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


age of veterans of the civil war an
their wives and widows has brougn
into the Iowa Soldiers Home here tn
largest membership in recent years
On only one other occasion, on Eel
8, 1910, were there more member
present than are here now, and tn
increase was only twenty-one.
There are to-day 1,169 member
of the home and 926 of them-66
men and 262 women--are present
The absentees, 1877 men and 116 VIC
men, are absent on furlough TIL,
membership is larger by $50 than 1
was year ago.
There is not a bed in the institution
for woman to-day, and many are OF
the waiting list. Thirty or forty more
men can be accommodate by placin,
in cots in the halls of the main build
ing. The hospital is crowded will
210 patients, and one man who came
in yesterday for hospital treatment
had to sleep-'on cot as there was nj
room in the wards. Husbands and
wives are separated in the old PEG
pies building, awaiting the time wher
deaths will permit them to occupy
permanent quarters there. The wo
men are being cared for on cots
placed in the parlors of the old PEG
pies buildings, while the men occupy
the main building
Because of their increasing age
members who years ago took dis
charges are now returning. One case
is shown of man who left the home
twenty years ago. 4
An interesting comparison, made
with the report of Com. Milo Smith
twenty-five years ago this week.
shows an average membership of
379 for the four years the home had
then been open. The average age
of the members Of the home then
was fifty-sven years. Now there is
not a man in the home under 70, and
many of them are past the fourscore
mark.
May Split Fines.
Des Moines, Nov. 2O-County attor-
neys in each of the ninety-nine Iowa
counties will be affected by decision
handed down by the state suprefe
court. The decision was returned in
the case of Story county versus Fred
Hanson, county attorney.
The county sued Hansen for $50,
which represented 10 per cent of fines
imposed in liquor cases, and the court
held that under the law county attor-
neys were entitled to 10 per cent of
all fines imposed in liquor cases, eth
or criminal or in equity.
1t was pointed out that in larger
counties where prosecutions for liquor
violations have been many and heavy
fines have been imposed, the attOr-
ney's share might amount to several
thousand dollars.
Married Sixty-Five Years.
Delta, Nov. 2O.-Mr. and Mrs. John
S. Hawley, of Delta. Iowa, will cele-
brate their sixty-fifth wedding ami
versary on Monday. Nov. 81. Mr..
Hawley was IS years old Aug. 10, 1916
and Mrs. Hawley formerly Miss Mary
Shidester. was SO years old, July 3,
1916. They were married in Urbana,
O., in 1851, and came to Keokuk
county, Iowa, three years later. Here
they have resided for more than three
gnarnh
three children. Mrs. Amazette Nc,
Cause, Mr.. Willis r. Hawley and Mrs
Ida Hatcher. They have been life
members of the Christian church
they and all their household.
Case Under Amusement.
Washington. Nov. 20.-Evidence in
the case of Dora Trier VS.. Catherine
Singmaster in which Mrs. Trier asks
a sixth interest in the estate of the
late Thomas Singmaster, of an esti
mated value of from 100000 to
100000, claiming that she is q
daughter of Mr. Singmaster, was con
cluded at noon Saturday.
Talleyrand and Keota contributed g
large number of witnesses to the case
nearly hundred being examined dur
ing the course OF the trial. They testi
fed to circumstances in connection
with the life of Thomas Singmastel
and the woman. Mary Rowe, who was
employed at the Singmaster place
and who was the mother OF Dora Triei
Witnesses for the defense declared
that Mr. Singmaster steadfastly de
MED being the father of the girl, while
the defendant introduced witnesses
to testify to circumstances that indi
Gated relationship between the two
Judge Talbot took the case undo
|advisement and will render his decis
ion later Court was adjourned Satur
day afternoon until Tuesday morning
The petit jury was excused until No
vember 81, week from today.
Cost Was Small.
w. II. Harrison. assistant state