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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-04

member of the hardware firm of Har-
Ian, Porter, Walker, and is one of the
foremost business men " the city.
His bride is q young woman Of ex-
ceptionally lovable character and de-
sirable accomplishments, and will
make welcome addition to the
young married element of the city.
sirthday Party.
Thursday afternoon of last wee!, at
their home at Hampshire, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. XIX entertained with a
children's party to celebrate the fifth
birthday of their little daughter, Sa,
die .Aleen. Games we're played and
delicious refreshments were served,
the guest list numbering %.
Mrs. Kirk was assisted in raceiv-
ing by Misses Aleen Thompson, Sadie
and Allie Kate Grimes.
Miss Blanche Choate, Honoree.
Mrs l.. E. Pagsdale delightfully."- en-
tertained about forty guests at her
home at Williamsport Wednesday
evening in honor of her sister, Miss
Blanche Choate, of Hastings, Okla
The parlor ard dining room were
beautiful in rich and tasty decora,
tons of ferns and roses. In the prize
contest which was feature Of the
evening John Dobbins won the first
and CALAMITY gave it to the fair hon
Gree. Miss Elizabeth Russell won
the BOBBY. Ices and minis were dis
tributed to the guests and an attrac-
tive color scheme was carried out in
the refreshments. Mrs. Paul Shed.
den assisted III the receiving.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-04
Miss Euaenia johnson EntertaIrs.

Miss Eugenia johnson Entertains.
Miss Eugenia Johnson entertained
at her home near Ashwood last Fri
day evening in honor of her house
guests, Misses Minnie Luther Fem
ing and Lucile Joyce, of Nashville.
The occasion was one Of espe cial
pleasure and the hostess was her bes
with her numerous guests.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-04
SOCIETY.
STORM parry Eridav Nloht.

otOTm FdTty rTIudy Nt1Hes
Miss Marie Brownlow was the host
ess of a storm party at her home on
West Sixth street Friday night. Dane
ing was feature Of the evening.
-
w. C. T. U. Meeting.
There will be a meeting of the W.
c. T. U. in the Sunday school room
of the Methodist church Friday after
noon at 4 o'clock.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-04
Kings Daughters Meeting.

Kings Uau9hterS MeetInq.
This weeks meeting of the Kings
Daughters will take place with Mrs.
&c. A. Parker, ST., at her home on
Seventh street at 4 o'clock Thurs.
day afternoon. The subject will be
'Our Work in Life, Is 1t Chance OF
Destiny?"
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-07-04
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Picnic Wednesday Afternoon.

PICNIC wednesday NIttTHOUH.
A picnic was given Wednesday aft
ernoon by MIS-. w. B. Harrison and
Miss Belle Beecher, to Mrs, Ulna Eos
ter and her guests and their children.
The picnic was in the Padgett grove
on the Sowell Mill pike, and was from
3 to 1870, and was most delightful
occasion.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
No Trace Of Lost Man.

Des Moines, Dec. 23.-All efforts to
locate William L. Sullivan, the miss.
ing insurance agent of New Hampton
for whom the police have been search
ing for three days, have failed to dis,
close any clues as to his actions
from the time he left the Wellington
hotel the evening of Dec. Is with the
intention of visiting a moving pic.
ture show with a friend named
Charles Ferguson, of Boone. ]. ID.
Cooley, brother-in-law of the miss
ing man, yesterday spent the day in
Boone trying to locate Ferguson
But two families of Fergusons were
to be found in Boone. Both are
laboring men and had not visited Des
Moines for some time. A letter which
he mailed to- his wife stated that he
had been buying Christmas presents
for the two children. These were
found in the room in his grips which
he had left at the Wellington hotel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
UNCLE SAM HAS MANY FARMS
Spare Land-Many Millions of
Acres Left.

New York.-The opening Of the Fort
Peck Indian reservation was called
one of the last great drawings of land
Uncle Sam can hold; he Is not nearly
at the end Of his spare land, however.
There remain 100000 acres Of
public lands. More than half these
are in Alaska. but there are In the
old United States enough lands to
make ten states the size of New York.
Rather more than enough land to
make Connecticut, Massachusetts and
Rhode Island was patented In the
fiscal year 1912.
The remaining land. If It were all
available. would support a sparse
graln-growing population of $4,000, 900,
not counting some millions more in
the cities created thereby; or a denser
farming population Of 10000, 900, ,..
or course 1t is not all available.
Much of the land will apparently al
ways remain worthless. Much can be
made useful by drainage, dry-farming
terracing or irrigation. The proper
ton of land so reclaimed will depend
upon economic conditions and the
pressure OF population. But there Is
certainly room for some millions more
Of farming population upon public
lands. F..
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D. v. HAMILTON TO.
p. Be US. ATTORNEY
SUCH is THE NEWS BROUGHT
FROM WASHINGTON. .-.
SPECIAL ELECTION IN SECOND
Unusual Matrimonial Mix.up in Coun
Gil Biuffs-Gin Arrested for Shop
lifting in Davenport Goes
Blind from Shock.

Des Moines, Dec. 23.-Dan w. Ham
ilton of Sigourney, will be the United
States Attorney for the southern dis
trict of Iowa and n +. Reed, of OF
Itumda, will receive an appointment
as United States Marshal according
to an announcement of Attorney
General McReynolds to Senator Cum.
minis. Inquiry was made of Senator
Cummins whether he would object to
confirming the appointments in the
Senate. Senator Cummins said he
would not and brought back the
the news of the departments ac-
ton to the Democrats today. This
news, together with extensive inter
views on government railroads, mu-
nicipal waterworks, and disapproval
of the currency bill We're some Of the
matters discussed by the Senator.
This morning Senator Cummins came
down town early and met with Chas.
Rawson, state chairman, and Louis
Kurt, postmaster Their confer
enCe lasted two hours.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
BLIND BUT SEES SLIT SKIRT
Beautiful Girls New.style oress Also
Causes a Be9sar to Forget His
"Dumbness."

Kansas City, Mo.-His eyes staring
fixedly before him. NJ. ]. Mccarthy. a
beggar, limped his way uncertainty
along the street here with q large
deaf, dumb and blind" sign swinging
from his neck. #a a.. aa.. i.
J. w. West gave McCarty a dime
after reading heart-touching story
printed on card handed him by Nc.
Carly. AS the beggar passed into
the street from the Electric company's
store. very pretty young woman
stepped up to him and gave him a
dime. West saw the young woman
approach the beggar and he also saw
that she had on slit skirt of the
most extreme style. Then he saw. too,
that the blind" man saw what he
saw. Apparently he had regained his
sight at the approach of the slit skirt
and what 1t only half concealed He
even looked back over his shoulder
as the young woman proceeded down
the street.
"Um-m-m; me for that!" West heard
him say, proving that he was not
dumb. sr
McCarty was arrested. He admitted
he was playing on" and was sent
IN" tor loo DAYS.
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prys Get an Injunction.

Des Moines. Dec. 23.-District
Judge DeGraff to-day granted tenn
porary injunction to the dry forces in
the local anti-saloon fight. The petit
ton for the injunction was signed by
j. w. Pilkington, president OF the Des
Moines Citizens association, and set
forth that the board of supervisors In
not permitting an equal number OF
vets and drys to check the proceed
ings were In excess of authority and
their actions were Illegal. The judge
issued temporary Injunction and
the arguments will be made at ten
O'Clock tomorrow.
The injunction remained In force
half an hour. Then Judge DeGraff
changed his mind and modified the
order to restrain the board OF super
yisors from making any decision as
TO the sufficlency or insufiiciency oil
the petition until he rules on the
merits OF the case. The latter ruling
does not interfere with the progress
OF the canyassers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Killed by Train.

Des Moines, Dec 23.-J. w. Spen
Ger, aged 81, was instantly killed, and
Mrs. Dollie Enyard, aged 33, was seri
ously injured late last night when
they were struck by a Rock Island
switch engine at the crossing at East
Second street and the Rock Island
tracks. According to a statement by
Mrs Enyard, the two had attended a
show on the east side and were on
their way to her home when the &C,
cident occurred. They had reached
the crossing and were waiting for an
outgoing passenger train to pass. In
order to be out of danger from the
passing train they stepped backward
in front of the approaching cars. The
entire length of the three cars passed
over Spencer's body, which was ter
ribly mangled. AT the police station
it was found that Mrs. Enyard had
received a severe cut on the head and
a badly bruised and wrenched back.
She was taken to her home in the po-
lice ambulance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
RAILROADS ARE HARD HIT
Commerce Commission Scores Them
for the Many Fatal Train Acct.
Dents Of the Year.

Washington, Dec. 19.-"Conditions
disclosed by its investigation OF train
accidents have confirmed the conclu.
sion stated by the commission in it's
last annual report to congress and EN-.
phasized the need OF further action by
the federal government to provide
greater safety for travellers and EN-.
ployes upon railways. u....---
During the year ending June 80,
1913. a total of 76 train accidents were
Investigated by the commission. These
accidents comprise 51-collisions and rs
derailments, and caused the death of
2S3 persons and the injury of 1880
persons.
The evidence is that in many cases
operating officers are cognizant of hab-
itual disregard OF rules, and no prop
er steps are taken to correct the evil.
On very many railroads there Is little
or no system on inspection or super
vision OF the work of train service en-
ployes so far as pertains to those mat
tiers which vitality affect safety"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
IRISH REBELLION IS NEAR
War-Duke Of Manchester Pre-.
diets Open Revolt.

New York, Dec ga rebellion in
Ireland II the home rule bill Is passed
was predicted by the duke OF Man.
chester, who arrived here on the liner
George Washington with the duchess.
who formerly was Helena thinner,
mao of Cincinnati.
The duke has large land holdings
In Ireland and is in close touch with
the situation there. He said:
IT the home rule bill is passed 1t
will result in a general uprising In
Ireland. In Ulster county alone 100.
600 men are ready to enlist. or that
number 10000 are well drilled.
don't believe the measure will pass
believe there will be compromise L"
The duke and duchess will be guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Vanderbilt on
a yachting trip.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
WOOD WILL SUCCEED THOMAS
Army Chief Of staff to Command East
ern Division Ester Present
Office Term Expired.

Washington, Dec. 20.-Major Gen.
eral Leonard Wood. chief of staff OF
the army, will succeed Major General
Thomas H. Barry as commander OF
the Eastern division with headquarters
at Governors Island. n. Y. it was an.
nounced by Secretary OF War CARR
son. General Wood had planned to
take long tour through Europe and
Asia at the expiration of his term as
chief Of staff in April. but at the re-
quest Of Secretary Garrison he will
remain in the United States and will
assume the duties OF commander OF
the Eastegl division Immediately upon
expiration of his term as chief OF
stan. Major General Barry has been
ordered to the command of the Philip
pines division to succeed Major Gen
eral Franklin Bell
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
JUSTICE IN RUSSIA | ! / |.
Devil Entered Little Body Of
Baby Natalia. " = D.
@ Russian officIai Report said Afssr
She Threw Dirt on - Prominent .
o0ssrnors coat--viiiase Forced
ds to BEG for Forgiveness. f.ta -

b. petersburg, From Harkov
comes a story showing how the wheels
OF administrative authority 90 round
in Russia. sos s4l.s ....-3..,
The governor OF the province, MIR.
katerinitch, started out from Harkov
In an automobile, accompanied by a
mounted escort Of the district chiefs
OF police. What befell him 10 set
forth In TN authorised published de-
port. S.. ,...-.....
When q few miles outside the town
the governor and his cortege passed
through village where q little girl
seated on the roadside, was making
mud pies.
There the devil" says the nara.
tive, entered the little body Of Nata.
LA Kolatchenko, aged FIVE years. She
took up some dirty earth and threw IL
at the automobile and 1t fell on the
governors coat.
The entire cortege halted. A police
sergeant dismounted and made after
the little girl, who ran screaming into
kitchen-garden. A body of police
surrounded the garden and she was
put under arrest Her mother, re.
turning from work in the fields, was
also arrested, and had to march un-
der armed guard for IL versts to the
chief OF police station of the dis.
trict. The chief Of police then sum
moned all the villagers to meet at
once and decide what penalce they
would offer to palliate the enormity
that had occurred within their com
mune. .. n.. ,u. ,....
Meanwhile the little girls father,
who was employed at the railway
works at Harkov came home, and he,
too, was arrested and marched of for
IL versts to the police office. A pri.
yate inquiry was held on him to learn
whether he was well-disposed or i'll
disposed person. He was released
at three In the morning to find, all the
villagers up at a meeting summoned
by the chief of police, who had pc.
tition for them to present to the gov
ernor craving forgiveness for little
Natalia. He wished them to present
1t on their knees. but that they re-
fused to do" ~
The Governor returned to HarkoV
next day, and they all stood uncovered
on the road with their petition. He
looked the other way and they had
to shout Wait. your sxcellency!
Watt" 49, -..
The villagers were then let 80 after
a severe admonition On looking after
children. But the mother was sea-
fenced to IS days Imprisonment.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
NEEDLE" MAN BUSY
FlEND ATTACKS INDIANA GIRL IN
$50 CHICAGO.
Gained Confidence Of Young Woman by
Posing as Missionary--inIeets
Poison Into Glrl's Hand.

Chicago, Dec. 20.--The poison needle
man has come to Chicago. Miss Opal
Hummer of Dunkirk. Ind, student al
the Bethany Bible institute. 1885 West
Van Buren, street, was jabbed in the
second finger of her right hand in the
Union station as she was waiting for
train to take her home. -.
The man who attacked her posed as
missionary and carried Bible. A
change in schedule caused her to miss
the early evening train, and rather
than take the long trip back to the in
stitute she sat down to wait. The in
stitute is Dunkard institution, and
she wore the plain garb of that order,
with little poke bonnet.
Miss Hummer is distinctly pretty.
and as she sat down in the waiting
room she noticed comparatively
young man watching her.
A moment later he placed his arm
on the back of the bench and she,
thinking he was attempting to flirt
with her. moved away. Then he said;
II see by your garb that you are a
missionary !, too am missionary,
and as he spoke he held forth Bible
that he carried under his arm.
Reassured. Miss Hummel told him
she is engaged in missionary work,
naming the Bethany institute, and they
talked. Finally he rose to depart and
extended his hand
AS he clasped hers she suddenly felt
a peculiar sensation in her right arm.
Turning she almost ran to the ticket
Office, and when she arrived at the
window was so dizzy that she could
scarcely make the ticket seller under
stand her. The station was crowded
and quickly there was an uproar, for
Miss Hummer became hysterical. A
search OF the station was futile. Doc
tor Miller after examination, said:
She is plainly hysterical and her ir.
regular heart action is probably caused
by that condition. But the pupils of her
eyes are dilated as though from some
heart-depressing drug"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
ARE NOW PROBING
MURDER THEORY
AND CORONER AT
81" WORK ALONG NEW LINE.
EVIDENCE MAY Be STARTLING
Officers Doubt Authenticity Of Cashier
Wheelock's Note To His Wife
Convinced He Was Victim of
Clever and Fiendish Plot.

Des Mones, Dec. 22.-The theory
of self-destruction has practically
been abandoned by the county au-
thorities in the Wheelock case. Cor
oner James Lee and County Attorney
Thomas Guthrie are now directing
the investigation toward the only 9TH
er acknowledgements.
Both of these officials are convinc-
ed that the Colfax bank cashier was
the victim of one of the cleverest and
most fiendish plots in the criminal
history of the state. They believe
that his death was accomplished In
Des Moines or nearby and the body
lowered into the river with its crude
ly constructed anchor to fit into the
niche made for it by the letter to Mrs.
WheelocR. ~"
Neither the county attorney nor
coroner Is willing to admit that this
letter is genuine and they point ont
that even II its authenticity lis estab-
flished beyond question there Is the
possibility Of its having been written
under duress or fraudulent represent
fation. ... ..... ..,s..
Since the investigation was institut-
ed last week more than suspicion
has lurked in the minds of those
closely connected with the case that
other agencies than his own hands
accomplished the bankers death Ey.
cry turn In the case and practically
every scrap of evidence uncovered
has strengthened that belief. 90. r-r
The isolated spot on the Des
MOines river where the body was re
covered, practically inaccessible to a
man not thoroughly acquainted with
the territory surrounding, first arous.
ed suspicion. The sack of rocks with
its hundred pounds of dead weight
raised another barrier in the direc.
ton of suicide. Then there were
the shoes, socks, and trousers of the
dead man which came out of the wat
er fairly free from mud although the
river bottom leads away toward the
middle in mud knee deep.
There were many other things
which were revealed in the inquiry
that led away from the suicide theory,
not the least of which were compiled
tons in the affairs of the Colfax
bank of which Wheelock was cashier.
Yesterday evidence was secured by
the county authorities which they
state points with grim certainty to-
wards murder. -"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
WILSON REDUKES
CLUB MEMBERS
Orders Severe Reprimand to
Army and Navy officers.
NO FUN IN DAMN" SONG
President Refers to the "Siliy Etfer
Veseenee Of Childish Wit" In Letter
on the Recent carabaos Din.
ner Held at Capital.

Washington, Dec 23.-A reprimand
for the officers involved In the Cara
bao dinner incident was approved by
President Wilson. u....
He took this action on recommends
ton of Secretary Of War Garrison and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels. His
letter to the two secretaries follows:
MY Dear Sirs--Allow me to thank
you for your report on the action OF
certain officers of the army and navy
at the recent dinner of the Military
Order of the Carabao.
Officers Deserving of Reprimand.
The officers who were responsible
for the program of the evening are
certainly deserving of a very serious
reprimand, which hereby request be
administered: and cannot rid myself
of a feeling of great disappointment
that the general body of officers as
sembled at the dinner should have
greeted the carrying out of such pro-
gram with apparent Indifference to
the fact that it violated some OF the
most dignified and sacred traditions
of the service.
Numerically Scores officers.
81 am told that the songs and other
amusements of the evening were in.
tended and regarded as fun What
are we to think of officers of the army
and navy of the United States who
think it fun to bring their official
superiors into ridicule and the policies
OF the government. which they arc
sworn TO serve, with unquestioning
loyalty, into contempt? Ii this is
their idea OF fun. what is their idea
of duty? If they do not hold their
loyalty above all silly effeTvescences
of childish wit what about their pro-
fession do they hold sacred?
Says Standards Were Lowered.
My purpose, therefore, in admins
tertng this reprimand is to recall the
men who are responsible for this low
ering Of standards to their ideal; to
remind them of the high conscience
with which they ought to put duty
above personal indulgence and TO
think of themselves as responsible
men and trusted soldiers even while
they are amusing themselves as din.
eTs out.
Sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY WEEDS
Marries Miss Henrietta srevoort of
Detroit After Romance of
Seven Months.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Judge Benjamin
Barr Lindsey of Denver, the chill
dren's judge" and Trainer of the juve-
nile court Of Colorado, married Miss
Henrietta BreVoort, daughter OF Mrs.
F. J. Clippert OF Detroit, Mich, in the
Auditorium hotel. The bride is So
cialist and became acquainted with her
husband seven months ago at Battle
Greek, Mich, where she and Judge
Lindsey were guests at sanitorium.
Judge Lindsey is 10 years the senior
OF his bride. He is forty-three years
old. while Mrs. Lindsey is twenty-four
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Woman Burned TO Death.

Fairfield, Iowa. Dec. 90: Mrs. F.. NJ.
Bales. aged 60, received burns yester-
day morning when her clothing be-
came ignited from a blaze issuing
from a leakage in the rubber tubing
connected to her gas range from
which she died last evening.
While putting bread in the oven the
lower part of her dress became ignit-
ed from the leakage and before aid
could come to her, her clothing was
a mass of flames.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
TO FUMIGATE WARSHIP OHIO
sattIeshIp Leaves Part Of Crew In
Smallpox Pest camp-At
Charleston, S. C.

Washington, Dec. 23.-Haying left
more than a score Of her crew In the
pest camp at Guantanamo, Cuba. the
battleship Ohio reached the Charles
ton, 8. c., navy yard. according to
navy department adyices. The Ohio
will be thoroughly fumigated and
quarantined to rid her OF all traces
OF the smallpox epidemic among her
crew before she Is permitted to pro-
coed southwark to relieve the Mich.
gan In Mexican waters.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Fair Dates Chanaed.

At conference of the directors OF
the fair associations Of Marshall
Hardin and Poweshiek counties held
in Marshalltown Saturday, the dates
of the 1914 exhibition in Marshall
county were changed from the week
beginning September Z, to the week
of September H. 1t was found that
the three fairs, all in central Iowa,
were scheduled for the same week.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Finds Way to Pension Woman.

AS reward for thirty-two years
fact the law does not allow a pension
under these circumstances, Mrs. Hell
en- Koenig, janitress OF the city hall
at Dubuque, by action OF the city
council has been granted an increase
of 100 per cent in her salary. After
January first she will receive $40 a
month. This will enable her to hire
the work done and retire. For years
she has cared for an invalid hus-
band
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
"L0VELESS AGE" IS SEEN
Famous Surgeon Of Chicago Declares
Eusenies viii supplant Sentiment
In Marriage.

Atlanta. Ga, Dec. 1.-the coming
Of virtually "loVeless" age, when the
doctrine OF eugenics will be in general
application and when marriage con.
tracts will be based more ON the laws
dicted by DR.. A. J. Oschner OF Chica.
dlcted by DR.. A. J. Oschner OF Chica.
go, one Of Americas noted surgeons,
who is in Atlanta attending the con.
yention Of the Southern Surgical and
genealogical association.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-12-25
Arrested, Girl Goes Blind.

Davenport, Dec. 23.-Miss Anna
Pattee, under arrest for the alleged
theft of more than $3.50 worth of furs
and clothing from department
store here, has gone permanently
blind as the result of the shock.
She has been unable to sleep since
her arrest Saturday and last evening
while hysterical suddenly found her,
self in total darkness. Police claim
she had given many OF the articles
which she stole to relatives and
friends as Christmas presents.