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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-07-12

500 George Albert Waters, Oska.
loosa, Iowa.
900 Lawrence Harold Walden, Os-
kaloosa. Iowa.
sOi sylvan B,tra Woosey, oska-
loosa, Iowa.
902 Harry Oliver Andrews, New
Sharon, Iowa.
800 Irving Abner Allen. New shar''
on, Iowa.
so4 Merrill Lille Appel, New shar-
on, Iowa. SE
sos Walter Hayes Allen, New Shar.
on, Iowa
900 Herbert Alonzo Andrews, New
Sharon, Iowa.
9o7 John Burggraaf, New Sharon,
Iowa.
90S Howard Lloyd Boughton. New
Sharon, Iowa.
900 Andrew Lewis Burggraaf,
Barnes City, Iowa.
$40 Walter A. Burggraaf, Barnes
City, Iowa. Ma
9l1 Fred Alender Campbell, New
Sharon, Iowa.
9lz Gllgford Horace Crittendon,
New Sharon, Iowa.
9l3 Loren Dennis Campbell, New
Sharon, Iowa.
9l4 Thomas b. Davis, New Sharon,
Iowa.
915 Walter Frank DuPre, Barnes
City, Iowa. asa
GIG John Earl Davis, New Sharon,
Iowa.
917 Thomas Larken Foster, New
Sharon, Iowa.
91S Dennis Nichols Foster, Barnes
City, Iowa.
919 Jesse Orville Ferguson, New
Sharon, Iowa. gee
800 James Franklin Foster, New
Sharon, Iowa.
921 Frank Raymond Ferguson.
New Sharon, Iowa.
922 Cope Ferguson. New Sharon,
Iowa
923 Lewis Ewing George, New
Sharon, Iowa.
924 William Thomas Groves, New
Sharon, Iowa.
925 Leslie LIE Roy Gorsuch, Monte
10 yuma, Iowa. ~.t.
926 Archie Edward Gorsuch, New |
Sharon, Iowa.
927 Charles William Gorsuch,
Barnes City, Iowa.
92S John Marcellus Groves, New |
Sharon, Iowa. |
929 Charles Ross. Gerard, New
Sharon, Iowa. ,,.-.
$50 William Glib, New Sharon, la.
931 James Stanley Hargis, New
Sharon, Iowa.
932 Chester Owen Harten, New
Sharon, Iowa. -. .
933 David Bennett Hill. New Shar-
on, Iowa. as g., .-...r, $50, |
934 Orville Morris Johnson, New
afs, Sharon, Iowa. 4, |
925 Barney Cloyd James, New
Sharon, Iowa. ...a |
936 Alva Ray Kisor, New Sharon.
Iowa. 49, ... Ats .
937 Benjamin Owen Larkins. |
Barnes City, Iowa r
93S Murray Everett Leanhart, La
cey, Iowa.
939 Oscar Emerson McGriff, New
. Sharon, Iowa.
$40 Ernest Leroy McGriff, New
Sharon, Iowa.
GAL Conn William Mccartney,
Barnes City, Iowa.
GAP William Moore, Barnes City,
Iowa. ...
943 Ralph Walter McGriff, New
Sharon, Iowa.
944 Fred La Rue, New Sharon, la.
GAS Homer Otis Noel, New Sharon,
Iowa
946 John Pearson. New Sharon, la.
947 William Cloyd Phoutz, New |
Sharon, Iowa.
94S Will Frank Parli, Pawnee City,
Nebraska.
949 Carl Henry Ratliff, New Shar-
on, Iowa.
$50 Harold Rayford Ratliff, New
Sharon, Iowa.
951 Paul Wilhelm Remmarck, New
Sharon, Iowa. s..'
952 Clyde c. Roberts, New Sharon,
Iowa.
953 William Alonzo Randell, New
.. Sharon, Iowa.
954 Two Guthrie Randels, New
Sharon, Iowa. ..,
955 James William Smith, New
Sharon, Iowa.
$50 Tracey Swisher, New Sharon,
Iowa, IT," a"fs tN
957 Melvin Leroy Thompson, New
Sharon, Iowa.
95S Walter Van Cleve, New Shar-
on, Iowa. ..s.
$50 Joseph Vitrea, Barnes City, la.
$50 Joseph Van Baale, New Shar-
on, Iowa.
961 Daniel Van Dolen. New Shar-
on, Iowa. 30,
962 Roy Van Cleve, New Sharon,
Iowa. ......
963 Cecil Van Cleve, New Sharon,
Iowa. ...
964 Emmett Preston Woolard, New
Sharon, Iowa.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-24

New York, Feb. 24.-While East
Side mothers are rioting because
they can't buy food to feed them
selves and babies, young John Jacob
Astor, going on 5, is struggling along
on SIS a day.
Poor kid His mother and step
father, Mrs. and Mr.. VIM. Dick, make
him pay his way out Of the fortune
left by Aston, and won't help him out
at all.
A special guardian is pairing down
the expense account submitted by
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-02-24

Mrs. Dick and keeping the young
ster's expenditures down to the al
lowed SIS.
At 80 cents a day, on which, or
less, life is sustained among the
Ghetto's tenements, Baby Astor's
daily Pin-money would feed 225 per-
sons.
His daily toy-biI equals the aver
age East Side famiIy's income for
six weeks!
With potatoes at 81 a bushel, little
Jake could eat rs pecks of spuds
every day. A year ago he could have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
Meeting In Aid Of
 Suffering JeWs of Poland
Send Help the Starving Thousands of Jewish People Will Be Started at Knesseth Isreal Syna-
 gogue Sunday Afternoon

expected of them. It Is believed. how ever. that they. too. will give as free ly as have the other Jewish centers of the country If only the unparalleled sorrows and the dire need for funds should be presented in their true light
 UNPARALLELED SUFFERING
 No people in all the world have suffered so heavily from the ravages of pestilence. hunger and lack of the elemental necessities of life as havc the Jews of the devastated regions of Poland. The sorrows of Belgium. great as they have been. are nowhere com parable to the daily tragedies in Poland, for a sympathetic and liberal America saw to 1t that Belgian wants should be relieved and Belgian needs supplied. But the Polish Jews were as gians and as little deserved to be slaughtered off by the hundreds of thousands or that the wretched sur vivors should stand in line for a bit of bread as they are doing at this very hour. Winter is approaching and the suffering will be accentuated The cry for bread and for enough clothing to withstand the rigors of Russian win- ter grows more and more insistent from those who are engaged in the work of Jew relief in Russia The Jews of Birmingham will have an opportu- nifty to answer that cry next Sunday. It Is their duty; it should be their high privelege as Jews to assist in this noble task.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
BARBER POINTS OUT HE IS REALLY THE MAN OF HARMONY
Says His Opponents No Longer Charge He Is "Uncontrollable,
 Unharmoni0us and Crazy''

Unless my opponents stop the method of campaigning they have adopted, there will be nothing for them to do but to de- clare me the more harmonious of the three and to bid farewell to that slogan so brazenly used in my former campaign against me. to the effect that I was un- controllable and unharmonious. as well as crazy and few other things" said Arlie Barber yesterday afternoon.
 T will serve notice on both of them right now to the effect that they are making me votes. and while don't mind, do hate to see the kind and form of campaign now being conducted. They are my opponents and 1t may not be- hoove me to take them to task, for l would certainly resent any directions as to my method in my race for the presi- dency of the commission. but what have been reading in the papers has impressed me as being pretty warm.''
 MT. Barber states that he will speak at the same downtown corner again tonight, Second avenue and Twentieth street.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
EAST LAKE WILL
 NOT TRY TO CHANGE
 NEW HIGH SCHOOL

The East Lake Barrett club has set at rest all attempts to make a cam paign issue out of the charge that SDr Barrett. if elected, would use efforts to have the new high school located in East Lake instead of in Woodlawn. as proposed. The Barrett club held a meet ing at the East Lake city hall last night and adopted the following reso- lution:
 .Resolved, That the East Lake Bar rett club, here now assembled, does hereby go on record with reference tc the high school to be located at Wood lawn, as favoring the elimination o1 any further discussion in regard to bringing the high school to East Lake and we do hereby pledge ourselves te oppose any move that might in future be made toward moving or having sait school located at East Lake.
 EAST LAKE BARRETT CLUB,
 IF. E. Feltus President; o. s. VII der, Secretary and Treaturer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
COL. MONTGOMERY
 ANSWERS LAST CALL
Pioneer Engineer and Developer of Local Industries Is Called
 to Reward

Col. J. A. Montgomery. one of the pio- neer residents and engineers of the Bir- mingham district, died yesterday morn- ing at the family residence, 345S Highland avenue, after long Illness. Colonel Montgomery came to Birmingham years ago and was active in the development of the district until the time of his death.
 He was 6e years of age. Funeral serv- ices over the remains will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence. Interment will follow in Elm wood cemetery.
 Colonel Montgomery Is survived by his wife and seven children: Guy B., Alex C., Hugh N. and Burrell L. Montgomery, all of Birmingham Mrs. Fred G. Stick ney of Tuscaloosa and Anne and Louise Montgomery of Birmingham. The following will act as pallbearers Activer, w. E. Leake, B. M. Tutwiler Jr., Herbert Tutwiler, Robert c. Munger J. c. Hodges and w. R. J. Dunn; hon orary, Maj. D. M. Tutwiler, R. s. Mum ger, Fred Sloss, A. H. Elliott, Leo K Steiner and G. R. Harsh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
FORMAL PLANS TO HONOR SELECTMEN
 FROM BIRMINGHAM
 NOW COMPLETED

The programme in honor of the Birmingham boys selected to leave Sunday for the national canton ment mt Cnmp Pike follows,
 X parade will form at 8 o'clock Sunday afternoon at First avenue and Eighteenth street.
 In addition to the 327 zeIectmen In the parade will be platoons of police, Boys Industrial School band, Spanish war veterans, Red Cross nurses. city officials, mem bers of the Jefferson County Rifle association. and the Boy Scouts drum corps.
 At the conclusion of the parade at Capitol park Borden Burr will preside over the exercises. The ex- ercises will be ms follows; Music, by assembly,; address, by George E. Ward; address, by Emmet o'Neal; music, by assembly,; ad- dress, by Jsadore Shapiro; ad- dress, by $. J. Bowie; music, by assembly; presentation of comfort kits, by Mrs. Angus Taylor; ad- dress, by Dr. George stunrtj mus sic, by assembly.
 Following the exercises the se-
 lectmen will be dined at 6;3O o'clock at the Southern club.
 The line of march for the parade follows. East on First avenue to Twenty-first street. north on Twenty-first street to Second ave- nue, west on Second avenue to Twentieth street, north on Twen- tieth street to Fifth avenue, west on Fifth avenue to Nineteenth street, south on Nineteenth street to Sixth avenue. east to Twentieth street to Capitol park.
 The selectmen have been ordered to report at the Permanent Elk hibit hall at o'clock Sunday morning. Following the nomina- ton of corporaIs to have charge of the troop while en route, the selectmen will be permitted to be at rest. Luncheon at the exhibit hall will be served to those de- sirous of eating at noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
w. T. SIMMONS DIES
 AT LOCAL VETERINARY
Prominent Business Man and Pioneer Citizen Succumbs After
 Brief Illness

W. T. Simmons, prominent and pio- neer citizen of Birmingham, died yes terday at local infirmary following an Illness of two months. MT. Simmons came to Birmingham in 1885 and was connected with the wholesale grocery business until several years ago, when he entered the coal business.
 MT. Simmons was 66 years of age. For the past few years he was engaged in an official capacity with the Birming- ham Macaroni company. MT. Simmons was a deacon in the First Baptist church and was prominently known for his church work.
 Funeral services over the remains will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from the family residence, 1500 Fifteenth ave- nue, south. Interment will be made in Oak Hill cemetery.
 He is survived by his wife and one child. Mrs. J G. Johng The following will act as pallbearers: Activer, Gus McCarty, Walter Moore, Dr. G. M. Nor row, Charles A. Jones' Forest Tyler and Perry Fowlkes honorary pr. John Dn- wis, Herman Saks, Pete Serio, Lee Biv- .ings, G. M Lathem, Dr. D. N Tally, John H. Miller and H. c. Abbott.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
CHAMBER GIVES
 SUBSTANTIAL AID
 TO ALA. STATE FAIR
Membership Dinner to Be Held at the Tutwiler Children Are Offered Prizes for Best Es-
 say on Birmingham

Directors of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday passed to the credit of the Ala bama State Fair association s10OO to be utilized in making this years fair the greatest ever held. A decision was also reached to give dinner at the Tutwiler hotel on the evening of October at 7:3O o'clock to the full membership of the chamber, this dinner to be known as a membership dinner.
 contest among the schoolboys and girls of Birmingham will be sponsored by the chamber, prizes being offered for the best essay on Birmingham of an historical nature. the prizes to be s15, $1O and $5. The arrangements and de- tails will be worked out by John R. Horn ady, Dr. J. H. Phillips and John Spar row.
 The naming of committees to handle practically every department of the chambers business, as recommended by the general manager. went over for ac- ton at the general meeting on Octo- Der g.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
VITAL STATISTICS
 OF ALAbAMAAR
 NOT ACCURATE
President of Medical Asso- citation Suggests Changes to Conform With Gov
 ernment Regulations

Dr. w s. Welsh of Talladega, presi- dent of the Alabama Medical associa- tion, predicted in Birmingham yesterday that the next session of the legislature would make 1t possible for Alabama to gather its vital statistics in conformity with government regulations.
 And then Alabama will become a part of the registration area. At present, in accordance with the idea of the federal government, Alabama's compilation of figures is not regarded as accurate and therefore, as not official
 While that Is true,'' said Dr. Welsh, 'it is also true that Alabama, at present, is discharging it's duty respecting the gathering of vital statistics more accept ably than several states within the reg istration district. However. it is well that Alabama be In conformity with government ideas and I believe the leg islature will so provide In it's next ses- sion.
 '.In Alabama vital statistics are gath cred in this manner: The individual re- ports to the county, the county to the state, and the state to the government. Under the plan of the government the individual is eliminated and the county reports to the state and the state to the government. Under the government plan an agent Is employed in each beat. and he is paid p cents for every birth or death that he reports. He must also grant burial certificates before interments can be made.
 "At present the medical association is discharging all it's work under the ap- propriation by the state of S25,000 per annum It is estimated that if change is made to conform with government re- quirements regarding the collection of vital statistics, the operation of the new machinery alone will cost s30,oo0 per an num-"
 Dr. Welsh was recently in Washing | ton conferring with the government of hcials relative to the foregoing. He was | in Birmingham yesterday for the pur- pose of giving testimony in case in the federal court.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
MAY GET NITRATE
 REPORT TONIGHT Information Reaches City That Board Is About to
 Act on Subject

From unofficial sources the informa- ton reaches Birmingham that it is prob able tlrat tonight the interdepartmental nitrate board. consisting of Secretaries Baker, Lane and Houston, will announce the location of the experimental nitrate plant.
 Citizens of Tuscaloosa. visiting Bir- mingham yesterday, declared that they had received the same intimation.
 Two points in Alabama are considered, Muscle Shoals In the Tennessee river, and Lock No. r in the Warrior river. Ii 1t is true that the government has elim- mated waterpower as an essential to the nitrate plans, 1t is pointed out that 8 number of sites within the limits of Bir- mingham have chances to win the award
 The proposed experimental plant will cost $3.7000o0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
NEGROES RETURNING
 TO B'HAM DISTRICT
Disappointed in Promises Made by Labor Agents, Negroes Write
 for Transportation Home

ham district by promise of fancy wages in Illinois and West Virginia. are return ing to Alabama.
 It was estimated yesterday that within the past few days as many as 15oO have returned. This morning 27 negroes. hay ing tired of West Virginia. will aeach Birmingham from Louisville over the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Alabama Coal Operators association stated yesterday that he. himself. had seen as many as % letters in which the writers had asked for transportation back home for themselves and friends.
 Returning miners will be given ready work, it is stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
ATTEMPT IS MADE
 AT POSTCARD POLL

Birmingham voters are receiving letters card which bears the address of Box I63i, Ensley, Ala, and on the opposite side to the address Is printed: T will vote for Barber . Barrett .... Ward .... for president of the city commission of Birmingham" and the recipient is asked to check the man he will vote for and mail it.
 Quite a great deal of comment has been caused by the receipt of these let ters with their contents, and much guessing las been done as to the sender.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
He'll Not a Candidate

Robert N. Bell district attorney, de clared yesterday that ne would not be. a candidate for Congress. He had beer of his friends had urged him to run.
 Judge William E, Fort and Hugh Nor row, the well-known attorney, are men, toned as possible opponents of Repre- sentative George Huddleston.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
Candidate Greeted by Big Crowd at WOodlawn
 Last Night
SAYS HE ALWAYS
 ACTS IN THE OPEN
Tells Voters if They Do Not Believe That He Is the Best Man in the Race to
 '.Vote for Barber"

"The T. As want to get control of the city hall so that they can run things that is what the T. A. society is for. They are anti-Catho- lie, anti-foreign, anti-every- thing except T. A., which is dominated by Dr. Dozier, pr. Dickinson and the nar- rowest-minded men in Bir- mingham.
 "The difference between me and the T. A. is this: say what I have to say in the open, and have very little to say in private, while the T. A. says nothing in public and does all of it's work in private hidden" :" These were the words of George B. Ward at Woodlawn last night in ad- dressing about 45O people who assem- bled in the city hall, taking every seat and crowding the windows and doors.
 "Jere Gwin, president of the board of revenue of Jefferson county. after ad- l hitting that Cleon B. Rogers has made 1 him what he Is politically, did the bid ding of the T. A. society, when they 1 told him that he would have to force Cleon B. Rogers out of the race for l the presidency of the commission, said MT. Ward. @They told him that Rogers must be out of the race by Tuesday, at a Sunday meeting of the T. A. society. and he was out by Tues. day.
 1T saw them coming from the meet 1 ing, from my office window at the l city hall. and I hollered at Jere and asked him what they had done to me and he said something, which l under stood to be. It's all off now" INTERRUPTION FROM CROWD Just as MT. Ward began to speak he was interrupted by someone in the audience who owns one of the lots that the city proposed to condemn for the school site at Woodlawn This man wanted to know why this was done. MT. Ward started to explain when Mir Bowie who is a member of 1 the board of education asked to be al- lowed to explain, which he did. MT. Ward referred to James Weath- erly as U. Featherly Waverly," and stated that Mr Weatherly did not tell
 the truth when he stated that he did
 not tell him. (Mr Ward) that he would support him.
 l MT. Ward read the letter in the American Citizen, which he interpre- ted as an attack on him as early as
 last June. stating that this paper is anarchists and that 1t is edited by
 a republican.
 1 T believe that this article was writ l ten by T. Y. Prude, though I do not
 know I think he Is the author. It sounds like him." stated MT Ward. l ''I want to ask Dr. Barrett will he l if elected president of the city com
 mission, fire every Jew and Catholic there?'
 At this juncture someone in the au- I dience asked: What about Jake Bur- I ger, if he is elected commission will
 he put him out, too?'
 1 SPEAKS OF FUTURE PROBLEMS \ Mr. Ward spoke at length of his rec ord citing his activities along the line of municipal ownership, the schools, the purchase of 40-acre tract j for the erection of the municipal ligh,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
Furniture Dealers Have Luncheon

At the regular luncheon of the Fur niture Dealers association at the Civic association cafe yesterday E. D. Brown made an interesting report on the recent meeting held to organize a merchants association in Birmingham. F. E. Forbes also made short talk and c. w. Green reported that the furniture deal- CTS, organization was in the best con dition and was doing the best work at any time since its organization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
WEATHERLY GETS OVATION

Mr Weatherly received an ovation when he rose to speak He referred to the tremendous difficulties he had ex- perienced all during his administration to keep alive and advance the project of municipal ownership. He spoke of the gradual and permanent extension of the North Birmingham lighting plant un- til it was now lighting all of North Birmingham, portion of Norwood, the school buildings. the city hall and the Weatherly viaduct. he declared that Mr. Ward was not in sympathy with mu- nicfpal ownership and that he was brought back into the campaign and was now being actively supported by sthe in- terests who looked with disfavor upon the cftv owning it's own utilities.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
SHELBY DESCRIBES MEETING

John shelby. pr. Barrett's campaign manager, told of being invited to din- ner by Joe Johnson, designated by Com missioner Barber as the political agent of the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company, for the purpose of get ting MT. Ward to re-enter the race. He stated that there were 24 other men It this dinner at the Tutwiler, in closed room, and challenged MT. Ward to tell who they were, what interests they rep resented and who the chairman of the meeting was.
 Mfr Shelby stated tnar it was asked at that dinner how the T. As would vote, and that one of MT Wards promi- nent supporters stated that they would be for Ward because the secretary of that organization had said so. He stated that it was agreed they should meet next morning across the street from she city hall. each bringing 10 men with him, march to the city hall and go through the form of conscripting MT. Ward. He declared he did not attend. There will be Barrett meeting at the Ensley city hall Monday night al o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
MASONIC FUNERAL NOTICE Birlnimg gham Fraternal lodge No. SS.

A. F. & A. M.i
 The members of Birmfngham Fra ternal lodge No. 3S4. A. F. & A. M., are requested to meet at the Masonic temple Saturday, September 22, lol7s 0s3O q. ma. to attend the funeral of our late brother. w. T. Simmons. Vis- itinG brethren are frrsernally invited to join us in this brotherly nervice.
 w. w. ALLEY, w. M. w. w. RANSOM, secsy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22
TODAY'S EVENTS
At the Theatres

Lyric: Keith vaudeville. Matinee at o'clock. Night performances. 7:So and o'clock.
 Bijou: Superior vaudeville and fea- ture pictures. Continuous perform ances, to II p. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-22

A meeting at which steps will be taken to raise fund for the relief of the Jewish sufferers in the world war will be held Sunday afternoon at o'clock at the synagogue of Knes- seth Israel congregation at Seven teenth street and Seventh avenue, north. Appropriate addresses will be made by men interested in the Jew ish war relief movement and an ur- gent appeal will be made for the much needed aid for the thousands of Jew ish families in Poland whose suffer ing has been great and borne with a Spartin like fortitude. Everyone inter ested is most urgently asked to at tend the mass meeting Sunday. The war sufferers relief committee in charge of the movement has issued the following appeal and call to the r1n1 aa ms