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The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-21

Ottumwa's fire fighting delegation
returned home at noon yesterday,
leaving after the fire was well under
control. The Ottumwa boys did
great service for Oskaloosa.
- - -
Ottumwa was forced to leave sew
eral hundred feet Of hose when they
returned home yesterday. The
lines in several places were so frozen
and ice coated that it was impossible
to load them in the Ottumwa truck.
- - -
Firemen are of the opinion that
the blaze in the Eagle club building
started through the skylight. The
first fire was noticed about this light
and the flames spread from there to
all parts of the structure.
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Oskaloosa firemen spent yesterday
afternoon in the station drying out
dampened clothing and trying to
thaw out, after morning of hard
work in the biting cold.
- - -
The origin of the fire in the old
Bashaw livery barn, occupied by
Victor & Turner, is puzzling the 10
cal firemen and department. The
blaze was not discovered until well
under way. The flames seemed to
start in the center of the barn. and
rapidly spreading involved the entire
building.
A great deal of favorable comment
is current concerning the excellent
telephone service, given the public,
during the fire Friday morning by
the exchange operators. Service das
prompt and accurate and the opera
tors always obliging. The following
operators were on duty during the
fire. Mrs. H. Gregory, Mrs. Name
Reynolds, Mrs. Hattie Silverthorne,
Miss Edith Covey, Miss Gail KEEP
per, Miss Dorothy Whitsell and Win
fired Finerty. The office was work
ng one operator short.
Long distance service took a big
jump during the day. Over two hun
bred and fifty long distance calls
we're handled through the local Of
flee. The long distance work was
cared for by Mrs. Dollie Hill, Miss
Lucille Smits and Miss Lulu Looka-
baugh.
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Penn School of Commerce exper-
fenced considerable loss in yester-
days fire. Manager H. e. Kilmer
The equipment of the school was in.
jured by smoke and water, while
several machines were destroyed by
firI. >
A number have expressed the idea
that the site of the old Victor &Turn-
er barn would be an ideal location
for an uptodate and modern theatre
and play house.
~ :-s-:- -.
Removal ofo the burned bodies Of
the horses trapped in the Victor &
Turner barn, will be an unpleasant
task and one which few will desire
- - -
The estimates given of several fire
losses were somewhat exaggerated
1oubtedlessly caused by the excite
ment of the occasion. c. E. Schmidt
Of the Leader has placed his loss at
about half the amount given yester.
ia.
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Fire in the destroyed Beadle
building blazed up again this fore
noon, necessitating the service of
the department.
- - -.
During the progress of the fire
Friday morning nine streams of
water were used. This is perhaps
the largest number ever brought in.
to play at fire in Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-21
Many Entertainments Planned.

Oska'oosa will have host holt
day visitors in town aud numerous
entertainments are being planned
for the holiday week. eE
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-21
streets Roped OF.

The streets about the fire district
have been blockaded and traffic stop
ped. Fear of falling walls has causes
the city to take these precautional
measures.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-12-21

Fire in the destroyed Beadle
building blazed up again this fore
noon, necessitating the service OF
the department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
GOVERNMENT WANTS
PREPAREDNESS DATA
Quick Action Urged Upon Engineer
ing Societies in Securing Facts
About Industrial Plants.

Charles R. Marsh, one of the many
members of the various engineering
societies of the United States who are
engaged, without pay, in collecting
preparedness data regarding indus
tries, received telegram yesterday
afternoon which indicates the serious
ness of the present situation as viewed
by officials. The telegram read as fol
lows:
"Quick action now necessary indus
trial inventory. Complete your work
and report results to this office June
"a. (signed) Frank o. Sinclair, chair
man.
Mr.. Marsh, after he had shown the
telegram to Reformer representa-
tive, remarked that the heads Of in
dustries in this section did not appre-
ciate, apparently, the mighty effort
that IS being made by the government
through the medium Of the committee
on industrial preparedness, which is
doing the necessary field work through
members Of various organizations who
are working in the interests of the
government entirely without pay. Not
only that, but they are paying the
bills for the kilograms and postage
that are coincidcnt with following out
the details Of the instructions received
/ by them.
| In several instances the letters
mailed to the various concerns, whose
! lines Of business might be in the ma
ture of Il help in time of need to the
/ government, each of which contained
the necessary blank to fill out, as out
I lined in The Reformer June ;, have
/ l.
the field agent called, the head # the
concern admitted that he had paid ~
attcAtion to the matter, not consider
ing that his concern could be Of pos
sible use to the government.
Mr.. Marsh urges that those manu-
facturers within his territory which is
that of southern Vermont, take up the
matter at once as he is obliged to file
his report Saturday.
Whatever information is asked il
the circular form to be filled ont i
, for governmental purposes in time o.
need only. 1t is non-partisan and noa
political and is being done absolutel,
without expense to the governmcl
> and. so far as the field aides are con
cerned, at considerable personal eX
, pense.
Completed, it will provide a compre
hensive report of the industrial an,
producing resources Of the Unite
States and locate each product ant
f plant specifically, with all uecessar
details. in order that the government
- may, in time of great need, call up0
any or all individual plants, for tn
% manufacture of materials or the pr,
: duction Of articles that VIII aid j
I maintaining the aatioa in an emcr2cr
1 cy. There is nothing in the reques
+ that should be lodged by an indivi1
+ ual or a corporation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
REOPEN DORSET oUARRIEs.
Development Begun on Kent & Root
Property Idle 25 Years.

RUTLAND, June 2l.-A real estate
deal has just been completed which
viii mean the re-development of an
other of the many marble industries
in the Dorset range which have been
abandoned for p years. Three or four
such deals have been put through
within two years and the region,
which of late years has had only one
or two isolated plants, is again be
coming a marble center.
p. +. Mccormack, one Of the heads
Of the Clarendon Marble company OF
West Rutland, has bought the Kent x
Root property of 80 acres at South
Dorset. Through it runs a vein of light
variegated stone. There is an old dam
on a branch of the BattenkiH river
which runs through the site and Mr..
Mccormack is installing a water wheel
and generator, expecting to develop
water power. He will begin soon talk
ing blocks from the quarry which has
been unused for quarter of a eentu-
~. The tract cost approximately
$4,000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
GREATER VERMONT MEETING.
Large Number of Notable Speakers
Record Breaking Attendance.

The Greater Vermont association has
been successful in securing q not
able company of speakers for the an
nual meeting and dinner to be held at
Montpelier on July y and -. a spe
ciaI feature Of the occasion will be the
presence of representatives from Yer
mont associations in other states, who
are eager to join with the Vermont
crs of Vermont in celebrating the
125th anniversary of Nermont's adj
mission to the Union. The conference
promises to exert profound influence
on the development of all organizations
in Vermont towns and cities.
The association urges the attend
ance of large delegations from all
Vermont civic and commercial and ag-
ricultural organizations, and very
heartily invites every Vcrmonter in
terested in Vermont development to
be present. Ladies viii be welcome at
the meeting on the afternoon Of July
IL and the gallery of the auditorium
viii be reserved for them on the even
ing of that day, so that they can
hear the speaking after the dinner.
All desiring accommodations should
| communicate at once with the Pavilion
! Hotel. the Montpelier House, Miller g
Inn, or, if rooms in private houses are
! desired, with the secretary Of the
Montpelier board of trade. Those de
string garage facilities should inform
the secretary of the Montpelier board
| Of trade.
Tickets for the annual dinner should
| he secured at once from the secretary
of the Greater Vermont association
| Stannard Memorial building, Burling
ton.
The program is as follows: p. m.
speakers Edward c. Smith. president
Of the Central Vermont railroad. Ma
ior General Leonard Wood, United
States army, Carl Erooman. Unite
States assistant secretary Of agricul
ture; John Barrett. director general OF
the Pan American congress.
= Annual dinner, Auditorium. city hall
$40 u. III. Speakers George Harvey
editor Of the North American Review
ROLAND II. Spaulding, governor Of New
, Hampshire, Edward \. Fileuc, Boston
chamber Of commerce, Theodore \
, Vail, president Of the American Tele
phone & Telegraph Co. James Hustis
%, president of the Boston & Maine rail
, road, Samuel W. Mccall. governor O
- Massachusetts. Wendell p. Stafford
7 Judge Of the supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia
Guests of honor at the dinner-Ad
miral Charles +. Clark, United State
- navy, General Leonard Wood. Unite
States army, Carl Nrooman, Unite
States assistant secretary of agricu
ture, John Barrett, director general G
Il the Pan American congress. Joshua |
u Brooks, president of the Eastern State
: Agricultural and Industrial exposition
. the governor and the eX-govcruors c
Il Vermont, tile senators and congressme
r. Of Vermont, presidents of Vermont a
" sociations in other states.
Thursday. July II, conference on o.
; ganizatin work and methods - IL
? Memorial room, city hall: Morning, a
= ternoon and evening sessions under TIL
d leadership Of Lucius E. Wilson.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
Defense Against First Sign
of Aggression to Be
Sharply Executed
PERSHING'S FORCES AT
ADVANTAGEOUS POINT
Are in Position to Get Control of Two
Railroad Lines and Dominate Situa-
ton South of Chihuahua City-No
Notifications in Evidence.


Ell PASO, June 21.-In military cir
cles here it was agreed last NIGHT that
+ha ,,,ori,o., 1ae,, ;. -
"s"''''' ','
SIiShIe9' HcAleaH aggression would De
a swift and sharply executed move. In
dicatious which piled up from various
Mexican towns along the border. noin+-
oil ~. +be rrobohil;+,, that +b, fr,+ ao,1,
oA -N''i.' II al regulars over lhe inter
national boundary, II they DO go over,
WON'T meet with ohIJ Il shght resist
ahce. Men, women and children IN
THESE tenters are belng ordered south
ward "liI-e merchants nave beeh IN
atruct"d to move their goods to lnte-
nor points. lhefe has been no prepa-
ration Of trenches or other fortifca-
tons.
American military men say that the
MeNcan othcers who crossed over in
| to FL Paso when the Scott-Obregon
conference was on and witnessed the
| display OF United States regulars, real
| ize well that the poorly-equipped and
! lly-drllled poems under the Mexican
banner would have no chance III an
engagement with the Americans. They
predict the Mcxicans will make re
! treating fight, should clash occur.
StratcgIsts here point out the splen-
did military position of General Per
shing 5 forces at Namiquipa. South
least of this point Is the Santa Clara
Canon, which cuts through a spur OF
the Sierre Madre mountains and pro
vides a comparatively short route tC
lLaguua, on the Mexican Central rai|
road Laguna is about 40 miles from
Juarez and 90 miles from Chihuahua
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
DROPS 1000 FEET; UNHURT.
Army Aviator Just Misses Falling Into
Deep Canyon.

COLUMBUS, \. NJ, June 21.-
Lieut. Carlton d. Chapman, an army
aviator plotting a biplane, dropped with
his machine near here yesterday from
an altitude Of 1000 feet without suf-
fering injuries other than few
scratches The aeroplane landed at the
base of mountain and only careful
manoeuyring saved the operator from
falling into deep canyon near by.
Lieut.. Chapman had assembled to a
height Of 5000 feet when the propeller
began to work badly. lie made haste
to descend: ut 1000 feet the propeller
broke and the engine began to race.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
STRANGE WRECK KILLS GIRL.
Crushed by Coal Car That Had Been
Struck by Trolley Car.

WILK ESBARRF. Pa, June 21-
Nellie Phillips, 20, of Edwardsville.
near here, was killed when she was
crushed between n steel coal car and
a fence on the main street of the town,
as the result of n peculiar accident.
As the coal ear, ON n siding, running
to a mine, was crossing the street it
was struck by a trolley car, which up
set it and trapped the girl, who was
walking on the sidewalk.
The street car was in charge of \
crew taking the place Of strikers, who
saved themselves from the vengeance
of the crowd by fleeing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
PATIENT QUICKLY RECOVERED.
Suffering Ended When Doctor An
nounced Prescription.

LAFAYETTE. Ind June 2l.-
Physicians were hurriedlv summoned to
n local brewery yesterday and there
found man writhing ON the floor, APP
parently at the point Of death. Dr..
Harry J. Laws conducted an examina-
ton and then asked for an ounce Of
carbolie acid. This man has but an
hour to live he said There is no
need in permitting him to suffer. We
will Just put him out of his misery.
Like hell ycu viii, - came from the
man as he bounded out the door.
The physician recognized after his
examination that the man was sham
ming to obtain free drink. His " suf-
frring' ended Immediately at the ply
stefan s first mention of the poison.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

clerk, open at specified hours for the
transaction of commercial business.
Detachments detailed by General
Francisco Gonzalez, on the Mexican
side of the Rio Grande, and General
George Bel, jr., on the American side,
to investigate reports that the body of
an American, killed in Texas, had been
found ON the chihuahua side, reported
they were unable to find any trace of
such a body.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

The neighbors never before saw the
equal of the thousands of plants going
out from Il Clark Ave, addressed all
over N. E. Acclimated plants have
proven the reason. And so many for
25c-12O or moreno time to count.
&Roots 3 inches longl All shades of
the chrysanthemum type. Early yet. On
sale all June.
I'm ground. A. II. HARVEY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

FOR SALE-Business chances. Dry
goods business in hustling Connect
cut valley town, doing $4,000 annual
business. Feed and grain business do
ing $4,000 annual business. Old re
liable creamery business doing $23, 900
annual business. Drug business doing
$1,000 annual business. lee cream
business in live town. Hardware and
plumbing business doing $4,000 an
town. Cottage of three rooms, barn
and boat house at Crescent lake, 400
feet water front; 40 acre farm stock,
crops and tools, snug buildings near
two villages in Aeworth, n. II. Cat
alopuc free Of 300 properties all shown
by f. II. Blodgett, Charlestown, \. II
Q6-lO7
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
NORTHFIELD. MASS.

Mr.. and Mrs. y. w. Keet. Mrs H.
NJ. Bristol and Mrs. +. Ambler Weleh
attended the Pomona Grange meeting
in Gill last week.
The auxiliary of Sons of Veterans
will serve a strawberry shortcake
supper at the Sons of Veterans hall
Friday evening from 6 to 80 o clock.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

FOR SALE - lI-r00m house, two
bath rooms, furnace and gas, large lot
and barn, lO7 Canal Street. Price
$500. Also No. 60 and G2 cottage
houses on Oak Grove Ave Price
50, 700 each. William c. Horton,
Agent. Tel. 29G-R. 1897
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
Phone 552-R.

The war has increased the majority
Of women and girls in the British
isles at least to 100000, and the end
is not vet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

FOR SALE - Seven-room cottage
house All modern improvements, hard
wood finish, maple floors. Fine hen
house and garden. Near ear line. Price
very low. Apply to Mrs George w.
Bailey, 30 Clark Ave. 9j-99*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

Because the price of waste paper has
advanced it Is false economy to waste
more.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

FOR SALE One quartered oak
buffet, ! extension dining table, l
serving table, 6 dining chairs. all prac
tically new. Mrs. Il. j. Eldridge, >
Hiphlawn Road. 9G-9St
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
The MOnadnOCk Mills
CLAREMoNT, N. H.

want help for its weaving, spinning
and earding departments. Good pay
and steady work. Experience mncces-
sary. Mill has just advanced wages 10
per cent. Largest town in New Hamp-
shire. Write for further information,
or come direct to Mill Office.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Bay horse, s years old,
sound and a good driver; also l new
carriage, express wagon and harness.
G.. n. Bond, 3 Locust st. Tel. 231-X.
G6.tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-21

WILLIAM SHAW & CO, house
painting and interior decorating; full
line of wall paper samples; II Ma
pie Street Tel. 7O4-J 53-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-18

decided to try bottle of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t worked
from the first bottle, so took a second
and a third, also bottle of Lydia f.
Pinkhan's Blood Purifier, and now arr
just as well as any other woman. adj
wise every woman, single or married,
who is troubled with any of the afore-
said ailments, to try your wonderful
Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier
and am sure they will help her to get
rid of her troubles. - Mrs. ELSIE j.
WANDER SANDE, Z Goodwin Street, Pat
erson, N. j.
Women suffering with any form of
female ills, or any symptoms that they
do not understand, are invited to write
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. (confidentiaD, and receive
advice wholly free Of cost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-18
Dog Which Ran
AMUCk and BIT
CHILDREN RAblD
Six Little Girls Will Be
Given Pasteur Treatment
at Homes Here.

DR.. w. G. Pittman. analytical chem
list, who examined the head of the dog
which Monday bit six children while
the youngsters We're playing on the
Sixth avenue school grounds, report
ed yesterday that tHe dog was un-
doubtedly suffering with hydrophobia.
and within a very short time the
family physicians of each of the FAM
lilies had ordered Pasteur serum, and
all the children will take the pasteur.
ization treatment at their homes.
1t was stated yesterday there is
no doubt the deg which was killed,
and the head of which was examined
by DR.. Pittman, was really the dog
which bit the children. Some doubt
had been expressed on this score, but
the carcass of the animal was viewed
by persons who knew the dog, and
this doubt was dispelled. The dog
bit a number of other dogs before 1t
was killed, and owners of all dogs are
being urged to watch the animals for
untoward and suspicious symptoms.
The children who suffered bites by
the dog are Florence Rutstein, Edith
Gray Lucille Cransley, Nettie Brad
ford, Arts Carmical and Seldom Hes
ton Each is now in the care of a
physician, and as soon as the Pasteur
serum arrives from the laboratory,
the treatment will be started. So uni
versally successful is this treatment,
when administered without loss Of
time, that the attending physicians
are confident there IS no cause for
worry OF anxiety in the matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-18

entitled to an evening off once in a
while? And you certainly aren't
afraid to stay in the apartment by
yourself?"
4 was alright up until twelve
O'clock" she explained, land I was
really glad you were having an even
ing off, as you call it. But after that
1 began to worry. l feared you had
met with an accident I couldn't
bring myself to believe you would de-
liberately stay out md not phone me
as you could have done so easily"
Norman reached for his cigarette
case. Il started to phone you just
about one O'clock" he said, "but 1
knew it would mean a long discus
sion of the matter over the phone and
that I'd never be able to make you
understand that Smith considered it
just '-e shank of the evening" as
men say, and that he'd think I was
henpecked and all that if 1 told him
you wanted me home"
"You could have told him I was
taken ill suddenly"
He shook his head and smiled.
"Oh, no, that wouldn't have done at
all-he's been married ten years."
WELL" continued his wife, passing
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-10-18
negro MUST
TAKE PLACE AS
man.. NOT BABY
Speakers at Negro Lodge
Urge Members Of Race to
Do Their Part.
(By Charles Stewart.o

"'Fhe negro must take his place as
man and not as baby" declared
J. L. Horace of Fort Worth, Texas,
in addressing Pine Bluff camp No. 3,
of the American Woodmen (negroes)
in Miller's theatre building last night
1--WE are now fifty years from slav-
cry and the world is demanding of
us to do our work, and do it we'll,
continued Horace. ut is not asking
who was your father or what he
could do, but who are you and what
can you do? If you cannot measure
up, then stand aside
The following officers were install
ed:
Prof. a. r. Reeves, commander;
Prof. J. C. Johnson, vice commander;
BERTHE l.. DeLyles,1 clerk: Ollie B.
Wilks, assistant clerk; A. T. Wash
ington, banker; J. w: w. Clark, es-
cort; Effie L. Wiley. recorder; Prof.
J. G. lsh, Jr., auditor; Rev. R. M.
Perrin, prelate;, Jos. Richie, watch
man; J. f. Lyles, sentry; James H.
Edwards, medical examiner; S. j.
Sexton, chairman sick committee.
The officers were installed by
JCklICS L. VIM was etooASISU
by e. e. Bright.
Prof. J. G.. lsh, superintendent OF
the branch normal college, delivered
an address, congratulating the camp
on the good work being done and
the efforts being put forth for the
good of the whole race.
I'VE are trying to educate our
children to make them good, law
abiding citizens. We feel that since
the state is doing so much for us,
we must do our part in giving the
state good men and women. This
state is full of opportunities for US
ALL" he said.
Charles Stewart. A. NJ, D. D., of
Chicago, was introduced and spoke
briefly.
A number of new members were
received into the camp, and following
the installation of officers, a ban
guet was served.