The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • 1

The Indianapolis HA 1 lx a VOL 11 NO 358 RIDAY MORNING MAY 29 1914 TWO CENTS I SHIP GOES DOWN 800 BELIEVED LOST EMPRESS IRELAND WITH 1200 SOULS ABOARD THOUSANDS ARRIVING SINKS IN ST LAWRENCE GUL 350 ARE RESCUED OR SPEEDWAY RACE COMING CONTEST HOLDS INTEREST ENTIRE CITY AMERICANS RELY ON TIRES HOPE TO WEN CLASSIC Speed Enthusiasts rom Every Part of Country Pour In by Train and Auto Thronging Ho tels and Eager for Great Race Tomorrow THE RESULT IS PASTIME ON ALL HANDS At Least 50000 Visitors Are Expected to Be in Indianapolis by This Evening Betting Boards Popular Betting Element Speculating on Durability of oreign Instead of Speed and Reliability of the Contesting Automobiles in Speedway Contest RENCH CARS GENERALLY ADMITTED TO BE ASTEST Daring Drivers rom rance Have Shown Brilliantly in Trials Winner of 1913 Race Is Using Imported Tires This Year Liner Crashes Into Collier Storstad in Dense og Larger Boat Going Down Ten Minutes After Wreck Trapped Are Un able to Vessels Answer MpNTRKAL May The saloon pas MRS HART BENNETT Nassau is: Bahamas Il I Empress of Ireland Passengers Stores Close Tomorrow Practically all downtown stores except the clothing stores will close all day to morrow Memorial day This Includes the department ready to wear furniture hardware shoe and jewelry stores A few of the Installment stores will remain open until noon Practically all of the clothing and furnishing establishments will be open in the fore noon xenger list of the Empress of Ireland ABERCROMBIE Vancouver ADIE MRS ADIE Birmingham A ANDERSON London AVERDERCK Manchester A BARLOW MRS BARLOW Montreal MRS BLOOMIELD LIEUT COl BLOOMIELD Auckland New Zealand A BRANDON Manchester A BURROWS HARWOOD CASH MRS CASH Nottingham CAYLEY Hamilton SALVATION ARMY MEMBERS ABOARD Hou) They Will Line Up at the Start I nijfhi the ponhioiiN for the 500 niile riwe on Hnlurdity ILllif Maxuril TrtzhHT Blunder Killhin Lee Oldfield LYMAN Mulford British Columbia ItniKlf 10 PtTuhim LOCAL MAN NOT ON SHIP crew resided here Rumors ill Ottawa been taken from dlaimj oll st rm Is lobbies a ill mu ri bon of CURTISS LIES IN RAIL MEN READY GRAT OR RACE CROWD Dtisl cov 1 list is Henry UNDERTAKER IRES MR NEARLY EVERYBODY AT 6 A SATURDAY BULLET INTO HEAD DIED A BROKEN HEARTED MAN MANY TO BE RUN special al nds The crude flying machine fell hoisted of the WEATHER ORECAST himself Many nrda unself led i nd winds WEATHER CONDITIONS YESTERDAY air Year ihg Wireless Calls Rescue Many But It Is eared 1000 Perished Made to Throngs Crushes Krtdoti Miinoii VndcrNini DmvMon ship was besieged know the fate of A number of the with only Had 91 71 3 3 will a nd Kt 17 IK 1 1 5 1 7 8 1) IO 8 4 38 Sfi 51 be placed at the Ti 10 31 fore the upper elements had been i cessfully navigated by heavier than machines was vindicated at Hammm port today when Glenn Curtiss the THE TOP A PERCENTAGE COLUMN MUST BE AWULLY SLIPPERY Aeroplane Brought Only Ridi cule Is Vindicated When Ancient Machine Goes Aloft a shuttle and aboi WANETA CRATHERN Montreal CULLEN MAUD CULLEN orecast dlannpolis a CinHv for to Thunder s' It hketihucker Dinbrow frnnt Sherbrooke New Zealand Montreal mav be ca Ticket booths Union Station AlerccdfN Iliy Biirmnn The traffic irM out Ball Ed llof on I out Hill Endholt Not decided Ed Pullen Bnheork MULLINS MULLINS London HELEN Toronto from its pilot im Ih lujte Stut Murniun Bun Ml ti Bimhu asked his hlng fum ral in left home Speed way tomorrowut Hpeed or reliability I lie biggest part in the Tiros will lie the great success or failure of the preceded by show ers: fresh south any delegates from the United States on the Empress of Ireland and that all who were on that ship were probably Canadian delegates CAY Golden British Co Inventor Whose Efforts to Build Every Effort Will Be Handle Speedway Quickly and to Avoid at Stations Bill Endholt Under or III No relief Under or Kill Ibitwhkc Tornado Aitken recent race for the nomination for coroner being defeated bv Dr Charles points of their chosen driver and ids ma chine behind II a not her from far st The orm MRS MRS DAVID JOHNSON rederick ExrvUlor King Mereer A large portion of the railroad yards in the city will he filled with special trains and special cars All of the railroads entering Indianapolis are expecting to hamlle a number of special trains and coaches There will bo from all parts of the country from the Atlan tic to the Pacific a and which Smithsonian institution at Washington requisite for flight and rc and will he rim as often as Is Officials of the company say ELMIRA May The theory of Dr Samuel ierrepont Eangley who proclaimed to the world that he had solved Ifilkatlvc interest in what is now (he dominating spoil event of the world Arrivals Continue All Night The throngs of arriving mntnrlstM augmenting the thousands of hulln napolls drivers downtown to watch the Inpourlng of speed filled the streets to over flowing in the evening Weird horns laughter and the noisy exhuusls of open irmfllors crnitnrj a din the like of which 0 12 Cl i or the first time since the Speedway Major Cowan of Salvation Army Had Sailed on Olympic Major Thomas Cowan in charge of the state headquarters and relief department of the Salvation Army here sailed from New York Wednesday on the Olympic to attend the International Conference of the Salvation Army the same meeting to width several of the passengers on the Empress of Ireland were bound It was stated this morning by local of Haupt Not divided Hoillot Aitken Ohllirld Ktidrr or Hill BY BLANKENBAKER Despite the fact that bettors are fig uring with might and main on the speed ami reliability of the thirty cars Which Only meager reports have been received of the rescue The two vessels which went to the scene of the disaster rushed under full steam after picking up the wireless The ships had only thirty miles to go and soon reported that life boats could be seen in the distance but that the larger vessels had not been sighted A short while later it was reported that the sec ond vessel in the crash was the Hannover of the North German Lloyd line which is carrying 1300 passengers but this was substituted by informa tion that the Empress of Ireland had struck the steamer Storstad in the coal trade The steamer Storstad in charge of Capt An tnlnd of its inukrr wbo had been ridiculed by incredulous contemporaries No Hitch in light The old relic was wheeled hangar early this morning the mediately climbed into the seat the same conditions a flight of the latest he Hight was a continue brought XVI It be sold at the Terminal Slation for these cars but the fares will be collected by the conductors The cars will pull into the Terminal Station over tracks Nor thirty starters Admitting that the rench cars are the fastest Aim idea has a chance and a good one to land the honors The i cbanecH arc on tires Jules Goux used American 1 1 res when lie won last year He and Bolllot will use ICnglish shoen to morrow and If practice is to be consid ered a good lost of tires Goux and Boll Amount during the twenty foir hours ending at 7 in amount since Jun 1 1911 A ecu mu la ted du pa rlnrtj from normal since Jan 1 (1 ffideney the store fronts old uro show's I QUEBEC May 29 The Canadian Pacific Railway steamer Empress of Ireland with more than 1200 persons aboard sank in the Gulf of St Lawrence early today soon after a collision thirty miles off ather Point with the collier Storstad Three hundred and fifty survivors from the lost steamer were landed several hours later at Rimouski by rescue steamers leaving more than 800 persons unaccounted for and probably lost The collision occurred at 2:30 in the morning during a dense fog The Empress of Ireland sent out a few signals enough to send the Canadian government steamer Eureka and the mail steamer Lady Evelyn to the rescue and then its messages ceased It was afterward learned that the big passenger steamer sank ten minutes after the collision WIRELESS SUMMONS AID dren girl 1 years old and a boy 6 months old Bm father is a retired min ister His mother has been suffering from heart disease and she was reported to be in a serious condition last night as a re sult of the shock caused by her at tempt to end his life The annual siege of Indianapolis by speed ouf hushiMls from nil parls of the United Slates has begun Throngs are pouring Into 11m oily by auto and train until already the reslIeKH anxious at mosphere that precedes each Speedway riendships Are Renewed Many cxrjijng scenes I he gi rages Iasi night mill the to suspend service on the Belt ot the In dianapolis Union Bailway that Die slml tlc service may not be Interrupted The board of works has ordered that Meridian street be vacated also so that switching may be carried on as rapidly as possible win ne placed outside the and at the Speedway as MISS MISS MISS A 31 1 18 IM 17 he tried the method pursued today of run ning the machine along tTie ground ano inurrcu it ii i stt iff i i i there Is little doubt he would have made the first flight in a heavler than alr nut chine In 189S he was successful In making a steam driven model fly a distance of about mile over the River PALMER London PATON PRICE RUTHERORD SEYBOLD MRS SEYBOLD BOUGE SMAART A STORK Toronto Cars to Be Run orty eight city street curs will oper ate bctweei) the Terminal Station and the Speedway handling the race crowd over the Ben Hur interurban tracks This is the most thorough preparation ever made by the electric lines and assures almost continuous car service will begin running in the morning and until the crowd has back to the city iji Catherines On MISS lumbla MISS MRS MISS MASTER CULLEN TORONTO A CUNNINGHAM Winnipeg A DARLING ERGUS DUNCAN London MRS DUNLEVY Denver COX EDWARDS Yokohama ENTON Manchester MISS DORIS GAUNT Blrmlngnam GODSON Kingston CHARLES GOLDTHORPE Bradford England A GOSSELIN Montreal GRAHAM MRS GRAHAM Hong Kong China MRS HAILEY Vancouver HENDERSON MISENHEIMER Montreal A HIRST Birmingham MRS HOLLOWAY Quebec HOWES Birmingham A HYAMSON LAURENCE IRVING SIR HENRY SETON KERR London LIONEL KENT MISS GRACE KOHL Montreal MISS ALICE LEE Nassau Ba hamas DR ALEXANDER LINDSEY Halifax LYON Vancouver MRS LYMAN Montreat A MAGINNIS London MALLOCH Lardo GABSIEL MARKS MRS MRS tarlo A EMISS MRS MISS LEONARD PALMER MRS MRS MRS wlmlc town la mini'' aguln just i it every year until the result of the contest Is known bcton Kerr whose travois and big game shooting have taken him into many cor ners of the world Noted Actor on Board Other passengers who left Montreal yesterday to join the mpress of Ireland at Quebec were Lawrence Irving the ac tor son of the late Sir Henry Irving his wife1 Miss Mahel Hackney and two other members of Mr company Mr and Mis Harold Neville Mis maid Hilda JIageston was also in the party irst news of the disaster reached Quebec shortly before 3 this morning It carne from the Marconi sta tion at ather Point tW the marine de partment agent here and announced that the Empress of Ireland had collided with an unknown ship thirty miles east of ather Point and was sinking Traffic officials have given tendon to prepura I Ions for the Speedway race tomorrow and every effort will he made to handle the crowds as quickly as possible Special corps of attendants both at the Union Station act ion Termhial Station TAYLOR Montreal TOWNSEND New Zealand WAKEIELD Liverpool REV A WALLETT London ABBOTT BURT were enacted in riendships made CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 COLUMN 3 MARKS Suva MILLER St the Air Both the wireless 4ind telegraph were busy with messages but little could be learned of just how the accident hap pened or what the prospects were for the rescue ships to pick up other survivors Some of the reports stated that more than 350 persons had the life boats but it is admitted by com pany officials that the Joss of life will be heavy Persons familiar with the Empress of Ireland believe that few of the passengers would be able to escape in so short a time Search for Bodies Continues Those who were awake and on deck would have been the first off Others be low would have had trouble in getting into the life boats although many might have been provided with life belts Communication with the rescue ships has been broken but it is supposed that they will cruise about the spot where the vessels went clown in hopes of picking up survivors or bodies of other victims Among the names on the Empress of I away under much as would prevail in model of aeroplane short one but succe: lhe Langley machine but little resem bles the trim and powerful fivers of to day but in its crude state it combines the: basic principles ot aviation and after many years of neglect the "old came into its own giving its aJ inven tor his deserved nlaee aninnc the rnenn nized pioneers of aviation BUt for an Ulltime accident arid what was termed the "miser I noss of the government Langlev wouk: undoubted ly have won fame during his lifetime Instead he died a broken hearted man after devot Ing iwen ly years of his life to the study of aviation and years Inter others received the fame and credit of which he should have had a share Langley made the one fatal error of try ing to catapult the nyer into the air the aid of ponderous springs but he passengers to the ears A loop has been built at the Speedway and the cars will not be delayed by switching A landing I platform also has boon Constructed The Ben Hur line handled 35000 persons last year and expects to double the number 74 I Mfixlinuni 86 Minimum or the Same Date Last 55 I Maximum ni 80 I Minimum The street cars a will been tickets derson is a vessel of 3561 tons register built for the coal trade and is capable of carrying 7000 tons dead weight It has been engaged for some time carrying coal between Sydney Quebec and Montreal It would have a crew of about forty eight men It was due to arrive in Quebec about noon today CARRIED SALVATION ARMY DELEGATUS The Empress of Ireland which left this port at 4:28 yesterday aft ernoon for Liverpool was in command rf Lieut Kendall On board were seventy seven first class passengers 20t second class passengers and 504 persons in the third class Passengers and crew swelled the total to about 1200 Among the passengers were many members of the Salvation Army bound for London to attend the International Conference of the Army The ship carried mail and a general cargo Occurs in Dangerous Place According to reports received here a dense fog had been hanging over the river and gulf during the night and ships for precaution had been running at half speed It is supposed that neither of the ill fated vessels was going at full speed The accident occurred at a dangerous pass in the head of the Gulf of St Lawrence about thirty miles east of ather Point 155 miles down the river from this city 3 Although the news of the disaster was received at an early hour the in formation spread quickly and soon the1 offices of the wrecked by persons anxious to friends and relatives Neighbors Hear Shot Mrs Buchanan wax away from home last evening and Buchanan was in the Ijoijso alone Suddenly neighbors heard a revolver shot Understanding that the couple ha! having (rouble they sus I pected that something serious had hap pened and rushed in Mrs Buchanan arrived home before her husband was taken to the City Hospital He was still sensible and reminded her that he had warned her that he would take his life She replied that she did not believe 1m would carry out his threat It is sabl Mr and Mrs Buchanan have been having trouble practically since they wore married About a year ago Buchanan was arrested charged with driving his wife away from their Imnie Huyduii Buchanan an undertaker Glx 2') Division street who was a candi da1 a for tho Democratic nomination for coroner at the primary election May 5 to commit suicide Kist evening at his home by shooting himself in the head The bullet entered his skull just above the right car and it Is said at City Hospital to which he was taken that be has little chance for recovery The desiro to die is attributed to domestic trouble According to neighbors Buchanan and bls wife Edilh Buchamiii have been hav ing iioubJo for a long time It is said that Mrs Ikicli'iniiri refused to cook din ner for husband yesterday at noon and that he went to the home oi his father nml mother the Rev and Mrs nan 622 Division street and mother if she would give him to eat He had to conduct a I he afternoon ami before he for that purpose he is said to his wife that he would kill some pants liHflnguiMlmlle ny as bundles of CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 COLUMN 3 lilicn ami goggles showe! i Ihj wraryingj grind of long drives but Ihu wariness 1 1 train service to the frsperdway ten (rains will be used The I start at 5:0 clork in Um for Indiana riday Satur day: i I hiimler PA A i HURRIED could HAVE CAUGHT THAT rr2h 13 a i A YEAR'S sj" HEXT A Cabl'd A IP YOUR POicTERE0 sfrate the eA ant do ZZ I ls NC V( I 1 I I i i i Ifc a I IIA I I 17A I Uli I I 7 I Ay AiJJ Av ZT 1 jir I it 7 i i i Ax hm'i A SLA for In 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