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:THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY; JULY 2, 1917.
SHAW WANTS BETTER
EXECUTIVE BUSINESS
fonnerIowa Governor Finds
Many Faults in Present 3ab
VinetrSays V. S. Fights in
. ' : . ' Self Defense. ;.
r (Fnmi a, Stajr Correspondent)
Lincoln, Xeb, July 1. (Special.)
' It is'hot criticism Of the president to
:'!nicstrbn the business methods being
?esed b certain cabinet, membert in
'rl th'ev hahdYing'of "the War situation,
"Neither is U criticism of the president
- 'that; ' havinff ! no business ' experience
himself, he should therefore not un
. fcrstand liow mnch 'these ' cabinet
members - lack in business methods,
'' according ;o Hon. Leslie M.. Shaw,
1 "former- governor of Iowa and secre
tary of the-treaiury under x-Presi-'dtnt
RboseyeUV V" " : '
Governor Shaw is filling several
dates' in Nebraska on the Chautauqua
platform and 'at the Lincoln hotel
talked at some length with the rep
resentative .of .The Bee on the' war
' k situation, , its. past and his opinion of
'.-the oitAcome. V ,' , ;
Washington Persons Disturbed.
' "Persons at .Washington," said the
x-secretary, maepenaent ot party
: lines, are very much perturbed over
inc. situation as reiaics 10 inc war.
They- recognize that this is 'our war.
Most of them have recognized the
fact that this has-been our. war from
the very stark!" Ambassador Gerard,
who was at Berlin, before the war be
gan and tip W the time that relations
' .were severed laid in . New York re-
centiy mat tne senttmenr. tnere prior
to the war 'was almost unanimous
that England should -first be brought
to her knees and her fleet used against
the -United' "States and this country
made to pay the indemnity.
"Knowing that sentiment before the
)war began;';, said .Mr. Shaw, "as he
Ways he did, if he did not. report that
feeling-' to Washington, he ought to be
hot for treason, But, whether he did
or not, every man in public life or
who-had., been in, public life or who
gave thy .attention to public affairs,
knew that the United States wsa the
German objective. "
f I "crossed the Atlantic with Gen
eral 'Edwards in 1912. The general
wai 'on his way by direction of Presi
dent Taft but be freely expressed the
be lief, even then that he would not
get back until after we were at war
with Germany, f , . '. '
; - , Ho Time to Critteiae.
'However, I expect this is no time
to-criticise for what the. people ap
proved last fall, but it is a very ap
propriate time to look facts in the
iace. .We are not m the war for the
"purpose of assisting the allies. We
. 'are' not in the war because of ideals.
We threw our. ideals to the winds
' more than two years ago. We en-
tered the Spanish war because Spt-in
: was violating human rights, but we
permitted Germany to violate .every
S human right and every personal right
? of men, women and children and gave
public notice that "it did 'not ; Interest
I us except when it was, -an American
, citizen, and we took great pains to
I ascertain the citizenship of the victim
and lifted our vcrtt"e only when Araeri-
5 cans were actu,illyw"killedr and never
lifted a finger or ouff pwn people
t and never our voices for humanity.
', "Finally the prisident reported to
congress that a state of war actually
i existed and asked, authority,, to pro-
tect our existence as a nation, f " '
Alliet Protect U. 8.
"For three years the allies armies
. and the allies' fleets have been fight
ing our battles and expended over
So(i,000,000,000, not primarily for the
purpose of protecting the United
States, but without which the United
States would now be resisting an in
vading army that would be in posses
f sion, if the opinion of army and navy
I experts is worth the paper on which
. they have beet freely expressed, of
; New York City and everything within
: 200 miles, which' woujd include Bos
' ton, Philadelphia,, .our navy yards,
munition factories and over 500 car
loads of gold and silver in govern
ment vaults in New York City alone.
"We are fighting this war, not for
ideals, bnt for existence. Of course we
. will win. We all know that, but in
private conversation prominent
i member of the British commission ad
, mitted that with the United States
; added he considered the chances
about fifty-fifty. . . ' ,
"One of our prominent admirals
: said to me not two. weeks ago, 'I have
' never been so pessimistic as now.
6 . Meantime the people are being lulled
t to sleep, or rather lulled lest they
t- should awaken by singing over the
cradles 10,000 young men registered
in a single day and certified that they
were between 21 and 31 years of age.
' That is as far as we have got
Next Loan a Conjecture.
"The liberty loan of $2,000,000,000
was over subscribed. It remains to
fee seen how promptly they will sub-
:, scribe to what nearly everyone con-
ceeds will be necessary now to
! finance as well as feed all the allies.
They have put up $00,000,000,000 and
we are better able to contribute $40,
' 000.000,000 than they have been.
"Lord Northcliffe expresses the be
: lief that the war , is but beginning.
' Few whose opinions are worth any
thing believe Germany can be starved.
'" She has her captured territory con
f taining a population, If I remember
correctly, of over 30,000,000 people
and she is using those to produce
;. ' crops. ' -
. "Let no one accuse me of being
oessamistic. I am far more hopeful,
cheerful and confident than the aver-
ivj sf ih Hprnru-riiie ar-natnri whose
opinions anyone woold care to hear
expressed, borne time in tne near or
' distant future . the American people
- will find out what they are against,
and the President of the United
States willgive them a secretaary of
.r anil prrtarv nf the tliVV who
have had some little business training
and then the wheels will move, and
the end wuibe in signt.
Critcism Profiuble.
, "It was .liberal, but discriminating
" both the French and English cabinets,
I and but for these changes both Eng-
land and France" would ' have been
: ..: a
"It is no criticism of the president
i . . , . . i j
ana cerumiy no oisrespcct 10 mm ana
his position that he hashad no grciter
, Dusiness experience man iu..2
George, of Euglaiid, and having has
7 no nusuicss experience, u is noi sur
prising that he does not appreciate
how innocent of business experience
't certain members of his cabinet who
through the fortunes of war are now
at the head of the two most gigantic
hiuinesr propositions ever known to
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of the league in New York, in addition to he ordinary kitchen equipment, is provided with
a regulation army range and field outfit ' .
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the defeat of the best organized and
most efficient nation of the world."
Defense Council '
Has No Power to
Fix Fuel trices
; CobUm4 From Tn On.) -
should remain in force until some such
action had been taken by. an author
ized governmental agency.
"The color which has been ffiven to
the meeting and this resolution in the
newspapers may well mislead the pub
lic into believing that the Council of
National defense has either undertaken
itself to fix the price of coal or to
sanction its being fixed by the coal
production committee, or that com
mittee in conjunction with the coal op
erators, i, .
"I. therefore as resident of the
Council of National Defense, write
this to say that the Council of Na
tional Defense has no legal power and
claims no legal power, either to fix
the price of coal or to fix a maxP
mum price for coal or any other pro
duct The coal production committee
is a subordinate committee of the
Council of National Defense, nurelv
advisory in its character, formed for
the purpose of advising the council
as to steps which might be recom
mended leading to a stimulation of
production and distribution of coal,
No Power to Deal.
"No power has been even attemnted
to be delegated, to it, to consider ot
deal -with -the Question-' of twice and
any action taken (jyMhat committee
or sanctioned by ' that committee,
dealing with price, either fixed or
maximum tor coal is clearly bevond
the legal power of the coal production
committee ana ot tne council ot Na
tional Defense, from which the com-
mittee derives whatever authority it.
lias. ,
"As you are aware the federal trade
commission has been directed bv the
presiden to ascertain for his informa
tion the costs involved in coal pro
duction. I am to some extent familiar
witn the progress made by the com
mission. The information ' I have
from that and other sources. I think.
justified me ii believing that the price
oi suggested or agreed on, as a
maximum, is an exorbitant, unjust and
oppressive price.
"The fact that these conferences
were attended by members of the fed
eral trade commission and by mem
bers of the Council of National de
fense, of course, adds nothing to their
legal powers, and I am sure that none
of my associates in the council will
dissent from the view I have herein
expressed, both on the limitation upon
the powers of the council and the coal
production committee, and the effect
of the action alleged to have been
taken.
I write this for the information of
the coal production committee and
for the guidance of all other subcom
mittees of the council."
Action Causes Surprise.
Mr. Baker's action caused much
surprise amonc those offic als who
considered that the government had
accomplished a notable achievement
in inducing the coal operators to
agree to a price far below that now
effective, Secretary Lane, a central
figure in the conference, and other
officials declined to comment, but it
was pointed out that Secretary Baker
spoke only in his capacity as head of
the defense council and that he did
not attempt to repudiate the approval
given the operators' new price scale
by the Interior department and fed
eral trade commission officials.
Several explanations for the letter
were suggested tonight among those
familiar with the situation. One was
that the Department of Justice is
anxious that the fate of pending
prosecutions in New York against a
tew coal operators be not jeopardized
by the action taken here regarding
prices.
Those who take a different view be
lieve that in the near future there
may be an issue in the. cabinet that
will involve the very problem pre
sented in this case. Some members
of the cabinet are understood to feel
that the best way to handle big busi
ness inierestt in war time is to ap
peal to their sense of patriotism and
fair play, and that a little more than
ordinary profit would not be a bad
thing if it would stimalate production.
Another group is understood to feel
that there must be a constant use of
the great power of the government to
coerce business interests to give the
lowest possible prices.
How deep the difference goes has not
become apparent, but it is possible
the reappearance will lead to many
uiuicuuici among omciais.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
ihe personal recommendationcf
people who have been cured of
coughs and colds by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy have done much to
wards making this preparation one
of the most popular in use.
COOKS
Wow! Mercury Climbs to
100 Marh . Official,Too
Who said it wasn't hot? '
. The mercury Jn the weather
man's pet thermometer mounted on
the federal building climbed to the
100 mark yesterday afternoon and
remained their two hours. ' It was
100 at both 4 and 5 o'clock, accord
ing to the official' figures.
Pedestrians, who sweltered in the
stifling streets downtown, however,
didn't .need the government's offi
cial confirmation that yesterday was
the hottest day of the year, their
collars convinced them.
Cake and Confectionery,
Tabooed by Portuguese
(CorrMpondenc ot Th An6claU4 Fru.)
Lisbon, Portugal, June 5. The war
has reached Portugal in earnest and
drastic measures are being put into
effect by the government to ensure
bread for the people. Confectionery
and cake no longer can be sold. 'All
persons possessing supplies of flour
are required to inform the authorities
of the amount they own.
The Lisbon streets, like those of
London, now are in darkness after
nightfall, as the gas factories have
ceased operations. Electric street
cars now are operated only up to 11
p. m. The difficulty of obtaining pub
lic conveyances after that hour is
causing great losses to theaters and
night clubs.
Imported , coal has become an un
known quantity and the national
browns-coal, lignite, is beiitg used for
domestic purposes. Warning has been
given that unless it becomes possible
to import coal, the use of electricity
as motive power must be discon
tinued, .
STARTLING CUTS
MADE IN FIGURES
OF. THE ASSESSOR
(Coo tinned Tnm Tut 0n.
the county assessor were as startling
as the raises made by him.
County Assessor Overruled.
Representative reductions on which
County Assessor Fitzgerald ' voted
"no," but was overruled by the rest
of the board are as follows:
Crowll SUvktor company, from 110,000
t l30,o). .
John Walsh, Benson, pronal, from 4,.
000 to 13,600.
Mra. A. Meytrf, SIS North Fifteenth street,
pronal, from $1,000 to 1311.
Wutern Rock Island Flow company, $176,-
000 to 1 5(1,000.
- Penmylvanla Rubber company, Iron- S3S,.
000 to $35,000.
Kins Joy eafe, from M.00O to tl.BOS.
Otla Elevator company, trom 190,000 to
$1,300. -
H. 3. Helm company, pickle manufao
turera, 140,000 to (i.000.
M. 8plolrf er A Bone, wholesale millinery,
from (00.000 to 144,000.
Dundee Plumbing company, from 16,000 to
11.460. . ,
Utah-Idaho Sugar company, from 110.(00
to IM00.
A. W. Fraaclt Auto company, from $95,.
Ml to S17.000.
CaO for-Hero Sugar fompanleav
' Qreat Weetera Sugar company, Vroin $17,.
OH to $76,000.
Amalgamated Sugar company, from $10,.
I0O to $4,600. '
Mra, V, A. Naah, S04 South Thlrty-ieventh
treat, from $10,000 to $,000.
Klrarhbraun 4b Bone, wboleaalt produce,
from $76,000 to $JJ,000.
Hampton Lumber company, from $30,000
to $10,000.
Oooreo A. . IToagland Lumber company,
from $176,000 to $l,760, . ..
Marrlam Commlixion company, grain,
from $16,000 to $$,$00.
The following are iom other reduction
voted Saturday) .....
Evana Model laundry, from $40,000 to
$)4.000. '. i
Wheeler Rubber company, from 110,000 to
$1,400. I
Meieath Stationery company, from $i,000
to $$0,000., ,
Pervgory aV Moore, wholesale clgara, from
$20,000 to I14.H6.
Nebraeka-Patteraon Auto company, from
$14,000 to S$,6i6.
M. A. Dtebrov company, planing milt,
from $160,000 to $$0,000.
Harley O. Moorhead, 117 South' Thirty
eighth street, personal, from $3,000 to $1,460.
Father of Victims
Foully Slain Pleads
Justice Be Done
(Continue From Page One.)
$25 each and the balance of the $700
fund raised "was in. $5 and $10 con
tributions. Citizens of. Red Oak are aghast at
the power apparently behind those
who seek to prevent further investi
gation of the ax murders. ,. v
This same influence, prominent citi-
sens allege, has prevented the discov
ery ot the murderer even though
nearly five years has passed since the
two little Stillinger girls and the en
tire Jo Moore family were slain by
the ax fiend. .
Judge A. L. Sutton of Omaha, one
of the attorneys for Rev. Lvnn
George J. Kelly, who is in the liar-
nson county jail charged with 1 the
Villisca axmurder, arrived here at
12 o'clock today. N ,
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HOG-RAISING TO AID
NATION'S MEAT CROP
Department of - Agriculture
. Gives Figures to Show Value
of Pork in Meeting Tood .
Demand.
. Washington, D. : July l.The
quickest and surest way of augment
ing the meat supply next to the rais
ing of poultry is by raising hogs, the
United Stages Department of Agri
culture points out. The hog is the
most important animal to raise for
meat and money. '"' ' '
He requires less labor,,"; less ;eguio:
ment,less "capital," makes ""greater
gains per hundred pounds of concen
trates and reproduces himself faster
and in greater numbers than any
other domestic animal. As a con
sumer of by-products the hog has no
rival. No other animal equals the
lard hog ;n its fat-storing tendency.
The most satisfactory meat for
shipping long distances on train, boat,
or wagon, and for long storage after
reaching its destination is mess pork.
There is no animal which produces
more meat and meat products than
the hog. .'
Pork finds' ready sale because pack
ers have-discovered many ways of
placing it on the market in attractive
ana nigniy paiataoie torm comDineo.
with " rrtncf'' vi1t,nt ivrntt miatt-
7 ! . I t 0 a
ties. tJhere iYno other meat front
which so many products nre manu
factured. Very near fifty per cent of
the total value, in dollars and cents,
or; the" meat and meat products
slaughtered in the packing houses of
the United States is derived from the
hog. The United States leads by far
all countries in the production as well
as in the consumotion of meat and
meat products. Three-fourths of the
worlds, international trade in pork
and pork products originate in the
United states in normal times, and
the war greatly has increased this
proportion.
According to the estimates there
was an increase of 9,580,000 hogs be
tween 1910, " the census year, and
1916, inclusive. The increase at the!
end of 1915 was 3,148,000 over the
preceding year, while it is estimated
that there was a decrease at the end
of 1916 of 313,000 hogs compard with
JV15. j
If we expect to continue to provide
meat to foreign peoples as well as our
own people, every farmer must put
tortn tne nest ettort to produce more
hogs. ' Hogs can be kept profitably
upon many farms where they are not
touna. today.
Suggests Airship Travel
From London to Capetown
(Correapondenet of The Aetoclated Treaa.)
Lond, ' May 20. Brigadier Gen
eral ABrancker of the royal flying
corps, at a luncheon given in honor of
General Jan Christian Smuts, said
that in air fighting Great Britain had
gained very distinctly the upper hand
over the Germans. He suggested that
i .ft h ,.- . i,n nf
1IV IVIl Ill v W ei BB) tats? Ut la -J
planes would be established traveling
petween i-onnon ana Capetown oy
wav'ct the Mle
ff y, . You ' el Sure: ;i::;7
!i!t; ? d OOOLlNt iTBFACnON "with
f ; "'"limp PpST?uM
PENNEY SAYS THE
RETAILER IS GOAT
Fullerton Man Discusses Some
" , Phases of the' High . "
: Cost of living '
ProWem.
E. B. .Penney of Fullerton, Neb,
thinks the retailer is coming in for a
little more than his full share of the
blame" for the high cost of Jiving. . In
fact he says so, and further insists
that the average retailer is doing busi
ness on a smaller percentage of profit
today than ever. But let Mr. Penney
speak for hmself. He says:
"Items are constantly appearing in
the press of the country that place
the burden of 'high prices' ipon the
retailer. From a positive knowledge
of the actual truth, I am in a position
to state' that the' retailers percentage
of profit today averages lower than
ever before.
"A Washington news item of June
'27 states, 'Wholesalers are paying 7tt
cents can for corn, 9Yt cents can for
tomatoes and peas' that 'retail for 17
cents to 20 cents.' This would make
fl appear that the retailer was getting
the profit. A little investigation would
show that not a case of corn Can be
bought at wholesale less than $1.55
per dozen at this time, with tomatoes
at $2 per dozen. I believe the state
ment that wholesalers can buy corn at
80 cents a dozen is absolutely false.
It may be true that some wholesalers
have supplies on hand that cost them
these normal prices last year, but I
hardly think a reasonable person
could expect them to sell below pres
ent market cost of replacing their
stock, any more than a producer could
be expected to sell wheat at $1.25 a
bushel now because that was the price
last fall.
Cost Flour.
"Another absurd statement that
went the rounds of the press was to
the effect that millers could 'make
flour at $2 sack of forty-eight pounds
at a profit,' this in spite of the fact
that wheat is quoted at $2.45 a bushel
and it requires from four and a half
to five bushels to produce four forty-eight-pound
sacks of flour.
"No doubt many unjust advances in
price are being made based in some
cases on mere ability to 'get away
with the loot' I have in mind a recent-
advance on a men's summer
union suit of $3 per dozen, or 25 cents
a garment. No doubt the maker
would say, "It's on account of high
priced cotton." The absurdity of this
statement is shown in the fact that the
garment weighs only weighs one-half
pound. Incidentally, the retailer, at
least in all small towns, has absorbed
his increased cost and the garment
still retails of $1, which would be less
than present wholesale value. Keen
unorganized competition exists among
retailers, and if the government wants
to do a real service to the consumer
it should center its efforts on big busi
ness, where trusts, monopolies, manu
facturers and gentlemen's agreements
are fixing fictitious values in many in
stances. I do not intend to point the
finger of guilt at the other fellow, but
again desire to state that the average
ertail store in the, United States is
doing business today on a smaller per
centage of gross profit, than ever be
fore; and with increased cost of con
ducting their business. ;,
What Retailer Must Do.
, "No retailer with an ounce of brains
sells his staple stock on hand at less
than the cost to replace same, and
competition just as promptly requires
him to sell many items at a loss when
a decline comes. Hundreds of retail
ers are today selling flour around $3.50
per sack that cost them 50 cents to
75 cents a sock more money a short
time ago.
;"Nearly every hem of a retail stock
has a long established retail Jrice
based upon a reasonable profit. These
established retail prices have been
maintained in a surprising way -when
the vastly increased cost from the
factory or wholesaler is taken into
consideration. '
"If the investigator or space writer
actually wants to locate the 'nigger in
the wood pile' they would better not
waste their time on the retailer, either
big Or little."
In Berlin Old Clothing is
j Bought by City and Resold
(Correapondenco of The Aeeoclated Preaa.)
Stockholm, Sweden, June 5. Ow
ing to the scarcity of clothing ma
terial in Germany, the principal com
munes of Greater Berlin have in
augurated an intercommunal clothing
center, where old and worn clothing
and footgear is bought by official ap
praisers. These are renovated and re
sold at the lowest possible figure, and
it is possible to purchase a suit of
men's clothes for from $3 to $5. More
than 50,000 articles have been 'col.
lected and renovated.
Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results.
A popular hocne clrirJc that
provides hot-day comfort of the
light sort..,'. P-'i
DirmcUoiu! FWn wk im
d amal war, chilled with ic
ad aerrod witk mtgae. mai either
daah et taaoarcruntoi
POLICE CAPTAIN
SORELYPUZZLED
Confronted by Question of Al
lowing Hen to Set
,on - Nest in City
Garage.
The trials and tribulations of a cap
tain of police are many and are not
confined entirely to dealing with of
fenders of the peace and dignity of
the city of Omaha and state of Ne
braska. s
Sergeant P. H. Dillon, acting cap
tain during the absence of Captain
Dempsey, who is in Denver urging
the Omaha copper's tug-of-war team
to pull the ' Denver team off the
Rockies, is sorely puzzled over a re
cent decision and an investigation is
expected.
Place Central police station.
Time Saturday afternoon.
Enter, "Sheriff" Harry Buford,
chauffeur and step-father to three
dozen and eight chickens, which were
recently stolen.
"Sereeant. should a hen be denrived
of 'doin' her bit,' " questioned Buford.
One of my hens wants to set and I
thought I had better see you first"
After due deliberation, in which he
was heard to murmur, "Seventeen and
three-quarters cents per pound," he
shouted, "No I A thousand times no!"
Mother hen is now contentedly set
ting on a nest in the city garage. Sev
eral coppers who have been planning
on a breakfast from the eggs gathered
have lost all interest in the chicken
ranch. One disgustedly was heard to
remark. "I expect another hen will
want to set as soon as we get enough
cgg- . .. :, '.
Large Libraries for All
Army Cantonments
Louisville, Ky., July 1. One of the
chief tasks facing the war service
committee appointed by the Ameri
can Library association, which recent
ly .held its annual meeting here, will
be providing libraries for the sixteen
great cantonments in which members
of the new national army- will be
trained, and for. smaller ' military
camps in various parts of the country.
While the furnishing of books for the
cantonments probably will be the
most important work the committee
will undertake, its activity will not be
limited to this. ,
In order ,to facilitate the working
out of its plans the committee has as
signed various forms of service to in
dividual members with power to asso
ciate others with themselves. ' These
subcommittee appintments follow:
Finance Dr. Frank P. Hill, librarian,
Brooklyn publlo library. ' '
Publicity Dr. Arthur K. Bostwlck, li
brarian, St. Louie publio library.
Publication- George B. Utly, aecretary
American Library aaeociatlon, Chicago.
Historical Service Dr. Thomaa M. Owen,
ate to department of archtvea, Alabama.
State Agenctea Mathe w8. Dudgeon, eec
retary Wisconain Free Library commission.
Local Agencies Mlaa Gratia. A. Country,
man, librarian, Minneapolis publlo llbrarq.
Camp Llbrarlea and Distribution of Booka
to Soldieri Edwin H. Anderson, director
New York publls library.
Transportation B. H. Johnaton, bureau of
railway econotiilffa, Washington.
'.The plan for libraries-at each of
tKe sixteen antonments to be occu
pied by the new army conteisftlates
the erf ction of special. buildings".' Ac
cording to tentative plans these will
be frame structures providing facili
ties for the cafe of about 10,000 vol
umes each. T,he cost of construc
tion and equipment of these buildings,
aside from the books, it is estimated
will be about $10,000 each.
It is estimated that in addition to
the 160,000 volumes to equip these
libraries it will be necessary to pro
vide as many more for smaller camps
and station throughout the country,
and that his work with other neces
sary expenses will approximate
$250,000. ;
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ELEVEN DIE WHEN
SHIP IS CRUSHED
BY FALLING TANK
(Continued from Flrat Pago.)
river and either killed from the im
pact of the falling structure or being
rendered unconscious, were drowned
before rescued.
Many on Steamer.
There were said to be approxi
mately 400 passengers on the boat, in
cluding several students from the
University of Chicago, who were re
turning from an outing.
The crash of the water tank tore
through the bridge, pilot house, two
decks, and slid into the river when it
struck the steel main deck.
Identified dead: r
Cecil Neil, 19, Billings, Okla.,
Eva Eatman, 24, Chicago. (
Blanche Bopper, Chicago.
Fred Blum, Milwaukee.
One unidentified woman : whos
body lies at the morgue wore a signet
ring with the initials "B. M. C An
other woman victim wore a ring with
pie name "Alta" engraved.
Fannie Jones, a student at a uni
versity in Chicago, who was on het
way to her home in Colemani Tex.,
was taken to the hospital suffering
from broken legs and internal in
juries. "The current was too strong fot
the tugs," said Captain Moody. "Six
inches more of leeway- would have
saved the vessel. The impact with
the dock tore away the under pinning
holding the tank. The Christopher
Columbus will be out of commission
the rest of the season, as it will re
quire three months to repair, the dam
age." It was in 1893 that the Christopher
Columbus made its initial appearance
in fresh water. It was built original
ly for sightseeing trips in connection
with the Chicago World's fair.
Officials to Scene.
Chicago, 111.. June 30. Officials of
the Goodrich Transit company, own
ers of the Christopher Columbus, left
here tonight for Milwaukee, imme
diately after first reports of the acci
dent to the steamer had been re
ceived. They said they knew noth
ing of the details of the occurrence.
It was said that no more than 400
persons were aboard the whaleback.
which was on its third excursion trip
of the season. The capacity of the
steamer is 4,000 persons.
Teachers and students at the Uni
versity of Chicago and Northwestern
university summer schools made up
the majority of the passengers, .
Fire Threatens Kentucky - -Oil
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Lexington, Ky., July Destruc
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the Lee county oil and gas fields by
fire which broke out tonight.' The
largest well in the field became ignit
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the Vicinity are endangered. : '
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