The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-11-23
VETERANS HOME
BADLY CROUDED
MORE INMATES IN SOLDIERS
HOME THAN FOR MANY YEARS.
ATTORNEYS MAY SPLIT FINES
Ruling Of Supreme Court Grants coun
ty Attorneys 10 Percent of Fines
colIected-Delta Couple Have
Been Married IS Years.

age of veterans of the civil war ant
their wives and widows has brougn
into the Iowa Soldiers Home here tn,
largest membership in recent years
On only one other occasion, on Feb
8. 1910, were there more members
/ present than are here now, and the
increase was only twenty-one.
There are to-day 1859 members
of the home and 926 of themes
men and 1852 women-are present
The absentees, 1877 men and 116 wo
men, are absent on furlough. The
membership is larger by $50 than II
was year ago.
There is not bed in the institution
for woman to-day, and many are on
the waiting list. Thirty or forty more
men can be accommodate by placing
in cots in the halls of the main build.
ing. The hospital is crowded with
30 patients, and one man who came
in yesterday for hospital treatment
had to sleep'on cot as there was no
room in the wards. Husbands and
wives are separated in the old peo-
pies building, awaiting the time when
deaths will permit them to occupy
permanent quarters there. The wo-
men are being cared for on cots
placed in the parlors of the old PEG.
PIES buildings, while the men occupy
the main building.
Because of their increasing age
members who years ago took dis.
charges are now returning. One case
Is shown of man who left the home
twenty years ago.
An interesting comparison, made
with the report of Com. Milo Smith
twenty-five years ago this week,
shows an average membership Of
379 for the four years the home had
then been open. The average age
of the members Of the home then
was fifty-sven years. Now there is
not a man in the home under 70, and
many Of them are past the four.score
mark.
May Split Fines.
Des Moines, Nov. 20.-County attor-
neys in each of the ninety-nine Iowa
counties will be affected by a decision
handed down by the state suprefe
court. The decision was returned in
the case of Story county versus Fred
Hanson, county attorney.
The county sued Hansen for $50,
which represented 10 per cent of fines
imposed in liquor cases, and the court
held that under the law county attor-
neys were entitled to 10 per cent of
all fines imposed in liquor cases, eth
er criminal or in equity.
1t was pointed out that in larger
counties where prosecutions for liquor
violations have been many and heavy
fines have been imposed, the attor-
ney's share might amount to several
thousand dollars.
Married sixty-Five Years.
Delta, Nov. 2O.-Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Hawley, of Delta, Iowa, will cele-
brate their sixty-ffth wedding ami
versary on Monday, Nov. 81. Mr..
Hawley was IS years old Aug. 10, 1916
and Mrs. Hawley formerly Miss Mary
was so years old. July 8,
1916 They were married in Urbana,
o., in 1851, and came to Keokuk
county, Iowa, three years later. Hera
they have resided for more than three
score years. To them are spared
three children, Mrs. Amazette Nc
Cause. Mr.. Willis r. Hawley and Mrs.
Ida Hatcher. They have been life
members of the Christian church,
they and all their household.
Case Under Amusement.
Washington, Nov. 20.-Evidence in
the case of Dora Trier VS.. Catherine
Singmoster in which Mrs. Trier asks
a sixth interest in the estate of the
late Thomas Singmaster, of an esti-
mated value of from 100000 to
100000, claiming that she is a
daughter of Mr. Singmaster, was con-
cluded at noon Saturday.
Talleyrand and Keota contributed a
large number of witnesses to the case
nearly hundred being examined dur.
ing the course of the trial. They testi-
fed to circumstances in connection
with the life of Thomas Singmaster
and the woman, Mary Rowe, who was
employed at the Singmaster place
and who was the mother of Dora Trier
Witnesses for the defense declared
that Mr. Singmaster steadfastly de
MED being the father of the girl, while
the defendant introduced witnesses
to testify to circumstances that indi
Gated relationship between the two
Judge Talbot took the case under
advisement and will render his decis
ion later. Court was adjourned Satur'
day afternoon until Tuesday morning
The petit jury was excused until No
vember 81. a week from today.
Cost Was Small.