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The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
PROFESSOR UNDER FIRE.
Member of indianapolis University
May Be Tried For Treason.

Bloomington, Ind, Nov. 13.-Pro-
fessor w. E. Funk of the German de-
partment of the Indianapolis Univer'
sity was under fire today on charge
of his writing pro-German letters. A
letter which was said to have been
published by him was called to the
attention of the county council of de-
Tense
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
The Birth Of the Stacker.

When the Lord had made all the
beautiful and good things there was
still the opposite to make. the beasts.
reptiles. and poisonous insects. When
he had finished there were some
scraps left over that were too bad to
put into the rattlesnake. the hyena,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15

the country shall be raised to the high
est degree, and nobody should be al
lowed to stand in its way.
"Our duty If we are to do this great
thing and believe that America Is the
hope Of the world, we must stand to-
gether night and day.
"But while we are fighting for free
dom, we must see that labor is free.
"And that means n number of things.
We must see that the conditions of
labor are rendered not more onerous
during war, but see that the instru-
ments through which labor conditions
are improved must not be checked"
The president eulogized President
Gompers:
II like to place my mind along side
mind that knows how to pull in
harness." he said.
1.-THE horses that kick over the traces
will have to be put in a corral"
He continued: "To stand together
means nobody must interrupt the prog
ress of our energy; interruption can
be avoided without invasion Of free
dom.
Nobody has the right to stop pro-
cess of labor unt1 all processes Of
council have been stopped.
II might as well say right here that
am not talking to you alone. You
do sometimes stop the forces of labor,
but there are others who do the same.
you are more reasonable In larg-
er number of cases than capitalists.
l haven't said these things to them per-
sonally, because l haven't had a
chance.
Everybody has got to transact bust
ness. / would like to see all of the
critics exported. A settlement is hard
to avoid when parties are brought face
10 face.
I'VE must insist in every instance
the parties must come into each 9TH
er's presence.
"My counsel to you Is this:
LET us show ourselves Americans
by not going off into separate camps,
but by cooperating in releasing the
world from bondage. We are all of
the same clay and spirit, and we can
get together If we want to.
81 would be willing to set that up
as final test of an American. l have
beep very much distressed by the mob
spirit that displays itself here and
there In the country.
LawIessness unjustlfied.
II have no sympathy with men who
take punishment into their own hands.
l. want to- utter my earnest protest
against lawlessness in any cause or
anywhere. Democracy means first Of
all we can govern ourselves.
1.-THE man who takes the law into
his own hands is not the right man
to cooperate In the development of
free institutions. Some of the proc
esses that capital and labor take are
very near to what ! have described.
We must accept and obey common
counsel
"Some instrumentality of co-opera-
ton must be devised between labor
and capital.
"The reason l came from Washing
ton is that / sometimes get lonely
there. There. are so many people in
Washington that know things that
aren't so and so few people that know
what the rest of the city Is thinking
about.
81 wanted to talk to men who are
up against the real thing and say to
them: I'm with you If you're with
me-
The thing to do is not to speak
about me personally, but the power
and dignity of the things l repre-
sent"
whats the matter with Woodrow
the delegates shouted as the president
sat down.
President Gompers proposed three
cheers "for the president of the United
States and his good wife" The crowd
gave them with great heartiness.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
u. S. OFFICERS IN
Al LOYALTY DRIVE
LOCAL PEOPLE IN COURT FOR
sEDITIous ACTIONS.
PREACHER UNDER SUSPICION
Federal Agents at ottumwa Make
Numerous Arrests Including a
Farmer From Near cedar.-Up-
hosterer Caught.

Ottumwa, Nov. 13.-A local cleanup
on alleged seditious takers and other
Violihtors of federal laws has been re,
anewed by the federal officers.
w. H. Shute, a farmer who lives
near Cedar, is having his preliminary
hearing before U. S. Commissioner E
r. Mitchell at the federal building this
afternoon on the charge of making
seditious remarks against the govern.
ment and its war policies. .,.
. opposer of Draft.
The allegation is made that Mr.
Shute has advised young men who reg
istered for military service and are
subject to immediate call, to leave
country at once.
Mr.. Shute was arrested by Deputy
Marshal Beeman late Saturday and
arraigned gave $4,000 bonds for his
appearance today.
Two Are Dismissed.
Michael Adcock, a Cass township
farmer, and James Ledford Of Melrose,
who was arrested in Quincy, ILL.,, and
brought to Ottumwa last week, were
given preliminary hearing late on the
charge of failing to register for mill
tary service June 5.
At the conclusion of the hearing
both men. were dismissed. Evidence
showed they were beyond registration
age. i.s
Returns Deserter.
w. H. Perry, charged with being a
deserter was taken to Camp Dodge by
Deputy Marshal Beeman today.
Perry registered in Burlington, an
swered the call, was examined and
passed for service at Camp Dodge. 1t
is alleged that he left his district and
had not been found until he was To-
Gated here Saturday. He had come to
Ottumwa recently and was employed
as a mechanic at the Beeman Transfer
company's garage.
=. Suechting Arrested.
Henry w. Suechting, local uphol-
sterer who has been called before
United States Marshall Reed and
warned against seditious talking sew
eral times since war with Germany
was declared, was arrested yesterday
on the charge of violating the Reed
amendment, or "bone dry law.
1t is alleged that Suechting has been
importing liquor from Warsaw, Ill. He
was arraigned today and pleaded not
guilty. Commissioner Mitchell set his
haa -, MAn1oNy NNvnno hnT
10, and released him.
Watching Pastors.
Marshal Reed e. G. Moon, first as
sistant United States attorney, and
others left today for Keokuk, where
court opens tomorrow.
Mr.. Reed said the work there will be
very heavy this term. Seditious talk
ers and Reed amendment violators
constitute the bulk of the business.
Several ministers of different de-
nominations, living in Keokuk and en-.
virons, are accused of preaching dis
loyalty to their f1ocks and their cases
are to be investigated by the govern
ment's representatives.
vinton Man Held.
Davenport, Nov. 13.-Because he
tried to get two men of the Rock
Island arsenal to desert their places,
J. B. Rubrt of Vinton, Iowa, was ar
rested here today. He was also
charged with making seditious ret
marks.
hubert was arrested as he was
boarding a train here for his home.
He is being held in the Scott county
Jail.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
Two.Eoot Infant in erlnnelI.

A baby boa-constrictor about two
feet long was found in crate of ba-
nanas recently received by w. T.
Moyle, a Grinneu merchant.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
Contracts Ell.

At recent meeting o fthe directors
of the What Cheer telephone com.
pany contracts for a new telephone
building and system were let.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
Roll of Honor.

Can you believe it? Sammies Moth
ers Club has compiled list of some
Ling over 500 names of Mahaska Co.
boys in Military service for the coun.
try.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
More Bad Slams.

We had nice little Thunder storm
late Friday night. another indication
of snowy and bad winter, so the
old timers tell us.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
SIeiahina in Iowa.

Taking advantage of the 11,inch
snow. sleds and sleighs were out in
full force at DEBORAH, Ia, last Mon
day. -#
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
M akinq Meadow.

Glover and blue grass seeding has
been rather extensively followed out
this season in several sections of the
county.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15

Rev. Jacobson to Cedar Rapids.
Rev. p, ]. Jacobson of Knoxville will
go to Cedar Rapids where he has re-
ceived a call as pastor of the Park
Presbyterian Church.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-11-15
Rackfire Breaks Wrist

Paul M. Black, the city clerk of
Knoxville broke both of the bones in
his right wrist the result of the back
firing of his car.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25

of the soil that his stalk should be perfect. that
SHOULD escape the insect and the blight.
The harvesting Of the is in modern
practice essentially the process that of
the Indians The method Of curing and storing
has not changed. The corn placed In vent
lated structures stills, for the corncrib everys
farmer is Indian invention also
So much for the Indian in the so
called belt OF the United States Here the
aborgines had developed it into the lordly plant.
The ingenuity of the Indian farmer came into play
In the Southwest, where he raised excellent corn
in what seemed sandy desert To insure moisture
for the plant the Indian buried the seed foot
more underground at the bottom of a hole bored
out by his planting stick. The deep-grOwing corn
is one of the wonders Of Hopi husbandry. When
deeply inferred MOndamin comes TO life, he sends
some slender roots upward, but under the new
conditions the main roots not put forth until
they are within an inch of the surface. The
Hopis build wind screens for the further prOtec-
ton Of the plant. When the plant at last natures
the part above ground looks like low bush, and
yet 1t bears fine well-formed ears The United
States government used to try to teach the Indians
of the Southwest how TO farm, but it finds
it about profitable to go to school to them
1t has been accepted for many years that In the
Dakotas and much of the Northwest it was impOs-
sible for the white farmers to grow corn because
all Of the varieties tried killed by frost. Re-
Gently it occurred to some scientists that despite
the drawback of the weather the Mandan In
dams were raising An expedition under the
auspices of the American Museum of Natural His
tory made study of the agriculture methods OF
the Mandans. 1t developed that for centuries the
farmers of the tribe had been developing a hardy
corn. The seed had been selected from year to
year from stalks which showed no effect OF frost.
The stalks of this variety stunted that they
are more like shrubs than the plant which is COM
mon to other ATTITUDES. Seed corn raised by the
Mandans Is to be sown all through that region,
which, according to the official maps, is not at all
fitted for raising corn, and thus the food supplies
of the nation will eventually be increased by many
millions of bushels every year.
The secrets of the cultivation of this strangely
acclimated tropical plant were found by arch
aeologist and not agriculturist. and were hand
ed over by Buffalo Bird Woman and others of her
tribe In the belief that they might help the white
neighbors. This by the way. Is returning good for
evil, for in the early years Of the white race on
this continent the Indian was Ill requited for all
that he did for
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25

1t is ten feet high, its mirror has diameter Of
five feet and it weighs three tons Its beam Is as
brilliant as the sun eight O'Clock in the morning
or four In the afternoon, New York latitude, and
YOU can read newspaper by its light 80 miles
away The heat of its focused beam is SO intense
that 1t will set paper are at distance Of $50 feet
1t has a candlepower of more than and a
quarter billion.
These are few astonishing facts about the
Sperry searchlight the invention of Elmer A.
Sperry of Brooklyn, N Y, who is already known
as the inventor of the arplane stabilizer and ship
gyroscope bearing his name and the first electric
arc light. When the last big air raid over London
was made by Zeppelins, the Sperry searchlights
bathed the big dirigibleS in beams of light they
could not escape According to some London
counts the Sperry searchlight Is the Zeppens
Nemesis.
One of the most powerful beacons along the
coast is the Sandy Hook lighthouse. But the
Sperry searchlight is % times more brilliant
than that light. Were the Sperry lamp substituted
for the lighthouse beacon, ship passing out TO
sea could be bathed in light until it disappeared
below the horizon By swinging the light back and
forth across the sky it has been made Visible 100
miles away For navy the Sperry lamp 1llum-
mates target ten times more brilliantly than any
other protector devised,
Equipped with q carriage that permits the lamp
TO be turned In circle and in any direction up to
80 degrees the slant searchlight is OF the greatest
value in detecting aircraft. The operator cannot
control it near at hand; the great heat prevents
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
GREAT DIFFERENCE IN HENS
Some Have Mothering Instinct and
Will Brood Solitary Chick Peep
Ing PIaintively.

There is all the difference In the
world In hens as mothers. Some hens
have the mothering instinct. If there
IS a solitary cold chick peeping plant
lively in her neighbOrhoOd. she stops
to brood it. She will starve herself
may peck at her eyes. sit on her back.
tweak her wattles-she bears 1t all.
When she broods her babies, she
brings her warm body into contact
with their wee backs. She tufts out
her feathers, and spreads her wings
until the growing chicks almost crowd
her off her feet
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25

FEEDING POULTRY WET MASH
cornmeaI, MiddIngs, Corn Gluten and
Meat Scrap, Is Good for Fore
ing Growth.

Chicks do we'll on n grain ration,
but they do great deal better when
once they are started on Il wet mash
ration and are fed altcrnatively two
feeds of wet mash per day With three
feeds of grain, the latter being given
morning. noon and night and the wet
mash being given about ten in the
morning and three in the afternoon.
For forcing growth and maturing the
c0Ckerels for market as quickly as pos
siblp such Il method of feeding is far
superior to the ordinary straight grain
ration method. The following mixture
makes II very palatahle mash: Equal
parts by weight of Cornmeal, bran.
mIddltngs. corn gluten feed and corn
meal meat scrap.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
Worlds Most Powerful Searchlight

that. He must stand so feet away. At that dis
lance he Is able to focus accurately upon any
moving object. Because the rays projected by the
lamp are nearly parallel, there is no diffusion of
light wide area The beam is concentrated
When the searchlight is being operated, the
temperature of the is 5000 degrees Fahrenheit
1000 degrees higher than the melting point of
the metal holders of the carbOns. Consequently
in order to prevent these parts from melting a
current of air Is forced by of a motor
driven blower through the carbon supports and
discharged through the heat-radiating disks that
surround the holders. In the Beck lamp the hold
ers are sprayed with alcohol to prevent them from
melting.
The several factors which combine to make the
Sperry lamp so powerful are the small electrodes
the special carbOns used, the manner in which
they burn and the parabolic mrror-PopuIar
Science Monthly.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25

The Indian discovered for himself the science
of irrigation. Many of the tribes, such as the
Crows and the Apaches early made use of the
river bottoms for the cultivation of the staple
crop--cOrn. When the condition of dryness came
they would construct rough temporary dam Of
logs with which they could divert the course OF
part of the stream into their lands. There
primitive bitches which distributed the water
Southwestern Indians. however. hydraulic
engineers, who played every point in the game
against drought They. and also the primitive
people who had preceded them worked out
tensive bitches with channels and lateral branches.
These bitches seen in Arizona and New Mexico
show how thoroughly the Indians had developed ir-
rigatlon lines which would hail in this day
as scientific and efficient. There is much to be
learned by the farmer who has had the
training of the agricultural college if he will study
the system irrigation perfected by these tribes
Of the Southwest, who in many respects re-
semble the Egyptians. They made the ella river
their Nile and strange it now, find
the people of the Pueblos taking up the cul-
ture of an Egyptian cotton under tutelage of the
United States department of agriculture, and from
seed brought from the land of the PharaohS In
this region also seen terraced gardens which
are watered in accordance with the demands of
approved agriculture.
1t is of the ironies of fate that in Oklahoma
and other regions where the Indian and the eau
caSlan race meet IN competition In agricultural
arts, as, for instance. in the county fairs, that
many prizes are awarded to first farmers.
This especially applies to and other cereals.
The great help which the work of the Indian
will be to this country will doubt be shown
later when effort is made TO utilize to the full
the products which he has so much developed. The
shortage of wheat, reported, shows much could
be done in the cultivation of corn the planting of
which in many parts of the country begins In
June. This grain is put in this country in much
the same category as the Great Chan of Literature
placed oats when he declared that 1t was a grain
used In England for horses and in Scotland for
men. The people Of the United States have been
shipping large quantities of corn for use of other
nations as human food and reserving their own
supply principally as feed for horses.
Modern science has given wizards in the arts
of hybridization, like Luther Burbank and yet
with all the knowledge which civilization has &C
cumulated It has never been better served on this
continent than by the real founders of agricul
tural resources-the American Indians.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
CULTIVATION is ESSENTIAL FOR CROPS

lily amt not stick to the implements, get
busy E,ndeavor TO keep a shallow dust
mulch upon the surface of the ground
III all times when the soil Is dry
enough. Weeds will be destroyed nj
most as soon as the weeds grrminnte
The sInall-toothed implements are best
Hand wheel hoes are Invaluable in
gardening They are much more eff
"ient. and besides are more easily ma
nipuIated. than the ordinary hand hoes
so commonly used
Fertilizers are high-priced this year.
bnt with the prospects for high-priced
crops there seems 70 he little doubt
that their use will he profitable
Ntrates and ph0Sphates especially
should receive consideration
More Intensive methods of CultIva-
tion must come. Give the plants proper
care and they Will respond in "A sur
priSing manner
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25

(By +. &. CROSS. Department Of iIorti-
culture. Oklahoma \. ana NJ College.
Stillwater1
Plants will not do their best unless
they are cultivated intelligently Ere
quent, shallow cultivation is essential
for all garden crops. Deep cultivation
does considerable harm because il de
stroys the feeding roots of plants. 1t
also leaves the surface of the soil
ridgcd, thus increasing the evapOrating
surface, with It's consequent loss Of
so{3 moisture. Deep cultivation should
be utilized only as n last resort for the
destruction of weeds which cannot he
destroyed by The shallow cultivating
implements. Cultivation is primarily
for the purpose of saving moisture.
Weeds will seldom bother if the ground
is properly cultivated. A crust should
never be allowed TO form after rains.
As soon az the soil Will break up read
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
TO PREVENT FLOATING
AiIment Usually Caused by Ami
mails Eating Green Feed.
Consumption of Spoiled Feed Such as
Potatoes and Beets May Also
Cause Troubie-Make Changes
in Feed Gradual.

BlOating in cattle is common all
died by almost any farmer, according
to DR.. j. II. Burt, assistant professor
of veterinary medicine in the Kansas
State Agricultural college.
This disease is usually caused by
animals feeding on green feed, such as
clover. alfalfa and green corn that fer
ment readily" said Doctor Burt. "The
consumption of spoiled feeds such as
potatoes and beets may cause 1t. Sud-
den changes In the feed, Inflammation
of the rumen, and weak peristaltic
movement of the paunch resulting
from disease or insufficient nOurish-
ment are frequent causes.
THE paunch or rumen occupies the
left side of the abdominal cavity. hence
the distension of the abdominal wall
by the collecting Of gas in the rumen
occurs principally on the left side.
The gas forms quickly and the dis
tended wall is highly elastic.
"The animal stops eating and rum
mating. the ears droop, and the back
may become arched. In the more Sc
we're cases the walls of the abdomen
are distended on both sides. the res
piration is Quickened, the pulse small
and quick, the eyes are prominent, and
the mucous membrane cOngested-
these are the usual symptoms. Death
results from asphyxia. caused by the
distended paunch interfering with the
movement of the lungs. The treat
ment is both preventive and medicinal
This form of acute indigestion can
be largely prevented by practicing pre-
ventiye measures. according to Doctor
Burt. All changes Of feed should be
gradual, especially If the ration fed
ia heavy. or the new ration consists
largely of green, succulent feed.
Cattle pasturing on green clover or
alfalfa should be kept under close OBJ
servation. Ii is not advisable to pas
ture cattle on clover or alfalfa which
is wet with rain or dew.
Floating usually can be quickly re-
Heved by puncturing the wall Of the
paunch with the trOcar and canula.
The operation Is simple and generally
is not followed by unfavOrable results.
The instrument Is plunged through the
walls Of the flank on the left side,
midway between the border Of the
last rib and the point of the haunch.
The trocar is then withdrawn from
the canula. After the gas has escaped
through the canula, the trOcar Is re-
placed and the instrument Is removed.
The instrument should be thoroughly
boiled after being used, and kept clean
until again needed.
In bad cases 1t may be necessary to
remove part Of the food through an
opening made in the side. This will
REQUIRE the services Of veterinarian.
1t is advisable to wash the skin
with some good ant!septic before IN
sorting the instrument. In bad cases
It Is sometimes well to give the COW
a dose of Epson or Glauber's salts dis
solved in plenty Of water. One should
add two TO four ounces of turpentine,
or three or four teaspOOnfUlS of char
coal. This will absorb the gases &C.
e,1nluleting in the paunch.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
COULD HARDLY BE EXPECTED.

The teacher was trying to show the children
how it that our forbears so ignorant of
other countries. She talked for an hour about
the lack of knowledge of navigation the small
ness of ships and the fear of the unknown. Then
she noticed that Jimmy not attending
Why it that we know so little about other
countries 400 years ago Jmmy?" she said spring
ing the question upon him.
please, miss" said Jimmy, without a mo-
ment's visitation, because we weren't born"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-08-25
SPRAYING FOR PEACH SCAB
self-Boiied me-sulphur, or Any Wet
able Sulphur, Applied In Spray
Is Recommended.

Wherever peaches are grown exten-
sively the peach scab develops sooner
or later. An extended study Of the
life history of the scab and the organ
ism producing it proves it parasite
which winters In the rhyceial stage on
living twigs AS a control, self-boiled
e-sulphur. or any fine wetable sui
phur, applied In spray, is recommended
as satisfactory.