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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-04-12
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The Dream

Susie Jones dreamed of a
piano--she was unsteady in
clined. She had studied" in
the past and so was a judge
of a good instrument.
In her fancy, she dreamed
of a grand piano of the most
expensive make and she saw
listeners thrilled with her in
depreciation of some favorite
Piece.
Susie Jones was not entirely
undeserving of such an in
strument, but a practical
world decreed that a more
modest piano must suit her
fancy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
NEW STATE BANK CASHIER.
Cornell Riveland is Appointed
Cashier of The Ossian
State Bank.

= On November /, 1915, the Ossian
State Bank announced the appoint
ment of Cornell Riveland as cashier
to fill the vacancy caused by the re-
moval of Joseph w. Meyer to Du-
buque.
That Mr.. Riveland is well fitted
for the office is admitted by all who
know him. He began his business
career as assistant cashier of the
First National Bank of Lime Springs
about ten years ago. Later he engag-
ed in the mercantile business in his
home town, Ossian, under the firm
name of Hauge & IRiveland. In
|1sO9 he received the appointment as
postmaster of Ossian, which office
two years later he resigned to enter
the employ of the Ossian State Bank
Here he has acted as assistant cash
Ter for the past four years.
That the position is one OF respon
sibility is readily seen, when II Il
considered that this bank has rank
ed second in deposits among thu
banks of Winneshiek county tn
past few years, these being continu
lally over the half million mark
The present officials OF the PAM
are Fred ] Figge, president; L. A
Meyer, vice president; and Cornel
lRiyeland. cashier. No assistant cash
lier has as yet been appointed, but A
To- Figge of Chicago is Temporarily
lflling the Office while visiting nom
Ifolks.-Ossian Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
gnblif Op,aiun.

BY HARRY j. GREEN
DEBORAH, IOWA, NOV. 10, 1915.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
EARLY HIGH SCHOOLS.
Dubuque and Upton Among Earliest
High Schools i'm Iowa.

1t has been said that prior to 1916
there were no public schools west of
the Alleghanies. Further more, it is
well known that the present great
metropolis of Chicago opened on Oc-
tober 8, 1856, it's first high school
an institution which then provided
an English, normal, and classical
course. In the same year the Du-
buque board of education prepared
and submitted an elaborate course of
study for a central high school. Like
wise, on December 1. 1856, the Tip
ton Union School, including higher
department, began it's first session
under the supervision of Mr.. Chris
topher C. Nestlerode, man who was
familiar with the same sort of or
ganization in Ohio. The first high
school building in st. Louis was also
completed during the year 1S56-an
event of such Importance that the
leading school journal of the United
States took notice of the details-C
r.. Aurner's History Of Education
in Iowa." published by the State His
torical Society of Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
KILLED NEAR ossIAN.
Walter Schaffe Attempted to Take
Belt From Engine, Meets
Instant Death.

The community was shocked last
Wednesday evening when word was
passed around that Walter Schaffe,
aged about Fl years, had been acct
dentally killed.
Walter is the eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Schaffe, who live six
miles north of Ossian. Mr.. Schaffe
had purchased new six-horse pow
er gasoline engine from F. w. DIESEL
He came to Ossian yesterday and ask
ed A. F. DIESEL to go out to the farm
and set the engine temporarily, as he
had some feed to grind. Mr.. DIESEL
went out and set the engine and was
trying it out to ascertain if it was
properly adjusted. ~ h,
While the engine was running Mr..
Schaffe was putting grain into the
feed mill. Walter came in from the
field, where he was blowing, to see
the engine work. This was about
g.: 80 in the afternoon. The engine
was running nicely when suddenly
the belt left the pulley on the feed
mill and began winding on the en-
CINE pulley. For second or two
the belt remained stationary on the
floor, when Walter thought he would
grab it. Mr.. DIESEL yelled at him to
stay away, but too late. The belt at
this instant began tightening on the
pulley and as Walter reached for 1t
the belt with terrific force swung
around and struck him on the back
of the head and neck. which resulted
in a broken neck and almost instant
death.
The accident occurred about 3:45
p. m.
1t is terrible shock to the parents
who had placed their all in this theil
leldest boy, and the sincere sympath!
lof the whole community goes out K
them in their time of row.--os
sian Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
wHIRLED AROUND WHEEL.
Farmer is Killed i'm Odd Runaway
Accident.

Villisca, Ia, Nov. S.-M. p. Bible,
aged rs, wealthy retired farmer Of
Villisca, was killed yesterday in a
runaway while en- route alone to the
country to spend the day with his
daughter.
While driving down a steep hill
the horce he was driving became
frightened and ran. Mr.. Bible was
thrown out and was caught in a
front wheel and whirled about with
great force for considerable dis
lance. He was dead when picked VI
by man who CHANGED to be in sight
of the accident The body was badly
mangled
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
A Helpful
Confession

Mrs. B. writes: "Had suffered for
years with stomach disorder. Could
not eat without great distress, lost
weight and was run down. Feared
1t was liberated stomach.
Fortunately | secured a sample of
HEMO, which seemed to satisfy my
hunger, and was retained without
distress. | Immediately bought a
package and started to take it regu-
larly. / continued to take it once a
day and improved steadily. After
one year / have gained 80 pounds
of good solid flesh and can eat any
food with no distress. l can rec
ommend HEMO to all sufferers
from stomach or digestive dis
orders"
Makes delicious food drink by
simply adding water. .,t1 &
We suggest that you try a Soc
package with our guarantee of
satisfaction. u.a
E. ]. PARMAN, PHARMACIST
DEBORAH, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
WHY 1T SUCCEEDS.
Because It's For One Thing only
and DEBORAH People Appre-
ciate This.

Nothing can be good for every
thing.
Doing one thing we'll brings sue
cess.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for one
thing only.
For weak or disordered kidneys.
Here is DEBORAH evidence to prove
their worth.
Mrs. d. A. Lee, 500 E. Main St.,
DEBORAH, says: II think hard work
in my home is what weakened my
kidneys and caused my back to ache.
/ had.a constant pain in the small
of my back and / found 1T difficult
to do my housework. had a tired,
drowsy feeling and was miserable In
every way. / used three boxes OF
Doan's Kidney Pills with good re-
suits" ;.
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Lee had. FosterIMiiburn
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10

Nv virtue of a general execution
issued out of the Office of the Clerk
of the District Court. in and for Win
neshiek County, State OF Iowa, dat
ed the 21st day Of October, A. ID.
.1e15. and to me directed and deliv-
cred. | have levied on the following
described real estate, situated IN
Winneshiek County, Iowa, to7wit: =
The South " OF the S. w. a of $,
r. u of Sec. n, Twp. SO North,
Range 10 west of the 9Th p. M.
Which property / shall expose for
nublic sale as the law directs, on Sat-
.prday the nth day of December, A.
ID. 1915, at the hour of 800 O'Clock
Ia M of said day, at the Front Door
III thes Court House in DEBORAH, in
said County, or so much thereof as
sbalI he necessary to satisfy a judg-
mants for the sum of $309.S5. dam
AGES with interest from the 25th
day of January 1915, at the rate OF
& ner cent, per annum, Attorney
Zee and costs, which The Minneapo-
lie Threshing Machine Company OF
Honkins, Minnesota, recovered on
the Dad day of November 1914, ~
tha district Court of said County
against Wenzel Jestrab, together
with interest and accruing costs.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, OCTOBER
%, 1915. ,NcsoN
Sheriff
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
ARMLEss JUDGE ELECTED.
David Moylan Learns to Write with
Teeth-Turns Pages with
Tongue While Studying
Law.

An armless judge will sit on the
bench in Cleveland, Ohio. David May
Ian, just elevated to a municipal
judgship, at the election last week.
lost both arms eleven years ago
when run down by a switch engine
that had no headlight. He was a
switchman.
After he left the hospital he learn
ed to write with his teeth and stu
died Blackstone by turning the leaves
with his tongue. Seven years ago he
passed the state bar examination
ranking in the first ten in class o.
l2O5. m
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
If YOU

are troubled with dandruff, itching
scalp, and your hair coming out, we
ask you to try
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
"Short Course" on Hog Cholera.
A Jury trial of the case between

"ShOrt Course" on hog Choicr"'
A jury trial of the case between
the two hog breeders, o. 7. Balmat
of Mason City and Charles Krumm
of Postville, occupied the attention
of the court from Thursday until
this "wednesday morning. inc
former claimed that the latter Sole
him a mig in 1912, valued at 500,
which was infected with cholera
diving shortly after being received
hut. first transmitted the disease 70
his herd and caused him loss OF So,-
900. as stated in one of his letters
introduced as evidence. He brought
suit against Mr.. Krumm Tor dam
ages amounting to $4,000. The case
was vigorously contested by ID. d.
and d. j. Murphy and Burning y
Son for Mr.. Krumm. and w, s. Hart
|H. e, Taylor, and Attorney Williams
Of Mason City for the plaintin. Inc
trial was like short course LOT tue
FARMERS on the jury, and for many
who followed the trial through. Inc
Jury was out the greater part OF
tuesday night, and brought in a ven
dict of $3.50 for plaintiff, but were
agreed that while theshog IN questio
was infected with cholera, Mr.
IKrumm had no knowledge OF II az
the time. His warranty of It's being in
sound condition made him liable tor
the loss of the herd, less the value
of the pig, so the jury figured it
! NUaukcn Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
The Youths Companion Calendar.

The publishers of The Youths
Companion will, as Away at this
season, present to every subscriber
whose subscription is paid for 1916,
calendar for the new year. 1t is
gem of misunderstanding. The dec
orative mounting is rich, but the
main purpose has been to produce A
calendar that is useful and that pur-
pose has been achieved.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10
Huge Bass Caught.

A bass weighing IL "a pounds was
sold Tuesday to the new Lansing
Fish Market. 1t was caught by Al
bert Gonyer. This is the largest fish
of the kind ever caught here.--Lans-
ing Mirror. Ett E
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10

The fellow who feels that he is
about to lose is always willing to-
meet the other fellow half way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-11-10

Talk about the patience of Job,
how does 1t compare with the pa
thence of some wives with their jobs.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
THIRTY KILLED IN
 YESTERDAYS EXPLOSION
Mans Body and a Horses Leg Found
 Half a Mile from Factory.

WILMINGTON, Del, Dec. l. Thirty people are dead as the result of the explosion which occurred in the Dupont Powder Works yesterday. The cause of the explosion is unkonwn bu. since the rumors of German plots every explosion in munitions factories is put down to the pro-German pro- paganda and in this case the same rumors continue. Owing to the fact that it was a powder factory an ex- plosion is regarded by the authorities as nothing very extraordinary. A most remarkable fact connected with the explosion is that afterwards the body of man and the leg of a horse were found half a mile away from the place where the explosion took place. There seems to be no other eX- ample on record of mans body be- ing hurled half mile by an explosion.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
Roosevelt Turns
 Down Republicans
Orders His Name on the Presidential
 Primary Ticket.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1. - Roosevelt has wired the Republican National Committee at Lincoln to withdraw his name from the presidential primary ticket. This action was taken by him immediately after the announcement by the Mooser national committee that the Progressives will not anal gamate with the Republicans, and the fact has caused some comment al- though the friends of the Colonel de- clare that the announcement by the Progressives and his wire to Lincoln have not the slightest connection. It is beginning to be felt that Roosevelt may again go forward as the candi- date of the Progressive if the party asks him to do so.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
STEAMER MINNESOTA
 RUSHING FOR PORT
Mutiny Aboard Munition Ship that Left Seattle, but Cause is
 Unknown.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-The big steamship Minnesota which was on the way with a cargo of war muni- tions to England is now making for this port at full steam with her crew in mutiny She left Seattle two weeks ago for London and had prob ably reached the South Pacific so that ner case is regarded as serious to compel her to come back all that dis tance. She has war cargo worth two million dollars and the only reas- on assigned for her return in the wireless message received from her is the mutiny of her crew. No cause for the mutiny is known. The thought of bombs has naturally come to the minds of some people because of oc-
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
KING OF SERBIA FLIES ON HORSE FROM BULGARS
REPORT VILLA
 GONE CRAZY
CARRANZA ARMY WINS A CON- PLETE VICTORY AT
 HERMOSILLO.

NOGALES, Arizona, Dec. l.-The report has arrived here that General vlna has gone insane and that his condition is hopeless. Almost simultaneously has come the report that Carranza has won compete victory at hemoslilo and that the forces ot Nua nave been scattered and practically destroyed. According to the massage arriving here three hundred Villa soldiers were Ieh wounded on the field and elgnI hundred surrendered. The remainder are demoralized and as a fighting force the Villa army is regarded as al most nonresident. From the tenor of the two messages it is assumed that Villa lost his reason when he found the battle going against him.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
Admits Supplying
 the German Ships
Managing Director Hamburg Ameri- can Line TestifeS in
 Govt. Case.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1,-The manag- ing director of the Hamburg-Ameri- can line testified yesterday that the company in 1913 signed an agreement to supply German ships in the Atlah- tic in case of war. He denied, how ever that this was a violation Cf neutrality as the arrangement was mace long before war was thought of. The testimony of this man is to be used, it is said, to show that war was then in contemplation by Ger many. The United States will try to prove that an agreement made be- fore war to violate neutrality during war would be an agreement to violate a law and would, therefore, be a viola tion of the law in itself. The evil dence showing that the officials of the Hamburg American did actually supply German raiders is apparently very strong. The Geman-American papers are now depending on the statement that the British were also supplied from this country.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
Seward Man Lost
 for Past Ten Days
Much Anxiety Felt for Charles Bern
 and Search Party Leaves.

Real anxiety is felt now by the friends of Charles Bern the rancher of Mile Three, who went out fishing on the bay ten days ago and has nos since been heard from. He left in gasoline boat with three days provi- sions and stated the intention of go- ing to Porcupine Bay. Since that time strong winds have prevailed and there was a hope that he would have returned yesterday after the wind had died down. When he failed to make his appearance his son and another boy came to Marshal Guest who gave them his boat and they are now out in search. 1t is possible that his de lay may have ben caused merely by a break down of the engine and as he could secure food of some kind down there there is no reason why the worst should be feared, although his friends certainly feel anxious. Mir. Bern is married and has two little daughters living at the home ranch near Resurrection river.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
TRENCHES ARE UNDERGROUND CITIES

AMSTERDAM Dee. 1-The result of the work of the soldiers on both sides the western front to keep themselves comfortable during the winter has been that both opposing lines have become veritabe under ground cities New systems of drainage have been evOv ed and new inventions being made to the men from the wet of the first winter In some cases regular suites of rooms have been eXcaad and uptodate cook
 ing utensils have been provided by the men themselves Fighting has almost ceased entirely with the exception of artillery exchanges and periodical hand grenade dueS Travel between this country and Antwerp has resumed al most its normal condition before the but Antwerp suffers badly from the loss of it's great foreign trade
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
IEUTONS WARN GREECE OF DANGER
 AND SIND AN ARMY 10 ROUMANIA.
 TRENCHES BECOME CITIES OF CAVES
KING PETER FLEES

BERLIN. Dec 1-King Peter of Serbia, accompan- jed by the Russian ambaSSadOr has fled from PriSrend and his whereabouts is unknown He left on horseback the day before the BugaranS entered and he now prob ably fugitive in foreign country as Prsrend IS only about twenty miles from the Albanian border and he could not flee south as the BulgaranS occupy nearly the whole country in that direction It is thought possible that the king and the ambassador have disguised them selves and crossed over the border avoid capture by the victorious BugaIs.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
WANTS GOD TO HELP

NEW YORK, Dec 1.-Ford has cabled the pope ask ing if God will cooperate" in his plans for trying tO bring about peace in Europe What Ford means, it is supposed is that the pope will give the peace commission his official sanction Jane AddamS is ill in Chicago and after diagnosis of her her physicians have declared that it will be impossible for her to accompany the peace mission the Ford ship In this country Ford is credited with the best intentions although very little encourage ment received for the mission from the representatives of the beligerent nations Some European newspapers have dcued the suggestion that bourgeois capital ists like Wanamaker could be used to deal with the heads of great powers The presence of Edison on the commis sion is noted however with respect
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01

The Fairbanks Times reports that while going down the Panama river from Chisina to Fairbanks, a man whose name could not be learned, found a purse containing $16O, hat, and some clothing on a sandbar From the appearance of the articles it is probable that somebody going down the river had been dumped out of his boat and drowned, and the valuables washed onto the sandbar hy the swift currant.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
WANTED TO KILL WILSON
 AND SECY. GARRISON
DiscOverer of Liquid Fire Makes a Sensational Statement to
 Prosecutor.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 1.-Prosecutor Locher has made public the fact that E. w. Ritter, the chemist and the dis coverer of Liquid Fire, has informed him that he had been approached by two men Thigh in official life" with the proposition to kill President Will son and Secretary Garrison by sprinkling them with the Liquid Fire. The story would probably be regarded as an absurd one were it not for the fact that Ritter is regarded as an eminent man in his profession.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
PORTLAND LIQUOR MEN
 HAVE LOST ALL HOPE


 PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 1.-The liquor interests of this city have given up all hope for the prevention of pro- hibition. The fact was brought out last night when the time came for an application for a renewal of a liquor license but the man who held the license refused to bother about it, and his colleagues agree with him that there would be no use as they are entirely convinced that liquor days will be gone in a month.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
Collector Frisco
 Port Kills Self
Commits Suicide After Nervous Breakdown From Over
 work.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-Fred- erick Stratton, aged sixty-six and collector of this port from 1900 to 1913, committed suicide last night by shooting himself. The act was due to nervous breakdown which occurred last April, since which time he has spent several periods in a sanitarium. He was a very prominent man during his period of office.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
MAX BREiTUNGl ]

Photo by American Press Association. Max Breitung. nephew of Edward N. Breitung, the rich shipping and mining man Of acknowledged German sympa- thy, surrendered himself in New York to arrest on the charge of conspiring with Lieutenant Robert Fay of the Ger man army and three other persons to dynamite vessels leaving New York with munitions for the allies Breltung gave himself up and was not incarceratcd t25.OOO bail being furnished as soon as he had been technically declared held for examination. Rreitung and pr Herbert Kienzlc are alleged to have furnished money for the purchase of explOsivesl
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
R. R. PROFIT INCREASES

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The earn ings of the Pennsylvania Railroad for last October was five million dollars more than for October last year. This increase is chiefly due to the shipment of war supplies and muni- tions of all kinds from the interior to the sea. The company now finds it almost impossible to move the i'm mense quantities of freight offered to it.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
MINE EXPLOSION ONCE
 MORE GETS VICTIMS
Nineteen Dead and Eleven Missing in
 a Mine in West Virginia


 BOOMER, w. Va, Dec. 1.-Nine- teen people are dead and eleven others are missing as the result of an explosion which occurred yester- day in mine here. Three hundred men were in the mine at the time of the explosion but all those, with the exception of the eleven mentioned have been accounted for. For time after the explosion it was feared that the loss of life would have been al- most infinitely greater.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
DENIES INDIAN REVOLT

LONDON Dec In the house of commons yester- day the secretary of state for India again denied the ports emanating from German sources that revolt had broken out against British authority in India It had been stated that than score of Indians had been executed by the British for sedtion but the secretary de- cares that executions for treason have taken place is known that large force of British troops were sent to India to meet any such contingency and are being main tained there.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
FIVE MEN INJURED
 ON DOCK YESTERDAY

No less than five men were injur. ed while working at the unloading of tie Kansas City yesterday. Tho fifth man had his fingers mashed last night. The accident was due to the fact that the cargo being unloaded is composed of heavy irons, rails and other stuff that is hard to handle.
The Seward gateway., 1915-12-01
WARNING GREECE

LONDON, Dee. IA certain newspaper inspired by the German government has published statement to the effect that if Greece accedeS to the demands of the En- tene powers the territory of Greece will not be regarded by the Teutonc powers neutral territory In other words this inspired organ declares that if the Allied pow CTS are permitted to Greek territory through which to retreat the Germans AustranS and BugarianS will not consider themselves bound pursue through Greek territory.