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Show CABINET MEMBER GOES BEFORE THE CORONER'S JURY Ry TnternaMoml Nv Rrvlr-e. rmr-AOO. July 2. The coroner s jury fnnUlit sttrr-H upon the nmln points In I'i veroMrt ftxinc the blnme for the rap. !l7.iny of the excursion strn mshlp lCopt -hiiirl tn the C'hlrniro river with a loos of from l'V'0 to more than Ihes. "W have asrcp.1 on prartially eve;y-fhins.' eve;y-fhins.' ald r.T. . A Kvans. fnreman of i i.e. jurv. " ep.-t t return ihe erJi-"f b-fo: dayllKht." Short I v nfter this unnonncenint "V"il-lUrin "V"il-lUrin C. R"Hled, nfrrtarv of i-onimT-r ; A. 1... Thunrifin. sop;itnr for the dp.n t -in1!)' of C'trntneroe, hikI ("Jenerjil Uhoiii fiilr-r. lih-f of thf etN niship lnRpc-tloii hnr'Hii. vm rnlU-1 nn( ronf"i Ti-1 with f drnn. r I ! rr M Huffman. They w urn - lonf tn! nn hoijr with thf iuro-p. ! Tlie :ippi i')ini' of f) nihlnet member e nd his .1 lil.tfi if. I to fl rri'ort i V.n t t li 1 jurorm tt-m dle--iiPrln th" ri.imins of ' Ki) rrtlllM'Ht ll'Spef InrP Did Not Testify. A nionp tl-of n who wore "ild to li.of I'f-r-n Invito.! to npi'Mr bnt who ,, not t;i ify before the romnrr's urv or t n ttfit Kianl Jury to.Jny iire'th.. fnllow- ! , f l Z I Hobrrt n'l'l. fo.Irrni lnppe'Mir t "irntvl I 1 hi veri. who wn sn hi to have pr,i nt n I lii'1 I'istlniir ;i. ptTinll If) miry 2.".mi pn- I .' ' ' 1 1 ' ' 1 H, M. tlrlfon. chlnf eiiRlnf-!- of th" I I'l.'iftlnnd. Hurry V'-' rpon. ciptn In of t hp f:n nt - 1 Intnl. VY 1 111-ini II, I lull, vl.-e prrshlrnl. juhI K'-HTiil tti.iiiUH.'r of t ho pt. .lo,'trph.t;ii--;iK' Ste,minlilp roinpany. whhli ow jk"1 the Ie -it In r i I p ml I. 1 It oi t lie I nd i-l.'tin i-l.'tin Tru inpoM ft l Ion .'umpiiny for tin- nt ei n I'll c f r I r conipn n v ' j.PmiI'- !,i m ! Sdtui.hiv Th- St. .lon,vh .:npnii tu ' f;;ii,l lo hav- pu tvb;l 1 tlie hr.;i l o .-f..s thutl hulf )t hullilint r-uHl nflei- tl it. i'i proved n "liiiiikv" sailer. ! Knew I5mt Was Unsafe. I AHhoii'-h Hie jurv dl'I not ir,ir dip. '(Jiin 'i"Iimvoti and I'iturlne.T -vl.:ioii Shil''- Altonirv ,Ma.-l,-iv Ibiyiie r i ) . ' 1 1 1 l-.'i. 1 the roiif. fi-oti of the men mud-when mud-when Ivdri.-K'n .I-, lured h" ",))d not Intend In-tend lo l.e jrou! mid be neiit up lllir the mpiiiln of I hi' t 'I-nrral Mlorum." Th- lr . onri.i.ril.ii.H. whl-'h ,'iici r- In ei-I ei-I 'i-!.: ,.1m. hi., -aid lo h- sMhf.imtthillv th.it I Ih'v lui.'W Ih- l-u.n 1 1 e ijuk.H-; 1 1, Ins r rtor Pel. h.i.1 crant1 an in."r:i:e of 2'- in the .-a rrv !-., .apicity of t ie boat; tliat Kiioon v.is stiven a port h-i'll aa r.- enc.:'or of t F..isla:ii ?"ortly nfu itvreese v:rr. r v .i? rvn. that ErP-on i F.KVe ton-m-lr-w: l.iAi. it to-'k C'vn'.cfn minutes tn joa i ttif t.oat, tha' the natT bahast t.ir.kj' j wre empty: thst i e tarkB refuEVl to work properlv t!,f mornlr.g of the a" ri-rfent. ri-rfent. and, finally, th.n i..ere wciici rjv been time enoKb to unload the boat I:o:r. the t i e s k. first s : r t .1 to I ; t u r. t i '. sr.e went o er. The testimony of th.e rUv fho""1 t'rnt: 1. Th balUst tar.kfr of t:.p L-ss'lanJ wre e:Tiptv when th londlr.gr. pvi-t1 2. The tanks rai beri pn'rpd out at 8 o'clo-'k In ib mornit.c. a.out an hour before the loaJniK. New Man in Charge. ?.. That ti',s tanks on the morrimr o' the iw -t" were In chrit of on.l A slfta m l-'.nf:i'ier Kre-i Siiow . w o J l.ii on the boat but to ihvvs. who knev nothinc of r.w lone it tok to fi!1 or empty t:; tanks, and who haj bem Instruefwl but fifteen n-'iint-s In .1U-lling; .1U-lling; l hem by Chief K nclnT Kr;r n. 4. That the. etr-ptvlns of the tanks b.a-l been rlope bv P'Mer V2rl';?.in. a broihe- of ihe hll' enclr.eer, cmploved on the bo.it as an oiler sm-'e th tifve F.rVon was appointed. Tomorrow f!i state ar-n-i b:ry i; e. perted to return i-everat I r.d ic mn t s rimvr f a ys si v cha : .ung n:a ns'.a h' er and .Tinitnal ron?piraoy. Tomorrow, thn speoiM Inquiry bv fe,-retAry of ionvnerre Kdfild opens It.e hearlnr nnd th.e fejerji! erinJ Jiii'v, summoned sum-moned bv Unite.! St.its T'T'ri'T .l-.idte K. T. Landis. wi! betn h"arlr.E tesM-monv. tesM-monv. Tl'.e state Ki'.ind lurv tr-i.iy heard many witnesAs and dtatd evuience reiatinc to the fed" 11 steAmslPn 1nep.'tion s.-n-". ii r, the offh-lflis of the St. ,T05ph-C"d. cr; boat line and the operating officer of the Far-tla nd. One report was t h.,i ', th .1 i rv had vot1 six tnd i--t n-.eiv. v. t-'i; woti'd not return them until the coroner' Jury reported. Statement by Ilovne. Ante's At torn v Ho-ne mm topich.t : "We are coinr oti the theory that, either :is ow n.'r.s ny op..ra.t ors 'of the K.i i.Ta nd . ce;-t n in indi vidua la are mil It y of tvansiaupthter." Meanwhile, out o i- thr t- tnn'eht the Mi'iifi of mourning omiI inu--d a nd in tlie suburbs to the v-est, whore the 1 1 row ned men an.) onie ;i who w ori; r in t he e ji t e i n W'.'-r t id.- roni p.i n v " s pljint lived, pra vers and funeral mt s o ruiue. nil Urn" ii'id thouqhl. Mnyor Willlntn Iln Thompsoi' retnin-d tod from San )rrn ncis.-o. wdieiv. the p roc. 'a in me of 1 iiilil "htra m hivsp-R v s intrrvnntod h- the dlsas:rr. The m: o,-viewed o,-viewed til rApHl;-.,,l phip and dire.Mr.l every department ,,f the Mlv Kovem men t to n,-l't Ihe two iTiMnd Juries The mavor oon.-orre. In the rio.-Hlon of the motion picture censor board to for-tdd for-tdd shnvfni; a film of th rrvuo of -ome of the pfiViMiCPi-K The owtiera of t ho film wnnted to ehibit ihe p-turs h 'id Ele a per. -enlace to the r-liof fund The board field lvn-k tip dr.-i-.ton until the ninor returned. Mayor's Opinion. "We must not permit this trasedv to h capita lUed,'' w ns the ma vor s vt-filet. vt-filet. Tonlplit Ihe mnvnr ordered all rabaret perfornianoes in the eltv stopped mid all ntusio In puMl.- mjuares ulllh-d Only a hsndfid of bodies wore rerov ernd from the river to.iny nd none frotn the ship. . The trnsedv roll totilcht ptuod pod lew l -i'ovr rrit. P:; 1 no-llrs Identllled. Sl'S. "t-rn I'lleotrli r-onipan"a list of l t lie i n j . i or tod ml(rxinK, I 71 Although erv hour loot ' ninke. the r-ovrrv of the holirf, more dlffh-nlt (ho e-nnliie-rs worldmr ,,,, ihe .-otii-a.-'t p, U.ls- the Me.u-rr to.,U:M Inid no, .!Xnrt (,; '?lr ir:'; .'"lira of tho w,e,1(n(; t.m VavoHto, hWh ,.n, ht, Mi.d,,od up to the rin-uland nil ,lnv l"nli-lil Ihul rnlsln- Ihe H!iP, w.,B V I'" ever taohl-d .nd ', it tO he ,UVltl, Pofnve w .',1, p'T-ted. Th Fas'.'a.r.d !s Cat on her id- and mnst b uisw to an ancle of jf gres before t he :if::neer5 C3 n be-g.r, be-g.r, pum.pT.c t i water out. Wnh tlie sta-ks o:;: in ti.e r:vr. it is hard to f;r.-i s p.ae for th tuj to Ji re a if- era.ce. If the E1 p i or. e go: ;o the - decree ar-.cle :t w:ii ': hard to keep tier ;:.-r with her b.o.d fIl of water, j To relieve the roin'e from the task of j-ep.n th c.ir.ous p ;h.:c rrovir.z. he I j-:us of the bruis fdc;:'.j the Ljstlard I were 'oarced up tooay W itnesses Before Jury. Tli coroner s ':ry rr-T.amM :n s ess' on fo--.ijE;t. the niro'.s so;:.i:r.( cut for r.iri-t. r.iri-t. 1 N'-a'ly 1 w;li:f:r5 wert su"" v."-!".' f.-.7 --z t.ie day. T' vir- oues-tii'r.ed oues-tii'r.ed bv : coroner's a.v-.s'jpif tn jn an:eri:otn. The n-.a;ority of th.e:n i-u no i.-v.pcrtatt know se of the trace 5.y a:;J wo-o not set.t l.efo;-.-. 1. i:r T.: tept'.m.jr.y o; Seoor.j Assistant Kr:-slr.eor Kr:-slr.eor Snow of the K s: ia r.d was prha;-s the rio! starthrp of t.'.o ciay's c;s:. "I red 3 :t por.e to w.rk on the 'as-nd 'as-nd last Th-:: s-iv r.: t ' r sa:d "I was emr-1 K r.c;!!.: tri'son. I ne-er shipp-'d on a bo.it iUe th.e FAs'land and 1 old not k?iow liow lore it took to empty or t'e ballast tanks. "Ti-.e .--)-f i i "er explained to me about the t.nks for ten or :;: t een minutes." min-utes." "I'll vn,, -orrreterf to handle them then' ' b, w-.is as'sf ! cs. sir." sa d miow Could Have Tilled Them All. The w;tm-s rvpl.vlnM that Erl.-son Told M'n to r1!) unk : and when the heat beun to ;if l.i!ly Ask1 why he d:d ti''f ;"dl a'l the t (nks wv.en he saw the ho.it .ortmned to list, the witness re-Ph.'.p re-Ph.'.p e ro n'd hae tn1 the rt. but the ensme:- to,,; ;,,e to u. and "." Ketor tlvu. son. an oiler and brother of (' ennin-er. tet'iird that he had pumped the ware,- ont of t he balUst tanks at 6 '"' l-'-k atur.1a? morning. He said th.at. o' kmc inuiT Snow-, he was onicre.l to lii:v.p out VI the tanks evorv nioriunc '-er ihe boat docked m th.e ri.'ao rh er He d: 1 not know w hy. Pelbert VI ?;-.r r t-rst -n 1 c. s" eo-e that the hoat sank thre 111 Unites after the cans: plank w.ts pullfl In. "I was tendins t.'e forward line when 1 not tce 1 the list) nc." hhsher said "1 did not pav ;ii!v attention to the list'nc her.iuse ihe ho.it often did that. Then the bo.it w.-nt over. mr near me cried. ae me T c nibbed her, .inn pod and ;-w.m ashore with her." "1 yon know a ny reason wh the K.iii.-u-.d. which waa 1'u Ut tor ?.h".i 00 should have he'll Sold for J 1 'MhOO'1 ;,e w n ji s k d . No. M,-: 1 don't Srnsation Cnnsed. ns.Vleii on used whr Stairs Attorney lloxye ,.-.-.d 10 tl o oo-onor s lurv an urtmlo puh".hed in a 'h:,-ito nnwspapor .lulv IS. hMU, ClVlllii i'-n;i. hie a.-.-onnt of a trip mado tho l-'rst-land the div beforo 1'rom Sou'th lirn to i-ldravo. when the boat listed eo bndlv t. .'.t tJ-.r pa tenser bo.-amo wild with anlo an I fou!it and trampled on- not h or to K,- h( the lite prevorors )nioriew Inrluoed in the h rtnde stated th u ii-0 tiouble wan caused hv the Pont Im,,,, nnni -d om all her wator halla.nt ho-oio l'iiuh,f S.U,h ,!:,V'M1' T'P "r,t' quoted I tilted Mates lilM'-ctor of Hu r., l; Mansno.d as sa ln that the K-iMhiud was on- of ,t,o sat oat abdPs,on the lake It W;in admitted In evidoin |