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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-06-25
Notice for Publication.
First Published May, Il, 1914.

INST Published May, Il, 1913.
Department Of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office at Dodge City, Kansas
MAY IS. 1914.
Notice is hereby given that James w. Powell,
Of Plains, Kansas. who, on April Z. 1914,
made Homestead Application. Serial No. Oll677,
for NEA, Section 81, Township 34s, Range
Bow. 9th p. Meridian. has filed notice of in
tention TO make Communication Proof, TO esta blsh
claim to the land above described. before The
Clerk OF the District Court of Meade County,
Kansas, at Meade, Kansas, on the LIST day Of
July. 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Edgar p. Ticknor. Samuel P. Chase. Guy Fox
and John S. Burgett all Of Plains, K ansas.
h. r. WILSON,
Not coal land. Register.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-06-25
Notice for Publication.
First Published June 4, 1914.

Department of the Interior,
U. S. Land Office, at Dodge City. Kansas,
May %, 1914.
Notice is hereby given that Clifford II. Vanwey,
OF Fowler, Kansas, who, on February /, 1911,
made Homestead Application, Serial No
0lO48S, for SWA Section ). Township 33s, Range
Dow, 9th P. Meridian, has filed notice of intention
to make Three Year Proof, to establish claim to
the land above described. before The Clerk Of the
District Court Of Meade County, Kansas. at
Meade Kansas. on the 1lth day Of July, 1914
Claimant names as witnesses:
George Cole, OF Fowler, Kansas
Harry NJ. Coon. of -
Arthur Reneau, of Meade, .
Archie l. Carey, OF Fowler -
r. WILSON,
Not coal land. Register
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-06-25
County AHaArs
Notice of Primary Election.

State of Kansas, Meade County, IS.
Notice is hereby given that Primary Elec-
ton will be held in Meade County, Kansas
on the 4th day of August 1914, being the
First Tuesday in said month, at which time
candidates for the following offices will be
nominated according to the provision of law
by each of the various political parties of
this state.
Candidates for United States Senator.
a. for Governor.
a. for Lieutenant Governor.
% for Secretary of stare.
90 for State Auditor.
+ ;;isyl 81 b. for State Treasurer.
4, :. e Q. tof.Attorney S&beraI,.;. .''''F@
!. n for State Superintendent fof
PubliSsInstrietion. ..al
for Superintendent of Insurance
- for State Printer.
Three candidates for Board of Irrigation.
Candidates for Congressman.
for Representative.
for County Clerk.
g for County Treasurer.
% for Register Of Deeds.
% for County Attorney.
'' for Probate JUICE.
Z" for Sheriff
'' for Coroner.
az for County Superintendent Of
Public Instruction.
"' for County Surveyor.
- for Clerk of the District Court.
90 for County Commissioner.
% for Justice of the Peace.
'' for Constable.
- for Township Trustee.
% for Township Clerk.
'' for Township Treasurer.
a. for Pecinct Committeeman.
Also, under the provisions of the nom part
isan judiciary act, on separate ballot:
Candidates for justices of the Supreme
Court. Vote for three.)
Candidates fot Judge of the District Court.
Vote for one.)
Given under my hand and seal of said
County, at my office in the City of Meade,
County of Meade, State of Kansas, this nth
day of April, A. ID. 1914.
Seal. w. w. PREssLY,
County Clerk.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-06-25
Unusual Harvester.

Meade still has the record for
having people within her limits
who are capable of doing extra
ordinary things. Some time ago
the M. E. Ladies Aid society di-,
vided into sections, for the pur-
pose of raising money for the
church, which, by the way, is
not in the least unusual, but the
out-of-the-ordinary part of it all
becomes prominent when it be-
comes known that on last
Thursday afternoon, one section
of this society harvested crop
of wheat. The ladies were
dressed for the occasion, not in
the latest style, yetnever-the-less
they shocked the wheat. We
did intend to publish the names,
sixteen in all, but since harvest
hands are scarce. on second
thought. we concluded that the
ladies might be induced to leave
their homes and go to harvest in
earnest, since they had already
been pronounced unusually good
hands, and then their husbands
would blame us. Since we have
no desire to shoulder any such
blame, we with hold their names.
The following, taken from the
Kansas City Star of June "a lst
self explanatory:
Meade, Kas., June 22.-To
harvest the bumper crop of
wheat even women have gone in
the fields. However, charity
was the primary reason for their
work and the wheat was secon-
Diary. The Ladies Aid Society
of the Methodist Church at
Meade had pledged money for
an addition to the church. The
society was divided into teams
and each group was to earn its
share of the money. Sam Bunch,
whose wife IS secretary of the
society, had field of wheat
ready for harvest. He remark
ed to his wife that harvest hands
were scarce.
Mrs. Bunch repeated the re-
mark to the other women in the
society. Immediately one pro-
posed that the harvest offered
them an opportunity to earn
money for the church. Sixteen
women volunteered to go out as
harvest hands in Bunch's wheat
field. Mrs. Bunch surprised her
husband by appearing IN the
field with binder and accom-
panied by the other women. In
spite of the heat they worked all
yday-Inethe field. ,,t,, oM q
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1914-06-25

4 Henry Gruempkin told usof
a rather unusual incident this
week. Some twenty-four years
ago, while unloading some feed
in bis feed yard, east of the city,
James Wilson lost gold band
ring. A search was made for it
but as the ring could not be
found, it was given up as lost.
AS years rolled by, the location
of the feed rack was Changed,
and grass soon covered the old
site. This week the Wilson
son boys were digging in what
twenty.four years ago had been
the feed lot, and the long, lost
ring was found, just as bright as
bright as it was when it slipped
from Mr.. Wilson's finger, nearly
quarter of a century before. p
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

the telegraph station at Father Point
and from other elevated spots along
shore. The coast along that part of
the St Lawrence is of volcanic rock
formation. and it would have done
Captain Kendall no good to try to run
his vessel ashore. In fact, il is believ-
ed that his engine rooms were so
quickly flooded that the vessel was
powerless from the moment of the col
lision.
On account OF the hour at which the
vessels came together-2:30 o'clock in
the morning-only those actually en-
gagged in the navigation and operation
Of the steamers were awake. The 9TH
ers were in their berths asleep.
The collier ripped open a great hole
In the liner. and there was but scant
time for the launching and manning
Of lifeboats. The confusion aboard the
vessel was Of the widest as the pas
sengers were shaken out OF their SUM
Der into immediate contact with the
gravest peril A large majority Of
those who were saved were clad only
in their night attire. with clothing in
their hands. hastily seized as they fed
to the deck.
The first authentic account OF the
cause of the collision was sent to Cap
tain Walsh. marine superintendent OF
the Canadian Pacific at Montreal. IL
was:
Empress of Ireland stopped by
dense fog Struck amldships in vita
spot by collier Storstad."
II was followed little later by a
dispatch from Captain III. G.. Kendall
OF the wrecked ship to Captain Walsh.
which contained the two words:
"Ship gone"
The Empress OF Ireland was proba-
bly, the fastest transatlantic liner ply
ing between Canadian ports and Liver
pool She established record In 1906.
three years after her launching. when
she made the voyage from Quebec to
Liverpool in Eve days and ten hours.
At the time of her fatal crash with
the collier she was bound for Liverpool
with her 1.437 souls. heavy mail and
n valuable cargo.
Three hundred and fifty men and
women were saved by tremendously
rapid work with the lifeboats that had
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
Countersigned:
X. +. HUGHES,
STATE OF MICHIGAN, the Probate


Court for the County of Gratiot.
AT session Of said court. held at the
Probate Office in the village of Ithaca
in said county, on the 9th day of May
1914.
In the matter of the estate of Mary J.
Best, deceased.
Present, ]. Lee Potts, Judge.
The above estate having been admitted
to Probate and p. W. Creaser of Alma,
Michigan, appointed administrator there
of.
II is ordered, that four months from
this date be allowed for creditors TO
present their claims against said estate
and that such claims will be heard by
said court on Tuesday, the 9Th day of
September, next, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon.
II is further ordered that public notice
thereof be given by publication of this
order for three successive weeks pre-
vious to said day of hearing, in the Alma
Record, a newspaper printed and circu-
lated in said county.
J. LEE POTTS.
A true copy. Judge of Probate.
BELLE JENNIE.
Clerk of Probate. S3ot4
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
An Awesome Sight.

Waiting for light. without news and
with only the least of hope after the
Sudden cessation Of the steamships
wireless, the coming out of the misty
gsyn OF the two rescue ships. sur
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
THE EMPRESS Of IRELAND GOES 10 BOTTOM Of ST LAWRENCE RIVER

been summoned by the wireless tele-
graph on board the doomed liner.
The Canadian government steamer
Eureka and the mail tender Evelyn
were at Father Point when the wire
less station at that point received at
2:30 In the morning quick, frantic "S
o S" signals. Both vessels were un-
der steam and went out at once at
their highest speed.
The wireless calls weakened rapidly.
Fifteen minutes after the first was re-
ceived they ceased. The rescue vessels
were without wireless, and until dawn
there was no news from the wreck.
Whistles Echo In Fog.
Captain Kendall was OH the brid re
OF the Empress OF Ireland when at
2:30 o'clock he heard the siren OF a
vessel close at hand. The vessel was
the collier Storstad, Captain Ander-
son, laden with 1000 tons OF coal and
bound from Sydney, y. s.. to Quebec.
With signals sounding the vessels
approached each other in the fog. The
boom of the siren of the Storstad grew
louder with each repetition. Captain
Kendall ordered the engines stopped,
and the big passenger steamship lay
to in the fog while the officers on the
bridge peered anXiously into the fog to
try TO locate the ship so close at hand.
The whistle signals of the two YES
sells echoed in the fog. From the re-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

ports at hand it appears that the cap
tain of the Storstad or whoever was in
charge at the time had no idea that
the other vessel was so close. The
Storstad was wallowing along at a
good rate of speed when she was
sighted from the Empress OF Ireland.
The clumsy collier was headed for
the liner. which presented broadsidc
target.
Deep laden, her decks almost awash,
the Storstad Numbered along. Her
steel prov tore into the side of the
Empress OF Ireland. The force of the
blow was exerted below the water line.
The big liner keeled over and then set
tied back as the Storstad, after a min
ute or two, became disengaged and
drifted away In the fog.
For only a moment the Empress re-
manned on an even keel. Swiftly she
began to sag toward the side that had
been torn In the collision. Water was
gushing into her hull In torrents, flood
ing her engine and boiler rooms and
compartments. Steadily she keeled
over, pulled by the weight of the wa
ter below.
The wireless operator sent out an
"S o 3" call. repeating II frantically.
, 1t was heard by the wireless operator
at the big station at Father Point,
few miles away.
At the long steamship dock at Father
Point were the Canadian government
steamer Eureka, used for the transfer
of pilots. and the government mail
boat Lady Evelyn. tied up for the
night. The wireless man Mt the shore
station telegraphed the news that the
Empress of Ireland was sinking TO the
land telegraph station n short distance
away. and from the land telegraph sta
ton a messenger hurried to the Eure-
ka and the Lady Evelyn.
BY the time these vessels were ready
TO start the wireless operator had
learned the position Of the sinking EN-
press.
An Awesome Sight.
Waiting for light. without news and
with only the least OF hope after the
Sudden cessation Of the steamships
wireless. the coming out of the misty
tJsvn Of the two rescue ships, sur
Jrtil
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
Kendall Captor Of Crippen.

Captain Kendall, commander of the
lost liner. the Empress of Ireland. gain
ed prominence in world news at al.
most the very spot where his steamer
sank. He is the man who procured
the arrest OF DR.. Hawley Harvey
Crippen. murderer of his wife, Belle
Elmore. the actress.
Captain Kendall, who holds the
rank OF lieutenant in the Royal Ma
val reserves, was in 1910 commander
of the liner Montrose. on which Grip
pen fled from the continent with Ethel
Clare lie Neve. love of whom inspired
him to murder his wife.
The commander of the liner recog-
nlzed the lie Neve girl from photo
graphs in a London paper, which he
had on board the ship. He flashed
the news by wireless, and Inspector
Dew Of Scotland Yard met the Mont
rose at Father Point on the Canadian
government ship Eureka-one Of the
two rescue boats that went to the
aid of the Empress of Ireland The
inspector had made the trip across on
a faster ship than the Montrose. pass
ing that vessel on the way.
At Father Point everybody was or
dered below. and Dew went aboard
and placed Crippen under arrest
Captain Kendall. through the shrewd-
ness and sagacity he displayed In as
sisting the police to take Crippen, be-
came hero of two continents. So
carefully did he conceal his detective
work aboard ship that not soul be-
sides himself and Llewellyn Jones, the
wireless operator. even knew that a
person suspected of being DR.. Crippen
was among the passengers.
Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving,
one of the passengers on the Empress.
was the second son of Sir Henry Ir-
wing and widely known In England
as an actor. author and manager. He
made his first appearance on the stage
with +. r. Benson's Shakespearean
company in Dundee in 1898.
Mr.. Irving PLAYED in his fathers
company from 1900 to 1904 and then
for two years toured with his wife,
Mabel Lucy Hackney Irving. He was
the original Crawshay in Rallies"
Mr.. Irving wrote many sketches for
the stage and translated Sardou's
"RobespIerrc. Maxim Gorkis "The
Lower Depths" and other plays.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
Indigestion? Can't Eat? No
Appetite?

IA treatment Of Electric Bitters in
deases your appetite stops indigestion;
Ion can eat everything. A real spring
ionic for liver. kidney and stomach trout
HES Cleanses your whole system and
you feel fine. Electric Bitters did more
Tor Mr.. T. ID. PEBBLES stomach trou-
Me- than any medicine he ever tried.
CO hottie today. SOC and $l.0O. Rec
n, an. !, by w. Alexander Drummer,
Rhodes' Drug Store and the Rexall
Drug Store.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

officers of the iii fated steamer to put
into effect the old rule of the sea-
women and children first. The dis
aster came so quickly and was so
overwhelming that ii was case of
every person for himself. Captain
Kendall was picked up after jumping
overheard.
One survivor on the damaged ship
gave a brief and graphic description
of what had happened. Said he:
Through the fog we could mistily
make out the figure of the ship which
had run us down. She was listing
badly. and we did not know whether
she was going 10 the bottom or not.
This feeling. of uncertainty and the
likelihood that our neighbor might be
sinking with all on board aroused us
to a still higher tension of excitement.
Both men and women dropped to
their knees upon the decks. Some
prayed aloud. Some buried their
faces In their hands and sobbed with
a frenzy born of despair and the pres
ence Of DEATH
Survivors Suffered Terribly.
The condition of the survivors was
pitiful. Some had broken arms and
legs, and all had suffered terribly. l..
r. Gossetin. a lawyer from Montreal.
saved himself by clinging to a raft.
When the rescue ships locked at Ri
moush the station platform was con-
verified into hospital. and the towns
people. bringing food and clothing.
united in common effort to aid the
sufferers. Twelve bodies. with faces
covered, lay side by side on the wharf.
They had made the lifeboats only to be
fatally hurt. The vast majority OF the
saved were members of the ships
crew
Besides Captain Kendall. the first
and second engineers and the ships
surgeon were rescued. The captain
was too overcome TO give at first any
extended account of the disaster. He
had sent n wireless to his line after the
vessel was struck saying. "Ship gone"
The residents Of Rimouski. number
ing only 5000 game silently to the
dock where the dead and exhausted
living were being landed and. under
the direction OF tie mayor. ii. r. Fiset,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

rounded by score OF lifeboats. caus-
ed gasps Of relief TO the watchers who
night.
With marine glasses the spot on the
peaceful bosom OF the river where the
Empress OF Ireland had gone down
was clearly visible with the lifting of
the fog after sunrise. Not even float
ing wreckage was to be made out on
the surface of the water, ruffied by the
morning breezes.
The fog lifted shortly after sunrise.
and it was that which enabled those
ashore to make out the scene with
glasses and thus confirm the fears that
the worst had happened to the EN-
press OF Ireland.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04
Wireless Tells Story.

Brief wireless dispatches were sent
from the Storstad. which gave thrill
ing and graphic details OF the disaster.
From the quickness of the time in
which the Empress of Ireland sank
some of the passengers were caught
in their berths and drowned. Others.
in their night clothing. rushed to the
rail aud flung themselves into the sea
without waiting to put on life pre-
servers.
Both men and women were picked
up with children clasped in their arms.
There was little opportunity for the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1914-06-04

"HE greatest marine disaster since
the sinking OF the Titanic and
ii rivaling it in extent occurred
of Father Point. the landing
place down from Rimouski. Que.
when the Empress of Ireland. crack
ship of the Canadian Pscific's Atlantic
fleet. WIS I'm collision with the big/car-
go steamship Storstad. bound In. load
ed with coal.
The Empress of Ireland sank In nine
teen minutes after the collision. which
occurred in dense fog. and close to
1000 lives were lost. In the Titanic
disaster. April H. 1912, the life loss
was about 1903.
Asleep When Crash Came.
A dense fog covered the gulf of st.
Lawrence at the time of the collision.
The point where the disaster occurred
is slightly less than 200 miles from
Quebec. from which port the Empress
of Ireland sailed May %.
At this time of the year accidents
in the gulf of ST Lawrence are fire.
uuent and oftentimes serious.
This great disaster of the sea is re-
markable in that ii happened not in
midocean. but so close TO land that the
operations of the government vessels.
the Storstad and the llfeboats were
plainly visible from the tower above
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-23
NECLECTS FAMILY
FOR HIS WHISKY
Magistrate Fines Wistedt $100
but Suspends 1t on Con-
dition He Behave.

Helga Wistedt, 1901 Second street,
was assessed 500 and costs in police
court this morning by Magistrate
Frank Gustafson, on a charge of be-
ing drunk and disorderly, preferred
against him by his wife. The fine was
later suspended, however, on condition
that Wistedt refrain from touching
liquor for at least six months, and that
he bring home all of his weeks earn
ings regularly and turn them over 20
his spouse. If he falters by the way
side and fails to live up to these re-
quirements he is to be rearrested and
given a Jail sentence of at least 20
days.
Mrs Wistedt told a pathetic story
in court this morning of how her hus-
band refused to support her and the
four children. She said he has been
spending all of his wages for whisky
and neglecting his family.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-23
EAST MOLINE MAN
CUTS HIS THROAT
Says He Is Broken Down
Sport and Seeks to
Take Els Life.
USES RAZOR IN ATTEMPT
Is in Moline City Hospital in Preca'
rious condition-Has Sister
Living in California.

With his throat cut from ear to ear
and bleeding profusely, sharp-edged
razor lying at his side, George Seidel
of East Moline was found this morn
ing lying beneath the branches OF an
old oak tree near the Seventh street
hill. He is now in the Moline city
hospital and his recovery is doubtful.
II am an old soldier and broken
down sport, and l wish to die" is the
only explanation given by Seidel for
his act He said he had only one rela-
tive living. a sister, who resides at
Long Beach, Cal.
Seidel did not sever any arteries or
he would doubtless have been dead
when discovered by Anton Swanson.
Chances Are Small.
Seidels chances for recovery are
small, according to DR.. c. E. Dona-
hoo. attending physician. He is &c
years of age and has lost so much
blood that he Is very weak. He was
first taken to the police station and
later removed to the city hospital. He
had no occupation and Travelled about
the country earning a living as best
he could.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-23
WORK ON NEW LINE HERE
STARTS IN NEAR FUTURE

Final obstacles to the construction
of the proposed Fourth street car line
were practically removed at a meet
ing of the city commission with John
G. Huntoon. general superintendent OF
the Tri-City Railway company. Ed
ward Coryn has agreed to turn over
the land needed to make the line
straight 6O-foot street has also been
agreed upon. the city to stand the cost
of the necessary storm drains in re-
turn therefor. Originally the intention
of the company was to make the street
but little wider than was needed for
the tracks.
Though nothing has been authorized
in regard to paving, the presumption
is that the street will have this i'm
provement added at no distant date.
Construction of the line will begin
within a few days. announces Mr.. Hun
toon. The commission must first for
mally approve the plans.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-23
CARPENTERS ASK
FOR COMMISSION
Moline Union Would Do Away
With Present Form of
County Government.

Moline carpenters have taken up the
campaign for a change in the form of
county government from the township
representative system to one by COM
mission. At a meeting Tuesday even
ing resolutions similar to those which
will be presented to other organiza-
lions of working, business and profess
sional men in the county were adopted,
as follows:
Whereas, that part of Rock Island
suffering, and has suffered for many
years, unnecessarily, from an unrea-
sonable and unnecessary high cost of
necessary foodstuffs, said cost averag-
ing approximately % per cent higher
than that of Henry county, our contig-
uous county, and
Whereas, this high cost of living is
working a great hardship among the
wage earners of our country, and
Whereas, We believe this evil could
be easily corrected, to a large degree,
and higher measure of prosperity OBJ
tain, by bridging Rock river where
ever traffic demands is and by improy-
ing the highways leading to these
bridges, thereby making easy the traf-
flee between the rich, productive fields
of Henry county, and our markets, and
Whereas. the board of supervisors
of this county, although fully cognizant
of these facts for many years, has not
only made no move to correct these
evils, but has obstructed In many in
stances. legitimate demand for correc-
ton, and
Whereas. said board of supervisors
has become large and unwieldy and
has shown a higher regard for parties
than for a higher efficiency in the con-
duct of the business of the county,
therefore be Il
Resolved: That local union No. 241,
of the United brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners of America does here
by express its dlsapproval, not only of