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The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Old Game Charged.

Muscatine, Apdil IA. - Charged
with an unsuccessful counterfeit at
tempt, Charles Abbott of Muscatine
is now being held to the federal court
at Davenport. Abbott with pen and
ink sought to raise a 81 bill to ten
spot, but the fraud was detected be.
fore he left the store and he was held
until the arrival of an officer. United
States Special Agent Mills of Omaha,
later took the prisoner to Davenport
for trial in the federal court.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Dope Eiends Arrested.

Mason City, April 14.-George Sha-
ron and Earl Welsh, alleged dope
fiends, have been taken to Fort Dodge
where they will go on trial in federal
court and be asked to tell what they
know about the sale of dope" 1t
is claimed they secured drugs from
Cedar Rapids and sold them to Mr..
and Mrs. George Graves and others.
This is the first prosecution under the
new drug law In the northern Iowa
district.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
WILL CARRANZA
REGAIN MEXICO
A SERIES OF DISTINCT ENGAGE
MENTs NOW TAKING PLACE
BIGGEST FIGHT IS At CELaYA
Villa Forces Estimated at Twenty
Eight Thousand Men While Those
Under General Oregon are
Twenty Thousand.

Washington, April IA series of
distinct engagements some of which
assume the proportions of real pitch
ed battle are in progress in Mexico.
Representatives here of both fac
lions admit that the fighting will de-
eide whether Carranza can break the
Villa control of the north and regain
Mexico City.
The biggest fight is at Celaya,
where Villa with more than $4,000
men and General Angeles with most
of the Villa artillery are attacking
General Obregon with 10000. -
At Matamoras the attacking Villa
men have brought up heavy reinforce
ments and are attacking the Carran-
"a forces from the west and south.
American cayalrymen are on guard
at Brownville. H..
Shells Drop in Brownville.
Brownville, Texas, April 14.--In a
moros inflicted heavy blow to the
Villa army besieging the Mexican
port.
General Saulo Navarro, second in
command of the Villa troops, was
brought to Brownville dangerously
wounded at night and the Carranza
consulate claimed the Villa dead num-
bered 300.
The sortie drew from the Villa fore
es their long promised Smelling OF
Matamoros, but the Smelling stopped
when the Carranza garrison returned
to the trenches. Firing ceased at
night with the positions of the armies
practically unchanged.
During the bombardment eight
shells passed over Matamoros and
four dropped in this city, where they
did little damage.
Battle on at Tuxparc.
Washington, April 1.-THE State
Department announces:
"'The department is advised tina
! the night Of the 11th~ Tuxpam was at
| tackled by villa troops under Genera
Palez. 1t appears that these forces
captured the town the morning OF the
18th and that it was later reCaptured
by the Carranzitas. The fighting, how
ever, continues.
President Wilson has been given nc
information regarding the plans oil
NSuGEdl IluSIId, lG lOAu SulLSlo bONuS
Britain Protests to Villa.
London, April lathe foreign of
fee has instructed the British charge
d'atfairs at Mexica City to lodge q
protest with General Villa against his
new mining regulations. Advices from
the charge were that the regulations
amounted to confiscation Of foreign
mining interests.
Funston Goes to Brownsville.
Washington, April IA. Mexican
fighting threatened Brownsville Texas
so seriously today that General Funs
ton was upon his way there from
Fort Sam Houston. He so notified the
war department. The battle ragged al
Tuesday about Matamoros and alont
the river bank to point one mile
west of Brownville. General Villa hat
two field guns on the ground and drop
! ped 20 shells into MatamOras. VIVA
| is more serious however, rifle bullets
have fallen on the United States side
of the border, near the Brownvill'
pumping station. Funston INTENDED
to demand that this cease but the
struggle is thought to be so desperate
that it is doubtful whether the de
mand will be needed unless he use'
force.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Pioneer Drowned.

Dubuque, April 14-Tim Taylor, a
pioneer cigar merchant and travelling
salesman and a prominent lodge man.
was drowned in the Mississippi river
here last evening. He was standing
on a barge when he was apparently
seized with apoplexy and fell into the
water. Two persons who were stand
ing near plunged in to the river and
quickly recovered the body, but life
was extinct. Mr.. Taylor was &c
wears old
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
WOULD SELL STATE HOSPITAL
Representative Tucker of Clinton
Wants Knoxville institution
g." Disposed Of.

Des Moines, April 14.-Deelaring
that there will be no further need of
maintaining the inebriate hospital at
Knoxville Lecause of the prohibition
law passed by the present session,
Representative Tucker of Clinton to-
day introduced a bill authorizing the
board of control to dispose of the
property by Jan. /. 1917 and turn
the money over to the state fund.
The resolution went over under the
rules.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
THREE BURGLARS MAKE HAUL
They Throw Bricks Through Jeweiry
Store Window and Grab
$500 in Diamonds,

Waterloo, April 14.-Three burg
lars at four o'clock this morning hurl-
ed bricks through the plate glass win
dows of Joseph's Sons Jewelry store
where diamonds and other jewelry
were on display. They grabbed one
handful of diamonds valued at $500,
but before they could secure more,
police who heard the crash arrived
and running revolver duel took
place. The robbers escaped with
their loot.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
EXCURSION STEAMER SINKS
The Sixty.five Passengers and Grew
Reach Shore After Race in
lnky Darkness.

San Francisco, April 14.-Sinking
rapidly while men, women and chill.
dren passengers fought for life pre-
servers. the excursion steamer Mon
arch early today raced toward shore
in San Pablo Bay through the inky
darkness.
The sixtyfive passengers and crew
had hardly been landed safely over
improvised gangways when the Mon.
arch slipped back into deep water
and sank out OF sight.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15

Tama, April Thames Blezek, a
farmer living five miles north of
Tama, was instantly killed when the
team which he was driving became
frightened and ran away. The wag-
on struck a rut and Mr. Blezek was
thrown out. Doctors examination
showed that his neck was broken.
Mr. Blezek was so years OF age and
an old settler.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Slap at State Veterinary.

Des Moines, April IA slap was
taken at the state veterinary In the
Hilsinger bill regulating the estab-
lishment of quarantine during cpl
demic. The bill passed by the house
today prohibits quarantine more
than mile from the place where the
diseased cattle are confined except
when authorized by a majority of the
state veterinary commission.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Market Excited Again.

New York. April 14.-Wall street
fairly buzzed today with excitement
Bethlehem steel common. Nothing
like ii has been seen on the street
since in 1903 when Northern Pacific
shot to 1000 as the result of battle
OF financial giants. The governors OF
the street viii make an investigation
into the cause OF the Bethlehem fluc-
tuatlons.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Boy Lost Both Legs.

Tama, April 14.--D. o. Wilson, aged
16 years, of Marshalltown, in attempt
ing to get off a G. & N. w. freight
train going east, struck signal post
and was thrown under the wheels OF
the car and both legs cut off just
below the knees. He was taken at
once 10 a uoctor"s ONCE WHO'RE the
necessary amputation was made.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Call For An Election.

davenport, April IA call for an
election of a coadjutor bishop will be
issued at the annual Episcopal Do
cesar convention to be held in Des
Mcines May II and Is, according to
an announcement here today by Bish-
op Theodore N. Morrison of Iowa.
Suffragan Bisnop Harry S. Longley OF
Des Moines will be named, 1t is un.
derstood.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Gar pecorates French Soldiers.

Paris, April 14.--Decoratlons have
been conferred by the Emperor of
Russia upon sixty-one French officers.
500 nonlcommissioned officers and 100
soldiers all of whom have distinguish
ed themselves In various ways since
the war began.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
BIoodhounds CAPTURE Youth.

Bloomfield, April 14.-Walter Smith
young man, is lodged in the Wapello
county Jail after an exciting chase by
bloodhounds. Smith is charged with
wilful incendiarism for firing an I'M
occupied house in Fix township, Dav-
is county. The alleged firing took
place Saturday night.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
prIsoners Flre JaIl.

Sioux City. April 14.-Setting fire
to the county jail where they were
confined as protest against its al
legged filthy condition, 70 |. W., VS.
today made speeches through the
barred windows to the crowd while
firemen fought the flames. One man
at window from which the smoke
poured said they tried to burn the
Jail because It was filled with bed,
bugs, lice and cockroaches
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Reoeas Amendments.

Washington. April 14.-1ne follow
ing recess appointments of postmas-
tiers in IOWA were announced today
]. B. Lower, at Scranton.
James Steele, at Ciearfield.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15
Abolish Old System.

The house passed the bill by Rees
of Fremont abolishlng the old system
of a millage tax for state institutions
aad putting them on modern budget
system. II also passed the bill by
Kane requiring all moving picture
machines be operated In fire proof
booths and ample exits be furnished
In theaters with three.foot aisles and
no stairs.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-04-15

Loan agents in Iowa will not be
permitted to legally charge more than
the legal rate OF interest for the
house defeated the bill by Jamison OF
Des Moines which would have per-
mitted two per cent per month on
chattel loans. The vote was IL to
20
Evening journal., 1915-03-12
Government Help TO Shipping
lFrom Dc ~ York ''imes.l

Secretary McAdoo and those who
take his views Of affairs lament the
conditions which have followed the
rejection of the Government Shipping
bill. II certainly 10 true that there is
an unusual interruption of the British
mails, and that Il followed the defeat
OF the Administration Shipping bill.
Yet it Is safe to say that conditions
would have been at least as bad II the
bill had passed. or more probably
worse. The bills passage would not
have created a single ship. and would
not have diverted any ship from any
use TO any other in the brief time
which has elapsed since the bills re-
lection. Here il the immediate op-
portunity for private capital to DEM
onsrate its ability to serve the coun-
try in this great matter" says Mr..
McAdoo. Apparently the secretary Is
unaware of why private capital is
running away from the opportunity
which he assumes to offer. But ship
owners are not backward about tell
ing him. il he viii listen. The presi-
dent of the Pacific Mail declares that
his line will cease TO sail the seas. In
bis own words
Evening journal., 1915-03-12

Has tho country come to the end
Of the era Of destructiveness illustrat-
ed by tho prolonged political oppres-
sion of the railroads? Has period
OF constructivencss and profitable op-
poriunity for the employment Of cap
ital in railroad enterprises begun? A
closely connected series of events in
recent months and some continuing
developments suggest il.
No great change is effected in the
political conditions of business in the
country unless there is some change
in public opinion. For years the
most fruitful Efforts OF politics have
been devoted TO the establishment Of
an extreme control over the rail-
road system. and endeavOrs in this
direction have won and held public
approval Is il not now apparent,
however. that control having been es-
tabished. it is the public desire that
regulation of the railroads should
cease from excessive assertions of au-
thority which. long before the Euro
pean war, we're contributing more
than any other factor to the slowing
=
and the contraction of prosperous ac-
tivities?
What else than a great and far
reaching change in public attitudes
toward the railroads did Oscar W.
Underwood express before the Sphinx
Club on Tuesday night? The whole
tone of his address was recognition
of the vast importance Of the rail-
road problem TO the country's well
fare and a clear indication of the
proper lines of its solution.
The nature OF his speech is suni-
ciently suggested by these extracts;
"As the public in the end must pay
the bill they are primarily interested
in the railroads securing the money
needed for their maintenance and de-
velopment at reasonable rates. and
equally interested in seeing that Il
is wisely expended. Low
rates and adequate facilities are de-
manded by the public but the Grant
ing of one is often the denial Of tho
other. The price of now IA
cilitics must always he the acqusi.
tion OF new capital from some source
Without new railroad facilities oui
commerce cannot expand beyond our
present limitations"
Mr.. Underwood's is not the only
voice through which the country has
been learning emphatically that an
end Of political embarrassment of IN,
railroads has been reached ether
wise railroad manggements would no
be encouraged to seek in this and
other States tha repeal of such meas
uros of oppression as the full crew
laws. The popular vote in Missouri
against a law Of that sort was an
/ unmistakable token OF the new publi,
Evening journal., 1915-03-12
THE NEW CONGREssMAN.

From the Dover State News.
Thomas w. Miller last week laid
down his mantle as Secretary of State
TO go to Washington as Delaware's
representative in the House Of Rep
resentatives. The Delaware State
News may not coincide with Congress-
man Miller's viewpoint or his politi-
cal actions. but it extends congratu-
lations TO him.
Franklin Brockson, the retiring Con-
gressman, returns to private life with
record of having served faithfully
the interests of the State. He was
not swayed by political affiliations. II
Congressman Miller emulates Mr..
BrockGon in this respect. il will 90 n
long way in imposing confidence in
the youthful statesman, who hereto
fore has dabbled in politics long
enough to be viewed solely as poll
tician.
Congressman Miller is a compara-
lively young man. He is the young
est member of the House at Washing.
ton He has made a creditable record
as Secretary of State, lawyers, ire
spective of politics, agreeing that his
administration was most efficient in
every particular.
His successor, General George TT.
Hall. is man of executive ability.
and Governor Miller made no mis-
take in appointing him.
Evening journal., 1915-03-12
THE SINKING OF THE FRYE.

nNE Of the many feas of the German converted
" cruiser and commerce destroyer Prinz Eel
Friedrich, which has into Newport News for re-
pairs and may be interned was the sinking of the
American ship William Frye off the coast of South
America That the German penalty inflicted upon
this big American sailing ship because she carried
cargo of wheat which the German contraband
list The Federal Government already is making
Investigation for the purpose of ascertaning whether
there justification for such destructive work in
dealing with ship flying the United States flag. II
justification be not shown. then Germany certainly
should be compelled to make proper amends for the
act of the commerce destroyer's commander.
The Prnz Eiel Friedrich like the Emden and the
Karlsruhe, has done great damage to the shipping OF
the Allies since she set out her Of destruc-
ton. The wonder of it all is that she operated so ex-
ensively in the Pacific the Atlantic and finally
ceeded in finding haven in Newport News in spite oil
the fact that tho Atlantic seaboard is patroed
stanty by British cruisers and of the further fact that
she in imperative need Of repairs to her
chinery Her commander has distinguished himself as
OF great resourcefulness and. apart from the
sinking Of the American ship will pass into German
history of the shining figures in the present
War of the Nations
Evening journal., 1915-03-12
Days of Hope for Business
(From the New York SUM-

disposition toward the common car
riers.
What but evidence of a public Opin-
ion more favorable TO the railroads
was furnished by the revised decision
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion in the lD.ermountain cases and
more especially the decision handed
down last December in the Eastern
rate case? After four years of argu-
ment and after two rulings almost
totally adverse to tile Eastern rail-
roads. the commission reversed itself
completely and inaugurated a new
public policy of practical support for
the railroads by granting very nearly
the full horizontal Increases in freight
rates for which application had been
made. A case TO all intents Identical
is now being presented to the com.
mission by the Western railroads, and
it will Oe an occasion for surprise IL
the outcome is not similar
Going still higher in the search for
the state Of public sentiment. there
is the lengthening chain Of railroad
decisions which the Supreme Court
has rendered in the last two years.
beginning with the so-called Mime
sofa cases. Their tendency has been
steadily to relieve the railroads from
the conflicts between State and Fed
eral jurisdictions The paramountcy
of Federal authority is being demon
strated and at the same time doc
trine OF reasonableness in regulation
is being judicially enunciated for the
guidance Of the Interstate Commerce
| Commission that cannot fail TO slim
ulate railroad investment, with its
corollary of general benefit
In the West Virginia and North
/ Dakota rate cases passed upon by tho
Supreme Court Monday. this doctrine
was many times summarized in the
! phrase substantial compensation.
/ While the opinion of the court did
not undertake an explicit definition
of the doctrine. IL was applied with
a breadth which is removing all
doubts as to what must be the test
of reasonableness in regulating rail-
| road charges. They cannot, with the
courts consent. be reduced below a
point OF profitable yield which would
require the exercise of government
compulsiOn TO maintain service for
the public.
A survey OF recent events con.
duccs to the belief that incentives
for a fresh period of railroad expan
sion are coming into existence. Con.
sidering then. the part which rail
road extension and the Increasing
provision or railroad facilities hav,
always played in our general business
movement, the advent of days Of hop,
for the railroads has n large sig
nifcance. II is the dawn Of hope fol
general business recovery and an
eventual restoration Of general pros
periiy.
Evening journal., 1915-03-12
aRIppER. RILL ARANDONEn.

MO attempt will be made to rip the present Levy
~ Court of New Castle county out of existence at
this session of the Legislature
While there plan on foot to introduce rip
per" bill yesterday much cooler and far-seeing
than those who proposed such drastic step side
tracked the scheme. The Levy Court at present
composed will continue TO exist.
II may be said in passing. however that for several
hours it was an open question in tho minds OF many
men who have much TO do with shaping legislative
policy whether the court should be wiped out Of OK
istence Cr be permitted to continue to live and
work its way out Of the financial slough in which il
finds itself
Low county tax rates. poor business judgment and
excessive expenditures blamed for the present Ge
porablc condition of our county finances. II is the
policy OF the Legislature to put the court in funds
until the taxes begin to in and TO give it a
chance to redeem itself in the matter of the manage
ment of the financial affairs of the county II will
two years Of retrenchment all along the line
also years of probation for the present COM
missoners, several of whom have been singularly
lacking in official prudence and wisdom.
Evening journal., 1915-03-12
Ship Purchase Bill Attack
On Lodge By McAdoo
(spccial TO The New York Times

How did the Senator explain his
fear that the ! resident might exercise
the power 10 buy bolligerent-owned
ships, so as 10 produce foreign COM
plications. when he and Senator Root
and all the Republicans voted unani-
mously for tie ship Registry bill IN
August last. which authorized any
American citizen TO buy a belligerent-
owned ship and transfer II TO the
American flag and thus permit private
individuals 10 raise tho very issues
which the Senator pre!cnds TO fear
if the Ship bill had passed? This Is
exactly what has already happened
in the Dacia case. An American citi-
zen purchased a German ship ard
transferred il 10 the American haS
by virtue of the Ship Registry act.
for which Senator Lodge and his Re-
publican assistants voted. The very
controversy which shc Senator pre-
tends TO apprehend is raised by the
Dacia case.
"The American nation has always
been tho chief champion Of the rights
OF neutrals u would have been an
inexcusable surrender Of the rights Of
this nation. as well as Of its position
as the defender Of neutral lights
throughout the world, for the govern
ment to have adopted the amendment
TO the Ship bill which Senator Lodge
says might have passed IT, The
American administration would not
pay for the passage OF the Shipping
bill by such a disaYowment of Ameri-
can rights as was involved in the
adoption OF Senator LOdges amend
ment.
How does Senator Lodge recon-
cile his vote in favor of the Ship Reg
istry bill last August. which was a
reassertion and reafiirmatiOn by Con-
gress of the American principle OF
the right to transfer a bclligerent-
owned vessel to a neutral flag with
his amendment to surrender this very
right?
1.-THE Republican opposition 20 the
I Shipping bill upon these grounds is
mere make-believe. Senator Lodge
says the Republicans won very
great victory by defeating the bill
/ The bill passed. American shinyards
would have received orders promptly
for cargo ships aggregating S00,O0C
! to 100000 tons. dead weight, thereby
/ giving employment TO labor. stimu-
I lating many industries, and proyidinl
vessels for our foreign trade. II il
is a very great victory to defeat
these ends of the Republican Sena-
tors are welcome to all the JOY ant
I credit they can get out Of it,