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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
ALLIES SAY THEY
BEAT FOE BACK
Enemy Driven From Positions on
the Disc.
HoWITzER DUELS AT ARRAS
Berlin Says Attacks In Region Of la
Rassee Were Rspulssd With Heavy
Losses to English and French
Forces.


London, Dec. 21.-The battering Of
the new Creusot guns is fast breaking
the hold OF the Germans on the posi-
tions they gained In their dash on
Paris in August, while to the north,
IN Flanders and in the region about
Arras and La Bassee the allies are
gaining new ground with every at.
tempted advance and holding ii
against the most desperate attempts
OF the Germans to retake their trench
es, according TO official reports from
Paris.
withdraw large bodies of troops from
the first line trenches at important
points, according 10 the French report.
Official Statement.
The official communique issued IN
Paris says: ..
From the sea to the Lys we have
gained little ground before Newport
and Saint Georges. ..
ITO the east and south Of Ypres,
where the enemy REINFORCED his or
CARNATIONS, defensive artillery battles
occurred, and there was slight prog
Tess on our part.
From the Lys to the Disc the allied
forces have seized portion of the
German trenches OF the first line on
the front running through Richebourg,
fAvoue and Givenchye-lez-La Bassee.
ITO the southeast of Albert the
trench captured by as on the 18th near
Maricourt, and lost on the 18th, was
recaptured
"ln the region OF Lihons the Ger
mans twice attacked violently to re-
take the trenches won by US on the
18th. They we're repulsed.
Cannon Dispense Troops.
From the Disc to the Argonne the |
superiority OF our artillery continues !
to be manifested by the interruption
Of the enemy's fire, the destruction Of 4,
machine gun shelters and observa-
tories and the dispersion OF a consider !
able number OF troops. ...s.
I'm the ArgonDe, in the forest OF La !
Grurie. we have repulsed three at |
tRcks-two upon Fontaine Madame, |
one at St Hubert"
Germans Claim Repulss.
The following official information
given out by the German press bu-
reau in Berlin was received by wire
less:
"On the western front the enemy dis
continued his unsuccessful attacks
near Newport and Bixschoote. At
Jacks in the region of La Bassee made
by both English and French troops
we're repulsed with heavy losses for
the enemy. Two hundred colored I'm
diam troops were taken prisoners, be-
sides a number Of English. About six
hundred EngIishmen who were killed
were found lying before the German
front.
Near Notre Dame de Lorette, to the
southeast Of Bethune, German trench
more than sixty yards in length was
taken by the enemy, but the German
loss was insignificant.
'In the Argonnes the Germans made
some progress and took three machine
guns
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-12-24
AustraIIa LeaYes calIao.

Lima. Peru, Dec. Ill The Australian
battle cruiser AustralIa departed from
caIIao.
The evening world., 1914-02-06

lady ushered us IN and said Top floor,
rear. Better climb up yourselves.
have no time for them ceremonies
In cold and mean hall room we
round Betsy stretched on a bed. She
smiled family at us without moving
Healizing at once her precarious con
dition. the young Southerner dashed
out to ind q doctor, who pronounced
!'etsy's a case Of starvation. She was
taken to a hospital and for week
lowered between life and death. her
devoted sweetheart always ut her side
When the doctors advised her re-
:noval to the country where the warm
sunshine and fresh air would be a
quicker cure than any medicine, Betsy
consented to marry the young South
e-ner before being moved.
I'm few weeks the girl became well
1.d strong and her beauty blOOmed
again. I saw them before they wen,
to their home In the South. Betsy
thanked me for my timely interference
end said: It's been hard lesson, but
J appreciate now wherein my real
happiness Yes"
The evening world., 1914-02-06
Letters From the Peonje
Praise for ''ConPlete Novels"

Praise for 'sCOnplete Novels"
70 the Editor Of The Evening World:
Readers appreciate in your paper
the kind of serial stories you are CIV
ing In your Complete Novel Each
Week." and the amount OF reading in
each tnstalment. 1.-THE Return OF
Tarzan" was o. X, but Mr.. Charles
A. Settlers Trail to Yesterday" was
wonderful and full OF character.
Please keep on giving US more OF
them. Are you aware that many
people buy the evening paper that
has the best stories In It? J.T.F.
Waiting for Cars.
70 he Editor Of TIE Evening World.
Tell the couple who sign themselves
Massachusetts Girl and Man" (who
waited at Broadway and Forty third
street fifteen minutes one night for
IN uptown surface carj that they
have nothing on me and no cause for
complaint. They ought to go to
Brooklyn and wait some night for a
Seventh avenue car. Why, before II
cAsno along their clothes would be
out Of style. LITTLE DUTCH.
what Ns aa "0lA Nsia~
90 11lass = p Dvsslas wssid,
Alals nte1 e Qins who u thirty.
The evening world., 1914-02-06

seven years old objects to being
called an 'old maid" saying she is
not an "old maid" but a bachelor
lady" She says that there In "a dis
tinction between the terms, but can
not explain II satisfactorily. VIII
somebody kindly decide II there IL a
distinction between the terms and
define an "old maid? r. w.
An Esq Pr0blem.
10 ths Editor Of Tls Evening World
A farmer has three sons. He sends
them out to sell eggs. To the Oldest
son he gives 80 eggs; to the second
son 80 eggs; to the youngest 10 eggs:
and each one Is to sell them at the
same price and bring home the same
amount. How can they do II, read
ers? u. s.. Montreal
To Compute Interest.
10 the Editor Of The Evening World:
VIII some mathematical reader tell
how to compute interest In the fol
lowing problem? "A certain bill il Ia
be paid irregularly. say a portion OF
1t In Is days. another In 2g days, an
other In 70 days. until the whole ID
paid. at 8 per cent. interest. How
can the interest be computed upon
the di6ssspt daysf" An
The evening world., 1914-02-06


she had lived and on whom she was
dependent for support.
"There was a young plantation
owner down there who wanted to
marry Betsy, but she believed that
the histrtonic ability Of u Bernhard,
Duse. a Mrs. Pat Campbell and a
Lily l.angtry was concentrated in her
small being. and she intended to be a
famous actress.
Her small earnings were gone and
Betsy would not ask her aunt who
had 80 heartlessly disowned her to
help her now when bread and butter
and u roof became more momentous
problems than her ambition TO be a
great actress. Betsy began to pose
FOR few artists.
"She had not the strength TO pose
very much. and from lack Of proper
nourishment became thinner and
more emaciated looking. I offered to
iend her some money. which she
would not accept.
Pride kept her from letting them
know at home how she had failed. So
one day ! sent a telegram, telling her
aunt that Betsy was absolutely with
out funds and III.
"Betsy's former sweetheart, the
young planter. lost no time In travel
ling to New York. He came TO my
studio and together we went to Bet
sy's cheap and tumble-down lodging
house In Greenwich Village. The land
The evening world., 1914-02-06
Words You Use Incorrectly

ton IL n calling. n mode Of livelihood
or OF work. &c. Avocation literally
means a calling away" and refers
to anything that calls one away
from work. Thus. bookkeeping may
be mans vocation and his favorite
avocation may be fishing or theatrc.
going. To speak OF bookkeeping as
his "ivocatiOn" would imply that
bookkeeping Is his favorite amuse.
ment after work hours.
PARTAKE-To partake means 70
take part of. or to share. You can
correctly ask man to partakeJ o0
your dinner: but II you say II par\
took of my dinner" you are say1uk
merely: II shared. or took part q,
my dinner"
PATRON-This Is n word chiefly
misused in business parlance. Shop
keepers speak Of their patrons" and
ask for a Continuation OF patronage"
A patron, really, is "A man who, out Of
kindness Of heart, gives money to
the needy. Few shopkeepers can
rightly class their customers under
such a head.
The evening world., 1914-02-06
Do me S tic Dialogues

Rv Alma WOOd,unyd

q Go. THE New York Evening World.
happy with you, you're so dear and
sweet. Freddie.
Mr.. J. (patting her hand-I guess
!ou We got more to do with IT than
have. little woman. You're one in Il
thousand.
There is lapse in the conversation. The
ciosx t.cks along. never missing u beat. Even
the radiator Is SIZZLING a snft bened!ctton.l
Mrs. J. very solemnly)--lf l should
die your heart would break, wouidn
l.. Freddie?
MIR. j.. (brokenly)-oh. darling!
Don't speak of those things. Don't.
Mrs. j. almost tearfully)-AnJ
r:ine would, II you did. too.
Mr.. j. Uenderly)-You dear! You're
one woman In a hundred.
Mrs. J. tsuddenly)-A minute age
you said one In a thousand, Freddie
MIR. j. (sOOthingly)-Did !. sweet?
Mrs. j. Choking pitiruiiy)--seei
You don't even remember what you
say. You say everything so lightly
just as II you were reciting. tn,
,hings you say don't sink into your
| heart, like the things I say.
MIR. J. with irritatior)--Oh. don't
be silly That's the trouble with you
You always tie d knot In every string
you throw out. Just say I'm sweet
| End nice and let It go at that.
Mrs. j. (haughtily)-Humph You
don't think anything of yourself. dc
you?
MIR. J. (sternly)-l'm asking only
.. :or justice. Il wouldn't shy to you:
you're 'ibsauAifnl in MY eyes, even
though every one else says you're as
ugly as''--
Mrs. ]. (interrupting Indignantly
How dare you? They didn't! They
don't! They wouldn't! They
Mr.. J. Dumping UP from his lovely
comfortable chair)-Oh, como on
let's get out Of here. Let's 60 somt
place. Let's see something OF life
Let's 20 to the show around the cor.
ner. There's such Il thing as being
so contented and peaceful that Il
bites you! Come on.
The evening world., 1914-02-06
THE CRACKING OF THORNs.

URPHY himself "for life" leader Of Tammany Hall,
" while other Tammany lights crack jokes at the OF
IVA "ths rube town" where Of the biggest those
THO have been the biggest failures elsewhere"
Somehow the mrth and merriment has hollow sound.
Tsmany sitting grim and silent formidable than
many indulgg guffaws of buster and bluff When things
going their way Tammany leaders have rarely made practice
Z digging the town in the ribs with facetious jibes
Tmmany has had hard knocks Its troubles didn't end
IN the election Hifalutin talk Of allegiance s all very we'll
but everybody knows what Tammsny lives Everybody knows the
IND goods the leader Of Tsmmany Hall mus be able ultimately
y deliver he ID to remain leader Tammany Hall is not all
)ntiment
Business IN this State from the Tammsny standpoint looks bad
h Baot IL never looked worse
Tammany silently huggng the ground and feeling for trade
% appear dangerous But Tammany Dragging about life tcnurcs
nd soothing New York city Of sks only looks foolish and
(reVes that It is losing ito grip.
The evening world., 1914-02-06
No. s..

No. s.
LIKE and AS-Here are two more
words frequently misused. one for
the other. Like" and 'as' both ex-
press similarity. But like" COM
pares things and "as' compares ac-
ton or existence. Whcn "as" In used,
n verb should bc expressed or under
stood. When like" Ia used a verb Ii
neither expressed nor understood. To
say: HE does 1t like do" Is q. gross
error. too often committed.
LOAN-Loan. strictly speaking, Is
n noun. not a verb. A loan" is the
thing that Is lent. not the act of
lending. To say II loaned him
money" instead OF 81 lent him
money" Is incorrect.
LOCATE-Locate means ito place."
To say II located In Brooklyn
(meaning IL went there to live") ia
as absurd ~ to say Il placed in
Brooklyn"
AVCCATION-Here Is a blunder
made by scores OF supposedly good
writers--the blunder OF confusing
"avocation" with vocation" Voca.
The evening world., 1914-02-06

Justice itself well brush lays nexorabe
i hand on the Raines sandwich
Twelve good and true hadn't the heart to bring in
tdct against it. But Supreme Justice Phbn put them
t took firm grip h principles and crumbed the altar
e the Law.
Uns higher courts intervene will the little isle
safety permit New Workers themselves and il with
ystsul fluids dry Sunday. No meal LIQUOR saws the
aw And cruel authority declares that the lonely bread is
rot meal.
Maybe It never Who say? Even those who knew it
bst and behed ofenest little understood nature For we'll
Ugh twenty besdy and came again. but
nobody asked whence WHITTIER sought TO know what
NJ IN it.. No touch profaned it,
It just The Sandwh-aways welcome away. ovcdbrt
kvsys respected.
And now it gone! What rea" vcuals can ever re-
place in affections that friendly little sab-stae and unprot
aole, You w-bu familiar, faithful and had thought
imperishablel
How abhorrent 10 Graft LEGISLATORS a Albsnv How
gladly would they ny its name-how toyfuly forget III
The evening world., 1914-02-06

!ng)-Of course. Isn't this "a COW
little room? I Just love this room!
Mr.. j. (smothering u yawn)-And
think OF those poor fools who gulp
down their evening meal and then
can't get out OF their homes fast
enough! They infest dance halls,
vaudeville theatres. moving pictures
and cafes.
AIRS. }. (slghing softly)-We ARE:
happy, aren't we. dear?
MIR. j. (contidently)-Yes.
Mrs. ]. (reachink out her hard)--
but there's nobody could help being
The evening world., 1914-02-06


considerable
later Known as Bryant Park Park bounded
nS for Ave containing about AZ Upon this
the same general architectural lines the in Hyde Park London
octagona
metrcaly right The
OF the
total height to the summit
On July H. 1853 In
grand
exhibition
great international held this side Atlantic
was raised by an Issue Of stock 500 sharesa first 100000 which
80 enthusiastically did the public
EXHIBITS
10
on Oct TO- Of
only WORLDS Fair and it, building ,-'
The evening world., 1914-02-06
f'''''S"'' WV w '"o
zone in a Thousand"

Scene: The Jonc, living room at SO

RS j. (Sofuy)
Are you COM
Portable, Freddie.
dear?
MIR. J. (sniling
at herr Yes.
honey. Very COM
Portable. Are
you?
Mrs. j. (bcam.
The evening world., 1914-02-06
THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING.

YEARLY thousand residents Of New York City-96 the
actual numberwere reported missing during the last three
months Of 1918 And Of these the police found only
Cases that find their way into the newspapers after all but
handful compared with the hundreds of missing about whom
long printed and who figure only in the records the police
The extraordinary with which and children
dip out of sight big city like New York subject for
wonder In the past few months however, the total of
persons said to have been far higher than usual
Taking into account all causessuddcn Illness accident
memory kidnapping abduconand the big of voluntary
aappearances what remedies precautions likely reduce
the number
Obviously might be worth while to induce everybody take
greater that they and their children shall always carry
and definite Of Identification could we ever
submit like the people Of German cities be eted filed and
tept track Of by the poce Or of nenabe rights
individuals freedom to disappear?
The evening world., 1914-02-06

ETSY came to
New York from
err h o m e In
South Carolina"
began Prime Q
Pierre Troubetz-
kOy. the artist.
I'm spite of the
opposition Of an
The evening world., 1914-02-06

NJ Cassidy takss high plane: None Of the whom
hs sold office failed to make good
The evening world., 1914-02-06
Ten Dramatic Chapters
In the Story of New York


If universal admiration and emulation occasioned In
the United States by the great London International
Exhibition In l851-he first enterprise OF its kind
stimulated n similar undertaking In New York two
years later, which was named IAN Exhibition of In
dusry OF All Nations" Perhaps one reason for this
was the fact that large numbers Of Americans had
visited the London exposition Of the year named.
The short intervening time allowed for prepara
The evening world., 1914-02-06

How abhorrent 10 Graft legislators At Albany How
gladly would they ny It's name-how ,oyfuy forget II!
The evening world., 1914-02-06

Wealthy masher sent to the workhouse-News item
Wealth had better stick to smuggling.
The evening world., 1914-02-06
Favorite Recipes
of Famous Women.
Mrs. WOODBRIDGE N. Ferris.

7 Sc either freshly cooked or
~ canned tomatoes. Drain off
the juice and put the pulp
through the colander. Measure the
desired amount OF the pulp and heat
to boiling. Moisten the -four with a
little OF the cold cream and add
slowly to the boiling tomato. stirring
constantly. Add seasoning and re-
mainder Of cream. Cook five minutes
and serve with croQuettes.
The evening world., 1914-02-06
Little G. auseS
Of Bis Wars
By Albert Payson Terhune
TERI U n 6

By Albert Payson Terhune
o.. % S.s
NO. One Soldiers Folly That Led to the Black Hapk War;
LACK OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the Misss
1881 With him some
Of his Sac ibesmen Their errand peaceful To use Black
Hawks words they going steal their corn In
other words rich unocuped land that had once
been theirs and had been taken the Government
Their the extra was
needed famine believe the band had
ware Intention But their the side Of the Mss
local commander Atkinson. who
explained his GRAND peaceful
that he and his would the planting was
finished.
militia to enforce the General, com.
and under Nag us
the militia Of %M soldiers nm lost % head
The INSULT Before attempt could be made stop him
s Of Truce the an a,ea on the flag truce The Indian
idiotie the famous Black Hawk war"
S% %" "S S a s N AS the
an and Of 'y s soldiers 1I ,Ss
seventy
forty armea Indians. Nor did Of the soldiers their
from the scene their disgrace '' '' " "'' away
by boodthrsy
Of seventy
the by esmen
"o by %% sss ns BY @ So had s'Ss
his full fighting force and by parties from allied tribes His band
mon There s r nS
message '''''
n a"n 1 1T" a wa" qs up S s 1" he by
carried Hawk viii have
revenge and he will stop until the Great Spirit shall
But at length his band while
;->~~c~~c~.~""~.~~~; forced to surrender.
SURRENDER and to prison
Of the COL zachary Taylor ss%s' Who
.s oddly f were four soldier.
were Lincoln. Taylor Davis and Scott
The evening world., 1914-02-06

Steamed Apples.

TAKE Arm, tart apples, pare and
core and stick >in each four
whole cloves. Have water and
sugar and sliced lemon In drip pan
on the stove. When the sugar Is well
dissolved put In the apples. cover and
cook slowly. When done they should
be tender but firm and clear. golden
color. Serve hot or cold.
The evening world., 1914-02-06

Reprintsd from the Economy Administration
Cook Book by special psmisyAn Of the publishers.
W. u, Coukcy Company, Hammond Ind, CODY
rented. i9,1 BY susis Root Modes and Grace
The evening world., 1914-02-06
Black Hawks
Surrender.

had fought calamity paign.
Lincoln. and
The evening world., 1914-02-06

at sight " three real i've Indians and snatchod
muskct.
Before any attempt could be made TO stop
the mili,iaman fired on the flag Of truce. The II
who carried the nag dropped dead. And this wan
idotic shooting caused the famous BLACK Hawk
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-25

right. Whether you are at luncheon.
tea or supper after the theater in
New York, you can't escape the roll
licking music and the more rollick-
ing dance which Mizzi Hajos intro
duced in the Viennese operetta,
"Sari, now running on Broadway.
For the purpose of rhyme and
meter, you must pronounce the haz-
zazzaa the way it is spelled and to
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-25

Mizzi Hajos and Charles Meakins
Dancing the Hazazzaa.
BY NIXOLA GREELEY-SMITH
Said dashing young damseI named
Zaza
As she danced at a tea at the Plaza,
/ have ''trotted" enough, and the
tango's old stuff
The dance of today's the hazazzaa.
This dashing young damsel was
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-01-15
Summons.

In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for the County of NAL
heur, ss.
Mollie l.. Sketfiugtop, Plaintiff,
vs..
Nelson j. Sketiingtou, Defendant.
To Nelson j. Skefiington. Defend
ant.
In the name Z the State of Oregon
You are hereby required TO appear
ana answer the complaint filed against
you In the above entitled suit by
Saturday tbe3rd day of January. A ID.
1914, or tor want thereof plaintiff
will apply to the court for the reliei
demanded In the complaint, on file
herein. for decree forever dissolv
ing the bonds of matrimouy heretofore
and now existing between plaintiff
and defendant and for the custody
OF Winnie X. SketiinRton, the issue
of the uuion hetSee1 plaintiff aud
defendant. aud for n decree barring al
interest of the defendant in lots /. ..
3. 4, aud .. In block No. ia, in the
city of Ontario, Oregon. This SUN.
mons Is served upon sou by publica-
ton thereof in the Ontario Argus. u
weekly newspaper, published ut Onta.
RIO. Oregon. for sin consecutive weeks,
hy order Of Hon Geo w. Mcknight,
County Judge of Malheur County.
Oregon.
Dated November Goth, 1913.
Date OF fret publication November
10th. 1913; date of last publication.
January lst, 1911.
I. McGonagill.
Attorney for plaintiff.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-01-15
014S1
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior U. s.
Land Office at Vale, Oregon, Decem
ber 3rd, 1913.
Not ce is hereby given that Charles
c Gossett, OF Ontario, Oregon, VII,
July Stb, 1910, made Homestead A,
plicatiou NJ. 0liSl. for the W. SEA
ad SEA SWi, section l, township 8 s.
Range ICE Willamette Meridian. has
filed notice of intention to make final
three year proof, to establish claim
to the land above described. before
the Register and Receiver. y. S. Land
Office, at Vale. Oregon, on the lith
day of January, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
A. r. Trent, Ira Dale, Albert But
Ter, Jr., Albert Butler. Sr., all of
Ontario, Oregon.
Bruce II Kester, Register.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1914-01-15
TO CROSS OCEAN IN BOTTLE"
Greek Inventor Promises Craft Will Go
Hundred Miles an Hour.

Hundred Miles an Hour.
Under one OF the archways Of the
Pont ST Michel. In Paris, on the river
construction Of n cylindrical bottlc-li like
craft which II 10 take them across the
Atlnntlc. The craft Is OF wood and
tarrcd cardboard. with strong hoops OF
Iron. II Il about eighty feet long by
seven and one-hnlf feet across, There
IN n munhOle nt each end
The master Of this curious craft IL
turned seventy and n Greek. Constan-
tine panejotti by name. His only as-
slstant Is II young workman.
"rhe craft now In the slip" PancJotti
IN quoted as saying, us only model.
Later on ! propose 10 build another
measuring 225 feet and driven by three
tifteen-hOrsepowcr motors. which viii
develop speed OF 100 miles nm hour.
"rhe secret Of my invention lies in
the action of the prOpellers. which will
enable my bottle Ia revOlve on It's own
axis nj n dizzy rate The persons in
side will bee on n lloor fitted with roll.
ers which win remain completely sta
BILE My pupil aud ! intend To 20 from
Paris Ia Ilayre and thence to New
York
MY boat" he added. has no keel.
II hy u shock or any other cause a
lcnk Is sprung stroke Of the propel-
lers causrs II 10 turn upside down. ana
a leak can be repaired without the
lcnst danger"