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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

WARD Born to s. G. Ward and
wife at 80 North Second street, Sat
urday, May Is, 1918, an s pound girl,
Vivian Hope Ward.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-05-23

RICHARDSON to Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Richards of Beacon, Friday.
May 3, 1918, a son. 4
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
POOLING THE U-BOATS.

If the war news from land today
situation on the sea is most encour-
aging. The latest Admiralty report
shows that during the week ended
April 7, over 5000 vessels arrived or
departed from English ports and that
only six We're sunk by submarines.
OF the six vessels, four were over
1900 tons, and two under that fig
ure. During the previous week 10
ships were sunk, and the week before
that showed the greatest toll Of the
year, 20 vessels having been DESTROYED
by U-boats. Since unrestricted sub
marine warfare began, in February
1917, the German pirates have never
made such poor showing in a
weeks time, except in the week end
ed November II last. when the same
number Of vessels as last week. six,
went down, but their tonnage was
somewhat less than that lost from
April l to April Z
Secretary Daniels said the other
day that q great fleet of American
destroyers and other ships of war are
now Cooperating to the fullest extent
with the Allies in the so-called dan
ger zone, and it Is encouraging to
note that their combined efforts are
gradually reducing the number of
victims of the ruthless submarine.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
The Cap'n's Regrets.

(By Warren Eliot Carleton Of The
Vigilantes.)
''Why the doldrums, skipper" l
asked the capn today
When we heard the soldiers singing
in the transports down the bay
He replied: cit makes me homesick
to see EN- sail away,
For I'm too old to go to war.
I'd like to grab a rifle an a we'll
stocked cartridge belt,
An hunt ferocious Germans, an
send the Kalser's pelt
AS a gift O. admiration to Teddy
Roos-ce-velt,
But I'm too old to so to war.
my Joints would timber up if I
could march behind a band,
An my rheumatic would vanish if a
gun was in my hand,
An we got the Germans on the run
back to the Fatherland,
But now I'm too old to go to war.
Il always was unlucl>y; [ went in
sixty-one,
But they put me in the cook tent till
the cussed war was done,
An for four years ] baked bareback,
an never shot a gun,
Eut now I'm too old to go to war.
IF l should sail as stoWaway. l Won
der what they'd do
With me for tryin' to muster with the
younger boys in blue?
feel like lad O. twenty. though I've
just turned eighty-two,
SO I guess I'm too old to so to war.
But If Tnclc sam should want me,
all he's got to do Is blow
The Assembly on his bugle. an III
jump right up an go,
An ! reckon there's some Germans
who will find Tn not too slow
Even if I am too old to go to war;
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

able, various improvements, which
little by little eventually give to the
public park privileges, comparable 10
what other cities of the size furnish
!heir people.
Last year q contest was held among
the school children in making bird
houses Money prizes were offered
and on exhibit held at the New Brit
ain Institute. Many worthy ones
were entered and the park commits
sioners purchased several of the best.
Among these was a miniature church.
Last week we placed it in an apple
tree but in a few days time 1T dis
appeared. We have since found 1t III
another part Of the park broken to
pieces. Children made the house 10
encourage the birds, and some one
DESTROYED it,
The first part of this week some
one took a knife and barked q dozen
or more young shade trees planted
last year. The trees will live but
will be SCARED for several years.
Within week someone stole q
paddock from the door to the band
stand prying off the staple in order t.
get it. \ new lock must be provided.
One week ago last Sunday we had
a grass fire on the hill in Walnut Hill
park-a park employe was on duty
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
FACTS ABOUT THE AMERICAN NAVY
Balloons

How prone we are to neglect the
1raiitN Of the human body. IN our
vast plans and calculations for con-
ducrin% the earth and sky too often
We make no allowance for mans
flesh -blood-ness
Our Navy like those Of other pow
ers took up kite balloons not so many
years ago. The theory of these nui-
sances is that q competent spotter 500
feet in the air can Judge exactly the
tall OF shots, as we'll as provide an
efficient scout for the squadron to
which he Is attached.
The balloon looks like a yellow
holster, long and round. Several
guiding cups string out behind in the
form of inverted parachutes. The
observer squats in a dangling basket
A bright and ambitious young Of
iCer was one of the early experts.
He was given careful instruction at
the construction and imitation plant.
Uses OF keels tail cups, maneuvering
ropes, and fms. were drilled into him
s if he were never to see his be-
loved battlefront again.
Came next a course in stress and
strain. He learned that balloons must
be anchored against a lifting pull Of
5000 pounds; that the holding cable
must be tested to 5000 pounds; that
under ordinary conditions with 80
mile wind the strain need not exceed
1000 pounds.
He was initiated into the mysteries
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
The Nindica ton of Daniels.
(The Bridgeport TimesD

(The Bridgeport Times.)
Secretary Daniels would be filled
with pride, as he reads the report Of
the congressional committee that in
vestigated his department, were he
not too busy for any occupation, ex-
cept that of making the navy a, Yet
more efficient tool in the hands Of
the American people.
A year ago he was the most abused
man in the United States.
Men that should have known bet
ter, men who spoke without first hand
knowledge and without evidence,
slandered Daniels on Platforms in
newspapers and magazines and by
the bitter vituperation of private
speech.
Daniels was ridiculed, called an
incompetent was described the
laughing stock of the world and an
object of contempt to the men and
officers of the navy.
The achievements of Daniels. hrs
simple worth, his splendid perform
ancc have siJcnccd SANDER and
huShed the SCOlding.
Now the report of the congressional
committee exhibits his accomplish
ments in a way that makes them plain.
All the great appropriations made
to his department have been expended
with caution and economy: the navy
has met the problems of submarine
warfare with genius and success; al
most without friction the ships and
personnel of the navy have been mutt
iplied many fold Enough Of every
thing has been provided, except OF
hydroplanes, and these are short by
no reason that Daniels Is responsible
for. The hNdroplancs will be forth
coming in due season.
In March 1917. the naval service
employed in officers and enlisted men,
$1,000, and now, 100000. Hundreds
of thousands of men have been taken
to Franco. with almost no loss from
enemy attack. The care Of the men,
of their morals. bodies and minds, has
been provided for after d fashion Of
which history gives no previous cN-
ample.
The lesson is not that Daniels is
indicated, but that thoughtless
Americans are taught to hold judg-
ments in suspension until the evidence
is in.
Presently America will speak of
Baker as it speaks of Daniels. Bakers
task is vaster, but it is not being done
less perfectly More time is needed to /
get the perspective.
In due season President Wilson will !
be acclaimed not only as a master by !
right Of his own magnificent intellect. |
but as q master in his ability to pick |
the right men for the big tasks
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

to prevent that very thing from hap
pening. He went to another part Of
the park to place q lantern on a
silent officer, when over there, some
body on the hill set fire to the grass,
and he got up there in time to keep
it from the shrubs, though 1t did
burn the bark OF some Of the trees.
At Christmas time some people, for
sake of economy, went into Walnu:
Hill park and helped themselves to
two fine specimen Evergreens-it
saved them probably dollar or two
but to duplicate the trees will cost
the city at least $40.
In the new South End park we
have been troubled by people taking
the tops off of full grown Hemloch
trees to use as Christmas trees. The
part left standing is unsightly and
never will recover its natural form.
Several Oak trees, ten inches through.
have been cut and the stumps covered
with dirt to hide the fact.
In the Stanley Quarter park We
have had several grass fires but fortu-
nately none of them have reachc ed
the sections where we have sevcra!
thousand little Pine trees growing.
We are patroling this, however, and
will continue to do so through tho
dry spell
Our three parks. consisting of 1923
acres. are not po(iced, and to police
them each day and part of the night
the year round would entail large
expenditure but this is what would
be necessary in order to completely
put an end to park abuse. Very much
can be done by all Of us in using the
marks to observe that our recreation
grounds are not spoiled by others who
either thoughtlessly, maliciouslN or
deliberately tear down and destroy
what nature, and city funds have pro
vided.
Respectfully.
R 3. WAINWRIGHT.
Supe1>intcndcnt Of Parks.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

of the gas valve, imitation tubes. and
OF the gas tanks used in filling. 1t
was explained that a little pull of so
pounds would open up in an emer-
gency.
The speed of ascent must be about
zoo feet per minute, and not to ex-
coed 500 feet per minute.
lie must when up do more than
Just worry over q lot of projectile
SplashcS. He was Schooled to record
heights by special aneroid barome-
tiers; to tickle an thermometer into
accurate estimation Of the wind; to
correct his gas and movement data
for pressure and temperature Of the
atmosphere. And a lot of other scien-
tiflc dope.
almost he stayed there, hung in the
sky like a shipwrecked angel. Among
themselves his messmates spoke in
low tones of wonder at the marvel
lousy highbrow data he must be
gathering in this new campaign for
mastery of the air.
Then he came down His face was
deathly green. He sat in the bottom
of tho basket. And he had written
not a word nor recorded single
figure. He didn't speak. but made a
weak noise like a dumb donkey trying
to bray.
For seasickness is q hash heesh Jag
alongside of the nausea one gets in
q captive balloon.
SO frail we are!
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
THE FIRST ONE.

c Frederick W. Beinzman, of
has made the great sacrifice,
II up his life for his country.
c first New Britain boy killed
n, and he was, perhaps, the
. American soldier in France.
y he would have been Is years
! heroic death, Private Heinz
placed us all under everlast-
cation to him. He has shown
dest love for his fellow-man
possible among mortais.
love than this no man hath,
man give UP his life for his
hme will be inscribed in the
IL the history of New Britain
18th those heroes who fell in
IRIS, and his memory will ever
bhed by a grateful community.
|ir great affliction the parents
tie Heinzman are assured Of
} e-hearted sympathy of every
of this city. They have lost
BIO would not be deferred by
years from fighting for his
When the call came he was
The first to offer his services,
is now among the first
er the final taps which
soldier must expect to
hen entering the fray.
that the thought that they
en- the best they had to their
will be q consolation to Pri-
parents in this dark
/ that the compassion of the
# New Britain will help them
n bearing their great burden.
hough it be ever so small a,
our loving gratitude, could
mayor cause the Stars and
b fly at half mast in Central
borrow in honor of the fallen
Fhis would be an official tri-
he city's part to the memory
|e Heinzman and would be far
[ressive of our appreciation of
ice than any words OF tongue
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE NEW BRITAIN INSTITUTE

Mr.. Clark, Princeton man, served
in the Y. NJ. G. A in the early days
Of the war and has written of the at
htude of the British in the East a
story with which we are less fanil .
Jar than some other phases of the
struggle.
Trench Pictures From France, by W.
II X. Redmond.
'These brief papers about men
and events on the firing line have q
snap and Vigor that make the reader
think again of the losses to art and
literature that the world suffers in
the tragic end of specially gifted
leaders. Major Redmond was brother
to the late Irish parliamentary chief,
John Redmond"
War Nurses Diary: Sketches From
Belgian Field Hospital.
THE writer Of this diary was one
OF the first brave English women to
respond to the call for nurses in
BELGIUM, she knew by experience the
horror of Inadequate help, the strain
Of waiting for delayed supplies and
tho misery Of forced retreat"
Is
Air Man and the Tramp, by jean
BOY WOODBURY., by Alfred Ollivant.
THE author OF Bob. Son Of
Battle has written a story Of q girl
and her horse
Chronicles of St. It'd, by f. Phil
A Drake by George! by John Ire
"a rollicl1ing Devonshire comedy"
House of Conrad, by Elias Tobenkin,
This new novel by tho author of
'Witte Arrives. shows us another
phase of the making of Americans
out of home-seeking Europeans. -
Publishers Note.
On the Stairs, by Henry B. Fuller
The plot concerns two boys. One
IS the son OF a man of large means
and fine tastes, and is given every
advantage; the other, who is the son
of a coachman, gets rough and
ready education as best he CAM
Publishers Note.
Rider in Khaki, by Nat Could.
"By the favorite author of the
British Tommies."
Simba, by s. z. White.
THE material for this story was
collected during his trip to Africa. 1t
is much of the story of the great
English shot Cuninghame."
Library War Service.
The books for soldiers are still
coming in and many of them are
ready to pack.
A dozen new and well selected
books came from club recently. A
happy thought! Recommended to
other clubs, and these are a legion.
War books. detective stories. and
western novels are especially well
come.
A set of 10 government food leaf
lets have just been received for dis
We have others on can
ming, gardening, etc.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
rs OFF TO NuLFORDi

ngratulate the town of Mil
7ith less than 5000 inhabi-
to the 1910 census,
town on Long Island Sound,
New Haven and Bridgeport,
b 2S5 men to the service of
kntry, and has thus obtained
BE of 6 la per cent, the third
bmong all the cities of the
bates, so far as can be ascer-
The only towns ranking ahead
| d thus far are Moose River,
Fhich has gained a rating of
BENT. by giving 20 OF her 251
It's to Uncle Sam, and Dover,
18th an even per cent, as a
furnishing 26 men out of a.
|u1ation of 79s.
Milford leads the state in the
(ntest. This is q distinction
b her people may we'll be
Ne are glad to note, further
hat two mare Connecticut
b among the first ten COM
in the contest. Stratford,
Il inha bitants, has 500 men in
be. an average of ST. per cent,
bsonia, with a population Of
las $50 on the roll of honor,
cures for that city a rating Of
cent. These figures are all
and the population in each
is based on the official CEN
10.
three towns place Connecticut
h pinnacle in the standing OF
try. Massachusetts has also
ms among the first ten, Maine
while Vermont and Rhode
I've one each. We note with
that East Hartford has an
Of 3.3 per cent, which will
Il parent City this side of the
UP and take notice. East
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
POPCORN, r HTIFT
STAMPS"
''PEANUTS,

Baseball fans" will be asked TO buy
thrift stamps by the vendors of pea
nuts aud popcorn at the parks this
summer, If various club owners adopt
the suggestion of the National War
Savings Committee The heads Of the
major leagues have already instructed
the respective manascments to install
booths for the sale of stamps at the
baseball parks, and the men and BOYS
who peddle things to eat and drink
viii do their bit by offering Thrift
Stamps for sale as wolf. We have no
doubt that the great body of followers
Of baseball, who are second to none
In patriotism, will respond generously
to the appeal for the sale Of Thrift
Stamps. They have always con-
tributed Loyalty to every patriotic
fund, and we may be sure that the
increase in the 50 le Of stamps will be
especially marked during the six
months of the coming baseball sea-
SON
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
COMMUNICATED.
VANDALISM IN PARKS.
superintendent Wainwright Points
Out Great Harm to Public.

Editor of the Herald:
In connection with the use of our
parks by the public; the good that
is derived from their existence; to
what extent the various features. and
improvem entS are enjoyed by the
people both large and small; it seems
that 1t would be we'll to cite several
instances where our parks are being
abused. II is felt that in so doing
the people who are uuconsciously or
maliciousIy breaking our rules. viii
take a different view of the matter
and realize that the. parks are made
for us all. end in fact no doubt most
of the abuses committed are by ones
who are in greatest needs Of the park
advantages
Very much rests with the public
Who use the larks; they are lust
what the people make them If We
have attractive and pleasant rccrea-
ton grounds. then the city Will feel
encouraged to add us funds are avail
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

Aeroplane Speaks, by H. Barber.
The prologue personifies the elc-
mentary principles, Power, Lift,
Thrust Efficiency, who proceed to eX-
plain their grievances and demands.
Part two continues with more tech
nicai explanations. Adopted by the
United States government for use in
the instruction of aViators."
Big Fight: GallipolI to the Sonrme, by
David Fallon.
How it feels to command a tank,
10 go over the top. to fight in an
aeroplane and to lie wounded for
three days in a Shelf hole In No
Mans Land"
Book of the Machine Gun, by r. V.
Longstaff and A billiard After
idgc.
THE story of its evolution from the
eating gun of 1862 to the type Of
1916. and it's place in the British, the
German, and other armies, with
haptcrs on tactics and the training
of gunncrs. "A. l.. A. Booklist.
Covered With Mud and Glory, n Ma
chine Gun Company In Action by
Georges Lafond. including a tri-
butte to the soldiers of France,
by C1emenceau.
Film Folk, Close Ups" of the Men,
Women and Children Who Make
tho Movies" by r. Wagner.
German Terror in France, by A. J.
Toynhce.
"A continuation of the authors
"German Terror in Belgium"
Glory Of the Trenches, by G. Dawson.
This glimpse of the spiritual ma
tUre of the men at the front was set
down, rs the author explains, red
not" before time could erase the i'm
pressions that flash upon the soldier
in action. The sketches are written
with the literary art and human feel
ing that made his letters so widely
appealing"
Great Britain at War, by J. Farnol.
The author has given to his Amer
lean friends a series of lively pic
lures of the different activities in
Great Britain that are so ably sup
porting the actual fighters on land
and sea-
Over There and Back, in Three Uni
forms, Being the Experiences Of
An American Boy in the Cana
dian, British and American
Armies at the Front and Through
No Mans Land, by J. s. Smith.
n
Pastorals, Letters, Allocutions 1914
1917 of Cardinal MERCER, With
Biographical Sketch.
Through the Iron Bars by Emile
Cammaerts.
The Belgian poet here pays tribute
TO the heroic spirit of his people dur
ing the two years of German occupa-
ton of Belgium. He sketches vivid
ly their intense patriotism and their
fearless defiance of Germany in the
face Of imprisonment and worse. -"
A. l.. A. Booklist.
TO BaSdad With the British, by A. r.
Clark
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
TODAY'S TABLOID TALE
BY Joe Blast
The Sport.
BY Joe Blast

The sport.
Mr.. Tviller Scratch ?" asked
NCrna Binnion.
The same. - said Twiller
Scratch.
"Oh, I'm so glad TO lind you
in Us girls are getting up
fund to teach Polish children in
America their native language,
so they can talk to their fathers
and mothers in case the parents
can't speak English. and if you
would care to
Delighted" said TwilIer
Scratch heartily. And he made
out a check for fifty dollars.
Tho boss cert'n'y is sport"
the stenographer murnured ad-
miringly to the bookkoeper.
During the next two hours
TWillor Scratch bought a set of
books entitled, Eighty Thou
sand Selected Chinese, Siamese
and Portuguese Proverbs" for
nine dollars from a book pcdlar
because the poor devil looked so
lars to a fund for sending over
shoes to the dgoo saNages in
Africa, and gave the office boy
ten dollars for his birthday.
Then he went to lunch with
Fred Osprey and insisted on
paying the whole check, which
came to eight dollars.
'Twiller, you're a sport and
everybody knows it" said Os-
prey as he patted him on the
back.
Not a-taI, not a-tall," said
Scratch modestly, as he dropped
a dollar bill into a burly beg
gar's overlooking tin cup.
And in the course of the aft
ernoon he loaned Artie Slatcher
thirty dollars, and gave a mes
sengcr boy a two dollar tip.
That evening after dinner his
wife said timidly. "Twiller,
everything for the tables so
high, and I've run a little short
of money!
Money! Money! Money!
snapped Scratch. Didn't ] Just
bill the day before Yesterday"
And he lodged behind the
evening paper and didn't come
out again till his wife had gone
to bed.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

In Germany they are preparing
for a new government loan. Here is
one of the paragraphs in an apah |
to the people to contribute :-''FrS,-
ident Wilson threatens us with force
to the utmost without stint or limit
We believe he means it. Therefore
Germany is evidently
waking up to the fact that the Pres
ident means everything he IS.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

Hartford gave n76 sons of her s,13s
inhabitants
1t is significant that only one Of
these tour Connecticut communities
haA population of over 10000. The
small towns have a right to be proud
of this showing and it is up to- the
larger towns and cities of the state 10
equal the -TecOrd set by Milford, STRAIT
ford. Anaonia and Cast Hartford.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11
NEW GERMAN DRIVE.

The Kaiscr has rushed new leGlon9
of soldiers into the battle on the west
front and has succeeded in driving
back the British. who have been
compelled to evacuatc ArmentiereS.
The loss Of this position is not in it.
self necessarily alarming, but the
fact that the German army is willing
to sacrifice thousands OF lives in addi-
ton to those already lost, to gain
foN tovnR shoa4d urge us on to fur
nish the government with funds TO
equip its men 30 meet the new on
sIaught. If the Kaiser can begin a
new drive, SO can we. Those Of us
who cannot go to the front must send
our dollars to fight for us. We will
answer the German drive with Lib
erty Loan that will eclipse anything
vo have done heretofore. If we
make it a great success, and every
thing points to that now, the boys
in France will understand from it
that we are back of them every
minute. eager and willing to supply
their every need. Buy a Liberty
Bond and beat the Germans back!
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

A German-sWiss young lady, who
studied at the Hartford Theological
Seminary, has been expelled from
the dormitory', according to the
esteemed "Courant'. We hope they
gave her time to dress.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

It was bad weather that so ofton
interfered with British offensive in
Flanders. If the Germans are get
ting their share of it, one is pleased
to note the fact as showing that the
weather plays no NOTWITHSTANDING
field Republican.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

k God for q land where
ride sls clipped, where ar
pgance stalks apart,
e law and song and loath-
1g of wrong are words of
he common heart.
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

Another German long range can
non is bound toward the Channel
coast. Canterbury Cathedral is a
small mark. but it will be easily with
in range of the new instrument OF
r<ultur.-Ncw York World.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

1t is now reported that Germany IS
to open her prisons and draft all
the criminals for military service.
The wonder is that she hasn't done
it before. considering the fact that
she has been making use of all her
lunatics from the beginning Of tho
war.-NOrNich Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

The slow airplane production does
not make the aviators soar, but it
makes some Senator's sore"
New Britain herald., 1918-04-11

When the American soldiers rea oh
the British trenches watch the Hun
advance stop.