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O VER 90 GOES! T vt ., 1 '? j j i . . i K .?n . The Empress c Gbes Dov Cain AGREAT NEVEF Sank In 14 M Time Was Ha Of Passeng Efforts W t.t ;, _______ (By Associated Press) Rimouski, Quebec, May 29.-Of a to tal of 1,387 on board the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland when she Balled yesterday from Quebec to Liverpool. Ont were lost when the| liner was rammed by the Danish col- , lier Storstsd and sank off Father Point in the St. Lawrence river before dayjight today, according to revtsed figures late tonight. Only 433 are now. known to have been saved. Of the 87 first cabin passengers the late figures show 29 to have been caved. Of tho 163 in the second cab in, 29 were rescued; of the 716 third class passengers, there are 101 sur vivors, while 327 of the crew of 432 were brought ashore. These figures account for the SS survivors landed here and taken by train to Quebec. There remained hera 37 rescued persons, unclassified, ! completing the toUU of _ 438 knowr survivors. 1 T So deep was the gash in tho strick j en liner's ride inflicted by the Bharj prow of the heavy laden collier ant. so fart tho inrush roi the seaj 'tha although the .first rescue steamer catching the wireless "S. O. S." cal. and-hastening out from Father Point reached the scene within twenty min utes arter; the iuoewng of two ves sels, tho liner already had gone dowp: The wireless could hardly have worked to better effect or the re sponse have been more prompt. Yet within the sight-of shore, in land locked waters, with help ? close al - hand, nearly 1,000 persons lost theil lives by drowning when fog obscured the vision of the river nsvigators, and two vessels, one virtually at a ctandstill as a measure of precau tion, and the'other from all accounts, nt not more than a moderato speed, crashed together in fatal Impact. Investigation- 'ot the. cause of the dlfster will be started promptly. Thc Ftory of the Storstsd. which af ter picking up a few survivors and . landing them here, resumed limpidly, wita* cripled bow,'her way un the ri.er. win not be told until tcmertfrf when she reaches Quebec. From tho "fence ,oZ- the Officers on the Em t? however, the' liner ' had come : dead halt Ip the tog and waa, lng.her whistle at the.time of her . collision. WAITINU FOR FOO TO M FT Rjirjouskl. Que., May 29.-Sinking <n ninny of water, within, fifteen .minutes after being /rammed ' amid ships In the upper reaches of the St Lawrence river early today. . the Ca. nadlnn Pacific liner, Empress of Ire land, carried down with her more thad 9'u? of bet passoogcrs sud ere*, o 1,387 persons on board tho liner onl> 438 are known to have been s>*.veu making the probable death, list 96 Looming up through thc river m;ath aa tho Empress of ireland waslylut to, dslting for the Vos ?u lift or d .; to break, the nanislr1 collier SlorsteC crashed bow-on into tho side or bit Canadian liner..-striking her about midway of her length and ripping bet Tie;crash occurred not far from thc shore ' oft Fat h er Foin t, '50 ?dfes Loni Quebec which the Emprefs- of I re Ita nd left yesterday afternon bound for Liverpool, and tv-trmfJeS' from tbi* point 'on the St. Lawrence. . In real . tty therefore, although the llasr wai head'??g fdr thV ski and thef ?colliet coming in from lt. the disaster was not one%f ocean hut ot river, CfdOre.Jhu Titapfc'e viet ms, the Empress Of Ire?! lan? post their lives within sight of short-inlsnd loSksJ; waters. lmntedately the ship crew recover ed from the shock pf the collision and it was seen that th', liner had receiv ed a vital blow a wireless "8. O. B." call was sounded. . Rese?o rfoateTTee Late. The haried appeal waa picked up by thc government mall tender Lady Kvetya here ?aid the gorSroment pilot boat Eureka at Feather Point, and both set out to the rescue. So deep was the hurt of tho 3uvpre*e, however, and so fast the inrush of watrs, that tong be -I i i i i mm tl Ireland Rarni m In Darkness rying 934 Soul Watery Grave. MANY AWOKE mutes And Nc d For Rescue ^ers-Heroic ere Made, I reach the scene the liner had ?one down. Only floating wreckage and a few lifeboats and rafts from the steam er, buoying up less than a third of those who had bet sail on her, were to be found. The rest had sunk with the liner, had been crushed to death in thc Stort- ? a Impact with her, or had been forced from exposure in the Ice chilled waters to loose their hold on bits of wreckage and had drowned. Only a .few? persons were picked up by^fW Btorstad, which was badly crippled herself, and these were brought here 'by the collier, as were those saved by the Eureka and the Lady Evelyn. Twenty two or the res cued died from injury or exposure. The others, most of whom had Jump ed into the boats or plunged Into thc water from the sulking liner scantly clad, were given such clothing as the town cobbi supply, and later those HTBO <?oard tra-er-w pla*CVd uc board . train and started for Quebec. Bia* ia lt atonies. Accounts agree that in the brief tes^twe__5 collision nd the sinking liner there was little hance for systematic marshalling of he passengers. ?nderd, everything afocatea^tttmtg k^rtdsjMi of .those on ? he steaauf IHfrt?? ?ever reached he deckg.'Fe? womal ?as among tho ated, not mcjfe *hah la Ibzen, the lists aake it o?pW il ?? ? T \ ?Jurvlvor's Story, appencd so quickly we did .ot really know\what ;was going on ind nobody had time 'to cry 'women .rst," one of the passengers told C?p ala Bellinger of theirestue boat Entre, ia. * "The stewards did not have tim? to .ouse the people from their berths," he survivor added. "Those who heard ' ?ho frenzied calls of the officers for he 'passengers to hurry on deck and .*ushed up, piled into the boats, which vere rapidly lowered and rowed away. "4*ny who waited to dress were drown ed." K & Eft>_ftltV Added Terror. The horror of the interval during ho time .the Empress was filling and he fn??tened wrongs on board were ..ank hurrying every effort to escape >ofore she cank . was added to by an 'iXpiosion which quickly followed the "ipplng given the liner by the Stors at's bow. *. According to one . of the ^rcucd. the explosion probably was nuscd by., the water reaching the bo.il rJ?v T'$<* ?h?p's heavy list as water variag in weighted her on the side ie was ft ruck made the work of lunching boats increasingly difficult, nd when she finally took her plunge o the bottom scores r*!tt left on her eeks were carried dove, only a few elng able to clear her sides and find apport on wreckage. C?ptala'* Heroism; From ail-accounts, Captain H. O. if@r*r^L7^KjL^ Empress of Ireland, * ire' himself like a true sailor. . He .Aa-oed such command of the sttua iflSrit appear* that while the Stdrs n.dtarsUMB sftil hunatn^the^gaab^ lt ae*%nTO$tf Kb^BU propeller? go ng an that tho holo might remain. plugged;. ,The Storadat dropped back. 'itrweffcrV and the Empress filled and "oundored. . . ? . , ,'"!\ , Tpclgk? a'lotdi or. two hundred and flfty bodies bas been recovered. Few The wirelfea ts lwt/ag given credit 'orflsMsdNnJpy lives. Responding or?YgVuf,"Jn& "S, O. 8." cali; the ?teamer Eureka was On the spot ap proximately twenty minutes, after the disaster and the Lady Evelyn but lit tle late,-. "? tm Abear?. A corrected list of passengers and crew Af th*. Empresk of Ireland, is sued officially by the Canadian Paci fic Rallf o*l si ves the total number aboard as 1,367 divided' as follows: First cabin passengers 8T. fUwnnd <*?t>l" jviss?sjsis Third class passengers 714. ?ffjcer*^ and fa ST. LAV med By Collier ? of Night s to Adie, Mrs., Blrmingnau.; Anderson, A. B., London; Ave rd eek, P. C, man chester; Barlow, A. E., Bar, Mrs., Mon treal; Bennett, Mrs. Hart, Nassau, N. P. ; Bloomfield, Mrs. W.R.^ Bloom :t-id. Lieutenant Coionei vt*. lt., Auck . nd, N. Z.; Brandon, A. G.. Manchest er;. Borrows, A. J ; Cash, Harwood; Cash, Mrs.. Nottingham; Cay, Miss C. P. Golden B. C.; Crathen, Miss Wanet, Montreal; Cullen, Mrs. F. W.; Cullen, Miss Maud; Cullen, Master. Toronto; Cunningham, R. A., Winnipeg; Darling, M. D. A.; Dunlevy, Mrs. F. H., Denver; Edwards Cox, Yokohama; Gaunt, MISB Doris, Birmingham, daughter of Counselor Gaunt; Godson, F. P, Kingston; Coldthorpe, Charles, Brtd ford. England; Graham, W. D.; Gra ham, Mrs., Hong Kong, China; Hailey, Mrs. D. T., Vancouver; Hisenhelmer, W., Montreal; Hirst A. Birmingham; Holoway. Mrs. C. F" Quebec; Howes, F. W.. Birmingham; Hyamacs, L. A.; irving, Laurence S. B,, actor; son of the late Sir Henry Irving, Loudon; Irving, Mrs. Laurence (Mabel Hack en ey); Jo nh son, David, Frederick; Kent, Lionel; lindsay, Dr. Alex, Hali fax; Lyon C., Vancouver: Lyman, H. If : Lyman, Mrs. Montreal; Maginnis, A. G. director nf Messrs. Moppin and Webb, London, jewelers; Malloch. C., Lardo, B. C.; Marks, J. Gabriel; Marks, Mrs. Suva, Fiji; Miller, Mrs. St Catherine S.. Ontario; Mullins. A. E. London ;^Mullins, Mles E. London; O'Hara, Mri? H". R., Toronto; Palmer. W. Leonard, on staff London Financial Nesrs, London; Palmer. Mrs. W. L., London; Price. Mrs. H. W., New Zea land; Rutherford, P. J., Montreal: Seton-Kerr,'Slr Henry, London; Sey bcld, E.; Sobyold, Mrs.; Smart, Mrs. CL Ottowa. Stork, Mrs. A. Toronto; iVlee, C. G.; Ty?ee, Mrs < Taylor, J. T>.; Taylor, Miss D. Montreal; Taylor, Miss H. Montreal. Townsend. Miss T., New Zealand, Wakefield. A. J.. Liver pool ;.,Walle.tL_, Rev.. J" Ixtndoa.^. *< ? Peterson. (Mrs. H., Winnipeg; Peter son, H.. Winnipeg: Priestly, Miss A., Edmonton; Priestly, Miss A., Edmon ton; Priestly, >Use M.. Edmonton; Prion, George. Winnipeg; Quartley, Miss WV M., Vancouver; Reilly, John. Hamilton; Richardson,-W. J., Vancour er; Richardson, Mrs*, W. J., Van couver; Richards, George C., Terre Hakte, Ind.; Richards. Mrs. George C., Terre Haute, Ind.; Sampson, S. J.. Guelph, Ont.; Schongutt, Miss, Mon treal; Scott, John, Mortlneb. Sask.; Searle, Miss Iva, Seattle, Washington ; Shaitock, W. M., Nesbitt, Man.; Si monas, Reginald, London; Smith, Miss E., Calgary, Alb.; Stage. Miss, Toron to; Stainer, Mrs. E., Calgary, AHL;;^ Stanyon, M.. Montreal; Stillman, A. E., Calgary, Alb.; Swlndlehurst, Miss A. , Toronto; Taplin, Mrs. Elisa, Kam loops, B.C.; Veitch, Miss B., Victoria, B. C.; Vincent. A.. F_?rcroes, Eng land; Voneley, Miss Alice, Hamilton ; White. (Infant of Mrs. George) New Minister, B. C.; White, Mr-. George, New Minister, *. C. ; Wjltelaw, Mrs. J~ New Minster. B. C.; Wilmot, Miss E.. Csmpbellford, Ont.f Wood, Miss Mary, Regina; Wood, Mrs. 8., Toron .$>; Yates. M*B. H.. Hamilton; Yates, Harry. Hamilton ) Zenulak, Josfef. Or der burg/.' ^Commercial Club. Rochester, Minn. -^Mouhsey, Mrs. W. W. Chicago; Mut teil, Mrs.'T., Winnipeg; Mattel!. Miss, Winnipeg; Neville, Harold, member of Laurence Irving's Company, London; Neville. Mrs. Harold, member of Lau rence Irving's Company, London; Os tender, Mum England; Patrick, J., To ronto; Patterson, John. Calgary, Alb.; Patterson. Robert, Calgary, Alb.; Pat terson, Miss S.. Calgary. Afb.; Per ry, W, H., Pete rs boro. Ont. ?LONIX>NT?EARS THE SAD NEWS Catastrophe Seems To Have Most Serious In History off The Route London, May 29- The full magul tnde of the disaster to the Bmprass of Ireland waa understood by the En glish public only tonight. T/Tbe last regular editions of the evening- papers contained the report that many- bad been saved. Extras ir? issued later with the chtcr atate sn t that "the chief ?Marconi operator the Empress of Ireland*has wired Father Point that a thousand i have been drowepd. worst fears were confirmed by Thomas Shavghnessy's statement that the catastrophe was the most se rious la the . history of the St. Law rence route. Sir Henry Seton-Kerr and Laurence Irving were the only persons aboard who were well known here. Most of the other English passengers in tbe first cabin were business men from provincial clUs*. ,. . A? ?WU as rc was evident that there beep a great loss of life, the flag? aH jmipmnk ot^ces wera half maat . At. the Canadian Pacific office Ictins Wtr* p~*?t*d. Tbs Queen EAMER VRENCE Mother Alexander sent an inquiry. Among otbora who sought Infor maion was Mrs. Wilde, Captain Ken dall's neice. Her busband was chief officer of the Titanic and his brother, George Evans, was sixth officer. Both perished in the wreck of that ship. Her only remaining brother. Cedric Evans, was third officer of the Em press of Ireland. Her father waa drowned at sea 17 years ago. General Bramwell Booth dispatched a messagr of sympathy and condol ence to the i rm y at Toronto, announc ing that he was sending Commission McKie tomorrow to "stand to you." Survivors Tell of Escape Details of Hc%- They Managed To Get Away From Sinking Vet ad and Were Rescued --r Quebec, May 29:-A train with 390 survivors from' the sunken steamer Empress of Ireland reached here shortly before 8 o'clock tonight. The rescued on board numbered 29 first class, 29 second Class and 101 third class passengers and 237 of the crew. Thirty seven survivors' were left at Rimouski, which would make a total of 433 saved. As revised figures show 1,387 persons to have been on the steamer makes the. prooaole number O? i Or? I. C?l'i. A full equipment of ambulances was in readiness at Levis when the army medical service corps spe cial survivors' train arriver 'here, and ?he .passcngete were disembarked and transferred to a ferry steamer walting at a social wharf to facilitate the transfer to Quebec. It was a pitiful tight when the fer ry steamer docked on the Quebec side at 8:80 o'clock tonight and the 396 sur vivors disembarked. \ Their faces reg istered the frightful experience they had gone through. .Few possessed a complet?xput^t df ?iithing. Among" the 26 fir? cabin survivors there were eight women and one child. Among the twenty nine rescued from the second cabin were eight women and one child. Of the 101 persons sav ed from the steerage four were women. To tba CCGIUCBB of, Dr. James F. Grant, of Victoria, B. C., ship's surgeon on the Empress, was credited the sav ing of many passengers taken out Of thetWgtAf;, Wibjfcawp?tbly, would haut perished had they pohjrecelved prompt medical attentions . A graphic description of the- scene on board the'Empress of Ireland af ter the collision was given by Dr. Grant "I was In my cabin," he said, "and knew, nothing of the accident until the boat listed so badly J tumbled out of my berth. I tried to turn on tho light but there was no. power. I roached the bolted door but'1 the list waa, so strong that lt took mb considerable time to open it. When Anally I got out end reached the passageway, it waa so steep that my efforts to climb up were, rendered impossible. "I then scrambled up and managed tb get Wyfhead through a port hole, but I waa unable to get my shoulders through. ' At that time; the ship was lying almost flat ia the water on her starboard side. A passenger Mend ing on the side of ship managed to pull me through the port hole. "About a hundred passengers were gathered on the aide of the ship at the time but a moment after I had Joined them, the vessel plunged to the bottom. "I next found myself *n tho water and avram towards the'light* of the steamer Starstadt and when nearly ex hausted I was picked up by a lifeboat. OB board the S t or st ad t I was provid ed with clothing. When able 1 did what I could to'help the surv'vors." . Only two children are known to have been saved. A wonderful rescue wa? one ot these-ytUe eight year old Oracle Hanaghan, daughter of the leader of the: Salvation Army band. Her'father and mother were drdwntd. Oracle waa not fold of her loss and believed that her father and mother would come to Quebec on the next boat. Wh?m asked how sh<* waa saved Oracle replied: "O, I saved myself." Tn o rhlld waa entirely Unconcern ed. Kw lifeboat waa ?ear when she ?Tat thrown from the Empress. She tabed a piece ot floating r-ood and later waa pulled Into a lifeboat. Maier Atwell of Toroer> and his w*!*' w?j?-p amnri! those stv?3. Ml got a life belt for my wife," said Major Atwell, "we Jumpted Into the water together. We were carried un ger three times by* th?'suction of the Foundering vessel. When we came jp the third that'lae* a life-boat near *nd I twsm, to lt. pulling wy, wife a' >C"When we got on the deck UWe tere very few persons to be seen, The i^siaon for. this ls chat when the boat iad Hated to pne side the etalru from the sleeping apartments up Jo the jost decks were, almost impossible to nount. Aa I rushed for the stairs the tater was pouring In in such volume hat it threatened to drown us before ve could mount tbs stairs." SUFFERED LOSS ?any Kijrfa Officials of the Groot Or?ar?Sz?&Mi WW Down With the Ship jOfeffrfft n '"rfiWci" HniYilfal Winni peg; Best, Captain Gilbert; Blgland. Lieutenant Stanley ; Brice, adjutant j (matron Hamilton rescue home. Ham. ilton.i Creighton. Major David (of lin-I {gration ' department. ) ; Creighton, | Mrs. David; Dodd. Captain T. Toronto; Dodd, Mrs. Toronto; Edwards, udJu tant (men's social department, O'ta- j wa); Findlay, Major, Winnipeg; Find lay, Mrs. Winnipeg; Gaskin, Colonel. I Field secretary; Faskln, Mrs.; Good-1 win, Mrs. Staff correspondent, Ottawa; Groome, Captain C., England; Hanna-1 gan, Musician, Toronto; Hayes, Staff correspondent Toronto; Horwood, W. M.; Howell. Maier (manager ??r'.i.tii.f; department Toronto.); Howell. Mrs.,| Toronto; Humphries, W.; Jones, En sign Emily. Cslgary; Jones. T. ; Knud son, Csptaln Hannah, Perry Sound, j Ont.; Landing, MTB.; McGrath, Cap tain, staff band Toronto; Maidment, Colonel, field artillery; Maidment. Mrs. Malone, Robert; Meacher, G.; Meyers,] Captain Janies L.; Morgan, Tilly; Morris, Staff author, Toronto; Neeves, j Ernest; Patton, Ensign, Toronto; Pea cock, Ensign F., Wymburn, Sask; Perkins, W.; Potter, Brig Scott, finan cial secretary, Toronto; Rees, commis sioner, Toronto; Rees, Mrs. Toronto; Rees, Captain li Mt h. daughter of Com missioner and Mrs. F.'?es; 8aroalng, | Adjutant, bandmaster, Toronto; Wake field, W.. Toroftto; Walker. Brigadier, j editor of Canadian War Cry, Toronto; WJiatraore, Captain Guido, and twenty I six members of thc staff band, names J not given. Captain Regrets That He Escaped Ulmouski, Que., May 29.-About three hundred bodies of dead from the Empress of Ireland lie tonight in the sheds of the wharf here. Some have been Identified and claimed. One of| the bodies ls that of a woman, a child tightly clasped In her arms. Many bod ies are torn and bruised. Captain I Kendall of the Empress of Ireland was downcast over the disaster to his ship] when he waa brought ashore herc to night." I wish I had gone to the bot tom with her." he said. The Usual Investigation. Ottawa, Ont., May 29.-That a thor- j ough investigation must be made into the loss of the steamer empresa of Ierland wss urged on the "anadian government by Slr Wilfried Laurier, j opposition leader In parliament. "It ?3 difficult to believe such an ac-1 cldent In the St Laurence so near to j Father Point could not have been pre vented," he declared. The government steamer Lady Grey, | I carrying medical rrjppHes. ?-rovlslcss j I and doctors from Quebec City, is due to arrive at Father Point at midnight. An official inquiry in the clrcumsutnu. es connected with the accident will be begun early neit week, according to Alex Johnston, depbty minister of Ma rine. ?TRAIN CARRYING RESCUED WRECKED! I Following Steamship Disaster, the j Relief Train With Survivors Jumped the Track Quebec, May 29.-The special Cana-j dian Pacifie relief train carrying sur vivors from the* steamship Empress of Ireland was derailed shortly after leaving Rlmouskl. So far as is known no one was injured. Another train was immediately made tip. Delegates Opposed te War. M?honk, Lake, *N. Y., May 28. Dele gates sent to tbe Lake Mohonk con ference on International arbitration by tho United States chamber of com merce, the national association of manufacturers , and other business or ganizations agreed today on resolu tions opposing war and presented their concluson to the conference. The resolutions asserted that tbs business men of tbe country realize that upon them will rest a large part of contlnu'n?' flnar?"lM b^'dena creat ed by armed conflict Tbs busines dlelegates asked the United States to propose to tbs powers nf the world a curtailment of pr?par?t ons for war and budgets and the limitation of ar manents. The conference ended today. Toa Caa Believe Him. ' Anderson turned on her white way lighting system In h-j/mr of the Con teder^tf veterans, ni they were do lighted, indeed, if we are to. believe Colonel Banks' newspaper.-Spartan burg Herald. College Trophy Went To Cornell Cambridge, Mass., May 30.-Cornell won the thirty-ninth annual cham pionship of the Inter-collegiate ama teur athletic association here today, scoring 44 points out o? a possible 195. With the championship went permanent possession of the intercol legiate trophy, thc victory giving to Cornell the final leg of the silver vase. Pengylvaxda finished 12 points behind the Red and White, with Michigan at third place with 2? 1-2 points. Dart mouth fourth with 23; Yale with 22; California sixth with lg; Harvard at seventh with ll; Princeton eighth wUh 7 1-2, white Columbia, Pennsyl vania State. Brown and John Hop kins completed the field. Two new records were established, both iu the distance rans. J. S. Hoffmire of Cor nell, clipped three fifths of a second off. the tiffie and then covered the distance in S minutes 23 4-5 sec onds and P. S. Caldwell of Conell. .eon the 880 yard run in one minute 6k 1 *? ? second s. The Cornell team scored points in eleven of the thirteen events on tba p*i?_*___. Pennsylvania ?eurea to tea events, Michigan sad Dartmouth tn six. Yale in eight and California in Mich!mn proved strong in the. rprlnto while California was strong In thc *cld CTS??. CAPTAIN TELLS STORY OF SINKING OF THE SHIP (Continued fro om Pirst Page.) "Between 30 and 40. There were boats for everybody. She had boats for 2,000 people." "There was rio panic among the passengers or crew. About 5 boats were launccd. As the ship sank these boats floated away. The people who were saved were saved by the Empress boats and the wreckage. "The Storstad with three or four boats pulled around and took people off the wreckage. He did nut got many. 1 passed a couple, of his boats and he only had three people hi them." A Passenger's Testimony. James Rankin, a passenger from Vancouver, B. C., and a marine engineer said: "1 was aroused by the noise and ran out. There was a big-, pitch to the deck. I cannot tell how the accident occurred. I heard the whistle blow when I reached the deck. Five minutes after the collision a heavy fog lifted. Four or five boals got away and saved many people. "I think that if the collier had kept her bow in the hole she made in the Ireland's side she.would have been able to reach shore and probably have saved everyone. The officers on the Empress did everything they could. The engineers remained below until they could get no more steam and the liyhis went out. Chief Engineer Sampson's Testimony. Chief Engineer Sampson was too ill to appear. His testimony was taken at his bedside. "I was in the engine room until the lights went out and-there was no more steam," he said. "I had great difficutly in reaching the decks owing to the great list of the ship., No sooner had 1 got on deck when the boats of the portside which had broken loose, swept down on top of us and carried us under water. When I cam? to the surface I found myself under a life boat entangled. 1 finally was piled into one of the boats. Immediately before the collision we went f?ll speed astern and then stopped. Then 1 got the order full speed ahead, but had only Marted ihe engines when the crash came. We then kept full speed ahead to try to reach the shore, as long as we had steam. We could keep the engine going only for a few'minutes. There was no explosion. I know no reason why the collier did not keep much closer than she did. If she had, many lives would have been saved. I am also of the opinion that had she stuck to us we would have reached the shore." William James Senda Newa. William James, wirless operator at Father Point told of for warding news that the Empress had been in collision with another ship to the Lady Evelyn and Eureka. Captain Belanger of the Eureka told of gathering what bodies he could find. Inquest Adjourned One Week. The jury adjourned the inquest for one week. In the meantime [ Coroner Pinault will consult with the district attorney td determine what may be done toward obtaining the evidence of the captain and crew of the Storstad, which arrived at Quebec today and proceeded to Montreal to land her cargo. Bodies of Dead Removed;-n^v During the day the coroner gave an order for the removal or" all the bodies brought ashore. Relatives who had identified bodies were allowed to remove them and others were taken to Quebec. At five o'clock ir. thc afternoon inc Canadian Gov ernment steamer Lady Gray, with ensigns half masted left here today for Quebec bearing 175 bodies] in coffins. No other bodies have been found and. it is believed^ tjie greater number of those lost were imprisoned inside the Empress. Quebec. May 30.-Investigation into the responsibility for the collision in the St Lawrence river early yesterday which vent the Canadian Pacific steam er-Empress of Ireland to the bottom with the loss of more than 900 lives was .begun today. i Before a cort..1 or's Jury tu Rimouskl, Captain H. G. Kendall, of tho sunken liner, and others gave testimony In tended to show that blame was not on' the liner's olttcera but on the navigat ors pf the Danish collier Storstad, which dealt the lrner its death blow. Tho collier tonight, after passing Quebec, waa oh her way. to Montreal, to land her cargo, and the story cf her master-has not been told, nor bas the time an dmanner of its telling been decided. While the coronor's Inquiry waa go ing on in Rimouskl, the bodies of 178 victims which hod been recovered were placed aboard the governmnt CHAPEL HILL TO LOSE DR. VENABLE X - ? Noted Educator Resigns ea Presi dent of University of N. C. Because of lil Healftth Raleigh. N. C., May 29.-Dr. Fran- Washington, May 29.-Heated da cia P. Venable, president of the Uni- bate in the senate today over the versify of North Carolina, la a letter construction of one of two new bat to the trustees of the University made U**uips at a government navy yard public today resigas his position be- Prevented the passage of the navaVj^ cause of Ul health. proprlations bill. The O'Corman ara " For the year past he has been ?ndment directing the secretary of the abroad oa leave of absence and Prof. naTT to Dul,<i on* "^'P ftt ? govern ri, X. Graham has been acting presl- Ment tnmvJ. Instead egjMgtoft Sent, it to the discretion, received 36?4mee President Venable's successor will to 18 a8*inst it, but a quorum waa not be elected next Tuesday. pr??Fl,? "i* **. weat over Under his administration the uni- unt" MonQ*y-_ rersity has grown from 527 students .?? m.?^._,M.a and-31 faculty members to nearly "JOHNDEE 9 FUND imbers80* "d WMrly 100 f^ TO HELP WQFFQRD Dr. Venable occupies a foremost - place among American chemists, was Soartanburg Collera WHS Bo ?ce president of the American Chem- . ~ * iZT^^T?. . cal Society and ta a member of tba Given $35,000 ead W. end lu 3 ts rm an Chemical Society and a tel- aLTn ?? low of tbs London Chemical Society. **eta at*u w*or? Fie bolds blgh rank aa an educator _" ind waa elected president of toe Vm(W ". " ? , . ?ate Ualverslty on the resignation ot "J**it??r"Z?e -f?P?LZt* 2?" CK Edwin A. Alderman. now SaK?n^^ >resldent of th* University of Vir- Jontt R" ?ock?eller fund, today an rinta university or vir- ?Oimeed appropriations halting li> ._ 400,000 to> universities and coUa**&. A?MiSisfMA*r ??fv0*^?* irT fs^'^emonstrat^e?^ tastwtme^eSS ^^Lm u^..nu ?? v N?" Hampshire, The college and UU oday from Wiest Point. N. Y., for tho iverslty appropriations include championship game with Navy to mor- Waahlngtoaaad Lee Ual* eratty ow._Of the 12^ games played Army Lexington, Va., eiQO.OPO; Vofor imm .?a S iuC?u??uB ihe issi five. ' i'njtjo, SparUUtbara, P C., ?3S,C vs sel Lady Gray tor transport here. The Lady Gray waa expected at a late hour. A mortuary chamber at the wharf was in readiness for the bodies. Special police were oh duty to guard the bodies, and control the throngs. While preparations were being made for the recepUon of the dead, the sur vivors' Were well cared for, With tho "exception bfabout two score, most ot them in the Rlmous hospital from in juries, all had been brought to this city yesterday. Today all those here, had been provided with clothing and funds and several left for. Montreal. Pew seemed willing to continue their Journey Europcward Just BOW, al though they were offered accommo dations on he Canadian Pacific steam er Alsatian. Throughout the day thousands of messages of sympathy continued to pour in. _._ HEATED DEBATE OVER NAVAL BILL - No Action Taken Cht Bm To For. nish Several New Snipe for United States Navy