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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
GAR STRIKE is ENDED
MEN AGREE TO RETURN TO
''.ns WORK AT CAPITAL.
Government Officials and Others
~ Forced to Walk When Service
s ~ ~. Was Halted.

Washington, March THE street
car strikers agreed to return to work
at once and take UP adjustment of
their grievances with the local car
companies while the systems are be-
ing operated. If the men and the
companies do not agree, arbitration
will be resorted to. The union leaders
ordered the men back to the barns
at once, in an attempt to get the serv-
ice in operation at full efficiency for
the rush hour.
The capital of the United States re-
allied fully. yesterday that it had a
street car strike on it's hands.
When tho companies began running
cars with the few men who stuck to
their posts and recruited crews of In
spectors, clerks, machinists and for
mer employees, they managed to give
a service equal to about rs per cent OF
the normal.
The result was that between eight
and nine o'clock, when 100000 people
move to their days work, the few cars
operating were hopelessly overloaded
in the early stage Of their trips, and
tens of thousands walked.
Members of congress, government
clerks and everybody else took even
chances on getting transportation.
Professions of hurrying workers
trudging down the main avenues, ev-
cry available motor conveyance was
pressed into service, jitney buses
were brought from Baltimore, taxi
cabs, motor trucks and even horses
and buggies were pressed into serv-
ice. g ..
After the town settled down to work,
disturbed but only little late, be-
cause everybody had got up early,
ready to revive the declining exer.
else of walking, 1t looked like a shell.
Broad Pennsylvania avenue presented
the appearance of an Inauguration day
when the street is kept clear of traf-
fc for the big procession.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
FEAR 400 DIE AS
STEAMER SINKS
SPANISH \ SHIP STRIKES sHoAL
~ ! s4F o. "a
OFF SAN sEsAsTIAo.
SANK IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES
Details of the Disaster Off the Bra
LILLIAN Coast are Lacking. New
American Consul to San
tos Among Rescued.

Rio Janeiro March 7.-Accorling to
the latest information, the number OF
deaths on the Spanish passenger
steamship Principe de Asturias, which
struck a rock and sank off Santos on
Sunday will reach almost 400. Among
those saved was the new American
consul to Santos, Charles Tredek.
The vessel was enroute to Buenos
Aires from Barcelona. The catastro.
phe was caused, ii is said, by thick
tog in which the vessel struck a rock
and sank in less than five minutes
The newspapers of this city say that
II is reported that the commander of
the ship committed suicide at the mo.
ment of the accident.
Sinks in Five Minutes.
: Santos, Brazil, March Three
hundred and two persons are reported
drowned in the wreck of the Spanish
steamship Principe de Asturias, which
struck a rock off Sebastiano point
and sank within five minutes.
There were 33S passengers aboard
and a crew Of 107 men. OF these only
81 passengers and sc of the crew, or
14S in all, are known to have been
saved. The suddenness with which
the ship went to the bottom after
striking makes it improbable that
many more can have been saved.
Terrible scenes on board the ship
and In the water about her as she
went down are described by the sur
vivors who landed here. The crash
when the vessel went on the rocks
was so heavy that everyone aboard
was certain that the ship was lost.
There was a rush for the lifeboats,
but the vessel began to settle so quick
ly that there was no time for any or
derby procedure and, while few boats
got safely away, some were over
turned before they struck the water
and others could not even be lowered
until the ship had lurched and sunk.
Most of those who were saved were
picked up from the water as they
swan about or chung to pieces of
wreckage after the ship had disap-
peared.
The survivors have been landed
here by the French steamer Viga,
which reports that Spanish ship is
standing by to rescue any others who
may have got away in boats or on
RATS, but there is little hope that
many others have escaped.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
WRIGHT A BUSY PLACE
Many Are Changing Farm Locations
in That Neighborhood.

Wright, March 7.-(By Jo.)--Ralph
Rice moved last Tuesday to the Far.
mer farm west of Wright.
Mrs. Knudson was called to New
Sharon last Thursday by the illness
of her mother.
Mrs. Minnie Allsup and Miss Gail
Wright entertained last WEDNESDAY
at an Aid Tea" at the Allsup home.
Miss Faye Tennis entertained in
honor OF Miss Ora Haines at a mis-
cellaneous shower on Saturday af+
terIoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. X. Unsicker are at
Excelsior Springs, Mo, taking treat
lnents.
Ralph Perkins moved this week up
near Oskaloosa. A MIR. Plate moved
on the farm he vacated.
Mrs Katherine Ireland Campbell
spent few days at home this week.
Mr.. IIummel from Fremont preach,
ed his last sermon here last Sunday.
He has moved to Missouri.
Mrs. Anna Harrison has been visit
ing at the Howard Dallem home near
Waukee.
Mrs. Jessie Woody's loaded their
cars here this week, moving to near
Marengo, Iowa.
Mr.. Landfear had the misfortune Of
MASKING his foot on last Tuesday.
A Mr.. Stout is here filling the va.
cancy.
Mrs. L. G. Bryson spent Thursday
in Oskaloosa with her sister, Essie
Martin
Mrs. Lutte Lyons returned Friday
noon after spending a few days with
relatives in Oskaloosa.
Mrs. Kittie Sullivan has cen having
serious time with blood poisoning
Fred Parlett fell at home last We'd
nesda and hurt his knee. He is
missed from the store by his many
friends and customers
Pearle Cochran attended the fun
eral of Mrs. Hobart last Wednesday.
The service was at the Christian
church in Fremont.
Mrs. Ella Randell and son spent
Thursday night at the c. d. Randell
home.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
THE SCHOOL ELECTION
One Director and a T teasurer To Be
>~ Elected,

Election for school director and
school treasurer will be held, by the
voters of the Independent school dis,
trict of Oskaloosa next Monday
March 13. .-.. sa.1 j sse. ...
Under the new law passed by the
last assembly, signature petition is
necessary to place a name on the
ticket, The election is to fill vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mrs
l1ffie Hoffman Rogers. Rev. Alexand
er McFerran was appointed to fill out
the unexpired term
Mr. McFerran will be a candidate
upon the ticket to- succeed himself to
the board and is the only candidate
to file papers.
Rufus X. Davis was the only can
didate for the Office of treasurer oil
the school funds. ~
No other names can be printed up.
on the ballot other than those filing
petition as required by law Other
names can be- voted for however A
blank space is provided upon the bal.
ilot and names RAY be written in by
1.-THE voter is9ssefi y 'A@2s@
The issue of new building for
High rchool purposes or what to do
with the present crowded conditions
will not be determined at the cleo
ftns,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
SEVEN IN FAMILY ARE SLAIN
Beside These, a Father Is Probably
Fatally Wounded, Near Law
ton, Okla.

Lawton, Okla, March 7.-Seven mem.
bers of the family of Dan Okane, a
farmer, were found murdered in their
home, twelve miles southwest of Law
ton. Okane himself lay beside the
body of his father, probably fatally
shot A hired man discovered the
bodies. The murderer had used a ra-
Zor, a hammer and a small-caliber
rife. These were found on the floor.
Those who were killed were: Okane's
wife, an infant, four children ranging
from four to ten years of age, and
Okane's aged father, who lived with
the family. The children were found
in bed. Their threats had been
slashed and their heads crushed. Mrs.
Okane and the baby were shot to
death. The rifle also had been used to
sl@y the aged father.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
SLAUGHTER TURKS AT BlTLIS
Russ Troops Show No Mercy and
Practically Destroy the Mos.
lem Army There

London. March THE Russian sol.
diers at Bitlis, according to a Petro-
grad dispatch to the Morning Post,
took "a terrible revenge on the Turk.
ish troops for the cruelty which the
Turks were alleged to have practiced
toward the Armenians in that district.
The correspondent says:
"A terrible slaughter followed the
capture Of the Turkish positions at
Bitlis. The Russian troops had wit
messed, at Van. Mush and many other
places, flan appalling sight-the mas.
sacre, namely, by Turkish fanatics of
tens of thousands OF Armenian Chris
tian men, women and children. It
was unlikely, after such deeds, that
any quarter should be given. This CO.
lossal killing completed the destruc-
ton of the Turkish army.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
IOWA DEMO OPPOSES WO
{. G. Dunn Opens His Fight for
mltteeman With Attack
Presidents War Policy

Mason City, March Sc. CnI
of this city, candidate for denti
national committeeman againstW
Marsh of Waterloo, has inautel
his campaign with broadside nd
the preparedness program of PEN
Wilson and the administrator
Mr.. Dunn has issued a stem
through the Mason City Unset
sing forth his views of public iii
at length.
Y am opposed to sacrificingin
gle American life for the s o
aTenging some thick-headed .ol
who wants to travel in the dangm,
on the ships of nations at wanil
Mr. Dunn, emphatfcally.
II am not one OF those 1
given 10 hysteria on the ques @
preparedness" said Mr.. Dunn. bs
heve that our government isrl
wen protected. have some fsi
what President Wilson said twn
6 half years ago, and | have sc /
what Mr.. Roosevelt SAID sevensi
ago. when he said we had the n
Hreatest navy la the world.
favor OF adequate defense. espE'
submarine aotiiIa capable 81 III
INK our coast from hostile inn
but 7 am not IN favor OF bnrf
our people with hundreds al naa
Of dollars 81 taxes 10 build Nj
fifRadnanghts and sppe{f{fHa i,s
Z in an ATTEMPT 10 1a>, <>&.1 ~. i
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
GERMANS GAIN AT VERDUN
Town Of FORCES Captured and French
Are Driven Back by Liquid
.'.. Fire,

London, March 7,-Though checked
in their direct drive upon Verdun from
the north and northeast, the German
offensive was renewed with extraor.
binary violence, and with the capture
of the village Of FORCES, west of the
Mouse and ten miles northwest of
Nerduh, the crown prince has begun
another drive to cut the Verdun St.
MenehOuld railway, to stop the direct
supply line from Paris and attack the
fortress from the west. In the mean
time all French counter-attacks were
repulsed and the grip which the Ger
man army has fastened on the Verdun
fortresses to the north and east of
the city is holding tenaciousIy. The
midnight cOmmunique from Paris ad-
r1its the German advance from the
north on the western bank of the
Mouse and the capture of FORCES. AS
a feature of this fighting the Germans
attempted to cross the Meuse with TO-
600 men on lp0ntoons at SamogneuX
east of FORCES, to reinforce the drive
through the latter point, but were
hurled back by the French with ap-
palling losses. The Germans also
made terrific assaults in Champagne.
sweeping the French back at several
points Paris admits the loss of
trenches to the Germans at Maisons
de Champagne, where the Teutonic
forces crumbled the first line of
French defenders with a whitening
blast of burning liquids In the Sec
tor of Champagne between Haute Che
vauChe and Hill No. 2S5 the French
admit the loss Of another first-line po-
sition.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
INCREASED INTEREST
Afternoon Meetings at Tabernacle
at Eddyville Growing.

Eddyville, March I'm the cam
paign which is being held in Eddy
vile the afternoon meetings are
growing in interest and large crowds
are attending. Evangelist Phelps
lis present at all these meetings and
each day has message which is in
spring and helpful for all, Prof
cheek has charge of the music OF
all services. Cottage prayer meet
ings are held each morning at the
different homes. On Sunday p. m
woman's meeting was held at the
tabernacle which proved to be one
Of the most interesting and helpfu
meetings of the campaign. The ser
vices are union in number and spirit
and those within the church a. welt
as those without are more than ever
Of the opinion that in union i
strength"
Friends in EddyVille learned sun
day of the death of Mrs. Jane Nc
Cloney, which occurred at the hCuN
of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Young,
in the northern part of the state. The
remains were brought to Eddyville
on Tuesday andt aiken to the Bapti (
church where the funeral was helt
at 1879 a. m.
Mrs. Henry Morris spent Sunday
in Oskaloosa visiting her sister, Mr..
Florence Wright.
Lee Warner of Abba is visiting
friends in Eddyville this week and
looking after business interests.
Miss Noel Johnson of Colorado
Springs who Is the guest of Mr.anG
las. Ted Wilcox, went to Weldon,
Illinois, Sunday, for a short visit at
the Fred Elliott home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Terrell have
returned from a two weeks visit with
relatives in Ollie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Berry of OF
tHmwa were guests Sunday at the pa
rental Chas. Kussart home.
Rev. c. A Tenney, OF Des MoinCs,
was in Eddyville Sunday attending
the union meeting. Rev. Tenny will
remain for some time working in the
interest of the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Hawk of OF
tumwa, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Nelson,
Ray Odem of Charlton were enter
tanned by Miss Vina Saville Sunday.
Evangelist Phelps left Sunday ev-
ening for Chicago to remain until
Tuesday visiting his family.
Mrs. Alice Sparks of Lynnyille is
visiting relatives and friends in Ed
dyville this week.
A. Paulson, travelling auditor of the
NJ. & st. L., came down from Oska-
loosa Saturday and transacted bust
ness in Eddyville.
Miss Ethel Anderson spent Sunday
in Ottumwa visiting her aunt. Mrs
c. o. swanson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Nelson left Oh
Monday evening for Havre, Montana
to make their home.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
IOWA men ANTS
UNITE FOR F|GE
Ex-eoV. r. o. JACKSON HEA
ORGANIZATION.
AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DsE
Wealthy Greene Co. Farmer Dis,
pears After Marketing a Car Of
Hogs in omaha---Muscatine Wo~
man Mysteriously Attacked.


Des Moines, March THE Iol
association of Men Opposed to Wo
an Suffrage.
Such is the name of the organis
ton formed several weeks ago at I
Chamberlain hotel.
The association has for its pre-
dent former governor Frank
Jackson, vice president, Simon CT
ady, secretary and treasurer, L.
Harbach.
Its executive committee contaii
the names of G. l.. Herrings, Har
n. Polk, r. e, Rollins, j. p. Mardi
Oscar Strauss, John A. Elliott,
4 Phillips, Richard r. Rollins al
Nathan e. Coffin.
The association has issued an a
peal to the Men of Iowa"
That appeal contains this inform
ton:
This organization has bee
formed for the purpose Of distribu
ing information to the voters
iowa concerning the vital questio
Of woman suffrage,
THE thinking, conservative me
of the state should rouse themselye
to a thorough investigation OF TIL
issue which already in a few ives
ern states owes its success largely
misapprehension and apathy on th
part OF the male voters.
IF you believe in the conservatio
Of womanhood; If you believe in III
present exalted position of America
women; If you would save the won
en- of Iowa from politics and pul
lie office for which nature did nc
design them. sign the enclosed appl
cation for membership"
Memberships cost SIS apiece. An.
owe can take any numbre.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
3 WARSHIPS TO BE RETIRED
Alabama, Ohio and Georgia Probably
Will End Their Days as Train.
ing Ships for Reserves,

Philadelphia. March 6.-The battle
ships Alabama, Ohio and Georgia are
to be stricken from the navy roster as
real fighting units and probably will
end their days as training ships for
the naval reserve. This was the as.
sertion made by several officers of the
Philadelphia navy yards.
u One of the officers asserted that the
battleships, despite their excellent
condition, are obsolete and serve no
purpose other than to retard the prog
'ress and impair the efficiency of first
line ships"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Wealthy Farmer Mis-

Council Bluffs, March
= homas Garfield of Greenek
here searching for f. c. N
ears old, a rich farmer nj
son, who disappeared seve.
40 after marketing a ca
hogs at South Omaha. Ht
money derived from the sd
took with him and it is fe
he met with foul play either
ua or Council Bluffs.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
300 AUsTR|ANS
KILLED BY BOMBS
Italian Airmen Bombard Bar
~" racks at Liebach.
IL DIE IN ZEPPELIN RAID
Thirty-Three Others Wounded by Ger
mans in Attack on Northeastern
Coast of EngIand-MiIitary
Stores Destroyed.

London, March 1.-Two of the
greatest air raids of the war were an
nounced. London and Berlin gave
versions of the Zeppelin raid on the
northeast coast of England and from
Italy came word of a raid by Italian
aeroplanes on the city of Liebach
when 500 Austrian soldiers were killed
or wounded in barracks. The raid
was made February 10.
The Italian raid claimed the largest
number of victims of any single &C.
tion by the air fleets of the hostile
nations, while the Zeppelin raid on
England covered a greater area of
ground thar any of the twenty pre-
vious attacks on England from the
air. and for the first time the Ger
mans actually destroyed property of
the government used for war pur-
poses.
Naval Depot ShelIed.
According to the German admiralty,
the naval depot at Hull on the Hum
Der was heavily bombarded, and a
tS"ou WAC oubSI NOu. ne air
ships were violently shelled, but with.
out effect. and all returned unframed
to their base.
The British official report issued
here admits that several shops were
partly destroyed, but the censor does
not allow the publication of the char.
acter OF the shops.
Women and Children Hit.
AS far as is known 40 bombs were
dropped altogether. The casualties. 80
far as ascertained, amount to: Killed,
three men, four women and five chill
dren; injured. thirty-three
In one of the houses wrecked, by
bomb was an aged woman, an invalid
who had been confined to her bed for
seven years. The house came tum-
bling down about her, but she was
dug from the debris unscratched. In
a workman's dwelling woman and
her four children were killed. The
children were all under nine years OF
age.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
FATHER IS A R.R. CONDUCTOR
Parents Of Iowa Boy Blamed For Fire
at EI Paso Are Residents of
Rock Island.

Davenport, March S.--The father
of the man Cross, who it is believed
started the fire in the I'll Paso jail
which resulted in the loss of eighteen
lives, has been found here. He is
Horace w. Cross, Of Rock Island, a
Burlington railroad conductor. The
brother Richard went to bring the
body home. Young Cross attended
Davenport high school and left home
a year ago. He was employed on the
railroad as fireman.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
The Car Famine.

Agent w. +. McCarty OF the M. &
st. l.. freight department has Just
received a bulletin from the Iowa
railroad commission, in regard to a
solution of the present car famine
which is felt throughout the state.
The commission in an effort to solve
the present difficulties and aid both
Iowa shippers and Iowa carriers.
have advised the freight agents. and
shippers. to unload goods received at
their earliest possible convenience;
to always load eyery car ID III ca.
pacity especially grainEs ard never
to order more cars ressrred thar
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
CRUDE OIL AT TOP PRICE
Quoted at $3.50 Barrel at Pittsburgh
Other Grades Advance Pro-
portionately.

Pittsburgh, Pa, March THE 10
seph Seep Purchasing agency an.
nou1ced an ADVANCE Of ten cents a
barrel in the price OF Pennsylvania
crude oil to $3.50 This is the high
est price at which this grade has sold
in a number of years. Other grades
of eastern crude oil were advanced
Prcportionately.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Sian Down.

Tuesdays wind tore loose a large
hanging sign from its anchorage at the
front of the Chas. G, Pike Drug store,
No. 119 High avenue West, and but
for prompt action in removing the big
weight serious damage might have re.
suited and personal injury to pedes-
TRANS was among thu possibilities.
The sign will be replaced as soon as
repairs can be made but 1t will not
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
WELSH IS. DECLARED WINNER
lightweight Champion Defeats Ad
= 'Woisast in Battle Staged at
fGt III ~ Milwaukee.

Milwaukee, March r. Freddie
Welsh, lightweight champion, was
given the newspaper decision over Ad
Wolgast of Cadillac, Mich. In a ten
lcund bout here last night. / lf
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Peoria Elevator Destroyed.

Peoria. ILL.,. March THE .owa
elevator. containing 100000 bushels or
wheat, corn and oats, part of 1t In
tended for shipment to the allies. was
totally destroyed by Ire. The loss Is
about 100000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Woman Burned to peath.

Ackley, March Mrs. Bernard
Hloni, so years old, was bdrned Il
death in fire that destroyed he
home. The aged woman, pioneer
of this section, lived alopS EptSr, 4,
attempt to fight her waye
burning house, Mrs. Bar
her daughterin-law, wa
about the hands and face,
severely. Mrs. Blom is 81 ..
seven children.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
British Steamer Sunk,

London, March z. - The British
steamer Masunda, 1852 tons. has
been sunk. presumably by subma-
rine in the Mediterranean. All on
board, including number OF passen.
gers. were saved.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Ships IN coIlision-seven Perish.

Deal. England, March 7,-Seven sea
men Of the Norwegian steamer Egsro
are believed to have been drowned
when 1t sank after having been struck
by an unknown ateamer near here,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09

ing lower down and this lessI
danger to the bridges.
Residences in the locality
bridges believe the structures 1
t~oe from danger unless thaI
sudden increase in the stage q
occasione'd by heavy rains. y
binary milder weather the ico
viii take care of its self.
People who had moved out
bones on the lower lands on
the river are returning as furtH
ger appears to be unlikely wit
ing conditions.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-09
Mysterious Attack.

Nnscatine, March THE,
scI0ns body of Mrs. John A
~ y.ars old, was found on
dnorsteN of her mothers h
l'rdar morning by searchers
been engaged in an all night
The Young woman. She h
sirT.k over the head with a
rtr&ncn' Of some sort.
Her ,undition is critical.
been able TO make no staten
would clear up the myster,
attack.