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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09
The Dead Sea.
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From the Wide World Magazine.

From the Wide WOrM Magazine.
In many ways the Dead sea. in Pales-
tine, can claim the distinction of being
the most remarkable sheet of water on
the face of the globe. Although known
dom visited, and many of its picturesque
gorges, wonderful mountains, and strange
fertile GASES have remained virtually UNI
explored territory. SO much so. IN fact:
that the Palestine Exploration society. Of
Berlin, in conjunction with the Berlin In
stitution for sea Exploratory research.
have determined to explore the basin of
the Dead sea thoroughly. as we'll as that
of the River Jordan. Only twice in mod
ern times has any one attempted. to make
a systematic study of this historic region.
The first investigator was Lleutenant
and the second, some few years later, the
Due de Luynes. Although both these ex-
plorers gave to the world many unknown
facts about his wonderful region, their
accounts cannot be regarded as altogether
exhaustive.
1t is probable. however. that we shal
near more of the Dead sea in the near
future. for not very long g the Turkish
government granted one Soad Bey, Jan in
.fiuential and wealthy banker of Colnstan-
tinople, a concession for the exploitation
of the minerals in the Dead sea loasin.
That the whole region is exceedingly rich
in various kinds of minerals has been
known for years, and the finest am pur-
peerless sulphur, are o%btainable the re. In
Byzantine times copper mines 4 were
worked near the south end of the Dead
sea, both in horizontal galleries and YER
teal shafts, while the basin is rich in
marble. %porphyry. and other fine stones,
as we'll as in ph%osphates. 1t often has
been stated by American connolssenr
travelling to the Dead sea that evidences
of coal and oil, which in America woufd
be unmistakable, are very apparent In
this region. Salt is found in great guam
titles. but as the government has a mo-
nopoly upon this commodity 1t is at pres.
ent largely imported from Smyrna and
| ENGLAND.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09
Walter Douglas a Titanic Hero
John PiIIsbury Snyder
Has Experience.
WATCHES GREAT SHIP SINK

New York. April 2s-Walter D.
Douglas, of Minneapolis, millionaire
business man. formerly Of Cedar Rap
ids. Ia, died a hero when the Titanic
sank below the waves. Like other men
OF wealth who were passengers in the
first cabin. Mr.. Douglas met his fate
stoically. He went down with the ship
after he had taken an active hand in
helping the crew of the doomed vessel
place the women and children in the
lifeboats. "Mr. Douglas helped lower
h last boat" is the statement of sew
eral occupants. This is the last word
Of the Minneapolis man. Within an
hour after the las boat was lowered
he was carried down with the wrecked
ship. Mrs. Douglas. widow of w. d.
Douglas. is at the Waldorf Astoria.
where she was taken on the arrival of
the Carpathia in New York.
John Pillsbury Snyder and wife. of
Minneapolis, who were returning to
this country on the Inflated Titanic.
from their honeymoon abroad. were
among the first to leave the Carpathia
after the ship locked at the Cunard
pier in this city. In the apartments at
the Waldorf, which had been engaged
for Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder, a dozen or
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09
Our Provincial Newspapers.

Henry 8. Pritchett. in the Atlantic.
The strongest of our Newspapers
with their staring headlines and ex-
aggerated attention to matters Of a per-
sonal and oftentimes of a trivial ma
ture, are very local. They print GER,
tain world news, to be sure, but local
happenings are treated at such length,
in their columns as to o~vershadow news.
of real significance from other coun-l
tries n from other parts of our own
country. In the recent campaign over,
reciprocity In the Dominion of Canada
1t was quite evident that the Cana
dtans felt some soreness over the fact
that American newspapers gave such
scant attention to important Canadian
events. They complained eve Of the
respect. The complaint may have a;
sound basis, u the Canadians might
have remembered that the New York!
newspapers are entirely impartial i'm
their neglect of matters outside their
own neighborhood or rather in the ex-'
aggeration of local unimportant hap
.pentngs. Kansas and Oklahoma and.
Mississippi have just as much CAUSE
to feel irritated at the forgetfulness Of
tho metropolitan dailies as have Que
bee n Ontario and Manitoba. Indeed.
1t is out of this situation that there
has arisen in the United States a class
OF vigorous weekly publications which
take the place Of the strong national
newspapers Of other countries, and;
seek to deal with the news Of the world
from a national rather than from q
local standpoint. C%oincident with their
rise, the dailies of our great cities have
tended steadily to become local or
gans Of public opinion and local news
gatherers. No editor of an American
newspaper has today 30 widespread a
constituency of readers as had HORACE
Greeley 60 years ago. Many causes
contribute to this result, and n Of
them lies in the circumstance that the
American paper is made primarily With
an eye to local CONSUMPTION.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09
Il LAW.
Disc intent With the Antitrust Stat
ute and Its Enforcement.
Attorney General Wickersham III the
CaDtrry

Attorney General wickersham in the
Century.
Discomfort with tie Sherman anti
trust law and it's enforcement by this
administration is not nearly so wide
spread as is popularity supposed. A
few thoroughly disconnected people
J are apt to make far more impression
| than do Il host of people who are
| Wholly satisfied with h same condi-
| lions which produce discomfort on the
| nart of others. 1t is q reasonable as
Sumption that the majority of the
| people who are discountented with the
! Sherman law and With its enforcement
| are the stockholders and others in
| terested in those corporations and COM
| binations charged with it's violation.
The people who will most benefit
| from the enforcement of the law are
the great army of consumers who have
been purchasing the products of these
corporations. 1t is certainly obvious
| that the number of so n
| fitted must far exceed the humble of
| stockholders who may, in some degree,
be injured.
But even in the case of the stock
holders, the injury to them is greatly
exaggerated. The purpose of the law
is not to destroy industries. Because
| the courts nave not sought to destroy
| property. some extremists have uttered
loud complaint, but that fortunately
| will not lead the courts to change their
| course.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

completely and went up on the "A deck.
When we got there we heard some OF
the steamship officers calling to the
crew that had assembled, 20 back to
your staterooms and put on your life
belts We did go back to our cabin
and put on the belts and returned to
the top deck. When we got there we
found them swinging the lifeboate in
the davits. BY this time about 40 min
utes. should say, had elapsed since the
boat struck the berg. We next heard
somebody say Get into the lifeboats
as fast as you cam
Somebody. 1 afterward heard it was
should keep together in getting int
the boats. The people were reluctant
to get into h boats at first. Those in
front stepped back. Some OF them
looked Over the side Of the vessel into
the darkness of the night and We're
10th to trust themselves to the frail-
looking boats swinging on the davits.
Twenty.s six in Lifeboat.
when the crowd in front turned
aside. my wife M I were left at the
front. The first thing we knew we
were both assisted into the lifeboat. AT
that time there were not many men or
women on the deck ready to go into the
lifeboats. Those that did get into
OOdIS lSlC lIld IL was IlSICly Il meas.
ure of precaution-that they would be
able to return to the ship within a
couple of hours at the outside, when
whatever damage that had been done
had been remedied. However, &c pas
sengers were crowded into our boat,
with three OF the crew to row, and the
boat was so full when it struck the
water that the oarsmen could not rcw
without Inconvenience. Some people
stood up and some sat on the bottom
of the boat. Our a was the first to
be lowered on the %starboard side OF the
Titanic. although others had beer let
down on the port side at the time. In
our boatload there were 16 men and 10
women.
'The sailors pulled leisurely away
from the steamship so that Che mex
lifeboat to be lowered would not come
down upon up. The first boats were
lowered without confusion and in per-
feet order. There was no weeping OF
wailing in u boat.
Berg crashes to Deck.
our boat rested. The weather was calm
and the sea was smooth and the stars
were reflected in the water. In the
distance you could see the outline OF
the iceberg which the Titanic had
struck. To us the mountain of ice
looked like a great big sail. 1t GER
tainly was more than so feet high. One
Of our oarsmen, who was a lookout in
the Titanic's crows nest, said hat the
berg was SO high that part of it had
been splintered, by the shock and had
crashed down upon the forward deck
Of the Titanic when h struck it
While u lifeboat rested. other boats
came up and Joined us until there was
a fleet of half a dozen. In the distance
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

we could not see persons OF the ship in
the darkness. but we could see the
lights in three rows of portfolios. In
fact, all the lights on the ship con-
tlnued to burn until it went down, not
withstanding the rumor which l have
since learned was circulated ashore
after the acciGnt that the ship had been
plunged into darkness by reason of the
breakdown of the lighting system.
See Great Ship Sink.
We first knew the steamship was
sinking when we saw one row of the
portfolio lights disappear, leaving but
two, the but n row, and then none.
Then we watched the. green light go
down. n we realized that there was
nothing between us and a watery grave
but the frail boat into which we were
crowded. We searched the BOAT for a
lantern, but could find none. Neither
could we find provisions, nor water.
nor a compass. Before the ship went
down we pulled still further away from
down in the suction. Just before the
ship sank there was a tremendous ex-
ploslon as If the boilers had burst. We
figured afterward that the force of
these explosions must have counter
acted the suction. because there was
ment of the water when the ship sank.
Helpiessly Await Rescue.
"Our little feet of lifeboats remained
practically stationary all night long.
patiently waiting for dawn that would
bring rescue. We could see a light in
the distance now and then and re-
peatedly thought it to be that Of a
friendly ship. It turned out, though,
that the lights were those caused by
the lighting of matches on some of the
l~ifeboatts that had rowed away off in
the darkness in the opposite direction.
We first saw the lights Of the Car
pathia. which had turned from her
course and had come directly north aft
er having received wireless calls from
the Olympic. about 1880 a. m. Monday.
The Cunarder was SO miles away at
the time h got the call. We weren't
picked up until $3.50 a. M. the Carpa-
thia having rescued six of the lifeboats
before we were reached. The big YES
sci did not dare come too near us fol
fear OF swanhping us. and we rowed
to her. We had to thread our way be-
tween the iceberss and floating ice all
around"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

Admiral Evans was once taken
through the Vanderbilt stables in New
York The stable manager showed
him walls and floors of pale translucent
thing. marble drinking troughs, man
gers of Circassian walnut. solid silver
fittings and so forth. DO you find any
thing lacking. admiral?' said the man.
ager, proudly. at the end. Nothing"
the admiral replied. nothing except a
leather upholstered sofa for each
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09
DRAMATIC STORY TOLD
BY MINNEAPOLIS MAN

that there was any serious danger" he
said.
There was no great crash, not even
a heavy jar, when the ship struck the
iceberg. My wife and 1 We're both
asleep in our stateroom at the time. /
do not know whether l was awakened
by the Jar or by my wife calling to
me, but I am inclined to believe it was
by her call.
Whats that noise, john she asked,
mildly alarmed, as she sat up in bed,
awake. Don't O think you had bet
ter get up and find out what is the mat
ter?'
II didn't think there was anything
the matter. but my wife persisted in
requesting me to find out and I opened
the door OF our stateroom and went out
to h companionway. There vas nc
confusion on the ship, everybody
seemed to have gone to bed as it was
Sunday night and the music had
stopped at $3.50.
No Danger, Says Steward.
II stood in the companionway look
ing for someone to question and 1 saw
several men passengers, but although
they were also looking for information
as to the jar none Of them appeared
excited. Presently one of the ships
men. l think 1t was an assistant stew
ard. came along and I asked him II the
ship had hit anything.
1--WE just grazed an iceberg he re-
piled calmly. I don think 1t amounts
to anything: you had better go back
to bed; there is no danger
He was half asleep himself. Pas
sengers who a opened their state
room doors to make inquiry were JUS
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09
Tho Pac. That kiu..

you're ten minutes late:
Can you make 1t by nine?
The engine you drive
Is the best on the line.
Don't spare any coal,
A little more steam
Will send you fast speeding
Ger mountain and stream"
1.-THE rails may be weak,
But you've got to make timo.
And forget it, s.s crime.
It's speed we IRE after,
For speed 10 what pays.
And railroad directors
Won't ctand for delays."
The engineer listens
With FIRE In his eye;
The orders arc issued,
And he must comply.
He springs to the throttle
And opens tt wide,
The bell clanEs Q warning
And onward they glide.
: Onward DER mountains.
Der rivers ana pleinG.
The fast speeding engine
A few. miputee gains
Tho towns that loom I'M
Soon are left far 6Shind.
W1fne axles grow hot
From the mercfless grind.
A Jar. then . crash.
Then o hiaetng Of steam.
1 'sHns dTi e. nov ,sss q IS IS -:
The big, snort1ng 0onoeoe.
with fira q its broath.
Dl0v1 IN It dlgnnl-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

OF the many schemes for safeguarding life ut sen which have been sg-
Eeeseed b. the Titanic dIaaster me Of the most interesting is a design for launch
Ing enclosed ufeboats through stern tubes, in the same manner "a u torpedo
= Launched from a torpedo boat or battle ship
This device calls for two tubes running from the malp deck Mt a sharp
angie 70 tie Stern Of the ship and giving on the water just above the watcr line.
One o. These 4 to be put to port and ONT ito starboard Of the rudder and I'm orr
binary eondAdons would be closed from the seas by waterti tight doors
Tho MfehoatA enclosed above except for two nanhOhx by which the pas
sasen misht enter them. would bs dLYosrA o. tracks leading along the deck
- Tho entrance to tho tubes: two boats could bc carried in thetulex themselves
q cass e aerieus accident pnscnscrs could cnkr the hints by way Of Inc man.
hMp. sndtwo As time ~ baars could b. sent through the tubes Into thc ~a.
IT, dngns call far ! xaaotcne motor In zach buat and One MAN r--ux
esN hlaNsan snths teapead s passenSsnt
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

The labor unions of London are pre-.
pairing to start two daily newspapers
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

Travets J Allscn. eleven months old. who VA saved In the Titanic wreck,
q beine well taken care Of L New York. His parents were both lost in the
lsastes
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-09

.n the testimony Of Frederick File" b%e the senatorial investigating committee tn. koA in the crows nest
would have done Mem tg good at moment crises
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17
ST. CARL ITEMS

ST. CARL ITEMS.
Axel Johnson and family visited
J! swan Johnson Sunday.
John Maher and Theodore To:sly
were seen joy-riding Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geist, Mr.. and Mrs.
!.ai,cney and daughters, Nellie ana
Marie, attended the Frost and Schc
ier wedding "Wednesday.
Thorwald Mostad seems to he al
all around man busy these days, he.
tween farming, threshing, campaign
ing and taking care of the school.
ma'ams has little rest here below.
Mrs. Evenson and son Donald Wis
tied with Mrs. Mahoney Sunday.
Mrs. Thompson was a pleasant
caller at the Mostad home Friday
morning.
Services will he held in Bell school
house Sunday, Oct. II.
Axel Johnson reports a tornado
raging in the country south of his
place early Friday morning but was
fortunate in avoiding its destructive
path.
Charles Trout has purchased the
Nick Arend farm which he will soon
occupy.
! Mr.. Melos of Minot was busy or
his farm Monday, building granaries
for his big crop.
Mr.. o. E. Mcclure spent Saturday
| night at the Gest home.
Mr.. Paldsen is blowing on the Ed.
Aune farm this week.
John Maher is busy cutting fax this
week.
Mrs. Oliver Saugstad of Logan
spent Monday afternoon at the Mos.
tad home.
The. Knight threshing outfit has
stopped operations for this season.
A dance was given at the Maize,
home Saturday night, large crowd
attended and all report q good time
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17
inINGTOWN.

John Havana, III Of Galata, Mont,
has been visiting at the home of }.
P. Mccarthy the past week.
Nye Taylor was seen driving tow
ards South ctringtown Sunday.
Francis Baragler has accepted a 6
months term of school at Taylor N.
D. Her vacancy has been filled by
Miss Flo Taylor.
L. B. Shea left last Thursday Tor
Minnesota, where he purchased land
some time ago He will return in
few days accompanied by his sisters,
Mrs. Gus Anderson and Mrs. Galley
Jack Shea and Gus Anderson part
ed with 800 acres of the best dirt
that ever lay out doors to the Brush
McWillams Co. We understand The
consideration was about $4,000. ana
It was cheap dirt at that wren you
consider that nearly 10000 bushels of
grain has been threshed from This
land and they are not through yet
They have already bought land in
Minnesota and expect to leave some
time before spring. We regret to
lose these people but wish them every
success in their new home.
The Presbyterian Aid society will
meet 81 Mics Tille Mostad's home,
Oct. "a. Everybody invited.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

Charles Maxcy, one Of the genial
mail carriers had a rug made from a
wolk skin, the work being done ty
Ed Booth, the taxidermist Of Mlnot
The rug, as finished, IL sure some.
thing swell, and would be an orna-
ment in any home. Mr.. Maxcy killed
the animal from which the pelt was
taken h1mself-Sawyer Telegraph.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17
MAJOR HOFFMAN SUSPENDED.

MAJOR HOFFMAN SUSPENDED.
Major Hoffman, the Bertnold Indian
agent, was recently suspended he
cause of alleged irregularities. The
major was accused Of accepting mon
ey in connection with the leasing of
certain Indian lands and while he has
been asked to explain to the depart
nent, his answer so far Is not salts.
factory. The major has many Minot
friends who trust that after the In.
vestigation it will be found that he
has been honest and that he will be
reinstated.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

While in the barn yard engaged in
milking, last Monday evening, c. }.
Johnson, a farmer residing eight
miles north of town, was suddenly Set
upon by bull belonging to the herd
and so severely trampled upon and
bruised that at this writing his con.
dition is serious. Fortunately the an.
final had no horns 50 was unable to
gore Mr.. Johnson, but In its attempts
to do so the animal lay on him with
its great weight, and trampled ana
bruised him numerically. His ribs
we're broken on one side and pneu-
monia has resulted from his injuries
Mr.. Johnson is q man about 80 years
Of age.-Kenmare Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

In response to the appeal sent out
by the Commercial club the 500 sent
twenty-five men here last Friday, ana
On Saturday thirty more arrived.
These We're all picked up within two
hours of arrival at wages from $3.50
to $4.O per day. And we need
more .-Kenmare Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

Some Of the Soo's new freight cars
have appeared in Minot. The cars
are perfectly smooth on the inside,
having iron beams bolted to the ex-
terror,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

The following unique advertise
ment appeared recently in Hanover
Germany paper:
'Tost, from an aeroplane. gold
watch and chain; was last seen dis
appearing in large stack Of rye on a
field near Ulzen. LIBERAL reward Tor
return of same"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

j. D. Thompson of Blaine, Wash.
stopped here several days enroute to
Kensal, N. d. He visited with his
trother-inAaw, NJ T. Da1quist.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

L. r. Larson Of forming township
Is one Of the most successful farm
ers in Ward county He threshed $50
acres Of wheat that averaged 2e bush
els; forty acres Of flax averaged 10
bushels and from Is acres of oats ne
secured 1900 bushels
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

Geo. Hanson Of near brady cut of
the end of finger in the reel OF
binder. He didn't bother to call a
doctor altho the injury was quite
serious.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-10-17

Banker Torgerson of Des Laos was
in Minot Monday. He said that &C.
cording to a conservative estimate,
$4,000 bushels of wheat and FAX.
mostly the latter, were ruined in that
vicinity by the early frosts, hut at
that Des Laos is threshing the finest
crop in her history.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Burkhart OF
Des Laos were in the city Wednes.
day. They will leave on tour of
inspection for Edmonton, Alta, the
last of the week and will very likely
locate there soon. This will not be
the best Of news to their many
friends.