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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
OVER SUBSCRIBE The LOAN

Secretary of the Treasury, McAdoo,
has sent telegram to J. b, McDugal
of Chicago, governor of the Federal
Reserve bank, urging every Liberty
loan committee in the seventh district
to continue at work until their quotas
have been oversubscribed at least so
per cent. The message read:
Telegram received, and ] learn with
deep regret that there is disposition
on the part OF the Liberty loan organi-
reserve district TO discontinue their eff
forts after they have reached their
quota to some extent.
Il requested $4,000. 100000 as the
minimum the government ought to
nave at this time, with the hope and
expectation that the amount would be
largely oyersubscribed and that every
Liberty loan committee in the United
States would exert itself to the utmost
to secure the largest possible over
subscription.
I'm many places in the south and
southwest which have visited on this
trip the quota has been oversubscribed
two and three times and the commit
tees are still at work This is the right
spirit and the right purpose. With our
sons actually dying on the battlefelds
of France, we cannot abate our efforts
in the slightest degree to support them
to the utmost limit Of our resources.
Il earnestly hope that you will say
to every Liberty loan committee in
the seventh federal reserve district
that their quota be oyersubscrlbed at
least SO per cent. Best wishes for con-
tinued success OF your Efforts
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
SOLDIERS SENT TO PRISON
Various Penalties Are Imposed At
Camp Dodge For Violations OF
Military Regulations.

Des Moines, April 24.-That love
for a woman whose identity he re-
fused to disclose caused him to de-
sert from the army, and neglect to
go back, was the explanation given,
to the military police by Harry G.
Oliver, Company l., Forty-second in
fantry, who, was reported missing,
Jan 20, and was arrested in Des
Moines, April IS.
He was wearing civilian clothing
and told the police that he had thrown
his uniform in the river. He will
probably be sent to his organization
which is now stationed somewhere in
the east where he will be tried for
desertion.
Second Lieutenant John B. Lewis
was found guilty by courtmartial of
conduct unbecoming an officer and
fined fifty dollars of his pay for
period of three months, besides being
reprimanded by the commanding
general at Camp Dodge.
dishonorable discharge from the
service OF the United States and i've
years in the disciplinary barracks at
Fort Leavenworth, was the sentence
given to John J. Paul, recruit in
Company l. Three Hundred Fiftieth
infantry, who pleaded guilty to steal
ing number of small articles from
his comrades.
Eight men will be sent from the
military guardhouse at Camp Dodge
to Fort Leayenworth today. Nickolus
Unger, Company l., Three Hundred
Fifty-frst infantry, under twenty
five year sentence for refusal to serve
in the United States army, will be
sent to the disciplinary barracks. His
case with several others attracted
much attention last simmer, when,
as members of socialist party in
ST. Paul, they refused to register, be
drafted or serve when arrested.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
OUR IOWA BOYS.

Iowa boys, brave boys, boys OF the
Iowa Third.
Over our state, your solemn fate, by
the news Of war, is hurled.
And Iowa boys have paid the price
to help make safe the world,
Among the first TO volunteer to keep
the old flag free,
Among the first to face the dang
crossing of the sea,
Among the first to fall in France
to die for you and me.
Iowa boys, noble boys, from village,
city and glade
Boys of the soil, boys of the school,
boys of the shop and trade,
Their blood is shed for you and me.
the sacrifice is made.
Men of Iowa, Iowa state, the fairest
OF the plain,
Shall these your sons have given life
for any of you in vain?
Shall any mean disloyalty be found
with us again?
No, rather let the memory of graves
across the sea,
Those lonely graves in a foreign land
SO far from you and me,
Inspire us all to greater zeal for the
cause Of liberty.
Edna NJ, James, Gladbrook, Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
politely in The hall polishing his cog

politely in sthe hall polishing his cog
giles.
rThe dispatch rider might be a
high-light back bone an actor or au-
thor or scientific genius but II doesn't
count here. The little doo-dads on
the shoulder are the only signs by
which you may distinguish personal
importance in those parts The au-
thor or actor gets Here, boy!" and
Rush this, courier.' just as If he
were an A. d. T. shoe-lifter back in
the land of peanuts and popcorn.
And the author or actor seems to
like it, for never swallowed growl
comes from him. nor a frown nor a
hurt expression. He knows his place
in this military scheme. and he is
proud to take a mans share in the
work that has to be done.
At one of our base ports in France
found a great force of Yanks work
ing on road in the rain. 1t had been
raining steadily for days preventing
use of a newly arrived road-machine.
The big trucks that hauled men and
supplies were cutting up the roads
badly, and it was vitality necessary to
make emergency repairs in the down
pour
These men,, said the captain of en-
gineers as we bumped along the rutty
road in his little official car, past
squads. of hustling, dripping Yanks,
busy with shovels and picks, ARE 60
per cent college graduates. Many of
them have had as good scientific train
ing as any of the officers of engineer
regiments. They tried to get in of
ficers training schools, but these were
fihed up so they enlisted as privates.
They're about the classiest bunch OF
road builders you could find anywhere
in this little old world"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
AMERICAN ELECTRICAL GOODS

American electrical goods, always
well liked in Australia, have been in
much greater demand there since the
war started than ever before, accord
ing to a report published today by
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Department of Comemrce.
No such extensive use is made of
electricity as in the United States, in
spite of the fact that Australia has no
real poverty and a large percentage
of people who can afford to live well,
but continuous propaganda and educa-
tionaL work will do wonders in the
end. At present, Australians do not
have the same desire to take up the
semi-luxuries in electrical appliances
that Americans, of sufficient means
will not do without
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

ministered unto him. What does this
mean? Does it mean that corporeal
beings with wings healed the people
spoken of in the Bible, and ministered
unto Jesus?
In the Christian Science textbook,
Science and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" by Mrs. Eddy. on page
5S1, we read: Angels. Gods thoughts
passing to man; spiritual intuitions,
pure and perfect; the inspiration OF
goodness, purity and Immortality,
counteracting all evil, sensuality, and
mortality"
Cannot all see how such angels
could and did indeed heal the chill
Idren of Israel, how they could and
did minister unto Jesus; how they can
heal you and me and everyone, and
minister to us all? Have not all of
you entertained just such angels, time
and time again, unawares? Have not
pure. spiritual intuitions, inspirations
of goodness come to you and to all,
and have they not been helpful to
you? Where did they come from;
from your brain, or from anyone S
brain? No. They came from Mind. the
only true Mind, God, to inspire, to
enlighten you. to bear you up, and
to set you up on high.
The Discoverer and Founder.
What has been said will but dimly
indicate the teachings of the ideal
yet most practical and scientific sys-
tenn of ethics and healing discovered
in the words and works of our Mas
ter by Mrs. Eddy. Through her faith.
full, loving, Christlike leadership Mrs.
Eddy founded this system. Christian
Science, and advanced it 10 its present
worldwide acceptance. Bringing what
she did to the wor1d,--the pearl of
great price" the applicable, demon
strable Christianity of Christ Jesus
which has proved itself such by com
forting. reforming and healing the
vast majority of those who have hon.
estly, earnestly studied her books
she has enriched the world beyond all
lreckoning.
AS one who had the privilege OF
visiting her home, let me say that all
about Mrs, Eddy was of the very
simplest. In her the world indeed had
true example of simple living and
high thinking. Those who were with
ler bear loving witness to the fact
that she watched, worked, prayed
without ceasing, and that she did this
for all alike. That this untiring con,
secration has borne fruit--the fruit
of purer, happier, healthier, more use.
full and loving lives-is attested on
every hand. The modest fortune that
came to Mrs. Eddy through the pub.
LEGATION and sale of her written works
is by her direction, like her life, be-
ing devoted to the PRONUNCIATION OF
| her high teachings; to the establish
ment of ION earth peace, god will
toward men," to the establishment
of the kingdom of God on earth, in
which there can be no soryow, no pain,
no death.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
LEADERS.

The Kaiser always leads his troops,
Through bloody battles, fierce and
grim.
And out in front he yells and whoops,
TO urge his men to follow him.
But though he faces fire and steel
That only hell itself could match,
He's still intact from heel to heel
And never gets single scratch.
The crown prince, too, is first to
strike,
In every huge and sharp attack,
Believing that his army's like
To gaze upon his royal back.
But when the guns at last are stilled
He stands untarnished by the scrap,
And though horde of men are killed
He need not even dust his cap.
And Hindenburg is always there,
Mid tons of bombs and deadly shot,
Where fire and gases choke the air
And smoke is dense and shells are
hot.
A willing martyr at the front
Just like the prince and Kaiser are
It's funny how they pull that stunt
And never get scratch or scar.
NAL Rose.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
USE DYNAMITE TO AROUSE B. [.
Two Miners Tired of Waiting For
tWhiskey They Paid SIS For,
Attempt a Scare.

Ottumwa, April 24.---Tiring of their
return with the whiskey they had
given him IS to buy. two miners who
carried some of their blasting ammu.
milton with them, thought they would
arouse their thirst quenching ennis.
sary, hence the loud explosion in
Smoky Row
The thirsty ones waited fifteen min.
utes, thirty minutes, and then sec.
onds became hours and minutes days.
They were getting thirstier and more
anxious IL was not the SIS they
missed so, but the bottled in bond
product. Finally, after waiting, oh
so long, they thought they would rouse
up their apparently dilatory purchas
ing agent. They tried the door of
the house. 1t was either empty or
the folks abed. 1t proved to be the
former, but they were not sure and
producing two sticks of dynamite
they concluded they would jar 1t q
little. anyhow, and get something for
their money. They did The dy-
Mantle was placed in the front yard
just below the surface for no great
damage was contemplated. rather a
jar for their recreant liquor agent.
The explosion occurred, they were
on their way and even yet they have
not found their whiskey or the SIS
they gave the colored man to buy it.
The house was partially wrecked. but
they had their fun,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
WHEN THE DEVIL WAS SICK"

The German government is reported
to be behind a movement to induce the
belligerent nations to agree to stop the
of poison gas. Germany began the use
of the gas in contravention to inter
national agreement. But having dis
covered that the prevailing winds in
Northern France favor the Allies, it
would be glad to stop the practice.
A characteristic German trick.
When things were going badly for
Germany last summer the Reichstag
adopted the mo annexations, no in
IDENTITIES" resolution. When Russia
was disposed of and conditions looked
better, the men in control laughed at
the Reichstag resolution.
Whenever Germany is on the defen.
sive we may expect to find her u peace
loving nation, fighting purely a de-
fensive war, and always favoring a
peace without annexations or indem-
mites. When she regards conditions
as more favorable, she comes out in
her true colors, an INSCRIPTIONS pow
er fighting war of conquest.
When the devil was sick, the devil a
monk would be.
When the devil was well, the devil a
monk was he.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
To BE sold LATER
w. c. r. U. AUTOGRAPH QUILT
SALE BROUGHT $500.

The Woman's Christian Temperance
Union Quilt sale at the Christian
church brought out good audience
that was well entertained with an ex-
cellent program. The auction of the
autograph quilt was the event of the
evening however and the feature Of
the interest. sThe bids went up to
teresting under the direction of the
auctioneer /, NJ. Reed who gladly gave
his services TO help the ladies. Before
starting the sale he spoke of the boys
at the front, of our part in the SER
vice and told how glad we should be
to do our bit. All felt that the quilt
should bring more than $500 and it
was decided to leave the matter with
the Superintendent of the soldiers and
sailors department to plan a bonafido
sale of the quilt. The program follows:
Song, America.
Prayer, Mrs. c. e. Bernard.
Banjo Solo, Miss Ruth Hellings.
Vocal Solo, Miss Evlyn Smith.
Address by Rev. DeVoe.
The President, Mrs. Ida K. Johnson,
introduced the superintendent of the
SOLDIERS and sailors department" Mrs
Rebecca Bridges, who in part, said:
I'VE have two members in our union
who are crusaders, Mrs. r. A. Kent
and Mrs r. L. Turner, both Of these
women went with the crusaders of
Ohio in their journeys to help rid this
country of the curse of alcohol. Now
there is another war to be won. We
must do our part, We have no slack
ers in our membership.
There are five hundred and seventy
one names embroidered on this quilt.
Each name brought US 10 cents. Our
treasurer Mrs. e. o. Chinn embroid-
cred five hundred and forty-one names
all by herself. Mrs. St. Clair embroid-
cred the other thirty names. Mrs. G.
e. Barnard was faithful in helping to
secure the names for the quilt. She
alone secured the names. Mrs. Lydia
Kessler another member of the COM
mittee was ever vigilant to see that
nothing was omitted.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
The pes Moines CAPITAL

The Des Moines Capital says:
zone OF the most unfortunate Incl
dents of the year is the action OF
President Wilson in engaging in a
partisan fight in Wisconsin. 1t is
positively pitful that the president of
the United States with all of his null
titude of activities in connection with
the war can find time TO attempt to
aid a fellow democrat in state fight.
II does not give much encouragement
10 republicans who have entirely drop
ped their partisanship and have be-
come as all citizens should be-
American only
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
CARE FoR DISABLED SOLDIERS

Crippled soldiers are not going to
be seen on street corners begging
when this war is over.
The governments OF all the Allied
countries are providing schools where
disabled soldiers are learning new
trades, or being taught how TO keep
at their old trades despite handicaps,
Marvellous new mechanisms have
been invented to take the place of
lost arms and limbs.S The soldier
will get the artificial appliances free
as well as the training All of them
so far are eager to adapt themselves
to new conditions. Said one sol
der:
'1'll take whatever pension my old
legs worth, but blamed if | want to
rust away the rest of my life. | want
to be man again as was before and
make my own living, not sponge on
other people"
Carpentry, leather and metal work,
mechanical drawing. typewriting,
bookkeeping, gardening, farm work,
poultry raising and many other trades
and professions are being taught to
disabled soldiers. The more skill,
the more pay. AS matter OF fact
some disabled soldiers today are earn
ing more money than they did before
theN war.
The Governments also are showing
preference, in giving out jobs and
land grants. to disabled soldiers. Any
American soldiers who may be dis
abled in the war are assured of every
assistance to get them back on their
feet"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

side of cities and towns.
As the number of townships in
clude all. both rural and urban, and
the rural population mentioned is all
outside of incorporated places, the
number of farm residents per township
is actually greater than that given.
There are 1,646 civil townships in
Iowa. The rural population is about
100000. The 1910 farmers induct-
ed into the service represent only
about ! to ISL, or Sc per cent of the
total rural population,
There are about 348,800 males liv-
ing on farms in Iowa of ages Is years
or over, or PIP to the township, and
of these only about 2.07 per cent have
been called.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

Women have replaced 1,413.000
men in industrial, professional and
civil service positions in Great Brit
ain in the last three years according
TO figures obtained for the bureau of
labor statistics by Miss Mary X.
Conyngton who has made study of
the effect of the war on the employ
ment of women in England. There
has been an increase of 1,426.000 in
the number Of English women en-
pioyed since July 1914.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
AFRAID TO LET GO.
Champ Clark Might Be Senator "
His Successor Was Sure.

Washington, d. c., April 24.--Champ
Clark, speaker of the house Of repre-.
sentatiyes, can be next United States
senator from Missouri if he will ac-
cept it, He could be appointed to-
morrow to succeed the late Senator
Stone for the unexpired term and.
would be assured the democratic
nomination next November IL he
would say the word. 1t is practical
ly certain that Speaker Clark will not
accept the honor. The strongest
reason for this is the fear that the
democrats of the house would be I'm
able to elect another democratic
speaker should Mr. Clark retire at
this time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

DIR. w. A. Evans of the Tribune
has submitted to the drainage board
a report showing that Chicago's ty-
phoid fever record has improved 80
per cent in twenty-five years, the
number of cases per 100000 of popu-
lation decreasing from ia in 1891 to
1T in 1917 DR.. Evans attributed
this increase in health conditions to
the work of the sanitary system.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

Prairie township was the first com.
munity in the country to score in
the big drive. The honor is worthy
the patriotic people Of Good Old
Prairie.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
The FIRST OVER.

The New Sharon Star is justly proud
OF Prairie Townships record in the
Liberty Loan Drive. II went over
the top the day before the campaign
was started and was the first town
ship in Mahaska county to report.
AS Mahaska county was the first
county in the state to raise its quota.
and as Iowa was the first state in
the Union to touch goal. II looks like
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
ASKS DIVORCE TENTH TIME
This Attempt Won't Be Withdrawn.
Plaintiff SAYS.

Kansas City, April "a For tho
tenth time Henry Soaring filed suit for
divorce from his wife. Catherine Scar.
ing, proprietor of the Star rooming
mouse on East Thirteenth Street, to-
day. The nine other suits were dis
missed at Searing's request before
they came to trial. This time Soaring
is said to have declared he will see
the case through to a finish.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

Claude Porter at least will no.
be gable to say that he has been MOI g
loyal than Governor Harding" says
the Cedar Rapids Republican, "and
so il viii not be necessary TO vote for
Porter in order to help win the war
Porter's candidacy can be treated as
wholly political"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

After ALL" says the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, "it was not such great
undertaking-rais that quota and
going over it. Nobody made any
sacrifices and everybody who went in
made a good investment"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
BACK OF THE AMERICAN FRONT,

George T. Bye, one OF the Cores
pondents OF the Reciprocal News
Service, writing from France. gives
this splendid word picture Of Demo
cracy In the trenches:
Here. boy!" or Take this. cour-
ier.' calls the Yank general or his
aide gruffly to the tail figure standing
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

THE man who will not work
when there is so much work to do is
an enemy of the government" de-
clares the Logan Observer. Make
a law that will put him to work and
keen him at work"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

The Aurora Light reports that the
banks of Lawrence county are full of
money and that persons who talk of
war hard times" in rural Missouri
are full of one of the principal dried
fruit products of California.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

"A New York lecturer says the
world has already ended. Evidently
we have missed the last installment
out this way.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

When you feel like fighting don't
waste your energy with idle swings
land real blow at kaiserism.-
Thrift Stamps.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

The Sioux City Journal says
thing that made Milwaukee more or
less infamous was made itself in
Germany"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
/. EARTHQUAKE BRINGS WATER
Wells Are Filled and the Dry San
Jacinto River Runs At
Flood Stage.

Los Angeles, April 24.-One of the
freaks of the earthquake was the sud-
den flow in wells near San Jacinto.
Many artesian wells, several dry for
years, showed a sudden free supply
of water. This sudden increase of
water manifested itself particularly
in the San Jacinto river. Before the
earthquake it was dry. Immediately
after the temblor the river at a point
below the town showed flow of
twelve inches in depth and forty feet
in width.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

Wonder if Wichita was derived
from Wytschaete?
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25

ACCORDING 10 these figures, The
draft has not yet caused very no
ticeable depletion in the ranks OF
loves great army Of farm workers,
and they are still at that most valu-
able task of supplying the armies and
civilians with food.
OF the men OF Iowa registered for
army service and living outside of in
corporated places. farm residents sub
ject to call. only about one to every
fourteen has been thus far indicted
into service. or an average OF 4.3S
men to each township of the state
Hhere is an average OF 662 per-
sons 10 a township in Iowa, living out
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
More Earth Shocks Felt.

San Jacinto, Cal, April 24.-Three
more earthquake shocks during the
night and early today made San ia.
cinto and Helmet "shiver" but added
nothing to the destruction of the Sun.
day afternoon tremors which half
wrecked the business district here
and severely damaged Hemet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
FARMERS AND THE DRAFT.

The following table, compiled by
the Adjutant General at Des Moines
shows the percentage of induction of
farmers and other data relating to
the draft as it affects the rural popu.
lation of Iowa:
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-25
Gods Thoughts.

And the angel Of his Gods pres
ence saved them" we read in Isaiah,
We are also told that after Jesus had
withstood being tempted by the devil.
land all should be able to see that
the devil was just what Jesus called
him, "a murderer" that which is de-
structive. and "a liar" that in which
there Is no truth-angels came and