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Evening star., 1918-05-17
Porto RICO CHARGES
ST1aGOVERN0R'S FRIENDS
Hage, It 1s Claimed, Has Support
o6Many Glasses and Leads In
L. War Industry,

Cajlegrams received from Porto
Rioswithin the last few days indicate
that the charges lodged with Presi-
dent Wilson q few days ago against
Gsv Hager- have resulted in wide-
spread interest being taken In the
maxar up on the island.
TIE charges against the governor
wes transmitted through Samuel
Campers, presidents Of the American
FEDERATION Of Labor. but contrary to
xte report published at the time Mr..
Gampees did not request the removal
" the governor. Mr.. Gompers stated
rat 4e vas This unacceptable duty to
present tha charges. which In . esn-
eral way recited unfriendliness to tho
eaboring classes. and suggested that
> commission be sent to the island
70 Investigate conditions and make
Interpretations. It was also inti-
fnetsd that Gov. Yager's attitude had
snterfered with work essential to
winning the war.
BNends of Gov. Yager claim that
pot only has he the support Of
large majority Of all classes, except
Ing the avowed socialists. but that
sn0 PUBIC men, irrespective OF party,
have rallied to his support since the
publication of the charges. 1t is also
claimed that the island, far from
being In q state of Industrial fer
enent. with q threatened widespread
strike. u annoying normal conditions,
md that the socialists have eignally
IAiled in their efforts to stir up trou-
bic between the laboring classes and
fhoir employers. Gov. Yagers friends
IN Congress and throughout the coun-
" express no fear as to his ability
% meet the charges and successfully
a1spel them.
A to the intimation that the Rov-
lnrnoFs attitude has interfered with
tAo war work, all Porto Rican fac
Hons claim that the one idea on the
island now is to help the United
States win the war. and all but that
faction OF the labor party which is
behind the charges agree that Gov.
Wager has been indefatigable in lead
snesthiD movement.
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Ground Already Appraised.

Tho dsinterested appraisal commit.
Hees appinted by the Rotary Club and
civic bdies of Washington already
have appraised the property from 18th
TO 18th and from E to East Capitol
streets southeast. which the housing
Avmes or navy yard workers.
Associated with Mr.. Shannon in the
real etate division of the housing
bureau are William N. Garland Of
California. assistant manager in
0hargs OF expert real estate lnrorma-
tion; s s. Thorps of Minneapolis, as
Dtstan manager in charge Of field
force; Irving E. Macomber Of Toledo.
in chrgA Of records: L. w. Monte:
vredo OF Pittsburgh, assistant co Mr..
Gaftnd. and Thomas Ingersoll Of
ANNAPOLIS, secretary Of the division.
Evening star., 1918-05-17

yAs proposal to elevate the British
3bgation ut Rio Japeiro and the Bra
dltaQ~lAkAk1op, IN London e omhaAe
iaQhaa 6eea1 ea1eASh@xma4ixaisN
Evening star., 1918-05-17
Guard Agaist Increased Value.

Anticipating hat many claims Of in
crease in proerty values since tho
beginning OF he war will be made,
the real estat division OF the hous-
ing bureau hs ordered that all ap-
Ura3sals sha1lbe made as Of 1916. I'm
der this plan he property owners VIII
have to furn3h the bureau with spe-
clio proof te support their claims of
Increases in the value Of the land
since that var. Tho housing bureau
- taking tkI position that tho fact
that the goNrnment wants a piece of
land does mt increase its value.
Under the housing bill, IL an owner
obtacts to ne price set upon his prop
orty, the ssvernment Is authorized to
commander the land and pay him rs
Per oent & the amount offered. The
and presut his claim for the addf-
tional amount he believes he should
receive
Evening star., 1918-05-17
CIVIC BOD|ESA|l
nN Hn nhnyE m
/ HOUSING BUREAU
Appoint Committees on Ap-
praIsement Of Eligible
Sites for Homes. \
PROPERTY IN SOUTHEAST

Tho Washington Chamber ofgCom-
merce, Board Of Trade and fotary
Club have appointed committeesht the
request Of the housing bureau pr the
Department Of Labor to assistin ap-
praising property which may pc pur-
chased in the southeast sectioj Of the
city to build houses for navy lard and
steel plant employees.
The appointment of these commit
tees brought to light a unhue plan
which William E. Shannon. manager
Of the real estate division ofthe hous-
ing bureau, has devised to omake the
purchase of property throughout the
country under the $5o.00o.O0 housing
appropriation practically eaftprcof.
Names Expert Field Agents.
Mr.. shannon's first step after taking
ofics was to call to Washington the
heads of the National association Of
Real Estate Boards. cwo of them
from each section of tn, country were
designated by Mr.. Shannon to be his
expert field ageEts in their respective
sections.
At this conference the heads Of the
feal estate boards pledged themselves
to Cooperate II every way possible
with the Department of Labor in Sc
curing land as iheaply as possible for
housing war workers. To prove their
sincerity restitution was adopted
providing that during the war any
member who tales an option on prop
erty which tn, government wants
shall be droppd from the organiza-
ton.
This confereice was followed by
the appointment of a committee of
i've real estate men in each locality
where it may oe necessary to build
homes for war workers
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
THE HOME SERVICE.

Men may be the best soldiers in
the world, but If things are not well
with their families at home they lose
efficiency, through worry and the NOR
ale OF the army-that all important
fact begins to fail.
So it is the patriotic duty. as well
as the humanitarian opportunity of
the Home Service workers of the
American Red Cross to care for the
lonely families of our fighting men.
They must be encouraged to carry
on" without faltering. Their families
must not be allowed TO bear personal
priyations and so double the willing
sacrifices they have made. To our
soldiers and sailors, the Red Cross
hospitals, doctors and nurses, when
they are sick and wounded. hospitality
when on duty in France or at Ameri-
can cantonrhents.--
To their folks at home, the Home
Service Committee of the Red Cross
must mean no less than the neighbor
ly council and aid which will keep
them in good splits, health and com
forts. The Home Service of the Red
Cross must be the nations assurance
that no enlisted mans family shall SUI.
fer for any essential thing that is with
in it's power TO give.
Keeping up the courage Of our fight
ing men is patriotic duty in which
every Home Service, worker has re
sponsible part II Is not given TO these
workers. to storm the enemy's trench
e. but. the. morale Of the American Ar
my which should be the highest Is
largely in their keeping and this If
the .TtfthsbIe sflh0r (which viii help
Is win the ESf.,a-w w. Williams.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
IOWA'S WEALTH.


Iowa's wealth is staggering. Her
farms are worth more than those OF
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connect
icut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
West Virginia, South Carolina. Flori
la, Alabama, Arizona, Utah, Nevada
New Mexico, Montana and Wyoming
combined. Her farm buildings are OF
more value than all in New Hamp
shire, Verman,, Rhode Island, Della
ware. Florida, Louisiana, Montana
idaho, Wyoming, Arkansas, New Mex
leo, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washing
ton and West Virginia combined. Hell
live stock is worth more than all
he live stock in seventeen of the
above states combined and still we
are twenty-third in area. Her wheat
crop is of greater value than all OF
Canada or Argentina. Her corn crOI
s worth more in money than all the
iron ore or anthracite coal or petro
cum products or the gold copper OF
silver of all the United States.
She is fourth in apple production
Her swine production Is worth more
than all the farm crops OF any OF
the eleven mountain states. Her cat
lie is worth more than all the tobacco
in the United States. Her women and
children sell more eggs than would
buy all the oranges grown in the ma
ton. Her horses exceed in value the
combined crops of twenty-seven
states.
While the above is startling still
it is only a partial showing of the
wonderful riches of the people OF this
the Beautiful Land" Your cores
pendent has passed his eightieth
birthday, has lived in this great state
for sixty years. has seen some of the
developments and sought to find the
secret Of her greatness. Our conclu-
sion is summed up in two words-soil
and climate Our soil is capable of
more than double it's present produc-
ton. The ease by which we can produce
our crops Is lldDie W CdIeleSShSsS anu
a depicting productiveness. Iowa's
greatest possession is her intelligent
people and free institutions. Wealth
make IL possible for a free people to
become intelligent and cultured or
worthless snobs. The farm still offers
the most desirable opportunity for the
Of great people. Remember
that we have an average of more than
eighty feet deep of plant producing
soil; that we have an annual rainfall
Of more than thirty inches evenly dis
tributed during the crop growing sea
son. Remember that three-fourths OF
all our wealth is out in the open coun-
try.
.bnio9 5niiEJasBer Thompson.
Forest City, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
suLcARIA's sHIFTY KING

Ferdinand of Bulgaria, known
throughout Europe as the disappear
ing king" is again reported absent at
roll call and speculation is on edge as
to his whereabouts and the cause oil
his latest withdrawal from the public
ken. The last definite news of him
was that he was leaving Sofia. his
capital, upon secret mission TO Der
lin. Then under date of August 8
came a mysterious message through
the exchange Telegraph Company, by
way of Amsterdam, quoting "adyices
from Cologne" to the effect that
King Ferdinand Is suffering from
mental strain and needs absolute rest
and seclusion and that he will be un
able to attend to the affairs of state
for some months"
When news comes from Cologne by
way of Amsterdam, il is safe to as.
sumo that il has a Wilhelmstrasse orr.
gin. The following. day, Aug. 10, a
Paris dispatch announced that lit is
reported from German sources that
Prince Boris, eldest son OF King Fer
dinand, will be appointed regent dur.
ing the period of his fathers enforc-
ed retirement because of mental
strain"
In all probability this marks Ferdi-
hands retirement from the field Of
action. 1t is his farewell disappear
ance. For some time he has not been
performing to suit either the Berlin
council of state of the high command
He has been more or less off the re-
since the Rumanian treaty
He has been talking too much for one
thing. He has been demanding too
much for another thing. There have
been rumors that he has been threat.
ening to quit the game If Berlin didn't
come across with certain territory
that had besn promised him. And also
certain other rumors that the recent
successes offthe Allies have impaired
a coldness to his pedal extremities.
To doubt. to disagree. TO complain,
70 criticize or TO grow cold, with re-
terence to the policies OF Berlin
lhese are the surest signs. according
10 Teutonie standards. of mental aber-
ration and call for high commission
lie lunatico inquirendo. Ferdinand is
He, must 20 Berlin go, where
he verruckt are taken care OF. That |
$ what happened to Lichnowsky. the
serman Ambassador, whose ideas
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
Todayis Markets.

Chicago Union Stock Yards, Aug.
21-Prices were strong on good hogs
today. Others are steady with yes
terday's average to ten cents lower.
| Receipts today were only II 900, but
there was a left over supply of some
/ 1000 and better. Top figure receded
t. $4,000 even.
The bulk today sold at $18.25@
1890 against $1S.3O019.9O yesterday;
$1815@19.6O last Wednesday; $500
Q1910 four weeks ago; $1S.40@19.65
corresponding Wednesday in 1917;
$1O.6O@11.15 in 1916; $6.65@745 in
1915; $89O@9.25 in 1914, and $1,000
$50 in 1913.
The top paid today was 500 90; yes
terday 5000; last Wednesday $1925;
one year ago $19.S5; two years ago
$11.30; three years ago $500: four
years ago 1924; and five years ago
$685..
The average price paid for hogs at
Chicago Tuesday was 1910; Monday
$19.15; last Tuesday $19.O5; two
weeks ago $3.50; three weeks ago
$3.50; four weeks ago $1865; eight
weeks ago $3.50; one year ago
S19.30; two years ago $l0.83; three
years ago $685..
Cattle: Native and western steers
held steady to strong for the day and
butchers stock was advanced 10 to
Is cents. Calves jumped up another
25 cents.
Sheep: Lambs were generally steady
today with sheep slow to lower.
Choice western lambs bid $18.25 and
feeders $3.50. Good native lambs
were to be had for $17.25 to $3.50.
Receipts today were 1000 cattle,
II, 900 hogs and $4,000 sheep against
12,432 cattle. 10,252 hogs and 1908
sheep week ago; 1929 cattle, a.
S47 hogs and 12,999S sheep a year ago
and 21,SO5 cattle, 3O,9O5 hogs and 49,
Isl sheep two years ago today.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
PARIS TO HAVE FASHION SHOW
Despite PeriIs of Ocean Travel, Buy
ers From Buenos Aires and Rio
Janeiro Flock There.
(BY Webb Miller.l

Paris, Aug. 2l.-While the German
guns are laundering day and night
only forty-six miles from Paris, hun
dreds of girls and women are working
feverishly, preparing fOr-the great
Autumn fashion show.
Despite the perils of ocean and
trans-channel travel, millinery and
gown buyers from the big establish
ments on 9Th avenue and Oxford St,
and even from faraway Buenos Aires
and Rio Janeiro, are already fiocking
to Paris for the opening autumn
shows.
Here and there on the boulevards
the last minute" things in women's
hats and gowns for the coming season
are appearing. The German men,
ace to Paris has utterly failed to
shake her position as the world's
fashion capital.
At recent meeting of the Chambre
Syndicate de la Coutre Parisienne, an
association of the principal gown,
manufacturers, the modistes protest,
ed against the reports that the big es.
Establishments were curtailing their &C.
tivities on account of the danger to
| Paris.
Nine. Paquin, president of the
Chambre, said that the autumn show
would be as great an event as ever
| in the fashion world.
"All of the big places are busy this
very moment" she said, preparing
their collections for the coming au.
tumn season, and we will hold our US,
ual grand openings in August with as
much display as usual.
I'VE want our American and Eng.
! lish customers who come so far to
see our semi-annual shows to know
that we will not desert Paris. We
will have the same number of models
and designs as usual"
Already many New York buyers
have arrived for the autumn and win.
ter selections.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
HE INEXPERIENCED BOSS

This is not the season for expecting
business activity, vacations and heat
having materially intensified the us
ual midsummer quiet" says Henry
Clews. THE money market, however
continues to be the chief restriction
upon all sorts of business operations.
Funds are scarce, while credits are
practically rationed. Our banks are in
sound condition, and their resources
ample despite the tremendous strain
imposd upon them by the exigencie'
of war. Preparations for the coming
Liberty loan are already well adyanc
ed. The Government this year will, II
is claimed, require heavy increase in
bonds and taxes for war purposes, anc
though practically all of it will be
spent in the United States, it repre-
sents only part of our total business
transactions. Commodities and wages
are on a high>level, and with general
imitation more funds are required to
perform a given service; hence the
limitations llnpOctu upOi
restrictions are perhaps felt more
keenly in the financial district than
elsewhere. New enterprises are post.
poned, the financing of others is rem
dered more difficult and financial op.
erations generally are under restric
ton. There are some who would like
to see such restrictions moderated, in
order that business might pursue q
more natural course and better en-
able it to bear, the coming burden oil
taxation. Government regulation Is
bearing very heavily upon the industry
and not always with an even hand;
and. while such restrictions are cheer
fully accepted as war necessities
there are instances where they are
positive hardships and where moditi
cation would be helpful. There is nc
doubt that the Government does not
wish to render business unproductive
and the chief complaints arise in quar-
tiers where too much power has been
placed in inexperienced hands"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22

tainly and anyone who has failed to
heed the urgent advice of federal and
state officials is guilty of dangerous
degree of carelessness if he is able to
obtain the money with which to buy
his winters coal supply.
Next winter it may be impossible
for oskaloosa people TO buy coal from
the local mines. Under the coming sys-
TEN which the fuel administration has
perfected every ton of coal produced
will be subject TO shipping orders is
sued by government. officials.
Oskaloosa people who neglect to buy
Coal now may find themselves next
winter without coal and without ability
to obtain it even at advanced prices.
The fact that Oskaloosa is in the
center of mining area does not mean
that the coal from this field will be
given to OskaloOsa people first. The
zone which must be supplied by Iowa
mines includes territory in which no
coal is mined. .a-
Fuel Administrator Webster has Is
sued repeated warnings that he VIII
insist on an equitable distribution OF
fuel next winter and will give full con
sideration to the claims OF those com
manities which have no local coal sup
ply. He has done his utmost to impress
on the Iowa public the vital import
ance of foresight and If he should find
himself unable TO meet all the de
maHds for fuel next winter the re
| sponsibility willsnot be his.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
FOUR BOUND TO FEREDAL JURY
Coal Mine Managers Arraigned As
the Outgrowth of the Alfred
Skinner Tragedy.

Ottumwa, Aug. 21.-Four managers
of local coal mines were arraigned anC
bound over to the federal grand jury
by U. S. Commissioner f. r. Mitchell
last night. as an Outgrowth of 'trag
edy which happened on July 10. when
Henry Skinner and William Alfred
two small boys, were severely burned
by exploding powder which they had
obtained at the Union Coal Company
The Alfred boy died on the evening
OF July 10, and Henry Skinner died on
August 3. as a result of the burns.
Those arraigned are: George Chap,
man. South Ottumwa Mining com.
pany; John T. Genochia, Union Coal
company; George Styre, Styre Broth.
ers; Harry Parker, Phillips Coal com
nany. They are charged with care
lessness in storing explosives. They
were released on furnishing bonds OF
800 each.
The action was brought against the
managers by J. J. Hughes Of Council
Bluffs, state explosive agent. Mr..
Hughes was called here through us
Marshal Reeds Office in connection
with the death of the Alfred and Skin
ner boys.
Mr.. Hughes inspected the powder
houses of these coal companies and
said that the companies were careless
in storing their explosives.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK

U. S. Yards, ILL.,, Aug. 81. IL a. m.
HOGS-Butcher hogs, heavy, $500
@l9.SO; medium and light, $19.650
1895. Packing hogs, heavy, $4,000
1850; medium and mixed, $4,000
1910. Light hogs (bacon, light. mixed
and light Light, $19.25@20.00. Pigs,
good and choice, $l800@1S.50. Rough
$17.40@17.S5.
CATTLE-Beef cattle, good. choice
and prime, $16.65@1S.S5: common and
medium, $10.OO@l6.G5 Butcher stock,
heifers, $7.5O@1325; cows, $7.75@
14.O0; bulls, bologna and beef, $1,000
1875. Gamers and cutters, $4,000
775. Stockers and feeders, good,
choice and fancy selected, $1025@
1900; inferior, common and medium,
$7.5O0lO.25. Veal calves, good to
choice, $17.25@1S.0O. Western range
cattle, beef, steers. medium good and
choice, $13.5O@16.5O; cows and heif-
ers, medium good and choice, $4,000
1850
SHEEP-Lambs, choice and prime,
65@82 pounds, $17.65@1S.S5; medium
artl good 6501OO pounds. $16.25@
l17.65; culIs, $1O.OO@14.OO. Spring
lambs, good and choice, $16.50@17.65;
Yearlings, choice and prime 5000
pounds, $15lO0@15:50; medium and
good 75@120 pounds. $13.75@15.0C.
Wethers, medium good and choice,
i$12.50@13.75. Ewes, choice and prime,
| $12S5@l325; medium and good,
$1125@12.S5; culls, $4.5O@9OO. Breed,
ing ewes, good and choice yearlings,
$125001S00. -
Official receipts yesterday-Hogs
% ,403; cattle, 1881; sheep, 1929.
Official shipments yesterday-Hogs
2,132; cattle, 2,874; sheep, G,341.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
THEY SHALL NOT PASS"

Verdun cannot be taken by assault.
Such was the. verdict rendered BY
Yield Marshal Won Moltke, chief of
the daA8I Amy m 1870. V +,
Albert. Crown Prince Of SaXony,
tried to take the fortress by attack,
but all his efforts were in vain, al
though "the fortress was garrisoned
only by six thousand Frenchmen. But
they were gallant Freedmen, imbued
with the lighting spirit of their fore,
fathers.
sLongevy 'and Toul had fallen. Toul
at the cost of many lives of the Ger.
mans, but the French troops at Yer
dun stood the test They could not be
forced 10 surrender what had been
intrusted to them by France, even by
an entire German army corps, and the
crown prince gave it up.
Later, General Won Gayl made an
other attempt with his Prussians to
rauture Verdun. but the walls of the
fortress stood firm, and Won Gayrs
terms OF surrender evoked only the
answer, Take il if you can, at your
own peril"
| Won Gayl thought Of the catastrophe
at Toul when. on the German troops
entering, the fortress was blown NJ
and the German soldiers were killet
outright or buried in the debris. the
assaiIing forces were withdrawn.
II was then. when Won Moltke saw
| that all efforts W re in vain, that hi
declared: "Verdnn cannot be taken By
assault" ~
AS a matter of fact, Verdun was
never taken. but after Metz and Stras
burg had surrendered, Verdun as wei
as Belford in Alsace. were surrender
ed by order of the provisional govern
ment
| In the face of this it is surprising
that General Won Falkenhayn as chic
| of staff should have sanctioned th'
siege of Verdun in the present war
unless it was to foster the ambition o
such a young, inexperienced soldier a.
the Grown Prince of Prussia.
The loss of Y; million German sol
diers, without achieving any measure
Of success, indicates in the Twentieth
Century Won Moltke's verdict in TIT
Ninteenth.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
SWAGGER STICK
Makes Hit With Doushboys In Social
Circles.

|. With American Armies in France
Aug. 4.-By Mail-Swagger sticks are
the latest in doughboy circles.
Not canes. but swagger sticks.
He may not have the 'foxiest duds'
his shoes may be unpolishable, and
his hat hasn't the snap" that's in a
derby, but that doesn't keep the dough
boy from being the dude of the army
IL he so desires.
The doughboys never took to canes,
They were monopolized by aviators
and ambulance drivers in Europe.
Swagger sticks are different. They
add poise to mans strut, and If any.
one has earned the right to strut in
Uncle Sans army. it is the doughboy.
To do 1t right, he's adopted the swag-
ger stick.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-08-22
Sources of SUGAR Supply.

Americas sugar sources are as fol
lows: one-half of our supply comes
from Cuba; one-seyenth from Ameri-
can beet sugar fields; one-eighth from
Hawaii, one-twentieth from Louisiana
cane fields, and the remainder from
Porto Rico, the Philippines and other
foreign sources. Before the war Eng
land received more than one half of
her sugar from the Teutonic Empires
and imported largely from Java and
the British West Indies. Before the
war France. Italy and the low coun-
tries raised their own supply. but their
production now is less than one-third
of that amount. England cannot spare
ships for the long trips to Java and
the West Indies. America must make
up the total shortage.