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SECOND
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WEATHER
Fair tonight nml Saturday
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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
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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.
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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
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