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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. 13 AD FT RAFT FOR BATTLE SHARKS Two Women Among Castaways From Barkentine Wrecked Off " Georgia Coast. SHIP HIT BY TIDAL WAVE Women Act as If Shipwrecks Were Natural Part of Sea Voyage Hope Almost Abandoned When Steam ship Manzanlllo Comes to Rescue. Now Yorlc Mato Charles E. Olson of tho American barkcntlno Ethel V. Boynton, a bronze six-footer of Vik ing aspect nnd ancestry, recently ar rived from Cuba with a vivid -yarn of tho wreck of his ship In hurricane blasts and ponderous Eeaa off the Geor gia coast Tho wlfo of tho skipper, Capt. 0. W. Woldomar, nnd his niece, Gladys Lar rock of Boston, were In a ship's com pany of 13 all told that drifted six days lashed or grasping lifo lines on a raft and tho .detached deck houso of tho barkentine. Sharks swarmed around them at times and tho moro vigorous of tho castaways, for diver sion batted the big fellows over tho snout whenever they came near enough to disturb tho serenity of tho women. Tho stalwart mate says tho skipper's nleco and his wlfo acted as if ship wrecks wero a natural part of a sea voyage and did not do any praying, as shipwrecked women aro supposed to do in moments of unusual stress. Per haps ono thing that interfered with prayer, except of a mental sort, was tho unremitting exertion of holding on and dodging wrcckago and tho crests of combers. Girl Almost Loses Hope. On tho morning of Monday, January 18, a few hours boforo succor camo with tho steamship Manzanlllo, Miss Gladys had almost abandoned hope, and said to the mato: "Wo never shall seo Boston." Ho laughed and, patting her on tho shoulder, remarked: "Don't glvo up." Sho nnswered his laugh with a smile, and said: "Wo will dlo with stout hearts." Sho wont to a hospital at Santiago with tho rest, badly bruised and suffering from Bait water bollB, but sho did not die. Tho, Boynton sailed from Mobllo for Genoa on December 2G with a full cargo of lumber, a largo part lashed on deck. Oft tho Florida coast on January l a heavy southeasterly gale lashed up tall seas and forced tho lum ber ship to heavo to under storm try jail. Tho galo Increased' to a hurri cane, and fearing sho might pound out W bow In tho crushing combers, tho ikippor turned (ail to tho blast ani jpn miles to it ao'th.c! tacSor bare The fiecfc fonu shifted in tho flight down tho wind and tho old ship began to leak. AU hands wero on deck, tho starboard watch at tho Qumpa and tho jort watch trying to jettison tho tfock load, which Imperiled tho lives of all hands. Tho women wero safe from tho tumult In tho after deck houso. Tho deck cargo, rollovod of its lash ings, wont by tho board on tho morn ing of. January 12. Tho' Boynton was then waterlogged, her main deck al most awash, and floundorlng in tho trough of tho waves. Hit by Huge Wave. A monster sea, which tho mato called a "tidal wavo," but which doubtlosB was a cumulatlvo wave, or fwo or moro waves rollod Into ono, roBO 40 feet abovo tho vessel and de scended on tho deck thunderously. It arched over omo of tho seamen. Nono -was In its almost resistless course. It tore off 40 foot of tJio quartor dock. -At 2:30 o'clock tho noxt morning a wave almost as big as tho giant board ed tho wreck and swept tho forward houso Into tha tumult Tho, men cut away tho main and mlzzen masts at daylight. Tho foremast later Jammed Itself through tho bottom of tho ship. The yawl had escaped tho smash ing seas and an effort was made to launch It Tho drifting lumber st,ove t in and Anally it was broken to matchwood. Tho cargo below tho main deck, forced up by tho water, lifted tho deck from the after Iioubo to tho place where tho forward houso had been and tho big section went sailing off by Itself and wat soon out of view to leeward. The released beams and boards loapod and rolled out of tho barkentino from both Bides Tho skipper and tho luBty mate, with tho crow, attacked tho after deck house and -with axes and naked hands got off tho top to ubo as a raft. All hands got aboard and tho ecaa launched it Tho noxt morning, tho mato says, ho did something that no castaway In his memory of wrecks ever did; that is, as ho suld smilingly, "Wo sighted tho main deck," which lmd drifted hack In a shift of tho galo. Rafts Lashed Together, The smaller raft felt as if U might aoon go to pieces and it was decided to board the main deck. Two hours of bard paddling with broken oars brought tho Uttlo rait to tho big ono, and after lashing tho two, tho sea having gono down somewhat, all hands mado tho transfer, tho men assisting FEAR FAMINE OF DOCTORS Insurance Act and War Have Caused Serious Shortage In Great Britain. London. Great Britain Is threat ened with a dearth of doctors. So so xious is tho impending shortago that 'the Royal Army Medical corps is ad Arising medical students who vol tin peered for hospital scrvlco to return to their school, on tlio ground that WEEK tho women, At tho end of several days tho main deck began to break up nnd tho castaways, with lifelines around them, mado tholr way back to tho smaller raft. Tho women lay down and tho mon held tho lifelines. At 10:30 that morning, January 18, tho Manzanlllo liovo In sight Tho mate, being tho tallest In tho party, waved as a signal of distress tho only bunting saved, tho international code f signal It, a squaro flag with a yellow cross on n red ground, which had been mado fast to an end of a long piece of board. Most of tho shipwrecked wero car ried aboard tho Manzanlllo from her Hfoboat. Th&V wero cared for gen erously aboard and taken to a hospital at Santiago. Tho skipper and his wlfo and nleco aro on their way to Mobile. Mato Olsen nnd tho rest of tho crow came horo on tho Monterey. LAMB IS GREAT FOX CHASER Raised With Litter of Pups, Kentucky Animal Develops Strange Char acteristic. Cynthlana, Ky. Former Assessor John Ingles sold a lamb to J. D. Evans tho other day becauso It Insisted on chasing foxes nnd wouldn't stay at homo. Tho lamb's mother early In Its Hfo disowned It nnd Mr. Ingles gave It to a dog which was raising a litter of hound pups. Tho Iamb suckled at tho breast of tho dog, grow up with tho pups and waxed strong and fleet of limb. ' It rejoiced In tho sport of tho dogs nnd withal became qulto a gay young thing. It ran rabbits to its hcart'B content, outstripping tho dogs, but not knowing what to do with tho rabbit when caught. Tho lamb would butt hogs to beat tho band, and when tho dogs treed a coon it would stand at tho foot of tho trco and try to bark. Finally It got to chasing foxes and staying away from homo so much Mr. Ingles thought tho safest plan was to soil it WILSON' SEES MISS LEE Miss Mary Curtis Leo, daughter of tho. famous Confedorato general, Rob ort E. Leo, Is horo shown as sho left tho Whlto House recently after a call on President Wilson. Miss Leo told tho president it was tho first tlmo sho had over shakon hands with a Demo cratic president, ns .sho had Bpont much of hor tlmo abroad. Tho presi dent expressed ploasuro at meeting hor and Secretary Tumulty presented hor with two beautiful bouquets of flowers. Wanted to Shoot Hole In Sun. Now York. A sad oxamplo ot tho effects of sunstroko was furnished with tho arraignment of E. Svlpcs, formerly n soldier in tho regular army, on a charge ot carrying a con cealod weapon. Svlpos was sent to Bollovuo after ho had explained to Magistrate Freschi that ho wantod to shoot a holo in tho sun and let tho heat run out. GUN FOR A BRITISH BATTLESHIP? Big gun mado In America and shipped on tho steamship Transylvania, about which thoro was much mystery, but which Is supposed to bo going to Belfast for ono ot England's now drcndnauglitB. It is their duty to qualify for their degrco as Boon ob posslblo. Previous to tho war tho National In suranco act had relieved tho profes sion of overcrowding by absorbing a largo number of physicians to lnspoct and look after insured workers. War has slnco drawn away so many from homo practice that civilian doctors aro now Bcarco, overworked, and high priced. Death has boon busy among the medifcal corps men nt tho front no less than among tho lino officers, As EXCHANGED FOR FLANNELS HFxIt JBiiETir vti lHHv k i fc $v i 5. jfcfr v 3LA W Thlfl antique carving from a solid plcco of wood was mado in tho six teenth century and reposed for hun dreds of years In tho cathedral ot the archbishop of Mexico City. When the building was looted recently ono of Villa's nlds confiscated it and traded it to an American for a suit of white flnnnols. The carving represents tho costumes of Spaniards In Guatemala In tho sixteenth century and is valued at $5,000. U. S. TAR DIVES 274 FEET Navy Department Reports .Record Depths Are Being Reached In Late Experiments. Washington. "Deep diving Is a practical procedure and not attended by great dangers when tho proper pre cautions aro observed," is tho roport of the officer, who conducted tho navy department's experiments in deep div ing. In a statement tho navy department says that tho results of tho experi ments nro considered remarkably and depthB have been reached far in ex cess of any It has over heard of. Chiof Gunner's Mato Drelllshak, United States navy, descended to a depth of 274 feet without discomfort, accord'ng to tho department, nnd it is Hlloved that divers can reaei a depth of at 's&z'c 3Ci la-: without dan gor. ESCAPES 'BLIGHT OF WEALTH' Millionaire's Son Saved From feet of $10,000 Annuity by Court. Ef- Louisville, Ky. That Philip Ewald, nlnotoen-yenr-old froshmnn in tho Uni versity of Wisconsin, might bo saved from "tho blight of a $10,000 annuity," Judgo Samuel P. Klrby ordered tho trustees of tho estato of tho lato L. P. Ewald, millionaire Ironmaster of Louisville, to rotaln a block of stock left to young Ewald In his father's will. Under tho will-Philip Ewald, whon ho reaches tho ago of twenty ono, is to receivo an annuity of $10, 000, and at twenty-five an annuity of $25,000. Young Ewald objected to his share of tho stock being sold, and Is taking a special course at tho Uni versity of Wisconsin with a view to fitting himself to engago in the busi ness of his father. Governor Won't Let Him Quit. Portland, Ore Although Col. James Jtickson is moro than eighty years old, Govornor Withycombo is averso to his retirement nB Inspector general of tho Oregon national guard. At tho gov ernor's request Colonel Jackson with drew tho resignation he recently filed. a rosult, It Is now proposod to lake tho doctors out of tho tronchos, lnav lng tho first-aid work to the ordinary hospital corps mon. Thq woundad may then ho taken to tho roar for furthor troatment. Plows Till 96; Dies at 100, Berkeley, Cat Charles Wntson, a California plonocr who drove a plow until ho was ninety-six yearH old, dlod horo nt tho ago of ono hundred years, four months and four days. Ills health failed him only a fow duys ago. CGMMErsCIAUSnI IN OUR COLLEGE ATHLETICS -"4iKw Paul Dec Jardlen, All A now era for college athletes was heralded In a recent lssuo of the Dally Maroon, tho University of Chicago stu dent paper. Pay for athletes, specific ally football players, is the slogan of an editorial which set campus athletes by tho ears. Collego editors, college debaters, collego players get compen sation for their efforts. Why not col lege athletes? "Judged by the same standards, why not pay our athletes particularly members of tho football 'team?" de mands the Maroon. "They work hard for tho university organization known as tho football team, which Is a' money making enterprise, tho receipts from football being something like $20,000 moro than expenditures for tho sport. Why not give the players a share in g -wa-gB z s -.s $358 , J -jjs ss -Rs sb ZZ nZ Kn i?a c g.bS c b Sgti Vg " 03 3 0 338 3& S33 eg? && to w k '"a s a s" h s - TK s-11 s J s g oSS SUS -K3 5S Hg.. c M 55,? 5.5 a SgS 5& 3 5" CD !Q 2o "a? SS1 o-5 Mt-3 .E S-j !2j J ft ,." U Cg-- W.H0?5 Q- "fl r-JJrt Eaa c a cif& cap, JcHa K c-J tSa bjf m? 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The dogroo of perfection that Is year nftor year be ing mora fully ultaliiod by tho sclen tlllc trotting hone breudors of this country points unmistakably to u cli max that will produce n typo of cham pions that will traverse tho Llg ring In 110 sccondB. When It Is realized that during tho your 1914 79 sires each pre sented to tho turf flvo or moro stand ard performers, tho marvelous, devolop mont ot tho trotting horse Industry In this country moy bo partially appreci ated. Tho year boforo 1913 thero wore but CO such Biros, tho past year boating tho preceding ono by 21. Harvard's Baseball Season. Harvard university's basoball sea Bon will begin on April 13 noxt with tho Uowdoln collego nine at Cnm-brldgo. - Amerlcan Center. tho profits nccruing from their hard and faithful labors?" Athletes and former athletes dis agreed radically with tho Maroon plat form when questioned about it. "Commercialism would ruin tho whole spirit of collego athletlcsi Men would go to college simply to take part In sports," declared Paul Des Jardlen, all-American center and University of Chicago idol. "The man's crazy if he's serious," said Walter E. McCornack, attorney, nnd formerly quarter back of the Dart mouth collego eleven. "A man plays football for lovo of his college and for glory. To put it on a salary basis would make it purely professional." "Our colleges would bo crowded with professionals If we paid our athletes," Dickering With Corhan. Second Ihiseman Leard and Out fielder Paul Moloan havo been traded by Venice to San Francisco, but Man ngor Wolrorton has not announced who would bo given for tho players. Wolvorton Is now dickering with Hoy Cothan In hopos that tho star infield or of tho leaguo will repudlato his Fedora! leaguo contract, If ho has signed ono, ns Is claimed by Fielder Jonas. Insists on Usltig Akana. Manager McCredlo of tho Portland club of tho Pacific Coast leaguo an nounces that ho has boon convinced that Outfielder Akana of tho Chinoso university Is not "too black," at his robolllous playors contend, and says ho will ue this wonderful ball player dosplto all threats of mutiny by other members of tho team. Campbell No Hold-Out. Manager Phillips of Indianapolis denies tho report that Outfielder Vin cent Campbell is a salury hold-out. Phillips says his cntlro team has been lined up. said H. O. ("Pat") Page, acting direc tor of athletics at tho University of Chicago. "Tho present system Is per fectly satisfactory. Wo don't want col lege students' exposed to tho Influence of professional athletics." "It would simply mnko college sport professional. Collego debaters and ed itors may bo paid, but their work Is on a different basis," said Walter O. Steffen, assistant district attorney and onco a Midway gridiron star. 1 ..,., t...,. BASEBALL ,"',,,. .. --"i Davo Bancroft, tho coast recruit for tho Phillies, can throw equally well with tho right or loft hand. Dob Wicker is to manage tho Spo kano team. Speed with brains Is what Clarenco Rowland wants on his club. Jack Dalton Is a most singular young man. Ho jumped to the. Feds and so far hasn't jumped back again. Hank Gowdy has declln-- an ofTcr of $30,000 to jump to tho Feds, says re port from Indianapolis. Dill Donovan says poker has ruined more ball clubs than booze, women or cigarettes. Tho veteran catcher, Jack Warner, has been retained as coach of tho Fordham collego basoball team. Ono of tho popular sports of tho day is to Jump to tho Feds and then jnp back again. . ..t..............,,. GOLF It is estimated there aro 5,000 golf courses in tho United States and Can ada, with half a million players. Frank L. Woodward, now president of tho U. S. O. A., says that tho pres ent definition of tho golf amateur Is satisfactory enough, but th'at It Is tho methods of evading Its application which must receivo tho attention ot tho men who havo tho best interests of tho sport at heart. Tho holding of the next woman's na tional golf tournament at Onwentsla will bo a direct snub of tho eastern golfers, who frankly asserted that they would not go so far West to compete. ........M..HH..........a..a..t...0 HORSE RACING t I : Ed Geers, tho veteran track driver, is already planning for tho Juno meet at San Francisco, where he will drive. The European war Is having Its good effect on tho American stud. The get of many European stallions shipped here while the war prevails is entered In tho 1917 futurity. Grand circuit for 1915 Is about as good a lino as they havo had In years. Frank Bogash, Jr., went lame after his great showing nt tho Mlchlgnn state fair, but he Is said to bo all right and If so few can head him. Twinkling Dan. 2:0C14, has had a lot of uso made of him, but ho Is to try it again, this time In tho stable of Charley Do Rydor. Tho horso starts In the big stake at San Francisco. -"" ,,-,..,..,..,-.-....-........ . FOOTBALL Dlk Harloy is to coach Georgetown university In football. Walter Camp has taken another stop pursuing his desire to sever all con nection with Yale's athletics. He has resigned as faculty member of tho athletic council. C. Brlckley's appendicitis operation not only deprived him of hlB last chance to figure on tho football Held, but also bars him from tho Crimson track team. Bob Zuppko Is to coach Harvard's football team In tho spring. TENNIS Mora and more, tlio movement grows to transfer the all-comers' tennis tour nament from Newport to tho West Sido club of Forest Hills, L. I. A round robin signed by 100 of tho most prominent players in tho country urges this Tnovoment upon tho committee. If thero is any international tennis noxt spring and summer, it will bo staged on tho banks of the Alsno. There Is hardly a single big tennis fig ure of England, France, Germany and Australasia not already serving tho colors. Des Moines, Iowa, tennis players havo organized winter league and will stago tournament in Coliseum. MISCELLANEOUS I. .. ... ...... f Tho nuluth Curllnc club hockoy team will endeavor this winter to lift tho Allen trophy cup, omblomatlo ot tho world's' championship, now hold by :i Winnipeg team. Abel Klvlnt and Hannes Kolehmnl pen of tho New York Irish-American A. C, aro among the likely contestants In tho Pnnnmn-Pnclflc sports at San Francisco this summer. University of Iowa will ask tho stato legislature for nn appropriation of $10,000 for tho development of nth- lotlcs In tho university. U. h. Chapman, tho Santa Rosa high school half mile and mile runner, will entor I.oland Stanford university next semoster. Tho Crystal Palace, London's fam ous recreation ground, is closed to tho public until nftor tho war, In order to provldo training quartors for tho soldiers. "GASGARETS" FOB iiiUGiLs For sick headache, bad breath, Sour Stomach and constipation. Get a 10-cent box now. No odds how had your liver, stomach or bowels; how much your head aches, how miserable and uncomfort able you are from constipation, Indiges tion, biliousness and sluggish bowels you always got tho desired results with Cascarcts. Don't let your stomach, liver and bowols make you miserable. Tako Cascarets to-nlg'ht; put an end to tho headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv ousness, sick, sour, gassy stomach, backache hnd all other distress; cleanse your lnsido organs of all tha bile, gases and constipated matter which is producing tho misery, A 10-cent box means health, happi ness and a clear head for months. No moro days of gloom and distress If you will tako a Cascarot now and then. All Btores sell Cascarets. 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It is understood to be re lated to amalgerslnc, a preparation dis covered, as this, too, has been, by M. Paulln, a distinguished French chemist and a pupil of Pasteur. Its action is not local; it operates upon tho nerve centers of tho body, and produces a stato of obliviousness Lo pain which may last" for several hours. It Is claimed that by an Injection of this fluid into Is system tho wounded sol dier may bo rendered unconscious suf- ilclently long to cover tho period of his r, removal to tho station, whoro the first serious treatment of his Injuries may bo seen to. "You Can't Do It." Henry N. Spaan tells a story of John S. Duncnn, illustrating how quick ly Mr. Duncan took advantage of any unusual occurrence in tho 'trial of a case. Tho witness was being cross-examined with all the vigor John S. Dun can possessed. Finally ho protested. "What aro you trying to do to me?" tho witness shouted at Mr. Duncan. "I am simply trying to get you to tell tlio truth," replied Mr. Duncan, In stantly. "You can't do it, you can't do it!" exclaimed tho witness exultantly. That reply terminated the cross-examination. Indianapolis News. Not Likely. v Sho They say tho now hats and gowns aro to bo of moderate slzo. He I hope tho bills will match. His Status. "Is your neighbor on tho right a,n eclectic, Mr. Jinks?" "No; he's a Smith." Give some people their pick and they'll proceed to pick flaws. KNOW NOW And Will Never Forget the Experience. Tho coffeo drinker who has suffered and then been completely relieved by changing from coffee to Postum knowa something valuable. Thero's no doubt about it "I learned tho truth about coffee In a peculiar way," says a California wom an. "My husband who has, for years, been ot a bilious temperament decided to leavo off coffeo and givo Postum a trial, and as I did not want the trouble of making two beverages for meals I concluded to try Postum, too. Tho re sults bsvo been that while my husband has been greatly benefited, I havo ray self received even greater boneflt. "When I began to drink Postum 1 was thin In flesh and very nervous. Now I actually weigh 1C pounds moro than I did at that tlmo and I am stronger physically and In my nerves, while husband is free from ..11 his alls. "Wo havo learned; our Ilttlo lossou about coffeo and wo know something about Postum, too, for wo havo used Postum now steadily for tho la-t three years and we shall continue to do so. "Wo havo no moro uso for coffeo tho drug drink. We prefer Postum and health." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read "Tho Road to Well vljlo," In pkgs. Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum must bo well boiled. 15c and 25o packages. Instant Postum Is a soluble powder. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious boverago In stantly. 30c and 50c tins. Tho cost per cup of both kinds Is about tho same. 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