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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-22

-. n. Allgood, f. T. Hanna, ]. H.Will-
holt, Ralph Algood, j. H. Comstock,
Chas. Allgood Interment at the
Wymore cemetery. - Carrie NJ. All
good.
COOK The funeral OF Elizabeth
H. Cook was held at l: 80 o'clock this
Tuesday afternoon, at the home OF
her son-in-law, o. w Hoskins, in
the vicinity of Fremont The Off
ciating ministers were Rev. Alfred
Hansen of Indianola and DR.. David
NJ. Edwards. Following the eXer-
cises the funeral party drove by au-
tomobile to Forest cemetery where
the remains were laid to rest in the
family lot. The following statement
prepared by members of the family
was read at the funeral by DR.. Ed
wards:
Elizabeth II. Cook passed away
during the night of Saturday, March
II, 1917. after an illness of about six
months. Today, March 20, had she
remained, would have been mothers
18th birthday. Her parents were
John and Marian Hirst of Belmont
county, Ohio, the locality of her
birth. In 1862 she was joined in
marriage with Joseph r. Cook of the
same vicinity. The family home was
soon after established on a farm in
Cedar county, Iowa.
Father departed this life about 10
years ago. OF this union there were
three children, two of whom remain
i. w. Cook and Mrs. o. w. Hoskins
Mothers home these later years was
with the latter. The second SON
J. H. Cook, husband of Anna STRAIT
ton Cook, passed away about years
ago. OF the mothers original fam
lily only a brother remains. Wilson
c. Hirst of near GAINESVILLE, Ohio
There are six grandchildren: Cliff
ford j., Willard H., Roscoe, Eloise
and Walter I. Cook; and Joseph Cook
Hoskins. ....
Mother was a birthright member
of the Society of Friends, her SYM
pathies being with the more con-
sentative. She was a student at both
Westtown and Mt. Pleasant board
ing schools, institutions generally
familiar in a Friends community
She used the plain language and OBJ
served other customs after the man
ner of Friends. She was familiar
with their literature and called to
mind readily and frequently numer-
Gus scriptural passages that are a
part of their doctrinal foundation.
The departed was a real mother
The family home was the center OF
all. Her warm mother love, how
ever, for those given into her care
was not allowed to lessen a rigid and
kindly sense of disciplinary duty
Life to her was reality. She was
not given to the visionary, or super
fetal. Hand in hand with her hus-
band in the early days. she pioneered
on these western prairies, and with
others of that noble but vanishing
company had little use for those un-
willing to do full part l...
After father and brother passed
and near together, the strong physi-
cal power that was mothers earlier
heritage, began to break. AS recent
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-03-22

MOON FEE Married in Oskaloosa
Monday March 10, 1917. at two o'clock
p m. in the office of the officiating
magistrate Mayor J. G. Harold, Miss
vcrna Fee to Mr.. Fred Moon both OF
Knoxville.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
lOWA ELECTION CONTEST
IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE

Of congress. A commissioner IL now
hearing the contest brought by form
er Congressman Tom Steele. demo
crat, whose demand for = recount In
one precinct here led to q recount OF
the entire district.
The precinct recount disclosed ev1.
dence of fraud and gave Steele
lead In the district, but the recount
In outlying counties put Scott back
in the lead. BY agreement the re-
suit of the recount will receive full
credit in the congressional commit
tee which Is expected to hear the
contest in due time
Steele was the only democrat In
the Iowa delegation in congress
which passed out Sunday. Scott
stated today he would attend an
extra session II one is called this
summer. The recount In Cherokee
e0unty was beguA Monday nos1ins
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
lovely $50. GOO Picture.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
NEW YORK, March 6.-When Mrs.
Anna Yost, clad in a bathing suit,
braced her bare feet on a door
grabbed a rope in one hand and raced
behind a motor boat, she made q
lovely picture-a $4,000 picture it
developed today.
She has sued the Ansco company
charging the picture was used for
trade purposes without her consent.
The company, in court today, will
endeavor to prove that the bathing
suit may have been hers, and the
figure, but another head was used In
their ad. Hence 1t wasn't her pic
ture, raising delicate problem for
a fury Of twelve mere men.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
Threatening Letters.

CHICAGO, March 6.-Threatening
letters received within the last few
DAYS by J. Ogden Armour, Nelson
Morris, packers, and Joseph p. Grit
fiji, president of the board OF trade,
today were occupying the attention
of federal authorities and the local
police.
The communications, evidently
written by crank. warned the re-
cipients that they were to be killed
in their homes.
The motive for the threats, federal
officials believe, lies in indignation
a.. the high cost of living. Guards are
reported to have been watching the
homes of the three men for several
days. Federal officials are not TAX
ing the threats seriously, however
believing that they came from
fAnatdna or practical 1okerA
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
SEVEN KILLED so FAR
IN CHINESE TONG WAR

different parts OF San Francisco's
Chinatown at the same hour. Stimuli
taneously, gun men went on the war
path in Oakland, Stockton, San Jose.
Seattle and Los Angeles. Two were
slain in Stockton and one each in
Oakland and San Jose.
Police declared today that six fight
ing Tongs are now involved in the
war and that a seventh may be
drawn in at any moment
The gunme en- of the Bing Kongs, Hip
Sings, Sin Suey Wings and Suey Ons
are allied on one side against the
Suey Sings and Hop Sings, with the
possibility of the On Yicks taking
sides with the allies headed by
the Bing Kongs.
Triple squads of police patrolled
Chinatown's streets here today and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
ANOTHER PLOT
BEING HATCHED
Uprising in India Promoted by
Hindu and German,
With Financial
Backing.
TWO ARE UNDER ARREST
Large Propaganda Fund 10 Left In the
United states to be Used by
Energetic German
Agents.
TWO ARE UNDER ARREST

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.] ]
NEW YORK, March 6.-Dr. Chan
ader Chakiaberty. Hindu physician
and DR.. Ernest Sckunner, German,
are under arrest at New York police
headquarters. charged with Setting
on foot a military expedition against
a friendly nation" They will be ar
raigned today before federal authori-
ties.
The two admitted, after q grflling
lasting from seven o'clock last night
to FIVE this morning, that they had re-
ceived $60.OOO from Woln Won Igel, al
legged German plotter.
The object OF the plot. according to
the police, was to start revolution IN
India.
The two men were taken from a
sumptuously furnished apartment at
1864 West 120th street, where, detec-
tives stated, they found quantity OF
mysterious chemicals, pamphlets for
melting the Hindoos to revolt and a
large amount of aluminium caps, shap-
ed like pill boxes Scl1unner's confess
sion is said to have revealed the plot.
1T Is declared to have yeen cOrroborat
ed by his Hindu companion. He Is
said to have told the police that Chak-
iaberty went to Germany some time
ago, travelling as Persian under q
false passport. He returned with In
formation. It is said, and reported to
Won Igel in Washington. Won Igel, 1t
is said, gave the men 100000 Tor car
rying on their operations.
The police declared other arrests are
expected. The connection OF Chi
1905 ~,t, ;o ,oi,1 IN ~ a praad fn get
munitions into India FROM China Is be-
ing investigated.
Won Igel is now on the Frederick
VIII, homeward bound with Count
Won Bernstorff having had his $25,-
900 bond under conspiracy indict-
men released the day before the ship
sailed. He was held, along with Hans
Tauscher, Krupp agent in the United
States in connection with the Wei
land canal plot. Won 1gel was given
safe conduct as member OF the Ger
man ambassadors party
1t is indicated when his bond was
lifted that the department of justice
at Washington approved his release
and return TO Germany.
Since the departure of Bernstorf
there have been reports of $4,000
O00 propaganda fund left here to De
used by German agents working for
some unknown new chief.
The arrest of the two alleged plot
tiers today was made by Captain Tun-
ney, police bomb expert, who was
sent to Hoboken yesterday afternoon
when Deputy Police Commission Scull
received word CT the arrest of Fritz
Kolb. The connection between the
two cases was not apparent, but Chief
OF Police ;fiayes OF !o',o.sesi We
quoted today as predicting six more
arrests would follow from the arrest
of Kolb, in whose room were found
bombs and explosives.
Two possible new angles OF the re.
ported wholesale plot developed to-
day when the detective department
sent men to every subway station in
the city on hearing of plan to blow
I'D the subway and Jersey authorities
reported munition shipments yester-
day put a greater supply OF high eX-
plosives on Black Tom peninsula than
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
German Foreign Secretary
Again Holds That His Plot
Was Perfectly
Proper.
CANNOT SEE ANY WRONG
only Criticism % Far at Homo Is on
Permitting Treacherous Plot
TO Become Known
by America

Hunted Press Leased Wire Service
| AMSTERDAM, March 6.-Foreign
Secretary Zimmerman's second de
| Tense Of his action in seeking to align
Japan and Mexico with Germany
against America was that criticism
| from certain Germans of such course
ili-fitted previous complaints that Ger
many was not doing enough to acquire
new allies.
Such an explanation according to
Berlin dispatches, received here to-
day. was Zimmernlan's answer to so
cialists queries to the main commit
tee of the reichstag at its meeting
late yesterday. The secretary laid
particular stress on the fact that his
instructions to Minister Eckhardt at
Mexico City were based only on the
United States entering the war.
america is not justified In becom-
ing excited" Zimmerman was quoted
as declaring. Il suppose our step
made a particularly deep impression
abroad
"It was a national and justiflable
precaution. I am not sorry the in
struction became known regarding
Japan. A secure way was chosen to
send the instruction. 1t was a mis-
fortune however, tHat lhe hIheilCdn
government obtained them-but that
does not alter the fact that the step
we took was necessary"
Newspaper comment from all over
Germany appears to support the for
eign secretary whole-heartedly, al
though there was a disposition to crit
icize the bungling by which perfect
|ly legitimate move by Germany be-
came known. Count Won Reventlow,
apostle Of extreme ruthlessness, how
ever, bitterly assailed the foreign sec
retary In the Berlin Tages Zeitung,
declaring the alliance scheme SHOW
ed a lack of intimate acquaintance
with Mexican affairs and American re-
lations. He estimated the revelation
Of proffer would unite sentiment be-
hind President Wilson In America.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
Resolution introduced in the
State Legislature Today,
Calls Attention to
Filibuster.
CRITICISM OF THEM
Little Group Of Wltful Men, De-
nounced az Traitors by Chairman
Of American Defense
Society.

UNITED Press Leased Wire ServiceF
DES MOTNES, Iowa, March 6.--A
concurrent resolution condemning the
action Of u. s.. Senators Clrmmins and
Kenyon OF Iowa in the ffltbuster
which killed the armed neutrality bill.
was introduced in the Iowa legisla-
ture today by Representative e. D.
Rayburn. The resolution which was
laid over under the rules without de-
bate, "repudiates the act In imposing
the rule of the minority upon the sem
ate as wholly unauthorized by any
considerable sentiment OF the peopla
OF Iowa"
81 Thd resolution. in part, said
+ "wabreas CttnnninS And Kenyon
| by aiding In this filibuster substi-,
tuted minority for majority rule and
wholly disregarded the formal pledge
Of the Iowa general assembly to sup
port any measure the president
deemed necessary to uphold the hon-
or and dignity of the United States
in the present crisis.
Be 1t resolved, that we recognizes
that the action OF the Iowa senator's
has held up the state as an object for
the scorn and contempt Of the patri-
otic citizens of the United States.
HdI WS pOituliliy uSSuA SiAO PSrO
pie of the United States that the peo-l
pie of Iowa recognize the prime neces-
sity of the rule of the majority In the
conduct of the nations affairs and re-
pudiate the acts of the Iowa senator's
in imposing the rule of the minority
upon the United States senate as
wholly unauthorized by any considers
able sentiment of the people OF Iowa.
Sentiment against the resolution
was pronounced. Lieutenant Cover
nor e. r Moore and Speaker Pitt, in
interviews, declared they were OPP
posed to consideration of the resolu-
ton. Other members OF the legtsla-
ture, while declaring they favored
majority rule, said they did not believe
the legislature would condemn the two
Iowa republican senators with their
strong personal following in both
branches.
Burned In Effgy.
CHAMPAIGN. H.. March s.-Dean
warnock admitted to- the Urbana po-
lice today that 100 university OF
Illinois students last night dragged
q dummy labelled Senator LaFol-
lettev III rough the streets and then
tied it to hitching post and burned
it
Denounced as Traitors.
NEW YORK, March 6.-Denounc-
ing as traitors the little group of will
full men" in the United States sem
ate who filibustered the presidents
armed neutrality bill out of existence,
Colonel Joseph II. Colt, chairman OF
the board of trustees of the American
Defense society today issued the fol-
lowing statement:
"These senators are unworthy
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
German Positions Along An
Gre, Had Been Ohurned in
to BottomIess Pit, by
Engdsh Gums. a
TOO AWFUL TO REMAIN
one Reason for Retrsat, Because the
Men Were Fast Becoming
Insane From Terrible
PosleIon.
[By Wm Phillip Simms, United Press
Saff COrrespondent1

by VIM. Phillip Simms. United Press
Saff Correspondent
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, March 6.-One reason why
the Germans retreated along the An
Gre was because they were fast be
coming a garrison Of gibbering luna,
tics. Their position had become
more hideous than the scuppers OF
hell. Mud-bottomless in places
and the cease1ess pounding of the
British guns had turned their posi-
tions into stench-pits too horrible
for human nerves to stand.
The United Press correspondent
was the first American permitted to
penetrate across the ground evacu-
ted by the Germans as far as Thtlloy
towards Bapaume.
chambers was as cheerful as a May
day compared with this field OF ter
rors, painfully pictured at each step.
I zig-zagged around stagnant cess.
pools aud interlocking shell craters in
which the water was the exact color
of blood. This might have been due
to chemicals in the high explosives
which rent the holes, or the nature Of
the ground itself.
/ found myself stepping ON German
bodies which Uttered the region.
They were in all imaginable condi-
tions and positions-sometimes piled
several deep. 1 saw arms sticking
full length out of the mud that con-
cealed all else Of the bodies to which
they were attached. There were legs,
feet, half bodies-or heads alone
In
some were prone on their backs, ex-
actly as II asleep.
At another place, on a pile several
deep. lay a boyish officer, fair as
girl. with his arms thrown back and
his blue eyes staring to the sky. His
sandy hair had been brushed back
modishly by the rain.
Imagine scenes like this covering
miles. Imagine every trace Of vege-
tation long since blasted away. I'm.
agine the earth powderstained and
churned up from ten to sixty feet In
depth. Imagine mud so bottomtess
that the German prisoners claim their
men frequently were swallowed up
whole in attempting to cross after
dark.
This IL the territory the Germans
left.
The German prisoners told M that
communication trenches had been
wiped out by the incessant British
fire and the mud, SO that relief and
re-victualling was difficult, most dan
gerous. Men on such missions were
caught by the British machine guns
sweeping in the darkness and could
not be saved. It was impossible to
save those cut off by the destruction
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
Outbreak in Half Dozen Cities
at Same Time, With Bull
let's Flying Freely.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
SAN FRANCISCO, March 6.-The
few Chinese who ventured into the
streets of the Pacific coast China
towns. walked warily today and went
heavily armed. in realization that the
bitterest Tong war in recent years
is on today Advices from half a
dozen cities early today indicated
that so far seven Chinese have been
slain ard several wounded in the
first sudden clash of rival Tongs.
Three Chinese were shot down In
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
aoee Race for Control Of Next
congress Makes Recount
extremely Interesting.

umsed s4o Press Leased Wire Service ]
aWuX CITY, Iowa, March GA
esl Tor the seat Of congressman
m me eleventh district, In pro-
~ Today, may have an important
rul hs hs. on The close race for con-
~. oetween republicans and demo
~ % N the next house of represen-
SIS 2. Scott, republican. lawyer
ou1 City, who was declared
sssss. ny III vOesa, VIII Be tenn
sssssa = . sElsa ssss1oa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
Ship In distress.

MOBILE, Ala, March 6.-Her fires
extinguished by mountainous seas,
the steamer Druid, Pensacola to. Ha
vana, is wallowing helplessly in a
raging gale seventy miles on Pensa
cola. a radio from the cruiser Colum
bia said today.
The pounding seas have ripped
wide the Druid's seams and she is
leaking badly; SO she will be aban
doned tonight unless help arrives
soon.
The tug Nellie has been rushed to
the Druid. The Columbia wirelesseo
she is speeding with all steam up to
the scene.
The Druid carried sulphate am
monia-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
ident will Not Order Gums
- Merchant Vessels Un-
EI,s, Loop Hole is Found
in the Law.
~ 5,e ~ ~ rs
IANcE SENATE RULES
Nv Not Go Through, Although
eublie continent 10 Expected
10 Force ls
Through.

..N.d press Leased Wire Service.
waspINGTON, March 6.-Prest
!, wilson probably will not at
q. u arm American merchant
n nov. unless his legal advisers
q preat big loop hole in laws
sth he says. bind his hands.
Tbis vas the official view today
M ,he cabir ct scheduled to meet
..na-e democratic caucus
sted 10 start discussion Of a cloture
- ,sked BY Wilson to proven.
q !. sitn.tion as killed his armed
ntrality reouest.
4 sasae seform OF the ancient hide.
,uS.] rraea Of the senate can be
~ {1sIs ~ resident will. undoubt
cSll an extra sessiu1 and Try t0
-, 80. " v ~ .rmed. neutrsIity
1ure anew. There Is no question
II ia passage-vith the rules
kered 10 check illibustering.
But there is grave doubt that the
uste rules can, he remodeled.
al any rate. the senate cloture
III promises to be spectacular.
Senator owen. now engineering the
owe. claims thirty-three senators
m support rule he plans to intro.
lee, But some senators have said
al they are unsweryingly opposed
cu.s sA1us . :. a.. 49,, ,,,,r,.ed
ss.a ssta .,,5an nsn u.uer ., % .ne w naaha -
sa.s ,sns iu.es 'ne plssiusn .s se.As ,a..,a,, -
-u' .ou'u one'A .no ~
ss'uen. hi,o ue,,.,. mnson, Ia, nuwes . noprs -
Wy senllinent , VIII iorce tne sen'
p.ra ,a.o me.
Perhaps If a broad cloture plan
20 ~.uhs rom the senate,
...hsN ollneo h,,e cloture can oe lorceu
,sos ,.., ollls touchlhs upon ha.
~, s.s emergency cannot pc talked TO
mn. TSs
ine democrats planned to caucus
~ O'Clock Some OF the southern.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1917-03-06
AUSTRIAN REPLY
IS RECEIVED
While Remaining Faithful to
Germany, Does Not Wish
to Break With
America.
4.E5s5 5l' 81
STRAINED A POINT
Says Freedom Of the Seas Is Coming
When All Flags May Sail
Without Being
MoIested.
STRAINED A POINT

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
WASHINGTON, March 6.-Austria
cannot give up her right to sink "en-
emy merchantmen" she declares in
her reply to the American aide mem
ORE received at the state department.
Austria does not, however, include
neutral merchant ships under this
right. Hence. authorities are inclin-
ed to feel that she has stretched a
point in order to meet the American
effort to avoid = break.
The government. upon first reading
Of the reply, was inclined to wait for
acts by Austria. Her words, ofncials
said, indicated a desire on Austriaa
part to avoid break with the United
States even though she supports the
theory" of Germany's unlimited sub
marine warfare.
More significant still Is the fact that
Austria apparently has no submarines
of her own wherewith to carry out
even her threat against enemy mer
chantmen.
Authorities feel that IN view q
AustriA's effort to prevent Z break
Iit would be advisable at this time e
await Developments 70 See 4 she car
rfes out submarine warfare against
vessels other than enemy merchant
men. t,
The government Is not inclined te
break over the endorsement Of 9
theory"
Austria's reply is far less conclus'
i've than her original note sent short
ly after Germany's barred zone de
cree and in which she upheld strongly
the German intention
The reply is the most lengthy dip
lomatic note received at the state
department in long time. 1t covers
about twenty typewriter pages.
Oficials who had made brief
study of it this forenoon. all agreed
that 1t tended to give concessions to
the American position and all felt
it would serve to avert break.
Austria's Reply.
AMSTERDAM, March 6.--Austro-
Hungary supports the theory of un-
restricted submarine warfare. Ap-
|proyal of Germany's co.rse was reit-
Grated by the Viennese government in
a note handed American Ambassador
Penffeld today, according to dispatch
es here. The note was in formal an
swer to Americas request through
Penfield, for an explanation whether
pledges in the An
coma and Persia submarinings still
held, or whether she, like Germany,
supported the unlimited use of sub
marines.
A summary of the note received
here asserts that while Austria sup
co-ts the. essenttal beliefs of the Am
erican government as to protection to
be Afforded neutrals' lives. neverthe-
less, neutrals have had full and COM
plete warning not to penetrate the
central powers barred zone" and il
they do so, they are responsible them
selves for any losses.
This step was taken," the note de-
clared, from the conviction that it
would help make conviction of free
dom of the seas victorious. The sub.
marines cruising around England an
nounce to the peoples who need the
sea that the day is not far OF when