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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
Clay Products to Be
Curtailed
Action is Forerunner of Similar Cur
taiment of Practically Every In
dustry Considered Not Vital To
War Prosram-Desiened To Re-
lease Men and Materials for War
Production.

Washington. April 17-Further re-
striction Of the country's less essen
tial industries which will drastically
limit non-war building operations for
nounced today by the Fuel admins
tration in the issuance Of orders cur
cipal clay products, from Is to as
high as 80 per cent. simultaneously
the manufacturing program of this
industry was ordered re-arranged and
divided placing it on the basis Of
war industry.
Face brick, common and paving
brick, terra Gotta. roting tile, floor
and wall tile and sanitary ware We're
ordered curtailed 30 per cent: hollow
tile. sewer pipe and drain tile 20 per
cent; and stoneware, with the eXcep-
ton of chemical stoneware, is cur
tailed Is per cent Another new order
lurtails the output of enamel ware 80
per cent.
Today'S action by the fuel admins
tration which was approved by the
war industries board, is declared to
be the forerunner of similar curtail-
ment of practically every industry
considered not vital to the war pro
gram. Two important things will be
accomplished in the belief of the fuel
administration and the war industries
board. Parts of the plants affected
will be converted for war industries
and men, materials and Transporter
ton will be made available for war
production.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
Waldo County Goes Over
the Top with S3O5.OOO

Waldo county went well over lie
top in the third Liberty loan drive
on Wednesday. the quota for Il"
county being 100000 and the amount
pledged up to Wednesday was $685.
Belfast was the first city in the
State to go overYits quota.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
BARON BURIAN
GETS JOB OF
COUNT CZERNIN

Amsterdam, April l7.-i5aron Burr
al has been appointed Austro-Hun-
garian foreisn minister 70 succeed
Count Czcrnin. according to a Wen
ma Dispatch
Baron Buran. in taking the foreign
ministry. retains his portfolio as min
lister Of finance.
Baron stephan i}urian Won iia~
jecSz Was minister Of foreign affairs
from Sept. Is, 1914, 10 Dec q. 1915,
when he was succeeded ny Couat
Czernin. whose place no now takes.
Baron Surian has been finance min-
lister since Count Czcrnin has beeh
III the foreign office. He took ~"
place Of Count BerchtOld as foreign
minister in 1914. and he was the au-
thor Of he notes 10 the United states
on the Italian steamship Ancona,
sunk III the Mediterranean with IN"
loss of American lives in the fall Of
1918,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
STILL RETAIN GROUND
DEFENDED ON TUESDAY,

Meteren and Part of Wytschaete Retaken and
Held For Time But Powerful Attacks Again
Force British to Retire-Berlin Claims Peel
capelle and Langemarcke, North of Ypres
Have Been Taken By Germans Ad-
mits British Retirement from Certain of
Their Lines in Ypres Salient
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18

Amste" lam, April 1,.~-Accordlng
70 Il dispatch from Budapest Baron
Burton was chosen foreign minister
because, apart from the fact that h"
possessed the confidence of Emperor
Charles, no was intimately acquaint-
ed with all the foreign offices work
ings for years past. his thorough
knowledge Of which Was considered
unusually important IN connection
with the international agreements
about to tie discussed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
TOTAL Fifteen
Increased U-Boat Toll
For Past Week
Eleven Of Merchantmen Sunk Were
1900 Tons or Over and Four Under
That Tonnase-One Fishing Vessel
Also Sunk.

London. April 1.-THE losses =
British shipping by mine or subma-
rine in the past week totalled Is. &C
cording to the admiralty report to-
night. Eleven of the merchantmen
sunk were 1900 tons or over and four
under that tonnage. One fishing YES
sci also was sunk.
Twelve vessels were unsuccessful
" attacked The arrivals numbered
211; sailings 2546.
In the previous week only six Bri--
ish merch anthem were sunk by mines
or submarine. four of them Of more
than 1900 tons.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
THE WEATHER
RAIN

Forecast: Rain and colder Thurs
day; Friday partly cloudy and con-
tinued cool.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
NOT
REALIZED IN LOAN

Third Liberty Loan Campaign Two-Fifths
Over and Less Than One-Third of Three
Billion Minimum Recorded-Total Is $685.
923,250 or $48,0OO0OO of Billion Mark
Which Was Expected By Wednesday Night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
FRIDAY: Cloudy
All WeatherS

Classified advertising works all the
time: fair weather or foul. II you
have a task a want I'D" can dc
Tor you, set the want ad to work
on that task.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-18
Ready Reference Book--2c

,dver,lsing in the Journal Is a
Ise ,efcrence book TO household
'ea os Keep posted. act accord
eco econ and you viii save hundred
lnsg' tbo price OF the Information.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
SOLD FOUR MULES FOR S11OO
John Bridges Of Marion County Made
the biggest Little" Deal of
Recent Record.

Knoxville, Nov. 1.-THE biggest lit
tie" deal on mule flesh that has ever
been recorded in the county occurred
recently in which Mr.. John Bridges
sold his two span of mules to St.
Louis stock buyer for an even 81 LOO
$3.50 for one span and $3.50 for the
other.
Mr.. Bridges was working the ami
mails on some road grading southeast
of town when the ST. Louis buyer and
an Oskaloosa man started to drive
past. The st. Louis mule fancier i'm
mediately glued his eyes" on the two
splendid teams. The result was few
minutes of spirited "dickering," which
came to a climax when the mule buyer
announced his willingness to pay the
price mentioned and closed the deal
then and there.
Who knows of a single team of
mules that was ever sold in Marion
county for more than $3.50.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
DUTCH CROSS At LARGE AGAIN
Breaks Jail At Newton This Morning
Steals Cadillac Car-Three
Hundred Dollars Reward.

Newton, Oct. 81. William. alias
Dutch" Cross, indicted for the rob-
berry of the Valera Savings Bank last
April, and who was to have been tried
at the December term of court here,
escaped from Jail at an early hour
this morning, and made his getaway
from here by means of a new Cadillac
car stolen from W. c. Cooper.
1t is, evident that someone had Civ.
en- Cross a steel saw by means of
which he cut his way out of his cell,
and then, finding himself in the corri-
dor, all he had to do was walk to the
south kitchen door of the Jail, unlock
it and escape.
Authorities have notified police Of
fcers of the surrounding country, but
so far there is no trace of him. He
stole the car about a mile from the
Jail, so evidently walked that far.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
HOSPITAL GARMENT
LOCAL RED CROSS COMMENDED
BY CENTRAL DIVISION.

The Garment Department in the
new Red Cross rooms is now nicely
installed and on a working basis.
The first shipment of hospital gar
ments sent into Chicago Central Di-
vision brought a fine letter Of com
mendation, saying that the garments
were beautifully made, and hoping
that work of Mahaska County Chap
ter might continue along the same
line.
The October quota of hospital gar
ments consisting of 144 heavy canton
flannel drawers. is now finished and
packed for shipment. In finishin
the 1908 buttonholes required, the
Penn Overall girls came to the rescue
with their buttonhole machine. Nine
ty-five blue serge skirts for French
women are in the hands Of the Ma.
haska county branches.
The department appreciates the
courtesy of the Oskaloosa Traction G.
Light Company in furnishing three
electric machines and power for
these, as we'll as for electric iron and
lights.
The four power machines, includ.
ing a fine Telling machine donated to
Red Cross by the Hanna Manufacture
ing Company are now installed, and
will greatly facilitate the work here.
after.
The November quota, 300 winter pa.
jamas, is accepted and expected soon.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
home open to motherless child. May
she rest in peace.

she rest IN peace.
COFFIN.--Jaeob F. Coffin. died at
his home near Denver, October Is,
1918. The translation came at his
home in Aut, near Denver at the ma
ture age of eighty-four years. Another
pioneer formerly of Mahaska county
reared in the vicinity of Oskaloosa,
Iowa, has been called from labor to
reward. Jacob was the son of Samuel
and Sophia Fistler Coffin and was born
in Wayne County, Indiana. While a
mere child he came with his parents
TO Iowa and located near, what is now
Oskaloosa. He was of a family of sew
enteen children, four own brothers
and three own sisters. four half broth
ers and five half sisters. The only own
brothers and own sister now is, Mrs.
Stephen Pomeroy of Prime, Erastus
and Thomas Coffin of this city. Also
Harry 8. Coffin of Colorado Springs,
and three half sisters, Mrs. Flora Saw
age of Shelby, Iowa, Mrs. Mary Barr
and Mrs. Eta Love of Denver, Colo.
In young manhood Jacob was united in
marriage to Miss Maria McLain daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Selah Stafford
McLain. OF this union seven children
were born, two boys and five girls,
several of the children have preceded
their father to the land Celestial.
Some forty years ago owing to the
fast failing health of his beloved wife
h. 20 oil
mate, hoping to find lasting benefit
for the faithful mother Of his child
rem. He settled in the sunny South,
thinking the Gulf breeze might prove
helpful in restoring his invalid wife,
IL this he was deeply disappointed, for
in brief time she had entered into
the beyond. Mr.. Coffin in early life
received definite call from God, to
give his time and talent to those who
knew not Christ. His change Of heart
from nature 20 grace was remarkable
1t was with the most humble meekness
he transacted all of lifes duties. The
one thing he often desired was a more
thorough education than was provided
for the youth of pioneer times. After
his return from the south he resided
near Creston, Iowa. There he buried
the wife of his second marriage. Some
time later he visited his older daugh-
ter Mrs. Emma Mattison. she and her
husband owned large ranch north of
Denver, and again he was married
while he was in the state of Colorado.
Early in August the final stroke fell,
while at his home in the town Of
Aut near Denver where his devoted
daughters Emma and Stella and his
faithful wife were in constant attend
ance at his bedside. The deep SYM
pathy is rendered here from friends to
the bereayed family-Mrs. Priscilla
J. Prime.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
VERDICT AFFIRMED.
Famous Porter-Heishnan Case Settled
by Supreme Court.

Montezuma, Nov. 2.-The noted So
phia Porter VS.. Grace Heishman dam.
age case tried three times in the
Grinnell Superior Court has been set
tied by the supreme court.
Mrs. Porter brought suit for dam
ages against Mrs. Heishman for
alienation of her husbands aecfftions.
After prolonged trial the jury dis
agreed. At the next trial the jury re-
turned a verdict for $4,000. The SUI
preme court reversed the case be-
cause it said the judgment was ex.
cessive The cause was tried again in
Grinnell Superior court and the jury
rendered verdict for 1900. In as
much as the higher court had said
$4,000 was excessive the plaintiff Of
fered to take $4,000. The defendant
refused and appealed TO the higher
court. which has affirmed the $1,000
verdict
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
PELLA ROAD CHANGE
ELIMINATING CORNERS MAKES
BIG IMPROVEMENT.

Anybody in the vicinity of the ex.
IRENE west end Of d avenue will note
some radical changes in the roadway
by which the Great White Way
enters Oskaloosa and this has all been
done during the past few weeks under
the direction of John Corcoran the
street commissioner, and his band of
co.workers.
From the end Of d avenue the
graders have opened a roadway of reg.
ulation width, with an unobstructed
view to the northwest and doing away
with two bad turns in the road, which
to quite an extent. have been source
Of danger to the driver Of an auto
The new roadway is an improve
ment well worth all It has cost On
account of weather conditions the
work is still incomplete, but when the
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07

sidewalks are more definitely estab.
lIshd, the drainage worked out and the
earth is rounded up more toward the
center of the road, it will be about
ready for use. In the meantime the
old roadway is being used.
This work has been in contempla.
ton many months and the final result
will be of great benefit not only to the
travelling public, but to the property
owners as well as this point can be
made one of the beauty spots of Os-
kaloosa and thus create a most favor
able impression to those who enter
the city from the northwest.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
AN s-cENT FARE.
Is Asked BY Kansas City Street Car
Lines.

Kansas City, Nov. 2.-The Kansas
City Railways Company filed an appli.
cation in the federal court here today
asking an Scent fare. A similar peti.
ton is to be filed in the federal court
at Topeka for an increased fare on the
Kansas side. The company says 1t Is
impossible To comply with the order
of the National War Labor Board for
an increase of employees wages on the
present Scent fare.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
We COULDN'T WAIT
BUSINESS MEN OPEN WAR WORK
DRIVE NOVEMBER 1ST.

Oskaloosa just could not wait to
get into the United War Work Drive.
They started something yesterday.
A small company of business men
Matched a little scheme of their own.
in the morning. 1t was like little bon
fire, cosy enough at the start but it
was in the edge of big wood. Along
came a breeze. When the fire got in
to the tall timber it went into proper
tons, that swept every thing before 1t.
Almost $1,000, of one-fourth of Oska-
loosa's share was paid in a very few
minutes.
Oskaloosa was to open subscription
headquarters at the same apartment
in the Commercial Club rooms that
were occupied by the Fourth Liberty
Loan and Tuesday was the day as
signed People have been running
about asking where and to whom they
could pay their allotment and the club
committee headquarters had to be
opened before hand to take care of
the advance business.
Some strife existed as to who should
be the first in the city and the county
to pay and from that moment business
had been growing. 1t remained for
the Oskaloosa business men however
to start matters right and when even
ing came twenty-five per cent Of the
Oskaloosa amount had been sub
scribed and the drive not even Of.
ficially started yet.
the boys thought to give the drive a
little loval advertising by having few
men with banners parade the streets
announcing the campaign dates. Be-
fore long that bugle had grown into a
band to head the procession and the
parade developed in the same proper
ton. Practically every house in town
was represented and several hundred
men had joined the crowd before the
parade ended at Commercial Club
headquarters.
The band started at the War Work
Office at a little after two O'Clock p.
m. and marched down First avenue.
AS it went along the street the bust
ness men left their work and joined
in. AS the parade advanced it grew
and grew until when it turned north
from High avenue into First street at
the finish it was almost three blocks
in length.
These business men marched to the
committee headquarters and laid down
cash or checks for their apportion-
ment of the War Work drive which
amounted to almost five thousand
dollars before the doors were closed
for the evening.
Business men who were engaged
when the parade went by their doors
rushed to headquarters as soon as they
could get away and paid their quota.
The head quarters was swamped with
business until after six o'clock, the
closing hour.
The little affair was Of a spontan-
eous, impromptu character, all on the
spur of the moment and it took like
hot cakes on a frosty morning.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
ROSE HILL BOY
DIES IN FRANCE
VIRGIL KNIGHT succuMeED TO
PNEUMONIA OCT. S.
THIRTEEN IOWANS ARE LISTED
Among the Many American Casual
ties Reported From Overseas To-
day by General Pershing To the
War Department.

Mr.. and Mrs. Boone Knight of Rose
Hill received a message from Wash
ington, D. c., this Thursday morning,
stating that their son. Virgil, died in
France October S, OF pneumonia.
Virgil Knight went to Camp Pike
the oath of last July, where he was in
training until he went to France. His
regiment left this country not long
ago, and only recently his parents had
word of his safe arrival overseas.
Thirteen lowans Mentioned
Washington, Oct 81. Thirteen
Iowans were mentioned on General
Pershing's overseas casualty lists as
issued by the War Department today,
which carried seven hundred and thir-
ty-one names. The lists included: kill
ed in action 38, died of wounds 16;
died from disease 3; died from aero
plane accident 1; died of disease 81;
wounded severely 121; wounded, de-
gree undetermined 245; wounded
slightly 237; missing in action 80;
prisoners g. The Iowans were: .
Died Of Wounds
Pvt. John Flanagan, Washington.
Wounded Severely.
/ Pvt. Geo. E. Dougherty, Seymour.
Pvt. John r. Ogburn, Monroe.
Pvt. Norris Briggs, Des Moines.
Pvt. Dowd w. Brown, Centerville.
Pvt. Henry Cyrus Wing, Maquoketa,
Wounded Slightly.
Pvt. William c. Avery, Sioux City.
Pvt. David H. Freid, Sioux City.
Missing in Action.
Pvt. Geo. A. Osbaugh, Upton.
Pvt Ronald Robertson, Sioux City
Wounded, Degree Undetermined
Pvt. Christian FARM, Nevada.
Pvt. William L. Johnson, Bettendorf
Pvt. John w. Schleisman, Lidder'
dale.
No Iowans With Marines.
No Iowans were mentioned among
the Marine Corps casualties which
numbered twenty-one. The list includ
ed killed in action 1; died of wounds
5; wounded, degree undetermined 2;
missing in action 10. Marine corps
! casualties to date number 3,947.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
DEATH OF e. L. BAY.
Popular EddyviIIe Doctor Victim Of
Influenza.

Eddyville, Nov. DIR. E. L. Bay, a
prominent physician of Eddyville, who
has been seriously i'll the past two
weeks and who has been lingering be,
tween life and death for two days.
passed away at 3:15 o'clock Thurs
day morning, October 81, 1918.
On account of the state restrictions
in regard to public gatherings the
funeral was private. Friends viewed
the remains at the home Friday after
noon from two till FIVE.
DR.. Bay, whose life had been passed
in Eddyville and Monroe county,
leaves to mourn a wife and little son,
an aged father, and other relatives.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
MORE SUGAR NOW
NOVEMBER RATION RAISED TO
8 POUNDS PER PERSON.

The sugar ration of Iowa people
will be three pounds for November.
Notice of the increase from two to
three pounds per person was received
by County Food Administrator c. C..
Sheppard today from Federal Food
Administrator J. F. Deems of Burling-
ton who had a wire from Mr.. Hoover
last night to that effect.
The increase applies to the house
hold and to public eating places be-
ginning today.
Speeding up of beet sugar manu-
facture in the west and cane sugar in
Louisiana and enlarged transporta-
ton facilities are responsible for the
enlarged ration.
It will help housewives to can ap-
pies, to complete the fruit put up with
out sugar during the summer and
more freely to use grapefruit and
cranberry products.
The regulations also are revised so
that purchasers may buy their entire
supply at one time.
The belief in the federal food ad,
ministration is that this increased ia
ton can be maintained for several
months.
Shipping being required for army
transportation, exports of food were
reduced for time. This reduced the
demand for internal transportation
for food supplies to seaport. There
is resultant capacity for distribut
ton of sugar and the supply is en-
HANGED by the speeding up of manu-
facture. Hence the change in the rule
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
FEW FIRE ALARMS
FIRE DEPARTMENT ONLY TWICE
oURIEG OCTOBER

Only one real alarm of fire was
sounded for the entire month of Oc-
tober this year and that one was for
the burning of part of the Sewers
Manufacturing plant on First avenue
West. Considerable lapage was done
by this fire.
One other alarm took the depart
ment to c avenue East but it was
still alarm and does not count in the
sum total.
This is the lowest number of alarms
for the month of October in many
years.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07

DIXON-Jennie Dixon, age &C years
died of appoplexy, Friday, November
l., 1918 at IL a. m. at the home OF her
daughters Mrs. F. F. Moore, south of
Cedar. She is survived by two daugh-
tiers, Mrs. F. F. Moore and Mrs. Nor
man Baker, and one son, Leonard A.
Dixon of Milwaukee.
Funeral service will be held from
the Cheesman Funeral Home in Os
kaloosa, Monday, November 4, 1918
at 1880 O'Clock p. m. Interment in
Forest cemetery. The casket will
be opened all day Sunday for the
benefit of the friends, at the home
of Mrs. F. F. Moore, south of Cedar
A prayer service will be held at the
Moore home at 1880 o'clock Monday
morning.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
SCHOOLS PREPARED
ALL BUILDINGS CLEANED OUT
AND FuMiGATED. '..

Schools of the city have had a
thorough going over this week in tn
ticipation of the opening Monday and
resumption of work. All buildings
have been thoroughly fumigated and
treated, with not square inch Of
space untouched. Parents need have
no uneasiness from this source in
sending the children back for work
with the opening of the buildings Mon
day morning.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07

Margaret Wilson Of Lacey, Mrs. Jennie
Moffett of Beacon, Edna, Leona and
Ruth at home, and two brothers, Jenk.
in Morgan OF Giyin and William r.
Morgan of Beacon; number of other
relatives and host Of friends. He
attended Elm Grove church all his life,
and will be greatly missed by his
classmates. He was patient during his
illness, never complaining to the last
day..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07

allies reserve to themselves the right
to occupy any part Of them.
"Twenty-fifth Hostilities between
the allies and Turkey shall cease from
noon, local time, Thursday, the thirty
first of October, 1918.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-11-07
PUT UP TO AUSTRIA
Presidents Terms are Used as an Ul-
timatum.

Paris. Nov. 2. $50 p. m.-Terms for
an armistice will be presented to Aus
tria on the basis of President Wilson's
fourteen principles according to a
Rome cable to the La Liberte today.
They make it impossible for Austria to
resume the war or to use the armistice
to get out of any bad situation.