Show w doz dozen bf i c high pow power powe r lights strung nil all scene this afternoon a n. n S Several ve-ral ve theories as to tho the cause of ot tho the disaster were advanced tonight Some men said saM they Y believed belie the jam m or of th the passengers On n tho the top or d deck ck tau caused M the boat boot to tip d- d Federal LI it eta te county and municipal mu mu- t authorities who be began Inv investigations I had before them a a. report that the tho port aide kle ballast tanks on the sId aide v were ero ra empty while white those on t th t port or o oUter ter were ere full tuU of at water miter Tr TF e depth of or the water where the sank I ia nb about ut twenty feet teet left her port side sUcking sticking eight or feet out o of at the water a fact which saved the th lives of at scores scorer who wert below d decks kB and in In staterooms on that sIde ride only only possible to get the tho im- im riM dead de d and alivo out after several 1 at C tho the side plates had been cut away b by magnetic electro and d drills v I Women Beaten M Most tt it of or the victims were women and Man Many according to rescued reS pas passengers eners and oy eyewitnesses ses wera beaten down without a a. chance for tar lives b by frenzied men and by mo io of at the stronger nger warn women en passengers pas pea aa well Stories all aU agree tha Aho tho panic na 08 the boat went over aver wa was trl frightful Many rany women had th the r Ut literally ripped from then them aa as others fought to grab lIfo bel nd chairs H Hundreds ts ds jumped from fram tho the decks decka and i from portholes Scores of ot those 1 h. h A f n I r. private VAte tragedies were numerous about tho wreck wieck The Tho crowd moved arid fed against the pollee lines striving to catch glimpses of af the dead or ar tragedy dY stricken survivors survivor a as u the latter turn turned d from their effort eUart to briNie life Ute back to loved ons onse f On 0 city fireman leaning far tar averan over aver an e nIng cut in the hull pulled at t a I bod passed pase l tG t U him by a a diver Ho He I the form farm over over- and fainted as ho Rd aM Into IDt tho the face lace of at his own I da du daughter te Similar scenes were con- con T TSe Te e Re Red Cross Cress station mUon which for tor a used I ds dai as an emergency ship II n h bc w n- n turned into a a. morgue and revive those brought out practically were abandoned abandon The work of ot rescue went on with m monotonous not n s precision Eight divers alc c tc cb d tho the holds of the tho vesseL aided by 1 a d dozen zen or more mare volunteer who clad in bathing suits or stripped to lo their underwear dived time into tho the murk murky water AST s s- s quickly as lUI a body was located It Il Itras ras fa with grappling to tD the surface Theres There l would bo boo the cry ery and usually Ihl W uld be Je followed b by tho the call cult Its a won woman ns finery fy torn tom to Ita 4 face f and clenched were werth rule ruIe t iL JJ Rescuers ers Suffer SuHer J rescuers g lor for several eV ev tal ha hours rs suf auf suf- terO from the h heat at of the hull cau caused d' d b na of or tho boat A s la fat fast as as the bodies were brought the ho huU hull huI the they were laid on tr her and covered With blankets bankets lVe bc weert the wreck and dock formed a a bridge The H ch r bearers pasted passed between two tJ I it one J of t whom gave avo absolution n Willie the inc other otner the bodies Oh cm th the dock Dr A A. A Carter of ot th the tho cIl dep department searched for of ot life ute h in th the t victims Often otten he wo would 11 call i and the rw would u d bo ho Carried to the side side- w walk nt where row o of victims were laid laido o otEi of the commission b if e a establishments c on n I Sou h W atei t r treet streit lre t. t As hon hour bouts f there wets were few fewer ew r c calls for tor the gi bI Saved d. d 1 bab eI thin than on one year y old oM was wa taki alive from from trani the hull bun of t the tho boat bY r Spectators the tho dark Clark cheered aa I th the infant wa w. wu U m the thO steamers steamer's Diu hold It WAS said ald the child would aula live life J James Eu n one of the En East East- tJ t- t J d lf- lf testified at th the cd by State Attorney Hoyna that ho had bad received the tho sl Mg- Mg td c cst cast t A tow Un line to the tug tUK K Knosha which was waa 88 to take the East East- 1 dc deep leep water t 1 did s 's so sd said sald ld and Ane tui t A began t to U pull Then Then I U- U th that t the the tha lines Jines att attached Ch d to the dock ock had not n t been cast off oft The The- was t pulling hard herd eli all th the time said a steward had bad mW th the h line Une room to warn warn hint the lines to shore boro had not be been beOn n C castoff and that he and the steward Into Inlo the water together Flan Flan- testimony wb contradicted by Arthur M McDonald engineer of at the t tug g who laid tho the had hd not begun to tu ow When the Eastland overturned o C Captain Warned William nm Doderlein ln floor m manager for fortt tt firm with a place lace of at business fa fading facias the river told tol newspapermen he be had seen c n the in a danger anler ou ous condition t ten n minutes before the accident o occurred am and that ho hid had sent seal warning to Captain Gen General ral V. V Wj w. KJ K Greenebaum Greene Greene- baum in of fI Indian p. p Ii Transportation h portaU n eh rt t d the Eastland forthe trip was examined d b by As Assistant Assist Assist- ant arit District Attorney Charles Cuso Cas' stated that the boat was loaded Urt under the supervision of t two check checkers checkers' Nf who wb r recorded 2600 people peaple passing ont her before an tiny any were refused Th These tse two men were were sent there by Deputy u collector of Customs McC Mc- Mc Mry C and according to Greene Greene- i I t the tho boats boat's load toad tuU been O. O Kd 1 t G testified t u that he was wi 1 hei wharf the thed tl d sd that M IJO soon oon n a as H h fl h saw I he ho ordered all of t the II on th the steamer r Theo Theo- 1 Brown Drown overboard o and VA 1 i was WM ot t the opinion that thu this had eav saved d a a. large number of ot lives Jives One theory 0 of at tho the cause of at the ac accident ac- ac i jg Ig that thai the steamer had bad stuck In ht the mud and had jailed failed to free tree herself elf when the engines were started start Mart ed ad ed causing th the of ot the tho steamer to list The rhe weight of ot the large larI crowd aboard aboud au augmented ont d this to such an on extent t that the boat could not hot right itself b but t cause the hawsers to break and th the boat bot continued to list until overturned Child hild Loses Lose 1 ol 1 Stores an and whole wholesale ale i Ui vicinity the survivors cur sur and pr vid end and sand Sandl One big l their lr sales room In hi South WAt Water street into an information relief station Hero Here came camo relative and and friends to together see S' S matron mation Ii iKe Ufe crowd obtained names of ot those Ing and their relatives r Dr J. J B. B Murphy Dr JohnF In en end and tonn former r Health Commissioner Evans prominent physicians physician had Charge chargo ot of the m medical relief roUet at th the temporary stations A A. ten y year ar old girl gimi G Gone GMe f To nia- nia b betie h was wag s we weeping for tor her two aunts aunt uncle and and- little lithe Cousin ln who were er mt miming Sh She alone alon of t that party was rescued d. d so eO far tar as U r Frank Helfe Hele 11 years ears old old wel cry cry- Ing InK Im I'm waiting for tar my mj- mamma mammi said h he 1 had b beO it lit t it when t fit Ih- Ih fo formed ned of the a ac ld ident th t lai t land on aIth t h His t Hefle Sr Sn hi na tw ft 1 19 t 19 I K ero cm ers 4 X r rw re rt l missing v Z s 1 l Kodak d Developing arid and Shield ld Stationery Cd co UL tL Main Mak street Adv Adv |