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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-03

cal We had an outside cabin con-
tanning six 5erths, two on each side
There was tiny portfolio which
could not be opened. There was one
tiny bench built in by which the three
holders of "uppersS could ascend.
That was all.
At five o'clock the vessel sailed.
From our steerage deck out in the
stern we had watched the first and
second-class passengers come on
board, and had seen the crowds of
Americans who could not get on
board waving goodbye" and good
luck" to those who had gotten on.
It was one of the finest things had
seen. Some of those who were left
had been in line with US all morning,
begging for any kind of bunk on that
boat or any other.
Now they stood on the deck wav-
ing American flags or handkerchiefs
or if they had neither, just their
hands, and looking glad. There were
many of them there who hadn't
enough money to keep them another
night in Liverpool. but I think they
somehow helped each other.
We stayed in the harbor a long
time, waiting, was told, for final
permission to fly the American flag
until we passed Queenstown.
I had never known anything about
steerage conditions before. The
word steerage, like the words emil
grants and immigrants, had meant
just the foreign peoples themselves,
the colors of their strange customs,
the bewildeFment of their faces when
they reached Ellis Island, the odd,
silent stories which they carried with
them to the inneTmost parts of Amer
lea.
But I knew that every alien was
supposed to be in perfect health when
he landed in America, and supposed
that some provision was made on the
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may be highly recommended.
I was in the steerage only from
Thursday noon until Saturday after
noon, but 1 heard something of it's
methods and manners. When I'paid
the purser on Saturday for the
change 1 was making to second-class
accommodations, I said to him: :
81 really don't think very much Of &
your steerage."
He threw me scOrnful glance and
said: ''Well, it wasn't intended for
decent people. Those people don't
want or expect any more. They are
used to barns, most of them"
All of which was perfectly true, but
really not quite to the point.
We had guilty feeling that to
even notice conditions was fragrant
case of looking straight into the gift
horses mouth. But the gift-hOrse
kept his mouth wide open all the time
and fascinated, we could not look
away.
Our room was one of the very best,
being an outside one. The beds were
as hard as the boards on which they
were made. The mattresses, if that
was their name, were filled, or par
TALLY filled, with straw or cornhusks,
and covered with some coarse ma
terial. There were no sheets, and the
covering consisted of black blanket.
The many doctors on board, on
their way home from the London
conference, were agreed, from their
knowledge of hospital fittings, that
these blankets had not been washed
recently.
We were thus sleeping directly I'M
der rough, black, Unaired things,
which immigrants, with no chance
for bathing, had slept under on the
last trip. Even when we got on the
boat, the toilets and washbasins, of
which there were about twelve in all,
in two rows of six, for all the women
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13
$4,000 For 100 Words

The publication OF The Mniion
Dollar Mystery" beBlns today ne
story Will run for twenty tWo con
secutiYe weeks in TINS paptI ~
an arrangement with the Ihanhnu
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possible not only 90 read the story
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able The Judgment Of mis- noaLu
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The last two reels which VIII XIV
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soon after the appearance ~ fnt
pictureS-a4 practical With the lhSl
two reels will he shown the pl'-
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and other interesting features. ~
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Harold NCGrath VIII also show p
picture Of the successful contest
ant
Solutions 20 the mystery must not
be more than TOO words long. Here
are some ~ the Questions 4" ne
kept in mind I'm connection with tho
mystery as an aid 20 q solution
No what becomes OF the mil
lionaire2
80. 2-what becomes Of the 81
0OO 900?
No. whom does Florence mar
nv?
SO. & what becomes of the Rus
sian countess
Nobody connected either directly
ar Indirectly with "rhe Million Dol
lar Mystery" Will be- con tdered as
a contestant
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13

few hours Porte will be in the air,
but for days on end.
The America has already proved
its ability 10 weather the minor
storms which its pilot may encounter.
In fact, from the mechanical point
OF view, success Of the great flight Is
practically assured, and il might be
safely predicted today that the year
1914 will see the transatlantic air
voyage, which in spectacular daring
and world.interest excels any deed
ever undertaken by man, accom-
plished--were it not for the one peril
OF sleeplnessl
For 20 hours the trans Atlantic fly
er must stay wide awake. Through
all that time he must keep every
muscle active, every nerve alert. his
mind constantly concentrated on his
compasses and mechanism, making
continual effort TO detect and adapt
his plane TO every lift OF the air cur
rents. That tense mental activity
alone would be sufficient to produce
overpowerinR fatigue
But through all those endless hours
there will he humming accompani-
ment To the call of mental fatigue,
the deadly, monotonous drumming OF
the engine, beating eternally against
! his ears like seductive lullaby!
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She must

back into the bed itself She must
not tell even Mr. Norton
Was the child spinning a romance
over the first young man she had
ever met? In her heart OF hearts the
girl did not know
Her father
It was all so terribly and tragically
simple, TO match a woman's mind
against that OF child's Both Nor
ton and tho sober Jones had explicit
~ warned her never 10 20 anywhere,
receive telephone calls, or letters,
without first consulting one or the
other OF them And now she had
planned 10 deceive them, with all the
cunning Of her sex.
The next morning at breakfast
there was nothing unusual either in
her appearance or manners Under
the shreWd- scrutiny OF Jones she was
Just her everyday self hne bit of
acting for one who had yet 10 see
the stage But Il is born in woman
TO act, as II Is born In man TO fight
and Florence was no exception TO the
rule
She was going TO save her father
She read with Susan played the
plano, sewed little, laughed. hum.
med and did a thousand and one
things young girls do when they have
| the deception OF their elders in view
| CONTINUED Thursdayo
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13

That this is the real and worst
peril, frequently felt, all birdmen will
testify. The most striking instance
OF II Is told by the great English avi-
ator, Claude Grahame-White
Grahame-White recently rose with
a passenger who proved 10 be In.
sane. The man began 10 struggle
and kick and in few moments
would surely have grappled with the
pilot and capsized the machine. But
the opiate influence OF the rush OF
wind and the hum OF the motor had
its inevitable effect The mailman
gradually became subdued. fell asleep
as heavily as though chloroformed,
and was still In that state when the
pilot descended and lifted the erst-
while mailman from the machine.
II Lieut John c. Porte accom-.
plishes his fight, II will be not the
triumph of machinery, not the tri.
umph Of skill nor daring. but the tri.
umph Of bitter determination and I'M
failing will-the will not to sleep. IN
spite of sound drugging and in spite
Of fatigue
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13
Synopsis

Stanley Hargl cave, millionaire, after
miraculous escape from the den az
the gang OF brilliant thieves known a.
the Black Hundred lives the life OF 4
Iecluse for rs years HatBreaVc one
night enters a Broadway restaurant
and there comes face 10 face with the
gang leader. braine
AiteI the meeting, during which
neither man apparently recognizes the
other, HargTeaye-hurrtcs 20 his mag
nthcent Rverdale home and lays plans
Tor making his escape from the coun-
try lie writes "A letter 10 the girls
school Ia New Jersey, where rs years
before he. had mysteriously LEFT ON the
doorstep his baby daughter, Florence
Gray lie also pays "A visit 20 The
hangar OF a daredevil aviator.
Braine and members Of his hand sur
round Hargreave's home at night, INT
as they enter the house the watcher
outside see "A balloon leave the roof
The safe Is found eWptl--the million
which HarRreavc was known 20 hHtt
drawn that day gone Then some one
announced the balloon had been TuW-
tured and dropped 10 the bottom OF
the sea
Florence arrives FROM the girls
school Princes olga, Brafne s compau-
Ton. visits and claims 60 be a relative.
Two bogus detectives call, but their
plot is fooled by Norton, "a newspaper
man,
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when shall wake you?"
at s. Wen have an early dinner
sent in want to keep out OF every.
bodys way Byby"
In less than three minutes he was
sound asleep The woman gated
down at him in wonder and envy. n
only she could drop 20 sleep like that!
Very softly she pressed her lips to
his hair
At II O'Clock the following night
the hall light in the Hargreave house
was turned of and the whole interior
became dark A shadow crept
through the lilac bushes without any
more sound than a cat would have
made Florence's window was open,
as the arch-conspirator had expected
Il would be- With small string and
stone as a sling he sent the letter
whirling skillfully through the air.
II sailed into the girls room. The
man below heard no sound OF the
stone hitting anything, and concluded
that Il had struck the bed.
He waited patiently Presently n
| wavering light could be distinguished
over the sill OF the window The girl
was awake and had 1T the candle
This knowledge was sufficient for his
need The tragic letter would do the
rest. that Is, II the girl came from
the same pattern as her father and
er-strong-willed and adventHr-
Gus
lie tiptoed back 20 the lilacs, when
a noise sent him close 20 the ground.
Half a dozen feet away he saw a
shadow creepinp along toward the
front door Presently the shadow
stood up as II listening He stopped
again and ran lightly 20 the steps. up
these 20 the door. which he Rugged.
Who was thls7 wondered Braine.
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Patiently he waited, arranging his
posture so that he could keep a look
out at the door. BY and by the door
opened cautiously. A man, holding a
candle. appeared Brane vaguely
recognized Olga's description of the
butler, The man on the veranda sud
denly blew out the light
Braine could hear the low murmur
OF voices, but nothing more The con.
versation lasted scarcely minute
The door closed and the man ran
down the steps across the lawn with
Braine at his heels.
Just moment. Mr. Hargreave
he called ironically; 'Nlst a mo-
ment."
The man he addressed as Hargreave
turned with lightning rapidity and
struck The blow caught Braine
above the ear. knocking him fiat
When he regained his feet the rum
BILE of motor told him the rest OF
the story.
BY the dim light of her bedroom
candle Florence read the note which
had found entrance so strangely and
mysteriously into her room HeI
father! He lived, he needed her.
Alive but in dread peril, and only she
could save him She longed to fly e
him at once then and there. How
could she wait till tomorrow night a.
g? Immediately she began TO play
how to circumvent the watchfu
Jones and the careful Susan Hei
father! She slept no more that night
Ny Darling Daughter must
see you Come az o'clock to
morrow night at 70 Grove-st.
third floor. Conflde in no one, or
you seal my death warrant
Your unhappy
FATHER.
What child would refuse TO obey a
summons like this?
A light tap on the door startled her
is anything the natter" asked
the mild voice OF Jones,
mo. got up TO get drink oil
water"
She heard his footsteps die away
down the corridor She thrust the
letter into the pocket OF her dress
which lay neatly folded on the chair
at the foot OF the bed, then climbed
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13
Terrible Peril of Sleep Threatens transatlantic Flyer!
BY KENNETH Wilcox PAYNE.


One tremendous terror menaces
Lieut. Porte as he prepares Tor his
understanding transatlantic flight.
Not storm not fog, not air.pock.
cts not failure OF the engines. not
fraility OF the planes
Sleep II Is the siren sleep who
presages most peril 10 the daring
birdman IN his great attempt
VIII Lieut. Porte doze on heavily
at the wheel under the oppressive
weight OF utter fatigue. perhaps when
the peaks OF the Azores his FIRST stop
already loom above the line of sea
and will his plane, mrchlng suddenly
as his languid grip relaxes on the
wheel careen downwards and carry
both pilot and his assistant TO death
That is no idle difficulty Ii Is a
portentious problem which all his
brother birdmen, watching Porte S
mighty undertaking. are very serious.
| ly considering. For they have each
and all felt at some time or other
that deadly grip of drowziness.
Sang the Ancient Mariner. in Col
eridge's famous poem
20 sleep IL Is a gentle thing.
Beloved from pole 10 pole
To Mary Queen the praise be- given
She sent the gentle sleep from heaven
That slid into my soul
But our modern mariner. Lieut.
Porte, sailor OF the Atlantic skies.
has no such pleasant praise Tor be-.
loved" sleep. II is 10 be- his worst
enemy, more like an evil siren. Turing
him TO destruction, than Ike a gift
from heaven
Sleep, evoked by the glare OF sun
on water, by the rush OF wind by
the monotonous, rhythmic music Of
the motors, may rise treacherously
over him, grip him In her magic
spell, drug him-bring him 70 his
death
1t will be a mighty fight that Lieut.
Porte must. wage against. thar fate
In other respects he Is fairly sa
cure. The marvellous engines or his
transatlantic airboat have stood
their test 10 perfection and have
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13

shown that, under all the strain OF
the first 20-hour lap in the long flight,
they viii race faithfully with never a
stop
The America has shown that she
can carry more than a sufficient sup
ply of petrol for the first stage OF
the journey She is wonderfully
stable, and Porte is expert enough
birdman TO triumph without doubt
over any airpockets. soft spots" or
.cross-currents that he may encounter.
There is very little danger OF
storm He Will pick his day for start
ing and will complete his first flight
within "a hours At this time OF the
year captains OF ocean liners will tell
you they can count on the sea being
unruffed as a millpond, not for the
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13

Only eight years have passed since
Britain laid down her first dread
nought, but by the end OF this year
the approximate number OF dread
thoughts IN the world built or build
ing, will be $50. The rate. OF increase
Is as follows One IN 1905 nine in
1906. twenty-four in 1907. thirtytwo
in 1908. flfty-two in 1909. seventy
four I'm 1910. ninety-seven in 1911
one hundred and twenty-five in 1912
and one hundred and fifty in 1913
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13
CONTINUED From Saturday.
CHAPTER ".
The Flat On the Top Floor.

Braine crawled from his uncomfort-
able hiding place Ills clothes were
soiled and damp his hat gone. BY
a hairs breath he had escaped the
clever trap laid for him Hargreave
was alive, he had escaped Braine
was as certain Of this fact as he was
OF his own breathing He now knew
how 10 account for the pickering light
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13

trips from Denver to the neighboring
mountains.
After trip OF two hours the visitors
will find themselves In the regions OF
perpetual snow where they are sur-
rounded by white-tipped peaks on
some OF the summer mountain trips
visitors may sport In lS-foot snow
banks and indulge In snow ball fights
in the middle OF July a carload Of
this snow viii be brought from the
mountains and dumped on Denver
streets for the sport OF the visitors.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13
HYOur Railroad Routing Changed and
Water Trip Arranged" -, G.
HnIIN,nN IIrkaNa.

LIKE Line Accepts halfway i1rketN'
AN classes OF tickets reading via the
Michigan Central Wabash and Grand
Trunk Railways between Detroit and
Buffalo IN either direction are avail
able for transportation on y g.
Daily Line Steamers This arrange
ment enables the traveller between
eastern and western states TO forsake
the hot dusty cars and enjoy the de-
lights Of cool nights rest en- route
ADV
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13

DENVER. Col. July l3.-This city
il preparing to entertain 10000 Elks
and $4,000 other visitors who will come
here July 13 10 10 for the Golden
Jubilee Reunion of the b. T. O. +.
Noted as a convention city, Denver
will surpass all records in the enter
tainment accorded the Elks Myriads
OF lights will make downtown streets
glitter throughout the night. The
lights have been arranged to include
the colors-purple and white-of the
Elks' organization Frosted stars con
structed Of papier.mache and ingen.
iously lighted will be generously
strung on one street
At one end OF the court will stand
majestic elk peering down from \
realistic mountain crag: This elk
Is 3s feet high and as feet long II
has spread OF horns measuring p
feet. Passagevays allow traffic 20 pass
under, the animal which win stand 60
feet above the pavement.
q This symbolic elk viii stand guard
al the entrance OF DenveT's public
auditorium where the Democratic Ma
tional convention met in 1908. In this
building with its seating capacity or
$4,000 people the sessions OF the
Grand Lodge will be held.
over a score Of past grand rulers,
headed by Grand Exalted Ruler Ed
ward Leach. OF New York. will be here
for the reunion
After the convention H4ks and their
friends and families ? Al enjoy The side
The Detroit times., 1914-07-13
LAKE AND RIVER STEAMERS.
kN[ White STAR uNE<

tOr the FlAts aud Port Huron. way
ports. steamers leave Detroit daily s.4k
a. m. SO D IA. and y.
Sundays. A. "a. and 40 ,. m. and
EStTa Boat for Flats and TA-hmOO Park
sundays only, 2.fB D. IN.
For Toledo and Sugar Island daily at
SO m and t16 D m, sundays s:3a
nL and 5 .. IA Wharf foot OF Gris-
Wold street
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-05-08

they weighed 45. 80 and so pounds
and when they were weighed In the
middle of December they averaged
125 pounds. Counting a gain OF rs
pounds per head and allowing 10000
for about 200 bushels OF corn fed
to the hogs. and figurirg the pork at
5 cents per pound, th-se hogs re-
turned s46200; the hey was worth
$4,000. total $65700 rm six acres
or $4,000 per acre. Contrary to the
results in many other cases this pas
turing did not hurt the alfalfa and
was repeated without harm the next
year.
In 1909. this piece of alfalfa yielded
Sis tons per acre In three cuttings
and pastured SO hogs from the time
the alfalfa was four inches high in
the spring until August IA. when Sc
head were sold, and from then till
frost It pastured the remaining II
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-05-08
-sTRANoE oATHs."

Before Mr.. Justice White took the
oath Of chief justice he was required
to subscribe to the "oath OF allegi-
ance" required Of all ex-Confeder-
ates entering upon federal office
When Judge Buchanan presented
himself in the Tennessee supreme
court as a member of that body ap.
pointed by the governor a few days
ago, he was called upon, under the
law Of the state, to swear that he
had not engaged in a duel since tie
passage Of the statute on the subject
and that he would not do so during
his term Of Office.
1t is well that judges on the bench
be bound by sufficient formal oblt
cations and pledges. At the sans
time such oaths as those mentioned
were formulated for times far other
than the present, and 1t might bo
well to abolish them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-05-08

An Aberdeen paper tells Glad
stone story Of the memorable Mid
lothian tour. On one occasion
there was great handshaking or.
deal at the window Of tho old gen.
tleman's railway carriage, and he
was rapidly getting the worst ct it.
A stalwart young pr0ceman who
accompanied Mr.. G'.Istone proved
equal to the occasion. Crouchfng
behind the great man and thrustine
his hand under Mr. Cladstone's ~
verness cape, the r frf'ei
gave each conner IL af ii II
had no lack Of cor li
"Thc arld i n'airpn
veegorous at hi mc o fc." OBJ
served one unsu sing s II as lie
stroked his fingel..
ale is that" concu.scd another
OF the policcman's victims, "Dat did
We notice his dirty nailsl'
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Raising alfalfa IN illinois

Charles F. Yanney 81 Mclean com.
t., on the George S. Hanna Place, has
some remarkable results with alfalfa.
he got good stand on six acres by
breaking the ground the last OF July.
disking 1t three times. narrowing and
cross-harrowing two or three times.
dragging twice. sowing 20 pounds per
acre Of seed broadcast, narrowing
II In and rolling the ground. This
was in 1906. The alfalfa grew about
four inches high that fall and was not
cut In 1907. 1t yielded about two
tons per acre, but In addition $50 pigs
In 1908. the big returns began.
Three cutting of hay returned 215
tons per acre. but in addition $50 pigs
were pastured on this alfalfa from the
time OF the first cutting until Decem-
Der. The pigs were bourNt when
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-05-08

hogs and 25 pigs bought at that time.
IL is estimated that the SO hogs which
weighed rs or so pounds in the spring
made gain OF 75 pounds per head.
The ones sold in August averaged
lS2 pounds and those kept till later
225. Counting only 80 hogs and moth
ing for the pigs. they returned. after
paying for the 250 bushels OF corn
fed, $4,000 to the credit OF the alfal-
ia alone; the hay was worth s27300;
total sG9300. or s115.50 per acre.
This alfalfa was not injured by this
extra hard treatment but some parts
of IL were frozen out last winter. and
this spring the field was disked and
cross-disked and the thin spots re-
seeded, securing a fair stand While
many doubt that alfalfa is suited TO
Illinois. not having examined the evil