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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
D. K. EDMUNDSON
HIT BY A BULLET.
osKALooSA BOY WOUNDED IN
ACTION IN FRANCE.
SEVERAL IOWA CASUALTIES
Are Listed Today In Reports From
General Pershnn As Made Pub
lie BY the War Department
At Washington.

Corporal Dallas X Edmundson has
been wounded, according to a letter
received by his grandmother, Mrs.
Sarah E. Knight, No. 400 Fifth avenue
east. A communication stated that
he is in base hospital in France on
account OF having his left wrist
broken by a machine gun bullet. No
official notification of the injury has
yet come from the government to
date. Dallas Edmundson was for
nerly a carrier boy for the Daily
Herald, going later to farm in Can.
ada He went to France from Camp
Dodge several months ago.
Beacon Boy Dies at Sea.
Private David F. Kirk, son of Rob-
ert Kirk, of Beacon. died at sea Oc-
tober 4, according to telegram just
received. Death was due to pneu-
monia. The body will be brought
home.
Former oskaIoosan Injured.
Little Rock, Ark, Oct. 30.-Major
Ora w. Garman of Mason City, for
merly of the Blakeslee Drug Company
of OskaIoosa, was perhaps fatally in
jured late Monday, when he was
thrown from his horse.
Major Garman was commanding the
Twenty-first receiving battalion of
Camp Pike, temporarily quartered at
Fort Root.
He was removed to the U. S. gen.
eral hospital No. S9, and attendants
there say the full extent of his injur-
les has not been determined.
Eiaht Iowans Mentioned.
Washington, Oct. 30.-Eight Iowans
were mentioned on General Perish
ing's two overseas casualty lists as
issued by the war department today,
which carried four hundred and TWEEN
j ty-three names.
The lists included: Killed in action
T.. died of wounds, IL; died from &C
cident and other causes. 8; died of
disease, "a; wounded severely. 81;
wounded degre undetermined, 141;
wounded slightly, 142; missing in &C
ton, II. The Iowans were:
| Mica IN NCLiOn.
Pvt. Joseph F. Petrick, Fairfax.
Died of Disease.
Corporal Charles H. Fairbrother,
Melvin.
Pvt. Girrit Kersbergen. Rock Val
ley
Wounded Severely.
Pvt. Rex N. Garrett, Cherokee.
Wounded Degree Undetermined
Wagner Joseph w. Gilliland Mt
Ayr.
Pvt. Henry Janssesn, Pomeroy. .
Wounded Slightly.
Pvt. Geo. L. Croce, Fulton.
Pvt. Eddie NJ. Watson, Lineville.
Two With Marine Corps.
Two Iowans were mentioned among
the Marine Corps casualties which
numbered sixty-nine. The list in
cluded: Killed in action, Q; died o
wounds. 1; died of disease, 4;wound
ed severely, 3; wounded degree un
determined, I; missing in action, 10
in hands of enemy, 2. The Iowan
were: Pvt. Eugene r. Durand o.
Bristow. and Pvt. Wilson A. Morris
of Shelby. both died of disease.
4
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
CAMP DODGE EXCHANGES
Replace Supplies Which Were otmin-
ished Following Quarantine.

Camp Dodge, Oct. 30.-Camp Dodge
exchanges are just catching up with
the business since the lifting of the
Flu" quarantine last week The
clerks in the various exchanges have
been handing out candy and cigarettes
so fast since Monday that the supply
was sadly diminished.
"Booleggers" in Tent City were
reaping a harvest during the quaran-
tine, charging the boys rs cents for
is cent cigarettes and nickel for a
box OF matches. Candy prices were
equally exorbitant, the nickel goods
bringing Is and 20 cents.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
Government Officials Say Alameda
Yards Could Not be Completed In
Time to Be of Use.

Washington, Oct. 30.-The United
States Shipping Board has cancelled
its contract with the Bethlehem Steel
Corporation for a sixty million ship
building plant at Alameda, California.
Preliminary work on locating the
plant was stopped more than two
weeks ago and the officials, explained
that the plant could not now be com.
pleted before the period of its use,
fulness would be passed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
.ARMIST|CE TERMS
ARE ABOUT READY
MAY BE FORTHCOMING BEFORE
END OF WEEK.
AUSTRIA WANTS PEACE NOW
Foe Must Surrender Fleet.--Ninth
German War Loan a Failure
Huns Ready to capituIate.
Allies Closely United.
(By Robert j. Bender.l

Washington Oct. 30.---The Versail.
les conference will agree to adhere to
President Wilson's peace points.
This was stated in authoritative
American Offices and entente diplo-
matte quarters today. AS prelude to
this basis accordingly the questions of
an ar1nistice have been given over to
the military advisors and according to
the United Press information the
armistice terms will be Forthcoming
before the last of the week.
Any difference as to the application
of the Presidents fourteen points will
be threshed out at the Versailles peace
conference.
A United Diplomatic Front.
It was pointed out that the Versail.
les conference will close with com.
pletely united diplomatic front.
With the armistice terms about
ready to be presented to Germany her
broken ally Austria was today madly
scrambling to get separate peace be-
fore the complete break down comes.
tary Lansing to use influence upon
President Wilson for such a peace has
not as yet been received.
Huns Must Surrender Fleet.
London, Oct. 30-As part of the
terms of an armistice the Evening
News says 1t understands the allied
nations will insist upon the surrend.
er of the German fleet, including all
the German submarines, and upon the
occupation by allied forces of all the
fortified towns on the Rhine.
Hun War Loan Fails.
London. Oct. 30.-The Morning Post
analyzes the figures Of the ninth Ger
man war loan. saying the gross total
SO far as extremely poor, reaching
only SAT- 100000, as compared with
$3.50. 900 900 for the eighth loan. Sub
scriptions are being received two
weeks beyond the closing date orr
ginally fixed. yet, in fact, If not in
name, the loan is of forced charact-
er.
Huns Ready to capitulate.
Paris, Oct. 30.-The executive COM
mittee Of the German parties in Aus
tria has formed a provisional govern
ment, according to dispatch from
Vienna, and has decided to send sep
arate note to President Wilson.
The Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna de-
clares that Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary will capitulate without delay.
Stand Closely Together.
London, Oct 30.-Resolutions unan'
imously adopted at the recent confer
ence OF French, Italian, Belgian ana
British sections of the interallied par
liamentary committee recommended
that the nations now united in the
the fight for liberty should maintain
their close association until the dan
gers threatening them had been re-
moved by the complete overthrow OF
the enemy powers.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
RIVER is RAGING
Flood In the Tennessee Threatens to
% Great Damage.

Knoxville, Tenn, Oct. 30-With a
record breaking October flood raging
down the mountains in North Carolina
to the Virginia water sheds, the Ten
nessee river has reached flood stage
of unusual proportions. High waters
on the little Tennessee river are en-
dangering several concrete dams.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
(By Henry Woods)

With the Italian Armies in the
Field, Oct. 80, 7 p. m.--The italian
and the British armies after COM
pIeteIy piercing the Austrian lines
Of resistance are advancing rapid.
ly eastward between the two rail-
road lines which are feeding the
Austrian armies at the front. They
have cut all of the lines Of COM
munication on Venetian Plains.
(The two lines Of railroads run
from TraViso to caserea thirty
five miles northeast of Traviso.
The northern line crossed the bat
tie field of conegIiano and the
southern the San Dona ri Piave).
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
Roumanians in War AGAIN.

Washington, d. c., Oct. 30.-A brig
ade of Roumanian infantry has been
organized in Siberia to fight with en-.
tente troops, according to a cablegram
received today by Prof. T. G. Masa-
ryk. president of the Czecho- Sloyak
national council.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
IF YOU HAVE THE FLU
You Will Be Entitled To a Larger
Quota OF Sugar.

Washington, Oct. S0,--The Food
Administration today notified all
State Food Administrators TO increase
the sugar allotments to Spanish in
fluenza patients and all persons car
ing for these persons.
The action was taken because of the
hundreds of requests from the hospi.
tails in the states where the epidemic
has prevailed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
RIVER TRAFFIC
On the Mississippi To Be Much Bet
ter Next Season.

Keokuk, Oct. S0.-River traffic on
the upper Mississippi will be better
than ever next season, according to
river men here today.
These men say that in addition to
the st. Louis and st. Paul packet
steamers, the Tennessee river Pack
ct Company will send boats up to
handle business in the upper waters
With the opening of new lines be
tween st. Louis and st. Paul 1t is
thought Keokuk business will pick
up.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
TAPS SOUNDED
At 1850 p. M. Daily At City Hall in
Iowa City.

Iowa City, Oct. 30.-"Taps" is being
sounded from the city hall here ev-
cry afternoon at 4:S0. This hour
corresponds with the hour for taps
in France, there being five hours diff
ference In time. The idea is to re-
mind the folks here of their boys
"over there"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
HAS HAD ENOUGH

Copenhagen, Oct. 3o.-count An
Grassy the new Austrian Hungari-
an foreign minister has decided to
begin direct negotiations with It.
ally according to the adviees which
we're received here today.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
registration in Porto Rice.

San Juan, P. r.. Oct. S0,-on the
basis of incomplete reports regarding
thes registration on Saturday of men
Is to IS years old. Adjutant General
Wilson estimates that $4,000 persons
registered in the island
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
o. T. GILLETT DEAD.
Prominent Mason City Attorney Vic
tim OF Influenza.

Mason City. Oct. 30.-Orvllle T,
Gillett. prominent in the prosecution
of tho Villisca AK murderers during
the past six years. died here today
following an influenza attack. Gil.
lett was thirty.three years old and is
survived by widow and two daugh.
iters.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
$4,000 NOWI

Paris, Oct. 3o.-The Italian
forces have taken twenty-five
thousand prisoners and more than
two hundred guns in their pre-
vious operations the Italian war
office statement announced today.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
AME RICAN TROOPS
ON ITALIAN FRONT
HAVE CROSSED PAVE RIVER
READY FOR ADVANCE.
OVER 100 TOWNS LIBERATED
Italian Troops Have Occupied Cone
eliano, Important Railway and
Communication center-captur
ed Enemy Guns Being Used.
(By Henry Woods.)


With the Italian Armies in the
Field, Oct. 30.-The Italian forces
have extended their offensive south
of the Adriatic and have increased
the width of the drive to front of
more than sixty-two miles. They
are now pressing forward from the
Grappa region to the sea.
! The new advance which was made
last night by the Third Army under
the command of Duke of Osta.
I At the time of my cabling bridge
heads had been established on the
eastern banks of the lower Piave at
Salgareda, Sandona Di Pave, and op.
posite Zenson.
Americans In the Fight.
with the Italian Armies in the
Field, Oct 30.--The allies advance
continues on the whole fifty mile fir
from the Bretna to the Traviso-Oder
20 railroad. Progress is greatly ac-
centuated on the right flank north of
Traviso.
units have crossed the Pave and are
ready to take up further advances
with the British and Italian comrades.
Over 100 Villages Liberated.
More than one hundred villages in
the communities to the east of the Pr
ave have been liberated. Italian
troops have occupied Conegliano, the
important railroad and communica-
ton center fifteen miles to the north
of Traviso.
The Tenth Army is advancing rap
idly also and has employed many OF
the abandoned Austrian batteries
which are Smelling the retreating en-
envy.
Austrian Base Captured.
The Italian Twelfth Army after
scrambling over the mountains to the
northwest of Valdobbiandene have
passed Refrontole, seven miles south
west of Vittorio, which is the base of
the Austrian whole system of COM
munication for the Venetian plains
to the north.
King of Italy On FieIo.
King Victor Emanuel crossed the
Piave with regiment of Bersage-
lieri. He was greeted with cheers.
A large contingent of Austrian pris-
oners coming up also cheered him.
The constant surge of the Italian
and British troops across the Pave
constitutes one of the greatest feats
of the war.
Shells Explode in Water.
The Austrian artillery is making an
incessant effort to destroy the ever
increasing number of bridges. Many,
of the larger caliber shells strike In
the midst of the running streams and
explode on the rocky beds and great
columns of water is thrown hundreds
of feet into the sky. A stretch of
thirty miles resembles a vast field OF
geysers. 3aF
Own Prisoners Under Fire.
When several thousand Austrian
prisoners reached an island in the
middle of the stream the enemy's ar.
tillery cut the bridges and left the
prisoners under a terrific lombard
ment in one of their great efforts to
prevent the Italians from rebuilding
the bridges. The Austrians suffer.
ed heavy casualties.
Enemy Version Of Fight.
Vienna. Oct. 30.-Austriap troops
on the PiaVe front were withdrawn
to new positions in rear areas last
fCOnTinuaG nm SagR
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
10000 PRISONERS

London, Oct. 3o.-The latest es-
Inmates Of Austrian prisoners in
the AngIo-ltalian advance is TWEEN.
ty thousand with the total casual
ties forty thousand.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
Monument 10 Wilson

Luca, Italy. Oct. 3O.--A committee
has been formed 10 raise funds for
the erection of a monument to Presi-
dent Wilson,
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
Enemy Version Of Fight.

Vienna, Oct. SO.-Austriap troops
on the PiaVe front were withdrawn
to new positions in rear areas last
fC0nTinuad nm page
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
Own Prisoners Under Fire.

when several thousand Austrian
prisoners reached an island in the
middle of the stream the enemy's ar.
tillery cut the bridges and left the
prisoners under terrific lombard
ment in one of their great efforts to
prevent the Italians from rebuilding
the bridges. The Austrians suffer.
ed heavy casualties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-15
MANKATo GRAIN MARKET.

the Milwaukee freight depot in Man
iIato by Garvin ZeisEe, who was form
erly employed in the freight office.
Mrs. l. NJ. Barton Of 40S S. Iuka
street gave q farew ell dinner today in
honor OF the five soldier boys who
have been the guests of the city for
tho past week or ten days while they
were recovering from an attack Of in
iuenZa. She was assisted By Mrs.
McGregor and Mrs. Parks, ard Mrs.
A. S. Fay, chairman Of the cOnteen
service of the Red Cross here, was
the guest of honor. Mrs. Fay has
been i'll with influenza while the
young soldiers have been here and
; herself only just getting out again.
The men are Ed. Ore, Carlton
Lantz, Garvin Zieske, Ferd Heinzman,
and Leo Lunkenheimer. They came
III here with large number of others
on Il troop train hound FOR Camp Cody,
the train stopping there for supper,
These boys were i'll and the officers
let them off here and they were taken
care of by the canteen service of the
local Red Cross chapter. A modern
house was rented on West Fourth
street and fitted up as a hospital and
they were given the best of care dur
ing their illness and convalescGnce.
The Daily Tribune was regular
visitor at the hospital and the young
non came into the office this morning
and asked that the paper express for
them their hearty appreciation of the
care thar mad been given them and the
many kindneSSeS and COurtcsiC9
shown them. I'VE will certainly have
p worm spot in our hearts for Pratt"
said their spokesman. You cannot
make it too strong to express our
feelings toward the good people of
the town and the manner in which
they took care of us when we were
sick and away from home. 1t has
brought the good work of the Red
Cross right home to us to be made
beneticiaries if it's mercy even before
we reached training camp"
The boys are all from Mapkato,
Mimi, and are fine set Of fellows.
They will leave tonight for Camp
Cody, at Demipg. New Mexico.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-15

resident of the County of Blue
Earth State Of Minnesota, died in
testate on the Sth day OF November,
1918; and praying that letters of ad-
ministration of his estate be granted
TO Robert E. Axtellc, and the court hav-
ing fixed the time and place for
hearing said petition; THEREFORE,
YOU, AND EACH OF YOU, are
hereby cited and required to show
cause, if any you have before this
Courc at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House: in The City of Man
katO in the County of Blue Earth
State of Minnesota, on the 7th day
Of December, 1918 a. ten o'clock a.
m, why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness, The judge of said Court,
and the Seal of said Court, this 18th
day of November, 1913.
Court SeaD EVAN HUGHES
Probate Judge.
S. 3. Wilson,
Attorney for Petitioner
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-15
HOLMAN GIVES ADVISE
SOME RULES LAID DOWN BY
THE HEALTH. OFFICER
Care of the House After RestriC.
tions Have Beer Raised for
Communicable Disease

The health officer, having been
convinced that a patient suffering
from a communicable disease is no
longer a source of danger to others,
shall see to it that the following pro-
cedure is carried out.
l. Everything which is in the sick
room, or has come in contact with the
patient, and is of no particular value
newspapers, magazines, paper. wood
en-, or cloth toys, etc. should be
burned.
2. Washable clothing, sheets, ETC.,
must be placed for time in a five
per sent solution of carbolic acid in
water. They must then be removed
and placed in boiling water, where
they shall be kept for at least half an
hour. After this they should be
thoroughly aired.
3. When furniture, beding, cloth
ing, or other articles that have been
exposed TO infection through contact
with infected persons, cannot be dis
infected or c!eansed, such articles
may be destroyed by order of the
local board of health at the expense
of the sanitary district concerned.
4. Certain articles presenting q
free surface and not too thick, such
as carpets, rugs, blankets, etc, can be
'clde comparatively safe by exposure
in the open air to sunlight for Il
period of at least twonty-fOur hours
5. After the removal and cleans
ing of the contents Of room, care
full attention must be given the room
itself. The walls, windows, wood
work, floor in fact everything about
the room must be washed with a one
to one thousand solution of corrosive
sublimate in water, or five per cent
carbolic acid solution If cracks ap-
pear in the wall paper, or if pieces
OF it are hanging the paper should be
soaked off with the same solution, at
the discretion of the health officer. If
the room is calcimined, it should be
redone. The woodwork should be re-
painted if necessary.
6. After everything has been thor
oughly cleansed as above, still further
precautions should be taken by plac-
ing the non washable bedding used by
the patient, articles of clothing, etc,
in the open air and eXposer to the
sunlight, if possible, during a period
of several days, and by allowing the
room to be thoroughly aired for a
period of time.
z. Remember that the recovered
patients, missed cases, or carriers
spread more disease than inanimate
objects.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-15
November S-15-22
CITATION FOR HEARING ON Pc.
TON FOR ADMINISTRATION

In the Matter of the Estate of David
NJ. Jones, Deceased.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County CT
Blue Earth. In Probate Court
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the granting of
administration of the estate of said
decedent: The petition of Margaret
]. Jones having been filed in this
court, representing that David NJ.
Jones, then a resident of the County
of Blue Earth State of Minnesota,
died intestate On the End day of Oc-
tober, 1918; and praying that letters
of administration of his estate be
granted to Z. r. Jones, and the court
having fixed the time and place for
hearing said petition: THEREFORE,,
YOU. AND EACH OF YOU. are here
by cited and required TO show cause,
if any you have, before this court at
the Probate Court Rooms in tho
Court House, in the City of Mankato
in the County of Blue Earth State OF
Minnesota, on the 30th day of No
vember, 1918, at ten o'clock a. m.
why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness, The Judge of said Court,
and the Seal Of said Court, this 5th
day OF November, 1918
Court SCGU EVAN HUGHES.
Probate Judge
Hughes & Ellsworth,
Attorneys for Petitioner
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-15
DEATH OF MISS F0LDESI
One of Mankato's Former Efficient
Nurses.

Miss Anna c. Foldesi, daughter of
Mrs Stephen Foldesi of lie Sueur
Center, and young woman well and
favorably known in Mankato, died
yesterday afternoon in the base hos
pital at Camp Dodge, Ia, following
an illness with pneumonia. She was
born at lie Sueur Center and was
about twenty five years Of age. Miss
Foldesi was an efficient trained nurse
and graduated two years ago from
the nurses college at the state hos
pital, st. Peter. She entered govern
ment service as an army nurse and
was sent to Camp Dodge about two
weeks ago. In response to tele-
gram stating that she was seriously
i'll her two sisters, Misses Mathild3
and Marie Foldesi, also trained
nurses, went to Camp Dodge, and
were near her at the time of her
death. Deceased was at one time a
student Of Mankato Commercial col
lege. Surviving relatives are the
mother, Mrs. Stephen Foldesi. at Le
Sueur Center sisters. Misses Mathilda
and Marie, and Mrs. Ed. Lamm
Mankato: six brothers, Stephen at
Greenbush, Mimi; John, Concord
West Virginia; William, Superior
Wis; Michael, Montgomery, Mimi;
Arthur ard Frank, lie Sueur Center
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1918-11-15
NEEDS The NIGHT GOWNS
Supply Committee Makes kppe a
for Bethany Children

The response to the call for night
gowns for children has been very
generous, and yet with twelve child
Gen at the hospital at the presen;
time, more gowns are needed than
have yet been supplied.
We are in receipt of one pink out
ing gown for a child about eight
years of oge, made with crocheted
edge on collar, cuffs and pocket; and
in the pocket this little note was
found: This nightdress was made
by an eleven year old girl for one
of the little sick girls in Mankato.
My address is Evelyn Swaltout,
Good Thunder, MINI. When you get
we'll will you please write to me-"
We think this shows the real Red
Cross spirit among our juniors, and
are sure the little girl receiving this
gown will not only be made very
but very happy. We
need gowns for women in addition to
those already sent in, and any do
nations along this line may be sent
to 127 Jackson street. Hospital sup
ply committee.