The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-07
HOOCENDORN HELD
To GRAND JURY
sEDITlous REMARKS GET oskA-
LoosA MAN IN TROUBLE.
WHO is RUNNING RUSSIA NOW?
Federal Court at ,ottumwa Would Like
To know-Hon. Fred Write Head
of German Patriotic organiza-
tion-AIiens Ousted. *

Ottumwa, Ia. Feb. Jacob Hoog-
endorn of Oskaloosa, taken before
United States Commissioner Ernest
r. Mitchell at Ottumwa by United
States Deputy marshal this week, was
given hearing Friday afternoon. The
defendant was held to the investiga-
ton of the Federal grand jury that
will convene in April. Bond on ap-
pearance was fixed at 100000. Hoog-
endorn had been out on bail after a
preliminary hearing but must now
give new bond. He is charged with
having made seditious remarks ON
various occasions, and the evidence
submitted at the preliminary trial
seemed conclusive.
May Be German Spy
Cedar Rapids, Feb. 2-Lawrence
Prent who applied to the police for
lodging last night is being held today
on suspicion of being a German spy.
Prent although dressed as tramp evil
IDENTIFY has the appearance of we'll
trained soldier. He told United States
Marshal Hearley that he did not know
that the Americans were at war with
Germany He spoke perfectly good
English but when the war was ment-
toned he answered the questions in
German.
Who Is Running Russia?
Qttumwa, Feb. 2.-Who is running
the Russian government?
Miss Gertrude Darrell, clerk of the
federal court, wants to know. This
morning two Russians applied for
their naturalization papers. In tax.
ing out the papers one of the first
steps is to renounce your previous
government.
Who do you want to renounce?"
inquired Miss Darrell.
81 don't know" answered the one
who acted as spokesman. Il don't
know who is running the government.
Maybe it belongs to Germany"
1t may be Rudiosky, Zbysickero, OF
some other foreigner, so Miss Darrell
told the men to come back in few
days and she would have instructions
as to whom they belonged.
Camp Cody Aliens ousted.
Deming, N. NJ, Feb. Eight enc
my aliens were today discharged from
the military service at Camp Cody,
seven being Austrians and one, Albert
E. Lipp, a German. He enlisted in
an Akron, Iowa, unit and was unnat,
uralized, according to the information
obtained here. The Austrians dis
charged were George Babula, Steve
Stukor Triton Vissoj, Vencil Novak,
John Gnebereou, Eli Petricich and Jo-
seph Jokovitch.
The eight alleged enemy aliens were
charged with having made statements
disloyal to the United States govern
ment, one charge being that they had
said they hoped Austria would win
the war.
Lipp was a first sergeant in the
German army and was a graduate of
the University of Paris.
No court martial proceedings will
be instituted against the men, it was
announced at division headquarters,
and they are being held in the divis-
ion guard house as civilians for the
federal officers.
Iowa Germans Loyal.
Des Moines, Feb. Reorganization
was effected here today of the Ger.
man-American Patriotic association
with membership limited to United
States citizens of German parentage
whose purpose is the furtherance of
the interests of this country in the
war on kaiserism. .....
While the associations charter
membership is confined to Iowans, the
hope was expressed that similar or
gan:Zations would result in other
states. 1t was said the organization
was the first of its kind in the coun.
Try. ...#.r.
Honor For Fred White.
2 Officers elected were:
Rev. J. c. Orth, Guthrie Center,
president; F. H. Luthe, Emil G.
Schmidt and L. H. Harbach, all of Des
Moines, vice presidents; Frank ]. AL
bert, Des Moines, secretary; and Fred
White, Sigourney, Louis Block, Dav
export, and VIM. Koch, Des MSines,
honorary presidents
The association was proposed by
former Senator Lafayette Young of
Des Moines, chairman of the Iowa
state council of national defense. and
it's membership includes some of the
most prominent Iowans of German
ancestry.
We Were There.
Mahaska county was well represent