Colony Courier (Colony, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COLONY COURIER
lOOOPICKNICKERS:
DIE AT CHICAGO
ONSINKINGBOAT
Terrible CATASTROPHE ACCOM.
PANIES OUTING OP WESTERN
ELECRIC COMPANY
EMPLOYEES.
2,500 SOULS ON BOARD
WHEN VESSEL OVERTURNS
Party Had Just Started From Dock
In Chicago River When the Big
Steamer Began To List and
Turn Turtle Without
Warning.
Chicago.—The big steamship East-
land, crowded with picnickers, turned
turtle in the Chicago river at 7:40 a. in.
Saturday. More than 1000 people were
drowned.
The boat had been chartered by the
Western Electric Company for a picnic
for its employes.
Eye witnesses said that the boat
turned gradually and that when It be-
gan to tip the crowd rushed and slid
toward the side that had settled in the
water. The big steamer weighed by
the rush of its passengers turned clear
over on its side.
Officials of the steamship corppany
said that the Eastland had about 2,500
persons on board.
The boat is of steel construction and
more than 300 feet long. It is owned
by the Chicago and St. Joseph Trans-
portation Company.
Many passengers jumped from the
sinking steamer onto the wharf.
Scores, however, were thrown into the
river and scrambled to the bottom and
side of the boat, clinging there until
rescued.
The North Clark street bridge was
choked with thousands of persons on
their way to work when the accident
occurred. Friends and relatives of
many persons who were going on the
excursion lined the bridge railing wait-
ing for the boat to depart.
Private motor cars and wagons were
pressed into service in transporting
the injured to hospitals. The police
were called to the scene from a score
of outlying stations.
Police drove the thousands of per-
sons who crowded the Clark street and
Wells street bridges from the struc-
tures for fear that they would collapse.
The Panic.
Indescribable panic is the was sur-
vivors all picture the scene of the boats
capsize. Ross Goetting, a commission
salesman, and Anna Uolnlck, another
Eastland passenger, say that men
trampled over women In the maddest
rush, and that many of the crushed
women were carrying babies.
That more women, girls and children
than men will be listed among the
dead, was the assertion of rescue work-
ers and survivors almost unanimously.
The fact, that, unlike regular line
passenger boats, excursion ships do
not make uq passenger registers of all
on board, Is one additional trouble in
securing Anal lists of the missing.
Only by a careful checking over of the
list of the Western Electric employes
will the last word about the lost be
spoken.
Many Women and Girls.
Of the lost many are women and
girls, death-stricken at the very start
of their Joyous annual holiday as em-
ployes of the giant Western Electric
Company plant at Hawthorne, a sub-
urb of Chicago. The list of the ship,
which resulted in capsize, came but
very shortly after the 300-foot passen-
ger vessel had taken on Its happy hu-
man load. The actual hour of the dis-
asters precipatlon was 7:40 a. m. The
boat was JuBt starting from Its Chi-
cago pier for Michigan City, the an-
nual picnlctng place of the Western
Electric Company employes.
When the steamer first rolled and
passengers, alarmed, began to become
panic-stricken, cooler men uinong them
cried out to the throng to ho quiet.
Hawsers Snapped.
The boat was on the point of pull-
ing out into the strenm, but the haw-
sers had not all been released and
those which were still taut, broke short
off.
Women toll hnengotn -gou shrdlu
Women then hegnn to scream, Hod-
erstrom snld, and men did their best
lo calm them. As the steamer rolled
over toward the dork, Rite moved out
Into mid-stream and had topped over
on her side in a moment.
Newspapers as Buffers.
Nothing fills the place of a buffer
In a trunk like newspapers; they are
so unyielding that wrinkles and pro-
tuberances cannot make themselves
felt. It Is useless to try to arrange
heavy articles at the bottom of the
trunk and light ones on top—the hag
gage handlers know no top and no
bottom. Convenience In handling Is
ell that concerns them. By keeping
an even smooth surface for each suc-
cessive layer one Is ootng one's best
4o protect the contents.
OKLAHOMA RAINFALL FOR JIIE, ISIS
Stale of 5fiade3.[__J^to5inclies £~^5To7 inchc&&?zi3 7to9inche3.[^3 9to 11 incfics£!S0vcrllind)O.
The average precipitation for the State of Oklahoma for the month of June, 1915,
was 7.32 inches. This is nearly twice as much as the June normal. While the rain-
fall was unevenly distributed geographically, the excess was general, practically the
whole Stute having more than the usual amount. Rainfall was most abundant in the
north-central and south-central counties and lightest in the extreme western coun-
ties. With two exceptions it was the wettest June of which there is record. For
June, 1904, the State average was 8.95 inches and for June, 1908, x.83 Inches.. The
average number of rainy days for the State as a whole was 11. The 19th and 20th
were the only days on which rain did not fall tn some part of the state.
EXAMINATIONS FOR MOTOR ROUTE
Government Prepares To
Chaffeur-Carriers.
Employ
Washington.—Under a recent rul-
ing of Postmaster General Burleson
Inaugurating an all-star automobile
letter carrier service to succeed the
present system of delivery the follow-
ing examinations have been ordered
August 14 in Oklahoma for the pur-
pose of securing eligible registers
from which to appoint carriers for
automobile routes emanating from the
offices mentioned:
Altus at Altus; Cache at Lawton;
Deer Creek at Medford; Devol at Fred-
erick; Devol at Walter; Douglas at
Enid; Duke at Altus; Eldorado at Al-
tus; Elmer at Altus; Enid at Enid;
Faxon at Lawton; Fletcher at Law-
ton; Garber at Enid; Gould at Har-
mon; Headrick at Altus; Hollis at
Hollis; Hunter at Enid; Indlahoma at
Lawton; Jefferson at Medford; Krem-
lin at Enid; Lahoma at Enid; Lamont
at Medford; Lawton at Lawton; Me-
Loud at Shawnee; Marshall at Guth-
rie; Medford at Medford; Mulhall at
Guthrie; Nash at Medford; Olustee at
Altus; Pond Creek at Medford; ITand-
lett at Frederick; Randlett at Walter;
Renfro at Medford; Shawnee at Shaw-
nee; Wakita at Medford; Walter at
Frederick; Walter at Walter; Temple
at Frederick; Temple at Walter;
Waukomis at Enid.
The assessed valuation of property
In Grady county has Increased $724,-
7S2 within the last year. Most of this
Increase has been caused by the Im-
provement of the homes and farms of
the county. Farm lands and Improve-
ments In 1914 were valued at $7,448,-
811 while this year they were sched-
uled at $7,787,177 or a gain of $428,3G6.
BURGLAR KILLED DEPUTY SHERIFF
Washita County Official Meets Death
in Effort to Capture Fugitive.
Clinton.—Fred Hollingsworth, dep-
uty sheriff of Washita county, was
shot and Instantly killed eleven miles
southwest of Clinton by an unknown
white man who burglarized the gen-
eral merchandise store of Herring &
Young of this place.
Hollingsworth, accompanied by a
small posse of local citizens, started
on a search of the country southwest
of here for the robber. The posse
spread out In order to take In as
much of the country as possible and
met again at a point a mile or two
ahead. When Hollingsworth failed to
show up at the meeting place a search
was Instituted for him. About a half
mile from where the posse started
he was found dead, his heart pierced
by a bullet from a .38 caliber revolver.
As the posse reached the scene of the
dead man, Hollingsworth’s assailant
was seen running away. The posse
started In pursuit, but he escaped in
the country.
The weapon the man used In his
murderous attack upon Hollingsworth
was stolen from the store of Herring
& Young, together with several other
pieces of merchandise. He Is described
by those who saw him as being about
35 years old, heavy set, weighing about
165 pounds and wore blue overalls
over a dark blue suit of clothes. The
posse continued Its search without
success. Hollingsworth’s body was
brought to Clinton. He was about 40
years old and married.
M’ALESTER PRISONERS L0ARED
I To Other Institutions To Help On Big
Contracts.
8enator Owen Hires Farm Manager.
Stillwater.—Senator Owen lias se-
lected Howard R. Hedger of the Okla-
homa A. and M. college as general
manager of his 4,400-acre farm and
ranch In Washington county, about
twenty miles north of Bartlesville.
Mr. Hedger was graduated from A.
and M. college in 1913 in agriculture
and since his graduation he has been
employed in the extension department
of the college as assistant in charge
of boys' and girls’ club work In Okla-
homa. He will take up the work on
Senator Owen’s lands within a week.[the school for the blind.
Granite.—Sixty convicts from the
state penitentiary at McAlester ar-
rived here, making the trip in the cus-
tody of Warden A. V. Skelton, and
were Interned In the state reformatory
here. Twenty-six prisoners were sent
from McAlester to Muskogee, and the
state pententlary now has only 1,258
Inmates. There are now 370 prisoners
In the Granite Institution.
The addition to the convict force
here is due to the fact that the re-
formatory has contracted to furnish
the Rock Island railroad 3,000 car-
loads of crushed rock for bridges
along the Canadian river, which Is ad-
ditional to the work of farming 1,600
acres of growing crops.
The twenty-six convicts sent from
McAlester to Muskogee are to aid In
tho construction of a new building for
Free Employment Agency at Coalgate.
Coalgate.—The chamber of com-
merce of this city lias 'organized a free
employment bureau and It will be In
charge of George E. JaVin. Co-opera-
tion between the farmers and laboring
men will be the chief purpose of the
bureau. Need of such a bureau has
been felt here for some time, and the
commercial club saw that It would be
doing a good service by providing a
means for finding employment for the
laborers and furnishing service for
the employers.
Coach for Athletics Stillwater.
Stillwater. — President Frank M.
Gault of the state hoard of agricul-
ture, and J. G. Griffith, to be the new
athletic coach at the state A. & M.
college, at last have agreed on all
terms. Griffith will receive from the
state a salary of $1,800 a year, with
the provlsioh that If the Aggie foot-
ball squad wlnB the state champion-
ship the sum will be boosted at $2,000.
Griffith, now with the Unlv*rsity of
Idaho, was elected to succeed Coach
Davis of the A. & M.
Contest For Land Is Won By Dewar,
Okmulgee.—A controversy between
Henryetta and Dewar over the pos-
session of a strip of territory, border-
ing on Dewar, wan decided In favor of
Dewar by the county commissioners.
The piece of lnnd In question Is a
half mile wide and wus a part of the!
Henryetta school district. Citizens ofi
Dewar petitioned that the strip bo]
added to their school district. After
tho county superintendent had de-
cided in their favor, Henryetta author-
ities appealed to the commissioners
and won out.
Two Killed By Lightning.
Bartlesville.—Jess Walker, age 85,
a smelter worker, and Dan Adams, a
16-year-old boy, were struck by light-
ning and Instantly killed during a ter-
rific electrical storm which swept
over Bartlesville. Walker was on his
wuy to work when struck down In a
field near his homo. Adams, who was
working with a threshing crow, sought
shelter in a born. The ham wns
struck twice, the first bolt killing
Adams. Four other men In the barn
»t the time were stunned.
Dr. Newell Resigns As Superintendent
Woodward.—Dr. E. G. Newell, su-
perintendent for the past two yenrs at
the Oklahoma Hospital for the Insane
at Supply, has tendered his resigna-
tion to Governor Williams. No rea-
sons are given by tho doctor for his
action, except that ho Is anxious to
retire to private life and resume tho
practice of medicine. He will return
to his former home at Tonkawa.
There is some talk here among tho
doctor’s friends of urging the gover-
nor to refuse to accept the resigna-
tion. _
Okmulgee Man lo Killed In Quarrel
Okmulgee.—Lee Pickering, a well
known cattle man of this city, was
shot and Instantly killed by Ross
Kurtz at tho home of the latter In
the Houth end of this county and near
the McIntosh county tine. Pickering
wns shot following a quarrel with
Kurtz had stolen some of Pickering'*
over the belief of Pickering that
Kurtz had stolen some of Pickering's
entile. Pickering and a companion
were leaving Kurtz's home when
Kurtz shot twice, (he shot tak'iig st-
feet In the shoulder und neck.
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QIIAMNQ5
DORMANT PRUNING IN FAVOR
Work on Considerable Scale During
Summer Seaton Is Not Advlaabl#
—Difficult to See.
In practice, Bummer pruning, on a
considerable scale, is not advisable. It
is difficult to see. when the leaves are
on. just which branches should be re-
moved. except In the case of dead
branches. One must be on the guard,
also, to avoid peeling of the hark when
It peels rapidly. Pruning ia less ex-
peditiously done In summer than when
the trees are dormant.
There are occasions, however, when
one desires to complete work of prun-
ing begun early in the season. There ;
need be no fear of Injuring the trees
by taking off a moderate number of
Pruning Peach Tree In Dormant Sea-
eon.
branches when the leaveB are on, in
spite of the fact that the removal of
leaves debilitates a tree. If done early
In the summer the Injury ie less than
after the summer growth is nearly
completed.
The removal of dead branches can-
not affect the vitality of the tree, no
matter when done. Nor can there be
any seYIous effect If here and there
branches, which are too close or which
cross, are removed. The thinning out
of small, twiggy branches for the pur-
pose of thinning the fruit Is not a
harmful process in early summer. The
drain on the tree is less than it would
be to bear an abnormally heavy crop
of fruit. There are a great many trees
which might be relieved of a surplus
of fruit during May and early June to
good advantage.
SPRAYING IS NOT DIFFICULT
Know Enemy You Are Fighting and
Mix Materials Properly—Haphaz-
ard Work Will Not Do.
It does not pay to spray, as spray-
ing la done by half of those who
try It.
Yet proper spraying Is not dlfficulL
Have first a clear idea of what you
want to do. Know the enemy you are
fighting. Then mix your materials
properly. Study the formula and fol-
low directions carefully. No haphaz-
ard work will do. The details given
for the mixing are all necessary.
Spraying well done pays, and it
pays big.
Apply it right, with a strong pres-
sure so as to make a very fine mist.
You can do it right If you try to
and yet It Is no easy Job. It Is work
from first to last, but It ts work that
pays.
RIGHT SITES FOR ORCHARDS
-- I
Well-Known Fact That Cold Air Set-
tles to Lower Levels Is Often
Overlooked—Loss by Frost.
It Is a well-recognized fact, though
>ne too often overlooked In selecting
jltcs for orchards, thnt cold air Bet-
ties to tho lower levels. For this rea-
wn It Is often colder at the lower ele-
vations than It Is at higher points In
the same locality. This Is what ts
meant by ''atmospheric drainage.”
The occurrence of ff-'st In lew
■ places when there Is nono on e’o-
I rated areas Is thus explained.
For tho same reason peach muds
ire ofton winterkilled or the blossoms
ire Injured by frost In the spring In
low places when nearby orchards cn j
higher elevations aro Injured muck
I less, or even escape entirely.
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Bees Help Fruit Trees.
In a recent experiment at the Illi-
nois station It was feund that the
bees In the nolghborhoffu work prin-
cipally on tho outside rows of the or- I
chard, and tlilH, with other factors, are
tho probable cause of this part of the
orchard hearing more fruit. With
hives located In the center of tho oi'
chard, the trees nearest the hives
wore better pollinated than those far-
ther away.
Pruning Bush Fruits.
In pruning hush fruits the principal
rbject Is to shape the hush nnd do
away with all unnecessary growth.
This can bo overdone, however, and
ihouhl not ho carried to extremes.
WAS LUIHER’S RING
Relic Beyond Value Owned By
New York Woman.
Treasure Has Been Handed Down In
the Family for Four Centuries,
and Now Money Cannot
Purchase IL
The wedding ring of Martin Luther’s
bride is one of the treasured posses-
sions of Mrs. llildegard Ptnkert, wife
of Rev. Maximilian Ptnkert of the Ger-
man brunch of St. Bartholomew's
church, New York.
It bearH the Inscription: "D. Martino
18 Junlj 1525."
Doctor Luther met Catherine von
Boren ut the home of the duke of Sax-
ony after the convent of which she
had been a member wus dissolved.
They were married soon afterward.
The ring Is quite large and fits the
thumb of an ordluary hand. It Is set
with u brilliant ruby. It had been
Luther's personal ring, given to him
when he was orduiued as bishop.
For 40() years the ring remained In
possession of the Auholt-Bernburg
family of Lelpsic, of whose family Lu-
ther's bride wus a member, und from
whom Mrs. Plnkert is descended.
For 100 years It was in possession
of that branch of the family, of which
the wife of Rev. N. C. Walters of St.
Luke's church, Lelpsic, wus a mem-
ber. A few years ugo she gave the
ring to Baroness von Georgl, her niece.
There had been u tradition that the
ring should never be worn except by
the eldest daughter of the direct de-
scendant; also that It should be worn
on the hand of a daughter who became
the wife of a clergyman.
The Baroness von Georgl, although
the eldest daughter, guve this ring to
her sister, Mrs. Plnkfert, last summer,
when Doctor and Mrs. Plnkert vlBlted
the old home at Waldeuburg, near
Lelpsic.
Doctor Plnkert, desiring to be as-
sured of Its genuineness, consulted
Carl Jensch of the Lelpsic Institute of
Arts, and he gave It as his opinion
that It was genuine.
This ring was referred to by H.
Noel Humphreys, an authority, In an
article In the Observer In February,
1862, In which an Illustration of It ap-
peared. He described It as the be-
trothal ring, but the Plnkerts have al-
ways understood that it was used at
Luther's marriage. He says:
“The betrothment ring of Luther,
which belonged to a family at Lelpsic
as late as 1817, and is doubtless still
preserved with greatest care as a
national relic of great Interest, is com-
posed of an Intricate device of gold-
work, set with a ruby, the emblem of
exacted love. The gold device repre-
sents all the symbols of the Passion.
In the center Is the crucified S ivior,
on one side the spear with which the
Bide was pierced and the rod of reeds
of the flagellation. On the other Is a
leaf of hyssop.”
In the work of William Jones, “Fin-
ger-ring Lore,” published In London In
1877, he describes the ring as fol-
lows:
“Beneath are the dies with which
the soldiers oast lots for the garment
without seam, and below are the three
nails; at the back may be distin-
guished the inside of the atonement;
the whole so grouped as to make a
largo cross, surmounted by the ruby,
the most salient feature of the device.
“On the Inside of the ring the In-
scriptions are still perfect. They con-
tain the names of the betrothed pair
and the date of the wedding day In
German-—-13 Junlj 1525. This was the
ring presented to the wife at the be-
trothal and worn by her after mar-
riage."
Not Guilty.
“Hey, yon big busher!” yelled an
excited fan as the pitcher of the home
team Issued Ills fourth successive base
on balls, forcing a runner across the
plate. “Where did you learn to pitch?
In a correspondence school?’’
If tho pitcher heard, he made no
sign, but another spectator sitting
near the excited one administered a
stinging rebuke.
“You talk llko a fish," he said
scornfully. “What makes you think
that dub ever learned to pitch any-
where?”
After a Catch.
A man with a small mesh net was
seen returning to his bungalow.
“Been out after the speckled beau;
ties?" asked a neighbor.
“No, I’m going In after mosquitoes,”
replied the net bearer, with vengeance
In his tones.
Not 8o Bad as That.
“What are you so furious about,
wife?"
“Mrs. Smith just called me an old
cat!”
"Why, you're not old!’*—Farm
Life.
And many an otherwise good man
Is not on speaking terms with hln
own conscience half the time.
The emptiness of things here below
Is apt to be keenly felt before dinner.
The cucumber knocks a man out
after he gets It down.
Why does the bore never consider
himself In that class?
Good for Boys
Camping time is a time of joy for the youngsters.*
Very few things are needed for a cracking good time
—a tent, blankets, plain, stout clothing, and plenty of
good, wholesome food.
A splendid food to take along is
Grape-Nuts
It’s an ideal camping food—nourishing, appetizing
and always ready to eat.
This delicious wheat and barley food contains
great nutrition with little bulk, It is made from the
natural, whole grains, retaining all of their vital mineral
salts, particularly neccessary for building health and
strength in growing boys and girls.
Grape-Nuts is ready to serve direct from the
package—just add good milk or cream. Summer rains
won’t hurt the supply—packages are wax-wrapped
and moisture-proof.
“There’s a Reason’’
for
Grape-Nuts
—•old by Grocers everywhere.
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