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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-29
I'VE recommend to the s

l0V6SuSaCOn De udu6 OF LQS corpora
ton or individuals responsible for the
management of this boat with a view
to discovering if other members of
the corporations or other individuals
were responsible for acts contribute
ing to this disaster.
1--WE further recommend that the
states attorney and grand jury inVes-
tigate carefully the circumstances of
construction of this boat to ascertain
if there can be found legal methods
by which those responsible for its de-
fects in construction can be held ac-
coUntable.
eve further recommend that the
states attorney and the grand jury
investigate the details of purchase
and sale of the different common car
riers which have owned the Eastland,
with a view of determining, if pos
sible, whether knowledge of the in
stability of this boat and the hazards
attendant thereon have been known
to the seller and have not been dis
closed by the sellers to the purchas-
ers, and whether the various pur-
chaseTs of this boat have discharged
their duties as common carriers in
investigating the stability and free
dom from hazards of the steamship
Eastland.
"It is our opinion that the federal
governments system of permitting
the construction of vessels for use by
common carriers is Unscientifc and
a menace to public safety. There is
not now, nor has there ever been, an
inspection service maintained by the
federal government for the purpose
of determining the stability of boats
offered for passenger service. It is
the Judgment of this jury that the
present method of determining the
passenger-carrying capacity of YES
sells is not founded on any proper
basis.
In Oopoiuo tho fuyO insnacfOra tho
The Keota news., 1915-11-12
oPoRT.

At Boston the University of ps,,.
sylvania was Dictated By Dartmouth
Z to 8.
At Cheyenne. Wyo.. the Nina,
Freshpen defeated Cheyenne Hish
II to b.
At West Point. N. r.. the Army lo,t
TO Notre Dame. z to 0. In q well.playsd
and hard.fought game.
Tho New Mexico College Of Asrieu,.
ture and Mechanical Arts took a hish
position In the Southwestern cham.
pionship race BY defeating the I'm.
versity of Arizona. 3 to 0. at La,
Cruces.
frankie Burns Of Jersey City has
agreed to terms to meet Kid William.
Of Baltimore. the bantamweight cham.
pion, In . twenty-round bout for tho
worlds bantamweight title at New
Orleans Nov. 20.
The Harvard University football
team defeated the Princeton eleven at
Princeton. N. j.. 10 to 6. 1t was the
fourth consecutive victory for the
Crimson over the Tigers since 1912 At
Princeton, N. J.
Results Of Colorado football games
Saturday: Greeley 13. Loveland G:
La Junta IA, Lamar o: Boulder Preps
IS. Eaton o: Colorado Springs .,
Rocky Ford 0: Longmont AS. Fort Col.
Inns Z; Gunnison IS. Moutrose IA.
The Keota news., 1915-11-12
Hen In 5oo-MIIs Hatch.

Cottage Grove. ore.-A hen set here
completed her hatch 500 miles away.
When Bert Nokes prepared to move
to Spokane he decided to ship his hen
and eggs by express. Chicken fan.
ciers smiled. but when biddy arrived
IN Spokane she had in no way changed
her mind about raising a familv
Nokes announces that twelve Of the
fourteen eggs hatched.
The Keota news., 1915-11-12
A eIushlns Bridge At 70.

Grants Pass. Ore.-The Oldest cor
pie ever married in Josephine county
have just started on their honevmoon
John M. Jones. the bridegroom
lacked only two months of eighty
years. and the blushing bride VA
seventy.nine years old.
The Keota news., 1915-11-12
could not have any idea OF what was
going on.

C00I0 NOT nave ouy su0~ oe "es
going on.
Weather was Too Fine.
AT 6 D. m. the weather looked very
suitable-overcast with . slight haze
over the land and indications OF light
rain-but later It cleared up and be'
came too fine for our liking.
AT 10 p. m. the Majestic's boat ar.
rived. with Lieut.. G. H. Goodwin. r. NJ.
in charge. and shortly after We pushed
Oh, with my boat leading and the Ma
testic following about 800 yards astern.
1T was . bit eerie. steaming along
In the pitch Gark with all lights out in
the boat. towart the distant search.
lights. not knowing whether death or
life awaited one
THE whole distance was about IL
miles from the ship. the last i've be.
ing the really dangerous part. Up to
there ones only danger was mines.
and. 40 We only drew I've feet. we
hoped We would 90 over them all right.
though It was quite on the cards We
would bump q floating mine.
I'VE kept nearly In the center OF the
channel to avoid being spotted BY the
Suandere No. searchlight, which was
not . very high one. We had come
along quite lnobserved until We were
abeam of 1t. passing the smaller search.
lights without much trouble. Unfor.
tunately the men stationed near the
Suandere searchlight saw us and start.
cd OF firing or IL pdr. shrapnel.
"Thus the bail opened-we still had
three or four miles to 60. We continued
our way and approached the other
given. all the other searchlights came
on and sent their beams searching
round to pick us up. and 40 each beam
struck us. bang would 60 another gun.
A few seconds later We would hear .
ping ~ the projectile whizzed past
u. or q sharp metallic crack as q
shrapnel burst Just over our heads.
In Glare Of eearehiishts.
Presently we arrived in the vicinity
Of the stranded submarine BY this
time eight searchlights were trained
on our boat. and We were being fired
on from six directions. The noise Of
the guns and the splashes in the wa
ter and the powerful beams Of the
searchlights must have made an effec-
tive scene. Personally. however. ! had
not much time to consider the artistic
side Of 1t. AZ l was steaming zigzag
courses to puzzle the gunners. gradu-
ally getting near to the place where
MA fhounht N.1H vas The Mo 1ast1css
boat had been fred on, but not to such
An extent. 40 we. being the leading
boat. received at first most Of the
enemy's attention.
I'VE saw Q dark mass which We
thought must be the submarine There
was no searchlight on It, 80 we could
not make sure), and the order was
given to fire one torpedo. which We
did. but as we heard no explosion con.
cluded we had missed.
The current was very strong and
rather like q whirlpool in Kephez bay.
30 steering was very difficult. and It
was an effort to keep ones head with
the noise Of guns all round US and the
dazzle Of the searchlights.
I'VE steamed up q short distance
and turned round intending to close
again and fire our other torpedo, but
suddenly saw the Majestics boat in
trouble and the crew calling for help.
It appeared that coming up behind US,
and while the searchlights were TO.
cused on Us one of the beams passed
us ana shone right on ELS. and the
The Keota news., 1915-11-12
GENERAL.

A Chicago jury will have to decide
whether 1t was worth $1,000 to Ber.
nard Mahon. wealthy contractor, to
have . nosebleed stopped. That's
what DR.. r. J. Tivne charged.
Hywel Davies. former president Of
the Kentucky Coal Operators Associa.
tion, whose home 10 in Lexington, was
notified by Secretary Of Labor Wilson
of his appointment ~ arbitrator in the
Arizona Copper Mine strike.
John Einlayson. 103 years old, dis.
coverer of Finlayson river and Fin.
layson lake in Yukon territory. has
applied to the board of trustees Of
the Pioneers' home 1T sitka, Alaska,
for q pension under the Alaska terri.
torial law providing for aged pioneers.
John d. Rockefeller rendered an ir
vitation to all Of Cleve'ands 92.33s
school children to attend the Cleve
land flower show 40 his guests. 1t Is
estimated that at the regular charge
for children the party will cost Mr..
Rockefeller S23.0S4.
Police officers in indianapolis en-.
gagged in a running pistol duel with
man named Arthur Houser, alias
Buck" Weaver, said to te an escaped
convict from the Colorado peniten'
tiary, and man who IL wanted b. tho
Kansas City police for attacks upon
young women. Houser was captured
when he collided with a messenger
boy during the duel with the police.
Twelve bodies, those Of eight wom
en- and four men, summed up the
casualties as the result Of the fire in
the Diamond candy factory building
in Brooklyn, N. Y.
At least $500.000 has been expended
In carrying out alleged German plots
in this country In an effort to prevent
war munitions from reaching the al
lies. according to q statement made in
New York by one Of the officials in
vestigating the case Of Robert Fay
who claimed to be . German army
lieutenant, and five alleged accom-
plices.
The Arizona copper concentrator.
Mills Nos. and 3 and the ore bins OF
the Arizona Copper Company at Cllf'
ton are a total loss from the fires
which started in q maze Of electric
wires. The damage is estimated at
$4,000. For two hours the fire
threatened Chase Creek and North
Clifton. :.
Miss Margaret Wilson, who is visit
ing in Milwaukee In connection with
the sixty-third annual convention OF
the Wisconsin Teachers Association
was shown three of Milwaukee's big
social centers.
The Keota news., 1915-11-12
Two Picket Boat Crews Of British
Sailors Oaringly Destroy
Stranded Submarine.
MAKES A THRILLING STORY
Admiral Calls Tor Volunteers 20 90 on
Perilovs Undertaking In Dead Of
NIolst-osarehll0hts and Enc
my Shells Play About the
Merry crewo.


Merry Grows.
Londoa.-An extremely interesting
account Of the destruction Of the Brit
ish submarine ELS In the Dardanelles
to prevent hsY from falling into the
hands Of the Turks 10 given BY one Of
the men who took part in the exploit.
It win b recalled that the ELS went
mp the Dardanelles at daylight on
April II in an attempt to torpedo .
Turkish ship at the Narrows. The
boat ran ashore in KeDhes bay few
miles west Of Chanak, on the Asiattc
shore.
The accident to the ELS was dis
covered BY the brother Of the subma.
Fine's captain. who went up % IN OBJ
server In IN aeroplane to watch he
dash Of the small craft commanded BY
his brother. II Was he who reported
to the admiral commanding the Brit.
ish 0eet that the conning tower Of
the ftail boat was closed and that .
Turkish destroyer WAS standing BY
evideatly planning to begin salvage
operations
Extracts from the story. printed In
Blackwood's Magazine. follow:
THE coming tower and Q little Of
the whaleback were showing above
water. Submarine BIG went up. but
could not do anything. a. the current
was 20 strong. She fired one torpedo.
but could not SEQ II she hit. That
night two destroyers went up the
strrit to attack ELS. They got fairly
near her. but saw nothing to IRE ut.
"voluntssr crsws Only"
AS . last resort the admiral sent
the following: Two picket boats from
Triumph and Majestic are to attack
els tonight with torpedoe1 lifted to
dropping gear. Lieutenant commander
q. @. Robinson Of Vengeance will be
In charge Of operations. Only volun.
teer crews to be sent This oficer
was ordered to take charge. a. his
ship had been on patrol at the time
ELS struck. and he knew exactly
whore she was.
"You can imagine the order rather
astonished ~. ~ It was almost certain
death to take small steamboats, right
up under the enemy's guns. and into
water every inch Of which was Gov.
cred By powerful searchlights.
AT p. m. We hoisted out our picket
boat and fitted the dropping gear. We
also placed Maxim gun in the bow,
rifles and ammunition and Q life belt
tor each man. was ordered to cut
down the crew to the smallest possible
number. Many men wanted to 20, but I
settled on two seamen gunners for the
Maxim. four seamen torpedo men 1.-TWO
each side). one leading stoker, two
stokers and torpedo petty ofiicer to
act - coxswain. So altogether We
had ono ofncer (myself) and ten men,
also Lieutenant Commander Robinson.
who was In command Of both boats.
and Midshipman Woolley. also from
the Vengeance.
while It was still light the captain
kept about three miles outside the en-.
trance. with our boats on the side of
the ship away from the shore. SO that
the enemy. even with powerful glasses,
The Keota news., 1915-11-12

they might have to swim for Il We
r,aneuvered the boat TO 90 alongeide.
but the current was terrible and u
made the handling very dimcult ma:'
ter. The enemy saw the disaster ana
redoubled their efforts. Tho sea al
round us was . mass Of splashes from
projectiles. some Of them IL to ~ feet
high, while the water where the shrsp-
mel burst was pitted - II BY heavy
rain. How It was we were not hit
cannot say-one would imagine It was
impossible to come out Of such an In.
ferno. All ! can say 10 tina. God pre-
served 10 and not shot actually hit.
though We were one and all wet with
the splashes. After some dimculty We
got alongside the Majestic's boat and
they jumped on board. We were very
delighted to hear that they had been
successful and had done the Job OF tor.
pedoing ELS.
"As We steamed round again pre-
paratory to heading out We saw . man
crawling out Of the other beats stern
sheets. He had been forgotten In the
hurry OF the moment. It looked liks
suicide to 90 back. but Of course We
could not leave him there. 20 maneuv.
cred close again and shouted to him 70
get into the water and swim toward
US. which he did. and We hauled him
into the boat unconscious. Goodwin.
who looked after him. had him put
down the forepeak and It was found
that his legs had been crushed through
the explosion Of the shell which struck
the boat. He was the only lnan in the
stern sheets and IN the dark they
overlooked him when It cano to aban.
doning their boat.
"The enemy evidently thought that
there were men still on the sinking
boat. as they Kept their searchlight
on her and concentrated . heavy fire
also. They must have wasted . few
hundred rounds. This enabled 10 to
steal away quietly. and. ~ there wa
about four.knot Tor even more) cur
rent running. we soon got some dis
tance away. We had steamed over
two mine fields to get to ELS.
1.-THE Old Navy Touch"
I'VE first went to the Majestic on
the outer southern line Of patrol.
When we got alongside her and asked
for doctor he found that the wounded
man was dead. The commander Of the
Majestic. with the true old navy touch.
instead Of congratulating 10 all on the
success Of the expedition and his peo
pie on their lives being saved. only
asked them II they had saved any Of
the boats gear!
Having put the party on board. and
the dead man. we showed OF and tried
to find the Triumph, which was about
three miles away. At night time In
war, when all lights are out and dead.
lights down. 1t is hard to see even Q
big ship. However. we found the Trt
umph and arrived alongside at $40
a. m.. having had an exciting time and
an extremely interesting adventure
After hoisting my boat, in l went and
reported myself to the captain on the
bridge, who was very nice about Il all
and also said he had not expected to
see US again.
Lieutenant Commander Robinson
was in charge of the operations and in
my boat, and l carried on under him.
To him the greatest credit ts due. and
l am glad to say he has been promoted
to commander for his gallantry die
played on this and several previous GO
casions."
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14
TIMELY BUMPER CROPS.

That two bumper crop years in America
should come in succession impresses one with
the marvellous good fortune OF the country in
agriculture. Substantially the same thing hap
pened in 1879 and 1880, at a most critical mo-
ment In the economic and financial life Of the
nation. Since the Civil war the United States
had been paper money basis. and congress
had finally enacted law providing that special
payments should be resumed In January 1, 1879.
The premium on gold disappeared on December
II. 1873 for the FIRST time since 1854. II was
highly doubtful that the operation OF resuming
specie payments would succeed. II was beyond
the governments contral whether resumption
could be maintained without large bond issues
and heavy purchases OF gold abroad The won
derful harvests Of 1879 and 1880 In the United
States saved he situation and, as II by a mir
acle. Europe in 1879 suffered one OF the worst
crop failures in its history, making Americas
surplus wheat absolutely essential abroad for
food purposes at high prices. The result was
that foreign exchange turned heavily in our
favor, the stream OF gold came this way and the
governments resumption program was trium-
phantIy vindicated.
A certain parallel between the period OF the
resumption Of specie payments and the period
Of the present war can be traced The wars
outbreak in 1914. had some such effect on Eu.
ropes grain supplies IS did the harvest failure
Of 1879. Each belligerent at once began storing
grain. while the closing OF the Dardanelles shut
of the Russian wheat supply absolutely from the
western countries. The European demand In
1914 thus became feverishly insistent. and Amer
ica. az in 1879, met the exceptional foreign de-
mand and saved herself by producing again the
largest grain crops In the history-not for ono
season only, but for two seasons in succession.
Such experiences, due primarily 10 favorable
weather conditions over which government has
not the slightest control, give fresh point to
that much-quoted saying Of an European states
man that a special Providence watches over in
fants, drunken men and the United States--
Springfield Republican.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14
For the Child's Sake.

A little child wrote this letter to Dallas
paper:
mamma is sick and papa's in bad company.
n vou will print this perhaps he will see II and
come home We have cleaned his room all UP
for him."
There is hardly a great city in this land OF
ours which does not number its tots who might
well write the same letter.
Mamma is sick and papas in bad company!
Old. old tale of woe and suffering
Between the lines may be read whole chapters
treating OF God-sent love, plghted troth and the
vows Of the altar
Then Of the trials, the tribulations. that are
hut mart OF life OF needless Quarrels estrange-
ment, the cup that browns. broken pledges
deserted wife and babe.
Oh. yes, there's volumes and volumes oetwix'
these pitifuI lines. II one reads Alright.
Fault on both sides, maybe.
No need to mention that
Possibly sin. - well.
But there is one who did not sin: In whom
there lies no fault--the babe.
We reproduce the letter hoping that 1t may
meet the eye of some other papa, who Is wanted
and needed at home.
Go back and try once more-for the kids
sake!
Christmas is fine time to start anew.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14
BY gibson GARDNER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Pa.
tional Defense league. with empha-
sifs on RATIONAL Is a new organi.
zation just formed In Washington
10 give a different turn to the de-
Tense program in congress- Ii is
not an organization Of Pc fists op-
posed 10 war on sentimental
grounds, but Is an organization to
push the following proposals:
Cd Taxation OF the rich instead
OF the poor for preparedness. by in
heritance and income taxes. t2D gov
ernment manufacture OF all muni-
tons OF war. t3) conservation and
development by the government IT,
self OF all national resources of tim.
Der. oil. coal. minerals. water power.
etc, for national defense, a. crea-
ton of commission TO study the
possibility OF aggressive war by
foreign nations against the United
States and to propose q plan OF
mutual cooperation between the re-
publics of North and South America.
and 60 the submission OF an ad-
visory referendum to the people, men
and women. whenever possible be-
fore a declaration OF war is made.
AT the first mass meeting under
the auspices OF the newly formed
league, Edward Heating. OF Colo
rado. was the principal speaker.
ather speakers being Rev. Warren
Worth Bailey OF Pennsylvania, Gen.
Isaac r. Sherwood Of Ohio. and
Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict OF
New Yark. Mrs. Jessie Hardy Mac
Kaye presided. Among those pres
ent were Hon. Louis r. Post, as
sistant secretary OF labor. and Mrs.
Post. Clarence V. Powderly of the
immigration bureau. Mrs. John j.
White OF the Woman's Constructive
Peace Party. Mary Mcdowell OF the
Chicago stockyards settlement, Rep.
d. G. Hilliard OF Colorado. Mrs. Sar.
ah Lard Field OF California. and
George p. West OF the Industrial
Relations committee.
The question as to whether the
rich or the poor are 10 be burdened
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14
A Poem a Day

WINTER.
The day had been n calm ana sunny
day.
And tinged with amber was the
sky at even.
The fieecy clouds at length had rolled
away,
And lay in burrows on the eastern
heaven
The moon arose and shed a giimmer-
And round her orb a misty circle lay.
The hoar- frost giittered on the
naked heath,
The roar of distant winds was loud
The dry leaves rustied in each pass
ing breath.
And the gay world was lost In
quiet sleep.
Such was the time when. on tho
landscape brown.
December air the snow
came down.
The morning came. the dreary morn.
at last,
And showed the whitened waste
The shivering herd
Lowed on the hoary meadow ground,
and fast
Fell the light flakes. upon the
earth unstirred:
The forest mrs with glittering SHOWS
o'erlaid
stood like hoar priests In robes OF
white arrayed
John Howard Bryant.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14

take the chain right on just as soon
as we try II on"
"Oh well" replied the wclf. II
don't just exactly suspect but I like
TO be on the safe side. n one OF
you gods will put his hand IN my
mouth while you put The chain on 7
guess can trust you to take it on
again"
Tyr. the god Of War. was the only
one brave enough TO put his hand
in the VOLTS mouth.
As soon as Fenris found himself
tied up hard and fast with the won.
derful chain he bit Oft the war gods
hand
N is curious that the French name
for Tuesday is Mardl-that is. the
days of Mars. also a war god like
Tyr who gives us Tyr's day or Tues.
day.
Tomorrow we'll tell you how
"Wednesday was named.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14

Here's picture Of fellow got.
ting his hand chewed or by a wolf
Tough on him. wasn't It? Anyway.
he Is the guy Tuesday was named
after.
You see, II was this way: A long
time ago the old Morse gods and
goddesses became pesved at a
wicked spirit wolf named Fenris. so
they made a chain ont OF the foot.
steps OF cat. the boards cf won
on, the roots OF stones. the breath
of fishes, the nerves OF bears and
other things hard to find.
Then they went to the wolf and
said: Let us put this pretty chain
around your beautiful neck?"
NAY. nay" replied tho wolf. I'm
too old bird TO be caught that
why"
Mercy" exclaimed the gods.
you don't suspect us do your Wen
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14
- Y YoRIAL PACE

sentiment in Michigan. right at this
time, is for prohibition not within coun-
ty lines but across the width and
breadth of the state.
Two Detroit newspapers have recent
ly discovered this sentiment.
One of them has thrown out whisky
advertising as a sop to it, while retain
ing the bigger and better-paying beer
advertising.
The other has sensed this dry sentl-
ment more keenly and has thrown out
both whisky and beer advertising.
The Times, many, many moons ago,
kicked not only the brewer and the dis
tiller from it's columns, but along with
them the makers of patent medicines
and the makers of cigarettes as code
PENDANTS to the whisky and dope traffics
with their publicity for habit-forming
products.
II is an overwhelming force that is
marching right now against King Booze
and the only possible hope of the whisky
interests and their political allies is to
divide that force, which they will en-
deavor in every conceivable manner to
do.
A federation of Bible classes Will go
long way toward fooling the whisky
folk at this point.
A federation of Bible classes in De-
troit will help.
A federation of Bible classes all over
the state would be still better.
At any rate, let it be the duty OF fed
Grated Bible classes wherever the hap
py example of Detroit is emulated, to
keep the ranks intact and to get out the
church vote when the time comes
that the church may, for once, put
something over.
The Detroit times., 1915-12-14
Pointed Paragraphs

Handsome Is as handsome often
doesn't
Sarcasm is TO can 4 gpeen maid
help"
Some men spend lct OF time
looking for traps to walk into.
The majority of mankind follows
the Golden Rule--at n distance.
Speaking OF wel'-preserved WON.
en- Lct.s wife was probably the best
OF the lot.
Charity covers multitude OF
poor people with secondhand and
worn-out garments.
Some men are such tightwads
that they won't even lend trouble
without good security.