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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-06-17
ROCHESTER,.

Dick Crookham and wife we're re-
cent visitors at the Paul Voss home.
Mrs. Lizzie Voss and Clara Voss
were in Eddyyille over Sunday, going
down with their brother, Frank Hor-
mic, who has been here for treatment
with DIR, MCLEAN at Oskaloosa.
Mrs. Rose Barlow received word
that her niece, Mrs. Mamie Young.
had passed away. Burial at Belle
fountaine Monday morning.
The A. r. 7. Il. club OF Cedar
came out to the Guy Taylor home on
Wednesday for an all days meeting.
With the ladies of the club came the
husbands and children. In all thirty
guests. A delicious dinner was sery.
ed at the noon hour. Then came a
trip to the Mcclure cottage on the
river. Various amusements were in,
dulged, including splendid cake.
walk by two OF the ladies. much 10
tile delight Of the rest OF the com
pany
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EDDYV|LLEETCH|NGs

Eddyvllle, June 10 Mrs. George
Pendray of Ravilla, Mont, wha has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. n. b. McNeese went to Keitns-
burg the latter part of the week for
a visit with friends.
c. Powell left Saturday for Kansas
City on a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Hall and child.
rem of Bell PLANE are visiting at the
parental r.. ID. Hall home.
Mr.. w. H. Reed is seriously Ill this
week.
Mr.. c. Corbet and Mrs. Jim Seibert
and children are guests a. the Reed
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Jones of Abba
spent Sunday in EddyVille visiting
friends.
J. R. Roberts who has had employ.
ment with ann. & st. l.. Bridge
crew at Hampton returned for few
days while recovering from an acct
dent which he recently received.
Miss Edith Lee has returned from
Mt. Pleasant where she has just COM
pleted her four years course in col.
lege.
Mrs. Charles Odem and son Har.
old spent Sunday in Abba, guests OF
DR.. and Mrs. Wray. Vina Saville and
Francis O'Connor were Abba pessen-
gers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. b. lager of brakes
vile are visiting relatives in Eddy.
vile this week.
John Trend of New Sharon Is visit
ing at the parental Terrell home in
Eddyville this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Whitsel came
down from Oskaloosa and spent Sun
day with relatives in Eddyville.
The X. of P.'s, Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs held their memorial servic-
es Sunday p. m. from the Consrega-
tional church.
Mrs. NJ. ]. Criswell and son WIN
left Monday for Webster City for a
few days visit with their daughter
and sister, Mrs. Sam Arnold.
Gale True is spending the week in
Grinnell visiting his son Marion, who
is student at Grinnell college.
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Largest In History.

Four hundred and thirteen persons
received degrees and certificates at
the forty-fourth annoual commence.
ment exercises at Iowa State college
at Ames. Certificates OF eminent
service were conferred upon Cover.
nor W. d. Hoard of Wisconsin, for
his work in advancing dairying, and
Charles G. Patton of Charles City, a
practical horticultural, who has
adapted many varieties OF fruits for
the upper Mississippi valley. La
Verne w. Noyes of Chicago, class OF
~, received the honorary degree OF
doctor OF engineering and DR.. Marion
Dorset OF Washington, d. c., the dis.
coyerer of hog cholera serum, the
honorary degree of doctor OF vet
Urinary medicine.
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OLD RESIDENTS ILL
Several Pioneer Citizens of Beacon
In a Bad Way.

Illness of serious character is re-
ported among members OF the elder
residents of Beacon.
John Melcher, we'll along in the
eighties is in a serious condition, the
result of an accident. He had been
confined with pneumonia. Leaving his
bed he was too weak to sustain him.
self and fell, breaking a couple of
ribs and sustaining other injuries,
Mrs. Sophia Collier, his daughter,
of Des Moines was summoned to the
bed side and is nursing the old gen
tleman.
Moses Thomas, Beacon's eldest res
ident, "a years OF age is very i'll with
the outcome in doubt.
Arthur Husson, father of Henry
Husson of OskalOosa is confined to
his bed and is helpless. Mr.. HusSOn
submitted to an operation some time
ago and has not recovered his
streng since Mrs. husson is also con-
fined to her home by illness.
Ben Evans is another of Beacon s
elderly residents who is severely i'll,
with the outcome in doubt.
Mrs. Ida Patton is confined to her
bed with pneumonia, following an OPP
Grafton a few days ago.
Mrs. John letters, an invalid and
sufferer with rheumatism for years,
is in a serious condition and her son
David, and his daughter, Miss Mar
garet have been summoned from their
home in Hooking to the bedside.
Thomas Berdinner, Sr., was strick-
en- with paralysis while visiting his
son Thomas Jr., at Oskaloosa has
been returned to his home here but is
little improved.
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U-14 IS sunk BY BRITISH
Report That German Submarine Was
Destroyed Is Confirmed by
Berlin Admiralty.

Berlin. June 16 (via Amsterdam).-
The announcement recently made by
A. ]. Balfour in the house Of COM
mons that German submarine had
been sunk by the British is confirmed
by the German admiralty. 1t is stated
that the lost submarine was the U-14.
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italian. captur. Alrbo.t.

Rome, June 16 tyia Paris) The
Italians have just captured their
fourth Austrian hydroplane. The ma.
chine few over Venice dropping
bombs, but was forced TO descend to
the sea while returning 70 Pola and
was picked up BY patrol boat
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Large Convention.

June % to rs will mark the days
OF one OF the biggest conventions ever
held in Ames, the national society
for Promotion Of Engineering Educa.
tion being slated to hold their annual
meeting at the college on those days.
There Will be in the neighhorhood of
300 present at the meeting. the dele
gates coming from all parts OF the
United States,
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Can't get ahead OF Uncle Bill
Lacey. While visiting his White
Feather Poultry Farm" Monday, on
the afternoon run of the Mahaska
Farm Tour, some one asked if any
annoyance was experienced from
rats or mice. oh, we ind one once
in a while" replied Mr.. Lacey. but
they are all white"
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Russ In Denial.

Petrograd. June 16.-The Russian
war ONCE issued an Official denial OF
the reports that the Russians were
evacuating Lemberg. U.voy). in Ga.
licia. or that they were preparing to
evacuate Il
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100000. 900 Mortgage.

An assignment OF trusteeship and
mortgage for $1OO.OOOOOO was filed
with Ed G. Vaughn. county recorder
for Lee county, at Keokuk The mort
gage is the one given by the Rock Is
land railway company
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LACEY.

Miss LYDIA Hasselmas OF Pella,
spent. few days last week with Mr.,
and Mrs. John Kaldenburg.
A large crowd attended the Child
ren's Day exercises held at the Lacey
church last Sunday morning
The election for voting on bonds for
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s.eamsr peaable Terpedoed.

London, June 15.--Tne British
steamship Desable was torpedoed and
sunk on the Firth 81 Tay on SATURDAY.
Her crew WAS rescued.
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YOUNG-Mrs. Mary Jessie Young,
daughter OF J. B. and II. r. Pearson,
died at her fathers home, 1907 A ave-
neu West, Oskaloosa, Iowa, after an
Illness of over a years duration, was
laid to rest in the BeIlefountain
cemetery in the J. B. Pearson lot, No.
10, beside her brother, J. B., Jr.
Prayer services were held at the
j. B. Pearson home Sunday June 10,
at 3 o'clock p. m, conducted by Rev.
farley of the Christion church. Spec
ial singing was conducted by Miss
Victor, with Miss Miller at the or
gan. The funeral was held in the M.
e. church at Tracy, Iowa, June 14th,
by Rev. ]. e. Gavin, by request OF de.
ceased. Two hymns, also selected by
the deceased, were sang by the choir,
There is a Fountain Filled With
Blood" and Nearer My God to
Thee" There were also two other
hymns sung.
This being Mary's old home, and as
she Joined this church at 10 years OF
age, and served the church and Sun
day school as organist from the age
of eleven until she was fourteen, when
she moved with her family to Oska-
loosa.. Rev. Gavin, who preached the
funeral sermon had been her class
leader in church and Sunday school
all that time, and there was much
feeling in his sermon. DIR. l.. +. Park,
who led the choir when Mary was
organist, spoke very touchingly OF
her always prompt attendance. and
efficiency in church and Sunday
school. After 21 years OF wandering.
she was returned to her old friends to
be laid at rest in the beautiful Belle
fountain cemetery. AZ the services In
Oskaloosa. her father ami mother.
and all her brothers and sisters we're
present, also her husband and his mo
Their. four brothers and one one sis
ter, and a nephew OF Ottumwa.
Mamie" is survived by her hns-
band, father, mother. four brothers
and two sisters Her brothers and sis.
tiers are as follows 4, p. Pearson o.
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British Naval Casualties.

London. June 16.--Premier Asquitti
announced In the house OF commons
that the British naval casualties to
May were 1s.s47.
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Welsh Miners Strike.

Cardiff. Wales. June l5.-Fiye thou
sand Welsh coal miners struck be-
cause Of the introduction Of the open
shop system
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BRYAN-FANCHER- 4At' four O..
clock this afternoon, at the home OF
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
r. Fancher, I'll North H street, Miss
Lottie Fancher was united In mar
riage to Mr.. Elmer Bryan. AS Miss
Mary Mcclure played the wedding
march the bride and groom took their
places unattended, under a pink and
white bower, and the Rev. Perdew of
the Methodist church performed the
ceremony in the presence of about
thirty relatives and friends OF the
bride and groom.
The house decorations were all in
pink and white, the chosen colors of
the bride. Roses and ferns in profus-
ion, graced the home everywhere,
making the handsomest of back
grounds for the pretty picture.
Throughout the home, the pink and
white scheme was carried out, and
in the elaborate dinner which was
served Immediately following the
ceremony the pink and white colors
predominated.
The bride was charmingly gowned
in white net and embroidered organ
die over a pink silk foundation, and
carried a shower boquet OF roses and
ferns. Miss Fancher is one of Oska-
loosa's most charming young ladies,
Is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
Fancher, and has been a most sue
cessful school teacher in the county
schools for the five years since her
graduation from high school. She has
been a hard and faithful worker in
the Methodist church, a member of
the Epworth League Cabinet, and
prominent in the social activities of
the church.
The groom is the only son of Mrs.
Emma Bryan Nesbitt, ana was born
and raised in Fremont, Iowa, where
he graduated from the high school
and afterward moved to Oskaloosa,
where he graduated from the Penn
School of Commerce. He was book.
keeper for the Hawkeye Lumber Co.
of this city for two years, then &C.
cepted position as department man.
ager in the Frankel store. He is a
member of the Methodist church, a
young man of sterling character and
abundant manhood VINO has been a
member of the choir at the Methodist
church for a number of years, a men,
Der of the Epworth League cabinet,
and a faithful worker in all the
church activities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan leave this ev-
ening for a weeks visit with rela-
tives in Chicago and other cities of
interest. They will be at home to their
many friends in Oskaloosa, after Aug
ust first, at sos Second avenue east.
Mrs. H. w. Hunter of Columbus,
Nebraska; Mrs. J. S. Meyers and son
Ralph OF Osceola, Iowa; and Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. McMickle OF Hedrick were
out of town guests for the occasion.
A number of beautiful pre-nuptial
courtesies were given for Miss Fan
cher by the Cabinet of the Epworth
League of the M. f. church; the Del
ia Sigma class of the church. Mrs.
w. l.. WymOre and Miss Clara Nc
Fate, and Mrs. r. B. Morgan. The an
Inouncement party was given by Miss
Mary Mcclure.
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! BROWNIES. Annie Brown died
at her home in Beacon, Monday, June
ID, 1915, at 1922 p. m, aged 6S years.
She was born in Indiana, October l.,
1S4S, but has lived most of her life
in OskalOosa. She is survived by
her husband and two sisters, Mrs.
Sam Jones of Romenby, Mimi, and
Nell Brown of Knick, Alaska. Fun
eral Thursday at p. m, from Con-
gregational church at Beacon, with
nterment in Beacon cemetery.
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BARNES-Born to Mr. and Mrs. o.
z. Barnes, at their home, 907 south
Fifth street, Saturday morning, June
IL, 1915, a fine s pound boy.
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HOLTMAN-Born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Hoffman. SIC South Market
street, a son, July IA, 1915. This
makes Dick" Hoffman a grandpa
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ALLEN-Born to Mr.. and Mrs. J,
J. Allen, SIC East Fourth avenue,
June 5th, 1915, a daughter.
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Shot Fired at Train.

The first bullet fred in the
street car strike hit south
bound Wilson avenue elevated train
Just as it was drawing into the
Chicago avenue station. The bullet
struck just above a window in the
rear OF the first coach, and was i'm
bedded in the woodwork. One wom-
an and detective we're the only per-
sons beside the motorman in the
coach
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Oskaloosa; Charles w. H., Des Moin-
es; VERNE H, Oskaloosa; Louis Earl
Oskaloosa; Clara Shipp, Beacon, and
Vivian Munsell, Oskaloosa.
Mary Jessie Pearson was born at
Glenwood, Iowa, December s, 1879,
and died June IL, 1915, at 1856 p. M,
at the age of 35 years, 6 months and
3 days. She was married to w. l..
Young at Omaha, Nebraska, July IL,
1909 by George c. Cockrell, Justice
of the Peace. We can only say at
last, Gods will be done.
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SMITH - RUFFEL Announce
ment comes to the city OF the mar
riage of Mr. Emmons A. Smith, night
ticket agent at the NJ. & st. L. de-
pot, to Miss Flora A. Ruffel, on last
Thursday evening, June 10, 1915, at
the home of the bride in Macomb,
Illinois. Miss Ruffel is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Ruffel, promi-
nent business and society people OF
Macomb. Mr. Smith is the son Of
Mrs. Ella Smith of Charles City, Ia,
and has been in the employ OF the
NJ. & ST. L. depot of this city for the
past year, making a host of friends
through his splendid personality. Mr..
and Mrs. Smith will be at home in
Oskaloosa to their friends after July
first, but at present are not perma-
nently located.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-06-17

SHIRK-Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Shirk, June 9th, 10 pound son.
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Car Strike at Gary Averted.

Gary, Ind. June 1.-THE threat
ened Gary and lnterurban traction
strike. which would have affected sew
eral northern Indiana cities. has been
averted for the present. Two weeks
more have been given the company to
renew the expiring wage scale.
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Joseph Rockford Carlin, Oska. .'.25
1908 and
Florence Ann Martin, Oska. -. IA
Curtis R. Weber, Fremont. =. 20
1904 and
Elsie Florence Cosby, Fremont. .l9
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Attempt to Wreck Train.

What is believed to have been an
attempt to wreck one OF these trains
was made just as the Kinzie street
curve was reached. A heavy piece of
scantling was thrown from the fire es-
cape OF building close to the ele-
waited structure. The scantling missed
the train and no damage was done.
Evening journal., 1915-03-15
LANKFORD Held
IN BILLIPS Case
Three Thousand Dollars
Bail Required for APP
pearance at Court
MANSLAUGHTER is
CHARGE ALLEGED

Leroy Lankford, colored, aged %
years, was arraigned in the City Court
this morning on the charge of the
murder of James Billips, colored,
aged 36 years, on February 27. After
hearing two witnesses Lankford was
held in $4,000 bail for the grand jury.
James Salisbury said the evidence
did not warrant a graver charge than
manslaughter. Judge Churchman said
II was up to the attorney general to
fix the charge.
Dr. Henry w. Briggs said he per-
formed an autopsy on Billips on
March g. He stated that death was
caused by a fracture of the skull,
probably caused by a blow from a
blunt instrument, most likely club.
Mary Carter, of 900 Union street,
where the murder was committed,
said Billips was of a quarrelsome dis
position and on the day in question
came into Landlords room and ac-
cused him OF telling lies about him at
the coal yard. She said she got him
to leave the room, but he returned
later and quarrel started between
the two men, during which Lankford
picked up a piece OF green firewood
and struck Billips The latter fell
over in the hall The woman said she
did all she could to prevent the trou-
Bile.
She said that when Billips entered
the room the second time he told
Lankford he was going to break his
neck. Lankford told him he did not
want to bother with him.
Evening journal., 1915-03-15
ELLANESS sOCIETY SOCIAL.

A delightful musical and literary
program was presented at the meet
ing of the Ellaness Society of the
Young Mems Hebrew Association,
held in their rooms last night.
The program follows: Miss Cert
rude Hart, piano selections; Samuel
Colder, vocal selections and recita-
tiOns; A. u. Shapiro. vocal selections !:
Ellaness Glee Club Quartet. composed
of l. S. Guest, S. NJ. Rachlin. A. y.
Shapiro and b. Fl. Silver; Miss Re
becca Altman and Norman Slansky,
piano selection. This was the first
public appearance of the glee club
quartet and it scored a complete sue
cess. Dancing was enjoyed until a
late hour
Evening journal., 1915-03-15
POWDER COMPANY ELECTION

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the L. /. DUPONT de Nemours
Powder Company was held at Hoboken.
n. j., today. The meeting was to elect
the directors TO serve for the coming
year, and the polls closed at ! o'clocl,
this afternoon At that time it looked
as though the retiring directors had
been elected. They are: p. 5. dupont
Alfred /. DUPONT, VIM. DUPONT, lrenoc
DUPONT, Francis l. DUPONT, Eugene f.
DUPONT, II. +. dupont. Alexis J. DUPONT,
Lammot DUPONT, Henry Belin, Jr., +. L.
Connable, J. A. Haskell, John p. LaiTey
Z. G. Buclner, Charles l.. Patterson
John j. Raskob, II. Il. Brown, r. r. NJ.
Carpenter, William Coyne, II. G. Has
kell.
The executive committee named
follows
Irenee DUPONT chairman; f. l..
Connable. II. f. Brown, r. r. NJ. Car
penter. William Coyne, Lammot du-
Pont. II. G. Haskell, John J. Raskob,
A. Felix DUPONT
Evening journal., 1915-03-15
BEGIN WEEKS STUDY
With SOCIAL Session
High School Opening Ex-
erciSeS Today Full Of
Interest
ORCHESTRA TO
GIVE CONCERT

Opening exercises at the Whining
ton High School this morning con
sisted of two special recitations.
brief talf to the students by Profess
sOr A. II. Berlin and several an
nouncements Those who recited in
cluded Miss Mildred McCardell who
recited an excerpt from "The No
bility of Labor" by Orville Dewey
and Osborne Quayle who recited "a
Plea For the Poet Archias,' from
Cicero. Announcement was made of
the senior class bake which will be
held on Saturday, March 20, in a stall
in the King street market and also in
the Madison street market An
nOuncement was made by Miss Nell
G. Krumme that only $75 remained to
be paid on the school piano.
Professor Berlin read an extract
from one of the New York papers on
the New York City directory, which
gave a number of interesting statis-
tics, and he also read letter from the
president of one of the colleges
which offered a renewal of the plan
whereby a graduate from the High
School may enter on presenting a
cerning which Professor Berlin adj
dressed the students and gave the ad-
vice controlling their future courses.
He impressed on the students as
sembled the necessity of thoroughly
preparing themselves.
Attention was called 10 the victory
which Wilmington High celebrated over
the Chester boys when they defeated
that team by a score of a to II ON Fri
day in the Friends School gym" and
under the leadership of Earle 5. Ewing
the two class yells. one for the basket.
ball team and the other for the gym
team, were enthusiastically given. In
celebration of the victory the handsome
w. II. S. flag and the Stars and Stripes
were draped over the stage this morn
ing.
Under the direction Of John d. Tay-
Tor, the orchestra played the RED
Fee" march, by Hearn, and "Hypatia
Waltzes," by Bennett. Mr.. Taylor an
nounced this morning that the High
School orchestra would give a concert
about the last of April
There will be a meeting of the Die
Lustigen Club tomorrow afternoon at
the home of Miss Marion Kyle, No. SOC
\ Van Buren, street, and following the
business meeting a "lSaffe klatsch''
will be enjoyed. Arthur Wise is presi-
dent of the Die Lustigen Club.
Under the direction of Miss Nell c.
Krumme the school sang. "fhe Merry
Mermaid" and Work For the Night
] Is Coming" Miss krumme is busy at
present reorganizing the gloo clubs
and getting the work settled into the
regular spring routine. Il is prob
able that these two clubs will present
another concert late in the spring
though nothing has yet been definite
ly decided upon.
Evening journal., 1915-03-15
These speakers
Plead FOR Peace
Socialists Join in Movement
To End War For All
Time
COMMEND WILSON
FOR NEUTRALITY

Several hundred persons attended
the peace meeting, held under the
auspices OF the Delaware Peace Soci-
city and the Socialist party in Odd
Fellows Hall yesterday afternoon.
John II. Hickey. president of the
Central Labor Union of Wilmington.
presided and the speaker included At
torney General Josiah o. Wolcott,
Francis r. Taylor, Charles w. Irwin,
an attorney of Philadelphia, and Pres
ident isaac Sharpless of Haverford
College.
After the meeting was formally
opened by the singing of America" ."
Chairman Hickey introduced Attor-
ney General WolcOtt as the first
speaker.
Mr.. Wolcott spoke strongly for
arbitration, as a means for doing
away with that horrible monster CALI
ed war" The South American coua-
tries, he declared. are far ahead Of
the rest of the world in settling their
disputes in this manner. He believed
that right not might should prevail
ninistration for the manner in which
it has handled the various serious sit
uations by which II has been con-
tronted, declaring that a new idea
has been injected.
Mr.. Taylor who dwelt at length
upon tho subject of the sovereign
rights of a State and sovereignty
declaring that these two questions
have had much to do in the launch
ing of this great conflict among the
European nations. He took as a COM
parison the boundary line between
two States of the Union and the
boundary line between two of the
belligerents, stating that there is
practically no physical difference.
Each State" declared Mr.. Taylor.
should be personally responsible for
its actions" Further on in his ad-
dress he lauded the power of the
press and public opinion and also the
wonderful construction of the consti-
tuition of the United States.
President Sharpless declared that
this war has proven that the increase
of armmaments has not proven the
saying of ''in time of peace prepare
for war TO be correct.
He believed that there are
times when war cannot be pre-
vented and that a good war iustifes
any cause but that the increase in
armaments has simply schooled the
nations and they have just waited for
a chance to fight
Mr.. w. Erwin, of Philadelphia, in
his address on "The Real Power. "
spoke on what he said was a war for
bread, in which ten millions had been
engaged for hundreds of years.
He declared that the constitution oil
the United States though right whe1
it was prepared, was for the owning
class only. THE artisan class. saiC
Mr.. Erwin, "has not yet arisen, but
when is does there will be a great
change" Mr.. Erwin concluded his
remarks by asking if there was any
one who had question which he
wished to be answered. Mr. Taylor
wished TO know if all these things
were wrong and Socialist knew it,
why they did not suggest a remedy
and build up rather than destroy.
This was answered by Mr.. Erwin.