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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
ANOTHER AUXILIARY
GLENWoOD PARK LADIES TAKE
UP RED CROSS WORK.

Fifteen ladies of Glenwood Park
have formed Red Cross Club and
are knitting for the soldier boys. The
meetings will be held every Tuesday
and Friday evening in Mace Hagan's
store building which has been nicely
furnished with chairs, table and rug
+. The room now makes an ideal meet
ing place. This knitting Club boasts
of two members of the sterner sex
one who has learned the art OF knit
ting and the other, ]. Mace Hagan, who
has been chosen president. At the
masquerade party given Wednesday
night by the club about twelve OF the
Beacon ladies we're present who help
ed swell the crowd and enjoy the ey
ening's entertainment.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
TO SERVE ON JURY
NAMES OF NEW LIST DRAWN
SATURDAY MORNING.

The following Mahaska county jur
ors were drawn Saturday morning by
County Clerk w. r. Martin, County
Auditor Roy Rowland and County
Recorder Dave Hawkins
Will Orr, Adams.
w. N. Coward, West Jefferson.
C. J. Ruby, Cedar.
Sherman Taylor, West Garfield.
r. A. Flockhart, Yves Des Moines.
John Flanders-West Des Moines
William Tice, Lincoln.
C. H. Core, Pleasant Grove.
Fred Grace, Adams.
l.. l.. Porter, Fifth ward.
H. ID. Criswell, Fourth ward.
j. w. Richmond, Third ward.
w. H. Gilchrist, Spring Creek.
Garrett Dykstra, West Garfield.
d. l.. Gregory. Second ward.
G. B. Okey, Second ward.
c. w. Bailey South Madison.
c. o. Wright, White Oak
Horace Hawkins, Third ward.
r. N. Bennett, Fifth ward.
William Kuntz, Prairie.
r. II. Kitzman, Monroe
b. F. Shoemake, Fifth ward.
J. d. Hildon. Third ward.
J. r. Handler First ward.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
FOR ANTI-GERMAN REPRISALs
Chamber Of Deputies Of Brazil Agrees
to Measures Recommended
by President

Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 5.-All the
measures recommended TO the con.
gress by President Braz as reprisals
against German aggressions have been
agreed TO by the committee Of the
chamber of deputies.
These included annulment of con
tracts for public works entered into
with Germans, prohibition Of new land
concessions TO German subjects, con.
troll Of German banks and the eventual
annulment of their licenses, extension
of these measures to German CONNER
cial firms, prohibition Of the transfer
of ownership of German properties
and the internment of German sus.
poets. In addition the committee ac-
ton authorizes the government TO null
lily all contracts with Germans.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
HELP RED CROSS
HUNDRED DOLLARS
MORE NEEDED.

Oskaloosa Commercial Club work.
ers who have been in charge of the
Red Cross organization, s2,42S, raised
during the campaign. The Red Cross
organization is continuing the drive
for funds throughout the county as
Sc, 900 in all is needed. The money
raised last week was solicited, mainly
from the business section Of the town,
coming from the territory worked in
the other drive during the summer.
This money is needed to buy sup
plies and conduct the local headquar'
tiers and county auxiliaries. Every Bit
of money raised this time win remain
at home.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08

Godfrey was among the missing fol
flowing the first -0erman ,attaol;
against the American soldiers, on, the
| French battle feids saturday = =
siAcannot say anything for the
| newspapers now" she said.
Young Godfrey who is twenty years
of dye enlisted in the regular army
last April and was III the first 'contin.
gent Of Pershing's expeditionary
forces to cross the Atlantic
He has young sister and his step
father is a street car motorman.
Was Anxious to Fight.
y Chicago, Nov. 5.-"Harrys wishes
have been granted suppose" said
Mrs. S. Loughman, mother of Harry
Loughman who was among the cap
tured or missing in the Pershing cas-
ualty lists. She was notified of this
today by the United Press.
He refused TO Join the national
guards like his btother Stephen be-
cause he said that he wanted to get
into actual fighting"
Young Loughman enlist d April l6,
and was in France in June.
IF Stephen ever has to go to France
| intend to go with him." said his
mother. Il am very anxious for more
news concerning Harry"
Mrs. Loughman who is verw nervous
holds her own well under the strain.
Fighting On German Soil.
BY j. W. r. Mason, Nov. 5.-The
German war official location of the
fighting raid on American trenches
as along the Rhine and the Marine
canal lines indicated that the Ameri.
can artillery is now firing their shells
direct on the German territory.
The western battle front crosses
the, Rhine and the Marne canal witt
in the range of the German boundary
of Lorraine.
The revelation of the spot where
the Teutonic forces made their first
raids on the American trenches has
forced the kaiser to compel and per-
nit the German people tc know where
the American first bombardment on
the European battle1elds was made
and it also indicates that the Ameri-
can soldiers are now fighting on the
soil of the German empire.
.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
PLOT TO SINK TRANSPORT
Workman Carrying Bomb on Big
Steamer ls seized--MissiIe Had
Electric Time Clock Device.

An Atlantic Port, Nov. 5.--Armed
with bomb sufficiently powerful to
destroy big steamer Mathews Waite
ko9Dps. :, ,thirty-two, was seized on
board an American transport and
Jailed. The man, who said he lived
In Brooklyn, n. Y. had been working
as carpenter aboard the vessel for
some time. The bomb was fashioned
in such manner that II might be de-
donated by an electric tlme-clock de-
vice and 1t is believed II was TO be ex-
ploded In this way. The explosive was
in tube found In the mans pocket.
Experts said there was enough Of Il
- wreck the ship.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
RUSS FRATERNIzE WITH FOE
sIavs Friendly With Teutons in Dvinsk
Region, But Fire Upon Them
in Buzeo Area.

PetrOgrad, Nov. 5.-Teutonic at
tempts at differentiation met with a
mixed reception on the Russian front.
There was fraternizlng in the Dyinsk
region, but In the Buzeo area patrols
approaching with proelamatlons were
fred upon and driven away, the war
Office announces. There We're no mil.
itary operations of Importance. accord.
Ing to the statement.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
FOOD DESTROYED :.
TO BOOST PRICES
Car Lots Of Vegetables Thrown
Away at Chicago.
.. S. TO PUNISH GUILTY
Moaptains ofbRetatees, cabbaoes and
Onions Dumped Upon Ground Be-
side Railroad--commisslon
Men involved?

Chicago, Nov. 5.-Harry A. Wheeler
Illinois food administrator, stated thai
grand jury action and federal prosecu-
ton viii follow proof that food Is be
ing wantonly destroyed in Chicago
The announcement was made in con-
neetion with discovery that thousands
of tons OF vegetables have been
dumped out of cars near the West Chi
cago yards of the Chicago & North
western railroad.
Mr.. Wheeler was informed health
department evidence tended to show
nm embryonic board of trade in opera
ton In railroad freight yards. Com
mission men, it is said, bought and re-
sold carloads of vegetables many times
until they finally decayed and were
thrown upon the dump.
Government operatives gathered In
formation TO be presented TO Mr..
Wheeler and Robert w. Childs, special
assistant United States attorney gen.
eral. ,,....
HadIey viii Investigate.
Meantime, States Attorney Hadley
Of DuPage county visited the noun
tain of foodstuffs and announced he
would begin an Independent inyestiga-
ton.
This is an outrage" said Mr.. Had
ley after an inspection, "and those
guilty should be punished severely"
The prosecutor, accompanied by the
iaf of
carloads of potatoes dumped upon the
ground beside the tracks. Some were
in good condition.
-Four additional vegetable cars,
marked rubbish" and billed to the
west Chicago dump" We're rolled onto
a siding there. Car. No. "2S2l1, South
ern" one of them, bore condemna-
ton card of the health department,
signed by Passenger" inspector. The
state food inspector is interested in its
history.
Learn of "Bum Spuds."
The health department last Thurs
day received a Tip a car of hum
spuds" had been opened on the Grand
avenue tracks of the Northwestern.
John G. Passenger, an inspector in the
food bureau, was sent to investigate.
Upon arrival he learned the cur was
consigned to the Shippers Produce
company and had been one-third emp
tied. He declared the contents field
frozen" and condemned the remaining
twO-thirds.
Passenger said he was informed the
carload of vegetables had been sold
twice before his arrival. This infor-
nation was given by a Northwestern
yard man, he said.
Frozen by Carloads.
Carloads of frozen or rotten pota-
toes, cabbages and onions We're re-
ported In the Northwestern yards at
West KedZIe street and North Craw-
ford avenue. Several steel gOndola
cars filed with decayed sugar beets
also were found.
According to the policemen, some of
the potato cars had no destination
markings but were marked Hold
Spuds" .....
'We found a gang of eight men un.
loading cabbages and potatoes from a
number Of cars on a dump three miles
east of West Chicago on the St
Charles road" said detective.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
Home Boys QUILTED.

Scott Township lads with Company
H, Fred Smith. Roy Evans, Ray Rob-
ertson and Frank Boles. have all
been furnished complete knitted out
fits by the Olivet Ladies' Red Cross.
All hand knitted work. The boys
are much pleased.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
Hiah Feed. Hiah Milk.

What are we to do for milk? Feed
is so sigh that cows are kept at a
loss and are being disposed of. This
cuts down the supply of milk and the
price begins to climb. Hay is. now
in the neighborhood of thirty dollars
the ton
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
Making New Record.

Contrary to the usual October rec
ord, Oskaloosa has been singularly
free from fires this fall. Several
weeks have passed since an alarm
has been turned In.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
Grows Like July Corn.

Growth at the new high school
building is taking place with the ra.
pidity noted in an Iowa corn crop in
July.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08
HerscheII eodfrey's Mother.

Chicago, Nov. 5.--Mrs. William G,
Oberst burst into tears today when
she was informed her son 'Henschell
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-08

Mrs. Eva Triton, Kern's mother,
was too nervous today to talk fol.
lowing the announcement that her
son was one of those numbered
among the captured or missing
Kern's stepfather is head of the local
company.
The fact that her brother was one
of those taken nv the Germans a"f
numbered among the prisoners did
not seem to worry his sister in the
Iaaof
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
WILSON CUTS SHIP TANGLE
Rear-AdmiraI Washington L. Capps To
Take Charge OF Building
Program.

Washington. President Wilson
brought the Shipping Board row to an
abrupt termination by eliminating the
two principals = William Denman,
chairman of the board, and Major-Gen-
eral George w. Goethals, manager of
the boards emergency feet corpora
tion, in charge of construction.
The resignation of General Goethals,
rendered some days ago, was accepted.
and Mr.. DenmaIl was asked by the
President to follow suit that the Gov
ernment's building program might go
forward without embarrassment
Edward N. Hurley, of Chicago, for
mer chairman of the Feedral Trade
Commission, was named by the Presi-
dent to succeed Mr. Denman, as chair
man of the board, and cambridge
Colby, of New York, was appointed
successor to Capt John B. White, of
Kansas City, another board member
whose resignation, offered to the Presi-
dent a month ago, also was accepted.
Rear-Admiral Washington L. Capps,
chief constructor of the navy will sue
ceed General Goethals as manager of
the Fleet Corporation, taking imme-
diate charge of the building program
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
WANT CROWDER
TO EXEMPT THEM
Provost MarshaI's Office Flood.
ed With Letters.
REFERRED TO LOCAL BOARDS
Statement Says All Claims For Indus
trial Exemption Must Go To Dis
trict Boards-CoaI Operators
Want Miners On the Job.

Washington.-A deluge of personal
inquiries concerning future steps in
the Army draft, and of pleas from in
dustrial concerns for exemption of
their expert workers, drew from the
Provost Marshal's Office statement
that questions must be addressed to
local boards and that claims for in
dustrial exemption must go later to
the district boards. No general class
of workmen will be exempted, Provost
Marshal General Crowder told the
coal production committee, which
sought information whether miners
would be left at their work. Appeals
to the Provost Marshal's Office from
employers on behalf of their workmen
can accomplish nothing, 1t was ex-
planned, as regulations promulgated by
President Wilson govern all exelnp-
tions.
"The question of whether a man is
full pursuit, than in military service is
matter to be taken up with the dis
trict board" said an announcement
"and for that board to determine in
the light of the circumstances sur
rounding each individual case
Procedure in case of claim for dis
charge on the ground of industry or
agriculture Is explicitly outlined in the
regulations Only the upper or dis
trict board has Jurisdiction over an in
dustrial or agricultural claim for dis
charge. Before a man has a standing
before the district board he must first
be certified to it by the local or lower
board as physically qualified for serv-
Ice and must have had any discharge
claim made before the lower board de-
eided adversely to him.
HE has FIVE days after he is GER
tilted to the upper board in which to
file claim for discharge and five days
more in which to file proof All claims
for exemption or discharge, except
claims for discharge on industrial or
agricultural grounds, are decided
originally by the local or lower board"
Most individual queries to the Pro-
vost Marshal's Office come from men
who are absent from their place of
registration and who have been sum-
moned for examination. Such a man
should apply in writing to the local
board in the district where he is regis
tered and request an order directing
him to appear for physical examina-
tion and possibly exemption or dis
charge claim before the board of the
district in which he is now living. This
request should designate definitely the
board having jurisdiction over the dis
trict in which he is living; for ex-
ample, local exemption board, divi-
sion No. 8, New York City"
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
Hrah Standards for Air Schools.

High standards of scholarship are to
be maintained in the six government
schools in military aeronautics which
have recently been opened at the uni
versities of Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Cali
fornia, Cornell and Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology. AS a special
incentive, those who attein a certain
grade will be awarded a certificate
marked "Passed With Honor" Dur
ing the first eight weeks of the course,
while the pupils remain on the ground,
they will study such subjects as the
care and operation of engines for air
craft, the theory of flight, cross-coun-
try and general flying, including mete-
orology, astronomy and photography,
as we'll as gunnery and bombing, sig
mailing and wireless. Each student will
be required to pass written examine
alton before he graduates.-Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
MAY REJECT ONE
MAN IN FOUR
Dependents and Those Engaged
in Industrial Work.
ADD TO NUMBER EXEMPTED
Communities In Which There Will Be
Fewest Observation-Disclosures OF
Suburban Sections Expected
To Yield Most Men.

hington.-Reports of the first
selection boards to fill their quotas for
the selective draft army are eagerly
awaited by Washington officials be-
cause they will give the first definite
information as to the probable per-
centage of reflections to be expected
among the 100000 registrants for
physical reasons or for dependents.
All available statistics indicate a
probable rejection of one in every four
for physical disability. In particular
localities this will vary greatly, but
the average for the whole country is
expected to be between 25 and 80 per
cent. There is no available data as
to dependents, however, or as to how
many must be excused under in
dustrial exemptions.
1t appears probable that peculiar
results will be brought out in some
districts. If the reasoning of some
officials is correct, the lowest rejection
and exemption rates will be disclosed
in well-to-do communities, such as the
suburbs of large cities, where men of
comfortable incomes make their
homes. Sons of such men, it is sug-
gested, have had better food, better
care and better surroundings than the
factory hands of nearby towns and
they should be in better physical con-
dition.
AS class such young men could
hardly be regarded as indispensable,
officials say, in their civil, business or
industrial capacities, and dependents
probably will not free as many of them
from service as of most other classes.
In factory towns, on the other hand,
the rejection rate for physical dis
ability probably will be high. The fact
that the men are confined six days a
week at their machines undoubtedly
will have affected their physical con-
dition. Virtually every married man
of those registered in these places is
the sole support of his wife and chill
dren and such men cannot be taken
Also if the industry in which they are
engaged is vital to the carrying on of
the war industrial exemptions will run
high.
Only reports from selection and dis
trict boards in typical communities,
however, can show exactly what is to
be expected. Roughly the War De-
partment has estimated that two men
must be called for every soldier ac-
cepted, but they realize that the re-
turns may tell far different story.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
Risked Life for Another.

The story of mans extraordinary
bravery in jumping into the mouth OF
a blast furnace to rescue fellow
workman was told at an inquest at
Cleveland, Yorkshire. A man fell from
the top of the furnace and was lying
unconscience on the "bell' on which
the iron ore is tipped before it is dis
charged into the furnace. George Well
ford, who is a chargeman, at once
sprang a distance of five feet into the
midst of deadly gas fumes and in
tense heat, at the peril of his own life.
He lifted the unconscious man-who
was so badly burned that he died af-
terwards-to the top of the furnace,
and then scrambled out, almost over
come with the heat and fumes.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
cHERRYDALE is PATRIOTIC.
Sends 27 Persons To War From But
so Families.

Washington. = Cherrydale, Va, a
small town in Alexandria county four
miles from Washington, claims to be
the banner patriotic community in
the country" Out of small popula-
ton it has given 25 men and 2 women
to the military service for the war
with Germany, There are not more
than so families in Cherrydale.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
vATERLAND UNDER u. S. FLAG.

Great German Liner To Be Put Into
Service Shortly.
Washington. The big German
steamship Vaterland, seized at New
York by the American Government
when war was declared on Germany,
will be ready for service shortly. Re
pairs to the ship have cost slightly
less than $1,000,000. The American
flag was hoisted over the vaterland
Friday for the frst time. it was an
nounced by the Navy Department,
which had taken over repair work on
the German ships.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
FIRST IN NEW NATIONAL ARMY.
Harry Chapman Gilbert, Son OF White
House Guard, Accepted,

Washington.-Harry Chapman Gil
bert, 81 years old, son of White
House police guard, is the first man
in the country to be accepted for serv-
ice in the new national army, having
passed his physical test and waived all
claims for exemption. Gilbert last
summer joined Canadian regiment,
the Two Hundred and Third Winnipeg
Rifles, and was aboard a transport
ready to sail when his parents inter-
vened and had the State Department
secure his release on the ground that
he was not of age
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
JEWS HAVE OWN REGIMENT.
Copy Of King David's Shield Will Be
Badge Of Fighters.

Isondon.-The War Office has an
nounced the formation of a special
Jewish regiment of infantry, with ex-
perienced officers in the higher COM
mands Jewish soldiers, with knowl-
edge of the Yiddish or Russian
languages, already serving with Brit
ish regiments, will be transferred to
this unit.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
RESCUERS GIVE LIVES.
Fifteen Volunteers Among 62 Men
Missing In Mine Disaster.

Sydney, C. B. While volunteer
rescue teams continued their search
for victims of the mine explosion at
New Waterford, mine officers are
checking the list of known dead, which
now totals 81. Among the missing are
Is members of a volunteer rescue
party.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
WOMAN DANCER A SPY.
Japanese Matahiri Sentenced To Death
BY France.

Paris. = The dancer, Marguerite
Sole, known on the stage as "The
Japanese dancer Matahiri," has been
found guilty of espionage by court
martial and sentenced to death. The
dancer was formerly the wife of an
officer in the Dutch Army, but had
bean divorced.
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
The Girl Knew.

'You know my eyesight has never
been very good. and it's getting worse"
"Well, thought as much. You know
my daughter always wants you for
chaperon."
The midland journal., 1917-08-03
CHANCES IN MARINE CORPS.
Private OF Today May Be officer To

Private OF Today May Be officer To-
morrow, Says commandant.
Washington.-"The man who enlists
in the Marine Corps today may be the
officer tomorrow" said Major General
GEORGE Barnett. commandant of the
corps. Sixty-five non-commissioned
officers of the corps who have qualified
have been designated recently for ap-
pointments as temporary second lieu
tenants
The midland journal., 1917-08-03

Washington.-No attempt is made
here to minimize the seriousness of
the situation in the war theatres in
Europe. The United States is in the
war and will go through with it; but
any hope of short struggle has gone
glimmering with the apparently almost
complete collapse of the Russian war
machine
Omaha daily bee., 1917-04-18
GRAIN And PRODUCE
Wheat Prices Drop Sharply
Traders Hold Supplies and
Market is Quiet.
CORN is FAIRLY ACTIVE

Omaha, April II, 1914
Tho local trade in wheat was extremely
quiet today on account Of the heavy de-
cline in wheat futures and also because Of
the Wight receipts Of this cereal.
The demand. however. for wheat would
probably have taken care OF the oferings,
but as Is usually the case when there "
heavy drop in values. the sellers refused
to sell on the decline and most Of the sam
pies were carried over.
The corn market was fairly active and
while the receipts OF this cereal were also
very light, the demand was good and the
sellers let go quite readily. although this
market was also quoted somewhat lower.
White corn was in good demand at premium
prices. sDd a few sales Of this Variety We're
made around yesterdays best price, but
the bulk OF tho offerings sold fraction
lower.
Yellow and mixed corn sold generally at
a decline the better grades of yellow being
quoted at ti.4i TO Si.4f&, while the COM
mercial grades OF mixed ranged In price
from Si.43 TO si4fh.
The demand for oats was pretty active
and there was good trade in this cereal,
with prices quoted from Nc 10 lc lower.
Rye and barley were very quiet on ac-
count OF Hight receipts. rye being quoted
nominally lie lower, while barley was quoted
steady.
clearanees were; Wheat and -four equal
to $4,000 bushels; corn. 10000 bushels;
oats. 5000 bushels.
Primary wheat receipts were s67, 900 BUSH
els and shipments $4,000 bushels against
receipts OF sso000 bushels and shipments
Of 672, 900 bushels last year
Primary corn receipts were 100000 bush
els and shipments 440, 900 bushels, against
receipts OF 77so0o bushels and shipments
OF 461, 0o0 bushels last year.
Primary oats receipts were 100000 BUSH
els and shipments s27, 900 bushels against
receipts OF 6ss,000 bushels and shipments Of
s25, 900 bushels last year.