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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05
ARMY HEALTH RATE
BEST EVER KNOWN
DEATHS FROM DISEASE REMARK.
ABLY FEW. BOTH AT HOME
AND IN FOREIGN LANDS.
TWO NAVY HEROES ARE CITED
Rowed Through Flames 10 Rescue
Men From Burning Spanish Steam
shlp-Work Of childrsn's Year 10
Proving Very Effective.

A health rate which as far as known
has never been surpassed has been es-
tablished by the American armies both
here and overseas. according to re-
ports received by Surgeon General
Gorgas.
For a recent week the combined re-
ports Of the American expeditionary
forces and Of troops stationed in the
United States show an annual death
rate for disease Of 10 per 1000. less
than two men per 1000 per year. The
annual death rate from disease of
men Of military age in civil life is e.
per 1000.
This new rate is based on approx
mate strength Of 100000 men, and
includes men living under abnormal
conditions. The overseas record was
made while American soldiers were
participating in the heavy lighting in
the Marne salient. when they were
compelled frequently to sleep and eat
under the most primitive conditions.
That this record is truly representa-
tive Of the general health Of the troops
is shown by the combined reports
which indicate the figure of IS per
1000 as the average death rate from
disease during the past two months.
An idea of the progress being made
In military sanitation is gained by
comparison with the following During
the Mexican war the annual death rate
from disease was 100 per 1000. Dur
ing the American Civil war the rate
in 1852 was 40 per 1000. while during
1868 the rate jumped to 90 per 1000.
The disease death rate for the Spanish
American war was % per 1000. As
far as available records show the low
est figure heretofore recorded was 20
per 1000 during the -Russo-Japanese
war. .......
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05
Recreation Drive.

Many of the workers. for Children's
Year are using the recreation drive to
emphasize the need for better recrea-
tional facilities in their own commun-
tiles. They are taking an inventory
of what they have to offer boys and
girls in search of amusements, and are
trying to make that offering more
varied and more attractive. Such or
agnizations as the Boy Scouts, the
Campfire Girls, the Boys and Girls
Clubs of the Department of Agricult-
ure, the School Garden Army, the
Junior Red Cross, and the Young
Women's Christian Association are
helping the Children's Year workers
to demonstrate that play in which a
whole community can take part is not
only more healthful but more fun than
the exploited recreation and passive
amusements of the town, and that a
good deal of the play spirit can be put
into useful leisure-time activities that
range all the way from gardener and
stock raising to making bandages and
"helping mother"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05

Two men Of the American navy
proved themselves heroes and won
COMMUNICATION from Secretary Dan
ielS for the rescue OF seven men from
the burning Spanish steamship Seran-
ties July i last. They are William E.
King. seaman, and Clarence F. Ready,
machinist's mate, second class, Q. s.
n. R f.. of the Q. s. S. Isis.
The two men took the port launch
Of the Isis 10 the side of the burning
ship and rescued from the burning
forecastle seven men who were
hemmed in by flames and who were
too panic stricken tSSump into the wa
ter.
The launch's trip 10 the Serantes
was made through an area Of burning
gasoline and the rescuers were in con-
slant and imminent peril. Their COM
manding officer reports that the con-
duct Of King and Ready during this
tine was cool and courageous. They
probably owe their own lives and the
lives Of those they rescued TO their
steady nerves and cool Judgment. Their
commentator was for bravery and
their initiative in undertaking the res
cue.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05

A recent proclamation by President
Wilson puts into effect provisions Of
the shipping act making it impossible
for foreign interests to obtain control
of American shipping or shipyards.
Chairman Edward n. Hurley Of the
shipping board explains that the new
law provides that during war or ma
tional emergency proclaimed by the
president, il is a criminal offense TO
sell, mortgage, lease or deliver an
American ship to a foreigner without
the consent Of the shipping board, or
10 make any agreement by which con-
troll Of a ship is turned over to for
eIgner. The prohibition applies not
only to completed ships, but to ships
under construction.
1t is made Illegal, without the
boards consent, to make any contract
for ship construction for foreign &C
count, unless the contract expressly
provides that construction on the ship
shall not begin until after the war or
the emergency has ended. Shipyards,
also, cannot be transferred to foreign
ers without the consent Of the ship
ping board.
The act has provisions which II -
believed win prevent all attempts 10
eyade the ship-trsnsfer sections OF the
law by means Of dummy directors and
stockholders In corporations nominaliy
American but actually dominated by
foreigners.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05
Cost Greatly Reduced.

up to this time" said DR.. Sumner.
"diphtheria and tetanus antitoxins
have been so high priced that in many
cases poor people have not felt that
they could afford their use, with the
result that many lives have been lost
which otherwise could have been
saved. Now this situation is a thing
of the past. We will be able to supply
1000 unit package of diphtheria an
titoXin for only so cents and we can
immunize person against typhoid
fever for period of at least three
years for only % cents"
A large supply of antitoxins and vac
cines will be kept on hand constantly
in the office of the state board of
health, to be used in emergencies.
we have calls for remedies almost
daily" said DR.. Sumner. Physicians
find themselves in need of them and
telephone us to send them a supply
We are now making arrangements for
supply stations of diphtheria and te-
tanus antitoxins and typhoid and
smallpox Vaccines. A station of this
kind will be located in every town
of 500 and over in the state. This will
give speedy access to the remedies to
every family in Iowa"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05

The shipping board has allotted :
vessel 10 bring coffee from Brazil 70
the United States TO prevent pos
stbls coffee shortage.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05
GOOD OLD DAYS
OF RURAL LIFE
GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO RESTORE
SOCIAL RELATIONS.
WORK OF CHlLDREN'S BUREAU
Effort to Establish Richer Social Life
and Community Spirit Undertaken
BY Bureau Of Department Of
Labor.

Washington, ID. c., Sept. Pit is
quite according to fashion to bewail
the vanished social life of rural dis
tricts-the corn-huskings, the quilting
bees, the taffy pulls, the log rollings,
the military musters, the barn rails
ings- the tournaments, and camp meet
ings; all the community gatherings of
earlier, simpler times. II has been
demonstrated in many localities, how
ever, that even with the good old
days" so far beyond recall, social life
as rich and varied as that of the city
is possible in the country. Many COM
munities, with the school house or
the small town as a center, have
shown that it is possible to secure for
the country, in addition to purely re-
creational activities, the lectures, the
concerts, the plays, even the art ex-
hibits that are so highly valued part
of city life.
Richer Social Life.
The recreation drive now being car
llCu VII thC
Children's Bureau of the u. S. De-
partment of Labor and the Woman's
Committee of the Council of Defense
has as one of its chief objects to
foster and encourage a richer social
life for all rural communities, particu-
larry for the children of those COM
munities. According to the Children's
Bureau, country children are often
worse off for recreational facilities
than are children of crowded city dis
tricts. In too many cases the village
that is the center of social life offers
nothing for young people seeking
amusement but the cheap pool room,
moving pictures that are often sordid,
and the saloon. Children in such loca-
lities as these are not being giw,n
a fair chance to develop. They are not
only exposed to grave moral dangers,
but are often inferior physically to
the city children whose bodies have
been trained through games and
sports.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05

Farmers who have been placed 10
army service deferred classiheations
to stimulate production are organizing
throughout the county, and reporting
to Secretary Houston of the depart
ment of agriculture. 1--WE are ready
with ITO per cent increase Of wheat,
or whatever else you may call upon Us
to do to help win the war;" Is their
message TO the secretary.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05
STATE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST TYPHOID
BENEFITS OF VACCINATION 70
BE EXPLOITED
PROMOTED BY STATE BOARD
To Be Carried to Every City and coun-
ty. Exhibits at Fairs. Antitoxins
Placed Within Reach
of Everyone.

A statewide campaign urging immu.
nization against typhoid fever and
smallpox and informing the public in
regard to diphtheria and tetanus an
titoxins has just been launched by the
state board of health.
Literature will be sent out to all
county officials AMI physicians in the
state asking their cooperation in de-
veloping sentiment favoring inn
munization against typhoid.
The campaign of publicity will be in
charge of Otto p. Myers of New York
City, an expert in antitoxins, who will
make his headquarters in the office of
the state board of health during the
campaign. He will be assisted by
corps of trained men who will travel
III over the state, lecturing on the
subject of immunization and antitox-
ms before county medical societies
calling on physicians and making dem
onstrations in the towns where supply
deDots of the preventative remedies
will be kept for distribution.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-09-05
Exhibit at the Fair.

The state board of health also plans
an extensive exhibit at the state fair,
where the immunization branch of the
work of the state board will be fully
demonstrated and explained in all it's
details and where literature will be
distributed to visitors who may be in
terested. The newspapers of the state
will also be asked to lend their CO.
operation in assisting in this cam
paign OF education for the PURPOSE of
raising the standards of health.
An agreement has been entered into
between the state loard of health and
one of the best known manufacturers
of antitoxins in the country, whereby
the entire state will be supplied with
immunizing remedies and antitoxins
at prices which will enable even the
poorest family to take advantage of
these remedies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-01
AMERICANS IN FRANCE
SEND HOME So 600, 900
z. N. G. A. Inaugurates Service
Without Charge That Has Been
Used by $1,000 Soldiers.

Three million dollars, saved by
American soldiers in the war zone of
France, has been transmitted free of
charge to relatives, friends or credi-
tors in America within the last six
months.
Almost half Of this 100000 was
sent in July and the first week of
August. when the .ever-increasing
force Of Yankee soldiers began to
understand fully that the transmit
ting Of their money from the ex-
treme front to their homes free Of all
charge was the latest friendly service
offered by the Y. M. c. A. national
war work council
From little experimental trickle
Of remittance totaling $4,000. in
March, when service was inaugurated
by the 7. M. c. A., the amounts in
creased gradually until the monthly
total sent home through this agency
has reached the three-quarters of a
million mark in July. In one list, re-
ceived on August q, the Y. NJ. c. A.
national war work council was de-
luged with $4,000 names Of persons
in this country to whom payments
were directed.
The total number of remittances
sent through the 7. NJ. C. A. from
American soldiers in France to payees
in this country up to the third week
Of August was $1,000. which repre-
scented 100000. To mail out the
checks on these $4,000 remtttances
from it's New York headquarters to
the payees in this country the Y. n.
c. A. spent $l50,000 on postage
stamps alone.
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LAST VISIT OF LAFAYETTE
TO TIE UNITED STATES

time with the name Of Washington.
AT the painful moment of parting
with you we take comfort in the
thought that, wherever you may be.
to the last pu1sation Of your heart, our
country will ever be present to your
affections; and a cheerful consolation
assures us that we are not called to
sorrow; most Of all, that we shall see
your face no more, for We shall in
dulge the pleasing anticipation OF be-
holding our friend again.
I'm the name of the whole people
of the United States bid you re-
luctant and affectionate farewell"
To this parting address from Presi-
dent Adams, Lafayette replied in
strain of patriotic and impassioned
eloQuence never to be forgotten.
Returns to France.
On the same day Lafayette en-
barked for France on board the
Brandywine, a new frigate named in
compliment to him, who on the banks
Of that river was wounded in his first
battle for American freedom.
In the whole range of ancient or
modern history there is no instance OF
similar honors being paid to any hero
by the united and spontaneous will OF
a great people. When nine years after.
1884, he paid the debt of nature, that
same people gave vent to universal
grief. Every tongue spoke words Of
eulogy to the memory OF Americas
most illuStriOuS friend,
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ARMY AND NAVY QUARTERS
IN LARGEST OFFICE BUILDING

and troubles before the men would
bother the doctor with them. Sanitary
arrangements in the barracks are the
best that could be got. That means
that men have a chance to do their best
If they want to.
Men Have Good Time.
the good time is Navy time, not after
hours he went on. I'VE started by
having the whistle blown at IL o'clock
some mornings and have our foremen
talk about the job. Now there are
all sorts of entertainments. There are
teams. boxing contests and dancing
contests. The man who wins the
fve-dollar first prize in a buck and
wing contest here earns it. Most of
our men are approximations labor
ers and a great many of them are ne
groes. Some of them are fine dancers,
SO the contests are exciting.
I'VE have our own newspaper the
Mixer. This is edited and printed by
the construction company that is han
ding the job. Every man is urged to
think of the paper as his paper and to
turn in news that will be interesting.
The two inside pages are pictures.
They are all photographs of the build
ing, that show the progress made, and
of men on the job, or cartoons and
posters. that have been made on the
spot, of men at work.
Talks by our foremen have grown
into great mass meetings. When the
II O'clock whistle blows men gather
from every section of the fifteen acres
covered by the building. A band
plays and the men march, LOO of
them, to the meeting. Big men talk
to them. One week it was an Austria
liam officer fresh from the front. He
talked of what Australian men are do
ing to win the war. Last week Mai.
Barnes, U. S. A, spoke. He had Just
returned from seven months in
France. He talked of the lob our
men have over there and Of how we'll
they are doing. Then he asked the
crowd if they wanted to slack and lay
down on the boys in the trenches A
great, roaring No answered him. Sec
He told the men how the Navy was
depending on them to help.
Like to Have a Part.
These men are like any other men,"
their chief declared. They have to
see what is to be done. They have to
think that they are needed. And they
nave to feel that they are in the fight
and have a necessary part in winning
the war.
I'VE are putting up one Of the big
gest office buildings in the world. It
Is war work. We are doing the job
right. And we are doing it in record
time. That is because our men work
and stick. Each week now the num-
Der OF men taken on over the number
who quit grows. That means produc.
ton. And it means speed"
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transport Of these supplies to our
wonderful fighters"
Cigarettes -soothe.

transport Of these supplies to our
wonderful fighters"
Cigarettes soothe.
.~rhere is something soothing in q
Mr.. Buckley told the COM
mfttee. you learn that when you
reach the firing line. They seem to
keep the boys alive. Everywhere
they are clamorins for tnem s,,n ana
there's q celebration in the trenches.
Soap and towels are boon, ana
writing material is worth Its weight
in gold.'
work, William j. Mulligan. Wiliiam
p. Larkin and William J. McIiniey.
accepted the suggestions OF the two
returned commissioners and indorsed
the action they took in establishing
the motor service in the trenches.
Lawrence o. Murray. formerly con-
troller- of the United States currency
was left in Paris to direct the trans
port work. He will be Joined by Ed
Speaking of his impression OF Gen.
Pershing, Mr.. McGraw said:
HE makes an immediate appeal to
men. When I entered his headquar-
tiers was surprised. I expected 70
meet a man terse OF speech ana
desk Uttered with maps and dia-
grams. Instead I met a soldier who
seemed to have q moment to chat. he
was seated at a hat-top desk. and the
most striking feature of 1t all was
that the desk was clean. There was
not even paper weight on It's oroao
surface, but close at hand were the
maps, ready for immediate attention
The boys are wonderful said Gen.
Pershing as I turned to co."
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straight games. when George Dauss
applied the brakes.
Larry Gardner had hit safe in six
games in a row for an average of .45S
when Jack Quinn halted him.
Frank Baker quit to Dave Daven-
port, after hitting safely for six
straight games, during which he got
nine hits in sixteen trials for an
average Of 1858.
Leslie Nunnamaker took kindly to his
former mates pitching, JSetting i've
hits in as many tries OF Yankee
pitching in a game.
Joe Judge. Frank Baker, Jack Lavan
and Memo Leibold each punched out
four hits In a game.
Joe Bush set a seasons strikeout
record by tanning thirteen Tigers,
though Bush had to take the losers
end of the score.
George Sisler had hit for an even
half thousand. getting seventeen safe
ones in thirtyfour attempts, during nine
consecutive games. when Babe Ruth
applied the brakes. Griggs Of the
Tigers quit to George Mogridge, after
hitting safely in nine straight games,
during which he came through with a
dozen hits in thirty-seven trials for
1924.
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PAUL TREANOR GOING UP|
Well Known Local Tennis Player
Sent to 0ficers' Training
Camp in France.

Paul Treanor, well known in tennis
circles here, has been sent from the
front lines in France to an officers
training camp.
Treanor enlisted in the infantry Of
the Regular Army about year ago.
He wAs soon made q corporal and
when he went oversee in the spring
was a sergeant. He was in the thick
of the recent fighting on the Marine,
but came through unscathed.
Treanor, who came into prominence
in the court game here when he was
only fifteen years old, was regarded
for a long time as one Of the best
tennis prospects in the country. He
had every tennis essential and only
one fault-he would not take the
game seriously. That he is buckling
down to the business Of fighting for
Uncle Sam is indicated by his rapid
promotion
Treanor has not yet reached his
majority and when named for the
enlisted mems officers training camp
cover there had just passed the re-
quired age of twenty years and nine
months.
He was close by Capt. Jack"
Adams when the former Western
High School athlete was killed by
shell shock in the recent fighting.
Although Adams, who had shown the
foot ball stuff on the battlefield that
earned him the distinction of being
one Of the best tackles ever produced
by the local scholastic elevens. was
only twenty-three years old, he had
a majorcy. according to Treanor, in a
letter to his mother here.
81 expect to have my straps by
November and then get back to the
business of helping to finish the job
of whipping the Germans" Treanor
said.
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Bert SNOltOH is oi a oeASNAAio r.
last ten games, during which ne punci
for an average of .325.
Bobby Jones of the Tigers has got
ten one or more hits in each OF his
last ten games, in which he punched
out fourteen hits in forty trials, for
an average of $50.
Chick Gandil has hit safely In MS
last nine straight contests, In Whch
he banged out fourteen safe ones IN
thirty-six tries. for a mark OF 1883.
Merlin Kopp quit to Joe Benz after
a batting streak that endured eight
straight games, and yielded thirteen
hits in thirty-two attempts for a mark
of .406.
JACQUES Fournier had hit safe In
eight consecutive games, when he was
halted by George Dauss. He got
twelve hits in twenty-eight trials Tor
an average of .429.
George Burns got his base hits Tor
nine games in row. when Guy MOI
ION and Stanley Coveleskie halted
him. Burns smashing out sixteen hits
i'm thirty-six tries for mark OF .444;
Jim McAvoy hit safe in eight straight
contests until Jack Quinn locked him
up. During his streak Jim got thir-
teen hits in twenty-si1 trials Tor an
even 500 average.
Derrill Pratt hit safe for seven
games straight, getting nine hits In
twenty-seven tries for mark of 1888.
and scoring seven runs in as many
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Under the circumstances it appears
certain that. while the games may
be we'll attended. there will be moth
ing like the great outpouring of
fans which has each year filled the
parks to capacity and. swelled the
Golfers of the clubs and players.
Strange to say. this will make little
difference to the men who will par
ticipate in the diamond battles, for
under the new system of apportion-
ing the winners and losers individ-
ual share of the receipts they can
obtain but a fixed sum. regardless OF
the total of the gate receipts.
AS adopted last winter by the TWO
leagues and the national commission.
the amended regulations provide that
each member of the winning CLUB
shall receive 5000 as his share OF
the world series proceeds, while the
losers individual end will amount TO
81 400. The total of these sums will
come from the usual 60 per cent OF
the, gate receipts for the first four
games of the series. The new ar
rfngement. however, calls for a fur.
-fher distribution of the remainder OF
this go per cent fund among the play
The following tabulation shows I
each wear since 1908:
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Additional List.

The others receiving. the war cross
were Lieut.. Col. J. A. Crane, Maj.
George T. Roselle. jr, Maj. John
Wills, Maj. Wilbur NJ. Helps. Maj.
Merit Proctor, Capt: Salmon F. Clark,
Capt. Frederick Black, Capt r. K.
Wilson. Capt. F C.. Morgan. Capt. /.
McLenon, Capt. H. L; Kimmell. Lieut.
Blair, Lieut.. G. Riopetoe, Lieut..
Leon Neagle, Lieut.. Fred w: Adams.
Lieut.. J. r. Ransom, Second Lieuts.
Harry Dillon. Bayard Brown. George
Carey, C. o. Lawrence and Robert A.
Hall, sergts: Frank Reiterman,z Will
liam E. Stalvey. Harry Weis. James
e. Smith. Harrison Davis, James T..
Mize, Charles w. Mckinney. William
Mapes, Frank ]. Shawtry, Edward A.
Holt, Corps. Thomas F. Grant, Arley
Tatum and Edward Cornell, and Pri-
Yates Karl Kriss.. Max c. Chamber
ling, Fred Arnold, Truman L. Oltz,
Marvin c. Ellsworth, Estle ]. Setter,
James Hupewitz, William Pierson, AL
fred w. Page and Wagner D. Smith.
All these men belong to the same
division.