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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19

SEARCH FOR MAN is KEPT UF
Some Doubt Exists Whether CIar,
ence Dawson Was Drowned Near
BelIefountaine.

Tracy, CIOwa, Aug. IS. - Search fOl
he body of Clarence Dawson a vel.
hnOwn young man . from Knoxville,
.hoUSht to have drowned himself i'll
Des Moines river at BellefOuntaiL,
bridge Saturday evening is being con
rinued today, though only half heart
eddy, as doubt exists whether or not
the drowning actually occurred.
Dawson was seen to go upon the
bridge fro mtha Bellefountaine side
nor was he later seen, TO leave from
either end OF the structure. Next NOR
ming a suit case containing. persona
fOeiongngs was fOunl near the center
Of the bridge.
= Dawson was seen to go on the
bridge about ten-thiTty o'clock by a
crowd of Young folks gathered on the
BCllefOuntane side for u moon light
picnic. He was walking slowly but de
liberately and carried a suit case
These same young people are certain
the young man did not return while
they were at the end OF the bridge and
they did not leave the locality until
considerably later.
Another crowd Of picnickers were
gathered on the river bank at the
opposite side of the bridge This
crowd is certain no one came across
the bridge while they were at the
place These circumstances taken to-
gether with the finding of the suit
case and the hints of suicide made by
young Dawson are the foundation for
the theory of self destruction.
On the other hanI nothing was seen
or heard by either party upon right or
left bank of the stream that would
lead them to believe anything wrong.
The young man might have remained
upon the bridge until one or the other
picnicking crowds, departed and left
tie bridge by that side.
Rumor has it that a disagreement
or difference existed between the fam
lily of the wife and the young man
and that he had been Respondent OV.
er the same He has been engaged in
railway work near Tracy to be near
his wife and Saturday evening had
been with her at her mothers home
He left this place. went to his board
ing house, packed his grip and depart
ed quietly without a word to anyone
of his intentions or destination.
investigation was started immCdi
ately following the finding of the suit
case but systematic search for the
body was not take nup until the arriv
al of the father from Knoxville.
Learning that a complete dragging
outfit was kept at OskalOosa request
was telephoned to Coroner +. NJ
! Cheesman and he went to the bridge
taking what apparatus was in his
hands, net, hooks, drags, rope, etc, tC
assist in the search.
Des Moines river is high and at this
place, with the present stage OF water
is swift current. The bottom is rocky
and rough and the location of a body
would be difficult.
Opinion holds that should the body
be located it will be found floating a
considerable distance below the bridge
where it is supposed to have gone in
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
STATE READY TO BEGIN WORK
Big Improvement at Oes Moines viii
Start This Fall, Says EXecu-
tive Council.

Des Moines, Aug. Isl. A. Jester,
agent for the state executive council
in the purchase of the capitol extern
sion grounds, told the city council to-
day that the first actual work in max
ing the big improvement will start
this fall The work OF grading
the south side of the state house
grounds in the capitol extension plan
is the first on the program. The
houses have already been removed
and the necessary engineering plans
completed. A big circular street be-
tween East Walnut and Court Avenue
about five blocks long will be graded
and the executive council requested
the council to bear the cost of grad.
ing 200 feet of the city streets abut-
ting on the Improvement. The exec
Iutive council offered to stand the inn
mediate expense II the city would
agree to reimburse the state.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
RUIN Of THE RI.
BAREO TO PUBLIC
COMMERCE BODY SAYS STOCK.
HOLDERS WE'RE DUPED.
MISREPRESENTATION OF ASSETS
Financial Manipulation Cost the Road
$2o,ooo,ooo. investigation Has
Demonstrated Need4nf Es-s......s.
gal Limitations on Issue.

Washington, Aug, 18.-Iow high
finance wrecked the Rock Island rail
road was made public in a detailed re
port Of the interstate commerce com
mission.
Financial manipulations, the report
says, cost the road $2O,OOO,0OO. d. G..
Reds profits from the wreckage, it
says, cannot be computed because he
testified that he burned his books at
the end of every month"
Misrepresentation of assets in
stockholders reports appear to have
been a practice Of directors of the
company. One report showed assets
of $22 900, 900, or more than $4,000, 900
in excess of the real assets.
The report cites salaries ranging
from 100000 to $4,000 a year paid to
Reid, Leeds, II. U. Nudge and others.
1t is pointed out that counsel who
planned the receiverSIip for the finan-
cial syndicate is counsel for the re-
ceivers.
The report says the investigation
has demonstrated the need of legal
limitation of railroad security issues
and has emphasized the need of law
to Ak responsibility for dissipation of
corporate funds.
This record" it adds, emphasizes
the need of railway directors who
actually direct"
The aggregate losses found to have
been sustained by the railway com,
pany in connection with the transac'
tions respecting exchanges of stock in
connection with the St. Louis ard San
Francisco, Chicago Northern, Console
dated Indiana Coal company and Rock
Island Improvement company and 9th
ers were $2OO0O,OOO, besides payments
by the railroad prior to June 30, 1914,
to financial institutions in connection
with the issuance of bonds, commits
sions aggregating more than $780,
900 and suffering discounts Of more
than $17,700OO0.
The report says that P. r. Cable
former president of the Rock Island
received securities worth $36S,300 for
which he paid 100000; that H. A
Parker, first vice-president. received
$27, 300 worth of securities for $4,000;
that Robert Mather got $145,912 in Sc
curities above what he paid and that
cash contributions to officials in ex
cess of their salaries aggregated mil
| lion dollars. F..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
A PLOT TO KILL MAYTORENA
Bomb Discovered in Room Next to
Villa General-Three Soldiers
Are Executed.

Nogales, Arizona, Aug. lS.-Discov-
cry late yesterday of bomb attached
to time fuse in a room next to the
headquarters of Governor Jose May
torena, Villa commander defending
the Investment of Nogales, Sonora,
across the border, resulted in the
execution of Captain Jojas of Mayto,
rena's personal guard and two other
officers of Villa garrison. IT,.
Seven other soldiers win be exc,
cuted II is said.
The discovery of the bomb is be-
lieved by villa adherents in the Mex
lean portion OF the town to be the
INFLAMMATION OF plot to murder the
| Villa commander, who is believed BY
many MeXicans TO be responsible fol
the collapse of the Villa cause in the
istate OF Sonora.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
RAIN IN EASTERN MISSOURI
Heavy Property Damage, Crops De-
stroyed, Livestock Killed and
Rivers Flooded.

} st. Louis, Aug. 1S.-The most Sc,
vene rain storms in years swept
through a large section of eastern
Missouri last evening causing heavy
property damage, destroying crops,
killing live stock, flooding rivers and
endangering human lives.
In Louisiana, Mo-, seventy buildings
in the business section were flooded.
A brick building collapsed and sever.
al others We're swept from their foun-
dations by the torrents which raced
through the streets. Small bridges
and barns were carried from their
foundations and sections OF railroad
track were washed out,
Centralia. Auxvasse and Lagrange
leach reported fioody streets and the
latter city was in darkness last night
as the result OF broken wires.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19

Waterloo, Aug. 1S.-The third and
fourth class postmasters in state
convention selected Clear Lake as the
next meeting place and elected the
following officers: President, AL Sta,
der, Ankeney; vice president, Cyrus
snow, Polk City; secretary, Miss
Clara Bauman, Liscomb; and treasur,
er, G. Conrad, Tacoma. -'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
ATTEMPTED Assassination.

Knoxville, Aug 18-A desperate
but futile attempt at assassination oc-
Cured at the Daniel Maloney home
rear Knoxville when night prowler,
evidently on murder bent, emptied a
charge from a single barreled shot
gun into the mattress and pillow di-
rectly under the head of Miss Mary
Maloney, who had just retired. The
would-be assassin shot through the
window and screen and only missed
the head of his intended victim by
the narrow margin of few inches.
, After firing the shot the unknown
man made his escape through a corn
field onto the railroad track a half
mile away, where all traces were lost.
Miss Mary Maloney is hOusekeeper
for her brother Dan and a hired man,
the three being on farm near Don
4afisAsa-E i-.4-a 49, "aN
O'Clock, but Miss MalOney, who was
reading, did not retire until some
thing like an hour later Sne had
blown out the light and had Just
gotten into bed when the crash came
through the window. The men re-
sponded to her screams as quickly
as possible and called the sheriff
who went to the scene at daylight
with a posse of men.
They trailed the assassin through
the corn fields for about half mile
and found the gun about three hun
dred yards from the house. 1t has
the initials IL. P" scratched on the
stock, but beyond those letters there
are no other marks of Identification.
Dozens of men from the neighbor'
hood who visited the MalOney place
and at the sheriff's office in Knoxville
say that they never saw the gun be-
fore. The matter is profound mys,
terry, as Miss Maloney, so far as is
known, had no enemy.
The sheriff says that the man, who
was wearing very large shoes, made
tracks from four to six feet apart dur,
ing his first quarter mile of flight
through the corn fields.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Ten Soldiers Perish.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-General Bell
reporting to the war department from
Texas City, Texas, this afternoon,
said that ten soldiers persisted in the
exas food, The men. it was stated,
, lost their lives IN the Texas City
camp. The message was received
by wireless by way of Houston and
the transport Buford off the Texas
coast
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Iowan Gets Place.

Iowa Falls, Aug Isl. C. Zelleno,
editor OF the Opera House Reporter,
leading amusement paper of the mid.
die west, has been chosen treasurer
of the Midwest Theatrical Managers
Business Association, organized in
Chicago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Corn for SUFFRAGE,

Des Moines, Aug. 1S.-The Corn
for Iowa Women" movement has
caught on, the enthusiasm with which
it has been received surprising even
the expectations of the Originaors OF
this novel means of raising money
for the suffrage campaign. The plan
now is to erect an elaborate corn
booth at the state fair just outside
the suffrage cottage. Here the corn
chairman will have little yellow
pledge slips whereon the donor will
write the number of bushels he de-
sires to give and date of delivery
The report that Iowa will have a
bumper corn crop has encouraged the
suffragists to push this feature with
,reat Vigor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Bolt DESTROYS Barn.

Nevada, Aug. l8.--Jacob Hover
STEMS large barn. located in section
33, Howard township. was struck by
lightning yesterday and burned to the
ground Three horses were the only
things that were saved. About thir.
ty-five tons of hay, four sets of har-
ness and some machinery were con
sumed in the flames. The building
was fully covered by insurance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Say Pair Took Money.

Fort Madison, Aug 1S.-Ghief of
Police j. M, Thrasher has returned
from Sioux Falls, s. D., with Ray and
J. L. Goodman, accused of having de,
camped with 5000 worth of moneys
and property of DR.. w. II. Newton,
They were found working on a ce-
ment contract at Sioux Falls under
the names of Harry Johnson and Rob
ert Van Lee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Fatally Injured In Runaway.

Indianola, Aug. 1S.-Carl N. Mar
tens aged 80, son of Supervisor John
F. Martens. is at the point of death
from injuries received when team
ran away dragging him for some dis
lance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Train Into Ditch.

Perry. Aug. lS,--A freight train
went into the ditch at Keystone and
Brakeman Fred Tomer OF this city
was badly hurt, About 20 cars were
wrecked, nearly all Of which were
loaded with live stock. meat and fruit.
Traffic was delayed about eleven
hours.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Loses Both Leqs.

Sioux City, Aug 1S.--Wm. Thorn,
ton was run down by a freight train
ON the Milwaukee near Bluff siding
at Riverside last night and both legs
were cut off. He is in the hospital
in critical condition
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Three Negroes LYnched.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug 18.-Three
negroes recently released from Jail
where they were held charged with
poisoning mules, were Iynched near
Hope Hull early today.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
loman. Klein TO RIa Estate.

Davenport, Aug. 1S.-Mrs. Alice
button Atwill, well known in trEclty
musical circles, and her sister, Miss
Kate Dutton OF Bettendorf, with their
nephew, William A. Dutton, formerly
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
FIGHT At MORGUE
TO GAZE ON DEAD
CROWDS WAIT FOR HOURS TO
VIEW VICTIM OF LYNcHERs.
GOVERNOR WILL INVESTIGATE.
He is Far From Satisfied With ExpIa
nations Given by Members of
the State Prison Board as
to Conduct of Officials.

Atlanta, Aug. Ex-Governor Harris
will take personal charge of the inves-
tigation into all circumstances of the
Leo NJ. Frank lynching, it was an
nounced today.
The governor is also understood to
be far from satisfied with the expla-
nations given by members of the state
prison board and officials at the prison
| farm that the farm warden, superin-
tendent and guards were so i'll pre-
pared that they were powerless to re.
sist the lypchers.
lie is quoted as saying that in view
of the repeated threats that the place
would be raided and Frank taken from
his costodians and lynched, all prep
arations ought to have been made and
the lack of them is objectionable.
The executive is also understood to
much insensed over the weakness of
the Atlanta police in allowing the de-
mand of the mob in Atlanta to view
the body and permitting thousands to
see it in local undertaking establish
ment
There is of course an element
Throughout the state which condones
the lynching but the better class of
people are open in the expression of
the opinion that not only was the
affair frightful outrage but that the
authorities wherever they figured in
the case made an abominable show
ling
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-08-19
Forty Police Stand Guard.


Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 1S.-The body Of
Leo NJ. Frank was being guarded by 40
policemen last night to prevent further
disorders. When 1t was brought into
Atlanta after being cut down in the
oak grove near Marietta, where a mob
of rs lynched the noted prisoner, the
rough coffin was taken to barn to
secret it from the crowds.
But the curious sought 1t out and
the police, fearing serious trouble, then
FEsmoved 1T to- an undertaking estab-
lishment where curious thousands
viewed it during the afternoon.
Franks body was placed on public
exhibition at an Atlanta undertaking
shop in the afternoon, and thousands
OF persons filed through a narrow hall
way and viewed the mutilated face.
Crowds File BY for Hours.
The crowd had waited for hours to
get glimpse Of the body. 1t went
wild with excitement when the doors
of the establishment were opened.
Women fought frantically to get in,
anu TWO ldluIeu III the CRASH.
The police then got control of the
crowd and for four hours and a half
there were two steady streams Of per
sons passing on either side of the body,
which was laid out in a plain black
casket
The body was prepared for shipment
to Brooklyn, N. Y, the boyhood home
OF Frank, on a train leaving at mid
night
1t was doubtful whether Mrs. Frank
would be able to make the trip East
with the body.
She suffered a collapse when the
news that Frank had been taken from
the prison by the mob was broken to
her at her boarding house in Mil
ledgeville. To newspaper men she sent
out a statement that the lynching was
the climax of a series of most notori-
GUS outrages against justice and the
foulest of murders"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22
Eagles still Win

The strong Phalanx five OF Camden
came to Wildwood on Saturday last
aud received a defeat at the hands of
the Eagle quintete to the score of37-21.
The game was up TO the standard and
enjoyed by all. On Tuesday the St.
Aloysius five were here again but they
found they had a different proposition
than when they were here before. The
game was the fastest one ever witnessed
by the fans and the plays were nip and
tuck until the second halt, when our
local lads ran rings around the visitors.
The brilliant playing of Delaney and
Lehr was again In vogue and to them,
especially Delaney, was figured several
goals. The score, after some of the
substitutes were placed on the floor,
was 81 to 25.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22
o school Dress

Following are some of the sindict-
ments made in an address by Superin-
tendent Henry d. Hervey at Auburn
N. Y, against school girls who sex
pose their bodies through present
styles:n
parents send their daughters to
school SO i~mmodestly exposed that
they prove a moral menace to the
youth of our city.
"The styles through which we are
passing have in many instances been
little less than scandalous. y
"If mothers know how this thing is
viewed by clean young fellows who
want to be decent, it would lead to q
rude awakening.
1.-THE modern home Is conspicuously
failing to fix proper stand ards Of fitness
and modesty.
"The mother cannot retrieve herself
or save her weak willed, self-indulgeni
children simply by placing a piece Of
paper in a ballot box.n
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22

On Sunday morning at the Lutheran
church the subject will be, cable and
Wllling.n In the evening Pastor Kei-
ter's subject will be, "The Lighted
Candle" Visitors are cordially invited.
Solo at the morning service. Anthem in
the evening.
On Tuesday evening the men of the
church met at the home of Bedford
Evan and formed the Trinity Mems
Association. Mr.. Evan was elected
president; Richard Scampton, vice pres
ident; w. B. Livezey, secretary; John
r. Preuthun, treasurer. They hope
through the organization ofthis society
to accomplish much for the good of the
church building fund. The Association
will also eudeavor + establish a warm
or sorial relation between the male
members of the congregation.
AT the meeting of the Ladies' Aid on
Wednesday afternoon it was decided
that they would hold a Poor Mans
Social at the Hotel Delwynou Wednes-
day, February Sd. Members and friends
OF the congregation are invited TO attend.
Ladlez' Aid next week at the home of
Mrs. William Royds at Grassy Sound.
Members will please take train leaving
Wildwood station at n o'clock.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22
Girls Home Culture Club

On Thursday evening, January IA,
1915. the "Home Culture Club was
organized by thirty-eight girls, at the
home Of Mrs. Leslie HalIen. The off.
GERS were elected as follows: Mrs. Les
lie Hallen, counsellor; Amelia Hallen
president; Mary Sheppard, vice pres
ident; Thekla Gloeckler, secretary; Jen-
ME Rakestraw. treasurer. The coun-
sellor then read the rules Of the club,
and also gave the first lesson in domes-
tic science by teaching the girls the
scientific way OF making a bed. The
rest Of the evening was spentin finding
out what each girl was able to do. Re-
freshments were served by Mrs. Hal
len and three of the club girls. After
q few piano solos the club adjourned.
The Home Culture club is an organi-
zation to which girls over eight years
of age are eligible. There are three
classes of members, Freshmen. Juniors
and Seniors. The object of the club is
to interest and instruct the girls in the
duties of the home and to cultivate q
taste for the aesthetic and social eide of
life as we'll. Transition from lclass to
class is dependent upon the proficiency
made 10 the various arts Of the club.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22
County High School Baseball
Schedule.

March 27-Woodbine at Tuckahoe
Upper Township High 6chool.l Wild
wood at Court House, middle Town
ship High School.)
April 2nd-Woodbine at Cape May
Upper al Wildwood.
April 3rd-Woodbine at Wild wood
Middle at Cape May.
April 1Oth-Wild wood at Tuckahoe
(Upper.) Middle at Woodbine.
April 16th-WIldwood at Cape May,
April 17th-Cape May at Tuckahoe
(Upper.) Wildwood at Woodbine.
April 24th-Cape May at Woodbine
Middle at Wild wood.
April 80th-Cape May at Wildwood
May 7th-Cape May at Court House,
(Middle.)
May 8th-Upper at Woodbine.
May 15th-Upper at Court House,
fMiddle)
May 22nd-Middle at Tuckahoe, Cup
per-
May 2sth-woodblne at Court House,
(MiddIe.)
May 29th-Upper at Cape May.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22

ANGLESEA

A civil service examination for the
position of postmaster at Auglesea will
be held at the Wild wood post Office "a
February 20, 1915. This examination
is open to any person residing within
the territory of the Anglesea Office.
The compensation is about $500 per
year.
The home of Charles Mace, Jra at
New York and Spruce avenues, was
thronged with guests on Sunday last,
the attraction being the christening of
Chas. Mace, No. 3. About twenty-five
friends and relatives gathered and en-
joyed the music and dinner rs pre-
pared by the happy mother and father.
Smack fishermen are voicing their
intentions of going to Cape May dur
Ing the coming season as they are
offered better facilities. Several fisher
men have explained q way to remedy
this. That the borough lease the basin
from Chas. Mace and erect a platform
on either side and remove the front
walk. This arrangement, if 1t con-
tanned two sets of tracks, would satisfy
the fshermen's wants and at the same
time encourage other boats to come to
this resort, which has the reputation
for a good fishing industry.
Misses Mae Baldwin and Florence
zUnderkefler, of Philadelphia, spent
the weekend at the Royal Hotel, hav-
ing come down to help celebrate the
christening at the home OF Charles
Mace, Jr.
A birthday party will be held at the
Hereford Hotel Saturday evening.
The Cherokee sailed for New York
on Friday with a cargo Of CLAIMS for
the fishermen.
The Colby Bndd is now thoroughly
renovated. A new spar has been
placed upon her to replace the n
broken by the recent storm.
Cod fishing has been at a standstill
owing to the Indictment weather.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-22
Athletic Association officers

At the meeting of the Interscholastic
Athletic Association of Cape May
County held at Cape May Court House
on Saturday, January 9th, the follow
ing officers were elected:
President, Lanning Myers, principal
Wildwood high school; vice president,
Irwin w. ziegler, principal Cape
May high school; secretary, Professor
George F. Bailets, Cape May Court
House; treasurer, Superintendent A..
w. Hand. +
May l4t was selected as the date for
the annual field day. The events will
be the same as that Of last year and
will be run off according TO a program
to be announced later.
The folk dances will be given again
this year and will start the afternoons
entertainment. Miss Adamson, prin-
cipal of the Upper Township high
school. will have charge of this event.
The arrangement ofthe time schedule
and the preparing of the grounds will
be looked after by the Middle Town
ship high school faculty, and Principal
tanning Myers will procure medals
and remnants for the various events.
Arrangements were also made for
the baseball schedule. National League
rules win be used this year and the
Spalding dollar and a quarter ball will
be the official ball. Umpires will be
chosen by the several high school prin-
cipals and the names submitted to
County Superintendent Hand. NAL
colin Murray aud Robert Latimer,
last years umpires, have been selected
for the games at Wildwood.