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Awful Sea Tragedy Due to Negligence Collier’s Officer
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VOLUME XIX, No. 193.
HE STORSTAD IS HELD
TO BLAME IN EMPRESS
OF HMD DISASTER
Findinq of the Commission Todav is That Sea Tragedy Was
Due to Change of Collier’s Course Ordered By the Third
Officer Without Instructions From the First Officer Who
Was in Charge
Evidence of Galway Regarding Steering Gear of the Sunken
Steamer Cannot Be Relied Upon, Says the Board—Find
Tuftnes Wrong and Negligent in Changing Course of Vessel
and in Not Calling the Captain When Fog Came on.
Quebec, Que.—The collier Storstad
is held to blame for the Empres °f
Ireland disaster in the findings of the
wreck commission handed down to
day.
The commission held that the dis
aster was due to the Storstad’s change
of course, ordered by the third officer
without instructions from the firpt
officer, w'ho was in charge of the col
lier at the time.
The Empress was sunk in the St.
Lawrence on May 29 with a loss of
more than 1,000 lives.
Began June 16th.
The inquiry into the disaster was
begun in Quebec on June 16 by a com
mission composed of Lord Mersey, for
merly presiding justice of the British
admiralty court; Sir Odolfo Routhier
of Quebec and Chief Justice McLeod
of New Brunswick. - •
The commissioners were assisted In
their work by Commander Cabome of
the British Royal Naval Resterve;
Prof. John Welsh of New Castle, Eng.;
Captain N. Demers of the Dominion
wreck commission, and Engineer Com
mander Howe of the Canadian navai
service. Commander Caborne and Prof.
Welsh were nominated by the British
hoard of trade. I-ord Mersey also pre
sided over the inquiry into the Titanic
disaster.
Was on Bridge.
The col’ er> third officer, found re
sponsible, is Alfred Tuftenes. He was
on the bridge when the crash occurred.
"We regret,” says the finding, “to
have to impute blame to any one In
connection with this lamentable dis
' aster and we should not do so if we
felt .at any reasonable alternative
was left to us. We can, however,
come to no other conclusion than that
Mr. Tuftenes was wrong and negli
gent in altering his course in the fog,
as he undoubtedly did, and "that he
was wrong and negligent in keeping
the navigation of the vessel in his
own hands and in failing to call the
captain, when he saw the fog coming
on. .*
"It is not to be supposed that thus
disaster was in any way attributable
to any special characteristic of the
St. Lawrence waterway. It was a dis
aster which might TiUve occurred in
the Thames, in the Clyde, in the Mer
sey, or elsewhere, in similar eircum
stanc.s.
The Quick Sinking.
"Such is the conclusion at which
we have arrived on the question as to
who was to blame for it. But a ques
tion of much greater public interest
and importance remains tp .be consid
ered viz: Why the ship sank so quick
ly and what steps, if any, can be tak
en to prevent the terrible consequences
which so often follow such disasters.
“The main difference between the
officers (the officers of the Empress
and the Storstad respectively) is to
be found in the description of the
way in which the two vessels were
approaching each other at the time the
Empress of Ireland changed her course
after having obtained an offing lro.n
Father Point.
Red to Red.
“The witnesses from the Storstad
i y they were approaching so as to
Jpass red to red, while those from the
Entpr s of Ireland say they were ap
proaching so as to pass green to green.
The stories are irreconcilable and we
have to determine which is the more
probable. Times, distances and bear
ings vary so much even in the evi
,-en'-« from witnesses from the same
ahip that it is impossible to rely 1 or
to base conclusions upon them. We
have therefore thought it advisable to
found our conclusion almost entirely
upon the events spoken of by the
witnesses at-u upon their probable se
quence in order to arrive at a solution
of the difficulty.
Was Mistaken.
"After carefully weighing the evi
dence we have come to the conclu
sion that Mr. Tuftenes was miataken
if he supposed that there was any in-
Contlnued on Page Seven
Tobacco Taboo Won't Follow Barring of
Liquor in Navy; Great Satisfaction Thereat
Washington.—Genera! satisfaction was expressed today throughout
naval circles when It became known that Secretary Daniels, contrary to
expectations, had authorized retention of popular brands of tobacco and
articles which it bad been rumored would be denied admission to the
commissary stores.
The action of the secretary, following the enlorcement of his order
abolishing the officers wine mess, officially ujiset what had became a
general belief among the enlisted men that they too would be denied cer
tain proprietary articles which they had heretofore enjoyed. Under the
order not only will those be retained but it Is intended to assure greater
Vstitude of choice to the men by admitting additional brands of tobac
cos and personal commodities, in announcing Ms decision Secretary
Daniels said:
I firmly believe that the enlisted men of the fleet should be al
lowed to buy what thev want. I feel that in purrhasing these supplies
I am acting as trustee for the men and that it is my duty to make this
possible so far as lie* in my power.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
INGALLS, rar
nays DEAD
Noted Financier Passes Away
From Heart Failure—Body to
Cincinnati For Interment.
Hot Springs, Va.—Melville E. In
galls, financier and railroad man, died
here today of heart failure.
Mr. Ingails had been at his summer
, '/ re for som e time. Members
of the family and friends say he had
been gradually declining for months
but his illness had been more marked
during the last few weekes. Three
days ago he suffered from an ulcerated
tooth and. the shock of treatment was
fatal. He- became unconscious soon
afterward and was only roused once
or twice before he died.
Hurriedly Summoned.
Melville E. Ingalls, Jr summoned
hurriedly from New York, arrived at
the deathbed and was recognized by
his father once during the last hours.
Mrs. Ingalls, the widow, and a daugh
ter, MiSs Gladys Ingalls, also were at
the bedside when death came.
The body will be taken to Cincin
nati tomorrow night on a special
train and the funeral services will be
held at 2 p. in., Monday, at the Uni
tarian church there. Burial will be
in the family plot in Cincinnati. These
pallbearers have been selected:
Chas. P. Taft, John W. Warrington,
Harry Gesst, Arthur Spern, Frank
Wibourg, Judson Harmon, E. F. Os
borne, J. C. li. Scarborough, W. W.
Brown, Joseph Wilby, William Worth
ington, and C. K. Holmes, all of Cin
cinnati, and George Simson of Los
Angeles.
By Four bons.
Besides the widow and laughte r ,
Mr. Ingalls is usrvived by four sons,
MeilvHle K. Ingalls, Jr., and Kay In
galls of New York; Geo. H. Ingalls
of Chicago and Albert S. Ingalls of
Cleveland. No statement was made
here today on behalf of the family as
to the extent of the dead man’s estate
further than that there Is a will and
that his death having been anticipat
ed his affairs had been set in order.
It was said he withdrew from all
active business connections some time
ago and had disposed of many of his
interests to those whom he wished to
have them after his death.
Until two years ago. Mr. Ingalls was
chairman of the board of directors of
the Rig Four Railroad, the transpor
tation line with which his name was
most closely identified, although he
was a opwerful figure, in what gene
rally are known as the Vanderbilt
group of railroads. Besides his homo
here, he had a home in Cincinnati
and a new one in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Ingalls was in his seventy-sec
ond year. He was born at Harrison,
Me., in 1842, was reared on a farm and
educated at Bowdoin and Harvard. Ht
was graduated as a lawyer and began
practice at Urey, Me., but soon re
moved to Boston and in 1867 was elect
ed a member of the state senate.
His Career.
His career as a railroad man and fi
nancier began In 1870, when he became
president, and a year later, receiver
of the old Indianapolis, Cincinnati and
LaFayette Railroad. In reorganiza
tions he created the Cincinnati, Indi
anapolis, St. Louis and Chicago and
later consolidated it with other rail
roads, forming the Big Four System,
of which he was chairman. He was
president of the Chesapeake and Ohio
from 1888 to 1900, was democratic can
didate for mayor of Cincinnati In 1903
and president of the National Civic
Federation in 1905. He was also Inter
ested in banking in Cincinnati.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 11, 1914.
i© UEBEL ©EfIEML E@M PMES 3 f
Principal Witness Against Mrs. Carman
' •'iX'Ss' 1 „lA; YSAM
COLLECTOR ED WOOD BARDES.
Freeport, L. I.—Eiwood Bardes, the Insurance collector, whose testi
mony at the coroner's inquest into the mysterious death of Mrs. Louise
Bailey, who was slain in Dr. Edwin Carman’s office here more than a
week ago, resulted in the arrest of Mrs. Florence Carman, wife of Dr.
Carman. He said that on the night of the murder he saw a woman, re
sembling Mrs. Carman, running away from the window through which the
shot was fired that killed Mrs. Bailey. Bardes swore that he was walking
in front of the Carman home at th e time the shot was fired and looked
in time to see Mrs. Carman, or a woman who looked like her, running to
wards the rear of the house.
ANALYZING THE TESTIMONY.
Mineola, L. I. —Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman, In jail here charged
with the murder of Ms. Jx>ulse Bailey, was engaged today in going over
the testimony given at the coroner’s Inquest with her attorney, George
M Levy. She was much more cheerful, having completely rocevered
from the collapse she suffered the morning after her arrest. Mrs. Car
man has aided him considerably, her attorney said, in analyzing the tes
timony which caused her arrest.
The evidence In the case will be presented to the grand Jury on
Tuesday, according to present plans.
SCHOOL TROSTEES FAVOR
PLATZ FOR NEW TURMAN
Proposition Explained This Mo ruing to Board of Education at
Regular Meeting and Resolution Unanimously Adopted.
Finance and High School Committees Vested With Power
to Act,
The Board of Education of Rich
mond county, at its regular monthly
meeting, held at the Tubman high
school nt 10 o’clock this morning,
unanimously gave to the high school
and finance committees of the board
the light to purchase the plat of land
on Walton Way, known as the Schuet
zen Plats, which ha* been under ad
visement as a proposed site for the
new Tubman high school for some
time.
Resolution Adopted.
The action was taken by adopting
the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the finance and
high school committees, together with
the president and secretary of the
Board of Education, !)<■ given the pow
er to purchase the Hchuctzcn Plats
property and the lots between said
property and Walton Way, not to ex
ceed SIB,OOO, In the name of the Board
of Kducation, provided the titles are
satisfactory and that suitable finan
cial arrangements can be made and
thatsald purchase commends ltaelf to
the Judgment of said committees and
officer#.”
The meeting was presided over by
President Jas L. Fleming. After the
minutes of the previous meeting were
read and adopted, Superintendent Law -
ton B. Ryans, secretary of the board,
made his report verbally.
Rural Institute.
The trustees of the rural districts
were asked by the secretary to fur
nish him with the names of their
teachers elected for the ensuing year
Iri order to have them attend a rural
teachers’ Institute to be held In Au
(Contlnaed on page seven.)
HUERTA TO
RESIGN
AT ONCE
Carbajal, Who Took Foreign
Affairs Portfolio Yesterday,
Successor —Part of General
Program to Arrange Terms of
Peace With Rebels
Washington.—lnformation was re
ceived front Mexico City by diplomatic
here today saying General Huerta
would esign t'ne presidency of Mexico
within two or three days in favor of
Francisco Carbajal, newly appointed
minister of ioroigti affairs.
It was learned that the appointment
of Crbujai, who took office yesterday
Is part of a general program by which
it is hoped to mke peace with the con
stitutionalists.
Awaiting the Move.
Ti'e xiuerta delegates to the Niag'
ara conference are understood to have
been awaiting tills move for several
days. Carbajal lias long been a mem
ber of the supreme court of Mexico
and on May iilst last was elected
chief Justice.
Realizing that the constitutionalist
generals woudl disapprove the plan
for peace conferences with represen
tatives of Huerta, as proposed by the
mediators, because they do not wish
to have dealings in any form with the
present provisional presdent, the sug
gestion was made to the Huerta group
that another man be placed In power
with whom the constitutionalists
might leel disposed to treat.
Liberal Sympathies.
Carbajal Is a member of the class
which supported Huerta but 1h regard
ed as having liberal sympathies. He
was the peace envoy whom General
Porfirto Diaz sent to Juarez in 1911
and arranged with Madero for the
transfer of power to the successful
revolutionists.
It is believed here that Carbajal
will endeavor to arrange terms of
peace which would he virtually terms
of surrender. The people in Mexico
City are reported apprehensive oi a
military conquest, of the capital and
the efforts of an influenaial class are
believed to he directed toward ar
ranging a peaceful transfer of power.
No Large Army.
There would be no necessity for a
large army to enter the Mexican cap
ital under such a plan, but merely a
few thousand men able to mantain
order If the federal troops evacuated
With the naming of Carbajal renewed
efforts will be made, it is understood,
by the Mexican delegates who were
at the Niagara conference to bring
about a peace parley. Washington
representatives oT Carranza are In
favor if such a plan.
Reduce Whiskey Output
By 20 Million Gallons
Louisville, Ky.—More than half the
distillers of Kentucky, according to
information made public today, have
agreed to join In a movement that wlli
reduce the 1914 output 20 million gal
lons on acount of large stocks and
over production during the past five
years, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois dis
tillers are said to be taking like steps
IhstlUers point out thut decreased
demand is not responsible for the pro
posed curtailment. They said statistics
showed consumption of whiskey had
Increased from 20 million gallons to
85 million gallons In the pant four
years but that in the same time pro
duction has Jumped from 20 million
gallons to 46 million gallons.
Names Conciliators to
Atlanta Textile Strike
Washington, —Secretary Wilson has
named Herman Robinson of New York
and W. W. Husband of the bureau of
Immigration, conciliators to try to end
the strike of 1,200 textile mill workers
in Atlanta, On.
HIGH WATER SUBSIDES.
Scranton, Pa.— High water caused
by yesterday's storm during which a
maii and a boy were drowned and an.
other man killed by lightning had
completely subsided today. Several
railroads were tied up Tor hours last
night because of washouts but practi
cally normal schedules were resumed
today. Ixiwer levels In several coal
mines were flooded but no serious
damage was done. Five deaths due
to the storm occurred In various parts
of the state.
GERMAN POET DEAD.
Berlin—Prof Julius Flodenber" the
German poet and author, died here
today In his 84th year.
$6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.
J. Hamilton Lewis Having
Trouble Over Appointment
of Morris
SENATOR J. HAMILTON LEWIS
Washington—Senator J. Hamilton
Lewis Is having trouble with another
appointment which lie lias urged Pres
ident Wilson to make, it lias devel
oped that Ira Nelson Morris, who lias
been named as minister to Sweden,
will have to wait until he has under
gone a careful scrutiny on the part of
the senate, before his nomination will
lie confirmed Senator Lewis recdm
niondod the appointment of Mortis,
who Is a son of the late Nelson Mor
ris. Morris was made a party to ac
tion brought against the beef trust, al
though lie never had been active in
the packing business.
I'M A MARRIED
MAI), SAYS MINES
Att’y Who Secured Divorce For
Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis
Tells of Her Attempts at
Suicide.
Portland, Ore. Mrs FJolse Nelms
I lennis, who disappeared after writing
her mother In Atlanta, Ga., that she
had killed her slater and intended to
kill tier brother, talked about such a
plan with Victor E. Inries, former as
sistant United States district attorney
of Nevada, as long as a year and a
half ago, Innes said here today
He asserted that she told nlm on
one oecaslon she had tried to shoot
herself but when the revolver missed
fire three times “she rather lost her
nerve.”
Innes was her counsel in a success
ful suit for divorce in Reno IS months
ago.
“I havent the slightest Idea where
the women are,” he said. He added
that Mrs. Dennis had shown great af
fection for tier son and said she would
like to kill herself “so that $20,000 or
$20,000 life insurance she carried could
go to her boy.”
Innes denied reports connecting him
with Mrs. Dennis except that he hud
aided her as attorney In getting her
divorce. Ho said all he hud heard
from her since the divorce was grant
ed was In business letters. He denied
reports that he had been In Atlanta
and was negotiating Mexican Invest
ments.
Innes emphatically denied the re
port that lie ever had been engaged
to Mrs. I>ennls. ‘T have a wife with
whom I have been ever since we cagne
from Nevada," he said.
Says Bubonic Plague is
Well Under Control in N.O.
Washington—Surgeon Oenorai Blue
arid other officers of the public iiealth
service have assured Secretary M<
Adoo that the bubonic blague Infec
tion is well under control at New Or
leans and the situation there is not
a menace to International shipping.
The state department was naked to
day to urge Honduras, Count Rica and
Haiti to raise their quarantine.
BAD TYPHOID RECORD.
Washington. Virginia had a morn
unfavorable typhoid fever report than
any other state in 1913, according to
a statement today by the public health
service giving statistics reported to
that service hy state health officers,
in Vlrginlla there were fi,#«B cases of
typhoid fever reported, which Is 2.80 S
coses to every 1,000 population, the
highest ratio shown. South Dakota
showed the best record with only 143
cases or .222 case to every 1,000 In
habitants.
TO VERA CRUZ.
Mexico City. Roberto Estevn Ruiz,
former acting Mexicun foreign min
Intel*, le!t today for Vera Cruz on his
way to Europe and South America.
HOME
EDITION
ALL ARMY
CHIEFS
BARRED
At Villa-Carranza Representa
tives Meet, Amend Plan of
Guadalupe. No Military
Leader Can Become Mexico’s
Provisional President
Torreon, Mex—At the conference
between Carranza and Villa represen
tatives here the plan of Guadalupe,
under which the present revolution
lias been operating, was amended ao
us to prevent any military loader from
becoming provisional president of
Mexico. This would eliminate Car
ranza, Villa, Angeles or any of the
leaders now in the field as presiden
tial possibilities. Tills was stated in a
lengthy official statement Issued her*
by the delegates.
Call a Congress.
According to the amendments of
Hie revolution plan, upon assuming
control of thq government of Mexico
City Carranza would ea|J at once a
congress oi his military leaders and
representatives of the rank and file
who would be spoken for by one dele
gal o to every thousand men. This
body would adapt a plan for the hold
ing of elections and program Tor what
(policies shoudl be pot into effect by
the functionaries who might be elect
ed. It was stated positively that “no
constitutional chief could t'igure as a
candidate for president or vice-presi
dent.”
Spirited at Times
The official statement showed the
argument had been sniDt—t
but it reflected n TCBitefcufflfiWC jffne *
delegates of Villa’s
division anil those reprdeentlng! Die
division of the east as ipokesmeif for
Carranza. At the beginning ot
session which extended over almost a
week lie' Villa delegates . requested
that Carranza choose a “responsible
cabinet," miming various p«nonS> a»
those who would be acceptable to re
place the present membert* of the prdt,
visional ealiinet.
Villa Modifications X
The Villa delegates modified their
suggestion and all delegates agreed
to present a list of names from which
could he chosen a “directing commit
tee" of the government. They were;
Iglesius CalVleron, Lula Cabrera, An
tonio I. Vlllereal, Miguel Silva, Man
uel Bonilla. Alberto Panl, Eduardo F.
Hay, Ignacio L. Pespueira, Miguel
Dlez Lombardo, Jose VasconceTloe,
Miguel Al.hblo Robles and Frederlco
Gonzalez Garza.
An Important act of the conference
was directed against the clergy which
had taken part In the Huerta-Dlas
revolution. The statement said:
"Members of the Roman Catholic
clergy, who actually or Intellctually
had assisted the usurper Vlctorlano
Huerta should be punished."
PASSENGERS ALL
SAFELY LANDED
Steamer Invermore Resting on
Rocks With Only Top Deck
Above Water.
St. Johns, N. F.—All passenger* on
the costal steamer Invermore, which
struck on the rocks near Brig Harbor
Point, on the l-abi ador coast, last
night, were landed safely today.
Messages received here from the
scene of the wreck said that tihe
steamer filled rapidly after striking
and was today resting on the rocka
with only her top deck above water.
The Invermore struck while trying
to avoid the heavy ice north oT the
Htralt of Belle Island. She left here
July 4th to go as far north as the Ice
would permit. She oarrled a heavy
freight and many passengers, most
of them Labrador fishermen and plan
ters, bound north for the summer.
The steamer Kyle, with divers and
wrecking gear was sent from here for
Brig Harbor today as officers of the
Invermore believed there was some
hoi e of refloating the vessel.
Brig Harbor Point is on the nortr
side of Hamilton inlet, a little south
of the 55th parallel of latitude and
about 275 miles north of Belle Isle-
It Is on a desolate stretch of roclfr
bound coast peopled only by a few
scattered families of fishermen. The
Invermore, formerly called the Drom
edary, Is owned by the Reid New-
Foundland Railway Company. She
was built at Glasgow In 1881, Is 250
feet long and has a gross tonnage of
975. ’’
LEAVE GUAM A 3.
On Bord U. 8. 8. California, Maxat
lan The cruiser California and the
destroyer Preble sailed today to Santa
Rosalia, a large French mining town
across the Gulf of California, from
Ouaymas. The gunboat Annapolis and
the German cruiser I-elpalc sailed foa
Guayuiaa. . J..