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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-11
SENDS ANOTHER
NOTE TO AUSTRIA
Lansing Asks About Attack
on Tank Steamer.
DEMANDS MAY FOLLOW
Secretary's Dispatch Refers TO Aft
davits of Members of Crew Telling
of Firing on American Vessel ana
Wounding One Man.

Of Firing on American Vessel and
Woundlng One Man.
Washington, Feb. 11.-Secretary
Lansing announced that he had sent
to the Austro-Hungarian government,
through Ambassador Penheld, a dis
patch asking for an investigation and
an explanation of the attack by an
Austrian submarine on the American
tank steamer Petrolite.
The secretary said published state
ments that demands have been made
upon the Vienna government are mot
true but that it is within the range
of possibility that demands of some
sort may be made in the future should
the investigation and explanation
asked warrant them.
The secretary's dispatch calls ct
tention TO afidavits of.members Of the
crew Of the Petrolite and to infOrma-
ton from other sources to the effect
that the ship was stopped in the Medi-
terranean near Alexandria by an Aus
trian submarine which fired upon her
and wounded one man in her engine
room
The submarine commander asked
for food, which Captain Thompson of
the Petrolite refused. He thereupon
sent a boarding party on the Ameri-
can ship and removed one American
member OF her crew who was held as
hostage while the Austrians took
the food they required from the Petro
lite's stores.
Warships under certain stress may
take food from merchantmen if they
give proper receipts or payments, but
il is realized that if submarines are
to be permitted TO do so, every neu
tral ship may be made a base for
their operations.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-11
Armed Freiqhters Warships.

Berlin, Feb. 1.-THE German gov
ernment is about to issue a memoran-
dunn to neutral governments announc-
ing that hereafter armed merchant
men belonging to countries at war
with Germany will be considered and
treated as warships.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-11
NECKLACE OF PEARLS is
WORTH 100000.

New York, Feb. 11-What is
said by experts to be the finest
string of pearls in the world,
with the possible exception Of
few held Ivy the native prin-
cesses of India, was entered at
the customs house here. The
fifty gems in the necklace are
valued at 100000 and it is
believed might sell for more
than that.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-11
SERBIAN TROOPS BEING RE-
EQUIPPED.

Paris, Feb. 11.-Less than
10000 Serbian troops now re-
main In Albania and these are
being transferred as rapidly as
possible to the Island of Cor
fu, according to Athens dis
patches.
They are being re-equipped
at Corfu and made ready for
service in the Balkans
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-11
MonteneerIns Disarmed.

Vienna Feb. 1.-THE disarming OF
Montenegrin troops by their Austrian
conauerers has been completed, says
an Official statement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-11

Greece's decision to remain neutral
in addressing parliament.
Referring to reports that severe
pressure might be brought to bear
upon the Greek government the prime
minister said that No move of coer-
cion. however painful could equal the
disasters that would follow should
Greece enter the war
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-11

State Treasurer Smith and Clerk Pick
it Held by Authorities, Although No
Formal Complaint Has Been Lodged
Against Either.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
IN TIE PAILIppINEs

Along early last November, the
eighth OF the month, to be exact, NJ.
s. Freeman started Christmas box
TO his son. Cecil G. Freeman, Gin ser.
vice with the United States army, in
the Philippines. with Company A,
18th Unfit, now on duty at Fort Mills,
Luzon- In this box was carefully
packed some fine Mahaska county ap-
pies and other good things that would
speak Of home in peculiar way
According to letter received by
Mr.. Freeman, the box arrived in gocs
condition December is, forty days en-
route. to the other side of the world,
and the contents were in almost per-
feet condition. only three of the TWEEN
fy-eight apples packed showing signs
OF spelling.
Upon the occasion OF Thanksgiving
Day, 1915, the soldier boy became
somewhat reminiscent and his.
thoughts wandered back TO the Iowa
home, picturing what was going on,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10

subject of lumber by-products just is
sued by the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Department of
/ Commerce, makes the claim that only
/ 800 feet of lumber is used for each
J LOGO feet that stood in the forest
1t was the prodigious waste of
J American forest resources that led
/ the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Couemrce to planna thorough study
of the methods of utilizing the waste
productsbeS the lumber industry, here
in the United States ana in those
european countries that have made
the most distinct progress in this line.
Unfortunately the war upset the
plan completely, and there is no i'm
mediate prospect of making the pro-
posed investigation. But as te Blu.
reau had already engaged Prof. II. X.
Benson, a well known authority on
the subject, it was decided to go
ahead and make a study of the indus
try in this country. The bulletin
just issued is the result of this study.
The annual production of wood pulp
n he United States is valued at over
$S0,000,0G0 Sulphite-pulp makers
are considerably interested in the pos
sible utilization of the sulhpite waste
liquor for the recovery of sulphur or
other profitable utilization. This
would result in a lowering of the cost
Of sulphite pulp. The manufacture
of kraft pulp is also becoming we'll es-
tablished, and is bringing about the
of cheaper wood.
The utilization of wood for the mi
nor processes described in this report
is not extensive. The manufacture
of alcohol frCm sawdust has hardly |
passed the experimental stage, al |
though technical men are optimistic
as to the ultimate success of the pro- |
cess. One of the most interesting |
possibilities lies in the use of hydro
lyZed sawdust as a carbohydrate cat |
tie food. The use of wood for pro-
Queer gas deserves more extended |
in industrial plants. The |
of p!astics from wood |
IS still enveloped in secrecy, and, like
the manufacture of wood -four, has
apparently been developed to a much
greater extent in European countries.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
THE BUSINESS Outlook.

The chief uncertainty at home
outside of our foreign relations, is
the continued agitation tor prepared
ness, the prospects of new taxation,
the revival of tariff agitation and the
launching OF the presidential cam
paign which was vigorously opened
this week by Mr.. Wilson," says Henry
Clews. Our relations with Germany
though strained are improving, but
IS long as the war continues there is
danger of surprises, and as President
Wilson pointed out no one can tell
what a day may bring forth. Hence
justification for a reasonable if not
| liberal degree Of preparedness; not
forgetting that when this war is over
none of the belligerents will be will
ing or able to attack the United
States.
No cessation of the war is yet in
sight; not even the exhaustion on
which the end will seemingly depend.
The strain upon the financial re-
sources Of those involved is begin.
ming to tell. Nearly all the nations
which formerly went to London, Par
is or Berlin for funds are now coming
here. At the present time Great
Britain, France, Russia and Italy are
each negotiating for credit or loans
aggregating several hundred millions
But some of these nations are finding
considerable difficulty in financing
sue hloans, notwithstanding they
would be followed by further large
orders for American manu-
facturers. The most important op-
Grafton is another large British loan
which may be placed this month, the
proceeds OF the Anglo-French loan be-
ing about exhausted The amount
and date are net yet known, but il
viii probably be collateral, and not
a credit loan like the Anglo-French
issue. 1t is understood the British
government would put w as collateral
some of the American securities
which it has modified but not sold,
the recent sales of Americans being
private holdings. If these surmises
are true, Great Britain will have no
difficulty in raising the loan here, pro-
vided the rate is made satisfactory
Is also rumored to be seeking a loan
of $500, coo, zoe; Russia wants $780,
100000, and Italy too is knocking at
the door for considerable sums, not
10 speak of smaller issues wanted by
other nations.
What the effect of these opera.
tons will be upon the security mar.
Ilet, it is difficult to estimate because
Df thet nifumerable cross currents
ordnariiyS il would be depressing.
Bat the, British loan will prevent the
sale of modified Americans, and may
thus discourage the liquidation OF
our securities privately held abroad"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10

and he put his vision into meter as
follows
THANKSGIVING DAY IN LUZoN.
am dining on the remnants of can
Of pork and beans,
! BY a single sickly palm tree, in the
misty Philippines:
But / know it is Thanksgiving, In a
village far away, -.
Where the frost is on the stubble and
the woods are cold and gray.
Pa is in the farm house kitchen, with
his knees before the blaze,
And his pipe has yelled the ceiling
with a cloud of silyery haze.
There is cider at his elbow; there are
doughnuts, smoking hot,
And a pile of rosy apples from the
twenty-acre lot.
He is dreaming. proudly dreaming, OF
his soldier son tonight
AS parading, trim and jaunty, in blue
coat and buttons bright;
But the old folks wouldn't know me,
with this growth of scrubby
hair,
And this brown and faded khaki that
is all have to wear.
But |, too, can keep Thanksgiving, on
a soldiers scanty meal,
Tho the fields with dead are planted,
Nth the harvest, fire and steel;
For a wave of starry splendor breaks
above the wasted cane,
Where "Old Glory" spreads her colors
to the sunlight or the rain.
Oh, | thank the God of Nations and of
Battle and of Prayer,
For the flag that flies above us and the
power to keep it there.
Truer thanks were never uttered than
beneath that lonely palm,
In that war-worn land of murder, on
the Island of LuZon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
WHITE IS CANDIDATE
Will Again Seek Re cleo ion as Head
of the U. NV. A

One of the features of the closing
hours of the convention OF the United
Mine Workers of America at Indian
lpolis last week was a statement by
President John p White that he will
again run for the presidency Of the
organization. This announcement
was greeted with cheers, the dele
gates standing and shouting.
White said it had been his inten.
tion to retire at the end of his pres
ent term, so that he could devote
some of his time to his home. He
said he had served in official capaci-
ties for twenty years, and felt that he
had earned rest. But he said his
friends seemed to be legion, and they
had been bombarding him with de-
mands that he stand again for the
election, and that if it was the will of
the miners that he should continue in
the Office he had decided to submit.
Therefore, he said, he had changed
his attitude and would run.
Another reason for his change of
mind, he said, was that he di dnot
wish to sembarrass the wage confer.
ence situation with his own personal
wish TO retire. He said that he hon.
ed that any man who aspired to the
would not remain out of
The race; that 1t wasaopen to all
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
FEW FIRES IN JANUARY
Total Loss Will Not Aggregate Over
Five Hundred Dollars.

Oskalosa fire department had to-
tai of ten alarms during the first
month of the year, eight for actual
work and two false. OF the actual fires,
eight, fifty per cent or one half were
caused from sparks from chimney,
limiting the roof; two were started
by overheated stoves; one came from
Spontaneous combustion, and one de-
fective wires. The total loss was small
only a few hundred dollars in the az
gTegate but in each case the posi-
bilities of q costly fire were present.
Prompt service on the part of the
fire department stopped the fires al
most where they had started, except
ing two cases.
The fires were as follows:
Jan. 7.-Shrago's grocery store,
962 Second avenue West.
Jan. Robert Wharton, SIS North
l. street.
Jan. 11.-Car near Rock Island De-
pot.
Jan. Decentralization residence,
No. 625 North Market street.
Jan. 1S.-Gottschlich Motor Cycle
Oepot, No. 4O7 High avenue West
Jan. 19.-White Bros. Grocery, COL
SOB South First street.
Jan. 20.--Residence J. |. Tony, No.
007 c avenue West.
Jan % Albert Roech. dwelling
property. No. 315 South Market street.
Jan. 25.-Resideuce J. H. Picket,
east end G avenue.
Jan. 2S-Oska 'oosa Saddlery Bldg,
!02 406 First avenue West.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record in Recent Real Estate Deals
, In Mahaska County.

Catherine Riggs, widow, to Emma
md Clarence French, warranty deed
lated 2-4-16 lot Long add Oska-
ioosa, all of alley on east side of said
OF now occupied by r. of w. of b.
Z w. R. R.--Cons. $725.
The Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends
o Penn College, quit claim deed dat
ID 1915 lot S. D. of NE NV Sec.
3 and pit SW Sec. IL all in 75-16-
,ons. $4,000.
Artie Bunting and wife, Myra E., to
nlvie E. Bunting, warranty deed dated
.2-l6 und. " int in Sc Sec. 10 and
NV NE Sec. 15-75-15-Cons. $4,000.
c. j. Ruby and wife, Bertha l., to
irtie Bunting, warranty deed dated
2.16 VIZ Sc Sec. 20-76-15-C
i 200.
Mathew Holmes, single, to E. ID. Nu-
,ent, warranty deed dated 2-3-16 81
~ let S. d. Of out lot 20, o. p. Os-
Ialoosa-Cons. $4,000.
. Josephine Conway and husband, A.
B., to The First ational Bank of New
Sharon, warranty deed dated 1856
It. lots and block 7 O. P. Sharon,
lso rights to east wall of building
Gon. $1.00.
John R. Gardrer, WidOwcr, to Con
.0lidation Coal Company, quit claim
ced dated S-23-15. pit. 81 SW Sec.
,5-74-17-Cons. $125.
John H. Warner, unmd. to. Charles
. Ruby, warranty deed, sw ne and
3 NV sec. 20 and Sc he and re sc
sec. 1974-14, $4,000.
Albert c. Relzer, to Maggie E. Bel
jer, wife, warranty deed lots 1 and
II l. S. of NV NV sec 1871! g. ~
H. F. Schultz and wife ta re-= "a
Deutchman, quit claim deed ~ = r.:
) d OF S T. Of lot B of aSz = p
If Sc sec. 1855, $1OO.
A. ]. Augustine, sole referee. to
Nura Tarr, referees deed, pit. sec. 49,
1915, $500.
f. l.. Williams and wife to Emmons
Johnson. trustee, trust deed, ~ ne
sec. 17-77-16, $4,000, due Feb. l, 1921.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10

The capital invested, as reported il
1914, was S9S,055, 001, a gain of $29,
1875, or Az per cent, over $6S,935,
226 in 1909. The average capital pei
establishment was approximately SIG,
leo in 1914 and $4,000 in 1909.
The cost of materials used in 1914
was $26,919,20O as against $17696, $50
in 1909 the increase being $9,222,S40
or 52.1 per cent.
Salaries and wages in 1914 amount.
ed to $71,764.059, and in 1909 to $53..
OO7,747, the increase being $1S,756,312
or 35.4 per cent
In 1914 the total number of persons
engaged in the industry was 149, 100,
as compared with 124,414 in 1909, the
increase being 24,6S6, or 20 per cent.
This number includes proprietors and
firm members and salaried employees,
all actively engaged in the industry,
as well as the wage earners.
New York the most populous state,
ranked first in the steam-laundry in
dustry. There were GA steam laun-
dries reported for the state. giving
employment to 15,489 persons, or 1914
per cent of the total for the United
States. The receipts for work done
mounted to $14,304,964, or 10 per cent
OF the total for the United States.
Pennsylvania, which ranked second in
population. was fourth in the steam
laundry industry. Illinois, the third
iii population, was second in numebr
of persons engaged in the industry
and third in establishments and
amount received for work done, while
California, which was twelfth in pop
was second in establishments
and amount received for work done.
and third in number of persons engag-
ed in the industry.
The seven states Of New York, Penn
sylyania, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts,.
Missouri and California did more than
one-half of the laundry business of the
United states, as measured by the
amount received for work done, the
amount received in these states being
y74,l25, $50. or 50 pr cent OF the total
Tor the United States. These seven
states had 512 per cent of the total
persons engaged in the Industry, and
AZ per cent of the total number of es.
adjustments, while having but 3g.4
per cent OF the total estimated popula.
ton for 1914.
The Increase in the amount receiy.
ed for work done for the United States
for the fiye-year period was $37. e23.-
l67, or 36.l per cent, the rate of In.
crease being nearly twice that for
number OF persons engaged in the in
iustry, which was 20 per cent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
THE worlds production of

The worlds production of com.
mercial cotton exclusive of linters,
grown in 1914. as compiled from pub
hshed reports, documents, and cores
pondenee, was approximately 24,764,.
goo bales Of 500 pounds net The
consumption of cotton Exclusive of
linters in the United States) for the
year ending July /, 1915, was approx
mately 1851 900 bales of 500 pounds
net. Except for the, United States.
cotton included in this amount refers
largely to that used in spinning. The
total number of producing cotton spin.
dies both active and idle is about 147,-
100000
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
WILL HARPER A CANDIDATE.

Hon. William Harper of Ottumwa
will be a candidate for district dele,
gate to the national republican con-
vention. Will Harper" says the
GIinnell Register, is one of the
sGuarest and best men in Iowa He
is identified with the best interests
of OttumWa, and is man all Wapello
county admires and respects. He is
a broad-gauged man, honorable AND
worthy. Four years ago he YVES a
candidate for delegate and was de
feated by Harry Brown of SigourEey,
by a narrow margin. He took his
defeat good-naturedly. He did not
sulk in the camp, but laughingly re-
marked that he would be a good In
dian and support the men the conven
ton had selected. All over the
Sixth district it is being conceded
that Senator Spaulding and Will Har-
per will be the choice of the repub-
Hcans of the old Sixth. e...
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
STEAM LAUNDRIES.

In a preliminary statement of the
results of the census of steam laun-
dries in the United States issued by
Sam L. Rodgers, Director of the Blu
reau of Census, Iowa is credited with
only 176 plants, as against 1S1 in 1909,
indicating a consolidation of laundries
elsewhere as was done in Oskaloosa.
On the other hand the number of en-
ployes increased from 2,46S in 1909 to
f2,SS3 in 1914. The receipts of the
Iowa laundries jumped from $2,063,-
451 in 1909 to $2,SS2, DOS, an increase
of nearly one million dollars, or 39.7
per cent. Iowa ranked IL among the
states of the unipn in the number of
people per laundry in 1909, dropping
states OF the union in the number of
laundries dropped from Sth to 18TH
place. This does not indicate less
cleanliness on the part of the people
as much more washing was done in
1914 than in 1909. and more people
were employed in doing it.
The general summary for 1909 and
1914 shows the number of laundries
in the United States to have increased
from 5,lS6 to 6,097 during the five
year period, the increase being oil, or
176 per cent. The several branches
of the industry show substantial gains
for 1914 as compared with 1909. In
the order of their importance, from a
percentage standpoint, the increases
IOT the seF eral items rank as follows:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
Farmer Buried Alive.

Warsaw, Ind.--Martin Greenbaum, a
farmer, narrowly escaped DEATH under
a strawstack., Cattle had burrowed IN
the stack so that 1t threatened to
topple over. Greenbaum attempted to
prop up the stack and was caught un.
der it when 1t collapsed. He was dug
out two hours iateraby relatives, who
missed him and who had found him
under the straw after long hunt. He
was almost suffocated when rescued
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
THE editor of the PelIa Booster

The editor of the Pella Booster
must have made a mistake and put a
good nickel in place of the pants but
ton in the contribution box. Hear
him: There seems to be a good
many fellows trying to work up to
Billy Sundays standard in revival
meetings, mostly the standard of the
collection plate. There used to be
a time when minister had to be or
dained before he could go out and take
up a collection, but any old goat can
do 1t now and everybody seems to
like H."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has

Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
granted to Sergeant George Warrell.
United States Marine Corps, retired,
one years leave of absence to remain
In Japan, where, for Is years Warrell
served as mail orderly at the U. S.
Naval Hospital, Yokohama Twenty
seven years of Warrells thirty years
of continuous service was spent in
the Far East, and only once in the 81
years did he visit the United States.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10

= Taken as a whole the year 1915
has been one Of progress and prosper
ity for the American sugar producer
The total yield of homegrown sugar
for the past twelve months was in ex-
cess of 100000 long tons. This was
the largest output that has been
achieved in the history, and it enabled
sugar grown from American soil to
supply over half of the entire amount
required by the American people.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10

Preparedness is as important for
the farmer as 1t is for the soldier.
The farmer who wastes his leisure
time and who fails to utilize rainy
days and slack seasons to get his af-
fairs in shape can never hope to catch
up during the busy easons.-Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
PREPAREDNESS.

Talk about preparedness
To meet the worlds demand
With high school full to Dustin
An no room to sit er stand;
Wyi there's classes on the fire-escape,
An classes in the hall;
Talk about preparedness!
We hain't prepared at all.
There's no room fer an office,
An no place to hang our wraps;
We have to ride the banister cause
There's classes on the steps.
Oh, we're just so awful crowded,
Well, it's really pretty tuf,
Talk about preparedness!
Talkin' hain't enuff.
Marie Davis.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
ls Well Satisfied

Forty years ago, G. j. Van Duser
bought 20O-acre far mnear Sheffield.
for $l9 an acre. He has just dis
posed OF the property at the rate OF
Si95 per acre, and is well satisfied
with his profit
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
Found an Old cowbeII.

: conyers. Ga.-H. c. Penn has in his
possession a cowbell found by him in
Ben Carr bottoms In the year 1896.
The bell is OF brass, and unlike nlost
small bells now Is made of one solid
piece CT metal. 5s9 .siqgsfo
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10
GREAT WASTE OF IllMasa

Waste in the logging industry In
the United States amounts to Is to
20 per cent Of the timber cut, or
about s billion and a half cubic feet
of5iwopd annuaily.sl Sawmill waste
also amounts to.lseEeral billion cubic
feet Of wood, although not all OF II is
absolute waste. A bulletin on the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-02-10

The town fellow will wonder what
the Ames authorities are driving at
when they say: Have you grown tie
same legume on that soil before? If
not, incubation is advisable"