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Of 964 Dead, 500 Await Identification; 555 Saved
THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight
and Sunday.
VOLUME XIX. No. 150.
DEAD PILED IN TIERS
IN TEMPORARY MORGUE;
300 BODIES RECOVERED
Women and Children Plentifully Rep
resented in Grim Rows of Corpses
From the Empress of Ireland—Car
penters and Undertakers Work During
Night—Stories of the Disaster By Sur
vivors Give Vivid Details of the Most
Terrible Tragedy in Annals of the St.
Lawrence
Few of Harvest of the Rescue Ships So Far Recognized.
Many Foreigners Among Dead Judging From Passports on
Bodies —Vessel, With Deck at Right Angles to Water,
Sank With Only Five Life Boats Launched—Captain Re
grets He Didn’t Go Down With Ship
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Quebec. —Of the thousand or more persons who went to their death
with the sinking of the liner Empress of Ireland, the bodies of more than
300 had been recovered today. The survivors—estimated at 355—were
enroute to their homes garbed in garments supplied by the residents
of Rimouski.
Early today the bulk of the dead then recovered were placed on the
government vessel Lady Evelyn at Rimouski to be brought to this port
pending identification.
QUEBEC IN MOURNING.
The whole of Quebec mourned today, awaiting the arrival of the
dead from Rimouski. Undertakers from far and near have been sum
moned to the city and the government dock, so-called, has been convert
ed into a morgue. Huge piles of coffins await the dead. They will be
ranged in rows together with any scant belongings they possessed to
facilitate the identification. A few were identified at Rimouski today,
but it will be long, slow work.
WITH ARMS EXTENDED.
Some bodies wore life belts when picked up and of these ir nv had
died with their arms extended above t'heir heads. The mother, prev
iously mentioned, who held the body of her dead child to her breast wore
a gold chain bearing a gold cross.
Survivors arriving here and at Montreal all agree on outstanding
points of the disaster. It was so quick that there was no time for in
telligent concerted action. Hundreds of women, it is said, might have
been saved had they not stopped to dress.
Montreal. —In the latest estimate
of figures issued by the Canadian Pa
cific Railway the total number who
lost their lives in the Empress of Ire
land is reduced to 964. Of this num
ber 753 were passengers and 211
crew. Of the 403 saved the passen
gers numbered 201, crew 202.
Grim Rows.
Quebec More than 1,000 persons
lost their lives when the Canadian
Pacific steamship Empress of Ireland
sank in the St. Lawrence early Friday
after a collision with the Danish col
lier Storstad. Figures compiled by the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company,
and made public today indicated that
1,032 persons in all had perished. Their
list follows:
Saved: First class passengers, 18;
second and third class passengers, 131;
crew, 206; total, 355.
The number of pasengers carried by
the Empress of Ireland: First class,
87; second class, 153; third class, 715;
crew, 432; total, 1,387.
With the survivors in Quebec,
where they were being given every
possible care, attention again turned
today to Rimouski, where efforts to
recover the bodies of victims are in
progress. Early today the number of
bodies landed there passed the 300
mark.
For Identification.
The dead were plied in tiers, mak
ing it possible to closely scrutinize
the bodies for Identification. Few
have so far been recognized. There
appear to be many foreigners among
the dead, judging from passports
found on the bodies.
Women and children are plentifully
represented in the grim pile, among
them one mother with her child press
ed closely to her breast. Those who
witnessed the scene at Rimouski,
where the sad harvest of the rescue
ships was laid on the piers, said the
sight was heartrending. Many of
them stared Heavenward with wide
open eyes; some with horror in them
and others with an air of puzzled sur
prise. There was Httle attempt to
cover the corpses and for the most
part they lay practically as they had
been taken out of the water, some half
dressed and others nearly naked.
The Funeral Ship.
The tender Lady Grey has been des
ignated aB a funeral ship and is ex
pected t.o reach Quebec late today with
the bodies of the dead so far recover
ed. An army Of carpenters and under
takers worked all last night and today
converting one of the large freight
sheds on the harbor front into a tem
porary morgue.
The collier Storstad. which rammed
the ill-fated liner, arrived here short
ly after one o'clock this morning ac
rompanied by the wrecking steamer
Strathcona and anchored in mid
stream. A press boat went' out but
newspaper men were refused permis
sion to board. It was learned, how
ever that she had saven many of the
Empress passengers.
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Vote For the Bond Issue Early Monday Morning
: THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. -
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
PRAY IN NIGHT
BEFORE SAILING
Almost Continuous Service
Held By U. S. Salvation Army
For Comrades Lost in Dis
aster.
New York.—Nearly 700 delegates
to the International Convention of the
Salvation Army, to which more than
a hundred of the ill-fated passengers
of the Empress of Ireland, were
bound, sailed today for London on the
liner Olympic.
A score or more, it was learned,
cancelled their passage at the last
moment, after hearing of the steam
ship disaster.
Eight from Village.
Houston, Minn —Eight from this lib
tie village of 200 people, including its
leading business men, were lost on
the Empress bf Ireland. They were:
Andrew Carlson, Ulf Johnson, John
Gustafson, Mrs. Alvin Carlson and
four children.
For Dead Comrades-
New York—At Salvation Army
headquarter: here, 700 delegates from
all parts of the United States, as
sembled to sail today aboard the Olym
pic to attend the international conven
tion in London, held an almost con
tinuous prayer service last night for
their comrades who perished In the
Empres of Ireland disaster. Messages
received by Commander Eva Hoolh,
from Lieut. Gov. J. M. Gibson, of the
province of Ontario, confirmed reports
that few of the Canadian delgates
aboard the Empress, probably not
more than 20, were rescued.
Commander Rooth was overcome by
the news of the disater. The loss
of Commander Rees leaves the army
In Canada without a head. Most of
those who perished belonged tp tho
preaching staff.
Torpedo Flotilla Will
Search For Luckenbach
Washington—Captain William H.
Sims, commanding the Torpedo Flo
tilla, returning from Vera Cruz, today
was ordered by the navy department
to search for the missing steamer F.
J. Luckenbach. The nine destroyers
and the tenders Birmingham and Dixie
will form In an extended line about 70
miles long as theyprocee d north
ward to search for the missing ship.
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TO VERY LAST
THE CAPTAIN
IT IS POST
Commander of the Empress of
Ireland Shouted His Orders
Through Megaphone Above
the Screaming and Moaning
Until the End
Montreal—Exhausted survivors of
the Empress of Ireland disaster, wear
ing misfit clothing supplied by the
people of Rimouski, arrived in Mon
treal today. In the party was a rem
nant of Salvation Army band, moro
than a hundred of whom perished. The
survivors included:
Messrs. Mclntyre, Masures, Green
away, Staff Captain McAmmond,
Lieut. Keith, James Johnston, Major
and Mrs. Atwell, E. Green, Captain
Spooner, little Grace Hannagan, Miss
Bales, all of Toronto; Miss Cook and
Band Sargeant Fowler and Miss Wll
mot, of Winnipeg. “I was looking
through the porthole in my cabin
amidships,” said Band Sargeant Fow
ler, "when I saw a big black shape
loom up out of the darkness. It seemed
only a few feet away.
Grinding Sensation.
"Then came the Jolt; it could not he
called a crash, because it was more
of a grinding sensation. Befire I real
ized whut had happened, my cabin be
gan to fill with water. I rushed up the
main companionway. I saw a girl with
a baby In her arms and a little child
following her. The girl begged me to
put a lifebelt on her, so I stopped long
enough to do this.”
By the time Wowler had reached
the deck, he said, the ship was listing
badly and the passengers had to cling
to the rail to keep from going over the
side. Fowler Jumped.
“I went down and down until 1
thought my lungs would burst," he
said. “Bodies bumped into me. Once
a man threw his arms around me and
I had to fight to break his grip. I
swam several hundred feet and was al
most exhausted when a boat picked
me up.”
The Last Man.
Among resident survivors not in the
salvation army who arrived here, was
Thomas Kmart, who says he believes
he was the last man to speak to
Captain Kendall before the collision.
"I was sitting out on the upper deck,”
he said, "and when the raplaln walked
past about half past one o'clock, and
said: “It Is a nice night, but it looks
to me as though a fog Is coming. You
never know how soon a fog will drop
on you at this part of the river.”
Held on To Rail.
When the crush came, Hmurt says,
he saw C'apfaln Kendall on the bridge.
He was holding on to the rail, shout
ing orders to the crew, leaning over
and waving his hands. Hi: heard him
say: "Keep your heads there, and
don't get excited.” When a boat
dropped sideways Into the water the
captain srerned to realize that the
llneer was lost, for he shouted: "Hur
ry up, there, everybody. There is not
a minute to lose. Get the steward*
through the corridors. If there are
doors looked, break them In. Get the
people out and don't forget that the
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and barges in one of the chain of locks at Gatun Dam, Pa
)f how the barges appeared in going through the canal, from
'icial test.
30 SPEED
KINGS
OFF
Auto Drivers of Six Nations
Contesting For $50,000
Prizes in Annual 500 Mile
Motor Race at Indianapolis
Speedwav
Indianapolis.—At the half way dis
tance Hoillet was pressing Thomas
hard for the lead, with Christiaens
trailing in third position. The time
was 3:58:45, or at the rate of 82.85
miles an hour. Nineteen cars are
still in the race.
Indianapolis.—Thomas had regain
ed his lead at the end of 200 miles
and was nearly a lap ahead of his
team mate, Guyot, while Boillet had
edged up into third place. Thomas’
time was 2.25:59, two minutes ahead
oT the time for the same distance last
year. It was officially announced
that. Dawson's only injury was a
broken collarbone. A number of cars
dropped out in the last few laps,
among those being driven by Burman,
Wilcox and Chandler.
For First Place.
Indianapolis.—Guyot and Duray
were lighting for first place when the
150-mile mark was reached with the
latter in the lead at that time. Bragg
was in third place. The time was
1:45:27.
On Time.
Indianapolis. —The race was started
promptly at 10 o’clock.
Oldfield had trouble with Ills car
when it was brought out to be lined
up and it was announced that oil had
been poured in the engine. He man
aged to get it in working order in
time to make the start.
Ralph I)e Palma, who withdrew yes
terday, was an Interested npeetator
from the press stand.
First 100 Miles.
Indianapolis.—The first hundred
miles of the annual 1,500 mile auto
mobile race here today was complet
ed by the leader, Thomas, in 1:09:35,
or at. the rate of more than 87 miles
an hour. Thomas was closely follow
ed by Duray and Bragg In the order
named.
To Hospital.
Indlznapolis. Gllhooley’s car, 49,
overturned on the southwest turn
and both the driver and the mnchanl
can were taken to the hospital Both
were thought to hove been seriously
Injured.
30 Drivers.
Indianapolis, Ind,—Thirty cars, rep
resenting six nations—United States,
Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy
and Belgium today battled for cash
prizes totalling $60,000 at the Indlan
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OFFICES ARE
BESIEGED BY
GREATCROWOS
British Public Stunned at
Awful Sea Disaster —It Was
Thought Last Night That
Greater Part of Passengers
of the Empress of Ireland Had
Been Saved
K 'London.—A number of passengers
who had hooked berths on trans-At
lantic steamers Bailing today concell
ed (heir trips at the last moment as
tho result of the accident to the Em
press of Ireland.
* Stunned by News.
London.—The British public, which
went home last night believing the
greater part of the passengers on
hoard the Empress of Ireland had sur
vived was shocked this morning to
learn that the loss of life exceeded
1,000 and that many of the victims
were from the United Kingdom.
Great crowds besieged the lajhdon
and Liverpool offices of the company
and anxiously scanned the lists of
rescued.
There were many pitiable scenes
when women and men who had wait
ed many hours In the hope of hearing
that, friends or relatives were safe
finally turned away In despair.
Message from King.
King George early In the morning
sent a messenger to the European
manager of the Canadian Pacific, ex
pressing his sodrow and regret at the
disaster. Later he cabled to the Duke
of Connaught, governor general of
Canada, ' i am deeply grieved over
the awful disaster to the Empress of
Ireland in which so many Canadians
lost their lives. Queen Mary and I
both assure you of our hearfelt syi.i
I athy with those who mourn for the
loss oT relatives and friends.
To Sir Thomas Hhaughnessy, presi
dent of tho Canadian Pacific Hallway,
his majesty called:
In the appalling disaster which has
befallen your company by the loss of
the Emiress of Ireland, In which so
many perished, I offer you my sincere
sympathy.”
From ’"rench President.
Tho king received this morning the
following telegram from Raymond
Poincare, president of France:
"It Is with profound emotion that I
learn of tho terrible catastrophe In
connection with tho Empress of Ire
land which will plunge so many fam
ilies Into mourning. From my heart
I tender to your majesty the sincere
regret and keen sympathy 'of the
French people.”
The Irish Nationalist convention at
a meeting today In Ixndon passed a
resolution o' sympathy with tho rel
atives and friends of those wh% died
on the Empress.
The lord mayor of Linden, upon
learning of the extent of the disas
ter, decided to open a fund toward
relief of the widows and orphans of
those who had been lost.
$6.00 PER YEAR —5 CENTS PER COPY.
MEDIATORS
ON NEW
ISSUE
Send Word That the Carranza
Communication Won’t “Dis
turb Course of the Peace
Negotiations.” Washington
Most Hopeful
Niagara Falls, Ont.—Mr. Uriquidi
called on the American delegates this
forenoon and discussed with Mr. Leh
mann the constitutionalists’ attitude
toward mediation. The inference v s
that the American delegates would
champion the cause of the constitu
tionalists until it had been determin
ed whether the Cararn/.a faction would
have personal representation here
during the continuance of the nego
tiations.
The Carranza Issue.
Washington. The mediators' state
ment that the receipt of the Carranza
communication “did not disturb tho
course of the negotiations" was receiv
ed here In an optimistic vein and ad
ministration leaders were more hope*
lul than ever that mediation ultimate*
lj would lie directed to a solution ot
all of Mexico’s ills.
Vexing Problem.
Niagara Falls, Ont. -The South
American mediators were confronted
witli the vexing problem of whether or
not they will permit constitutionalist
representatives to enter the confer
ences here.
On the subject of constltutionalint
representation, the Huerta delegates
have decided among themselves that
they will abide by any decision the
mediators may make.
The mediators today reiterated that
the course of the mediation proceed
ings would not he disturbed by the
new representations.
American Delegates.
There watr every reason to believe,
however, that the American delegates
who are thought to have Interceded to
obtain an audience for ITniuidi yester
day, might pursue the matter further
so as to bring about constitutionalist
representation In the conferences. The
view of tin? American delegates is that
it. would be far more satisfactory to
deal with the various factions before
any agreement is signed. Meantime
the Huerta and American delegates to
day still were waiting word from their
respective governments before giving
final approval to the tentative plan
before them.
FOR THE SAKE OF HUMAN LIVES
DR. J. R. LITTLETON PLEADED FOR
THE BOND ISSUE TO BE VOTED
Most Able and Earnest Address By Gentleman Whom Mr. Pope
Introduced As the Next Mayor of Augusta—Probably
3,000 People Attended Enthusiastic Bond Meeting Last
Night in Allen Park.
A most enthusiastic meeting In the
Interest of the bond Issue was held last
night in Allen Bark. Probably 3,000
people, principally from the fourth and
fl.fth wards, gathered in the vicinity
of the speakers' stand and for nearly
two hours listened with great Interest
while various gentlemen spoke In fa
vor of the bond Issue of $750,000 to
finish the levee, which will be decided
on Monday.
The principal speaker of the evening
was Dr. James R. Littleton, whom Mr,
Frederick B. Pope, chairman of the
special bond committee of the River
and Canal Commission, Introduced as
the next mayor of Augusta. The men
tion of Dr. Littleton In connection wllli
ttie mayoralty, brought forth loud and
prolonged cheering and the sentiment
in favor of the suggestion seemed
unanimous. The meeting was called lo
order by Mr. Pope who stated Ub ob
ject
At 8:30 o'clock, when the meeting
began, there was a large crowd pres
ent, many having come frotn the upper
section of the city when the brass bund
of 15 pieces that gave a concert at
Broad mid Crawford Avenue from 7:45
to 8:16, marched down to Allen Park.
There were a large number of ladies in
the assemblage also, and they listened
to the speakers with equally as much
Interest as the men.
On tho platform with Dr. Littleton
and Mr. Pope were probably a hundred
people, Ineluding Hon. Charles Estes,
nonogenarlan and several times mayor
of Augusta, ex-Congressman Wil
liam II Fleming; Councilman Julian
M. Smith, of the fifth ward; Mr. A. J.
Allen, former president of the Au
gusta federation of Trades, and others.
The hand played Insplrng music and
the evening, whllo warm, was nut un
comfortable.
Dr, Littleton’s Speech,
Dr. Littleton Immediately launched
into his subject as soon as he was In
troduced Hnd for over half an hour he
pleaded with the people to vote for
the bond Issue Monday. Dr. Littleton's
manner showed his great earnest
ness and It was conceded that he made
one of the strongest speeches that he
HOME
EDITION
A UNITED
AMERICA
READY’
War a Terrible Thing, Says
Senator Smoot. But if Needed
in Mexico a United People
Prepared to Enforce Respect
For Flag
Washington. Senator Smoot in
his Memorial Day address referred
to tlie Mexican situation today. He
said:
Not. many days since there were
brought home the bodies of our men
at-arms slain at the taking of Vera
Uniz. The entire nation mourned
the nohip dead. To maintain the na
tion s liono,- these men died and to
day a million men, if necessary, are
ready to finish the task which they
began. These men gave their lives
that brutal murders of American citi
zens and bloody anarchy should cease
arid that our flag should lie respected
In the republic to the south of uh.
in Every Call.
"We find the same spirit of patriot
ism, the same loyalty to our country
ut Vera Cruz today as has been man
ifested by the defenders of our flag
in every call for national defense.
We do honor to ourselves in honoring
tills day to the men who died at Vera
Cruz. The Vera Cruz ‘invasion’ has
proven to the world, as did our war
with Spain, that this country is the
United States of America, filled witu
brave, generous, patriotic and God
fearing citizens.
“If conditions develop In Mexico
requiring our army to enter the cap
ital city of that unhappy and distract
ed republic, if we should become in
volved in real war with all factions,
or any faction in Mexico, there will
be no brothers arrayed against
brothers, no Americans against
Americans.
It will be a united American seek
ing to enforce respect for the ordi
nary obligations of civilization.
Wrongs must be righted beTore our
restraining band can be withdrawn.
“War is a terrible thing and should
he shunned and avoided as far as
possible Rut when the nation's
'honor is Involved, when our liberty ts
threatened, when humanity demands
It, war, In my opinion, is Justifiable.”
has ever delivered nt any time during
hls career. Dr. Littleton said that It
Ihe herein were net voted, work would
atop for the present on the new city
hospitals and might not start again for
many, many months. He said that
wdt-k would have to stop on the levee
and that that great protection to Au
gusta would he left In an Ineompleted
atate It' money was not provided for
the work to be continued.
"I am unwilling,” shouted Dr. Lit
tleton, "to take the responsibility of
letting (mother person In Augusta he
drowned by floods, to have property de
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colbmeTsls
FOR WEDDING
Off on the Olympic Accom
panied By Mrs. Longworth.
Kermit Marries on June 10th.
New York—Theodore Roosevelt, ac
companied by Philip Roosevlt, a
cousin, and hls eldest daughter, Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, sailed for Spain
today on the steamship Olympic to at
tend the wedding of hls son Kermit in
Madrid, on June 10, to Miss Belle Wil
lard, daughter of the American ambas
sador to S| iln.
The colonel said he had Issued an
Important political statement for pub
lication In tomorrow's papers. He
added that most of hls time while
awny will be devoted to wrltng an ac
count of hls Mouth American travels.
On the steamer. Colonel Roosevelt
had a meeting with 000. W. Perkins,
Alexander P. Core of Pittsburg, Medlll
McCormick of Chicago and several
other progressive leaders.