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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20
stock Buyer Robbed and Slain.

Omaha. Neb.. March 16.--Jack Will
Jams. stockton. ILL.,. In South Omaha
for the purpose OF buying a carload of
horses. was murdered and robbed.
The siayers are believed 10 have
been negroeA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

A state senator IN the south was
attacked by an alligator This con.
tempt OF the senatorial dignity Is so
outrageous that the only consoling
feature Of the affair seems 10 be that
II was not committed By a shark.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

bill has been introduced In con-
gress TO give the navy three vice adj
mirals at sea and three on shore. The
latter will take charge of the rocking
chair feet.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Disease germs are said 10 find the
free lunch fork n favorite lurking
place Maybe in this sanitary age the
poor little ( arms have not the price
OF regular meal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

The palm for ingenuity In thieying
must 20 10 crooks In Munich. who
were foiled in an attempt 20 create a
scare IN hotel By letting loose
halfstarved python 10 create excite
ment sufficient for their work under
cover. Possibly the enraged guests
wanted them Gagged with the python.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20
Tip in Time.

The ferret-eyed little man stepped
across the street car aisle and wills
pered into the ear OF the tall chap
In gray suit:
You'd better wipe that bit OF egg
off your chin. The income-tax man is
just two seats in front Of you. LII
dianapolis Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Strange how college professor can
labor a lifetime I'm obscurity, and then
become famous by devising system
10 beat the bank at Monte Carlo.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

IL Is said that Japanese can build
n comfortable house for 81. Still, one
canno. well live in a house unless one
has some place TO put II.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Recently exhibited samples OF the
stone age art bear evidence of the
worldold desire on the part of artists
10 make hit
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Pennsylvania hired man, after
working on one farm for nine years,
has moved over to the next township.
The wanderlust is terrible thing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Those buzzard feathers they orna-
ment their hats with are good things
10 keep out OF your eyes on crowded
street car-if you can.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Surgeons have manufactured wom-
ans jaw from one of her ribs: but
didn't this rib business start all our
troubles?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Do brunettes talk more than
It is because there are more of them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

III the aviators succeed in encir-
cling the globe trip around the world
may shortly be encompassed in q
weeks vacation.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Did you know that a we'll brought
up orange tree will bear fruit for $50
years?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

The chap that doesn't have to pay
an income tax has at least one worry
less than the man that does.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

II may be possible TO transmit
thoughts by wireless. as a scientist
claims, but lie will never dare do ii.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Those young women who scorn to
marry sreat wealth should stand back
and give the other girls chance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

A New Yorker urges people TO eat
whales. Brain food is all right. but
a whale apiece is almost too much.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Yes, Jason: we agree with you that
a man who pays s. an hour to learn
10 dance the fishwalk is a sucker.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Can America afford to let other coun-
tries distance her in the matter of fly
ing machines? They have, SO far.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

The explosion of torpedoes by
means Of long-distance rays suggests
the happy expedient OF firing the cook
by telephone.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

representation OF congressman is to
be made a crime. as a matter of fact
who wants to?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

When a dentist does charity work
be always looks his gift patient In
the mouth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Rainbow hair is the latest thing in
Paris, but we are afraid 1t won't stand
washing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

OF course 1t may be possible for a
woman to keep a secret. but as gen.
eral thing she is woefully out of prac-
tice.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20
INDIANA

Flying around the world may be-
come quite fad before long.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

The whole world in the busy year
OF 1913 dug 1856, 100000 OF gold.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

The hobo was right. The well-to-
do are the most difficult TO do.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

A food for sore lungs. Deans Mentholated
Cough Drops. Cure coughs, by relieving
the soreness-5c at Drug Stores.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Newfangled togas are not fastened
On with wires, as the old ones were
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

British Steamer Goes Aground.
Buenos Aires, March 12.-The Brit
ish steamer vaughan. from New York.
grounded at dock entrance herA
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson.
youngest daughter of President VIII
son, whose engagement to William G.
McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, was
officially announced by the president
and Mrs. Wilson. The date of the wed
ding has not been announced.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20
Exotic.

What large eyes that Boston girl
has"
They were grown under glass"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20

cCCn CnDN Choice Golden Mortgage LITER
oEIsD OONIv tests VI to lo0<. The eorN srovu
for Dreat; ionse,, Frsn COB Per SasnS'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-03-20
s H1s pA AM lAYilG1 31aENlE7A

YEARS WITH SOUTH AMERICANS
their service InveslgAtions throug hout continent
Personal talks about positions. opportunities FREE
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-01-13

&c er burtis / @enoinsen, % bet
or noget, ies lifer soot. Scr er eli
Inrisnins pda 1000 Dollars, iom
Ge fan bnpe / bpilfeniombelit 9anf,
naar nit Napn itaar paa oen.~
"Srefen," pebblep ban % tog
bsfis tin &at al for Spanicrinben,
LEG er Gem meset tafnemmeIis for
Ceres Snarrnaoiebe0. uOen oen
piloe BET bare Jet iort no for mig.
Ipifen her ~inbeboloer oper balkan.
Den Wiaion Collars, og ifient ieg er
fem 0ange @iaionGr, piloe ieg bog
nsoig mite Dem. Ser er nit Sort.
get9nf Gem aIorig paa at ifripe til
mig, bpis Se trGnger til en- Sen
- min &asie itaar altib til Ceres
Sispoiition. Stans III, bare Seres
Iaarer bet er Spno for Ceres
pafre Dine!"
San iatte Jig otter neo o. gau
fig igien til at ie no gicnnem Sin.
Duet. Den forte 9eite itoo trent
oeleS paa bans Sang.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-01-13

meb @l9oe giue BET oobbelte for at
lie oenlie Slpngel iaa ben Strai,
ban fortjener," iagoe Den rtrge
G%nglPnoer.
2oget bar imiolertiS beepnSt at
fisre pioere, os unoer osolisnenbe
Tansbeb bptIte allies Zine truenoe
paa Manoen nteo ben forte YGIfe.
"Gnbelig ipntes oere at ppre Bit
iaa %iornuftige, at jeg fan faa ct
Sro inoiert," tog ban pluoielig Or.
oct og iaa Jig rolig ONT. Seq ba-
ser 9isfusiioner og bsireitet Sfien-
oeri, iom aligepel alorig ierer I'll
noget." San aabnet i'm SGife tog
frem lin Sommebog, lfrep l1ogle
2inier DEN og REP 9labet no.
San penote Jig oerfor moo Spanier-
inoen og iaebe: Ceres S~ols6aano
bar 5000 Collars p9rb - ieg err
pi1ig til at fisbe oct for 10000
Collars. Ser er en- Mnpisnins paa
Summen. 90 ber," Deoblen ban
benpenot til ben ulge gngIGnoer,
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-01-13

iriIot baooe iaaet Iotfet 2eitnanterl
meo fig, bort fra Sc iarligc Gne.
merfer % ror umoooelig itolt ouer
Jig iclo.
Wen Ell Simestio ienere islte bum
DOG i'm SfoItbeb rpltet noeet | i'm
@rrmopolo. 5 3aiino bapoe benoes
Papa iaoet bloc, at Vrinien bar
anfommet or. Mutomcbil, o. at ban
cfter en- birrtis S~rnflGoning bar
gaaet for at aflpgge @eneralen ct
geisg. Otter bet bar @ereralen
itprtct bien og bapoe iunoet aorrt:
Frins ernit emid.
MenS Mania beipimeoe, maatte
5rit3i meoe hos fin Gapa % az
lpgge iulo 1ilitaaelie ON Sasernes
8ilitano. Sritsi LOS Jig bog life /
minbite Waabe iorbIeife, men for
iifreoe bit og beliet, at bum banoe
un0erbolot ben hsie @irit paa beo'
ite Maooe -. % Oct Loo til, at
bun taIte Sanobeo; TIL nogIe Ni.
inter leitere fom en- mGgtlg Vrfet
msrfersoe Goier mco Erlniens @i-
i%itfort, bporpoa ser ito0 ifrepet meo
bans e~gcnbpnoige prinicIige Saano'
ifriit:
"0iSfretion - en- 9gresiag,"
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-01-13
en- Visit

%ritii Straeter peubte o9 orcieoc
y nbclIiitiomt set Sort. ser bler
raft henoe. git ie poa Def, faIoi
henoe iffe ino. Zen uuge Vtato
meo sc tiliorIooeIige, blna Zine %
oen lille Nuiats I'll CT Sperltlpg,
uor 2eituunt ct GllIrl0c,
Ser life borSc NpbeoenS Sn.
tereSie / General BON Straeters
&us. On ban bco SduIt5c cller
noaet anGct. bar Iigeguloiat.
"Som iast Fapa er life
bieu1mc.
90 @crerdIinoen?"
Seller fife. Scr er opcrbopeoet
Iet inqeu biemme! Sim ieg."
Set por Sfohc -"
Gen life &citnant breieoe @iorIe-
gent paa set i%pircuoe Cperifip9.
Oct los I'll, at bon pirfeIig bella
Qcoe life al trpiie @uict2 @errc
cllcr 6rlte ~ buno Der i~orbauicoe
Jrefcn Grit5i, 6or oct mclte par
SC Gfiicerer, ser al en- ellcr dnoeu
@runo maatte laOe Jig meIoe q,
0eres Speroronc0e. benrpttc, nuar
oe life trai noacu biclnme % tltu0e
neics meo at Ipage line Sort.
"Gnifcoc Sc al tale meo Fopa /
tienitligt Nuliggeu0e, eaer
Get cr, iom man pil taae Def,
nonoige 5refen; tieuitli9t % pao
Ell pis Mon0e oqiaa priput.
Naar mon er iemteu Nar gam.
mel % uuoertiOeu maa ituoe iig /
9~errpnelien bum @naS". finger
"naaoige 6refcn" bebageligt.
Cen ungc Game beicOe "naoOigt"
fit Soueo.
Gar ioa goo 6r. 2oitannt at
ean nocnfor; |apa pentc3 bpcrt
SicbIif."
"@pi@ &c tiln0er 0et?"
SCR iaa uerIig at tnge @lao8."
Gen umge officer toe |IaoS poo
Sen Stol. iom 6rsfen 6ritji me0 Ell
umnaoeIia iornem SaunobeOG1eIic
bapoc pcgt paa. Sun iclo iatte iig
ret % 90 neo / IN SpncitoI.
Gtter Ell temmcIig lang @auic
iaaoe 0en linge |ige:
~Nnr &c opholot Gem IUu8e Der
/ @peu2"
"alm en- 1ime."
ga ioo. iaa Dor &c life ber?"
Seq fommcr ira 8eiiOcnicn
raaoiqe 6refer,"
"6por irtcrc5innt' Soa ficnocr
&c maaitc Gene autihbat, ION ior
ire Wnarc0er iiocn er iluttct ocrtiI
mco tine 5orrIore."
Seq bar 0esorrre life 6ornclel'
fen. iporeoe Sen u1qe N}ono. iom
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1914-01-13

Ieoiagebe bocrt Spar meo en- lie
9sininq Raor Sen uuge Eige talte
itirreoe BON ppmcrfiomt paa beno'
meo line Itorc, runoe zine, lrter
uoor han lpareoe, bar bans Sli
nioranoret beftet, enten pna SIel
men. ion ban holbt paa meo Ne9e
% SnngfinQcreu, eucr paa Oeit iIn9'
4iaeS Seooer.
5oa aouite uoeu Seniigt, iom DC.
ifetc, Qcncreoe oct 0og 6rit5i. Slst
ielt par ncnlig goaet al Den EN-
Sfo; bum trof 6e0Nerne til Jig e(
paSiiurcoc enonn lipligere.
"Gr pil hi o1ioa oftcre fotnin'
til Reiioenieu. Min Selter TIA.
Qiites me0 garon BON @unolah -
6crtiacn5 aabinet9iefretgr. 8jen'
Ger &c @rn0lad?"
",Sa, mcaet 9oot. Seq -
San itanOic0e oa reoneoe, GA Der
uuQc Fiqc oibroo bom meO:
"Gn ioriprOeIig e~llfpGroig 6pt
fife iauot?l &i fommer itoror.
let QoOt no al oct meO binonocn
scr bans Sfplo fan lea iinne mic
/ al Sen llro her / @uict. 6or per
&c hpao - iao0ame 9rpnnp@forbe'
rcoclicr, &c er mi life morlomme
vt iea iiooer Der, mltter9 alcne.
bUnger oaiaa imnmen oern1co.
Mania % Goel cr noe ior at be
iargc %uofieb. Figcrne % Batter
fouc1 or tiaiQenleo Gppasieren noe
/ @aaroen, hnor oe bGnger grlioe'
uOiturct til BORING. ga De fonl,
itoo icg netop / 9egreb meo at gan
i1co oa
Sea bcOcr tiiinoc @unge ON
6orlaoclic." itanmeoe Seitnantcn
reiite iig.
"Na nei, bin Blot iio0enoe. Wll
Napa err enOnu pGrre iaren.
San bar ire @ange pGrct be0 20
act. Erinicu pcnte6 hcrtil. Non
itol u~uerbrinQe Nertlgcn9 Hptptnts
linacr. Meu ga bon bellcr life par
mc0 IoQet, ser er her 2loften ire,
Qif W}anla "a Goel I'll @pen. Men
@avn lpbcr itdoiQ I'll Goget. Get
or oog eqeutliQ irpgteli8 nlornnf'
ti9t al Friuirn, at ran life fan
orbentlig 9cifeO ~Nieo Oct
% oct 5og fommer icg." &c
fan Qoot title Ceres Niclm ncO
Stolcn, Nr. %eitnant.
0iclmen uur IoIot uo al Soit
martens Naau0 ~ trine0e ben 40
Ipppet "a @aitnnnteu bapoe 10
act oen op. itiueoe ban Sen lpOi0t
poo set unQipne Steo. Sen oper
SET unQoomncIigc @littcnniigt gIco
en- iorIegen Goontc og Sc blon
Zine ina belt iorlmrre0e no.
Irit3i Stroeter qjoroc iig luna
&c ror meact taftiul0t at hipIpe i'm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

success. Miss Rogers is dainty and
extremely fashionable miss with the
most valuable of all stage attributes,
personality" One enthusiastic critic
described her as sweet, lovable, and
dainty as a Christy drawing
Dewey and Rogers have valuable
aid in Jack West who "codeiese in a
style all his own exceedingly quiet
and thus doubly effective. And the
|chorus-it's painless cure for fam
ished optics. Eight girls, one pref
tier than the next, are brilliantly cos
TUNED, excellently drilled and always
adding to the stage pictures.
1.-THE Runaways'' Is entitled to the
blue ribbon in the tabloid musical
show class.
Beginning Monday and running the
first half Of the week, new bill Of
vaudeville will be presented at this
/ theatre. The bill includes four big
acts, full of comedy, music, and novel.
! ties. The last half Of the week an.
other Boyle Voolfolk musical farce
Lovers and Lunatics," will hold the
stage. The show Is riot of mirth
and fun; without doubt the most
tunefuI of all musical tabloids, carry
ling the largest and best drilled chorus
lin this capsule form of entertain
iment -Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

a note from a 16-year-old girl who
wrote that she was being held as q
white slave. The man called a po-
lice and together, they Invaded the
flat from which the note was thrown.
They found there two men and WON
an. In a rear room, locked up with
out clothing. was the girl She said
she had been seized on the street near
her home, thrust into an automobile
and brought to the fiat where she
was held prisoner. without clothing
and compelled by beatings, to receive
men visitors. Police investigation
verified the story. Many similar
stories have been told to the police in
the last three months and the authori-
ties now know that the white slave
traffic, with all its insidious ramifica-
tons, is no myth in New York.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
Ben Hur Great az Ever.

The following dispatch was sent to
the Dramatic News from Kansas City
concerning the Ben Hur attraction
which is to appear In Keokuk next
April:
1t seems strange to see Klaw &
Erlanger attraction playing a theatre
that has Shubert all over 1t. The
stupendous production OF Ben Hur is
now on view at the Shubert theatre
with its two hundred people and It's
eight horses, in the thrilling chariot
race. Some wonderful advance work
has been performed, with the result
that the takings show an empty rack
all the week
Dewey and Rogers In "The Run
aways."
! If play goers with an ingrowing
crouch will take it to the Hippodrome
tonight, where Dewey and Rogers will
gambol in THE Runaways," they will
at once come to the conclusion that
the man who invented daughter wrote
! the show.
| It's simply a perpetual succession
of side-splitting scenes, piled one on
the other with such speed and gustc
that the CYCLES are doing the con
/ tinuous.
Earle Dewey and Mabel Rogers
twinkle in the stellar niche, and Al
the bill with great eclat. Dewey is Z
istrikingly handsome young chap wht
wears clothes Ike magazine clothing
advertisement, acts with enthusiasm
and yerve, and dances most delight
fully. He scores an immense persona
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

ment In Downing street, late this al
.ternoon. when many taxicabs, illea
with women wearing suffragette col,
ors and carrying militant banners
swung into the official street and head
ed fer the residence Of Premier
Asquith.
The occupants started to descend
from the taxicabs and make assault on
the Asquqith house, when detacn.
ment Of police surrounded them ana
captured all the women.
It was thought the police had frus,
trated militant raid, until the crest
fallen officers saw battery of NOV
ing picture cameras on the side lines.
1t was a movie" frame UP and the
l"suffrage were chorus girls,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
is THE PORT OF
MISSING MEN
(con.Inued rom cage I'D

East Side tenement area-ways, as was
always permissible In "the good old
days the policeman shot him dead.
That sort Of thing had wholesome
effect on the gangsters. Police Com
missioner Mckay hopes 1t will work
out in similar fashion in the case of
the white slayers. The notorious gun
men of New York's East Side are
not bad men at all in the true sense
OF the word. They are physical cow
ards. They cannot stand pain and
punishment. They are anaemic, shall
low chested, drug exhausted youths
who can ride around in high-powered
automobiles and shoot their rivals IL,
the back with automatic pistols. But
they cannot fight. Physical violence
makes them cry like babies. The
cadets are of the same calibre That
is why the police think that a mailed
fist crusade will eliminate them from
New York.
Recently passer.by on one OF the
apparently respectable streets on the
upper west side, saw piece Of folded
paper flutter down at his feet. It was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
czarevitch Not s;ok

GENEVA, Feb. 49, Contrary TO ru-
inors from st. Petersburg, the care
witch is In fairly good health at pres.
ent' according to letter received
here from Prof Pierre Gillard, Of
Lausanne, who as teacher OF the
French language and literature. re-.
Gently accompanied the Russian royal
family to Livadia. in the crimea He
states that the czarevitch has baar
bothered only with slight cold. which
he contracted before Christmas ant
from which he has fully recovered
and has met with no accident as bat
been reported.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
HOUSE OF VARIETIES

Home Of High Glass Vaudeville, Musical and
Dramatic Tabods
Affiliated with Western Vaudeville Managers
Association.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

per cent of people show evidence of
tuberculosis. Even though merely lat
eht, THIS great foe of mankind is al.
ways waiting for favorable oppor-
tunity when the body is low in vital
10y ana resistance, to set its hordes
OF destructive germs at work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
GERMAN POLICE
LIKE AMERICANS
regulations For that he was fined
$3.50.
tConiaiE, q from page IL

That three-fourths of the worlds
population is sick and only one-fourth
of humanity is well and sound" Ia
the statement made by Privy Medical
Councillor Professor Hugo Ribbert, Of
the University of Bonn. In new
book THE Significance of Disease in
the Development of Mankind" which
he has just published, Professor Rob
bert says in effect that the world is
one vast hospital or invalids home.
Investigations and medical statistics
show that practically three out of ev-
cry four persons are suffering from
some ailment or abnormality, even
though they keep at their occupations
4 Postmortem examinations of thou
sands of bodies declares Professor
hilbert, show that not less than 80
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01
MILITANT RAID
WAS FRAMED
Police Captured Every Woman While
Cameras Clicked
Away.

LONDON Feb. 2s.-There was
much laughter In the restaurants.
clubs and theatres tonight but Scot
land Yard did not echo the nnirth.
Scotland Yard could not see the
joke. There was tremendous excite
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

% equipped the Latest Jptotn
nNetn an
ydWuk Ter afTMFA
.re fines ngs uehan
de nn hons
m k g finish
m M almost Unlimited Amount work and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-01

Read The Daily Gate City.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28

TO take care OF every soul OF the crew
and passengers. However Il n. a.
clared. the United States seems not to
have practiced its preachinys in letting
It's own service mon be loaded aboard
n vessel the lifeboat equipment of
which could take care OF only a small
portion OF them had there been an nc-
cident.
In the case OF ono Of tho ships used
IN bringing the troops from Vera Cruz
10 the United States. complaints de-
clare. tho vessel had only four life
boats on board, and that officers and
men were concerned during the entire
voyage to the States lest there be
some disaster to the ship and no means
or taking care Of them.
The steamship, according to the rec
ords of the steamboat inspection serv
Ice. was last Inspected in May OF this
year and was required to have six
ilteooats, and had in addition one
workboat. This would provide for 14d
persons, and she was licensed to carry
10 persons. crew and passengers. This
ship. 1t Is declared. had about 1000
persons aboard on tho trip from Vera
Cruz.
At the offices of the Quartcrmaster
Corps In the War Department yester-
Gay. It was declared that no complaints
OF overcrowding and lack OF sufficient
lifcboat equipment had been heard
there 1t was said that extra lifebont
equipment was not necessary when
ships were travelling In consort, as was
the case with the boats carrying tho
troops from Vera Cruz. 1t was assert
co that whore several ships travel in
consort the full lifehoat equipment was
not required, as, in case of disaster.
the accompanying vessels could take
care of the passengers better than tho
smaller lifeboats.
George Uhler, supervising inspector
general OF the steamboat inspection
service. declared yesterday that there
Is no provision of law which would
exempt vessels from carrying their full
iifeboat equipment as provided by law
mt ali times. Ships travelling In con-
sort are not relieved in any way what
soever, he said, of carrying their full
equipment.
The fact that vessel is in the gov
eminent service. under charter. did not
relieve 1t from the requirements of the
law, he added.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-28
SHIPS WITH SOLDIERS
HAD TOO FEW LIFEBOATS
Complaint Against Chartered Steamers
Which Drought Army Home
From Vera Cruz.

WASHINGTON. December 27-That
lives OF army officers and enlisted men
we're 1copardized on evacuating Vera
Cruz when transported back to yhe
United states aboard chartered vessels
deficient In Iifeboat equipment to pro-
vide for more than one-eighth OF ,hcm
In case 1t had been necessary to take
to the boats. Is the complaint heard In
Washington. The matter has been in
formally discussed In army circles.
Congress. 1t is argued by those who
made tho trip. has passed stringent
laws and formulated strict regulations
governing iifeboat equipment. These
laws and regulations say that there
must be sufficient lifeboat equipment