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The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

Next to the Mexican situation"
says Henry Clews in his weekly
New York letter, ''the chief cause of
the present unrest is the universal
apprehension in business circles,
caused by the attitude at Washing
ton and in many of the state legisla-
tnures toward all forms of corporate
enterprise and capital. This antag.
take on various forms of obsession
and unreasoning prejudice, which
threaten quite as much harm to labor
as to capital unless political senti-
ment is brought back within the linn
its of sanity. Business initiative has
already been seriously impaired by
this tendency. There are symptoms
enough of business contraction from
natural causes, and the demagogic
attacks of politicians and arcadian
reformers, unless checked, promise /. to
aggrayate this tendency. Many of
our big industrial corporations are
entirely at sea as to what Is required
of them under the law; especially. as
there are rumors of fresh antitrust
campaign in the next session of con-
DCos Sutr AQhiOduS dlC Del iOuCtJ
cramped financially, and unable to
keep up with the growing demands of
traffic, simply because capital cannot
be obtained for new enterprises, ex-
cept at exorbitant rates, so long as
the railroads are not allowed to COM
pensate themselves for increased ex-
penses, as others do, by better rates.
Recent net losses on some of the lar
ger systems are an emphatic remind
er of the consequences OF the present
governmental attitude toward trans
portation interests. Our business
men are further disturbed for the time
being by the necessary adjustment to
new legislation, particularly the tar
If and the new income tax law. These
latter interferenceS however, are
merely temporary I,.ria, ,sis IL n.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
PROVISIONS OF LAW
Under Which Governor Has Been
i 49," Petitioned to Act.

The chapter of the Iowa Code as
amended by the legislature under
which the governor of Iowa has been
petitioned 10 provide for arbitration
OF the labor trouble in Oskaloosa,
reads as follows:
Chapter 1872; page 3O3; Laws of
18th General Assembly.
Sec aboard of Arbitration-pe-
tition filed with the Governor)-When-
ever any dispute arises between any
person, firm, corporatio, or associa-
ton of employers and their employees
or association of employees of this
state except employers or employees
having trade relations directly or in
directly based upon interstate trade
relations operating through or by
state or international boards of con.
Citation, which has or is likely to
cause strike or lockout, involving
ten or more wage farmers and the par
ties thereto are unable to adjust the
same, and which does or is likely to
interfere with the due and ordinary
course of business, or which 'menaces
the public peace, or which jeopardiz-
es the welfare Of the community, eth
er or both parties to the dispute, or
the mayor of the city, or the chair
man of the board of supervisors OF
the county in which said employment
is carried on, or on petition Of any Is
citizens thereof, over the age of Fl
years, or the commissioner of the
bureau of labor, after investigation,
may make written application TO the
governor for the appointment, of a
board OF arbitration and Cancellation,
to which board such dispute may be
referred under the provisions of this
act. Provided, however, the manager
of the business of any person, firm,
corporation or association of such EN-
Iployers,. or, any organization repre-
senting such employees, or II such EN-
ployes, are not members of any or
ganization, then majority of such
employees affected may make the APP
plication as provided in this act, but
in no case shall more than 20 EN-
ployes be required to join in such APP
plication. 's ~s"' -M
Sec. 2-7(Arbitrators; how Appoint
ed)-The governor shall at once up
on application made to him as herein
provided and upon. his being satisfied
that the dispute comes within the, pro
visions of section one. of this act, mo-
tify the parties to the dispute Of the
application for the appointment OF a
board OF arbitration and Cancellation
and make request upon each party
to the dispute that each OF them re
commend within three days from the
date OF notice, the names OF five per-
sons who have no direct interest In
such dispute and are willing and
ready to act as members OF the board,
and the governor shall appoint from
each list submitted one OF such per-
sons recommended. Should either OF
the parties fail or neglect TO make
any recommendation within the said
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
STREET ri f.. CAR Al TROUBLE
City Council Appoints Committee
t-..:.r y to Investigate.

Oskaloosa's street car trouble took
on a new phase Monday evening
when the former employees appeared
before. the city council at it's first reg
ular session for the month of Novem-
Der and solicited the assistance OF fine
city legislature in the adjustment of
the differences. Mr. s. A. Fox of the
car men laid the matter before the
council and solicited the good offices
of that body, anything that might be
in their power to bring the matter to
arbitration. or determination, and the
moral support of the council was,
asked. On motion of Albert Menden-
halF@of the Second ward the mayor
appointed a. special committee of
three rnen'to confer with the car men
and with the company to determine
what could be done to bring them to-
gether! in amicable settlement of the
existing trouble.i| This committee Is
to act Immediately to report back to
the council at an adjourned meeting
to be convened Wednesday evening.
Mayor Sewers appointed Albert Men,
denhall, chairman, William Laffollette
and E. d. Brewer.
M avenue vacation was put in play
for moment and got as far as the
motion to place on second reading.
Play was stopped in conference be-
tween the ordinance committee and
the city attorney and then went over
to the next meeting or some other
time. At the opening of the meeting
and following the talk of S. A. Fox,
Mrs. George Smith addressed the
meeting concerning the closing of M
avenue and the necessity for a cross
ing of some kind and other points rel
FatiVe to- the subject. She was follow
ed by Rev. Meade! Kelsey of the
Friends church,! #1@ ',." - -
al Mendenhall has been trying for
six months or more to secure action
on thee partiaof the city council that
Fwotild result in the placing of light
on South M street at a point north of
the Rock Island crossing, where a
bridge spans a deep travine or creek.
The place Is dangerous and dark at
all times las the Sravine is wooded.
Several accidents have occurred at
condition OF the approaches. Mr..
rMendenhall demanded and secured
action last night and his insistence
won a victory His motion for
light passed and the same will be
placed at the arifest possible date.
Councilman Robert H. Williams
wants the Peoples Water Company
to pay the city, treasury fine, as pro
vded for in its franchise whenever
Ii does not come to time in the mat
ter Of pressure at fires, according to
requirements. Mayor Sewers desig-
mated Mr.. Williams, City Solicitor Nc
Coy and Fire Chief, McCracken. to in
yestigate the matter and determine
upon form ofoaction..' Fl 7'e
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
ESCAPE WAS PLANNED
Sheriff Reed Finds Evidence of At
tempt Some Years Ago.

Evidence of carefully laid plans for
a Jail breaking that never matured
was discovered Thursday in the Ma
haska County bastile by Sheriff l. M.
Reed and three of the prisoners now
confined in the Jail. The deductions
Of the officers are that prisoners con-
fined in the county Jail several years
ago. had planned an escape from the
institution but failed in their purpose
all because they laid their plans with
too much caution.
Sheriff l.. M. Reed was standing in
a corridor on the east side of the Jail
on first floor Thursday conversing
with three of the prisoners, M. d.
Briney, Fred Tfmbrell and John Jarni-
CHAN, all of whom are under indict-
ment by the grand jury and are await
ing trial in district court. One of
the men was poking about the cell
with stick when sudden rafting
of metal caused by the stick striking
something at the bottom of the sliding
steel door to the cell attracted the at
tention of the men. Examination re-
suited in the discovery of small
aperture in the door and broom
wire was utilized to discover the con-
tents of the concealed hiding place.
Two practically new long slender
saw blades and three broken parts
of blades, two of which fit together
perfectly, were fished out of the hole
together with a common teaspoon.
The saw blades were carefully wrap
ped in cloth, and a newspaper sur g.
rounded the entire collection. The
paper was Des Moines Register and
Leader, issue of Sunday, Oct IL, 1908,
leading to the belief that the proposed
breaking was planned shortly after
that date The belief of the officers
is that the inmates of the cell at that
some manner and had hidden them
away in the concealed aperture. AS
1t took Sheriff Reed some time and
necessitated the exercise ,lofa much
patience to extract the bundle from
the hole with a broom wire, It Is quite
reasonable to imagine that the men
would have found trouble getting
hold of 1t with no instrument what
ever to aid them. Too much caution
evidently spoiled their plans after
they were all but executed and one
can but imagine the endless amount
of time and labor spent by the men in
attempting to regain possession of
the all too carefully hidden tools. At.
torney James G. Patterson, county at
torney at that time, says that It Is
his remembrance that the cell was
occupied then by some thieves from
Cedar Rapids who had robbed local
jewelry store and were apprehended.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

period, the governor shall, as soon
thereafter as possible, appoint a fit
person who shall be deemed to be APP
pointed on the recommendation of
either of the said parties. The men,
bers of the board so appointed shall
within five days of their appointment
recommend to the governor the name
of one person vino is ready and will
ing to act as a third member of the
board and upon failure or neglect
upon their part to make such recon-
Imendation within the said period, or
upon failure or refusal of the person
so recommended to act, the governor
shall as soon thereafter as possible
appoint some person to act as the
third member of the board.
Sec. 3-(AppIication-terms bind
ing)-Tn all cases when. the applica-
ton is made by both parties to the
dispute, they shall set forth in the
application whether or not they agree
to be bound by the decision of the
board of arbitration and conciliatfon;
and if both parties agree to be SO
bound by such decision, then the
same shall be binding and enforcible
as set out in section Z of this act.
...
Sec. 7-(lnvestisation-time limit.
d-decision-binding for one Year,
The board of arbitration and concilia-
ton shall within ten days from: the
date of their appointment unless such
time shall be extended by the COVER
nor, complete the investigators of any
controversy submitted to them, and
during the tendency of such period
neither party shall engage in any
strike or lockout ANY decision made
by the board shall date from the date
of the appointment of the board and
shall be binding upon the parties who
join in the APPLICATION as herein provid-
ed for period Of one year. ,''':-'"-. e.
Note-The intervening sections A.,
5 and relate to the compensation OF
the arbitraltors, the method Of taking
evidence, etc. N-""b -
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
MORE SINGING NEEDED.

One night at Rochester, n. Y, DR..
Samuel Crothers, who breaches across
the road from Harvard and writes the
best essays now coming from an
American pen, listened for thirty
minutes while 1900 folks in a social
center-Jew and Gentle, master and
slave, but for that occasion all free
and equal-poured out their souls in
songs of democracy. Then he said:
DO you realize what you have
dorte? You have found a substitute
for war. We peace fellows have had
all the arguments but one; and that
one has been unanswerable. The mill,
tary fellows say 1t, takes a war 10
make people really feel together, TO
know a common interest, to own a
common country. And how do they
prove it? They tell US that from 81
to IS We were singing nations and
that's true. Those were the days
when we learned Marching Through
Georgia - Tenting Tonight = Mine
Eyes Have Seen the Glory-Tramp
Tramp, Tramp-When Johnny Comes
Marching Home.
| ct was a boy in those days ami
never expected to hear such singing
again. But ! have heard it here to
night. You sang in that spirit. What
does it mean. II means that, dowI
underneath, you have been cripped by
that same throbbing common reality
not hate this time nor fear, but love
You know a common interest. YOU
own a common country. You've found
what the military fellows say we can
get without fighting. You've spoiled
the only argument for war.
"The spiritual vibEation which
comes from fellowship On a leve
can't be understood untl:it is felt. /
Is the best thing in every enterprise
lin which men and women engage il
groups 1t Is what furnishes the mo
tive power for hymns and cheers ant
what stimulates those soul force:
which makes heroes and martyrs O.
folks ordinarily just like you and US
"All of which reminds u.s." com
ments the Sioux City News, "tha
there's need for some more goot
hymn writing. The old religious
hymns Of selfish personal salvation
are pretty well played out. Even th'
orthodox churches are casting then
aside. The tunes may live, and man.
are worth living. But they require
new words-wof,ds expressive of thu
new note OF social service; words
lsummoning not only naH. but alst
society to repent and be just.
open social centers to the full
call of democracy and you'll be as
tonished how soon a new corps o.
poets and hymn writer's will grow up.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
-Keokuk County News.

---Keokuk County News: Politics
in the Sixth district is, mighty quiet.
Not even a f1utter of congressional
wings in the bloody Sixth. 1t looks
like SAINT Kirkpatrick, with his versa
tile and persistent press agent, would
cop the democratic prize. With the
probability of three tickets in the
field, as the bull moose promise,
SAINTS chances look exceptionally
good at this time. Still, If the Maine
election and the election in Chicago
Monday for supreme judges would in
dictate anything, the bull moose fell
lows aren't cutting as wide a swath
as they imagine they are.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Benz. F. Loos, who was a candi-
date for Auditor of State in the pri-
mary election held last June, is con-
templating coming out for mayor OF
Des Moines at the coming primary
to succeed James R. Hanna. His
first political adventure was for the
mayorship and being "irrepressible,
having set himself a task, never lets
60 until the work is finished. He is
making his announcement early and
expects to get into the game at once.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
Corn Huskers Scarce.

Corn huskers are very scarce ar
ticle in northern Iowa at the present
time, with no Indication that they, will
increase in numbers Farmers are
paying five cents per bushel and it Is
expected that the price will go still
higher The corn crop is an lexcep-
tionally large one and an average
husker can crib from fifty to one
hundred bushels, per day. The. price
is high on account of the demand for
men in other lines of work. Et1..,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

The parcels post will increase
the receipts for fourth-class mail for
the present calendar year by $15,500,-
600. 1t will increase the receipts for
the same class of mail for the present
fiscal year, which began on July LIST
last, by an amount estimated to be
between $20,000,000 and $30,000,000,
and will probably give the Postoftice
Department surplus for the fiscal
wear at least 0,000, 900.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
IpistrIet MEETING ARRANGED.

Arrangements have, been, completed
for the thirty-third annual convention
of the Marshalltown district confer;
ence of the Methodist church, to be
held at Toledo, Ia, Dec. l and 2.
Many of the leading pastors Of the
district will appear on the program.
The Rev. T. E. Fleming, of Marshall
town. is superintendent of the dis
trict
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

This viii help IoMa's population.
The Washington Journal reports that
Mrs. Harry Crone and six children
arrived last night from Texas and
are visiting at the Mrs. d. M. Crone
home ON North Iowa avenue. Mr..
Crone win arrive in q few days with
the household goods
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Kansas has found that teaching
girls domestic science is an effective
remedy for the much talked of, df
vorce evil Out of 4,400 who have
taken courses in the science of house,
keeping and later married, not one
has yet applied for divorce or been
divorced by her husband.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

The Enterprise tells of Brigh-
ton woman whose grandmother used
to do all the family sewing by hand
who now owns sewing machine and
has a sewing woman come for week
every year and most of the family
buy ready to wear garments at that.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
dob whltesp Plentiful.

Scouts who have been out investi-
eating game conditions in advance OF
the opening report there Is an unual
number OF bob whites" in this sec
tion., probably due to the mild wealth
er conditions OF last winter. M
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

is anyone buying foodstuff, cloth
ing, boots and shoes any cheaper
since the democratic congress cut OFF
$S1, 900 900 in tariff? "The American
laborer and business men will pay for
thi silly pipe dream of Wilson's"
adds the What Cheer Chronicle.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Pertinent inquiry from the Mar
engo Republican,: When Des Moines
papers are everlastingly ripping into
the mayor or commissioners, how can
Ralph Bolton expect to prevent papers
outside Des Moines vociing an occas-
ional criticism"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Notwithstanding the troubled con-
ditiens in Mexico, LET new. govern
ment schools for the native population
have been organized in the various
states, according to statement on
Latin American republics in, the an
nual report of the Commissioners OF
Education. -..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Other time of the council was tax.
en- up in detail work, claims, minutes,
reports of officers, abatement of taxes,
refunds for erroneous assessments.
numerous cases of complaint against
assessment for poll tax, reading of
communications, etc, ETC., etc.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

What is believed to be the larg.
est automobile truck in the world
has gone into service in Troy, N. T.,
With wheel base of II feet and a
body seven by nine by eighteen feet,
it has capacity OF 6,74o ioayes of
bread, six tons.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

MANY, OF JUS; would. not, know
what to do with . million if we had
it." says the wayside ! philosopher.
We might speak. with the colored
houseman, though, who, after ponder
ing awhile. said; well, sub, II ah,
had a million dollahs, ah'd fix NAH
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
aHoLLYE'EN."
(Or the Midnight Three.

Cor the Midnight Three.)
And Scrubby Smith and Buddy Green
Says Buddy, Heres the reason we
Have got it fixed how them and me
VIII call ourselves the Midnight
Three;
And paint our hands and faces black,
And then go out and tear up Jack.
Says Bubby, Here's the reason we
viii call ourselves the Midnight
Three" '.-.
And them he pictured with some chalk
A skull and oss-bones on the walk.
It was scarey-looking thing,
And made me kind of creep, by Jing.
They say that midnight isn't late,
So we'll get ready while We wait;
And when the other kids are done,
Wen show the town some regular
fun. jttt
And every one next day will see
The cross bones of the Midnight
Three.
scrubby says Wen get sylvesters
mule, ...-.
And show him what We do at school;
Well paint him yellow, ears to hoof,
And, tie him to the school house roof,
And after that wen take the bell,
And go and dump it in the well.
Bud says he knows where We can get
A sign, Bathing suits to let"
II we can sneak 1t from its perch
And hang it on the Baptist church,
Gee, when it comes to raising cane,
Them kids would wreck a railroad
train.
But say, I'm not so sure I'll go,
I've got a yellow streak, know.
You see it's only been a year
Since Deacon Tompson pulled my ear
And shook me till was so weak,
/ couldn't think, or hear, or speak.
We'd taken Tompsonfs calf away,
And hitched it up to Scrubs old
sleigh.
II didn't care bout being led,
Till Scrubby covered up its head
And when l had to ride and drive, "
was the scardest kid alive.
Well, when we reached the Deacon's
yard,
Bud up and rang the door-bell hard;
And then they ran and left me there;
Now honest, do you call ii fair
To double-cross kid like that?
For Deacon Tompson had me fiat
The Deacon grabbed me by the ear,
And says You skalawag, see here: /
These monkey-shines had better stop,
Or someone's going to meet the cop.
And then l heard the others laugh
And Bud yells B-a-a, just like the calf.
The Deacon shook me up like sin,
And says, Nov tell me where you've
been. --
Believe me, was scared to death,
But soon as could get my breath,
/ blubbered like silly fool,
Il Just come home from Sunday
school"
Then Scrubby yells, Whoever seen
A Sunday school on Hollye'en?
And Deacon Tompson had to laugh,
When Bud yells B-a-a, just like the
calf
So the cross-bones of the Midnight
Don't look as good as home to me-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
Thus doth the Knoxville Jol

Thus doth the Knoxville Journal
SANDER us: Judge Willcockson OF
Mahaska county district court only
had to deal with sixteen divorce cases
last week-one on Tuesday, five Wed
nesday, four Thursday and six on Sat
urday. Evidently the devil is to pay
in that county as we'll as in this coun-
ty where divorce cases usually come
near the top list among the non-jury
nacaS
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

"A SNOW IN Massachusetts last
week IS estimated TO have DESTROYED
$4,000 barrels of unpicsed cranber-
ries In the Dogs Of one vicinity. 1t
Is first one thing and then ANOTHER
to add to the already high price of
living
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

s--Keota Eagle: A man enar Sig.
Quincy has the proud distinction OF
being named Mr.. Car Nicola. That
| is about as near royalty as We get
or want to get--in this country. L
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06
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There are Eat newspapers pub
lished in South Africa, in which 81
100000 is invested They give en-
ployment to 1000 Europeans and $50
colored people. 81,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Cigarettes numbering nearly q
000,0e0,000, we're exported from the
United States in the. fiscal year end
ing with June. II is cheerful TO know
that at least that many did npt have
to be consumed at home
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Some scoundrel sent him an in
fernal machine" What was it, an
automobile or a photograph" -Hous-
ton Post.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

We would not care who might
correct the morals Of some Iowa edi-
tors If we could only teach them to
put more news in their papers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

"A sixteenth of an inch of scale
On the interior of boiler will cause
loss of Is per cent fuel efficiency.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

According to the Keota Eagle,
this Is the spanish-needly, cob-webby
time Of year. ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

Canada cut about two million
cords of pulp wood annually, about
half of which is exported for manu-
facture in the United Sataes. ID ss.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-11-06

No currency system is likely to
be devised that will enable man
without credit TO borrow as much
money as he thinks ne ought to