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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
LOOT SAFE OF 81 300; 8 TAKEN
Chicago Police Capture Bandits Flee
Ing From Scene of Robbery
Leader Prevents Murder.

Chicago, July l3.-One hour after
three robbers had blown open the safe
in Feilschenfeld Brothers grocery,
1884 East Fifty-fifth street, and OBJ
tanned $1,056 in currency and checks
amounting to 1910, police jumped from
street car into their midst with
drawn revolvers and placed them IN
der arrest. For an instant, as the Off
GERS dropped upon the group of fee
ing safe blowers, a revolver battle
seemed imminent. Like a fash two
OF the fugitives drew weapons and
were on the point of firing point
blank at the policemen, when the
third stopped them.
None Of that, boys; the games up"
and all three held up their hands.
The men gave their names as Pat
rick Cunningham. sixty-nine years
old; Frank Ford, aged twenty-five,
and John Ryan, thirty-hVe. When
searched the loot was recovered and
a complete kit OF safe-blowers' in
struments, including three ounces OF
nitroglycerin, six fuses and nine drill
bits. Cunningham has long Grim
inal record.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
KILLS HIS. WIFE
THEN SUICIDES
oTTUMWA MAN INsANELY JEAL
Gus SHOOTS UP HOUSEHOLD
WlFE'S MOTHER WILL ALSO DIE
Couple Had Had Domestic Trouble
Husband Had Left Three Months
Ago, Returning Friday, Com
hitting Crime Sunday.

Ottumwa, Iowa, July 13. - What
probably will result in a double muir.
der and suicide occurred here late
last evening when Melvin Johnson
shot his wife and mother-in-law, Mrs.
Mary Seely, at the home of the lat
ter He later turned the gun on him
self, the shot penetrating his heart
and killing him instantly. Mrs John
son died within fifteen minutes after
having reached a local hospital Her
mother is not expected to live. She
was hurried to another hospital,
where her condition is very grave, a
shot having entered her abdomen.
Two shots penetrated the breast of
Mrs. Johnson, who was chased
through the Seely home by her hus-
band, who was seized with a fit of
insane jealousy. The couple have had
domestic trouble In the past and
three months ago Johnson attempted
a similar act but was driven away
and later prevented from suicide. He
left the city, going to St Louis. He
returned last Friday. ... ,;:.:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
THE UNION SERVICES
Held At M. E. Church and Address,
ed By Rev. Kelsey.

On account of the threatening wea-
tAer and the great difficulty of speak
ing in the open air, when there is so
strong a breeze, 1.-The union services
that were to have been held in the
public square were transferred to the
Central M. K. church. NOtwithstand-
ing this change in the plans, a large
audience was present. Rev NJ. A.
Kelsey, of the Friends church, pre-.
sided and prayer was offered by Rev
c. S. Farley, of the Christian church.
There was no choir, but the audience
took part heartily in congregational
singing, led by Claire D. Gorlon. DR..
J. NJ. McClelland spoke from LIST
Corinthians and the latter part of the
9Th chapter. The sermon outlined St
PauPs conception of the gospel of
Christ and how Christian people could
represent Him best in their daily
lives. Strength of character, skill in
right living, courage in doing the
right thing and speed in the working
out of the proper results were the
salient points in the discourse. The
sermon was full of hope and encour-
agement for the people and all were
no doubt led to a higher ideal of life
Rev. Alfred Cave, of the Congrega-
tional church, led in the closing pray
er,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
The SHIPLEY MURDER
Further Particulars of Killing OF A
Former Mahaskan.

clipping from the Standpoint, Ida
no, paper gives further particulars Of
tue horrible murder of Howard Ship
ley and his partner, Pat WEIGH, at
their home on Monaloos Island on
Lake Pend Oreflle, near Hope, Idaho
Shipley will be remembered by many
MahaSka county people. He was the
youngest son of John Shipley, an old
time resident of Mahaska county
and for many years lived near Rose
Hill, where he sold his farm and
bought the Ketner farm, in Spring
Creek township; later sold and moved
to Wright, Iowa, where he lived un-
til he died. Howard left home when
they lived on the Ketner farm and
never returned to Iowa. He has one
brother, Joe Shipley, living near Del.
ia, and one sister, Mrs. A. J. Burgess,
near Macon, Mo, and Layton Shipley,
when last heard of in California
Howard and Welch had been partners
| for thirty years and had the Green
Monarch gold and silver mines. They
worked as partners, living on Mona
loos Island and had made pleasure
resort of the same. Shipley had been
to Hope on Wednesday, June "a. On
the next day his boat was found at
some point on the lake and the find
er rOWed it over to the island and
found the house locked with a pi
lock on the outside. He supposed
they had gone to the mines, but the
next morning the same parties re.
turned and found the place still lock
ed. They notified other parties and
they pried the door open and found
the two bodies lying on the floor Gov
cred up with blanket. The coroner
and sheriff were notified and took
charge of the bodies. The sheriff has
been working hard, but at last reports
had found no clew to the perpetra-
tors of the horrible tragedy. Pat
Welch had $50 and 1926 in money or
ders made out to himself on his per
son. They were supposed to be veal
thy and quite peaceable citizens. Flu.
neral was held on Sunday, June %.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
THE LIGHTS WENT OUT
And People CROPPED About in Dark
ness Saturday Night.

For three hours Saturday night,
from eight o'clock until shortly after
eleven, the business district of Os-
kaloosa was without electric light
and power service as the result of
a break in the commercial" circuit
which supplies the downtown section
with power! The street light circuit
in the business section was also eff
fected for an hour, between eight and
nine, but that trouble was located
in time to bring considerable relief
to the situation.
The break came just when the
downtown streets were crowded with
shoppers and pleasure seekers. Every
light In the business district went
out suddenly and left people cropping
in darkness. Business houses depend
ing on electricity for light service
were forced to utilize candles and
Kerosene lights, or some other sub.
stitute, and all business was greatly
hampered just at the busiest time of
the entire week. Those places hav-
ing gas lights were compelled to let
their patrons and employees swelter
in the heat with the electric fans all
stopped. The band concert was inter
upted after four numbers had been
played and the musicians were un
able to finish the concert without be-
ing able to read their music.
The light company made every eff.
fort to locate the trouble but it was
of a peculiar nature and defied all eff
forts of the company men TO find
just where the break was. After
about an hour the break in the street
light service was located and reliev
ed matters considerably for the
crowds on the streets. The break In
the commercial" circuit, however
could not be located and repaired un
| til after the business houses wef'
all closed and the people had desert
ed the streets. Operation of stree
cars was not affected by the breal
as the circuit supplying the trolley
wires is a direct" one and totally
separate from the alternating" cir
cult which furnishes light and pow
er to customers.
Again Sunday night trouble was
experienced with the electric light
circuit and the business section o.
town was without light or power for
as minutes, from about $50 to 9:l5
but the inconvenience of the pre-
ceding night We're not suffered be
cause few of the business houses
were open. The street lights were
not effected. Cigar stores and pic
ture shows were forced to shut down
during the dark period. The break
was soon located and repaired.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
THE ORANGEMEA CELEBRATE
Seven Hundred Autos and Five Thous-
and People Wore Present at
Deep River Saturday.

Delta, July 13.-Many of our citi-
zens went to Deep River Saturday to
attend tae Orangemen's and Knights
of Luther celebration.
There were estimated 700 autos
and 5000 people present.
The address of welcome was made
by Rev Condit, of the Presbyterian
church, of Deep River, and response
for the visiting delegations of 0. &
K. L. by VIII n. Sargent, of Delta.
After dinner the address by Otis l..
Sturgeon, OF Des Moines,, was listen
ed to by all who could get within
hearing distance.
The Fremont band, the Guernsey
band and the Irish Ridge martial band
furnished music for the occasion.
Not figAt or disturbance or acci-
dent married the occasion and Deep
River may feel proud of the good will
displayed by their citizens.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
LAUNCH OIL TANK STEAMER
kanawha the Largest Of the Kind
Ever Built at United States
Navy Yard. p.

Vallejo, Cal. July 13.-Lsuhching
of the fuel ship Kanawha, the largest
oil tank steamer ever built at Uni.
ted States navy yard, occurred at the
Mare island yard. The honor of
christening the vessel was intrusted
to Miss Dorothy Bennett, daughter OF
Capt. F. M. Bennett, commandant at
Mare island. The Kanawaha is steel
built. 476 feet long, and with a 56-foot
beam, It's displacement will be 14,500
tons and 1t will have speed OF IA
knots when loaded. Its fuel bunkers
have a capacity of 46s,20O gallons and
Its cargo tanks 100000 gallons Of
oil ------. ----------.--,- -----i-l.- = -
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
To Tran the Turtles.

Working under the German gov
ernments theory that turtles, by des-
trOying the spawn, are the cause of
the disappearance of many species of
priced fish in the Iowa rivers and
lakes, Game Warden Munsey, of that
city, has granted permission to an
Iowa City company to set traps all
along the Iowa river for the purpose
of catching turtles for the eastern
markets. The company setting the
traps will do the work merely for its
financial benefits, with no object of
aiding the fish wardens. This work
will, however, in the opinion of Mr..
Munsey, be a great aid to the foster
ing of many of the rivers most valu.
able fish. If the plan works success
fully he may grant further permits
for other rivers in eastern Iowa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
JUSTICE LURTON DEAD
U, 9. SUPREME COURT JURIsT
sUccuMss TO HEART TROUBLE.
Emo Comes In Hotel at Atlantic City
Was Appointed by Former
President Taft.

Atlantic City, July l3-Horace
Harmon Lurton, associate justice Of
the United. States Supreme court, died
In his apartments In beach front
hotel. The cause of death was heart
failure. Justice Lurton was In his
SEVENTEEN year
The body will be taken to Washing
ton this afternoon in a private car
attached to one of the regular trains.
Justice Lurton was born at New
port, KY, and after being graduated
from Cumberland university was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1867. He served
three years In the Confederate army
during the Civil war. He was ap-
pointed chancellor OF the sixth chan
Gerry division of Tennessee from 1875
to 1873, when he resigned and re-
turned to private practise.
Appointed to Bench by Taft.
In 1885 he was elected Judge OF the
supreme court Of Tennessee and in
1898 he was elected chief Justice, re-
signing to accept an appointment by
President Cleveland as United States
circuit Judge in the sixth circuit. On
this bench for years he was associat.
ed with former President Taft. which
association led Taft to appoint him to
the United States Supreme court in
1909, despite criticism that he would
favor the corporations.
1t was charged that in cases analo-
gous to the Standard Oil case Judge
Lurton had Invariably leaned toward
a construction of the law favorable
to the corporation defendants And
particularly in his decision ON the
safety apphancei law. which was
sharply criticized, he was charged
with having pointedly disagreed with
the construction of the law by the Su-
preme court.
He was dean of the law department
and professor of constitutional his
tory at Vanderbilt university.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Royal Entertainers.

Beaman in Grundy county, is
town of perhaps 400 inhabitants.
They must be royal entertainers. PEG
pie who understand the noble art as
do few others. And they must have
been busy for years, building up a
grand reputation. For II is reported
that they had an old settlers celebra-
ton and reunion recently which was
attended by $500 people. II some OF
the bigger towns could draw crowds
in proportion, just imagine what big
day in some of the cities would be
like
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Banker Drops Dead.

ColfaX, July 13.-W. L. Turner,
cashier of the State bank OF New
Hampton, Iowa, dropped dead in the
lobby of the Grand hotel here at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon. He came
here Saturday intending to stay ov-
er for a conference of bankers to be
held here next Wednesday. Appar-
emily he had been in the best of
health and had eaten a hearty dinner
only a short time before his death
Heart disease is supposed to have
been the cause, brought on, it is be-
lieved by the intense heat of the day.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
IRELAND IS RELEASED
Charges Brought Against Guard At
Fl. Madison are Dropped.

The charge of larceny against r.
NJ. Ireland, formerly manager of the
Palace, now serving as guard in state
penitentiary at Fort Madison, has
been dismissed by the county attor-
ney upon request of the prosecuting
witness, c. l.. SEEK. Ireland was ac-
cused OF taking a bicycle belonging
to Harold SEEK. He was arrested last
week at Fort Madison by Constable
Shaw after the officer had searched
all over the city for him in vain and
then accidentally ran into him while
visiting the penitentiary. Ireland and
his father, a minister at Fairfield,
came to Oskaloosa a few days ago
and effected settlement of the trou-
BILE with the result that the charge
has been dismissed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Pumpjno Niuht and Dav.

EddyVille Tribune: On account OF
the M. & st. L. finding it necessary
to keep their pump so continuously in
operation at this place it has become
impossible for the Old reliable water
pumper, Park McKanna, to operate
the pump without help, so Roy Nc
Neese has been assisting in operating
the pump of late, thus dividing the
work into two shifts Roy works
during the afternoon and evening and
also during the early morning. 1t
has become necessary to haul water
to Abba, Hooking and other mining
towns in Monroe county, which makes
more work for the bumpers here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Train HoId-up Was Myth.

Dubuque, July 13.-Detectives who
have been investigating the alleged
hold.up of parlor car on an Illinois
Central passenger train near Ep-
worth, Iowa, last Wednesday night,
have come to the conclusion that the
"hold-up' was myth and the tale
told by A. H. Bruce, a colored porter
was the result of too much pouring
over dime novels and a desire to be
branded as a hero without exposing
himself to the dangers necessary for
the making of a hero.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16

New London, July l3.-The water
supply in this section of the county,
is getting to be a very serious mat
ter. While the crops are not suffering
to any great extent, yet there has
been such a small amount of general
rain during the last year that the
streams and wells that have never
been known to go dry before are
drying up. So much is water needed
the city has come to the rescue and
has installed a hydrant in the park
and sells water at % cents per tank
of ten barrels. Farmers living five
and six miles are hauling water from
here for their stock and nearly every
threshing machine owner in this
township is getting water here for
his engines.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Funeral of Mrs Fisk

Newton, July 13.-The funeral of
Mrs. Cornelia NJ. Fisk who committed
suicide by jumping from the fourth
floor of the Victoria Hotel, Colfax,
will be held Thursday morning at six
o'clock from tie Congregational
c..urch, of which she had long been
an active member. Her daughter,
Mrs. Amanda Harrah, will arrive
from California Wednesday noon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Storm Strikes Detroit.

Detroit, Mich, July Estate rail
road service was disrupted, telephone
and light wires were blown down and
several houses burned down during
c fierce electrical and wind storm
today doing, damage to the extent of
$4G0, 900. The destruction of the
Chope- Stevens Paper Co. plant in the
downtown wholesale district was the
largest single loss. 1t followed i'm
mediately ON the destruction of the
Sullivan Packing house where more
than a thousand cattle, hogs and
sheep burned to death.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
BAD STORM IN SOUTH IOWA
w IND AND tGHTNiNG DO
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
Christian Church Struck at Center
Ville-Farm Home, Barn and Out.
buildings Burn Near Abba.

Abba, July ia severe wind and
electrical storm late yesterday after
noon did considerable damage here
and in the surrounding country. The
house, barn and other outbuildings
on the farm owned by Wiley FAN
northeast of Abba, were all burned
as the result OF the lightning. The
barn was filed with new hay. The
house was insured for 81 900 and the
barn and crop We're partially insured
The place is being farmed by Cass
Welt. Here in town the wind tore
loose an awning in front of the Loeb
clothing store and bursted in a big
plate glass. The gas works caught
fire but the flames were extinguished
struck and totally destroyed Farm
done. The storm was accompanied
by heavy rain and hail
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16

A committee of ladies removed the
large Eifenbrau beer sign from the
sign board on Iowa avenue at Eagle
Grove, took the remains and exhibit
ed them before the city council and
requested that an ordinance be passed
prohibiting the posting OF liquor signs
in the city. The city bill poster, f.
C. Wells, offers a reward of $25 fol
Information concerning the parties
who removed the offending sign.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
WHITE WAY IS MARKED
Poles are Now Painted Entirely A.
cross The Country.

Telephone poles along the route OF
the Great White Way across Mahas-
ka county are now painted with a
six-foot band of white that can be
easily seen from a considerable dis
lance and will greatly facilitate
travelling along the route for tourists
Work of painting the poles across
the county was finished a couple of
weeks ago with the exception of in
side the city limits OF Oskaloosa
The poles across town have now been
painted and the work completed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Burned by Wire.

Grasping an electric Wire from
which the insulation had been
torn, John McCluskey, Jr., fivp-year-
old son of John H. McCluskey, OF
Glenwood, was SO severely burned
that his whole right side was discol-
ored and his toes and fingers burned.
Miss Maggie Estes, who tore him
loose from the wire, also was burned.
1t is now thought the boy will live.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Hit by a Base Bali.

Miss Ora McNabb, OF Delta. who Is
attending summer school at Mt. Pleas
ant, met with an accident while at
tending ball game few days ago.
The bail was being thrown from the
catcher to the first baseman and In
some way Ora was hit, the ball strik-
ing her In the face. knocking two
teeth loose and cutting her face.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
No Word From MISSING Girl.

word from the missing Ruth Ryner-
son now lost from sight for eight days,
her mother Mrs. J. NJ. Rynerson is
Frustrated by nervous shock. Rela-
tives AMI county and city officials are
still hunting for the girl but nave
not been able to unearth a single
clue as vet
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Survey State Farm.

The board of control has engaged
engineers to proceed with making a
complete Typographical survey of the
newly acquired state farm near Wood
ward. All the elevations will be
marked and the ground plated so
that when the buildings are located
1t will be to the best advantage. The
drainage problem will be a compare.
lively easy one on this farm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Tornado at Shenandoah.
Shenandoah, Iowa, July

SUPERINTENDENT, IOWa, July to.
Following the hottest day in years
tornado struck Shenandoah at
els Sunday evening. Trees were up
rooted, store fronts blown in, roofs
torn off and a blacksmith shop up
set. The cupola was torn off the Con
gregational church and the large
stone cross of the Catholic church
crashed to the street. 1t is said that
corn has been seriously damaged.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
New Tuberculosis HOSPITAL.

The tuberculosis hospital in Scott
county was opened a few days ago
with simple ceremonies. The new
institution represents an investment
of $4,000 No doubt, there are other
counties in the state, counties in the
interior, that never grow weary of
throwing bricks at the wicked river
counties, that have erected bigger and
better, more complete institutions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Demands 5000 DAMAGES

MGregor, July 10. William ].
Schmidt, a farmer living near the
village of St. Olaf, a few miles from
Elkader, has filed with the board of
supervisors of Clayton county
through his attorney, ID. d. Murphy,
a petition for $4,000 damages for
the death of his son, aged 81 who
was killed when rotton bridge gave
way, plunging him and the three
horses he was driving, into the creek.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16

tory to Colombia. Friendships cannot
rest upon force; neither can they rest
upon acquiescence in the power Of
might. Even If Colombia under pro-
test and against the Judgment of her
people accepted less sum than that
which we offer, it would not restore
the relations that ought to exist.
I'VE must satisfy their sense of JUS
tice although less sum might satisfy
our sense Of justice. In every settle
ment there must be concessions, and
our government has not conceded more
than the rights of the situation de-
mand. ~
I'VE Can Afford to Be Generous"
THE ratification Of the Colombia
treaty will restore the friendly rela-
tons which for a century preceding
1903 existed between Colombia and
the United States. 1t will also enable
Colombia and Panama to settle differ
ences and deal with each other upon a
neighborly basis. More than that, 1t
will give prestige to the United States
throughout Spanish America.
This nation can afford to be just
even more, it can afford to be gener-
Gus in the settling of disputes, espe.
cially when by its generosity it can in
crease the friendliness of the many
millions in Central and South America
with whom our relations become daily
more intimate"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-07-16
Popcorn Profitable.

S. J. Censor, living near Macedonia,
Ia, received $3.50 for his 1913 pop
corn crop, Mr.. Censor grew 500 bush
els on thirty-seven acres and received
$3.50 per bushel from a seed concern.
1t is said that this is the first pop
corn crop of any size ever grown in
Pottawattamie county, but II is pro-
bable that more farmers will engage
in the production of popcorn there in
the future.