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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-18
Spectator Sobs.

Police Inspector c. A CarIsons recital
of Mrs. Ekmans confession. made to
him inmediat tely after her arrival here
from Ogden, was interrupted partially by
the sobbing OF a woman. though no emo
ton was betrayed on the stoicaI face Of
Mrs. Ekman.
The story OF the confession told by the
inspector follows.
ing June "a, after she had returned
from Wyoming. that she had learned
that Ekman did not intend TO come
i.; oaGk; shs said she told the little
any more and would have to send her
10 an orphanage. Mamma I don't
want to leave you" the little girl
they sat for e long time with their
arms about each other.
Then. Mrs. Ekman said. she put the
giving her q sleeping powder. About
II o'clock she found the bottle OF
chloroform. which she said she had
bought TO poison cars. and. ssturat-
mouth. She tried to take some, too.
but there was only little left She
said she was too sick 70 work and
was driven 10 desperation because she
could not care for the child.
Mrs. Ekman said she got I'D at
daylight the next morning. and felt
as though she had come out OF a
dream When I looked at the little
girl" she said. 'T kissed her BODY
from head TO foot
Nerve Failed.
Mrs; Ekman wondered what to do
She thought OF coming TO the police.
but her nerve failed. She put the
body In the trunk that morning She
then arranged 70 sell her furniture
that afternoon. and ns she was go
Ing 10 the house with the furniture
man. Anderson appeared. She said
she had wanted to get enough money
10 go back TO her folks I'm Michigan.
but Anderaon's appearance changed
her plans She had wanted 10 70
there and bury the body OF the child.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-24

and shouldn't have walked out, and
they should be ashamed Of them
selves driving $4,000 men to starva-
ton that way instead of coming in
and being properly humble and all
that, but it's the same wherever you
go, you find the unions"
Say" yelled Commissioner Nc
Gam, "whaten s'that got to do with
my bridges? Eli? Answer me that?"
you find the unions" went on
the messenger, trying to bite the
bosom that gives them milk and
they're all the same, ungrateful like
snakes, that's what they are, and"
"Cut-that-oUt," yelled Mccain.
The messenger fro mthe inner cir
Gle drew long breath.
well" he said, tits just like -
Commissioner McGann arose, and
lifted chat rwith him as he rose.
Nov you cut that rought stuff
out" he said, IAN go home an re-
cite t'family cat. S'my busy day.
What's marble workers on Continen-
tai & Commercial Bank got to do my
bridges? Huh?"
''Wen, nothing, but then, you see,
these marble workers.
There you go trying to start
again." said Mccain, breathing
heavily. NOW cut it out. Any labor
trouble my bridges?"
Eyes," said the messenger, looking
panied, we've locked out all the
labor union men on"
81 don't care what you've done.
Any trouble between contractors got
job build my bridges and men workin'
on bridges? HUH"
NO." said the messenger, but"
Butt out M Office, said Mccain.
"M'busy day. Tell your bosses their
contract build these four bridges call
for city takin' over work they aban-
don it. Fothey dom get busy on
bridges four, count 'em, four
they'll lose contracts. .BuiId'm m'seIf.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-24

man, to say nothing of being rude
and oyerhearing end short II his
speech.
AS for McGann-he went to the
mayor and the county board and
talked shortly and to the point, say
ing that the contracts called for the
building of these bridges, and for the
contracts automatically losing the
contracts if they abandoned the
work"
mo labor trouble on bridges" said
McGann. Labor trouble sat Con-
tinental & Commercial Bank build
ing. DON care about Continental &
Commercial Bank buildin'. Wan
my bridges built Contractors aban-
don work, we take it over accordin'
terms CONTRACT
Which information further deepen
ed the already Stygian gloom where
in moved the inner circle of the
bosses.
Walking Delegate E. N. Craig
showed this today, when he was
questioned by reporter.
Heard from any more employers
who want to obey the lockout or
der?" asked the reporter.
mo, no. said Craig, trying to
wave his hand aiTily.
when do you expect to hear from
the rest of them-the ones who
wouldn't answer your order to lock-
out at all and the ones who answered
by saying they wouldn't lockout their
menu ...
ooh, tomorrow or next day." said
Mr.. Craig.
That's what you said yesterday,
and Saturday, too," said the re-
porter.
'T'm busy" said Walking Delegate
Craig, in the sort of tine that is sup
posed to freeze the hearer..
Reporters, however, do not freeze.
Haven't you time to tell about the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

he was put under bonds for e5 sterl
ing. and that his hat was described as
a tall structure, having a shiny lus-
ter and calculated to frighten timid
people" The London Times, com
menting on the unusual event. under
date of January is. 1897, said: I'm
these days of enlightenment it (the
ha) must be considered an advance
in dress reform, and one which is
bound, sooner or later, to stamp its
character upon the entire community
The new hat is bound to work rev.
olution in headwear, and we think
that the officers of the crown erred in
placing the defendant under arrest.
The first silk plug hat made in this
country was made in 1924 by man
of the name of Bedford. He brought
one with him from England the year
previously, and from that model made
silk plug hats in this country. lie
was halter, but there are people in
Jersey city who must recollect him as
a justice of the peace. which earned
him the title of Judge" and later as
the Keeper of famous house of call
in that city. conducted on the Eng
lish chop-house plan. he Hourlshee
as late as 1S79-Brooklyn Eagle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29
Small Cost Trip 20 California
PERSONALLY Conducted"

The Personally conducted parties
that leave in our care every week Iof
California. are organized for those who
want attentive service and comfortable
sleeping car accommodations at small
cost
For years We have made these parties
famous for the complete manner IN
which all the little details of the trip
are looked after
The Tourist sleeping cars used are
scrupulously clean and comfortable;
Special conductor goes all the way
through TO look after things generally
and relieve you Of all responsibility. and
the route has been selected because OF
its great beauty and unusual interest.
VIII you permit me to explain further
regarding these attractive. parties, and
later, attend to your tickets and bag
gage. and sleeping car bertns? Write
or call on
Alex Stocks. New England Pass. Agt..
C. b. & @. R. r.. 2si Washington Street.
Boston.--Ady,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

squirrel in an oak or hickory tree with
apparent ease While others win go
strolling about the timber and never
sec the game at all. It is the same
way in the open field. The rabbit can
be found sitting by some. While others
will almost run over the creature be-
fore it is detected.
This ability is gift. This is net
only a gift developed by some and un-
developed by others as result of their
surroundings, but it measures The ex-
oct amount Of Intelligent effort they
have expended in attaining this abll-
n.y. also their perseverance in this line
of eEdcavpr
Asi 10 from the external causes that
have made us what We are environ
ment aud heredty, is an inherent ca
pacitg of individual intelligence, or, in
other Words, natural ability.
To define intelligence is not herein
attempted, the purpose being only to
shGw what natural ability. aided by the
right method, has done and may still
Go.
1t therefore remains that it is not
ne physical condition of the eye alone
hat determines the difference of per
option, but how well it has been
fained, along what line, and the in
tate capacity of the individual intelli-
senee that directs it.
The brain is really responsible for
w ability to see objects better than
others. Our soul has Il closer con-
lection with things material, and the
lowers of the brain ere prompted by
hose inner powers that man is at
oss to fully understand.
We are benefited by the develop
nent Of quick perception simply be-
,ause the movements of man in this
lge are Sc much mere rapid than in
iornler AGES we must see and grasp
the situation quicqiy, or our time and
Efforts are spent. in vain.
The brain is supplied with impress
sion plates as a camera is supplied
With plates to catch the object to be
photographed, and unless we can ex-
pose instantaneous brain matter we
are SLOW
Physically speaking, the reason why
some mems eyes are able to perceive
more than others is due to the effort
made in training both eye and brain
and persistently.
Heredity and surroundings are i'm
portant factors, but the inherent ea-
pacitv of individual intelligence or
natural ability. aided by intelligent eff
fort and perseverance, perfects our
faculties How well we have done so
shows the strength of our will power.
The degree Of intelligence. effort ex-
pended and how we have persisted in
that line of endeavor.
Ia .rff . -
cultivated to certain extent, but
there must be natural ability before
the education Will make the gift ex-
tromely proficient.
Some day they never haze the luck
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

operations upon the trunk Contempor-
aneously with DR.. Dawbarn. DR. Non
burg, a German. applied the bandage to
the waist, thus shutting off the blood
supply below that level Now all the
body but the head and neck can thus be
rendered bloodiess.
Shock has been attacked from still an
other quarter BY a number of other sur,
geons led by Or. F. Pels- Leuslen, pro-
lessor of surgery in Friefswald Universi-
ty. For many years the deaths which
resulted from severe burns were at
tributed to shock. Such burns are
among the commenest accidents that be-
fall workmen, and their treatment has
been a grave problem with the medical
profession. Women and children, TOO, be
cause of the fiimsy and inhammable
character of their clothing, very often
are victims of such burns. Longfellow's
wife was one of a long roll of women
who have died in this way.
Dr. Pels-Leusden made some re-
searches upon the theory that these
burns produced other injurious effects
in addition to the shock to- the nervous
system. His theory was that the sudden
destruction of the skin generated vio-
tent poison which was absorbed by the
blood and this played leading part in
causing death. He tried experiments in
which he inserted portions of freshly
burned skin into the flesh of animals
where they would be rapidly absorbed
These animals at once presented the
symptoms that they would have shown
If their own skin had been burned
This discovery seems likely to revolu-
tionize the surgical treatment of burns
Instead of merely applying germicides
and excluding the air by soothing oils
and powders, surgeons now place the pa
tent at once under anaesthetic and
scrape away all the burned tissue. The
exposed SURFACE is then dressed with
absorbent cotton TO take up the dis
charges, and the heart and kidneys are
stimulated to throw off whatever poison
has been absorbed before the operation
could be performed.-World's Work.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29
BUILT RIGHT.
Stomach, Nerves and Thinker Re-
stored by Grape-Nuts Food.

The number of persons whose all
ments we're such that no other food
could be retained at all. is large and
reports are on the increase.
For y years / suffered from dys-
pepsia, finding no food that did not
distress me- writes a Wis. lady. i
was reduced from las to 80 lbs, grad
TALLY growing weaker until l could
leave my bed only q short while at a
time, and became unable to speak
aloud.
Three years ago | was attracted by
an article on Grape Nuts and decided
20 try it.
MY stomach was so weak i could
not take cream. but used Grape Nuts
with milk and lime water. 1t helped
me from the first, building up my
system In a manner most astonishing
10 the friends who had thought my
recovery impossible.
Soon was able to take Grape Nuts
and cream for breakfast and lunch at
night with an egg and Grape Nuts for
dinner.
Il am now able to eat fruit, meat
and nearly all vegetables for dinner,
but fondly continue Grape Nuts for
breakfast and supper.
AT the time of beginning Grape
Nuts could scarcely speak sentence
without changing words around or
talking crooked in some way but
have become so strengthened that /
no longer have that trouble Name
given by Postum CO., Battle Creek,
Mich.
"There's reas6n.'' and it is 'ex-
planned in the little book, THE Road
ito Wellville,' in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

to find anything. while others scarce
" go out but they pick up something
CT value. The eye simply does not take
in the situation.
AS proof of these assertions, and for
the very best test or practice let
person enter room and remain Civ
en- number of seconds or minutes and
then let him retire and tell what he
saw in the room. Practice Of this
Kind will make persons much more
proficient, and it is an excellent test
for these who need their perceptiye
powers sharpened up for some certain
vocation.
Such development in man Of today
is very valuable. Our movements must
be r9pid, our understanding quick and
our action immediate if We are on a
level with the events of today.-New
York American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

Sir Walter Scott once defended a
burglar in court and lost the case.
nevertheless. the burglar was grateful
and, having invited Sir Walter to his
cell gave this advice: L am sorry.
sir, that | have no fee to offer you
so let me beg your acceptance Of two
bits of advice. l am done with prac-
tice, you see, and here is my legacy.
Never keep a large watchdog out of
doors--we can always silence them
cheaply-but tie a little, tight, yelp-
ing terrier within; and, secondly, put
no trust in nice. clever, grimcrack
locks. The only thing that bothers US
is huge old heavy one, no matter
how simple the construction-and the
ruder and rustier the key, so much the
better for the housekeeper."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

ALL EYES DO NOT SEE ALIKE.
Due Not Only to Physical Condition
But Training and Ability.

All good eyes do not see alike. PEG
lie whose eyes will show the same TO
US by an expert test do not see alike
they may look at the same object ane
zee it entirely different.
Some men are adopts in finding
something with their eyes, while theii
companions who may possess just as
rood vision are not able to locate OBJ
iects at all without great difficulty.
The man who can walk about the
avn or in the park and pick up four
eaf cloyers has an eye that IS worth
big money to him. He can easily be
rained to see things that the ordinary
nan viii miss or have TO look a long
ime to find.
Some men who go hunting ear. see a
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

Great as Mprton's Discovery was,
however surgical procedure Was std
far from IDEAL Blood poisoning ana
eangrene almost inevitably set in upan
exposed wounds Suppuration was SO
much the routine sequence OF opera
tions that the medical scientist Of nifty
years ago regarded II as essential 10
success. The doctors even had a
phrase. "laudable pus.' which express
ed this conviction. The conditions that
prevailed in the hospitals when Lister
began his work were incredible. Eng
fish surgeons operated In frock coats.
Frenchnlen made an operation gaia
occasion, putting on dress suits. Their
idea of surgical cleanliness consisted IN
washing they Instruments in warm
water. If d surgeon arbpaed his KNIFE
on the floor he would pick it Up, wipe
it on his sleeve and plunge it into the
wound again. II was Listers work. IN
Producing antiscptic methods. that
drove eas,prefe and "1aufab,e piis" cut
of -the hospitals Modern surgery,
which has substituted asepsis for an
tisepsis-the prevention of blood pos
onirg rather than its cure afterait mas
gained entrance to the wound--has
made practically perfect the great sci.
ence of hospital cleanliness.
Ono thing still remained to be done
Asaethesia and ;iscpsis are really gifts
from heaven; surgical operations, how
ever. are not yet absolutely safe There
is one terror that still stalks about the
wards: the catastrophe which has beer
somewhat vaguely known as .ideati
from shock" THE operation was sue
cessful. but the patient died; the las
mind has always regarded this express,
sion as a somewhat grim surgical joke
However, it expressed profound SCI,
entific truth. When patients eie' II
spite of perfect aseptic conditions ane
the finest surgical skill, they usuali!
die from shock
What is death from shock? The hrst
man 20 formulate a comprehensive ane
ineligible definition is one of Ameri-
cas- most famous surgeons. DR.. George
W. Grille of Cleveland O. According to
DIR. Grille there is really no such thing
as surgical shock considered as dis
t;nct phenomenon; the accident that
takes place on the operating tablets
ono of the commonest facts of every.
dax experience. When we laugh or cry
or are frightened or suffer any form of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

Another Improvement in operating con-
ditions has saved many lives. This con-
sists in the use of Laughing gas ana
other anaesthetics milder than chloro-
form or ether to produce the first stages
of Inconsistencies. This eliminates GER
tain Objectionable depressing effects up
ON the bodily temperature and upon the
circulation of the blood caused by the
more powerful agents. In the admins
tration of ether, DR.. J. T. Gwathmes OF
New York has brought about two re-
markable improvements; one. the warm
ing of ether vapor to guard against bron-
chitis and excessive lowering OF the body
temperature: the other the combining of
ether vapor with aromatic essences
such as essence of orange-that rob the
ether of its nauseating qualities and
that do much to check the vomiting
which usually follows its use.
DR.. r. II. NJ. Dawbarn. distinguished
surgeon of New York city, has attacned
the problem of shock from another an
gle. He has perfected method OF re-
ducing the loss. of blood that is incident
to most operations. Some authorities
believe that the loss of a few extra
ounces of blood may turn the scales OF
life and death against "A patient who has
been exposed to severe surgical shock.
DR. Dawbarn has adapted "Esmarchs
bandage' to a novel and very useful
purpose Esmarchs bandage is an old
device of a German surgeon to force the
blood in the legs upward into the trunk
when amnutation is necessary. DIR.
Dawbarn has carried this method to
more useful purpose by applying the
bandage still higher on the body and so
reversing it's effect upon the circulation.
By this method the blood is largely with
drawn from the arms and trunk and is
forced downward into the lower limbs.
insuring a minimum loss of blood in
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29
SHOCKLESS OPERATIONS.
The Marvels Of Modern Sureery---Dr. Grille S
Research and Delicate Feats Now
Daily Performed.

Two Americans, brothers. DIR. Will |
liam J. Mayo and DR.. Charles ii. Mayo |
have perhaps the most complete surgi- |
cal plant" in the world They are
probably the best known of all living
surgeons and their methods are studied
by men who come from all parts OF
Europe solely to see them operate. An
American, DR. George w. Grille, is prob
ably the foremost living authority oil
surgical shock and on TRANSMISSION OF
blood. Americans created the modern
art of orthopeedic surgery-surgery te
correct deformities-and are the most
distinguished practitioners of the art
DR.. Harvey Gushing, another Ameri-
can, is perhaps the greatest Of Hviasy
brain surgeons. And ain Amercarized
Frenehnlan, DIR. Alexis Cargel. work
ing in an american laboratrs, mas
opened the way to a revolutionary adj
vance in medicine through the surgi-
cal treatment of diseased and worn
out tissue. Such are only "A few Of
Americas contributions.
But, great as is the work that
America has done in modern surgery,
II is only conspicuous part ef Al
amazing whole Here are some Of the
astonishing items: A finger that has
fbeen completely severed from the hand
can be restored so that the full use oil
it is recovered; tissues that under old
methods would be dead and useless
can be revived by the application OF
intense heat: a wound of the heart can
be electrically lighted and cleared Of
DANGEROUS distractions; the brain can
be freely treated by surgical means:
and joints and even vital organs may
be transpIanted from one body to an
other and continue to perform their
normal functions.
1t 10 appropriate that Americans
should play an important part in surg
cry, for il is distinctly a modern art
Indead il owes its origin to an Amerl-
car discovery. IT was not until that
famous day in 1s46, when DIR. John G..
Warren. ct the Massachusetts Gener-
al Hospital in Boston performed the
first major operation under anaesthe-
STA. that modern surgery really began
The actual founder of the science was
the American dentist, DR.. William I.
c. Morton, who anaesthetiZed DR..
Warren's patient. using u secret fluid
which lac eal,e1 "Letheon." but which
it afterward appeared, was sulphuric
ether. This benefcent vaaer not only
relieved the patient from al suffering
but permitted the surgeon to operate
as long and as freely as lie would
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29
Your Child May Have Worms
Keep watchful eye on your chiid's

tffNFfHttf , 2 VII = 1Ntf fftfNt -
bove all. guard against
worms. Familiar symp-
toms Of worms in chill
dren are: Deranged stom-
ach, furted tongue, beleh-
ing, variable appetite, in
creased thirst, acid or
heavy breath, nausea, en-
larrnd a Edonnnn coSfi1rn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-29

Cleveland has Il city han complaint
bun eau More than ten thousand com
plants were registered there in the
last twelve months.
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On. LA.
Auburn, Maine.

the slightest sense of discomfort
or fear when the anaesthetist now
approaches with the once terrifying
inhalation apparatus. DIR. Grille uses
nitrous oxide in preference to ether.
because experiments have proved that
under this drug there is only one-third
as much shock as under ether. He re-
lies upon another anaesthetic method,
however, to secure complete pretec-
ton. Under the conventional anaes-
thetic. as already said, the wounded
tissues carry their messages to the
brain by means of the nerves These
nerves are just as active under ether
as when ave are our norman selves. n
local anesthetic. however, produces in
sensibility to pain in the region al
fected. not by making an UNCONSCIOUS
under an application of cocaine we
are completely 'awake-but because IL
;ntarrupts the flow of sensation by
means Of the nerves Under THESE
conditions the tissues suffer like be-
sieaed army. The enemy has cap
,ured them and is fnfiicting all xmas
of injury and suffering. He has also
emf the cables, SO that the injured city
cannot telegraph to headquaftefs-the
hrain-for aid; that is, for a supply "t
storea-up energy. In this case the pa
tient sufferers no pain, not even aii-
conscious pain. The operation pro-
ceeas for any length of time. IL asu-
oIlv IS a success and the patient aees
not die.
In other words. DR.. CRIES expert
,,ants seem to have ushered in new
ora of surgery-the era of the "shockless
onaration." At the Lakeside Hospitas
in cleveland DIR. Grille has performed
2s72 operations with death rate Oh iess
, than . per-ecent In the last 1000 OF these
cases the death rate was less than PEI
cent.