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The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
OPENS COLORADO RATE CASE
Interstate Commerce Commission Is
Ready to Hear Alleged Dis
elimination.

Denver Colo, Jan. 25.-Ward
Prouty. special examiner of the inter.
state commerce commission, was TO
begin hearing of rate cases in this
city today The principal case is that
of the Empscn Packing Company,
which charges that the rtes enforced
from the east to the Pacific coast
discriminate against Colorado points.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
BURGLARS KILL BY TORTURE
Wisconsin Man Victim Of Thieves Who
Set Fire to His House and
Hack Him With Ak.

Ashland, Wis, Jan. 24.-Victor Gus
tafson of Westboro died in this city
the victim, as he claimed, of vicious
assault by burglars. He said that two
masked men entered his house at
night. assaulted him with an az and
afterwards set fire to the place.
Gustafson regained Consciousness
sufficient to crawl out of the burning
building and was found sitting in the
snow, severely burned and cut. When
examined in an Ashland hospital he
was found to have over two dozen cuts
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
BOYS DORMIIORY
RUINED BY FIRE
EudyyiIle Parties Are Constructing
a Harbor on the Des MUines.
RAILROAD MEN GE1 DAMAGES
Burlington Hires Millionaire 6oos.
ter-Fort Madison Expects One
half Million Population--Coal
Freight Tariff No Lower.

Vinton, Jan. Especial: The
boys dormitory of the Clifford AGA.
denny was burned to the ground last
night, the inmates escaping in their
night clothing. The fire started in a
room of one of the boys, where a
stove was located and rapidly com
municated with other parts OF the
building. All clothing and other pro-
perty of the sleeping lads were burn
ed. Loss $4,000. Insurance $500.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Prominent Man Disappears.

Storm Lake, Ia, Jan. Especial:
Henry Hanson, prominent man OF
this county. has disappeared and all
efforts to locate him have been fruit
less and not the slightest trace of him
can be found No cause is known for
his disappearance. He was last seen
in December.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
A Costly Squirrel.

Mason City, Ia, Jan. Especial:
it cost Olaf Gordon, young man OF
Joice, SO for shooting and shipping
a squirrel with a shipment of rabbits
to a Minneapolis commission firm. He
received only five cents for the SPUR
rel, but was compelled to pay fine
when a game warden discovered the
violation of the law.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Getting Ready For Boats.

Eddyville, Ia, Jan. 25.-Special: Be-
lieving that the report of the govern
ment engineers to the war depart
ment will be favorable for making the
Des Moines a navigable stream, w. s.
Keller has started the construction of
a large harbor at this place. The
bank of the river has been excavated,
making the harbor so by 100 feet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Conductor Gets $11,s16 Damages.

Mason City, Ia, Jan. 25.-SpeclaI:
George Brookman, conductor on the
Chicago Great Western railway, who
lives at Clarion, and who was injured
by having his legs broken by the fall
of a steel rail from car at Lyle, Min
nesota, was awarded $11,91o by a jury
in Mower county. He asked damages
amounting to $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Assault U. s. Consul; Pays $3.50.

Victoria, B. c., Jan. 24.-The Jap
anese who assaulted United States
Consul Williamson at Dalny last
month we're convicted and given a
light fine. according to the news
brought by the steamship Oanfa from
Yokohama The men We're reprlmand.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
POWDER EXPLOSION.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan 25.-Special:
Twelve miners were fatally burned
by an explosion of powder in No. 10
Colliery OF the Pennsylvania Coal
mine at Pittston, near here. Five
others are reported injured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
FRISCO GETS HELP IN EAST
California Society to Go to Washington
to Boost for Expo
sition.

New York, Jan. 25-The California
society of New York will send dele
cation to Washington to further San
Franciscos campaign for the Panama
exposition in 1913. Californians from
Baltimore and other points will join
the party. Eighteen hundred dollars
for the cause has been subscribed
here
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Iowan After Prizes.

Belle PLANE, Ia, Jan. Especial:
Fred NMcCulloch, who lives about five
miles southwest of Belle PLANE, and
who has won many prizes on his corn
and grain, including the grand sweep.
stakes for the largest yield in Iowa in
1910 on one acre of ground, has ship
ped an exhibit of grains to the nation
al corn show at Columbus.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Policeman Wins,

Waterloo, Jan. 25.-Specail. Tom
Gordon, ex-policeman of Minneapolis,
defeated Charles Barney in a wrest'
ling match here last evening, secur,
ing two straight falls, the first with
leg hold on 20 minutes, and the
second fall in 20 minutes with toe
hold. In the last fall Barney was
terribly punished by the relentless
toe hold.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
PUSHING lntcrurban.

iowa City, Ia, Jan. 25.-Special:
iowa City engineers and shareholders
in the Iowa City lnterurban Railway
company are pushing the line from
here to Sigourney and are securing
right of way. The farmers are Civ
ing right of way freely and gladly.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Ready to FIy,

Key West, Fla, Jan. 25.-Special:
j. A. d. McCurdy is ready with his
aeroplane to fly from here to Hama
ma, lis miles. He will start as soon
as the weather conditions are favor
able
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26

GERS after passing a forged check on
the S. f.. Prick Realty Co. for 1913.
Williams, or brown, is also wanted for
forgery at Abba, Ia, where he passed
a check on bank there for a con-
siderable amount with the name OF
5. +. Frick attached.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Clever Confidence Man.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. Especial:
A man operating under the aliases of
w. C. Williams and Chas. F. Brown,
and believed to be one of the clever
est confidence men in the country,
slipped through the hands OF the Off
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Kills Father: Shoots Sister.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. s5.---Johp Drost,
years old, shot anG killed
his father Peter Drost, aged fifty-five
and wounded his nineteen-year-old sis.
ter Phoebe The young man and his
father were engaged in quarrel when
the shooting occurred.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Kansas Woman Lives to 1902.

Eureka, Kan, Jan. 25.--Mrs. Sophia
Sharp Kirk, 1O2 years old, one of the
earliest settlers in Greenwood COUNT.
is dead at her home here. She was
born in Tennessee in 1908.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
More Indictments.

West Union, Ohio. Jan. 25.-Spe-
cial; The grand jury today returned
1913 more indictments against vose-
sellers, The total number of indict-
ments now is 2142.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Indianola to Have Sewers.

Indianola, Ia, Jan. Especial: AT
special meeting last night the city
council of Indianola voted to install
during the coming summer between
four and five miles of sewer at an es-
timated cost OF $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
To Have White pav,

CenterviiIe, Jan. 26.-Special: Cen
teryille is to have white way" SIM
liar to Oskaloosa and other cities fol
lowing a canvass by an energetic COM
mitteC.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
White EIected

Columbus, o., Jan. 25.-Special:
John p. White and Edwin S. Perry
were elected president and secretary
treasurer, respectively of the United
Mine Workers of America.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
Iowa Deaths,

Mechanicsville, Jan. 20. = Special
Samuel Gnliland. aged 81, a we'll
CONTINUED. on Page 2.)
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-01-26
DEADLOCK STILL MAINTAINED
Senator Young Today Drops to Third
Place Among the Republican
Candidates-Democra
May Divide Vote.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 25.-Special:
Ex-Governor Garst's supporters desert
ed him today in the race for the SEN
ate, going to Funk, otherwise the SEN
atorial deadlock continues the same
as 1t was yesterday. The vote now
stands: Porter (Dem.) SO, Young SO,
Funk 81, Kenyon 35, and Garst 1.
Bruce, Cousins, Enger, Finlayson,
Mates and Kulp changed their votes
from Garst to Funk.
Fourt changed his vote from Young
to Funk; Pickford changed his from
Kenyon to Funk; Skinner changed his
from Funk to Kenyon; Stillman
changed his from Funk to Kenyon.
The further simplifications on COM
plication of the senatorial tangle be-
fore the legislature came today with
the practical elimination of Warren
Garst, the last of the trailers in the
race.
The information is that Garst re-
fuses to withdraw, but that his sup
poretrs have simply decided to vote
for another in an effort to get the SEN
atorship out of the way.
Senator Young was forced from the
first position to third among the re-
publican candidates today, Judge Ken
yon having the highest vote of any of
the republican candidates. He polled
thirty-four yesterday and 80 today.
A. B. Funk was the beneficiary of
the Garst vote.
Tho Democrats.
The democrats held a caucus yes.
terday evening at the state house.
There an effort was made to have
the democrats cast their full strength
for some candidate other than Porter,
but it is stated the effort met with
failure. 1t is said that some of the
democratic leaders are of the opinion
that other democrats in Iowa deserve
to receive a complimentary vote. 1t
| is known that Daniel W. Hamilton, ex-
congressman of the Sixth district, and
ID. ID: Murphy have friends in the leg.
islature who are anxious to vote for
them.
| 1t is not wholly improbable that the
democrats will divide up their
strength soon and that complimentary
votes will be cast for various demo.
crats.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
LATEST FROM FOREIGN CAPITALS FOR HERALD
LONELY WOMEN BECOME,
= MOROSE AND UNHAPPY
Problem of Serious Consequence Arises Over
Tendency of London Fair Sex to Lead
Lives of RecluseS.

London, Sept. 2-The tendency Of Lon
don women to live the life of a virtual
recluse has raised the question, SHOULD
a woman live alone?' The preponderance
of the female population in the city
makes The problem Of serious conse-
queace.
"Thers is danger in women living
alone, for nine out Of ten grow morose
and bitter against fate" stated a we'll
known writer. who advises that a lonely
woman should share her rooms with an
other ons OF about her own age
A superintendent Of a large block Of
flats in the West End Of London, with
much experience Of flats occupied by
bachelor women, would advise no woman
to live alone.
IF 1 had a daughter he said, 81
should very much prefer that she shared
fat with a young woman of her own
age and similar experience.
II certainly think that women living
alone become morose. In a sense, they
lose caste, for they loss conversational
power. and also a certain amount of
respect for themselves.
1T needs a wonderfully sunny nature
to exist in a fiat alone and be cheerful,
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03

for II any one spends many hours alone
every trifiing worry is thought over and
magnifed.''
well-known soprano vocalist Of q
happy disposition, who occupied a fat
to herself, said she considered a woman
could be perfectly contented alone pro-
viding she had plenty of work to do.
Il am quite happy" she said, be
cause I am so busy and interested in
my profession. In fact, my fiat Is little
more than a place to sleep or work in"
The reason why so many Of our sex
prefer to live alone" said a woman in
terested in problems concerning bachelor
women. rs that two women in one house
frequently quarrel. A great deal of
forbearance is necessary on both sides,
and there must be some mutual tastes
and interests for two women friends to
live in peace"
The other choice a woman has is to
live in one Of the big hostelries built for
lonely women. Some Of these are ex-
cellent, and there she has many ad-
vantages, but the intelligent woman
kicks against a kind OF return to the
nursery life and being told she must
get special permission to stay out after
IL o'clock at night, TO go to the theater,
receive a male visitor, or keep dog"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
PARIS is GRIPPED
BY AN ICE FAMINE
Scarcity of Commodity the
Cause of Suffering.
psesl Cable to The Washington Berald.

Specisl Cable to The Washington herald.
Paris, Sept. 2.-The summer is over,
or at least it ought TO be, with the
passing OF August. but in reality it
shows no signs whatever of releasing
its grip. Paris this summer has been
a veritable inferno, from which every
one who possibly could rushed away
months ago. Not even a Cook tourist
has been seen for weeks. and Ameri-
cans cannot be found within a radius
of 100 miles since the new famine of
ice appeared
ice" is the cry now in thousands OF
cafes and drinking establishments.
Paris consumes on an average 1900
tons of ice a day in an ordinary sum-
mer. This summer the consumption
has been 5000 tons a day. Ice dealers
are at their wits ends. There is no
more reserve, and the dog days are not
half over.
Astronomers, in fact, say that they
have only begun. The usual price of
ice is about p francs per ton. Switzer-
land and Norway are willing to send
trainloads and boatloads of it, but the
price comes to so francs a ton. Ice
dealers, who have standing contracts
at a fixed price, are being ruined. Re
tail dealers are weighing it now care
fully like a precious merchandise, so
much a pound, so much an ounce; and
people gladly pay to get even an ounce.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
FRENCH TO MOVE
ARMY IN BATTLE
Troops to Engage in Maneu'
yer Against Germany.

Paris, Sept. The maneuvers of the
French army for the year will take place
in the district around st. Quentin, Bethel
Cernay. and Compiegne from September
u to 20. The operations will be divided
into two periods of three separate days,
with one days rest as an interval.
The number of troops taking part will
be about $1,000, and during the two peri
DDS of the miniature war both armies will
be provided with dirigible balloons, while
section of the French aeroplane fleet
will also participate.
In the second portion of the maneuvers
the whole body of $4,000 men will operate
against a supposed enemy. The theme
is as follows: War has broken out in
Europe and England has come to the
help of France.
In addition to sea operations, England
has landed an army of $1,000 men at
various points between Calais and Dieppe.
These troops are concentrated in the
Somme district and are pushing on
toward the German and Belgian from
tiers to engage a supposed enemy There
fore, the $1,000 men under Gen. Menestrel
will represent British army.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
WIRELESS COMPASS
WILL AID VESSELS
Will Ascertain Position of
Ships in Fog.

Paris, Sept 2-The wonderful wireless
compass invented by the Italian officers
Bellini and Tosi will shortly be used to
enable ships to ascertain their position
in fogs.
Special wireless signals are to be sent
out from various stations on the French
coast, and ships fitted with the Bellini-
Tosi compass will be able to determine
the direction in which the signals are
travelling. Different signals are to be
sent out at regular intervals from sta
tions at lie Havre lightship, Tile de
Sein, and Creach d'Ouessant
The tune of each signal will be diff
ferent. and the signals themselves will
be various letters of the alphabet, so that
those arriving from one station will not
be confounded with those coming from
another.
The compass is an instrument which,
when tuned to receive any wireless
signals, shows by an indicator in what
direction the signaling station lies.
During a fog, therefore, an operator in
a ship fitted with the compass will be
able to ascertain the directions in which
the various stations lie, and from these
data the ships position can be calculated
with a fair amount of accuracy.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
NOBLEMAN WORKS!
HONEST HE DOES
Lord Maidstone Enters Brok-
er's Office to Buck Market.
reciaI CabIc to The wa,hinctou Herald.

SPECIAL Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Sept 2-The Viscountess
Maidstone, who was Miss Margaretta
Drexel, is at last to have a home Of her
own. Lord Maidstone, since the arrival
OF his son and heir, has rebelled against
living In his mother-in-law's house. AL
though devoted to Mrs. Anthony Drexel,
he naturally wants a place Of his own.
SO the young couple have taken l9
Grosvenor street, a modest sized. house
in the most fashionable quarter of Lon
don. Meanwhile Mrs. Drexel. who is at
Birtley House, Hundhead. will entertain
her sou-in-law, daughter, and grandson
while the new home is being prepared.
It will come as somewhat of a shock
to society to learn that Mrs. DreXel has
definitely decided to give up No. p
Grosvenor square, the palatial house
which she furnished on such a gorgeous
scale and which was the talk Of London
when it was opened three seasons ago.
Mrs Drexel has told her friends that
now her daughter is leaving her, she no
longer requires such a large establish
ment, so she has decided to take an old
fashioned and far less expensive house
in Cavendish square.
Lady Maidstones young cousin, the
Duchess de Wien, has taken a country
house a few miles form st. Adams, but
on her return she and her husband will
reside with her mother-in-law, Mrs.
James Henry Smith, in Grosvenor
square. Lord Maidstone, unlike his
cousin by marriage, the Duke de Wien.
is going in for real hard work on the
stock exchange, goes down town daily,
and is picking up business quickly. He
does not allow himself the usual vaca-
ton taken by every business man and
expects eventually to be entirely indie
pendent OF the few crumbs which fell
from the DrexeI table.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
TURKISH CHANGE
IS NOW CONFIRMED
Agreement Is Reached Be-
tween Warning Factions.
CABINET MAY RESIGN SOON
Internal and External Policy of
Government to Undergo RefOrma-
tfon-Mfnistry to Have Complete
Change with New Political Pow
er-Young Turks to Rule.

Berlin, Sept 2.-There is no doubt
there has been a complete change in the
internal and external policy of the
Turkish government.
Where internal politics are concerned,
it has been decided to offset a rap
prochement between the MosIems and the
various non-Turkish nations, whether
Christians or otherwise, thus carrying
out the plans laid down at the very
beginning of the Young Turk regime
in regard to public instruction, military
service and the language question.
Although no details have yet been made
public. it is now certain that an agree
ment has been reached between the gov
eminent and the Greek, Bulgarian, and
Armenian patriarChs in accordance with
the demands already set forth in the
petitions, identical in tenor, put forward
by the three patriarchs.
In its external politics the government
will resOlutely repudiate any attempts
at pan-Islamic propaganda. 1t will
devote its attention exclusively to
political affairs, and will definitely ally
itself with the triple entente.
AS the result of this altered policy, the
Hakki cabinet will resign, the present
grand vizier, Haiku Pasha, being replaced
by Kutshuk Said Pasha, who will form
an exclusively Young Turk cabinet.
Ministers to be Changed.
This change of ministers. however, will
not be made until after the general con-
gress of the party of union and progress,
which has been fixed for the middle of
this month. Kutshuk Said Pasha has
made his acceptance of office conditional
upon his being assured of the support of
the party of union and progress when
the whole matter has been discussed at
the coming congress. The aim is, of
course, that a homogeneous Young Turk
cabinet shall be in power while prepara-
tions are going on for the general cleo
tion in 1912.
Even now, certain facts are beginning
to confirm this important change in Turk
ish politics. The well-known Young Turk
organ, Tonin, in a leading article, which
has been much commented upon, has pub
licly declared its opposition to the Hakki
cabinet. Again. the Vail of Bassorah,
who is notoriously hostile to the triple
entente, has been recalled and replaced
by Col. Ria Bey, a friend of Djemal
Bey, whose sympathies with the triple
entente are widely known.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
NEW GERMAN SIEGE GUN
TO REPEL QUICK SORFIE
Obstacle to Artillery Fire Overcome by Use of Small
Rifle Firing Powerful Explosives

Berlin. Sept. 2.-some interesting ex-
periments have recently been carried out
by the German military authorities at
Dobernitz with a new type OF siege gun
constructed by the Krupps. According
to present siege technique" the artillery
OF an attacking army has to cease bonn
harding the enemy's intrenchments as
soon as the storming infantry gets to
close quarters, otherwise the stormers
are likely to be shot. down by their own
guns from the rear. The new gun has
been devised to overcome this difficulty.
It has an extremely narrow, unrified
bore, and Is of very Hight construction,
easily capable OF being carried by two
men. and. is intended TO be carried Yin
the front lines OF the advancing Infantry.
Its most remarkable feature is its pro-
iectile, which consists OF round borno
of great diameter, loaded with a veFy
powerful explosive mixture
The bomb is OF farfgreater diameter
than the bore Of the gdn which throwst 81,
and Is provided with a long stick-liRe
tail, which Is loaded into the barrel pf
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
PRINCE OF WALES EARNS
SMALL PAY AS MILDLY
Heir to British Throne Starts In at Bottom in the
Royal Navy and Takes Up His Duties Aboard
Ship Alongside of Other Boys.

accumulates. He will be under ships
discipline. will take his turn in the dog
watch, steer his boat, land with dis
patches, attend the navigating lieu
tenant, and go through the whole round
of instruction. His hours of work will
be even longer than those Of the other
middies, for as Prince of Wales, he will
have to attend to important letters deal
ing with the management of his es-
tates, and scores of documents will have
to be read and signed by him personally.
In addition to whatever income the
Prince of Wales receives privately, he
is now the proud Garner of shilling and
pence a day. which is his pay as
midshipman. Even this magnificent sum,
however, is not all his own to keep, as
pence a day is deducted from each
young officer for the naval instructor
who directs their studies.
OF all ranks, midshlpmen are the only
ones whose pay has never been raised,
and, indeed, it rs rather less nowadays
than when the rank was first instituted
in the middle of the seventeenth century.
The prince has quickly shaken down into
the ways of a modern man-o'-var, and
bids fair TO become very popular with
his messmates.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-03
CLERGY IN ARMS
AGAINST BIG HATS
Archbishop Issues Edict to
Officials of Diocese.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald
Milan, Sept. 2-The Archbishop Of
Geneva has issued letter to the clergy
of his diocese in which be says that the
size Of women's hats is a grave impede
nent to the proper attention which the
faithful should pag TO religious fune-
tions, as the hats often, prevent people
from getting even a glimpse OF the altar
or the officiating priest.
Even more serious" continues the
archbishop, is the danger arising from
the use OF stiietto-like hatpins which
constitute a source Of real peril to the
congregation, especially in crowded
church.
This frank declaration, following the
Bishop Of Padua's recent condemnation
Of the modern fashions. is regarded as a
reelection of the opinions OF Plus X. who
Intended before his Illness 70 publish a
'-Notu Proprio." The Pope IS reported 10
have taken this Indirect means Of con-
veying HIS opinions, thereby avoiding any
criticism which Slight be leveled directly
nsninst the Vatican.