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The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-09-25
KlIIed h Auto Wreok.

New Hampton. Sept. 24.--Ike Lem
man, a wealthy farmer. was killed in
an auto mobile accident near Nashau
Yesterday afternoon and Jack Rausch,
his companion was badly hurt Lem
man leaves a wife and several chill
dren
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-09-25
Victim OF Gun Accidents.

Eldon, Sept 24-Russell Rogerson.
II years old, was shot through the hip
and seriously injured as the result OF
the accidental discharge OF revolver
in the hands OF friend here. Young
Rogerson has been the victim OF sew
eral gun accidents due 10 others and
has accidentally shot himself three
times Last nights experience rs the
most serious.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-09-25
Mrs. pankhurst in Chicago Oct. 81.

London Sept 24-Mrs Emmeline
Pankhurst vim speak in Chicago De
tober 81, according to the itinerary
made out for her by her American
advance agent" Miss Joan Wich.
ham,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-09-25

Runs Amuck With Gun.
Abba, Sept Ak bold holdup was
made in Cedar township. eighteen
Continued On Pses ~
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
Here's a Book

The Call of the Cumberlands."
Charles Neville Buck. published by w.
]. Watt and Company Of New York.
Since the advent Of the mountaineer
story. some years ago. the book market
has been flooded with tales of the
Bluegrass and the mountain districts
of the South, many good, 1t Is true, but
many more mere descriptive stories OF
more questionable literary merit.
The type Is hard, for there is nothing
very cheering or alluring to be found
In the grim and serious philosophy or
these people. but Charles Bucks new
book Is neither redundant with lengthy
word pictures which impede the move
ment. or shifty in the exposition Of the
development Of character.
Sampson South, the hero. Is a virile
sturdy conception. his ingrained ideas OF
right and sturdy faith carrying him
safely through a Transforming process
which would have wrecked less noble
nature.
Taken from the heart of the Cumber-
lands, at a time of feudal disorders,
Samson South studies art in New York
York artist, who, lost and injured while
in the vicinity of Samson's home, Is
cared for by his people, and persuades
the boy to satisfy his longing and take
up the study. Of art.
At no time did Samson waver in his
determination to return to the Cumber-
lands at the first sign of trouble. nor
in his devotion to Sally, the little girl
whom he left in the mountains How
the call was delayed while he grew in
strength and skill as an artist is told
in a manner which so endears one TO
Samson that the fear Of a disappoint-
ment in his final test of loyalty and
character becomes a personal issue for
the reader. Mr.. Buck is not given to
many descriptions, but those which do
appear are. clear. to the point, and of
rare artistry. The illustrations by
Douglas Duer are very good.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
THE HORSE SHOW.

Anywhere from the Southwestern range to the
asphalt of the metropolis; from the union stock
wards to the tanbark arena where society dlsports
ITSELF may be found the proof that the horse is not
going to be lost TO us. The automobile, whether for
pleasure or for industrial uses, isn't disodging the
horse from a secure place in the affections of men
and in the economic organization of the community.
He is worth more money than he was when the au-
tomobile came along, and there is little reason to
doubt that he will continue in greater demand than
supply. The automobile grows cheaper, the horse
dearer and who may say nat the horse will not see
revival, before many years perhaps, that will make
the good old landau and housekeeping pair quite the
most correct caper in swagger transportation: May
be we will not always be in such hurry as we
imagine we are just at present.
The horse show recalls that the horse has a lot
Of traits that benzine wagon is quite certain not
TO reproduce; and he mas some thousands of years,
at least, of traditional association with his
best friend and most useful servitor. The horse of
the future will have to be bred and trained for those
specialized uses to which he be put with
ance that no steelgeared and chug-cnuggng CON-
petitor will be able to displace him. More and more
his lovers are accepting this dictum, and as they
do the horses place becomes larger and more Sc
cure one despite the momentary discomfort of pull
ing to the roadside while bad smell and cloud OF
dust 60 by
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
The New Figure

UGH has been heard about the
MI new figure" and the natural
V lines that it implies. The ma
jority Of women have been
averse to adopting the new contour. but
modistes and corset manufacturers alike
agree that by fall all prejudices will
have been overcome and good drcssers
will appear in costumes and eorsets
showing the relaxed figure line.
A visit to the theaters. the modern
school Of fashion, Will show that our
prominent women Of the stage have
adopted the new models Naturally. we
will all soon fall In line. and the nat
urar' figure win be established
This change is not as radical as II
may SEEM The new corsets are far
been wearing. the IDEA being to follow
the natural lines with extreme Hexi-
bility as the keynote In the fashioning
Of the corset.
Heretofore the front line slanted in
ward at the lower edge and gave an
ure. The front Of the new corset COM.
presses the diaphragm somewhat. and
gives a slightly curved contour over the
abdomen which affords a natural line
in front and gives a perfectly fiat,
straight spinal line as nature meant 1t
to be.
In other words. the fashionable cor
set now follows the real curves of the
body and makes IL a garment that Is
both comfortable and artistic in that II
permits a natural relaxation of the
figure.
The new models all show the low
bust line. and while the four-inch height
has thus far been the popular demand
there has been a large call for the lower
tops.
The requests for the latter are IN
creasing So perceptibly with the coming
Of the mild days that 1t Is safe to pre-
dict that by summer the extremely low
bust-the two and two and one-hah-
inch measurements above the waistline
will be the favorite, which means ad-
ditional comfort for the woman whose
figure permits the wearing of this style.
The fashionable figure Of today
means, then, the unconfined bust the
slight natural elevation Of the abdomen
and the gradually curving hips, together
with the straight line of the back.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
GOOD POLITICS, GOOD BUSINESS.

There is no other office under the Government
that deals with such huge volume of strictly busl-
ness details as the collectorship of the port of New
York. A large proportion of the money that runs
this Government gets into the Golfers through the
hands Of the collector there. 1t is business job,
needing proved business capacity and the highest
character. In naming John Purroy Mitchell for the
place. the President has met every requirement, and
in addition has played excellent politics.
Under three of four national Administrations, the
collecorshp of New York has been the basis of feuds
that assumed national significance. 1t threatened
for time to do that same thing in the present in
stance Because of the Mitchell selection, there win
be no quarrel. The Hon. Charles Francis Murphy
will not like it. but then he hasn't expected to like
anything this Administration might do, from the be-
ginning. It isn't any Disappointment, at least.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
PLEASE, Mr.. REDFlELD--

The organization of the new Democratic Con-
gressiona Campaign Committee has been indefinite
ly postponed.
II is understood this was brought about by Presi-
dent Wilson, who wanted to convey hint OF his dis
affection at Ben Johnsons candidacy for chairman.
Ii is further intinated that Mr.. Secretary Red
field told the President that Johnson wouldn't do.
He found it out while serving with Johnson on
the District of Columbia Committee.
He made good guess, too.
Now, please, Mr.. Red6eId wouldn't you be good
enough to mention to the President that Johnson
isn't any better equipped to be chairman of the Dis
trict Committee than to be chairman of the Con-
gressional Committee?
Just mention it some day when he is making one
of those occasional visits to the Capitol.
1t might help some.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

of Congress, are permitted to be and continue WIZ
ators of the law, is quite outside reason ana sooa
conscience.
However il is not at all certain that the adopuon
of this very Objectionable proviso may not prove
good thing 1t has forced attention to the nary OF
the present antitrust code in way that nothing mere
tofore has equaled. When the Sherman act was
passed, it not supposed to extend to the iaoor
organizations Nor, for that matter, was II pre-
sumed to extend to transportation concerns AT mat
time, it very plainly tine intent OF Congress- as
indicated by the debates, that the measure snouio
apply only to great industrial combinations 81 the
sort we commonly refer to as trusts. But the max
ers of the act didn't write into it the limitations
which, in the debates, they expressed confidence the
courts would construe into it. The courts, as a
matter of fact, turned the whole law upside down
for long time In the famous Knight case they
nu6ed it as regarded the big industrial trusts and
for years it was regarded as dead But when 1t came
to the labor unions and the railroads. the courts gave
it effect, and applied it in the Northern Securities
and Danbuy Hatters cases exactly its trainers had
been confident it would not be applied
Yet later, when the Roosevelt regime set about
the serious business of resuscitang the act and un-
dertook to get the Knight decision illumned and
modified it presently developed that the law was not
dead at all but very mucn alive. Now IS so much
alive, and so literally sustained by the Supreme
Court that it hits everything in sight whether the
public wants it hit or not and whether the laws
makers intended it to be hit or not. The time has
come, it would seem, for seriously taking up the
business of making this law something like the
purpose originally intended. 1t has been on the
books now twenty years. The courts have con-
strued set of meanings into it that its authors did
not intend it to have the business experience of the
country has given the problems Of combination a
new relation to the public interest. The law GER
tainly ought to be brought into consonance with the
national necessities, desires and purposes.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
NOW FOR THE "HIGHER-UPs."

The conviction of the four inspectors of police in
New York. who have been charged with using their
official position and power to obstruct the graft
investigations and prosecutions, opens at last the
way to higher up" In some ways the offense
charged against these men was worse than that Of
participation in tine great graft game. They were
the men of real power, the executives of the force,
on whom the rank and file of wrongdoers relied for
protection. The collectors of graft money, the
officers and men who were part of the machinery
for operating the great cooperation of police with
vice, looked to these at the top, to make sure
that harm would come TO any minor malefactor
caught red handed The inspectors were expected to
see that witnesses were fixed" else kept out of
the way; and it charge of trying to do just
that that they were convicted.
Will they squeal? Becker might have done so,
but thus far, with death sentence over his head,
has not. Before the possibilities of appeals and
retrias are exhausted doubtless ne will weaken 1t
is not in flesh and blood and human nature to do less
The four inspectors are represented having been
wiling before now, to tell what they knew, if they
should get immunity. Whitman sure he could
convict, and he did.
Up above inspectors captains, collectors, and
go-betweens is the real headquarters of the system
Civilians, powerful and prominent, the putative
beneHciares. Perhaps the millions of rake-cf 60
entirely into the financing of city and State politics
No difference If the real government, the invisible
government of New York, city and State, is financed
through partnership of police and vice, il is time
tc let the whole public have the facts Vastly better
let of guilty necks 60 unstretched than to LEI
the real criminals at the top 60 free.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
THE FoURTH.cLAss POsTMAsTERs.

II requires rather a mean sort of paJtisanship to
assume that President Wilson's order touching the
fourth class posofces is grab for patronage When
that is insinuated by an old1ne Republican of the
kind that benefited by the patronage grab which Mr.
Taft attempted when he placed all the fourth class
Offices under civil service it is hardly deserving of
consideration.
The Wilson order is that fourth class postmasters
who have not taken and passed the civil service test
shall be subjected to it. That is precisely correct
About $4,000 postmasters now in the service have
been appointed under this procedure they will not be
affected by the new order. Something like $4,000
other fourthca officials will be subject to the ex
animation.
AS a patronage grab, the thing will prove sad
disappointment to anybody who thinks it will pan
out that way. A large proportion of fourth class
postof6ces are held by men who could hardly be re-
placed if they should resign. The crossroads store
keeper accommodates his patrons and the community
by keeping postoffce;" nobody else could AFFORD
to do it or to provide the necessary quarters Be-
tween the thousands of offices which held in this
way and which nobody will want, and other thous-
ands that are held by men whose experience will
make them sure winners in civil service examina-
tion the proportion of places that will be shaken
down under the Wilson order will be disappointngy
small
The real offense against civil service was the
Taft order purely partisan, bodily lifting the whole
fourth class establishment into the civil service, at
ter the Republican politicians had filled every pos
sble place with their reliable henchmen. President
Wilson attempts no such thing; he does not even
attempt to undo the indecency of that Republican
grab His order is simply provision under which
really incompetent postmaster will be got rid Of
as he ought to be.
The Postmaster General announces tnat further
orders looking to the classification of the second
and third class posmasters may be looked for later
So long as the civil service is extended with view
to efficiency rather than partisanship, there will be
no general complaint.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
THE SHERMAN LAW EXEMPTIONS.

The theory under which an appropriation meas
ure is hobbled with proviso such as was attached
to the antitrust prosecution fund, is altogether bad
To provide money for enforcement of the Sherman
act and then say that none of this money shall be
used to prosecute labor unions and farmers CO.
operative organizations is equivalent TO saying that
Congress presumes that the unions and tine co-opera-
tive societies guilty. but it proposes to play fav
ortes with them.
That looks too mach like selling indugences, the
price being the political amability of the benefc-
iaries To classify combinations in restraint of
trade, so that the original law should specify the
classes subject to prosecution, would be very diff
;ferent thing. That would be deliberate declara-
ration of public policy. But to pass an act that
sweepngly makes them all unlawful, and then pro-
tide taat certain of them, just by reason Of the favor
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

You SHRINK from entering this at
mosphere and seeing her. For she is
always signing and telling you that
everything worth while has long DE-
PARTED.
II this woman-not unlike many others
would but regulate her funeral tro-
phies to some sanctum sanctorum. TO
weep over once a year IL she wished.
she might learn to realize that today
Is breathing. living REALITY and
can be made thoroughly WORTH
WHILE. Then indeed would her sad
sighs turn into glad songs and she
would have reason to look FORWARD
instead of BACKWARD. Just as osler
says Il is all in the control OF the
mind" as a working machine.
And you and I and all of US may
manipulate that machine SO as to live
In the immediate present. Indeed. 1t
is all habit.
the past interfere with the POSSIBILI-
TIES Of the present. many good things
that would otherwise come to pass are
hampered. stilted and very often lost
altogether.
in and take care of the present the
future Is thus PROVIDED for.
AS to Osler's criticism that we hurry
too much and that the control OF the
mind is better accomplished with
DELIRERATJON-in truth, here he has
the secret of the blunders of the every
day. with the resultant wear and tear
of the human machinery that is evident
all around us. And il is also true that
We Americans do indeed deserve the
criticism of TOO MUCH. HURRY
We go on the theory that one mad
rush deserves another. little realizing
the harmful consequences In the end
II Is the wise ones who put the hal;
on their hurry-neTves and quiet them 10
the point of more deliberate and con-
structive action rather than to destruc-
tive reaction.
Thus. II we hurry less in the present
| tomorrow finds energy unabated and
ready.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
What's on the Program, in
Nashi1aton Today

The following Masonic organizations
will meet tonight: Lodges-The New
Jerusalem, No. 9. NJ. NJ; George c.
whiting. No. 2. F. C.. Royal Arch
Washington Chapter. No. 2.
mark. Eastern Star-William F. Hunt
Chapter. No. 16-
The following l.. o. o. F. lodges will
meet tonight: Columbia. No. 10. de-
gree; Excelsior. No. IL. and Salem,
No. q. business.
Meeting of District Tent, X. o. T. NJ,
tonight
The following X. of p. organizations
will meet tonight: Lodge-Harmony,
No. 81. business. Military department
j. 4. Coldwell Company, No. Z. drill.
The following National Union councils
will meet tonight: washington and
Census.
The following Red Mems tribes will
meet tonight: Logan and Sioux.
Amusements.
Columbia-"A Royal Family 2:15 and
Belasco-"Little Women" 2:l5 and Sis
Poli's-''way Down East" 2:15 and Sis
Academy-"East Lynne" 2:l5 and sis
p. IN.
Cosmos afternoon and
Chase'sSTalking pictures. / to IL pm.
of the Great White
Way" 2:15 and Sis p. m.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
"Life Is a Habit"
By Sophie Irene Loeb
sLER, the famous scientist. IN
\ an address at Yale gave his
j dictum for living as follows:


sLER, the famous scientist. In
an address at Yale gave his
dictum for living as follows:
~ "Ny method is the freshest,
Oldest, simplest. and usefulest- rorSe'
the mast. forget the future. LIE Is,
babit as hard or as easy to acquire as
any other in life.
Take no thought for the future OF ior
the past. When the load OF toinorro"
&c added to the load of yesterday many
men falter in the way.
..rbe first two hours of day deter
mine that day. Bright eyes are the
thing. r,.
TIL. control of the mind. as a work
,r,,cbine. is the end of all education
Th,, can he accomplished with deiio-
Grafton. hon, ,
ne iI' ,rry Europeans accomplish
lea Is 'S ,h without the everlasting
rush. ,,. bo goes on the theory
.L, yesterday Is dead ana tomorrow
never comes. while To-Day Is E'Eh
PRESENT. ,., ,,.bue n little dras-
some of his points. Wi''i'
tic are well taken. ,i, I,ppf.ET
yybi,e we cannot entirelN fohhEl
the past since it has :, he.pT8 ~ %ise TO ndesS ssS
us Wn. Wn., ~, REFLECT on IL and profit
, sSarah~ in poignant instances; yet, IN
thereos, !" rho philosophers .dea is not
to toe l.t stai the trials and MIsTAKES of
things tha. are gone 81 3bERsaAPoM ,Sa Rfes nj ond
th. PROVING needs on l"c ~ anu
the making of he future. >-,,s,
''T Tbarc are those of us who INSIST on
,,yine nefi IN a. the past only. | know a little
mN,.S @ :" VIII, has shut out all that Is
fine. sunny, and happy OF OF today today, bE nr
dreaming and dwelling on the events Oh
Memorial wreaths uldcr glass cases
ar" ali around her stuffv little parior:
tho walls are draped in mourning.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
Good Stories
lincoIn's Two Tunes.

A STORY concerning Abraham Lin
~ coins musical attainments is
~ preserved in Nine. de Heger-
mann-Lindencrone'E in the
Courts OF Memory" At the sanitary
fair held in Philadelphia in 1854. Mime
de Observation-Disclosures then Mrs
No,,lton, was asked to sing fer the
President. after she had finished .Rooin
Adair.' Lincoln. holding her hand IN
grip of iron. said:
"Music is not much in my line. bat
when you sing you warble yourseif into
a mans heart. I think i might become
a musician il I heard you often, Oui
so far I only know two tunes
Hail, Columbia, she answered.
You know that. / am sure
.'Oh. yes. I know that. he replied
for / have to stand up and take of
my hat
"And the other one?
tho one when don't stand up"-Phil-
ade.phia Telegraph
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
Save postage.

-Four years ago. Speaker Clark told
the House yesterday, II congratulated
Mr.. Payne. of New York. when we were
passing the bill that bears his name,
that he had become a historical person.
age as result. now congratulate Mr..
Underwood for the same reason" All.
yes. And is there any in the audience
who knows anything about Mr.. Payne.
aside from the fact that his name is at
tached to a tariff bill?
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
His Motive.

LADY having more than the aver
n age portion of avoirdupoi;
~ mounted Superior avenue ca,
= the other night. Safely inside sh,
grabbed a strap and stood on a sitting
centleman's toe for the trip home.
Almost immediately the sitting gentle.
man cot up, bowed gracefully and mo
toned her to his seat.
You are very kind. SIR" dimpled thi
roly-poly lady, subsiding.
kind snorted the gentleman wht
had arisen This amt kindncss-it';
fense."-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
Couldn't Keep 1t.

EEDING some ribbon one day
while in very small town. we
N wen, TO the one store there,
saws Harper's Weekly.
..p,,hono,, said the storekeeper. "Well
~. all inst mislaid our stock of ribbons,
Mt n you all come back later III see
IL can find them-
So hack we went later. He had found
..IVbat color did you all want.
..BIue." we replied
.Ob. bluer' he exclaimed in disgust
.yye haven't got any blue. Blue is sc
nopular we don't ever try TO keep II.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

Trade boards and sichlike continue to
pass resolutions indorsing or condemn
ing certain sections Of the universe.
And speaking of waste energy, the Bos-
ton Red Sox. who bear the name Of the
team that we bet upon. are making their
first Western trip of the season.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
SURELY THERE'S BAD MANAGEMENT.

The Boston and Maine railway, it is now charged,
owns ST 100000 worth of summer hotels, and yet
can't pay dividend on its stock.
This seems to be about the most conclusive bit
of evidence against the Mellen management thus far
produced.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

Resuming the history of the business
in this couptry. seventy-four years ago
tcday the first express company dis
claimed responsibility for a package
lost in transit, the argument being that
the shipper should have known better.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

Visiting docs announce that life In
cells can be sustained for longer
period than life elsewhere. Then, too.
there's Charles w. Morse.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
CHEVY CHASE.

Accounts OF the motor trucking-of
course we read them-fail to mention
the eager crowds along the wayside,
but doubtless the omission is due to
the vagaries of the correspondents. 1t
is inconceivable that people can remain
Indifferent.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
An Echo Of The Past.

G s. X: MY apologies-but that 1T
tie willie-stilts story should have been
signed by the Cherry Sisters.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08
We Gotcha, Major.

G. S. X: Am I too late with this:
Is Concrete Geometry" any harder
than solid geometry?
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

PROGRESSIVE EPIGRAM.
April showers bring May flowers.
Mayfowers bring ancestors.
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

AS Caesar ably put it: I'D rather be
a frst-cIass Democrat than a fourth
class postmaster"
The Washington times., 1913-05-08

Every man who believes IN woman's
suffrage" declares Congressman Hef-
lin. Ought to wear a dress" And yet
the antis wonder why pro-sufr senti-
ment continues to spread.