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The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Robins Arrive.

Phoebe BIRDS have been whistling
spring greetings several weeks, but
the first robins OF the season are said
to have entered appearance locally
Friday and made themselves seen
and heard. This is somewhat earli.
er than usual but some claim that
the robins have been with us all
winter. Geese and ducks are report.
ed along Skunk River bottom lands
and several large flocks of the birds
were seen this week. They were fly.
ing from southeast to northwest,
were not high and seemed to be
searching for feeding grounds.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
STOCK sale TotaIs sas. ots.

What probably was the biggest sale
on farm in the history OF Iowa was
held last week on the farm of w. w
Boland, near North English. In
about i've hours two auctioneers sold
100 head or horses and mules, r41s
head OF cattle and EGO hogs. These
animals brought Mr.. holland a total
sun Nof $36.0i5. All of tile animals
were raised by Mr.. Boland Farm
ers from All parts OF Iowa and from
Illinois and Missouri wore present
SIS buyers. .sf
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Pioneer Dead.

{ George Boardman, founder of
Boardman's Landing, near McGregor,
who came to the Iowa wilderness and
built a log cabin in 1850, while a boy
Of Is. Is dead He olijoyed great
prosperity from the steamboat bust:
ness and at one time was very veal.
thy, but left modest fortune of
about $4,000
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Panic on Street Car.

Muscatine, March "a panic near.
ly occurred on a street car here Sun.
day when Walter Snyder was found
to be suffering from smallpox. A
physician upon noticing him caused
a sensation by saying he was vic
TIM of the disease, which has caused
the quarantine of thirty families
here The car was held until the
health officer arrived. and all of the
occupants were vaccinated. The
closing of the city schools is threst-
ened because of the epidemic.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05

tary Brgan that villa would permit
two Americans, two British represent
atives and two members of the fam,
lily of William S. Benton to view the
body OF the dead ranchman. 1t is as,
sumed that the body is at chihuahua
city. Letcher also reported that Villa
would permit two physicians to &C
company the Americati and British
representatives and members of the
Benton family and that he would fur.
nish transportation and accommoda.
lions for all Of them.
Aroused by Hanging Of American. /,
Laredo, Tex, Feb 2S.-Friends OF
Clemente Vergara, the American who
was hanged by Mexican federals, were
aroused today by the reports made by
American Consul Garrett and Yer.
gara's brother-iii-law. s. J.. Hill, who
visited the scene of the execution near
Hidalgo, Mexico q" Vergara's friends
assert they will press for the fixing OF
responsibility for the hanging and for
punishment OF the Americans execu'
TONERS. ,st D." .@ s'
The dual investigation OF Nergara' S
death was expected 10 assume definite
outline. The federal investigation be-
gan several days ago, while the state S
inquiry was ordered on Thursday by
Governor Colquitt, who indicated he
might take decisive steps toward pun
ishing Vergara's slayers, If they are
discovered An attempt will be made
TO have Vergara's body brought here
for burial.
Vergara Was Shot to Death.
Austin. Tex, Feb. 2S.-That Vcrgara
was shot and not hanged by the fed
erals was disclosed in a detailed re-
port received by Governor Colquitt
from Ranger Captain Sanders at La
redo. The report follows:
Laredo, Tex, Feb. 2S.-Hon. o. b.
Colquitt, governor. Austin, Tex:
"Your wire. viii advise that on the
morning of February 10, five federal
soldiers, under command of Apolonio
Rodriguez, crossed the Rio Grande
to an island belonging to the United
tdhliS - SOS uC-
longing to Clemente Vergara, carrying
them TO the Mexican side of the river.
In passing the house OF Vergara,
which stands on the bank Of the river,
on the Texas side, one of the men
went to the river and called Vergara
requesting him to come across the
river, as the captain wanted to ar
range with him about paying him for
the horses. Vergara and nephew of
his crossed in skin to the Mexican
side, where two more men came to the
waters edge. leaped into the skff and
struck him three blows on the head
with a pistol, dragging him TO the
bank and carrying him to Hidalgo. On
Sunday at a. m. he was taken from
the Hidalgo Jail and started with
guards. ostensibly to Piedra Negras.
but was shot to death after proceed
ing only a short distance.
"Vergara was born and reared in
Webb county, Texas, and am in
formed that he had pass to cross
the river signed by Sheriff Sanchez
and Cara Galan.
"tSigned, -. J. J. SANDERS,
Captain Company b. Ranger Force"
Villa Formerly in U. S. Army.
Newburgh. N. Y, Feb. 2S.-Edward
Ross, who was formerly a member of
the Tenth cavalry stationed at West
Point, declared that General Villa was
once first sergeant of his company. In
this opinion Ross is corroborated by
other members of the company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Morn,ons Have Knoxville Church.

Knoxville, March Knoxville now
has an organized Mormon church. of
the demo linati0n known as the Re
organized Church of the latter Day
Saints" The organization has been
perfected and proposal will be made
to the Adventists to rent their church
building for religious services. The
congregation numbers twenty one
members, including the ordained
priest, the Rev Frank Hull, and the
elder, Ed Rowley.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Much Land Leased

A deputy game warden was in
Fairfield last week and arranged
leases for 10000 acres of land for
state game preserves, upon which
Will, be placed game birds under the
direction OF the state game warden.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Good Roads camnaian.

X Tho good roads committee of the
Commercial Club OF Fort Dodge is
in the midst of u campaign TO raise
$4,000 to improve the roads leading
into that city. Mayor Ford hus re.
ceivcd another $1,000 subscription,
This makes the third 81 zoo received.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Boone Man Ends Life,

Boone, Mar ART Carroll. a young
man employed by the Fort Dodge,
Dcs Moines 4 Southern interurban,
ended his life here Sunday AFTERNOON
by drinking poison. No reason for
the act Is known.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Small Verdict Given.

Abba. March I'm the $4,000
damage suit of ]. n. Reasby VS.. the
Consolidated Coal Co., for. damages
for personal injuries received in
fall of slate year ago, the district
jury returned a verdict of 5000.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Must Vote Twice for City Hall.

Muscatine, March 2.-That Musca-
tine again must vote favorably on
the city hall issue before the build
ing will be erected was Indicated
Saturday when Judge William Theo-
philus of Davenport granted TEN.
porary Injunction against the city,
restraining the council from collect
Ing taxes levied for the constructions
Iof the building. A year ago prop
osition TO erect, 100000 city hall
carried. A fight over the site oc.
Cured and injrmction, proceedings
we're threatened, but the contract
was let pending tine floating OF the
bonds. Irregularities i'm the election
resulted in the bonds being turned
down and i'll order legally to validate
the bond issue, recourse To the courts
was taken. A hearing on the perm
anent decree will be held next week.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
YOUNG WOMAN
!. BURNED To DEATH
.muscATiNE MUST voTE SECOND
TIME ON CITY HALL ISSUE.
SEVENTEEN FIRES IN "a HOURS
Morrnons Have Church in Knoxville.
Panic on Street Car In Muscatine.
coIored Man Fatally Shot in
Mix-up in Ottumwa.

Abba, idarch 2.-Miss May Rhine.
aged 20, is dead here to-day from the
effects of burns received when she
tried to light fire with coal OIL
There was fire in the stove when she
poured the oil, some of which feel on
her dress. When the explosion came,
her dress was mass OF flames. SHE
was daughter of Lou Rhine, en-
ployed at the mining camp at Ward.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
New Road prau Patented.

J A new road drag has been, patented
by u man In Iona City which does
the. work thoroughly, cutting of tho
humps and filling ali holes. leaving
the surplus dirt in Tic center OF tho
road. s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
Seventeen Fires in "a Hours.

ord was made by the city fire de-
partment in the past "a hours. High
winds, cold weather, overheated
STOVES and furnaces and defective
chimneys caused seventeen fires,
nearly all of which were eXtinguish-
ed with small loss. The total loss is
$4,000, partially covered by insurance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05

rOllOWlHB Is the llSt OF marriage
licenses issued from the office OF the
Clerk of the Courts since our last re-
port: ....' ~
No. Name. Residence. Age.
John A. DeJong. Pella ......25
| 1850 and
Grace Vos, Pella ..............22
G. b. Craver, Taintor .......2 %
1871 and
Opal Stanley, oskaloosa ...,.23
Dan Adair, Oskaloosa ..........22
1882 and
Ada Sparks, Oskaloosa .......,22
| WATERS.-Born, Saturday Feb.
rs, 1914. to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank b.
Waters, 312 First avenue east. an
eight pound daughter, JOhnita Baxter
Waters.
hDAIE-SPARKS. - Married, at ,
O'clock y, m, Saturday, Feb. rs, 1914,
at the Office of the officiating magis-
tratc, Justice Of the Peace Dave B.
Hawkins, Mr. Dan Adair and Miss
Ada Sparks, both OF Oskaloosa.
RYAN.-Jamcs f. Ryan. aged AZ
years, 9 months and IL days, died
Sunday. March /. 1914, at S:15 o.
clock a. m. at the Oskaloosa Hospital.
Funeral Tuesday morning, March ),
at 300 o'clock at the st. Mary's
church. lntcrmcut in Catholic Gene
terry.
-..
HOOVER.-Mrs. Anjaline Hoover,
wife of Jesse l.. Hoover passed away
at her home east of town, ON the
"Bryson Farm" Iowa City road at
1916 clock this Monday morning,
March 2, 1914, after confinement in
bed OF seventy-four days. Gall stones
was the cause of the death. Funeral,
Wednesday morning, March 4, 1914,
leaving the house at ten o'clock for
the Bloomfield church. Services at
the church at eleven o'clock Inter
ment in Bloomfield cemetery.
Deceased was 76 years old, )
months and 4 days of age and had re-
sided in Iowa and the county 81
years. Friends of the family extend
sympathy.
M'CAN'N. Died, at the home of his
sun-in.law, Hon. W. l. Beans, OH Sun.
day morning; March 1, 1914, Il. H.
Mccain, aged SO years and two days.
Deceased was one of the pioneers of
the Indianapolis neighborhood coming
to Iowa in 1886 He had lived here
the remainder of his life except seven
years spent in California, from 1850
to 1857 Mr., Mccain was widely
known, a man of large business In.
terests, and will be greatly missed by
Borrowing. relatives. and hosts of
warm friends. 20"
Short prayer, services viii be held
at 8 O'Clock Tuesday morning at the
w. /. Beans home, $40 First avenue
east The remains win be taken to
indianapolis where the funeral will
be conducted at the Christian church.
Interment in indianapolis, cemetery. (.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05

l. WATERS.-Born, Saturday, Feb.
i2S, 1914, to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank b.
Waters, 3l2 First avenue east. an
eight pound daughter, Johnita Baxter
Waters.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05

hDAlR-SPARKS. - Married, al ,
O'clock y. M, Saturday, Feb. rs, 1914,
at the Office of the officiating magis-
trato, Justice of the Peace Dave B.
Hawkins, Mr.. Dan Adair and Miss
Ada Sparks, both OF Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05

RYAN.-Jamcs f. Ryan. aged AZ
years, months and IL days, died
Sunday. March l, 1914, at SIS o.
clock a. m. at the Oskaloosa Hospital.
Funeral Tuesday morning. March 3,
at 300 o'clock at the st. Mary's
church. lntermcut in Catholic Gene
terry.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05
BIRTHS, DEATHS. MARRIAGES
Marriage Licenses.

Following is the list OF marriage
licenses issued from the office OF the
Clerk of the Courts since our last re.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05

James Critchlow and family have
moved from their farm to 1850 {
avenue east.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-05

J. C.. Warder and family are new
residents of 0skaloosa, and have pur
chased the Robertson residence at
1928 North Z street
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
APPRECIATION DAY.

The preliminaries for boosters day
are completed The committees have
their jobs well i'm hand. from now
until next Wednesday afternoon the
dragnet will be vigorously operated.
This is no charity bazaar. The Bend
ers are delivering the goods. IL is
purely a matter OF liquidation. Rec
ognizing that South Bend needs a
winning ball team and that il now has
such team. the buck has been passed
Go the fans. IL is up 10 them 10 come
through with their share OF What it
has cost TO put South Bend on the
elevator.
Manager S-.ith has done all that
could nave been asked OF him rs the
most liberal support and more than
any less enterprising and confident
and capable manager would have
done, and the question now is, does
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN.

"Percltal. come here this minute
sit down and be still"
"Percival. stop chasing that cat.'
"Percival. if you don't make less
noise I'll tell father and he'll attend
TO you"
And for a whole afternoon it was
"Percival don't and "Percival, do"
until tonight we expect "Percivar'
will ring in our ears and prevent
sleep.
II was in the park that we saw
"PercivaI" and his well-meaning but
nervous mamma. They had gone
there presumably that PercivaI might
have a good time. But if we're any
Judge Of boyhood. Perciva1 WASH I
enjoy himself. boy fashion. than the
sharp voice Of his querulous guardian
coiled itself around him like a lariat
and yanked him into captivity.
or course. Percival's mamma loved
Percival and thought she was shoot
ing her machine-gun commands at
him for Percivars best interests.
The trouble with that woman was
that she had never been "A boy her
self. Had she been, she would have
agreed with the Minnesota man who
told the convention of Sunday school
teachers in Chicago that a boy is
compounded of 80 per cent play. 40
per cent fight and only five per cent
each of work and religion.
1t was easy enough, ii was even en-
joyable for her to sit still on a park
bench and just be passive to the
caresses of nature. for she was built
that way.
But for live bOv-ugh
The unconscious cruelties Of dOting
parents to growing children must
make the angels mourn. q.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02

weird wall shattered the strange
stiffness of the night
1t sounded like a child crying. but
il had in it an unearthly element.
There was one long note Of agony;
then-silence.
But just as We decided that we had
been dreaming, it came again; weird
er. more unearthly than before-the
sob of a soul in torment. Upon the
awful quiet of the forest at midnight
it broke as tidal wave might smash
against Gibraltar.
For a moment the hearts in that
newly-made summer camp ceased to
beat. icy chills raced up and down
back bones. and fear and horror en-
throned themselves on faces but a
few seconds earlier seraphic in re-
pose
Another interval and again it came;
blood-curdling. domoniac
Something had to be done! But
what? And by whom?
Fearsomey the little group of city
vacatiouists slid into their sneakers
and ducks. seized lanterns and guns
and sailed forth. in Fenimore Cooper
fashion, TO sleuth the cause of the dis
turbance.
At the margin OF the lake the
bravest Of the number. sheltered be
hind spacious tree. ventured "A
swift peep of inspection. detected a
moving object near fringe of rushes
i'm the water, drew "a bead and blazed
away.
A rausous cry. whir of wings.
deafening echoes and then silence.
silence but not repose: for into
that camp had crept the chill of noe
turnal mystery. And for that night
sleep had vanished. Though sentinels
were posted TO repel attack. the
dawning of "A day found each chap
intensely awake.
Was the mystery solved then?
Yes 10y "A native woodman. one
familiar with the habits OF the loon.
Better read up on bird lore before
YOU go camping, boys
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
MOVIE ACTRESS AND
ACTOR ARE DROWNED
Engaged i'm Producing Picture across
the Border When They
Meet Death.

CANON CITY, Colo, July Miss
Grace McHugh. leading lady of the
Colorado Motion Picture company,
and owen Carter. assistant camera
man, were drowned in the Arkansas
river Wednesday. The company was
engaged IN producing a feature pic
ture. Across the Border, based on
Mexican events.
Miss McHugh was fording the river
on horseback. In mid-stream she be-
came nervous at the swiftness of the
water and checked the horse. The
animal was forced under water and
Miss McHugh was thrown into the
stream Carter leaped into the river
and swan TO her assistance. He
reached her safely and guided her to
a small sand bar. on which both
emerged. apparently safe. When
members of the company reached the
sand bar to remove the couple both
had disappeared. Miss McHugh's
body was seen floating in the river
later. but il could not be reached.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
CoOPERATIoN vs.. COMPETITION.

We are being given a new definition
Of the word cooperation or new in
terpretation OF its meaning in the
much quoted case OF Cooperation VS..
Competition The new idea is that
cooperation Is not only better for bus
mess but under modern conditions a
necessity.
This definition Of cooperation is,
however. discovered TO be only another
name for concentration. combination
and monopoly. IL is not, as the first
impression would suggest, coOpera-
tive system which is universally bene-
fetal The sense i'm which it is used
is deceptive. There is not element of
cooperation in it beyond the privileged
circle OF the combination IN which it
Is practiced.
As thus defined cooperation is the
trick word of big business. 1t is the
mask with which it is sought TO con-
zeal the true nature of the trust evil.
Behind it is the absorbing and dOmi-
mating power OF monopoly. which con
stitutes the present menace 20 public
welfare and individual interest.
Against this Interpretation OF CO.
operation the government is making
its night and the weapons 10 be used
are the laws now i'm force and the
antitrust bills now before congress,
which that body has pledged itself to
pass before adjournment. The pur-
pose is 10 return a verdict in favor of
the defendant IT, the case Of Coopera-
ton vs. Competition and to restore to
the latter the rights and privileges of
which it has been deprived by the
former
1t may become necessary as pro-
posed. to place "A limit on the size of
corporations. on the capital which
they may employ in business enter
prises Certainly it is necessary to
deprive them of the crushing and
eliminac.dg power which has visited
the curse of bigness, as Mr.. Brandeis
forcibly expressed it, upon this coun-
try
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
THE MELTING POT
COMET TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

What Charles Carlisle Would Call
Efficiency.
(Woodville. Okla. Bsnner.)
co TO LANDLORDS BARBER
SHOP
For Up-to-Date Barber Work and
Baths
Tailoring; Ladies Work 6. Specially.
Also Jewelry Repairing in
Connection.
Agent for Sherman Steam Laundry.
Basket Leaves Every Tuesday
Evening
SOME inherit automobiles. some
have the price. some put 81 mortgage
on the house, and some like Champ
Clarke, have automobiles forced upon
them.
POSSIBLY the president is not as
much interested in woman suffrage
as in some other things Just at
present. The discharge OF official
duties rather than the means OF elect
ing an official seems to dominate his
mind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02

cessity Of conforming to the rules of
fair play. no big enterprise has been
or will be crippled i'm it's legitimate
undertakings. 1t will simply be
made impossible for business TO dom
mate the government or hold up the
country.
In the face OF what has been ac-
complished and what Pres. Wilson
proposes to accomplish before his
term expires Col. Roosevelt's arraign-
ment sounds like the pipings Of tin
whistle.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
A PUERuE ATTACK.


Col Roosevelt 6red his. much Nd
vertised opening gun at Pittsburgh.
II proved to be 4 blank cartridge The
wad described "A parabola and fell TO
the ground. and the accompanying
explosion failed 10 cause a reverbera-
ton. Ii was the same old gun with
a lighter charge.
More than a year of silence had
failed To add 10 the colonel's stock of
argument or invective. The same old
story Of democratic incapacity was
reiterated, the same old explosives
were repeated. But whatever kick
the colonels gun may have once had
was conspicuous by its absence. In
mental vigor and physical force his
attack was weakened by the antiquat-
ed and inferior character of his am
munition. Nobody was hurt except
the colonel. who maze the speech
contrary 70 thc advice of his psysi-
clans
But for the sake of argument let's
see what col Roosevelt did say. The
salient points were embodied in five
propositions.
/. The present administration is
pursuing course that prevents the
existence of prosperity.
- The promises made by the dem
ocrsts have not been kept
g. The administration antitrust
policy proves the inadequacy of the
democratic party for the present and
the future of the nation.
Z. The democrats insist that there
shall be no big business power or
large enterprise anywhere.
.. We progressives advocate the
immediate creation OF "a non-partisdn
commission with the power To propose
revision of the tariff schedule 10y
schedule.
The democratic party promised
these things. That the tariff should be
revised. that banking and currency
should be placed ON "a sound basis
with the elasticity needed 60 meet
| emergencies. that the honor and in
| tegrity OF the United States should .be
maintained abroad. that the antitrust
1 laws should DE strengthened and
made more effective and that the
government should be made more
/ popular in character through the
elections.
To this task Pres Wilson set him
self and in the face OF the most bitter
/ opposition. in which individual mem
bers Of his own party participated.
has put through program OF iegis-
lation which eXcites the establishment
and wins the admiration of every APP
preciatiye. fair minded citizen
The tarin has been practically
eliminated from politics. it has lost
its potency as "A partisan appeal. The
people recognize that il has been put
where it belongs. into the industrial
class WORKING for revenue. instead OF
standing like a military force guard
ing the preciols interests OF a few
priyileged individuals and corpora
ticns.
The banking and currency plan has
received the hearty Endorsement Of
the financial ard commercial inter
ests OF the country as the basis of a
system which promises 20 maintain
confidence and security. and big bust
ness is reluctantly yielding TO the me-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
Reminders From the Columns
Of The Daily Times.

Marvin Campbell is undergoing a
seige of measles.
Misses Anna and Rosa Bilinsli Of
Detroit are visiting their brother,
Councilman Bilinski.
Charles A. Lamarand and Miss Kate
Weiss were married in ST. JOseph's
church.
The oliver Chilled Pillow works
completed a decorated pillow to be ex-
hibited at BalmOral castle and pre-
sented to Queen Victoria
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
FALLS FROM SKYSCRAPER
Carpenter Loses His Balance While
on 22nd Floor.

NEW YORK. July 2.-Broadway
was filled with the usual afternoon
crowd today when a man tOppled from
the 22nd story of the new Equitable
building He was Curtis w. Athens,
a carpenter. His body flashed through
the air and landed on the sidewalk in
Pine street a few feet from the Broad
way corner. Many persons were pass
ing and several lodged just in time.
warned by the Mortified shouts of on
lockers. Athens was instantly killed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-02
LOST MONEY, ON PLAYS
Henry II. Harris Estate Shows a
Heavy Deficit.

NEW YORK. July 2.-Henry r.
Harris. theatrical promoter. lost on
the Titanic, according to an appraisal
filed Wednesday, had property worth
S365,44S and debts of $400, 5000
the estate has a deficit of S35,247.
Irene Harris. widow, has her dover
interest despite this
The Quaker Girl lost s14O,O 600 the
first season. THE Arab" costing
$4,000 to produce, was a failure.
such a Little Queen" lost $4,000.