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Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
IS CITrS WORST TRAGEDY
Eastland Disaster Stands Forth as
Greatest in chicaso's List Of
Tragedies.

Chicago.-The disaster to the East
land stands forth In Chicago's list of
tragedies as the supreme blow in point
~ loss of life.
Before the city has been visited by
fire and wholesale death.
Once-in the great fire which start
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
DENY SINKING SUBMARINE
Berlin Authorities Say Story OF Sink
ing of U-51 Is Fabri-
cation.

Berlin, July 24.-The German adj
niraIty issued an official statement
Today denying that the submarine
Isl had been sunk in the Black sea
BY a Russian warship. 1t was the
isl that made the trip from Will
helmshaven to. Constantinople and
sank the British battleships Triumph
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ticallv wiped of the man.

tically wiped of the map.
Then in the tragic Iroquois the
alter fire on December so. 1908. 657 of
its citizens lost their lives.
Chicago's previous greatest steam
ship disaster was that of the Lsdy
Elgin. which on September s, 1850,
sank as a result OF a collision in Lake
Michigan. carrying to their death PSI
people.
The Chicago fire, which. starting in
the old Eighth ward in the stockyards
district. supposedly from a lantern
being kicked over by a COW. swept
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
MansIauuhter to Be CHARGE.

Manslaughter is the charge that will
be preferred against the persons who
may be found responsible for the I'M
precedented accident to the Eastland.
The federal law has drastic provisions
against corruption or criminal negli-
gence on the part of boat-owners and
officers and public officials, including
steamboat inspectors, that results in
the loss of life.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

rope, seized hold of It and swung
himself out into the water There,
holding by one hand to the rope. be
seized about score of the victims
who had been thrown into the water,
helped them to get hold Of the rope
and cling to it until rescuers took
them ashore.
Miss Ethel Oelman, 2343 Sheffield
avenue, was saved by Joseph Erick-
son, an officer of the boat.
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Panic on Roosevelt.

After an incipient panic aboard the
Roosevelt had been checked by the
vessels officers, who kept the passen-
gers below decks until their excite
ment had abated, the second excursion
boat was turned into a temporary
morgue.
Bodies taken from the Eastland by
divers and firemen were stretched
along the Roosevelt's decks until there
was room for no more. Then the Reid
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
TITANIC SEAMAN is SAVED
Blames Empty Ballast Tanks
for Sinking Of Boat

Chicago.-John V. Ebert, sur
vivor of the Titanic disaster. was en-
ployed as gauge man on the Eastland
and again escaped with his life.
The captain told me TO wake up
some of the crew that were still
asleep away up forward" said he.
when it looked as If there was go
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
Pontoon BRIDGE Built.

There was jangle Of bells aboard
the tug and it backed until its stern
rested against the horizontal bow OF
the excursion boat. Then the bow of
the tug was swung in to the dock and
a bridge to shore was formed for those
who had gained the uppermost side OF
the Eastland. Over the bridge"
scores walked dry footed to safety.
Within a few minutes fireboats
with tugs and launches, raced up the
river to the rescue. Those who had
chung to the starboard rail and climbed
over side were put ashore. Their
places on the hull were taken by res
cuers-Captain Garland and his crew
of life savers from the government
station at the mouth of the river, fire.
men, policemen, a hastily organized
medical staff.
Police ambulances, hospital ambu-
lances and undertakers' ambulances,
called from all parts of the city,
flocked to the Clark street bridge.
Trucks and wagons brought lung mo-
tors and other artificial respiratory ap-
paratus.
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Only True churcn

There is a true church wherever
one hand meets another helpfullv.
and that is the only holy or mother
church which ever was or ever shall
be.-Ruskin.
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Already there have been several an
swers to both questions.
Was She 0VercroWded7


Was She 0vercroWded7
r. H. McCreary, navigation inspec-
tor, says he turned away all prospec-
tive passengers after his automatic
counter registered $500.
Contradicting McCreary's assertion
is the estimates Of two officials in
charge of the outing that 5000 per-
sons, of whom the women outnum-
bered the men four to one, had been
crowded ABOARD the Eastland. -~
The Eastland's gauge tender came
forward late in the afternoon with the
st. Joseph Chicago Steamship COM
pany's version of the capsizing.
A sudden rush of passengers to the
port side of the excursion boat to
view a passing launch carried the
Eastland over, he said.
But in their stories the survivors
say there was no such rush-that the
crowd, great though it was, seemed
evenly distributed over the vessel.
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Captain and Crew Held.

Chief of Police Charles G. Healey
ordered Capt. Henry Petersen and his
crew held in custody, pending examin-
alton by Coroner Peter Hoffman and
other public officials. Twenty-Five ar
rests were made.
Then Coroner Hoffman announced
that he had ordered the arrest Of
every official of the Indiana Transpor-
tation company, which leased the East
land. No individuals were mentioned
in the coroner's announcement.
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Most Victims Suffocated.

Coroner's Physician Joseph Spring
er examined most of the bodies as
they were brought ashore. BY pinch
ing the throat of each victim with his
fingers the physician determined how
they had met death-whether from
drowning or suffocation. Doctor
Springer said the majority had been
suffocated.
Under the steel shell of the Eastland
the rescuers could hear tappings and
faint cries. After divers had failed to
locate the imprisoned passengers a
call was sent out for acetylene torches.
1t was planned to cut eight holes in
the steamers side.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

men, women and children damned Ill
a death tangle, the grand staircase
gave way. Thus the main escape from
the entrapping decks was blocked.
1t lay like toy boat Of tin wrecked
in a gutter, its starboard half rising
clear of the water.
Sea of Bobbing Heads.
On to the starboard side climbed the
neutrality-suspicious. 200-who had been
fortunate enough to be close to the
upper rail and who had the presence
of mind to cling to 1t.
Scarcely had the Eastland capsized
when on the surface of the river,
which a moment before showed only
the scum of commerce, appeared a
hundred bobbing heads, a crewless and
passengerless lifeboat that had floated
free of its davits, and couple Of auto
matically released life RATS. Before
boats lowered by the Roosevelt and
the steamer Petoskey, lying near,
could reach them many of the heads
disappeared.
Employees of the commission houses
which back on the river threw crates
and barrels overheard, and more,
clinging to these, were taken from the
water as the rescue forces assembled.
But the biggest factor in the business
Of life saving was the Kenosha. Ap-
parently its captain realized what was
coming before the Eastlands own of.
6cers. ,,.sy,sss A. ,. a, sy~s4.ssss.s.
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Try to Stop ReScuerS.

Captain Petersen, Dell Fisher, his
first mate, and a dozen of the crew
were still lingering among the res
cuers on the hull. AS the torch OPP
orators set to work Petersen rushed
to halt them.
Here, stop that!" he cried.
my orders are to save lives, not
be careful of the boat" retorted one
of the operators.
Later Is of Pedersen's crew were
arrested for interfering with the work
of the electricians and torch men.
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To Place the Guilt.

Punish the guilty." is the cry of
the city, state and federal authorities
who have started Investigations of the
wreck of the Eastland.
The threefold inquisition has pro-
duced the following harvest:
States Attorney Hoyne announced
his inquiry might disclose the same
story of human avarice and graft now
on exhibition in the police graft
cases."
Inspectors Mansfield and Nicholas
Of the steamboat inspection service in
timated "a big mistake" had been
made by the officers of the boat.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
Honeymoon Lies.

A honeymoon produces more lies to
the square minute than any other pc
Rod Of a persons life.-"The Thirty
Days. by Hubert Wales.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

The least thing in its place Is the
greatest thing for that place.
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1900 LIVES ARE LOST IN WORST
MARINE DISASTER IN HISTORY
Steamer Eastand With $500 PeaseSeekng Passengers on
Board Suddenly Turns on Its Side at Its Dock in the Chi
cago River, Trapping Hundreds.

Nation State and City Join to Fix the Blame for Catastrophe
Rescuers Work HerocaIy Night and Day Bringing Out
Bodies of Victims Who We're Suffocated or Drowned
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03
ic off the Dardanelles.

and Majestic off the Dardanelles.
Berlin, July "a (by Wireless).-
The Overseas News agency announces
the receipt of dispatch from Geneva
reporting the loss of the French sub
marine Joule, which has been missing
since April %.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

A leader is a great man who knows
when TO sidestep.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-03

the struggle, but l got the other wom-
an to shore safely.
"All three of them might have been
saved if that fellow hadn't been scared
into frenzy. / am glad. that / saved
one, anyway.
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
PEOPLES COLUMN

papers l saw where the State Depart
ment does not regard the Insult TO
the American flag in Mexico City by
Iapatistas at the time OF the murder
of McManus as being serious enough
for separate diplomatic demands.
also see that Bryan is going to make
Mexico pay for this murder.
| would like TO know how il is that
he does not make a demand for in
demnity tor the other murders that
have been committed there. Is il that
McManus belongs to separate class
or that the others are 100 common
to require State Department atten-
tion.
What does the State Department
want Mexico to do with the flag?
II. was only a few months ago that
/ I received San Diego paper, stat
( ing where the Americans were driven
across the border line. 1t gave ac-
count of the way that they were treat
ed there.
The American flag was thrown
down. kicked about the street. and
/ burned in the presence Of some three
/ hundred Americans. The ashes we're
2
of the Americans. Now / would like
{ TO know what next they will toler-
ate the McNicans doing with the old
4 flag for which our forefathers fought
and died
II looks to me that the present
administration is going to lose all
the respect it ever had for the flag
that our forefathers gained for 1t
when they made II the emblem OF
freedom.
I have read in the papers that if the
United States we're to invade Mexico
they would lose more men by fever
and other diseases than would com
pensate for the gain from making a
move to put a stop to the Outrages
! that are being committed there. II
that is tho price the state Depart
mont puts on the old Stars and Stripes
/ hope that ! shall live long enough
TO get crack at Wilson and Bryan
! HAVE BEEN A DEMOCRAT ALL
/ MY LIFE. BUT no -ORE WILSON
/ AND BRYAN FOR ME. THEY ARE
iDOING TOO MUCH TALKING AMI
! HAVE NOT ENOUGH BACKBONE To
ACT TO SUIT ME AND A GREAT
MANY MEN LIKE MIS- IN THE
I TENTH WARD.
I have been across The border anl
know something about tho ways OF
The Mexicans.
was in Tiiuanan. Mexico. eighteen
miles south Of San Diego. Cal ! was
at ono Of their bull6ghts. Il was
one OF the most brutal affairs have
ever seen. II was on a Sunday Their,
wero also n dog fight and cock fgh
after the bullhght Ono of the bull
fighters shot at a man, missed him
and killed another man
: was also talking TO some Of the
merchants and every ono Of then
would hc only too glad for the Tnitef
States 40 seize Mexico so they nigh
live under the flag.
The only thing that Bryan is do
ing is warming them by sending notes
II tho present administration woul'
send them some solid lead il woul,
answer the purpose better
JAMES f. EARLEY.
No. POS y. Van Buren St, Whining
ton Del. April .. 1915
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
PROF. COTTON TO
ADDRESS PREACHERS.

Professor William j. II. Cotton, Phi.
D.. will address the meeting Of the
Ministerial Association next Monday
morning in the Y. NJ. c. A., on The
Working Glass and Church Member
ship
DR.. Cotton has been conducting an
extended investigation IN the Ken
singion district. Philadelphia, under
the department of economics of the
University of Pennsylvania. and Is
prepared to give first hand informa-
tion on this important subject, The
university honored him with the doe
tors degree in recognition Of his aug-
1oy and It's results. and authorities
on the subject arc urging him 10 put
in permanent form these studies. And
being a strong churchman, DR.. Cot
tons paper viii be a comprehensive
presentation Of all sides.
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

AND IT'S NEEDS
30 the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
Sir-At a recent meeting. the
board of managers of the Delaware
Industrial School for Girls, was con-
fronted by a serious problem, which
seems too difficult for them to solve
alone.
They gratefully acknowledge the
appropriation by the General Assem-
bly, of 1915 of the sum of S2,500 each
year for two successive years, for
payment OF interest on the amount
OF money which it will be necessary to
borrow, TO pay off the remaining in
debtedness on the two buildings
which have been erected near Clay
mont, and which are ready for occu-
pancy. In addition to the amount OF
$4,000 which the State appropriates
annually for the maintenance of the
school, the Levy Court of New Castle
county pays sum OF forty cents a
day for each girl committed to the
school from said county.
Owing TO a condition of financial
distress that seems TO affect the coun-
ty. as well as the State. the Levy
Court has been unable for the last
three months, TO meet this obligation
and owes the school about 81 500 The
managers. therefore find themselves
in the embarrassing position Of hav-
ing dehcit in the maintenance fund
OF the school, just at the time when
even more than the usual income is
required to remove the institution to
the country.
During the twenty-five years of its
existence this work has not been
brought before the public for a gem
eral contribution; there have been
no fairs, no entertainments. no cam
paigns. and the managers have been
proud Of the fact that they have relied
upon the ability of the State TO main
tain it.
There have been, however, few suf-
fciently interested in the work to
subscribe annually to its support.
In view of these circumstances,
will not all loyal citizens of our
State assist. with their interest and
cooperation in this work. which is
so sadly needed and which will give
TO many young girls larger broad
or. healthier life in the country?
The full list Of officers and man
ayers Of the Delaware Industrial
School for Girls will he found below
by whom all subscriptions or dona-
tions will be gratefully received
Mrs Charles NJ. Curtis. president
No. 2611, West Sixteenth street: Mrs
Samuel Bancroft, Ir. Mrs. Francis
S. Garrett vice-presidenis; Mrs. Fred
erick Bringhurst. recording secretary
No. 1901 Market street: Mrs. Henry B
Bradford, corresponding secretary
Edge Moor. Del. Mrs. william G.
Mahaffy. treasurer. p. o. box "a. VII.
mington. Del; Hon Charles e. Mil
Ter. governor: Hon. William J. Swain
state treasurer Hon. Charles j. Luff
state auditor: Mrs. Mary r. Donnell
Mrs James L. Wolcott. appointed by
the governor; and Mrs. ". f. Sudlcr
Mrs. John r. Nields. Mrs ). n
Sherman, Mrs. W. Harold Smith.
Mrs Henry J. Stubbs. Mrs. Frank 7
Williams, Mrs. Josiah o. Wolcott
Mrs. Howell S. England. Mrs. Robert
Ferriday, Mrs. Joseph II Mendinhall
Mrs. BENJAMIN f. Shaw. Mrs William
Belts. Mrs. Peter J. Ford Mrs Martin
Lane, Mrs. Harry l.. Speskman. Mrs
Horace II. Thayer, Mrs. Samuel y
Trump. Mrs. ~ r. Smithcrs and Or
Hannah NJ Thompson
WILSON. BRYAN AND MEXICO.
To the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL
sir-In looking over the Sunday
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
HIBERNIAN cuIEF TO VISIT.

National Director John =. Healy will
pay nm Official visit to Division No. .. a
.. H.. Hockcssin, tomorrow Mr.. Heal,
also will call upon the Ladies' Auxiliary
Mt llockessin to get them in line for The
membership hoom. ilockcssin members
will come by special trolley TO thc lee
ture. to bc delivered hy Mrs. Ellen Ryai
Jolly here on April p.
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
10 REMOVE DANlRuEE


Get Il -0-cent bottle of Danderino at
any drug store, pour little into your
hand and rub well into the scalp with
the finger tips. BY morning most. if
not all. Of this awful scurf will have
disappeared. Two or three applica-
tions will destroy every bit OF dand-
ruff, stop scalp itching and falling
hair.
Evening journal., 1915-04-03

In the commonwealth OF Delaware
VIC have reasons 10 discourage every
thing that will point to prize fights
or other dangerous gambling schemes
that will lead TO loss Of life. We wish
to thank you in behalf of the we'll
thinking members Of the race. for the
forcoful and manly stand taken by
you. feeling that you deserve all tho
encomlums Of honor placed upon you
for the great literary battle fought and
won for the sanctity or the Easter
Sabbath. Trusting the day will come
when no more brutal prize fights Will
be held in our beloved land or any
other in the civilized world
Respectfully.
REV. DIR. ALBERT PRICE
Smyrna, Del.
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
RAISING SuNkEN RARGE.

Two derricks of the Craemer
wrecking plant yesterday began the
work or raising the barge Enterprise.
which sank last Saturday OF New
Castle. when she was rammed by the
Argentine battleship Moreno. The
barge Rutherford is stll anchored
alongside the sunken barge TO mark
her position.
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
PASTOR CONDEMNS
PRIZE FIGHTING

To the Editor of THE EVENING
JOURNAL:
Sir Your. editorial head lined
Public Indignation Protects Easter"
in which you state. "A wave OF re-
sentiment swept over the civilized
world WHOM II was announced official
II by the Cuban government that it
had issued permit for holding the
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
TOpAY,s OLDEST STORY.
,V Tho ITnlfod prcsg.

TY InC InITpU TTchH'
MARTINETTE. Wis. April 3.
Anna Swonson. visiting nurse
created some CONSERVATION
when her first report TO the
board OF education showed that
592 OF the 93g children she had
examined were defective physi-
cally. But IL wasn't a marker
TO the sensation that resulted
when Anna went into details.
One OF the items in her report
was a recommendation that 100
OF tho children, Go and get
their heads washed"
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
CHILDRENs' HOME ELECTION.

The annual meeting and election OF
trustees Of the Home for Friendless
and Destitute Children will be held
on Monday afternoon, April 10. at the
new Odd Fellows Hall, Tenth and
King streets.
Evening journal., 1915-04-03
pHARNACY ROARD no MFTT.

The quarterly meeting and exam
ination Of the Delaware Board Of
Pharmacy will be held in the college
laboratory, at Newark, next Wednes-
day
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-23
NARR0WfSCAPE|N IN
.RUNAWAYACC|DENT
Man Falls Behind Horses
Heavy Load Of Hay Pass
es Over His Body.

Bowman, N. d. Dec. 23.-M. J,
Donahue, proprietor of the Donahue
livery, feed and sales stable of Bow
man, narrowly escaped death or very
serious injury in an accident while
hauling in some baled hay to Bow
man, .s..
Mr.. Donahue and others were haul
ing hay from the Labovitch place, six
teen miles south. of Bowman. Mr..
Donahue got off his load to help one
of the other teamsters and in climb
ing back his foot slipped from the
eveners and he fell in back of the
horses. The horses kicked and ran
away and, although he hung on for a
time. eventually fell. the wheels of
the wagon loaded with several tons
of baled hay passing over his right
arm and across his hips.
In this condition. Mr.. Donahue was
forced to rise and drag himself out
Of the way of the team which had
circled around and, passed over the
spot in the. road. where he had been
run over. 1t was two hours before a
to bring the.tnduEsdsm town and
when : hei arrived{s he was severely
chilled in addition, to his other in
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-23
MASSAGE CORPS
HAS 700 MEMBERS

London, Dec. 23.The massage
corps which Mr.. and Mrs. Almeric
Paget started with fifty members at
the beginning of the, war has now i'm
creased to 700, all OF whom are won1-
en-. The idea Of women masseuses in
military hospitals was regarded in the
beginning by many army men as q
doubtful experiment. But SO efficient
has been the work of these women
that the various provincial hospitals
are now visited. and all Of the wound
ed In need of massage can have treat
ment. Besides visiting the hospitals,
the corps runs elaborate massage and
electrical departments in the concal-
escent camps. Electric massage ma
chimes. ovens for the application Of
radiant heat and various kinds Of ap-
paratus loosen up stiffened joints and
put life into atrophied members.
After few days, men who come on
crutches go away with their own feet.
Owing to the enlargement Of the
work of the corps, a call has been is
sued for more masseuses. who are re-
quired to show certificates from recog-
nized schools of massage or physical
training institutes.
Lady Alexander Paget has lent to
the corps her London mansion, where
a hundred officers and men receive
treatment daily. ~
Grand Forks daily herald., 1915-12-23
send PIPES D S TO
men. IN BATTLE ||| !! Il !:
Contributions Received and
Donors Name Printed
on Each Pipe Sent.

New York. Dec. 23.-Soldiers in the
trenches of Europe this winter are to
be supplied with pipes from the Unit
ed States and any American who
wants to send such gift to Bel
gian. a French or a Russian fighter
may do so by contributing ten cents to
the Soldiers Pipe Fund.
The men at the front want and need
a good and durable pipe. The de-
mand for such an article is very In
sistent and Viscount II. Y. de Len
donck of Wavre Ste-Catherine, Bel
GUM, has undertaken to supply it. He
has had manufactured in America an
excellent pipe for the purpose; strong,
light, easy to clean and sanitary, and
he has in hand the receipt Of contrib
utions and the prompt shipment Of
the pipes to whatever army Of the AL
lies the giver designates.
For a contribution of $25 the Sol
diers' Pipe Fund will deliver to SOL
diers in Europe ESQ pipes and will
have printed across the bowl of each
sentence or motto in the language
designated by the contributor, ana
even put on the bowl the donors pic
ture, name and address. For instance,
if it is desired to send pipes to Brit
ish soldiers. the inscription will be in
receive the gifts suitably inscribed in
French: Russians in their own tongue,
Italians in theirs. and Serbians in
Serbian. For 81 ten pipes can be sent
over the water with label in the
bowl of each giving the donors name
and address, and suitably inscribed on
the bowl. Single contributions Of ten
cents will send one pipe, inscribed on
the bowl with the good wishes Of the
giver. in the native tongue Of the re-
cipient.
The fund will send an engraved
certificate of receipt to anyone con-
tributing one dollar or more.
Viscount de Lendonck, who is Sec
retary General Of the Fund, has open
end an office at sos Fifth avenue, New
York City.
Among the patronesses Of the fund
are: Mrs. Charles Steele; Mrs. L. C.
Weir: Mrs. VIM. D. Guthrie; Mrs.
Eugene Willard; Countess ]. de la
Greze and Mrs. F. G. Bangs, all Of
this city.