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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
NOT NECESSARILY WAR.

While the present strained situation
between Germany and America may
lead to open hostilities. the breaking
of of Diplomatic relations between
two nations does not necessarily mean
war The recall of representatives
means than one country does not APP
prove of the others action, and that
unless concessions are made there
will be no further peaceful intercourse
between the two. President Wilson
stated the case nicely in the closing
paragraph of his address to congress
when he said:
I'VE do not desire and hostile con-
fiict with the imperial German govern
ment. We are the sincere friends of
the German people and earnestly de-
sire to remain at peace with the. gov
eminent which speaks for them. We
shall not believe that they are hostile
to us unless and until we are obliged
to believe it; and we purpose nothing
more than the reasonable defense of
the undoubted rights of our people.
I'VE wish to serve no selfish ends.
We seek merely to stand true, alike in
thought and in action to the immemor-
ial principles of our people which
sought to express in my address to the
senate only two weeks ago-seek
merely to vindicate our right to liber-
ty and justice and an unmOlested life.
These are the bases of peace, not
war God grant we may not be chal-
Ienged to defend them by acts of will
full injustice on the part of the govern.
mont of Cernanyr
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

Docs advertising pay?" En-
quircs the What Cheer Patriot, and
then proceeds to answer its own ques
tio1 like this. The Birth of a Nation
spent $33 in newspaper advertising III
the What Cheer Patriot alone and
when tue curtains rang up on the first
afternoon nearly the entire house was
hIled with people from all the ad'
joining towns. They had read the big
advertisements and the result is that
all through the three days engage
rae Is the out of town people and the
farmers have been filling the house.
That thirty-three dollars got them
many times it's amount in business.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Five Languages to Tell II.

A man in one of Caribou's (Me.)
stores recently inquired for something
in the German language. The clerk re-
piled in French. A bystander repeated
the question in Swedish another again
repeated the question, using Spanish.
OF course the conversation was trans
lated into English,for the benefit of the
others who were present, making five
languages spoken.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Special Election Held.

A special election was held last
week at Beech, at which a PROPOSE
ton was submitted for the issuance
of $4,000 bonds for the erection of
a consolidated school building The
vote carried by good majority. The
consolidated district will include six
teen sections.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
May Be Held in Service.

A lumber of local people have an
nounced their intentions of visiting
Fort Des Moines, near Des Moines,
this week, to meet the Iowa soldiers,
returned from the Mexican border
Recent developments in the German
situation may cause the War Depart
ment to hold the Third Iowa Infantry
in Federal service, preparing for any
emergencies. %
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

Eighteen boys, patients in the
State Hospital for Crippled Children
at Phalen Park, st. Paul, Minnesota,
recently took the Boy Scout Oath and
passed the Tenderfoot tests. Officials
in the hospital believe that the Scout
program will have an excellent effect
on the character of the boys and will
add greatly to their happiness and
general well being.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Dual rapid transit subways ar

Dual rapid transit subways are
adding s25O,OOO,OOO this year to the
value of New York realty. This is APP
parent from preliminary figures OF the
tax assessors for the .19F rolls. In
crease in land values along the lines
are estimated at s150,O0O,000 and owe"
800, 100000 has gone into building
operations.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Hadn't Been There.

Lecturer lin small town)--"Of
course, you all know what the inside
of a corpuscle Is like" Chairman Of
Meeting (interrupting)--"Most Of us
do, but We better explain 1t for the
benefit Of them as have never been
inside one."-Puck.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

The purchase of the Danish West
Indias presents new problem to Con
gress. The women of these islands
now possess rights of suffrage equal
TO the men. These rights were grant
ed by Denmark and there is gener-
al feeling that the United States can
not consistently take such rights from
its new citizens.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
st. RS" SON MADE MAJOR
President Gives Commission to Colo.
nePs Boy--Was Member Of Platts-
burg Training Camp.

Washington, Feb. 6.-PIesident VIII
son signed a commission appointing
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., a major of in
fantry i'll the officers reserve corps
Mr.. Roosevelt was a member of the
Plhttsburg training camp.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Painful Oneration.

Wilma, seven year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. e. L. Smothers. under
went an operation for the removal of
a needle from under the knee cap. For
a week the little girl suffered in the
hopes that the needle. which had pen
etrated the flesh, could be removed
without the aid of surgery.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

Leaf tobacco on hand January l,
1917, includes 632, 550,784 pounds for
which the marked weight was re.
ported ii. e. weight at time it was
packed and 412,334,32f pounds for
which the actual weight" was re
ported. The corresponding amounts
included for October 1916 were 621,-
O3S, $50 and All ,9S0,176 pounds respect
lively and for 1915 we're 76o,SO7, APT and
.444,955,521 pounds respectively, and
for April I, 1916, 906.3t5, O35 and77G,
.776,4S 4 pounds Respectively ALLOW
a zee should be made for shrinkage or
the amount for which marked
Weigh" was reported in order to az
certain the actual weight, The total
of January 1. 1917, includes 928.52l,9l3
pounds of unstemmed and ll6,363,2Ot
pounds of stemmed leaf tobacco.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
AduIterated Coffee.

w. d. Hayes, city food and dairy in
spector at Sioux, City, seized and de.
stroyed a. hundred pounds of adulter-
ated coffee, as the first step in cam
paign against bronds of coffee. con-
tanning mixture of rosated peas,
beans, rye, wheat, bread, oats, chic
DRY, bark, red slate and other ingred-
tents.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

THE tax on automobiles ought to
be used by the states for permanent
road rder a state aid plan, says
the Gil Bluffs Nonpareil. 1t
SHOULD Oe used to supplement gov
eminent aid. The auto owners are
entitled to some benefits for the mon
ey they contribute to road building. !"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Moonshlnera.

The name ''moonshiners" was given
to the illicit distillers,in the mountains
Of North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
lucky and West Virginia. from the fact
that they do most of their work at
night, on account Of the danger attend
Ing It during the daytime.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

Flood waters caused the loss OF
nearly $4,000, 900 IN the United States
in 1915 according 70 complications
cited in the report Of the chief of the
United States Weather Bureau. or
this amount a little more than one
half fell upon the agricultural interest
CT tie country.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

1T has been figured out that the
sum which Great Britain is paying for
alcoholic drinks would pay more than
4 per cent interest on the total cost
TO Britains of the great war
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Almost Fuel Eaminn

Oskaloosa came near fuel famine
yesterday. Several of the local
mines were shut down and few coal
haulers would make deliveries on ac-
count of the extreme cold.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

Every newspaper man will agree
with Alex Miller when he says, mo
two accounts of an accident ever agree
and the newspaper reporter has to
make his own conclusions"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

Little habits gnaw great holes in
the biggest income but regular little
savings, pile up amazingly. Start a
saving account.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

--Sigourney Review I'VE always
raise better garden in January while
looking over the catalogue than we
do three months later
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Ground Work DELAYED.

Farmers are not doing much piow7
ing thus fart this month. as has been
the case In recent seasons.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

London, Feb. Cit is officially an
nounced that Richard Wallace, an
American seaman belonging at Balti-
more, was killed in the Smelling of
boats which left the sinking steamed
Eavestone. .,.,g
The official statement says that the
survivors of the EavestOne, who were
landed, report that their ship was
sunk by shell fire from Il German sub
marine, that the crew abandoned the
sinking vessel, and that the submarine
then shelled the boats in which they
took refuge, killing the captain and
three scamen and severely wounding
the second mate.
These ships were reported sunk:
Ymer. / ,123 tons, Norwegian.
Dos De Noviembre, Spanish one
drowned.
Lars KruSe, / AGO tons Danish.
Isle of Arran. 1918 tons, British.
Garnet Hill. 2,272 tons, Russian.
Released Americans Safe. Nr
e. u. Green and Charles Quinn, two
of the American sailors captured on
the British steamer Iarrowdale by the
German raider in the South Atlantic,
arrived in London and reported at the
American consulate. They were re-
leased after their arrival in Germany
because they were members of the
original crew of the YarrOwdale, which
was unarmCd.
The sailors said that when they left
the internment camp where they had
been temporarily detained, they
brought with them the names of So
of their fellOw-AmeriCan sailors who
still were being held, but that this list
was seized by the German authorities
at the frontier.
Berlin dispatches stated that Ger
many had aCCCdCd to the American
demands for the release of the Amer
leans taken from ships sunk by the
German raider in the Atlantic anG
brought to Germany On the aHarrOw
dale. The number of these men was
given as y.
"Situation Serious" TumuIty.
Washington. Feb. 6.-"That looks
pretty serious" was the attitude OF
official Washington when the Intcrna
tional News Service dispatch reported
the death of Richard Wallace of Balti
more in submarine attack on the
steamer EaVeStone.
IF this report is verified it looks
very serious" SAID Secretary Tumultl
when the dispatch was read to him
He at once communicated the informa
ton to the president who declined Il
comment pending the receipt of otficia
reports. The state department Off
Gals recognizing the serious nature o.
the report likewise declined to com
ment, although eagerly anxious fol
further information. tUgt
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

-Ho, hum! Life is just one in
vestigation after another. Commits
sions plenty but nothing accomplish
cd
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
Traded Farm For Store.

U. s. Chacey has traded his farm.
near Nugent, for ]. o. Sptys store in
Pefkins, and has already taken POSSESS,
ion. NY s ''''-
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

1.-The Hedrick Journal has found
Women who really seem to enjoy poor
Lcal.h.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

"A single application OF very
small quantity of sodium fiuorid has
been found to destroy completely all
sts.g es and all species of lice on poul
-..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

EDSON.-Died, at his home, 40s
Second avenue east, Saturday morn
ing, February 3, 1917, w. NJ Edison
aged "a years. Funeral Monday
February 3, at Q D. M, from Chees
man Funeral Home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
AMERICAN SEAMAN {
KILLED BY DIVER
SMELLING BOATS
Crew Of British Merchantmen
Fired Upon.
SHOT WHILE FLEEING
Survivors Reach Port and Declare
German Submarine Attacked Them
While They Were Leaving
Sinking Craft:

London, Feb. 6.-The Belgian relief
steamer Lars Kruse was sunk by n
torpedo or a mine near the Belgian
coast The vessel carried u cargo of
wheat from Buenos Aires. 1.-THE Lars
kruse was vessel of ] AGO tons. She
was under Danish registry. She left
Buenos Aires December % for Rotter-
dam.l
Cable dispatches FRIDAY told of the
sinking of the Belgian relief ship
Euphrates, probably the first victim of
the new German U-boat warfare.35!
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

KEISELBACH. - Word was re-
ceived in the city yesterday by James
II. Porter of the death of Paul Keisel-
bach, formerly with the Oskaloosa
Traction and Light Company in this
city. Mr.. Keiselbach was employed
here as manager of the department Of
fixtures at the down town office, and
was splendid young man He was
taken III Id September and upon the
advice Of physicians feft for Denver
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
CLOSING OUT
Public Sale.

On Thursday, February %, 1917, l
will sell at my farm 10 miles west of
Eddyville, and 10 miles north of Abba,
175 HEAD OF STOCK.
Consisting of Is head of horses and
mules, 100 head OF cattle, 60 head of
hogs.
Grain( hay and farm machinery and
other articles. ....
One 1914 model Studebaier touring
car in good repair.
Watch the paper for sale bill later.
Anthony Forsyth,
Abba, Iowa, R. No. 1.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

ROSENBOOM.-- Born, to Mr.. and
Mrs. George Rosenboom at heir home
in Adams township, on February 4,
1917, an eight and half pound son.
He has been named George Rosen-
boom, Jr.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

ss i. IL II =. IL IL sts j. .t' s' 'ys .s IF 81
Leslie L. Clay, Newberg, Ia. rs
1868 and
Marie Sawyer, Gilman, la. ~
Martin A. DeJong, Peoria, Ia. 20
1854 and
Lena Wander Sebaff, Taintor -. .23
Elmer G. Batey, Beacon 1850. 80
1856 and
Lola B. Harvey, oskaloosa y. %
DDY.--Born to Mr. and Mrs G.
C. Maddy at their home SIC Second
avenue east, on Feb. 5, a daughter.
WOLTMAN.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
B. Woltman; 6O7 Fourth avenue west,
on February A, 1917, an eight pound
daughter.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

EDSON.-Funeral services for the
late NJ. w. Edison who died Saturday
were held from the Cheesman Funer
al Home on Monday, Feb. 5, at 2 p
M Rev. Malone of the United Pres
byterian church gave the sermon. In
terment was made in Forest cemetery
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

TOWNLEY. Born to Mr. and Mrs
H. J. Townley, of Knoxville, at the
Mercy Hospital, Feb. 4, an eight and
one-fourth pound son. The little fell
low has been named Jay Vernon Town
ley Mrs. Townley is better known as
Murl Vernon.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-08

GREENHALGH-E E. Green
halgh, son if Mr.. and Mrs. James
Greenhalgh, died. at his home in White
City. Feb. 5, 1917, at II p. m. age IL
years, s months and days. He was
born May 2S, 1904, at White City
where he spent all his life. He leaves
to mourn their loss his father and
mother. The body will be taken to
Tipton, Iowa, Feb. 7, 1917, where fun
eral services will be held and burial
will be in Upton cemetery.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09
BASIL MANLY big food cen
BY Basil M. Manly

WASHINGTON, ID. c., May p
In the very shadow of the nations
capital, where legislators now talk
only in terms of billions of dol
lars, thousands of families, unable
to pay the prices asked for even
the poorest cuts of meat, are now
eating what in past years was
considered fit only for the render
ing kettle.
] have seen with my own eyes
butcher shop after butcher shop
In the poorer sections Of Washing
ton where no real meat was for
sale, and only such things as pig
tails, hog kidneys and hog faces
were on the counters.
Let me quote from the official
report of the food commission Of
the District of Columbia, just
made public.
StriCtest Economy
This commission was composed
of George M. Roberts, superin-
tendent of markets; c. F. Nesbit,
superintendent of insurance, and
w llls ~. w OOu W
all government officials.
Here Is their Official statement:
Interesting figures were OBJ
tanned from the proprietors of
some of the smaller stores, whose
business is with the poorer peo-
pie. They show clearly that the
poor have been compelled to re-
sort to the strictest economy to
provide food, on account of high
prices.
Their purchases are of the
cheapest possible articles and in
smaller quantities than hereto
fore"
Small Increases
The suffering among the poor
in Washington is probably more
acute than in any other city in
the Union. Official statistics show
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09
ALKALI MAKES SOAP
BAD FOR WASHING Halt

Most soaps and preparce sham
poos contain too much alkali,
which is very injurious, as 1t dries
the scalp and makes the hair
brittle.
The best thing to use is Just
plain mulsified coooanut oil, for
this is pure and entirely grease
less. It's very cheap, and beats
the most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can
get this at any drug store, and a
few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in, about a tea
spoonful is all that is REQUIRED.
1t makes an abundance OF rich,
creamy lather, cleanses thor
oughly, and rinses out easily. The
hair dries quickly and evenly, and
is soft, fresh looking, bright,
fluffy, wavy and easy to handle.
Besides, 1t loosens and takes out
every particle of dust. dirt and
dandruff. adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09

the AVERAGE INCREASE of
wages throughout the country
since 1907 has been 10 per cent,
lalthoush there were numerous
cases of increases as high as 80
and 40 per cent.
! But In Washington the poorer
people who are practically all EN-
Iployes of the government were
able after the strongest kind of
appeals to secure from congress
only 10 per cent increase for
those getting less than 500 a
month, per cent for those get
ing from 500 to $3.50 per
month. and nothing at all for
those over $50.
Food Up on Per Cent
In the meanwhile, the cost of
food. as shown by the official fig
ures of the bureau of labor sta
tistics, increased 81 per cent.
1t is impossible to go into one
Of the large Washington markets
without seeing pinched-faeed
mother wandering from stall to
stall trying to find some kind OF
food cheap enough for her slen-
der purse to purchase filling
meal for her family.
1t Is no uncommon sight to see
women in the markets weeping
bitterly because they cannot af-
ford to buy what they know their
children and husband need to pre-
serve health and efficiency.
Justified?
Are present prices unjustified?
Here is what the Official food
commission of the District of Co
lumbia says:
AFTER ALL THE CAUSES
(WHICH MAY REASONABLE
TEND TO INCREASE PRICES
ARE CONSIDERED, THERE AP-
PEARS NO JUST GROUND FOR
SUCH HIGH PRICES OF MANY
PRODUCTS AS ARE DEMANDED
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09
HUGE LUMBER ORDERS

Specifications lumber total 740 0OO,00O
been submitted to northwest umbermen by the government the
gigantic prospective order including 600000000 barracks
and training buildings
of 20 ships northwestern yards of the which will
The lumbermen considering the 20
ships have wired that everything else will be detracked that
the 100000 will be Forthcoming ship
the district together
The call for the ship lumber the first definite indication
the that the shipping north
The standpoint greater anything
of its contemplated the northwest The
feet lumber the ships price $40 thousand
would 300 while the 600 barracks
and other buildings lower would total somewhere between
$40 100000 and $t5000,0O0.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09
Basil M Manly Sets Out On Trip About Food Centers
of Nation to Determine What Is the Trouble With
Prices; Finds Families in Shadow of Capitol I'm
able to Buy Good Cuts of Meat.
EDITORS NOTE-Food !

EDITORS NOTE-Food prices have taken an
other leap upwards during the past two weeks. We
hearing of Decent bread, 5O-cent bacon and
corresponding increases In many articles of food
situation is becoming serious even the man with
large income is becoming alarmed. What of the
great majority, the people of small income?
In Washington II Is said there Is plenty OF food
In the country What, then, is the matter? In
order to obtain frst-hand news and information on
the subject which is agitating every American
home, Basil NJ Manly, the noted writer ON econom-
les who Is the staff of the Newspaper Enterprise
Association of which this newspaper is member,
has been assigned visit the vital centers of
the country and tell The Times and its readers what
he finds out. Following is Many's first dispatch.
Ii Is from Washington, from which city he started
his tour. He will go To New York. Pittsburg, Chi
cago, Kansas City, Minneapolis and perhaps other
big food centers-EDITORD
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09

Miss Carroll Shinn, of San Fran
cisco, and some representatives of
a new race Of people, but they are
none the less interesting to juven-
lies, already delighted with this
latest addition to playworld citi-
zenry.
The new folks are called the
''Mafkins.' When Miss Shinn was
in high school she made one of the
"Mifkins" one day in the manual
draining room with a band saw.
It's funny, painted face pleased
everybody SO we'll that she got the
idea of making more.
She succeeded. Now one can
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09

|0F THE CONSUMER AT THIS
TIME"
AS principal causes contributing
TO this unjustified increase the
commission ranks at the head OF
the list speculation and the virtual
breakdown of the railroads. Here
lis the commissions evidence OF
the artificial character of the
prices created by speculation;
Potatoes
ION Feb 26 potatoes were sell
ing in Washington at SIS per bar
rel; onions for $14 per 100 pounds
and eggs at 43c a dozen. Three
days later, on March 1, AFTER
THIS COMMITTEE AND GER
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09

find among the "Mifkins" Little
Red Riding Hood, the Rabbit from
Alice in Wonderland, Mary, Mary,
Quite Contrary, the Little Girl
with the Curl, Hans and Gretchen,
the Queen of Hearts and Captain
Kid. There is also Uncle Sam
and just plain ordinary folks
hoboes and the like, and animals
to make the "Mifkin" world more
observation-disclosures, lions and
Tigers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09
Birth reports for Tacoma

HEH VII FNPOEts TVf IUNVTfs' U6sE
ing the last few days are as fol-
lows: Boy-May 8, to Mr.. and
Mrs. De Mont Allen Thornton OF
Aberdeen. Girls-May 5, to Mr..
and Mrs. James ]. Miller, sos 10th
avenue, Seattle; May 1, to Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Dettman of Portland;
April 2S, to Mr.. and Mrs. Yasuke
Shinguchi, 1522M Broadway;
April 81, to Mr.. and Mrs. Isak
Marknsen, 8805 North 18th ct;
April 80. to Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolf
*. Olsen. 3012 Meirose ST., city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-05-09
WHY DO FOOD PRICES KITE?

TAIN DEPARTMENTS OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAD
BEGUN TO MAKE AN INVESTI-
CATION of the situation, these
articles had dropped TO the follow
ing prices:
Potatoes. per barrel ......S ESQ
Onions. per 100 lbs. ...... 11.Q0
Eggs, per dozen ......... 80
There has, of course com
ments the committee, been no
increase in the total potato and
onion supply of the country be-
tween these dates. There was nc
addition to the American stock
and no reduction In the American
demand. yet prices dropped.