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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-30
CITATION FOR HEARING ON PETIT
TION FOR DIFFERENTIATION OF

u
DESCENT OF LAND
Estate of Albert Loomer, Deceased.
State of Minnesota, County of
Stearns, In Probate Court:
In the Matter of the Estate of Albert
Loomer, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota To all per
sons interested in the determination of
the descent of the real estate of said
decedent: The petition Of Julia G.
Lamb. having been filed in this court,
representing that safe decedent died
more than five years prior to the Hing
thereof, leaving certain real estate in
said petition described, that said real
estate was omitted from a former ad-
ministratiOn in said estate and pray
ing that the descent of said real es-
tate be determined py this court:
Therefore. You, and Each of You.
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any you have, before this
court, at the Probate Court Room in
the Court House in the City of St.
Cloud. in the County Of Stearns, State
Of Minnesota, on the 22nd day of De-
cember 1916, at Nine o'clock A. M, why
said petition should not be granted
Witness the Judge of said court, and
the seal thereof this 18th day of No
vember, 1915.
Court SeaD J. B. Himsl
L. L. Kells, Probate Judge
Attorney for Petitioner. 2S-2S
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-30
A POPULAR VERDICT
Based on Evidence of Sank Gen.
tire People.

based on Evidence OF Sauk Gen.
tire People.
Grateful thousands tell it
Of weak backs made strong
Of weak kidneys made we'll
Urinary disorders corrected.
Sank Centre people add their testi-
mony.
Sank Centre testimony is con-
frmed;
Reports of early relief are sub
stantiated.
Merit doubly proved by test Of time
Let Sank Centre woman speak.
Mrs. John Thielen, Birch street,
Sank Centre, says:
81 suffered for many years from
kidney trouble and my health was
all run down. My back was pain
full and the secretions from my
kidneys were irregular in pas
sage. There were days when it
was simply out of the question
for me to do my Homework. I
used three boxes of Doan's Kid
ney Pills and the trouble left me
as if by magic"
Statement given September, 1910. j
Over three years later Mrs. Thielen
said: "The cure Doan's Kidney Pills
gave me has been permanent"
Price SOC, all dealers. Don't simply
ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs.
Thielen has twice publicly recon-
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., props,
Buffalo, N. Y.-adv
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-30
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

David P. Jones ct al to Zion Evan
gelical Church, lot 1, blk 4, James
add, Sank Centre; $500.
Conrad C. Herberger to Emma A.
Weaver, lots 1 and 2, blk 16, Robbins
& Mendenhall's add, Sank Centre;
$4,000.
Stephen Kinsella and wife to Steph-
en- S. Kinsella, " nwA, sec 25-126-
35, Ashley; $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-30

asrirants, each of whom has Opposl-
ton more or less serious in his own
district.
Only the first and second OF the
eight proposed constitutional amend
ments submitted at the recent general
election received the required major
ity of votes cast and were adopted, ac-
ccrding to an announcement by Sea-
rotary of State Julius A. Schmahl,
based on complete returns. The
adopted amendments, both supported
by vigorous campaigns, are those pro-
viding for the use of state funds to
improve state lands in advance of set
tlement and for farm loans under GER
tain restrictions.
Though the coming legislature is
generally regarded as dry as far as
the liquor issue is concerned, it is as
serted that it it neither dry nor wet,
but liberal. Whether liberal or not,
however, there will be no attempt to
repeal the county option law.
Dan w. Lawler in his campaign
statement dated Nov. % says he spent
$2,776.30 trying to be elected United.
States senator and received contribu
lions amounting to $2.310.
The County Chairman
HERALD WANT ADS PAY BIG.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
ELLIS ISLAND
RAKED BY SHELLS
Bombarded on Two Sides
by Explosives from
Drifting Barges.
IMMIGRANTS TAKEN
ON BOAT TO BATTERY
Doctor Overcome When Fight.
ing Window Frames
Ripped from Buildings.

Ellis Island was bombarded from
both sides yesterday morning after the
first explosion, when barges loaded
with explosives drifted by TO east and
west. Not a window on the island IS
whole, and screens. sashes' curtains
awnings, fragments of glass ana
splintered wood strew the walks.
Huge windows, fifteen feet by twelve.
with castings a foot thick. were ripped
from the brick walls and pushed in as
though the huge immigration building
had been pasteboard. Iron lattice work
on elevators was twisted and torn. and
gaps appeared in the ceilings, spraying
the whole building with plaster.
The water near the island yesterday
VA. coated with wreckage, and the
lawns were decorated with Shells
bullets and powder boxes. A clock on
the wall of one of the inquiry board
rooms. twisted Sideways on the WALL
stopped working at 2:OC a. m. the time
of the explosion.
PROMPT, and even heroic, action on
the mart of the officials averted greater
damage. end prevented panic among
the immigrants.
Island Forces in Peril.
No lives were lost, although forces
from the hospitals and the big admin
istr,tion building were exposed at
various times TO the flying shrapnel
and shattered glass. Difficulties IN
fighting the little re that started, when
one of the rocketing arsenals hoatec
into the bridge between Islands Nos. l
and Q were made greater by the tnlck
nall of smoke that drifted over from
Black Tom.
DR.. II, F. Trimble, one Of those who
risked his life in the re fighting, was
overcome by smoke and artihcial
resniration was resorted TO before he
rerained consciousness Assistant
Night Superintendent Shipper was cut
on the face and arm by flying glass.
Nioht Superintendent Leonard, al
tbou9h in the thick of the lombard
rnent was untouched. His worst trou-
BILE. he explained, was with the imml-
grants, who were almost panlcstricKeh'
At the first explosion he took cnarge
with a steady hand, and had everybody
ready to vacate the building II neces-
sary.
formed into a line and held IN readi.
ness for anything. When the glare OF
the fire from Black Tom was seen, Mr.
Leonard informed his head nurse.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31

Maiden Lanes jewelry and silverware
were especially guarded.
All over the city timber windows
were at premium, and IN some cases
the police themselves had to board up
the open windows. Many loft proprie-
tors in lower Manhattan probably Will
find this morning that their breakable
stock, like china, porcelain, bric-a-brac,
etc, suffered severe damage.
Brooklyn suffered equally with Man
hattan, and the same kind of property
loss. The lower Fulton Street section
was paved with shattered plate glass.
Department stores sustained heaVy
window losses. and small storekeepers
and householders from the Heights to
Fort Hamilton woke up early yesterday
morning to the tune OF splinterlng
glass. Big automobile display windows
in Manhattan and Brooklyn somehow
, escaped serious damage. but several
motor car companies in upper Manhat-
tan lost their massive glass fronts.
The section of New York City which
suffered the heaviest loss through win
dow breakage was the Office building
district below Fourteenth Street, and
ospecially in the vicinity OF Bowling
Green. The Custom House emerged
from the bombardment with scarcely a
window whole. Other Federal build
ings had little better luck.
Damage to Public Buildings.
Captain A. B. Fry. engineering chief
Of the United States Public Buildings,
estimated the damage 70 pubic build
ings at between $4,000 and $4,000,
Another fear entertained yesterday
was that some of the finely adjusted
time locks on safes and vaults in the
financial district NAV be found to be
cut of gear when employees try to open
them this morning.
Jersey City suffered as severely as
Manhattan and Brooklyn. The damage
to windows, etc, was estimated at
about S350.O00 The City Hall in Jer-
sey City was damaged 70 the extent
Of about $4,000, and the ceilings IN
the assembly and courtrooms were
loosened. Jersey residents in some IN
stances were thrown out Of their beds.
The business section of Jersey City
was the heaviest loser in property
damage. The property damage in Bay
onne was about 10000
The biggest damage on Ellis Island
was to the administration and hospi-
tai buildings. 1t was feared at first
the loss would be about Sl,0OO,0OO, but
later estimates said 100000. On Bed
loe's Island the property destroyed was
estimated to be worth about sl50,000.
The Statue of Liberty, in spite of its
proximity to Black Tom, escaped al
most unscathed. Three shrapnel holes
appeared about Miss Lberty's waist
line; the doors to the statue were
warped and bulged inward, but other
wise the damage was slight. Part of
the damage on Ellis Island was caused
by drifting, blazing munitions barge.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31

Glass Insurance Company, the Metro
politan Casualty Insurance Company
and the New York Plate Glass lnsur-
ance Company. The New Jersey Fidel-
ity and PlateGlass Insurance Company,
of Newark, and the Great Eastern Cas-
ualty Company also share the window
risk in the affected areas.
In connection with the glass insur-
ance, the question was raised by Will
lam T. Woods. of the Lloyds company,
whether the insurance companies are
liable for the window damage if the
primary cause of the loss was fire.
Mr.. Woods did not say that any of the
companies was likely to raise this OBJ
lection TO assuming liability for the
present loss, but there is clause in
nearly all plate-glass insurance poll
cies which relieves the companies
from liability for window breakage
"by or in consequence of any fire"
Record in Window Damage.
at is impossible to give even a
rough estimate of the insurance loss"
said Mr.. Woods, "but, from what |
have seen Of the damage in lower Man
haitian and in the Thirty-fourth Street
shopping section, | think the damage
is the greatest in my experience.
have net made survey that could be
considered at sll complete. but you
must remember that 100000 buys a
great deal Of glass"
The greatest part Of the damage 10
property in New York City and New
Jersey, outside of the Black Tom
peninsula, was the shattering of big
and small panes, splintering of window
frames, falling ceilings and weaken
ing foundations. The same is true Of
the destruction in the outlying areas
that felt the force of the shocks. The
blast struck in waves that played freak
tricks. In one building it smashed
through glass panes on the street level.
Next door to it or across the way it
struck the upper floors of sky
scraper and shattered row of win
dows all around the building
Neither the old subways nor the
new construction work was affected by
the explosions. Robert Ridgeway. an
engineer of the Public Service Com
mission, sent engineers to inspect the
whole system. new and old, immedi-
ately after the explosions. He said
last night that none Of the men had
reported any trouble. Mr.. Ridgeway
did not expect that the structure at
any point would be weakened or need
extra snoring as result of the blasts.
Destruction of windows, window
frames, doors, ceilings. etc, in Man
haitian and Brooklyn was estimated at
about 100000. 1t Is impossible to
gauge any other property damage.
The police OF the entire city, how
ever, had their hands full protecting
exposed wares of all kinds from
thieves. II was found necessary to
rope in certain stores and sections
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
$50 Heroines on Ellis Island
Face Peril of Blast Unmoved
Manv Narrow ESCAPES from Death as Brave Women Garry
Children to Safety-Shell Bursts Beside Sleeping
Child But She Is Unhurt.

would be all right. And, glory be tc
God, st. Anthony saw US through"
The immigrant women who listened
to the story nodded and made the sign
of the cross, as she said St. Anthony's
name.
Mrs. c. Ramus, wife of DR.. Ramus
of Ellis Island. was probably the only
woman there who actually saw the eX-
plosion.
1--WE hadn't gone to bed when the
first small fires came, little after
o'clock" she said. Then We stayed
awake to watch them and | was star
ing directly at Jersey City when the
explosion came. First came the red
glare that lit up the Jersey side, like
a calcium light thrown on the stage;
then thick, black pall-like coal
smoke, and then the sound of the ex-
plosion. II had seemed long time
coming, but it was exactly eight sec
onds."
With Mrs. J. G. Wilson, wife of DIR.
Wilson, of the island. Mrs. Ramus car
ried the babies in the hospital and the
detention quarters TO the boats that
were to convey them from the island.
Nurses Prove Bravery.
Eve worked all night, taking the
children from one point to another,
she said. "Our faces became thickly
busted with black powder. Most OF
the immigrants were perfectly stolid,
sure the war they were so used 10 had
struck America. This morning some
women from Galicia were pointing out
a little tug, inquiring if it was war
ship.
1T was splendid to see the grit the
nurses exhibited. The tug men, who
went right up to the lighters loaded
with ammunition, were so brave | stood
on the shore and cheered till | was
hoarse. And the folks in the engine
room on the island stuck bravely at
their jobs"
Miss Frances Hathaway, head nurse
at the hospital, declared she had never
seen a calmer group of sick folk than
those who listened from their beds 20
repeated explosions.
Charley Carlson, an engineer on the
Hudson. a United States customs boat,
which was just off Black Tom when the
explosion occurred, yesterday exhibited
a ten-pound she'll which had upset cof-
fee lust being made by Charley Chris
tensen, seaman on the boat.
That's nothing" said the crew OF
the Immigrant, which lay next the
Hudson, Captain John j. Gorman's
pipe was knocked out OF his mouth by
q pound she'll"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31

disease hospital At the first alarm of
fire Chief Surgeon Wilson. DR.. Carl
Ramus and nurses and internes got all
of the immigrants off to Island No. 2,
which contains other hospitals, and
then Joined in fighting the fire.
DR.. Ramus said that IN spite of the
danger il was the most beautiful sight
he had ever seen. DR.. Wilson was en-
thusiastic about the beauties of the
scene. Both were fervid about the
bravery of the staff on the island. for
which, they said, no praise could be too
high.
Island officials were unanimous in
the belief that many persons would
have been injured if the explosion had
occurred during the day. for the huge
window frames, weighing hundreds Of
pounds, crashed down right where in
quiry boards hear the cases OF immi-
grants. What saved the buildings. il is
believed, is that most OF the windows
were open. Mr.. Leonard said that il
the big building had been closed the
whole south wall would Save been
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31

"Out Of $50 women on Ellis Island
when the explosion came there were
$50 brave ones," the officials there said
yesterday afternoon.
The number included doctors wives,
nurses, matrons, cooks, Immigrant
women and immigrant children. Not
one of them exhibited any sign OF
panic; not one Of them so much as
cried Women who would have been
afraid to set off ordinary Fourth OF
July fireworks remained undaunted In
the midst of the shower Of shrapnel.
It was women who carried the babies
to the boats, women who went back
for blankets for the sick, women who
stood on the shore and cheered when
the tugs fastened their hooks into
lighters loaded with ammunition, likely
10 explode at any time.
Esther Tannenbaum, three years old,
is the real heroine of Ellis Island. I'm
happily, she slept through her moment
of supreme courage, while her doll,
Lena, on the pillow beside her, was
smashed into a thousand bits by ten
pound shell. Esther did not waken
even when she was carried to the boat
with the other youngsters. She cried
for the first time this morning. when
she returned TO consciousness 70 find
her doll decapitated.
Many Remarkable Escapes.
Another miraculous escape was that
of an immigrant mother, alone IN
room with her two little girls. Every
one of the five windows in the room
was broken by the explosion. The floor
was covered with glass and plaster, and
the bed on which the children slept
was Uttered with it, but neither young
ster received a scratch. The mother
herself suffered only a slight cut on
the forehead. 49,.
Thirteen "St. Anthonys" and thir-
teen "Our Fathers" saved the island
from destruction, according TO MIS-
Mary Angui and Mrs. Sophia Nigonta,
matrons. g,
"It was an awful crash" they said.
"The women walked and were scared.
We told them in Italian they were to
nrav 70 ST. Anthony, who is the god OF
fire They did. all together and all
aloud. The ones who could not speak
Italian. because they had come from
some other country. said Our Father.
They did it thirteen times and then
we told them TO stop-thst everything
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
pushed in, and il immigrants and off,
clals had been inside hundreds would
have been killed.
BARGE COLONY LONG
IN SHRAPNEL FIRE
Hatches Battered In by Force OF
ExplOsion-No One Hurt.

Residents Of the large colony OF
grain barges anchored back Of the
National Storage Company's ware
houses were under fire for hours after
the first explosion. Shrapnel tore
through their cabins, and car wheels
and iron bars broke open the hatehes
None OF the boats in the large feet
sunk, and most Of the damage was done
to the matches and decA.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
Burning Boats Drift Past.

Two burning boats, with ammunition
exploding at intervals, drifted past the
power house on the west side. Water
from the power house was turned on
the vessels. and a fire boat stood in
close, in spite of the rain of shells.
The fires in both boats were extin-
guished Other lighters drifting past
cleared the island on the west side, and
one of them, rounding Island No. 3,
was close enough to set fire TO the crib
work. The blaze was extiLguished by
streams from the power plant on the
island.
Island No. contains the contagious
New-York tribune., 1916-07-31
Immigrants Got Warning.

As the immigrant women, mostly ltal-
ians and Greeks, were becoming restless
he gave the order, Women and babies
first. and I'll break the neck OF any
body that gets out of line" Mr.. Leon
ard is in the heavyweight class, and no
one cared to see if he meant 1t.
The line of screaming women was
marshalled down the stairs and out
70 the lawn on the north side OF the
building. furthest from Black Tom.
From there the fire could not be seen,
and there was little danger from the
explosions on the barges as they went
past.
Meanwhile Mr.. Leonard ordered the
Ellis Island boat around TO the north
side of the island, both for its own
safety and to facilitate removal OF the
immigrants if that should become
necessary. When the second explosion
shook the building al the immigrants
were herded on board the boat. Mr..
Leonard inspected the building, 10 see
that no one had been left behind, and
the count showed that 253, all immi-
grants in his charge, were o. the boat.
They were taken to the Battery, and
the boat was ready for another load
should it be necessary to empty the
hospitals.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-10
Fire Versus Life Insurance,


OF the 100000 or so dwellings in
the United States 9G per cent are pro-
tected-at least to some eXtent-by
fire insurance. But of our 1OO00O.00O
Inhabitants only Is per cent have TAX
en- oat life insurance policies Men
seem to be more uneasy over the mere
possibility of the burning Of their
houses than over the stern certainty
that death will some day overtake
them. This is strange contradiction
in human nature. TO safeguard the
nations material possessions is well,
but how much more valuable than the
homes are the human lives Of the
country! In this age, when the prin-
ciples of life insurance are SO we'll
understood there should be no such
discrepancy between the number of
homes and of lives insured. In many
instances the former could not be
saved from foreclosure were the earn
ers of incomes to pass. way leay ing
the families unprovfd6d for. It Is as
mnehs the duty Of eFerf nan tH Insure
hts life as to insure hksp}peftx and
If he has no insurable PROPERTY there
is all the more reason for insadng his
life.-Leslie's. EE
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-10
THE
N E w
Wednesday and Thursday
TeIephoning the Deaf.
saturday evening Post.)

Tiny telephone receivers. about the
size Of a bean. and hence small enough
to be slipped into the ear. have proved
to be successful in practical tests. The
scientists who invented the device be-
lieve that it has great future posi-
bilities in practical telephony. as sub
stitute for the comparatively bulky re-
ceiver of the standard telephone: but it
is quite likely that its first practical use
will be in instruments used to improve
the hearing of persons who are partially
deaf The little bean must. of course be
connected with wires but these can
easily be placed in a fine cord. so that the
only visible appearance of such re-
ceiver at the ear would be an inconsp:cu-
Gus cord.
The receivers are very simple. tiny
piece of platinum wire is connected with
the ordinary telephone wire. and. though
this platinum wire is so thin that it can
not be clearly seen without a microscope.
II catches the electric current that comes
through the telephone wires, and meats
ND and cools off rapidly in accordance
with the strength of the currents. Ihis
heating and cooling starts sound waves
in the air round the wire. This idea OF
starting sound waves by heat is an old
story for scientists. OF course the sound
caused by the heat is very slight and
hardly audible in the open air 1t was
discovered, however, that if little cap IS
n,aced over the wire, making little
chamber in which it can operate, and
hole left in the cap, very satisfactory
volume of sound vii come from the hole.
so. with the bean tucked into the ear.
the telephone message can be heard very
we'll.
Tests before the Royal Society, in Lon
don. brought the opinion from electrical
engineers that. for telephoning over short
distances. at least, the sound was actually
clearer than in standard telephones.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-10
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

" you want to keep your hair in good
With. '"u wash II
'St soaps and prepared shampoos
I'"" 'oo much alkali. This dries the
"'p' makes the hair brittle. and is very
s''Hlui' lust plain mulsitied cocoanut
WA'ch is pure and entirely grease
'SS'' Is much better than the most ex-
sS"s''e soap or anything else You can
.,e 1or shampooing. as this can't pos
"0ly tniure the hair.
SIMPLY moisten your hair with water
,,,, iIo 1t in. One or two teaspoonfuls
' ''i make an abundance Of rich. creamy
s''ef' and olearses the hair and scalp
-v'oushiy The lather rinses out easily
removes every particle Of dust. dirt.
=, uH and excessive oil. The hair
''S quickly and evenly, and it leaves it
manage. "
can get mulsifed cocoanut oil at
."Vs' any drug store. 1t is very cheap,
NV 'e" ounces is enough to last every
"e IN the family for months.-Adv.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-10

A double Ten Ten luncheon party
was given at the home of Mrs. Elliott
Andrews on Chestnut street at
o'clock Wednesday afternoon, which
proved most delightful affair. Mrs
Roy G. Pierce and Mrs. Elliott An
drews were the hostesses on this oc-
casion. The decora tions We're Very
prettily arranged with a color scheme
of red and white. The table was Hastily
decorated with red and white pinlls
and the place cards were dainty VAL
entine favors inscribed with appropri-
ate verses. The menu consisted of
grape fruit cocktail. veal salad. potato
chips. hot rolls. relish, raspberry col
lege ice and sponge cake and coffee.
The ladies present were Mrs. John
Robinson. Mrs. Samuel. Perkins, Mrs.
Robert Payson, Mrs. Webster Getche!
Mrs. Chester Fuller. Mrs. Harry Reid.
Mrs. Charles Beane, Mrs. Charles Til
den. Mrs. Charles W. Flynt and Mrs.
Hooper,