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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. wiiii.- ti.- probable loss of life through the Bast-land disaster Is not so great as it was tl gbl to he Saturday evening it is -till appalling. The death lis! is now placed at from 1.000 to 1,500 bv Coroner Hoffman. In all 812 bodies have been identified bj relatives ami friends. Ten Indies now await idot, tim a- i.. i at the Be road regiment arm ry. Heroes of the ship disaster, policemen. firemen and volunteer divers, explored lower ■action* of the great steel lomb and concluded that :,ihi holies were still Inked within the hull. Others are believed to be pinned under the boat al the bottom "f the river. The difficulty of extricating the greater mimbei l these bodies did not daunt the diver-, who determined to continue their el forts to bring up the dead until the Eastland is raised to facilitate their task. In the meantime ;i iviici fund "I s:;im.i«mi or more is being rapidly Miiis.; ihed and liisi steps toward a sweeping Investigation by local ami national authorities have been started. The m st MWeeping federal investiga tj. ti ever conducted has I. started by Attorney •enseal Gregory and Secretary of Commerce inul I.ai.or BedOeld into the causes ..i and responsibility for the Eastland disaster. President WUaaa directed the inquiry. tlsB American steam-hip I.eelanaw. from Arch-:n, .1 f.a- Belfast, with ■ irgo of lax. uas tor i,,-.fn.| ..n.i siini. b] i .■nun. submarine ..ft the northwest coast oi Scotlaud on 1 1 1 1 . 23 mi the members -a Ihe . r. u ol ihe Leelanaw were saved. They ueic brought Into Kirkwall in their un ii boats. The I.eelanaw uas owned by the ■ Leelanau Steamship Company of New York. It ■■.as formerly .tilled the Kamweil. The vessel was jvii feet lue- and Of 1,924 gross tops. It left Uarveston May ." and New York Mai IT with a cargo of cotton for Archangel. Having discharged iis cargo it is evident the I.eelanaw was returning from Archangel when sunk. An official state meat of the Herman government, issued April Is-1015, sets forth thai Hax is contraband of war. The British steamship Urangewood of ::.4_2 tons -loss, bound from Archangel, Russia, for Havre. France, uas also torpedoed and sunk in tin- North sea b a lit inn submarine. The crew landed al Lerwick, Scotland. A London statement of yesterday says: "right-tag for Was.iu has shifted from Soath Polaud, where ihe most desperate efforts of Kield Marshal von Mackenseu have ben pnahle to win an appreciable advance to the north or the Polish capital, whet-,- the Germans have crossed the Narew rm-,-sloug a wide front. Petrograd so far has not ad milled ihi.. German success, it also slill is apparent, London military observers say. that the lh»-trolenka fortreas from winch radiate Cue useful strategic railroads, continues t . be controlled by the Russians. The latest success of the German* brings them within twentj live miles pf north Warsaw. To the southward the Germans are attacking the defense lines near Piasecano, twelve milea from the capital Thai the situation in the capital is becoming more precarious is Indicated by the news that the Russians are withdrawing all men ami ma tonal for the manafactnre of uu.niti tis from the city." The Flench war office this altera. miii gave out a report on the progress of hostilities, reading as follows: "French aviators have thrown down shells and steel arrows on tie- military railroad station at Nautili. us p. the th of Moutfaucoo. Artillery duds are raging in Ill i Iher sectors." The waj in which a German submarine heading lor a British transport laden with troops and ammunition was put to flight by an allied aeroplane is descrilted in dispatches just received here. An aviator saw the underwater boat preparing to launch a torpedo and gave the alarm. Pending the arrival ■[ destroyers Ik- dropped bombs at the submarine. Although none of the missiles took effect they forced the iibmariiie to plunge deeper. Soon afterward, bow-ever Hi. periscope appeared on the surface and the aviator dropped two more bombs. The submarine then mad,- oft and did it- t reappear. A dispatch from Kirkwall to the Central NV»-sgenry ol London -ays that after th" members ol the crew lefl the I.eelanaw about a doaen shots w !■• tired at the steamer. They failed to sink her, however ami she uas sent to the bottom by a torpedo. The members of the crow were taken aboard the submarine and were well treated. Wh.-u in Bight of the Orkney islands the men were ordeted to re turn to their boats and the submarine disappeared. The papal nuncio. Count Soapinelli. on behalf of Pope Benedict, has communicated to the Austrian government hi- fears concerning the fate of churches and monuments in tie- Italian coast towns, and es peciaU the famous sanctuary at Loreto. The Aus trin government replied thai it woold carefully spare all the structures, provided the Italian mil i - tary authorities refrained from usitiu them for military purpos. -. Maj. Gen. Fuusion reported yesterday to the v -i-Department that, de-pit.- warnings to Gen. Carranaa ami his anKnranee* tha- there would be no fighting in border towns endangering Americans. Gen. Calles was assembled with 2.000 Carrana troops av Santa Barbara, twentj miles from Sogales. and apparently was preparing to attack the bOTdCl town. Celt. 1-ai st, .n has orders to repel with force any tiriiu-int.. American territory. i-Ue thousand d Han each for ii.- lust i,n dirgl hie balloons destroyed i- tin- brine offered f the British airmen by Baron Michelham. The onlj proviso is that the airships must i e destroyed while in the air.
