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. m, .,--, a NmwxxrKtxzx? mrsiimmii t IS s ftw 4??T to k Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Fair tonight nml Saturday Mux. 70 1 Mln. lit, t'nrly.fmirlli Year. Itnlly Nlnlli Yi'iir MEDFORD. OIiIXIONr, FK1DAV, AIAV2D, JOM. NO. no 1000 LOSE LIVES WHEN STEAMER SINKS t' tr-' t jKt '& V I v, ,r sv -v, k'( f ; i- V t, COLLIER STORSTAD STRIKES EMPRESS JUHM"BJ LINER IKS IN ST. LAWRENCE PASSENGERS OF MANYSURVIVORS Kraft BEFORE DAWN WITH 1437 ABOARD FIRSTCLASSLOST OIGOF10RIES mMm EsllriKiIrs til Drs'tl mm From 070 to More Than 1 100 Canadian Pacific Steamer Halted liy Dense Fojj is Rammed by Norwegian Collier and Sinks with All Aboard In Four Minutes After Belnn Struck Many of the Survivors Oailly Injured and Twenty-Two Died After Picked Up. lUMOr.SKI, gue., May .!). Tlu twin-snow Cnmul iaii I'nHfii' liner I'lmpress of Ireland, nuTyin A'M per hoils, pas.si'iif;er.s and rrew, kuiiIc in the darkness liel'oro dawn today in the St. Lawrence river, near here, with a loss of perhaps KMM) lives, Marly estimates of the. dead varied from (78 to more than 1100. The vessel was hound from (jjnehee for Liverpool with 77 first, U0(5 second and HOI third-class passengers, and was cut wide open by the collier Storstad and sank within four minutes in nineteen fathoms of water. Of those saved, the majority appeared to he meiiihers of the crew or from the steerage. Many were badly injured and twenty-two died after being picked up. 'Phi crash occurred about 'J o'clock this morning off Father Point, (Quebec, a village brought into prominence when Dr. ('rippen, the Loudon murderer, was caught. The collier, bound for (Quebec, struck the Km press of Ireland on the port side, about thu middle of the ship. She liter ally tore her way back almost to the liner's screws, leaving a rent through which the water poured in such a deluge that she sank before many ol the passengers were aware of what bud himnioictl. i Uriel' wireless calls for heln sent out by the .Marconi rBHRFM ' "pi'rator were heard by the pilot boat Eureka here, ten W ,,IFII II1' .11 111', , II, I- liHMIIIIf ,IM,.!VI, l.l UIU .l,, Kvelyn, a mall-lender, put on forced .steam and made all speed for the spot. It was these two boats that found afloat the few lifeboats that were1 launched from the stricken ship and picked up the survivors they contained. Three hundred and thirty-nine were saved by the Lady lOvelyn and sixty by the Kureka. The Storstad, at first reported to have niore than IKK) survivors on board, had sailed for Quebec after having landed a handful of rescued and dead. An explosion in the engine room hastened the vessel's end. FAVORED BY MORMONS NAMIIMITON, Mn '.'. P.d.v gamy no limber is pmcliccd l, Min imum In Klnli, Senator Siillirrlinul told Ihe senate today lifter llio rend in nl' it petition fiom oilireiis nl' WimI IIiiiIiiiiii, N. C, presented by Kenulnr Ovciiiiuil, piolesliug nguiiist "I'liljUiiiiij," miiIiI Kcuiitor Sulher liunl, "bus been absolutely iibundon i'il in I'liili nml linn mil I'i'i'ii prac ticed for ninny ycnis. Thcio inn Mill some old people who entered Unit re- lllltlHI IUUII.V yi'MI'K nco who still iiiiiliilniii their households, I inn sure llinl if tin ipicsliou were miIhiiIIIimI to a vote of tin MiiuiiiMi people they would never deenlo to leliiiu I" poly gamy." CIIICAtIO, .Muy 'JO. -An Incident nun knur tin Koiil iViihnjr of tlin I'ikkIi.nIciihii gcncrnl usscinhly, thu member of wlili'h mo picpniing In ilny for uiljoiiinuicnl, was Iio burn Ini' of nil papers in a litigation be tween Ihu Hi'V. Ailolph lli'lii'iy nml Ilin Km. W. T. Kludd of Urn Koiilli. mil Oiegnu Iil !. Wlnli Dr. Bhli'liU wiin a iiiiMMoiino in Himiii Dr. Ilubcil.v lih'il I'linim-t again! hliiii which wuiii ilipotTil. Dr. Hlih'hU mini Dr. Ilnbi'ily lor linnlcr. IIkI'ihh IIiii jinlli'liiiy ("'iiiiiiilli'i' hi' Vim llic i'iii nil Knell in ioii'r, mill uhi'ii Hii'i ii i 'ii.li Dr ll'il"'il iiinl D' WlllllS HN'I'lll I'lU'll ulliu IimihI". SHIELDS MAKES UP WITH OLD ENEMY PRESBYTERIANS STAND PAT UPON BASEBALL Cllir.(U). Muy 20.-. V iilcii that tlio linn itKiilmt iiiicoiiiincri'lnlliuil KiuiifH nml HportM on Sumlny lo llftoil full on donf unrti tmlny whun t ho cm cm! MHnoiiilily ot tlio I'roHliyturlnii I'hurrli In tlio United Stnten ndoptud thu report on Knlibiitlt olisorvnuco, which dlHHiiprovod o( nil scciilnr iinch ot Sumlny, Tim adoption ot thu report wiih ru Knrdud ntt n victory fur the ronscrvn tho wIiik of thu ntmoiulily, Tlio re port nlio ruuiluiiiuuil thu Sunday newHpuper nml itdvornteil Hntiirdiiy hnir liolldnyH, PITIFUL STORIES Itl.MOUHKI, Mny 'JO. V, Davis, of Montreal, olio or tho few Mini vois aldo to tnlk coherently after first lauding siild ho and his wlfo I mil not been awakened by tho Impact of tho collision mid kuow nothing of tho ac cident until wntor began to rush lulu thu Hlitteroom, Ho helped his wlfo to thu boar deck, but tho big uhlp had already listed, mid It wits Im possible to Iniinrli a bout, Together thoy crawled on their IiuiiiIh unit knees up tho sloping dock of tho liner, Tlio vessel was rapidly sinking, Ills wife wiih swept from his grasp, liuiii wciu curi led by tho suction Into thu river. They cliiuu to it piece of wood mid worn lesciied, Tlio wlfo was mi couitoiis. J. . Lwiuely it rmicher of Caii- ford, II ('., mliuly n u Ihu duck mil mid wmil down with Ilia slukliiK ship llu held his hli'Mhi mum up iiiubbvd thv Hu vf IKv hunt, hvbl Small Steamer and Mall Carrier Re spond to S. 0. S. Signal Sir Henry Seton Karr and Laurence Irving and Wife Among Those Lost IIIMOrSKI, Que., Muy 'JH. -IM1-iiiiiten of tlio totnl lo- of life when the f'liiindliiii I'neifie niilwny Rtemner Kiiiiii'iH of lrilniid wiih Mink early today in the (lulf of St. I.tiwrenee Mir from H7S to more than 1100. The l!nireH wiih htrtiek ninldililc diuiot; n ileue f by the Slorttuil nml went ilonn sunn nftcrwiinl. Three hiiudri'il and nixly of the 11117 eroiiH on the Hmiirexn are tin derntooi! to hae heeii renewed by lite Slorxtad. Three hundred mid ninety nine id hern were landed at Itimoii fki, having been Mixed y the uteniii ers l.nds Kelyn mid Kunkn, whieh riHinilrd In the "S. D. S." ealln of the Kuiire. Amoiii; iIhkc Mied wiih Captain (I. II. Kendall of ihu lliuprrh. SuhiltiotiUtn I'rrUll Mot of the firhl-cliiHS iianxenKeru apparently periidied. Anions thohe hi the firt enhin wore Sir Henry Se-ton-Iutrr, it noted Knlifdi lawyer nml b!- kiiiiic hunter, and I.niireiiec Irvine, Min of the Inle Kir Henry Irving, nud Iiih wife, Mnliil Ilaekuey. Of n "party of 110 (.'anndiiiii Snl Milion Arniy uu'iubern on hoard, only twenty were, rebelled. They had left (jiK'hei) yesterday, hound for tlio army's iiilenialiounl eoufereueu in l.oudoii. Tho HniprenH of Ireland wns val ued at .fJ.000,000, mid with her earo, valued at S'J.'iO.OOO, wan fully iiiHiired. At low tide today Hie lop of her funnel eould he M-eu. She it, ly ri in tho channel. It i thought by iiitviKaturtt that it may he po-.-ih1c to raiMi her. At prenent tho vvrcek it. u ineniieo to uuviiition. Mnlined anil KIIIihI in Itesruo Tluixe piihenceni jortuuute enoii);li to pi Into tho HfeboatM found them helves garbed only in their night elolheH. No biiu'ace was taved. The I'oiidilion of the survivor was pitiable, Soiuo had broken iirtmi nml legs ami all had suffered lerrihly. 1,. K. (liM'liu, a prominent lawyer from Monltea), saved himself by ellnpiij: to u life-raft. When th reseuo sliip doeked here the station platform wiih converted into a lmpi till ami thu townspeople, briiiKiuK .food and elnthiiift united hi n com mon effort to aid the sufferers. Twelve bodies with faees covered laid side by side on the wharf. They were passengers who mmlu the life bout, but who weie fatally hurl. WreekitRtt strews the SI. l.uwreneo for it loii distance nrar where tho Kmpivss sunk. The sun shone luiltt I v during tho (Contlnuod on Patio Flvo.) OF SURVIVORS to ll'ntid was rescued by the KiiroKn. Win, .Menstircs, it Salvation Army bitndstunu, crept nlong tho rail of tho promenade deck and stepped Into tlio water. Ho awnm to a lifeboat uml Was rescued, A young (englishman snld that when thu shin amih struck by thu col- Jler thu shock was terrific. Ho was aslcop lit his eitblii. Ho Jumped from bod, put on a dressing gown nud went directly to wnko up twu of his friends, telling thorn ho thought the ship whs sinking, Ho Hum woii( on deck mid mine back n second time lo see if his friends hud left their cabin, but In hU excitement ho went on thu wrung deck Thu ship then whs sinking fust hu could hardly stuud Ho look hold of a rope on Ihu side of llio ship mid swung lulu h llfithimt. Ho Mid lie hud nut seen hi (rlciiiU uml fym I hoy were uroMi Residents of Rlmouskl Come to Aid of Crippled ami Injured Scene on Water Similar to That Following Titanic Oleaster. IMMOl'SKf, quo., Muy 29.- The rcilent of Itlmouskl, numbcrlin? aooo, catuc ullently to the dock where tho dead and oxuaiuted IIvIiir were heltiK landed and under tho direction of tho mn)'or. tt. H. I'liot, rrvc aid wherever ioimlll. Kvcry doctor In tho town wuh on tho tcenu and many of tho Injured were takon to private honica. From cedar cheats and cloietii the lownfo)k liroufilit ar menU of nil drscrlptloiiH for those who had Ion their liclonKlnRi. Two headiiiarter wore cttabllshed at tho wharf and at the nation of the Intor-Colonlal railway. At the sta tion thoie Injured and not removed 16 homes were cared for. Iti-M-nililrn TilJiiile Wreck The rctctio boats Hurekn and I.ady Kvclyn found on renchlnR tho point wlicro tlio Knipren hank, a iiceno not unnlmllar to that which greeted the liners which rushed to tho Tltnnlc's aid. They found the ililp sunk and tho surface of tho water, fortunately calm, dotted with llfenonts nud fiuenred with floating debris. In the lifboala were-huddled the survivors, dniml and (moaning, some then ilyltiK of Injuries sustained in tho crash or In the null of leaving tho sinking Km press. Pew could glvo an) thing hut Incoherent, almost h)sturlcat accounts of what had hap peiiod. J. I,. Mnek and Mrs. Illnck of Ottnwn said they had Jumped to gether Into the river. They had been aroused by tho shock of tho col lision and tumble to get Into a life boat, had risked tho leap. They wera picked up by a boat from tho I.udy Kveln, Water Cmises Kploslou Tho water (but poured Into the ship's engine room caused an explo rIo and this forced ninny to jump Krncsl Hayes, nu assistant purser, told of leaping from tho tipper promenade deck. Ho clamored Into No. 2 lifeboat. Tho boat ninnouvercd about tho wreck for a time and found Captain Kendall clinging to a piece of wreckage. He had Jumped just before tho Iiuipress went down. EIVE MILLION. FOR WASHINGTON. May 29. Com nlctlns Its work on tho rivers nnd ImrborH appropriation tiill today, the senntu commerce committee Intro duced Into thu meastiro u provision to iiuthorlio tho expenditure of S4.- 100,000 for the Improvement of tho mouth ot tlio Colulnbla river. This Is In addition to tho 11,000,000 to bo appropriated Immediately for the sntuo project, Tho committee authorized I ho ex penditure of JtO.000 on tho I .o Angeles harbor In addition to I'JOO, 000 actually appropriated, llrny's Harbor. WasIi . was Klvon St 10.000. Tho Sluslaw river, Oregon, was given fll'J.QOO. AT LONDON, May '.'0. -John Hums, president of Ihu local kuvciuiuciiI hoard, twice visited loduy Ihu Can iiiIIiiii Pacific railway ofllecs In ob tain Ihu lalcsl news about the dis aster In Ihe Kuipie of liclmul, uml rciiiicslril n be kept fully inl'iiiiiicil. A i'oiisIiiiiI kliemii iifiiluloiH rulli'i, ini'ludli iibiuy iiicmbeis nf Ihe Hal vhIIiiii A i mi, itlsn wi'iil u Hie nlllcis pf Ihu i'OHij'uny. LIBIA'S MOTH Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, President of Canadian Pacific, fssues State ment Concerning Disaster Ship Tern From Middle to the Screw, Watertight Compartments Useless. MONTKKAL, gue.. .May 'JO. Sir Thomas Shiiiiguue'y, rcident of the Cnnadinit I'neifie rnil'rny, isnied the following statement: "The catas trophe because of the jrcnt Iosh of life is the mot serious in the his tory of the St. Jjiwrcnee route. 'Owing to the ilUtitnce of tele srnpli or telephone stations from the scene of the wreck, there is nn un avoidable delay in seeurin offieinl detail-, hut we expected a rcoort from Captain Kendall lu the eour-e of the nflernoou. From the facts ns we have them, it is apparent that at about '' o'clock thU morning the Kmpresk of Ireland, when stoptied in n dense fi was rammed on the sirl side by the Norwegian collier Stor stad in sueh a manlier as to tear Hie ship from the middle to the screw, thus making the watertight bulk heads with which she was provided Useless. ''The vck.'I seltlcd down in four minutes. The accident occurred at a time when the iusseugcrs were in bed, and the iutervnl before the steamship went down was noi suf ficient to eiiiibh; the officers to arouse the passengers mid get them into the hunts, of which there were sufficient to accommodate it very much htrgcr number of iK'ople tlinu those on hoard, including the pas sengers and crew. "That such nu accident should be possible in the St. Lawrence, and to such n vessel its the Knipress of Ire laud, with every precaution taken bv the owners to insure safety for the passengers and tho vessel, is deplor able. The saddest feature of the disaster is, of course, the great loss of life, mid the heartfelt sunputhy of everybody connected with the company goes out to the relatives and friends of those who met dentil in the ill-fated steamship." ATTACKS PEARSON .MEXICO CITV, May 'JU.--Tliu Pearson oil concessions in Mexico were the subject of un attack by Qucrido Moheno, minister of com merce mid labor, in a speech Inst uiht in the chamber of deputies. The minister said thev had given under the influence of l'orfirio Diuz, but without benefit ueeruiu to the Mex ican nation. In the future, ho continued, the government must participate in the petroleum business, and then Mexico would have 000,000,000 pesos in her treasury and eould possess un in my of oOO.tHH) men to defend ihe national dignity ngaiitst foreign countries. N1.UIAI1A FALLS, Out., May ). The mediatoi-s luivo practically de uiicd "ot to receive Ihe comtuuuicu-tipi- I'ioiii (lemral Catrauzu, brought heii) today bv Juan Unpiidl, the eonstilutioiiiillsl agent. Ambas sador Da (Iiiiiiu asked the American delegates to infoiui Iheui of tho de cision mid wont was uUo eommiiui ca ted to tho Unci la delegate. KI.MIAIIA FALLS, Out., May 'JU. Juan I'upilili, pin ale scculiirv In lliifnel .iibiirun, Ihe ciiiilitiitloiiitllt auciil ut 'iiIiiiiIoii, milted here loduy hem lug u coniiiiuiiicaliiiii f i tun (leiicral taiiaiuu In the mcillulor, siiwng he s wlHliii: n semi u H'pie si'iilnlnc In he ini'iliulloii conlVi vhco o ilUvum iHlciimlM4 differ. MEDIATORS SPURN SENATOR LANE OPPOSES WILSON'S POLICY OF CANAL TOLLS REPEAL 1 !: WASHINGTON, May 29. Henntor l.nnc, democrat of Oregon, today, announcing his opposition to the repeal of the Panama tolls exemption proposed that thft Hay- I'auncefotc treaty bo dc- uounced, and that an agree- ment bo made with all marl- llmo nations by which each, Including the United States, should pay for the use of the canal In exact proportion to the use of it. Senator lane 4 contended there saould also s be an International agree- ment to guarantee Its neutral- Ity and safety. s OF BO'S DAYTON RAILROAD WASHINGTON, May '29. Jn.piiry into the relations between the Hal timorc & Ohio and tho Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railways, wits be guutodav nt a heuriuir before Chuir mnn Harlan of the interstate com merce commission. The pnrjwse was to dev'elop what, if any, relations there are between Ihe llnltimoro & Ohio's control of the other line nud its need for ndditionnl revenue its set out in its application for increased freight rate-. Charges have been made in congress that tho Haltimore Si Ohio was hearing the burden of certain "finnnceering." President Daniel Wilhml of tho Haltimore & Ohio, the first witness, testified that the Itallimore & Ohio began negotiations to control the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton about August 'JO, 1000, and that he did not become president offthe Cincin nati, Hamilton & Dayton until 1011. On July 1, 1000, when an agreement wiis ninde with J. P. Morgan & Co. to take over the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton, it was understood no cash was to be paid, but that at the end of seven and one-half years tho Haiti more & Ohio wns to huv from Mor gan & Co. substantially nil the stock nt a price that might then be pre vailing. These shared numbered about 80,000. raiuplFiGiis 20 YEARS IN PRISON LOS ANGIH.KS, Cnl., May 29. Philip Kllfoll, a -10-year-old real es into dealer, convicted of having wronged I.tlllan Palmer, a 13-year- old girl, who recently became a mother, was sentenced today to 20 years In San Qtioutlu prison. eiiees between the United Stales, nml Mexico. When he arrived ut Ihe Hotel Clif ton hu sent his card to Ambassador Da (litnwi, who scut down word that hu was liusy." Alter it brief eou fereueu the mediators asked Mi Ur ipitdi lo retain ut ft o'clock thbr uf teriioou, They did not nl; him for Ihe communication he curries, nor did (hey tell him whether they would receive It when they saw him later. Thu mediator held hi (heir firt I'oiuiiiuiileulioiiM with I'nrrmuu I hit t Ihu lulei iiiiImiiiI mid internal ipn lions weie lliscpiirnhlc, and uskid Unit un iiniiisllce be ngtvcij nu bu Iwccii (leueyiil lluellu uml (lineial I'Mirmuu. To ihu (Icneial ('untiiuu I cf ilcd In njiii'i' jiiul Ihe Mi'illalois HllhiJicw (heir itilut BEGIN PROBE CONTROL CARRANZA STEAMERS END HASTENED BY AN EXPLOSION Empress of Ireland Sank Like LmhI After Coillslen Persons UnaMe t Make Their Way Fram CaMna'ta Deck Many Leaped aM Wart Drowned Rescued In lad Sfcape. H1MOUSKL iray J9. Probubly more than n thousand lives nml sure ly not less than 700 were lost when the great Canadian Pacific liner Km lircss nf Ireland sank before dawn todny in the St. Luwroneo river, ripcd oen from amidships to stem by the Danish collier Storstad. Thin was the eslimato made here tMfci", where the hysterical survivors, munv of tlicni pitiably maimed nud i.lmo-t naked, were being; brought. It was based on the fact that thu e'nipress carried 1437 jKTsons nil old. of whom H09 were rescued and landed here by tho shiW Kuroka and Lotiy Kvelyn. The Storstad at first reported to have more thnn .'100 sur vivors on board, had sailed for Que bec after having landed a hnndful of rescued nnd dead. Three CWn raHAemcern Hatrtl Of the saved, the crew nnd third class pussengtrs predominated. From partial lists available, it was evident that but n mere sprinkling of the first-class passengers were saved. Only three names of-cabin passen gers appeared in the preliminary lists. They were C. O. Henderson nnd C. W. Hurt, address un-tiitcd, and Walter Fenton of Manchester, Knglnud. The stricken vessel sank its if she were lend. An explosion nppurently originating in her ciigineroom, has tened her end, mid those persons who were able to make their wny from their cabins found themselves on a perilously slanting deck. Many leiiK'd nud were drowned. Others were fortunate enough to grasp drift wood or were picked up by life boats. It is apparent that the great hole toni in the ship's side admitted such it deluge of water that ninny must have been overeotno in their beds. Many lladly Crippled Tho rescued, fighting their wuy to the lifeboats from the careening deck, clinging desjienttely to the rajls or leaping blindly overboard, broke their arms or legs or otherwise in jured themselves so badly that twenty-two died nfter being picked up. Groaning, nud in sumo cases practically insensible, olhcrs were landed here, wlule the populace of the village gathered with medicines nud stimulants to reliuve their suf fering. A special train was made up this afternoon on which many were taken to Quebec and Montreal. Only it few were saved, according to the curly lists, nnd indications are that they lacked the strength to com bat conditions which confronted them. There was not, us wns ihe case on the Titanic, time for calm deliberation mid rigid observance of the unwritten law of the sea, "wo men first." Tl 10 1 IN JULY NKW YOKK, Muy '.'O. Cliarlerf Decker was sentenced today to die in the eleetrie chair ut King King during thu week beginning July U for tho minder of Herman llosun thai. When hu received tho SchIwiho Decker appeared calm, lie even III Hi cd lo friends in thu courtroom hh1 Hilled. Thu niUoni'r was I a ken lu the sheilf's officii muj hIIowwJ fivn mint tile with Mm wife, WmtlH J', Man Ion, Heeler1 luwvwv "W hh mikwJ would hu HIM Hl HttuAuy, 'PUk win net u h luy f nuiim, ml u vvur Mmy fb4pv M' ih UH uf m mm 4hn m .'. I i. ' . ' . BECKER SEN FNCED m '.