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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30
Mackay Bennett Arrived at Halifax This Morn
ing With Decks Piled High With
Corpses.
MOST GRUEsOME PICTURE EVER SEEN.
Astor's Body in Plain Wooden Box Just Like
That Used for the Other Bodies
of Victims.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]l
HALIFAX, April 30-The pitifnl
few of the Titanic's victims retrieved |
from the broad waters of the Atlantic
reached port today. The Mackay-Ben-
nett, with the bodies on board, WAS
reported off the first buoy at the har-
bor entrance at eight o'clock (At-i
lantic time1. and Immediately after
ward, at signal from the bells in the
churches, the flags on every building
in the city were dropped to half staff. |
AS the Mackay-Bennett slowly
steamed up the three and one-half
miles of the harbor the bells in the
church towers tolled solemnly at
minute intervals and thousands of the
city inhabitants hurried to points OF
vantage along the water front to catch
the first glimpse of the ship with her
cargo of dead.
All shipping under orders immed-
lately cleared from the harbor chan
nell The Mackay-Bennett was given
a clear track up the center of the bay
/ with nothing to impede her progress,
i About the government dock, where
! she was to be berthed, hundred blue
A clad sailors, with mourning bands on
i their round caps and on the sleeves OF
4 their blouses, leaped into boats and
rowed out to form a patrol to keep
! all craft away from the great naval
dock where the vessel was to be tied
'iup.
AT the same time detachment OF
British bluejackets from the cruiser
q Niobe marched on the pier and clear
ed it of every one not holding an Of
fetal pass. They carried side arms
and they were instructed to keep ev'
cryone away
They then placed an awning entirely
about the portion of the dock assigned
to the Mackay- Bennett and prepared
THE covered gang.plank which was run
!, out as soon as the death ship was
berthed.
I Under a white marquee on the
: dock, the view Of which was shut OF
;. Iby the awnings that had been ar
ranged, more than one hundred cof
v fins and rough boxes had been pilet
, tier on tier Near them were the un
;. dertakers and embalmers, who wer'
to care for the bodies. AS the Mackay
. Bennett came into sight down th'
s harbor, the undertakers, embalmer
: and ambulance helpers put on Ions
brown coats and began to arrange tn
coffins, opening them and laying then
out in great long rows ready for TIL
i silent occupants who could alread
be seen piled on the decks of the al
preaching cable repair ship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-30

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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

Joseph w. Doe, formerly physical
director of the Oskaloosa Y. NJ. c. A,
who went to Davenport a year ago to
accept a position as boys secretary
has resigned and will leave associa-
ton work to enter a Davenport school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Beadle are
leaving the city tomorrow. Thursday,
for Florence, Colorado, via Des
Moines for an extended visit in that
state and at other places in the west.
Mr.. Beadle will look over some mill
ing prospects while in the west.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Fraker and
son George have returned to their
home, No. Sl8 High avenue East, after
an extended trip into Minnesota and
Canada covering a period of about six
weeks. They have been at Duluth and
then went northwest toward Winni-
peg. They had a pleasant and profit
able trip.
General Superintendent G.. S. Lake
of the NJ. & st. L., in his special car,
has been making OskalOOSa headquar-
tiers for several days while inspecting
the lines entering the city. He has
been giving close attention to the
details of the business in the city and
has been inspecting the improve
ments in progress in the yards.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

cousin, Mrs. Edna McWrliams, at
Valley Junction. and with friends in
Des Moines.
Mrs f. f. Blake and daughter Irma
of Chicago, who have been visiting
at the L. H. Walker home for the
past week, returned to their home
this morning.
Mrs. Fred Smock and baby son
have returned to their home, No COZ
South A street, after a six weeks
visit with relatives in Washington,
IKeOta and other places.
Mrs. w. S. KenwOrthy and daugh-
ter, Miss Mabel, returned home yes
terday from a ten weeks pleasant Wis
il with relatives and friends in Ore
gon, California and Washington.
Miss nellie Ryan departed last even.
ing for Chicago and the eastern mar.
kets to purchase suits for the Bal
dauf Rosenblatt house. Her sister,
Miss Cora Ryan, accompanied her.
Earl Coffin, formerly of this city
but now of Des Moines, and who has
charge of a sample store at the state
fair for McCmrg & Co, has been in
town for a few days attending to
business.
Mrs. l.. j. MOffett, of Carterville
H., was in town today, guest of Mrs
Earl Ferree and Mrs. Clarence Helm
She was summoned to Rose Hill by
the serious. illness of her mother,
Mrs. J. F.. Gable
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22
THE osKALoosA HERALD THURSDAY. AUGUST % 1912

were business passengers for Wichi
Ia, Kansas, yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Cheney, of Ma
son City, are visiting with Oskalooss
people during the week.
Miss Iva Steddom, who has been
attending the chautauqua, has return
ed to her home in Lacey.
Mrs. H. HOFFMAN and Dick Hugon
and wife have gone to Pella for a
short visit with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs,.Geo, Powell, returned
last night frolnfheir honeyaobh "Trip
through the eastern states.
J. NJ. Holloway and wife departed
this morning for an extended visit
with relatives In Davenport.
Mrs. William Byers left yesterday
for Eddyville for few days visit
with her brother and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Yer Ploeg are plan
ming on a trip through western Ca
NADIA, Oregon and Washington
Miss Gladys James, who has been
visiting Mrs. Clara Barton, returned
to her home in Givin yesterday.
Misses Nellie, Belle and Elsie
BoOnstia left this morning for few
days visit with relatives in Pella.
Miss Eda NJ Haskell left yesterday
for Marshalltown for few days visit
with her sister, Mrs. |. o. Kemble.
m
Searsboro for visit with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. F. f. Shroyer and family.
Miss Clara Marshall has gone to OF
tumwa for an extended visit at the
home of Miss Hazel Hollingsworth.
Mrs. Frank Hays and Mrs. o. B.
Gibson, of Waterloo, haxesgone to
Ottumwa to visit relatives few days.
Mrs. Dora Morgan has resumed her
place at the Baldauf store after a va
cation spent with Rock Isalnd people.
Miss Mildred Hickman is in Ottum-
wa this week as a delegate to the Bap-
fists convention being held lat that
place. ...H""' .'.
Miss Edna Crowder returned to the
Baldauf store Monday morning after
a vacation with relatives in New
Sharon.
Mrs. Catherine Lindblat, of Avoca
is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Nancy
Blake, of Third avenue west, during
the Chautauqua.
Mrs. Edwin Bump who has been
the guest of Mrs. w. NJ. Parker for
a few days, returned to her home In
yesterday.
Miss Anna Donaldson, who has
been nursing here, departed this
for EldOn, Ill.,, to spend her
vacation with her mother.
r. H. Hughes left this morning for
Waterloo, where he will join the H. A.
LaRue band. which plays at the Min
nesota state fair at st. Paul.
Miss Maud Harbach has resigned
her position with the Des Moines
high school and left this morning for
California on an extended visit
Mr.. and Mrs. James Eisiminger and
son Merle, of Blackwell, Oklahoma,
are guests of relatives and friends in
this section for a week or more visit
Mrs Barbara Sherratt and daugh-
ter Alice, of Detroit, Mich, are here
for a week or ten days visit with
Mrs Sherratt's brother, ]. E. Flew
yelling.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Shawley and
daughter, Miss Clara, went TO Keiths-
burg this morning to visit at the
home of Mr.. Shawley's brother, J. w.
Shawley.
Miss Beryl Wells has returned from
a two weeks vacation spent with her
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-08-22

The old soldiers and sailors of jeff
erson county will hold their annual
reunion in Fairfield on Friday, Sept,
10.
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19

In India the women still 60 down to
the river banks and wash clothes by rub
bing them over stones
They are unprOgreSsive, we say. But
they are no farther behind the times than
the American women who still boil clothes
and hard-rub them on washboard. The
women of India don't weaken their clothes
by boiling, at least
The truly modern way of washing is
the FelS-Naptha way. No boiling TO
weaken the fibre; no hard-rubbing to wear
and tear Work saved, time saved, fuel
saved; clothes cleaner.
Follow directions on the red and green
wrapper.
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19
EIGHT KINDS OF KNOTS.

Boy Scouts must know, among Otbel
things, how to tie at least eight standard
knots. The bulletin service of the New
York State College of Agriculture, at Cor.
nell, has published an article on Knots,
] Hitches, and Splices," which is being
sent to all the scoutmasters il New York
State while the leaders of the Boy Scouts
of America have received permission to
have it printed in full for use OF the
scoutmasters and Boy Scouts throughout
the country.
According to A. Hyatt Verrill, "a little
knowledge of knots has saved many life
in storm and wreck, and, If everyone
knew how to quickly and securely tie
knot, there would be far fewer casualties
in hotel and similar fires In a thousand
ways and times knowledge of rope and
knots is useful, and many times neces-
sary. Many an accident has occurred
through knot or splice being improperly
formed, and even in tying an ordinary
bundle or 'roping' a trunk or box. few
people tie a knot that is secure and yet
readily undOne and quickly made. In
life of travel and adventure, in out of the
way places, in yachting or boating, in
hunting or fishing, and even in motoring,
TO command a number of good knots and
spices is to make life safer easier, and
more enjoyable, aside from the real pleas
ure one may find in learning the inter
esting art OF knOt-tying
The Cornell bulletin tells the manner |
of caring for rope, or coiling and uncoil
ing it, OF undoing snarls, as well as the
methods of finishing a rope. 1t tells how
to make bitches, and as to the Glove
Hitch it says: by twisting the rope
to the right with the right hand, form
two loops in a figure eight with ends OF
the rope side by side at the center, and
extending in opposite directions BY still
urther twisting the right hand in the
iame direction, the hitch is shrown into
he completed form. Put the loops over
he object, and pull taut"
As to making the surgeons knot, the
bulletin says: 'In the beginning, the
eft end is wrapped twice around the
ither rope. instead of once, as for the
quare not. If now the rope is pulled mp
ightly, the extra twists tend to keep the
mot from slipping while the second part
+ the tie is made In using this knot
With smooth cord as in tying bundles,
tter the first wraps have been taken, and
he cord drawn up firmly, it is necessary
D kink the double twists into a bunch
} as to jam them, by swinging the hands
round in such a manner that the wrists
ross, while still pulling The knot will
Zen hold securely while the second part
the tie is made and drawn up tightly"
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19
JULY
piping at way landings enroute down river
RETURNING
IA plnI-t-Ls. p;.. c,,L
ter viii leave Philadelphia, Per 8 South
ives, az follows;

ephone No, Bell, Lombard 24-O6 on wharf in
delphia.
GEO. F. PIERCE. Manager,
Milford. Del.
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19
Anty Drudge on Early Rising.

Mrs. WOrkbard winding alarm clock III always set
alarm for o'clock on Monday morning, SO I can
make an early start with my washing and get through
before dark"
later, and then send to the grocer's for some
Fels-Naptha soap, and do your washing the
Fels-Naptha way. Your wash will be on the line
before noon cleaner and whittier than ever before
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19
FdRFEiU River and PliIa.
lFREDERICA"
Jul

LATHAM II MAXSoN. CAPTAIN
! leave Frederiea, Webb's ana Bowers iOi
deiphia as follows during
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19

Vicf he Consumers Ice Cos Wharf
- coming. Arriving al Chester
terffS ing Phila.
aF n stone Main S7-27 on wharf
Philadelphia.
AIRdeAphaRs DI 90
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19
Leave Philadelphia

uTninE Steamer will leave Philadelphia, from
:, South Wharves First Pier above Chestnut
Milford chronicle., 1912-07-19

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Fagauion,
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lcariage
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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

become a good amanuensis and get into
the managers Office as stenographer.
There is no quicker. easier way to bur
glariZe success"
A Canadian who rose to eminence
through the shorthand route was Sir
John Thompson, who was prime minis
ter of the Dominion. He learned ste
biography in Halifax in the days when
shorthand writing was more or less a
thing of mystery. At the same time
he was studying for the bar. The lean
years Of his struggle for a law prac-
t1ce were fattened by his earnings as
a stenographer. He reported the de-
bates Of the legislative assembly and
later became official reporter of the
house. 1t was in this way he learned
his lessons in politics and parliamenta-
ry procedure and gained acquaintance
with political leaders. Fame came
successfully attorney general, premier
Of Nova Scotia, judge of the supreme
court and, with Joseph Chamberlain,
On the fisheries commission at Wash
ington. 1t was for this service he re-
ceived his knighthood. On the retire
ment of Sir John Abbott he became
prime minister Of the Dominion and
died in Office while a guest of Queen
Victoria at Windsor castle.
Another man whom the world knows
as a success is James M. Barr, former
ly vice president of the Atchison and
later vice president and general man
ager Of the Seaboard Air Line. He
learned stenography when he was a
boy and worked for six years as a
court stenographer. Then he turned
to railroading. Recently in talking
about his career he said: MY ability
to write shorthand so placed me that
I had great advantages. Eleven pro-
motions that 1 got were due to my
knowledge of stenography."
G. w. Barron, manager Of the Bos-
ton news bureau, hardly remembers
when he could not write shorthand.
He learned it in his school days and
believes it is the best training the
mind can have. His first job was as
assistant to a court reporter in Boston.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14
!W6zfXT'T {:
g V(SUPBOARD|
TOASTED BREAD.

THERE are few households in
%h.ich at some time or other
there is not dry bread to be dis
posed of. very often :his is thrown
away. 1t * too bad that it should be
wasted. With the thrifty housewife
its use are legion.
One excellent means Of using ND dry
bread is in making toast. The ways of
serving toast are many, and as a break
fast dish it is nearly always accepta-
BILE.
Hot With Butter.
Buttered to;s, is the usual kind. If
properly prrnared buttered toast is not
to be despi>nd. Here is one way of
making it:
Buttered rcast.-Cut some bread Il
day old into slices half an inch thick.
toast evenly before a clear fire and
butter abundantly on both sides.
Put the buttered toast on a hot plate.
piled one piece on top of another: cut
them through into triangles or squares
and serve very hot.
S1cdAeu IL slices OF TWO
days old bread. dip quickly in hot salt
water. butter and lay in a fat pan:
then pour a little cream over it and
place in a hot oven for about five min
utes.
Take up on a dish and pour two ia
~blespoonfuls of cream on each slice;
place the platter in the oven just long
enough to heat through and serve at
once.
A Health Food.
Whole Wheat Toast.-Take whole
wheat bread which is Il day old. Cut
In thin slices and toast slowly unit! a
golden brown.
Spread With butter to which are add
ed dry mustard. paprika and onion
juice to suit the taste.
Dust with Il little grated cheese and
set in the oven to toast the cheese
slightly before serving.
Minced Toast.-Mince any meat you
wish to use. Season it with pepper,
salt or herbs.
Moisten the meat with gravy or
cream. Make all thoroughly hot in a
stewpan without reaching the boiling
point.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

his first start by being amanuensis
was Frank A. Vanderlip, stenographer,
reporter, financial editor, magazine
owner, private secretary to Lyman j.
Gage. keeper of Uncle Sans treasure
chest: assistant secretary OF the treas
ury and finally president of the Ma
tional City bank. New York.
Robert r. Hit, member of congress
for many years, worked as a stenogra-
pher. Former United States Senator
William L. Mason still uses his short
hand. Robert Barr, the English au-
thor, is q fast pothook singer. Stenog-
raphy is dissociated from their names
now, although the public has new
quite forgotten that Cortelyou, Loeb
and Shuster made their first dollars
sitting before a writing machine.
There are stories of stenographers
who learned under difficulties, but few
men undertook the mastery Of straight
lines and curves under more distract
ing conditions than Ashley w. Cole,
who began studying shorthand while
he was a soldier in the Army of the
Potomac il the civil wal. So soon as
the war was ove he completed his
course and in the same year got his
position. Later he became a newspa-
per man, was city editor Of the New
York Herald and the New York Press
n later chairman Of the New York
state railroad commission.
Former Governor Black is not the
only typewriter who never learned
shorthand and never missed it. There
ia money in speed writing. Every prom.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

Turkish secret-the inlaying Of the
hardest kind Of steel with gold and sill.
vel. Among the Chinese and the Turks
these two secrets are guarded well.
Apprentices before they are taken for
either trade must swear an ironclad
oath to reveal nothing of what passes
in the workshop. The apprentices. fur
thermore. must belong to families of
standing, must pay a large sum by
way Of guarantee and must furnish
certificates Of good character and hon.
esty. These secrets have. been hand
ed down faithfully from one genera
ton to another for hundreds Of years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

nhN r IL dGdN.
seat with his driver. At once there
was need Of him. Three men were
cen on the northwest corner of the
building, the smoke and fame swirling
round them. A rope was thrown from
an adjoining skyscraper. Two of the
men tied themselves about the middle
and swung clear. Tongues Of flame
leaped out and snapped the rope. The
men were plunged to the street below,
and the third man, who lad recoiled
from risking his life to the strands
with his two companions, reeled and
plunged after them.
But before these men were dashed to
their death Father Mclean absolved
them from their sins.
A few minutes later President Will
liam Giblin and Waterman Sheehan
were seen through the barred window
of the Mercantile Safe Deposit conlpa-
ny. Father Mclean again ventured
out in the hail. He heard the comics.
sion of Mr.. Giblin and Of Sheehan and
anointed them through the grating.
Such is one phase Of the chaplain's
work. When there is no such need of
his services he may assist in rescues
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

inent concern that
manufactures writ
ingmachines main
tains a speed fac
tory. This speed
factory works ev-
cry day in the year
for the purpose Of
turning out a pair
Of hands that, can
win the worlds
c h a IN ~pionship.
Young men and
young w 0 m e II
spend weeks and
months in the a
tice O of the
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

After a few months
of practical work
with notebook and
typewriter Mr.. Bar
ron went into jour-
nalism and Ii a 8
stayed there ever
since. He makes it
a rule in his bust
ness, which is con
Quoted in III o
than one city, to
e m ploy only ste
~nographers. When
he wants new ed
itOrS or ~rpnOrtprS
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

~TENOGRAPHY often is suppos.
- ed to make a person as near
~ an automaton as flesh and
blood can be. An a%blebodied
nan trotting out from somebody's pri-
vate Office, notebook in hand, then tap.
ping at a typewriter until the buzzer
sounds for him to come and take an
other letter, is not a picture to inspire.
The pencil and notebook are not much
as a final achievement, but that they
make a mighty good Ladder is proved
by the careers of men like George B..
Cortelyou, three times cabinet minis
ter and now president of the Consoli-
dated Gas company of New York;
William Loeb, Jr., for nearly eleven
years private secretary to Theodore
Roosevelt and now collector of the
port of New York. and William Nor
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

Frank A. vanderIip, Bank
President, Started Out as
a Stenographer.

when his wor>; was done. 1t was not
long before lie was heard Of in his
profession. won success. was sent to
congress and in 1896 was elected gov
ernor of New York at the time Nc
kinley first ran for president. This
was Frank S. Black.
Joseph B. McCullagh, once editor of
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat, was dis
tinguished successfully as stenogra-
pher, reporter, editor and author. He
was the first reporter to develop the
verbatim interview, made possible only
by knowledge of stenography.
In 1867, on the occasion Of a note
worthy speech in Boston by William
Lloyd Garrison, a young nan in the
audience got it all down in shorthand,
although it was a tussle. He sent it
to the New York Tribune as a venture.
The paper printed it and made inves-
LEGATIONS a. to the young nan who
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14
EMBASSY BUILDINGS ABROAD
Mr.. Knox Says They Cannot Be Built
For S150,CCo, the Limit Fixed.

Mr.. Knox Says They Cannot Be Built
For S150,CCo, the Limit Fixed.
Secretary C State Knox reported to
congress that It would be impossible
for the United States to purchase or
build embassies and legations in the
principal capitals of the old world
within the limit Of $150.O0O for each
structure. which is fixed by the bill
passed ut the last session of the Sixty
first congress. This measure author
ICES the expenditure of 100000 a year,
but declares that no building shall cost
more than &15O.O00.
Secretary Knox recommends the pur-
chase or construction of buildings for
the embassies at Mexico City and To
kyo to cost S150.O00 each. the construc-
ton of a legation building at Berne.
Switzerland. at a cost Of $4,000 and
the expenditure of 100000 for a build
ing for the consul general at Hankow,
China. The United States already
owns a piece of ground at Tokyo upon
which it is proposed to construct the
embassy headquarters.
Secretary Knox says his conclusion
that the United States will not be able
to acquire suitable buildings within the
$150,000 limit at foreign capitals is
based on a general inquiry made under
his direction. d.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

gan Shuster, erst-
while Of Cuba and
the Philippines and
recently treasurer
general of Persia
and not yet thirty
four years old.
Fred Irland, Of
fetal reporter of
the house of repre-
s%entatives, s a Y S:
IF I e fifteen
years old again
and wanted to be
earning $685. 900 a
year in some great
business by the
time I was thirty
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-03-14

At the urgent request of many prominent democrats in the state, 1
have been prevailed upon to become a candidate for. Democratic
National Committeeman at the approaching primaries. l can freely
subscribe to the pledge prepare by the State Committee at the Fargo
January meeting, because l have n o enemies to punish and no sup
porters whom shall feel obliged to reward. I realize ulv the great
and responsibility of the position for a National Commit
teeman i'll view of the encouraging prospects for a National Democratic
victory at the November election, and if elected will endeavor fairly
and honestly to represent the entire demo cratic party of the state.
Winiston, N. Oak. JOHN BRUEGGER.