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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19
Destroyed MethodicalIy.


The woman continued:
Ham was destroyed methodically
by fires simultaneously started in ev.
cry quarter by electric devices. Near
ly a month ago We noticed the Boche
had begun fixing up wires in all di.
Tections and we commented on the
strangeness of such installation at a
time when everything else pointed to
q German retreat. 1t did our hearts
good to see the stream of guns, the
material, and the shattered, dispiria.
ed troops that had been pouring
backward through Ham for the last
few days.
CAS- time passed the Boches stead
lily continued their preparations for
departure, removing wagon loads of
furniture, and, indeed, everything of
any value. But the wiring parties
continued their work all the more
busily.
ION the night from Wednesday to
Thursday we heard sudden outburst
of small explosions all around. At
first we thought there was grenade
fighting in the streets, as it was not
loud enough for shells or air bombs.
Before dawn father stole out eau
tiously. The whole town was fam
ing above our heads, though our
house had not caught fire uutil We
were able to leave it,
"The Boche wires had been con-
nected with incendiary bombs which
were fired simultaneously from a
central electric control. Ham burn
ed furiously all Thursday and Fri.
day. On Saturday morning the fire
was dangerously close and we left the
cellar to meet French soldiers after
wards.
81 think the food question was the
worst We would never have lived
but for the supplies from the 'Ameri-
can committee as the French still
call it.
"Of course the Boche took what the
Americans sent us and gave us their
own meager rations in exchange. But
with the help OF what we got from the
Gelds we managed to live"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

sTANToN.-The sad intelligence
has reached Mrs. Adella Miller, of
New Sharon, of the death Of her sister
Mrs. David Stanton, who passed away
at her home in Pasadena, Calf, where
she has been living since leaving New
Sharon 10 years ago. Her husband
David Stanton died a few years ago
at Pasadena.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19
TORCH TOD SLOW
| FOR HUN At HAM
CITY is wANToNLY DESTROYED
BY ELECTRIC DEVICES.
NO MERCY IS SHOWN CITIZENS
France Looks To America To Join
With Her In Warning the Ger
mans Against Their Acts Of Un-
precedented Vandalism.

Chicago, Sept. 14.-In a special
cablegram to the Chicago Tribune,
Walter Duranty says: 81.
For pure wantonness of destruc-
ton, Ham offers an example that
even the Germans will find hard to
beat. More than ever is it neces-
sary that America support the de.
mands which have been strongly tax.
en- up by the French press-that Ger
many be formally warned of the con.
sequences of nonmiiitary acts of
vandalism.
The correspondent visited Ham
today and walked through street af.
ter street of fire swept houses. At fire.
quent intervals the wind still famed
smoldering embers into a blaze and
the crash of falling walls was heard
continuously. The Boches had fired
the town, which was practically un.
injured by shell fire of friend and foe,
with deliberate thoroughness.
Faith In the U. S.
/ talked with woman named lie.
onie Verrier, who had hidden with
her father and 15-year-old sister
Dwelling on the western outskirts OF
the town, they had ventured TO creep
out on Saturday morning. only to find
no Germans in that district, and
shortly afterward they had met q par
~ of French engineers.
Tell the American what the BOches
have done to Ham, they told her.
She began in almost the same words
as Senator Noel at Noyon nothing
can be more touching than the faith
of the inhabitants of the devastated
regions than an American has only
TO appreciate fully the Boche vandal
ism for the practice to be put to an
end.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

Captured American army and navy
officers are reaching German prison
camps without clothing and shoes. The
American Red Cross has established a
tailor shop in Berne to supply them
with proper uniforms, according to in
formation just reaching the bureau Of
prisoners relief.
The officers, 1t seems, in being hus-
tied back from the front by their cap
tors lose their overcoats, blouses and
even trousers. Frequently their leath-
er shoes, which are greatly coveted by
the Germans, are taken from them, and
they are forced to wear wooden shoes.
The clothing of others is so damaged
in strenuous fighting as to need re-
placement.
To outfit the forty commissioned
Americans known to be In the German
camps and others who may be captured
later, the Red Cross purchased a tail
or shop in Paris and moved tailors and
outfit outright TO Switzerland. This
shop is now turning out each week u
uniforms made to measurements sup
piled by mail by the various prisoners
in the various camps. The men are
supplied also with underclothlng, shoes,
toilet articles, towels and food. The
food Is particularly necessary to sup
plement the meager prison fare for
which the Germans make the captured
officers pay in money.
The stripping of prisoners apparent
ly takes place only at the front in the
heat and confusion of battle. Camp
, committees, appointed by the prisoners
themselves, see that American prison
! ers receive supplies sent them.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

Camp Shelby, Miss, win be remodel
ed and converted from a tent camp In
to cantonment with permanent quar-
tiers and camp utilities. at q total cost
OF $5,467,37s.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

FEAGINS.-- Charles Wallace Fea.
gins, the fifteen year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. w. Feagins Of near Ey.
erist, Marion county, passed away at
the Abbott hospital, Friday, Septem.
Der 13, 1918, of peritonitis, after a
brief illness. Funeral Sunday morn
ing, Sept. Is, at IL o'clock, at Indiana
Chapel in Marion county.
RICHMONR--Died, of erysipelas,
at his home, No. 1923 South Second
street, at O'Clock p. m, Friday, Sep
TENDER IS, 1918, John Martin Rich
mond, aged 81 years, II months and
II days. Funeral at $3.50 o'clock p
m, from the Christian church. Sun
day, September Is. lnterment in
Forest cemetery. ,
HURLEY--McCOMBS.--. Miss
Agnes McCombs and Gould G. Hurley
We're married Sunday evening about
FIVE O'Clock, Sept Is, 1918, at the
home of the officiating justice of the
peace, ]. w. Laffollette, No. 32l
North G street The bride is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Nc
Combs. A small party of friends
was witness to the ceremony. Mr.
Gould is a well known young man Of
this city. The couple will make
their home here for the winter.
BARLEY Samuel Barley pass
ed away at the Mahaska hospital, al
1920 p. m, Sunday, September Is
1918, of gastritis, after an illness Of
three weeks, aged 70 years, and II
months. He is survived by a son
Geo. W., of. Chillicothe, Iowa. .ant
three daughters, Mrs. Alice May Nc
Burney of Popejoy, Iowa, Mrs. EN-
ma Woods of this city, and Mrs. Bes
sic Howell Of What Cheer. Funeral
services Tuesday, Sept. II. at White
Oak church at 2:3O p. m. Interment
in White Oak cemetery.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

Roller skates as part of the speed
up program in force at the Rock Island
arsenal, Illinois, have been adopted by
women messenger employees.
Women employed in the time diyis-
lon at the arsenal are voluntarily work
ing the first Saturdays and Sundays of
each month closing the pay roll sheets
so that all arsenal workers may be
paid promptly.
According to the Arsenal Record, {"
published by the employees, Rev. NJ. L.
Krotzer, pastor Of the Presbyterian
churches at LeClaire and Princeton,
Iowa, is putting in his five weeks va
cation as an arsenal worker. The same
paper reports the fiftieth anniversary
as an arsenal worker at Rock Island of
Emil Beck, seventy years old, Inspector
In the tin shop, who went there when
the arsenal consisted of small group
OF wooden buildings, relics of Civil war
days, and employed from 200 to 400
men only through the summer months.
Cuba has a closing law which shuts
all stores, warehouses, shops. etc. In
the larger cities at p. m. week days,
and all day Sundays. Retail food
stores keep open until p. m. week
days and 10 p. m. Sundays. Barber
shops remain open until Z p. m. on
Mondays and Fridays. IL p. m. Satur-
days. but cannot sell perfumes while
general stores are closed.
A company has been formed In
Yokohama. Japan. TO turn out sub
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19
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BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES
++++++ j. J. !. 3.ff + 81
Murl A. Pugh, Lovilia
1902 and
Lucy Lewman, Lovilia..................19

Floyd Allen Marshall, Ottumwa 81
1908 and
Edith Mae Finley, Ottumwa.......19
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

Experienced flying officers are being
returned from abroad to act as special
instructors in the more advanced cours-
es Of aviation training which is being
developed by the air service.
Recent practice in elemental train
ing now gives the candidate more time
In the air with his Instructor than here
tofore. The new plan is known as the
Gosport system or "All Thru" as it
is popularity called here, and insures
closer contact between the cadet and
Instructor. When the cadets arrive at
flying field from the ground school,
where they have learned much of the
theory Of fight, engine control and re-
pair, radio, signaling and other kindred
subjects, several of them are assigned
to an instructor who stays with them
until they are qualified in elemental
flying. They are then sent to the spe-
cial schools for final work and train
ing in their particular line, as pursuit,
reconnaissance, artillery control, or
bombing pilots. The old practice OF
SANih8 NducI 81 uuCil llinc III tie air
under instruction and then turning him
loose for his first solo fight, in ''sink
or swim" fashion, is being discontinued,
and what is believed to be more safe
, and sane system is being adopted.
Organization of forty air squadrons
has been authorized. Four will be To-
Gated at Houston, Tex, and SO, or a
training brigade Of three wings, on
Long Island, N. Y.
The base of this Long Island train
ing brigade, as now planned, will be
Hazelhurst field, near Mineola.e The
squadrons will be quartered in groups
of four or nine outlying fields. These
squadrOns are to serve under field con-
ditions Stimulating, as nearly as prac-
ticable, the conditions behind the lines
/ in France.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

Gould G. Hurley, Oskaloosa
3OO4 and
Agnes McCombs, Evans 90
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

Information received by the chill
dren's bureau of the department OF
labor seems to indicate that every
where in the United States children
are receiving less milk than they
should have. Such decreases are un-
doubtedly due in part to the high cost
OF milk. 1t is the poorest families
that have been forced to make the
greatest reduction in the amount OF
milk purchased. But that reduction
would perhaps not be so great, the
children's bureau says, If all mothers
fully realized the value of food in the
diet of their children.
Milk has been called the perfect
food" Authorities agree that It sup
plies the elements necessary to the
growing child in the most digestible
form. In spite Of its increasing cost,
1t supplies those elements also in the
cheapest form. 1t is estimated that,
on the basis of it's nutritive value,
milk compared with steak at 40 cents
pound, and eggs at As cents a dozen,
should be priced at about 271s cents,
quart.
Workers for Children's Year, to
whom the weighing and measuring
test for children under five years of
age has revealed how many children
in the United States are undeveloped
as result of improper diet, are en-
gagged in campaigns to bring the Inn
portance of milk to the attention of
mothers and to make 1t possible for
them to procure enough milk to keep
their children strong and well. Many
milk stations where mothers may re-
ceive pure silk at a nominal cost, or
free, If they cannot afford to pay for
il, have been established in connec-
ton with children's year work, and
public measures for ensuring a pure
and adequate milk supply have been
undertaken in many communities.
Among these measures are the estab-
llshment of pasturization plants, the
inspection OF the milk supply, and the
passing Of regulations controlling dis
tribution.
The total value of all imports into
the United Kingdom during the
first six months of 1918 were $3,173,-
S5l,129; of exports, $1.201. 2l1 .OS6.
For the same period Of 1915 the val
ues were: Imports, $2,31O, $50, 0SS; ex-
ports, $1,176,75S,033. The submarine
has not destroyed the commerce OF
Great Britain.
Camp Shelby, Miss, win be remodel
ed and converted from a tent camp In
to cantoument with permanent quar-
tiers and camp utilities. at total cost
OF $5,467,s7s.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-19

A company has been formed in
Yokohama. Japan, to turn out a sub
stitute for Portland cement. The new
material will be made OF lava and lime.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
HOW ROADS RAN POLITICS
Charged With Making Governors And
Senators Under Private
Operation.

Now that the question IS at issue
as 10 whether government control OF
the railroads should be made a per.
mancnt policy or whether these ar
Eteries of commerce should be re.
turned to the management of owning
companies after the war. attention is
directed to an official report issued
by the New York board of trade and
transportation few years ago which
said:
"The railroads control, absolutely,
tho legislatures of majority OF the
states of the T7rion. They make and
unnlake United States senators, con-
grassmen and governors and are prac'
ticai,y :lictators of the government
policy of the United States.
With this confession in view the
question naturally arises as to what
extent senators which demand re.
turn of the railroads to their owners
Immediately after the war are uder
obligations to the railroad interests
for their election.
T. There must be a free discussion Of
this question by people unhampred
by railroad interests, as there Is now
being had in the forum of the Nom
partisan league.
Tho railroads, By their strategic
position, have been among the most
conspicuous of the profiteers who
have taken excessive toll on the prod
uct.s of the farmers m transporting
them to consumers. The people are
goirg to settle the railroad question
after they bav, settled the war, and
in So doing they will take into con-
sidcration the interests of all of the
people rather than the feelings OF the
railroad magnates.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
HARMONY IN NORTH DAKOTA
Society Of Equity Declares for Unitsd
Action With Nonpartisan -.s
League.

Various efforts by politicians and
enemies of the Nonpartisan league to
divide the farmer. OF North Dakota
have been made from time to time,
but have always met with defeat.
Members Of the discredited gang,
when they see a cloud on the horizon
no larger than q mans hand, welcome
it as a cyclone and begin to shout
that the farmers are running to
cover.
They placed great hopes on the So
ciety OF Equity, through which they
expected by means Of one or two dis
gruntled members tn at least make q
showing that would appear to be a.
serious division of the farmers. But
their plans miscarried and their ex.
pectations failed when the report Of
the resolution committee of the state
Equity convention at Valley City was
adopted unanimously.
Their resolution ~ to the Nonpar-
tisan league was a rebuke to those
farmers who had given their aid to
the energy and was notice served
on the business interests that their
underground methods CT fighting the
league would fail The resolution
reads:
"Whereas, it has come to our atter-
ton that certain individuals, newspa-
pcrs and corporations, through insin.
uation, transformation and other
wise. are trying to create dissensicn
between members Of the Society Of
Equity and the Farmers Nonpartfsan
league, now, therefore, be it
Resolved, that we condemn any
such action. We believe that there
should be no strife or competition
among farmers organizations that
are operating in the interests OF the
producers and consumers, to the end
that they may be brought closer to-
gether for the exchange Of their
products. A farmers Nonpartisan
league is absolutely essential to en-.
able the farmers to operate in the pc.
litical field, while the Society of Eq-
ri=y, together with it's affiliated bust
ness organizations are carrying into
practice the principles of co-opera-
ton. Both are essential, only both
are deserving of the support Of every
one There should be no strife or
compe tition between these two great
ORGANIZATIONS
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
Coal Ten Cents a Ton.

Colorado sells coal at ten cents a
ton. That Is the price the state gets
for all of the coal mined on state
lands. Miners get from 63 cents to
$1.O0 a ton for taking the coal out OF
the earth and leading it on cars. If
we add to that the cost Of transport
Ing the Goa! by the railroads, which
varies with different lengths of haul,
we find the total cost of getting to
the consumer to run around 81. The
rest represents the bit taken by the
profiteers.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
Feed %" Wheat Abolished.

Feed ID" wheat is like the animal
in the story, that did not exist. There
is no such thing as Feed ID" wheat,
although there used to be. Feed 3D.
was a classification for wheat that
was supposed to be too poor to make
-four and was only good for feed. Con
sequently it only brought feed prices.
DR.. Ladd Of the Dakota State Agri.
cultural college proved that it would
make good flour and that it was
worth wheat prices. The millers OF
the state tried to have him fired for
making this fact public, but he was
saved to his position by the Nonpar.
tisar. league.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
never FAILS TO END
MISERY OF PILES
Stops Itching at Once.

Hundreds of people in this vicinity
says Peterson, "know of the mighty heal;
ing power of PETERsONI'S OiNIM ea
skin, ulcers, pimples and all diseases of tho
skin. They know it cures these ailments
that it is guaranteed to cure them"
Now want to say to every sufferer from
piles, either blind, bleeding or itching, tha!
I will guarantee that 30 cent box OF
PETERSON'S OINTMENT will rid you
of piles or your druggist will return your
money.
':For years I suffered terribly with itch
ing and bleeding piles. I tried everything
and despaired Of ever getting rid of them.
It gives me great pleasure to state that
Peterson's Ointment entirely cured me.
and I sincerely recommend it to- all suf-
ferers"-Y ours truly, David A. Seymour
Supt. of Parks, Buffalo, n. Y. Adv.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
Caviar to the General.

Although some packers Of caviar IN
New York report that spoonful caviar
q being marketed here in bulk as low
as IS cents n pound. the market gen
orally remains Mt $1.25 for prime quail
ity, and q few sales are reported ut 81.
The quantity has been limited from all
sources and, indeed, operators here
have not been buying heavily. There
has been a scarcity of lake caviar in
bulk, and packers report that the pre-
yailing price for this grade has been
usually $3.50 pound.--Fishing Ga
Eette.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
INCREASE IN WESTERN
CANADA ACREAGE
Will Prove a Big Factor in Win
ming the War.

Reports to hand indicate that West.
Ofn Canada has vastly increased
acreage ready for crop this year over
last year. The splendid open fall Of
1917, gave better opportunity for fall
blowing than for some years. Work
a in the fields was almost continuous
until the end Of November. In fact, in
the neighborhood Of Pincher Greek,
Alberta, there was sufficient mild
weather in January Of this year to
permit farmers to pillow, and many
took advantage of it. A great many
Americans owning land in Canada
moved up last year, and this has also
helped to increase the acreage. They
came into possession of the land at
prices varying from $500 to $4,000
an acre, and with the proven yields
Of wheat running from twenty and as
high as fifty bushels per acre, with a
set price Of 1921 bushel, they could
Join production and patriotism to-
Eether with a big margin Of profit.
The Post-Intelligencer Of Seattle,
Wash, gives very conservative state.
mert of the agricultural development
and opportunities in Western Canada.
In It's issue Of December IA, 1917, 1t
says
"Since the beginning of the year
American emigration into Canada has
been greatly stimulated according to
the reports Of the Dominion authori-
.des, and has been almost entirely made
up Of farmers attracted by the fertile
and comparatively cheap wheat lands.
"Whatever may be said Of wheat
culture as a profitable avocation in
ordinary years, since the beginning Of
the war it has offered advantages
quite beyond the usual opportunities.
War has doomed the price Of wheat
until the farmer now receives around
81 for his product at his granary.
Average crops, according to the adap-
tation Of soil and climate are from
~ to 25 bushels to the acre. Even
the minimum crop, at 50 per bushel,
brings In these war times reasonable
profit. Before the war wheat culture
was fast being abandoned by farmers
who worked intelligently for results
on the right side Of the ledger. It has
been the popular crop for new coun-
tries, but when the pioneers settled
down to business 1t was generally
corn, hogs, cattle and diversified farm
ing that brought the profits. Iowa and
the Dakotas in turn, as their prairles
became settled. mortgaged the land on
wheat culture and afterwards paid Oft
the mortgages with corn and hogs.
: "War is thus bringing temporary
encouragement to wheat, farming.
Many Of the ranchers Of Manitoba, Sas.
katchewan and Alberta laid away
GO, 600 to $4,000 in the banks last fall.
It may be pointed out, however, that
the growing Of wheat is not the only
Involvement which is leading settle.
ment to Canadian lands. Low taxation,
favorable agricultural climate, and
profitable prices not only for grain but
for hogs, cattle and all forms Of farm
produce all contribute their share
toward the rnpid settlement Of the fer
tile lands Of Western Canada."-Ad'
vertisement.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21

% I can do my house work without any
difficulty. advise any woman who is
afflicted with female troubles to give
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
mound . trial and it will do as much for
Them. Mrs. MARIE Boyd 141 9th
ST., N. E., Canton, Ohio.
Sometimes there are serious condi-
Aons where q hospital operation is the
enly alternative, but on the other hand
% many women have been cured by this
famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E.
pjnkham's Vegetable Compound, after
doctors have said that an operation was
0ocessary-every nan who wants
o avoid an operation should give + .
iair trial before submitting to such .
crying ordeal
lie complications exist, write 70 Lydia
y Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass,
Or advice. The result of many yeoZs
AxpeGiencs II at your service. 40.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
GETTING at the Source.

President Lee of the Brotherhood
Of Railway Trainmen said he would
20 back to about four banks In New
York to put his hand on the influence
that he says is trying to make rail-
way operation by the government I'M
successful. .s.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
Riaht.

"Old Bostely says he has million
dollar brain," observed the man who
was always picking up information.
"He's quite right" answered the
other; ut, would cost him fully that
much to find out what's the matter
with it."
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
Too Much Profit In Potatoes.

Potatoes are selling on the average
at the same price per peck which
the producers are getting per bushe:.
The. profiteer gets most Of the differ
nee and is one of the big reasons for
the Nonpartisan league.
The Tomahawk., 1918-03-21
Patriotism That Counts.

North Dakota will close its schools
March 8 to release help for the farm
ers so that productivity may be raised
to the highest point and p maximum
crop be produced to aid In the war.
fare against the kaiser.