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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
VAIL OF SIGHS AND TEARS
FILLS CHAMBER OF DEATH
Pltlful Scenes Enacted in Chester Morgue as Rela-
tives Wend Way Through Lanes of White
Covered Bodies, Seeking Loved Ones
BIZ a Sto6 Correspondent
CHESTER. A,

CHESTER, April ii.
One hundred and FIVE. white sheets GOV.
ering 1O5 charred bodies in the Chester
morgue is the CHASTITY toll of the Eddystone
disasterA
Relatives and friends suffered agony last
night because of the great difficulty of iden-
tifcation. Mutilated beyond hope of recog-
milton more than rs per cent of the dead
remained unclaimed.
Pine boards. laid on the floor of Whites
undertaking establishment on Third street,
formed temporary biers for the bodies
Remains of men and women were sepa-
rated to facilitate rapid Identification where
identification was remotely possible
END SEARCH AT DEATH HOUSE
After heartrending search through
the city hospitals. mothers. fathers and
frlends-as a last resort--wended their way
to one of the most hideous death chambers
in history.
/, On the faces of each was an apathetlc
expression that only broken heart could
reflect.
Even relief through tears was denied
them. Their was the sorrow that kills. Ir-
regular breathing was the only visible in
dicaticn of the struggle within.
AS the cosmopolitan crowd filed slowly
along the aisles of death, lifting sheets with
ineffable tenderness, an aged mothers with
erng hand suddenly clutched her breast as
y to stay a bleeding heart. Kneeing
swiftly she lifted the sheet
"Oh!"
A smothered moan-that was all The
cotton shroud luttered back to its resting
place as her pain increased Physically
the heart still beat. In spirit, it had passed
away
With Spartan courage this little white
haired mother moved slowly into the Cor
oner's office and signed Identification papers
LAST HOPE GONE
To make absolutely sure that she had
| really found her daughter, and waverinp
| with uncertainty, she returned to the office
| about ten minutes later. Yes. she wa.
right. There was still part of her daugh.
ter's shoes that she recognized, a fragment
of torn shirtwaist that helped, and on the
| forehead----
Later a young American laborer rushed
| in. AS his eyes reflected the horror OF
! the scene his sturdy shoulders dropped
Was he to find his wife there--there ir
| Deaths most hideous form?
! Knowing her image so well in his hear
that even mutilation could not hide it, hC
| passed quickly into the large white room
| To and fro he wound his way Suddenly
! paralyzed, he halted stood very still bu
did not stoop. Every muscle in his body
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11

convulsed and seemed to make kneeling
impossible
Long he stood there gazing down at the
cruel TRANSPORTATION.
Then he. too, passed silently out to sign
identification papers.
Many called ON the saddest of lfe's mis-
sions-searching the haunts of death for
loved ones. And many went away stepped
in sorrow, in doubt, in the agony of the
soul. Some one was missing. Search had
exhausted all else but the morgue and
even there-the inferno of torment and
tribulation-that some one was still miss
ing.
DEATH DEALT CARDS
Death had played its fendish cards and
detied identification.
Lost among the dead!' moaned one
little woman after she had searched every
face FOR almost an hour in an effort to claim,
her daughters body
mot daring to risk an error when In
doubt. many went away in hopes that
daylight would aid their efforts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11

Aintosy Of this country. Boyns nfurmufe1 4
few pathetic words, telling Of their suRer-
Ing. and then they died. Others iapsed into
inconsistencies after trying to give loved
ones an idea Of their frightful experience
No story OF European battlefield carnage
can surpasS the accounts of the hell created
by exploding shrapnel at Eddystone. But
here and there the gruesomenss and the
horror of 1t all were frightened by tales
of heroism, of men and women who risked
their lives to drag the badly injured from
the inferno Of bursting shells.
Mrs. Sarah Showalter. 1916 South May
| street, this city, gives vivid account OF
the explosion She was working in the
new + building. She said
Just before the first explosion / had
stopped weighing powder for a moment
and was trying to attract the attention of
Howard MCGOWAN, foreman of the shop,
who was talking to the forewoman. When
we heard the first explosion, none of us
paid much attention to It, but the second
was tremendously louder. MIR. MCGOWAN
called:
run, girls, for your lives
II ran out the door without being hurt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
Double Strength

Every vital part now has twice the needed
strength. Our margins of safety have in
three years been doubled.
The result is lifetime car. Over 40
parts are made of toughened steel. All
safety parts are oversize. All parts which
get major strain are built of Chrome
Vanadium.
Mitchell cars have proved that cars built
this way will run over 100000 miles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
AUSTRIAN ARRESTED
Suspicious Telegram Leads to Capture
of Patterson in Hospital

CHESTER, Pa, April 11,-Jacob Silver
man. of III Norfolk street. New York, one
of the injured men, is under surveillance at
the Chester Armory, and his father. David
Slverman, an Austrian. on his arrival at
Chester. was arrested by guardsmen and
searched. because of a telegram he sent his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11

na frsishs / a. cu' III w sts''6 Y . s
just outside. Three-inch shells wefs nying
everywhere then. One whist1ed under my
arm as ran toward the dead line Of the
plant. rfff~
when got outside the dead line tried
to get back inside New r to see what had
happened to my sisters, Rebecca and Agnes,
who were working in another part OF the
same building. but soldier led me away
and put me on trolley for Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
SURVIVORS DEPICT
WARLIKE HORRORS
BIZ a Sta6 Correspondent

CHESTER, April II.
Tales of survivors who escaped from. the
Eddystone Inferno continued to dribble in
today, adding fresh touches of horror to the
general story of disaster.
Also from the lips of the injured came
more or less incoherent accounts of the
most disastrous munitions explosion in the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11
A New $l15O Size

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Nell . 9rqnnstt. nensve. p. y e.s
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-11

Klein Motor Car Co., Allentown. Pc.
& Ihosnsi, Ccets:yiile. Pc.
CcluEs,s Auto Co. CeIumb!a. Ps.
S!sMins's Gsrsge HaGleten, Pc;
C?lss darss: . suppiy Co.. Tssesssss
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
LAWSON AGAIN
IN "LIMELICHT"

Nv United Press leo srd Wire
WASHINGTON. pcc. Is - The
house committee on expenditures In
the navy department entered the
probe lists today BY announcing an
roe ~ ndent probe 81 department
apendlnEs. Thomas " lawson De.
uanded n public probe by congress
OF Contractors. committeeman and
other amateur officials" running tho
war. and OF alleged enormous war
profita
Congressman received "Citizen
f-awson's" messages from Boston.
Chief OF Ordnance Crozicr. testify
Ing at the secret senate military
committees probe. detailed tho stu.
alton regarding heavy ordnance. field
artillery and biz guns
Senator Chamberlain aftcrwari
aaid Croziers figures showed "a
much better condition with regard 20
this branch OF ordnance than most OF
the members had any idea existed
Chamberlain said tho information
given by Crozlcr was 81 character
that "we would give millions 81 dol
lars 10 duplicate concerning the Ger.
nan army"
lie intlmntcd that Crozier satisfied
the committee that American artn
lcry soon VIII bc on tho Western
front. releasing France from tho ne
cessity 81 supplying the American
forces with "honvics"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
AER0PLANE IS
SANTA'S SLEIGH

Z hNfu ffrff torres pOHdr ~
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
~ FRANCE. Dec s Thc notes Of
a buEle plcrcod the FOG embracing a
certain valley In which IL located
an American hospital with American
nurses and ordsriie- Every body
recognized tho air raid alarm All
hurried 10 cover
Above. an airrlano uwOoped down.
dropped three offsets. turned few
nip fiops showing tho great allied
circle and star marking its wings
and duchrsi hurriediy away
Apparently tho Itoehes were ntlil
keeping up their dAstariiy trick OF
rnidinE hospitals. apparently also
they were using machines camou.
tagged to look like allied planes.
hut the three ohicctH which the
aviator dropped did not explode.
Some ord~rliea hustled out tn look
at them They were neatly wrapped
parcels when they were opened
they proved 60 h. Christmas presents
for sirk members % an American
aero squadron IN the hospital The
machine was later Identified a. an
American aeroplAn~ which had flown
from tho training ground for the
santa Claus stunt
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
COVERING
STRANGE GRIMES
IN PITTSBURC

nv United Press Leasrd Wire
ftrTSnt NG. Dee. 1.-Two
unusual crimes 81 successive
days. following the murder of
Mrs. Emma y, iieycr. were being
Investigated by county de
tecti,-s today.
In each ease. robbery was followed
by an effort Ia destroy evidences Of
the crime hy fire.
Today the haifincineratod body Of
a man was found on the side Of a
hill near iiankHviilc
Yesterday "a fire attracted several
persons TO the home Of Morris peori.
ia the rear OF hts store ut 1905
Washington ave. Braddock reerl
was found bound and gagged Sew.
efal hundred dollars was missing
from cash register
This was not very far from Edge.
wood acres. where the iieycr home
was wrecked hy an explosion after
the killing 81 Mrs neyer. De
tecuvra have maintained that the
plottcrs believed the place would be
fired By the explosive. thus hiding
traces 81 the murders
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
THAN CALOMEL
Thousands Have Discovered
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets
are alIarmless Substitute

DIR. Edwards Olive Tablcts-the sub
stitute for calonel-arc mild but sur
laxative, and their effect on the liver
almost instantaneous. They arc the r,
suit Of DR.. Edwards's determination NJ
totreat liver and bowel complaints wi
calomel. His efforts 10 Danish II brougi
out these little olive-colorcd tablets.
The pleasant little tablets dothc GOO
hat oalomel does. but have no bad afll
sffects They don't iniurc the teethlll
strong liquids or calomcl. They tai
nod of the trouble and quioklycorrecti Il
Why cure the liver az the expense Of IN
teeth9 Calonel sometimes plays have
with the gums Sodo strong liquids.
$ best not to take calonncl, but to let d
5duards' Olive Tablets take its place
Most headaches, "dullness" and ths
azy feeling como from constipation ar
disordercd liver. Take DR.. Edward
GIvo Tablets when you feel "loggy' ar
heavy" Note how they "clesr" clouds
rain and hovthcy "pcrkup" the splIits
= and 25c box an druggists.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15

10 you meet Rcd Cross mssaen
And she ash. fsr enc tweI
pcn't sanr~se that lonesome dollar
nut come thru. eeme thru.
These Hiri. alive all their energy
And surely do thctr btu
Win the Hed Cross cause go
worthy,
There. no such word ss "aeit.-
Your dollar gees for n noble cause.
Probably somewhere new In
France
To nurse back iIfr. amid war strife.
where cur hcys take the chance.
Wen do eur share for the good
nrd tre-..
And we viii save you mor~
On any SUIT, COAT. DRESS and
uAT
A. ,se FLORENCE UPSTAIRS
STORE
second and Union
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
MEN OUT or WORK

CLEVELAND. Dec. is--with
close to ioo,0 900 men and women
thrown out Of work because % tho
shutting down Of moro than 100 Fac
tories and tho reported suffering q
close 20 20 900 families because 81
lack 81 fuel Federal Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield WAS appealed 60 At
Washington today 90 rush coal 90
Cleveland. Twelve thousand cars -
lake consigned coal. he was told. are
standing on Kentucky tracks.
Many factories which shut down
were making munitions for the al.
lie. and the government
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
GIRL TELLS OF
FINDING BOMBS

BB ntfcd Press Leased Wuc
LOS ANGELES Dec. IS That a
bomb 81 powerful explosives was
dropped from an acroplano Thursday
night over the northwest section OF
tho city, f. the theory advanced by
police detectives today. after finding
10 pieces Of what appear 10 be De
tonator and shell 81 tho bomb
Detectives believe the bomb was
dropped by an unknown aviator. fly.
Ing % q height ~ 5000 feet. and OK
Ilddod 500 feet IN the nir.
Minnie kunz. ~. saw "a piece Of
tho bomb fan ~ She was knocked
off he rfcct b. the force Of the ox.
ilosion,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15

taries Of this camp received orders
this week TO leave saturday for
service IN Franco This is the sec.
and contingent" Of secretaries to
leave this camp for over there"
Those who will leave are: Z. J.
Wright. Texas. @. L. Clarke. Ia
Grandc. Ore, &, O. Keester. North
Yakima; q. I. Sovereign. Everett.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
BRITISH RETAKE
TRENCH FROM HUNS

BY Unifcd Press Leased Wire
LONDON, Dec, l5.--British troops
in hot local fighting around Polder-
hook. yesterday evening. regained a
considerable part Of the British
trench which tho enemy had pene.
trated in the morning. Marshal liaig
reported today.
Tho British commander reported
active enemy artillery fire to the
east OF Messines and northeast of
Npres.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15

1asrs ~ 55ks 81 shs sess
sSorumpticuss names 20 taok
On TO an ansuspsot Ing place
on the ZAP In THE STAIR
that I ever heard OF before.
You. Of % urss, kncv that
the Great Sorthsru 10 the
NAH ana scat DEFECT route
to MuXlIf I bet
you . 81 bag OF sur5 that
ycu 40 not know where
SxAl1oKAuA 10 loostsd---ani
50 10 - big - h,hiitso
(Alncstl.
Il 10 right here "a the
state OF NASH rHcToS.
men I vas Shfrpins-olsrk.
office-boy, and President
Of rHx tut Hous4. a fsv
pears ago. hnd soM tine
send Ing q package OF sUTs
60 sfnzota~a, ana 81 sc
hadn't bean for
n. J. 2. 9ExzMAN- -------
OF the Northern xrpress Co.,
MO cane TO the resous,
vould have been lookinS fer
the place yet.
Better look ft up. Besides
moving your city. fnov
your state too.
1veryeody that vorfs fer
the Northern Krprsss Co., Are
today invited 20 spsn9 81
for Tut HOUSE NUTS. froa
o. B. Dchsrty, st his cigar
stand at e2A=ist Avenns.
%ji''1%;;'~'S'
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
ONO CITIES NEED
COAL VERY BADLY

COLUMBUS. o.. Dec. iS~-Govcr.
nor Cox today appealed 60 judge
Lov~,t. head ~ tho federal wiortty
board. for a priority order 30 that
several trains % coal can b. rushed
10 Cleveland from the eastern Ohio
fields
Akron and Canton are In bad
shape. and similar requests for those
cities arc likely 20 follow
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
ARREST ALIENS

Alex Moror. -. Austrian. and ID
- Kimonski. Is. a Pole. both labor
ers. were arrested BY tho police at
sixth ava and King st. saturday
morning. and are being bold hy tho
polio. for federal investigation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
500 FOR SEALS

More than 800 was rraiiFrd IN the
anti tuberculosis Christmas seal haie
Friday. under the management Of
'8e Mothers Congress and Parent.
Tea her association
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
.KOOvER'S SUGAR.
EXPERT ROLPH IS.
R A P P Ed HARD.
HttIIrIN


HV InIIfI FfTfF IC1ard WIZ
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.-the
iteod Hugar.ooal investigating com.
mittee today denied Food Admins
traitor lioover's request for per-nlu
sion 20 cross examine witnesses, Sen
atar Reed said counsel Tor the food
might submit queationn
to the committee. which would take
them ~ with witnesses
The committees unanimous opln.
ion Il that the committee should con.
duct the probe and ask all the quea.
lions" said Reed.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
WHO ISN'T CLEAN?

Eight hours without an arrest was
the record at police headquarters Fri.
day, the first time this has happened
for many months.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
LLOYD. GEORGE TO
TALK NEXT week

ny United Press Leased Wire
LONDON. Doc. is.--Prcmier Lloyd
George will follow M his Gr,y's Inn
speech with more specific discus.
sion ~ war aims In the house % com
mons Thursday, according TO infor-
nation today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-15
Sunday!

From the all-star cast headed by Wallace
Reid, Hobart Bosworth and Tully Mar
shall, and five lesser stars, clear through
the story, staging and camera effects, we
claim "The Devil-Stone" a screen triumph
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

TINE great white Capitol on its green
hill is one of the most powerful
educational features of Washington.
1t reaches the essentials of monumental archi-
lecture as well as the Parthenon at Athens
taught them in its day. 1t is one of the happy
hits of American genius, like the Federal Con-
stitution.
There is no other thing in Washington so
well worth seeing and studying. But who stud
les it? The vast majority of visitors take
glance at the Capitol, get a passing impression
of huge, towering dome and an enormous out
stretching of architectural wings that glare In
the sunshine as if gigantic white bird had
settled down upon the city, and go away with
only a confused notion of what they have seen.
1t has stirred their imagination, but they can
not tell why. 1t was mighty big thing,
that is all they are able to say about it,
This is one of the weakest points in Ameri-
can popular education-the lack of any gen.
eral knowledge or appreciation Of architecture.
1t is a fundamental cause of the common ugli-
ness OF our, cities and buildings. The A c
Of architecture ought to be taught in the pub
lie schools. Architecture was mans first great
progressive art Birds and mice can make
nests, but they make them the same now
their predecessors made them a million years
ago. Man began in caverns and leaf-covered
huts and bowers in trees. but proved his intel
lectual superiority by rising to the construc-
ton OF a Parthenon.
A building like the Capitol is national
symbol. This particular symbol in Wash
ington stands for the American people,
and the people ought to study it, for it
will repay the trouble. Foreigners Judge us
by It; to their eyes it is a token or measure
of our Importance. as the Pyramids are meas
ure of the might of ancient Egypt or st. Peters
of the historic greatness of the Christian
Church.
We find that foreigners admire the Capt.
fol rather more than we do. One reason is
that educated foreigners generally know more
about architecture; another is that they study
and appreciate such things more and better.
They look askant at some of the architectural
performances of New York and Chicago, but
they never smile at the Capitol in, Washington.
It may help some Americans to be more at
tentive TO this magnificent structure if they
are assured that it can triumphantly bear COM
parison with architecture in the Old World
Many thousands of American soldiers are now
passing through Washington, expecting in
few months to be marching to victory through
the famous cities of Europe. They will see
nothing there to make them blush for the ma
The Washington times., 1917-10-19

jestic Capitol that symbolizes the power Of
their own country. They should look well at
it and fix its image in their minds before they
go. Its towering form will be an inspiring
memory for them.
1t is incomparably more splendid and i'm
pressive than the vast Houses of Parliament
in London. The palace in Berlin is barn be-
side it. Vienns's splendid Parliament building
falls far below it in majesty. The gorgeous
Kremlin. that whipped Napoleon out of the
heart of Russia with lashes of flame, is a nom
descript aggregation of whitewashed walls,
bulb-topped towers, mushroom church domes,
and gilded minarets, utterly lacking the unity
and sublimity of our great palace of democ-
racy.
See if you cannot find out for yourself
what are the elements of the wonderful i'm
preston that the Capitol makes on your eyes
and your mind. Sit down on one of the stone
benches before its great east front. If you are
an architect, or a connoisseur of architecture,
you will perceive faults and inconsistencies;
but no matter for them; it is the general i'm
preston that counts. Notice the admirable
unity of the design; how, notwithstanding its
enormous size, the entire structure hangs to-
gether and makes a harmonious whole. That
will be lesson for you in the elements Of
architecture.
The Washington times., 1917-10-19
THE GLORY OF THE CAPITOL

With the great building actually before
you, you will see (what no picture shows) that
there is a separate unity pertaining to the old,
central portion, which makes it by far the most
beautiful part of the structure. This Is
brought out by the white paint covering the
older part, in contrast with the darker shade
of the implanted stone of the new wings. In
a photograph this distinction is lost. When
you perceive it you are tempted to regret the
necessity of adding those wings. Without them
the vast, lofty dome is the master feature OF
the entire pile. The old wings seem TO be only
happily proportional extensions of the base,
kind of high, white terrace for the great dome
to stand upon, like the buttresses Of snowy
mountain peak.
By placing yourself in the center of East
Capitol street, about in line with the third pair
of lamp posts, you will find the new wings shut
out on each side by the trees bordering the
way, and then you can see, without the dis-
traction produced by their presence, how very
beautiful and harmonious the old building was
before the additions at the ends. The new
wings, where the Senate and the Representa-
tives assemble, are accordant in design with
the older portion, but their elaborate groups OF
sculpture in the tympanums above the pro
jecting porticoes are less pleasing than the
simple three figures that adorn the correspond
ing tympanum above the old portico.
Then study the extreme beauty and har-
mony of proportions exhibited by the magnf1-
cent dome, with its five superposed parts, only
the lower one of which, the base, has the least
appearance of heaviness, for all the rest seems
wonderfully light and airy, although 1t carries
nearly nine million pounds of metal.
The Capitol is so large and so conspicuously
placed that it becomes a dominant landscape
object and shares with such objects the varia-
ton of aspect produced by changes Of light,
such as are caused by the passage of clouds,
or an alteration in the angle of view. You
should, therefore, look at it at different hours
Of the dav and evening, in different states of
the weather, and from many different points
The western side, intended to be the back, faces
the city as it happened to grow, and, with the
green, e-shaped slopes that lead up to it
and the great white stone terraces, fountains,
flower beds and flights of steps, presents in
some ways the most impressive view of all.
But the real architectural beauty of the Capt.
toll is to be seen from the east.
Finally, in order to see how the vast build
ing retains its majesty when viewed from
distance, go out upon the distant hills and
look back at it. That sight will increase your
pride in your country, which Is not bad thing
to cultivate just now.