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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-05


countrywoman, makes his adieu and
retires. A court official, brisk and
courteous, takes me in charge.
His Majesty is ready" A mo-
ment's walk brings US to the royal
study. The eozanai opens the door;
the grand equerry bows and retires.
A big, sunlit room, book lined, fur
nished in strong, dark colors, several
deep, low, leather chairs, an i'm
mense may trailing across a table, all
about a rigidly limited collection of
marble fragments, signed photo
graphs, military souvenirs. pause
by the door. to make the first court
esy. The king strides from his table
desk to shake hands!
And note the king in his study
is more simply uniformed than any
man in HIS palace!
Constantine Of Greece, now at the
vigorous age of forty-ive, is tall as
a lance and as straight. His long
head and gray eyes indicate his Dan
ish blood, his womanly lower lip and
unexpected dimples are an inherit
ance- from MS RUSSIAN, mother. His
English is sailed with the idioms of
an American collegian, raped out
in the curt enunciation of one accus-
toned to command.
You want me to talk of our war?
Mademoiselle, am a soldier not an
orator." he began. But l can say
this: We Greeks have won our recent
glorious victory because each soldier
believed victory, or defeat, depended |
on him! None fought for hire. Greeks
came from Attica and Thermopylae,
from the Caucasus and America.
Each loved our little Greece with |
all his heart! Every man knew he |
was needed. Compared with the |
beefy Bulgarians, they seemed to me
small, of light weight, immature,
only they were old in endurance.
Bizani, for instance, was taken by
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-05

like the Turks or the Bulgarsl No,
Greek has it in him to commit atroci-
ties-to STAY and pillage-or worse.
cat Nigrita my soldiers dug forty
victims from pit, old men and wo-
men, some of them half alive! Near
Doxato, Bulgar troops surrounded
hill where Capt. Cordale later found
babies bodies lanced through and
through.
''It is estimated that Bulgarians
have massacred in one year between
100000 and 100000 peaceful nom
combatants- women and chill
dren. Not a village through which
they passed but was looted and par
TALLY burned!'
The kings Jaw squared. His closed
fist smote tt ) table nervously as if
he hesitated to voice a horTid mem
ory. His majesty's easy courtesy
tempted me to speak. Every soldier
knows that when the royal COM
mander-in-chief sent his men into a
desperate cul-de-sac the crown
prince of Greece went with them. l
mentioned the incidnt. The mobile
lips were firm, but the gray eyes
smiled.
my sons, being officers, belonged
to the army. They are Greeks and
nothing else" commented the king.
my eldest son was nearly killed
at Yanina. An exploding shell broke
his wrist watch-also nipped his ear.
BY the mercy of God he was not
wounded. His brother did very we'll,
too. The third stayed at home. His
mother thought him too young for
the field" The father heaVed a sigh
of retrospection.
"How old is Prince PauI?"
Again that honest, seIf-accusing
smile: Eleven" confessed his Ma
iesty!
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
THREE GENERATIONS.

Twice in time of war men named
John A. Logan-father and SON
have come into commands which
made them important factors in the
military accomplishments of the
United States.
Now has come a third, grandson
of the first, commanding the same
company-in name at least-that his
father and grandfather commanded
before him.
With the Mexican situation threat
ening war, the prospect OF call to
arms for the third generation of the
famous war family has attracted at
tention John A. Logan III, who has
been elected captain of the famous
H Company. Fifth Infantry, Ohio
National Guard.
The company bears the name OF
its commanders grandfather 1t is
known as y Logan's Rifles, Three
times men named John A. Logan
have commanded it and two of them
have marched away to a war.
The grandfather formed it in 1861.
His son, John A. Logan, Jr., com
manded it before coming a major in
the Spanish war Youngstown, its
home, is celebrating the ascendency
of the third captain John A Logan.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
pIREcToRArEs FOR MANY

The anti-interlocking directories
bill, which is before congress forbids
Every national bank director to act
as a director in more than one Ma,
tional bank ...
Every state bank and trust comp,
any director TO act as a director in
any public service company engaged
in interstate or foreign commerce.
Every state bank and trust company
director TO act as director in any
national bank,
Every director of every corporation
engaged in interstate Of foreign com.
merce TO be director In any corpor.
alton capable OF competing with such
corporation.
From these prohibitions II follows
that there could be no duplication In
7,458 national banks and 24,697 state
banks and trust companies OF the
country. Allowing an average OF ten
directors 10 each institution, 332, $40
men would be needed TO fill these
boards. Coming TO public service
companies, including railroads, 1856
OF them made reports 10 the commits
sioner OF internal revenue for 1912. II
each had ten directors, 255,S5O men
would be needed for the boards. Out
side Of these, 246.5l7 industrial, man
ufacturing, mercantile and tniscellan-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
A DANGEROUS LIQUID.

Much has been written in recent
years regarding the almost criminal
ignorance of the general public in
the use of wood alcohol, and its in
furious effect not only on eyesight,
but on life itself. The importance
of adequate protection of the public
in this regard is emphasized by recent
tragedy in New York City. Three
women died and two were made dan
gerously i'll from drinking home
made wine at a wedding feast. The
wine was made by the bridegroom
and was drunk by the two hundred
guests present The recipe for the
beverage, the police say, was sugar,
water, alcohol and a red and green
coloring matter. II was first thought
that the women were suffering from
ptomain poison, but the coroners
physician pronounced death TO be
due to alcohol poisoning, and the po-
lice declared the wine was made with
wood alcohol. This dangerous pois-
on often kills and even when the life
of the victim is spared, he is gener.
ally blinded for the rest of his life.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
FOREST RESOURCES.

Striking facts regarding our forest
resources, their value and their waste
are condensed in an eight-page illus.
trated circular of the American tor.
estry association just issued. The
lumber industry is said to employ
735 600 people, to whom are paid an.
nually 1867, 100000 in wages, the
worth OF products being sl,250,0O0,
900. The forests OF the country cover
$4,000 acres.
An average of 70 human lives are
sacrificed annually in forest fires,
says the circular, and loss occurs
of $25 100000. Damage from insects
and tree diseases, which follow fire,
costs each year 100000 The cost
of destruction resulting from floods
is not estimated, but is given as
countless millions"
But the circular expresses hope
more than pessimism. As well as the
colored pictures showing the forest
fire, the effects OF the fire, and the
damage caused by foods, it shows
also forests planted and grown under
ional forest ranger scouting for fires
on the mountain lookout station. The
effective patrol here referred 10 has
reduced forest fire losses to as low
as one-tenth Of one cent an acre"
II is pointed out that by planting for
ests an annual income could be de-
rived in the country of $65 900, 900;
and by preservative treatment upon
timber each year 100000, 900 could
be saved
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
HOLDING TWO OFFICES.

The Johnson County Independent
raises the question whether a mayor
OF city can be a member OF the gen
eraI assembly. The question is evi
IDENTIFY suggested because Mayor
KoontZ of Iowa City is the represen,
tatiye of Johnson county in the gen
eral assembly, and candidate for re
election. The question is one that
ought to have consideration. The con.
stitution of the state has this provi.
sion:
No person holding any lucra-
tive office under the United
States, of this state, or any 9th
er power, shall be eligible to
hold a seat in the general assem-
bly,. But Offices in the militia,
to which there Is attached no an
nual salary, or the office of JUS
tice OF the peace, or postmaster,
whose compensation does not
exceed one hundred dollars per
annum, or notary public, shall
not be deemed lucrative"
The question then arises" says
the Des Moines Plaintalk, what max.
es an office lucrative? We don't
know whether any person has been
mayor OF city or town, and held, or
claimed to hold, seat in the house
of representatives other than in the
instance cited. But the question OF
the lucrative character of an office.
and also how for one is disqualified
by reason of such duplication Of Of
fees, has been passed upon by the
house. In 1861 the Democrats OF
Clinton county elected a member OF
the board of supervisors to the leg.
islature, named Maxwell. His Repub.
lican opponent, Milo Smith, soon
to be colonel of the Tween
ty-sixth Iowa, contested Mr.. Max
wells seat ON the ground that he was
under the section quoted.
The committee to which the contest
was referred consisted OF five Re
publicans and two Democrats. Its
chairman was Micajah T. Williams,
OF oskaloosa. a leading lawyer at
that time. Mr. Maxwell thought the
question of such importance that
he resigned his membership on the
board OF supervisors after the cleo
ion, and two months before the leg.
stature met (His pay as supervisor
was $500 a day for not exceeding
fifteen days In the year, The com
mittee reported that the disquali.
fcation terminated when Mr.. Max
well ceased 10 be member Of the
board Of supervisors, although tire
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
CLEANING HOUSE.

This cleaning house has got my
goat. / tell you I'm aginnit. I'D
like to take my hat and coat and fly
the coop this minute. I'm tired of al
ways climbing thru, and in and out
and under. And | could swear a
streak of blue, | really could by thun,
der It's now a month since Ma and
Sis began to get the fever which made
this habitude of bliss the home of
such a griever. For | am crosser than
the bear that trampled on thistle,
as YEARLY ! pause for air and wet my
famished whistle. I've handled every
piece of junk from cellar up to garnet.
I've juggled every bloomin' trunk
and box and bag. | swear it. And
while the sun comes booming down,
and perSpiration oozeS, I'm beating
half the rugs in town and getting all
the bruises. The coffee is a murky
green which fooled in the maxim
the doughnuts taste of gasoline,
there's plaster in the bacon. The por.
ridge is a sickly dope, the spoons are
badly furnished, the bread and butter
taste of soap, the pie is stained and
vanished. | carried half a wagon
load of rubbish from the cellar, a
swinging shelf got in my road and
bumped me on the smeller. ! stubbec
my toe and fell across that dog-house
thing of Towser's, and three teeth 6
total loss and tore my oily trousers
The paper hangers left theiI
traps to start a game oil
poker; the painters went to shoot
in craps, the plumbers held a smok-
er. But Ma and Sis are wreathed in
smiles, their ardor undiminished, with
everything in heaps and piles and not
one job is finished. Ny room is now
a total wreck, my Sunday hat is bat
tered; III never find my pipe, by Hex,
the way that things are scattered.
wish some OceangOing boat would
stop and take me in it, for cleaning
house has got my goat, | tell you I'm
aginnit. And yet when all is said and
done and things again are shinig,
these household clOudlets one by one
will show their silver lining. For
smiling Sis, and mother dear, will
let me sit in clover and rest in peace
another year, till time to start all
over. Nal Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
ANCIENT JEWISH COURT.

The London Chronicle relates that
an interesting election is pending III
Jewish circles in the Metropolis, and
new "Dayan" or Rabbi-Judge Is to
chosen for the Jewish court of eccles-
iastical and ritual law. 1t is not gen
orally known that this court recog,
nized by the legal courts of England,
sits almost every day in Mulberry st.
in the East End of London, to decide
Jewish cases according TO ancient Gus
tom. Judgment is given in arbitration
cases; meat slaughterers who Kill
according to Jewish rite come from
the Judge for examination; disputes
are settled and divorces are sane
teioned after they have been granted
by the civil authorities. The Jewish
calendar is also fixed and the court
acts by way OF appeal in ritual
matters, etc.
Vacancy on the bench has been
brought about by the appointment OF
Dyan Hyamson to a rabbinic post in
New York Ancient Jewish cere-
monies are strictly adhered TO in the
court. One curious custom comes
down from the days of Ruth. When a
Jewish married man dies II is sup
posed to be the duty of his brother
if he has one to marry the widow. II
he refuses, the two parties, the widow
and the brother, are called before the
court; a strange sandal, such as was
used in Palestine over 5000 years
ago, is strapped upon the mans foot,
the woman solemly unbinds it and
throws ii at his feet, thus signifying
her contempt, and at the same time
relieving him of the responsibility OF
marrying her
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

two Democrats on the committee
held that the Office of supervisor was
not lucrative. The other members
of the committee held that it clearly
was within the meaning of the con.
stitution. This is In accord with the
courtrulings on that question. For
instance, the constitution of Indiana
forbids any person holding two luc-
rative offices, under which pro-
vision the the supreme court
of that state holds that the
fact of compensation for services
rendered, other than reimbursement
of expenses, makes an office lucra-
tive; SO holding where one person
held two offices, the pay in one
Of which was a dollar day, and and
that in the other so cents. The sec
ton of our constitution quoted infer
entially is to the same etfect)
One member of the committee,
John Meyer of Newton (soon to be
major of one of our regiments, and
later for several years a member of
the state senate, vigorously dis
scented from the committees finding.
He held that the fact that Maxwell
was supervisor at the time of his
election to the legislature disquali!
fled him, citing many definitions of
the term eligible" in support of his
views. He accordingly recommended
that Mr.. Smith, having received the
most votes for one qualified for the
office, should be admitted TO 1t. He
cited no authorities in support of the
theory that a defeated candidate for
an office, the successful candidate
for the same being disqualified, was
entitled to the position.
The house, heavily Republican,
sustained the report of the commit
tee, and Mr.. Maxwell held the seat.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
The RousIARouT.

"Ah T. said the Colorado boosters
on the train, as we crossed the line
and felt the cool breezes tanning out
the sultry day we mentioned in an
other letter, This is Colorado" We
looked about 10 take In the sights
but the cool breeze switching the
sage brush was about all we could
see. Here and there We saw a
wabbly calf or skinny pig and
about every two 10 three miles, meas
ured by the telegraph poles farm
house such as we used 10 think were
all right in Iowa about rs years ago.
But Colorado's one great asset, II
it, climate set In beautiful scenery
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

The berry growers are now put
ting their products in boxes which
actually hold the amount claimed.
But according to the Council Bluffs
Nonpariel,, when the charges are
paid it will be discovered that the
growers are getting about the same
amount of money for their goods
from the consumers that they re-
ceived before the size of the boxes
was regulated J."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

In our humble opinion the dane
ing masters of the present day are
spelling the whole business. A grace
full dance is a harmless work of art,
but a hop-step and jump with a spin.
ming wheel finish is too much like
football game in the parlor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

The Pasadena Star says the past
winter In California has been a
''Lallapaloosa" We know of one
lady who has been marooned there
who has a stronger name than that
for the miserable weather they have
had most of the season.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

eous corporations reported to the
same commissioner in 1912. Assuming
that each of this group has six direct
ors, the number of directors required
wiuld be las, 102. Thus 1907 1872
men would be required to fill the di-
rectorships in the. United States, If
the language OF the bill were strictly
fnilOWed
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
sEvENTY-FIvE IOWA FARMS

Since we published a list of farms about month
ago, we have listed fifty good farms in this and
adjoining counties, and have over seventy-fve
good farms for sale AS it impossible describe all
these farms in detail will give description only
few samples in order convince YOU thAt we have
the kind of land and the prices that it will pay you
investigate.
No /. 12O acres located less than four miles from a
good town. All this is good land, two-thirds being
smooth and level while the balance is rolling but mostly
fit for cultivation Improvements consist of a good
seVen-room house, good medium sized barn and the
usual outbuldines all in good condition Price only
$1,000 per acre.
No. 2 80 acres of fine land over 8O% of which lays
level soil is rich black loan with clay subsoi The
balance is only slightly rolling is all fit for cuva-
ton This farm is only miles from good town and
has good house. large barn and plenty of other
outbuildngs and plenty OF fruit Price only $145OO
per
No. 3. 248 acres of which ITO is fine, smooth pillow
land and the balance good rolling pasture and meadow
The improvements among the best in the county
and consist of large two-story house, an unusually
large barn and full of other buildings all new
Price $4,000 per acre.
No 4. 100 acres located only miles from Oska-
loosa and one m IL from a small town. Sixty acres
in pasture and meadow, including five acres of timber
80 acres is fine laying land with Deep black soil The
improvements of the best and only three years old
A two-story Groom house with cellar under the
entire house everything modern Large barn and pen-
ty of sheds for implements also large double corn crib
and young orchard. Price $4,000 per acre One of
the best located farms in the county
Call on and we will give you more than rs farms
to choose from ranging from 40 acres to $50 acres
You can't afford to buy until you see us as we have
most of these farms exclusively and we are the only
agents who can show them
Psa Office Security Bank OskaIoosa Office with ATTORNEY
Yer PlOeg. If can't CALL postal card and we
will look you up.
...GESMAN LAND COMPANY,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

Baseball seems to have changed
but little since oskalOosa dropped
out of the professional class. The
Sioux City Journal complains; When
the team wins five or six straight
does the knocker cease from knock
ing? He does not He inquiries,
What would have happened if we
had been up against some real pitch.
.#.. Tr
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04
rhE OLD CLASS ROOM.

Memories are elusive creatures, fleet
of foot and swift of wing,
Running back to good old school
days, back to marble, ball and
swing,
Family touching some things only,
missing others in their fight,
But like beacons in the distance,
flooding others with their light
One OF these is that old class ROOM
neutrality-suspicious. all COM
bined, 49,,
In the High School of the eighties
filed with deeds of wondrous
Here il was we coaxed the lightning
from that old revolving wheel
And made vacuums with the air
pump, till our heads would fair
ly reel.
Here it was We went with Caesar
over Gaul and down the Rhine,
Here it was We got the problems in
geometry down fine.
Here il was we read the heavens
through the alphabet of stars.
And tried German till the twisters
Here the first association that the
school had known was born.
"Agassiz" We proudly named it,
though II oft were put TO scorn.
Still it prospered, and through forest,
and in field and stream and mine,
Nature drew us on mission that TO
us seemed half divine.
And twas here a high school paper
sprang 10 being in a day,
Promising a future richer than the
fortunes of Cathay.
Bumped il was on many hardships,
till il halted swooned and died,
But il paved the way for others, like
the "O", our present pride.
Memory also drawsthe curtain from
an annex TO that room
And behind the desk the features OF
a friend and comrade loom.
You all know, him, Mr.. Seerley, kind
as love but firm as stone!
Standing now the greatest teacher
that our state has ever known.
Mr.. Scott, good friend Of boyhood,
Miss McAyeal, a living queen,
Misses Holmes, Mcknight and Beede,
nobler lives no class has seen.
Like the cross that leads the mourn
ers nearer to the throne of grace
So their Inspirations raised us to a
higher, better place.
And the girls and boys of yonder,
much the same as those today
Mothers now, and fathers, wearing
crowns of mingled gray
Let me view them for a moment, let
me clasp their hands again,
And once more their voices harken
as We join i'll old refrain.
Rosy cheeks and laughing dimples,
sparkling eyes and golden hair,
Loves young dreams and dissppoint
ments, intermingling JOY and
care,
Sweet as roses in the garden, glow
ing in the summer sun,
True as friendships that forsake not
till the race of life is run.
May their children be as they were,
'twould be vain 10 ask for more,
And accept the storms and sunshine
as their parents did before.
And as years run into decades may
each heart win its desire,
And may memories of their school
days, sweeter thoughts of life in.
spire.
Phil Hoffman,, o. H. s. Class 's5 |
Read by Mrs. w. w. Williams at
o. Fl. s. Alumni Banquet at Oskaloo- !
Sd Country Club Thursday evening. |
May %, 1914. Published by request |
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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

Cedar Rapids Gazette: One thing
for which the American people
should be profoundly grateful TO Hon.
Huerta is the total elimination OF
Harry Thaw from the news dispatch.
es during the past few weeks.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

lin the horoscope OF the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat: Landslides In Pan
anna. lantern slides In Vera Cruz and
slides TO second base In the big
leagues are keeping the eyes and
nerves OF the world at q severe ten
alon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

s, HIsns ko4sSysl,5, issyS Rs cant
Has the coloneIs courage failed him.
We supposed he could 'eat EN- alive"
for an appetizer before breakfast.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

The fellow who said that Iowa
is the ideal place TO make money and
California the ideal place TO spend it"
evidently lived in both places.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

From Strawberries to roasting
ears, and from roasting ears to ap,
pies and water melons Such is Iowa
and who could ask for more?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

The Britt Tribune says the
farmer is going TO vote for the man
who is for protective tariff"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-06-04

The Maine straw" crop will be
harvested in September again this
year.