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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
INVALID BELIEVES
MEXICAN CLIMATE WILL
MEND BROKEN BACK

Esleban Miranda, a Mexican track
labOrcr. Is sure that he will recover
when he reaches southern Mexico
where it is always warm. Mirandas
back Is broken, but he doesn't think 1t
is too great task for the mild MeNi-
can climate to heal
Miranda was In a hospital at Tope-
ka, Kan, five months, but how could
one expect 10 get well there where 1t
is cold and where II SHOWS lie was
run over by a handcar at DeSoto,
KAN. last October and has been una
BILE TO walk since then.
He WITS brought here last night on
train No. t. lie rode in a baggage
car Here he was taken off on a
high truck and hauled into the bag
gage room. where he stayed until No.
500 left for lGl Paso A bed had been
made on the truck.
The man spoke English flucntly.
lie appeared to have an education SUI
pcrior to most of his Countrymen en-
gagged IN the Kind of work at which
ne earned a living FOR himself and his
wife, who was with him, lie was hap
Ply because of his nearness to warm
McNicO aud none of those he chatted
with had the heart to tell him that a
broken backbone wouldn't heal any
more in semi-torrid climate than ii
win where the mercury hangs close TO
zero all the year round.
Il was not only the hope Of being
able To walk again that Cheercd Mi
randa lie spoke of two sons and
years old, who Is living
with her aunt. whom he expected to
see soon. She is . years old. He has
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
PROVINCIAL OFFICER
OF SALVATI0NISTS TO
SPEAK HERE TONIGHT

Lieut. col j. W. Cousins, of Den
YER the new PROV mcial officer of the
intcrmountain province, win visit Al
huqucrQuc tomorrow night
The colonel has been Salvation
Army officer for over thrty-three
years He has very extensive com
mand, He is in charge of the army
work In no less than seven states in
Guiding Colorado, Utah, Idaho. Wyo-
ming, Montona, Arizona and New
Mexico and part of Texas.
The colonel IS announced to speak
Mt the Salvation Army hall, zoe West
Silver avenue. at So'ciock All friends
of the army are earnestly requested
10 be present
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
BEAUTIFUL C0RSETS TO
BE SEEN AT ART SHOP

The woman of good taste in dress
cannot afford ta overlook the unusuN
sllN attractive line OF corscts that is
now being displayed mt the Art Shop.
SIG West Central avenue An corsets
ai the ArD Shop are specially fitted bv
am expert ANA fit and satisfaction are
guaranteed. The exceptionally smart
hosiery, ncckwear gloves Veis
waists, suits and coats To be FOUND in
this establishment will also have "a
strong appeal 90 the well -goWncd
woman.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12

DON'T MISS THIS cut out this
slip. cpeIos rNe cents 10 Foley q Go.
Cmcago. III. writing your name aud
address Clearly You viii receive n
return "a uIai package containing Foe
loy'H Honey and Tar Compound. fur
coughs colds and Group, Foley Kid
uey Pills for pain Ia sides and h9ck
rheumatism baCk8che kidney and
bladder ailments ana Foley Cathar-
tic Tablets. q wholesome and thor
ourhy cleansing mthartir. especially
comforting "a stout persons. For sale
hy BUTTS Toe
Jaurnai want nds hrluR quick rcsulis
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

Or James T. Kasey, ST years old.
died Yesterday afternoon AT the home
of his son-in-law, Or, s L. Burton,
610 South Walter street lie had been
here four years. Only one daughter,
Mrs. Burton, survives Thomas
BlakVmore. undertaken. will ship the
body on Santa Fe train No tonight
To Salisbury Mo. for burinl.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
Mr.. RInya Banks.

Mrs. Blava Banks. 20 years old. died
at csc o'clock yesterday morning at
old Alhuquerque She is survived by
two daughters and one son. Father
Frank Banks. : j., Of FL Paso, The
body is held ut Fred Crollott's under
taking rooms pending the arrival of
the son.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
RnhprI j Ihnmnsnn

Robert j. Thompson, 50 years old.
died Yesterday afternoon ut 1904 For
roster avenue. He had been here
over year, TIL widow and two
daughters, Dora and Ethel. survive
The body IS ni Strong Brothers I'M
dertaking rooms
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
LOCAL ITEMS
WEATHER REPORT.

For the twenty-four hours ending
at o'clock yesterday evening.
Maximum temperature. 90. mini
mum, a0 range, 20, temperature az e
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. a., south
winds, partly cloudy
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12
MEETING OF REPUBLICAN CITY
CENTRAL COMMITTEES.

There will be a meeting of the re-
publican city central committee at
the office of John w. Wilson, city,
tomorrow evening, Saturday, March
10, 1915, at 7.30 o'clock sharp. All
members Of said committee are zee
quested to be present at the meeting,
The business to be conducted is:
Shall the republicans jointly with the
democrats nominate a partisan
ticket of three members to be elected
70 the school board of the city schools
or place a party ticket in the field to
be voted for at the school election on
April 6. 1915?
by order Of
JOHN W. WILSON,
Chairman Republican city Central
Committee.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12

Ladies', Now is the time to Colorite
your straw hat Get 1t at Otwell
Drug Co, 922 w Central avenue.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-12

Mcdonald n Muggley have moved
their real estate office TO los South
Third street.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
ONE SAYS FAULTY INSPECTION
Secretary Of Steamship Company
Locked Up.

iHltaEo l'"tectNts Io't''a auu -
rested Walter { Steele, secretary u
the st disappointment steamship
Company lie MAS en- ms farm h'"'
st Joseph. Mich. When notioed oil 'Ae
disaster. and came To 'h1eaEo ny
train He was questioned ny state ;
Attorney lioync and FIRST Deputy SN-
ptrintendeut of Polio" SchutleEz men
he was locked mp for tn" niSht lH'
st Joscph.t hicaeo Company owned
The Eastland and leased 1t to the IN
diana Transportation Comraay 10 car
~ 'hc Western Electric company
uiykuickcrs to Michigan CITY, Ind II
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
VEGETABLE PEDDLER
WITNESSED DISASTER
MANY LIVES MIGHT HAVE BEEN
SAVED HAD WARNING BEEN
NEEDED.

Chicago.-Not moro than an hour
after the Eastland had turned on her
side in the river an aged vegetable
peddler rang the back door bell Of
a North Side fiat.
why, JOHN said the mistress OF;
the apartment when she answered Tie
call. you look sick"
"Seeck," replied the old man. "Oh.
now for days | will be seeck | sec
that boat fall over All those poor
womens and childrens-they cry who
was to help. and we could not. Oh. all
my life | see them" and he stumbled
down the stairs blinded by tears.
Many lives might have been saved
had the warning by tho peddler been
hoeded Mike Javanco, 1ll9 Larrabee
street. was driving across the bridge
when he saw the Eastland begin to-
keel over.
Hey" he yelle. to the throng in
the bow of the steamer almost beneath
him Get off. O'boat's tippin'
over"
There was burst OF laughter.
"Gwani" shouted an c,,cursionia,,
you're crazy"
Javanco went on, but almost before
his wagon had cleared the bridge the
EaStland was on her beam ends and
the pcddler went back to aid in the
rescue work.
Policeman John Root told of an
aged woman who, when h" scrambled
on the upturned side of the steamer.
was clinging to beam in the interior
of the ship. lie could see her through
port hole and called to her to hang
on. He found a rope and dropped the
end down.
Her head sank beneath the water"
said Root but her hand Grasped the
line dragged her up, but found to
my horror that the port was too small
to get her through. | encouraged her
to hang on while got help. but when
returned with men and tools to en-
large the opening she was gone. A
half hour later when we had cut
through the steel walls We found her.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

Chlcago.-More than 1000 persons,
possibly 1900, most of them women
and children, were drowned within d
few feet of land by the eapsizing Of
the steel steamer Eastlaud, as ii was
about to leave its wharf in the ChicA-
go river with $500 relatives and
friends of employees OF the Western
Electric Company for an excursion
across Lake Michigan. The ship
rolled over on its side in % feet OF
water within five minutes after it be
gan to list
Coroner's Physician Springer de
clared that 1900 persons were killed,
while other estimates ran as high as
1000, but these did not agree With the
statement that not more than 1000
passengers were aboard the vessel
During the day more than $50 bodies
were taken from the river and from
the hull of the overturned steamer.
whose sides were cut open with gas
flames to admit divers Severed per
sons were taken out alive from the
cabins of the ship, after it had lain on
its, side In the river for four hours.
but the 200 other persons said to be
in the hull are all dead geventv-fve
per cent Of the passengers were
women and children.
Under the glare OF searcbIirhts.
scores of men worked in the hull of
the vessel ia remove the bodies The
steamer Law NJ the bottom Of tie rives..
one side nrotrnaiDg
Cause If ois.ster Not Decided
The cause eff the cansizirr has ros
,heen determined but federal civ and
state officers were cooductjnF inyas.
LEGATIONS to determine whether tho
chin was ron baav, from f3uJtv Do.
s,oning i,,nroDerlv b.lrastrd mr. va.
,noorlv handled in v,rninq, from tb,.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

and the carrying OF eorpses up the
river toward the canal locks.
Federal Judge Lands ordered =
and Jury empaneled to investigate
the catastrophe. city Attorney Hoync
prepared a county Grand Jury IL
CURRY Coroner Hoffman selected a
jury TO look into the cause of the
deaths The police arrested all OH
GERS Of the Eastland and the health
commissioner arranged to purify the
river for fear disease might be spread
by tho presence OF so many bodies in
tho stream
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

two or three instances. 1t was said
many injured would die.
Mayor William Hale Thompson WAS
in san Francisco and chief of Police
{. c. Iiealy VAS also oft of town. but
Acting Mayor Moorhouse sent out a
request that the city display signs
of mourning Flags on public build
ings were placed at half mast and
many places were draped with mourn.
ing. Baseball games were postponed
and festivities largely ceased
While those on land We're disposirE
Of the dead. injured and rescued. the
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

underwater suits. A bridge of boats
was formed between the pier and the
capsized ship.
To the lroquois Hospital.
As the divers gained entrance to toe
hull, the scene of distress moved for
the time being from the river to the
extemporized morgues. Scores of per.
sons taken from the water were Sc
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
Cjty Does Not Lao,

Yet amid all the horror and heart
aches, officers OF the various city do
partments attended to pressing duties
Of disposing of the dead and injured,
tracing the missing. inquiring into the
cause OF the disaster and guarding
against disease from sunken bodies
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

verely injured and these we're taken
to the Iroquois hospital. built in mem
DRY of the 500 women, children and a
few men who were burned and crush
ed to death in the Iroquois theater
New Years eve several years ago.
Efforts to resuscitate those from
the river we're unsuccessful except iii
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

bodies from the river along it. course
through the southwest part of Chit
cago.
Shortly after the water was cleared
ship engineers and helpers were On
the exposed side OF the Eastland's hull
gas flames Divers were hurried into
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
Bar Pictures of TRAGEDY.

Chicago. - Exhibition OF moving
pictures depicting the Eagtland TRACE
dy in any photoplay theater In the
city was forbidden by acting Mayor
w. r. MooThous~
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
I.rnUNlNt DEAD FROM WRECKED STEAMER

almost all of the day. He was seen
to leap suddenly into the air. scream
ing like mad. and II required the com
bined efforts OF dozen policemen 10
subdue MIN. lie was removed 10
hospital.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
1000 MAY BE
LIST OF DEAD

SEVERAL PERSONS WERE TAKEN
OUT ALIVE FROM THE CABINS
OF THE SHIP AFTER SHIP HAD
LAIN ON ITS SIDE FOR FOUR
HoURS-OTHERS IN HULL ARE
SAID TO BE DEAD.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

from the Eastland, declaring that the
government limit OF $500 passengers
had been reached While dresses
,peeped from rain coats along the
shore rails, as those aboard waved
goodbye to friends on shore, waiting
ITO board the steamer Theodore Roose-
welt and other vessels.
Then passengers swarmed to the
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
STEAMER EASTLAND TURNS
TURTLE IN CHICAGO RIVER

left side of the ship, as the other
steamers drew up the river toward
the wharf A tug was hitched to tue
Eastland, ropes were ordered cast off
and the steamer engines began to
hum. The Eastland had not budged,
however Instead, the heavily lAden
ship wavered sidewise, leaning toward
the river. The lurch was so STARTLING
that many passengers Joined the large
concourse already on the river side OF
the decks.
Ship Never Rohted.
The ship never hceled back. Ii
turned slowly, but steadily toward its
port side Children clutched the skirts
of mothers. The whole cargo was In
PEELED toward the sinking side, Va
ter began to enter lower port holes
The ropes snapped off tile piles Il
which the vessel was tied
For nearly five minutes the ship
turned before it finally dived under tire
swift current which. owing to tin
drainage canal system. flows from the
lake During the mighty turning of
the ship with its cargo of humanity,
lifeboats, chairs and other equipment
on the decks slipped down the slop
ing decks, crushing the passengers to
ward the rising waters.
Then there was a plunge with
hiss of air escaping the hold, mineliug
with crying of children and shrieks Of
women and the ship was en- the bot
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
Sight Drives Man Mad.

Sight Drives Man Mad
Chicago. The strain of seeing hun.
dreds upon hundreds OF the unfortu.
nate victims taken from the water
proved too much for poorly clad
man who had been watching from the
end OF the Clark street bridge during
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
CAUSE OF DISASTER
Is NOT YET KNOWN

Investigation Is Being Conducted 20
Determine Whether the Ship Was
Top Heavy From Faulty Designing,
Improperly 5aIlasted, or Poorly
Handled in Wrapping From the
Wharf.
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29

divers in the heart Of the sunken yes
sci sent up on almost constant stream
of corpses from the submerged deck3
First 1t was gaily dressed girl in her
teens who had been caught between a
pile OF chairs and a cabin wall, Next
it was a boy gathered from the lifeless
arm of a father who had chung 10 his
even in death Then follow
ed an old woman who had gone aboard
the ship to watch her grandchildren,
or little girl with bare legs and
hootees with gay ribbons, soddeu
against the lace OF her holiday gown.
\ thrill passed through the crowd
as word came that baby girl had
been found alive among the dead OF
tho ship. The child was discovered IN
a starboard stateroom. where she had
been held from the water by a char
Jammed against the berth The baby
only half awakened as il was carried
to land It's mother could not BE-
found
The Dermott news. (Dermott, Ark.) 1910-1977, 1915-07-29
800 Dead In Hold.

Two women Va found alive In an.
other stateroom on the protruding sidc
of the Eastland, but that ended the
hopes that any number had escaped
death in the steel trap There were
still 800 persons in the hold when
these three persons were taken out
alive, and the explorers OF the hull
said they all were dead
Work of tagging the bodies OF the
dead and placing them in accessible
places for Identification proceeded all
day and night Tabulation became so
confusing it was decided TO take Ill
bodies TO TIE Second Regiment arm-
DRY so that those who were looking
for lost friends and relatives could
view all the victims in one place
Identification was Sow. Scenes at
the morCues were affecting Mothers
fell across the biers of children whom
they had sent away few hours b.
fore on what was expected TO be n
day OF pleasure. Men had 10 summon
all their stoical qualities to retain
composure as they made their way
through rows OF corpses looking for
missing children or wives
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12
BUYING BOOKS,

How many people there are wht
are ready to buy anything except u
book! How many elegantly fitted
homes exist without the most neces
sary furniture OF literature, aCcumu-
lated, not on the buy-a-set, but buy.a-
book plan. 1t is not a pleasant thing
to think what goes on in these homes,
the killing routine, the dead level Of
petty thought, or else the mad effort
to find something new to do. On the
other hand, nothing is so easy to OBJ
tain as a workable library Of good lit.
erature. A book purchased here and
there, if necessary, at the second hand
shop; some rarity of old lore, some
random masterpiece of some all. but
forgotten author: and then the old,
solid standby. taken i'll moderate
doses, the better Of the moierus, the
ocCasional-very occasional-ilash in
the pan of some unripe contemporary
entry in the best seller" marathon.
Thus, buying a book becomes a
habit that brings cheer, that sweet
ems life, that in the days when the
library" has u~nimaginably grown all
over the place brings that almost dear
est of all quiet pleasures, the charm
Of "reminiscences.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12

The first decorations of the Legion
Of Honor, the famous French order Of
merit, were conferred in 1902 on mil.
itary and civil officers who had dis.
tinguished themselves under the con.
sulate. The order was founded May
10, 1902, by Napoleon when he was
first consul. 1t consisted of various
grades, as grand crosses, grand off,
GERS, commanding officers and legion
aries, and was a reward for services
Of merit. The order was confirmed
by Louis XVIII, when the Bourbons
were returned to the throne a CEN
fury ago, and it has been continued,
with necessary changes in the cOnsti-
tuition, through the reigns of Charles
X, Louis Philippe, Napoleon III, and
the second and third republics. Many
Americans and British subjects and
other foreigners have received the
decorations of the Legion Of Honor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12
Half Your Living
Without Money Cost

A right or wrong start in 1915 will
make or break most farmers in the
Cotton States. We are all facing a
crisis on cotton. Cotton credit is up.
set. The supply merchant cannot al
vance supplies on 1915 cotton. You
must do your best to produce or your
own acres the food and grain supplies
that have made up most Of your store
debt in the past.
A good piece Of Garden ground,
rightly planted, rightly tended and
kept planted the year round, can be
mad. to pay half your living. 1t will
save you more money than you made
on the best five acres Of cotton you
ever grew! But It must be a real
garden, and not the mere one plant.
ing patch in the spring and fail.
Hastings 1915 Seed Book tells all
about the right kind Of a money.sav.
ing garden and the vegetables to put
In It. It tells about the field crops
as well and shows you the clear road
to real farm prosperity, comfort and
independence. IT'S FREE. Send for
It today to Il. G. HASTINGS & CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.-Adyt
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12

With sugar In the neighborhood Of
ten cents a pound, the United States
Is fortunate In having a substitute
made from our greatest staple-corn,
says Leslie's. Over $4,000, 900 bushels
of corn were used last year In pro-
.ducing 500. 900, 900 pounds of sugar,
sirups and starch. Corn sugar is not
80 sweet al cane sugar, but is equally
nutritious, less disturbing to the d.
gestive organs. and very much cheaper
than cane or beet sugar. The pa
ralysis Of the sugar industry of Eu-
rope by the great war will produce a
worldwide scarcity of sugar; but with
our enormous yield of corn to fall
back upon the United States can az
ford to export large quantities of cane
sugar. and still have in corn strip or
glucose. as chemists call it, a reserve
to help satisfy the native demand.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12

Poster advertising on boardings in
England are often bad enough, and
the boards stuck up in fields by our
railway lines are an a%bomination. But
the apotheosis Of the blatant in ad.
vertisement Is surely to be found in
Belgium, says a writer in London
Chronicle. Practically the end Of evr
cry house within view OF the line at
stations between. say, Antwerp and
Namur, and even on as far as Luxem-
burg. ia plastered over with lettering
In the vilest colors. Personally, |
would never touch the things adver-
tised In this abominable way, but one
can imagine ones self going into a
cafe and the s]ubconscious memory
sending to the lips the name of some
insistent Schiedam or liquor. Belgium
Ii certainly the most industrial coun-
try In Europe and the most advertis-
Ing. One has the feeling that the
entire nation is run as a commercial
concern.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12

The news comes that the English
people who thronged the roads to sec
the troops from Canada we're disap-
pointed at their appearance, as they
expected a Wild West show. Perhaps
they secretly hoped that a company
Of volunteers, Indians armed with
scalping knives and giving war
'whoops, and a detachment of shouting
Rough Riders would be among the
contingent. In these days the scent
for the sensational is keen, and the
British idea Of things and men Amer.
'ican Is naturally bound to be disap
pointed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12

Many people rely upon Chamberlain
Cough Remedy implicitly in cases Of
colds and Group, and it never disap.
points them. Mrs. E. Fl. Thomas,
Logansport, Ind. writes: II have
found Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
be the best medicine for colds and
Group ! have ever used, and never tire
of recommending it to my neighbors
and friends. l have always given il
to my children when suffering from
Group, and 1t has never failed to give
them prompt relief" For sale by oil
Dealers
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-02-12
TElEGRAPHESE."

Which language makes the best tele-
kraphese! At SO much q word one
might hasten to say German, because
OF its purely typographical device OF
sticking a number of words together
to look like one compound word. We
really do exactly the same thing in
English. only We print the elements
Of the compound as separate words.
But In International telegraphing
there is a word length limit Tor. as
the Germans would print 1t, a word
lengthlimit). Ten letters Is the max
imum allowed for . single word. Any
word longer than that counts as two;
or a. three II II gets beyond its second
ten. 10 some German words do. When
1t comes to counting letters or max
ing up Ineligible telegraphese, Eng
llsh. II seems, is the tersest language
In Europe. An Italian newspaper cor
respondent has lately discovered this
In telesraphing news from London to
his paper in Italy. At the beginning
OF the war he used Italian. Then when
all languages except English and
French were forbidden he took
French. Later. finding that French,
though accepted by the post office,
seemed to cause delay, he changed to
English. And. ,to his surprise. he finds
that he is saving quite a lot of money
In telegraph fees owing to the superb
or brevity Of the English language as
compared with French or Italian.