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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Are There Enough COfinss'
BESIDE DEATHS NAV

The rescuers at the City mine for
the most part were volunteers; men
who were at work in the other part
of the mine from that in which the
explosion occurred; men who had
worked all day in other things. and
men who have been out Of work for
q time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
FOUR HOLSTERS NAMED
Committee for American Legion
Fund Complete

The complete personnel Of the ma
tional honorary committee for the
American Legion $5.000,000 endow-
ment fund for disabled soldiers and
orphans of the World War. was an
nounced today by James A. Drain,
national commander. President
Coolidge is chairman OF the commit
tee. comprised of sixty-f1ve leading
men and women Of the country.
Vice President Elect Charles G..
Dawes, besides being a member Of
the national honorary organization.
has been engaged actively in pro.
noting the Legion's undertaking ira
Illinois.
Four Indianians are members Of
the committee. They are Harry $.
New, postmaster general; James J..
Davis, Secretary of Labor; Booth
Harrington, author. and VIII Hays.
former Cabinet officer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
MOnrners
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Proea
SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. a.
Seventy-six children and forty
four widows are known to be
survivors of the fifty-one
miners dead.
A record compiled by the
mine checkweighman showed
that only seven Of the dead
were single men.
Frank Smith, one OF the
victims, is reported as leaving
a widow and ten children.
Perry Maxwell, another VIC
tim leaves a widow and six
children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Search for Girl Begun

Local police have been asked to
search for Miss Henrietta Sorrell.
who ran away from her home in
sharpless, w. Va. Feb. 6. Mrs. Tex
ana Sorrell. her mother. wrote that
her dauyhter was abducted by
man who deserted his wife and i've
children In sharpless. Mrs. Sorrell
said she had traced the couple 10
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
SILL HOPES.

Faithful to the traditions Of
mining communities, Vivian Smith,
IA. daughter of Dave Smith. one of
the missing men, clings to the be-
lief that her daddy is alive. Dad
dy knew too much about first-aid
work to be dead" she said. Vivian,
her mother and three sisters main
tain a constant vigil at the mouth
OF the mine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
VETERANS IN DISASTER
Some of Old Timers Of Sullivan Dis
trict Among Victims.

Times star Oorresoomdent
SULLIVAN, Ind. Feb. 21.--vic-
Tins in the City Coal Mining Com
pany disaster included some. OF the
veteran miners of the Sullivan dis
trict.
Harry Anderson. 40, pitt boss, had
been a miner for fifteen years. The
widow and three children survive.
Frank Smith, S5, of Digger,
Ind. one of the six men trapped In
the end Of the east entry, is survived
by a wife and eight children. He
had been a miner since boyhood.
r. L. Jackson, 81, had been a
miner for twenty-seven years. Wild
ow and two children survive.
Widow and child await the recov-
cry of the body of Gilbert Taylor, 81.
trapped and known to be dead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
LUCK FAILS

When Lucky" Dowdy's luck
broke. It broke hard. Escaping
death by hair scores Of times.
Dowdy grew into the monicker
that was attached to him. He was
married at is. The widow walks
tn edamp streets. refusing to believe
her husband Is dead.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
FATHER RISKS LIFE
Goes Into Mine Without Mask After
Son-Seriously Gassed.

Times stan C0TreSD0ndeNS
SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. I'll
George Carly, mine boss at City
mine, wrecked by explosion Friday.
Is in q serious condition after be-
ing overcome by gas in futile at
tempt to rescue his son, Cecil Carly,
from the disaster. Another son,
Earl Carly, who worked for four
hours with the rescue squad, finally
brought out the body of the younger
brother. .
The father went into the mine
without a gas mask. An uncle OF
the dead boy, Dave Smith. also was
killed in the explosion. The boy
was graduated from Sullivan High
School In 1923 and was a football
and basketball star.
Cecil Cartey was to have been mar
ried to Miss Margaret Bishop of
Digger this spring. He attended
Purdue University last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Tmss star corespondent

Times Stan C0FresDOndent
SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. 21.-The
entire mining community here is in
mourning.
The terrific blast at City mine
Friday left two score Of widows and
narely 100 fatherless.
But the people are taking It with
the stoicism that marks almost any
mining district at time of disaster.
The miners and their families work
continuously In the shadow OF
danger. Every miner and every
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
RACK HOME AGAIN

Owners of automobiles reported
found today were:
Charles Bell. Pennville. Ind, Ford.
found at State and Bates SIS.
Donald Norman. 2S2 N. Jefferson
Ave. Ford. found at Massachusetts
Ave. and st. Clair SITS.
Whitaker Sales Co.. Chevro-
let, found at Capitol Ave and Ohio
st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
1OuT OF FRYING PAN
Ex-Fireman Injured In Blast al
Cleaning Plant.

BIZ Times Special
NEWCASTLE. Ind. Feb. I'll
Russell Thomas, %, yno resigned
as driver for the fire department to
be relieved Of hazardous work, was
blown through the door Of Wood
& Co., dry cleaners, in an explosion
Friday night.
Thomas was opening a tumbler to
remove clothes when static cleo
tztrity fired the naphtha fumes. The
last hurled him into the next room
with his clothing afire. A wall Of the
building was wrecked.
Thomas may lose his eyesight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
DR.. BRYAN WILL SPEAK
University President to Address Big
Meeting Audience.

University President to Address Big
Meeting Audience.
The last Ladies day" of the sea-
son win be observed at the Big
Meeting Sunday at English's Thea
ter when DR.. William Lowe Bryan,
president of the Indiana University,
will speak on Nature, and Human
Nature" DIR. Bryan is g. Big Meet
ing favorite, and men affiliated with
the movement voted to make the
program Ladies' day" when told he
had been obtained.
With the opening of doors at 8
o'clock the Big Meeting orchestra
will give a thirty-minutes concert,
rendering patriotic airs In honor Of
the anniversary of the birth of
George Washington. Vested choir
Of the Episcopal Church Of the Ad-
vent win sinS special selections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Tlmes Sian Correspondent

THINGS StdH Correspondent
SULLIVAN. Ind, Feb. 81.
Bodies Of miners being taken
out OF City mine, wrecked by
an explosion Friday, have their
arms appraised and their hands
clenched tightly across the eyes
and forehead, indicating efforts
OF miners to protect themselves
from flames and gases. o. G.
Thomas, weighmaster, stands
at the entrance, resdlutely fac
ing the grim task OF prying
down the stiff arms to identity
the dead.
The elbows and forearms Of
the dead are in many cases
iacerated, indicating the unfor-
tunate mine workers attenipt.
"a 10 crawl to safety bef6re
death overlook Them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
NUMBER THIRTEEN

The twelfth body was brought to
the surface. Number 49," was the
awed whisper. II wonder who 1t
will be-
A wait. and then the rope began
to move. The cage drew up to the
top and the thirteenth stretcher was
ca -ried from it. There was no num-
Der on the chest of that body. The
face was so black that the identity
could not be discovered.
Number Is burned beyond recog-
nition," was the whisper.
But at the undertaking establish
ments after every body was washed
all were identified.
VOLUNTEERS PLENTIFUL
AS the first rescuers worked they
had to carry their own air, and
spread ., curtain before the black
damp in the mine. Several were
brought 60 the top almost overcome.
Whenever one was taken from the
line OF rescuers because he was over
come there were. two volunteers who
tried to take his place.
WATTS FOR PAL
Charlie Seymour stood close to the
mouth OF the mine. He had come
up from work at rescuing. still he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

stayed there. Charlie Sanders. my
roommate. is down there" he said.
duly.
A little later Sanders body was
brought up and Seymour moved back
into the crowd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
HERMAN RITES MONDAY
Member Of Scientist Church to Be
Buried I'm Crown Hill.

Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie
Herman, "a, OF the Blacherne
Apis. 4o2 N. Meridian St., wife OF
B. III. Herman, president Of the B.
H. Herman Company. will be held
at 2 p, m. Monday at the Johnson
and Montgomery chapel, 1892
Central Ave. Burial will be In
Crown Hill.
Mrs. Herman Is survived by the
husband, two sisters; Mrs. Louise
Herman, of Danville, Va. and Mrs.
L. Arnheim. of New York and two
brothers, Charles Heller. of Boston,
Mass, and Ell Heller. of Baltimore,
Nd. She was member of the
Second Church of Christ, Scientist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
SCAR RECOGNIZED

Body of Mike Cusack was identi-
fed by his wife from scar on his
foot. The body was mangled so bad
ly other identification was impos-
sible.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
BASKETBALL FAN KILLED

Meets Death When Auto Upsets Re-
turning From Game.
BV Omitted Press
WARSAW, Ind. Feb. 21.-Gerald
Mishler, 1S, son of Mrs. Hugh Bre-
vier of Nappanee, was instantly
killed Friday night when his auto
overturned near New Paris.
He was returning home with a
crowd Of fans from basketball
game at New Paris.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
FROM BlCKNELL'

Bob Freeman. who came from
Bicknell 20 work in the City mine.
was cousin of Will and Clarence
Freeman. There were eight Bicknell
miners among the men who were
killed in the mine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
HEROIC SULLIVANI

Heroic sullivanl The rescuers,
with few exceptions, we're all its
citizens. AS part Of 1t bowed to It's
brief the other par I comforted
hardly realizing that in their little
town had happened the Worst mine
disaster ever known in Indiana
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
DEATH CHEATS CUPID

Claude Saunders. whose body was
among the first to be rescued. was
to have married Miss Dora Brad
bury OF Sullivan in the spring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
MINE PRESIDENT NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH in SHAFT
1T Was Just Fate" Declares John
M..Lowry, Who, With Three Others,
Was Underground When Fatal
Blast Came.
By ROBERT G.. BATMAN

SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb 21.s'It was just fate"
That the today John M Lowry president
of the City mine here in which, it is believed ffyone
met their death Friday Lowry with Elmer Davidson and
Floyd and Marshall Shpman the to the scene
of the fatal blast who escaped alive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21

John Mcclure. 80. colored, Of T5s
Roach st.. was arrested today on
blind tiger charge growing out OF
raid made on his house Feb. Is.
when four gallons OF white mule
were found. Mcclure escaped when
the raid was made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Ills LAST DAY

1t was John Salmon's last day 10
work. He had planned to leave to-
day on trip to the West. He was
unmarried. His body was recovered
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
LOCAL STUDENT GRIEvES
Girl Called From College b,
Brothers Death in Mine.
Times stan CoresDonders

SULLIVAN, Ind. Feb. 2,1.--Miss
Dona Laughlin, student at the
Central Business College at Indian
apolis, rushed here Friday when she
learned Of the mine disaster. to be
met at the station by her brother
John, who told her that another
brother, Earl Laughlin, was among.
the dead.
Thomas Laughlin. mine boss,
father. was one of the survivors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
LEAVES NEW BORN BABY

A. H. Moberly, IS. left a newborn
baby to go to work. His body had
not been recovered. The widow and
another child also survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
Ind, Feb. 21.-
A spectre Of dread shadows
- lives of all miners wives.

- lives or all miners wives.
This, according to Mrs. Eliza
beth Sheedy, widow of Charles
Sheedy, miner, SO, whose body is
still In the clutches Of the wrecked
City mine, with those Of thirty
four others, is the reason why
mine disaster victims are display
ing such fortitude.
Few have gone to the entrance
of the mine today.
Some are waiting at downtown
morgues for latest word form the
rescue workers.
1--WE live our lives in constant
fear" Mrs. Sheedy said. I'VE kiss
them goodby and hope.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
ILLNESS SAVES LIFE

DIOtHeT UI EHIOHtDtu MAI DID NOT
Go to Work Friday.
Times Stan CorrcsDondent
SULLIVAN, Ind, Feb. 21.-Lacey
Thomas escaped the fate of his
father and brother Friday, because
he was Ill. He did not go to work.
His brother John is among the men
entombed in the city mine.
His father was killed in a mine
blast at Oakland City. Ind, several
years ago.
A wife and two children survive
John Thomas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
SuIiUan

T[1ULLIvAN, the stricken
- Indiana town where
- sympathetic eyes Of the
Nation turned today. is a thriv-
ing county seat town of about
1000 population, situated close
to the center OF the Indiana
coal belt.
1t is about twenty-five miles
directly south of Terre Haute
and is on the Dixie Bee high
way.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-02-21
FatahSn1

Something Wrong at
Shaft Strikes Terror
to Heart of All Except
Miners Injured to
Danger,
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VOLUNTEERS PLENTIFUL.
WAITS FOR PAL

Charlie Seymour stood close to the
mouth OF the mine. He had come
lup from work at rescuins. still he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-18
Odd Freak of Wheels

A stuck throttle on the locomotive
of a Pennsylvania railroad passenger
locomotive near Hamburg, Pa, caused
one of the most freakish accidents in
the history of the railroad The train
was travelling nearly sixty miles an
hour when the engineer discovered
that he. could neither take off, nor put
on steam. The train was rapidly ap-
preaching station SO he turned on
the air and brought the train to a
stop with the brakes. But the wheels
of the locomotive continued to revolve
at a high speed. wearing grooves in
the rails and creating a terrific noise.
The engine was stopped only after
water had been poured on the fire to
reduce the steam pressure. 1t required
more than an hour to bring the wheels
to a halt.
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English Language
Heard EUerytDhere

'The whole world is talking Eng
fish," writes Doctor Van Rossern Ia
The Hague Post, after tour through
the five continents, "You land in the
French colonies in Cochin China and
instead of 'bonjour' you hear good
morning. You are introduced in Il
French club in Madagascar and in
stead Of 'enchante' you are. WELCOMED
with the words How do you doYN I
found that only one clerk spoke
French in the French colony of Bichs-
la-Mer in the Pacific. It's the same
thing in China and India. And what
Is the reason?" he asks. "The ships
are English, the money is In Ameri-
can hands; custom officers, military
attaches, legation. officials, everybody
speaks English" There is another
reason, the French official in the colo
MES doesn't care rap about the
whole colonial business. He counts
the days when he will stroll again on
the Boulevard des Capucins. And
then there Is the well-known English
attitude. An Englishman arrives at
Corfu or on an island in the South
seas and he says: "Henceforth every
body will have to speak English.
will not understand another LAM
guage." The people might refuse, but
pretty soon somebody begins to say
"goodby" when he should say rgood
morning." and the Englishman has
won out again.-Pierre Van Paassen,
in the Atlanta Constitution.
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THE PLEASURE OF ANGER

TN GENERAL anger is ineffective and
results only in adding strength and
power to whatever melted it. The
man who gives way to anger or who
even reveals the fact that he is angry.
even though he keeps the passion I'M
der his control, almost always weakens
his case. The angry man Is made
physically weak and pays a penalty
of inefficiency for considerable period
after his anger has subsidized.
Yet perhaps there might be good
deal of satisfaction in once in while
breaking loose and saying just what
we thought and indicating our exact
feelings even if it left one trifle
exhausted for the time being.
In recently acted play one of the
leading characters, who has endured
the irTitations of an Objectionable
neighhor for some time and has held
in until holding in seems no longer a
virtue, does finally break out and en-
Joy for brief ten minutes the pleas
ure of telling the other woman just
what she thinks of her. The outburst
left her weak. and though she had
finally to come to the point of apollo
giving for her plain words, she got so
much pleasure and so much relief from
saying for once just what she thought.
that she could never quite truthfully
say that she was sorry. In fact she
was really glad she had done it. Some
times anger is justiaable; sometimes it
Is source of stimulation and help to
the one who incites it.
Morton was a gentle, quiet soul who
would rather take abuse than engage
In an unpleasant argument. He was
extremely sensitive, too, as such men
often are, and though he did not say
anything when he was sighted or inn
posed upon, or spoken to supercili0us-
~. such treatment always wounded
him cruelty and ranked for days In
his memory. He hated a quarrel. and
because he controlled his feelingssa and
never replied to the insults which were
often heaped upon him, his COM
panions sometimes thought him weak
and lacking in spirit.
Simon thought SO, and being bully
and something of coward as DULLES
usually are, took every advantage of
poor Morton and did everything in his
power to humiliate the boy and to
make him unhappy.
But one day the worm turned, and
Morton surprised Simon. He had held
in so long that he could do so no
longer. and ne turned on the cowardly
Simon and told him just what he
| thought OF him.
Morton seemed a new creature after
that, and Simon also, for the boy had
gained pleasure and self-reliance
through the expression of his feelings
and Simon had learned to respect him
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Why have
RHEUMATISM?

NH. what a wonderful feeling to be
~ free from that miserable rheuma-
tism. To know again the joy OF timber
Joints and active muscles - freedom
rom that agonizing pain!
How often have you longed for
some relief as you suffered torture
from swollen, inaamed muscles and
Joints-how often have you said you
would give anything In the World for
few hours comfort!
:. But you didn't know that all you had
to do to get real relief from this nerve
wracking misery was Just to build
rich, red blood. did you? You didn't
know that rheumatism had to be
stopped from the inside by destroying
the impurities that cause it--by build.
ing millions of red cells in your poor.
weak blood, did you?
Until you Gil your system full oil
healthy, rich, red blood you will never
end " 4 rheumatism. s. s. s. will
surely help you. That's because s. Ssh
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WOMEN AND MISCHIEF

r HAVE jnst been reading an argu.
ment presented by distinguished
and aggressive member Of the English
house Of lords In which he attempts
to show that most of the troubles,
political and social, from which we.
are suffering today are caused by wom-
en- In their attempts to get control
of governmental matters and to i'm
press their feminine personalities and
doctrines upon the conduct Of natural
affairs.
Adam, IL we may draw any definite
conclusions from the story in Genesis
of his early horticultural experiences,
seems to have been inclined to lay at
the door of woman the difficulties into
which he stumbles, although it has al
ways looked to me- as If he showed
very little backbone in resisting her
proffered gift. He could have turned
his back upon Eve and kept us out of
trouble IL he had had any mind of his
own. have always thought, too, that
having eaten the apple, common po-
likeness and loyalty to his companion
required that he accept his response
bility for his act instead of blaming
it on girl.
The French have a proverb that
when anything untoward happens we
should "Cherchez Ia femme"-that is,
"look for the woman" and the French
have the reputation for extreme cour-
tesy. too. suppose It only means that
in the multitudinous affairs of life men
and women are so inevitably con-
cerned the one with the other that
there is no human event in which
woman does not play a considerable
part.
There is a tradition that when st.
Columbia, many hundreds Of years ago.
came to the island of Iona-the story
was told me by a handsome young
Scottish sailor not long ago-he had
not been on the island long before he
banished all the cows to an adjacent
island, since named the Island of the
Maidens.
Where there are cows" he is said
to have remarked, ''there are milk
maids, and where there are women,
there is mischief"
l was interested in seeing that with
in five minutes after he had told me
the story the young Scot was making
love to one Of the bright checked
young women on the island and prom
Using to see her the next day. and
not three minutes later he was making
the same promise to second young
woman he had met little farther
down the street.
1t may be true that where there ara
women there is mischief. but I'm not
At all sure there would be If man
were not present to help in making
Il.
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