tin- I til tho Coroner's Inquest Is hold. I Coroner Wilson upon lining notified 01 inu accident 11 1 uu 111111-n iuii. iur Lakeside on tho afternoon boat. Mr. Preelund's body blown Into tho lako near tho mill and had not been recovered nt noon, but prob nlily will bo recovered soon nB mon woro dragging far It. Mr. Shnw'H body wna literally blown to pieces. Tho explosion oc curred' shortly before noon. Thero wero flvo men working Jn the mill which Is being operated by Win. Ingcrioll nnd Chas. Thoni. Two of them escaped tho explosion whtoh. iirnnllftnllu ..riwil n.l Mir. miinll lltfltlt. Just Leased Mill. Mr. lugersoll had leased tho milt hut a short time ngo, and was figur ing on getting a now holler tor IL The mill, a small plant, was n rulhor old 0110 iitul tho bollor In said to hnvo been In poor condition. Capt. Ned Oallowny, or tho Xortn Star, said today that the holler was a bad 0110 and wiih too small tor tho work expected or It. Ho said that thoy had to keep It loaded, or rather overloaded, to accomplish much. This, or the possible turning In of cold water, Is the only explanation hiuarded ror the disaster. Tho mill was located Just acroro tho lake rrom whoro the Handel store was formerly located nnd was ' near tho Hummer home of Dr. Wat son, of North llonil. 1 The plant hod been kopt yory busy this Hummer owing to the building activity there In connection with tho rnllroail work. I'recliuul .font Itetiiiiicil 11(0 Kreoluiid, oun or tho victims of the disaster, lived In North Tiond with his family, hut had boon em ployed at the Meutzall mill to mako repairs. This week ho came to North Hend to vlHlt hie family, Mrs. Froe luud having been ailing, tho children, having nlso Just passed through a siege of whooping rough nnd meas les. Ha returned to Lnkosldo tho day boforo yesterday. Wiih Well Known Athletes from Six Colleges of Pacific Northwest Go to Pullman, Washington. inr amohii rM to co n tibm.j ntll.I.MAV. Wnah.. Mnv 29. Atll- lotos rrom six Pacific Northwost col legos nro hero today for tho annual ; conforunix) track and fluid meet. Tlio 1 entries nro rrom tho University or, Washington, Unlvorslty or Oregon, nmi.nii a irrlnnltuml f'ollouo. Unlvor slty or Idaho, Whitman Collego and wasiiiugtou tato iuiiueo, GHAITKItS IN JAPAN MANV DEAD OK INJURIES. Twenty-Two of Rescued Succumbed After Ileacltlng .Montreal, rnr amocuim rrr to co nr tio.j iinvTOPAT. Mnv 29 A Story published this morning by La Patrle I DECKER IS SENTENCED. I ' (Or AMOtlt4 PrtM to Coo 117 Tlo J NEW YORK. May 29. I I Charles Decker wbb sentenced to dlo In the electric chair at I I Sing Sing during the week be , ginning July 0, ror the murder I or Herman Rosenthal. An ap peal will probably delay his I I execution. 11- Two Sentenced to Prlnon fur Accept ing IliibcM Iu Nuvy 1 (llr Ai.cKi.il i-r.M 10 i-ou U-t Tln.l I TOKIO, Japan, May 29. A court martial today sontencod Vice Admiral 1 Matsumoto or tho Japanese Navy to thrno voars' linurlsoninont on tho charges of urcoptlug bribes lu con nection with tho naval contracts. Cap tain SawBakl was condemned to 0110 year's Imprisonment, but Captain Suzuki was acquitted. NO GERMAN TltOURLE Son clary GuitIsoii Siiyw Kmihloii Will Settle Ship Question (1)7 AtuS PrtM to to lr TUnto.J WASHINGTON, D. C, May 29. Secretary Garrison said that Gonornl Funston nelthor sought nor rccelvod instructions for adjusting tho situa tion arising rrom the arrival ot the. German Btcamor Uavaria at Vera friii without a manliest. "I con sider It merely a detail or port rou tine and ono that probably will bo settled by the Captain or Port," said Garrison. Have your lob printing done at The Times office. Mr. Kreoluiid waa about forty years old and was well known at North Iloiul and on tho Hay and waa hold In tho highest esteem. Kor a number of years ho had boon em ployed In the Gardiner mill, but en mo to North Ilond a tow years ago and for a tlmo was connected with tho Ncrth lionet Sash and Door Factory. Mr. Freelund la survived by a wlfo nnd four children. Mrs. Frcolund Is n daughter of tho lato Peter Robin son of Sliliiglehoiiso Slough nnd has many relatives horo. Tho children nro all girls, 0110 bolng a little baby and tho othors aro named Joanotte, Helen nnd Ilorthn. Mr. Freelund hns several relatives In North Ileud, John Freelund, Otto Freelund and Curl Frcolund bolni; brothers of tho deceased and Mrs. It. L. Simpson ot North Rend, a sislnr. C. II. Worrell stated today that Mr. Freelund was formorly n mom bor or tho Marshriold W. O. W. Cumo but ho thought that ho had lot his mqmhorshtp lapso somo tlmo ago, Won Rehiring Plant. Mr. Freelund was not regularly employed at the Moutzol mill, but vns called out to mako somo repairs in tho engine nnd boiler, ho bolus en expert mill engineer. In was on, this mission that ho was out thero now. Ho httd mado a number of, trips there recently, Otlicrx Wcro Strangcra W. T. Shaw, whoso body was badly mutilated by tho explosion, uiiH n Htrnnonr. Wlinn thn news was first received somo thought It was Mr. Shaw, formorly marshal at North Rend, but this was orroneout. Mr. Folby was also a. stranger. Jack Now-Iln There, Jack Nowlln, another well-knowa North Ilond man, was employed s a sawyer In tho mill. He moved out thero a few weeks ago. He was not Injured In tho disaster,