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New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Mistakes Have
Not Been Vital

Il might almost be said that the
crucial time with the Wilson admin
n,rs,icn was getting the drafted army
into the cantonments. Before that was
accomplished men whispered "Alger'
and a repetition Of the Spanish war
But N, getting Of the men into camp
was accomplished with only such cor
fusion and difficulty as might reason
ably be expected in an untried opera
ton Of such magnitude. There was no
scandal.
The Administration has made its
blunders. critical blunders, notably IN
supplying shipping and arms. but they
are not blunders that touch intimately
the fate Of the soldiers and come back
10 the million homes from which they
sprang. No lives have been lost, no
hospitals filed because OF mistakes
.ha, have been made. The suferings
Of the country from deficient shipping
are not sufficiently proximate TO have
political consequences, AZ least imme-
elate political consequences. And be-
cause the Wilson administration has
disappointed the prophets Of OWL, the
PRESIDENT is stronger to-day than he
was when Congress went home. And
because Congress has its eye on the
s'es'ion next year, Congress Itself is
Seaker than il was few months ago.
Much is said about Mr.. Wilson's lack
capacity for organization, his habit
VI dealing with individuals in their
PERSONAL rather than their representa-
I've capacity. THIS trait of his explains
10y there is no war machine in Wash
-g'on to-day There is Mr.. Wilson and
~ Baker, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Daniels,
wilson and Mr. Hurley, and so on,
~ there is no war organization.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
By c. w. Gilbert

vlSHINGTON. Dec. The session
d, coorress which opens Monday will
:. m, the fifth act of play whose
.ru,v was reached in the fourth act.
-, hero has done everything that the
,o.t ,xsetinc could expect Of hero.
m. villain has had his deserts. The
.,gD.,r 70 mechanically through their
a.. waiting the last curtain call and
r;,;, 10 the cashier. There is hardly
.,r,s;pg left to do. The biz scene
was last session
lis one-msn play written around
III, psrt Of Woodrow Wilson.
To ret out Of the language OF the
,.,s. The session will have little work
c,,,r.ss made over TO the President
,lmost dictatorial powers last session.
Il NAV give him few more powers
vbi,b we're forgotten in the rush OF
-..,;rs into war. But it isn't ready to
ali him 10 an accounting for those 1t
has rivsn him. The country doesn't
van, him called TO account.
like the man in the familiar story
Al the country wants Of Congress Is
,ivili,y and little of that. And Con-
,,,.s knows it. It isn't an inspiring
rol, At appropriate moments the
.,,.s.nsn from Conesus, Dedham'
w,ukersn and other important points
will gather in the back part OF the
star. assume 4 most respectful stti-
tide and exdaim in unison, my Lord
tbe King" Those who do this bes'
nav be permitted 20 come next year
aad do IL over again.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
House Commission
Causes Bitterness

Criticism for this part of Mr.. Will
sons tactics revolves particularly
around the House Commission 10 Eu-
rope. The Republicans, closing the
doors Of their rooms and examining the
walls, say, "That House Commission
makes me bitter-r-r!" Even an inter
national commission on the conduct Of
the war is filled, like the postof'ices
and custom houses. with the faithful
including the chairman OF the Demo-
cratic National Committee.
Something may be heard in Con-
gress this winter about the House Com
mission, but, like all the criticism OF
the Administration that will come, II
will be occasional and individual rather
than organized. There will be sharp
illusions TO the narrow partisan spirit
the President shows in conducting an
.nterpris. that ought to be above party
politics. but it will come from the few
outspoken souls who feel they have
nothing 10 lose by saying what is upon
their chests.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Taxes, Draft, Suffrage "
AndLiquor to Come Up
Every Pocketbook and Living Conditions of Many To Be
Affected by Expected Legislation-l00 10000 More
Men Likely To Be Called Before the Session Ends
New Restrictions for Aliens
BY Carter Field

WASHINGTON, Dec. L. Every
pocketbook in America, most lines OF
business and the actual living condi-
tions Of large proportion of the peo-
pie will be affected by the actions to
be taken at the coming session OF
Congress. although the main work OF
getting the country started as bel
ligerent has been done.
In the two brief months since the
extra session adjourned, early in n'0cto-
ber, situations have arisen which will
require legislation sure 10 arouse un-
limited debate. Members of the House
and Senate who have already arrived
in the capital do not believe the frs:
regular session will adjourn sine die
until late next summer-some say
even that it may merge into the short
session, which begins on the first
Monday in December /, 1918.
Along about August, however, there
will be a tremendous fight by the
Northern and Western members for
campaigns will be opening for the
tlCGbAOH. AC
members will not care. They make
their primary fights early in the
spring, and the November election
so far as most Of them is concerned,
is mere ceremony.
What will be done with regard TO
army and navy legislation may be
stated very briefly at the outset.
Congress will give and authorize
everything the war-makins depart
ments deem necessary.
1t is almost certain that there will
be another draft law. Not an amend
ment of the present one, which would
affect the next increment of 100000
men, but a new law to provide for the
drafting of perhaps another 100000
men, before this session sdjourns.
The pocketbook interest centres
largely, though by no means exclu-
sively, in the revision of the war
revenue act. It is generally admitted
that some changes will be made, and
the making of these changes, Of course
will open up for discussion the whole
question of taxation. Armed with prac-
teal illustrations of the injustice OF
various imposts, supplied by the men
who are being pinched by the new
taxes, Senator'S and members OF the
House are waiting eagerly for the op-
portunity to have corrections in the
act made.
One of the changes which it is con-
ceded must be made is that levying a
special tax of per cent on earned
incomes in excess Of $4,000 q year, the
result Of which is TO deal more dras-
tically with earned incomes than with
unesrned.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
Johnson Will
Attack War Profits


Senator Hiram Johnson, of Cslifor-
MIA, will lead another fight for the
heavier taxation of war profits. lie
has not been as vocal about this issue
during the recess as has Senator La
Toilette, but he has been making his
plans. and, with the aid OF Senator
Borah, of Idaho, and backed by the
whole progressive group in both old
parties, he expects 10 increase ma
terially the levies on big profits.
Whether there will be a general
boosting Of old taxes and levying OF
new all the way down the line depends
entirely on the administration. There
is nothing very definite now 70 go on
despite several statements of Secretary
Of the Treasury McAdoo. If the gov
ernmental needs should increase, add
ing TO the taxes will follow. In Con-
gressional circles there is a firm be-
lief that no matter what may be said
as TO the needs of the government
now in few weeks the various de-
partment heads will be asking for ad-
ditional appropriations, which, VIII
make il necessary TO increase substan-.
TALLY the amount o. money 70 be raised
by taxation. They point to the record
OF last session, where Secretary Nc
Adoo was obliged twice to 60 back TO
Congress and urge that owing 10 IN,
creased estimates he had just received
from the departments there should De
a further increase IN the taxation.
By far the safest prediction IS that
there will be substantial additions 10
the taxes now being levied, and mat
for every reduction in taxation another
tax will be imposed which will raise
more revenue than the one for which
il is substituted.
In connection with the revenue prob
lem there will be considered again the
question Of second-class mail rates.
Many members in both houses who op-
posed the increase m the second-class
rates voted at the last session ffanhly
said they thought a new system should
be worked out, but that the time TO do
il was at the session which opens TO-
morrow. The probability is that a
slightly larger burden. or slightly
small subsidy. as the case IS viewed
from one side or the otner, VIII De
handed TO the publishers paying the
seeond-clsss postal rates. Inc maya
zine publishers, however, thlnk they
have the votes 10 repeal the ADDITIONAL
charge already imposed.
Declaration Of war on Austria, buI-
earia and Turkey would have TO be
made, If at all. by Congress. while
most members who have arrived IN
town seem 20 favor this step-and
these include Chairman Stone OF the
Foreign Relations Committee--it is not
al all certain that the President wants
IL. Il may be written as nnal that
unless the President wants these dec
larations they will not be made; There
are some things which cannot be writ
ten about this situation, but It can be
said that the arguments in the case
are by no means all on one side. This
also can be said--that II declaration
of war Is made against Austria at all,
il probbbly will not come until after
Christmas.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02
The Kind Of Virtues
Told at a Funeral

The trouble with the kind of virtues
which circumstances exact from the
Republicans is that they are the kind
you only hear about in a funeral ora
tion, "hOnest. faithful. good husband
and kind father. he was at his employ
er's Office when the clock struck o, and
only left when the whistle blew at g."
And the employer. who didn't even at
tend the funeral, became a millionaire.
am painting dark picture. But it
is one that is often in the minds Of the
Republicans, who feel that they must
support the war, by inclination as well
as by political necessity. and that Mr..
Wilson is seeing to it that it is a
Democratic war;
"Well," said one OF them the other
day, eve have been known 20 utilize a
war for a generation ourselves" But
that was Republican war in a sense
that this is not Democratic war. The
Democrats largely seeded.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

will give it 70 him.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-02

govern nlent,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
THRIFT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
MarshaIItown n. S. Students Earned
$15,56t.8s During Summer and
Have $35, 15o.35 In Bank.

Marshalltown, Oct. IA most in
teresting summary of what high
school pupils did during the summer
vacation, how much money they earn
ed, the size of their bank accounts,
and how much they are saving, is con-
tanned in thrift survey compiled in
the high school and issued by Super
intendent Palmer.
Two hundred thirty-two boys and
101 girls earned the tidy sum of $lIi,-
561.88. The boys earned $13,448.40
and the girls $2,113.4S. The largest
individual earnings were about $500,
but number of the boys reported
having earned from $125 to $3.50. The
largest per cent Of workers were on
farms, but numbers of the boys
worked in shops and factories.
One hundred eighty-nine boys re-
ported that their combined bank &C
counts amount to $27545.49 and 1853
girls reported their combined bank
accounts totaled $7,6O4.86, a total of
$35, 1925. OF the BAT pupils who
have bank accounts, 209 of them
started their bank accounts through
their own efforts. OF the total bank
accounts not to exceed $4,000 repre-
sents legacies. In other words prac-
tically all of the money represents
money earned or is the savings from
allowances ofsparents.
Boys to the number of LOT are earn.
ing an average of $257.15 while at
tending school, and thirty-eight girls
reported their combined earnings
each week while in school as $56.45.
One hundred thirty-five boys and Ill
girls reported that they are at pres.
ent saving money out of their earn
ings or allowances.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
LIBERTY LOAN TALK
A. L. FLuDE TO ADDRESS COM.
MERciAL CLUB.

Hon. Alfred L. Flude of Chicago,
ILL.,, will address the Oskaloosa Com
mercial Club at a Liberty luncheon at
the Lacey Hotel on Friday evening,
October 10th, whiehs comment es at
six.thirty o'clock.
Bob" Shanahan assures the Com
mercial Club mem that there.li
be no soliciting at this meeting.
The luncheon is an open affair, one
which the public is invited to attend,
The only charge is the fifty cents for
the dinner. Local men who have
heard Mr.. Flude speak, recommend
him very highly, and declare him to
be an interesting talker. The speaker
was secured through the efforts Of
George w. Shockley.
At this meeting first hand informa.
ton on the loan will be given and
many matters of Importance concern
ing the campaign will be presented.
The number of plates will be limited,
and Bob" has requested that all de-
string to attend call 1T, and make
their reservations at once. Those who
do not care to attend the dinner, may
hear the address at seven-thirty
o'clock, without charge and are well
come to attend.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
TALKS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Interesting Facts Disclosed by Pro,
,fessor Baldwin Of the Iowa
Child Welfare Station.

Mason City, Oct. 17.-Bad environ.
ment, bad heredity, and mental def
cheney were pointed out by Bird T.
Baldwin in an address here before
the State Charities and Correction
Conference as the greatest cause of
Juvenile delinquency. Professor Bald.
win is head of Iowa's new child well
fare research station at the State
University.
During the past three years the
University psychologist and social
worker has conducted series of
boys and girls at Pennsylvania and
Maryland industrial schools. 1t was
from this work that DR.. Baldwin drew
the interesting facts which he pre-.
scented in his address yesterday.
"A majority of the 400 white girls
at one of the Pennsylvania reforma-
tories had unfavorable parentage," he
declared. For example, las of the
fathers of these girls were pronounc.
ed alcoholics, 40 were known to be
immoral, 5 were criminals in custody,
and a number were detectives, cpl
leptics, neurotics, or committed as in
sane.
Among the mothers, 65 were pros
titutes, Sc alcoholics, insane, and
others were neurotics, epileptics, and
criminals The exact number of men
tai detectives among the parents
could not be determined, but it is GER
tain that this factor was pronounced.
Conflict in home life was found to
have tremendous influence in juve-
nile delinquency. OF the 400 girls in
this one Pennsylvania institution, %
had previously been living with rela.
tives or in institutions; 81 had step
parents; in Is families the father or
mother had deserted the home; and
in at least 81 families open immorali.
ty was an integral part of the home
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
MONUMENT DEDICATED TODAY
Heroes OF Lookout Mountain Are
Honored BY Column Erected to
Their Bravery.

Lookout Mountain, Tenn, Oct. IT,
The new monument, 125 foot granite
column, erected by the state Of Ohio
commemorating the bravery of hel
sons who fought in the famous battle
here Nov. "a, 1868, was formally dedi.
Gated today.
Exercises were in charge of the
Lookout Mountain. Memorial Commits
sion Of Ohio composed of soldiers OF
regiments which took part In the en-
gagement,
Governor James NJ. Cox, OF Ohio
was the principal speaker at the dedi
cation. The names of the eleven Ohio
infantry regiments and the battery OF
light artillery, and the commanders in
the battle are inscribed at the base OF
the monument.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Big Action is Expected.

London, Oct. Notwithstanding
the report of Field Marshal Haig this
morning of nothing special to report"
the people of London were awaiting
anxiously tonight the report of the
continued British offensive drive in
the Flanders region fro mthe Berlin
office.
Their artillery was increasing with
the Flanders region. Their expectation
was increased with the receipt from
the Berlin office.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18

law are not given. but in most cases
these are included, the totals for
the counties being obtained from the
county auditors of the various coun-
ties.
To precincts are yet to report from
Winneshiek county, both heavily
wet. Two missing precincts in Van
Buren,, one from Hamilton. one from
Mahaska and one from Humboldt are
expected to be dry in the main.
An error in the report from any
county might overcome the precari
GUS lead which the drys seem to
have. and no claims of victory were
made by the leaders.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
FIRST AMERICAN
WAR PRISONER
MAKES ESCAPE FROM GERMAN
CAMP AT KEEL.
DIES MONIES man is ALIVE
Willet Charles Smith Escaped Prison.
err Says Barney Boyle is Alive at
Lubbock. Details of Voyage
and Their Capture.

BY William G. Sheppard, Stockholm,
Oct. 1.-THE first American to escape
from German ship, the German raid
er Moewe, reached here after six wa
terless days, being conceded in the
hold of a ship which arrived here
today from Kiel.
He gave the name of Willis Charles
Smith of Moriwalk, Connecticut.
Saved BY British Soldiers.
None of the American prisoners in
Lubbock are dead" Smith said today.
but their lives are only saved by the
small packages which are sent them
by British soldiers via Berne.
"All of the guards at Lubbock are
in for the war and all of them say to
hell wit hthe KAISER"
Smith was sure happy man when
he reached Stockholm and freedom.
Des Moines Man Alive.
You can tell the folks back home"
he said "that Barney Boyle of Des
Moines and others from the east are
still in the Lubbock prisons"
Fed with everything that the Ameri-
can soldiers offered him and by all
those on all sides of him and after GO
ing for several days without water
Smith today began to blossom back
to life after being in semi-conscious
condition for the lack of food.
How They Happened To Go.
How did we come to land in the
German prison? Well, that bunch
which | have just mentioned met in
Baltimore last winter. We had all
been drinking pretty heavy and upon
looking around we saw sign, Men
Wanted to Ship to LiEespeel-on Beard
a British Steamship
"On the spur of the moment, and
in spite of the daredevil undertaking,
we Joined. Our overheard trip was
just fine but as we were coming back
we were captured by the Moewe.
In Dark Cell Five Days.
1--WE were all herded aboard her
and taken to Kiel. And there we
were put ashore with five hundred
other prisoners. Later we were
transferred to prison camps"
Smith told of how he was put in a
dark cell for four days when he made
a previous attempt to escape from the
prison.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
ottumwa "Dry" by 20.

Ottumwa, Oct. 1.-THE city of OF
tumwa carried the amendment by a
majority of 90. There were 1,747 votes
for it, 1927 against it. The first and
sixth wards were the only city pre-.
cincts which went wet. The drys
nosed out in the second by one and
maintained a lead of twenty-five in
the fifth precinct.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
WapeiIo County Busy.

Ottumwa, Oct. 17.-Another sue
cessful push for the Liberty Loan was
made yesterday and the city commit
tees enlisted ITO more persons under
the banner of patriotism with sub
scriptions amounting to $4,000. This
brings up the total in Ottumwa in the
four days drive to $46S,700 and 800
persons are on the honor roll
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Promotion For Iowan.

Camp Cody, Oct. lib. E. Man
vile of Iowa City, who offered his
services as business manager of the
Y. M. c. A. at Camp Cody, Deming,
N. NJ, has received an important pro,
motion, He has been put in charge
of the army Y. M. C. A. work, on its
business side, for the entire army dis
trict of the southwest.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Accuse Missouri Editor.

ST. Louis, Mo-, Oct. IA federal
warrant was issued for the arrest of
A. H Steinback, owner of the Repub-
lican Headlight of Union, Mo. The
warrant was issued because of an al
legged disloyal editorial in the paper.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Eire Reinn investigates.

Kansas City, Oct. 17.-Investigation
by the government authorities into
yesterdays fire at the Kansas City
stock yards in which was burned up
wards of thirty.two hundred hogs and
seventy-tive hundred cattle causing a
loss of approximately one million dol
lars is under way today.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Soldiers Buy More Bonds.

Des Moines, Oct. 17.--With Liberty
bond subscriptions totalling $316,0b0
at Camp Dodge officers in charge an
nounced that the old mark of 100000
had been discarded. and $1,000.000 in
bond sales would be attempted. Bond
subscriptions for Tuesday were $780,
$50
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Odd Fellows On Parade.

Des Moines, Oct. THE event of
chief public interest in connection
with the grand lodge of the .Independ-
emit Order of Odd Fellows and the Re-
bekah assembly now in session here
was the great street parade at 1870
o'clock this afternoon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
Murder On Illinois Farm.

Jacksonville, ILL.,, Oct. 17.-Elza
Hayes shot and killed Biddy Steven
son az farm house two miles north
of here last evening at o'clock. AT.
ter the shooting Hayes walked to the
city and gave himself up to the police
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-18
MORE MAHASKA
MEN summoned
THIRTY ADDITIONAL NEEDED TO
FILL ouSTA.
DUE TO STATE EXEMPTIONS
First Fifteen Of the New. Men Will
Be Examined On Tuesday Oct.
%, and the Other Fifteen on
Wednesday, Oct. "a.

\ "CuHce0ayp W. Gfs
Thirty more Mahaska county young
men of selective draft age will be
called to the colors for military SER
vice within the next few days, in or
der that Mahaska's quota of 1872 men
for the first National Army may be
secured. The local exemption board
of this county has been forced to pre-
pare to call and examine these men
because of the action Of the Southern
Iowa District board at Des Moines,
which has reversed many of the Ma
haska county boards decisions and
granted numerous exemptions, excus-
ing men from service on vocational,
or agricultural grounds, or on the
grounds of dependency.
The first fifteen of the thirty addi-
tional men called, will be examined
at the court house on Tuesday, Octo-
Der %, and the last fifteen will be ex-
amined on the following day, We'd
nesday, October "a.
The following list of names is a
duplicate of the official call list which
will be posted soon in the court house
lobby, and contains the names of all
men who will receive official calls
through the mails. The list follows:
Moore, Roy Allen, 902 S. Sth ST.,
Oskaloosa.
Bennett, Frank, Lovilia, Iowa.
Lockard, Ray, Barnes City, Iowa.
,Hynick, Mike, Givin, Ia, r. F. d.
No. /.
Spears, Walter Edgar, Rose Hill, la.
Powell, Ray Anthony, Oskaloosa,
Iowa.
Shelter, Abel Elias, Lacey. Ia, R..
F. ID. No. 2.
Brouwer. James Henry Leighton,
Ia. r, r. No. l.
Surber, Henry, Barnes City, la.
Adey, Mathew r., 608 D Ave. West,
0skaloosa.
Sheets, Orville Dwight, Beacon, Ia
Sings, Adrian, Leighton, Ia. r. R.
No. 2.
Bergman, Corneilous, Pella, Ia, r.
R. No. 5.
Montgomery, Paul H., Oskaloosa.
Rice, Morris Earl, University Park.
Van STEMS, Arie. Pella, Ia. r. R.
No. 3.
Browneller, Wilbur Earl, Oska-
loosa, Iowa.
Dunsmore, Robert Hover, Lacey,
Ia, R. F. D. No. 2.
Shelley, Ernest Wheeler, Rose
Hill, la.
Cross, Paul, Lacey, la.
Bergman. Corneilous, Pella, Ia, R..
West. Oskaloosa.
Roberts, Leroy, 2O9 South D St.,
Oskaloosa.
Kaldenberg, R., Taintor, Ia, r. R.
No. 1. .......-
Anderson, Ruben Joseph, Beacon,
Iowa.
Hackert, Henry, Leighton, Ia.
Anderson, Clyde Lawrence, GIG
So. 5th ST., Oskaloosa.
Mitrisin, Michael Clarence. lis No.
Walden, Lawrence H., 915 c Ave.
e ST., Oskaloosa.
Brink, Garrett Henry, Lacey, Ia,
R. F. d. No. q.
Blake, Wilbur Franklin, Lakonta,
Iowa.
Sells. Homer William, Oskaloosa,
Iowa, r. F. d. No. 5.
Those Recently Exempted.
The following men have been ex-
empted from military service upon
appeal to the President of the United
States, the appeals being filed
through the Southern Iowa District
board at Des Moines:
Ralph E. Perkins, who is already
in training at Camp Dodge.
Charles d. MattiX.
Lewis Z. Gerard.
John, G. Ridpath.
Lambert Overberger.
Willie DeBruyn.
Frank Lorentz.
The state board of appeal at Des
Moines has granted exemption to Ce-
ell Roland Harper of New Sharon, a
farm boy, on agricultural grounds.
and has also excused from military
service, Benjamin VIM, after recon
sidering his case.