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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
BABY GIRL IS
 FOUND ALIVE

One thrill passed through the crowd as
 word came from the steamer that girl
 baby had been found alive among the
 hundreds of dead in the ship. The child
 was discovered in starboard state
 room, where she had been held from the
 water by a chair that damned against
 the berth. The baby only half-awakened
 as it was carried to land. Its mother could not be found.
 Two women were found alive in an-
 other stateroom In protruding side of the Eastland, but that ended the hopes
 that any number had escaped death in the trap. There were still 300 persons
 in the hold when these three persons were
 taken out alive and the explorers of the
 hulk said that all were dead.
 Work of tagging the bodies of the dead
 and, placing them in accessible places
 for Identification proceeded all day and
 night. Reports from temporary morgues
 gave total of ITO bodies but tabulation
 became so confusing that it was decided to take all bodies to the Second regiment
 armory, so that those who were looking
 for lost friends and relatives could view
 all the victims in one place.
 Identification was slow and scenes at
 the morgues were as affecting as those
 at the river when the steamer capsized. Mothers fell across the piers of children whom they had sent away a few hours before on what was intended to be day of pleasure. Men had to summon the stoical qualities they possessed to re- tain composure as they passed between the rows of corpses, looking for missing children or wives
 Yet amidst all the horrors and heart ache officers of various departments attended to pressing duties of disposi- ton of the dead and injured. tracing of the missing. inquiry into the cause of the disaster and precautions against disease from sunken bodies and the
 carrying of corpses by the river to-
 wards the canal locks.
 Federal Judge Landis ordered grand jury impaneled to investigate the catastrophe; States Attorney HoyEe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25

survivors flashed word to anxious rel ativeS.
 The Red Cross established an emergency station at the Second regiment armory, prepared to take care of prostration cases and accidents. The nurses association and society volunteered to care for sur- vivors and stricken relatives and were helped by hotels, which furnished gallons Of coffee and hundreds of sandwiches Under direction of the city health de- partment treatment to prevent typhoid fever was accorded survivors who might have swallowed river water.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
FIREMEN WORK
 ON SUNKEN HILL

Shortly after the water was cleared, city firemen and workmen were on the exposed side of the Eastland's hull, cutting through it's steel plates with gas flames. Divers were hurried into underwater suits. tug was moored as a bridge between the pier and the capsized ship.
 AS the divers gained entrance to the hull, the scene of distress moved for the time being from the river to the ex- temporized morgues. Warehouses of wholesale companies along the river were thrown open and bodies were placed in rows on the floors. Scores of persons res cued from the water were injured and these were taken to the Iroquois hospital, built in memory of the 600 women, children and few men who were burned and crushed odeath in the Iroquois theatre several years ago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
School for Girl Clerks

London. July 10.-(Special. )-The London municipal school where girls may learn in six weeks to become grocers' clerks, has been successfully launched in the western part of the city with a class of 30. The girls will be trained in all the routine work of assistants in grocery and provision stores. Tuition is free and pupils un- able to support themselves during the six weeks course are granted 8 a week from the Prince of Wales fund.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25

provided.
 Prizes had been offered for the most novel costumes in the parade and this accounted for the gorgeous attire on many of the bodies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
Prince Henry's Son Promoted

Kfey, Germany, July 10.-(Specia1) Prince Sigismund, the second son of Prince Henry of Prussia, who at tho age of IT entered the navy in active service-at the outbreak of the war has just passed the examinations for ensign and has been promoted He has teen attached to the marine corps and assigned to Flanders.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
PICTURES OF TRAGEDY
 WILL BE BANNED

Chicago, Jaly 24.-Exhibition of moving pictures depicting the Eastland tragedy in any photo play theatre in the city was forbidden by Acting Mayor W. R. Moorhouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
Hunt for Bodies

Chicago, July 24.-With 10 highpowered searchlights playing over the scene from rooms of neighboring buildings and the inside of the ill-fated steamer illuminated with electric bulbs, the hunt for bodies continued after dark.
 The hazardous task of stringing the electric light wires inside the wreck was accomplished by 20 or more electricians
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
Money for AtrOcity PrObe

Petrograd, July 10.-(Special )--Thc council of empire has appropriated $20,000 for an extraordinary inquiry into "the breaking of accepted rules of warfare by Germans and Austrians in the field"
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Coroner Hoffman selected a jury to To ok into the cause of the deaths the police arrested all the officers of the Eastland and the health commissioner arrang sd
 to purify the river, for fear disease
 might be spread by the presence of so
 many bodies in the stream.
 Arrangements also were made to get
 at the sunken vessel to determine the
 underlying causes of the accident. Dor
 ricks on scows were taken to the side
 of the Eastland and marine engineers were engaged to inspect the ship. Those in charge of the various works of clearing up the toll of casualties and determining the responsibility for the capsizing of the boat said tonight the endeavor would necessarily be slow be-
 cause of the large number of persons aboard the Eastland and the difficulty of getting at the hull of the steamer. One man was seen to cling to a spike q In the side of the wharf while two women and three children stepped up his body to safety. He fell exhausted
 into the river as the last one of the five reached the pier
 Instances of heroism were almost as
 numerous as the number of persons on the scene. Boats as soon as full took rescued passengers to the wharf or to
 the steamer Theodore Roosevelt, which
 was tied up opposite the Eastland. In an hour the water was cleared of excursionists. Those who had not been
 taken to land had sank or were swirl Ing down the river towards the drain age canal locks at Lockport, Ill., many miles away. The locks were raised to 1 stop the current and arrangements were
 made to take bodies from the river
 along its course through the southwess | part of Chicago
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
SHIP NEVER
 HEET.ED RACK

The ship never hecled back. It turned slowly, but steadily toward its left side. Children clutched the skirts of mothers and sisters to keep from fall ing. Water began to enter lower port
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
Avenue in Mourning

Chicago, July 24-Kolin avenue, a home ly West Side street, was an avenue of mourning tonight. For blocks there was hardly a house which had not felt direct ly the shock of the Eastland disaster, for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
Jokes Come True

Chicago, July 24.-The July "Jubilator, " the official newspaper of employees of the Western Electric company, advertis- ing the picnic in Michigan City, Ind. that was prevented by the steamer East land disaster. was filled with jokes and cartoons of what might have taken place Copies of the paper were found on many of the victims.
 Introducing the front-page cartoon was the caption: What Hor'
 Readers of the Jubilator be jubilant
 Last time 1t was submarine
 Long ago Jonah took a trip in sub- marine.
 l There is no Jonah about this.
 But 1t will be a whale of a success"
 The fifth annual picnic of the employees was to have been the largest ever held A great parade in Michigan City with movie men recording every event, athletic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25
PLANS LAID FOR REL LIEF
 OF EASTL AND VICTIMS

Chicago, July 24-Acting Mayor Moore- house and J. J. OConnor. director of the central division of the American Red Cross, laid plans for relief of the East land victims at a meeting tonight, at- tended by officers of the Western Electric company.
 Private stores and offices were turned into relief stations and public utility con cerns helped. The Chicago Telephone company installed a score of free tele- phones near the Eastlands docks whence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25

many of It's residents were employees of the Western Electric company. One large house. in which dwelt two families of workers In the factory, was without a light tonight, and neighbors said that every resident of the place was dead.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25

holes and the hawsers tore out the spiles to which the vessel was tied.
 Screams from passengers attracted the attention of fellow excursionists on the oock awaiting the next steamer. Wharf men and picnickers soon lined the edge of the embankment reaching out helpless ly toward the wavering steamer.
 For nearly five minutes the ship turned before it finally dived under the swift cur rent of the river. During the listing of
 the vessel lifeboats chairs and other loose appurtenances on the decks slipped down the sloping floors, crushing the pas sengers toward the rising waters.
 Then there was plunge and a sigh of air escaped from the hold, mingled with crying of children and shrieks of women and the ship was on the bottom of the river. casting hundreds of living creatures
 into the water.
 Many sank, entangled with clothing and bundles, and did not rise, but hundreds came to the surface, seized floating chairs and other objects. Persons on shore threw out ropes and dragged in those who could hold these life lines. Employees of com mission firms along the river threw crates, chicken coops and other fioatable objects into the water, but most of these were swept away by the currents.
 Boats put out, tugs rushed to the scene
 with shrieking whistles and many men jumped into the river to aid the drowning. With thousands of spectators ready to aid and the wharf within grasp, hundreds met death despite every effort at rescue. One mother grasped her two children in her arms she slipped from the steamer into the water. One child was | torn from her but she and the other l were saved. Fathers were drowned after aiding their wives and children to safety. While those on land were disposing of | the dead injured and rescued the divers | in the heart of the sunken vessel sent | up an almost constant stream of corpses from the submerged decks First it was
 a gaily dressed girl in her teens who had been caught between a pile of chairs and a cabin wall. Next 1t was a slight
 boy, gathered from the lifeless arms of a fond father, who had clung to his off, | spring. even in death Then followed an | old woman, who had gone aboard the ship | to watch the youthful pleasure of he. grandchildren, or little girl with bare | legs and bootees with gay ribbons sodden gainst the lace of her holiday gown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-07-25

believed it would take all night to let them through.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
Air Tank Plays Valet.

When the safety valve on the air
tank of the launch Gladys stuck, Dyke
Thorpe, who was snoozing on the
deck, had all the clothes blown off his
body by the explosion and was hurled
naked but uninjured into the sea. So
great was the force of the explosion
that the heavy deck planks were torn
up and the engine and cabin entirely
demolished.
The Gladys, seagoing launch, 35
feet long. is heavily constructed. The
air tank which caused the damage Is
4 small one used for COMPRISING air
10 blow the siren. Nothing but the
hulk of the boat was left after the ex-
plosion, and rope being secured, the
remains were towed ashore by Thorpe.
Thorpe's companion, William Sou
der, who was in the cabin at the time
of the explosion, was uninjured.-Los
Angeles Times.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
Apache Chief Dead.

Magoosh, supposed to have been the
only baldheaded Indian in the world,
and the last of the famous war chiefs
Of the Apaches, ninety years old is
dead. He had 20 wives in his time.
In February, 1907, two of his wives
died within a week of each other.
Magoosh led his Indian braves at
dozen massacres and In scores of
raids. His most serious defeat was at
the hands of the Texas rangers, I'M
der Capt Daniel w Roberts, in 1875.
The rangers scattered Magoosh's band
After abandoning the warpath Ma
goosh was a good friend OF the white
men. He made one trip to Washing
ton for talk with the Great White
Father" and to his dying day delight
ed in telling his tribesmen OF the won
ders he beheld on that journey.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28

affair is to be different from anything
we already have a number of indoor
skating Kinks.
New Gigantic Enterprise.
Then, a little farther north, another
enterprise has begun. The Grand
Central palace has opened three
ring" moving picture carnival which
will occupy its vast exhibition halls.
You pay one small price Of admission
and you may enter any Of the movies"
therein, or pass from one to the other
at will. If you care to stay through
out all, you will have had just eight
hours Of moving pictures, which should
satisfy even the most rabid moving
picture fan. There is terraced gar
den, too, in which one may procure
drinks and refreshments while he in
hales the odor of beautiful flowers
and tobacco smoke. But there Is more.
At one desk you may register your
name as an applicant for a lob" with
the movies and at another you may
iOdF0 yOul oScudl LII SdCA CdoC
what is left will be referred to the
proper authorities, and in this way
you may break into moving pictures
at any moment.
So, you see, Father Knickerbocker
is doing his real best to keep us en-
tertained throughout all the seasons,
though some people seem to think
| he is merely trying to take our
money away from us. But, as we ex-.
| planned, we have effected a sort of
compromise. He charges us less and
offers us more, while we go more
and give less. 1t is really quite salts
factory all around.
One of the charms of living In New
York, to many, lies in the fact that
they will probably never meet anyone
they know on the streets. In a small
town they soon become more or less
known, and if they make $500 month
and dress after a fashion to shame
the queen of Sheba, some acquaint
ance is sure to call" them on it. But
there, as soon as they go out of their
| apartments, they feel as If they are
on the stage and it is up to them to
assume any role they feel capable Of
playing-and how they do enjoy it!
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
In Onions There Is Strength.

Onions supply complete cure in
themselves for cold, as well as being
wonderful remedy in cases of in
somnia. An onion-cure breakfast in
cludes poached egg on toast, three
tablespoonfuls of fried onions, and a
cupful of coffee. Luncheons of sand
wiches made Of brown bread, buttered,
and filed with fine chopped raw onion,
seasoned with salt and pepper, make
the second meal on the schedule. For
The supper the onions may be fried as
for breakfast and eaten with a chop
and a baked potato. The efficacy of
onions is well-known to the singers of
Italy and Spain, who eat them every
day to improve the quality of their
voices and keep them smooth. Onion
plasters are prescribed to break up
hard coughs. They are made of fried
onion placed between two slices of old
muslin. The plaster is kept quite hot
until the patient is snugly in bed, when
1t Is placed on the chest, to stay over
night. Onion strip is claimed by some
to be unequaled as a cure for a bad
cold in the chest.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
Wells ForeteII Storms.

On the approach of storms the water
in the wells of southern Minnesota,
which is ordinarily clear, becomes
cloudy or milky; in others it becomes
bright yellow or deep red. Among
those whose waters become milky be.
fore storms are certain wells near
Lakeville, in Scott county, and the
most pronounced examples of discolor-
alton are in the vicinity of Waterville,
in lie Sueur county. The milkiness is
due to silt or clay, and the yellow and
red colors to fine PARTICLES of iron
oxide.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
AGATE and ONYX.

The distinction between agate and
onyx is not apparent to everyone, as
is indicated by the samples of the two
minerals received by the United States
geological survey with requests for in
formation. Onyx marble, or Mexican
onyx, is composed Of calcium carbo-
nate or banded limestone. True agate
is variety of silica. Onyx marble is
much softer than agate and is rarely
used for gems, but when onyx is OBJ
tanned in pieces of sufficient size 1t is
cut and polished for small ornamental
objects like inkstands and paper
weights, as well as for table tops and
soda water fountains.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
80 DAYS FOR STEALING HUG
Delivers Ossinine "Masher"
to Justice.

Ossining, N. Y.-Clarence Hagadorn
was sent to the workhouse for 80
days for stealing hug from Miss
Madeline Gates. A carnation be-
trayed him.
His defense was that when Miss
Gates was entering a street car he
ventured to put his arm around her
to help her onto the runningboard.
II only wanted to assist her." he ex-
planned when Policeman Irving had
caught him after a chase of several
blocks. The young woman identified
Hagadorn by carnation he wore in
his coat lapel
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28

was taken before his uncle, the Rus
sian general. The general looked his
nephew over, but said nothing.
At once lit was but six in the morn
ing and still dark he summoned 6
court-martial. There were five-he
himself as chief, Captain Stchukin,
Captain Fyedotoff, Lieutenant Tau and
Sergeant Major Yevseyenko. The &C.
cused was called in, then the wit
nesses. Among them was the man
who had bayoneted his former lieu.
tenant, and two others who identi-
fed him. The facts were plain, indis-
putable. Jan Radymno was questioned.
He admitted everything-in a thick
voice, for the thrust had lacerated
his tongue-but without f1inching.
Two of the five in the court-martial
were in favor of having the prisoner
taken to headquarters, some ten miles
off; two others, including Captain Eye
dotoff, wanted sentence pronounced
and executed at once. The decision
rested with the general. He said that
inasmuch as responsibility regarding
operations in the woods had been con-
fided to him he was in favor of imme-
date sentence. The two captains nod
ded their heads. Jan Radymno had
been gallant officer, a good comrade,
but this was a plain case.
General Pronounces Sentence.
So the general in a cold, infexible
voice pronounced sentence. Then he
said, as an afterthought: Have you
some wish to express?" Jan Radymno
took one step forward, leaned hard on
the table and said: 81 have little
boy, Piotr, six years old. I ask,
command, I implore, that he be
brought up as a Pole-to remember, to
love his people and his native land,
and to be informed how his father end
ed That is my last wish. My ever
lasting curse on you, uncle, if it be
not carried out"
Then they took him away behind
the house. His uncle leaned against
the wall and shaded his eyes, but he
said nothing. This had been his ia
vorite nephew. He sank into a chair
and hid his face In both hands. He
waited. Outside six men were digging
a grave in the sandy soil. Jan sat
motionless near by, his head on his
breast, gazing at a faded photograph
of his little boy. At last he lifted his
head. He stood up, removed his torn
blouse, and that showed his shirt in
shreds as we'll. He slowly moved to
the wall and put his back against it.
The sergeant of the firing squad came
up with handkerchief. Jan motioned
him away.
Then the old general, waiting heard
the shot that meant his nephew's
death.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
HAIR OVER EARS HARMFUL
Medical Examiner or Public Schools
at Fargo Says 1t Causes
Deafness.

Fargo, N. D.-Hair held closely over
and below young girls ears and Gov
cred with constructing ear bands to
aid adornment for the sake of fashion
are responsible for an increase of deaf
ness in Fargo public schools, accord
ing to Medical Examiner w. S. Skel-
sey, whose report was read at school
board meeting.
cit would be rash male member Of
this board who would try to interfere
with Dame Fashion and the admiring
mothers of these female children" the
examiner said.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
And II Was Guaranteed"

Jacksonville, Ind.-Mike Wall,
chief of police, dropped his .3S-caliber
revolver, guaranteed not to go OH
even il the hammer is hit" but the
guaranty did not hold. The bullet
broke two rails OF a chair, penetrated
the door of cabinet and imbedded IT
self in the stock Of a shotgun. -Four
persons, including Sergeant Summers
and a reporter, were In the oince,
which measures ten by six feet pu'
none was hit
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
Just a Gold Story.

Great Falls, Mont.-The discovery
of gold coins in tin can unearthed
by plowman employed by Abby Oui.
lette on his ranch near Kalispell re
vived tales of treasure buried by pio-
neers during Indian raids. Ripped
by the share the coins rolled from the
can on to the ground. The farmland
told Ouilette of his find and a search
revealed several other pieces of gold
The total estimated value was $500.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28
Uncle Condemns Him.

Among the prisoners was Jan
Radymno, or what was left of him. A
bayonet thrust had split his cheek and
cut his lips. His blouse hung about
him in tatters. In this condition he
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1915-08-28

y " WHAT hard time old Father
M Ag Knickerbocker has endeav-
MEE oring to satisfy the faded
wv pleasure palates of his null
titudinous ManhattaniteS.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-18
Cotton as Contraband.

Another. and serious, complication is
brought into the muss of our already troubled
intercourse with Europe through the action of
the Triple Entente allies declaring cotton con-
traband OF war. This course has been threat
ened fos some time past and cotton cargoes
have been extensively interfered with by the
British navy, although settlement has been
made so far for all that has been confiscated
The new order will have the effect OF rendering
more than ever difficult the question OF pay
ment for cotton cargoes hereafter seized. The
British authorities have pointed out that ship
nients OF this staple to neutral ports OF northern
Europe have far exceeded the normal require
ments Of those countries. and. therefore, invited
the suspicion that the ultimate destination of
the excess might be to an enemy consumer.
A few days ago II suggested that Great
britain might possibly buy the entire cotton
surplus OF the United States. and make use OF
II according to its fancy. This would have as
sured certain market to the southern planters
and have relieved them OF any occasion for un-
due worry to the disposal Of their principal
crop. The action OF the Allies will hardly have
popular approval in Dixie
In the meantime. late estimates have placed
the total German reserves OF raw cotton at
nearly, II not quite. 100000 bales. which means
a possible two million tons OF nitro-cellulose
powder. The German government has Just
issued strict regulations for the operation Of the
textile mills OF the empire, suggesting that the
supply Of cotton on hand lie to be carefully con.
served