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The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
oefaultlna Cashier Returns.

Garner, May 20.--The appearance
here of John H. Standring, the de-
faulting cashier of the First State
bank at Corwith, Iowa, and his be-
ing sentenced TO fifteen years in the
penitentiary at Fort Madison, created
the profoundest sensation.
For the past seven years Standring
has been living in Texas and noth-
ing had ever been heard from him by
the general public until his presence
in the district court this morning. He
pleaded guilty to the indictments re-
turned against him by the Hancock
county grand jury and threw himself
on the mercy of the court,
Judge J. J. Clark was nearing an
other case when the attorney for
Standring stated that he had a client
who desired to plead to indictments.
The dust laden records were dug up
by the clerk of courts and the action
taken quickly.
He will be taken to Fort Madison
at once to begin serving the term of
fifteen years imposed by the court.
Depositors living in and near Cor
with lost nearly $4,000 when Stand
ring disappeared in 1907.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
.SWITCAMER TO CALL STRIKE
REFERENDUM VOTE is BEING
COUNTED TODAY.
Eighteen Railroads Entering Chicago
are Effected by the Three
Thousand Men.

Chicago, H., May 2O.--Whether the
5000 switchmen who handle traffic
for eighteen great railroads in Chica-
go will strike for changes in work,
ing rules will be determined by a ref;
erendum vate being counted here to,
day. The vote was ordered by the
Brotherhood of Railroad .Trainmen,
and the switchmen's union after the
failure of negotiations extending over
several weeks beginning last October
and which were resuming in Janu'
airy. II Is expected the result of the
vote will be known tonight or early
tomorrow.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
INVESTED MONEY
IN HONDURAS S.A
OEFAULTING CASHIER RETURNS
TO IOWA AND is SENTENCED
YOUNG MAN RESCUED FROM WELL
II Year Old Boy Disappears From
Mystie-Noted Golfer viii Visit
ottumwa-ida County Only
Had 7 Prisoners in 4 Yrs.

Des Moines, May 20--Directorate
OF the Central American Development
Co, with Offices in the Masonic Tenn
pie met this morning without one
member of the board being present.
He was J. II. Love OF Oskaloosa. His
absence was caused by his confine-
ment in the county Jail on a charge
OF cheating A. G.. Mckay and W. j..
Charters by false pretenses. The in
formations were filed today with JUS
tice of the Peace Conroy following
Loves arrest by the police. The i'm
proyement company was organized
for the development and improvement
of certain lands in Honduras, South
America, which Love claims were
given him by special grant from the
Honduran government. The difficulty
arose over the fact that the copies
of the grant worded in Spanish did
not correspond with the English copy.
The Spanish document says that Love
has merely put in claim for the
land while the English document gave
il to him outright Charters and Nc
Kay charge that they were cheated
out of $3.50 each by Love and have
caused the county grand jury to in.
YeStlgate.
Edward Gray is president of the
Central American Improvement com
pany and John Mckay secretary.
Edward Sweeney is treasurer. Love
denied that he had swindled anyone
and said he only got $3.50 out of the
entire operation and that he believed
his grant to be valid. Ii is claimed
he had obtained $4,000 from local
persons and score of local business
men are known to have invested
money in the company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Rescued from Well.

Des Moines, May 2O-Nicholas Will
liams. aged 60, went down sixty
foot dug well on lot owned by John
Hughes, and rescued Fred Drexel, a
young well digger, who had been ov.
ercome by gas shortly after seven
o'clock following the lifting of sew
eTal buckets OF dirt. William Court.
right who was working with Drexel
became alarmed when he received no
reply to his question whether the
bucket was ready to be hoisted. Will
liams offered to go down in the bic
dirt. bucket and was let down. He
tied a rope around Drexel and re,
manned in the we'll while the young
man was raised to the top and taken
to the hospital.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
COxEY ARMY At WASHINGTON
REACHES THE OUTSKIRTS OF
THE CITY LAST EVENING.
Bears Little Resemblance of the Cox
ey Army That Invaded the CAPT.
toll Some Years Ago.

Washington, d. c., May 20 - The
remnant OF the so-called CoXey's ar
nay reached the outskirts of Wash
ington last evening
General Coxey, with his wife, dau,
ghter and son, headed the party
which has been much reduced since
it started from Massillon. O., and il
bears little resemblance to the origi
nal CoXey's army when 1t invaded the
capital some years ago.
Requests have been forwarded by
Coxey to Vice President Marshall and
Speaker Clark to permit him 10
speak from the capitol steps on
Thursday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
FIRE LOSS SO FAR THIS YEAR
A REDUCTION OF $1s4,213 DURING
FIRST FOUR MONTHS.
More, Than one-HaIf The Total Loss
During January Was the Result
Of the Waterloo Fire.

Des Moines, May 29-Fire losses
in Iowa for the first four months OF
1914 show a reduction of $lS4,213
compared with the losses reported in
the same period in 1913, according tc
statemen; issued by Ole o. Roe
state fire marshal. The figures pre-.
sent an interesting study. When the
losses drop during one month, they
usually are abnormally heavy the
next month, so that general aver.
age is maintained.
The total losses for the first four
months of the year follow:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Noted Golfer 10 ottumwa,

Ottumwa, May 20!--The Ottumwa
Country club will be visited during
the summer by Chick Evans, the not
ed golfer. who is now among the
Americans playing at Sandwich, Eng
land. The news was received by c.
F. Rauscher. field captain OF the
club. in a card from j. II. Morrell,
who is touring in England, and who
was fellow passenger with c. w.
Evans, Jr., enroute to Europe
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Boy Disappears From Home

Mystic, May 20.-Ruby, the IL yr.
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Sylves-
ter, disappeared from his home Fri.
day evening and no information has
been received concerning him. The
boy was dark eyed and dark haired.
of Italian parentage, speaks English
brokenly. No reason is known for
his leaving home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
-Four Killed in Collision.

Ashville, May 20-FOur persons,
including William Miller. the cashier
of the Ashville bank, were killed to-
day when Scloto Valley traction
car struck the automobile driven by
Miller. Besides Miller, the dead are
Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Agner Stanger,
Miller's sister and the 6year-old
daughter of Rev. Hill, of Mount Ster-
ling, Ohio. .-H.. ......
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
u Defense Receives Blow.

New York, May 20.-Charles Beck.
ers defense against the charge oil
numbering Rosenthal, received
staggering blow today when Supreme
Justice Seabury excluded from the
case evidence to show that Dago
Frank. one of the actual killers OF
Rosenthal, exonerated Becker OF com
plicity an hour before he died in the
electric. chair.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21

More than one-half OF the total
loss for the month of January this
year was the result of one rire in the
city of Waterloo, on Jan. 26, which
aggregated 1851 900.
A destructive fire at Sioux City, and
also one at Baskerville, Iowa, both OF
which occurred on March 20, contrib
uted towards making the March los
ses exceedingly large, the loss in the
Sioux City fire being S303,244 and
that in the Estherville fire, S110,90S
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Asked 10 Retain Troops.

Fort Smith, May 20. = President
Wilson was asked to retain troops in
the Colorado coal strike region In re-
solutions adopted by the United Mine
Workers of Arkansas. Oklahoma and
Texas and today forwarded to Wash.
ington.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Youna Woman Suicides.

Waterloo, May 2O-Miss Ella Ritz,
aged 20. of Tripoli, drank poison at
the home of Louis Schwartz. where
she was employed, and died two hours
later. A note explained that she was
tired OF life.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Woman and Children Burned.

st, Louis, May 20,-Mrs. Rebeccas
Coltz, aged "a, and her two children,
aged 3 and years, were burned to
death when their home was destroyed
by hre today. Her husband, Samuel.
ESCAPED
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Wet County Has oepopuIated Jail

Ida Grove, May Occurring the last
four years the county jail has been
occupied b. seven different persons.
Sheriff Mcleod is OF the opinion that
this record is better than that OF
many of the dry counties, as Ida is
one of the few northwestern Iowa
counties operating under the mulct
liquor law, and every town In the
county having saloon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
AIl Heat Records Broken.

Duluth, Mimi, May 20-All heat
records for May were broken here
yesterday when street thermometers
registered near the 80 mark The
highest official temperature was "a
degrees.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
u. s. Golfer Eliminated

Sandwich. Eng. May 20,-Francis
ouimet, the o. s. golf champion, was
eliminated from the British amateur
golf contest today when defeated by
Tubbs, 2 up
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Stabbed bx Roommate.

Chicago, May 20-Z Arminio was
fatally stabbed whea he awoke today
to find Milton Walker, his roommate,
taking SIS from his trousers. The
police are looking for Walker,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
Eormer rowan esnstitsd.

ion handed down by the supreme
court from Jasper county. Mrs. Eva
Z. Robertson. a former Marshalltown
woman. now OF Los Angeles, will
come into possession OF an estate OF
Continued on Page -
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21

Riverside Golf Club House Burns.
Chicago, May 20.-The club house
of the Riverside Golf club at River
side, suburb, burned last evening with
al oss of $4,000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21

salary since last November.
conferred with FreAdent Roosevelt be.
fore he purchased the Boston d Maine
railroad to consolidate it with the
New Haven. Mr.. Roosevelt did not
advise the purchase, Mr.. Mellen said
but told him he must not expect relief
from him in case he should violate the
law
Mr.. Mellen said that he paid a man
named Gotshall 100000 to settle a
suit.
What had Gotshall done to get ST.,
600 ,O0O?"
He did us"
Tells of Borrowing $3o,ooo,ooo.
Mr.. Mellen said he borrowed large
sums on notes to open this account. In
January, 1907, he borrowed between
twenty and thirty million dollars.
Were you advised when money
was drawn from account No. %" asked
Mr.. Folk.
Il knew nothing about it except
"lldl Tic DOoho hdu Inviting
to do with it, | was not surprised that
the 81 100000 was expended. | knew
1t was placed with Morgan & Co, to
be spent in the West Chester transac-
ton"
Mr.. Mellen said lie made a contract
with the New York Construction COM
pany to change its Harlem division
from a two-thread to a six-thread
one.
Did you know anyone interested in
that company"
mo. may have heard that James
E. Gaffney and Charles F. Murphy
were In it"
why did you give them the con,
tract?"
Il thought through various ramifica-
lions they could do the work best"
by ramifcations you mean hold
ups?" inquired Mr. Folk.
Denies II Was a HoIdup.
Not exactly" said Mr.. Mellen.
"Gaffney & Murphy seemed able to do
the work to better advantage than any
body Use. ! never met either Gaffney
or Murphy In my hfe."
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-05-21
NO SALARY, SO SELLS CHURCH
MINISTER SAYS FOUR HUNDRED
DOLLARS WERE DUE.
Had Received but $40 Since Last No
Vember-Action Causes a Riot
In Oklahoma Town.

BartlesVille, Okla, May 20. - Be
cause members of the Epworth Meth
odist church failed to pay him back
salary, amounting to $500, the Rev
Fl. c. Breese, the pastor sold the
church building. When workmen. un
der the direction of the new owner
ship prepared to remove the building
crowd of one hundred men, women
and children used clubs and flourish
ed pistols, causing riot. Mr.. Breese
asserts he has received only SIG in
salary since last November.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26

disg;raced, a bankrupt in reputation as
Well as in character, Sulzer has again
proved himself the political Nemesi of
the boss who impeached him and remoyed
MN from the governorship, not because
ne mas pocketed campaign contributions
out because he had refused longer to take
orders from Charles F. Murphy.
tons which he did not create, but which.
unfortunately. he had taken no strong
measures to remedy. He is not a mem.
Der of Tammany Hall. He has never been
identified With Tammany politics; but Gil
the other hand, he has never identified
himself conspfcuo,lsly with the militant
democracy that is irrevocably opposed to
Murphylsm. The governors political de-
feat is the inevitable result Of trying to
be friendly enough to Tammany to gain
its support and Independent enough Of
Tammany to win the support of the anti
Murphy democracy.
The thing the governor tried to do can
not be done. The tickle that he ran on
was loaded down with Murphy candidates..
from Bensel and Sohmer to Haffen and
Ahearn. 1t reeked of Tammany contracts
was not responsible for this, but he had
failed to exercise the kind Of leadership
that would have made it impossible.
Els wv administration has been honest
He deserves high credit for a program Of
progressive legislation that has made his
tory In New York. He has been a better
governor on the administrative side man
MT. whitman Is ever likely to be. Where
he has failed Is in the moral leadership
that would nave convinced the voters Of
this state that his election would not mean
the reelection OF Murphy. Having failed
there. he failed completely SO far as the
nasty Judgment of the majority goes.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
FOREIGN Titles.

From the Louisville Co~urier-Journal.
Now that we are in such constant and
intimate touch with Europe the ''boys"
in the news rooms ought to inform them
selves a lick or two in the matter of for
eign titles.
For example, the impression seems to
be general hat a prince" so-called. or
a princess" has some connection with
royalty. Now, a prince without a princt-
pality is the poorest kind Of a dog. There
are many such who retain a long extinct
title by courtesy. Many again-as indeed
counts and barons-adopt the title by
conceit and are allowed to run at large
by sufferance, the head of the family
only having a right to it.
In Russia, princes are as common as
dirt. Every land owner Is a prince" A
prince indeed in Russia is much as a
squire" in Tennessee, a count" in italy
assimilating in dignity n Importance to
a Kentucky Colonel"
In Austria and Russia the royal line
runs not to princes but to grand
dukes and 'archdukes." "
The German autocracy is. as Simon
Suggs says. a little 'notiony" about is
~titles-usually baron" meaning some
thing-but in Italy and France there are
more bogus than genuine titles. The fool
American-especially the foolish Amerf-
can w~oman-grows positively daffy over
titles. Yet, even where there is any legal
or real claim, they are as empty and de.
ceptive as tips on a race course. The
genuine mobility of Europe rarely "con-
Sort with the outsiders of the world not
their own and hold the average Yankee
in very great disdain.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
"How Much For Berlin.
From the Chicago Tribune.

Two German soldiers guarding a
bridge on the outskirts of a French VII
lage were standing at their ease. From
their rudy complexion and heavy build
1t was no difficult to see that they
We're from an agricultural region. They
looked very strong and good natured
but very soldierlike. Suddenly IAN Off
Ger came into view in an autmobile and
slowed up at the bridge. The two men
of the landsturm pulled themselves to-
gether and struc an imposing atti-
tude before the officer, their shoulders
erect and their, more than suspicion of
spaunch somehow disposed of for the
moment. Military etiquet seemed
suddenly to have enveloped their huge,
awkward frames and they made a fine
show.
The transformation had been effect
ed with capital alacrity, and I could not
resist commenting on 1t.
YES" said the officer, chose lads
from the farms take their ease when
they are unobseryed, but give them
spectators and they will make an APP
;pearance. There is a stock army story
OF q drill sergeant who was putting re-
cruits from the country through their
PAGES. He was anxious to impress up-
on them the Importance OF a good
swing and stride In making a fine APP
pearance and this is the way he put It:
Every man OF you must march
through q town as IL you had fvo
marks In your pocket ana were saying:
How much costs Berltn??.' (Wie Wei
Koset Berlin Z"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
BALANCE KEPT BY NATURE
Increase of the Human Race Seems to
Be Regulated by Wars and
Other Devastations.

Every year, according to scientists
who attempt to keep the general rec
ords, at least $4,000, 900 human beings
are born on this earth and 60,000,00O
or 100000 die. This indicates a
daily birth rate of about 100000 and
a death rate of 100000. The daily
increase in population therefore is
about 10000. The total population of
the globe is estimated at 1900, 000, 900.
The ravages of war do little to i'm
pede the increase. Far more effective
have been the upheavals Of nature.
The Franco-Prussian war killed about
10000 In seven months. The death
roll Of the Russo-Japanese reached
about 100000. A single earthquake
d737, in 1ndia) has been estimated to
have caused 100000 deaths. The fa-
talities of the Messina earthquake In
1908 cannot have been far short of
100000. A tidal wave in 1896 drowned
$1,000 persons in Japan, causing a
greater loss of life than the whole
wal with China in 1894. The earth
quake in Japan in 1903 is said to have
killed 100000 people. The Lisbon
earthquake in 1855 destroyed 10000
human lives, while 10000 we're lost in
the same year in earthquake in Per
STA.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26

cepted with a widespread appreoga-
ton, and not met with attempts on
the part of some to spread misleading
statements, The Dominion Govern
ment has not taken steps to deny
many of the false statements circu-
lated by those who evidently are more
interested In injuring Canada than
%beneiting those who would be bene-
fited by taking up farms in Canada.
but In order to correct a highly err
roneous impression that CONSUMPTION
is carried on in Canada, that compul-
sorry military service is employed, and
that there is restraint as to the move
ment of those not Canadians, the ne
cessity is felt of giving as much pub
licity as possible to a denial Of these
statements.
An item to which special exception
is taken is one which says:
They are sending them away as
rapidly as possible; but the young
men are not permitted to leave Can
ada. ALI the citizens and those who
have taken up homesteads are subject
to military duty"
In direct refutation of this, we beg
to quote from a recent editorial in the
Rochester, N. Y, Herald:
There is no legal process by which
Great Britain can command a single
Canadian soldier to enter the field in
her aid or eve in her most needfuI
defense. Great Britain cannot legally
take a dollar of Canada's money for
thi or any other war without Can
ada's consent. All must be given vol
UNFAIRLY, If it be given at all. Yet
men and dollars are given to the limit
OF Canada's power to give, just as IL
Great Britain had both physical and
legal power to exact them. Indeed,
1t Is possible that they are given
more freely in this way, for what a
man gives because he wants to give
IS likely to be greater than what he
gives under force.
All in all 1t is a noble picture of
devotion to her motherland which
Canada offers to the gaze of her adj
mtring and unenvious neighbors."
Canada's invitation for immigration
extends to all who are willing to go
on to the farms.
Superintendent of Immigration.
Ottawa, Canada.
Advertisement.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26

copyrighted, 1914, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
One upon a time a cat was walking
through a forest when she met a fox.
My good friend" said the fox, you
have a very handsome coat, but your
tall Is not anywhere near as handsome
as mine. Come with me and l will
show you how to make it grow"
So the cat went along with the fox
TO his den. for he very much admired
the tail Of the fox and thought it
would make all the cats Jealous when
they saw his bushy tail.
The first thing you must DO" said
the fox, when they arrived at his
home, "is to build the fire and cook
h supper. Exercise is the best thing
to make your tail grow bushy."
so the cat cooked the sumner nnd
when 1t was ready he sat down at the
table to eat with the fox.
And another very necessary thing
to be DONE" said the fox, lis to diet.
You should eat very little and moth
Ing but green stuff. You had better
go u and eat some grass and Their
drink some water. You will find a
creek back of the rock by the door"
The cat did not like this part of the
bargain very well. but he did want
the bushy tail, so he went, but he was
SO hungry the next morning that he
could hardly wait for breakfast time.
" San Cook lHeSe CnlckenS for
breakfast" said the fox, land then
you can go out and catch a bird or
two, but o must be back in time for
dinner, as 0 must not lose an op-
p%ortunity to exercise"
The cat did not need to be told a
second time that he could eat, and off
ne ran. After a few days ofscooking
TOT the fox and waiting on him the
cat began to ask about his tail. When
VIII 1t begin to grown" he asked.
on, you will have to be p~atient?"
said the fox. You cannot expect TO
have a tail like mine grow in such
q short time. Tonight you better come
with me and help bring home a fat
goose and a hen; that will give you a
little moro exercise"
So that night the cat went along
with the fox; and when they came to
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26

lin P. Adams. in the New York Tribune,
illustrates this; Mr.. Adams hits the fol-
bles through high brow thoughts put into
low brow English. The best instance.
perhaps. is his take-off on the "cabaret
hards," where he holds up to humorous
derision the c%heapness Of the rag time
words Of the popular songs of the pres
ent. annie Laurie" he does into the
form Of a cabaret song thus:
Listen to my story, kid,
About Annie Laurie, kid,
Down on the Maxwelton river,
She's no f11vver;
Her neck's like a swan: are you on? Are
you on?
Her face is fair; she's a bear! she's a
She's q wolf, she's an otter,
She's a swell turkey trotter,
She's some dancer, hats the answer,
Oh. oh! when I squeeze her I please her;
o Caesar!
Oh, that Annie Laurie ~Ra-ha-ha-ag!"
1t is a dissertation, but it Is mighty IL
Illuminating.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-11-26
CoIors for All.

Edith M. Weidenfeld, writing an ar
ticle entitled Autumn Fabrics Of To-
day." in the fashion department. of the
Woman's Home Companion, has the
following to say about the colors that
are to be popular this fall:
TN color brown has taken the n1ace
that green had in popularity last sea-
son, n green has dropped pretty well
into the background except In plaid
effects. where it is most smart when
combined with blue. OF all the brown
shades, tete-de-negre, which is almost
black, is the most fashionable, though
such tones as tobacco and mahogany
brown are modish.
Blue, which is always practical n
good style, follow brown"