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The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
From the Controller.

To the Honorable the Common Council.
Gentlemen-The following Reports
OF CITY Officers for the week ending
Saturday, Aug IL. 1915. are respect
fully submitted:
City Treasurer's Dis. ,a "a
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
From "a. &C. .,oratron counssI

To the Honorable the Common Council
Centlemcn--I enclose herewith the
proper resolution for the widening
* Russell street from Holbrook ave-
nue. 10 Westminster avenue. where
not already open. TO width or 90
feet as public street and high
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18
From the Controller

Accepted and referred 10 the Com
mittee on Ways and Means
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18

ART MUSEUM FUND.
65--Houghton Jacobson
Pig. Co. voucher
s6---J L. Hudson CO.. mdse. s6
S7--Max c. Koch. Treas
wiring .............. 90 "
CONTINGENT rUND.
Samaritan Express Co.
badges .............t Zzs DO
sew. {. Daumling. tran
script .....-........' 10 w
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18

From the VontToheF
To the Honorable the Common Council
Gentlemen-The following approx
cd accounts are respectfully submit
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18

ID. Il. w. GENENAL r. UNI.
70-Edw. Ford. rent and
light ...........S rs IS
71--Gregory. Mayer a.
Thorn Co. printing. 81 90
12-Gregory Mayer &
Thorn Co. supplies. 80 -
printing .''.".'. 1885
74-Hilton Hart a Garrett
Co. sup. .....,...... 10 ~
Pig. Co. printing -. 1913 81
76-Houghton Jacobson
Pig Co. printing. so
77-Richmond a Backus
Co, printing 49,. 10 Is
Isl G. Smith e. Bros.
writer ............ 81 90
7s-Superior Seal & Stamp
Co, stamp ........ 35
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r. Porath a SON .............. 6o3 30
r. Porath n Son IN the lowest bid
der. average cost per square yard In
Guiding inspection. etc, Sl.402.
Alley 5i0--fn block between Third.
Hamilton, Euclid and Philadelphia, 20
feet wide, more or less. with one
course concrete paving.
The Detroit times., 1915-08-18

lowest hl00er IN edCn case. ana mere
by asks the approval and confrma-
ton of same nv your Honora BILE Body.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE IL FrNx ELL.
ny Alderman Keatins:
Resolved That the contract entered
into by the Department OF Public
Works with Detroit Asphalt Paving
fSr sTsss sS. w., tG ,.I g
G ;rs q river. as feet wiGs t win the . o.
phaltic concrete natural lake as
amherst curbstone; total cost inci sn
ing inspection. etc. St.22ss2. be, and
The same 10 hereby approved and con-
Referred TO Committee on Street,
BY Alderman Heating:
Resolved That the contract entered
into by the Depsrtmcnt or Public
Works with Cleveland Trinidad Paw
etc. OF Pinsree avenue from the Vest
line OF Hamilton boulevard 10 tn.
east curb line OF schmittdieL IS feet
wide. with ssphaitic concrete mat
dalton and Berea curbstone; total
cost including Inspection. etc "a
3s0.51.. be. and the same IL hereby APP
proved and confirmed
BY Alderman Heating:
Resolved, That the contract en-
tered into by the Department Of Pub
lie Works with Detroit Asphalt Paw
ing company for grading. paving etc.
OF Roosevelt avenue from the M. C.
". r.. to the south line Of Michigan
avenue. 20 feet wide with asphaItIc
concrete (Natural Lake Asphaip on
concrete foundation and Amherst
curbstone. total cost including in
spection etc. sii.5SI23 be. and the
same Is hereby approved and con-
armed
Referred to Committee on Streets
By Alderman Heating:
Resolved, That the contract en-
tered into by the Department Of Pub
lie Works with the Detroit Asphalt
Paving company for grading, paw
ing etc. OF LaSalle Gardens north
from the west curb line Of Twelfth
to the east curb line of Fourteenth.
2s feet wide, with asphaitic concrets
Natural Lake AsphaiD on concrete
foundation and Amherst curbstone:
total cost including inspection etc.
ss11077 be. and the same 10 hereby
approved, and confirmed.
Referred to Committee on gtreets
BY Alderman Heating:
Resolved, That the contract en-
tered Into By the Department Of Pub
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ID. p. w. CASH ACCOUNT NO.
FUND.
15-Max G. Koch. Treas
rebate on permits. 325 IA
ls-Max G. Koch. Treas.
rebate on permits. l,2b5 %
17-Max G. Koch. Treas
rebate on permits. 4s7 20
8 2.oss 70
IL u w cENInAI Finn
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18

the shining engine and propeller
blades cleaned in the sunshine as the
crippled machine fell.
There was no chance for escape, al
though Beachey and his collapsed
monoplane landed in the waters Of
San Francisco bay. The force of the
fall was so great that the machine
and its daring pilot were buried in
the mud of the bay in forty feet OF
water He struck the water near the
United States army transport docks
in a narrow patch Of water between
two transports swinging at anchor.
Every Bone Is Broken.
Immediately a rescue crew was
dispatched from the battleship Ore
gon, which was lying in the stream.
After two hours the machine and body
we're dug from the mud by a diver
from the Oregons crew. Beachey
was found entangled in the wires of
the wrecked machine and all of the
bones of his body were broken.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
oLIVET.

Olivet, March 10 Redman and
Van Zuk shipped two car loads of
stock to Chicago Tuesday. The hogs
weighed on an average OF 2S6 pounds
each.
The school election at Burr Oak
on Monday went democratic. There
were 16 votes cast with five candidat-
es aspiring for honors. II. Weyers
was elected for the three year term
and X. Voss for two years.
| H. Jenkins of Keokuk was in town
on business Monday.
D. C. Belknap of Knoxville was in
town on Tuesday, talking music with
Mrs. A. Billings.
Farmers have commenced cleaning
up for spring work.
Walter Phillips of Tracy was in
town looking after his business here
on Monday.
A. B. Van Zuk went with his stock
to Chicago, Tuesday morning.
| Those catalog houses seem to have
strong hold on trade in this locali'
ty. This week we delivered three
sacks OF sugar and five boxes of groc'
Ieries to one man alone, besides sew
eral pieces of hardware. II adyertis'
ing will do this for those fellows in
Chicago, why not commence at home
Printers ink is just as cheap in Os
! kaloosa as it is there. We want ouI
home merchants to take notice. While
we write this we have ten pieces OF
freight for delivery to three persons
Miss Jennie DeHeer of Leighton
was a pleasant caller at the station
| AZ x1,hs hnr IN
Vile to visit at the d Vanderlinder
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hites and children OIL
Lakonta spent Monday in town at thu
j., ]. Top home.
p. A. Wilson of Cedar Rapids wai
in town this week looking after trade
Mrs. c. Brown spent Sunday in Os
kaloosa with her husband and daugh
tier.
A Gelderbloom was a business cal
Ter in Oskaloosa Tuesday.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Robinson visit
ed this week at the parental Harri
home near Beacon. Clyde will tent
the H. r, Barnes farm east of tow
summer.
4 Three pupils of Burr Oak schoo
took first examinations for county dl
plomas on Feb. IL and IL. The secon'
examination was held on Feb. % an
26 and the following secured diplom
as: Roy Tandy, Francis Top and Gla'
Us Brown. .......,..
wv. T. Tandy, Ora McCombs, P. De
hamer, spent Wednesday in OskaloC
sa setting themselves right with tn
county treasurer.
Miss Hiida. GRANDPA of Leighton
was a caller at the station Tuesda
while on business trip to Oskaloosa
!; 81. a;..- 81. r. w.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18

Knoxville, March 15.-At the fun,
eral of Mrs. Fanny Dickerson, which
was held at the NJ. L. church in Knox
vile Saturday afternoon, the obitu'
airy data read by the officiating cler,
gyman revealed some remarkable
facts connected with her immediate
family. Fanny (Curtis) Dickerson
had been a resident of Knoxville 81
years. She had been the wife OF
Lorenzo Dickerson nearly SIS years;
had become the mother of children:
grandmother of II, and great-grand-
mother of J., and hers was the hrst
death that had ever occurred in the
family. One of her sons, who is now
a grandfather, is past SO years of age.
Mrs. Dickerson would have been so
years of age had she survived till
March 81. The family had never
owned cemetery lot until after her
death
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
At The Oranges

Tuesday evening, March 8, Oak
Knoll Grange held an open meeting.
An entertainment was given by Prof
Dennis. Prof. Stanley and male
quartet from Penn college. The
quartet sang several selections, re-
spending to encores each time.
Prof Dennis gave number OF read
Iings and responded to encores each
time also. Prof. Stanley gave very
interesting and instructive talk about
the soil. Bad roads did not hinder
a large crowd from being present to
enjoy this excellent program. Penn
college people need, not fear, to come
again on account of not being appre-
ciated. At the close of the program
lice cream and waters were served by
the social committee.-Press Cores.
Olivet Grange has been needing 4
new carpet in their hall and at Fri
day evenings meeting the men and
women met for the purpose of sewing
rags Denial is made that there was
any contest but the men claim to
have stitched more rags than the
women, not that they Outnumbered
inc wives, uduSHLeFS anu SlSLeIsi DuI
that they talked less The project
OF erecting a new hall, is held in
allegiance for the time being. A bus
mess session disposed Of Grange roH
tine Decision was reached to let
the young element of the Grange
have a program some time soon
This follows the entertainment given
Ihy the elders several weeks since
The work of the youngsters has sc
stirred the old folks that they threat
en- to have another program IN re
! LUttal. -,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
INTHE DISTRICT COURT
Disposition Of Various Matters by
Judge aad Jury.

After having been out for twenty
seven hours without reaching q YER
dict, the jury in the case Of Tom
Gosnell VS.. Philemon Jackson was
called in and discharged at $50 Sat
urday evening by Attorney James G,
Patterson, who had. been left N
charge by Judge WHlCOckson when
the latter went home on the four
O'Clock train. The Jury had stood
II to / since Friday evening and had
reported to the court earlier in the
day that there seemed little posi-,
bility of an agreement. The point
of difference was, it is said, the
amount of damages to be given the
plaintiff. $50.
The case occupied the entire week
in trial. 1t was the OutgroWth OF q
stabbing ARRAY here last summer
when Jackson cut Gosnell with q
pocket knife. Gosnell declared in his
petition that he had lost the use Of
his left arm as result of the wound
and he demanded 1925, 900 damages.
Jackson's attorneys offered a special
defense by attempting to show that
their client was temporarily insane
at the time OF the stabbing. A big
part of the evidence at the trial had
to do with the extent of the plaintiffs
injuries. The trial was concluded and
sent to the jury at 2;30 p. m. Friday
Jackson bad previously been tried on
a criminal charge and was acquitted.
The civil suit will now have to be
tried over.
A case involving the custody of a
minor child, Robert Chick, who has
been living with the grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs w. II. Luscomb, at Bea-
con-. occupied the day in district court
Saturday, and the hearing was slated
to be continued this afternoon when
court reconyened after Sunday re-
cess. The boys father, c. A. Chick,
of Des Moines, is the applicant. The
case is in the. juvenile division of
court and is being tried before Judge
Willcockson. Attorneys H. B. Mccoy
and L. s. Shangle represent the boys
father while w. q. Jones and w. II.
Heating are appearing for the other
side.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18

the most popular were Since jesus
Came Into My Heart" For Molly
and. the Baby, Don,t You Know
Right in the Corner, Where You
Are and a THE Big Brewers Horses
Can't Run Over Me- Prayer was
offered by Norman Brighton and the
personal experiences of the team fol.
lowed. Arthur Watson, told of his
being a boss stone cutter and how
his business was broken up by sin,
Robert Garland spent 100000 in dis.
sipation before he saw the light of
the Gospel. Guy s. Williams, the
newspaper reporter, made a fine
speach particularly to young men and
Billy Anderson, who stated that after
IL years in the saloon business, that
liquor was responsible for 100 per
cent of the evil that we have. Nor
man Brighton extended the invita-
lion and some fourteen seekers re-
sponded. The meeting was a grand
success, but the church proved to be
far too small for effective work.
First Presbyterian Church.
The Billy Davidson team attended
at the morning service and made a
deep impression on all by their va
ried personal experiences with. sin
and their pleasure and satisfaction in
the living Of a Christian life. Rev.
Alexander McFerran, the pastor, in
troduced the team and the large audi
ence present were greatly interest
ed in the experiences related. The
services was unique and profitable.
United Presbyterian Church.
w NJ. Parsons and p. r. Guthrie
attended the service here and they
were greeted by large audience.
Rev j. S. Malone the pastor intro
duced the speakers. Mr.. Parsons is
the state secretary OF the Y. M. c. A.
and when the Des Moines men came
to Oskaloosa he could not resist the
temptation to come back to his first
home in Y. NJ G, A, work. He gave
a most interesting talk and was fol-
lowed by Mr.. Guthrie. The service
was a great delight to all.
Notes and Items.
Floyd Miles was formerly connect
ed with the Daily Capital and he
with Guy s, Williams of the Register
and Leader made two ~ newspaper
men that were with The party and in
ulSlI RdlhS .lhey Couu nv leupO fou'
their experiences in the field Of news
gathering. Both did police news and
both were a success. ....-..
Mrs. G. w Hummel delighted all
with her effectiveness of her work at
the plank. She was the only lady in
the: party and she proved a good
Chaperone for the teams.
The Gospel team men left for Des
Moines at midnight going by way of
Grinnell, so that they could be ready
for business Monday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
SEWERS.

Sewers, March lathe officers
and members of Rebecca Lodge had
a most pleasant time last week at the
a. F.. F. Hall. There were four candi-
dates seeking admission. After the
business, a most elegant supper was
served.
The funeral of the late John r. Rice
occurred at noon Thursday, March IL
at the u. NJ. w. of A hall which was
crowded to its fullest capacity and
intermeHt was made at Avon, Iowa,
The services were conducted by Rev,
Edward Pruitt, pastor of the NJ. E
church OF Colfax. The music was fur
nished by Sewers NJ. L. Sunday
school scholars. The pail bearers
were Messrs. banks, Edwards, Beck
man, Shocks, and Perrier. Many beau
tiful floral offerings attested the es
TEEN in which the deceased was held
by all. The deceased departed this
life on Tuesday morning, March 9, be
ing killed by a fall of slate in mine
No. 8, aged AZ years, two months and
p days. He married Miss Carrie Car
ter of Des Moines, Sept. 20, 1900. He
is survived by his wife, four children
four brothers and four sisters. Quite
a number OF friends came from Dies
Moines and Valley Junction. Mrs
Rice will make her future home in
Des Moines.
In remembrance of William Abram
formerly assistant superintendent fOl
the Consolidated Coal Co at ColfiX but
now general superintendent for ths
Charlton Coal Co. ....
ACROSTIC. go. ....
Why should the cycling years sucf
changes make
In lives of many, regardless of es
tate? 3s
Leaving ,sorrowing hearts for thu
severed friendship sake
Life's purpose changed, and course
gone all agate.
In. every aspect, almost. Oh, wha
fate,
And mystery, such things to contem
plate
Makes more mysterious still-we fai
to undertake
And love would dictate, and 3ympa
thies now PROSTATE
Brings grief and wonder, the reaso
why, so late
Rather more compassionate. may pit
on US take
Against friendship, or, sad this I
| anticipate
\ May toward the future gaze, sti
wondering If kinder fate.
j. a. B.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
AVIATOR
KILLED At FAIR
LINCOLN sgAcAEv a. FXLGs TO
DEATH IN MoNoPLANE.
WINGS GIVE WAY IN DARING FALL
Drops Into Bay of San Francisco
Thousands See Accident-Body
Found in Mud Forty Feet
Under the Water.

San Francisco. March 15.-Death
came, to Lincoln Beachey, world-famed
aviator Sunday afternoon, when he
dropped through the air for $500
feet, before thousands of spectators
at the Panama-Pacific international
exposition. The accident which ended
the life OF the man who had defied
death so long came when the wings
of his new monoplane collapsed while
Beachey was attempting to right the
machine after a perpendicular drop
through space of several hundred feet.
Wing Of Machine Gives Way.
The stress on the new monoplane
was too great and one of the wings
was seen to fly up like that of a
wounded bird. ina flash the second
wing of the monoplane gave way and
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
Observation-Disclosures:
! the PUBLIC SALES !
Art Shaw


being overstocked, will sell at public
auction, at his residence, miles
south of OskaIoosa, 4 mile south OF
Country Club House, on Wednesday,
March "a, at one o'clock sharp, one
black gelding, coming years old,
weight about 1850. blocky, broke; II
head OF cattle consisting of Holstein
cow, fresh about two weeks; Jersey
cow 4 years old to be fresh in April;
3 2-year.old Jersey heifers, fresh; 2
year-old Jersey heifer to be fresh in
May; / 2-year-old and 2 1-year-old
Jersey heifers, pasture bred; Short
Horn heifer one year old; Short Horn
heifer 10 months old; Jersey heifers
coming yearlings; last fall heifer
calf; 3 baby heifer calves. These
cattle are good color and in good
condition. 81 hogs consisting of 2
Duroc and 3 half blood Hampshire
sows, immune, and Hampshire gifts,
| all bred to registered boar. TO pig last
\ OF March and first Of April, showing
well now; "a head last November
shoats; Shropshire ewes 3 years
1 old, lambs at side; dozen chickens
more or less, part pure s. &. b. Leg.
horns and part Black Polish; some
seed corn and clover seed; combina
ton riding or walking cultiyator; 16.
inch walking plow: hog fountain on
barrel; extra harness for one horse;
extra collars. Terms, months time
will be given on all sums over $1,000
purchaser giving hankable note draw
ing per cent interest from date il
paid when due; IL not paid when due
to draw per cent l. NJ. Reed, auc
tioneer. Byron Cruzen, clerk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
Killed Self and Wife.

Council Bluffs, March l5.-NeWs
reaches here of the murder and sui
eide near the line between Iowa and
Missouri of Barney Beeks and his
wife, Beeks committing the double
crime. Mrs. Beeks was formerly
Manda Z. Vance, a stepdaugiter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Spurlock, well
known Page county farmers. Both
we're well known in southwestern
Iowa. Beeks left a letter indicating
he was Jealous OF his wife.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES


DAYTON--Clarence Dayton, infant
ton. S13 East C avenue, died at II
o'clock midnight, Saturday, March
10, aged l month and days. The
funeral was held Sunday morning
and interment was made in Forest
cemetery. .t... ....#
BAKER-Evalena Baker, wife of r.
F. Baker, died at $3.50 o'clock Sun
day morning, March IA, at her home,
1928 north First street. The funeral
will be held Tuesday afternoon at
.1:30 o'clock from the Cheesman Flu
neral Home and interment will be
made in the Old cemetery.
BROWN.-John H. Brown of COL
Eighth avenue west, died Saturday
evening, March 10, 1915, at the home
of his grandson, +. E. Brown, in Bur
lington. The deceased was the
father of W. J. Brown OF I'll High
avenue west. The remains will ar.
rive over the e., Il. & O., at z o'clock
Monday evening, March Is, and fun
eral will occur from Ebbert's Funeral
Home, Tuesday, March l6, at 10
O'Clock a. m. Z. s -G.
BINNS.-Lillie Josephine Binns, q
pioneer resident of Mahaska county
died at lie o'clock a. m, Sunday
March IA, at her home in Scott town
ship. She was 81 years, : months, ane
IL days of age, and had lived in Ma
haska county all her life. The funera
will be held from the residence Wed
nesday at 100 p, NJ. and inte-men
| will be made in Butler cemetery. The
Surviving relatieys are the husband
J. W. Binns, six sons, Wesley, Rus
sell, Shirley, VERNE. Troy, and Ben
jamin; and four daughters, Vera
Lula, Mrs. Frank Oswandle and Mrs
Tom Johnson.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
FIRST UNDER new LAW
School Presidents Will Meet Thurs
day to Select Delegates.

The presidents of the independent
school districts in each township will
meet Thursday OF this week to select
one of their number who will repre-
sent that township at the election of
the county superintendent of schools
early In April One delegate from
each township is eligible to vote at
the election and the law provides that
the delegates shall be elected by the
presidents of the independent school
districts. This will be the first
election of superintendent to be held
under the new law.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
TRIED TO burn JAIL
Drunken Prisoner Almost Loses his
Life in the Attempt.

An attempt TO set fire to the city
jail TO compel officers to release him
from custody Saturday evening, about
eco o'clock, came near costing the
lie of one Edward Strong. said TO be
from Martinsburg. or near Hedrick.
The fellow was drunk. very much
drunk. Several complaints of drunk
en- man were telephoned TO the police
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
TANK EXPL0DES
FIREMAN KILLED
CHEMICALS IN PORTABLE FIRE
ExTlNeulsHER BLOW UP.
FIRST DEATH IN EIGHT YEARS
Man Kills Wife and Then Suicides in
Southwest Iowa-Rohbers Crack
Mining Company Safe But
Miss the Pay Roll. ...

Des Moines, March r5.-Thomas
Shsers, for eighteen years a member
Of the Des Moines fire department,
was killed yesterday when the ehemi'
calls in a portable fire extinguisher
exploded, the force of the explosion
crashing the cap of the metal tank
against his right eye and temple.
The accident occurred at $50 O'Clock
yesterday morning while Shivers and
other members of the fire department
were fighting small blaze on the
roof of l.. ID. Ginsberg's home, $40
West Thirteenth street, and Shivers
died at Mercy hospital two hours
later,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
To EIectrify Railway.

Charles City, March 1.-THE man
agement Of the Charles City Western
Railroad company has let contracts
for the extension and electrification
OF the road at once. Contracts for
a forty ton locomotive and two mod.
ern steel cars and other equipment
have been let. Over 100000 is on
hand for immediate improvements.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
Thirty Men and Women Drunk.

Des Moines. March 15.-Thirty
men and women, most of them, &C
cording to the police, loaded to the
eyebrows with bootleg whiskey," the
same consisting, also according to
the police, of essence of old rubber
boot and tobacco juice, were bulle-
tined "intoxication" at the police
station in the thirty-six hour period
between Saturday mornings court
and Sunday night This exceeds by
a considerable margin the average
number of arrests Of this sort that
has prevailed for several years past
in a like period.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
Iowan May Join Villa.

Clear Lake, March 15.-Lieut. Bar
low, well known military man of this
city, is now a member of General
Villas staff in the Mexican revolution
and recently has been in correspond.
ence with Floyd Barlow, the local
aviator, urging him TO accept a fat.
tering offer from Villa to join him as
a member of the aviation squad
Barlow has not accepted as yet but
admits that the offer tempting.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18
Robbers Crack Safe.

Ottumwa, March Is. = Robbers
cracked the safe Of the Harris Mer-
camille company at Bidwell, small
mining town near here, during Fri
day night, and got SIS in money and
stamps. Several checks were taken
but were discarded by the robbers
along the railroad tracks near town.
Nothing else was taken from the
store. Saturday was pay day at the
Bidweu mines and the robbers
thought the pay roll was in the store
safe, but it was held in an Ottumwa
bank Entrance was effected by
breaking the lock on the front door.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-03-18

The late Joseph Jones was one Of
the originators and organizers Of the
Iowa State Esteddfod, the holiday fes-
tiyal OF the Welsh people that had
headquarters in oskaloosa many years.
1t was the first Iowa Eisteddfod.