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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
EXCESSIVE RATES
|NJURE ICE TRADE
Witnesses Say High Freight
Charges Bar 1t From Cities.
MAN ORDERED TO BUY PLANT
Official of Michigan Firm Asserts
Railroad Compelled Him to Pur-
chase Concern on Threat They
Would Enter Field.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Natural ice ia
excluded from interior cities because
Of excessive freight rates and an in
crease of five cents ton would cause
severe loss to ice dealers, witnesses
told the interstate commerce commits
sion in opposing the five per cent in
crease in rates asked for my the rail-
roads.
T. f. Ewing, counsel for the Nation.
al Ice Association of America, compos.
ed of $50 independent ice companies,
declared that railroads compel the
companies to load the cars to the
maximum capacity and impose rates
on what the traffic will bear.
Says Road Forced Him to Buy.
Joseph Horner, treasurer of the Con
sumers' Ice company of Grand Rapids.
Mich, testified that the Pere Mar
quette railroad had forced him to buy
an ice plant at Pomona, Mich, under
threat that the railroad would enter
the field in competition with him. Aft
er buying this plant, he charged, the
railroad gradually raised rates from
% cents to As cents ton, the present
figure. IAN additional increase in
rates" he said, could force him to
employ motor trucks in supplying
Grand Rapids with natural ice"
Chicago and Philadelphia, interior
cities, and even New York city, which
has the advantage of water competi-
finn unahla 70 oInnna a O
supply Of natural ice because of ex-
cessive rates, declared Charles G..
Ferber, general manager of the Toby
Hanna Creek Ice company of Penn
sylvania.
"Red Light" Bill TO Wilson.
While President Wilson was wait.
ing to pass finally upon the Kenyon
red light" bill wiping out the ma
tional capitals Segregated vice" dis
trict, members of congress and officers
of philanthropic organizations, who
fought to get the measure through
congress discussed the big human
problem that the law creates.
The terms of the bill are so dras.
tic that it amounts practically to an
automatic cleansing of every resort in
the capital as soon as the president
signs the measure. About $50 women
and girls of the underworld, most of
them incompetent to earn living in
the higher walks Of life, are thrown
out on the streets, and what to do
for their immediate care and what
provisions to make to give them a
chance later to return to the paths
of responsibility constituted a prob
lem whose magnitude had not been
appreciated until it was sauarsly con.
fronted.
The management of the National
Florence Crittenden Home Mission is
trying to meet the situation with a
public offer to assist every woman and
girl who resires honorable employ
ment and to give immediate shelter
to all who need 1t.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
EIGHTY GRIMES
CLEARED BY BOY
Alfred Lehman Says He Helped
Kill Chinese for 81.
TESTIFIES AT GOTHAM TRIAL
Confession" Solves Numerous Muir
ders, Suspicious Fires and "5Iack
Hand" ExpIosions-Compelled
Wealthy Men to Pay.

New York, Jan. 2S.-Alfred Lehman.
an understood youth scarcely out Of
his teens, sat in the witness chair and
confessed to having participated in 18
bomb outrages, revealed knowledge of
so, cleared up the mystery Of two MUIR
ders and furnished information con-
corning a number of lesses crimes, in
Guiding arson and burglary.
Lehman was called as witness in
the trial Of Angelo Sylvester, accused
of one of the bomb outrages. Lehman
told the court of the burning of two
Brooklyn houses for the insurance and
many lesser crimes. He said the bomb
outrages usually brought the men do
ing the work $50.
For Killing a Chinaman, So.
One robbery, in which Chinaman
was murdered, he said, netted him 81.
while the two men with him, who, he
said, killed the Chinaman, got the
same amount.
The lads statement corroborated In
detail confession be made to the po-
lice last fall. Lehman said he had per-
sonally planted 16 or Is bombs, caus
ing much damage.
THE gang worked for" he said.
were black handlers The boss would
write letters demanding money under
threats of death to well-to-do Italians.
When they did not come across was
sent with bomb. They usually paid
up after the explosion of the bomb. II
they didn't we went after 'em again"
Helped Fire Thirty-Five Bombs.
Rocco Pueblo, another member of
the gang, also confessed. He said he
participated In the setting off of 35
bombs in different parts of the city.
81 was paid from $50 to 800 for
each bomb that planted myself he
said, land | received $25 each time T
accompanied other members Of the
gang who planted bombs"
At the conclusion of his cross-ex-
animation Lehman was asked by coun.
sci for the defense:
when you placed bombs in crowd
ed tenements did you ever take into
consideration the possibility of sacri-
ficing human lives?"
Il never did"
Then you have no regard for hui
man life at all?"
1T was just the same to me as kill
ing an insect" said the witness.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
To Austria to Claim Estate.

Davenport, Jan. 2S.-Beyrisch Jag
it, wife and seventeen childrian, left
here yesterday for Flume, Austria, to
claim an estate of $4,950 left them by
Jagit's brother. He will receive only
$3.50 at Flume, however, as the Aus
trian courts sent him $1,000 to pay
the expenses of his family back
home. The fare of the nineteen
amounted to $500. Jagit has been EN-
ployed as a railroad section hand. He
has lived in this country fifteen years
and all but three of his children were
born here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
PLOT TO WRECK TRAIN FAILS
Pile Of Ties Placed on Tracks on st.
Louis, Iron Mountain g. Southern
Railway Near st. Louis.

St. Louis, Jan 2S.-An attempt was
made to wreck the south-bound fast
mail on the st. Louis, Iron Mountain
& Southern railway, which left here
According to the police. pile of ties
was placed on the track near Caron-
dolet park, in the southern part of st
Louis. AS the train swung around
curve the headlight showed the ties
on the track and the engineer stopped
within a few feet of the obstruction.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Plot is Denied.

Mexico City, Jan. 2S.-In spite of
the Huerta governments strenuous
efforts to be little the plot to assas-
sinate Huerta next Sunday, it was as.
certained to-day that the conspiracy
would have been formidable and
Huerta would have been in a tight
place If it had not been discovered
Denial was made of any executions
but rumors persisted to-day that the
ring leaders had been put out of the
way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Slayer Of Diplomat Ends Life.

Tangier, Morocco, Jan. 2S.-Sure,
The cook who shot and killed Paul
Chevandier de Valdrome, French diplo-
matte agent, committed suicide by
hanging in a cell where he was await.
ing trial NJ. de Valdrome's death oc-
Cured in the midst of an official din
ner at the legation. The cook went
on strike and the diplomat ordered him
out of the house, whereupon Sure
drew a revolver and fired.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Gambling House Raided.

Sioux City, Jan. ga score OF
prominent business men jumped
through the windows and ran down
the fire escapes when a gambling den
in Lerch Block was raided to-day. A.
G.. Curtis, a city detective headed the
squad and captured Pat Bailey, charg
ed with being the proprietor. The
place was guarded by number Of
electric bells but Curtis discovered
the secret and succeeded In getting
to the main door before the alarm.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Prenare for Einht

Des Moines. Jan. 2s.-ln prepare
tion for the June primaries when
mon will be chosen for the next legis.
lature, the state w. G. Il. u. will
bring Mrs. Deborah Livingston of
Bangor. Maine, to the state for ser
les Of addresses. Mrs. Livingston is
at the head of the suifragette work
for the national w. G. T. u. and re-
garded as one Of their best speakers,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
cudaby Packing Company Hit.

Milwaukee, Wis. Jan. 2S. - The
Cudahy Packing company, of which
Patrick Cudahy, multimillionaire, is
president, was served with criminal
warrant alleging violation of the state
banking law for its employees savings
plans. The company accepts money
from its employees and pays them AZ
per cent. interest
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Farmer Killed by Bull.

Waterloo, Jan. 2S.-Chris Schneid-
bull yesterday. Schneider was lead
ing the animal to water when it at
tackled him and crushed him with its
head. He was 90 years old.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
French Troops Clash With Moors.

Paris, Jan. 2S.-Dispatches from
Mogador, Morocco, report brisk en-
gagement there between French
troops and Moors. in which a corporal
was killed and four soldiers wounded.
Another soldier, an intimate of the
dead corporal, committed suicide on
the scene of the fighting.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
U. S. LANDS MARINES IN HAITI
President Oresto Goes on German
Cruiser When Fighting Starts In
the Capital.

Port su Prince, Haiti, Jan. Is
President Michel Oresto, with his wife.
took refuge on board the German
cruiser Vineta, fighting having started
in the city. Detachments of bluejack-
cts were landed from the United States
warship Montana, as well as from the
Vineta.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Move on Dope Selma,

Waterloo, Jan. 2S.-Definite action
was taken here yesterday afternoon
in the fight against habit-forming
drugs. On information by County At
torney HoXie, drug clerk and
young man now working on farm
near here were arrested, accused of
selling poison without label, to-wit,
herein" These are the first arrests
in the movement to curb the distribu-
ton of snow" and other enslaving
drugs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29

Mother Of Ex-Governor Osborn Dead.
South Bend. Ind, Jan. 2s-Mrs. Mar
saret Osborn, mother Of Charles M.
Osborn, former governor of Michigan.
died here. aged eighty-seven. She
leaves sight children.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Kills Father and Mother.

Guelph, Ont, Jan. 2S.--Edward Simp-
son shot and killed his mother and
,ather at his home near Hillsburg.
about fifty miles west of Toronto, then
sarricaded himself Ia the house and
acid the neighbors at bay with a ride.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
World Near End.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 2S.-Elder
G. b. thompson, OF Washington, a..
C., told the delegates TO the North
ern Union Conference of Seventh
Day Adventists last night they
should live in anticipation OF the end
of the world, which, he, declared
would soon take place.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Franchise Rejected,

Fort Dodge, Iowa, Jan. 2S.-By
vote of 1,101 to 1T, the voters of
Fort Dodge yesterday. rejected the
podss Telepioms & sco,n ii nv i twenty
the city IL per cent of its net tnnual
receipts.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Rehearina Denied,

Des Moines, Jan. 2S.-The supreme
court last night refused rehearing
in the case of Glenn CULVER of Nit
chell county, convicted of assault with
intent to commit robbery on a bank
er at Orchard. CULVER made plea
of mistaken identity but he was UNI
able to so convince the court.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Triple Murder.

jacksonville, ILL.,, Jan. ga triple
murder took place last night at
Woodson, eight miles south of Jack
sonville, when John Henry, shot and
instantly killed Charles Ezard, aged
80. Everett Grain, aged 40, and
Grains little son, aged 4 years. The
cause of the shooting, it is said, was
the outgrowth of a family quarrel be-
tween Henry and his wife Henry
is still lat large.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Dies from Burns,

Council Bluffs, Jan. 2S.-Cora Lett
IKE, the 15-year old girl of Yorkshire.
Iowa, who tried to light a fire in the
kitchen stove with gasoline, January
26, died last night. She was the
daughter of Geo. Il. Leitzke, one OF
the leading farmers of Harrison coun-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
NEWS OF IOWA
BY TELEPHONE
IOWA FALLS MAN INSTANTLY
KILLED IN FALL.
TO AUSTRIA TO CLAIM ESTATE
Waterloo Officials take Action in
Fight Against "Dope" Sellers
Fort Dodge Defeats Telephone
Franchise 1,101 to TT.
HlssefieaI Dept. Ia

Iowa Falls, Jan. 28.-J. w. Monroe,
was instantly killed here last night
when he fell from a wagon and was
run over. He was in the employ of
j. w. Myer and was hauling cement
when he turned out for a team and
was thrown under the wagon, the
wheels passing over his head and
neck. He leaves a wife and three
small children. He was a member of
the Odd Fellows.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
WouId.be Suicide Baked.

wright, living near Grant, tried to
commit suicide by hanging, but the
rope broke and he fell to the floor.
Members of the family were aroused
by the noise. Cartwright was sent to
an asylum.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Beat Agent, Rob Express Office.

Carbondale, Pa, Jan. 2S.-Two dar.
ing highwaymen entered the Office of
the Blue Line Express company. in
the business district, beat Edward
Roche. the agent into insensibility
and robbed the cash drawer of more
than 500.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Protest Convict Labor.

Keokuk, Jan. 28.-A petition to
Governor Clarke was circulated here
to-day protesting against the alleged
hiring of convicts from other states
to do painting, paperhanging and 9th.
er local labor. Several hundred sig
natures already have been secured.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
100000 MAY JOIN STRIKE


London, Jan. 2s-The executive
Gil OF the Building Trades federation
has adopted resolution calling upon
the plumbers. smiths. filters. electri
clans, painters and allied trades to
Joint in a strike. More than 100000
men are affected.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Plumbers Organize.

Mason City, Jan. 2S.-The journey
men plumbers of this city locked out
by the master plumbers have organ
lied the Union Plumbing and Steam
Fitting Co.. and will go into business
in opposition to the master plumbers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Pastor is Secured,

Iowa Falls, Jan. 2S.-Rev. John w.
Mckee of Branden has accepted
call to the pastorate of the Christian
church of this city to succeed Rev.
Popplewell, resigned. Rev. Mckee is
well known as a lecturer
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Received Paw For Letters.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-Officials OF
the Western Newspaper Union were
denounced today by the senate lobby
when ii was learned that
they have been receiving $4,000
from the Canadian government for
the patent inside stories in small U.
8. newspapers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Aviator Instruetor Killed.

London, Jan. 2s.-An aviation instruc-
tor named Gipps was killed while fly
ing at Salisbury plain. A passenger
was seriously injured
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1914-01-29
Senator CuIIom Dead.

Washington, Jan. 2S. - Former
United States Senator Shelby M.
Cullom OF Illinois died at his home
this afternoon shortly before two
o'clock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11

10 the North Pole with him at the time
of the discovery. Two hundred and tTen-
ty-nve men are employed here.
six firms are responsible for a yearly
OUTPUT OF i.2s0.OOO gallons OF paint ana
vornisb fr,n Camden More than SoOOOO
gallons alone come from tine NJ H. GraVes
Company. and they value their business
at 81 5O0O0O
The textile Industry Of Camden Keeps
more than 2000 employees busy. and Il is
said that "a, 0oO is invested In II. me
largest firm, Howland Croft Sons & Co,
have COO In its employ. The leather
tanning business is also All important
one here. 5000 hides being tanned daily,
and, as for the shoe Industry, millions
of pnrs of shoes, particularly for women
ard children, are furnished to the WorId
bv ,.amdens $ various shoe companies.
Taken all In all. Camden can oHer
prorf positive that she is the biggest
little city in the world. II the Germans
wcrp tu sail up the Delaware tomorrow
aid decide that she would be a nice lit
Tie place to besegn the Camdrnttcs
would pursue tho cvon tenor Uf their
way with utter Indifference. With her
factories turning out practically every
thing that humankind could need or de-
sire. the big little city would be In
position to snap it's fingers at the enemy.
But could the enemy do without Cam
den? That is the question.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
CAMDEN MAKES
NUMEROUS THINGS

CConcluded).
and the book-stltching machines are also
made here.
The Southwark Scale Company is re-
spOnsible for the manufacture OF an
enormous number OF the weighing ma
chimes that are now on the market;
Their scales are sold all over the worla
and are said to be the best and most
accurate made.
The Armstrong Cork Company with
force Of $50 men, manages to turn out
100000 feet Of cork per year ana lt
would be difficult to find a cold storage
plant which has not been insulated with
It's product. Life presorvers, buoys ana
floor linoeums also come from TINS
factory.
seven million yards Of linoleum and
ollcloth, by the way. go out Of Camden
every year, the Farr & Bailey COM
pany, j. o. Dunn & Co, being the chlet
manufacturers. Seven hundred men are
employed by the Farr & Bailey Company
alone.
Tho largest concern Of It's kind any
where s the Warren Webster Company,
interested in putting on the narket tne
lctest improved methods Of steam neat
inc. Three hundred and twenty-five en-
ployes arc kept busy exploiting ana seI-
ing the various systems
Russia, Turkey and Spain turhish tne
licorice which the McAndrews & FORBES
Company prepare for use in chewing
tobacco. This concern has no peer IN size
in the United states. ..
Boxes from the Camden Box FACTORY
arc sent out as far the the Philippines
the average output being 10000 paper
boxes day and 100 persons being en-
gagged in making that possible.
The Acme Staple Company uses enough
wire I'm n year to encircle the world 10
times. No less than two billions OF sta
pies are made annually, and the yearly
output is valued al 100000 Slam, Japan
Mexico. South America, England, Ger
many France and Canada know Of Cam
den because Of the staples which are
sent into those countries.
Two brick companiee-the Hugh Hatch
Brick Company and the Augustus Reeves
Conpany-manaEe TO supply the world
with 2000O,OOO bricks annually, the former
alone valuing Its yearly business at
S75,0n0
Seven railroads run into the mill yard
of the c. B. Coles g. Son Co. More
than 100000 feet of lumber per day are
fed to the mills 1t was this company
which built the house that Peary took
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
CONVENTION AT BELLEVUE
American Speciality Manufacturers

American Speciality Manufacturers
Will Hold Three-day Session Here.
The annual meeting of the American
Speciality Manufacturers Association will
be held at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel
November 49, 20 and 2t. There are 200
members of the organization, represent
ing probably as much capital as any trade
body, and most of the members have ex-
pressed their intention OF being present
On November 10 the Philadelphia rep
resentatiyes will entertain the members
of the American Speciality Manufacturers
Association and wholesale grocsrs OF this
district in the banquet and bathrooms OF
the Bellevue -Stratford.
During its sessions the convention viii
be addressed by Governor Tener. w. A.
Reid. OF the Pan-American Union; Charles
Wesley Dunn, Of New York; Samuel s.
Fsls, Thomas A. DAILY, Dairy and Food
Commissioner James Foust and the otti-
clals OF many health foods companies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
HOPING AGAINST HOPE
FOR TRAPPED MINERS
Efforts to Reach Men Entombed in
Brookside Colliery Continued.

Efforts to Reach Men Entombed IN
Brookside Colliery Continued.
PoTTsVILLB, Pa, Nov. 1l.-Relays of
expert miners, working In steady shifts,
have toiled incessantly for more than
so hours to rescue William Schreiner and
William Evans. both middle-aged men Of
families, who were entombed In the
Brookside colliery at Tower City while
engaged in "robbing" pillars This is
dangerous employment, consisting Of re-
moving the solid coal pillars. which are
left to support the roof of all coal cham
oers. this work being the last done prior
to abandoning q section OF a mine opera
uon.
Sobbing and hysterical relatives OF the
imprisoned men watch at the top OF the
shaft for news OF their loved ones, hope
full that they may yet be rescued alive.
The rescuers, however, have been un-
able to get any response to their sig
nails, or rappings," as the miners term
them. and they believe they lie dead,
buried beneath hundreds OF tons OF coal
and debris. The rescuers, though, con-
tlnue their tunneling with feverish haste
and are taking no chances on the men
being dead.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-11
DEMOCRATS GAIN IN HOUSE
Belated Returns Increase Their Ma
ioritY to 81.


WASHINGTON, Nov. l1.-DemocratIc
gains in belated election returns have
increased the majority OF the party in
the next House of Representatives to 81,
according to an unofficial list compiled
today by South Trimble, clerk Of the
House
The lineup under this compilation,
which has not yet been officially veri-
fed, Is:
Democrats, 233; Republicans, 1893; Pro-
gressives, 7: independents. Il Socialists.
!. Total, 435.
AS 1t requires 2iS votes to control the
House, these figures show the majority
party will have Is more than enough
for this purpose,
Reports to Mr. Trimbe stated that Fred
G. Stevens OF Minnesota, a veteran Re-
publican, had been defeated by c. Q.
Vandyke, Democrat. and that w. Il. VIII
liams, Democrat. was reelected Repre-
sentative-at-Large from Illinois, Earlier
returns had indicated Republican vic
tories In both these cases.