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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-11-02
High Schools Saturday.

HIgh schools Saturday. ..-s'
Burlington VS.. ottumwa at Ottum
va. '.'
West Dcs Moines VS.. Fort Dodge
at Des Moines.
East Des Moines VS.. Davenport al
Des Moines
Fairfield VS.. Columbus Junction at
Fairfield. +.H
Marshalltown VS.. Boone at Mar,
shalltown.
Clinton VS.. Sioux City at Clinton.
East Waterloo VS.. Cedar Falls at
Waterloo.
= Algona VS.. Webster City at Algona.
Perry VS.. Newton at Perry.
Ames VS.. Cedar Rapids at Ames.
Corning VS.. Shenandoah at Corn.
ing.
Fremont VS.. Hedrick at Fremont
Knoxville VS.. Sigourney at Knox
vile.
Washington VS.. Wapello at Wap-
ellie.
Only one Iowa game scheduled for
the week end holds the interest of
oskaloosa fans. that one being the
Penn-Central return contest, played
at Peila Friday afternoon. 1t is not
4 state secret. that Pella is planning
lire revenge against the Quakers, for
he stingihg defeat suffered from
Penn several weeks ago. when the
Dutch We're covered under a score OF
so. I Since that eventful date. Con-
raj handed Wesleyan n TO trim
ming, and fell before Ellsworth, 50
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-11-02
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Harry J. Pomeroy, Fremont "a
24S5 ana
Ferne H. Caves, Fremont. ! 20
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-11-02
f @ o I B A LII
oskyls Envlable Record.

osky's Enviable Record.
Oskaloosa 40; Fremont 0.
Oskaloosa So; Sigourney o.
Oskaloosa IS; Knoxville 0.
Oskaloosa as; Charlton 0.
Oskaioosa s; East Des Moines 0.
Oskaloosa As; Grinnell 0.
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Road drags we're out Saturday do
ng effective work.
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Mr.. Bryan Corrected.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
his telegram to Representative Bailey
Colonel Bryan says "a mayor keeps
IN. people II his city out Of the danger
zone during a riot. Can u Government
afford to do less when tho world is in
riot"
Mr.. Bryan may he unable to compre-
bend the difference between the two
situations. but to the man OF average
disccrnnlent they are no more alike than
was the milk and water l-didn't-
mean-it-sort Of diplomacy Of this for
mer Secretary of state and the states
manship Of Washington. jefferson. Lin
coin and Blaine.
The mayor OF a city who warns the
citizens away from IA danger zone has
undisputed jurisdiction owe the territory
in question as Well IN over all parties.
whether law abiding or those in insur-
r~cction. Can Mr.. Bryan recall An in
stance where IA foreign Government has
warned it's subjects to remain away
from certain parts OF "A city during a
| riot in this country? do they not in
stead hold this Government accountable
for the lives and property of their people
engaged In their lawful occupations
| within our domain?
CHAEIE: sTAslss.
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THE ANNAPOLIS MYSTERY,
How Did One Hundred and Thirty.
eight Save Their Bacon

To vi EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: A,
this time when many young men are
intensely Interested IN the examinations
for entrance TO the Naval Academy at
Annapolis IL Is d!stress.n: To read such
= letter as that by Philip NJ. piab q
former midshlprnan I9l7D. published In
The SrS of March 10. This statement
appears to be- n very fair and truthful
account of the recent unprccedented
rcSigna'ions affecting eighty-two mid
Shipuen. The root appears To have
been a friend indeed To 1873 favored
cadets, and N can but feel that condi-
tons at the academy under Mr.. Daniels's
admin stration are deplorable. Surcl!
the academic board and the Secretary
Il the Navy should explain why 49,
Riddles were "essed' back into The Naval
Academy and why certain others were
called pom to resign"
II. as Mr.. paab says, 6.5 per cent
really represents an so To IS per cent
knowledge OF the subjects. ard | hay,
"A letter from a retained midshipmar
confirming the statement. why * N,
public led TO believe that the passinl
mark OF the academy advertised was 81
per cent. The explanation Of the
changed rate Of marking is also pu
very clearly. Who is responsible for tn,
" : "''' ''s '''Ne'NA - tt'
gone into effect just at this time? Ira
dition had followed the same system Of
marking at Annapolis for years, anS
why should IL be changed just now"
Can 1t be possible that such glar!ni
discrimination among the aspirants 70
naval honois is actually "A fact AR
the members OF the academic boart
"amenable to reason" and is II true tina
the only explanation dvanced Is Nv,
have considered the case? II We ar
TO judge Annapolis by Mr., Daab's lette
the personal sacrifices Of the averas
American parent In making il possible
for "A son 10 enter the academy afte
signing off all claim on the boy 10
eight Years are often badly rewarded
BY the grace Of God and Josephus Dan
iels 80 shrank to ~eighty-two. Have tn,
people who support the academy an,
right to know that became Of tho 49,
, who stayed in?
HAMILTON MILLS.
JERSEY CITY. March II.
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terncon session aggravated instead Of

ternoon session aggravated instead Of
mending the breach. Colonel Will
JAMS was not repentant or concilia-
tory. In fact, he frequently beat
down the guard Of the dour Moss,
and used such violent terms :. as
'damnable insinuations." The Colo
mel was full Of fight and asperity,
which Is foreign to a gentleman Of
his quiet and well known
%rcticence.
The suspicion of Senator THoMr.
SON and Mr.. Moss that the Colonel
had broken loose to disrupt the hear.
ing was Of course f~antastical. A
mildcr warrior than Colonel Will.
IAMs never was. lie has spirit but
not stature. and doesn't mind being
investigated. Harsh 1t was Of the
grand inquisitor to call him n come
dian. There Is no comedy In Colonel
WILLIAMS. Why should Mr.. Moss
have asked him whether he had com
manded II regiment? Everybody
knows that the baited gentleman
never set n squadron In the field and
was n civilian Colonel by grace OF
the Hon. DAVID B. HILL. As a mat
ter of fact Mr.. WILLIAMS, who neve,
poses as a military man, Is not re
sponsible II people persist in giving
him military rank. What impression
the activities of the Thompson com
mittee have made on the plastic mine
Of the public Is speculative, but Il
these turbulent scenes are repeated
the question will be easily answered.
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To THE EhiroR OF The SrN-Sir: I
Was much interested in Representative
Carew's letter. and as 1t happens l rave
In mind just such a horrible example
u: Unreasonable conduct" the culprit re-
siding. maybe. In the NJ C.s own dis
trict.
Ia tho iirst place this unnatural citi-
zen was in Europe. He was "eXercis-
ing an unnecessary right" In being there
at all. for the daru.d fuol could have
thrown up his Job when his firm ordered
him 10 50. However. there he was when
his wife over here becam. III. So III did
she become that she took. a foolish
notion that she wanted 10 see him once
a. ain. WAen b" rvt the cable, what does
this ~unreasonirg and reasonable Amer
lean do" Does he communicate with
his Congressman 10 lind out what his
duties ar. IN the premises? Does he
calmly consider that 1t IL his supreme
duty" 10 sit down and wait for IA non-
~b.llig"rent ship! Does he even pause
fol - mom.nt TO realize that he can
easily get mother wife?
No. sir. This sublimated ass deliber-
ately goes and hops on the very first
boat he can get and thereby takes the
~!rrevocable step that might possibly
involve the Government and the people
Of the United States in serious diplo.
matte difficulties, /! Not in war"
II the stocks with him.
WILLIAM Il. THORNTON.
BEooKLYS. March Il.
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The Socialist Candidate.

To n candidate in the Socialist
party has fallen the honor, If honor
it be, Of standing before the country
as the first Presidential nominee
chosen by direct vote OF n party's
membership. Mr.. DEBs. 1t seems, has
had n gcntcel sufIiciency, with four
nominations to BRyAN's three In the
Democratic party; and MIR. ALLAN
LOUIS BENSON Of Yonkers takes
DEBs's place, by virtue of n majority
Of $50 In a total Of 32.39S votes.
Tie Debs vote In 1912 was 901 ,SI3.
The socialist prophets predict, with
the confidence" Indispensable to po-
litical forecasts. n popular vote OF
100000 for their candidates In 1916
1t Is not impossible that, with Mr.
DrBs running and with conditions as
they were In the years Of his candida
cies, the vote might have reached
100000. But how do the candidates
and existing extraordinary condi
tionS support the expectation OF q
&C % per cent. advance?
Mr.. BENSON is described as "ar
anti preparedness pacifist." He al
| mits no possibility Of invasion by {
European Power. We're there to Ii
such AN invasion we should. he ad
| mits. have armies: but, like BRYAN
he believes they could he created
trained and equipped between suppe'
time and bedtime. His views oi
our relations with Mexico arc equal!
patriotic and sane.
II IS easier To know next week
weaih,H. IN the skies than the So
ciali>t mind, but II Is beyond imagi
nation To picture Gun.oO0 new file
slipping this poison from the bow
with the wet black paper IN II.
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enormous influence Of quinine on the
welfare of mankind Is presented by
the abolition of the malarial scourge
from the Panama Zone by Surgeon
GoRGAs of the United States army,
who removed the cause by destroying
the anopheles mosquito but relied
upon quinine for material and In
%dispensable aid.
The value and utility Of Quinine In
medical practice we're illustrated dur
ing the civil war, when Its price rose
to 81 an ounce. Since the present
war began 1t has fluctuated from AZ
cents to $3.50 and may reach IA much
higher figure.
All honor TO the memory OF Sir
CLEMENTS MARKHAM, whose practical
| foresight checked the imminent ex'
haustion of the cinchona tree Mt n
time when 1t was recklessly sacrificed
for immediate profit By stripping the
bark from young and old trees.
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tics. And however great and well rec
ognized our debt to France, we shall
not best discharge It by participating
in the present struggle for the salts
faction Of sentiment, sympathy or am
bition. France. seeking a quarrel with
England. made our quarrel hers; but
that is no justification for u max
ing Frances quarrel ours.
We cannot sustain Il comparison
with France, man for man and dol.
lar for dollar. unless we give aid as
a nation. There Is still room for an
immense total of assistance privately
bestowed. and the thousands OF Amer
leans who feel gratitude toward
France and sympathy for her are not
withholding this just and proper help
from her in the stress Of to-day.
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GUNMAN OF THE SEAS.
The Submarine Declared 10 BE an In,
strument Of Assassination.

To the EDITOR OF THE SrS-Su, Son.
ator Sutherlands pithy phrasinp n, o..
submarine controversy as quoted IN your
editorial article Of March o "Nv oun
view of the matter is thai ,h, non,
weapon must yield TO the law ana mo-,
that the law mus, WELD IN ,ho nav,
weapon" is "A happv d,snnsi,,nn -,
foolishly protracted dispute Th. WE,
House would do we'll 10 mode, mo, 49,.
the manner and tho matter ,f So,.,or
Sutherlaud's brief and co,nn,.to 80;
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Does Germany Want Peace?

While MAMMALIAN HARDES is not
the mouthpiccc of the German Gov
eminent, and edits a newspaper that
was lately under the ban, there may
be n strain Of inspiration In the
vigorous article printed in Die
Zukuntt which urges the Government
10 begin negotiations for peace forth
with 1t can do ST. without humilia-
ton. according to the ablest political
writer In Germany, who says:
Germany has heaped victory upon
victory. Upon her. therefore. devolves
the duty OF making an offer Of peace.
Such an offer could only add to and
not diminish her prestige. 1t would be
a proof OF her strength, not weakness
But why, It may be asked, should
TO %overturcs? Because, says MAXI.
MILAN HAEDEN with unfaltering
frankneSs. she needs peace. He nd.
mits that the Government Is beset
with difficulties. There Is IA dearth
of Indispensable raw materials" the
third harvest Will be hard to gather,
men, it is s~uspiciously insisted. are
10 yet lacking; and the war expendi.
ture has become alarming. Does no,
Herr lIAIDEN speak for the grea,
steamship m%agnates of Hamburg
when he lamcnts that ut the end OF
three years Of war Eve should have
lost every one Of the commercial
markets where we had established
positions which were seemingly i'm.
rr%esnable"?
Nothing for Il long time has beer
printed in Germany that SO plainl,
points 10 Il general desire for peace
and IL may be suspected that II tn,
Government could make n fair bar
gain and quit the wal with honor 4
would do 50.
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CALIFORNIA GATES.
No Wonder the Governor and His
Party Ate Too Much.

To THE Eprron OF THE SrN-Sir: The
observant san Francisco can has had
a long distance phone talk with the
capital OF this state and heard things
which prompted II 20 ask, "Did the Gov
crnor Of New York and his party eat
too much when they We're In California
at the eNi,nsition?' Answering its own
question. the newspaper says:
az course they did. Everybody does
IN california How can they help !; when
there IL 20 much to eat and everything is
~ good?
The can man writes after a stroll,
through a market place. lie has seen
mushrooms, great. big. luscious. Juicy
ones 30 cents a pound fresh aspara-
gus. cheap and abundant: ~artichokes
which the maiketmen are Amos, willing
20 throw INTO you basket for good
measure strawhsrrics-the late Senate,
Gym. o. that state always had his
served in a soup plate and logan,
berries. b.lckbe!r.es. raspberries. buckle.
berr.es-pdy very little and take our
choice"
But they are not vegetarians. The
smiling sea food man offers barracuda
ponpano. sea trout. sea bass, salmon
rock cod, si,Ncr srnclt. crayfsh, crab
shrimps III their Jackets all the food
t'''SH''H u tHc sea- pIousNt by lateef
sil.boat> trum the fishing banks o,
santa cruz, Monterey, santa barbara
The gam" stalls are always stocked
California being so big. with so man,
climates. there are open seasons some,
Where always. canyasbaCk, mallard
e "a Jack sn!pe. plovcr. veniSon. Fruit
Figs, dates, apricots-but the sp,ri. o.
envy calls halt. The list of native wines
as good IS any IN the world is tan.
talizing.
No wonder the Governor OF New Yorl
and his party ate too much. T. w
NEW YORK, March II.
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Our Aid to France.

From {; member Of the United
States Marine Corps ONE the fol
lowing letter:
'Win you kindly give me through the
columns of TIE L an idea OF Just
what aid the French nation gave us in
Revolutionary times, and Then place over
against hat In parallel column "A state
mcnt showing just what we have done
for them In their hour OF need? ! be-
i!eve that we suffer by comparison
Such Il comparison Is impossible.
There exists no way of measuring
the amount of assistance given to
France in this war by Americans act
ing as individuals. Money, credit,
food, clothing and supplies of every
kind have constituted Il small but in
complete index of the extent of Amer
lean sympathy for the French nation.
But all OF these gifts have been the
acts OF private persons, whereas the
Invaluable aid of France to the strug-
Cling Colonies was governmental. Let
It be granted, however, that French
| assistance to the American cause at
| the time of the Revolution that gave
this country birth was tremendously
greater than American aid to France
mt the present time. 4 more impor-
tant aspect of the matter remains.
l. such II comparison aS that called
for by our correspondent just and
proper? If not, only harm can follow
from indulginC In It, French aid was
given us primarily to deal "A blow nj
England. 1t WAS sought by us nnd
the hestowal was virtually an act
of war. How foremost in the minds
and his sovereign was the idea oil
striking at Britain was revealed n
the close of the Revolution, wher
N~ERGENNEs did what he could Il
thwart n settlement that did not sat
isfy his purposes. French help TO the
American Colonies wns n game o.
s~tatccraft In which the French pcO
pie had not much say.
The situation to-day Is entirely diff
fercnt. Frances enemies are not oul
enemies, nor has France sought on
help, France does not stand alone
n little, uniformed nation strugglin,
against II mlghtier Power. This cOun
try has n form Of government which
does not permit M Or two men to us.
It's resources IN o game Of world poll
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DR.. Hrandcp Matthew's Betrayal OF
the lntcllectusIs.

To an audience of men and women
noted for their varied culture and for
their enthusiasm for the elevation of
the stage Dr. BRANDrR MATTHEWS
dared To utter these iconoclastic
words: II believe that the greatest
enemy of the drama is the highbrow."
Or. MATTHEWS followed up the exc
cution he had done with his high ex-
plosive shell by attacking the trenches
Of the highbrows with shrapnel.
Being In the best sense a highbrow
himself the effect of his guns was all
the more devastating upon the help.
less victims Of his common sense. lie
spoke a good word for commercialism
in the drama. called attention to the
fact that SHAKESPEARE always wrote
for money. praised the efforts of
American dramatists TO depict life
as 1t Is In this environment. and
deplored the fact that many Of our
young and promising native play.
wriChts are spoiled by their tendency
TO be more artiicially intellectual
than naturally dramatic.
The audacious highbrow who had
turned against his fellow highbrows
went 81 far as To dcnounce the dra.
matte societies formed to teach their
members how 10 know the wild plays
from the tame. how To get spiritual
uplift from their t~heatregoing, rather
than mere amusement and mental
rest and refreshment. lie pointed tC
the fact that the merits Of SHAKE
srEiRE had been recognized by ths
public many generations before
Shakespeare societies came into eN
istcnce. The attempt by organized
highbrows { o apply to the Americnr
stage the initiative. the referendum
and the recall was ridiculed by DR.
MATHEWS in n way that should tent
To clarity the mnddlcd minds Of man!
worthy people who consclentiously de
sire to do their best 10 make our con
temporary drama an institution o
which we may be proud.
Dr. MATTHEWS has shown clearl.
that In regard to the stage "A man "a
woman may be II highbrow withou
being n rainbow chaser.
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Such . Scene In q Com mittee Room

The Thompson legislative inquiry
will be taken seriously by no II If
counsel and witnesses indulge in per-
>onalities, profanity and dire threats.
ON Saturday its judicial calm was
disturbed by an awful scene between
Inquisitor FRANK Moss, whose repu-
tation for high emprise and Qnench-
less yalor has never been sullicd, and
Colonel TIMOTHY :. WILLIAMS, who
was never known as n fighting man.
1t Is true that the war of words and
but the dignity Of a legislative sub.
committee, which represents the State
of New York, is supposed to continue
from hearing to hearing. A mere
cessation of the committees labor,
to 90 TO lunch does not change IT,
character: besides, the passage III
| arms between the Colonel and Mr.
! Moss occurred In the august hail OF
inquiry.
Ii was most unfortunate that Colo
| mel WILLIAMS lost control of u TEN
per usually under perfect control an,
characterized Il statement of tn,
rugged Moss, not in the record. nS ~
uutruth, using the short ana ugly
word with an adjectiynl big ID, an,
warning the veteran inquisi'or tina
he would be held to n "Strict account
ability phrase aptly taken from
the language Of international rela
tons. In the rally that followed tn,
verbally assaulted man did not dis
tlnguish himself, Certainly this re
tort was not according to the code:
'Tyo are not IN the South. and
won't hit you in the face. I'll just cal
you n comedian, That's what you are
The sequel shed no lustrc ON ciuhe
c|ombatant. We forbenr to repca
what those nervous gentlemen sal,
to each other. Unused to persona
controversy when not under oath an,
suffering from unpreparedncss, the,
made rather a sorry set-tn' The al
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TO THE Enron OF TIE SvN-SH:
have sent tho letter below 10 Represen-
tatiye Carew. II 8. RODGERS,
NEW York. March II.
-
DEAR Srp: 7 have rand with much
interest yolr letter Of March 7. ad-
| dressed TO your constituents. As a re-
arkab exsmple OF "trlmm,ne' and
irving TO carry water on both shoulders.
no ietter ia hard to surpass. YUi say
M. It,. =. ...... .,.., On
80. 80.
49,. m.oa "pon .no ..S,,n
w.. -.
800 - "' y"
'"o",' su'.enuer.
i 'h'nh 'hat an american e''iLem WI"
raves on ono OF such fn'ps Is sui.,y ..
q treasonabie disresard OF the supreme
pa'riotie duty which every man owes u
MS country.
SO FAR as 1 am concerned 1 VIII % IN
cllned to regard with indifference the tate
OF u man who disresards THIS warning
In other words, you arc Indifferent to
what YOU acknowledge to he the rights
| of Americans. Your warning is like
| the one issued from the German Em-
| bnssv warning Americans not TO travel
on the L,rsitania.
Congress- having succeeded through
! the se.linen's act in seriously Gripping
| the American merchant marine and
nearly driving Il from the seas. will you
| kindly inform me lust how an Ameri-
can can travel without occasionally be-
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VILLA TRUE TO Y
A Great Blunder Was Made In Treat
Ing Him rs y Leader.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
,ia mining villa for the attack upon
columbus let us not overlook the fact
that "a great part, II not the greater
part, of the responsibility for what ~
happening on the border rests with our
own Government. In private life any
citizen who furnished a murderous Out.
law with weapons would be held
morally, II not legally, gnAlty OF a crime
against society. This Is precisely
the Wilson Administration has done In
the case Of villa.
II the President was ignorant OF
Villas true character 1t was only be-
cause he chose to be no. beginning his
administration with preconceived IDEAS
upon the Mexican question. he sent IN
v%estigators to Mexico. two OF whom.
John Lind and Dr. Hale, would listen to
no statement rejecting unfavorably upon
the activities Of the Constitutionalists.
Somewhat later, IN January, 1914. came
the murder of William Benton. which
gave conclusive proof, II proof were
needed, Of what villa really was.
To an inquiry sent from Washington
concerning the killing Of Benton. villa
sent an insolent reply. and when TINS
insult was not resented he realized tnat
henceforth he might treat the United
states Government Just as he pleased.
va tn"' "e s"'" Si'"' -.a.a
the three months siege VI .>aeo. ",co
when every ia! nuiiets i.on' ~ III
OF ms soiuiers ieii upoh a"net.oal o
kiIiing ana IN al hi'S-'"o
our citizens. Too timid to demand that
firing Into our territory be stopped. the
ADMINISTRATOR sent oeh.i"i S,ote w
confer win VIVA ana 10 peg o nni' @s
= fa'or 10 siioot ITO nio'e ~ ~
oorder' Inns course was N"I,eu 49,
press OF tho Ihi'eu oA.es 10 e'o
o' uipionlacy' no one, apparently. "p.
pteclauhs the isnoniihy VI se'u.ns .
SiaJoi-oeherai Oh u"e .h,.eu jaw
army 10 peg ia'ors OF IL "iuInere''
As TO VITA a man whose ineh'a'
cal!bre was no greater thah 'hat OF Jach
Johnson, the pugilist. was suduehiy eie.
waited from the opscurity OF the IRE on
a fugitive from justice 10 a position III
which ior a time ne attracted the ~
tention OF the whole ciVilized woriu
SURROUNDED Dy toadies ana Hatterero' ny
writers OF trashy magazine artlcies' py
photographers. by "conndentiaI agents,