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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-07-26
SHIP YIELDS UP
ONLY THREE ALIVE
EFFORTS TO RESUSITATE VICTIMS
SUCCESSFUL IN ONLY A FEW
CASES
Injured Taken to Hospital Erected in
Memory of the Victims Of the
Iroquis Disaster

CHICAGO, July 26.-Seven thousand
people, employees of the Western Elec-
trio company and their relatives and
friends, gathered at the docks Satur-
day morning for a lake trip on five
steamers that had been chartered for
the purpose. The deathship, East
land, was the first to take on its pas
sengers, and twenty-four hundred and
eight tickets were collected at it's
gang planks.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-07-26
Holes Torn in Side

The ship sank in twenty-five feet OF
water, and lay upon her side with a
part of the hull projecting above the
surface. Crews we're put to work with
pneumatic drills and chisels, to tear
OF the steel plates from the ships
sides, to give entrance to the hulk BY
noon, several plates had been removed
and the work of removing the dead be-
gan.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-07-26
TOLL OF THE DEATH SHIP
EASTLAND AT LEAST 1000
EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY KNOWN DEAD
FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX ARE MISSING
FEDERAL INSPECTORS ACCUSED
States Attorney Hoyne Maintains Their Neglect Is
Responsible fer Disaster-Claims They Con-
sidered the Eastland Unsafe

By the United Press Associations.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-07-26
Officer is Arrested
Inspectors Investigating

Steamboat Inspector William Mich
OILS is investigating report that water
ballast was pumped from the hold OF
the Eastland as the passengers board
ed it so that the vessel would rise anG
that more passengers might be carried.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07


"N'''N '"" '"E "".' ''-'"'
I'M proves more h'''a'lIN' IN
n."'''c" po'iticaI nc especially STATE
ne aS from national
poh''ai hfo, Is degraded because "i
INC 'aiuril II neNliahl apathy -! %
'-ts' portion OF me population W. 90"
N 'fess :" beNond the safe.
ioil'.ahs II statesmen. beng &c.
'hN p''p' 90 IN" word 10 notice ~ al
- gong Oh N it. ar" making no IT.
I mpt what yer 10 rradap' th,' itI"-'y
'oai, Z p"pU.nt.pa 90 u-'o-
cai@od people 70 thc pubic service
As MT Marriott puts Il n MS novel.
NOW they drop ont from politics
as we UNDERSIGNED politics at present
Local administration falls Amos; en-
t~!rely-dE1 the decision of imperial
Affairs tends NOR" and more to fall
into III" hands {. that dNindi Z and
adventurous mo.'ty which sits tiui.t
in on place from thr Grldl" t. the
crave. No one has YET Invented any
method for the political expression and
col. ctlVe direction of 4 migratory pop
u alton. AID nobody is attempting to
do SO. Il is a r"w problem .
want 10 say as complctly as pos
sible why do not nc.icvc tina, con
scription would increase tn, military
efficiency Of this country. and why
think t. Nigh; be . disastrous STEP
for this ountry to take.
And want the reader 20 he per-
fectly Gear about the position as
sumo with regard to wnr preparations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07

tAo SliGhtes' lst % her. For IN" ,u.-
script armies in which Europe still 80
largely hciicves arc only of use against
ooNSyript armies and adversarics who
VIII consent I" play tho ru,cS Of the
German say game; they are. II We
chose to determine they shall he. Il
We choS" 90 deal with them as they
should IA" deaf with. as out oC date
as Il Roman legion or q Zuu mp.
Now. first. rs To- IN" impossihi'iIv
o. getting our great army into exist
"ro" All those people vino writ" ana
talk :" stiniy ia favor of conscr.p-
Ton seem tn forget that to axe 4
common a and moro particularly =
tow sman, clap him into a uniform and
put % rIne in his hand does not make
u soldier He has To be taught not
only th" use Of his but the
methods Of "A TRANCE and unfamiliar
life ont uf doors. he has To he not
simply drilled. hut accustomed to the
uliiiCult modern necessities of upDn
order ilShtinE, of TAX NJ cover. Of in
trcnChm mt, and ne has t. have
created within him, 50 that it will
stand IN" shock Of seeing men killed
round about him. confidence in him
s'n in his officers and tho methods
and wcapons ~ his side. Body. mind
ana Imagination have all to be trained
and they need trainers. Tho CON
version Of a thousand citizens into
anything better than "A shoeplikc
militia demands tho enthusiastic ser
vices Of scores of able and experienced
instructors who know what war is.
the creation # n universal army de-
mnnds the services OF many scones OF
thousands Of not simply "oid soldiers"
but keen, expert, modern minded
officers.
without these officers our citizen
army would be a hydra without heads.
And we haven't these officers We
nav ut II titlt- Il them.
We haven't these officers and we
can't make them in a hurry. II takes
ut least five years to mako an officer
who knows his trade. II needs a
special gift, IN addition to that knuwl-
edge, to make a man able to impart
il, And our empire ~ at a peculiar
disadvantage in the matter, because
India and nj other vast areas Of
service and opportunity overseas drain
away a large proportion OF just those
able and educate men who would in
other countries graVitate toward tho
army. Such small wealth of officers
as we have-and | am quite prepared
to believe that the officers we have
are among the very best in the world
are scarcely enough to 20 round our
present supply of private soldiers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07

Rut that urInGs me to my second
contention. which is that We do not
want such an army. believe that the
vast masses OF men in uniform main
tanned ny the Continental Powers at
the present time are enormously over
rated as fighting machines. see Ger
many in the likeness Of a boxer with
a mailed fist as big as and rather
heavier than it's body. and | am CON
WINGED that when the momen comes
FOR that mailed fist To he lifted the
whole disproportionato system will
tnpple over The military ascenda ncy
Of the future lies with the country
that dares tn experiment most,
that experiments best, and mean
while keeps it's actual fighting
force At and admirable and
small and flexible. The experience
az war during the last fifteen n
hl. been 10 show repeatedly the enor-
nous defensive power o: small,
scientifically handled bodies Of mon.
Thes" huge conscrIpt armies are made
mp not of masses Of military muscle.
hut of huge proportion e military Fat.
Their one way of fighting will be- to
fall upol an ANTAGONIST with all their
HVlila6lr wight. and II he is mobile
ard dcNteioue enough To- decline that
.ssue % adlppsity they will become a
mcr" embarrassment to their own
people, Modern YEA pons and modern
r~ortrivances are continually deCreosing
the number nj men who can he en-
played efficiently upon n length Of
front. ! doubt IL there il any use for
~ re than 4O0, 600 men upon the whole
Franco-Eelgian frontier mt tho present
time. such an army. properly sup
piled. cuuld-sO far as terrestrial
forces are conccrncd-hold that
frontier against any number of as
sailants. The bigger the forces
brought against it tn" sooner the ex-
hau.tion ~ the attacking power.
Circumstances have made me think
a good deal at different times about
the business OF writing novels and
what II means and is and may he:
ana | was q professional critic OF
novels long before | wrote them. |
have been writing novels. or writing
about novels. for the last twenty years.
1t seems only yesterday that ! wrote
n rcvicw-the first long and %apprecla-
tiv" review he had-of Joseph Com
RAIDS "Almaycr's Folly" in the Satur-
doV RCricw, When n man has 70.
80 much Of his life upon the
novel 1t is not reasonable to expect
to take too modest or apologize
a view OF it. I consider the novel an
important and necessary thing indeed
in hat complicated system Of uneasy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
l.25 .1.5O. LIS l.95
Muslins-Sheets Spreads
The New for spring

The New for Spring
In eSceptionaIl, large assortment.
Following special offerings -hotild
appeal strongly to Hotel ard Board.
ing House Keepers AS we'll as those
who contemplate furnishing Summc,
homes or bungalows
Bleached or nhlcached Mu.un-
~ inches Wild" worth
No Mail or Telephone Ord-is Limit yn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
Special Purchase
MEMS Extra Fine NEGLIGEE SHIRTS
Enables Us to Sell

Enables US 70 Sell
Usual 81. 90 and 81 80 Values. 90. Special .70
Percae~, Madras. Woven and Printed Hepre also fine Corded Stripe fabrics
White ground with stripes of every desirable color and stve including
haTines-French cuffs Sizes lf, to is neck
This large quantity of shirts u purchase AT n VERY SPECIAL
PRICE: q were requested not to use the name of maker for advrr.
Using purposes: makers name, however. is q n every shirt. and thcy
II = grade sold by the best haberdashers in town for 81 SO.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
NEW RUGS

To open UP he new Spring Season W. have priced our nw Stock of Rugs
very artraCivelv- many excellent purchases are included in the following
n pssse or dropped designs. but all OF the richest. los desirable cohrsi and
STYLES at prices M OF equaned anywhere else
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07

54-in. Suit & Dress Coverts
New greens. vrsys. putty and
sand MIXTURES
worsted finish
50-in. All Wool Prunellas-,
Highly lustrous very popu-
lar fabrics comprehensive a.
sortment of ia shionablc Spring
colors also black ......
%2-in. Novelty Prunellas
All wool silky surface eN-
c~llent range of iavorite Co!ors.
navy and black ....
40-in. Silk & Wool Poplins
Fine cord very silky
best colors and hlack
42-in. Prunellas. Poplirs
Cabardines & Epingles-
Al Wool
Holly Green Myrtle
putty sand
RAisir BattieShip Cray
Brunette Sailor
Mems Wear Blue Black
Delft ana Belgian Hll~s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
What We Have to Offer
IN NEW SPRING GOODS
Is Here Briefly, Clearly, Accurately Described

This Weeks Leader in
NEW SPRING DRESS GOODS
4I-inch POPLINS, Regularly SO cts. e
Strictly all wool firm. close. crepe weave handsome finish .. 'O>
Isute Olive Navy Amethyst Marine
ihk"1o 70" belgian buc TOfCcanb blue Myrtle Black
f"sHn thunr' seal brown Wine
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07

Continued on Eighth Page.
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Look for tho CIOcksi Look far he ,iocLs,
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suitable for PariOr. Library. DINING
or Sleeping Rooms.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09

in the thin soup served out to them daily. In addition they had been sub 3ected to severe punishment for al legged breaches of discipline despite their maimed and disabled condition. the punishment including their being compelled to stand on barrels for hours at a time. or being tied to posts with their armB above their heads They were also frequently struck by their German guzrds with the butts of their rifles or the flat of their swords. N cone of the worst features of the condition of the returned Russian prisoners was the number of cases of tuberculosis- These numbered some sixty out of the z50 men returned and I was told that the usual number was about 20 per cent The cases of tu- berculosis among German and Aus trian prisoners, on the other hand, were only five to six per cent out of the total of 125o already exchanged Some of the returned prisoners had lost their feet while in prison In Ger many. from frost-bites due to ex- posture. There have been no such cases among the German and Austrian prisoners in Russia. and I have had the oportunity of seeing and convers- tng with these prisoners In Moscow and other parts of Russia which have visited during my journeys in Poland, Galacia, Mid-Russia and the Caucasus-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09

which 6lls q good sized book by a committee Of ratlroad presidents wherein they maintain that the flnd- ings should not only set forth the final value. but must classify every element existing in railroad property. ire spective of agency or source, if the railroads are going to have a satisfac- tory basis for entering appeals from rulings deemed unjust.
 It will probably not be until 1921 at least that this biz job will be fin- ished and in view of the great changes which have taken place since 1t was begun there is stiii doubt as to what good it will be by the time the work is ended. j. By, then conditions are like Iy to be entirely different, but having been started and with every prospect of being carried through 1t is import ant that there should be thorough ana1ysis of the entire subject at this time and that when the task is over there should be something for the roads as well as the government te show for it. In other words the val uation should be done. thoroughly and not left half completed.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09
A SANE ANALYSIS.

Charles Samner Bird is the latest Massachusetts progressive to announce his support of the republican ticket. in that state and he does 1t on much the same ground as Joseph Walker, both of whom have also been candi- dates for the governorship. There is no question but what the progressives have been instrumental in the election of the democratic governor for the past few years. They caused a split in the republican ranks which it was impossible to overcome and the folly of continuing such policy is unmis- talzably disclosed. The importance of ths national contest in 1916 cannot be overlooked in the state election, in the opinion of MT. Bird and the time is ripe for the correction of conditions.
 Considering the possibility of four more years of democratic nisrule, as he announced his endorsement of s. w. Mccall MT. Bird pertinently inquired if this should happen where would the business of the country be in 1920? Have the business men, work men. working women, merchants small and large. forgotten the condition that business was in 12 months after Pres fdent Wilson's inauguration and before luo great European war began! Have the workmen of Massachusetts and New England forgotten the idle shops, the large list of unemployed and the cheeriess homes that followed the democratic attack upon the tariff and upon business? It is true that busi- ness today is somewhat better, but every. intelligent observer whose opin- ion is worth while knows that with put war orders business would not be 75 per cent. of normal and that without the impetus of millions of trade in powder and shells the coun- try would be facing the most awful in- dustrial depression that it ever had
 Mir. Bird is man of influence among the progressives. He has fully ana- lyzed the situation and the soundness of his statement and action cannot fail to carry weight throughout the nation.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09
WHAT TIE WAR HAS DONE.

Ever since the war in Europe open ed and demands were made upon this country Tor the purpose of supplying the wants of other nations which have had their trade upset by the prevail. ing conditions. it has been recognized that the United States is being fur nished "a signal opportunity for de- yeiopment. Large orders running well into the millions have been received by the iIadustries for munitions of war and under the law Of nations manu- lecturers or this country have a per feet right to supply them. Every dol lars worth of such goods represents an increase in that business since there was very little business done in those lines previous to the war.
 That development of export trade is not confined to war material, but goods which are furnished in time of peace is fully disclosed by the government s report of such articles for the month of August which shows that there was a total of over $70,000,0 worth of peace products passed through the customs districts in that period in comparison with SAT, ,00O, 900 worth in the same month last year. There were large increases in every line, such as cotton seed oil, cattle, hogs and sheep. meat and dairy products, cotton and mineral oils. Breadstuffs was the only classification which showed a drop and that was only about $145. 900. For the eight months
 ending with August the rate of in crease was about the same. reaching l the total sum of nearly $937, 900, ,00o whereas the total export business fol Ia like period in. 1914 was but a trifis over $541,eeo,ooo. This does not mear
 that all these products are going ts
 the warning nations. but this country
 is furnished market for its products
 as the result of the war, the like ol (which 1t never experienced before
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09
What WilI the Harvest Bel

Mir. Editor: On Oct. 2nd in an ar
 ticle, published in the columns of The Bulletin I drew the attention of your
 readers to the fact that the grim
 reaper had already commenced to gather his fall harvest of school chill
 dren- at Burlington, N. J.. when two children of MT. and Mrs. Perks passed
 to the great beyond via the vaccine route. Oct Sth I published in the columns of the Evening Record anoth-
 red in Flushing, l.. l.. in the person of Dorothy Klemm. age years. Glanc-
 Ing oyer the pages of the New York Sun of Thursday, the first news item that met my eye was the record of two. more cases of school children in Brooklyn, N. Y., who had departed this life victims of an unholy alliance between an educational system and a goddess medical science. If these fa- talities had occurred as a result of an invasion of smallpox the facts would have been heralded throughout the country as a gross neglect of vac cination and health boards in many towns would have vied with each other fin inoculating every child within reach. As 1t is scarce a newspaper give the matter more than passing mo- tice and many Ignore it altogether
 When we recall the fact that in Nor wich we have so far refused to Jeop- ardize the lives and health of ouI school children by disregarding the advice of these so-called protectors oi the public (boards of health), ws should congratulate ourselves that thS
 newspapers of Norwich have invari-
 ably opened their columns to public
 discussion of medical matters, thu
 educating our citizens in a true con. ception of their rights and privilege:
 in the premises and enabling them tC l maintain a standard of health in tn, community second to none in New l England. The time, however. will sooI
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09
SATISFYING PUBLIC DEMANDS.

Whenever there is a needless sac- rif1ce of life which often occurs when a daring individual attempts a hair raising stunt for the sake of enter taining crowd, it is usually accom- panied by an appeal for the abolish ment of such recklessness. This is what is being heard following the death of Elmer Olson, the balloonist who was killed following a high fall when the ropes of his parachute be- came entangled and failed to allow the umbrella to open on the last of a series of four parachute drops, at the Brockton fair.
 It was tragic affair which shocked the crowd that witnessed it, but it was only what is liable to happen every time such risk is incurred It is the public demand which is to a large extent responsible for it. With out such an attraction many a fair is considered tame and not worth at- tending. The need of having some thrilling exhibition has been. long rec- ognized when it comes to getting and satisfying a crowd, and it is always possible to satisfy that demand be- cause there are enough daredevils who know no fear and are perfectly will ing to risk their lives for the good pay and the plaudits of the onlookers,
 Such cases amount to no more than public suicide and yet that same ele- ment of danger exists in the high dives. loop the loop and high speed tests. There is small satisfaction to be gained from such exhibitions where a fatality is likely to occur at any time, but fortunate indeed was it that this last depIorable death included only the exhibitor. Too often does fl happen that it causes several other deaths or serious injuries.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-09

which Mr. Alden raised to him and with such good effect that the fire was extinguished by the time a crowd had gathered. s tt
 Even throughout the excitement. he had been aware of the presence of The Guri<-Edfah. he had heard her called > Quickly ss possible he sought the seclusion of hls own cottage. As he was setting the smut or his hands there scame little call from t6e other side .of the fence: -Neighbert' n
 He peered out cautiously, to see Mrs. Alden holding out a quaint blue plate across the fence He snifred im- have of being importunate. when they have unmarried daughtersl" but he was mild wennered enough, as she ex- plained to him: -
 "our ire spoiled your dinner. I'm afratds Won't you oblige me by ac- eePtirg this strawberry shorteaks? My
 -Humphi Ny daughter made itYr | he reflected. while hungrily devouring | 1t later, for his exertions had left him famished- ss e7w !. A week afterwards he ohaneed tc l.qIa ues down into the neishborins gar
 "Ys s .sodsI" he sasped. ITO put his arm round Goldy y-Locks, waist like that! The nerve of the scoundreli' But Goldy Locks did not seem to ob- ltalL athletic young man in soldiers clothes, who was strofling with her Edith-down the path H
 The following evening the blow fell | -'Neighborl'- came the familiar, gentl, voice from the other side. of the fence you please help my husband and me eat up this Ice cream? Yot see. Edith. my daughter-in-law, mad' Jit-the child does SO love to cook
 They have gone away from us. she ant my son; left on the afternoon train. sS we had an early dinner. It is reall,
 their honeymoon trip, for George'i regiment was ordered to Panama a fev days after their wedding. They ar
 sailing from Boston tomorrow fo
 Tough. Now do be neighborly! Rui
 in and see us. in our lonelinessi Mr Alden and I do not forget that VI 4 wouldn't have so much as a roof owe
 our heads were it not for youi But ] must not keep you here in the hea till'your dessert melts!" and she wave her hand amiably. E. Il Giles laid the dainty dish on th . Kitchen table and dropped into the bi
 rocker He did not remonstrate whe . ButtinslSy leaped from the cushione
 settle to the table. proceeding to la the ice cream. where 1t had begun. t melt about the edges.
 lc So Goldy-Locks was only the daugh fter-in-la law and that soldier was he husband And now she had gone ava : with hinl- No one had had any designs on hl ' Down young affections, He had hidde l himself for nothingi
 - "Butti" he remarked to the onl
 ereature outside the Pine Tree Stat ' that cared for him with even question able disinterestedness. 'T needed tf 9 1esson-the medicine. bitter though :, Is! Most any doctor would diagnos a mine as a case of violent big-headitisl But his heart was heavy, though h
 words were light.
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