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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
500 BANKERS
IN HURRICANE
Storm Sweeps Caribbean Sea and
Gulf of Mexico.
ARE ON WAY HOME FROM PANAMA
Fate of Three U. S. Fruit Companys
Steamers is UnknoWn-All> YES
sells Garry Wireless but Op-
orators Can't Find Them.

New Orleans, La, Dec. 6.-Special
Three United Fruit company steam.
ers, having on board 500 members of
the American bankers association
and their families are believed to
have been caught in a hurricane
which last night swept the Caribbean
sea and the Gulf of Mexico. All the
vessels carry wireless and operators
at the local stations have been trying
to speak with them for the past
twelve hours. Much anxiety is felt
here and if no word is received by
night U. S. cruiser will be sent out
in search of them. The hurricane
commenced early yesterday after.
noon in the neighborhoOd of the Les
ser and Antilles, having been first re-
ported from st. Lucia. 1t swept rap
idly northwest across the Caribbean
Sea into the Gulf of Mexico and did
at least 100000 900 of damage to the
banana crops Costa Rico. The bank.
ers and their families were returning
from a visit to Panama
Bankers Heard From.
New Orleans, Dec. Especial: Al
ter having been lost for 20 hours,
wireless messages came this after
noon from the three United States
fruit steamers carrying the 500
American bankers and their families
home from Panama, saying that al
though they passed through a terri
BILE hurricane, they are all safe.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
WARDEN NJ. BARR RELIEVED
WILL BE SUCCEEDED JAN. BY
MAN FROM MISSOURI.
No Cause Given For RemoVaI-An.
nouncement Surprise at State
House and to the Warden.

Des Moines. Dec. Especial: The
state board of control has announced
that Marquis Barr, warden of the An.
amosa reformatory for the last five
years, will be succeeded Jan. l, 1912
by Charles c. McClaughry, at present
superintendent of the Missouri train,
ing school for boys at Bonneville.
No cause is given by the board for
Warden Bars removal. Judge Gif,
ford S. Robinson, chairman of the
board, says Mr.. Bars work had been
entirely satisfactory, but that the
ter suited to the work of correcting
boys and young men.
When communicated with at Ana,
mOsa over the long distance tele,
phone, Warden Barr said he received
the letter yesterday announcing the
change, and that it came as an en-.
tire surprise to him He said the
members of the board and himself
had agreed always.
The announcement was a surprise
at the state house. The change was
attached INN ediately to a rumored
shake-up at the Fort Madison peni.
Tertiary following the report to be
made by the prison probe commission
under George. CossOn, attorney gen,
eral. Some limited that Warden
Barr will replace Warden J. c. San,
ders, against whom there has been
some criticism.
Mr. Barr, who is 81 years old. was
first nameu warden at Anamosa in
1892, and served five years. He was
reappOinted five years ago. His -four
year term expired a year ago. He
had been expecting reappointment
Mr.. McClaughry is the son of Major
McClOughry, the warden at the fed
eral prison at Fort Leavenworth, who
is one Of the most famous prison men
in the United States, The younger
McClaughry is As years old, a uni
Versity man, and has made a remark
able record in the Missouri institu
ton where he is now stationed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
lowan Goes to Porto Rico.

Humboldt, Dec 6.-Special: A. ID.
Cromwell. professor of agriculture of
the Humboldt college here, will leave
Dec. % for Washington and will sail
a few days afterwards for Porto Rico
by way of New York. to take charge
of the work there of agricultural and
kindred subjects in the Porto Rican
schools. He will be attached to the
u. s. Agricultural college established
on tho Islands.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
HALT CHORUS GIRLS TRIAL
Severe Illness Of Millionaire Stokes
Causes Postponement of the Case
Until Thursday.

New York, Dec. 6.--The trial OF
Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham,
show girls, for the shooting OF W. e
D. Stokes. millionaire owner of the
Hotel Ansonia, was adjourned until
Thursday, owing to the illness of the
plaintiff, who, his physician said is
confined to his bed by a severe attack
of heart failure.
John Bloom, superintendent of the
Naruna apartments, in which the
shooting took place, testified that aft
er he had conducted the two girls into
all adjoining apartment, Miss Conrad
said:
Let me take the blame, | have
nothing to live for"
No" Miss Graham said, I'll take
the blame. | meant to kill him"
This is tie first testimony tending
to show that either girl had suggested
that they had shot to Kill.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
SHANK ROACH co
Z GO TO THE WALL
Two 0ttumwa Boys Brothers-Are
Drowned While Hunting.
SALOON LICENSEES ARE RAISED
Jasper County Family Returning to
Holland-Drake University Gets
Big Property Gift-LaW Suit
Between Deaf Mutes.

Des Moines, Dec Especial: The
Shank-Roach Opera Company which
left here with trunks filled with silk
en- tights, spangle robes, etc, several
months ago to play northwestern
coast cities, is no more, and Mrs. Ma
bel Wagner Shank, the prima donna,
and the Misses Margueret Moss, Ma
bel Lund and Elsie Blazure, all Des
Moines ladies, returned home. The
special scenery is in storage, but no
one knows where. James Roach, the
Highland Park college musical man,
are anXiously hunting for him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
OttumWa Boys Drowned.

Ottumwa, Dec. 6.-Special: Victor
and Elmer Ekwall, aged 10 and 10,
respectively, who left their home in
this city Sunday morning at 3 o'clock
on an all-day hunting trip, were found
yesterday in the Des Moines river
at the lower edge of the second dam.
Just how the tragedy occurred will
perhaps never be known. 1t is
thought that the two brothers met
death in the icy waters of the river
within two hours after the time they
left their home. Those on the scene
of the tragedy are convinced that the
lads fell from the dam while endeay-
oring to cross it.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07

a suitcase containing sixteen sticks
of 80 per cent. dynamite, set to ex-
plode at one o'clock the next morn
ing.
Says He Did Not Intend to XIII.
1T was my intention to injured the
building and scare the owners. | ola
not intend to take the life Of any one.
sincerely regret that these unfor-
tunate men lost their lives. If the CIV
ing of my life would bring them back
would gladly give it. In fact,
In pleading guilty to murder In the
first degree, have placed my life In
the hands of the state.
JAMES B. MNAMARA."
The confession covers one side OF
an ordinary sheet OF paper and was
written with a fountain pen supplied
by one of the attorneys.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
FIRE SURVIVORS IN RIOT
Three Hundred Girls Attack Heads Of
Waist Company as They Appear
for Trial.

New York, Dec. Ga mob Of 800
women, survivors of the Triangle
Waist fire, in which TAG girls lost their
lives, attacked Isaac Harris and Max
Banck, proprietOrs of the waist com.
pany, when the men appeared in court
to stand trial.
All the court officers in the building
and the police reserves were called out
to check the assailants.
With torn clothing and dishevcled
hair the defendants finally We're re-
leased and escorted under heavy po-
lice protection to the courtroom,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
SEVEN OHIO HUNTERS DIE
Twenty.Day Season in Buckeye State
Is Attended by Large Number Of
Fatalities and Accidents.

Cleveland, Dec. GA tale of seven
dead and thirty-eight injured is shown
by the statistics of the hunting sea-
son in Ohio, which opened on Nov.
IS. Mortuary statistics among the
rabbits, to serve as an Offset, are
lacking.
Many of the huntsmen would have
come to no grief had 1t not been
that they had companions along. One
death and fifteen injuries were
charged to companions of those who
got hurt
Records to date show that thirty
persons throughout the country have
lost their lives thus far this season
through hunting accidents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07

Iowa City, Dec. 6.-Special: Bert
Franklin, chief investigator for the
defense in the Mcnamara case at
Los Angeles, now under $4,000 bond
to appear in court Monday and an
swer to the charge of bribing a juror,
was well known here where he for
merly lived before he went west. His
brother says he has heard from him
and he asserts the charges against
him are false.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Children Quit "World Tour"

Minneapolis, Mimi. Dec. 6,-Aban-
doning worlds tour on which they
started with can OF salmon. pound
of cheese and bag of cookies tor
provisions, and $3.50 for expense
money, Clyde JuIserud, Catherine
Swayne and Hazel McCollum, all aged
thirteen, returned to their homes after
an absence since Saturday night
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
HOTEL FIRE PERILS SCORES
One Woman May Die as Result OF
Fright at St. Joseph, Mo-, Hos
teIry Blaze.

st. Joseph, Mo, Dec. 6.-Fire OF un.
known origin started in an I'M
occupied room on the second floor OF
the annex to the Hotel Metropole. the
city's second largest hotel. The tlame.
were confined to the annex, in which
eighty-three guests were sleeping. and
did not reach the main part of the
hotel.
All of the guests got out without
serious injury, although Miss Mary h.
Nourse, thirty years old, was so pros
trated by fright that her recovery is
doubted.
Several persons were slightly in
jured by jumping from second story
windows, but grass in the courtyard
broke their fall.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Deaf Mutes File Suit.

MarShalltown, Dec. Especial: An
interpreter familiar with the sign
language will be required if the case
OF James S. Johnston vs.. John A.
Weller and Dennis Milan ever comes
to trial i'll the district court here.
Johnston is suing Milan and Welter
on real estate deal, in which the
plaintiff asks $500 damages. All OF
the parties to the action are deaf
mutes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
STEAMER SLOCUM IN OCEAN
Unfortunate Steamboat on Which 1000
Excursionists Lost Their
Lives Sinks.

Philadelphia Dec. 6.-The last YES
tige of the unfortunate steamboat
General Slocum. on which about 1000
lives were lost in the water of New
York some years ago, lies at the bot
tom of the sea. After the steamboat
was burned to the waters edge the
hull was converted into barge and
given the name of Maryland. A report
was received here that the barge could
not stand the gale that blew off the
New Jersey coast and sank somewhere
in the vicinity of Sandy Hook. The
crew OF fiye men were taken off by a
tug.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ILL
Wickersham Attacked by Indigestion
at Cabinet Meeting and Is Re-
moved to His Home.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham became III while at,
tending the cabinet session. Doctor
De Laney, President Taft's physician,
was summoned from the war depart.
ment. Mr. Wickersham was reported
not to be in serious danger.
Doctor De Laney ordered the attor.
ney general to be moved to his home
1t was said that Mr.. Wickersham
was suffering from slight attack OF
Indigestion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Drake Gets Bio Gift.

Des Moines. Dec. Especial: One
of the largest gifts that has been re-
ceived in the endowment campaign
at Drake university was received yes
terday from ID. Fl. Buxton, a resident
OF University Place. The contribu-
ton to the fund consisted of city
property valued at over $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Union Labor Will Live.

Washington, D. G., Dec. 6.-,Spe-
cial: Gompers in an interview today
says that organized labor will live
and prosper despite the Mcnamara
case. NJ +. Ryan, president of the
Iron Workers, reached here today
and attended meeting of the Nc
Namara ways and means committee.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Rockefeller Invited.

Washington, y. c., Dec. 6.-Spe,
cial: A special invitation to John d,
Rockefeller and his friend, Rev. +. T,
Gates, was issued today to appear be,
fore the Stanley steel investigation
committee. 1t was sent out by Chair
man Stanley and they are asked to
tell of the deal of iron lands in Min
nesota by which the Merritt brothers
lost 500 1000, 000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Will Force Abrogation.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 6.-Spe-
cial; Chairman sulzer of the house
committee on foreign affairs an.
nounced today positively that con-
gress viii force abrogation of the
Russian treaty OF 1892 under which
American Jews travelling in Russia
ara disseminated against,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07

New York, Dec. Especial: The
body of Isador S. VOCAL murdered
and robbed of diamonds worth $780,
900, was found in the basement of a
building and Asher Soaps, engineer
of the building, and Joseph Roberts,
negro elevator boy, have been ar
rested on suspicion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
The Western Governors.

Albany, n. Y, Dec. Especial:
Governor Dix and Mayor McEwen
greeted the western governors here
today and they were escorted to the
state house. They will leave tonight
for Washington.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Six Men Killed in Wreck.

Pittsburgh, Dec. Especial: Six
men were killed and several injured
when Pennsylvania passenger train
ran into a wrecked freight train at
Manor, Pa, near here, today.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Boost Saloon Licenses.

Valley Junction, Dec. Especial:
AT a meeting of the city council last
evening the saloon licenses were
raised from $500 per year to $3.50
per year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
TWO More Axiatora Gone.

Filey, England, Dec, G.-Special;
Aviator Hubert oxley and his passen-
ger, Robert Weis, We're killed today
when the aeroplane fell a distance OF
800 feet.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
Prince chun Deposed.

Picking, Dec, Especial. Prince
Chun has been deposed as regent by
order of Premier Yuan Shi Kai.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07

Bloomfield. lee. Especial: The
Carnegie free library proposition viii
be submitted 10 a vote OF the people
OF Bloomfield, Saturday, December
s0th. \
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1911-12-07
PROBE GIGANTIC
DYNAMITE PLOT
.tss. b
Federal Grand Jury Starts In
CURRY at Los Angeles.
M'NAMARAS SENT TO PRISON
Younger Of Brothers Is Given Life
Term in Cell While Older Gets
Fifteen Years In San
Quentin.

Los Angeles, Dec. Especial: 1t
is declared positively that special
grand jury will be summoned next
week when Chief Hutton, of the SUI
preme court returns, which will probe
the Franklin and other jury bribery
cases in the McManigal case. Ortie
Mechanical and both the McNamaras
are to be taken before the federal
grand jury by Oscar LAWYER, special
prosecutor for the government.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
SAYS WOMEN CARRY
BRANDY FLASKS IN BOOKS.
Physician Declares Drink Habit Ia
This Country Is Growing Rapidly.

DR.. B. G. Keyser. superintendent OF
the Home sanitarium at Roanoke. Va.
declared in an address before the
American Society For the Study Of Al
cohol and Other Narcotics that modern
society women were developing the
drink habit and many becoming drunk
ards
DR.. Keyser recited some startling
facts concerning the fondness Of wom-
en- for liquor and exhibited an imi-
tation book. which. he said, many
women use. SO constructed as to be
able to hide brandy flask within it's
false leaves
He said that. while tho evil was not
so prevalent in America as in Euro
pean countries. still it had attained
alarming proportions in the United
States. and he called upon the Ameri-
can medical profession to take firm
stand against the use OF intoxicants.
DR. Keyser told of actual conditions
among what he termed .'tha 30 called
blue blood of the country" He also
declared that the necessity for pre-
scribing liquor for patients was an ex-
ploded theory and that the practice
had decreased rs per cent in recent
years
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
Something To Laugh At

/ Next to a kiss laugh is the most
popular thing in the world. The sup
ply of kisses is limited, being largely
controlled by a fair but capricious
trust. The supply of laughs, how
ever, is practically unlimited so long
as you don't get too grumpy to look
for them. One reason for the re-
markable success of The Chicago
Record-HeraId is it's daily recogni
ton of the value of kindly, whole
some fun. The Alternating Cur
rents column of S. q Kiser, the
humorist and poet, is one of the
brightest things in American jour-
nalism. There is always smile or
good laugh in Ralph Wilder's car
toons, bringing a CHEEKY greeting as
as you pick up the paper each morn
ing.
But it is in The Sunday Record
Herald that one finds the most
chuckles. The colored comic section
is full of laughter for young and old,
and these amusing illustrations are
free from the vulgarity and mis-
chievous suggestions that have
barred so many comic sections from
refined homes. Then there is always
lot of high-class humor in the Sun
day Magazine of The Record Herald,
led by Sewell Fords inimitable
Shorty McCabe stories. The delec-
table Shorty and his red-headed
rival, Torchy, have become so pop
ular that one or the other now
appears in funny yarn every Sun.
day throughout the year. SO long
as Shorty and Torchy are on deck
there will be something worth living
for. The Record Herald has the
right idea. Clean humor doubles the
welcome of a good newspaper.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
TO HONOR ALBERT A. POPE,
FATHER OF GOOD ROADS"
Memorial Committee Proposes Dcdicat-
ing Drinking Fountain.

Since the death of Colonel Albert A.
Pore in August. 1909 a movement has
been quietly going on which has for
its purpose the erection of a memorial
in his honor. The movement was
started by the bicycling World, New
York publication, and afierward taken
Up by the board of trade OF Hartford,
Conn.
The purpose is to pay deserved
tribute TO the memory of the man who
was not only pioneer in The agitation
for good roads, but who is considered
by many to have been practically the
leader in the formation and develop
ment of such agitation into the tam
gible results which have been achieved
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
A PROGRESSIVE SENTENCE.
Fined $40, Prisoner Asks Per More and


fined S!o, Prisoner Asks Per More and
Finally Gotta Six Months.
DoDinick Hearns after being fined
$40 in New York court wanted more
and got it as follows:
You'll wait for that $40. you four
eyed galcot!" he shouted to Magistrate
House
''I'll change that ana and send you
to the workhouse for twenty days.
said the magistrate.
"Aw g'wan. make it more" said the
prisoner.
"0ne month" replied the court.
Once more" shouted Hearns.
Two nionths,' said the magistrate.
DO il again. sneered Heains.
SIX months adjudicated the court
Hearns then demanded y year and
expressed his opinion OF Maaistrafe
House in caustic terms It tnok three
policemen to remove Hearns from the
courtroom.
~ wish could have made IT yesr."
said magistrate House, Unfortunate
iy Six months Is the limit"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
Cooperation Needed In Road Work.

Cooperation Needed In Road Work.
There is no sort of public work in
which folks are interested generally
where the principle of cooperation
could be followed to better advantage
than In the care of the public high
ways. In some sections this fact seems
to be recognized. in some others not.
Especially is there need of this CO.
operation in those sections where earth
rolds are the rule and whore the char
acter of the soil is such that there is
need of working 1t at a critical time
following heavy rains or wet seasons.
Particularly is this true of stiff clay or
adobe soils which can be advanta-
geously worked and leveled only when
they possess the proper amount OF
moisture and the right consistency.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
ADVICE TO ROAD BUILDERS.
Engineering Skill Competent Super
vision and Monev Are Needed.


vision and Money Are Needed.
The true value Of system of high
ways to the state depends upon many
conditions. among which may be cited
continuity, thus providing for the re-
quirements Of transportation over dis
tances greater than can be economical-
ly traversed on inferior and sometimes
nearly impossible roads; hardness and
smoothness Of surface with easy
grades, permitting a reduction In the
cost of haul, and an administration
that will furnish an economical and
judicious expenditure of the funds
used in construcH.sa and maintenance,
says G. w. Cooley, state engineer of
Minnesota. It has been shown that
95 per cent Of all products carried by
rail or steamship must first be trans
ported over the primary roads of the
the most important of which at this
time are the common earth roads. that
our attention is at present directed.
One of the greatest mistakes gener-
ally made with the opening up OF q
road system in new country is that
induced by the belief that no engineer
ing skill is necessary and that any man
versed in the handling of tools or road
machinery is Thoroughly competent. to
build a road. Such a mistake fire.
quently finds It's Legitimate fruitage in
expensive changes of location. regrad-
ing or insufficient drainage and rn
quiring after the expenditure of large
amounts of money for construction
that much more must be provided to
remedy the errors originally made.
The subject of road building on y
plan commensurate with the necessi-
ties and financial ability of the people
then resolves itself into but three parts
first, sufficient engineering skill to
properly locate and drain our high
ways: second, competent supervision
in construction, and. third. money to
pay the bills.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18
STRAWASFACTOR
IYRoADDljIL.[)ING
Found 10 Give Best Results
liIlIo1 tiix9t With Sci.
CAN SUPPORT S.1F' CIT HEAVIER LOADS.

Though This New Method Costs More,
1t Makes Foad That VIII outIsst
Gravel and cinders-Gtraw TO Play
an important Fart In the Coed
Reads g. overnent.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18

The use OF the automobile In Texas
has caused Il demand for better roads
1t has taught the farmers to see the
saving In having good roads and road
Improvement, and road building is go
ing on in nearly every community.
Texas Will have one of the longes!
automobile roads In the United States
when a few unfinished links are com
pleted. This road will extend from
Houston to Brownsville by the way Of
Corpus Christi. Kingsville and inter
mediate points. Connecting with this
Mt Corpus Christi viii be another reee
q S.sn Antonio. This win be completed
the coming summer.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-05-18

in road Improvement throughout the
country. Some have called him ''the
father of good roads,
The memorial selected by the com
mite in charge is drinking fountain
for man ana beast and by permission
of the Hartford park commissioners is
to be placed in Pope park, which
Colonel Pope presented to the city of
Hartford. The fountain is work
Of art and will cost about $500. OF
this amount something over S4,40O
has already been subscribed. In the
opinion of the committee many per-
sons, among them farmers, manufac-
turers, automobilists and others who
profit by or enjoy the improved roads
of the country, will be glad to contrib
uta