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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Life Guards and Divers, Priests
d. and Physicians Labor to
Save Victims.
MORGUE IN A WAREHOUSE
Row After Row of Bodies Fill Great
Rooms as Waiting Crowds Weep
and curse-Pathetic Scenes
Are Witnessed.

Chicago, July The tug Kenosha,
tied to the pier west of the Clark
street bridge, formed an approach to
the liner.
From the tugs after rail one
stepped onto the great iron side of the
overturned steamer and scrambled up
to the fiat length taking care of the
open portfolios, and the holes cut By
the acetylene blowpipes.
The side of the boat had become as
a deck-a place where the rescuers
might stand
The scene was confusing.
Policemen, officers, firemen, sol
diers, divers, men in bathing suits
life guards-priests, reporters, physi-
clans and others jostled and bumped
each other.
Every second came the cry:
"Stretcher!" and dozen men would
rush toward the spot Then came the
warning, "Gangway! Gangway" and
four men would go by carrying a still
h6hlCs
Now and then a policeman walked
through the crowd, carrying a bundled
corpse of a child in his arms.
Here two men were pumping air to
a diver down in the depths, there
group waited, pulling on ropes,
watching someone down below
ready to haul up another body when
the signal came.
Office Of Church.
A priest stood by one such hole
There was shawl round his shout.
ders and he held an umbrella.
81 have given them all conditional
absolution," he said; some who came
out alive but almost dead, received
the last sacrament, the viaticum.
"All ready upstairs" came the
shout from below.
The firemen pulled on the ropes
The body came up bit by bit
"Stretcher!" bawled someone, and
in a trice there were two stretchers
waiting
The hand of the priest made the
sign of the cross as the body came
into view and his lips muttered:
Ego tie absolvo a peccatis tuis, in
nomine PATHS, ct Fill, ct Spirit Sane
II, Amen!-I absolve you from all
your sins, in the name of the Father,
and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen!"
1t was the body of a young girl,
dressed in white dress. There were
white pumps on the feet and white
silk gloves on the arms. She held
clasped in one hand a gold watch. 1t
was opened
"Ah, poor soul" said the priest.
"She was holding her sweethearts
watch, perhaps, and they we're chat
ting together when the boat over
turned"
Up came the man from the hold
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Country to Be conoratuIated.

Neither the income tax nor the
emergency tax has quite come up to
expectations, and both of them may
need revision to make them better
revenue collectors. But in the mean.
time there is no reason for regarding
our government shortage very seri-
ously. We are suffering in a mild
way from the war. We may thank
God that, unlike Europe, we are not
suffering from a deficit of millions of
men dead or wounded on the battle.
neld, and from debts piled billions
bigh.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Democratic Trlumnh.

The Republicans passed the Sher-
man law and left its uncertainties to
brighten business for a quarter CEN
fury. The Democrats have passed
supplementary legislation to make
clear the rights of business under the
law.
The Republicans could plan nothing
in their treatment of Alaska between
the Ballinger exploitation and closed
door. 1t remained for the Democrats
to find a way to open up Alaska with.
out robbing the nation.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Canned.

"Is your wife putting up any fruit
this summer"
mo, but I've canned few peaches
myself"
you have?"
Yes. I've had three different
stenographers this year, and not one
of them knew half as much about
spelling and grammar as she did
about the latest fashions"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
the steamer upset.

the steamer upset.
In describing her experience and
rescue she said:
I'VE were on the side of the boat
nearest the dock and as the steamer
suddenly listed threw out my hands
in an effort to catch hold of some
thing, but failed and fell into the
water. went under and as | came
to the surface saw two hands reach
ing out through a portfolio. They
pulled me through. I do not know
whether my husband, daughter and
sister-inlaw were saved"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06

Henry Bauer of 1927 Lawrence ave.
nue., lifeguard at Diversey beach.
81 must rest awhile" he said. I'm
all in. | must have fastened a dozen
girls to the ropes. 1t seems there are
piles of them. Somebody give me
cigarette"
The bodies we're carried down to
the tug, across the tug, on the right
side, up the steps and over the bridge
to the Reid-Murdoch storage room.
Others were taken In the opposite
direction, placed in one of the score
OF small boats at the end and taken
across the stream to the warehouse.
Thousands of men and women
looked on, crowding the bridges, fill
ing every window overlooking the riv.
er, choking the docks and the piers
near by.
Morgue In Warehouse.
The Reid-Murdoch warehouse pre-.
scented another picture of confusion.
The dead were placed in long rows,
side by side-men, women, children.
There were boxes, and bundles, and
barrels and articles of merchandise
all over the great room.
The police swarmed all around, com
pany officials, doctors, nurses-and un.
dertakers who were emba ming bodies,
CLEAR away all these things" bel
lowed Schuettler through his mega
phone; make room!"
How many bodies are here now?"
he asked someone.
six hundred" he was told.
There's twice that many on the
boat yet" he said; get some more
men in here to guard these bodies. We
caught one ghoul robbing on the boat
and ones too many"
Finds Girls Body.
A man stumbled through the crowd
around the corner and exclaimed:
I've found my little girl, I've found
her and | want to take her home"
The coroner shook his head.
I'VE can't do it, we cannot release
single body. We're going to take all
these to some central point-the Sec.
ond infantry armory or the Coliseum
or some place big enough. Write down
the girls name on a tag, the one who
identified her, the address and the
amount of the estate"
And so it went all day, the stretcher
men going and coming
Work to Restore Lives.
Upstairs in the storage building
worked to resuscitate many
Many were brought to life, many we're
given up after lung motors had been
used for hours in vain.
One of these latter was a boy OF
eight years.
A diver had found him clinglng to
the submerged rail. He was dressed in
an Indian" play suit, with a bathing
suit underneath.
I'VE worked on him for more than
an hour" said DR.. Joseph Ross. There
we're signs of life, but very faint. He's
gone in spite of all we could do"
A string of ambulances and auto
.rucks lined Clark street. A Gordon of
police stood about the doors of the
3eid-Murdock building, and crowds
sought to get past. claiming relatives,
children, friends.
The police were forced to refuse
most Of them admittance-and the
went away weeping-the men
cursing or threatening.
And more came in their places.
Suddenly Finds Wife.
A man in overalls, who was thought
% be one of the electricians at work
putting in the emergency lights at one
If the hospitals, suddenly sank by the
side of young woman who had just
,een brought back from the embalm
.r's table. The black-haired, pretty
girl wrapped in the shroud was his
wife.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
WOMAN TELLS OF DISASTER
Mrs. William Peterson Says She
Was Separated From Hus.
band and Child.

Chicago.-Among those rescued
was Mrs. William Peterson.
Mrs. Peterson was on the second
deck with her husband, foreman at
the Western Electric company; her
daughter, Ruth, eight years old, and
her sister in-law, Mrs. Emily Chell-
berg, OF 4129 Sheffield avenue, when
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
OKLAHOMA NEWS NOTES
SHADOWS OF COMING EVENTS.

Aug. 3O-31, Schools land SALE Alva.
Sept ITO, School land sale, Cherokee
Sept. 11-22, School land sale. Enid.
Sept 22-Oct. 7, School land sale, Med
ford.
Oct. 9-12, School land sale, Newliirk.
Oct. 1875, School land sale, Perry.
Nov. 25-2I-SIate Educational Associa-
ton, Oklahoma City
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
Not Likely,

"A curious thing happened to me
this morning" began the man who al.
ways told long-winded stories.
did somebody stop to listen to one
of your yarns?" inquired the other.
reaching for his hat.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-08-06
They All Do.

They All Do.
Jinks-Im taking it easy now.
Blinks-Out of a job?
Jinks-No; got a political Job.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20
The World in Epitome Shown by Displays in the
Vast Exhibit Palaces at the Panama
Pacific international Exposition


millions
comprehensive and interesting universal exposition
exhibit
Of
visitor
hold
und bit by bit before
chain Of amazing surprises Entering the main gate at Scott street for
California
Of flowing flames by
the spell is lifted the falls the Tower
until the has conquered the dizzy heights OF this
dazzling
science industry
exhibits,
Through this
Liberal enabled to
relatives arthes section OF the
the greater volume than
intensity
To-day II s possible
telephone large audi
the development of the
railroads have
ID m Francis n
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

treasury while the House was
inclined to be more liberal
with the states funds. The
credit for the good showing made
by the 1916 legislature in reduc-
ing state appropriations belongs
almost wholly to the Senate
finance committee, of which Sem
ator A. J. Rockne of Goodhue
county was chairman. He was
greatly assisted in this difficult
task by a number of other able
men on the committee, such as
Senator r. C.. Dunn of this dis
trict, Senator Sullivan of St.
Cloud and Senator Rystrom of
Chisago county.-Kanabec Coun-
ty Times.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

Continued On page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

For sale, lost and found. want
notices and card of thanks. etc,
Sc per line in the American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20
LITTLE BITS" FROM A TOUR
OUT WEST
The Following Article Published in
the Tyler Herald was Written
by Our Former Towns
man, kr. H. Duus.
Continued from last week.

Continued from last week.
From Solvang | went over into
the great San Joaquin valley.
This is great valley, being 40
to so miles wide and 400 miles
long. level as floor with plenty
of water. For miles you see moth
ing but fruit, grapes, fig and wax
nut trees. | stopped two days at
Pearlier where visited several
friends. 1t gets pretty warm
there. as high as l20 in the shade,
but the nights are always cool,
and the people get rested very
well, 1t is mostly raisins that
they raise as it seldom rains dur
ing the summer months and all
drying is done out of doors. There
is still plenty of new land to be
had in the valley from $40 to $50
per acre. 1t is not prepared yet
with bitches. etc. Land with
fruit trees and water already es-
tabGshed costs $500 to $500 per
acre or more.
From Pearlier | went right to
San Francisco to the fair. As |
had a friend in Oakland stopped
there and took the boat every
day over the bay. To tell much
about those grand places. is al
most impossible. 1t must be seen
to be appreciated and understood.
Oakland lies in the level valley
with the hills in the background;
San Francisco is built on bluffy
country and lies most beautiful
protected from the ocean by some
small hills so you cannot see it
from the main part of the city,
but it is we'll built out clear to
the ocean. around the fine Golden
Gate Park. OF the great earth
quake and fire of a few years ago
you cannot see the least trace,
great new buildings of steel and
tCantinued On page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

The Wisconsin legislature has
passed the anticipating bill over
the governors veto. 1t now re-
mains to be seen what fate will
overtake the legislators when
they travel on Wisconsin lines
and stop at Wisconsin hotels. If
they stand proof against the cold
stares. forgetfulness, contemptu-
Gus looks and other marks of dis
pleasure from the high and
mighty bell boys, Pullman porters
and others who hold up the
travelling public, they will be the
bravest body of men in existence,
and they will give an example
that others may we'll follow.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

E. G. Baker crossed the con-
tinent from San Diego, Cal, to
New York in automobile in IL
days, 7 hours and Is minutes,
smashing all former records. He
drove the car the entire route
himself.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

Entered second~ciass matter September II.
iati at the postoffice at Askov, Minnesota, under
the act of March 3. 1879.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20
w. II. BarniCk
AUCTlONEER
Address Sandstone or phone
Finlayson.
Railway Time Table of the Great
Northern at Askov

To Minneapolis and points west:
No. II Night Expressl leaves l:3s am,
No. 2s Zenith SpeciaD " 1923 am,
xNo. 10 Gopher State EN-
pressl leaves ..,.a,..,..,.. ga pm.
NThis train does not stop at Askov
for passengers. but takes and delivers
mail. Stops at Bruno and Sandstone,
To Duluth and the Range:
No. Is Might Express) leaves $50 u IN.
No. 10 Gopher State En-
pressl leaves ,..,.,,.... las =. m.
x No. "a Zenith SpeciaD leaves 4. Sd pm,
xDoes not stop ut Askov.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

County option election will be
held in Pine County Monday
June 81. We predict that the
county will go dry, although not
much interest is taken in the af-
fair in this locality. Askov never
had saloons and it is quite certain
that it never will. If Pine City.
Sturgeon Lake, Willow River
and other towns want saloons let
them have them. They don't
bother us. This is the way a
number of people look at it, but
then there is another side to the
question. 1t is the first time the
farmer has had a chance to vote
on the liquor question, and judg-
ing from the result of the six
county option elections which
have already been held in the
state the farmers do not want
saloons as on an average they
have been voted out two to one.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-05-20

Two years ago the House was
the economical end of the legisla-
ture, the lower BODY putting the
break, so far as possible. upon
the more generous senate. In
spite of the economical ten
denotes of the House there was a
net increase in appropriations.
During the late session the tables
We're turned. the Senate playing
the part of the watch dog of the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
PARADISE FOR "JoY RIDERS"
Work Of Army chauffeurs Would
Make OIdfieId's Hair Perma-
nentIy Pompadour.

From St. Die to lie Rubin is in the
did it in something less than thirty
minutes, writes E. Alexander Powell
in Scribner's Magazine. We went so
fast that the telegraph poles looked
like the palings in a picket fence, and
we took the corners on two wheels so
as to save rubber.
Of one thing I am quite certain-if
am killed in this war, it is not going
to be by shell or bullet; it is going
to be in military motor car. No cars
save military ones are permitted on
the roads in the zone of operations,
and for the military cars no speed
limit exists. AS result the drivers
tear through the country as though
they were in the Vanderbilt cup race.
Sometimes, of course, wheel comes
off, or they meet another vehicle when
going around a corner at full speed:
and the next morning there is a mill
tary funeral.
To be driver of military car in
the zone of operations is the joyrider's
dream come true. The soldier who
drove my car steered with one hand
because he had to use the other to
illustrate the stories of his exploits
in the trenches. Despite the fact that
we were on a mountain road, one side
of which dropped away into nothing
ness, when he related the story of how
he captured six Germans singlehand-
ed, he took both hands off the wheel
to tell about it. 1t would have made
Barney Oldfield's hair permanently
pompadour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
FLOURISH ONLY IN WOODS
tented In Gardens That Are the
HandlWork of Man.

Among the truly wild" flowers, two
that ask of man only to be let alone
in their native Businesses are the may.
flower, or trailing arbutus, and TIE
twinberry, or partridge berry, the last.
named a member of the madden fam
fly, and distant relative of the coffee
tree. The mayfower is widest and
shyest Of all. No more is the eagle
at home in the farmyard or the cardi.
nal in the cage than the mayflower
in the garden. AS the imprisoned
cardinal pines away and dies when
the gilded bars OF birdcage separate
1t from its liberty, SO the mayfower
sickens and withers away in the gar.
den.
The moth mullen for many a year
has been a rural mothball. It is a
member Of the figwort family. Among
its relatives are the great mullen, the
blue toad-fax, the small snapdragon,
the turtle-head, the beard-tongue, the
cOw-wheat. The country dwelling
housewife uses its leaves in packing
away garments of winter to keep out
the tiny cloth moths of summer. 1t il
also believed to be. bane to cock.
reaches.
The snowy lady's slipper, a shy
member Of the orchid family, flower
ing from June to September, never
seeks the haunts of man, but tries to
remove itself as far from their com
ings and goings as it can, and it sac.
ceeds 30 well that only the flower
lover who is willing to take pains can
approach its dwelling place. More
over. it is 80 persistent in its efforts to
be let alone that it has come to have
tiny glandular hairs which contain
An oil that is somewhat poisonous to
the human skin, and it is said that =
number of cases Of dermatitis have
followed the efforts of flower lovers to
carry 1t in triumph out Of the woods,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
NEW THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Points Evolved by Author May Give
Rise to Some Most Interesting
Hypotheses.

In book entitled 1.-THE Natural The
ology of Evolution" J. n. Shearman
pointed out that nothing in the Oar
winian theory precludes design; it
only requires the supposition that the
designing mind works slowly through
many ages. AS to those variations
which have turned out failures-the
flying reptiles and other extinct crea-
lures of early periods-the author
makes the suggestion that the direc-
ton of varieties may to some extent be
deputed by God to angels, in the same
way as free will and power is granted
to man; and that these failures are the
experiments of the angel-subordinate
But" writes the editor of Nature
in recommending the book to scientific
readers, "the authtT is not in the least
a crank, and he puts forward this fresh
and interesting hypothesis (Which
some would call fantastic) as a specu-
lation only. His main point is that
though the Darwinian natural selection
is true cause of change in species,
the variations which tend to progress
toward greater complexity cannot be
attributed to chance. They are evil
dence of a guiding mind which sees
and knows before it produces on the
rial plane"
Science has ceased to sheer at the
spiritual, and many of the deepest
thinkers of today are turning to the
supernatural" for explanations of phe-
nomena they cannot understand.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
CONSUMPTION of Gasoline.

In estimating consumption of gaso-
line statisticians usually figure con-
sumption by motor owners as the prin-
cipal demand on refners and lump
other consumption as not of great i'm
portance. However, President Brace
Of the National Association of Dyers
and Cleaners, recently called atten-
ton to the great amount of gasoline
used by cleaning establishments. He
says that the annual consumption Of
gasoline for this purpose in the Uni
ted States exceeds 100000 gallons
and is increasing all the time Clean
ers, according to Mr.. Brace, use gaso-
line as laundries do water, and in fig
uring on the consumption of gasoline
in this country he says the statisti-
clans must not forget the great de-
mands made on the refiners by the
cleaners.-Wall Street Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
CLUGGED UP BY SEDIMENT
Flow of Water In City Mains Restrict
ed by Sedlmentation and Incrusta-
ton Taking Place Within.

1t has only recently been observed
that the efficiency of the flow of water
in city's main is very much restrict
ed by the sedimentation which takes
place In them. Because of the slow.
ness with which these deposits occur.
It Is not readily noticeable, but the diff
ference is quickly discernible by max
ing note Of the character of the stream
issuing therefrom before and after
cleaning. In the case of an eight-inch
main In Camden, N. j., the capacity was
found to have been cut down to less
than one-quarter. Another illustration
may be derived from the experience
OF Belle PLANE, Ia. Here a cast iron
water pipe nearly mile long and six
inches in diameter had a capacity
when clean of 335 gallons a minute,
with a pressure of 60 pounds. This
pipe became SO clogged that a press.
ure of 125 pounds was necessary in or.
der to deliver 24S gallons a minute
There are several mechanical means
of accomplishing this task. One con.
sists of nine-foot device which is
placed in the pipe and sent along by
pressure behind it, and as it moves the
deposit is cut by the many revolving
knives Of which 1t is made. A flow Of
water is maintained and the released
material Is washed away as it is de-
taAhAA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Rare Old Bible,

I. G.. Giltner, 224 Harris avenue, is
the possessor of a Bible which he
says has been in his family more than
100 years, relates the Indianapolis
News. This Bible was in the flood
in West Indianapolis and was rescued
though in somewhat damaged con-
dition. 1t is a folio of more than 1000
pages and contains not only the gen.
orally accepted books of the Old and
New Testaments, but the apocryphal
books of the Old Testament. 1t is print
ed in rare old German text, and the
illustrations, which are numerous, ap-
pear to be of much earlier date than
the book itself. The following is a
translation of part Of the full-page
title of the book: "Biblia: That is
the entire Holy Scripture of the Old
and New Testaments with their trans
lation into our German mother-tongue
as begun by Herr Doctor Martin Lu-
Their in 1922 and completed in 1884 ;
and afterward with the summaries of
Herr Johann Sanberti; also with di-
verse instructive explanations above
every chapter, by Herr Doctor Salo-
mon; now provided with entirely new
and beautiful copper pictures; with a
preface by Herr Johann Michael Dill
herrn. Published by the Johann
Andrea Trades company, 1888, Nurem-
berg,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
SCIENTISTS KEEP AT WORK
Turmoil of War Seems to Have Had
Little Effect on the Develop
ment of Ideas.

So thick and fast come the devel.
opments of science in these days that
men are losing their sense of astonish-
ment. The impossible becomes the
actual so often that it is unsafe to
say that anything cannot be done. A
few months ago the first telephone
message was transmitted across the
continent. Today we hear that a
still greater distance has been covered
by wireless telephone. Forty years
ago current of electricity could not
be made to jump more than few
inches through vacuum. Today
there is no known limit to it, or rath-
er to the capacity of new instruments
to detect it. Some electrical en-
gineers believe that messages could be
sent to the moon, and perhaps out into
infinite space through the ether just
as easily as from San Francisco to
Honolulu through the atmosphere
With all this, no man can tell what
electricity is. All we know about it
is that when a certain thing is done
certain results follow.-New York
Commercial