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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05
MANY ATHLETES KILLED.

Outlook calls attention to the fact
that athletes will have to develop new
heroes after the war, as many of the
old stars" have been killed or main
ed in the service. Every branch OF
sport and every nation has suffered.
Among the tennis players, DR.. Otto
Nirnheim. dominant figure in tennis
in Germany, will never be seen on a
court again. Others who have served
their last are Anthony F. Wilding, the
Australian champion, q Davis cup win
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

ner in 1914; Kenneth Powell former
captain of the Cambridge tennis team;
S. H. Dow, a Scottish player, and the
French players Chelli Bousquet. De-
curgis and De Joanis.
Golf has suffered no less than tennis.
Among golf players who have lost
their lives in the war are Lord Annes.
ley, Capt. John Graham, w. A. Hen
derson. who had victory over our
own Jerome d. Travers to his credit;
Julian Martin-Smith and Miss Neil
Fraser who died from fever after serv
ing as nurse on the field. Lord An
nesley was a former ameteur cham
pion of Ireland; Lieutenant Fl. n. At
kinson, another golfer killed in the
war, was formerly the champion oi
Wales
From the ranks of the English many
foot ballers have fallen. OF course, to
give the names of even 10 per cent OF
the splendid athletes who have been
killed in battle would require far more
space than we have here. But a few
other names of athletes killed in war
which might be mentioned are among
oarsmen, Fletcher and McCraggen
both of oxford; and among boxers
Charles Ledoux and Henry Pet, the
former holder of French bantamweight
honors, and the latter the champion
welterweight of France.
The ranks of the runners and track
athletes have also been greatly de
Melted A few who will never compete
again on the cinder track are Lieu
tenant w. w. Halswelle, Englands
Olympic champion in 1908 in the 400
meter run; Anderson of Oxford, anoth
er Olympic competitor and James
Duffy, the Canadian distance runner
widely known in the United States as
one time winner of the Yonkers Mara
thon and the Boston Athletic Associa
ton Marathon. Germany has lost two
of the greatest runners she ever had
namely. r. Rau, whose records still
stand for 100 meters, 200 meters anc
900 meters and Hans Braun, the great
middle distance runner, who still holds
the German records for the 400, 5OC
and 500 meters distance. j. Bouin, the
most brilliant distance runner who
ever carried the colors OF France anc
who held all the French records from
$500 to 5000 meters, is another who
has run his last race.
Many polo players and horsemen, o.
course have fallen and a noteworthy
victim is Capt, Noel Edwards of the
English polo team which played in this
country.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.

The American flag is being raised
over the fifty islands which the United
States recently purchased of Den
mark for $25,O0O,OOO. On the map the
West Indias are seen as a string of
islands beginning with the large ones
of Cuba and Santo Domingo, thinning
out in mid ocean to a few almost in
visible dots, and then emerging to the
south again in the larger French and
English islands. What we have bought
from Denmark are about fifty of these
pinhead islands. Only three of them
are large enough to have names on
the map and the largest contains only
eighty-four square miles. lnsignifi'
cant as they appear geographically,
however these islands aremost inter
esting and may become important.
The history of our relations to the
islands dates back to civil war times,
In 1865 Secretary of State Seward of.
fered seven and a half million for
them. a vote was taken here, and the
people were almost unanimous for the
transfer. The bill then died in the
senate committee on foreign relations
In 1902 we wasted an opportunity to
buy the islands for S5,OOO,OOO. In 1916
we jumped at the chance to buy them
for $25,000,000 and now it remains
only to pay over the money and raise
10 60 IL,
$500 an acre as against 2 cents an
acre which We paid for Alaska, q
cents for the Philippines and about
$35 for the Canal Zone. Thus it is seen
that colonies. like everything else ARE
going up in price.
Our purchase includes three prin,
cipal cities and few smaller villages
The most important of the cities is
Charlotte Amalie, on this island of St
Thomas. In the islands the town is
called St. Thomas. It's Danish name
almost never being heard. 1t has
about $4,000 inhabitants most of
whom have negro blood, but it is not
a negS town in the sense that Port All
Prince is. The typical st. Thomian
of the better class is a West Indian
creole of a distinctive type. He has
just enough negro blood to make his
skin dark and his hair slightly kinky
He is indolent and pleasure loving
but intelligent and pretty well edu
Gated. Many of the leading merchants
of st. Thomas are Creoles, including
the only millionaire in the islands
These well to do Creoles have their
children educated in Europe and
mingle with the Danish officials as
social equals. Many of the young
Danes have taken Creole brides back
to Denmark.
In st. Croix are Christiansted, the
capital, and Fredrikstad, each having
"a population Of between 1000 and
5000. Fredrikstad is fiat, white
dusty town swept by the wind from
its open roadstead and is neither
picturesque nor interesting. Christ.
iansted, on the other hand, is beauti.
full tropical city, full of flowers and
palms and picturesque old houses. 1t
has pretty little harbor choked with
sand and mud. The bulk of the peo-
pie in st. Croix are blacks. The dom
inant class consists mostly of Irish
men and Danes.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

the United States prior to July 1st
1915.
Following are the applicants:
Peter Haugen of Oskaloosa, from
Norway, arrived in the U. S. in April
1894, is a baker at the Sanitary Bak
cry. Naturalized.
Cornelius Valster of Leighton, from
Holland arrived August 1901; is a
farmer. Continued to December q,
1917.
Gerrit II. Yer Ploef, of oskaloosa,
from Holland, arrived March, 1908;
is a farmer. Continued to December
a, 1917.
Henry Kuperus, of Leighton, from
Holland, arrived June 1903, is a
merchant. Naturalized.
August F. Wessman, Of Fremont,
from Sweden, arrived November 1884;
is laborer. Continued to Deem
Der Z. 1917.
Abraham Grossgleep or A. Green.
of Oskaloosa, came from Russia, ar
rived October 1905, is a grocery mer-
chant. Continued to December q,
1917.
Peter DeVries, of Mahaska county,
from Holland, arrived May 1903, is
"a farmer. Naturalized.
Harry Willis, from Russia, arrived
July 1911. is news agent on the
Rock Island road
George Katko, of Eddyville. from
Austria, arrived February, 1890, us a
farmer. Continued TO December a,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

The freight car shortage of the
last few months has driven automobile
dealers to desperate expedients in get
ting their wares from the factories
so that they may be delivered to Gus.
toners. Factory drives" across coun-
try have become SO common that spe-
cial crews have been appointed for
the work, experienced captains placed
in charge of the caravans, and regular
routes mapped out.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05
We have an excellent communica.

We have an excellent communica'
ton from some good friend of the
Herald, offered for publication. We
would like to give it publicity, but a
fixed rule at this Office is that all
communications must appear with the
writer's name attached If the writer
will let us know who he is we will be
glad to insert the article.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

I'm the passage of an ordinance by
the Detroit council that city has
started what its motorists hope will
be a national movement to standardize
motor fuel. The object of the stand
ardization is to provide quality that
can be used readily in any tempera-
ture or altitude, and to prevent adult.
Grafton by unscrupulous dealers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

The usual 80 cents a ton reduction
in the price of coal will not be made
this April by New York dealers. The
large operators allied with the anth'
racite roads may not offer any reduc-
ton at all. and those who do decide
upon a decrease, if they do, are not
expected to make it more than 20
CENTS
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

According to the Chicago Tribune,
the really important effect of booze
is not that it makes men do danger
Gus things but that it prevents them
from doing useful things. "A couple of
bottles of beer will. for instance, di-
vert student from reading William
James to reading Nick Carter. They
will divert business man from study
ing reports to browsing over the news.
paper"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

Living in seclusion in the quiet
home of her daughter and far re-
moved from the atmosphere of Eu-
ropean courts, Mrs. Elizabeth Thorn,
first cousin of the late Francis Joseph
Emperor of Austria, celebrated her
ninety.third birthday at Kenosha, Wis.
racantly
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

Universal service according to the
st. Louis Republic, would not mean
the putting of rife upon the Shout
der Of every boy. Far from it. 1t
would simply mean that every boy, on
reaching a certain age, would be fitted
into the scheme of his country's de-
Tense. If the nation needed him, it
would know where to find him, what
he was good for and how to use him. >
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05
:. X I. 49,. i. i. !. i. -. i. 4. i
THE RURAL SCHOOLS
j. !. 4. !. .i.7.i. !. !. !. !. !. +.

Rea rural school of Monroe town
ship, of which Ira HolIingsworth is
director and Miss Beryl Vallanding-
ham is teacher, held box supper re-
Gently and cleared enough money to
purchase a Victrola and number of
records, and a large dictionary for
the school.
Faye Lyle, teacher OF Union school
of Lincoln township. has just pur-
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

chased large globe and dictionary
for the school from the proceeds of
a recent social
- =. =.
Meade school Number { of Black
Oak township, with Miss June Thorn
as as teacher, is holding Community
Sings each week, the program con-
sisting OF an. evening of singing,
ciphering and spelling.
- - -
Norwegian school, Number 9 of
Union township, with Miss Erma
Quaintance as teacher, has purchased
Victrola and school supplies with
the $23 Melted from a box supper.
~ - -
Quite a number of the schools of
Mahaska county have added books
to their libraries during the past
year Pleasant Ridge school of Nal
ison township, with Miss Jeanette
Van de Kieft, teacher, and the fol-
lowing directors. Walter Brummel,
Art De Reus and John Rempe, have
purchased $500 worth OF reference
books. Every school in Union
township has added books, the total
addition amounting to S4f00. Riggs
school. Number OF Pleasant Grove,
has added $40 worth of books, and
Brush Street school of Garfield town
ship, has added $214 worth of books.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

by the terms of the settlement,
the combined salary list of the rail
roads will be increased approximately
S60,O00,000 a year, according to con-
sentative estimates. The number of
workmen profting by this increase
will be more than 100000. In other
words, the railroads of the country
must add over $1,OOO,OOO per week to
their pay rolls.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

--Twenty-one tons of aluminium
''pigs" were delivered at an Inliana-
polls automobile factory the other day
when the difficulties of freight ship
ment threatened to close the foundry
The metal worth $4,000, looked like
silver and made some folks think the
factory had been turned into a sub
treasury
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

Plans for the nationwide cele-
bration this year Of baby week are
already under way in at least thirty
four states. In most of the states the
celebration. which is designated to
emphasize various phases of infant
welfare work will be held the first
week in May.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

No mock turtle soup in theirs.
From forty to fifty turtles are killed
for the annual banquet of London's
lord mayor.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

If one must have ills he ought to
acquire enough so that each individual
i'll may hurt bad enough at times to
make him forget the rest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05
ELECTION DAYS.

Modern election days differ from the
old fashioned election days very no.
ticeably, says the Marshailtown
Times-Reppblican "and somehow we
fan TO EXHIBIT the wild excitement an
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

The man on the corner has OBJ
served that a politician seldom gets
so full of enthusiasm that he has no
room for dinner. .,.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

3 Rumor 10 heard to the effect that
oskaloosa may draw one or two big
circuses this year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

the United States prior to July 1st,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-05

chased large globe and dictionary
for the school from the proceeds of
a recent social
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11
DAUGHTERS SEEK
TO BREAK WILL

Mrs. Anna Matilda Lacey and Mrn
Ada E. Hoff both of Fountain City, in
circuit court Tuesday, filed suit to con.
test the will of their father, Henry
Sieweke, who died in 1916, who, they
allege, was Of unsound mind when he
made the will. Sieweke was a retired
farmer and left an estate valued at
$4,000.
The four sons OF Sieweke, the trus
tees Of the Trinity Lutheran church OF
Richmond and the Dickinson Trust
Company. executor of the will, are
named defendants in the suit
Under the terms of the will, which
was probated January Is Of this year,
the Trinity Lutheran church of Rich
mond is bequeather $500. Each of the
six children are given equal shares In
the remainder Of the estate. However
the plaintiffs allege that their shares
are for their natural lives only while
the other heirs are given equal shares
for their lives, the share then to go to
their children.
They ask that the will be declared
invalid by the court as the will Is pre-.
tended" and that said pretended will
was unduly executed by Henry Sic
weke. They also allege he was Of
unsound mind when the will was made
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11
WAVE
is CAUSE OF
ELEVEN FIRES

Eleven fires in Richmond during
the last three days, caused by the ex-
tremely cold weather, have done dam
age estimated at approximately $500.
Two more fires were caused Tues
day, one by an over heated furnace
and another by big CRATE fire. Dam
age estimated at more, than 500 was
done at the home of Howard Venting,
lie Southwest Seventh street, at 1880
o'clock. An overheated furnace set
the floor of the house afire.
Fire at the Richmond sanitarium,
205 North Tenth street, did more than
so damage A blazing crate fire set
the floor ablaze.
Damage of $40 was done at the
home of Rev. A. J. Guy, 610 North
Twentieth street, late Monday after
noon. Sparks from the chimney burn
ed under the roof Fire of unknown
origin did SO damage to the Pennsyl-
vania company's filtering plant at
North Eleventh and z streets. An
overheated furnace did slight damage
at the homo of Scott Markley, %
South Twentieth street.
The floor caught fire While plumb
er's thawed frozen water pipes at the
home of Paul White, 628 South H
street Ten dollars damage was caus-
ed. Sparks caused a slight blaze at
the home of Margaret Schools, 921
North Eleventh. street. The damage
amounted to SIS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11

Who said men possessed more gray
matter than women?
This aged theory so far at least,
cannot apply to the women students at
Ear!ham college.
For the women students at Earl
ham college stand higher in scholar
Earlham Press, the college weekly
newspaper
As Percent Below Average.
Forty-five percent of the students
of the college have received grades
below the average, according to the
college paper.
And of this number forty-three per-
cent of the women received the low
grades while forty-eight percent of
the men have "flunked" so far, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the col
lcge registrar.
There are 151 students below aver.
age in 251 subjects. Eighty-nine stu
dents below average in one subject,
thirty-two pupils in two subjects,
twenty-one in three subjects and nine
in four subjects.
Only twenty-five out of seventy-five
women were sent the yellow en-
velopes" while twenty of the fifty-two
"day dodger" men in college received
the warning envelope.
So Women Below.
In the dormitories fifty-nine of the
ia women are below average, against
fifty out of ninety-four men.
"The day dodgers show a surprising
lead over the dormitory students in
scholarship, only thirty three, percent
being warned whereas fifty-two per
cent Of the dorm students were," says
the Press.
And continues. whether this differ
ence between the two groups is due
to the superiority of the gray matter
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11
GAS MIXTURE
PLANNED To
help FAMINE
Artificial May Be Mixed
Fuel Shortage Serious in
County.

Artificial gas, manufactured at the
Heat and Power Company, may be
used to supplement the natural gas
shortage if the present shortage Of
natural gas continues.
However, n. H. Johnson, manager of
the company. said Tuesday that the
supply Of natural gas would be ade-
quate to meet the city's needs with a
moderation of the weather.
If the weather does not soon mod
crate the artificial gas may be mixed
with the natural gas thus furnishing
an adequate supply for the consumer.
While Richmond is fairly we'll pre-
pared to meet the severe cold weather
which still hovers over the city, several
of the towns in the county are without
coal. Appeals have been made to
County Fuel Administrator Bates by
the towns of Cambridge City and Cen
terville.
Situation is Serious.
The situation at both towns is very
serious and many houses are cold in
both places. The coal administrator
for the county has appealed to the
state administrator and it is probable
that the situation will be partially re-
Iieved within several days at least.
Several more car loads of coal have
arrived in Richmond and the sale is
still limited to one to a family. Fam
lilies with coal in their bins will not
be allowed to purchase more until
their supply is all but exhausted under
orders issued to the retail coal dealers
of the city by the fuel administrator.
However, many homes in the city
have been cold, and 1t is be-
lieved that there is much suffering
in Richmond Monday night, the coolest
night this month. The biggest trouble
now is the inability of dealers to fill
the many orders which are swamping
them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11
Dismissal Urged of
Three Teachers in
Gotham High School

NEW YORK, Dec. n.-Three teach
ers in Dewitt Clinton High school,
suspended recently on dis1oyalty
charges, have been recommended for
dismissal by the high school commit
tee of the board of education, it was
learned today. The board will act
Upon the recommendation tomorrow.
One teacher is accused of main
tanning n neutral attitude while dis
cussing anarchism in the classroom;
another with permitting one of his
pupils to write an unicorn apiimentary
letter to President Wilson. while the
third was charged with objecting to
an officer in uniform speaking to the
students"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11
TEMPERATURE
IS LOWEST OF
ANY DECEMBER
ON RECORDS
Mercury Falls to "a Degrees
Below Zero Tuesday Morn
ing on Moore's Thermom-
eter-Relief Seen.
SUFFERING IS CAUSED

A slight moderation in the b-r-r-r-r
weather is predicted for Wednesday by
Weather Forecaster Moore who says
1t will not be quite so cold"
All records for cold weather in Rich
mond and Wayne county during the
month of December were broken
Tuesday morning when the mercury
registered twenty-four degrees below
zero on the government thermometer
at the home of Weather Forecaster
Moore on College avenue.
Snow, il is predicted, will accom-
pany the slight moderation in tempera-
ture, which it is believed will still fall
below the zero mark. The snow storm
Is predicted to strike Richmond some
time Tuesday night
Tell Different Tales.
Thermometers in different parts of
the city Tuesday morning told differ
ent tales. Some registered twenty
five below zero while other registered
fifteen. One registered four below
shortly before 7 o'clock.
The official low mark. however, was
twenty-four 'egrees below at $50
o'clock From then on the red liquid
steadily climbed and at noon had
reached the ten above zero mark at
the Richmond pumping station.
There is much suffering in Rich
mond Nearly 100 appeals for food
and clothing have been made on the
Salvation army.
Captain Beard Of the Richmond
chapter of the army Tuesday issued an
appeal for funds to aid in alleviating
the suffering. With calls being receiv-
ed from every part Of the city, the
armys finances are inadequate to meet
the demand, for coal especially.
Little Food In House.
One family, in which there is new
baby, have been hugging cold stove
for two days The father has been
unable to work because of illness, and
there Is little food in the house. Cap
tain Bead gave temporary aid.
Many similar cases have been re.
ported to Captain Beard and every
effort is being made by her to relieve
this suffring Funds are needed by the
army. however. to carry on this work.
Appeals for coal have been received
by County Fuel Administrator Bates
from several towns in the county and
every effort is being made to fill the
demands as soon as possible.
At Webster the school was closed
because of lack of adequate heating
facilities and fuel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11
DRY BILL TO
Be UP MONDAY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-By unani-
nous consent today the houe agreed
to consider on Monday the constitu-
tional amendment for nationwide
prohibition which already has been
passed by the senate.
The judiciary committee favorably
reported the amendment
AS passed by the senate the resolu-
ton provides that the necessary
three-fourths of the states must act on
the amendment within six years of its
passage in congress. The judiciary
committee extended the time to seven
years and would make the amendment
effective one year from the time of
it's ratification.
Representative Randall of Calitorn-
Ia, prohibitionist member Of the
house, predicted today the resolution
would pass the house with 40 or so
votes to spare.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-11
ALLIES IN DARK AS TO
where BLOW WILL FALL

Heavy German reinforcement have
arrived In France, it is believed in al
lied capitals. but where the expected
blow will fall is yet to be disclosed.
For the moment the infantry is mac
tive along the western front, but the
artillery. and especially that of the
Germans, is very active in various sec
tors.
On the British front the Germans
are bombarding heavily the positions
southwest of Cambria and east and
northeast of Ypres, the two sectors
which have seen virtually all the
heavy fighting in the last few months.
From st. Quentin to the Swiss bor-
der, Paris reports great enemy artil-
lery activity between the Disc and
the Aisne, in Champagne. northeast
of Verdun and in upper Alsace. The
British and French cannon are reply
ing in kind against the German posi-
tions.
The heavy German artillery fire
may mean that the Germans are at
tempting to find weak point and it