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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-07
SSS,OOO FOR SCHOOLS
Above Amount Needed for Educa.
ton in City Next Year.

Members of the Independent
School District Of Oskaloosa came to-
gether Monday evening in executive
session
A feature of the session was the
making OF the 1913 levy for school
funds to be certified to the county
auditor.
Estimates for the school expenses
for the year we're reported and adopt,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-07
PAVING BIDS OPENED
Letting of Contract However De-
ferred Until After August Is.

Two bids for the paving and re-
paving OF certain streets in the city,
bids for which had been ordered adj
vertised for at a previous meeting,
were opened and read at the first reg
ular meeting of the month of the city
council last evening, but the award
ing of the contract was postponed UNI
til after August 18th, at which time
the Injunction suit to prohibit the
city from repaving High avenue west,
will come up for hearing in the dis
trict court. Bids for the work were
received from the Carbon Construc.
ton Company of Oskaloosa and from
the Independent Construction Compa-
ny of Davenport They were as fol.
lows .....
Carbon Construction Company
1891 SO. yds. new pave, 5
in. base, at $2.07. ......S 2,1S2.00
1882 So. yds. new pave,
in. base, at $l90, .....,,. 5,SS0.S0
1886 Gu. yds. repave., at
$l.S6 .....,.. ........., SS,sISl6
100 Gu. yds. excess eXcava-
ton, at 55 cents. ...... $500
1916 lin. #. com. curb and
gutter, at 60 cents. l,SS9.60
5647 lin. IT. comb. curb and
gutter, at 65 cents. ...... S,694.6O
Total northumberland 46,62O. 16
Independent Construction Co.
1901 SO. yds. new pave,
in. base, at $2.07.,......$ 2,25S.31
1882 SO. yds. new pave, ....
in. base, at $1.97........ 5,579.04
1886 Gu. yds. repave,, at
| SlS2 ........ ..,....... Sz,S24.SZ
100 GU. yds. excess eXcava-
ton, at go cents. ........ 5000
1916 lin. it. com, curb and
gutter at SO cents. 800. 1852
5647 lin, VT. com. curb and
gutter at 65 cents. ....... S,694.6O
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-07

d streets. Paving then came to bat
and following its disposal the council
adjourned.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-07
PentecostaI Mission.

Rev. S. G. Curry Of University Park,
preached at the Penteeostal Mission
on Sunday afternoon and quite large
audience was present. About 40
we're present at Sunday school and
this department was In charge OF
Mrs. Elmer billiard and is producing
good results. even during the heated
term. During the past week one Of
the scholars has been so thoroughly
blessed in connection with her con.
version that she feels called to go 10
Africa as missionary worker. She
will probably enter G.. II. IT,, this fall.
and definitely fit herself for this
work. She feels so confident in her
call that friends interested in her
case are willing to open the way for
her successful training. for this re-
suit. And now that the matter is
settled she is the happiest young girl
in Oskaloosa. Several cottage pray.
or meetings are being held each week.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-07
Congregational Church.

Christian freedom was the theme Of
Rev. Caves sermon. His text was
Romans 7:6. For now we have been
discharged from the law. so that we
serve in newness of the spirit, not
the oldness of the letter" PauIs
statement means that to the true
Christian duty and desire are the
same thing Instead of obeying a
law imposed from without the Chris
tan obeys the spirit within. The
Christian religion has not done its
work In your heart unless duty and
inclination coincide. Ask yourselves
whether or not you would always do
the right II all social pressure and ex-
teTnal law we're removed IL We do
not do right by our own free inelina-
ton we are still under bondage to
external authority. There is the ODE
dience of compulsion, the obedience
Of the convict; there is the obedience
of obligation,--the obedience to duty
in spite OF contrary inclination. and
lastly there is the obedience OF love.
Christianity changes the obedience OF
compulsion and of obligation into the
obedience of love. do do the things
that Christ did from the same reas-
on, because love TO do them ?"--is a
test OF our Christian life. Abstain
from wrong not because the law is
over You but because the Christian
spirit is in your heart In both public
service and private life DC more Tor
loves sake than you will 10 for duties
sake. Choose Christ as your Master
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-07
Professional Cards

JOHN r. q VIM. n. LACEY,
Attorneys-st-Law.
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
General Practice, Pensions, Golleo
tons, all state and Federal Courts.
Probate Cases. S4y1
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-08-07
Episcopal Church.

There were no church services on
Sunday, but the Sunday school was
largely attended and a fine spirit was
manifested. Rev. Chas. T. Freeman,
of Boston, the new rector, will be in
Oskaloosa ready for work by the first
Sunday in September
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
WILL SUE FOR $1,000, 600
Wisconsin to Press Claims Against
Government.

La Crosse, Wis, Aug. 19.-The state
Of Wisconsin will press claims against
the United States government for ST.
100000 as claims yet unpaid growing
out Of the swamp land grant.
The evidence in support of the Wis
consin claims has been carefully pre-
pared by the state forestry commits
sion under the direction Of the former
claim attorney of the state, Philip
Lehner The campaign for the recov-
cry of the funds will be made before
the next session of congress.
In 1850 congress set aside public
lands by enactment for the state Of
Wisconsin in sections that are new
occupied by the LIE Court Relies, Lac
De Flambeau and Menomonee Indian
reservations. Patents running to the
state we're issued, but for some rea-
son never turned over to the state.
and in 1854 the Indian reservations
were located on the lands without
further action by the government.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
ACCUSES S0L0N ,
OF CORRUPTION
Former Chief Page Of House
Before Lobby Probers.

Washington, Aug. 16.-In dramatic
statement l. H. McNIichael, dismissed
chief page OF the house of represen-
tativcs, presented to the house lobby
Investigating committee a sweeping
charge of corruption against Repre-
sentative James E. McDermott of Illi-
nois, for years his sponsor.
With intense earnestness McMi-
chael, in picturesque language, cor
roborated the allegations of M. NJ.
Mulhall against McDermott and made
additional charges, at times shocking
the committee and spectators with
outbursts Of profanity and slang.
The witness protested that for years
he had exerted every effort to support
McDermott, had loaned him money,
had helped him in his campaign. Now,
he said, McDermott had thrown him
down and he felt that he must tell
the truth.
In addition to the charges already
made McMichael swore that the Chi.
cago representative told him that he
received $500 out of a fund of $1O,-
900 raised by the pawnbrokers of
Washington to oppose a bill passed
in the last congress regulating inter-
est rates in the District of Columbia.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
UNABLE TO FIND
TRACE OF THAW
Police Of United States and Can.
ada Are Baftled.
HOPE FOR HIS RECAPTURE
Authorities Secure Warrants Charging
Fugitive From Matteawan Asy-
Ium With Conspiracy.
HOPE FOR HIS RECAPTURE

New York, Aug. 19.-The police OF
the United States and Canada have
not picked up the trail of Harry K
Thaw.
They seek him not as the slayer Of
Stanford White or as an escaped
lunatic, but on a warrant issued at
Poughkeepsie charging him with con
spring with the aged keeper, Howard
Barnum, and the five men who man
aged the asylum delivery.
On such a technically does New
York state bas it's hope of bringing
about the fugitive's return.
Both factions of the double barreled
government at Albany have promised
rigid Investigations and every effort
to bring about his capture. s..
Thaw's seclusion was absolute
Out of the cloud of dust which swirled
in the wake of the black automobile
bearing him and his liberators from
Matteawan Sunday morning nothing
tangible had come except laconic
letter from Thaw himself, assuring his
aged mother in New York that he de-
sired rest and would, in due time,
join her at the Thaw country place,
Elmhurst. at Cresson. Pa. .....
Happy, girlish almost in her Joy,
Mrs. Thaw exhibited the hastily
scrawled note from the son whose
escapades have cost the family mil
lion and added that whatever Harry
did would meet with her approval.
This, in view of his announced In.
tention of entering Pennsylvania, gave
basis to the belief that Thaw was pre-.
pairing to take his case before the
courts of that state and, relying on
the kink in American laws relative to
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
TWO ORE CARS RUN AWAY
Nine Miners Dashed to Death Down
Steep Incline.

Clifton, Ariz., Aug. 15.-Nine men
were killed and one probably fatally
injured when cable pin snapped at
the Coronado mine and two ore cars,
carrying twelve tons of ore and thir-
teen miners, dashed down a thirty
eight-degree grade for distance of
$500 feet.
The cars and their passengers had
just been lowered over the brink of
the grade, which is one of the longest
and steepest in the world. when the
pin holding the cable attached to the
cars snapped, the safety chains broke
and the cars started downward like
a shot.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
Bio Forest Fire Is Raqinu.

Glen Falls, N. Y, Aug. 19.-One Of
the worst forest fires in the Adiron-
dacks in many years ID raging near
West Bill Brook and, famed by a
strong north wind, is sweeping
through the forest, destroying thou
sands of dollars worth OF valuable
timber. Many farmers have deserted
their homes. The fire has burned over
an area Of ten square miles.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
CASTRO'S FORCES DEFEATED

Government Recaptures coro, First
Town Taken by Rebels.
Willemstad, Curacao, Aug. 10
Coro, the town in the state of Fail
con. where revolutionary followers OF
Cipriano Castro struck their first
blow in an attempt to overthrow
President Gomez, has been recaptured
by government troops after a fierce
battle, according to advices brought
here.
The revolutionary leaders. General
Lazaro Gonzales and General Urbina.
were killed in the fight. A small,
force of government troops is re.
ported to have been defeated at Gin
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
Fire Fighter Killed.

Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 19.-Tony
Fleischer, fireman, was killed and
about $4,000 in property was Destroy
ed by fire. The fire threatened to
traverse the heart of the railroad sec.
ton.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22

HARRY K. THAW.
the insane charged with no crime, to
oppose extradition and duplicate in
Pennsylvania. if possible, the course Of
John Armstrong Chaloner in Virginia.
1t was in anticipation of such a
move that the New York authorities
caused the warrant to be sworn out
at Poughkeepsie.
DR.. Britton D. Evans, the alienist
who testified in Thaw's behalf at the
murder trials, held a telephone confer
ence with Mrs. Thaw and it was said
that he would accompany her to Penn
sylvania.
There are to be conferences with
counsel and meantime, it is under
stood, Thaw is to remain in hiding.
Figuratively, as we'll as literally,
Thaw left behind him only cloud OF
Duchess county dust.
Runors of his passage, description
of black automobiles, tales Of yacht
boardings in Long Island sound,
speckled the news. The yacht Endy.
mion of George Lauder, Jr., distant
relative of the Thaws by marriage,
found mention in the crop of rumors
After having left Vineyard Haven,
Mass, the craft was reported as cruis-
ing somewhere in the sound, possibly
not far from South Norwak, Conn.
While there was nothing to support
the theory that Thaw had taken to
the seas this seemed to those who
have followed the case to be the like
lest course.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-08-22
COAL STRIKE ENDS.

Charleston, w. Va, Aug. 10. !
The miners of Coal creek :
accepted settlement OF !
strike such as agreed to by 1
Cabin and Paint creeks several /:
weeks ago. The advance in i
wages to miners is II per :
cent. 4
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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-26

A very enjoyable musicale was
given by the pupils of Miss Ella
Polk, Friday evening, June IL,
1918, in the lower hall of the Ma
sonic building. Following is the
program:
Chorus, May March, Forman-
Class.
Drum and Bugle Fanfare, Ker.
man--Elsie Williams.
Valse, Gurlitt-Bessie Fitzger-
aid.
The Little White Kitten, Erb-
Stella Golf.
At Break of Day, Rogers
Gladys Sandlin.
Golden Twilight, La Fargo
Ruth COrbet,.
Mary's Pet Waltz, Mack-Mar-
gle Barnhlll.
Chansonette, Werner - Alva
Weir.
Climbing Roses, EngeImann-
Henrietta Harrington.
Anita, Spanish Dance, Brown
Anita Nell.
Melody, Lerman - Elizabeth
Cooper,
Slumber Song, Gurlitt - Bea-
trice Corbett.
Old Played Out Song, Riley
Helen Harrington.
Military Polonaise, Chopin
Lillian Corbett.
Much could be said of each
number on the program, but
special mention should be made of
Elizabeth Cooper, Ruth Corbett,
Elsie Williams, Thelma White,
Henrietta Harrington and Alva
Weir. The chorus, May March,
was sung by the class assisted by
the Music and Expression Club.
This Chorus was very creditably
rendered. The entire program
was greatly enjoyed by all who
ended.-Critic.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-26
SUMMER TOURS BY SEA
Merchants and Miners Transpo.ta-
ton Co. Issues Attractive Book

The Merchants and Miners
Transportation Go. has issued an
attractive Summer Tour Book,
setting forth the delightful tours
possible over its steamship lines.
The many routes shown gives q
combination of a sea-trip on one of
the Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Co.'S. fine steamers, with
other steamer and rail lines, to the
principal Summer resorts of the
United States, Canada and the
Maritime Provinces. The book
tells how to reach the places and
what connecting railroad and 9th
er lines to take after the sea trip is
over, as we'll as how much money
each trip would cost. The sche-
dulles of various steamer lines are
also shown.
The book is profusely illustrated
with photographs of Boston, Pro-
whence, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, etc., as well as the
principal Summer resorts, and
contains list of points of inter-
est and the principal hotels at va
rious points. The book also con-
tains several useful maps.
The book can be had gratis on
application to the Passenger De-
partment of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Co. at Bal
timore.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-26

Methodist Church - Preaching
first, second and third Sundays
each month II a. m. and 7:00p. m.
Sunday school 10 a. m. every Sab
bath. Epworth League TOO p.
m. every Sunday, Mid-week
prayer service TOO p. m. every
Thursday. Woman's missionary
society 8 p. m. Monday after each
first Sunday. Ladies' Bible study
class 4@ip: M. every Monday.
Public invited and strangers well
omed. A. WIER.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-26

Presbyterian Church-Public
worship every Sunday at II a. m.
and Z p. M, Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. Christian Endeavor society
meets every Sunday evening at g.
o'clock. Prayer meeting Wed
nesdays at Z p. m. Stranger.
cordially welcomed to all services
j. H. ALBERT, Pastor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-06-26

THIS IS A MATTER OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO you.
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-07

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Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-07
SHOE SNATCHING
 LATEST FORM OF ROBBERY

NEW YORK, April 3O.-For weird and unusual forms of robbery, the year 1913 is already setting a record here.
 With organized taxicab robberies little more than a year old, they are already being looked upon as out of date and old-fashioned as compared to the strange methods which have sprung up since the first of the year. For instance the city is now enjoying quite a little epidemic of a form believed to be absolutely new, known as Slipper snatching." Of course footgear has been stolen ever since it was invented, but the novelty of the new form lies in the fact that the slipper or pump is appropriated by the thief from the foot of the wearer herself.
 While this might seem at first thought a difficult task it is not so hard after all since only low shoes are snatched and these in the crush on the subway stairs which the wearer is ascending. It is really simple matter for the thief to follow behind his victim, grab the slipper, pocket 1t and lose himself in the crowd before its owner realizes what has happened. Needless to say the thefts are committed not for the pump itself but for the valuable sil- yer, gold or jeweled buckle which adorns it.
 The ancient hansom cab is an other instrument for robbery which is gaining favor and the more de- crepit the vehicle and horse the better it seems to work. Experts have attempted to explain this by saying that astute robbers realize the necessity of using some means which the police, grown suspicious of taxis and other automobiles, will disregard with contempt Mean while 1t is worth while to note that forms of robbery have not become entirely obsolete since the records show that since the first of the year forty-one safes have been cracked in the city.
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-07
ONE AUTOMOBILE
 STOLEN EVERY 24 HOURS

NEW YORK, May That New
 York is in real need of band of
 organized automobile vigilantes, sim
 liar to those which exterminated the
 gangs of horse thieves in the early
 days of the West, is evidenced by
 the discovery that at least one motor car is stolen every day along Broad
 way alone by gang of organized auto bandits. This remarkable situ
 ation was brought to light by a tour of the indemnity companies which insure cars and accessories. The operations of the gangs have been so extensive, it was learned that during the past year nearly ST. 100000 worth of machines were stolen from the city streets. From the companies it was ascertained that every day during the past year an automobile has been stolen. The average original value of the cars taken is placed at S2500, although some automobiles worth SS00O or over have been stolen. Unable to obtain any assistance from the po- lice, the insurance companies are offering liberal rewards for the arrest and conviction of the thieves. In vestigation by the insurance com panies has revealed that the cars are taken into New Jersey or to Westchester County where they are at once repainted and their changed. Sometimes their whereabouts is given to the in surance companies, and the reward offered is claimed. In many other instances, however, they are sold to an innocent buyer for price great ly beneath their value
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-07
MIR. SOLOMON HAD
 NOTHING ON BRE5R LOEB

NEW YORK, April 2o.-New York is in a fair way soon to watch a real test of the strength of the suffrage movement, which while it will not assume a militant form in the sense in which it is known in England, will be of far greater value in showing the actual strength of the movement Upon it, the suffra- gettes claim, will depend the fate of the greatest avenue in America.
 The situation arises from the at tempt of the merchants along Fifth forbidding parades on that thorough fare which would of course include suffrage parades. For many years now Fifth Avenue has been the pa rade ground, but so rapidly have these parades increased both in number and size that the merchants complain that on many days the avenue is so congested as to make it extremely difficult for shoppers to get from one store to another. Ac- cordingly they have asked that Fifth Avenue be closed to paraders and some other street selected for their use. As paraders along Fifth Ave nue attract more attention than they would anywhere else, however, the suffragettes are strongly opposed to any change. Accordingly they have taken defensive measures by an nouncing that if the ordinance is passed they will, to the number of something like 100000 boycott Fifth Avenue stores and in addition they will attempt to enlist the support of as many ont of town suffragettes Avenue to have passed an ordinance as possible.
 Undoubtedly to take 100000 femi- nine shoppers from Fifth Avenue would be a serious blow, but the question remains as to whether if the boycott is attempted, allegiance to the suffrage movement would prove stronger than the lure of the great Fifth Avenue shops. As there is no doubt that the great parades along the avenue do cause consider able inconvenience, the matter is likely to be strongly contested on both sides and the outcome watched with more than ordinary interest
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-07
Special Correspondence.

WASHINGTON, D. C. April B. Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, has had a narrow escape from being victim ized by a group of forgers operat- ing with headquarters in New York. Following the arrest here today of a man known under several alias es, for attempting to pass forged check on Representative Howard of Georgia, 1t became known that last August a man representing himself to be "H. c. Royston," and believed to come from the Mormon settle ment in Arizona, came near defraud- ing Senator Ashurst out of S390 by means of a forged check alleged to be signed by John Birdno, Chairman of the Democratic Central Commit tee, of Arizona.
 Last August Senator Ashurst re- ceived letter postmarked Los An geles, purporting to come from Mir. Birdno, reading, in part:
 "H. c. Royston will call on you in a few days with a letter of intro duction from me. Please show him every courtesy possible"
 Two days after the receipt of the first letter a note was pushed under the door stating that "Royston" was in town and would call on Senator Ashurst in few days.
 The alleged "Royston" called on schedule time and presented a let ter addressed to himself, alleged to be from Birdno, reading:
 q enclose cashiers check for $3o0 drawn on the Central Bank of Los Angeles. I know your delicacy about asking people to cash cheeks for you, but I am sure Senator Ashurst will fix you up."
Weekly journal-miner., 1913-05-07
FIRST NURSERY IN
 THE NORTH ESTABLISHED
(From Fridays Daily.)

B. w. Getsinger while in the city Wednesday of Willow Creek, where he recently purchased the Thomas patented ranch of 160 acres, states that the move to introduce the first nursery in this section of the State, had been accomplished, fifteen thou sand one-year old trees having been planted last week The assortment will be sold in the fall, and during this season another consignment of trees equalling in number the above will be planted.
 This department will be in change of Manager Scheffer, professional nurseryman, for many years a fruit grower of the Salt River Valley, who made a critical examination of soil conditions on the ranch before endorsing the project Mir Getsing- CT also stated that the entire acre age is to be reclaimed, and he feels we'll pleased with his investment. He returns to Phoenix in a few days but later will come to his ranch to remain during warm weather.