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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
HALF HOLIDAY ORDER
In Force at Camp Dodge; Passes Is
sued by Commanding Officers.

Camp Dodge. Sept. 23.-The new
halt holiday orders are in working
shape now and effect both officers and
men alike. During the fall and coming
winter the men will be given one af-
ternoon off each week but must be
back in the, barracks at midnight of
the same day. s.--s -. .. .
The half holiday passes are issued
by commanding officers of the various
units to such as are considered worthy
of the pass which let's them out of
drill or other work on the afternoon
the pass is issued
Whom the order was first issued
ihirty-fve men including number of
officers were hailed by the guard as
they entered the reservation after the
midnight hour had been tolled. Now
there are few victims for the guard
house
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
THE HERALD IN WAR
EIGHT. FORMER EMPLOYEES IN
SERVICE, FIVE LIEUTENANTS.

Ray B. Duboc, editor of the New
Sharon Star for several years, and a
graduate of the Herald's editorial
school, was recently advanced in the
service of his country for bravery in
action on the Western Front. De-
tails of the affair are not known from
the soldier himself. but the informa-
tion came to Charles Duboc, broth
Ter at Chicago, from an officer who
was in the action at Chateau Thierry
along with Ray, and who l;"ew OF his
action and advancement " list
Lieutenant.
Mr.. Duboc's promotion makes five
among former Herald en-
ployes now in the service. They are:
Lieutenant Ray B. Duboc.
Lieutenant Guy Bacon.
Lieutenant Harry Roberts.
Lieutenant Harry Walton.
Lieutenant Arthur Walling.
DeWayne Foehlinger, the last Her
aid employee to enter the service, is
making good in the Aero Service and
Leonard SEEK is doing his bit in
France. .Guilford Hoffman, goes to
Iowa City this week to enter the mil
itary school q .s. D.. ...
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
GEORGE OSBORNE AMONG LIST
oskaloosa Boy Commissioned Second
Lieutenant at the officers Training
Training School at Camp Pike.

Camp Pike. Sept 24.-Thirty.one
lowans Were included in the roster OF
LOSS officers commissioned Second
Lieutenants of Infantry from the
Fourth Training Camp, at Camp Pike,
Arkansas. August 26. They are
George Washington Anderson, Schal.
Ter; John Russell Appel, Perry; Don
Brook Armstrong. Clear Lake; Max
Raymond Ashby, Centerville; Alva
Earl Barber, Anamosa; Roiees Cap
per. Elgin; Floyd Marion Casjens.
Orange City; David Berryhill Cassat,
Fairfield; Albert Dannenbert, Deep
River: Nathan Donker. Usage; Clar-
ence Eugene Gilchrist, Iowa Falls;
Allen Leroy Gregory, Harlan; Fred
William John Jr, Norris; Herman
Hans Hense, Audubon; Crist Cox
Jones, Missouri Valley; Philip Ross
Key, Iowa City; Cloyee Silsby Kind,
Mondamin; Harry Dubler King, Du-
buque; Andrew Charles Meyer, Apling-
ton; Jesse Hiram Moore, Guthrie Cen
ter; Don Henry Morrison, Des Moines;
George Lester Osborne. Oskaloosa:
John Arthur Palas, Postyille;. Thomas
Ward Phillips, Des Moines: Chester
Powers. Coheydan; Thomas
Ellsworth Riley, Cedar Rapids; Paul
Nicholas Robson. Scranton; Louis Ar
thur Royaine. Keokuk: Robert Reed
Russell, Million, Carl Austin Stantly
Extra; George Ray White, Rippey.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
100000 Prisoners
Taken By Allies
Since July 18th

Washington, d. c., Sept. 23.--
with the 10000 prisoners which
were brought in Sept. Is, we are
not far from reaching total of
100000 Germans captured by the
French, English and Americans
since July 49," says the war cor
respondent of the Temps, accord
ing to a French official dispatch.
Continuing, the dispatch says
that the fatigue of the enemy is
revealed by official documents,
which bring out, on one hand, the
depression Of the morale of the
soldiers, and, on the other, the at
tempts of the high command to
counte"act it. ... ...
I'm the space of few days or
ders and proclamations from four
different chiefs containing the
same questo ns have fallen into
thu hands of the British" the dis
patch adds. zone dated August rs,
is from Gen. Won Der Marwitz,
protesting against the demoraliza-
ton of the troops and striving to
react against the attack of the
French appearance Of the tanks,
which often result in panics.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
BUILDS DAY NURSERY
American Red Cross Constructs :
- Building at sora, Italy.

NJ Rome. Aug. IL. (By MaiL)
! American Red Cross in Italy is using
part of the wreckage of the 1915
Earthquake disaster at Avezano and
Sora to construct a badly needed day
nursery at the latter place.
No new building material being
available, the Red Cross got to work
and collected enough bricks. timber
and metals from the ruins that once
was Sora. the result being that a
building which will care for 400 ba-
bies while their mothers are attend
ing to harvest duties is now in oper.
alton.
II will be recalled that the earth
quake practically wiped out Avezza-
no and Sora. The former place re-
ceived most ~ the help given by It
ally and the rest of the world Sora,
the smaller town, did not get much
assistance. Nothing has been re-
built there. and the suffering caused
by the earthquake has been aggra-
waited by war conditions The peo-
pie have been trying to live in the
debris Of their homes and many Of
them are destitute.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
ITEMS FROM OLlvET.
PERSONAL ITEMS AND EVENTS IN
WEST MAHASkA.

Olivet, Sept. 20.-The Herald man
called on John Thompson at his home
in the west part of town Monday.
Found Uncle John, who is SO years of
age, busy selecting seed corn.
r. d. Robertson and son Clyde un-
loaded a car of coal here this week.
# c. +. Parsons, a former railroad
man, of Greeley, Colorado, was call
er at the station Monday. Mr.. Par
sons was formerly passenger conduc-
tor out of Denver.
Fred DeCook went to Cskaloosa
Wednesday to look after his stock.
He had four mules and one large
draft mare at the worlds fair"
Mrs. Alice Billings was in Harvey
Wednesday consulting DR.. Pascoe.
Frank Ewing, secretary-treasurer
of the English Creek Coal Company
at Knoxville, was in town short
time Wednesday.
Mathew Hysel was in town Thurs
day on his way to the Fair Mr.. Hy
sci is an up to date farmer. In ad
dition to his family car he has a reg
ular motor truck on his place. A
short time ago he hauled load oil
I furniture to Oskaloosa in the morn
| ing, and in the afternoon hauled
three loads of sand from Olivet tt
his place. .F-
: X. l.. Hogate Of Tracy was in tow
Thursday registering and looking af
ter business. f.. ...
Mr. and Mrs. Boliver Harris o.
/, Barnes City visited with their daugh
ter, Mrs. ]. c. Robertson, this week
| Neal Sedrel was in town Thursday
setting himself right with Uncle Sam
He informed us he has traded his 80
acre farm south of town for farm il
Missouri. He expects to move t;
his new location in February, 1919.
Fred DeCook scooped the plate OF
mules at the Fair. He received frs
prize on two and three.year-o ant
first prize on one-year-old mule. HI
had fine draft mare there, but die
not get prize on that. '.-.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
AHEADON
EASTERN FRONT
FAMOUS SEAPORT OF ACRE IN
81 PALESTINE TAKEN. -,. .
A MAJOR DEFEAT IN BALKANS
Bulgarian Army On the Run and Al
lies Within Striking Distance of
PreIip-Serbians Alone Have
10000 Prisoners, 1870 Guns.

London, Sept. 24,--Allied successes
in Macedonia and Palestine continue
to grow. Control of Serbia also is be,
ing rapidly completed by the allies.
Famous Seaport Taken.
British forces have occupied the i'm.
portant sea port OF Acre in Palestine
it was officially announced today.
Acre is on the Mediterranean sea
and is twenty-five miles northeast OF
Nazareth where the British cavalry
was last reported. 1t is a terminal
railroad running from Dera to the
coast. 1t has population of about ten
Thousand. G(
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
CUT FOOD half POUND AWEEk
Will Be Necessary II. a 1919 Allied
Victory Is To Be Obtained, Ac-
! ~, cording To Hoover.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 23.-Food
upon the nation to aid the American
and allied armies to strike the final
blow in 1919 by adopting a new food
conservation program that will en-.
tirely eliminate waste and over-feed-
inS. .n... ...s 81.
The war can be won and will be
won next year if the American peo-
pic, out of their food economies, will
save the food necessary to maintain
the strength of the armies and allied
civil populations, Mr.. Hoover de-
clared.
l., by failure to save food and en-
able the United States to increase by
one.third its food shipments to
France, the war is prolonged to 1920,
the nation is warned it will cost an
additional million American lives.
r. Eliminate All Waste.
1t is necessary, the food admins
traitor said, to increase American food
shipments to Europe by $4,000
tons next year. To do this the ma.
ton is asked to reduce it's consump-
ton of breadstuffs and meats one
half pound a week for each person.
No wheatless or meatless days and
no rationing system will be neces-
sary if the nation entirely eliminates
waste.
There is no prospect of a proper
ending of the war before the CAM
paign of the summer of 1919" said
Mr. Hoover. ITO attain victory we
must place in France 100000 fight
ing men with the greatest mechan-
ical equipment that has ever been
given to any army. While we ex-
pect the position on the western
front may be improved, from Il mill.
tary point of view, between now and
then, there can be no hope Of a con-
summation Of the end that we must
secure until another year has gone
By.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
RED CROSS At HOME
SPLENDID NEW QUARTERS PRO-
viDED BY THE ELKS.

The Mahaska County Red Cross
have completed moving
fror, The Oskaloosa Commercial Club
headGua"ters rooms where they have
i.een q plendidly accommodated since
1 organization to their new home On
the first floor of the Elks Building,
corner Second avenue and FIRST
street.
The new location comes in the way
of donation on the part OF the Oska-
loosa Elks. The first floor of the
building has been made ever for the
ladies and their work. The apart
ments were equipped and furnished
to. the order of the society and they
provide ideal working conditions.
New hard wood floors have been laid
and the place was made over. Par
titions were put in, the walls plaster
ed and decorated and the apartments
made home-like and cosy.
The department of surgical dress.
ings has special apartment along
the west side Of the floor and an in
spection and packing department has
the south end. The receiving de.
partment, where are delivered the
work from the township organizations
and the yarn, and wooden activities
have a department set aside for their
own convenience,
The general Office of the Red Gross
is at the northeast corner of the floor
with Miss Mary Sewers, secretary in
charge. and Miss, Hazel Burke, stem
ographer. Mrs. A. M. Lewis, who is
in charge of the Home Service de
partment, also has accommodations
here.
1 Among those who assisted in the
furnishing and equipping of the
new and enlarged quarters were the
following:
Four large machines and chairs
Hanna Manufacturing Co.
ONCE desk, McNeill Brothers.
Shelving and screens, Miss Anna
Black. ,a-
Chairs and furniture. Mrs. c. e
Lofland, Mrs. Stewart Jameson, Mrs
Louise Atchison and Mrs. Davis o.
University Park.
Toilet room and reception hall were
furnished by the Elks.
! Those in charge of the Red eros!
4 organization at date are:
Mrs. l.. A. Rodgers, superintendent
Of surgical dressings; Mrs. A. Rosen
blatt, assistant. a...
Mrs. B. 0. Jerrel has charge of gar
ments. Mrs. +. W. Glaze, Mrs. Har
ry Walton and Miss Lillian Kilburn
assistants. .s=. ".
Miss Helen Abrams and Mis-
I Beckie Heinsfurter have charge o.
the packing department. d, .......
Mrs. Stewart Jameson, Mrs. c. c
Sheppard. Mrs. J. r. McGregor are il
the knitting department.
| The new apartments are full!
equipped with every convenience TO
expeditions and efficient work, room!
and comfortable. Those who have no
been intimately in touch with tn,
organization and its work are invit
ed to come to the headquarters ant
see what a splendid work these loya
women are accomplishing.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
AMONG THE BOYS
NOTES FROM LOCAL SOLDIERS IN
CoUNTRYs SERVICE

Lester Fansher left Saturday for
Great Lakes, after spending ten
days furlough at the J. B. Fansher
home. -....
.. - - -
Howard Groves, stationed at Camp
Jackson, S. c., spent a ten day fur
Tough with his wife and son, in Ar
cad,a Florida
-. - -. ..
Ira Bill Barnhart is home from
Camp Macarthur to spend a few days
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs ]. C.
Barnhart, before going east to take up
war work in a munition factory.
.. - - -. ...,.-..
Sgt. Harry Hunt is home on fur
lou III from Camp Cody. Harry is now
Mess Sgt. at the Boon Hospital.
Glen Billick is spending ten day
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Billick. He is located at
lamp Gordon, Georgia.
..... - - =. ...
Ira Utterback who is doing special
and limited service at Camp Dodge
spent Sunday with friends in the city.
....E - =: - SSH .
Harold Dodds who has been attend.
ing the aviation school at Austin. Tex,
is in the city for a few days before
going to another training camp.
- - -
Word to friends in the city locates
Gus Hamilton at Toronto, Canada, in
the Royal Flying Corps.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
Withstood Many Sfeges.

Acre is famous for sustaining so
many sieges. 1t was captured by the
Crusaders in 1104; recaptured by Sar-
acens in 1887, and again captured by
the Crusaders under Nicholas, THE
Lion Hearted" in, 1871.
The Saracens again took it in 1901.
In 1871 Napoleon attempted to capture
it. but retreated after siege of two
months.
1t was taken in 1882 by Ibrahim
Pasha and was bombarded by com.
bined British and Austrian fleets in
1914.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
WORK UNDER FULL SWING
RemodeIing Old Buildings and Erect.
ing New Ones at Iowa City.

Iowa City. Sept. 23.-rWork of get
ting buildings remodeleG and new ones
erected for the students army corps
which comes here October /, was I'M
der full swing today.
Tie barracks and mess halls are
nearly ready for the students and it is
expected there will be little delay in
taking care of all the men assigned
to the Iowa State University here,
or those who enroll for the military
course.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
EinaLe.r Mashed.

Estel Ballinger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank BalIinger. No. lll5sSouth
Market street, sustained painful in
jury while playing football at the
Jefferson school Monday afternoon,
Another player trod on the lads. right
hand and mashed the flesh from the
bone Of a finger, tearing out chunk
OF skin and muscle. The injury was
Of character that made Surgical al
tention necessary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
Quotas m Other Counties.
On Three Counts.

Bert Johnson and C. E. Moore OF
Barnes City were arrested for drink
ing, for speeding, and for leaving
their auto with the engine running.
They were taken while in the city
limits on their return from Des
Moines to Barnes City. Fines, S27.S5.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
Corn Haryesters.

Any where from fifty to one hun
dred business men of the city will
help Mahaska county farmers cut
corn this week. The boys are out at
the Francis Everett place today. The
corn must be cut and shocked this
week in order to conserve its food
value, Some of the late planted corn
can go over but the most of it must
be shocked this week.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
J. O.. stonaker Dead.

Word came TO relatives at Taintor
last week that j. d. Stonaker, was
dead in France. No particulars as
to his death were given. He could
not have been killed In action as be
did not 20 10 France until some time
in July. He pssbably died front dis.
case OF met with some accident.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26

and are in contact with the enemy in
the direction of Prelip" the communi-
que said. .....
THE Serbian troops have the massif
Drenskaplania and have reached sew.
eral points on the roads from Gradsko
to Prelip.
The enemy continues to burn vii.
lagos and great stores
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
The Old song.

When the new draft goes into effect
the girls of the United States will be
able to put more fervor than ever be-
fore into the old song:
Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
What a sad old world 'twouid be.
II the men We're all transported
Far beyond the Northern Sea.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26

"THE KAISER is ILL.,"
(Press Dispatch.)
The Diagnosis.

y .r.a The Diagnosis.
J. 10000 Turkish troops trapped !
:. at the River Jordan.
!. $4,000 Turks, ESQ guns cap :
!. tured.
!. Two Turk armies wiped out. !
I. Serbs take 5000 to 10000 !
!. prisoners and 120 guns.
1. Serbs cut two main rail lines :
+ of enemy,
/. Italian troops advance more :
/. than seven miles in Macedonia, !
I. taking sixteen villages. =
/. French and British close on :
+ Cambrai and St. Quentin. :
/. Yanks at gates of Metz, :
/. Fourth Liberty Loan quotas :
I. announced. :
!. N. B,--Kaiser cancels all en- .
I. gagements. .
~. J. J. Ill. i. 81. !. 4. !. i. 4.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
Hsifa Is Also Taken.

In the north our cavalry occupied
Haifa an important seaport and rail
road town ten miles south of Acre
following light opposition. The number
Of prisoners have been increased and
total now exceeds largely the twenty.
five thousand already mentioned. ..
Arab forces under King Hussein
have occupied Masn and are harrass-
ing bodies Of enemy forces retreating
jas"
Major Defeat in the Balkans.
The offensive operations in the Bal,
kans takes on the aspect of major.
defeat for the Bulgarian forces. The
armies in southern Serbia and north
eastern Greece have already been
split by the cutting of the Uskup-Sal-
oniki and Gradsko-Prelit railroads.
Battle Front Extended.
The allied forces are advancing in
the whole region between Monistar and
Lake Dorian and the original front of
about seventy-fve miles has been
stretched until it is now a hundred
miles front and growing because of
the big wedge which has been driven
northward.
Only Six Miles From Goal.
Through the seizure of Kolayani the
allies troops are now only six miles
southeast Of the important city of
Prelip which is their immediate OBJ
jective. They have also penetrated
much OF the villages to the north and
arc paralleling the Vardar from the
Dorian region to the Cerna. ...#
s West Of Dorian the allies are within
reach of Bogdance six miles west and
north of the village of Dorian while
the left wing passes Mogila five miles
north of Monistar.-. $685. ..
Serbs Alone Have 10000 Prisoners.
Official reports of the number of
prisoners and guns taken to date are
lacking but it has been unofficially
stated that the Serbian forces alone
have taken nearly ten thousand pris-
oners and one hundred and twenty
guns.
British. French and Greek forces to-
gether with Italian and the Czecho-
Slovak troops are participating in the
offensive and are taking further adj
ditional prisoners. "
Many Nations Helping.
Some Turkish units are fleeing
eastward from the Jordan and are be-
ing pursued by Australian, New Zeal
and, West India and Jewish troops.
TO the east of the Jordan the en-.
envy is Withdrawing towards Amman
on the Pedjas railroad thirty-five miles
cast and north of Jerusalem" the
statement said,
Ten Miles West of Jordan.
Australian, West India. New Zeal |,
and and Jewish troops are pursuing
them and have reached Es-Salt ten
miles east of the Jordan and fourteen
miles east of Jerusalem capturing a
of prisoners.
Bulgarians On the Run.
Sofia, Sept. 22.-(Delayed.) -Retire-l
ment of the Bulgarian army between
the Cerna and the Vardar rivers was !,
announced by the Bulgarian war office
statement today.
"As a result of our front giving way
between the Cerna and the Vardar
rivers adjacent units are withdrawing
to the south of Prelip and to the north
Of Doiran." the communique said,
Allies Masters Of Situation.
London, Sept. 24.-"The allied OF.
'ensive in Macedonia is continuing
il was reported in the
Serbian official war Office statement
II Sunday which was received here
oday.
we continue to cross the Yardar
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
LAND 500 SICK SOLDIERS.
Large Contingent Is, Affected b,
Spanish Influenza.

An Atlantic Port. Sept 2S.--Nearly
500 American soldiers suffering from
Spanish influenza were landed at thiss
port today and taken 10 hospitals ior
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-26
63 MORE men FROM MAHASKA
Called To Enter Military Service At
Camp Dodge In the Period
Beginning October 7.

Des Moines, Sept. 24.-Allotment of
the 5,305 Iowa registrants going to
Camp Dodge during the FIVE day per-
iod beginning Oct. has been made
by the adjutant generals department.
This wipes out all but $50 men in
Class l of the registrations of June s
and Aug. "a, 1918. All the men from
the 1917 registration were exhausted
some time ago. n..
According to Frank Lyman, chief
clerk in the adjutant generals Office.
there are still IA number of boards
that have not as yet completed the
classification of the men who register
ed on Aug. "a. In making out the al
lotment under the call for 5,S05, there
fore, some boards have been called
upon to furnish greater number of
men than would have been the case
il all the boards had had their CLASH
fications up to date
The allotments for Mahaska and
nearby COMMITTEES follow.