"GHOULISH TALES."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2168, 5 June 1914, Page 7

"GHOULISH TALES."

THE LOST LINER., ■■.■ BOGUS STATEMENTS IN THE YELLOW PRESS. PREJUDGING THE INQUIRY. MR. HOUttAN REBUKED. \ By Telegraph-Pris« Aiwciatian—Cttjiyrißht Ottawa, JllllO 3. The Press severely criticises tlio Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Hohtuui) for prejudging the Empress of Ireland Inquiry. , The statement thai people mako money by gambling in .human lives is particularly repudiated. It is pointed out that the Gutadian-FaciSc Company employs only the host ofi'k-eii'S and steamships it is able to procure, and has never had a serious mnriiic accident, duo to negligence, in it* history. Tho newspaper ask for suspension of judgment by all parties until.tho jn.dicial inquiry settles the <iUPsti'on. f'MUROfifiOUS ftISKB." syfinsy, June 4, Tho Premier (Mr. Mtthiian), rdctnag, to criticisms of his remarks regarding the. Empress ,of Ireland disaritw, said it did not require expert lwfc'ledgo "to understand tire fact that a ship moving slowly was run down by nitovh-er Ship moving in tlio same diresikn. Thero was no hearten impact, m full-speed smash on an iceberg, as in the case of the Titanic. If tho skill- of the naval architect cannot guarantee itndt'r these circumstancos that a ship shall float for half an hour' after bemg sir'nek, if there arc mo such things as watertight conipartateiU-s or buoyancy chambers known in naval architecture, tho sooner tho fact is proclaimed tho bet" tcr. Passengers musk he- made (ware by tho directors of shipping companies that an impact from atwrtiicr ship- overtaking theirs will he followed by almost instantaneous destruction ; then perhaps they will insist on ships not travelling in fogs with 150.0 livfis aboard. .Their extreme delieney of structure will -bo recognised, and murderous risks will IWt ho taken." YELLOW RRES3 LIES, MRS. ANDi3RSON i s""STATBIENTS" PURE INVENTIONS. Otta'wa s June 3. Tho Storstad'-s owners, Jiavo ltiido a statement to the effect that the Stoavstadt's crew rendered every assistance after the afecident. Mrs. Anderson never made tho charges attributed to her, which are- merely' tit© inventions •'Times" and Sydney. ••Sua" Services. (Rcc. Jtiu«J 4, .3.45 p.m.) Quebec, Jfiiifi 3Utterly irreconcilable ' statoiiiwcs about the disaster are currant. It is asserted, for osawgilo. that »«t ft sijigioboat left the Storstail'till daylight, when two small on»s were- laitiwhed. On tho other hand, tho ffllicMs $ thiv Storstad state that foW wens Mmched itfmiediotely after tile disaster, and were quickly loaded to their utmost capacity. They also allege that two of the officers of the Empress of Ireland, after reaching the Statstad, refused to assist, in the rescuo work, d-FokyiHg that the life* boat was too heavy' and full. Tb.ero upon three of tho Sterrtad firahien took tho lifeboat 'aiid rcseaed fifty of iite survivors." " CAPTAIN KENMLL CHAMPIONED. (Roe. Juno 4, 16.45 p.i».) '■tMmitea), J'mi-o- 3.. Doctor Grant, nfid Mr. .Hyamson (fl.n English traveller)) declared that the charges against Cttpita-iH IvcHdsli (of iiie Empress «f Jrekud} aws Mse. Gaptain Kendall straggled ta. aid; awl rescue tlio survivors, atki whett iij a, staid of collapse, refused to fci»e his boat? which' was fiaM-fiill of water, in the hops of rescuing at'tiera. Mr. Hyatftscm adds that Captain Kendall refused to abandon tho seai'.ch for others. Mr. Hyamson asserts tSuft-t tie. is prepared- to swear that the, EfflprWs of Ireland was stationary when tho Storstadt- struck bar.

"GHOULISH TALES." ■ (Rec'June i, 9.50 p.m.) M&rttfS'al, June 3. Tho Caftadtan PaoiEfl Eaihvaj Company denies the. stories of Use mutilation of the bodies by frenzied .steerage passengers. "Evil itta.gii;ati«.ns afa the only foundation Jfcrt" these ghoulish tales" is tho- eo-mintfiit of tlre'C.P.R. authorities. (Rec. June 4. 10.40 p.m.) (Irtomreai, June 3. Tho G.P.I, is. olaiiMMifc £400,000 against the owners of the Stijrsttttl, who have connter-cjairrtfid fof £10,000. Tho Starstadt's owners have fited areply to tho Canadiaß'-Pacife Corfvpany's damage suit, allegiiiS that tho Sccjdent was' really etas' to the Empress Of Ireland's faulty navigation.