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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-11-19

ing's warm wash. To this we add little
salt occasionally for change. Above all
things we are particular not to neglect the
drinking water. During this time of the
year the watersis warmed just enough TO
take the chill off. am surprised at the
amount consumed when the water is Of the
proper temperature and placed in sheltered
spot.
In the evenings before the hens 60 to
roost we feed whole corn which has been
warmed. In tkis way they 60. to roost
comfortable, and alss with full crops. These
small details may seem trivial. but never
theless they count and spell the difference
between success and failure with utility
flock
# lice get among the flock in winter to
any noticeable extent, | provide dust bath
and apply the following: To one pint
crude carbolic acid and three pints of gas
oIine, and enough plaster of paris to take
the liquid and mix thoroughly. Spread the
mixture out and drv thoroughly. If 1t Is
too lunpy pouad it up and run though a
sieve. Store away in tight cans. When
needed work we'll ipto the feathers, especial
" in the fluff and under the wings. About
two applications Of this will settle the hes
aud the hens will come out healthy and
hearty in the spring.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1915-11-19
Economy In Winter Feeding.

During cold weather, the highest priced
egg season, we frequently get eggs, from
more than half of,our flock, while our neigh
bors sometimes complain Of getting none 1t
all, and their feed bills are no smaller than
ours. In the winter care, Of our chickens, l
find several things worth eonsidering, The
cbaff which lies . foot deep on the floors of
many aaylofts, affords an ideal litter for the
hens during an entire winter. This chaff
.ot only supplies grass seed. but green feed
in the form of clover leaves. have made
it u practice of giving ths hens basket
of this ut noon, scattering a little wheat and
oats in the chaf. 1t is surprising how the
hens will work and scratch to get the wheat
grains.
We always have little corner filled with
fine dirt and to which little lime ha. been
added for the hens to scratch and have 4
dust bath. With an old pairing knife cut
intoIsmall bits the waste part of the cabbage,
celery, turnips, onions, sprouts and scraps
from the table and feed these to the hens.
A half bushel of turnips kept IN 4 warm
place where it is light, so they will sprout
freely, will supply nice quantity of greens
which; will be greatly relished by the hens
during the cold days.
Small meat bones may be pounded up
and feed occasionally. My approach to
large flat stone on which I pound UP
the bones is the signal for the chickens to
fock around me. Wee the palate and
apple parings As the foundation for the NOR
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01

Mrs. Lillian Corey is reported as
being quite ill at the home of Mrs
F. NJ. Kelley on Cedar st.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Lang and Mrs
Annie F. Fish have returned from an
outing at Rangeley Lake.
The Public Library will be closed
evenings during July and August ex-
cept Wednesday and Saturday even
ings.
Mrs. Anna Chase of Scion has re-
turned home after visiting with heI
daughter Mrs. w. D. Snow of Middle
Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. Fogler and Mrs
Fannie S. Cabot are enjoying an out.
ing at Kineo this week having left
Sunday for that place.
The office of the Independent-Re.
porter and the Banks will be closed
during the day Monday which is to be
largely observed as a holiday.
The Philathea. Glass are planning tc
give a garden party Wednesday
July 14th, similar to the one which
was so successful last summer.
John Maxwell carhe@to skowhegar
the last of the week to accompany his
family on their return to Hartland
after visit with relatives here.
Carl Sanderson left Monday foI
Jackman, where he has accepted a
position in the store which is con.
Quoted in that town by B. W. Page.
w. c. Hobart manager of the Far
mers' Telephone Co. was In Augusta
Tuesday to appear before the mem
bers of the Public Utility Commission
Mrs. Eta S. Merrill, who has for q
long time been the able instructor il
the Blunt district. has accepted a pc.
sition in one of the 9Th grade rooms
in the Garfield Building.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Banfield OF
Dorchester, Mass, who have beer
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
H. S. Hopkins, have returned by auto
to their home accompanied by the
Misses Hopkins who are to be witt
them until after the 4th.
Charles futile accompanied Roy
Lewis to Lewiston Monday, where the
latter underwent an operation foi
appendicitis on Tuesday at the Cen.
trail Maine Hospital. Mr.. Lewis has
lived in the futile home for the past
16 years. Mrs. Tuttle went to Lew
iston Tuesday.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01

Miss Mary Pfister returned home
Friday night to spend the summer va
cation with her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
J. B. Dornberger. The friends of
Miss Pfister may be interested to
know that she has been very success
full in teaching and elected for the
third year in Rhode Island
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Drawn, Mas
tiers Charles Jr. and George Drawn,
Mrs. Bert Perham and Master Harold
Towne, composed party of Newport
people who came to Skowhegan Mon
day to visit with Mrs. Frances KEEL
ley. Master Charles and Harold re-
NAMED for a two weeks visit.
Monday, July 5, the Skowhegan
Post Office will be closed from to
1925 from IL to 8, from 315 to AS
and at six o'clock at night. There
will be one collection and one deliv-
cry by the City carriers. The Rural
Carriers will make no delivery
Money Order window will be closed
all day.
J. Harvey White when returning
by auto from a trip to Lewiston Sun
day had the misfortune to break
some part of the car between Win
throp and Augusta. The break was
of such a serious nature that il be-
came necessary to be towed into Au-
gusta, where the machine was left
for repairs.
William Simpson, who has fol
sometime been located at Bridgetor
as paymaster in the mills there il
shortly expected in Skowhegan to.
gether with his family for a visit HI
has accepted a similar position will
the American Wooden Company il
Oakland and will make his future
home there.
Uniform Rank Knights of Pythiaf
are to have New England Encamp-
ment beginning July 3rd at Ports
mouth, N. H. and lasting one week
Capt. A. NJ. Peroival will leave here
with twenty men on the 4.40 train
Saturday morning to attend the gath
ering which it is expected will be
I composed of about 5000 men. All OF
the grand officers will no doubt be in
attendance and an exceedingly happy
occasion is looked for.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01

James Riley of Richmond, Va, has
accepted a position as meat cutter
with Lashon & Butler.
S. NJ Emerson of Haverhill, Mass,
who has been in town visiting with
Lyman Murphy and attending to bust
ness matters at Hinckley left Satur-
day on his return.
At the monthly business meeting of
the Milburn Club Monday night it was
voted TO allow the out Of town men,
bers of the Skowhegan baseball team
the privilege of the Club rooms dur
ing the baseball season.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01
Clinch Each Memory with an
Autographs
KODAK

You don't wonder when? where?
or why? such and such a picture
was taken-you know-because in
formation of this kind is written
on the film, at the time the ex-
posture is made.
Think of the completeness of an
Autographs Kodak record of the
children, veritable household
history with the dates and facts
in writing below each negative,
think of the service it renders on
a pleasure trip, of its incalculable
value to the surveyor, the engin'
eer, the contractor, the farmer,
the orchardist-and then you will
realize 'chy the Autographs ko-
dak is the biggest Photographic
advance in twenty years.
And yet it is all very simple.
Come in and see our complete line
of Autographs Kodaks. They
are so mechanically and photo
graphically right that they speak
for themselves they'll do the
talking.
Prices from $500 up.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01
tEe~alssrs Rs~,ssrsat In New Hems

The mAaAssmsnt ~ 0FSenleafs
Restaurant announce that they are
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taslr new dinlnx FeaEi In The ]
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01
At Sawyer's

500 Indian Bonnets for the children
of Skowhegan. Call for coupons
which are given with every ice cream.
Three coupons will secure a bonnet.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1915-07-01

Have you seen the wonderful new
as Overland for $3.50. Tel. or write
p" T.. spencer. wa,erville for demon
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26
EaStIand Sold in 1914
for Half Original Cost
by Telegraph to The Tribune. J

Lansing, Mich, July 2J.-There was
something radically wrong with the
steamer Eastland June !, 1914, it is
pretty conclusively sh,wn by the rec
ords of the Michigan Railroad Commits
sion. Although the boat originally cost
in 1908, according to the figures filed
with the commission. 100000, in 1914
she was sold for Sl50,000 A represen-
tative of the owners informed the COM
mission that an unnamed expert had
said within a few days that she was a
better boat than yhen she was built.
Early il May, 1914, the Chicago and
st. Joseph Steamship Company petit
toned the Railroad Commission for the
authority to issue 100000 worth of
bonds with which to buy the boat. r.
w. Davis, Of st. Joseph, the assistant
secretary of the Chicago and st. Joseph
Steamship Company, told the commits
sion the boat was operating on Lake
Erie with j carrying capacity Of 1000.
Her original capacity was 5000, but
he did not tell why it had dropped.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26
La Toilette Secretary
Blames u. S. Inspectors
tFrom The Tribune Bureau

Washington, July 25.-The deaths Of
the thousand women, children and men
on the Eastland. in the Chicago River,
were blamed On the United States
Steamboat Inspection Service to-day by
Colonel Johl j. Hannah, secretary TO
Senator La gillette. Colonel Hannah
said the Eastland was permitted to
carry only 1i7 Lasse. gers in 1913 at
any season The vessel was rebuilt
and was Their given certificate per-
hitting her to carry 653 passengers
from May 10 TO October 1.-THE sum-
mer season and, if she did not 90
more than five miles from land $500
passengers.
1T requires some great calamity like
the Eastland to drive lone the need Of
stringent laws to curb the greed Of
men and to safeguard properly human
life" declared Colonel Hannah. As sec
rotary to Senator La Toilette during
the fight for s. ETY. at sea provisions
Colonel Hannah mad, a study of the
passenger business, particularly on the
lakes, whence much of the opposition
to safety provisions came.
an the rule which permits so much
elasticity in the certificate of vessel
lies the caus- Of the Chicago tragedy,
the colonel declared. THE Eastland
was overloaded. The tragedy was the
result of this overlooking. II was not
an accident. 1t would not be right TO
say that the officers of the line or the
inspection officer designed and staged
such a ira sedy. but in tr II the occur
renee cannot be put in the category of
accidents. II v IS the direct result of
the policy of .;ambling with human
lives TO make dollars.
che service has permitted the doing
Of the things which were primarily re-
sponsible for the Chicago tragedy. The
service never h. been, and never will
be, able to convince the public that a
ship which on May A. goin not more
than five miles from shore, would be
permitted to carry only 653 passengers
should be permitted to carry on the
same route the day following $500
pas5er / e"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26
DIVERS SEARCH
WATERS AND GET
so MORE BODIES
Fatigued Workers Recov'
er Victims as Watchers
Throng River Bank.
SCORES BELIEVED
PINNED UNDER HULK
Mrs. Carter n. Harrison, Vile
of Former Mayor, Visits
Scene of Accident.

Chicago, July 25.-Exploration Of the
wrecked steamer Eastland by divers
searching for bodies was continued all
last night and to-day.
sunday dawned cool and cloudy, and
the batteries Of electric lights that had
Guided the workers on the steamer all
night began to 20 out one by one. Inc
Eastland lay on her side, close 10 the
south bank Of the river at Clark Street,
like some giant fish that had stranded
in shallow waters.
Watchers who thronged the bridges
at Fifth Avenue and State Street saw
that the boats position had not shifted
during the night. The river current,
which ordinarily is from six to eight
miles an hour had been reduced TO
about one mile an hour by closing
gates i'm the drainage canal dam az
Lockport, H. This not only kept the
great steamers hull steady, but pre-
vented the drifting away of bodies that
were still in her hold or pinned down
in,the mud under her port side.
The police lines were tightly drawn
from Lake Street to Rush Street. This
kept the bridge at Clark Street free
from curious crowds and allowed un-
ndmDeIeu lItthOHl " NllVoN "''"'N
duties called them there.
Bodies Drifted for Blocks.
The forenoon's work therefore moved
rapidly and smoothly. Seven divers had
brought up forty-two bodies before 10
o'clock this morning. Then came an
interval Of five hours before the
search was rewarded by discovery Of
two more. Eight others were found in
the river several blocks from the scene
Of the disaster Four divers came from
Milwaukee to assist the Chicago work
crs. who were fatigued by their efforts
Of yesterday.
Four police patrol boats cruised
around the Eastland for hours, using
trawl lines with heavy hooks trying
to bring out bodies that possibly had
drifted from the steamer. This search,
however. was fruitless.
Visitors 20 the scene included Mrs.
Carter II. Harrison, wife Of the form
or Mayor. She was escorted by an as
sistant superintendent Of streets, and
remained only few moments.
This is appalling" she said, and |
am awestricken. All that can possibly
be done by the living to care for the
unfortunate dead evidently has been
done.
One Of the divers, Louis Kruger
said that he thought scores Of bodies
were still pinned under the boat, which
he said was resting in about four feet
of stiff mud These bodies cannot be
recovered until after the Coroner's in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26
100000 for Relief Work
Is Raised in Chicago

Chicago, July 25.-At a meeting of
the Citizens Advisory Committee called
to-day by William R. Moorhouse, Act
ing Mayor, it was planned to raise
Immediately 100000 by public sub
scription for the relief Of families OF
the EaStland victims. In addition, Off
cials of the Western Electric Com
pany. who attended a conference in the
Mayors office. announced that the
Employees Benefit Association had
100000 available for such work
Ernest p. Bicknell, Director Of the
National Red Cross. arrived here to-
night to take charge of relief work.
The electric company officials said
that not more than one-third of the
victims were employees, the others be-
ing members of employees families or
friends.
Acting Mayor Moorhouse said the
100000 relief fund had been guaran-
teed by a Subcommittee and would be
available within twenty-four hours.
The relief work will be in charge Of
the National Red Cross. the Asso-
ciated Charities of Chicago and the
City Health Department
At noon the Acting Mayor tele-
Craphed a detailed report Of relief
work to Mayor Thompson az San Fran
cisco. Mayor Thompson Endorsed
everything that had been done and
replied that he would leave the Coast
late to-day on a special train and ex-
pccted TO arrive IN Chicago Wednesday.
Managers of Chicago theatres an
nounced they would give a percentage
of receipts 10 the relief fund.
The entire force Of the city govern
ment will be at the disposal Of the
National Red Cross Society, Mr. Moor
house announced.
Chicago is responding 70 the call
for relief and we will not need assist
ancc from outside" said the Acting
Mayor. We have an efficient organ
ization, all the money needed and
every case of suffering will be prompt
Is relieved"
Mr. Moorhouse received hundreds Of
kilograms from cities all over the
United States and also in Canada eX-
pressing sorrow at Chicago's grief and
offering aid.
AN emergency call to ciergymen OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26

quest. when efforts will be made to
right the vessel.
Stands on Inspectors o. Il.
W. X. Greenebaum, manager OF the
Indiana Transportation company
which had leased the steamer Tor inc
Western Electric Companys excur-
sion. was early at his Office. From
his window he overlooked, with grave,
face, the scene in the river below and
said:
ut was a terrible calamity. | can
add nothing to what ! said YESTERDAY
and can only repeat my deep regret
at what happened As said before
the government inspectors o. K. when
the passengers were taken aboard
seemed assurance that all was we'll
and the catastrophe came to US as
terrible shock"
The steamer Theodore Roosevelt, OF
the company's line, to-day Tade IT'S
regular trip TO Michigan City, and the
steamer City OF Grand Rapids, OF the
Graham g. Morton Line, sailed as usual
for st. Joseph, Mich. Both boats had
comparatively small passenger lists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26

Each block cOntrib uted its quota ~
dead IN some sections almost every
house shelters its band Of mourners
Sons, daughters, fathers, mothers were
taken. Where immediate families are
not stricken more distant relatives an.
listed among the lost or missing.
All through Saturday night and yes.
terday crowds thronged the street,
waiting for additions. reports. lee.
phone calls and telegraphic message,
relating 10 the work Of rescue BEGAN.
common property. In the afternoon the
village Board Of Trustees held a spe.
cial meeting and appropriated $1,000
for relief purposes.
A resolution was adopted that al
business houses and manufacturing
concerns be closed from 9 o'clock in the
morning until O'Clock IN the after.
noon Wednesday, the day OF the H.
neral. Il will be one great funeral.
Many will mourn for lost relatiyes
whose bodies have not been found.
Two members of the Board Of Trus.
tees James Bylands and John Noyak 70
are grieying for loved one lost MS.
Bylands is among the dead. A son.
Florian, eighteen years old, and a
daughter, Frances, twenty-one, children
of Novak, were drowned.
II is estimated by village officials
that about $50 persons from Cicero
alone persisted in the wreck. The larger
number lived in Hawthorne; others in
Morton Park, Warren Park, Grant
Works and Clyde, all former individual
villages and now part Of Cicero.
The situation Is accentuated by rea-
son Of industrial depression in the
community in the last year or more.
Many victims of the Eastand disaster
had been working only half or third
time and some had been out OF employ
ment for months until recent weeks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26

company's information bureau and also
telegraphed to different Offices outside
Chicago where inquiries had been re-
ceived from anxious friends or rela-
tives.
Questions which could not be an
swered By those on the telephone plat
form were referred to the temporary
office of the Coroner on the floor be-
low. In all forty-five new telephones
were installed. In addition. announcers
on the platform and on the floor called
for those who were wanted by rela-
tives and friends either on the tele-
phone or in different parts of the build
ing.
For several hours embalming was
done in one corner Of the hall without
any barrier between the workers and
those searching for their loved ones.
To meet this difficulty, huge tarpaulins
were brought from the fire station
across the street and raised about the
corner.
Sleep was not thought Of Lunch
hours did not exist. Policewomen
acted as mattresses, passing sand
wiches, coffee, oaKed beans and
crackers to the Coroner and his
helpers.
Among those separated who sought
long for their loved ones was Robert
Magnussen. With his wife. his little
son, Robert, and daughter, Irene. he
left his home Saturday morning for the
big excursion. When the boat cap
sized he became separated from his
family and was lifted to safety.
Early Yesterday Magnussen started
for the armory. For hours he waited
outside the doors, Once in the build
ing. he walked slowly in the long line
which wound its way between the
rows of dead.
At the first row he gave a convulsive
sob. There was his wife. On he went
bravely. H. another row was Robert
His knees weakened under him, his
eyes were blind with tears, but there
was still another. And, finally, in the
last row, he found Irene. He collapsed
Assisted by a policeman he stumbled
across the hall to Deputy Coroner Sam
uel L. Davis, whom he asked 70 place
the three bodies together. Then he
knelt down slowly beside the three and
prayed.
In a number of cases bodies were
incorrectly identified. There is the
body of a woman now believed to be
Miss Anne Bendick, Of 1925 South Nor
gan Street. John Bendick, brother
babe her goodby an hour before she
took the boat, but even after a thor
ough examination he was unable posi-
lively to identify the distorted features
until he drew a photograph from his
pocket and got the opinion of friends
The body was awarded to him de-
spite the fact that it had been identi-
fed on two previous occasions as two
different girls.
There are still half dozen children
classified among the unidentified.
"The uncertainty is largely due TO
the worried and hysterical condition OF
the bereayed relatives" said Coroner
Hoffman; "but | can't understand why
those who are certain their relatives
were on the ship don't come and iden-
tify their dead"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26
President and SlOCum
Survivors Send Sympathy

Chicago, July 25.-Acting Mayor
Moorhouse received the following tele-
gram to-day from President Wilson:
Windsor, VI, July %, 1915.
"Hon. william Hale Thompson, Mayor,
Chicago, H.:
81 am sure | speak the universal feel
ing Of the people Of the country in ex-
pressing my profound sympathy and
sorrow in the pr sence OF the great dis
aster which saddened so many homes"
A cable dispatch was received from
Sir Thomas Upton. of London, Eng
land, which read as follows:
81 am greatly shocked to see By the
days newspapers the catastrophe that
has fallen on your city. My heartfelt
sympathy goes out to those who have
lost their dear ones. II you start
relief fund put me down for $1,000"
A message of coincidence from the or
ganization Of the Ger eral Slocum sur
viyors Of New York also was received.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-26

well along in years. kept repeating "All
gone, husband, son. his wife and their
two children" Time after time she
said this, but no tear fell and at last
she slowly left the pace still murmur-
ing "All gone
One man. bowed with years, screamed
and struggled with those about him
when he saw the bodies of his wife and
children. The men are the hardest TO
control when they do give way" said
the physician in charge Of the relief
room.
Western Electric employees were
everywhere throughout the big build
ing. Members of the Employees Relief
Association we're ,on hand TO assist in
the work Of identification and in caring
for the dead On the platform ut the
north end Of the hall a dozen free tele-
phones were installed and these were
quickly supplemented by twenty others
for outgoing calls only. Local and long
distance calls alike were handled free
Of charge.
As fast as the dead we're identified or
any information Of any value was Sc
cured the matter was telephoncd to the