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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
CAR STRIKE IS COMPROMISED
ottumws City Council Grants Six
Cent Fares Until Peace is Fin !
ally Brought. About

Ottumwa, Dec. 23.--ottumwa' street
car strike ended today when resolu-
ton was adopted by the city council
granting the car company the right TO
charge six cents fares until after peace
has been actually declared, at which
time the fye cent fare rate will be
resumed.
The increase In fare,wiil enable the
street car company 10 increase the
wages OF their crew which brought
about the strike.
Mayor Leepy threatens TO begin In
jnnction proceedings Against granting
the increased fare TO the operating
..o.....,te Ia
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
rwenty.Eour Hour Tim. In China.

In China time Is calculated on a
basis of 24h0ur stretch instead Of
two l2-hour periods. as we are still
doing. This is Indicated by a time
table OF the Shanghai Nankslg rail-
way. We have, for instance: r-Tanyang,
IL 90; Chlnkiang, 1852; Nanking.
ii is; Pukow. 10 80. Italy also is us
ing 24-hour time. Tho day begins at
one o'clock In the morning and ends
with midnight ns % O'Clock. ~
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
Proper Disposal q, r,,o.

"Old ard WORKOUT tisgs should be de-
stroyed as wbcle. privately. prefer.
ably by burning. Do not cast them
aside or use them In any way that
might be thought disrespectful to the
flag" says the adjutant general of the
United States army.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
To Use Up Substitutes.

To avoid loss to themselves and the
dealers and to conform TO the request
OF the United States Food Admins
tration bakers Of the state have
agreed TO use up substitutes they have
on hand and may undertake to use
stocks of substitutes held by local
dealers in their communities.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
mahaska Was First.

So many Iowa counties are Dragging
about their hog census. with figures
recently made public, Mahaska coun-
ty was the first county TO count It's
pigs. several months ago. This coun-
'ty was through before the notice was
officially issued by Washington Off
Gals.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
lard To Get

Instead OF having difficulty to deter
mine which OF several or many caleu-
dars you will give place in your office
for 1919 II is a question OF where you
can get any kind OF calendar. The
scarcity OF paper has almost done
away with this convenience.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
We oassssta answer the chri.

We ougNtsfe, answer the Christ
''uasS Roll cal f6r annual dues and
membership. in spirit of thankful.
ness that Peace has saved so many OF
the lives OF our young men. The
American n3tion would have been
called upon 10 sacrifice as Great Brit
AIN and France have sacrificed, II the
war had continued another year. Let
us enroll under the banner OF the Red
Cross ina spirit of gratitude that we
have been spared the horrors OF war.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

The Red Cross is an organization in
which all have a common interest. IL
knows no creed, no religion, no poll
lrses. Any man. woman or child may
soin. The heart interest of all is de-
sired. 1t is a privilege TO have a part
through membership, in the great work
il has. and will accomplish.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

The Witwatersrand Commercial
Exchange OF Johannesburg, Union of
South Africa has resolved. TO exclude
from its membership and from rep
presentation on the exchange any per
son or firm of enemy nationality. ;
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
Seeking large Endowment.

Coe College at Cedar Rapids is go.
ing out after an endowment fund. She
in seeking $S.5OO.000. We have grown
within the past twenty-four months.
No Iowa college would have dreamed
of such sums two years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

Herbert Hoover, United States
Food -Adpinistratorp made a state
ment recently 10 the effect that he
fears 4O, 009.sOo Russians in the north
ern confines of their country will be
shut away from transportation before
food can reach them for the winter.
They face starvation in its most trag-
u form
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
Grand Jury WORKING.

Mahaska county grand jury Is
grinding away in the hope OF complet.
ing its work by tomorrow (Tuesday)
when a report will be made TO the city
court
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
1THE WAY or. The TRANscREss-
OR rs HARD"

II Is CAD thing that Germany is in
ned OF food.
But nation that has caused the
death of IL .OOo. 900 men the manning.
Gripping and wrecking OF other mil
lions of men. Of bringing grief. hunger,
pain and dearh TO a vast multitude OF
tinasehsiye women. children and aged
ineopie, and that has destroyed
charches, homes and other property
-Aslifrh has taken the toll Of centuries
70 acetsnulate: .ulpst expect retribu'
ZION. IfAermapy a nov @ suffer some
sof the agony sh8'heb caused others.
III she is to hunger and even welter IN
kef own blood through the Red Ter
4of 90 be il. Her victims must be fed
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
Libel on ou,rterma....s

An army padre tells this story:
There was once quartermaster who
went to heaven. And he got big job
at once--bccause there were no other
Quartermastcrs there.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

Maybe there will be soldier can.
didaIeIor president in 1920. A boom
fer .G.ensgal John J. Pershing has been
launched in Ohio, and one for General
Leonard Al. Wood n Kansas
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

Two more greatly Overestipa'ed
citizens the Messrs. Tom and Jerry
will wake up Christmas morning find
ing themselves confined TO smaller
territory again this year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
PRESIDENT CHEERS
WOUNDED YANKs
SPENDS HOURS VISITING co.,
oilers IN HOSPITALS.
WILL DECORATE ALL GRAVES
Committees viii See That the Resting
Place of Every American Soldier
in Devastated Country is Re-
membered Christmas Day.

Paris, Dec. 23.-President Wilson
on Sunday visited the Red Cross
hospital at Nenilly, where he shook
hand individually and talked with
200 badly wounded Americans. for
the most part survivors of the
Chateau Thierry action. He spent
more than four hours in the hos
pital, visiting every ward and stop.
ping at every bedside. Later he Wis
tied the French hospital Val de
Grace.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
Aeed Of Permanent Roads.

fridays rain put the roads in a bad
condition for Saturdays trade. The
only way In reaching the city vas with
horse and buggy and tbs. ears around
The park were very few.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
There have been pro-Germans OF

There have been pro-Germans OF
every nationality except one. No one
has ever heard or known OF pro
German negro" says the DEBORAH Re
publican. The conduct. of the negro
soldiers in the war gives them a com
mending place in %,merican citizen
ship, even though they cannot vote. in
some states" D..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
Popcorn Profitable.

w. II. Johnson OF Aurelia. in chero-
kee county. has grown $4,000 pounds
OF pocorn. ON seventeen acres, the
crop netting him sl.750.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

The attitude most of us assume,
according to the .Atchison Globe,
There viii be no quarrel. I1r attend
10 your business and you attend 10
yourSa
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

Why these new postal air routes?
Has not the postal service been all up
in the air for long time? r
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26

When cast down, east mp your
good fortunes. ..
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
Decorate Soldiers Graves.

Paris, Dec. 23.-More than 1900
graves Of American soldiers will he
decorated on Christmas day. by the
committee for devastated France. In
the region between LaOn and Chateau
Thierry, where the graves will be
decorated. the committee will also
provide a Christmas festival for
5000 children. Christmas stockings,
filed with candy. toys and games sent
from America, will be distributed,
each child. in addition. being given
some article of clothing. mittens or n
mnffler.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-12-26
FLAGS Float Across Rhine.

Cobienz. Dec. 23.-The German
fortress OF Ehrenbreitstein sometimes
called the Gilbralter of the Rhine. on
the opposite bank of the river from
Coblenz, was occupied by American
troops today. The commander Of the
American forces in Colonel Robert
,Boyers. a West Point graduate af
1908.
The American flag was flown from
the staff on the Central hospital here
today. The surgeons claim this is
the first time the American banner
has been raised over a building in
Coblenz since the town was occupied.
Marines Police Rhine.
Cobienz. Dec. 23.-American mar
ines who began patrolling the Rhine
is under the regulation of an inter
allied commission, Freight is not al
lowed to cross the river from the
west. All boats entering either end of
the American sector must present
papers showing he destination of the
cargo and other details.
A policing system for the Rhine in
the vicinity of Coblenz and NeIwied
has also been inaugurated, the mill
tary police using boats requistiOned
from the Germans.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
Goosman-Bowers


A pretty weddingwas quietly solemn
lied in the home of the brides sister,
Mrs. j. G. Richardson, 21l0 Evelyn
Avenue, last evening, when Miss Lilly
Franklin Goosman, daughter of Mr..
Fred Goosman of Somervile, Tenn,
became the bride of MIR. F. ]. Bowers
OF Birmingham, Ala.
The rooms thrown open for the occa-
sion were prettily decorated in a, green
and yellow motif. Large wicker bas-
kets filled with goldenrod and tied with
fiImy tulle bows we're artistically ar
ranged about the rooms. An archwsy
of greenery studded with yellow flow
ers, caught with filmy tulle bows,
marked the place of the ceremony,
which was read at $3.50 O'Clock by the
Rev. DR.. C. H. Williamson. pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church, where
the BRIDE for several years has been an
ardent worker in the junior department.
For the occasion the bride wore a be-
coming model of brown silvertone cloth
with hat and accessories in harmony
with a corsage bouquet of bride roses
and valley lilies. Little Miss Lilly
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18

The aboYe account taken from last
Sundays Commercial Appeal is of in
terest to Sowervile people where the
bride spent all her life until a few
years ago when she went to Memphis
where she has held very responsible
position with the New York Life In.
suFsnce Company. During her resi-
dence here she was one of this city's
most popular young people. She has
the education and culture added to in
nate refinement, together with grace
personal character to make happy the
home of her husband and the interest
and good wishes of this community go
with her to her new home.
The groom is a lumber man of Birm-
ingham and is engaged with his COM
pany at this time on war work for the
Government.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
Conservation Day Oct. 27

Food Administrator Hoover has cali
ed upon the American people to set
aside October 9th as Conservation Sun
day. During that week there will be
distributed to each home in the United
States a new home card, indicating the
19l8-l919 program for food conservation.
In order that the important features Of
this vital program be presented, Mr..
Hoover has prepared a message to be
read in all churches on October 9th,
and in addition has requested that all
denominations observe this day with a
conservation service.
When the interalied food council was
held last summer, the needs of the AL
lies we're computed and the resources
from which they could be met were
reckoned. Corrected as the returns
from the harvest were ascertained and
the shipping possibilities were develop
ed, the schedules show that America
must this coming year send our armed
forces and the Allies half as much a.
gain of food supplies as last year. In
place of eleven and three-quarters mil
lion tons the shipments this year will
be seventeen and one-half million tons.
We are pledged to send fifty per cent
more food and from substantially the
same stocks as last year there must be
increased conservation to accomplish
the result. The nterallied council was
told that whatever the war. food pro.
gram of the Allies requires we will en-
deavor to meet. This is an obligation
measured in the terms of human life
that rests on every American.
The new program is less specific but
no less definite than that of the last
twelve months. Then the Food Admin.
stration was meeting one emergency
after another as it arose. This year it
will be a long, steady pull directed to
whole food situation and not so much to
particular commodities. After ayear's
experience the Food Administration is
on a new footing here and abrosd. The
ways have been learned. the methods
have been developed. The war con-
science is active everywhere. Thespir
it which will carry this effort through
to another triumph is alone the same,
yet intensified by the year of anxiety
and frightened hopes.
Mr.. Hoover's message for Conservs-
tion Sunday will be distributed to the
clergy through the organization of the
Federal Food Administration in each
State.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
SERVICE AS BROAD
AS The COMMUNITY
War Camp Community Service Pro
vides Numberless Intimate Com !.
forts For Soldiers

Club rooms for soldiers, entertain
ments for the boys in khaki, outings
for convalescent men back from
France, small, but appreciated ser
vices to soldiers and their relatives
and friends--these are some Of the
manifold activities of the War Camp
Community Service.
The War Camp Community Ser
vice comes close to the intimate life
of the soldier and provides for his
mental as well as physical comfort
by furnishing the facilities which
make it possible for him to relax
from the strain Of military training
and the preparation for overseas
fighting.
Its symbol is the red circle and its
activities are as unending as the cir
cumference of its insignia. Thou.
sands Of soldier boys take advantage
of its facilities and other thousands
OF relatives and friends of the boys
in Uncle Sans uniform are daily
benefited through its various ave
nues Of effort.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
The County Fair Next Week

The present plan is to hold the Coun-
Is Fair here next week, Thursday and
Friday, October "a and %, and exh, Bit
ors are invited to have their .exhiuits
ready and on the ground at that time,
The influenza situation has not yet
cleared sufficiently to warrant the
County Board Of Health 10 raising the
ban on public gatherings. but hopes
are entertained that By the dates stated
above the quarantine will be removed
and the Fair can be held without fur
ther interference from the malsdy.
A fine interest has been shown in the
Fair all over the county and prospects
have aII along been bright for a record
breaking collection of exhibits from
over the county. That this postpone
ment will hurt these displays is not
believed here and many even believe
tic Fair will be benefited by the delay.
in that cotton picking win have adsan-
ced further 50 ss to permit more peo-
pie to come and bring their products.
Il Is hoped the latter will prove the
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
Fourth Liperty Loan Quota in
Fayette County VIII Be
Reached

In an interview Thursday morning
with Capt. E. A. Maddox, County
Chairman of the Liberto Loan Organi-
cation, The Falcon learned that suffi-
cient progress has been made in solicit.
ing subscriptions for the Fourth Loan
in this county to assure the county
reaching her quota of $l66, 600 set by
the Treasury Department. This sum Is
more than double former quotas for
this county, but the conditions have
made securing subscriptions easier and
Capt. Maddox hears from local commit
tees in every part of the county that
the people are coming right up to their
responsibility and their ability and sub
scribing literally, so literally that he
feels sure that when the time for the
campaign to end is at hand every dol
lar expected of this county will be met.
The following names have been Sc
cured as members of Thousand Dollar
Club in the past week, There may be
other Thousand Dollar subscriptions
which have not yet been reported to
County Headquarters, but the following
have subscribed the amounts set oppo-
site their names of the Fourth Liberty
Loan Bonds:
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
BUILDING MORALE
OF Jewish TROOPS
Work OF Jewish Welfare Board Pro
ducing Splendid Results In
Camps and Trenches

No more effective work toward
maintaining the highest morale among
the American troops has been done
by any war organization than by the
Jewish Welfare Board, which is en-
gagged in its task of keeping up the
lines of communication between the
Jewish men in the trenches and
training camps and the folks back
home
Believing that in the struggle OF
morale against "kultur" the American
army has every advantage that will
insure success, the Jewish organiza-
tion is making its chief issue the
stiffening Of mental and moral fibre
among the soldiers of the Hebrew
faith. The call for workers is urgent
and rabbis, professional men, journal.
lists, social workers and others are
entering the service Of the Jewish
Welfare Board to make up the 400
workers needed to fill the ranks.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
Mrs. Mollie Burbanks

On last Saturday night, October IL,
MIS-. Mollie FiDdley Burbanks died in
Caruthersville, Missouri, while on avis
it TO her sister, Mrs. H. l.. Fisher.
Her remains were forwarded to Mem
phis where she was laid to rest in Elm
wood cemetery Tuesday, October Ia.
And on the day following her burial
her brother, Grover Cleveland Findley,
went to join her in that peaceful man.
sion where parting is no more and all
is joy and happiness. He had been
sufferer in the tuberculosis hospital in
Memphis, Tennessee for number of
mouths, and dear beresved ones let
this thought comfort you that though
this brother and sister will be sadly
missed. that they are much better off.
and now let each of you SO live as to
be prepared to meet them when the
summons calls for you.
Both the deceased were born in Som
ervile and spent the early part of their
lives here. Those surviving are Mrs.
j. W. Shinault of this city, Mrs. c. X.
Brigance of Memphis; Mrs. H. L. Fish,
er of CaruthersviIle, Missouri; and a
brother. w. B. Findley, who is Some
where in France" and the saddest of
all, Mrs. Burbarks leaves a dear little
baby girl. Zslma Marie, OF ly six months
old. May Gods richest blessings be
bestowed upon 1t. and His loving hand
ever guide and protect this precious
lttleone who is left without fathers
or a mothers love.
A NIECE
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
case and that there will be such col.
lection as never was seen here before.
See that you do your part.
T. T. Hardy Dead.

A mutual friend at Wesson, Mississ-
ippi, wrote The Falcon this week of the
recent death at his home at that place
of Prof. 7. 7. Hardy, for many years
a resident Of Somerville and a long
time Superintendent of the County
Schools here.
Prof. Hardy went to Wesson about
fifteen years ago and has been honored
with offi.ial positions there which prove.
the confidence in him of his nsighbOrs
and associates there. He was . prOmi-
nent Mason while here and the letter
of information to The Falcon states
that be was a good Mason and the sec
retary of the WessOn Lodge. and that
he was buried with Masonic honors by
his brethren there. During bis long
residence in this county be made lots
of friends who win regret to hear that
he is dead.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
Obituary

Thomas Springer was born near Pine
Bluff, Arkansas in Ashley county, June
10, l84l, and died October /, 1918, aged
n years a months and Il days. He
WAS married 10 Miss Bette Williams
in 1876. To them were born eight
children. He leaves to mourn bis loss
faithful wife and four children, Mrs
Lizzie Crook, John Springer, Miss
Paltie Springer and Willie Springer,
all of the Antioch neighborhood.
His devotion to duty won for him the
love of all who knew him. He suffered
number of years but we can rest as
sured that his sufferings are all over
and he is now occupying the mansion
that Jesus mad prepared Tor him. Every
thing that human hands could DO was
done for his relief and cure, but all
was in vain. Only time and God can
comfort the heart of the grief stricken
companion and children who cared for
him as mother for her babe. He can
now walk without help.
May each of his children emulate his
Christian example, live so they too,
may have home with their sainted
father in the beautiful beyond.
Interment in the Hood cemetery,
servi' es conducted by Rev. w. L. Suggs
Of Oakland, Tennessee.
"0NE Who LOVED HIM"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
ANXIOUS FOR BOOKS
American Library Association Pro
vldlng Reading Matter for Boys
On. Battle Fronts

Despite the fact that the ocean
transportation facilities are being tax.
cd to the utmost, the task of provid.
ing reading matter for the boys in
the trenches is being handled with
an efficiency and dispatch that is sur.
prising even to those who are closely
in touch with the situation.
The American Library Association,
which has shouldered the responsible
fly Of collecting books, magazines
and newspapers by the millions in
every city and town throughout the
country, is distributing this huge
quantity Of reading matter to the
men in France through the Y. NJ. G.
A., the Red Cross, the Knights of
Columbus and the Salvation Army.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
Go to France. See the Finish

We are asked to secure 5000 men
and women to go to France at onre
in the service of the Y. M. C, A.
with the American or French forces.
They must be men of large business
experience; capable of filling these po-
sitions:
l. As administrative or financial ex-
ecutives in the Paris headquarters.
2. As executives of divisional areas
administering from 25 to 300 Y. M. C.
A. ''huts."
8. As direct executive Of the Y. NJ.
C. A. "huts" near the firing line, 100
per month from West Tennessee and
Memphis.
The work is in direct touch with the
men at the front; the closest possible
contact with the war, except IS a SOL
der. Every man over military age
can serve his country here In the most
direct way.
The need is for men Of large business
capacity, from 81 to 50,years of age,
of American birth and parentage and
capable of hard work. Thets are no
Office hours in the Y. n. Z. A. Work.
Uniforms, Equipment. Expenses ard
Home Allowance for Dependents fur
nished. Women above % of the right
type and motive accepted.
5 Come. follow your sons to France.
Apply to E. E. George. Y. NJ. C. A.
Memphis. Tenn.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-10-18
SIX Y. ". C. A. WOMEN
ESCAPE FROM RUSSIA

Atlanta, Ga.-The six secretaries
sent to Russia a year ago by the
Young Women's Christian. Associa-
tion to organize the work OF the as.
sociation in Petrograd and other
large cities, have escaped from Rus
sia, is the news Just received.
The whereabouts Of these six wo-
men had been unknown for months.
Whether they were alive or dead,
had been a mere matter OF guess
work.