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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
BATTLE is STILL ON
U. S. POSSE AND INDIANS IN
FIERCE FIGHT IN UTAH.
Redskins Ambush Scouting Party
Who Flee to coVer-Two More
Utes Wounded.

SaIt3 Lake City, Utah, Feb. PA
party of about five deputy United
States marshals sent out by Marshal
Nebeker to flank the Indians and II
possible cut off their expected retreat
down Cow canyon, were ambushed by
a scouting party Of 20 Indians under
the leadership of Tsenegat. Under a
cover. Re-enforcements were rushed
to the scene and then the battle began.
A few minutes later the Indians re.
ceived re-enforcements until they out
numbered the whites. For nearly an
hour the firing continued with no eff.
feet except that tvs of the Indians
were wounded. Then Tsenegat with a
a party of seven men started up the
canyon in what was plainly move
ment to get behind the deputies. Mar
shall Nebaker ordered a squad of six
deputies to proceed up the canyon and
counteract the movement. The two
squads met about half a mile up the
canyon, the deputies opened fire on
the red men, who returned the fire. but
not before three OF their number fell
Then with the remaining followers
Tsenegat took to cover in a cave on
the mountain side. Meanwhile Sheriff
Gingles of Detour, Colo, came up from
behind and took charge of the party,
hiding five of his moss experienced
deputies behind huge powders, he
started back to the scene of the main
battle. Tsenegat, believing that the
way was clear, with the four remain
ing followers, started back to join his
band. When all of the red men were
within range the hidden deputies
opened fire. two of the Indians dropped
seriously wounded. Tsenegat and his
other tribesmen escaped, however, by
taking to cover of the powders.
Returning to the main body of his
followers. Tsenegat led eight of the
red men in an open advance against
the white men. He had resorted to
strategy, hoping to divert the atten-
ton of the whites long enough to al.
low the main body of the Indians to
escape down the canyon. The forces
of Marshal Nebaker opened fire, kill
ing two OF the Indians. The fire of the
deputies became SO heavy that the In
dams were forced to retreat.
Six deputies who were sent out as
a scouting aprty are missing, and are
presumed to have been captured by
the red men.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
FEDERAL LAWS ARE SUPREME
United States Supreme Court Holds
Invalid Order Of Indiana Rail.
way Commission.

Washington, Feb. 24,-The action
Of the Indiana railroad commission
in penalizing the Southern railway
for operating a gondola car In Indi.
ana without secure grab irons. was
held invalid by the United States Su.
preme court.
The Southern railway claimed that
the commission was without jurisdic-
ton as the car was in interstate
commerce and the federal safety
appliance law should apply.
The supreme court of Indiana held
that inasmuch as federal and state
statutes in this case were identical
1t was proper to permit the state Off.
Gals to enforce the state law
The United States Supreme court
reiterated that the federal laws su-
perseded when congress so decided,
hence the Indiana commission could
not subject the railroad to the enforce
ment of the state statutes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
GET $4,000 IN BOOTY
Jewels in Most Mysterious Rob-
berry In Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 24.-Every
detective in Los Angeles was as
signed to work upon one of the big
gest and most mysterious diamond
robberies ever reported to the authori.
ties of the city. The victims were
Mrs. A. F. Smith, wife Of the presi.
dent of the New York Central rail.
way, and her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Emory Smith. According to admis.
sions made by the police the robbers
got booty valued at more ahan $50, 900.
The first estimates fixed the value of
the loot at $4,000
The robbery occurred in bungalow
No. 3 of the Beverly Hills hotel while
Mrs. Smith and her son and his wife
were at dinner, about four hours after
they arrived here. This fact led the
authorities TO believe that the rob.
bers followed the party across the
continent from New York. awaiting
an opportunity to get the jewels Mrs
Smith carried with her.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
HIRSCHS BURNED OUT
Former 0skaloosa People Sustain
Loss at Albert Lea.

The Albert Lea Evening Tribune
gives the following particulars of the
big fire which former Oskaloosa peo-
pie sustained there: 49,.
One of the most destructive fires
visiting this city for years occurred
Thursday night when the Albert Lea
Hide & Fur Co. and the Hirsch Robe
& Tanning Co. near the north end OF
the Union depot were totally destroy
ed. besides several barns, sheds,
garages and other buildings. ''s'A
A large proportion of the big build
ing was formerly the Skinner mill.
1t was old and as dry as finder, which
ing burn rapidly. In spite of the fact
that the temperature was ten below
zero, which seriously handicapped
the firemen, they worked like beav-
ers and deserve much credit in say
ing the long row of residence build
ings on Ermina street and along the
north side of Clark street. Yet, while
they were at a disadvantage owing
to the cold weather they were favor
ed by the stiIl night. for the flames
shot up into the air, sending much
of their heat a hundred or more feet
above the surrounding buildings. The
waves of heat we're so intense that
heavy fire brands were carried sew
eral blocks to the northeast. These
brands kept property owners in that
vicinity nervously guarding their
property all through the night.
When Abe Hirsch was asked as to
whether he intended to build again.
he stated that if everything went
favorable the company would un-
doubtedly put up three story con-
crete building with a frontage on
Clark street of sixty feet running
back one hundred and ninety feet. =
The business of the company at
present will continue the same as
ever Where it will be handled is
not known at this time, but II ar
can be made the old
Minnesota Gas & Electric Company
will be oyerhauled and business win
be carried on at that place temporar-
lily. '.. #eas
Mr.. Hirsch states that he win have
his tanning contracts cared for by
other firms out of town, but as far as
possible will give the contracts TO
companies, who will agree to hire as
many OF his employees. thrown out Of
work by the fire as possible.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
To.daY,s Markets.

Chicago Union Stock Yards, Feb.
24.-The early bulletin showed 10000
hog arrivals but this was later cor
rected to $4,000 or about 5000 less
than had been expected There was
nothing exciting about the market
any time during the day. Selling
was steady during the hours and a
good clearance was made at prices a
shade higher than Tuesday.
The bulk today sold at $6.5006.65,
against $6.55@6.70 yesterday; $1,000
$40 last Wednesday,; $6.30@6.45 four
weeks ago; $S.6G9S7O corresponding
Wednesday in 1914; $S.35@8.50 in
1913; $6.4006.55 in 1912; $7O0@715
in 1911: and $9.&Om1U.00 in 1910.
The top paid today was $G.75; yes
,tcrday 500. last Wednesday S67J;
four weeks ago Sc 55;l one year ago
1875; two years ago $3.50; three
years ago $6.57I2; four years ago
$7.35; ard five years ago $10.10. i
Cattle receipts were small again
today and sellers were able to 'ad-
vance prices full 10 cents on the
good grades and from shade to )
cents on the common to medium.
Sheep receipt stOday' at lonly 5000
sent the market 10 to % cents higher
than yesterday and the advance held
throughout the day and the supply
was quickly bought up.
The estimated receipts for tomor-
row are $4,000 hogs, 1000 cattle and
10000 sheep.
Receipts for today were $500 cal.
tie, $4,000 hogs and 5000 sheep,
against S,491 cattle. 42,336 hogs and
12,24S sheep a week ago, land 1858
cattle, 26,0O5 hogs and 2S,SS1 sheep
corresponding Wednesday year
ago.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Tuesday was 1851, against $3.50 on
Monday, and $6.79 week ago
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
Provision Markets.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.


U. S. Yards, ILL.,, Feb "a, 8 a. m.
HOGS-Market steady to shade
higher than yesterdays average;
quality good; mixed and butchers
So 40@6.70; good to choice heavy
$685. @6.65; rough heavy, $6.15@6.30
light, $6.50@6.75: Workers, $1,000
$40; bulk, $6.5O@G.65; pigs, $500
$50.
CATTLE-Market strong to 10
higher; beeves, S5.50@S.S5; COWS and
heifers, $3.50@7.G5; westerns, 5000
1850; native calves, $7O0@10.50.
SHEEP-Firm and 10 higher than
Yesterdays average; native sheep,
$G70@7.50; western sheep, $3.50
$50. yearlings, $16O@8.20; native
lambs, $77509.3O; western lambs,
$8.4O@9.35; ewes, $4.$O@735.
Closing Prices.
HOGS-Closing steady at opening
prices; mixed and butchers, $4,000
go; good to choice heavy, $3.50
6.65; rough heavy, $615@6.SO; light,
$6.50@6.75; Workers, $500 % go;
bulk, $6.5O06.6b; pigs, $5.50@6S0;
quality good
Cattle closing strong.
Sheep 10@25 higher than yester'
days average.
Official receipts yesterday-Hogs
1S,248 cattle. 2,543; sheep, S,124.
Official shipments Y6sterday-Ho
2,917; cattle, 45S; sheep, 1905.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
TEN THOUSAND ASKED
Evidence Being Taken Today In
Case Against Coal Co.

, Testimony is being taken today in
the case Of Foney Burris VS.. the
Crescent Coal Company, suit de-
manding $1U,UUU damages Tor injuries
Ialleged to have been sustained by the
plaintiff upon September I, 1911,
while he was employed at one of the
defendant cOmpany's mines. The peti.
ton sets forth that the plaintiff was
employed at Mine Number 6, in Mon
roe county, as bumper, his duties
consisting of handling the rock, waste
earth, and other refuse, at the mouth
Iof the pits The defendant company,
according to the allegations Of the
petition, erected a new swinging
bridge" over which the plaintiff was
to push the cars OF refuse until they
came to the end OF the bridge, when
they were automatically emptied into
the dump. The first car pushed over
the bridge caused the structure to
give way preCipitating car and plain
tiff to the bottom of the dump, dis
lance of from % to 35 feet. The
plaintiff AYERS that ne was seriously
and permanently injured. The petit
ton further alleges that the bridge
was caTeleSSly and negligently con
structed by the defendant company.
The case was taken up in district
court yesterday afternoon as the first
cause on the jury assignment for the
term A Jury was empanneIed and
opening arguments of the attorneys
made during the afternoon. The hear
ing of evidence was begun this morn
ing. Attorneys for the plaintiff are
Lacey & O'Brien, Mccoy 4 Mccoy
and Frank T. Nash, while the defend
ant company is represented by Bur
rell & Dewitt
The will of Eli WoodcOCk was ad
mitted to probate yesterday and Clara
Lawrence was appointed administca-
triX with will annexed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
NEWS From NEARBY
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
GATHERED BY WIDE AWAKE
HERALD CORRESPONDENTS M
TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES.
WRIGHT.


viii McBurneY shipped three car
loads of sheep to Chicago Thursday,
and s. A. Randall shipped two car
loads of sheep last week There were
also two cars of hogs and two cars
of grain shipped out of Wright last
week. f.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Parlett and Mr..
Chuff Bond went to Oskaloosa on
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Randall visited
at the Dave Gwfn home Wednesday
night, returning home Thursday. N
Miss Leta Bridenstine of Ottumwa
visited with Mrs. r. A. Carpenter
from Thursday until Monday. = Aaf
Miss Pearl Sullivan of Abbott's
hospital, Oskaloosa, visited with her
mother and grandmother for few
days last week.
Miss Alta Landfear visited over
Friday with relatives in Oskaloosa.
The family OF G. A. Perkins are
having time with the grippe. There
are five of them sick.
Bert Rice and family, west of
Wright, are quarantined with small
pox Both Bert and his little son
are i'll with it. VIZ
DIR. Krout of Fremont was called
here Saturday on professional bust
ness.
Mrs. Knudson, of New Sharon, re-
turned to her home Monday after
noon after visiting with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. X. Knudson, over Sunday.
Miss Hattie Lyon of Oskaloosa Wis
tied between trains with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Lyon, Saturday.
Miss Helen Unsicker and Thurlow
Landfear, after visiting their parents
here over Sunday, returned to their
school work Monday.
II. w. Landfear attended the o. r.
T. lodge in Oskaloosa Saturday night.
On account of so much sickness
and the inclement weather, there
were not many out to church Sunday.
Won Allsup was a passenger to
Fremont Monday noon. 49,
Mrs. Mollie Howell and children,
of 0skaloosa, visited at the parental
Steve Howell home last Saturday.
DR.. Sarbaugh of Oskaloosa was a
business caller in Wright Monday.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets with
Mrs. Lucy Gunsaulis next Wednesday
afternoon. f. Nr.
Miss Merle Wright who is nurse
in the hospital at Fairfield, was call.
ing on friends in Wright Monday
Irving Terrell and Mrs. Ross re-
ceived news of the death of their
mother in Eddyville Saturday night
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thomas of Ce-
dar were trading in Wright one day
last week and called at r. A. Car
penter's.
Mrs. Ed Bridges is i'll at this writ
ing.
Feb "a. "Hs .@'aa ."%#~sr T..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
Seeking Tenants.

:. A fellow was telling us that when he
got the Job as renting man he was
so green he started seeking tenants
In quite an original way. He called on
the fire stations covering localities
where his buildings were situated and
a box OF cigars to the firemen gained
a promise to phone him every time a
fire occurred, Day or night he covered
the fires. 1t wasn't very difficult to get
tenants, as he arrived at the psyche
logical moment when mans store or
Office was In flames and anything in
the way of floor of this kind was APP
preciated and many of these tenants
became permanent for naturally.
after being secured under these excep
tienai circumstances. a strenuous ef.
fort is made to give them better serv-
ice than they had previously, Huild-
ing Management, ~
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
CHILDREN PLEAD FOR PEACE
Big Petition Given Bryan by School
Girls to Send BelIiger.
ents.

Washington, Feb. 24.-To lay before
Secretary Bryan a peace petition
bearing the names of hundreds of
thousands of American school children
pleading for an immediate cessation Of
the European war was the object of a
visit to the state department of six
Washington school girls. The petit
ton is addressed to the rulers of the
warning nations and is to be forward
ed to them through the state depart
ment.
The document was brought to Wash
ington in a large trunk by Miss Kate
Devereaux Blake of New York. chair
man of the chil1ren's peace petition
committee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
IOWA SUPREME
COURT DECISIONS

Des Moines, Feb. 24.-In affirming
! the decision of the lower court, i'll
! the case of the State vs.. G. W. Bic
wen of Keokuk county, the supreme
court of Iowa laid down the rule that
automobilists who kill persons on the
highway by reason of reckless driv-
ing OF automobiles may be convicted
| of manslaughter.
Biewen is a farmer of Keokuk
county. On August l6, 1918, he is
charged with having Killed ClarissG
Hammes, child IS months old, in
: the road between Harper and Rich
land. The record shows that the
driver of the auto went on and did
not offer to aid the injured child.
The affair was witnessed by the
mother of the child. Biewen was
arrested and found guilty of man
slaughter He was sentenced to a
term of years not to exceed eight, i
the penitentiary The case is i'm
portant for the reason that it is the
first in Iowa in which driver has
been sentenced for manslaughter,
using an automobile AS a dangerous
weapon"
The court in ruling said:
The child was killed by an
automobile being driven with an
unobstructed view and as there
was no obstacle to turning aside
so as to avoid collision, death
might well have been found to
have been in consequence OF the
reCklessnesS of the driver This
is true whether the driver OBJ.
served the child or not, for if he
did not see he should have done
so in the exercise of ordinary
diligence. The driver must have
been aware of striking the child
and moving on without stopping
or rendering assistance was a cir
cumstance indicative of guilt on
his part.
The attorneys for defendant ar
gued that the states attorney made
an unfair appeal to the jury in Sc
curing the verdict of guilty. Re-
Igarding an attorneys right, the opin-
ion says:
Within reasonable limits, the
language of counsel in argument
is privileged and he is permitted
own way, so long as they may be
fairly considered relevant to the
case which has been made. No
lawyer has the right to misstate
or misrepresent the testimony.
On the other hand he is not re-
CURED to forego all the embel-
lishments of oratory, or to leave
untouched the fertile field of.
fancy. Stored away in the prop
erty room of the profession are
moving pictures of infinite vari-
ETY. from which every lawyer is
expected to draw freely on all
proper occasions. They give
zest and point to the declama-
ton, relieve the. tediousness of
the jurors duties and please the
audience. batethey are not often
effective in securing unjust YER
diets.
Other opinions handed down we're
State of Iowa VS.. J. E. BullilgtOn.
poIh county, Judge Lawrence De
Graft. To indictment for crime of
embezzlemeDt defendant entered plea
Of guilty. No appeal shown. Dis
missed.
Mildred Bligh vs.. Alvin Bligh ct al,
appellants. Dallas county; Judge w.
H. Fahey. Suit to establish judg-
ment. Affirmed; opinion by the
court.
First National Bank of Shenandoah
VS.. Addie Hall, appellant. Page coun-
ty; Judge Thomas Arthur. Action
on promissory note. Reversed; opin-
ion by Ladd.
J. A. Steen ct al, appellants, VS.. }.
M. and Jerusha Steen. Harrison
county. Judge 0. d. Wheeler. Action
to set aside a deed. Affirmed; oDin.
on by Gaynor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
Maoeahees 10 cedar IRanla..

On April 9 ami 10 Cedar Rapids VIII
be the mecca of the Knights OF Mac
cabees and the Ladies' of the Macca-
bees, for these two great orders viii
hold two big conventions there. The
Ladies OF the Maccabees, as rs genef-
ally known are not mere auxiliary
to the knights. They have an indie
pendent order, and 1t Is the largest
independent woman's fraternai order
In the world.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
ZEPPELIN BLOWS UP AT SEA?
Twelve Aeroplanes and a Zeppelin
AirshIp Sighted by Dutch
Officers.

Amsterdam, Feb. PA Zeppelin
airship and ~ aeroplanes flying west
ward toward England we're sighted
by Dutch officers at the frontier post
of Eede.
Rotterdam. Feb. 24.-Shortly after
Zeppelin few over the Dutch town
OF Schiermonikoog, headed for the
North sea, an explosion was heard at
sea, and it is believed the Zeppelin
was destroyed.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
BRITISH TROOPS IN RIOT
Six officers, Thirteen Soldiers and
Thirteen Civilians Killed at
Singapore, India.

London, Feb. 24.-Six officers 10 SOL
diers and IS civilians we're killed and
eight soldiers were wounded when
troops of the British Fifth light in.
fanffw regiment station at Singapore,
Initial fiofd because of dissatisfae.
ton over promotions. Sikh troops and
landing parties from British and al
lied warships aided in restoring or
der and many rioters are under guard
for mutiny
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25

During the month of January, past,
the three rural carriers of the Batav.
la postoffice handled on theird routes
26,154 pieces of mail, weighing 400
pounds. In addition carrier No. de-
livered twenty-six closed pouches to
the Abingdon postofiice. weighing 700
pounds, and brought from the Batav-
ia Office twenty-six sacks of mail
Weighing 200 pounds
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
Rome Aaaln Is FLOODED.

Rome, Feb. 24,-For the sixth time
in two months the River Tiber is
at food stage and part OF the
city is under water. A considerable
section of low-lying ground in the
Campania district. in the compart-
ment OF Latium. is inundated and hum
Edrods of persons are fleeing from
tboir homes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25

mo horse at any price for the Eu.
ropean war" is the slogan the Frank.
lin County Humane Society would
adopt in it's plea to horse owners OF
that county to stop furnishing horses
for shipment abroad. II is cited the
average life of horse in the war
zones Is three days and the horses
are subjected to the worst kind of
treatment
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
ElGHT-HOUR LAW IS VALID
California Statute for Women Workers
Is Upheld by Federal Supreme
Court.

Washington. Feb. 24,-The Cali
fornia eight-hour law for women pro-
viding that no woman shall be en-
ployed more than eight hours day or
more than AS hours week In any mer.
camille establishment, factory. hotel.
hospital or apartment house, was held
constitutional by the United States Su.
preMe court
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25

sympathize with the sorrowing chill
dren, and pay their respects. There
were a number of beautiful floral
offerings. dis body was laid to rest
in the Tinsley cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25

EBERLINE.-HOwa Linn Eber-
line, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
EberlinG, of the Knoxville road, died
Tuesday, February %, at l o'clock p.
m. of heart trouble The babe was
month and days of age The tuner
al will be held at 10 a. m. Thursday
from the Cheesman Funeral Home.
The surviving relatives are the father
and mother, five brothers and three
sisters.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
National Buttsrmakers

. More than 1900 delegates from diff
ferent parts OF the United States are
expected to attend the eighteenth an
nual convention of the National
Creamery Buttermakers' association,
which is to be held at Mason City OF
March Gil
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
Money Market.
Mercantile

New York, Feb, "a, = Mercantile
paper-31a@4 per cent
Sterling Weak; so day
bills, $4.85.50; for cables, $4S0.25; for
demand, $3.50.
Bar silver--48%c.
Mexican dollars-37Ac.
Time loans-Sixty days, 2ls6pS per
cent; 80 days. 3 6 months, az Q3is.
Call moneys Steady: high. 2 per
cent low, iM: ruling rate. n last
loan, 2; closing bid III offered al 2.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

WILSON.-The funeral of the late
J. }. Wilson will be held from the
residence of his daughter, Mrs. r. r.
oliver, TOT Sixth avenue east at $50
p m, Thursday, Feb. %. An error
yesterday made it read Friday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
WEDNESDAY, MARKET
Quotations ON STOCKS, GRAIN
AND PROVISIONS, CLEANED BY
WIRE FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
No Cash Markets Today.

Owing to the demoralized condition
of the wires, the Van Wittenmeyer
Grain Company were unable to get
any cash grain market.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
LOOK For Esoaped convIet.

The police have been asked to look
for Arthur Houser. who escaped from
the penitentiary at Colorado IN 1919,
He is wanted ON the charge OF high,
way robbery A large reward has
been Offered: for his arrest.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-25
CHICAGO Grain Markets.

FURNISHED by Van P. Wittenmyer,
Cash Grain Broker, 1O2 First avenue
east, correspondent Lamson Bros. &
Company