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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-20

Alone at Last IA new Viennese oper-
eta by Franz Lehar. composer OF 'The
Merry Widow" had Its irst performance
last night at the Shubert Theatre. Jose
Collins had the leading role and she was
supported by q competent cast. A re-
view OF "Alone at Last will appear In
THE SUN Tomorrow morning.
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COL. T. E. vICKERS.
~ Manager of Nickers MRsim
Co. for Forty-threc Years.

LoSpoN. oct. l9.-Col. T. L. Nickers.
who was managing director OF the Wick
ers Maxim Company for forty-three
years and chairman for thirty-seNen
wears. rrs.euiuG IN 1910. died to-day in
his ninot third year.
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BoSro~. oct. l9-Arthur Reed. aged
~. a member of the fire Insurance firm
OF ThompSon 4 Reed. died last night at
his home in Brpukiinr. lie was grad
uf'cd from Harvard ~ l>s' NJ Iced
had u.,. secretary of ilr lHu Ret
ktb.r for the |lg' two Years
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kANsA CITY, oct l?-JoscpL g; NJ,
coy. who laid out the cattle trail from
Texas to Abilene, Kan. died here to-day
lie was q pioneer plainsmau ana took a
leading part in the development of the
Southwest, Three children survive him
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-20

The Fashion Fete which was to have
been held at the Ritz-Carlton November
7 to ~ has been postponed until after
the National Horse SHOW. which opens at
Madison Square Garden on SATURDAY.
November g.
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MS. Rose Everett, %. widow OF T.r,s-
tus Everett. who was president Of the
College of Louisiana when they We,
married, died on Monday at her home.
$3.50 Bergen street. BROOKLYN.
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DIED.

BG,i,r o.. saturday 4" ... D.. e. net
rssid-uae. Dunn Loring. Nirg.niu, r.
Augusta Broi,. widow OF charles L.
rrpit
fuu.,II services .dr-sdav October 20,
I'd. so \. NJ. a. the Eeli.e du SAINT
Esprit. 4 aud - East Tw,u'y-se'en'h
s.recr. r."a>" omit flowers Inter
meut %if!'a.e
IL BofS -SIId-ul.. .n ru.-Ia q, o
her Il. 1873. at hl. nome, in Sew
Haven. Conn. AugU.tus Jay Ia BIOS
Futrra. services WI. ue held AZ his lac
i,-idru,o. 2at Edwards street, New
Hs,,r un Thursday morning ortobcr
%. d. n4lf pas, 10 O'Clock. lnterm"nt
800 ,nr Jay Cemetery, Harrison, y. Y,
a g.. Thursday afternoon.
GEENNES On Tuesday. october 4" at
M. home. 80 West lo7th s.reet.
Arthur. be owed husband o. Margaret
Ininla Gu~r.n Grcavcs,
r.urrJl services a, =. stephens church,
SlNty-uiuth street. between broadway
md columbus avenue. a. 40 o'c'ocn.
Thursday morning. BURIAL in FAINT
plot az Hartford, conn Honorary PAL.
bearers nice. AZ the hnm" 81 . o'clock.
HYDE-At PlAin0eld. y. J. on Sunds,.
Ovtubef -. 1915, VIENNA Emery. be-
loved wife ol LOUIS X. Hyde,
Services al her late residence. oak
mont. Nor,h rlainncIl, on Wedne.-
d,y, october 20, a. - o'clock. In
torment private AZ convenience OF
family.
service, THE FI'NERAL CHURCH"
~ WIS, TNeuiy-thiri street frank
g. CamphrI Bu.d'ns', Thursday eve
ming. y o'clock.
slIIPNAN 81 Sunday OctoD,r J.. at HE
residence. GHG Yves IiNrh street. An
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-25
opportunity. " to,ss. throw

opportunityew to>es.throw fgurative
wrenches intosthe machinery. But not
so with the present administration OF
the postal department under Mr.. Bur
Lesson, and as result Of his activities
reign OF chaos7and ineficiency
marks the postal service, more par
ticularly in the rural route service.
Perhaps such conditions generally
have not existed in the postal depart
ment since the inauguration Of Grover
Cleveland for his first term rs presi-
dent 10
On the plea Of economy recently
practically every rural route In the
country has been changed, and this is
especially true in such good republi.
can states as Iowa. Routes have been
heightened and others eliminated
while men who have been in the ser.
vice since the rural delivery system
was established have been thrown
out. The old soldier. by reason Of his
being an old soldier, receives no spe-
cial consideration-far from II.
1t is claimed that under the pros
ent arrangement that more people are
served through the medium Of lesser
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Monkexina With the Machinery.

Waterloo Courier-Reporter: Before
the advent Of civil service it was ex.
pected as a matter OF course that
with a change Of national administers
lions there would be change in all
employees in the government depart
ments, and with each change 1t was
expected there would be general de-
moralization OF the postal service,
that department offering the greatest
opportunity to punish political enc.
mics and to reward faithful party
workers. In later years the applica.
ton of civil service to the postal de.
partment deprived official heads OF the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-25

what is the matter with the Unit
ed States?" AS / have been residing
in London since the beginning OF the
war, | have been hearing this ques-
ton asked on all sides. | have never
heard any satisfactory answer. NO
one seems to know.
Why are the American factories
not running night and day? why are
the railroads not opening up new ter
ritories and getting ready for the NIL
lions of immigrants who have already
made up their minds to leave Europe
as soon as the war is over?
Why are there not fifty American
sdrummers In London right now trying
to sell s200.000,000 worth OF American
goods in place Of the goods that were
bought last year from Germany and
Austria?
Why have advertisers become quit
tiers. just at the time when their adj
vertisements were most needed and
most effective in cheering on the
business forces of the United States
From the European point of view,
the United States Is haven OF peace
and security and prosperity. 1t has
no troubles that it dare mention to
Belgium or Austria or France or Ger
many or Servia or Great Britain or
Russia?
Every tenth Briton has enlisted.
Every tenth Frenchman is at the
front. Every tenth Belgian is dead.
What does the United States know OF
trouble?
II / could afford it, would char
ter the "Mauretania" and another
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WHAT Is THE MAT ER2
l1y Herbert N. ca..on in JudIelou. AdvertIs'nsl

/ and convey party Of 5000 American
advertisers to Europe for trip OF
education / would give them week
| in ondon, week in Paris, and a
week in Antwerp.
l would let them look at the United
| States from the scene OF war. would
give them a look at real trouble. l
would let them see trains, ten at q
time, Ave minutes apart. packed with
| the manned and the dying.
| would let them, hear. from frag-
mentary survivors, the incredible
story Of battlefields $50 miles wide,
and armies that are greater than the
entire population of Texas.
| would let them see graves 100
yards long and full. and Belgium, the
| country that was, nothing now, Dut
$4,000 square miles of wreckage.
(, Then. when they began to under
stand, to some light extent. the mag
nitude and awfulness OF this war, l
would say to them:-
Now go back and appreciate the
/ United States. Realize your oppor-
tunities. Don't fall down when you
have not been hit. Don't be blind to
the most glorious chance you have
ever had in your life.
go back and advertise. Get ready
for the most tremendous business
boom that any nation ever had. Build
your factories bigger. Train more
statesmen. Borrow more money. Go
ahead, and thank God that you are
alive and that your family is alive.
and that you are living in a land that
is at peace, at time when nearly the
whole world is at war;
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CHICAGO rs
DUMB WITH GRIEF
CONTINUED from page ID

Regiment armory would be opened to
relatives and friends Of victims of the
disaster and that they would be adj.
mitted into the building in groups Of
twenty-five at time. force Of
fifty deputies was lined up in the lob
by of the building and as fast as per-
sons were admitted, took charge OF
them and conducted them through the
long lanes of dead. Mounted police
forced a crowd of 5000 who had gath
cred about the building to form in
line and approach the building in regu-
lar order.
Close to 700 bodies were handled In
the Second Regiment armory during
the evening and $50 remained in the
building when the general inspection
Oh victims began.
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number Of routes. but In every new.
paper ONCE in the land there are o.
file complaints to the effect that thl
increased n population along rufs
routes haS been obtained, If it really
exists, blythe simple expedient OF 70
quiring numberless patrons to wall
from half "a mile to mile and hall
to, enjoy the privileges Of rural fre'
delivery as administered by demo
cratic regime.
Farmersy miss the regular and
prompt delivery Of their daily papers
a boon which was one Of the impor
tant considerations in the establish
ment Of rural free delivery under re
publican administration. Complaint!
of the character indicated are no.
isolated-they are general.
Postmaster General Burleson shoui'
quit monkeying with the machinery
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RUSSIA

Junited press Leased Wire Service]
PETRoGRAD, July 25.-(sundayD
Russian destroyers lying of the 6os-
ohorus, bombarded Turkish cavalry
camp east Of constantinopie, infiiet-
ina heavy losses, the admiralty report
ed early today.
GREAT BATTLE RAGING.
PETRoGRAD, July 25.-(Sunday.)
"A great battle 10 raging along the
Narew river north Of Warsaw where
the Germans are attempting to cross
In several places, the war office an.
nounced early today. 1t 10 admitted
that the enemy continues to make pro
aress In the Shawl region to the
north.
The Germans are also vigorously
attacking Russian positions around
Ivangorod and Novo Georsewisk.
Eastward, along the Bug, the Aus
TRANS have been heavily reinforced
and are attacking the Russian lines
north Of SokaI.
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ally against the Austrian lines" said
the Trieste dispatches.

ally against the Austrian lines" said
the Trieste dispatches.
"1f the first regiments are repuised,
others press forward, trying to OK
haust the heroic defenders.
occasionally the attacking forces
succeed in reaching our trenches.
Then hand to hand fighting ensues
and the scene becomes terrible. The
DaImafians, who even in peace times
have deadly hatred Of the Italians
and the giant crotians hardy sons Of
the Alps, wrestIe with the smaller itai-
ians. Gun butts, bayonets, knives and
daggers play the main role until the
invading Italians are thrown back.
"Ti,e Italian losses exceed those In
any similar lighting since the war be-
gan. Pursuing the same tactics the
Russians used In attempting to force
the DukIa pass, General Cadorna 10
sacrificing enormous masses Of human
lives"
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ESTIMATES OF DEAD
CONTINUED from page ~

covered and In the various morgues
was e25. Since II p. m. Saturday,
few bodies have been recovered from
the overturned EastIand, or the riv'
er In that vicinity. Men at work be
Iieve that many Of the bodies Will
never be recovered, having been car
ried Into the lake or to the drainage
canal. At that hour, no definite esti.
mate of the exact number Of the
dead would be made by either Cor
oner Hoffman or the police offieiall
owing to the difference Of opinion a
to the exact number on board the
EastIand when she went down.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-25
CHICAGO MAYOR
RETURNS HOME
CONTINUED from page ~

raising a fund of at least half mil
lion dollars for the benefit of the
sufferers and to bury those dead
whose relatives might be unable to
Withstand the financial strain With
out further suffering
At tonight's conference II was de-
cided to appoint committee to be
composed Of National Red Cross Off
Gals, Western Electric officials and
members of Mayor Thompsons cabi-
net to collect the fund. The COM
n1tttee will not make public ap-
peal. Instead it will confine itself
to addressing such men as Julius
Rosenwald, head OF SearsIRoebuck;
Ogden Armour; James r. Simpson
and John G. Shedd of Marshall
Fields: James A. Pstten, wheat king;
Stanley Field and Mrs. Potter Palm
er. Mayor Thompson promised ST..
Ivy and James PUgh, his closest DO
ueieai and personal friend, $1,000 as
start toward the fund.
e accident occurred at the rush
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-25
FRANCE

limited Press Leased Wire Service
LONDON, July PA iuil In the So
we're fighting in AIsaee and practically
no encounters except artillery duela
around Souchez were indicated In both
the Berlin and Paris official statements
received here tonight.
The German war office reported that
$500 French dead have been counted
on the vosges slopes In AIsaee. Paris
announced the capture Of a German
aeropIane and two prisoners near
Bathancourt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-25
THE WEATHER

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, July 24.-Weather
forecast:
Illinois: Probably showers Sunday
with cooler in northeast portion; Mon
day partly cloudy.
Missouri: Unsettled weather Sun.
day and Monday, probably showers;
cooler In northwest portion Sunday.
Iowa: Unsettled weather Sunday
and Monday, probably showers; not
much change in temperature.
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hour Of workers Into the loop distries.
Within twenty minutes the streets Tor
blocks about the dock were 1ammed
with curious crowds, who sreatiy
hampered the work Of the police. ne
disorder became so great that Chief OF
Police HeaIey called in every reserve
patrolman and alt desk men from ou'-
iyina precincts. Then 1t was founa
necessary to call the traffic squad 20
help out. The result was one OF the
worst traffic jams for three hours that
the normally crowded loop district has
ever known.
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|TAIY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
ROME, July 25.-(Sunday.)-An Of
fetal report from General cadorna
early today failed to confirm rumors
that Goritz has been occupied by Ital-
ian troops. The italian commander
In chief reported that heavy Austrian
attacks on the Carlo plateau near
Goritz wore repuIsed, tho Italians TAX
ing many prisoners.
ain the vaIampezzo region, we have
completed the occupation of Tofano,"
said the official statement. ''in the
Monte Nero zone, we have reached
the heights Of Luxnica."
KINGS NARROW ESCAPE.
ROME, July 24.-king Emanuel ha1
4 marrow escape from death ! few
days ago, according to a dispateh e
the oionaIe Italia. A heavy ca'ibre
Austrian shell dropped within ter
Yards Of the kings automobile during
the recent heavy fighting on the
osonzo, the dispatch said. His majes
ty interestediy examined the projee
tile while the troops around Justify
eheered him.
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Practical.

Practical.
Springfield, Mass. Republican: y
far as this war shows, the most use
full military training for schooioO..
would be couple of earnest noun
daily spent in digging bitches.
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AUSTRIA

limited Press Leased Wire Service
VIENNA, (vIa wireless to Sayviile).
July 24.-Private advices from tho
front say the present fearful struggle
alono the Isonzo river is comparable
only to the Russian efforts to pierce
the Austrian wall at Dukia Pass In
the carpathians. General cadorna, OF
the italian forces, pursues Russian
tactics in his assault on the Austrian
petitions, sacrificing enormous masses
of human lives. For five days he has
poured thousands against the Austrian
line.
eRucGE FIGHTING.
VIENNA, : (via eerIin), July a.
CHASTITY scenes In which Daimat,an
troops. mad with hatred Of the ita!-
isns. came to grips with the attacking
bersaoIieri in the glare Of huge
scarchIiqhts played UPON the trenches
about Goritz were pictured in dis
patches from Trieste tonight. The
"orudae fiahtine" before Goritz and all
aiono the lsonzo eciipses in fury the
bloody German-Engiish death struggles
around Ypres earlier In the war ana
the recent France-Gerran battles un-
foreground for possession Of the north
ern France "labyrinth.'
The heat Is so intense and the
humidity so oppressive that practicaif
ly all the Italian infantry ATTACKS are
delivered at night.
The bersagIieri first creep forward
until they are observed BY the Aus
TRAN outposts and then race 70 .ne
assault under the full glare OF the
sesrcEiishts and hundreds OF iiiun'in-
ating bombs.
"For five days wave after wave OF
fresh enemy troops have beat cont'hu-
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DROWNED WITHIN
A STEP OF SHORE
Continued from page IL

the river bottom to choke their ives
out under the killing pressure OF the
boats weight.
For an hour or longer, after the
boat had settled on her side, the mar
row river was literally covered Tor
distance Of many yards east and
west, with struggling, screaming hu-
mainly. The victims were SO thiek
in places that many were seen to go
down under the bows of tugs, and
launches and small boats that went
to the rescue.
Adding to the struggle In the water
were the cries of hundreds still I'M
prisoned in the hull. For hours,
these kept up the terrible calls tor
aid that so many were franticaiiy
working to get to them, only the
width of steel plate away. Those
drowned under decks suffered the
most terrific agony during their last
moments, as they pounded with
boxes that had lately held picnic
lunches and with chairs while the wa
ter slowly erept above their heads.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30
NoProblern to
Solve
s. n - 81 " n - n " Nm
By H. M. ECBERT

Copyright. 1915. by W. @. Chapman.)
Some men at the club had brought
up the old problem of wife versus
mother. Which should . man save.
II he we're struggling with them In
the water? Then it was that Merrill
told this story:
"Sotheby had been out boating
with his fiancee. Evelyn. and her lit
tie crippled sister. Mollie." he said.
Il think that problem was still harder.
Ordinarily, of course. his duty would
have been to save his fiancee. but Mol
lie was lame-had been 90 from birth.
She could walk, after . fashion, but
she couldn't have swan, and she was
far too frail and delicate to swim for
her life In such a tide a. Eight Mile
race.
He knew Evelyn could swim like
. fish, too. The girls were staying at
North Cliff when he went to see them.
He had met Evelyn few weeks be-
fore, In town. He knew she and her
sister were orphans. They had hard
ly a relative in the world. Sotheby had
become engaged q week or two before,
and he was madly in love with Eve
lyn, and the envy Of all the other
men who admired her dashing beauty.
Il think his predicamept was worse.
1t was about half mile to the land,
and Evelyn could probably have made
it. Mollie was helpless. Sotheby did
not know what to do. He acted on
impulse. He saved Nellie.
He never knew how the boat had
overturned He was trying to bring
the tiller around and let the boom &C
when they found themselves in the
water, and clinging to the overturned
boat. which was drifting rapidly out
to sea.
He saw Evelyn struggling beside
him, and Mollie sinking Quick as
flash Sotheby grabbed Mollie by the
hair. He lost sight Of Evelyn. HI
knew he could not save both girls. ant
he could not let Mollie 60. Alternate
ly swimming and treading water, h
managed, in utter exhaustion, to ge
Mollie ashore. Then he tainted.
He awakened in fisherman's cot
tage. Mollie was upstairs and doin
well. The next day he saw her. II
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-30

had not dared to ask about his fiancee;
everybody knew she was drowned. To
his astonishment Mollie seemed al
most unconcerned.
1T was a tiny fishing village, and
the tragedy, though 1t stirred the
place, was not widely reported. After
Mollie and he had recovered the girl
gave up the little cottage and went
home.
"'You must let me come an see
you, for Evelyn's sake, said Sotheby.
He was rather astonished when
Mollie resolutely refused. I bear you
NO III will, Jack, and ! owe you my
life,' she said. But l ieel that 1t
would be impossible after-what has
happened
The girls uncanny calmness
shocked John. However. there was
nothing to do but acquiesce. 1t was
year before he saw Nellie igain. They
met on Fifth avenue, nc the recogni'
ton was mutual. Mollie told Jack
Sotheby that she was living with An
old aunt in an apartment uptown.
That had been a larc period fol
Sothehy. He knew hat he shadow
over his life would deepen rather than
disappear, as the years went IN. And
yet, strangely enough, he began Il
realize that he had not truly loved
Evelyn. Their meeting Ind engage
n,ent had been rapid, and there had
bee. 70 Communism II tastes tetweer
them. II had been infatuation, and
in spite of the tragedy, Jack thought
of Evelyn as an episode In his life
rather than his lost love.
When he looked at Mollie he was
conscious CT a sudden awakening o
interest in the frail girl, whose beaut,
had developed until she seemed
replica OF Evelyn-less dashing, les:
vivacious. hut tie Evelyn whom h'
would have loved rather than the on'
he had known.
~ am coming to see you. Mollie.
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Queries as to Why Men Had Sue.
eumbed to the Wiles Of Cupid oif.
fered Widely.

Postal cards having been sent out
to all the married men in certain
town Of western New York carrying
the question, why did you marry?"
the following are some Of the answers
returned:
That's what I've been trying for
II years to find out
Married to get even with her moth
er, but never have"
Was freckle faced, and thought It
was my last chance. I've found out,
however, that freckles amt near az
bad as hens-peck."
Because | was too lazy to work"
Because Sarah told me that five
other young fellows had proposed to
| her Lucky dogs!'
THE old man thought eight years
courtin long enough"
| 81 was lonesome and melancholy,
and wanted some one to make me
lively N. B.-She makes me lively
you bet"
Il was tired of buying ice cream
and candies and going to theaters and
church, and wanted a rest. Have saved
money"
Please don't stir me up!"
Because ! thought she was one
among a thousand; now l sometimes
think she is a Thousand among one
Because / did not then have the
experience l now have.
THE governor was going to give
me his foot and took his daughters
hand"
Il thought it would be cheaper than
breach of promise suit :.
That's the same fool question all
nv friends and neighbors ask
"necause ! had more money than
rnas what to do with. And now
have more to do with than ! nave
; money"
~ wanted a companion Of the op
nosite sex P. S.-She is still oppo
site"
Don't mention II"
Had difficulty in unlocking the dool
a at night and wanted somebody IN 'hs
!. house to let me in.
: BECAUSE it is just my luck
81 didn't intend to 60 and DO IT,
~ vearned for company. We nov
have company all the time-hel
: folks. a,
= II married to get the best wife II
. the world
g "Recause | asked her If she'd hav'
: mo she said she would. | think she
, got me"