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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13

IN the 12th Ward. Minneapolis TINS
gives the Socialists total Of four
Aldermen in that city. There IS
a close and undecided contest III the
10Th Ward
Themes Van Lear. 4 veteran So
calls. and trade uEionist. is running
a close race for Congress in the 51!l
District.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
GERMER pOLLED 29,93l
IN L. ). SENATORIAL. RACE

Chicago. Nov. G.--AioIph Icrmcr.
:Socials. candidate tor The United
States Senate 1ro!n Illinois. received
g OH votes last Tuesday. rs against
%%S7.57S 1vr Sherman. Republican;
81 90 ior Sullivan. Democrat: 1873,
:00 for Robins. Progressive and B.
CS3 for WoolSoy. Prohibi:ion.-NeN
York Gail.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
Socialist Ticket.

The Socialist District officials in Cabin Creek district won
their opponents by majority of o23 votes Mike
heuey candidate for intermediate Judge on the Progressive
ticket only got 127 the county, while the Socialist IN
straight vote both the Democratic and Republican
parties lost from compared with the 1912 election
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-11-13
ASSEMRi.IMAN Is
MINNESOTA WINNER
By Walter Lanfersiekl

Chicago, Nov. 5.-A telegram
from Minnesota says that D. 0. De-
void has been elected to the State
Assembly from the 32d District.
Albert Bastis is elected. Alderman
from the 9th Ward and c. F. Digit
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
BOMBS PUT ON SHIPS
NEW ORLEANS POLICE HOLD
GERMANS FOR ACTS.
One Of kaiser's Subjects Said to Have
Confessed-lnferna Machine Is
on Vessel Two Days Out.

New Orleans, Dec. 23.-The police
have arrested ten Germans charged
with placing internal machines aboard
horse and mule ships destined to Eng
land and France. One of the Germans
has confessed, and the police claim
they have conclusive evidence against
the others. The scheme was for
bombs, operated by clockwork, to ex-
plode when the ships were several
days at sea.
A bomb timed to explode in six
and one-half days was found in the
room of Hans Halle, alias Frank Helm,
who says he put a similar internal
machine on the steamer Rochambeau
which sailed from New York two days
ago.
That found in his room was 70 pei
cent dynamite, and he had planned Ia
express 1t to New York for shipment
on the French liner Chicago, to sail
Saturday.
Halle has masqueraded in woman
attire and the police are in possession
OF photographs showing him in WON
ans garb.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
KILLSS1OCK WORTH $4,000
State Must Pay one-haIf and FEEDER
al Government One.half for
Cattle Slaughtered.

Des Moines, Dec. 30. Values of
stock killed in Iowa owing to the
foot and mouth disease in cattle and
hogs now total $4,000, according to
DR.. |. B. Paxton, federal expert in
charge of the work in this state.
The federal government will pay
$37 500 of this amount and the state
of Iowa must pay the remainder.
Farmers of Johnson county have
called a meeting to be held at Iowa
City Dec 20 for the purpose of or
ganizing to ask the legislature to
reimburse them for loss of fat stock
during the period of quarantine for
the foot and mouth disease. They
claim that hog cholera took off hun
dreds of hogs which would aave been
marketeG had there been no re-
ss.iccions ON shipments. Others
want pay for carrying hogs over
The ADDITIONAL cost of feeding was
heavy, they assert. The request for
an appropriation will be made
soon after the legislature opens, the
farmers say .-.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
DRUGGIST IS
INDICTED FOR !
FIRE MYSTERY
C. NAMUR PROMINENT IN DIES
MONIES IN ARSON CHARGE.
GRAND JURY FINDS TURF BILL
Indictments Brought About by Repre-.
sentatives of Fourteen Insurance
Companies. He was Behind on
Rent and Heavily insured

Des MOines, Dec. 23.=-Chas. Namur
prominent druggist and owner of the
Namur skating rink and formerly Of
string of moving picture theatres,
was indicted by the district court
grand jury this noon on two counts
for arson in connection with a num-
Der of mysterious fires which have
occurred recently at the Namur drug
store in the Masonic Temple.
The indictments followed what is
alleged to have been the fifth fire,
Oct. s, in which the basement and in
terror of the store were badly damag
ed by fire and water.
The indictments were brought about
by representatives of fourteen in
surance companies, VIM. Burnett, fire
chief, LATE Young, Jr., manager of the
Capital building next door, and mum
Der of others.
Namur Is alleged to have been ST.,
900 in arrears in rent and was heaY-
lily insured.
According to Young, none of the
fires were reported to the owner OF
the building despite the fact that a
candle was discovered as the cause
0 none occasion.
Namur had been cautioned by the
fire chief to remove large quantity
OF trash in the basement where the
fire started and was also warned to
provide better insulation.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
FIRST DRY" VOTE is LOST
Prohibition Amendment TO National
Constitution May Be Given to
States to Decide.

Washington, Dec. 23.-The vote on
the Hobson countrywide prohibition
amendment was 1877 ayes; 1S9 noes,
one absent. The necessary two-third
vote not having been obtained the
amendment was declared defeated.
Washington, Dec. 23.--After full
day of argument for and against pro-
hibition, members of the house of rep
ressntatives got down to actual yot-
iEg.
The first ballot determined that II
the prohibition amendment to the ma.
tional constitution is considered at all
II will be considered by the legisla-
lures of the several states, instead of
by conventions of the entire electorate
OF each commonwealth.
Representative Mann OF Illinois,
himself an advocate of local option
and a foe to nationwide prohibition
offered the amendment by which il
was proposed to take the matter out
j Of the hands OF the legislatures. On o
viva voce vote this amendment was de
feated by about 1913 to 1877, and roll
cali was demanded
The debate on the Hobson amend
ment lasted ten hours and was one o
the most stirring in years. The gal
leries were packed and all during thu
day crowds pleaded vainly for admit
lance The galleries applauded sew
eral times and Speaker Clark finall.
was obliged to give notice that sucl
demonstration must cease.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
IOWA LOSSES BY FIRE HEAVY
Past Week Has Seen Some Very De-
structive Flames and -Four Lives
Have Been Sacrificed.

Des Moines. Dec. 23.-Fire losses
have been heavy in Iowa in the past
week, according to reports which
have been received by Ole o, Roe,
state fire marshal. A few weeks ago
the fire losses of 1914 were 100000
behind the losses of 1913, but recent
fires have reduced the margin. How.
ever, unless there is a big confiagra-
ton somewhere before Jan. 1, the
1914 record will be favorable, the
marshal says.
In number of the recent fires in
this state lives have been lost. The
report shows the loss of four lives,
Two persons were burned while
handling oil. Another met death ac'
cidentally in burning building. The
fourth was tramp who set fire to a
barn in which he was sleeping by
means of a cigar or pipe.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
TO GUARD H. X. THAW
OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED TO
WATCH MATTEAWAN FUGITIVE.
Attempt to Leave His Present AbId'
ing Place VIII Be Checked
by Force.

Manchester, N. H., Dec. 23.--Special
guards were assigned to watch Harry
X. Thaw to prevent another spectacu-
lar attempt to escape, pending the pro-
ceedings which William T. Jerome,
the nemesis of the fugitive, says will
eventually land the slayer Of Stanford
White back in Matteawan.
From now on there win be con
slant watch over him, and any attempt
to leave his present abiding place al
Manchester will be checked. To all
intents and purposes he Is as much a
prisoner as though he were back in
the asylum. surrounded by attendants.
The law which sends Thaw back to
the cheeTless institution for the Grim
inal insane gives that 80 days Of NOM
inal liberty under the Jurisdiction OF
New Hampshire. There is probable
ity that this time may be extended, for
the Thaw forces are prepared to fight
to the last ditch on the United States
Supreme court decision handed down
in Washington.
In the long battle with Jerome Thaw
seems to have absorbed some of his
prosecutors grim determination. And
he has become something 1ore than
an amateur in the legal game of chess
which is being played with his liberty
as the prize.
The fact that Thaw bought a high
power automobile upon his arrival
here. and that he has become an ex'
pert at driving is believed to have
been one Of the reasons for the In
creased vigilance of his guards.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
TO CIRCULATE new PETITION
Rumors That Saloon Interests in Des
Moines Are Planning to Get
Busy After January l..

Des Moines, Dec. 23.-That the H.
Quor interests of Des Moines are
preparing to circulate a new petition
of consent, beginning in January is
regarded as a certainty. The threats
Of members of the city council to re-
fuse to renew the licenses of the
saloons and fear that the petition
now pending in the district court
may be held insufficient on some
technicality has stirred the liquor
forces to unusual activity.
The report that new petition will
be circulated is given strength by
the fact that Thomas Sellers, attor-
ney for the liquor interests, has
been making an exhaustive inspec-
ton of the records of the last cleo
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
HEATING AND LIGHT PLANT
Cleveland Corporation viii Soon
Submit a Draft OF Franchise
Desired in Des Moines.

Des Moines, Dec. 2S.-The Cont
mental Gas & Electric corporation OF
Cleveland, Ohio, one of the biggest
concerns in the country, will shortly
submit to the council draft of a
franchise for the erection. mainten-
ance and operation of a central heat.
ing and electric light plant in Des
Moines. Half a dozen plants own
ed by this company are already in
operation in Iowa. A tentative
draft was submitted today at a
meeting of the board of directors OF
the chamber of commerce by G, H
Abbott. OF Cleveland, the engineer
representing the Continental corpor
atlon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
TO CHARGE FOR PASSPORTS
State Department Fixes Fee at $500
in Effort to Discourage Trans
Oceanic Voyages.

Des Moines. Dec. 23-Instructions
arc being sent. out by A. G. Gustaf-
son, secretary to the governor, to
the county Clerks directing them to
charge 50 for the issuance of pass
ports in the future. OF this amount
81 will go to the federal government
and the remaining dollar must be &C
counted for by the clerk in the usual
way.
The clerks are being advised that
persons wishing passports intending
to visit foreign countries, must ap-
pear before the clerk of the dis
trict court and swear to their apppli-
cation. The request which Is sent to
Washington must be accompanied by
,unmounted photographs of the per
son who proposes TO travel. One OF
these photos is attached to the pass
port when issued.
The governor is also instructing
persons who secure passports to have
them approved by representatives OF
the foreign countries they propose to
visit, before leaving America. Pass
ports to Russia, Italy, Turkey. Rou
mania, Seryia. Austria-Hungary Den
mark, France, Spain and Germany
are required to be visaed. 1t is not
necessary to have a passport visaed
! for British territory.
Persons are urged not to attempt
foreign travel at this time. 1t Is
recommended that persons put of
! trips across the water until more
| favorable times Particularly are
visits to the countries at war being
discouraged by the state department
Persons who are not yet naturallzet
! in the United States are advised tt
remain here and not attempt to gel
back to theis native countries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
HOTEL ATTACKED BY FLAMES
New kaiserhof of Chicago, Soon tc
be Opened, Suffers $4,000 Loss
by Fire Last Night

Chicago. Dec 23.-Fire theatenei
serious damage to the new Kaiser
hof Hotel last night. The blaze
started in the banquet hall on the
second floor of the eighteen-story
building, which was to have been
opened Dec. 81. The loss from
smoke and water Will amount to $40,
900, according to the manager, E
Korb.
Two hundred guests in the pres
ent KaiaerhoB which adpoins the
new building, left their rooms when
warning was given, but there was nC
panic. The fire is brought to have
been caused by spontaneous combus
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
IIHIIIHHUIIHWuHmnHmnHIIBnHIIIH
: TODAY'S WAR MOVES !
IIllIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIlslIIllIIIIIIlIIIlIIIII

NAtbttabAAbhsAtAaNNAshtse
GERMANY - Forty.two centimetre
guns have been sent to lombard
Warsaw. Heavy achievements
have been sent to France and
Belgium.
FRANCE - General progress along
the battle front claimed. Brit
ish and French take woods near
Bixschoote and recapture will.
age of Givenchy, lost few days
ago.
RUSSIA - Bodies of 1000 Germans
found on banks Of the 6zurs
after attempting to force a
crossing Fighting west of War,
saw still in progress and also in
GaIicia.
ENGLAND--6aron Fisher, first sea
lord, declares that the hope for
Christmas cheer for the English
depends upon American sympa
thy for England.
TURkEY-Egyptian frontier deelar,
ed to have been crossed by the
Turks in force. Russians driven
back in the Caucasus.
.AuSTRIA--Russian attacks renewed
H., in Galic!a, but repulsed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
PORTUGAL IS IN DEADLOCK
Premier Victor Coutinho, Despite
His Defeat in Senate, Says
He Will Remain.

Lisbon, Dec. %, via Paris.--The
political deadlock continues. Pre-
mier Victor Coutinho, despite his de.
feat in the senate, which declined to
give him a vote of confidence, declar.
es that he win remain in power so
long as he has the confidence of the
president of Portugal, Manuel De
Arriaga, and the support of the dem
ocratic party
The chamber of deputies yesterday
again voted confidence in the new
ministry on motion of DR.. Alfonso
Costa, a former premier of Portugal.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
TURKISH TROOPS
HAVE CROSSED
INTO EGYPT
RUSSIANS ARE REPORTED TO
HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.
GERMAN COLUMN ANNlHILATED
Attacked by Russian Masked Batter
les Amid Steam While Crossing
the Bzura River - Torpedo
Boat 5ombards Turks.

Constantinople, BY way of Berlin
and London, Dec 20. The Egyptian
frontier has been passed by Turkish
troops in force, an official war Office
Statement here to-day says. The
Russians made night attacks east OF
Keeprickej but were repulsed.
Russians Are Repused.
| Vienna, by way of Berlin and Lon.
don, Dec. 23--The official state.
ment to-day says "Inthe Carpath.
ians to the south in the vicinity OF
the Latoreza and Magyar rivers, the
Russians renewed their attacks yes.
terday but without success. They
suffered particularly heavy losses
on the slower Donajec."
The Turks Are Bomhar6ed.
Petrograd, Dec. 23.--A Russian
torpedo boat bombarded the region
of Khopaob directing the fire on the
villages occupied by the Turkish
troops. a statement issued to-day
says. .... ~
German Column AnnihiIated,
Petrograd. Dec. 23-Two thousand
Germans, part Of the column advan-
cling on Warsaw were annihilated in
a single engagement along the Bzura
river. Details of the fighting reach
ing here to-day stated that the Rus
tsians west of Warsaw masked their
artillery and did not open fire on the
closely massed ranks of the enemy
until they were in mfdstream. Hun
dreds of wounded were swept OF
their feet by the current and weight
ed down by heavy equipment were
drowned. The advance was com
lpletely checked.
| Troop Trains Collide.
London, Dec 23.-Nearly 1000 Aus
TRAN soldiers are reported to have
been killed or injured ina collision
of two troop trains near Kalisz, Rus
/ sian Poland, according to the daily
ITelegraph's Petrograd correspondent
the trains are reported to have met
while running at full speed as the re-
suit of the accidental opening of a
switch.
Many of the cars were reduced to
matchwood by the impact and the pas
sengers crushed.
Allies Repulse Enemy
Paris, Dec 23.-The following of.
fetal communication was issued by
the French war office.
! "TO the northwest of Puisalenne
south of Noyon. the enemy executed
last night violent counter attacks
which were all repulsed.
|
"To the south of Varennes we gain
ed footho!d last night in Boureuil
les. Our attacks continued today and
We appear to have made progress in
the vicinity of Boureuilles and to the
west of Vauquois.
There IS nothing yet to report con
corning the rest of the front"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Ames Grocery Robbed.

Ames, Dec. 23.--Max Brintnall,
grocer, reported to the police that he
was slugged and robbed by two hold
up men about 6;30 in the shadow of
the college postoffice substation,
which is in the center of the Ames
campus. He said he was followed by
two men when he was collecting his
bills at fraternity and club houses.
He reported that the robbers took
SO cash and his watch and passed up
$500 in checks. The robbers have not
been found.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24

Ottumwa, Ia, Dec. % The Iowa
Sheep Breeders and Wool Growers
association opened it's thirty second
annual convention in Ottumwa yes
terday afternoon to continue until this
evening. A large number of sheep
men from various parts of southeast
ern Iowa and present The date of the
convention was changed from De,
cember to the month of October and
the next meeting will be in Ottumwa,
The officers elected are: G. w. Moore
OF Cedar, presidents; H. A. Blakely OF
Grinnell, vice president; V. G. War
ner of Bloomfield, secretary; G.. w,
France of Oskaloosa, treasurer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Ida GROVE lakes Up Bonds.

Ida Grove, Dec. 23.-The last certi-
ficate for the payment of Ida Groves
fiye-mile sewer, was taken up by the
city the first of the present week.
The construction of the system was
started in 1906 and completed in 1907
and cost $4,000. Twenty thousand
dollars was paid when the system
was completed, and the remaining
$4,000 was issued in certificates of
$1,000 each, one to be taken up every
twelve months.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
GOVERNOR DUMMIES MESSAGE
State Paper is Almost Completed
and viii Call for Reds
tricting Of State.

Springfield, H., Dec. 23--GovernoS
Dmne's message TO the Illinois gen
eral assembly which meets in Janua
airy, now almost completed, will call
for congressional, senatorial and
judicial redistricting of the state
will urge $3,O00,0OO appropriation
for a modified deep, waterway plan
will ask for the abolition of the state
board of equalization and the reor'
ganization of some of the state de-
partments as suggested by the legis
lative efficiency and economy com
mission.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Severely ScaIded.
Asks $4,000 Damages.

Des Moines, Dec. 23.-George Scar
pino, administrator of the estate of
Domenico Angelo has brought suit
against the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad and w. H. Thomp-
son for damages of $4,000 in the dis
trict court. Angelo was killed at Col
Inns when struck by an automobile
driven by Thompson. The accident
occurred on the crossing of the de-
PENDANT company.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Loses Eye rluntlna Rabbits.

iowa City, Dec. 23.--Peter Bergen.
son who lives near Alden will lose
his eye as result OF an accident
while hunting rabbits. The gun was
accidentally discharged, the load en-
'tering his head near the nose, passing
through the eye into the skull.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Enaineer is Killed.

Rock Springs, Wyo., Dec. 23.-En-
gineer Reagan of Rawlins, was kill
ed and the fireman injured when
Union Pacific passenger train No. 10,
Pacific Limited, crashed into a de-
rallied freight train about four miles
west of here. None of the passen-
gers was seriously injured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24

Perry, Dec 23.-Mrs. Margaret Rob
erts, an aged woman who for many
years has resided on an eight-fve acre
farm a couple of miles north of Daw-
son, was found in the road near the
Brobst home, frozen to death. Just
what she was doing out of her home
or where she was, going will probably
always remain a mystery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
House Looter Arrested.

Fort Dodge, Dec. 23.-Owen Ball,
alias w. o. Carlton. is held here to-
day on charge 'of committing sew
eral burglaries. Mrs. j. Graal, at
whose rooming house he stayed,
found many articles which were
the residences Of Mrs. Alice Gran
ger and G. s. Ringland. and from a
prominent clothing store and the
German, Lutheran church. The loot
was valued at several hundred dol
lars
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24

Marshalltown, Dec. 23-While help
ing switch cars out of the Northwest
ern yards, Walter Conway, aged "a,
a brakeman, of Boone slipped and
fell under a car, suffering serious but
probably not fatal injuries. The acct
dent happened in the east yard.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Kills Self After Quarrel.

Logan, Dec. 23.-Following trouble
between himself and his wife, George
Smothers, aged 80, shot and killed
himself at the Seabury restaurant
here yesterday. A widow and two
children, aged 5 and 7, survive.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Colorado Man Gets place.

Washington. Dec 3d.. The presi
dent today nominated to be interstate
commerce commissioner Henry Clay
Hall OF Colorado Springs, to serve FOL
4 term OF seven years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
short Story Writer Dead.

New York, edo 23.-Aifred Henry
Lewis, we'll known newspaper man
ana snort story writer, died at his
home here today from a complication
of diseases. Lewis was i'll for the
first time In his life three months
ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
President dominates Postmaster.

Washington, Dec. 2S The prcsi,
dent today nominated Earl Bronson
as postmaster at Spencer, Iowa. Bron-
son was one of the original Wilson
men in Iowa and is well known edi-
tor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
shlp Into Port With CARGO Aflre.

Charleston, c. G.. Dec 23--The
Swedish steamer Orion arrived here
last night from Savannah With her
cotton cargo burning. Tugs are
lighting the fire, which was said to
be serious.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
MAN AND WIFE
BURN TO DEATH
THIS MORNING
$4,000 SUIT FOR DEATH is FILED
AGAINST c. NJ. G. ST. p. r. r.
THE IOWA SHEEP BREEDERS
Man After Quarrel With Wife Shoots
and Kills Self. Woman Near
Perry is Found Frozen
to Death.

Dubuque, Dec. %. - Hans Hanson
and his wife both aged pioneers, were
burned to death early today in their
home near Waterville, Allamakee
county. Nelghbors seeing the fire
were able to find only charred frag
ments of the bodies in the ashes Of
the house.
Severely SeaIded.
Des Moines, Dec 23.-Philip Wig
crs, aged as, night Waterman at the
Iowa Glue works, was severely scald
cd when he fell into a man hole last
night, His legs and arms were ser
iously burned. s
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-12-24
Bio Order for Wire,

Chicago. Dec. 23.-The Chicago. Nil.
waukee and st. Paul railroad has
placed orders for 100000 worth OF
copper wire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-08
Lady Ancaster Entertains

Lady Ancaster, no was Miss Eloise
Breese OF New York and is the elder of
Mrs. Harry Higgins daughter, has
been doing mere entertaining this sea-
son than any of the other American
peeresses. She used to be inclined to
take life very seriously, but she is less
solemn and invites brighter and mer-
rier people than hitherto. She admits,
however, to having made mistake
lately when she entertained a lively
woman from New York. Though she
certainly had a letter of introduction
from a mutual friend, the Countess is
now suspectlng II was a forgery. one
night recently when Lady Ancaster was
entertaining Prince and Princess Alex
ander of Teck. this woman arrived in
the drawing room wearing a jeweled
garter of the most gorgeous pattern,
her skirt being slit to display 1t. The
hostess nearly tainted with horror and
catching the girl by the arm said: Y ou
muss come with mc at once and remove
that ornament and you must pin up
your skirt. Come, Immediately. There
is not a moment to be lost, as the prin-
cess is now due" Later when someone
told the princess of Lady Ancaster's
concern she laughed and said 1t was
such pity their hostess did not let her
ard the prince see the wonderful gar
ter as they had both been dying to
knnw what these were like.