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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
Financier Held in Awe and Millions
Spent IN Acquiring Subsidi'
aries at His Command.
MORE SENSATIONS AT
THE NEW HAVEN HEARING
Roads Former President Mentions
Roosevelt and Inspector
ByrDes of New York,

Washington, May 10 Tho story
of absolute dominance in the affairs
of the New Haven railroad system
by the late j. p. Morgar--oi the
spending Of millions in awe1 silent (
at the command OF the all-powcrful
financial ruler-was told to thc In
tcrstate Commerce Commission 70
day by Chas. e. Mellen, formt I
president of the New Haven. =
was the most extraordinary chapter
vet unfolded in the Commissions in
quiry into the alleged exploitation
Of the great New England roallroad
ard the appearance of fortunes
from its treasury to acquire at eX-
C-bitant prices subsidiary proper
ties.
There was not time in single
day to recount in detail all the in
cidents and events in tie witness
testimony,
Everyone listened with absorbed
as he recited row he had
stod in awe of Mr.. Morgan, on ac-
count Of his most prchensiye
grasp ard perfect precedence OF fl
nancial matters. How he had con-
suited with iheoaore Roosevelt
then president of ;ne United States
the purchase Of the Bos-
tn & Maine. and how he had doalf
with the late Police Inspector Thom~
as f. BY nes of New York, to obtain
thc Ncs,chcster. .stcck held by pat
Yuns whom h assumed TO be con-
acc ted with Tammany hall.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
CHURCH WOMEN GO TO ALTON
FOR AUXILIARY" MEETING

Mrs. J. J Rendleman, Mrs James
NJ Cassaway and Mrs. j. w. Wenger
left last night fer Alton, jll., where
they will attend a general meeting
Of the Womans Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church of the Diocese of
Springfield. Mrs. Rendleman is to
address the meeting Thursday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
COL. ROOSEVELT
BACK HOME AFTER
VISIT TO JUNGLE
Former President Returns From Ex.
plorations With Decisive
Gestures Still Intact.

New York, May 19.-Th eodore
Roosevelt returned home today from
America. He arrived from Para at
quarantine shortly before 4 O'Clock.
With few crisD sentences, p',nc-
tuatcd by decisive gestures, he re-
affirmed the accuracy of the River
OF Doubt" curtly denied having OK
pressed himself rs to the presidcn-
tial possibilities for 1916 declared
he would not run 70. governor of
New York and made few remarks
in reply to his critics.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
Gate OF Tears.

The straits Babelmandeb. the pas
sage from the Persian Gulf into the
Red Sea, are called by the Arabs the
Gate of Tears" These straits are
very dangerous in rough weather. The
channel is very rocky, and Is only
about twenty miles wide. 1t received
its melancholy name from the number
of shipwrecks that occurred there
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL BALL
TEAM BEAT THE Stafford

st. Josephs school defeated the
Saffors' school in baseball game
Yesterday afternoon. The game
was played on the Stafford school
grounds. The score was 2 to Z in
favor of st. Joseph's school. The
batteries were Hessian and Ehs for
st. Josephs school and Powers and
Lincoln for the Stafford.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
PRIVATE Wire TO
Carry Wilson's
VIEWS TO ENJOYS
American Delegates Net to Act Ex.
cept on Instructions From
Washington.
ANXIETY OVER CONSUL
sILuMAN CONTINUES
Diplomatic Circles Take Steps to
Discover Fate of Smith
Family.
OVER CONSUL
SILLIMAN CONTINUES

Washington, May 19.-With the
proceeding removed TO Niagara Falls,
Ont, activity here in the Mexican
situation was notably relaxed today.
With the evident purnose on the
part of the Washington government
OF giving the conference the oppor-
tunity to work at its plan with the
least possible influence from the out
side, the private telegraph wires
from the head of the American
delegation at Niagara Falls to the
White House was installed today.
All important questions are to te
submitted to the president before the
American representative take any
action. They have not been au-
thorized to agree to any policy or
step until hearing from the admin
;stration.
There is every indication at the
White House that officials do not
expect a prolonged conference az
Niagara Falls, especially as since
commrnication by telegraph with
Mexico City is in good order, there
will be no difficulty in obtaining
Gen. Huertas views.
Anxiey over the present lack of
| information as to American Consul
| Silliman at Saltillo and the MEM
bers of the Smith family reported
held at Tanolc continued at the state
department and diplomatic efforts
to secure defrite reports were
| pressed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
She Knew.

She had sent a telegram and was
waiting for an answer. Suddenly the
peculiar halting click of the receiving
machine sounded In the Office and she
said to her companion: That's from
Charlie know! can tell his stutter."
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
To Clean elrd's-Eye MspYs,

Bird's-eye maple furniture which has
become soiled and finger marked can
be cleaned by washing IT with luke
warm water In which little kerosene
has been added. Rub dry quickly and
polish with a soft cloth.-From the
Mothers Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20

Niagara Falls, Ont, May 10
Justice Joseph X. Lamar and Fred
erick w. Lehman, American dele
gates to the mediation conference,
and their seccetarial advisor, II. p
Dodge, arrived here shortly before
midnight from Washington. They
will make their headquarters at \
hotel On the American side Of The
border during the conference.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
Wanted-An OccupatIon.

There are two reasons why some
people don't mind taa'r own business.
One is that they haven't any m,Id,
the other that they haven't any bsssr
ness.--Harvard Lar poon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20

You are not getting full value out
OF your paper unless you read the
advertisements.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
SMALL blAztS
At TWO PLACES
monday NIGHT
Chicago Mill Thought to Be in
Flames, But Rerort Wes
Incorrect.

"The Chicago Mill's afire, v1s
the report sent over the telephones
tt the FIRE stations about $3.50
O'Clock Monday evening. Stations
Nos, , and made as quick run
as they could up Sycamore street to-
ward the Plant. They soon learned
the fire was not at the Chicago Mill
but was confined to small house in
Future City occupied by Jim Reas-
ley. a negro, The house was totally
destroyed. The big chemical tank
was rsed to prevent the spread OF
the flames to other houses.
House Set on Fire.
At e.t5 Monday evening fire was
discovered in the old warehouse Os
the Champion Tool and Handle Co.
on Jefferson avenue near Third
street. Little damage was done as
the fire was discovered before it had
gotten headway The flremen were
able to extinguish the blaze with the
chemical apparatus In this build
ing are a lot of eulls of handles and
in a bunch of the handles was
! found lot of waste saturated with
Ioil 1t was from this waste that the
! fire mad its origin. This led to the
belief that the lire was of incendiary
origin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20
unehIvaIrous Comment.

Professor Rippman Of London an
nounces that girls begin to talk ear
lier than soys. Yepl Earlier. oftener
longer and ater,--Exchange
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-05-20

tConcluued on Page S'I '
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

ly sent by other shippers TO any part
OF the word direct 10 belligerents or
to neutrals (b) The establishment
OF the cotton relief pool. to be admin
istered anaer the direction of the
Federal Reserve Board, which means
"a loan Of $135. 100000 TO protect the
cotton growers.
3-The fixing of the date of the op-
ening of the Federal Reserve Banks
at Nov. 10, which will automatically
release the reserve money now held
in excess Of the amount required by
the new law, variously estimated at
from $400,o0QO0O 10 nearly $500 600,
900.
The change in the cotton situation
means that the stagnation. of business
in the south is at an end. The unus-
ual exports, of wheat and other food
stuffs together with the high prices,
mean prosperity TO the agricultural
districts The demand for war sup.
plies, such as guns, blankets, shoes
and similar articles, are already turn
ing the wheels of industry in many
manufacturing centers, while the
change to normal in the financial sit
nation has already been felt in the
business world and the relief in the
money stringency win take the load
stone off the business men that they
have been carrying for the last three
months. .,ar
The whole world must eat must be
clothed, must be housed, and, to an
extent, must be decorated The Unit,
ed States today is the one great
country whose Industrial organization
is not hampered by war or threatened
war. That which other countries can
not do we are beginning to do and
must do in the future, and the bene-
fit and prosperity therefrom will be
ours.
The fundamental reasons for OPP
timism were never stronger than they
are today, and the man who looks
ahead sees it,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
THE WAR LEss) TAX.

According to Louis Murphy, COllec,
tor of International Revenue for Iowa
some 10000 IowanS are affected by
the Special taxes imposed by the new
war revenue emergency act.
"All dealers in tobacco Except
manufacturers of tobacco, of cigars,
and dealers in leaf tobacco, who are
otherwise specially provided for)
whose annual receipts from the sale
of tobacco exceed 5000 must pay
1920 for each store, shop or other
place in which tobacco in any form
! is sold. There are 5000 grocery stor-
es in cities and towns of over 500
population; there are 1900 druggists
in the state; there are $500 retail
liquor dealers, and all of these sell
tobacco in some form. There are be-
sides a few hundred exclusively to-
bacco shops and many barber shops
and confectionery stores handling ov-
er 5000 worth of cigars and tobacco
a year. Notwithstanding the special
tax on these dealers became effective
on Nov. LIST, and that if the tax is un-
paid on Dec. LIST. penalty of 80 per
cent will also have to be paid, not a
hundred of them have sent in their
1920" the collector says.
However, dealers in cigars and to-
bacco are not alone affected by spec
ial taxes and are not the only
ones who are derelict in paying
the tax There are brokers
handling investments, who must pay
500; pawnbrokers who must pay $780,
"a, and commercial brokers, $1334
Then there are theaters, museums
and concert halls, the tax on which
Is graduated according to seating ca
pacity, as follows: $50 seats and un,
der, 1861; ESQ to 500 seats. 1894:
500 10 500 seats, $50; more than 500
seats, s66.67.
Next there are the proprletors Of
bowling alleys and billiard rooms who
must pay 1894 for each table and al
ley. There are, too, the commission
merchants who receive goods, wares.
merchandise to sell on commission
and who must pay 1894.
The amout OF tax as ! have given
1t in each case is correct. II Is eight
twelfths OF the annual tax, due to the
fact that four months OF the govern
ment's fiscal year had elapsed when
the tax became effective on Noy lst
Merrily the war tax goes on with
no war in sight What a joke.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
ELM aRovE--MAplsoN.

Lovely weather now for corn husk.
ing. Let the good work go on.
Marion Vanarcle, wife and chil'
dren visited Saturday and Sunday
with her sister in Barnes City.
Phil Altman and wife, Of Fremont,
drove up to OskalooGa in their auto
for Mr. and Mrs. Albin Dewitt, and
ali spent the day Sunday at &. w.
Dewitts. The roads were fine, ex
cept where they said they mad to
stand up to see the bottom of some
OF the hills.
Lee Hite's baby is again on the
sick list,
Willie Mortland, wife and baby
visited Sunday at Luke Winn's.
Mrs. c. w. Dewitt visited a few
days this week with her brother and
sister, Mrs. Alice McBlain, who came
down from Grinnell to New Sharon
Three of Jerry Stout's children
have had sore throat; also Mrs. Beu
lah Stout.
All are sorry to hear of the serious
illness of Mrs. Myrtle DyXter.
We are sorry to learn we are to
lose one of our best neighbors in the
sprisg, as John Jarard has bought the
Redpath farm and will move in the
spring; but our loss means their
gain.
Nov IS. DEW DROP.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19

With four otieT, Americans | was
forced to route one Consul out of bed
at in the morning. He was Col. Al
bert w. SWAIN of Iowa, but of late
years our representative at South
amptOn. That port was in the military
zone and before an Austrian could
leave it for Hayre it was necessary
that his passport should be vised in
London by the French and Belgium
consul Generals, and in Southampton
by Col. Swain. We arrived in South
amptOn at 2 in the morning to learn
that the boat left at four, and that un
less in the interval We obtained the
autograph and seal OF Col. Swain
she would sail without us.
In the darkness we set forth tC
seek our Consul, and we found that
difficult as IL was to leave the docks
by sea, ii was just as difficult by
land, In war time O'Clock in the
morning is no hour for honest men to
prowl around WharYes. So we were
given to understand by very wide
awake sentries with bayonets, police
men and enthusiastic special con
stables. They received us i'm a way
that made trying TO force an entrance
10 the Rockefeller homie at larry.
town as agreeable as reading wei,
come" on mat @
Bat at last we reached the consul
late and laid siege One man pressed
the electric button, kicked the door
and pounded with the knocker, 9th.
ers hurled pebbles at the upper win
dows, and the fifth stood in the road
and sang, oh, say can YOU see by
the dawn's early light A policeman
came along and arrested us for throw
ing stones at the consular sign. We
explained that We had hit the sign
by accident while aiming at the win
.dow and that, in any case, il WAS the
inalicnable right of any Of Americans
70 stone the4r oBn Consuls sign II
they felt like It. He SAID he always
had understood We were a free pe0-
pie but without meaning any, disre-
spect 70 you sir throwing stones at
yonr Coasul's coats0f arms is almost.
as you might saw sir, making too
free. He then told us Col Swain liy-
ed In the suburbs and in taxicab
started rs towards him.
Seantily but deccrously clad. Col.
Swain received gs and greeted rs as
courteonsly as though we had come
TO present him Win a loving cup. lie
acted as tough our pulling him out
OF bed at two In The morning was In
tended as compliment And for aiiix-
Ing the SEAL TO our passports, he re-
fused 10 accept any fee. We protest.
ed that the consul generals OF all
OtIer nntfoua vera dafle ndfng fees
= know" he said, but have never
thought Il riglt 10 fine a man for be-
ing an American
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
couNrY suPsRINTENpENTs.

Some voters were surprised TO find
no candidates for county superintend-
ent OF schools in the ballot at the
election last Tuesday.
Under the new school law which
became operative last July, the SUI
perintendent is not elected by direct
vote. His election depends upon the
win of the presidents OF the town
ship and rural independent school
boards 10 act as an election board.
The new law provides that the
county auditor call together the pres
idents OF the township and independ-
eHt rural boards in April Of the year
,cf the election. The presidents or
ganizc as an election board and elect
a superintendent who takes Office the
following September The term Of
office is three years.
The first election under the new
plan win be in April OF next year.
Mss Elizabeth Sheahen. county SUI
perintendent OF schools, who was
elected regularly two years ago con-
tinues IN Office until September Of
next year
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
ouR OWN COT. SWAIN.

In some correspondence by Rich.
ard Harding Davis. in the st Louis
Post Dispatch. he tells of an exper-
ience with our former fellow towns
man and editor OF the Herald, which
Iis typical OF Col. A. w. Swain as we
all know him. Mr.. Davis writes
When the present administration
turned out the diplomats it spared
the Consul-Generals and Consuls II
was fortunate for the State Depart
ment that it showed this self-control
and fortunate for thousands of Amer
leans who, when the war clond burst,
we're scattered all over Europe Our
Consuls rose to the crisis and round
ed them up, supplied them with funds
special trains and letters OF identi-
fication and, when they wega arrested
rescued them from jail Under fire
from shells and during days OF bonn
bardment. the American Consuls in
France and Belgium remained az
their posts and protected the people
OF many Municipalities confined TO their
care. Only one showed the white fea-
Their He first removed himself from
his post and then was removed still
further from 1t by the State Depart
ment
All the other American Consuls I
met or heard OF I'm belgium, France
and England we're covering them
selves with glory and bringing credit
20 their country. Nothing disturbed
their calm. and al no hour you'd you
catch them idle or reluctant 70 help
i fellow cplnlfyf1an, Thesr Office
hDufs were froln 2 10 ~. afid eacb
consulate 'had tilyen an sln ailllsfhf
license hsia tIfVe &a 1la key n I! Z
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
ouR SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

Prot Z. B. t. Spencer Of Grindell
who hasifbeen supplying in the Con-
gresational church pulpit has paid
tie LEGAL Sunday schools a high com
Filnent, rejecting credit TO the or
ganization that is the foundation Of
the stimulating influences moving
the schools. Mr. Spencer in his visits
70 the city had occasion to become
personally acquainted with the nat
nre OF the Sunday school work in
0skaloosa and Mahaska county. At
tention OF The gentleman was first d.
rected by the activity and the get
there spirit that dominated officers,
tsaciirrs and pupiis Il was ike get
ting next 10 a warm fire On cold
day. JllHs 20 CONS IN touch with an
Oskaloosa Sunday school The first
experience Of This kind attracted at
tepti0p " Mr. spenckr HE second
dcse aroused bis interest," the neKt ak
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
Notice of Referees Sale.

By virtue of an order of sale, di-
IreCted to the undersigned, Sole Ref.
cree, from the Clerk of the District
Court of Mahaska County, Iowa, on q
decree obtained in said court on the
2lst day OF October 1914, in favor
af Alice L. McGlasson, as plaintiff
land against Thomas Harper, ct al,
defendants for the partition of the
real estate, named and described in
the said plaintiffs petition, ] will on
the 18th day of December, 1914, of
fer for sale to the highest bidder the
following real estate, te-wat;
The Northeast One.fouTth (Al of
the Southwest 0ne-fourth GO of
Section No. Twelve az, 4 Township
No. Seventy.fom (74),, North of
Range No. Sixteen (1e)tWest. in Ma
haska. County Iowa, and Lot No.
Four(D, in the Irregular Survey or
the Southeast One-fourth ~ of the
Southwest onefourth 40 in the
same Section. Township and, Range
Terms of sac are either at public
or private sale and for cash, an
sad sale to take place in front of
the Court House door if sold at pub
lie sale in Oskaloosa, Mahaska Coun-
~. Iowa, az the hour Of 2 o'clock r.
IA. OF said day, when ana where due
attendance win be given by the I'm.
dersigned.
Dated at oskaloosa, Iowa, this
November H. 1914,
r, X. DAVIS,
lSw4 Sole Referee,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
AeRIcuLTuRAL Use OF LIME

AGRICULTURAL USE OF LIME.
The use OF lime as a fertilizer dates
from, the inception of modern scienti-
.fic farming Agricultural chemists
have shown th2t there are five or six
different functions which lime may
perform to benefit SOIL which may
be summarized briefly as follows:
/. II is an essential element of
plant food. ....
2 1t aids in the conversion of de-
caying organic matter into humus.
3. Ii forms compounds with the
humic acids which tend to prevent
their being leaehed out of the soil
and lost
4. BY producing proper sanitary
conditions the growth Of injurious
bacteria is largely prevented, while
the growth of nitTifying bacteria is
encouraged. These nitrifying bact-
eria convert the nitrogen of the hu-
mus into such form that it is avail
able as plant food.
5. Lime aids in the liberation of
potash and phosphorus from inert
compounds.
6. II tends to focculate clay soils,
rendering them granular and more
porous.
Obviously, permanent results can
not be expected unless care Is taken
to insure the presence of some organ
ic fertilizer at all times. Lime used
alone may be temporarily beneficial
but will eventually be harmful; when
used with cowpea vines it becomes
more efficient for general purposes
than almost any other fertilizer. OF
course, lime is not beneficial to all
crops to the same extent, and not all
soils need lime. Thus, some of the
common plants which are stated by
the Department of Agriculture to be
benefited by lime, are spinach, let.
tuce, beet, celery, onions, cucumber,
cantaloupe, asparagus, cabbage, pea
nut, rhubarb, pea, pumpkin, bean.
tobacco, alfalfa, clover barley, wheat,
oats, timothy, gooseberry, currant,
orange, ounce, and cherry. Indian
corn is only slightly benefited.
Plants which are said to be slight.
4 ~ injured by lime are cotton, tomato
cowpea, concord grape, peach, apple
and pear, and those really injured are
lradishess fax, blackberry, black rasp.
berry and cranberry. ...
Whether a soil will respond to linn
ing or not depends on the amount of
available calcium oxide which it al
ready contains. Probably the best
indications of the need OF lime is the
the failure to obtain a good crop Of
clover
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
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The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
ThE chANoE HAS comE.

Basic conditions have completely
altered for the better within the past
ten days and all signs now point to
solid foundation for the prosperous
development in Americas domestic
and foreign business.
The facts that stand out most
clearly are:
1.-The great jump in American
exports within the past month, a
s200,000;O00 gain being reported In
three weeks, as direct result OF
Eprope's cali for food, clothing and
war supplies.
The Immediate Improvement IA
the cotton aisuation, due to G. the
fact That eokt1n has been d4flar, Il
NOT cpNTR stiASD Ana eaA Va sslse
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-11-19
JEFFERSON
Nov. Is

Everybody. is busy gathering corn
The, yield IS generally very light but
quality is good.
School commences at Union next
Monday after a two weeks vacation
Miss Jessie Hoff is teacher
Huston Comstock is gathering corn
for L. NJ Evans and Cecil Plough
Walter Roberts and Carl Nelson for
FRANK Gay.
AuctioneeT. ]. NJ. Coyey has been
basy the most of the fall crying sal,
os.
We understood Mr.. John Dykstra
has listed his farm for sale
Mir. and Mrs J. G. Harold visited
Sunday at the r. j. Wilson home.
John Denberger Jr., Lasure Frye
and Jessie Mattix have returned
from trip to Dakota.
Quite a change in the weather. Be
gan to feel like winter was coming.
Health is generally good.
Nov Is. y. Y. q.