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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1912-03-26
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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1912-03-26


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material for the 12-year size.
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terial, serge or velvet may be
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
SEE NEED or TROOPS ALIENS ARE MENACED
CHINESE BANDITS ORDER FOR
EIoNERS AT CANTON sHELLED.
Expect in This Way to Bring About
Intervention of Powers-Battle
RACES About Forts.

HOngkong, March 20.--Advices from
Canton received here report vigor
Gus bombardment on the Bogue forts
there, to which the mutinous soldiers,
under General LUX, the brigand chief.
are replying vigorously.
The attack on the forts was made
by tiotSlla OF Chinese gunboats, the
government being forced to the most
extreme measures to stop the murder
and pillage that has been going on
Systematically there for the past five
days. The situation there is believed
TO be FAR from sertnd
General LUX has announced that if
his followers, whom he calls the peo-
pies army, failed to secure victory
over the government they would shell
Shameen, the foreign quarter, in order
to bring about foreign Intervention.
The government has retaken all the
fCrts at Yuchu, Whampon and Fumun,
on the Canton river, which have been
in possession Of the revolving bandits
for some time. The bandits suffered
heavy losses in these engagements.
The government authorities have
seized all the bread and canned meats
in the various smaller places sur
rounding Canton, in order to starve
out the followers OF LUX.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
SCALE COMMITTEE NAMED
JOINT CONFERENCE WITH oPER.
AToRS TOMORROW.
Katherine Finnegan Addresses Con.
vention on Button Work
ers' Troubles.

Des Moines, Mar. 20--Speciai: The
convention of district No. 10, United
Mine Workers of America, resolved
itself into an executive session yes
terday afternoon. The scale commit
tee, which will confer with the Oper-
ators here on Thursday, was appoint
ed yesterday afternoon.
In the matter of appointing the COM
mitteemen for the scale committee,
each district in the state is allowed
one delegate and the chairman of the
district is the other one. Then two
men are appointed from the cOnven-
ton at large. Alternates are also ap-
pointed
The joint conference of the opera
tors and the mine workers will be
held Thursday. The meeting of the
national workers and operators at In
dianapolis is being watched with in
terest by the members Of district No.
IS.
Miss Katherine Finnigan, one of the
organizers of the federation of labor,
addressed the convention before the
executive session on the condition of
affairs in Muscatine at the time of the
strike Of the button workers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
CAUGHT SMUGGLING SUICIDES
WOMAN HANGS SELF FROM WIN
DOW OF HOTEL.
Had Placed a Value of $500 On String
of Pearls Which Experts VAL
ued At Thousands.

New York. March 2O.-Special;
CraZed because of the stigma of hay-
ing been caught smuggling, a woman
whose name and address may be fic-
titiOus committed suicide in a sensa-
tiOnal manner by tying a rope about
her neck and fastening it TO the end
of the radiator in her room and climb.
ing out of the eighth story window
of the BrOZtell hotel and jumping into
space. Her dangling body swinging
from side to side was submitted to
the gaze OF early morning pedes-
TRANS. The hotel officials were mott.
fed and the wOman's body taken to
her room.
The woman is said to have regis.
tered at the George Washington hotel
here where she gave her name as
Mrs. Blanche Carson of San Francis
co. She was fashiOnably dressed, 80
years of age and cultured. She
placed valuation on string OF
pearls which she had brought from
India at $500. Experts upon making
an examination fixed the value at
many thousands of dollars and she
was arrested.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
U. S. PLANS LARGER WARSHlP
Navy Department Getting Ready for
$4,000 Ton Sea Monster-To
Have 15-lnch Guns.

Washington, March 19.-The 10000
ton sea monster which has been the
dream OF the American naval archi-
tect ever since the British shipbuild.
ers initiated the struggle for SUI
premacy in size and power in battle
ships with the launching of the orig
inal Dreadnought already is being
planned on paper at the navy depart
ment in anticipation of the allowance
by congress of the departments es-
Inmates for two new battleships. The
plans call for a ship about as large
as the New York., with a good sized
cruiser like the Olympia, Admiral
Dewey's old flagship at the battle of
Manila, added to her bulk.
II congress permits them to be
built, the new ships will present some
unusual features. Possibly they will
have 15-inch guns. eight for each ship,
which will be by far the most power
full ordnance afioat in any navy,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
EXPRESS ROBBED
BANDITS ESCAPE
Posses With BIoodhoundS Are on
Their Trail.
THEY MAKE AWAY WITH 100000
One of the Boldest Robberies Ever
Occurring in Mississippi - They
Dynamite the Safe Within
the Car.

Jackson, Miss, March 20.-Special:
Reports reached here early today de-
claring that posses pursuing the four
bandits who held up a Mobile & Ohio
passenger train during the night have
discovered their trail near the river
TusCumba. Bloodhounds were sent
from Jacksonville with the posses
and it is said they expect to have the
bandits surrounded soon.
The robbery was one of the bold
est in the history of Mississippi.
The train was bound for Corinth
and before reaching that city two
men climbed over the tender and Or
dered Engineer Walter Huffman to
bring the train to stop and in the
meantime two other robbers over
powered Express Messenger Snoody
and went into the express car. The
latter two had the explosive fixed UNI
der the safe and by the time the
train had stopped the safe was blown
and the contents gathered up, the
robbers making their escape.
The robbers did not attempt to
rifle the mail or rob passengers on
the train. The exact amount of
money taken is not known, but it is
said considerable coin was stolen and
other valuables. 1t is said there was
$50 900 in the safe
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
INCOME TAX BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
Many Republicans Help Measure
in Congress.
FINAL VOTE IS 249 TO Al
Measure 10 Expected to Raise $780,
100000 Revenue to Offset Loss
From Putting Sugar on
49,. Free List.

Washington, March 20.-The Demo
cratic excise-income tax bin passed
the house unamended by vote of 249
to Al. Many Republicans voted for it,
The measure was framed by the
majority leaders to make up for the
loss OF revenue to the government
through the removal Of the duty on
sugar, as provided by bill which al
ready has been passed by the repre-
sentatiyes.
The excise bill had been under dis
cussion by the house for the last two
days, the debate being marked by
many speeches sharply criticising the
decision OF the Supreme court OF the
United States by which a previous in
constitutional.
Incomes Of Less Than 5000 Exempt
The present bin was prepared with
view to meeting objections raised
by the highest court against 1t in the
allegation OF few years ago. 1t ex-
empts incomes OF less than $4,000 a
year.
From the time Of the first appear
anee OF the measure in the house
there were indications that the pro.
posed legislation would be aided by
the inprgent Republicans. either &C.
lively with votes or, passively by neu-
trality. The expectations then raised
We're borne out when the ballot dis
closed an overwhelming majority in
favor OF the bill.
An outburst of applause from the
Democratic side accompanied the an
nouncement OF the vote, and was re-
newed when 1t was learned that 70
Republicans had voted for the meas
ure. There We're no Democratic votes
against the passage OF the bill.
Tax on Doing Business.
The bill would extend the existing
corporation tax law TO include a, tax
OF one per cent. on the yearly get in.
come OF all firms or individuals in ex-
cess OF $1,000.
The Democrats declare the tax is
one on doing business" despite the
fact that 1t would include salaried peo-
pie, and claim it would bring in SUI.
ficient revenue to offset the estimated
loss OF $6O,0OO,O0O resulting from put
ting sugar on the free list.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
COAST LEPER AGAIN TOPIC
Fencing In Of John r. Early
and Family.

Tacoma, Wash, March 2O.-After a
hearing in which the Bible figured as
authority on leprosy, Superior Judge
Clifford declined to issue a restrain
ing order preventing the county au-
thorities from fencing in John r.
Early. the supposed leper, on the prop
erty he occupies at Summit View, a
suburb.
Expert witnesses declared there was
practically no danger of any ones con.
tracing leprosy from Early. In an at
tempt to controvert this attorneys for
the Summit View residents quoted pas
sages from the Bible. DR.. E. NJ. Brown,
a surgeon in the Philippine war, testi-
fed that he did not believe the Bible
competent authority on medical sub
eets. Early recently was offered
position by the government at caring
for another leper, but because of his
,enfeebled state was unable To- take Il
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
s155,ooo FireSat Sioux city.

Sioux City, March 20.-Special:
Fire in thirty minutes last night re-
duced to ruins the four story Lind
holm furniture store block at Fifth
and Douglas streets. The blaze is at
trtbuted to the burning out of an cleo
trio fuse wire near the top of the
freight elevator shaft. The loss is
estimated at $155,OOO, $4,000 on the
building and $4,000 on the stock.
For time.it appeared certain that
the office of the Sioux City Journal
would be burned and as soon as it
was seen the Lindholm block would
burn, all efforts of the department
were devoted to saving the adjoining
buildings. This is the third big fire
that Sioux City has had within year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
JAP SEES INSULT IN U. S. ACT
Count Hattorl Makes Sensational Ad.
+ dress In Japanese House-Refers
to Dlllinshan's Bill.

Tokyo. March 20.--Count Hattori, a
member OF the opposition in the Jap.
anese house OF representatives, made
remarkable Grafton in the chamber
in connection with an Interpolation
concerning the diplomacy Of the Jap.
anese government toward the United
States. Count Hattori condemned Sen.
ator Dillingham's bill amending the
laws OF the United States
as an insufferable insult to Japan.
He criticised in the strongest terms
the Japanese governments expression
of its willingness to participate in the
Panama exposition as being contrary
to Japan's honor and interest.
No reply was made from the gov.
ernment's side of the house, but one
of the members of the cabinet prom
Used that a written response to the in
Iterpellation would be given.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
BELIEVED SOLDIERS COULD CAP.
TURE VIRGINIA OUTLAWS.
Doubtful Whether Bandit CIansmen
Have Been Surrounded on North
Carolina Border, as Reported.

Hillsville, Va, March 20.-COrdons
Of troops, the most adaptable being
cavalry, equipped for a long and sys-
temat'C siege and search of the noun
tains of Cam oil and adjoining coun-
ties, seem to offer the only practicable
method by which the members OF the
Allen clansmen can be captured.
Reports from Mount Airy, n. G., re-
ceiYeG here left serious doubt as to
whether the outlaws had been sur
rounded at Squirrels spur, as had
been reported,
Detectives lavesSearelfed the roads
and houses in this sicinity within tif-
teen miles and have been unable to
find any clues to the hiding places Of
the iugitives. Without facilities for
camping. the posse has not dared to
pass a night III the mountains any
where near the summit OF the Blue
Ridge, where the Aliens are believed
TO be hiding.
-Four members OF the posse who ac-
companied Deputy Field Agent Steve
fnddls of the revenue service to
Floyd Aliens home to contiscate Illicit
stills and other parafSernalia hav, re-
turned here. They brought four out
fits consisting OF kettles and worms,
and also had about fifty gallons OF
moonshine whisky. Great quantities
of the Illicit whisky were poured out
on the mountainside. Two stills were
found AT Sidna Edwards house The
paraphernalia was brought to the
courthouse here. where it is being
held as evidence
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
Will Go In StyIe.

Ottumwa, March 20.-Special: The
delegates from Ottumwa and Wapello
county will go to Burlington to attend
the state convention in style. They
have arranged for special train and
the 54th Regiment band to accompa-
ny them and will pick up delegates
at the different county seats between
here and Burlington. 1t is expected
a majority of them will be Clark dele
gates and arrangements are being
made for each Clark delegate to take
with him a hound dog bearing
blanket with the name of the county
thereon and under it the words, Il
bark for Clark"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
NEW WORLDS SUGAR RECORD
Production for 1901 100000 Tons
Greater Than for Five Years
U. S. Shows Gain.

Washington, March 2O.-The worlds
production o. sugar for the year
1901 was 100000 tons greater
than that of any year during the last
five, the preliminary estimates of the
United States department of agricul.
ture. just announced, show. The pro-
duCtion Of both cane and beet sugar
in the United States was greater than
any year OF the five, being 311 900 tons
of cane and $4,000 tons of beet. The
worlds production of cane sugar was
1921 500 tons and OF beet S.097 900
tons, a total of 16,41S,500 tons. com.
pared with 14,524,4 $50 tons in 1909-10
Hawaii produced 100000 tons Of
cane sugar. and Porto Rico 291 900
tons. making the total of cane sugar
for the United States and insular pos
sessions 1,108,90O tons.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
PRIMARY VOTE LIGHT
LAFoLLETTE LEADS IN BALLOT
IN NORTH DAKOTA. =
Thirty-Seven Scattered Precincts Give
Wisconsin Mas 1915 to s42 for
Roosevelt.

Bismarck, S. D., March 2O-Returns
on the presidential preference pri-
maries indicate that the vote will
be very close, the winner probably
not having over 1000 to the good
when votes are all counted.
In the city of Bismarck where
Roosevelt expected to win by about
200 he will not have over IS, as all
precincts but one has reported, and
that one will cut down his lead from
what 1t is now. There was a very
light vote over the state as the wealth
er was cold and stormy. Many pre-
cincts are reporting the worst storm
of the season
There are only scattering votes for
Taft, and many precincts report no
votes at all.
Fargo, n. D., March 20.-With 81
precincts distributed over all parts of
the state heard from, Senator LaFol.
lette leads over Theodore Roosevelt by
a vote Of 1915 to S42. In these pre-
cincts, Taft received only "a votes
Unofficial reports from over the state
place l.SFollette victor by two to
one majority.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
WIFE SUES REAR ADMIRAL
Mrs. Helen M. Coudon Asks Limited
Divorce From a Retired
Sea Dog.

Washington, March 30.-Mrs. Helen
NJ. Coudon, wife of Rear Admiral AL
bert Reynolds Couden, U. S. N, re-
tired. brought suit in the district su-
preme court for a limited divorce and
maintenance.
She alleges that she cannot learn
her husbands whereabouts and that
the $40 a month he allows her is in
sufficient for her support.
Mrs. Coudon, then Mrs. Addicks.
married the admiral In Philadelphia in
1888, and they lived together until
about year ago At the navy depar,-
meut ii is stated that Admiral Cou-
den is living in Michigan City. Ind.
his native city.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
FAILS TO KILL
WIFE; SUICIDES
WapeIIo Co. Democrats viii Take
the "Oawg" to the Convention.
$155,OOO FIRE AT SIOUX CITY
Forger and Robber Convicted and
Sentenced Without Having Been
Indicted by Grand Jury-Bil-
lard Hall Owners to Meet.

Upton, March 20.-Special: Oren
H. Parsons, aged 80, is dead from
drinking carbolic acid after an unsuc-
cessful effort to shoot his wife, from
whom he had been separated, at the
home of her relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Schultz, three miles northeast
of here. Parsons was six foot four
inches tall and went to the place with
revolver which Schultz and friends
took away from him. He then killed
himself. A note found in the mans
pockets showed his intention was to
kill his wife and then kill himself.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
STUDENTS TO HONOR BARRl
University Of Mexico Men Planning to
Welcome Ex-President Of Repub-
lie Home.

Mexico City, March 20.-Ex-Presi.
dent Francisco de la Barra. now in
Paris, will be welcomed home by the
students of the University of Mexico.
He will be furnished a student escort
and the residents OF the city will be
asked to swell the parade which will
be given In his honor These plans
were made at mass meeting of stu
dents, when resolutions wkere adopt
ed repudiating the sentiment of the
progressive constitutional party men,
bers, who cabled Senior de la Barra
recently that his return to Mexico at
this time would be inopportune owing
to unsettled conditions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
FIVE TOWNS ARE Q
SWEPT BY CYCLONE
Great Damage Wrought in
Southern Illinois.
GREENVILLE is WORST HIT
Four Persons Are Injured and Scores
Have Narrow Escape-Property
Loss Is Estimated at
$4,000.

st. Louis, March 20.-Four persons
were injured and property damaged to
the extent of $4,000 at Greenville,
ILL.,, when a cyclone struck five Illinois
towns within radius of IS miles of
st. Louis, in1uring human lives. UNI
roofing houses and demolishing tele-
graph and telephone wires.
Greenville Is the highest point be-
tween st. Louis and Terre Haute. Ind,
to which fact Is attributed the heavy
loss.
Residents Flee From Home.
When the storm first struck the city
residents in the unaffected portions
their homes. Mrs. Elias Paulding es-
capped instant death by jumping out Of
a window a few minutes before her
home was demolished. Frank Stever,
a dairyman, was thrown under his
dairy wagon and seriously injured
and sixty cans of milk being taken to
Greenville were scattered for a quar-
ter of a mile.
Country roads leading to Greenville
were strewn with demolished tele-
graph and telephone poles, preventing
all traffic. Farmers driving to Green
vile experienced scores of runaways
when they unCOnsciousfy drove in the
path of the storm. Peter Leiheer and
daughter, Mrs. Roger Curley. were
thrown from their buggy and injured.
Mrs Curley's purse was found a quar-
ter of a mile from the scene
Five Towns Are Hit.
Property was also damaged at Null
berry Grove and SmithbOro, east of
Greenville, and Old Ripley, west OF
Greenville, all three towns being in
Bond county of which Greenville Is
the county seat. At New Douglas. Just
outside of Bond county, northwest Of
Greenville and 80 miles from st.
Louis. the storm damaged a number
of buildings including a schoolhouse
and the large Prange FIGURING mill
John Kelly, aged sixteen, public
school pupil, was seriously cut by fly
ing glass. The grain elevator at Null
berry Grove was wrecked, several
houses were unrOofed at SmithbOrO.
Circuit Judge HaGley, who was hear
ing the Tarr murder case, cried out:
Court is adjourned" and with others
hurried from the building when the
tornado struck Greerrille.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
The Billiard Hall Men.

Des Moines. March 20.-Special:
The first annual meeting of the Iowa
State Billiard Association will be held
in Des Moines May l, at which time
the membership is expected to be
1000, composed of the leading owners
of billiard halls throughout the state.
c. o. Hunt of Extra is president and
Tim Fritch of Oskaloosa vice presi-
dent c. p. Cook of Marshalltown is
treasurer and J. A. Peters OF Des
Moines, secretary. The membership
committee includes C. Martin of Ce-
dar Rapids.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
KILLS 8 PEOPLE
TWO BUILDINGS ENTIRELY DES-
TROYED; OTHERS DAMAGED.
Two Entire Families Constitute the
Dead-ExpIosion Was Suppos-
eddy of Gas.

Scranton, Pa, Mar 20.-Special {:
BY an explosion of gas or dynamite,
supposedly gas, in Dunmore early to-
day eight persons were killed and one
seriously injured. Two buildings
were entirely destroyed and number
of others damaged. The dead con-
sists OF the entire families of Mrs.
John Cavalla and Mrs. Vito Summa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-03-21
CONVICT BREAKS HIS WORD
Mexican Makes First Escape Since
Honor System was Started in
Arizona

Phoenix. Ariz., March 20.-One OF
the cOnyicts whom Governor Hunt re-
Gently placed upon honor not to at
tempt to escape. a Mexican named
Chappo, disregarded his word and
slipped away from the penitentiary
at Florence. He was not caught
The honor system has been in vogue
several weeks. and Chappo is the
first convict to attempt to escape.