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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
MISS CLARK TO WED EDITOR
Engagement of Speakers Daughter
and J. NJ. Thomson, New Orleans
Item Owner.

Washington, Dec Is. - Speaker
Champ Clark and Mrs Clark an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter, Genevieve, to James M
Thomson, owner and publisher of the
New Orleans Item. The wedding win
take place in Honeysuckle, the Clark
home in Bowling Green, Mo-, in the
spring or early summer. The details
OF the wedding or the attendants have
not been arranged. The picturesque
feature Of the romance Is that Hiss
Clark and Thomson met at the Balti-
more convention. Thomson is mem
her OF an old Virginia family ard the
son OF Dr. and Mrs. Augustus Penn
broke Thomson Of summit Peak, w.
Va He Is regarded as one Of the lead
Ing newspaper men In the South and
Is a graduate OF Johns Hopkins uni.
versity in the class OF 1897
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
THE LESSON OF rnE WAR.

For more than three months we
have watched the ebb and flow OF the
bloodred tide of war in Europe. the
tidings from its battlefelds might
stir the coolest heart TO some sense
of that Infinite Pity which Is alone
sufficient for the infinite pathos Of
human life" We need not dwell up
on these awful pictures save as they
may awaken US 10 a sense Of the duty
which presses npon US, which lies at
our doors. the duty 10 endeayor by
the Grace Of God to root out from the
world this fearful disease.
II cannot be the viii OF our merci
fui Father in. Heaven that this earth
which He has made should suffer for
ever from the bideons scourge OF
war; but II is possible for Us 10 OPP
pose His viii, to be SO given over 10
the worship OF force, TO the lust for
power, and tC the seifishness and
yainglory of life, that we 20 on year
after year building our battleships
and destrcyers. and forts. and Assem-
hling our armed hosts. until al last
re takes Us al our wcfd aud al5oxs
rs to follow our own devices, TO dts
pond upon the sword ard tie right
arm o. mans power, apd fhe siiieid
81 osar own making Tliea dane eIrfy
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
RUSS NEAR CRACOW
BEGIN NEW ADVANCE ON AUS
TRAN STRONGHOLD.
Hungarian Armies Have Been Checked
-Teutons Gain on Bzura and
Rawks Rivers.

London, Dec. 2S-With one eXcep'
Berlin, Petrograd and Vienna indicate
that the Russian advance on Cracow
preparatory to the invasion Of Silesia
is again in full movement. On the
whole Galician front the battle ap'
parentIy is devolving fsyOrably to the
Russians.
The Hungarian armies which rushed
down from the Carpathians and drove
the Russians from the passes appar'
emily have been definitely checked
although Vienna reports that the Aus
TRANS took the pass Of Uzsok after
terrific four-day battle.
Northeast of Cracow Berlin reports
their attacks gaining south of Tomas
ZOw. To the west Of this, however
the Russians officially state that the
Austrians have been driven across the
Nida river within forty miles of era
COW, while south of the lower Vistula,
in the vicinity Of TarnOw, the Aus.
TRANS we're defeated Christmas day
and Saturday. and driven across the
river with a loss of $500 men, 43 Off,
GERS and IS maxim guns.
Berlin admits the Russians are ad.
vancing along the foothills of the
CaTpathians toward CraCow and that
they have reOCcupied Krasno and
Jaslo seventy miles from the Galician
capital, and Petrograd asserts the
Austrians lost 10000 men, mostly pris,
oners, on the heights of Siedlisko
near Dukla, and were thrown into full
retreat.
The campaign to the west and north
west Of Warsaw shows little change,
Berlin reports the Germans slowly
progressing on the Bzura and Rawka
rivers, while PetrOgrad says the day
in this region was marked by artillery
duels and partly developed German
attacks which were easily thrown
back.
A report from Copenhagen says the
authorities of Warsaw have removed
with their records and Offices to Wilma.
Constantinople reports that the Rus
slams have been driven across the eau.
casian frontier near id and that the
Turks have. taken several Russians
and driven the Russians back from
several positions.
The Berlin Tageblatt's correspond,
ent at Constantfnople reports that the
Russians in the Erzerum district have
been thrown back across the border
and forced to give up their fortified
positions near Olt. The actions
against Batum are also declared to be
progressing fayorably. The holy ban
ner of the prophet has been brought
into Damascus amid great rejoicing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
STATE OBJECTS
TO FRANCHISE
AT IOWA FALLS
LIGHT co.'s CONTRACT DON'T
AGREE WITH IOWA LAWS.
THEY MADE SPURIOUS MONEY
Alleged counterfeiters Are Arrested
at WaterIoo-Des Moines Pioneer
Dead--MunieipaI Skating Rink
Established at Mason City.

Iowa Falls, Dec. 29.-The franchise
of the light company in this city is
being attacked by the state on the
grounds that the franchise does not
comply with the laws of Iowa and
therefore is void and the company is
in unlawful possession of the streets
and alleys of the city.
County Attorney Cassius Bryson,
on behalf OF the state, has filed pc
tition for the January term of court.
The court is asked for a decree re-
quiring the company to remove their
poles, wires and mains from the
streets of this city. One of the
singuler features of the attack on
the franchise is found in that it con-
tains more than one subject, that OF
light, heat and rates, the code of
Iowa forbidding more than one of
these different phases in one fran
chise agreement The present fran
chise was voted on in 1911, being Sc
cured in the name of o. F. Peterson,
and was assigned to the present COM
pany.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
MAN HURLS BOMB;
| DEAD, FIVE HURT
Member of Hindu Cult Throws
Explosive in Temple.
DYNAMITER LOSES HIS LIFE
Concealed Explosive in His Coat When
He Entered the Building in San
Francisco-Swami Probably
Fatally Injured.

San Francisco, Dec. 2S.--A man
religious fanatic, wrecked the Hindu
temple at FiIbert and Webster streets,
exploding dynamite bomb at the feet
of the Swami Trigunatita during serv-
ices.
Vayara was instantly killed, the
bomb blowing him almost in two. The
swami was horribly injured about the
legs and feet. OF the congregation
of about thirty-fve persons, four were
injured. They are:
Mrs. Clara French, seriously.
Mrs. f. Peterson, seriously.
Walter Morris, eye blown out
Mrs. Isabelle c. Stevens, slightly.
Once in Monastery.
Vavara was known to all of the
members of the congregation. He was
an inmate of the monastery which is
maintained on the third floor of the
temple, up to two years ago, when for
some reason he was dropped He kept
away until Christmas and was greeted
by his former associates that day.
He strobe quickly by the doorkeeper,
E. G.. Brown, and walked down the
center aisle of the temple. He is be-
lieved to have carried the bomb under
his coat, until getting Inside, and then
to have transferred it to his hat No
one interfered with him as he ap-
preached the platform from which the
swami was preaching.
Lifting the bomb from his hat, he
moved it up and down three times and
brought it down with a crash on the
platform.
Platform Is Destroyed.
There was a deafening report and
all of the windows of the temple were
blown into the streets. Glass was
thrown hundred feet Within the
temple there was panic and the in
jured ran screaming into the streets
The platform on which the swami
stood was smashed into kindling wood
The floor was blown up, pictures be-
hind the altar were torn from their
frames and piano and organ was
torn apart.
Vavara was machinist and was
employed in Oakland.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
BIRDS IN WINTER

Naturalists tell us that many Of
our song birds go south in winter not
because the climate is too cold, but
because the birds can find no food
in the north. IL is said that thous-
ands of cartridges and pheasants
died from starvation in this country
. last year. In several eastern com
munities there has been an effort
made to interest school children in
the matter of providing food so that
birds may remain in the northern
states without danger of starvation.
A school superintendent in Mary
land gives the following suggestions
for the schools which are interested
in befriending birds:
Each school should build two or
three bird houses in the vicinity of
the schoolhouse.
Each child should bring daily
small amount of grain to the teach
er to be used for feeding the birds
during the winter. Feeding should be-
gin at once, before cold weather
drives the birds away.
IA clear space near the school
house should be selected for the feed
ing ground and the birds should be
fed there daily. Dread crumbs and
grain
Ain the winter a piece Of suet
should be nailed to, brancA Of a
nearby tree. Birds love suet in cold
weather.
ga pan or other vessel OF water
sLould be kept near the feeding
ground
Children who are taught to care for
birds In this manner win not only lid
in the work OF conserving some OF the
most desirable of wild fowl. but they
win gain a practical, first hand knowl
edge of birds that win probably mean
more to them than anything they may
learn Of the subject from the inside
Of book covers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
EFFICIENT CITY GOVERNMENT

The need everywhere for more eff
iciency in municipal government is
so great that there is widespread in
tereSt in the city manager plan
that is being worked out at Dayton,
! Ohio, Henry NJ. Waite, city manager
at Dayton. was one of the principal
speakers bafore~a recent meeting Of
the National Municipal league at Bal
timore. In answer to the question as
to whether or not the plan will be a
permanent success, he said:
Its permanency depends upon in
telligent citizenship, and their con-
tinued determination to keep partisan
politics cut Of municipal affairs.
The Dayton plan of five commits
sioners at large and non-partisan, had
resulted in the election OF sound bus
mess men, he said. They selected
the manager and the latter selected
the directors lof the five departments,
law, finance, welfare, service and
safety.
Il cannot tell you the political faith
.of the commissioners or the direc-
tors" he said They are selected
for their ability"
"In our finance department" he
continued. our new accounting sys-
tenn is the same as would be found in
any large business. Our budget is
scientific. Every month the head OF
each department receives a complete
financial statement which shows the
original allowance. expenditures and
balance in each account. We keep
our expenditures inside our allow
ances.
In August we found that our esti-
mated revenues were too high. With
our system of accounting and budget,
we were enabled in two days to re-
duce expenditures $45, 900. and reor-
ganize all work accordingly
He told how police women were
aiding in the handling of women der
eIicts and domestic troubles; how
the fire department was continually
making house to house inspections to
reduce the fire hazard how duplica-
ton Of effort had been saved by com
bining all philanthropic and city
nursing into the welfare department;
how citizens had turned four hun
dred dirty spots into four hundred
gardens; and numerous other steps
in city improvements.
These new forms Of municipal
government have many ups and
downs ahead of them" he said. Our
duty is to educate the people to APP
preciate these new forms of govern
rhent we have called into being.
Publicity must be given to the re-
suits obtained by the new govern.
ments We must obtain an efficient
citizenship. Interest should be main
tained through the schools. We need
fewer elections, longer terms and
thereby greater efficiency"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31

| and jealousy, strife and hatred, and
lsome cry that Christianity has failed.
while others invoke the aid and
blessing Of the Almighty upon the
success OF their arms.
Our country at this very hour is
facing at once a fearful responsible
! ity and glorious, privilege: it is in
4 our poEergtos turn back this tide OF
lmilitatiBh. 10 set an example from
which tltel rest Of the world cannot
turn away One Of our own country
men says that "militarism blights
like pestilential wind the higher
life of nations and eats like a gang
rene into the vitals of civilizations;
and again: All history testifes that
a republic has no peril so insidous to
fear as the growth of military power
within its own borders Let the his
tory that is now in the making with
such fearful rapidity bear witness to
the wisdom of these warning words.
Therefore, why not stop? why not
say in a tone audible around the
world, We will so no further in this
business?' The deadly Upas tree of
militarism has borne its fruit; let the
world profit by the lesson.
Were it not better that the young
manhood and the virile strength of
our nation be consecrated and uplift-
ed to the nobility of Christian Ser
vice, to the relief of suffering, to the
help of the poor and the outcast,
making the world a better place to
live in? ....
With nations as with individuals,
the nearer we come to our Heavenly
Father, the nearer we come to each
other in the brotherhood of Bman.
Battle ships and armies and forts
have proved beyond doubt that they
cannot keep the peace; they have
been tried and found wanting, and
capital invested in the making of
them becomes itself a menace to the
welfare of the nation. Shall not the
United States try the more excellent
way, the fruitful strifes and rival
ries of peace?"
Fellow citizens. we entreat you to
pause and consider these things--to
discern the signs of the times,--to
seek the path of duty by that pure
light of the Spirit of Christ which
enlightens every man.
The Christian disciple serves a
Master who shall not fail nor be
discouraged" The field is the
world" we stand for one genera
ton, for no single land"-the bound
aries of nations are broken down in
this awful time, and for the sake of
our common humanity. in the name
of Him who gave Himself for the life
of the world, we make this solemn
appeal. ..n.
On behalf of Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting of Friends.
John B. Garrett, George NJ Warn
er, Hannah p Morris, Davis H. For
sythe, DR.. Edward G. Rhoads, Isaac
Sharpless, George Abbott, James NJ.
Moon, William Bishop.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
WAR VETERAN KILLS BANDIT
He Also Wounds Another as the
Pair Attempt to Hold Him Up
F.. in His Notion Store.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 29.--One ban.
dit was killed and another seriously
wounded by Leonard c. Humphrey,
|7O years old; veteran of the union
army whom the pair attacked in his
notion store last evening. The men
entered the store and asked permits
sion to warm themselves After ex-
amining the store carefully they de-
parted.
Later they returned and again sat
by the stove. Humphrey became
suspicious and took up his revolver.
The men attacked him, one with a
Ratchet taken from beside the stove.
The other man tried to choke Hum
phrey, who shook them off and fired.
Both men ran from the store. A
few feet away one fell dead. The
other man ran two blocks and stun
bled into physicians office, where
the police found him.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
BOMBS KILL EIGHT IN POLAND
German Aeroplanes She'll Sochaczew,
Wounding 100 Persons-Speeta.
tors Are Victims.

Petrograd, Dec rs, via London
Eight persons were killed and 10t
were wounded in the town OF Soch
aczew. Russian Poland, by bombs
thrown down from FIVE German aero
planes. One bomb dropped in the mid
die of crowd which was watching
the aviators and in exploding 4 killed
or wounded virtually the entire gath
ering. The market place IN Sochac
zew and number Of wooden houses
were set afire and destroyed. Sochac
zew is on the Bgura. 80 miles west OF
Warsaw.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
The Balkan peninsula has been

The Balkan peninsula has been
war-torn for nineteen hundred years.
or more War. became a continuous
experience of its people with the
coming of the Romans, and, under
the 1000 years of the rule OF Byzan
tium, when this east Roman empire
did yearly outpost duty for Christen-
dom until it's destruction BY the Turk,
the Balkan peoples definitely took
the place which they hold today, that
Of being a buffer people between an
upper and neither milestone. An out
post of the West in the East, they
have been eyerlastingly employed
with fighting both the East and the
West or among themselves, which
has helped to make the Balkan pen
insula the poorest stretch of land in
Europe"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
Municipal Skating Rink.

Mason City, Dec. 29.--Mason City
has established a municipal skating
rink. There being no ponds of ice
on which the young people of the
city could skate, caused an appeal to
be made recently to the city commits
sioners to establish rink. About
four acres of ground in the Parker
addition, north of the city, was donat-
ed, and the city cleared the ground
of snow and used the snow in max
ing dams around the rink This was
covered with water and allowed to
freeze. The city water department
flooded the ground.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31

4 . F.
with the people -an affection OF the
mind Ailments are largely self-in-
duced just a habit of not feeling
we'll Such people, il they arise in
| the morning with slight headache
l0r some other trifling indisposition,
instead of trying to throw it of and
rise above it, they indulge in expa-
ltMting upon their feelings to anyone
who viii listen Suggestion is a pow
! erful force upon the feelings, and the
strongest of all is self-sUggestion,
when we begin to pity ourselves
and try to attract pity from others
we are lost UneonsCiously, by de-
failing and dwelling upon our symp-
toms, We reinforce the first simple
suggestion of illness by whole army
Of thoughts and fears and images of
disease, until we are actually untitled
for work ..
Man is said to be a lazy animal.
We are all more or less prone to in
dolence, and il is the easiest and
most natural thing in the world for
young people to accustom themselves
To lying down or lounging on a sofa
because they think they are tired or
not well. Much so-calIed invalidism
is simply laziness fostered and in
dulged from childhood A lounge or
sofa is a positive curse in many a
home, because it is such a tempta-
ton to lie down and succumb to tri-
fling suggestions of illness.
The habit of giving in whenever
you 'don's feel like it is fatal to
achievement and ruinous to self
discipline, self-poise and nobility and
dignity of bearing. 1t is a long step
toward chronic invalidism''
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
PLANT TO RUN @FULL TIME
Shoe Factory In New Hampshire to
Resume--seven Thousand EN-.
pIoyees Affected.

Manchester, N. H., Dec. 2S.--No-
tices announcing a resumption OF full
time in all departments were posted
IN the factories Of the w. Fl. McElwain
shoe Manufacturing company here
Seven thoasard employees Id the local
shops VIII pc affected Only part Of
the plant has been running recently.
ana not op fslli giinp-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
Stock Burned to Death.

Dubuque, Dec. 30 - Twenty-Five
head of cattle and three horses were
burned to death and several hundred
bushels of grain, hay, farm Jmachin-
cry and harness went up in smoke
late Sunday evening when a new
barn on the business farm near Cas-
cade was destroyed by fire of mys-
FERROUS origin. The loss is $4,000,
with $4,000 insurance.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
RESTORE ORDER IN AvLoNA
italian Occupation Effected Without
Incident and All Government Build.
ines Taken Over

Rome, Italy, Dec. 28.- News received
here from Aylona. Albania. says that
the occupation Of the entire town By
Italians has been effected All the
government buildings in the Albanian
seaport were taken over by the Ital.
ians without the slightest incident.
Perfect order. the adyices say, has
been re-established.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
M'ADoo OFF FOR BIG SHOW
Secretary and Wife Leave Washington
for Frisco--ExposItlon Opens on
December 81.

Washington. Dec. 2S. Secretary No
Adoo left Washington for San Diego,
Cal, 70 open the Panama.C california Ok.
position there on tie night cf pecem
Der 81 Mrs, McAdoo ACCOMPANIED
him, They VIII be eoec until Ianu.
arY 10.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31

Letting the shortcomings OF some
of the craft down easy, the Knoxville
Express says: IN some respects II
is glorious thing to fiye In free
country like America, and then, In
some respects, ii has its drawbacks.
For instance. The Express is greatly
handicapped this week by not being
able 70 get up the matter that should
be found In the local pages Of the pa
per II this were Russia. no trouble
OF this kind would have occurred. be
cause In all Russia no vodka Is sold ("
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
Made Spurious Money.

Waterloo, Dec. 29.--J. J. Lyons and
Fred Miller were arrested last night
charged with counterfeiting. Lyons
confessed that he knew counterfeit
dollars were made by Miller and an
other man now at Oelwein. Lyons
said he got knowledge of the coun-
rerfeiting through furnishing Miller
with copper and zinc, which he got
while at work at the Illinois Central
shops.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
Another Lake Ordered Drained.

Des Moines, Dec 29.-Drainage of
Rush lake, located in the southwest
corner of ,Palo Alto county, has been
ordered by the state executive coun-
Gil, The lake bed covers about l.
900 acres. Considerable marshy
land around the lake also will be re-
claimed. 1t is anticipated that the
hunters of that section of the state
will protest against the loss of the
lake.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
Pioneer is Dead.

Des Moines, Dec 29.-John ]. Will
Iiams, 80 years old, a resident of Des
AGoines since 1860, died last night at
his home, following two years ill
ness of Bright's disease. Mr.. Will
liams was the father-in-law of DR..
Woods Hutchinson, famous medical
writer
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31

During the year the international
labor organizations in the United
States and Canada disbursed the sum
Of $4,000, 900 in benefits to their
members. Only S3,5O0,0O0 of this was
given out in strike pay, the remand
er being devoted to the liquidation of
death and disability claims, etc.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
Bio Match Hunt.

A big match hunt was pulled on
at College Springs Tuesday OF last
week, in which S49 rabbits were kill
ed. The boys left town at $50 O..
nj, and were hack IN town and had
their rabbits counted BY b m, the
Whining side bringing Ia 232 rabbits
and the losing side lig. Stuart Mr.
Nerney was nigh man With fftysone
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31

The Eldon Forum and the Eldon
Register were merged into one paper
last week and hereafter the combina-
tion will be issued as the Forum and
Register" under the ownership of
Bert Davis, who bought the Forum of
it's heretofore owner and publisher,
u. Il. Murphy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31

-0f a man who owns considerable
property in Oskaloosa, the What
Cheer Patriot says: 1T is getting SO
you can't tell what piece of property
Il. G. Lambert owns. He is liable to
make a. fifty thousand dollar deal ov-
err night. He can even make Ford
automobile run"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-31
THE HABIT OF AlLINc.

The spirit Of the New South"
must be lifting the people out oEtheir
proverbial lethargg, when such u
dyed.ln.thewool Dixie paper as the
Jackscn lMississipi) News gives exs
precision 70 such sentiments as these
The habit of AiHing as largely