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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
JUDGE ENJOINS
WATERLOO LOCAL
MAINTAINING OF PlcKETS NEAR
FACTORY MUST CEASE.
MAN DECLARED LEGALLY DEAD
Harold c. Meek, Formerly of Bona.
parte Has Been Missing and Un-
heard of by Relatives for
Years. Life Ins. Paid.

Waterloo, Feb. IL Judge Mullan
granted writ of temporary injunc-
ton against Waterloo local, No. 459,
Iowa Moulders' Union of North
America, A. r. Conrad, c. J. Podusky,
o. Green and others. The plaintiff is
the Cement Tile Machinery Company,
whose officers allege members of the
union have maintained picketS at
their plant in Morningside addition
and have assaulted their workmen.
The petition asking for the writ
was accompanied by affidavits by Carl
f. Boedeker, Jacob Christensen and
William Mahl. Boedeker and Christen-
sen aliege they were met by three
members of the local union and that
violence was offered towards them. 1t
is claimed that Boedeker was attack
cd and injured about the face. Mahl
alleges that he was attacked by four
men while on his way to work yester-
day. He claims he was knocked down
and struck after he was down. He al
leges four teeth were knocked out AMI
that his left cheek and eye were
bruised.
The injunction prevents the main
tenance Of pickets at or near the fac
tory and restraints defendants from in
any way molesting the workmen as
they go to and from the factory to
their homes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
Declared Legally Dead.

Bonaparte, Feb. 17.-R. e. Meek re-
Gently brought suit in the Van Buren,
county district court for $4,000 on a
policy held in the Equitable Life AS
surance society Of New York by Har-
old G.. Meek and which had been as
signed to him. Fifteen years ago Mr..
Meek was clerk of courts of this coun.
ty. When elected to that office his
home was in Bonaparte. After finish.
ing his term at Keosauqua he entered
the University of Michigan and stud
led law.
After his graduation he went to
Texas, later going to Waterloo, Iowa.
After brief stay there he went to
Tacoma, Washington, assigning his
life insurance policy to r. f. Meek
before he left.
Soon after going to Tacoma he
ceased communication with his rela'
tiVes here and when inquiries were
made it was found he no longer was
in that city. What became of him is
not known. A year or so ago an ad
ministrator was appointed for his
estate, and now a settlement has been
made for his life insurance. He Is
legally dead. The case Is one of the
most mysterious ever known here,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
ARE
BEING Modified
LATEST PLAN FOR ECONOMIC
DEFENSE OF FRANCE.
FORM GREAT INDUSTRIAL ARMY
Where There is Ground to Pillow,
Seed to Sow, Mines to Work, or
Other Work to be Done, They
Will be Employed by Govt.

New York, Feb. 17.--By William
Philip Simms, United Press staff cor
respondent, Paris, Feb. 6 (by mail to
New York;. Mobilization of the unem-
ployed under the direct orders of the
minister of public works is the latest
plan for the economic defense OF this
nation. Parliament has been asked
to confer needed authority. The part
that will be played by the industrial
army, officials say, will be equal to
that played by the militia in defense
of the country. Since the military
establishment of last August the
same economic and industrial condi-
tons have existed in France that
have come to be considered newt
able when devastating war comes.
While Paris and all of the large cen
ters are feeding thousands of the un-
employed, industry and commerce is
practically dead everywhere. For
instance, the congestion on the docks
at Havre is SO great that many ves-
sells lie outside unable to be unload
ed.
The plan now proposed is to order
the immediate mobilization of all
out of works" everywhere. They
will be combined into a great indus
trial army and the minister of public
works will direct their activities.
And whether they are working or not
they will be cared for by the govern
ment.
Wherever there is ground to pillow,
seed to SOW, mines to work, etc, the
industrial army will assay this work.
| 1t will be distributed wherever it is
most needed and the government will
pay all the men wages that will be
an increase over what prevailed be,
fore the war.
Convinced that France will win in
the present war and that the Ger
Imans will never advance beyond the
lines they now hold the government
lis preparing to have the entire COun.
! try in such condition that when peace
| finally comes the industries of the
country can be continued without de.
| lay and also maintained in such con-
ditiOn that the soldiers can go direct
from their regiments to their old
jobs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
SHIP PURCHASE BILL PASSES
It's Passage Followed Fourteen
Hour Parliamentary Struggle at
1:2O O'Clock This Morning.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE govern
ment ship purchase bill, as an
amendment to the Weeks naval aux
iliary bill. was passed by the house
at 1920 o'clock this morning by vote
of 215 to l21.
The passage of the bill followed a
Ia hours parliamentary struggle
which, until long after midnight
threatened to extend Unfortunately,
because of a determined filibuster
led by Minority Leader Mann VINO
yielded only after administration
leaders decided to apply a second
special rule to bring the fight to an
end.
The bill was sent to the senate at
noon today. Nineteen democrats
voted against the bill. They were;
Bathrick, BorcherS Galloway, Dies
Donohue, Fitzgerald. Gerry, Gordon
Jones, Kindel, Kitchin, Morrison
Moss of Indiana, Page of North Caro-
lima, Saunders, Slayden, Whitacre
White and Witherspoon.
All of the republicans present vot
ed against the bill and five progress
ives joined with the democratic ma
jority for 1t, as follows; Bryan, Kelly
of Pennsylvania, Macdonald, LATER
ty and Murdoch.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
OUR GOVERNMENT
MUCH TROUBLED
WAR ZONE EFFECTIVE ToMOR.
ROW AND YET NO ANSWERS
NEITHER EXPECTED TO GIVE IN
Between the Attitudes of Germany
and England, the United States
May Find Herself in Serious
Difficulties.

Washington, Feb Il. - Between
England's food embargo and Ger
many's war zone decree this govern
ment was seriously troubled today at
what these nations answers will be
to the recent American protests with
Germany'S war zone order effective
tomorrow.
Ambassador Garard's reply from
the German government to the United
States was not before officials early
today but was expected tonight. The
prospects for favorable action on
compromise are considered slight.
At the same time nothing has as
yet been heard of flag protest OF Eng.
land and officials are convinced that
England will not now give up her
plans to starve Germany nor is 1t be
Ilieved Germany will relax her war
zone decree.
| Between these two attitudes the
| United States may find herself in ser
ious difficulties. That her commerce
will suffer and the possibility of the
destruction of American vessels and
American lives must be considered.
Relief Ships Liable.
Relief ships which enter the new
German war zone surrounding Eng
land will be as liable to attack and d.
struction as any British war craft o
merchantmen according to the Ger
man submarines allowing them t.
s believing thym tobet4lvmhcmfwyl
pass in the belief that they Wer
hound on errands OF mercy,
Consequently declare German oil
,cials, no ships of any nation or clas
will be safe from destruction.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
NICOLA CLEARED
BY HIGH COURT.
OSKALOOSA MAN WAS JUSTIFIED
IN KILLING FATHER.
HE WAS DEFENDING HIS MOTHER
Supreme Court ReVerses the Finding
Of the Mahaska County Court
in Murder Case. Nicola
Shot His Father.

Des MOne6, Feb. 1.-THE supreme
court today held that a son in taking
a life in defense OF his mother is not
guilty Of murder.
The conviction Of G. l.. Nicola Of
Oskaloosa for the killing of his father
William Nicola was reversed and the
case remanded by the high court. Nj
cola shot his father twice with re-
volver according to the record.
The father who was a conductor on
the NJ. & St. L. was threatening to
kill the mother with a razor Young
Nicola shot twice. The state mao
much OF the fact that two shots were
fired either of which would prove ia
tai.
The court finds that the young man
was justified for the reason that he
had no way of knowing that the first
shot would produce instant death.
Other decisions were as follows:
Blanche Upton appellant vs.. Ralph
Upton, Warren district, reversed;
Harry Bernstein VS.. Western Union
Telegraph Co. appellant, Linn dist
reversed
Laura n. Hunt, administrative, VS.
F. A. Delano and receivers of the Wa
bash railroad, appellants, Monroe dis
trict, affirmed;
State of Iowa appellant VS.. Mrs
Maurice Lynch, Polk district, affirm
! ed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
ASK SCHEDULE POSTPONED
Iowa Railroad Commissioners Send
Appeal of Nine States to Inter
State Commerce Commission.

Des Moines, Feb. 17.--Thc Iowa
railway commission today forwarded
from Des Moines to the Interstate
Commerce commission an appeal
signed by railroad commissioners of
nine states asking that the new pas
senger interstate traffic schedule eff
fectiye March 1, be withheld until a
hearing can be held as to the pro-
priety OF the proposed increases. The
appeal recommends that the rail.
roads be given opportunity at the
same time to appear and present
their side OF the case with view Of
arriving at the facts. The nine
states from which commissioners
signed are Iowa, Nebraska, North
Dakota. Oklahoma, Arizona, Colo
RADIO. Minnesota, South Dakota AMI
Arkansas.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
EX.CITY OFFICIALS ACQUITTED
East ST. Louis Men Accused in $780,
600 Bond Case Freed by
Jury.

East St. Louis, H.. Feb. 17.-Si1
former officials Of East st. Louis were
acquitted by a jury on charges in
volvini the misappropriation of $780,
100000 in city funds. The men &C.
quilted are Charles S. Lambert, former
mayor; John J. Faulkner, former
comptroller; w. II. Rodenberger, for
mer comptroller; +. Fred Gerold, for
mer treasurer; Claus Tietje, former al
derman, and Lester Grigsby, former
clerk of health department. now chief
of detectives.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18

InlS SHOWS IndL iowa 10 olAIh
which is one of the evidences OF
wealth among her farmers. Without
any great cities, Iowa goes ahead OF
such states as Missouri, Massachus-
etts, Wisconsin, Indiana, and even
Michigan, the home of the Ford, all
of which states contain big cities.
Iowa ranks ninth in the list OF motor
cycles registered, there being 1918.
Iowa ranks first in the low cost OF
operating expenses. total being $685.
3S2. 6S. divided as follows:
Plates, $22,665.91; Supplies, print
ing. binding, stamps, etc, $25,5l6.77;
regular employees, $1,000; extra EN-
ployes $4,000.
In the increase over 1913, in auto
mobile registration, Iowa again ranks
first, her percentage being sixty. Wis
consin is next with fifty-five per cent
The Hawkeye state ranks fourth in
the amount of fees collected. the to-
tai being $1.O40,13554. In 1914 Iowa
registered 1.119 automobiles more
than the combined registration OF Col
orajo, Florida, Idaho. Kansas, South
Dakota, North Dakota and Montana
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
RED LIGHT LAW KNOCKED OUT
District Judge Brennan Of Polk Co.
is Upheld by the Supreme
Court Today

Des Moines, Feb. 1.-THE supreme
court today knocked out the red
light law" because it was not prop
erly signed by the speaker of the
house when it was passed.
District Judge Brennan is upheld
in his decision in the case against
Mrs. Maurice Lynch OF Des Moines,
test action.
Attorney General Cosson says a
new bill will be introduced and pass
ed at once.
1t will have all the provisions OF
the old law which was not signed ano
in addition will control the sale ol
drugs,
The Iowa red light law" was used
as a model in many states and the
District of Columbia.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
Won Bernstortf Not Recalled.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE report
is absurd" Count Won Bernstorf, the
German ambassador declared In deny
ing a dispatch from Amsterdam thai
he will be recalled, 1T is practically
obvious that 1t would be impossible
for me to make trip back to the ia
therland. 1t is not true that ! hav'
been summoned to Berlin and ] do no
have in mind leaving this country To-
any purpose" Ss II
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
OF ROME
ARE INUNDATED
DECREASE IN RAINFALL BET
TIERS FLOOD CONDITIONS.
THOUSANDS ARE IN DISTRESS
Another Earthquake Does Damage
in Aqui'a-ViIIages Are Isolated
and Population is Without Food
as Result of Great Flood.

Rome, Feb. 17.--Another earth
quake in the province of Aquila to-
day damaged many houses, rendering
a number of them dangerous for hab-
itation. The population, greatly
alarmed, has even abandoned the UNI
damaged houses, fearing another ca
tastrophe.
Decrease in Rainfall.
With a decrease in the rainfall the
food conditions resulting from the
Tiber overlooking its banks were
somewhat better today than yester-
day, although the river is still BOOM
ing out of its course and inundating
various sections of the city and coun-
try.
The rescue work is still proceeding
by means of boats, in which people in
inundated houses are being removed
to high places and food is being TAX
en- to those whose situation is not
regarded as alarming.
The morguc boat while transport
ing bodies to point from which they
could be conveyed to the cemetery
capsi2ed today and the Caskets con
tanning the bodies foated away. All
the men on the boat escaped.
Under the direction of military en-
gineeTs a large numbers of workmen
are engaged in freeing the embank-
ment below the castle SAINT Angelo
from the weight of the water to pre-
vent its collapse.
Succession of Lakes.
From the heights around Rome the
country, as far as the sea. seems like
a succession of lakes in the midst of
which trees are growing.
Reports received today from the
village OF Fiumencino, - miles south
west of Rome, said that about one
thousand of its inhabitants were II
distress. The entire village is iso
Hated by the food, which is racing tt
the sea there with great rapidity
The population is said TO be without
food. Three boats sent there with
supplies have not yet arrived and
their fate is not known. The minis
ter of the navy has ordered torpedo
boats to FiumiCinO but it is doubtful
owing to the heavy rush Of the wat
ers whether they will be able to en-
ter the canal leading to the village.
At the mouth of the Tiber several
houses have been rendered uninhab-
liable by the flood. Their occupants
took refuge on board the old ship
Stella Polare, which the Duke of the
Abruz2i used in his polar expedition
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
Captain Erdmann Dies.

Edinburgh, via London) Feb. IL
Captain Erdmann, commander of the
German cruiser Bluecher, who was
among those rescued during the bat
tie between British and German
squadrons in the North sea, January
%, died here last night from pneumo-
mia. His illness was due to expos
ure suffered when the Bluecher was
sunk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
More of Crew Landed.

Havre, France, Feb. 17.-Twenty-
two members Of the crew of the
British steamer Dulwich were landed
here today. Seven others have been
landed at other points. The Dull
wich was enroute from Hull to Rouen
when on Tuesday it was stopped by
a German submarine. The crew was
given 30 minutes to collect their be-
longings and take to the boats, after
which the collier was tOrpedoed and
sunk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
PASSENGERS fLEE SHIP FIRE
Flames In Cotton Cargo of italian
Liner About to Sail From
New York.

New York. Feb. 17,-Fire broke out
In the cotton bale cargo of the Italian
line steamship Re dTtalia, Just as she
was getting ready to sail with $50
passengers aboard, for Mediterranean
ports. The passengers were hustled
ashore and after an hours work fire.
boats and the fire department got the
flames under control. The fire was
attributed to spontaneous combustion.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
Italians Aophyxiated.

Sioux City. Feb. 1.-Two Italians,
John Yuvenis. aged 3S, and George
Winges, aged 40, were found dead in
gas filled room in a hotel today.
They had evidently blown out the
gas. For months they have been
saving their money to send for their
wives in the old country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
plumbers, Case Near End.

Des Moines. Feb, 1.-THE prosecu,
ton in the plumbers trust case indi-
Gated 1t might rest its case tonight or
tomorrow morning Attorney Boyle
has not indicated what policy he will
assume In defense.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
Aaed Woman Commits suicide.

New York. Feb. l..-Miss Olive
Robbins, eighty years old. member Of.
an old Brooklyn family. ended her life
with gas. She had attired herself
with scrupulous care In a dress of the
pattern OF 80 years ago In her hand
she held an old-fashioned silver
watch.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
eernhardt May Lose Leo.

Bordeaux. France. fvia Parisl.
Feb. 17.--Sarah Bernhardt. who is In
a hospital here on account of an in
jury to her knee, passed a good night
and her condition is described by her
doctors as satisfactory, She faces
the possibility OF having her leg am
putated
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
Fifty Miners Entombed.

Wilkesbarre, Pa. Feb, ia gas
explosion in the lakewood shaft OF the
Lehigh Valley coal company this al
ternoon may result in the loss OF a
score of lives. Fifty men are en-
tombed, nine men rescued and one
dead.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
REPORT OF AUTO BUSINESS
Secretary Of State Issues Compare
tive Statement of Motor Vehicles
Of Twelve States.

Des Moines, Feb. 17.--Secretary of
State w. S. Allen, OF Iowa, has is
sued comparative statement OF the
business done in 1914, by the m2tor
vehicle departments of twelve states.
that have registered the largest num-
Der of automobiles. Starting with
the state which has the greatest num-
Der of automobiles and continuing
with the next highest numbers the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
Roumanla STORY Ia penled.

Rome, Feb. 17.-Reports published
In several Italian newspapers that
Italy had asked assurances from Ger
many and Austria that they would
make no attack on Roumania are OH.
cially denied here.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18
PRIZE CREW ON WILREl NINA
Three British officers and Sixteen
Men on Steamer Loaded with Food
stuffs Bound for Germany.

London, Feb. IA prize crew OF
three officers and sixteen men has
been placed on board the American
steamer Wilhelmina at Falmouth.
The Wilhelmina is loaded with food.
stuffs, bound for Germany.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-02-18

Paris, Feb. 17.-Sharp fighting at
various points along the battle line
from the sea to the Aisne and ,pEacti-
cally continuous artillery exchanges
have led to the belief that the Ger
mans are about to begin another drive
at the Belgian-British northerly line.
The enemy are keeping up their as.
saults on the british trenches along
the LaBassee canal and the Ypres.
/ The German losses are heavy. The
British lines have been heavily re.
iniorced.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-07-01
REV. GOFF, REVIVALIST.

According to reports in the local
papers, Rev. c. X. Gof, who just
closed a revival at MOntezuma with
3lS conversions, is a second edition
of Billy Sunday. Men who have lived
in Montezuma for fifty years and
have long been identified with relig
ious work say it was the greatest re-
Vival ever Witnessed, and many hard
ened sinners have faced about, and
are now not only attending church
but are paying their bills and taking
baths regularly.
Here are some of the expressions
with which Rev. Goff wrought the
Transformation:
You've never done anything for
God in your life, and yet you'll stand
around and criticize my method. III
change my bait any time you show
me a bigger string OF fish. But dom
you, you old scamp, come up, if YOU
string has on il only a minnow or q
tadpole.
Almighty God hasn't any use, fol
the stingy man. II he'd get to Heav
en- he'd steal the pearls out of the
gate and tear up the gold out of the
street.
Sometimes it takes six or sever
weeks of typhoid fever to make a
man think about his soul.
You say you don't believe in the
church? You don't, Ell? Well, the
devil doesn't either
What you need isn't a patch: its
new suit of clothes, a fixing up-a
lregenerating.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-07-01
TO AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN.

The Iowa General Assembly recent,
ly passed a law which the Chicago
Tribune pronounces one of the most
important constructive measures re-
Gently enacted. 1t is known as the
Perkins bill, and it's object is to aid
deformed and crippled children, and
in addition to this, those suffering
from any malady which may probably
be remedied. and whose parents are
unable to provide proper treatment.
The provisions of the bill may be
thus shortly summed up. Any judge
of a district or superior court sitting
as a juvenile court may, on his own
motion or on information furnished
by a probation officer, an overseer OF
the poor, a regularly-licensed physi-
clan. or a public school teacher, OF
a child under sixteen years of age
suffering with a defOrmity or malady
which may probably be remedied, or
der a hearing on the facts in the case,
the parents and the county attorney
being notined The Judge is empOw
cred to appoint a local physician to
examine the child and report to him,
on blanks furnished by the state for
this purpose, concerning the COndi-
ton OF the child and whether in his
opinion there is a proba bility that he
may be helped by proper treatment.
If it appears to the court that such is
the case, and the parents give their
consent, the child may then be com.
mitted to the university hospital at
Iowa City for treatment. and the &C
tuaI expenses at the hospital will be
paid by the state on the order of the
executivel council No fees are al.
lowed to the physicians for this treat.
ment.. The only expense the state
will be put to will be the actual eX-
penses of caring for the child in the
hospital.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-07-01
THE RUSSIAN KEEL.

Libau, recently reported captured
by the German invaders of the Rus.
sian Baltic Provinces, where the Rus
sian Kiel or Brooklyn navy yards are
located, Is one of the important nav
al and commercial ports OF the Tsar's
Kingdom, and city whose rapid
growth during the last few years has
given an earnest Of the remarkable
future in store for the mighty Mus.
covite Empire. il forms the subject
OF the study In war geography issued
today by the National Geographic So
ciety. The sketch of this prosperous
port. as yet little known TO Americans
reads:
"Libau is one of the first of Rus.
stafs naval bases, strongly fortified
port and q well-supplied arsenal. The
Russian government completed the
extensive and powerful defensive
works that enclose the port during
18s3-I9O6. The naval harbor Is north
Of the commercial harbor, though
the Notifications were planned to in
clnde both harbors. The port is pre-
pared tc build, equip and commission
naval fleets.
Russians know and have a pride
In Liban for rs military strength and
for is commercial enterprise aud pro.