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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
DANIELS REPORT IS OUT
Gives Details of Continuous Naval Con.
struction Program involving Ex-
penditure Of Half Billion Dollars.

Washington, Dec. l3.-Full details
Of Secretary Daniels continuous naval
construction program involving the
expenditure of half billion dollars
in the course of the next five years
are contained in his annual report
as head Of the navy department, made
public today. Battleships are still the
primary need, he declares. If his pro-
gram is carried out, the navy would be
composed of the following vessels
built or building in 1921: Battleships,
first line, 81; battle cruisers, 6; battle
ships, second, lire, %; armored cruis-
ers, 10: scout cruisers, 10; cruisers,
first class, s. second class. 3; cruis-
ers, third class, 10; destroyers,
los; feet submarines, IS; coast
submarines, 1877; monitors, 6: gun
boats, 20; supply ships, 4; fuel ships,
Is; transports, 4; tenders to torpedo
vessels, 5; special types, s; ammuni-
ton ships, 2.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
i5O KILLED BY BLAST
BOMB IN POWDER FROM Y. s. DE.
sTRoYED PLANT IN ~FRAhcEf &
Authorities Suspect German Plot In
Destruction Of Building Used by a,
Belgian Government. 81 p.

Paris, Dec. 13.-The inquiry into
the causes of the explosion at the Bel.
gian governments large powder fac
tory at Havre has taken the direction
Of discovering whether it was due to
German Vaccinations in the United
States. Latest reports show that $50
persons were killed by the blast.
Two hundred and fifty tons of pow
der blew up in an annex where sew
eral bikes Of ammunition from Amer.
lea were stored. An official states that
a short while ago one such box was
found to contain an apparatus intend
ed to cause its automatic explosion.
Since then all cases received from
America have been carefully examined,
Quite close to the scene OF the ex-
pIosion is a German prisoners camp.
Property within a two-mile radius
of the factory was wrecked by the ex-
plosion. All the doors and windows
in the big Schneider gun works near
by were blown in, killing several men.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
IOWA SUPREME ,~-
COURT DECISIONS

Des Moines, Dec. 13,-The Iowa su-
preme court convened today for the
December period with all members
present. According to the docket there
are only five cases to be submitted,
but the court is expected to hand down
"a large number of opinions in cases
previously submitted.
Arguments on rehearing will be
made In the case of the American
Express company vs.. Des Moines
National bank. This case involves
the loss Of $4,000 in money sent by
the Des Moinns bank in 1902 to the
bank of Irwin. The package of curren.
cy disappeared en- route, It Is claimed.
Interest on the amount lost has
doubled the amount originally sued
for. The Bank of Irwin sued the eX-
press company and secured a judg.
ment. The express company tried to
pass the judgment on the Des MOines
bank. The Supreme court in ruling
said that the evidence showed the rob.
berv did not occur in the Des Moines
institution, therefore the local bank
should not stand the loss. =:
The case of L. A. Weber VS.. Rock
Island railroad, Pottawattamie county
will also be given re hearing.
Arguments will be presented Tues
DAY in the Ford habeas corpus case.
Attorneys are seeking to have
Charles Ford, alleged leader of
gang of gunner admitted to bail in
Sioux City. He is charged with MUIR
der and bank robbery.
On Wednesday oral arguments will
be made in two cases from Des
Moines. One involves the validity OF
the jitney bus ordinance ami the 9th
err involves the legality Of p, bonds
voted for the purchase of the water
plant. ,...... ...
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
ROME CLAIMS NEW GAINS
Italians Capture Number Of Strong
Heights From the AustrIans After
Fierce Artillery Duel. .-..,

Rome, Dec. 13.-The official state
ment issued here says:
Successive operations, brilliantly
executed in the zone between the
Guidicaria valley and the Concei val
ley, have led to the capture of mum.
Der of strong heights, the possession
Of which insures the complete occu-
patton of the Bezzecca basin.
The attack began on December Z,
and was developed with caution owing
to the necessity for carrying out a
counter-bombardment or the power.
full Austrian artillery mounted in the
Lardaro group of mountains, and be-
cause it also was necessary to de-
stroy numerous defensive works
which interviewed before the main po-
s.tions
During the night of December 10
our troops reached the western and
eastern crests of Mount Vies, located
in the MouRt Mascio ridge, to the
southwest of Nozzolo. On tho follow
ing morning, after efficient artillery
preparation, our infantry forces car
ried with the bayonet the successive
lines of trenches and redoubts crown.
ing the crests. .:....~.s - ,}-
ION the remainder of the front
there is no change In the situation"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
ENFoRCEs OLD BLUE LAW
All Places Of 5uSIness In Grand
Rapids, Mleh., Closed on Sun
day Except TheaterR.

Grand Rapids. Mich, Dec. 1S.-An.
gered because Prosecutor Edward e.
Barnard stepped in when the police
board authorized billiard nails to open
Sundays and threatened to prosecute
the mayor and board members, Mayor
George E. Ellis ordered Police Com.
missioner Carroll TO rigidly apply the
Michigan blue law passed in 1852
Yesterday all places OF business in
this city of 100000 except drug stores
were ordered closed and all except
theater managers obeyed the mandate.
Every theater manager in town will
be arrested, the mayor says, and will
be fined $40 Ind costs and upon open.
ing the third Sunday will lose his II.
cense. Grand Rapids saloons have
been closed Sundays for twenty
years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
COINS 500 YEARS OLD FOUND
Curious Plates Inscribed cabot, 1893"
Also Discovered by Blacksmith
In Indiana.

Sullivan, Ind.-Frank Bennett, a
blacksmith, digging at the former site
Of the Howe brickyard, near here,
found number of copper coins and
white metal plates more than 500
years old. They were found FIVE feet
under ground, below the old trail used
by pioneers. between Terre Haute and
Vincennes.
One Of the copper coins contains a
head with the date 1410. and another
contains a raised head wearing a
crown dated 1410. One coin is marked
Six pence-Henry VIII"
The largest white metal plate is
about 21sx5 inches, and is inscribed
"On this It'll day of February, 1893, of
Our Lord, /. E., demand all nu land,
John Cabot" Another plate reads
Sebastian Cabot, May 5, 1896. Henry
VII"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
NEVER TO SEE SON AGAIN
Dr.. Samuel Guy, Who Shot Wife, to
Receive $1,000 for Part In
Strange Bargain.

New York, Dec. 13.-Harold Guy
Mott OF Far Rockaway who inherited
about 100000 from the estate of his
mother, Lillian Mott Guy, who was
shot and killed by her husband. DR..
Samuel s. Guy, widely known dentist
and once coroner of Queens county,
has consummated an agreement with
his father by which the latter is
pledged never to try to see his son
again. The young man, who changed
his name while his father was ser wing
a nine-year term in Sing Sing for
manslaughter, has agreed to give Doc
tor Guy $4,000 in lump sum and $4.-
900 in annual installments of $1,000 to
bind the strange bargain. ..,.v
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
MRS. MARSHALL AT CAPITAL
Viee-President's Wife, Who Has Been
III, Arrives at Washington
With Husband.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Mrs Mar.
shall. wife of the vice-president, ar
rived here today from indianapolis.
Vice-Presidant Marshall has accom-
panied her. Mrs. Marshall, who is re.
covering from an illness, went direct
to her hotel where her apartments
have been redecorated and remodeled,
according to directions left by her
during her visit here in October.
For the series Of large evening re-
ceptions which the vice-president and
Mrs. Marshall contemplate giving as
the winter advances a set Of draw.
ing rooms on the entrance floor, FIR 3.
quently used for dinners to the pres.
ident. will be reserved.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16

no other reason is sufficient to ex.
cuse such an attack, not even the pos.
sibility of rescue.
The government of the United
States is forced, therefore, to conclude
either that the commander of the sub
marine acted in violation of his in
structions or that the imperial and
royal government failed to issue in
structions to the commanders of its
submarines in accordance with the
law of nations and the principles of
humanity. The government of the
United States is unwilling to believe
the latter alternative and to credit the
Austro-Hungarian government with
intention to permit 4ts submarines to
destroy the lives of helpless men,
women and children. 1t prefers to
believe that the commander Of the
submarine committed the outrage
without authority and contrary to the
general or special instructions which
he had received.
Asks DlsaVowal and Indemnity.
As the good relations of the two
countries must rest upon com.
mon regard for law and humanity, the
government of the United States can
not be expected to do otherwise than
to demand that the imperial and royal
government denounce the sinking of
the Ancona as an illegal and indie
fensible act; that the officer who per
petrated the deed be punished. and
that reparation by the payment of an
indemnity be made for the citizens of
the United States who were killed or
injured by the attack on the vessel.
The government OF the United
States expects that the Austro-Hun-
garian government. approaching the
gravity of the case, will accede to its
demand promptly; and it rests this
expectation on the belief that the Aus
tro-Hungarian government will not
sanction or defend an act which is
condemned by the world as inhuman
and barbarous, which is abhorrent to
all civilized nations and which has
caused the death of innocent Ameri-
can citizens.
(Signed) LANSING.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
DEATH CALLS ylgEAII
Wilbur Kenttsld Succumbs to Re-
Igi.l cent Hunting accident. u

Wilbur Kentfeid, aged 81 years, an
employee of the G. ID. Gamble farm
east of Lacey, who I, was. badly IN
jhred by the accidental discharge Of
q shot gun the, morning OF ThursdaE,
December 2, died Sunday, December
IL, 1915, at 1850 p. m.,r the result OF
complications following the accident.
Young Kentheld was out hunting
in company with Ora Coleman and
Mr.. Gamble. He was standing eth
err resting or waiting for his com.
panions to come up with him. He
set the stock of his gun upon the
ground and with hands crossed over
the muzzle stood leaning upon tie
barrels which were pointed in the dl'
rection Of his face.
The gan was accidentally dlscharg-
ed in both barrels when a hunting
dog, ranging through an obstruction
either fell or ra nagainst the gun
with considerable force. The loads
passed through both hands and lodg-
ed in the side OF the neck and face.
All of one hand was destroyed and a
greater part of the other.
An automobile was reached and
the injured lad hurried to town for
splendidly from the shock and was
doing well for several days. Evi.
dences of blood poisoning developed
later and death was the result Of
tetanus. ...
WILDER Kentfield was a son of w.
w. Kentfied and Harriet Kennedy
Kentfleld, and was q years, months
and one day of age at date Of death.
He has lived his entire life in Ma.
haska county. He is survived by
sister, May billiard, four half sisters
and half brother Elmer. ,.
Funeral at one-thirty o'clock p. m,
Tuesday, December. IA. at the Wilcox.
Wilbur chapel on North First street.
Interment in Henness cemetery.
Young Kentfeld was a likable fell
low and while strictly businesslike
and devoted to the interests of his
employer rather than TO associations
or companions, he was widely known
and was liked throughout the com.
munity. He was dependable, as
punctual as an alarm clork, and alto
gether rather. exceptional young
man His tlntimely death is regret
ted by large following of friends.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
MRS. SPARKS IN |URED SOCIAL SERVICE WORK
Only Five New Families Asked For
Aid During November.

The report of the Social Service
secretary and overseer OF the poor,
for November, was in many respects
the best and most interesting yet
made. Only five new families dur
ing the month were brought to the
attention of the office. The ideal
is OF course to so carry on the work
that the number of new applicants
will constantly decrease. In Nov
ember there were 62 continued fami.
lies.
You may not know that of the
three hundred and thirty-eight fami-
lies or individuals that have been
brought to the attention of the office
since its organization, ninety fami-
lies are inter-related. Poverty be-
comes the fashion, runs in the fam
ily," the habit of being helped be-
comes SO fixed that it is passed along
as the generations come and go.
Herein is the foundation argument
apparent to all-for hating the chill
dren as often as possible in their
natural tendency to become depends
ent the same as the father and moth
Ell. The hope of constructive char.
ity work is with the child. If even
only one little youngster now and
then can be veered from dependency
to independence, then these eXpendi.
lures of effort and money are we'll
worth while.
OF the five new applicants i'm Nov.
ember, according to the report, three
were married couples, one widower,
and one widow. One application
was by an orga nization, one by an
individual, and three came on their
own initiative Twenty-Five visits
were made in behalf of families. Six
persons were provided temporary en-
ployment and in two other instances
the employment should prove perma.
nent.
Material relief was furnished by
a church, the Red Cross society, and
by relatives. In the latter instance
a relative from a distance helped in
the payment of rent.
Hospital treatment was provided
for one, and legal aid was rendered
in one case. The secretary of the
League is frequently asked by the
court to report on cases, especially in
the instance of widows pension.
Clothing was provided 13 times,
and 13 transients made application
at the office.
More and more the charity inter
ests of the city, both individuals and
institutions, are centralizing in and
working through the Social Service
League. The League officials, the
directorate, and the County Board,
note this tendency with interest, not
for the Leagues sake, but for the
sake of the less fortunate of the COM
munity who may thus be afforded a
better and more permanent sort of
aid Interest centers finally, as it
should, not in the organization, the
instrument, be it this or that, but in
, the results.
In always coveting a wider coope-
alton the Social Service League is
actuated only by desire to provide
the locally benevolenuy inclined with
a better means of accomplishing
their ambition. namely the rendering
of real, lasting service and relief, in
the broadcast and best sense, to those
lin need
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
COMMERCE BODY TOO SMALL
Railways Have Grown to Such an Ex.
tent That Commission Is Unable
sr to Cope With Problem. ~ s.

Washington, Dec. 1S.--American
railways have grown to such an ex-
tent that the interstate commerce COM
mission is unable to, cope with the
problems presented in connection with
its duties of regulating common car
riers and sees as the best remedy for
this situation an enlargement OF the
membership of the body, according to
the annual report of the commission.
which was laid before congress to.
day. n ia ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
OLD BUILDING. SOLD
Home of Last Chance Saloon Dis
posed of BY Referee.

The old Last Chance Saloon"
building on High avenue west was
sold on Saturday afternoon in the
court house, by the referee, Maxwell
O'Brien to Rosie May Cummings for
the sum of $1,575. The building has
been involved in an estate case, and
to partition the division of the prop
erty the building was sold For years
the. building was occupied by the
Last Change" saloon and since the
saloons have been closed the building
has been unoccupied. The sale OF
Saturday afternoon awaits the ap-
proval Of the courts, after which
there will be deed given By the
referee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
EXPECT BRITISH TO RETREAT
Three English sattalIons Surrounded
by Turks and Surrendered, Says
constantinopIe.

Berlin wireless to Sayville). Dec.
13.-Three English battalions were
surrounded by the Turks and surren.
dered. according to private advices
from Constantinople received by the
semi-ofiiciai Trans-ocean News bureau.
II is stated that in the near future the
English are expected TO retreat still
further south. since their rear posts
are in danger OF being cut on.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
Repairs at Court House.

A number of minor repairs are In
progress at the Court House sat the
present time. Among them the large
squares in the tile floor on the first
floor which have become loosenei by
the constant wear are being taken
out and cemented back in place. The
tile when they become loose are a
nuisance and are the cause of numer-
Gus accidental falls. ]. M. Price has
charge of the work on the floor. The
roof OF the building is also receiving
a going over. and all the loose slate is
being taken off and replaced with
new. N
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
Ruling On Widows Pensions.

County Board OF Supervisors, made
a ruling last week that all reports
from the. Widows, who receive pen.
sions from the county must be sent
to Hollyce D, Brown for approval.
before being sent to the county audi.
tor 1t has been the custom hereto.
fore to. submit the report to the audi
tor direct, but the new ruling viii
require q very rigid report, and will
shorten the work for the auditors
office.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
Insure Your Packages.

Insure your parcels and thus quar-
antee safe delivery or have cost OF
packages repaid to you by the post.
Office department. Insurance willonly
cost you three cents for valuation up
to $500; FIVE cents up to $500; ten
cents up to $4,000, and twenty-five
cents up to $4,000. Insurance tags
may be secured at the stamp window
Of postoffice.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
Food Mailed to Europe.

New York. Dec. 13.--The FIRST ship.
ment Of condensed milk, lard and rice
which is to be sent to the children OF
Germany and Austria as first class
mail. has been turned over to the
post ONCE department, says an an.
nouncement made by the citizens com.
mittee for food shipments to Germany
and Austria, a. 4, :. :. Z.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
An Old Relic.

George James presented to the Keo,
kuk county board a framed document
which was the action taken by the or.
iginal county board Of Keokuk In the
choosing Of site for the county seat.
The document is an, old relic, handed
down by his father, who was the first
clerk Of the Court OF Keokuk county.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
SELLING county Fair stock.

Members Of the County Fair As
sociation are making daily trips into
the country selling the 100000 worth
of stock. The people In general are
most liberal. and the sale of the stock
has exceeded all expectation up to
the present time. and no solicitations
have as yet been made In the city Of
Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
Animal Has Lock Jaw.

A mule belonging to George Bark
ley of the Chillicothe district had an
Jaws were set for ten days but is re-
oyering now.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-12-16
TO Withdraw Troopa

Paris. Dec. 13.--According to infor.
nation received here from Athens.
the Greek government has agreed to
Withdraw its troops from saloniki.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-09

MARSHALL BLAIR CUsHMAN.

Funeral services for Marshall Blair
Cushman. veteran of the government
service, who died Tuesday, were held
this afternoon at o'clock at the fam
lily home, 2949 Tilden street northwest.
Interment was private.
Mr.. Cushman had been connected
with the patent office since 1871, the
past thirty-ona years as an examiner.
He was born in Northampton, Mass,
the youngest child of Ephraim and
Wealthy Cushman. and was a descend
ant of Thomas Cushmap of the May
flower voyagers, who married Mary
Allerton, said to have been the last
survivor of the Pilgrims. in 1885.
He graduated from Amherst College
in 1862, where he was prominent in
Amherst team that defeated Williams
game played, some fifty-five years ago
He afterward took law degrees at
Harvard Law School.
He was for many years active in re-
ligious and musical circles, having
been a member of the First Congre-
gational Church, promoter of the Y.
NJ. c. A. movement in its early develop
ment, and close friend and associate
of the late Dr. Bischoff.
He is survived by his widow, who
was Hannah Virginia Gibbs of Mount
Vernon, Va; daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Cushman: an elder brother, John
S. Cushman; Mrs William E. Mathews
and Arlon V. Cushman, children of his
first wife, and one grandson, William
NJ. Cushman.
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MEXICO APPOINTS
AN ENVOY TO j. s.


Chile as minister in 1909 land when
Chile and the United States raised the
rank of their corresponding diplomatic
representatives to that of ambassador
he was advanced to the higher post.
The appointment of ambassadors re-
stores full diplomatic relations between
the two governments, which were in
terrupted with the recall of Henry
Lane Wilson two years ago and the
subsequent controversy with Gen.
Huerta.
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pear before ono of the boards.

pear before one OF the boards.
The candidates undergoing examina-
ton here number sixty-n nine. as follows;
W. D. Alexander, Glenn L. Allen. J. E
Beattie, jr.: John F. Bonner. William
H. Brown. Andrew carrico. A. D. Con-
ner. Samuel H Dickson. jr.: Houston
H. briggs. Edward r. Eherle, Marcus
q. Esterly. r. A Finch. Benjamin S
Gantx. Albert H. Guidera, Norman T
Heath. John F. Huddleston, Robert b
HUH. Simon s. Kaplan. H. F. Kimberly.
L. T. Kitchens. Max NJ. Mandl, James
r. Mccormick, Lloyd E. Meany. Or
Vile NJ Moore. S. W. Musser, David
H. Owen, Thomas J. A. Regain. John
r. Rudy, Malcom G. Slarrow. CARL r
Streets, Pay Clerk George c. Tasker
Granville B. Triplett, jr.: Vernon n
wheeler, Ernest r. Williams. Eric w
Luster, T. B. Afford. Otis &. Barnes
Oliver ]. Bond, jr.; Raymond M. Bright
Thomas o. Cannon. F. Van Buren, Con-
nell. Henry 8. CUP. Erskine s. Dollar
hide, A B. Durant, Louie c. English
Carl ]. Faist, Lemuel F. Games. H. F
Grimm. IT.; Howard N. Hartley, r. n
Hickman, Andrew L. Huestfs. S. b
Jacobson. Gustav Karow. Frank r
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thirteen TO BE MADE
ASSISTANT PAYMASTERS
Competitive Examinations Being
Held to FIJI Vacancies in
q. s. Navy.

Competitive examinations are in
progress in this city. Newport. R. l.;
New Orleans. Chicago and San Fran
cisco for appointment as assistant pay
masters in the navy. Thirteen vacan-
cies now exist in that grade, with
prospects that additional vacancies
will have to be filled by the time the
papers submitted in the current ex-
aminations have been graded. These
places are open to all young men be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
twenty-stJ who have made application
and have received permission to ap-