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NEWS OF THE DAY.

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The E. S. Cours for Chloe is loving shanghai in a few days for a session in Canton,

The → Daily Telegraph's" account of the 1914 Dorly will be found on pages

4 and 3.

"THE " EMPRESS” DISASTER.

STORIES BY SURVIVORS. (From the Daily Telegraph of May 30.)

Montuhan, May 29, The Canadian Pacific Railway Company's liner Empress of Ireland collided with the conling veenal Storstad early this morning. in a dense fog, and sunk within top

tainutes.

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1914

TYPHOON WARNINGS.

The following telegrama from Manila have been received at the American Con sulate: Ceneral :-

Vyddo Manila, 6.50 p.m., Jane 19 Cyclons or Typhoon, N. of Manila, moving N.W, or N.N.W.

Hanila, 10.58 p., Juan 12) Cyclude er Typhoon, crossing northern Lazon, moving NN. W, or N

Manila, 11.10 m., June 20,

SPORTING.

WATER POLO.

In Gucogno" faig le matik so she AS. O Car yesterday evening, Royal Engineers defeated the 88th R. G.4. by 8 goals to 1.

Hongkong Football League Meeting.

The sixth annual Meeting of this longues was held in the V.R.C. yusterday. Mr.

Proceeding tu disenss, the increasing use of oil fuel, the Admfenity Mem orandum says that experiments are being carried out by numerous in vestigators to arrive at the mont economical method of extracting oil from shule and coal. It is hoped therefore, that when the use of oil in the Navy shall be so exended that it will form the major part of the luel useil, the production and commercial

Three hundred and thirty a vén pit, utilisation of oil and other products of coal and shale will have reached

The band of the steamship Mongoliangers have been saved, and about 850 people are drowned. There is no in anch a pisition that the pil fuel so

will play at the Belle Vae Hotel this even-formation na you to identify those saved. Ahtained will supplement naturlig fram & to 11.30.

petroleum to greater extent then is nt

The telak output of the Kailan Mining present the case Emphasising the possibilities of natural or artificial.Administration's mines for the week ending Jun 6 amounted ti 59,579.00 ton and the restriction of supply, the memorandus during the period, to 88,020,55 tone. dum says the policy of the Admiralty ]* with regard to the provision of oil is to The estimated Imat population of the the vessel that she practically sank without Many sampame and junka Bava slready advance made by the Segretary of $849 spread its contracts as much as pos- Colony to the middle of 1913 was 47,870, giving time for the passengers to leave gone to the shelters. ible over widely separated fields.and the living beats tużallal 10,948, giving

att average of 1,3 persons per-boat.. Thus in time of war, if some aren should be closed," others will remain

Cyclone or Typhoon, neat or over Balin-E, W. Eager, Vice President, occupying the tang Channel, moving N.N.W,

Chair in the absence of the President, Mr. The disturbance is apparently asking R. Hancock. - for the Formosa Channel-El.]

Captain Kendall, commanding the Em Areas of Ireland, is among the saved, and

Signais indicating a typhoon to the sent a message to the Canadian Pacific Company later to the effech that the Em. press of Ireland was run down aradakipe south out of the Colony more than 300 by the caller during dades fog, which miles distaist were buisted this morning: cansed such barrio hole in the side of

In append matter in the Supreme open. It is only by aestiming control Cart this mrning at the judges and a that the State can effectively ensure eun-et uvert newspaper reports of that supplies shall always be forth- | judgment delivered, in the Summary Court, coming in times of emergency, and

Puring bust your 83.0433 rats were

their barth.

The

Ounding through the scattered mm. glance the actress tate of purturbation go from Rimouski one onald sea at and bewilderment which prevails there. If twenty-two of the survivors is known that landed at Eimouski sustained shocking injury during the crash, and silher died in the hosts or on landing.

The Hon. Secretary, Mr. A. S. HIZ, tead. the following reportThe Balades at working account now shows a credit of 5. after allowing fur cost of medalu advertising, printing, etc., na par statement, These Egures are arrived at through an

in order to pay the Referees son other expenses, due to the mo the o pament of feen by certain teame amounting to #00. On xcount of thin the Hon. Sesrulary and Treasurer has been unable meeting-act which commons in local papers. In anter to close the scrants and hold the annual the efore to bring the matter to an end ha has advanced the money out of his owD pocket.

osused some

Only those who immediately got up verë rescued which probably soccunts for the fact,

the explain's raporti zhab | rding only twenty-aine women waro aveď..

10 reported that the collier Storstad. sack, but so far no varification of this has been received.

survivors of the dissator are being bruaght by rain to Quebec, where they abis arrive this morning. will pro abis

After a goot seasont bha D O.LI. work The Government vosals Lady Evelyn and Eareks rushed to the scene of the tint the prices in such cases shall not | „xamined at the Bacteriological Instituto, ( di naterrvivors are now anyaged

One despatch gives 18 as the probable the 1st Division, and the 88 Coy, R.G.A and after picking up the lifeinate

casualty list, but others are laws heavy. It on the Yad Division. The student, tha - be artificially inflated. It must also impared with 20,853 in 1912, and 249 with the dies of the drowned. Many is believed that four-fifths of the saloon be borne in mind that, foreign pavics| ward found to be plagae infreted, against known English people were on board passengers died, and that the majority of League's finance was unsatisfactory owing the Empress of Ireland, including Mr. are on the road to becoming large 300 m 1912.

Laurence Irving and his wife Miss Mabel Homurone. Saturday, June 23, 1914. consumers of oil and to competing

On account of the concert at the Peak Hackney, but their fate is not yet known,

the drowned or the saved. still more keenly with the Govern- Cleb next Saturday evening. Mr. Fresar "A large has decided to postpone his performance at ment for prompt supplies. consumer like the Admiralty, with the Theatre Royal to the following Satur the national interests of naval defence day, July 4th.

THE ADMIRALTY AND OIL FUEL

-

IT would be observed from recent telegrama sent by Reuter's Agency that reference was made on two ocen sions to the Admiralty's purchase of oil shares in the Anglo-Persian Oil

in ita keeping, declares the Admiralty, cannot place itself in a position

erligeting

as it is impossible to get the list either of

LATER.

The Chairund mið.

The report and balance sheet we adopted.

“due from them, and thus con-ing th Hea tho saved belonged to the steerage and the tue of the teams not paying what was grew.

According to a wire from Father Fint. Secretary to advance mon-y from his own

pocket. there, at least 800 and probably 1,000 lives from the operator at the Maresui Statinu aro lost. It was not pissible to launch all the fonts, but those that got a under great stress were packed with Orice to the dense fog the rescuing

The story of the dinantur, as patched together from scattered messages, shows occupan that the great liner bad come to a stand-

in the proposition of Mr. Fager, Mr. R.

* Ellik, Vice President: The election af An Hon. Secretary and Treamer and a 2nd Division Hot

the cou The question

composition of the 2nd Division nos:

3 surion was discussed, it being sated by the Chairman that it was desired to:

I to sanit the schools and youth ful

Hanenek s ro elected President, and Mr.

Monday bring the anniversary of the st·11, because of the dense fog, and ne rly { atanmers Lady Evelyn and Eureka Secret ry wsa put of unthan ther meeting.

Coronation of their Majesties King George of dependence for vital supplies Y. and Quero Mary, the British ships in upon a few large companies, whose sin labour with basic calebration of the interests are necessarily ensmopolitan ute fired at noon in and financial, although the Admiralty

#

avont.

all the passengers had long been in their greatly handicapped, but they took risks berths. The Storstad, loaded with 17,00) and dashed to the scene of the disastr

Fpend. tons of coal, suddenly loomed out of the under f reed druit et full

bow of.

The Empress of Treland had already Thaen was time neither to give the liner disappeared when the Lady Evelyn and Appeared. The water in rineteen fathoms tiep at the point where the liner went down.

steam nor for the collier to reverse or turn, With a crash that flung the crew to the deck nd seat men ad women taubl ng

may properly place reasonable The charge of being in possession of from their berths, the heavy freighter Company, Ltd., and to the fact that portion of its contracts in the † 500 rounds of ammunition 6 rifles, 11 tetrack the Empress of Ireland amid-hips, 1.15 would appear that the catastrophe

the Cernment intended to keep hands of such organisations, it is of le opium. 13 thels of prepared well in mind the necessity of being important and essential in waval in-pam, against two Chines, will be heard o Tuesday at 2.15 p.m. Mr. Mascit able to obtain access to large quantities terests to secure that at least one (Mosers. D'Almada & Maren) defends.

to

and hung for a moment with her nose in the liner's vitals, and then backed away As for the approach of the Storstad, with her bow stero t'ers are two reports, one to the effect that she was moving swiftly along, showing nothing but her binnacle lights, which would give no sign of her advent to these she went along blowing her fog siren uty yards away. The other report says continuously.

Whichever story is true, she was not

of

Nt

teams from the Fury and Army lastead of Ir wan decited to call and her mesting far basing youth and said men in opposition,

patpise.

following commitm

this

was elected am

The

Mr Enger. Sergt. Wilson, R.A.. Wt Telegraphist Morau, HMS. Tamar, and one anch from the Songkong F.C., wind. D.O.LI

The revision of rules was deferred till is - meeting in September.

happened so close to land that the opera tions of the Government vessels the Stomated and the lifeboata were plainly visible from the tower shove the telegraph station at Father Fuint and from other elevated spots along the shore. The est on that part of the St. Lawrence is of

After & conversation with Mr. Ellis, Mr. volcanic rock formation, and it would have Eager announced that penting the election good to by tofan Hon. Sc., be would take over the

duties pru ten dons Captain Kendal

so quickly that his engine-rohms were

in his resei sabord. In fact, it is belleva foded that the resel was powerless from the moment of the collision.

Accounts by Survivors.

RINGUSI, May 10.“ According to the few survitors who have

: of oil as fuel for the Navy. Details Jarge British oil company shall be

ars now available in the form of a maintained, having indépendent con- The Medical and Sanitary Reports for Blue Bank which has just been trol of considerable supplies of natural 1814, laid upon the table at Thursday's issue. The volume contains the petroleum and bound to the Govern-uncil Mepting, stated that the new direct text of the agreement entered into hyment by financial and contractual cavaging scheme has effected a saving of seen by the men on the Empress of Ireland the Treasury and the Admiralty on obligations." It is announced that $6,500 in the cost of refuse collection, and until she was right on her, and the big greatly increased the efficiency of contrufpassenger bent not being under headway,

bad no chance to get out of the way. the 20th ult. with the Anglo-Persian system has been adopted of placing

When the vessels collided there was no Oil Company, Ltd., the report ly a forward contracts with reliable com- The total rovere collected by the inmedinte inrush of wabar. There was th Commission of experts under the pre-pantes (including the shalo oil Sanitary Department during 1913 amounted a dash of half-dressed, terror-stricken „sidency of Vice Admiral Sir Edmond companies of Scotland) operating 2254,811,70, compared with 8219,426.96 men, women, and children from their state-

Ireland were hurriedly called to their pos J. W. Slade, giving the results of tields which are geographically wide. in 1912. The estimated revenue for the rooms. The entire crew of the Empress been landed here, and are able to tell their local investigations of the rely separated. There will still remain was 8299,15. The total expenditure and in the midst of all were heard impre coherently their terrible experiences, the xes $131,24,23 compared with $324,043.2 cations, prayers, and hysterical criés, collier struck the Express of Ireland fairly Many incidenty of heroism occurred on the amilshipe on the port side. The Storstad sources of the sillietals comprised in a balance to be purchased according in 1912. -

part of mon desiring to save their wivestaro. her way through the liner's ride. killing a horribly maiming in their berths the concession of the company, and to the exigencies of the market, and

and women their children. Ten Chinese boys were charged before It was 1.45 s.m. apparently when the doors of sleeping people. also an extraordinary memorandum in effecting such purchases all sources

The Storstad immediately booked away, rest in the Empress of by the Admiralty. The Anglo-Persian of supply will be kept in view. Sup- Mr. Wood this morning at the Magistrieren rushed into the liner. She immediately

Catton Mill's. In. listed, and minutes after the a

such a deluge that the linet aank before Oil Company's concession covers an plics available from the United King. with gambling at the Cronen Miks ben collision Rank beneath the waters of the St. Ireland, through, which water poured in

Lawrence.

many

cars knew what had happened ares of some 500,000 square miles, dom and other parts of the British complaints and a number of warreota had

The ster poured into the and only a very small portion has so dominions will certainly receive due been issued and executed. Each prisoner

Almet instantly after the crash the engine cups caused an explosion, and this liners's wireles had spatiored out into the forced many peop eojampold of

Ernest Hayes, far been examined. As already an- consideration. As to the strategic was fined $3.

foggy night its call for aid, the famous nounced, the Government will sub valde of oil fuel for the Navy, it is

A well-arranged whist drive was held sigual, 8.0.8. even at the fixatie leaping from the upper promenade dock

rushed on deck.

the Empres of Ireland went scribe £2,200,000 to the capital of only necessary to recall Mr. Church-

in the RE Sergants' Mess, Queen'flay the boats on one side, could be down. W. Davis, of Montreal, another survivor, said he and his wife had not been Road, Inst night. There was a fair atten lowered because of the heavy list. Seconds survi the company, and the total share ill's speeches on the abject --laat capital held other than by the Govern-March, extracts from which are given date. tasty tables being occupied. The meant lives. Some of the boats from one awakened by the shock of the collision, and

side

were swung out, men and women knew nothing of the accident until the ment is £1,999,000. To protect in the Blue Book The First Lord prizes were presented at the conclusion by tumbled into them with little under or water began to rush into their state-run.

The "8.0.8.” bud Government interests, the agreement claimed for oil driven warships & Staff Sergt. Priestor, President of Com discipline, for death was pressing on them He helped his wife to the best deck, hat Father the big hip had already listed, and it was cat, Together your a few times, and then impoarible to faunch boat, ex-oficio directors by the Treasury at least 10 per cent. in radius of „ZA, Queeva Road, HSUKUNG.(one to represent the Admiralty) action, and an increase of quite 2 who will have a power of veto per cent, in fighting strength, because, over all acts of the company, but as the use of oil enables refueling to the other directors will have the be carried out at sea with grea right of appeal to the Government. facility, the British Fleet would have

THE LOWARD UISPENSARY,

C. KAMMING & Co., Li, Chemists and Druggists,

GREAT REDUCTIONS IN PRICES."

PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELY

DISPENSED.

passengers

...

THE 8.0, 8. CALL.

30

just before

purser,

A. vote of thanks to Mr. Ellis for the services he had rendered, the league for several years past was carried, Wt. Tule- graphist Moran alone objecting. This concluded the busines

DEATH OF MR. BURLEIGH.

We regret to announce the death of Mr. William Simpson Burleigh, of the clericat staff of Taikoo Dockyard, who passed away at the Government Civil Hospital yesterday morning at the early

nge of twenty-two. Mr. Hurleight had suffered from tuberculosia for some time, but recourtly bis condition was such that it was hoped, that he could abortly to

home to Rentos, Dhimbartonshire. Emly this month, however, he had elapse... and gradually sank. Mr. Burcigh, who, joined the Taiboo staff in October, 1919, was unmarried, but leaves in the home- land a father and mother for whom much sympathy will be lelt.

BILL ADAMS AND CHARLES II.

Private Bill" Adams, aged ninety.

Para Drugs, Patent Medicinos, &c. provides for the appointinent of two great excess of speed, an increase of mitter; to:-Ladies-lat, Mr. Raynolds ip came the Earska and the the led on their hands and knees up three, answered the roll-cali at fas an

Horgans. July 22, 195

BIRTH.

GORDON WALKER-May 18. ut.

F... Civil Service, a son.

MARRIAGE.

STANLET-APAM-Jack-May 23 mi

Highgate, P H. StasY-ADAM

sop of late W. S. Stanley Arnus, .12 (late of Hongkong, to Mamudack.

DEATH.

the company's concession may be ex-

Brizanus.-On 24th May.

77 yesen, formerly of China.

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2ad, Mrs. Priestne; 3rd, Mrs. Stonyer;

Booby prize, Mr. Ponsford." Geats-1st

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A very important decision was given

It

eren before

Incen s' hatch or gusting on

REVO

DJ KALVATION ARMY, VICTIMA.

the

BRAD

CENE OF THE ACCIDENTE

Canadian Government, could start. Then wax rinking rapidly, and his wife was awent sea, in commemoration of the restore Mr. Cullen; 2nd, Mr.. Kaumer; 3rd, Mr. Evelyn, two stenaars owned by the the sloping deck of the liner. The vessel nuni parade at the Royni Hospital, Chel Reynolds: Booby, prize, Mr. Winbart. they knew that the worst must have from his grasp. Both were carried by tion of King Charles II., founder of the

the suction into the rirez. They clang, to Empress of Ireland was in trouble.

piser of wood, and were reposed, his wife bospital. Staff Sergt. Priestor, Sargt, West, and happened out in the fog, wher Córgl. Coxon were the committee."...

The liner settled down fast. She being then unconscions.

big listed more and more until the waters of the river lapped her decks on one side.

J... Imagley, a rancher at Canford,

The rescue boats Eureka and Indy Bridge, wife of RE. GRAFER, of The capital furnished by the Govern the special advantage of not being on June 13 in the United States Court for Then, while men and women, with the fear

rail and went down with the sinking ship. Which to float,

He bel bis breath, came up, grabbed the Evelyn found, not aching the point where ment will be issued in instalments as forced to leave its fighting position Cains, by Hrn. C... Lokingier, Judge, of death upon them, were trying to tear British Columbia, calmly sat un the deck

tand

unlike that which greeted the liners which required. The report of Admiral in order to re-fuel il can he easily on an annulment of marriage judgments the versel heeled half over and west

rushed to the Titanic's að. Tioj found ♬ William Measures, Salvation Army Cavanagh, plaintif, and 8. D. Warten from her decks, and then, as the seething rescued by the Eureks

waters settled into smoothness again, the Slade's Commission indicates that fed from a tank steamer to a warship the parties being Tahami Hashimoto There was long ary of hopelow despair side of lifalost, held to it, and was the Empress of Ireland sink, a scene nat defendant. Previously it had been held hands of swimmers babbed up some of landsman, crept along the fall of the the ship sunk and the surfson of the water. with judicious working and control | at sea.

The result of the motion submitted that the enart bad nu jurisdiction for them furtunate enough to find a bit of promenade deck and stepped into the furtunately calm, dotted with 'abouts and to Lieboat and tebrate were huddled survivors dazed ered with Bosting debris. In the was covered "water" wreckage to which they clang.

Those lifeboste which were not full remode West pected to produce an abundant supply by the First Lord of the admiralty divorce cases, which meant that any United

Army and moaning, same of them dying try the party of 140 Balvation Arme Ealing, Loni B, HEARY B-Tzum, gedot oil over a long period of years in the Home of Commons on Wednestes citizen residing here and desirous already pulled bere and there ever the spot.

International Conference in the sinking vessel only twenty warn rescued Mr. J. Black and M, Black, of Ottawa, BERKELY J.30% 1-May 25. x 67. Some of the wells have been "throt-day clearly indicated that Parliament) of taking such proceeding had to go to the where the ship had beeʊ, sod added to Storstad, crippled though abs was,

did the Empasse of Ireland.id they jumped together into the river. that Campden his Gurl (7.00) FAMA Ftled down" to keep the productions is entirely in favour of Government's United Sites to do so, Judge, Lobingier thoes rescued from the surgedded to me ubers, on board, he were bound, for injuries sustained in the rush of leaving those passengers who were They had been roused by the shock: if the helped, and she took a few on board.

enough to get into the lifebras enlisim. and able to get fato the ING BULAKLEY JORNHON, widow of H. H. within the limits of current require-purchase of huge quantities of oil reverses thin

garbed only

only in their lifeboat, had risked the leap. There For the Laday menta and the capacity of the exist-fuel for the Navy and that. That

by boat from t picked up of the survivor is pitiabla,

Diaton Hide Bony của tín sufferoderribly. Mr. L. Gomatin. from the dying before it should be too iste. haras

could." bewustr”” marigaticum, arrested in Wanchai Road, told the of the tragedy and the fog lifted, the

hironel by clinging to a m the

When the rescue ships docked here the Company aporator at Hime M-gistrats be reived the tickets from officers can the horizon in vain for triend at Macu. He could call those liner. Later on they saw only small bosta: station platform converted into how following out of the call

Manamegen Find clothing Bonitad sa s comme ure the morping a$ 1:45 am,

pital, and the

thep-Propje, bringing food "The Express it rel friends to prove he was Bot trafficking in pitifully few in ember, and the

drifting away from these was the aid the infference In Empre sulk

de twenty smiles out from Fath thome tickets. Mr. Wood adjourned the

Kendall Wreckage rews the Eng peranga winos Carta.

bondred yarda near the spot where opportunity of calling evidence. Bail în sent by wireless after he had been picked many hor

Hp 10 went to Captain Walsh, Marine the internk. The in phors brightly “BIDO wa mkuwed.,

at during the forenoon, and though the water Superintendent of the Canadian, Pacific at

Then follow d tha mesagerial was will lay the temperature by day WAR

to increase

the safering of by dense not low enough to Leland, stopy by the of uck amidships in

Baridos. Captain Kanda Delta day were Mr, R. F. C. Master Besnil the during taster will choose the coller Storstad- that Cephus. for Marseilles and Mr. B. S. Spargs for dabity of the year. White London cor Te is understood

WAS TOL: LEO navigating be ships collided, and the

Bulkeley Johnson,

THE DIARY.

MIMO. FOR TU-BORROW. 94.m.---Excursion to Macau, "

MEMOS. FOR MONDAY. Coronation Day of King George V(1911), 8 p.m.-Crowu Land Bale at P.W.D.

Jeneral Memoranas,

TUESDAT, June 53 ---

Prince of Wales' birthday (1894). 11 2m-dongkong Joe Co's. Extra

ordinary, eating,

11 m Auc fos of Forniture to Meers. Hughes and Hough's, WEDNESDAY Hung 24-

Auction of Valu Lle ehold papers lo Canter 11 & vction of Furniture Flo.

Day at the Stockinger dition of Hongkong.

Mr. Wood this morning had before

ERSCUE RELP. ARRIVE.

ink

fortunate

fosiod

Bathe

ing pipe line. Information has quite approval, we feel mare, will be heartily bio at the Magistracy Chines who was

In the meantime the Earsks, plunging | night dilang maukda recently come to hand, the memor endorsed throughout the Empire, as changed with baving in his possession through the fog, was trying to cover the andam states, showing that one of it is unquestionable that oil fuel willmanber of lottery tickets canceled in the thirty iniles of water that separate her Bome have broken arms and legs, and alloke of the Emress of Ireland, which: the wells from which supplies have play, a very important part in the1ng of his hat. Defendant, who When the rescue ship veached the scene prominent lawyer from Monterus, naved was lying in the chanemia dieves migra

long been drawn has suddenly begun to spout with great violence, with the result that this well alone yields mme than the present pipe line is enable of transporting. It has there |fore became necessary, in order to minimise the loss of oil, to undertake enosiderable extension of the very transport, storage, nil refining facil ities with the least possible delay, The favourable anticipation expressed by Admiral Blades Commission as to the, aggregate resonte

the com

equipment of all Navies in the future.

BOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

until Monday to give prisoner on he wme," That was

Among the peopgany who left by the whom they have settled the tango sep 1 for, struck of Triind, V

pora

espondant. The Chines

by the Pazia maNTATO.

r

her Poin