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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
THE INSIGNIA OF RANK
Hard to Distinguish Officers From
Men in Camp.

The different insignia and uniforms
at Camp Dodge are puZZling to the
rocky and visitor as well. With the
officers and men both wearing khaki
or olive drab, and soldiers of the diff
ferent branhes distinguished only by
hat cords and collar emblems, telling
just where each man belongs, is COM
plicated. a#s
Commissioned officers can be dis.
'tinguished by hat cord and leather
puttees. They wear gold and black
hat cords in all branches of service.
The rank of officers in field uniform
lis told by collar insignia. Second
lieutenant, plain; first, lieutenant, one
BARI captain twAs bars; major, gold
oakileafs col0AaI, SILVER, eagle. "a
THE hat cords nf tire enlisted men
differentiate the branches of service.
Infantry wearing light blue; artiI.
lery, red; cavalry. yellow; sanitary
detachment. mixture of blood red and
white; signal corps. orange and
white; and the quartermaster corps,
buff.
Non-commissioned officers of differ
ent ran4s are distinguished by sleeve
emblems. These are many and var.
led, the most common being two in.
verified VS. for corporal, and three for
sergeant.
The collar emblems are also useful
IN telling which branch of the service
the men are in, and the Organization
ofnthat branch. Each branch has
distinct collar emblem. as CROSSED
guns for infantrsS and Aerossed swords
for cavalry.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
GET STARTED RIGHT.

N Burlington Hawkeye: Penn college
needs an endowment fund of 100000
and proposes to get that fund soon
She also proposes to start the scam
paign for that sum with the proper
eclat President Wilson and Governor
Clarke have been invited to attend 8
banquet. 1t is a great tang to get
anything started right. But perhaps the
proper place for the banquet would
be after the campaign is over and the
desired sum has been raised. However
the first will be booster banquet
while the banquet which will celebrate
the realization of the plans will be
the real article. .,>...ss
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
Kansas City Markets.

Kansas City Stock Yards, July 81
A cattle supply of $500 Monday, an6
a run at other leading markets below
expectations, gave sellers the advan
tage and sales were largely 10 higher
although the market was rather slow
and buyers disliked to give the ad
vance. Killers seem determined tc
ct their droyes cheaper II they can
claiming beef makers are in bad
shape, but owners are in a position to
hol dtheir cattle, and will do so un.
less the price is more attractive, as
grass is good and cattle are putting
on weight fast.
Hog receipts We're 1900, and the
market advanced 10 cents. Prime
heavy hogs sold UP to $l0,05. medium
weights 1000, light lfogk S9.95, and
pigs mostly 1925 ID SO. 30, bunk of ali
sales S9.70 to $1,000
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
NEGRO RETRIEVED SIX TIMES
Convicted Murderer Wins Stay on
/ sheriff's Refusal to Name Num-
Der of Witnesses.

Springfield, Ill, July 3.--For the
sixth time Governor Dunno reprieved
Elston Scott, convicted negro muir
derer, scheduled to hang at Murphys-
boro July IA. The reprieve is for 60
days. 1t was granted upon receipt Of
letter from Sheriff White of Jackson
county 70 the effect that he would
execute Scott according TO law, but re-
1f,using 70 name tIles speclflc .npmber Of
persons who would witness the execu-
ton.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
THE CHURCHES OF IOWA
Assembled at Richland Send Greet
ings to Penn College.

Among the several resolutions that
have been passed by lodges and otheI
rodies of approval and encouragement
OF the Penn College campaign for
SsOO,O00 is one from the Summer AS.
sembly of the Churches of Iowa, which
is as follows: "a $780,
The Summer Assembly of Iowa
Yearly Meeting in session at Rich.
land, Iowa, June 1929, 1916, passed
the following resolution: ~, ssr,,g
Il That whereas, Penn College has
been during the years of her history
mighty factory for righteousness in
the church and the world, and where
as. since her main building has been
DESTROYED by fire, it has become i'm
possible for her to continue to oper.
ate under existing conditions,
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this Assembly that we give our hearty
endorsement to the 100000 Cam.
paign and urge all our meetings to
give the matter their favorable con-
sideration.
"A. J. Hanson,
Charles Moore,
Bessie Collins,
Committee on Resolutions.
ia. VI sol.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
STRIKE IMPENDS AT PANAMA
Nine Hundred Metal Workers in Canal
Shops Object to Rent
CharneS

Panama, July 3.-Nine hundred of
1,200 metal trades employees in the
Panama Canal shops are preparing to
quit work because they are being
charged for rent without wage in
crease. The central organization in
the United States has advised the
strike. There has been dissatisfaction
at Panama since March, 1915, when all
employees were required to pay rent,
light and fuel charges. Several pro-
tests were made at Washington by
the American Federation of Labor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

The Timavus River, which empties
into the Gulf of Trieste gushes from
a mountain-side, full formed, in three
streams OF sufficient volume to float
small vessels at the very source. In
VirgiRs day, according to the descrip-
ton in the Aeneid, the Timavus rush
ed from the rocks in nine streams. The
river is supposed to be continuation
OF the equally unique Reka, whose
waters disappear in the grottoes of
Sankt Kanzian, some twenty miles
southeast of the mysterious TimaVus.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
WHO GOT THE RIRDs?

4 "A reader asks, What has become
OF all the pigeons about town. Used
TO have hundreds of the birds flying
about the court house and NJ. E. church
towers and innumerable other places
about town and now a pigeon has be
come rarity. Has someone been catch
ing and combining the birds? Not long
since one could count them by the
score and about the pavements. Today
not one is seen. What has happened
to the birds?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
MILLIONS MORE
FOR U. S. ARMY
Congress Adds $loo,ooo,ooo to
! Army Appropriation Bill.
DELAYS ACTION ON MEXICO
President Still Waiting for Reply
! From carranza-officiaIs Believe
He viii Give "Flrst Chief"
Plenty of Time.

Washington, July 3.-With the ad-
journment of the house oyer the
Fourth of July it became highly inn
probable that the crisis between the
United States and the de factO gov
ernvent of Mexico would come to final
issue before Wednesday at the earliest.
Despite growing Impotence over
General Carranza's delay in comply
ing with demands that he state his
intentions toward American troops In
Mexico, President Wilson made no
move toward laying the situation be-
fore congress. Officials believe he will
wait some days, at least, for a reply to
the note sent n week ago, provided
there are no further attacks upon Cen
eral Pershing's men in the meantime.
There were no developments of any
sort during the day in the diplomatic
situation, although the war department
and congress still ground away on
measures of preparation against what.
ever the future may hold '"t, -.@"" ,
.,.,f Will Reaffirm Order, Il ,'.-!
y
troops around territory occupied by
General Pershing's men appear to be
in line with the decision General Car
rama is said by private advices to
have adopted. 1t was predicted that
he would reaffirm his intention to allow
no operations of the American forces
on Mexican soil except toward the
border.
$1oo,ooo,0oo More for Army.
In congress, the senate military COM
mittee prepared to increase by prob
ably more than $1O0,0OO,0OO the army
appropriation bill as it passed the
house. The committee now has ap-
proved increases totaling ,$75.000,000.
1t is expected the $1S2, 100000 measure
passed by the house will reach a total
of more than $300OO0,OOO when report
ed to the senate.
Among items added were $13,000,000
for the army aviation service, includ-
ing provision for equipping II National
Guard aviation sauadrons; $1,545, 400
for the signal corps, $12, 100000 for
National Guard field artillery and am
munition, $4.5S6,OO0 for machine guns,
$l00O,OO0 for armOred motor ca, sad
$5OOO,OOO for ordnance stores. co..
The Notifications bill is praC. ally
completed, the conference having
reached an agreement, which the house
accepted and the senate will probably
accept. The bin as finally PASSED will
carry 25,74S,O5O.
Present indications are that more
than $GOO,OOO,OOO will be appropriated
by this congress for preparedness. The
naval bill as reported to the senate
carries over $315,OOO,OOO. The army
bill will be reported today carrying II
total of approximately $2S2O0O,OOO.
The Notifications bill as approved in
conference, carries $50. 74S,OOO. This
trinity of preparedness bills will carry
approximately $500 100000.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

There is rarely increasing inter
est in boy scout work on the Pacific
Coast, and many important develop
ments are under way. In Los Angeles
a successful $4,000 financial campaign
was finished recently and the Scout
Council reorganiZed. ..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

The Pella Booster thinks it's fun
nv that some people object to paying
a ten cent fee for reserved seat al
the Chautauqua when they would pay
IS cents at lecture or entertainment
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

This talk about preachers sons
never amounting to any thing gets an
awful blow in this campaign--Justice
Hughes father was preacher and SO
was President Wilson's. '""" ~ VI
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

Strictly speaking, the numerous
candidates who are said to stand fiat
footed" have little chance of getting
anywhere. as anybody knows who has
ever been troubled with a fallen in
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
To,day's Markets :!

Chicago Union Stock Yards, July s
Receipts Of live stock in all depart
ments was far beyond expectations
Hog receipts $1,000 more than esti,
mated, cattle 10000 more and sheep
and lambs 1000 more. f
Packers had it all their own way
Eastern demand was not strong and
corresponding Wednesday in 1915;
$8.40@8.7O in 1914; $9.OO09.2O in
1918; $7.404770 in 1912; and $6.4O6
6.65 in 1911.
The top paid today was $1OO7k;
last Wednesday $3.50; four weeks
ago $40; one year ago 1896; two
years ago $S.77B; three years ago
$3.50; four years ago $775, and five
years ago $3.50.
Excessive receipts of cattle made
the market weak and generally 10
cents to - cents below Monday
Sheep and lambs slumped of 10 to
ID cents from first of week.
The estimated receipts for to,mor-
row are $4,000 hogs. 5000 cattle and
I6.OOO sheep, gli2tHta -DY..s.,. ..,
To-day's receipts $4,000 cattle, 49,.
600 hogs and 21,000 sheep, against u.s.
313 cattle. 2O,265 hogs and 1900
sheep corresponding. Wednesday a
year ago. s.,. ..- ~, a., ... r
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Monday was 1896, against 1886 Sat
urday, 1886 a week ago, $7.49 a year
ago and SS.42 two years ago. ~.
Canadian, bred steers, laid in as
feeders at a cost of 1925 on the st.
Paul market late last fall, sold at Chi
.cago at Sll.25.f The margin of S. per
cwt over feeder cost was one. of the
greatest on record.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
Receipts at Western Markets.

NtCeIpLS at SIX western markets
Monday, with comparative totals:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep
but few spectators were active. The
opening was dull and prices 5 to 10
cents lower than Monday. Later the
market took on some activity at big
10 cents under Monday.
The bulk today sold at $9.75@9.95,
against $9.55@9.S0 last Wednesday {;
50 1903 90 four weeks q 90, 81 4nm7 76
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

Remember the Maine!" was the
battle cry in the Spanish American
war. Remember Carrizal!" may be
the call of the present war.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

ss--7When society learns. that children
are too sacred to be thrown into the
factories, we will cultivate them as
we cultivate flowers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

Another of the numerous lessons
OF the war is that naming vessel In
Yincible does not make 1t so.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
-wHY PENN MUsr HAVE $500. 1000

In virtually all standard colleges,
1.-THE income from endowment is from
IL to times the amount received from
tuition. The following figures show the
income per student from tuition, and
also the average income per student
from all sources of twelve representa-
tive colleges:
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

The Brighton Enterprise thinks II
is poor economy to wade in mud all
your life just to save the expense OF
q cement sidewalk.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
TT 6 Yards. Ill .July Z. Q a

U. S. Yards, ILL.,, July 5, a. M
HOGS-Dull and SOLO lower thar
Mondays average; quality fair; mixed
and butchers, $9.55@10.05; good to
choice heavy, $9.5O@10.10; rough
heavy, $9.50@9.65; light, $9.50@10.00;
Workers. $9,70@9.S5; bulk, $500
l0.00;. pigs, $S.00@940. ta p.r....t,. ,
CATTLE-Weak and 10 lower
beeves, $750@1130; COWS and heif
ers, $3.75@9.S5; stockers and feeders
$5.75@S.SO; westerns, $S.4O@9.45;na
tive calves, $S.50@11.75.
SHEEP-10 lower; native sheep
Sc 50@790; western sheep, $1,000
500; yearlings, $800@9.40; native
lambs. $7.50@1O.75; western lambs
$7.75Q1O90; ewes, $3.25@7,30.
Closing Prices.
HOGS-Closing fairly active and 1C
lower than Mondays average; mixed
and butchers, $9.55@10.05; good to
choice heavy, $9.70@1OO7h; rough
heavy, $9.50@9.65; light, $9.50@9.95;
Workers. $970@9,S5; bulk, $3.50
9.95; pigs, $7.90@9.35; clearance Mon
day poo, ..-... ,..,,I-. .....
Cattle closing generally 10@15 low,
ed. -, IN. ~.
Sheep closing generally, 1O@15 low
e..
Official receipts Monday - Hogs,
20,546; cattle, 5000; sheep, 1922.
Official shipments Monday-Hogs,
S,S79; cattle, 2,S72; sheep l, SIS.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

The Fremont Gazette has II lons
article about Telling the Truth" as
it anybody ever told anything but the
truth.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06
GOOD ROADS GOSSIP.

A wheel tax to help maintain inn
proved roads is strongly recommend
ed by Dr.. Joseph Hyde Pratt, >secre,
tary of the North Carolina State High
way Commission. While all property
owners are taxed for building roads
and rightly so because they are a
general asset, the roads are worn out
by the people who use them. So DR.
Pratt recommends taxing automobiles
according to their horsepower and
weight and other vehicles according to
their capacity, width of tires and rel.
ative location of front and rear wheels
the tax being lower if the distance be-
tween the front wheels is different
from that Between the rear wheels.
At the present time such wheel tax
is novelty, the nearest approach to
it in the United States probably being
he vehicle tax in the territory of Ha-
waii. "a, &C..
-:--:--:-
Yale, Iowa, is d town that had 273
population at the time of the 1910 CEN
sus. 1t is a marketing and shipping
town for an agricultural region. There
is bank there run by l.. NJ. Swindler,
wiz ldo OhSlcu W BlNe DIV IL Illl6 u
help surface with gravel the roads
leading to the town He explained
his offer this way: Il do this for the
very simple reason that the better the
roads leading to our town, the more
business that comes to our town, the
more business | stand chance to get
| know of no better investment a bust
ness man can make than to assist in
creating good roads leading to this
town"
- - -
What shall we do with our con
viCts?" This is the question that has
caused grave concern to sIum-work-
ers, economists, refOrmers and states
men of various knowledge and fitness
all over the country In 1910 there
were 1928 penal institutions in the
United States with a population of
479,25G, or 521 per one hundred thous-
and of the general population. Why
not set them to work building the
roads of the country?
- - -
If the culVerts are not built of good
material they will have to be rebuilt
in few years, whatever the quality of
the roads they are made to serve. De,
fective culverts vitiate one of the ele,
mentary principles of highway eco.
nOmicS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-07-06

"A good man cannot weigh dollars
against decency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-11
CONVICTED OF ROBBERY
Leader of JarbaIo Yeggs Found Guilty
Twice in One Day.

Leavenworth, Kan, Oct. 11.-Ralph
Evans, the leader in the Jarbalo and
Linwood bank robberies. was con-
victed in two jury trials here He de-
manded separate trials and was con-
victed of the Jarbalo robbery in the
morning and of the Linwood robbery
in the afternoon Five witnesses in
each case identified Evans as one of
the robbers.
Evans denied ever being in either
town and swore that the Kansas CITY
detectives bounded him into signing
the confession offered as testimony.
The trial of the other three charged
with connection with the robberies
will be held today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-11
SAYS BODY is A
POISON FACTORY
Urges everyone to drink glass of
hot water before
breakfast.

Just as coal, when it burns, leaves
behind certain amount of incom-
bustible material in the form of ashes,
so the food and drink taken day after
day leaves in the alimentary canal a
certain amount of indigestible mater
ial, which if not completely eliminated
from the system each day, becomes
food for the millions of bacteria which
infest the bowels. From this mass of
leftover waste, toxins and ptomaine
like poisons are formed and sucked
into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths. Before eating breakfast each
morning drink a glass of real hot wa
ter with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in it to wash out of the
thirty feet of bowels the previous days
accumulation of poisons and toxins
and to keep the entire alimentary ca
nal clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds biliousness, constipation,
others who wake up with bad taste
foul breath. backache, rheumatic stiff
ness. or have a sour. gassy stomach
after meals are urged to get a quar-
ter pound of limestone phosphate from
the drug store, and begin practicing
internal sanitation. This will cost very
little. but is sufficient to make any one
an enthusiast on the subject.
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb
impurities into the blood, causing poor
health. while the bowel pores do. Jus.
as soap and hot water cleanses, sweet
ems and freshens the skin, SO hot wa
ter and limestone phosphate act on the
stomach. liver, kidneys and bowels
Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-11
SYSTEM IS WRONG
Capper Points Out Flaws in
Legislative Procedure.
Kansas Has Too Many Laws,
Governor Declares.
SECOND DAY IN SIXTH DISTRICT
Trip Into Graham County To-
day Is His Plan.
Capper Says He Needs Repub-
lican House and Senate.
SECOND DAY IN SIXTH DISTRICT

Hill City, Kan, Oct. 11.-Kansas
has too many laws. Added to it all,
the system of enacting legislation in
massive bulk roll calls in the closing
hours of a legislative session is all
wrong. That was the Indictment
against the present legislative system
by Governor Capper in speech to
Hill City and Graham county voters
The governor declared that a reform
was needed in the state legislative sys-
tenn and that the state needs better
law enforcement officials rather than
new laws.
The trip into Graham county today
is the governors second day in the
Sixth district. He continued his
speeches for Otis L. Benton, Republi-
can nominee, for congress, and urged
support not alone of Benton, but of
Hughes, the state ticket and legislative
candidates. A Republican house and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-11

Look at the tongue. mother! If
coated, it is sure sign that your little
ones stomach, liver and bowels need a
gentle, thorough cleansing at once
When peevish. cross. nstless. pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour.
breath bad; has stomach-ache. sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give
teaspoonful of California Syrup of
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul.
constipated waste, undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of its little
bowels without gripping, and you have
a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxative;"
they love it's delicious taste. and it al
ways makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot
tie of California Syrup of Figs"
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware of coun-
terfeits sold here. To be sure you get
the genuine. ask to see that it is made
by California Fig Syrup Company"
Refuse any other kind with contempt.
advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-10-11

senate is needed by governor as
badly as a Republican congress and
senate. the governor declared.
Kansas in her campaign for law en-
forcement does not need SO many new
laws, the governor said, but a cam
paign of education for respect for laws
now on the statute books. With it all
the state needs men who will enforce
the laws without fear or favor.
"a vastly important matter in this
necessary policy of get-somewhere is
that there should be a shutdown on
the creation of new legislation" said
Goernor Capper 1--WE constantly
make too many laws. We actually
have need of very little new legisla-
ton, and it should be constructive leg
islation. Every new statute should be
so plainly, so simply. SO directly ex-
pressed, that everybody may read and
understand and obey it.
1.-The last legislature probably killed
more bills than any similar body in
Kansas in the same length of time.
Yet it passed 41S new laws. 1t passed
106 of them in the last twenty-four
hours of the session. Think of going
it blind in this fashion Of careless
recklessness of. might say. criminal
ity of legislating. How many MEM
bers do you suppose knew what they
were voting for?
Our need is not new laws, but a
Greater respect lot lnOSe we nave,
aggressive and impartial enforcement
of those laws, not for the little fellow
alone; but also for the higher up
grafters and the powerful and influ-
entail offenders who exploit the pub
lie for thousands and millions We
have public officials, lawyers and
courts which apparently make it a
business by means of many fees or
by long expensive legal processes to
consume all the property or money
that these courts or lawyers can get
within their clutches
Concluding his attack on technical
delays and practices in courts which
thwart the interests of litigants, the
governor said:
I'VE need a system which shall
make it impossible for shrewd and
tricky lawyers to thwart the plain in
tent of the law and delay the admin
istration of justice. We need more old
fashioned common honesty in the
court room-more plain common
sense and even-handed justice between
man and man."
Governor Capper today began a.