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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
A BIC DEFICIT
At YEARS END
SENATE COMMITTEE ASK $780,.
100000 REVENUE INCREASE.
SHORTAGE OF ssss,4oo,ooo
Committee Recommends Increase
Based on Revised Trade Estimates,
to Met Deficit and Provide
Working Balance.

/ Washington, ID. c., Feb. IA treas
ury deficit of 1888, 4O0, 900 at the enc
OF the next fiscal year is forecast il
report submitted by the senate
finance committee, recommending
that the administration revenue bill
be amended to authorize d bond issue
f, OF $l95,256,000 instead of $10O, 600 900
and that the authorization for certifi
Gates. of indebtedness be made $500.
600 600 instead, OF $500 900, 900
The recommendation for increase
is based on revised trade estimates
submitted to congress since the bill
passed the house, placing the federal
governments expenditures for the
fiscal year, 1918, at 81, 400 900 900. The
committee estimates that to meet this
total and provided a working balance,
he amount which must be raised by
bonds and new revenue legislation is
$433, 400,0 900.
The Committees Plan.
This the committee proposes to
raise as follows:
BY bond issues-For expenditures
on account of Mexican situation to
June 80, 1917, $162,41S.OOO; for con-
struction of Alaska railway to June
&c, 1918, $21, 1888 ,000 for construction
of armor plate, $11,00O.O00, making a
fetal bond issue of $195, 256, 900.
BY new taxation-An excess profits
tax, $226,00OyOO0; in heritance tax, in
crease $226,000,000, making a total of
$24S, 100000, and grand total from
new taxes and bonds of $433, 256, 900.
or $9,S56,O0O in excess OF absolute
needs.
In its report the committee explain
ed that the proposed raise in author
ization of the issue of short term in
debtedness up to $500,O0O000 is for
the purpose Of tiding the government
over until the new taxes come in.
A large portion of the revenue of
the government now is payable dur
ing the last month of the fiscal year,
and probably more than s500,O00,000
of revenue would, in the opinion Of
the committee, be collected during
June, 1918.
To Tide over Year.
The income tax, the munitions man
ufacturers' tax and the excess profits
tax are all due and payable in June OF
each year, says the report.
This is practically as much as
will be collected during the entire pre-
ceeding eleven months. That is.
while the disbursements for 1918 may
be less that the receipts for that
year. still at certain periods prior to
June the treasury may need these GER
of Indebtedness to tide it
over" i
The bill probably will be brought
up in the senate Friday afternoon and
referred.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
SOLDIERS HOME
To BE ENLARGED
LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE
s65,0oo FOR PURPOSE.
FOR lNcoNTESTIBLE TITLES
The State Railroad Commission viii
Not Oppose Gov. Hardins's Re-
quest For 100000 to Check Up
Physical Valuations.

Des Moines, Feb. 1.-THE house
appropriations committee reported
for passage Wednesday bill propos-
ing to spend $65,0OO in enlarging the
soldiers home at Marshalltown.
The money will provide two new
wings for the home. There was
some sentiment in favor of cutting
the appropriation to $4,000, but the
tide wasrkurned in favor OF the larger
sum by Rep. John Morley who de-
clared that in this matter the COM
mittee needed Patrick Henry
rather than hard-headed business
man to sway it,"
Incontestible Titles.
There is a strong sentiment in the
house land titles committee to report
a bill providing for incontestible til
ties upon filing with county recorders
proof of adverse possession and clear
title succession for 25 years.
Claims against such titles, under
the committee plan, would not be
valid, unless filed within IS months
after the law took effect.
The land titles committee is hay
ing considerable trouble with the
Torrens system bill introduced by
Rep. Stuart. If curative law
based upon the Torrens system is
finally reported it is likely to be on
the basis of the bill introduced by
Senator Kingland.
Will Not Oppose Appropriation.
The state railroad commission is
not opposing Governor Harding's re
quest for 100000 appropriation to
check up the physical valuation of
Iowa railroads but regards it as un-
necessary, according to Chairman
John A. Guyher OF the commission.
Based on information received
from a representative of the national
association of state railroad commits
sioners who have been watching the
valuations of the roads for year"
said Guyher, I'VE believe it hardly
necessary for Iowa to send engineers
along with the United States ap-
praisers. We believe the estimates
made by the United States engineers
should be checked over by the state,
of course, and this probably would
not cost more than $4,000. How
ever, this difference of opinion as to
the manner of checking valuations is
a mere detail"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
Meet After 40 Years.

Centerville, Ia, Feb 1.-two broth
ers who had not met for forty years
are completing visit here. They are
o. P. Russell, near Numa, and ]. S
Russell of Albion, Neb.
Their father lost his life in the Third
Iowa Cavalry in the civil war. The
boys became separated.
A few weeks ago rumors came that
one of them had lived near Winterset
An advertisement in paper there was
forwarded to j. S. Russell in Nebraska
o. P. Russell is 66 years old and ]. S
Russell is 70 years old. When they
last saw each other they were rs and
so years old respectively.
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MORE FREIGHT EMBARGOES
Situation Becoming Most Critical.
1000 Loaded Cars Held Up in
Buffalo To-day.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE critical
freight situation caused by the tie-up
of shipping on the Atlantic sea ports
was aggravated to-day when the Del
aware and Lackawanna railroads an
nounced an embargo on shipping east
of Buffalo. This was the last line re-
naming open. There are nearly four
thousand loaded freight cars on the
Lackawanna road held UP in Buffalo
to-day il was stated
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Send Identical Notes.

Copenhagen, Feb. IA. Denmark,
Norway and Sweden are forwarding to
Germany identical notes protesting
against the latest submarine decree.
The notes declare 1T is all the more
contrary to international laws if the
measures are to be used discriminate
ly against the ships going to neutral
ports"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
ANOTHER PEACE MOVEMENT
Members of Congress Appealed to
Recognize Informal Referendums
in Their Districts.

Washington, Feb. 14.-An appeal to
members of congress to recognize in
formal referendums in their districts
to obtain expression of the popular
bill on the question of war was to-
day sent to each member in the form
of proclamation from the working
men of America" The source of the
peace movement will not indicated.
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Tramp is a Forser.

Centerville, Ia, Feb. 14.-Passine
five forged checks in one day, one Of
them Centeryille bank and then get
ting away was the feat performed by
supposed tramp, who came here
few weeks ago.
He secured employment of w. S
Hollingsworth, farmer Getting q
copy of his signature he. used it to I'll
out checks, and then went to various
stores TO make small purchases, giving
checks and getting the change.
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TWO BRITISH VESSELS SUNK
Steamers Lambert and Innishawen
are Sent to Bottom To-day by
Submarines.

London, Feb. 14.-All except -four
OF the crew OF the British Steamer
Lambert sunk today were safely
landed, it was announced this after
noon. The Lambert is steel steam
err of 1900 tons.
The Steamer Innishawen also was
sunk, She sailed from Belfast Feb
re. IN Ballast from Canada AL mem
beers OF her crew with the exception
Of one man was saved. 0e o ss vt
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Governor 10 Accused.

Austin. Tex, Feb. 14.-senator w.
A. Johnson introduced resolution
today making sensational charges
against Governor Ferguson In regard
to financial matters and asking the
appointment OF q committee to I'm
vestigate them. The governor oc-
cupiedp a seat i'm the senate as john
son read resolution.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
NO WARNINGS
FOR NEUTRAES
BERLIN SAYS DAYS OF GRACE
ENDED FEBRUARY ~.
ENTER ZONE AT OWN PERIL
Member Of Bernetorff Party Declares
Germany Will Never Renew AS
surances Against Unrestrict-
ed Submarine Warfare.

Berlin, Feb. 14.--All periods of grace
for neutral ships entering the zones an
nounced as prohibited by Germany
have now expired, according to an Off
cial statement.
Immunity ceased In respect to the
Atlantic and English Channel zones on
the night of February ~, for the North
sea zone on February G, and for the
Mediterranean zone on February 10.
The statement continues:
From now on, therefore, in all pro-
hibited zones the warning which has
been issued Is In full force and ship
ping can no longer expect Individual
warning.
Says Vessels Know Danger.
Vessels which enter the prohibited
areas do SO With full knowledge of
the danger threatening them and their
crews. 1t is stated expressly that all
news spread from enemy sources about
any torpedoing of neutral ships with
out previous warning before the dates
mentioned for the various prohibited
areas, Is Incorrect.
'The periods of grace mentioned
were also In force for enemy passen-
ger vessels because it was possible
that they were carrying neutral pas
sengers who were perhaps ignorant of
the new blockade regulations"
Won't Renew Promises.
Washington, Feb. 14.-"Germany
never will renew her assurances
against unrestricted submarine war
fare" On the eve of the departure
from the United States OF Count Won
Bernstorff and his staff the above ut
teranee was made by one of the lead
Ing retiring officials. The new subma-
rine campaign was entered into, he
said, after complete toll of the cost
had been taken.
1t was designed to starve England
and to cripple the entente in the field
by cutting OFF the supply of munitions,
this official said, and the only possible
concession would be to raise the ban
SO far as neutral ships carrying noz-
contraband was concerned.
incidentally, officials here fully real.
lie this. They have had the assur.
ances of James w. Gerard, the retiring
American ambassador to Germany, to
this effect. In consequence the admin.
istration has made every effort to
check suggestions which constantly
are being made that Germany's move
was not directed against the United
States.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
Bali players, WAGES Raised.

New York. Feb. l4.-John McGraw,
manager Of the New York National
league team. announced this morn
ing that the base bali players frater-
nifty strike had been called off. on the
promise of President Tener sof the
National league tp raise the wages to
the amount desired BY them.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
CASHIER SHOT BY BANDITS
Flee With $500 in Currency Which
They Drop Half Block Away.

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. 14-Four men
entered the offices of the Polar
Wave Ice and Fuel Company here,
shot the cashier Otta Hoffman, and
fled with 500 in currency. They drop
ped the money half a block away.
Hoffman is expected to recover.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BRANCH
Philippine National Bank at Manila
Is Appointed.

Washington, Feb. 14.-The federal
reserve board has appointed the
Philippine National bank at Manila
to be correspondent in the Philip
pines of the San Francisco Reserve
bank This is the first actual ap-
pointment of foreign correspond
ent bank.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
Nav Break With Austria.

Washington. Feb. 1.-THE fact
that the wife of the Austrian Charge
de Affaires is ailing home today with
the Bernstorff party appears signifi-
cant in view of the possibility of a
break with Austria.
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Nearly Completed.

Clinton, Feb. 14.-Stephen Hitch
cock employed in the Ford manufac-
turing company's plant, was literally
whirled to death when his overalls
caught in shaft, AS his body revolved
with the great shaft he was battered
against beams surrounding the ma
chinery and dieo just as medical aid
arrived ts
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
Rrothsrs Are Train Robbers.

Clinton, Feb. IA - Charged with
holding up stock train in the North
western railway stock yards here, No.
vember rs, 1916. robbing a number OF
stockmen in the waycar of the train,
en- route to Chicago. Edward and Earl
Jenkins, brothers of Clinton were
found guilty by jury in the Clinton
county district court today
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15

fusion of blood from Peter Hoel of
OF Hudson, S. D., into Ola Rustad, also
OF Hudson, in final effort to stop the
flow of blood which has been continu-
GUS since ten days ago, when Rustad
had twenty-five teeth removed by a
dentist at Hudson, is success. The
operation was performed yesterday.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
WARNING to Cuba.

Washington, Feb ia warning
has been issued to Cuba and the Gu
ban regolutionists by the American
minister Gonzales in Havana. the
state department announced today.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15
BANKING Department.

Des Moines. Feb. 1.-THE bill to es-
tablish a state department of banking
passed the house today BY a<yote of
SO to 20 nagaa fs aAui aia lp s4e
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-15

as TRANSMISSION is Successful. q =
Sioux City. ia:q Feb 14s~-The, trans
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NOTICE OF REGISTRATION

Notice is hereby given that at the hour of 10 o'clock on the 22d day Of March, 1917, the registration books will be open at the office of the municipal clerk, in the United states commissioners building, on Second avenue, in the town Of Idtarod, Alaska, for the purpose of registering all male and female persons, of twenty one years of age, who are citizens of the United states, or who have declared their lnten- tiCns to become such, and who have re- sided continuously one year next preceding the date of election in the territory Of Alaska, and six months next preceding the date Of election within the town of Idltarod All persons desiring to vote at said elcc- tion must, before voting, register their names and qualifications with the town register of the t.Wn of IditarOd.
 Registration books will be kept open every day, except Sundays, beginning March 22, 1917, during the hours of 10 o'clock l. En and D. m. The said registration will close on March 3t, 1917.
 The said election will be held on the first Tuesday in April, 1917, for the purpose Of electng seven (7J COunCimen and one tt member of the school board
 G, c. GERAGIIrY, Municipal Clerk,
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by submarines, even if the war lasts an other two years. It IS true that these in struments can inhct a frightful amount of damage, but this damage would be insuff- cient to outweigh the danger to ourselves of America's hostility.
 Tt is folly to underestimate the conse- quences of conflict with America, nor should we risk only .America's enmity Our information leads us to believe that other neutrals must follow Americas lead
 "The German government has weighed every factor and is convinced of the ne cessity of avoiding breach with America.
 These are the hard facts of the present situation We have, worded a reply such Is may reserve future liberty of action, If the situation changes we may cancel our concessions to America and resume unre- stricted submarine operations, but for the present we must overcome our feelings and pursue the policy most conducive to final victory over all our enemies"
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GERMANY AVOIDED WAR WITH UNITED STATES
 AS MATTER OF POLICY

(London news dispatch date May fl, 1916)
 What purports to be a summary of the speech of Dr. Won Bethmann- Hollweg, the German imperial chancellor, at the secret sitting of the general committee of the reichstag, on May 5, concerning Germany s reply to America, IS published by the Wire less Press today Under a Berne date the Wireless Press states that the following re- marks by the chancellor may be accepted as unquestionably authentic:
 q have said before that we must drop all sentimentality. l repeat that, with re- gard to our dispute with America, our self respect was wounded by the aggressive wording of the American note to Germany Our feelings urge us to repel this interfer ence with our legitimate methods of war fare, and tell America to mind her owr business, but considerations of policy com pel us to subordinate patriotic zeal to patri otic reason. We must be guided, however not by our feelings, but by the coolest judgment.
 s'We have but one aim and one duty namely. to win the war; therefore, any pol icy which endangers our victory must be avoided The overwhelming majority O expert opinion regards rupture of relations with America as a grave peril
 "A great mistake has been committed 1T overestimating the value of the submarine campaign against England. Our naval ex perts no longer believe in the probability of reducing England to starvation and rulr
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Alaska Aviation Fraud

A Chicago dispatch of February 15 says that sailing airships in Alaska at s5,00O 8 year was the alluring prospect by which erating as the Bankers Underwriting AssO- ciation with offices in Chicago, swindled scores of persons throughout the United States, indictments returned by the federal grand jury allege. The indictments, charg- ing using the mails to defraud, were based on evidence that the men obtained thou
 sands of dollars from their victims, accord ing to attaches of the office of United States Attorney Charles F. Clyne The partners, 1t is charged, represented that they were manufacturers of motors, pleasure and commercial vehicles, hydroplanes and aero planes" They advertised in circulars and let
Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-24
THE MOVIE MAUSOLEUM

For millions of years men have toiled loved and fought on this planet, yet it is only for about 4000 years that we have anything like consecutive record of what has been going on, and the tale fades out into thin conjecture beyond that.
 It is now proposed to erect in Central park, New York a S1,0O0000 mausoleum, constructed with a view to enduring the erosion of the centuries, in which will be stored cinema films designed to inform future generations of how we live. This age will leave not only comprehensive lit erary remains, with the vivid illustrations of the ordinary camera but will register itself in shadows of reality so accurate that eyes which will open 1000 years hence should, with any kind of luck, see us as we are
 Imagine Caesar smiling into the lens; Gle opatra leaving her barge, with self-conscious slaves trying to act naturally; Alexander re, viewing hls armies on the screen; Columbus in the court of Isabella, with closeup of explorer kissing the royal finger tips!
 No digging up of buried cities for future generations of historians. We shall all be very, very dead then yet it must afford the president, traffic policemen, soldiers and sail ors and other fixtures of the film news 8 thrill of satisfaction to think that they nav walk, bigger than life, before the vision of races not yet evolved and that the youths of unborn time will behold and sigh, "Ah those were the days!-Detroit News
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PRICES OF METALS

The Mining and Engineering World gives the following metal quotations for the month of January 1917: Platinum, s99 per ounce; quicksilver, $80 per flask (75 pounds) silver, 75c to 76c per ounce; cop per, BOG to 32c per pound antimony, 13c to 14c per pound (market dull /; tin 40c to Ale per pound; lead, 712c per pound zinc 21c to 24c per poun.
 During the month of January peace talk caused the market to decline, but since the severance of diplomatic relations be tween the United States and Germany it is thought the market will be brisk again
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Ayers Team Wins Marathon

Ayers team won the full distance Mara
 thon dog race for the Borden cup at Nome on Washington's birthday, in the fastest and most exciting dog race ever seen in Nome, according to a special to the Seward Gate
 way. Ayers time is given officially as l hour and 54 minutes. Riley, Webb and Downing were less than three minutes be hind the winner The course was over a measured trail and weather conditions were perfect. All records for the distances be- tween Fort Davis, Hastings and the Cape were broken Seppalas' Siberian wolves did not start, as the race was too short for these long-range speeders to appear at their best.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday. April 3, 1917, there will be held In the city hall in the town of Idttarod, Alaska, an election for the purpose of eleCting seven touncilmen and one member of the school board.
 The polls for said election will be open at 9 o'clock d. m. on that day and will close at o'clock |. m. of the same day, and all qualified electors of the town Of IditarOd who have registered as provided by ordt- nance will be entitled to vote at said cleo ton. c. G. GERAGHTG,
 Municipal Clerk. natnd March ! lNt-
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krause Sentenfe6 to Die

Powerless under the law to impose any penalty except that of death, Judge R. W. Jennings of the First division, at Juneau on February 17, pronounced sentence on Ed ward krause, convicted murderer of Captain James O. Plunkett The sentence is to be executed May II. kazlS krauczunas the attorney of the condemned man, stated that peal of the case to the circuit court, on ac- count of alleged errors 1T the trial, both on the part of the court and the district at to-ney. A few days previously, February b, Judge Jennings had sentenced hrause to q term of forty-fve years Imprisonment on conviction of the crimes of forgery and fraudulent use of the mails.
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Star Chances Hands

An announcement published in the Forty ninth Star, published at Anchorage, states that the newspaper. together with the plant in which 1t is printed, has been sold to Fred A. Martin and J. c. Murphy, and the new owners have already taken charge. John W. Frame the veteran editor, announces that his connection with the publication has ceased
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Illness of Judoe BunneII

Judge Charles E. Burnell of the Fourth division was taken suddenly i'll on the night of February IS at Juneau, and the Empire stated that his illness might prevent his sailing for the westward on his way to the Interior on the Alaska, as he had intended. There was improvement in his condition the following day, but physicians had not yet indicated that it would be safe for him to leave
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ters that they could obtain positions tor their clients in Alaska as aviators, working four hours day at salaries of S5,OOO a year. Applicants were required to pur- chase stock in the "company' and pay $50 tuition fees for q course of Instructor ln flying
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New President of Pioneers

Cecil H. Clegg, the well-known attorney of Fairbanks, is now president of the Grand Igloo of Pioneers of Alaska Mr. Clegg, lgloo at the last election of officers, sue ceeds the late John c. Held of Juneau who WAS elected president at the same time.
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Another Bloody Tragedy at Douglas

Maggie Mitchell. native woman about 20 years of age was shot and instantly killed in two-room cabin occupied by Ma rina Albertina, an Austrian, at Douglas on February l6. The woman was found by the officials lying in 9 pool of blood by the side of the bed Near the door was found a revolver, from which the three shots which had caused neighbors to sound an alarm had been discharged The bullet that caused death had entered the top of the head Another bullet had entered the abdomen. Testimony adduced at the in quest showed that Albertina had met the native girl or the street and had told her that he had some beer for her at his cabin. It was shortly after this that the shots were heard and the Austrian was seen to leave the cabin and sta Sward town. Other testimony was to ieffect that the Aus
 trian had threat to kill the girl and that friends had l. d to dlssuade him from the rash act AIbertina was arrested few minutes after the crime was committed.