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TWENTY-sEVEN SEPARATE
SUBJECTS ON GOOD ROADS
Pan-Amcrican Road Congress. Which
Convcnes September Is, Has
Interesting Program.
GEO. p. COLEMAN TO SPEAK
State Highway Commissioner of Eir-
cinia Will Tell Of Commemorative
Success In Working CoNictS Upon
State Highways-Othcr Speakers.

NEW WORK Angus, -Georre u
r., ,, .,,-
N'"'e AWAY 'S'lo"or
OF virginia, mas nocn selected by Tho
program committee for tho prcsenta-
ton OF a mos; important paper at the
Pan. American Road CONGRESS MIR
Coleman Viii tre3, % Convict Labor
for HIGHWAY Worl<". and bv reason al,
the fact tina, ;o,, several yoors vi-.
rjnia has con,inuousIv and sYCre ssTi,l.
IL used largo number Of conyicts
in road building My C,oIoman,s OK.
ner;cnco must ncccss2rily he az vain,
10 the members Of mo Congress Ills
paper VIII he presented THURSDAY
morning sco,eo,hcr fs
Tho sSvarc, official r-crran, NJ ,ba
7an-A1er;car Cnrrrcss shovs IN,
twenty-scycn separate subjects viii he
....russcd ,l,,rtr. ma ton sessions ,ncso
subjects covering practicable the en-
tire field Of road and street constitute
tion and maintenance. and the organ
iaation and administration Of highway
affairs
The method pursued $ TO secure the
preparation OF a paper on the sub
jeCt assigned by the committee by
some authority actively engaged in the
.ruiar class OF WORK CONCERNING
which his paper treats. and thus bring
- bear the fullest possible presenta-
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USES SOCIALISTS
AS PEACE DECOYS

extract from the diary or 4 fallen Ger
man officer:
when our army first began TO make
use of asphyXiatinE gas we knew that
this was cruel means to use. but We
were assured that IL would help us to
conquer our enemies without any
losses to ourselves, and would thus
accelerate the coming OF peace. In
reality, the results have been quite diff
fcrent 1 myself have seen more than
half OF my own regiment asphyXiatcd
while filling the gas cylinders. AZ the
moment / was at the reEimental head
quarters. together with a number OF
other officers. An unbearablc odor
filled the room. though We were very
far from the place where tho cylinders
were being filled. The results. there
fore. OF this new weapon are very
brilliant, and, on the other side, our
enemies are not afraid of ii. may
safely say that We have not won a
single victory with the aid of asphyxi-
ating gas
y German wounded officer now re-
covering in one of our hospitals has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-08

Association. Previously the two great
associations. which arc OF national
character. have held separate annual
conventions
ON "Wednesday. September Is. a di
version from the usual place OF meet
Ing has been announced. That day has
been designated as Pan American Road
Congress Day, and the sessions ~ the
congress will he held in Festival Hail
on the grounds OF the Panama-P Pacific
Exposition.
For those who desire 10 make the
congress the central feature of some
weeks OF sight seeing. special train
Will he provided. This train Will leave
Chicago on September >. and proceed
by easy stages TO allow for visiting
Oakland September IL. Returning af-
ter the congress. the train will leave
Oakland september 10. and reach Chi
cago october .. This train will carry
every convenience that modern travel
can suggest for the comfor, of it's pas
scnGCrs.
Special representatives Of the Pan
American Road Congress have been
and are being appointed in practically
every section of the country. Full and
detailed Information may lac obta lined
from them.
The executive committee which has
charge Of tn" congress consists of the
following: Governor Charles w. Gates
Of Vermont. chairman: Major w w.
Crosby, chief engineer. Maryland Geo
logical Survey. Munsey building, Bal
iimore. program: J. L. Pennybackcr OF
t. 5. Office OF rublic Roads. Willard
building, Washington. u. G.. arrange
mcnts: James H. Macdonald. formerly
Highway Commissioner Of Connecticut.
New Haven, finance, and Il. L. Powers
editor Good Roads. $50 Nassau street.
New York, publicity.
ccived from those designated by the
committee on program are tho fol-
lowing:
5. T. Hradt. secretary Illinois High
way Commission.
II. l.. Breed. first deputy State High
way Commission OF New York.
Lamar Cobb State engineer of Ari-
iona
q. i. Coleman. state Highway Com
missioner Virginia
W. II. Connen chief highway bu-
rcau. philadelphia.
George w Cooley. state highway
engineer. minnesota.
\. W. Dean chief engineer Massa-
chusctts Highway Commission
Henry W.llcs Durham. formerly
highway engineer Borough Of Man
haitian.
a. Is. Fletcher State highway en-
rinrcr California.
cinccr Kansas.
S II. Gilbert; auditor state highway
commission. New York
Henry : Graves, chief United States
Bureau of Forestry.
Fairfax Harrison. president =. II. A..
Washington. II {.
curtis Hill. city engineer, Kansas
| city. Mo.
Provost Hubbard. United states De-
partment Of .AgriCulture
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DOES WORLD FACE
SERIES OLE WARS?

Continued from First PaEc)
in France and England who cry out for
the continuance of the war-derivc
from all the horror of war nothing hut
tho delusion that they must revenge
themselves on the foe: by no means do
they draw the simple conclusion that
they must avert war as a thing which
brings all those things in it's wake
The professor then goes on TO say
that the present struggle has now de-
velopcd into such a confusing tanElc
Of Infatuated nations. each biting the
other, that 1t will he extremely difficult
To separate their fanEs."
. Peace negotiations. when they come.
will last an interminable time and will
he interrupted by elements OF new
crises. and. even in the most favorable
case. all the evil passions aroused by
tho war will for n long time solcmnize
their orgies and dcbar Europe from
peaceful work.
ForcsceinE the possibility that Ger
many may be crushed and parts OF her
territory annexed by each Of her
enemies, the desires OF the population
thus severed from their country will
work for war.
Altogether. the Wow the professor
takes Of the situation. no matter what
tho final outcome of the present war,
Is an exceedingly gloomy one.
The Deutsche TagcszeiturC. the paper
in which Admiral Won Tirptz and
krupp's r!Eht-hand man. Count Ernest
Won Reventlow. recently made furious
attacks upon the United states and
depounced the lack of backbone OF
Rethmann-Hollweg in manner which
led to the temporary suspension of the
paper. has found Il new source OF
worry.
Although the financial experts of the
paper insist that there must be at lea st
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FRANCE Is UNITED
FOR PURSUING WAR
Continued from First page.D

Continued from First IaSe)
left for the front. and only very few
engineers and workers Of military age
were permitted to remain at tho fac
tory. because il was though that the
great national arscnals would he able
10 keep the artillery supplied.
Gradually. however. the orders in
creased. and the firm got perm ssion
to hire workers among the older SOL
dicrs employed at the dcrots. These
men. however. were soon found unable
to stand the exceedingly heavy work
and long hours, and by securing the
entire country for younger men the
Crcusot works succeeded in bringing
the numbcr of workers NJ TO the
normal figure. When the French War
Department was rcorganized and an
Under Secretary of War was placed
al the head of the munition depart =
mcnt skilled workers were recalled
from the front. and from that moment
the factory has been running night
and day, turning out guns and shells
in enormous numbers. Only once a
week there is an interval of twelve
hours for the inspection Of furnaces
and machinery. The men work in two
shifts OF twelve hours each. and the
men themselves consider II an honor
10 see that not single minute is lost
and some of them even growl because
they are allowed two hours for their
meals
The masons. who formerly took their
time in repairing the furnaces, can
now hardly be made To wait until they
have cooled. The only thought OF
everybody is to serve the country &c
the utmost of his ability
The example is set from above. The
old firm OF Creusot which formerly sc
jealousy guarded the secrets OF its
processes now scatters them broad
cast 1t distributes its plans and draw.
inGs among all it's competitors who
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are willing to make guns and shells.
NJ Albert Thomas. tho Under Secrc-
tary OF War for Munitions. recently
said that there arc In France no longer
mobilizcd men Mt the factories and
mobilizcd men at tho front. but just
one great army OF soldiers.
"If any one doubts this" tho corrc-
spondcnt concludes. let me tell him
the words of n workingman from Creu-
sot just back from the trenches. When
n short leave OF absence was denied
him he made II grimacc and said: we
had more OF rest down there
'Hc missed the life at the front"
CHANGE IN SPIRIT
OF FRENCH PEOPLE
lust one more fact which shows tho
spirit of France for tho change which
has come over the people. Ordinarily.
the French peasantry and the middle
classes. who arc the real owners OF
the wealth OF France arc careful al.
most to miscrlincss with their money,
and remember how a few short
months ago they boarded up their
precious coins and rather would let
you owe them money than take paper
1t is all changed.
y little over n month ago the BanQuc
dc France asked the people to let II
have their gold In return for bills. and
since then torrent OF gold. the sight
OF which would drive tho German Min
lister OF Finance insane with jealousy
has been rushing into the bank nearly
fifteen millions a day. II surpasses the
most sanEune expectations, and II
comes from every nook and corner In
the country.
do not know what the gold reserve
Of the Bank OF France is to-day. hut
a month ago II was nearly four bill
lions of francs and about half n bill
lion more was on hand In silver.
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Digging Dusk. Diamonds.

CHARLESTON, w. VA. August o.
Coal production in West Virginia dur
ing the year 1914 totalcd 7l,707.6o
short tons. an increase OF about 500
600 tons as compared with 1918. which
was the previous big year in that
State. The value OF the coal at the
mines was estimated at SIl,30l.i OS.
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Cambcrwell. 1t is true. is pretty tough
quarter. and Gaby must have squirmel
n bit ut some of tho embraces she had
to undergo. What the next move will
be to induce men to serve their coun-
try cannot yet be divulgcd. But the
representatives OF imperial Germany in
London must DO doing lot of sly
laughing In their sleeves.
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FUGlTIVES TELL STORY
OF TERR0RS In BELGIUM

Continued from First PaCe)
other OH tho stage, and the lively little
French ally. now looking saucy and de-
bonair, offered her check TO each
valiant defender OF his country as he
climbed UP the platform. as though
she were really no novice at tho game.
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OHIO ELE CTRICS

On investigation we find the Ohio
giving the best Of service in the hilliest
cities and we feel it peculiarly adapted to
Richmond.
The Ohio's handsome streamline body
is built entirely of handbeaten aluminium,
including the roof and Tenders. Aluminium
possesses advantages not obtained in wood
or steel. 1t deadens sound, has no tinny
rumble, will not crack, warp or rust it is
durable and provides the best possible
painting surface.
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Our Garage Service Assures
Satisfaction

Our plan Of inspecting electric cars once
a month without charge assures Ohio
Electric owners in Richmond that their
cars will be kept in good condition to
give maximum efficiency; and eliminates
the possibility of trouble and inconven-
fence. We maintain this service on all
makes Of electric cars garaging with us
and our garage help is conversant with
and able to place and repair trouble on
any make Of electric car.
The Ohio Electric Car Co. and other
electric car manufacturers personally in
vestigated our garage and organization
and they were highly pleased with our
unsurpassed facilities to give service to
electric car owners in Richmond and
agreed that we were the logical people
for the best electric car agency.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
THE APPLE IN IOWA.

Albert jackson of Tama has writ
ten an article in which he tells every
one in Iowa to plant apple trees next
spring. Yes" comments the Cedar
Rapids Republican, plant the right
kind.-which is not the kind that our
fathers planted in this state-and
then look after them, as you would
look after bull pup or a patch of
corn. There is no use in planting an
apple tree and then let it rustic for
itself. An apple tree needs just as
much cultivation as rose bush. II
you planted a rose bush and let it go
at that how many beautiful roses
would you have? You would have
none. The big buds would never
come to bloom. Tie weeds and the
bugs would get them. .,.....
But that is the way we have treat.
ed the noble. apple tree, the tree that
Is as old as the Garden of Eden. And
because we got no adequate results
from a neglected tree we have pro-
noDnced sentence against Iowa. name
ly. that ii is not an apple growing
state. Iowa is an apple growing
st ct when the men who plant the
trees are apple growing men"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
EXERCISE AND HEALTH.

In Exercise and Health" an edu
cational leaflet from the United States
Public Health Service, a note of warn
ing is sounded. The death rate after
the age of forty is increasing in spite
of more sanitary modes of living and
greater protection against communi
cable disease. The expectation of life
after forty is less than it was thirty
years ago. This is due largely to in
creased prevalence of the diseases oil
degeneration The muscles, arteries
and other organs of those who as a
result of sedentary occupation or in
dolence take to little exercise degen
crate. Heart disease, kidney disease
and other ills follow.
Take exercise. Take daily exercise
Have a hobby that gets you out OF
doors. Walk to your business, to your
dressmakers, walk for the sake OF
walking. Join walking club and keep
your weekly score of miles. Keep
chickens, make a garden, wheel the
baby or play golf or any other game,
but take two hours outdoor exercise
every day. Gymnasium work is good
for those who like it and can afford
it, but avoid heavy athletics. Don't
try to be a strong man." the cham,
pion athlete often dies young. Be a
moderate, persistent, daily exponent
of exercise. You may not burn the
family carriage, as Benjamin Frank
lin suggested but at least as he ad-
vised. walk, walk, walk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
THE MODERN W'OODNEN
Are Planning For a Big Rally Next
Mondsy. 81 ...s e.. a..

Ross r. Mowry OF Newton, who IL
at the head of the organized workers
of the Modern Woodmen Of Iowa, has
been secured for public address and
entertainment to be given BY the os
kaloosa Camp of Woodmen next Mon
day evening, November 49,, in Home
steaders' hall. .,.... .,.. ... g,
Mr.. Mowry is a power unto himself
He Is sufficient unto the day and the
needs thereof and therefore cometh
to Oskaloosa. The name u of Ross
Mowry itself is enough to electrffysa
situation and when he comes Ito a
camp himself, something Is. bound ia
happen. ,...,yiG 81
The public in general, will be made
welcome to the meeting of next Mon
day evening. An entertaining pro
gram win be presented and there will
be plenty doing all evening hsbi'ss'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
STOP KNOCKING,

There are a number of people in
every community who believe that
things are going wrong, and who are
forever criticising and finding fault
with everything and everybody, OBJ
serves the Burlington Hawkeye. They
forget that if everybody were to take
that position, then they would be crit
icised, justly or unjustly. just as they
are now criticising their neghbors.
And in a very little while no commu-
rty would be fit to live in. This
knocking" is a habit, which grows
upon people, and which is easily &C
quired 1t ought to be just as easy to
shake it off, but as with other bad
habits, that is not the case. But who
ever will, can surely overcome il. and
in the end will find it easy to see
something commendable in the neigh
Dor whom he has been criticising; to
discover the silver lining in the dark
est cloud, and to boost" instead OF
knocking" The new habit will soon
grow upon the former 'knocker' and
he will feel better, look better, gain
a good appetite and sleep better, win
new friends and get into closer touch
WITH the old friends. He will be max
ing a new man of himself Remember
that everybody has troubles of his
own. and instead of listening to COM
paints, wants to be cheered up, en-
couraged and entertained. Remember
what Bobby Burns said about seeing
ourselves as others see US, and then
make others see us as a sensible,
my natured, wholesome being.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
AN ODE 10 TIE kNockER.

The reason the Knocker remains
poor in Iowa is because he gets up
at the alarm of a Connecticut clock,
buttons his Maine suspenders, to Chi
cago trousers, puts on pair of Sears
Robuck shoes, washes in a Pittsburgh
tin basin, using Cincinnati soap and
a cotton towel from New Hampshire,
sits down to a Michigan table, eats
biscuits made with Minneapolis -four,
and a Kansas City piece of bacon, In.
diana grits fried in Omaha lard, cook
cd on a st. Louis stove; buys fruit
put up in New York, seasoned with
Rhode Island spices; puts on a hat
made in Philadelphia; harnesses his
Missouri mule fed on Nebraska corn,
in a Vermont harness, and plows
with a Montgomery Ward pillow; his
farm covered with a Massachusetts
mortgage; carries his life insurance
in a New England company-at night
crawls under a New Jersey blanket
and is kept awake by dogs and roost-
ere, the only home product on his
place. Ever try to discover how
many of these things could be bought
Of home prCducers2 Even right here
IN Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
A VICTORY IN pEFEAr.

woman suffrage carried all bat six
counties IN Pennsylvania, as shown
by tie completed returns. The
amendment was beaten by an ad
verse vote in the city of Philadelphia.
Here" observes the Les Molres
Register and Leader, rs a demon.
stration OF strength shown by the
equal suffrage movement which quite
eclipses the bare fact that Pennsylya.
mia did not grant the ballot to WON
en-.
Pennsylvania is one OF the most
conservative states OF the union. Its
conservative politicians were all
against equal suffroge. and to the
control Of Philadelphia by Jim
McNichol and Senator Penrcse the
defeat OF the women Is due.
But the evidence of strength. as
shown in the result by counties. is
SO overwhelming :. that the workers
for equal suffrage all over the United
States vii, gain the conviction that
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
BEER A POISON.

The man who uses a quart Of beer
daily expends enough for it to buy
three loaves of bread for his family,
says DR.. Winfield Scott Hall. He gets
for himself a trivial amount of nour-
ishment worth half a cent and incl
dentally takes into his system nearly
two ounces of a narcotic poison, the
influence of which Is to make him
less alert and therefore more amen
able to accidents. to make him less
efficient and therefore more likely to
lose his job, and to make him more
likely to suffer from toxins and in
fections.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
DELIGHTFUL CONC ERT
Skovgaard Is the Great Feature Of
Metropolitan Opera Company.

A large audience greeted the Metro
politan Opera Company at the Friends
church last evening, the third number
of the Lecture Course of the season.
The company last evening was com
posed of six artists, of the very best
which it has been the good fortane OF
Oskaloosa people to hear for some
time. The Danish violinist, Skevgaard
is an artist of rare ability and captl-
waited the audience with his brilliant
work. The SeXtette from Lucia. Civ
en- by Florence Hawkins, Clara
FreuIer and Molly Byerly Wilson was
the first number of the program and
was a positive delight to the audience.
Frances w. Cowles gave Scena and
.CaVatina from Faust" sung in cos
tune, the second number of the pro-
cram, AMI his work was most enthus-
riastically received. Molly Byerly Will
son next gave a combination of three
songs loved by everyone, and she pas
sesses a voice OF rare sweetness. Con,
certo, e. Major by Mandelssohn was
next given by Alex Skoygaard, and
the; audience was again captivated by
the most excellent work of the great
artist. The Swiss Folk songs sang In
costume by Clara Freuler were emost
beautiful, and on3 Fine Day, from
Madam Butterfly" sung in costume
by Florence Hawkins. was also de-
light to the audience. For the splendid
success OF the evenings entertain
ment no little credit is due the pianist,
Miss Alice McClung whose work was
all that could be desired, and whose
pleasing personality added TO the
charm OF the evening. tssE5
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
A POOR BASEBALL SEASON.

While the larger leagues earned
good money and the World Series of
games brought small fortunes to the
players OF the champion teams, yet
1915 will go down in the history of
base ball as a poor season for the
national game. According to reports
made by Secretary John H. Farrell
of the National Association of Base
Ball Clubs, made at the recent meet
ing in San Francisco, of the forty
leagues qualifying for membership,
ten did not commence the season,
four dropped by the wayside in mid
season and one was disqualified. The
disqualification was of the Colonial
Ieague-for Federal affiliations. Only
son.
Farreirs report also shows that
$4,000 passed through the associa-
ton for drafted players this season
OF this amount the National league
took 1850, the American $23, 400
and the remaining $27,450 was paid
by the minor league magnates in the
association for players Of a lower
classification. The National and
American leagues each took seven
teen players from the minors this
season.
The contracts of SAP players were
received ard promulgated. Two thou
sand eight hundred and forty players
were reported for release of which
1853 were let go by the purchasers.
All told, $129.557 passed through the
National association Office for drafted
players optional agreement players
and released players,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-11-18
THE WALNUT LOG INDUSTRY

Former Congressman S. F. Prouty
who at one time was one of the larg
est exporters of walnut wood in the
United States, told teachers at the
manual training round table in Des
Mone5 last week how he happened
to get into the wood trade. 8..
The melting incident happened when
he was practicing law at Pella, Mr..
Prouty said. A stranger came to town
to borrow some money with which to
buy some walnut timber near Pella.
The bank refused to- lend him the
money, but Prouty decided to take a
chance.
Tc keep an eye on his money, Mr..
Prouty was forced to follow the OPP
erations of his stranger creditor close
ly and when the logs had been ship
ped to New York and $500 profit for
the two realized on an investment OF
$500 and three weeks work by one
man, he became interested in the
trsde and began to buy walnut timber
wherever he could find it.