Evening sentinel, Saturday, July 6, 1918 · page 1

 

 

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Partly Cloudy Tonight With Rain

 

 

 
 

I Struck an Obstruction in the

Smashing a Big Hole in
Persons Down

 

 

 

‘ I’EORIA. I1L, July B.—-Approxi-h
my! 150 people were drowned or
trampled to death at midnight lastto ,to
night when the excursion steamer:
Columbia. carrying more than 500
people, struck an obstruction in
__ the Illinois river, and sank.
The excursion p ‘ started
from Pekin, fifteen m es distant
from here, early in the evening,
spent several hours at an amuse-I
, snout park 2-1111 this city and whenI

the return 11 to 11min. was aboutI
half completed the steamer ran
min t hob, sinnotlon, on the
Peoria era, in the log, 1111115111111:
11 big hole in her bow. The pilot
signalled tun speed astern, and as

soon as the vessel pulled clear oi _

the log or rock, she began to settle
. and within a few minutes sank
- carrying many persons down.

- Soon after the steamer strucknt
' . panic oecurrod among the passen-
13ers andmany men; women and
~ moron jumped into the umber
“without scouring the preserves-s.
”Those who could swim reached
honors, which was only a few feet
“away. Elbe mend deck of the
boot, where the dance hall is lo-
cated, was crowded when the
crash came, and it was here theta
' many were crushed to death in the
panic. _
Ray Jones, fireman on the
steamer,estimated that between
150 and 200 persons were on the
dance floor when boat struck and

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Said to'Have Been Part of
Revolutionary Plot in Tur-
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LONDON July 6.—Reports have

‘ that the death of the Sultan of T111-
. key. Mohammad V. which took place

 

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,llivers Working Bringing Up E
Crushed to Death Betwect

‘house on the listed side. The pilot,

 
 

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reached Londpn frpm Dutch s0u1ces .

juois River During a Fog,
ow, and Carrying Many

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IP MANY
IR IATE LAST NIfiMT

lodies of Those Who Were
1 the Docks

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believed many of these perished.
When the boat settled on the bot-

,tho water reached the s ,_ ,
10 ms immediately below the ’

 

w on he found his boat was sink»
in, sent distress signals and
within a short time, boats from
various directions came to the res
sub and began to [pick up those
st ggling in the water. but on
so aunt of the darkness, their e1»
10 s were badly hampered.

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es imatgd the 11111111er
1 ,but Capt. II. F. Mehl, of the
stedmer, said he behaved the num-
bo of dead was not more than 100.
1111 the break of day divers
went down into the sunken steam-
eirI to bring up bodies of the via
of the disaster believed to be
be ween the crushed decks of the
bo‘at
Mlmost at the same hour bearses
be 11 arriving at Pekin, bringing
th‘ first of the bodies of the vic-
t' s. Soldiers detailed from

I0 ps Bradley and Herring were

in Pekin to preserve order-.1
Coroner E. L. Olesry, 0:“ Tan.
w 11 County, early today swore in
' ury and left with the members
the scene.

 

h‘ been identified and seven in-
ju ed persons were in hospitals.
All known victims were residents
of Pekin or neighboring villages.

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raft Board .Plans to Dis-
pose of Newlyweds Imme-
diately-

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onr'chnesdsy night. was due to nab
and causes and presumably was part
1 of a levoluticnary movement in the
1 Ottoman empire. ‘
, Emperor Charles Message.
AMSTERDAM. July 6,--ln n mes»
sage to the new Sultan of Turkey, Em-
_ perm Charles 011111311111. is quoted in
.111 Vienna dispatch as saying:
‘f’l‘h‘o unconquemble bravery of our
cables and the stendfoistness of our;
courage our people have sueugilr'
cued our alliance with Germany tilnd
Bulgaria in the face of all our
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asses by reason or dependent wives
ve been re classified and placed in
ass l-A, according to the announce-
cnt from local board No. 14. All of
use cases were late mart-logos All
e men have been asked to appear at
e offices of the local board next
uesdny morning at 9 o ’clock for phy-
cal examination The 11st cl? men
changed from the deferred classes to
the general service class follows:

Herman A. Thoele, 20 Ridgewood
enue Woodbaven, L 1.; Albert M1111»

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RMY TRANSPORT .
nonunion AFIRE

 

 

July 6 aw'l'he Unilod
altos am transmit «demon has
hum care since. but has made on an
1 tin port m misty. The" was no

to of” life.
For: death: could in bad at the

or “new: last night. but it was

to?
At that time nineteen bodies,

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and German Agents Sup-
pressed by Premier Boths

STMIINII MILITARY

 

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Plot by Disgruntled Boers

 

* MEASURES TAKEN

Statement Says ConSpirators
Hoped for “Subversion of
Constitution by Violent
Methods”,

PRETDRIA. July 6,-Premie1' Baths.
of the Union of South Africa. has is»
sued 11 statement showing that serirus
unrest exists in South Africa. Strong
police and military measures are
being taken to cope with the situation

Premier limbs said 111st bad no!
prompt and effective military Insat-
ures been taken the situation would
I hare culminated in a grave disturb-

once and probably serious loss of life.

The floor leader added that the gov
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,Ihc existence of a movement liming
I for its object the subversion of the
constitution by \ioloni methods.

The oni of P1omler Bothn's state
mom follows:

As Prime Minister of the Union feel
”Wm be my dpiy to lace bolero the.

people a math or 31‘ its in our 111111111
01’ which ovary one snouli know. The
people must be aware of he stole of
tension polygamy ailingwa tension noc
cssarily following on the political 11c-
milieu of the unions political orsoui
rations But other agencies hate for
some time boon at work to bring about
trouble

 

 

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BRIDGEPORT. July 6.«——“li‘ 1 had my
way, no enemy alien, man or woman.
would be allowed to stay twentyvtour
hours on these shores.”,sald Governor
Marcus H. Holcomb in his Independ-
ence Day speech before 4.000 1111111111011
workers at a bigFourih of July parade
and demonstration ‘here Thursday.
1 The governor made this statement af-

ter saying that be greeted every man

whether they were native or foreign
born. but be had no greetings for those
not loyal to the United States. He
said that. the United States has the
kaiser and his group of militarisls "on
the run. and we are going to keep
them going.”

He told the audience that Connecti-
cut. has given 45, 000 of its best boys to
the army and that among them were
some with the first combatant troops
to set foot in fiance. In closing. Gov

William Emperor of Germany. and his

military casts portrayed as the mur-
derers and villians they were.

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HABTNRD July..6. ~11iow a branch
omce or the United States Employ»
mom Service in Connecticut 1111111111111

 

 

 

 

bar (or war produellou before the Ne»
110ml Government tools that. mop is
told in an cuisine-summery to this
state in the linked hiss 1111111110171
moot amino holistic. the nuclei nob-
henna: or the monument of Labor.
Waterbury is the city in which the
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Executive Addresses Four;
Thousand Munition Work-

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and woman. loyal to the United States,:

the plan at exclusively scorching ls- .

 

 

 

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CHARLES 1.11.. July fiwbiaior John,
Purroy “111111111111. former mayor of New
York,a11d an oliicer in the A1.uv 111111»
lion sonlco “as instantly killed new
this morning in nu airplanc.ac blunt.

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The accident occurred 1117:1111 11 111.
on the flying field. accordipl‘ to room :5
received here Ceramics 11111 is 11:
tech 11111511 from Lake Charles.

John Purroy blilc11el.klllod in an
aviation accident today. became a flyer
in lilo army, after having been deioni-
ed last fall for re election as muvor of
New York He had served one loud

as the chief executive of the country's}
biggest cilv 11w youugcst mayor exor.
cleclcd to 111111 office. 011 July 19, nom.‘
he would have been 39 years old.

Mayor Mitchel went into army ser-
vice with previous military trolnlnn.
having taken the course at Plutlsburg

while he was mayor. Upon joining me

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YESSEITIIIATS

have added another returning Amerl»

’IIIINII ISSUEMIII ' 

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Lurking U-Boat Attacks an

American Ship on a Dark
Night Near France

 

 

UNTIIMIIIININIT

Six Members of the Crew
Missing, No Soldiers Being
onBonrd

 

11111311111111.1011. July 6.-—-Gennan sub»
marines operating ln’lho war none

can transportto their list or victims.
1116111111911 Slows ship Covington. tor»
meriy the Cincinnati of the Hamburg-
Amerlcan Line. was torpedoed last
Monday night and sunk at daybreak

 

IIAIIAMS RAIN

IAIIE 400 MORE PRISONERS

 

 

NII SIITTARESEIIII:
SMIIRTIEAYEMEN

Request MW Gov. Edge Denied'
With Regret

TRENTON, July 6.--The Federal
Railroad Commission denied yesterday
the request made by Gov. Edge fora
011114111111 tare tor all soldiers and soil
are on short leave. nouns Chemo»
ers, of the Tramc Division :1 Wash.
lngton sent to the governor a letter
stating the Government's position. He
states that in many cases incleased
trams between camps and nearby cit-
ies would call tor more motive and
transportation equipment than can be
supplied.

"The primary purpose of the order
of the DirectorGenersl granting 011e-

 

 

11111 following morning. She was prac-

I iicaily empty, there being no army pen
1 annual or passengers aboard. All the

olllcers and crew except six have been
taken to a French port The six mom
boss or the crew still missing axe:

Anderson. Ernest (1., fireman Lynn,
Moss.

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PASSES SENATE

Provides Eight Billions Ad»
ditional for War—Now
Goes to President

WASHlNGTON. July 6.—-An Admin

 

 

 

Aviation Corps he was transferred to
San Diego. Col. where. after success--
fully covering Ibo cadet training. be
because a full-fledged dyer. He tre-
qncntly was mentioned as having
shovvn unusual daring.

STIMEN EAR RUNS
INTII A STEAMER

The local police. were notified lost

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istratlon bill authorising issuing $8.-

provlding an additional 31.500.000.000
for loans to the allies. recently passed
by the House, was passed into yester-
day by the Senate without amendment
or a roll call. it now goes to Presi-
dent Wilson.

The bill' which was recommended
by the Treasury Department in 1111-
llcipation ol the Fourth Liberty Loan
in October, increases to :22. 000. 000.
000 the authorizations for bond issuesx
made since the war began. The new
bonds would bear interest at not more

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night that a [too car bad Just been
stolen from Bridgeport, and not long
after 11 big Stanley Steamer stopped

at the junction and informed Ollieers»

Sweeney and Adamwthai a car of that
make had run into the rear of their
car in Peal. Swamp. breaking the tail
light, and inflicting slight damages.
The driver of the steamer said that a

 

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AUTO CRASHES INTO
11101011 TRUCK

One of L J. Reynolds’ momx' trucks
and a car. driven by Harold Granger.
figured in a collision, on South Main
street. near Woodward avenue. this
morning. The truck driven b" W1!
llam Avisou was proceeding along
South Main street and turned down

 

 

9m” “0100111" said he wanted to v#1313“?V‘Vpodwmd avenue Grangm, .1110 11 is

following claims he did not see Av—i
son's signal and as a result, crashed
into the truck. .
Patrolman Reynolds soon slimmed
on the scene, but neither 11111 or made

arrests weie made. No one use 111-
jured and; with the exception of bent
mud-guards and denied radiator, the
cars «were not damaged.

 

CANADIAN TROOPSHIP

A TOTAL LOSS

.. July s—A Conn»
p, 1 salty of Vienna. has

 

' coast of France.
any complaints and, as a resu‘t, noI

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TMRIIIINII TIME

Lester’Wheoler Hughes, seamen in
the United States Navy, returned to
his home on Van Zandt street, last ev-
ening, after passing through many har-
rowing experiences since he had leit

000.000 additional in Liberty Bonds and I

third {are to soldiers and sailors."
writes Mr. Chambers, “was to aid
those men who, having obtained {111'-
laughs, desired to visit their respect
ive homes

“The restriction to which you refer
is covered in the following words:
‘Excepi that this reduced. [are shall
not be ‘grsnied on short term passes
from camp 01' when on liberty from
ships or stations to nearby cities} it
has Tagged «1%; goiter very thorough
consigqueraflon the part of he “or
and Navy“ departments as we 1 as the
Railroad Admininuatlon

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GROUND AND

 

 

Austrian Attacks on they 1
Asiago Plateau, West“ of
Bronte, Broken Up by the:
Italians

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General Foch Hos crease
Irhproved His, Positions
Within the Past Week

(By The Associated Press.) 3

Successful Allied thrusts in local;
actions have not yet drawn from.
the enemy is resumption of ‘ 11
strong offensive movements, but.
there is little doubt that another
Germans have yet to win a strain ..
for the moment, at least, 111 11111111;
come in infantry activity 011 that
\1 cstern front

Germany’s ofiensive began 0
March 21 is not Completed end the;
Germans have yet to win mole.
gically vitally point.I Another

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strong effort, probnb
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“The Directorflcneral 1.1111111;
whole henriedly in sympathy with the
purposes and views which have
prompted your letter. 11 is wl'h much
reluctance that this unfavorable 1be»
spouse to your suggestion must
mode."

SAIIINRS [IE YESSEIS
TII BE IIEPT SECRET'

NeWSpapers Asked Not to
Publish Ship “Ads”

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Re helping 111 taking valuable ground.

than any this ye

chclal Foch hits employed 1211
post 11 cck or more successfully by“
improving his positions at varioud
points along the main front, 11111111
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Iand more than 5,000. prisone
I'fxmu the enemy

Except north of Albert, where
”he Germans regained sonic-1
Igrm111d,thc ecnmy has not been;
some cessful in attempting count
initocks. In several instances no:
Ielfort was made to dislodge the Aim
Ilies from their gains along the:
8011111113110th of the About and beer ,
’1“ con the Alone and the Maine. I “

Australian and American {creek

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WASHINGTON 3“,; 6.—— l: mum, of bold strongly to the recent gaink
11111 recent appearanne of German south of the Somme, and this
Hubmnlines off the Atlnuiic coast. French are improvmg the groom!
Secretary Denial: yestmdlytaskgd'flge reocntlv taken north of the Alarm"
newspapers 0 6 country 0 3 B a 11
1mm publishing any new? or advor i“? 513033.681; (318111): “itfltlfiry E“
115111;: which would give the time (if ’5 1cm}, ""30 0 3331115 0 9" 3,9
maxing or departure or locatmn or toxs than these namely sentiment
supposed location of any ship in of Ypres and south of the Aisnc.
Ammicsn waters 1 , t a t I General Foch probably will

“1" 590mm" 1“ 1111 S a 9’“ n ' tinuo to harass the enemy in mine

1‘0 111‘: out that through advertisi 11g.
iuPormatlon as to the. sail or of ves~ operations, but the bend 331193111

sols can be obtained on readily as by some milltary observers that be
from the news columns or newsna- might. surprise the German com

om FRMISIMT; ltlaid osavwnili’nlffzf: mend by striking in force at 11 vi
requese o a son 1pm me . -

111.1,' the sailings of both 111.1111 Allentio. tal point His man power ‘5
vessels and coastwise vessels, and it crossing and 1113 artillery an. 89

.11 “IR

Was reiterated yesterday so us to n c» ial forces predominate over:
vent excursion steamers and CORIWISB same SCI'VTCBS on the enemy s

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Norwslk last;

Seaman Hughes was a member of;a
the crew of the U. S. Transport “Presl-‘
dent Lincoln" and has made live roun
hips to Europe since his enlistment.
He left this country early 1'11 May with
a large contingent of American troops
[Or the French battle front and they
successfully eluded the‘Ubosts on the
trip over. 011 theirreturn trip with
a number of soldiers who were retu
ing to this side of the Atlantic, the
ship was attacked and torpedoed bya
German sub about 600 miles oil? the

ter the 1111' edo stiuek the transport, it
had each sheath the waves.

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none ashore on the Atlantic coast. All

the troops Ind its! crew were removedi

solely. our n 1111111111 announcement;
sods 11ers ids? remit the onion or the
Chief“ rm censor

hibwgln the snip will be a total

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Thom: elm of 8,111 m;
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through the Post 8111 lb Bridgeport
bound bus yesterdays stereos .

Iour ml by like a shell irons a

M11. but not so fast that silk’s
m ores could not not his number.

- of the South Norwalk Library and

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Imam WW“ II
mint not!“

passenger vessels. sailings of chick ,In the past week British “imam

endverliscd in some Puller-‘1 from 1 h a f 195
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111900“ 5 y i111 man machines, while 52 of t

_ on 11 failed to return.
SECOND DISTRICT Fighting activity on the Ito

LIBRARY MATTERS front is becoming more gene
lbut is not very severe at any one;
point. Near the mouth -
Piavc, the Italians have 1;"

 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

The annual meeting of the directors

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Reading room was held last evening at ,
the Lib1a1'y building, corner of Wash- ground further and taken

ington and Franklin streets. more prisoners BQPWQCR
The terms of George S North, Wil- Brenta and the Piave, on til
“831 f;- T121313“); 931% fSObirttg- tain front, the Italians liav
Mitche 111w 11g exp re 11 y 13
Second Taxing District Commissioners 11 sliggt fidvanie atnfl mgfifiefi,
announced their reappointment for m} e 0 3 “5 111111 1 .
terms of three years each. "the Asingo Plateau, wes o
The following officers were then Brenta, were broken up I)
elected for in; insginlgiyfir:é.1mfian3

Presldénta o 11 1 g1

ViceIPresideni—Gmrge S. \‘orth. ‘ Ib Anothirélmelacau transgort

Secretary-«George H Vosbnrgh. , 99}! sun 3, a ermnn I3“
Treasurer—Aloha G. Mitchell while returning from Europe
The following committees were an‘lvegse] the Covington,”r
n‘3‘“‘913I3'iiont for several 11011 it

Repairs and euphoria-George S 211: men ”9 missing 1%:
North. .Willan I" Tammany, William f Ge 1 1
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Library building-4620139 s. b'ortb. ship and measured 16,000 .
William F. “1111111111: and liobort G. I

Mitchell.
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