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The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
Mr.. Howell There.
SCHOOLS AID WAR
STAMP! STAMP! FOURTH
WARD Is MARCHING ON"

Hurry up Second Warders! The
Fourth Ward boys and girls are buy
ing their thrift stamps at the library
now, and in one week their hand on
the Thrift Clock in the children's room
has jumped from $1,000 to $25.0O. Han
ma johnson, 713 High, avenue East is
largely responsible for the gain, as she
had birthday Saturday and all the
money that was, given her then was
Immediately turned into, thrift stamps
at the Public Library. -.tc
jefferson still hangs. onto. the lead
with its hand at $500. Lincoln, tfirst
warO stands third and Webster, third
.wardl is fourth. Altogether now for a
two days drive TO see which will be
the war,savingest, school in June 2S
National War Savings Day.
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MADISON TOWNSHIP
ENJOYED PROFITABLE 5. S. CON
VENTIoN SUNDAY, 4, -...

The annual Madison Township Sun
day School convention was held at
Madison Chapel on June %, 1918.
The, forenoon was. given to the
Study of the Sunday School Lesson,
songs by congregation and remarks by
F. J. Ferree. Then followed the bask-
ct dinner. Although the rain kept
many away those who were there
knew what to bring to have bal
anced ration" and at same time a
conservative one.
In the afternoon the attendance was
good. The speakers and music was
the drawing card
C. L. Farmhouse and Miss Kramme
with comets and Miss Bussey as &C
companiest favored the congregation
with sacred music, which Judging from
peoples faces was enjoyed very much.
Then Mrs, A. Rinden. gave brief but
interesting talk on the yalne of the
Home Department in the Sunday
School. Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Cruzen
sang Mothers of America" Then
Bro Breneman of the Free Methodist
church gave US something to take
home and think aboutuwhen he told us
OF the possibilities that awaited those
with a conception of better methods
in church work.
Mrs. Calvin !Cruzen. and Mae Schari
sang why Stand Ye Idle?"
Rev. Grigsby OF the Methodist
church gave a patriotic, address in
which he pictured the value Of our
army and its dependency on our navy
both of which is accorded by the allied
officers as the cleanest lot of men
morally they have, ever death with
He explained our fighting on eastern
continent was synomous with the ef
forts and methods of fighting forest
or prairie fires, in other words we are
back firing on the enemy. a,,.s r..
d. A collection OF s428, was taken III
| for the work of the Sunday schools
and w. ]. Howell gave some remark:
on State Sunday School work. The
nominating committee proposed T. ]
!. Williams as president. B., H. Cruzer
vice president, and Calvin Cruzen sec
rotary and treasurer of township fol
coming year and same were elected
c. L., Farmhouse and Miss Kramm'
rendered Zone Fleeing Hour" ant
Miss Bussey presided at the organ.
T. ]. Williams extended the town
ships thakfuless to those on the pro
gram in a. few well chosen words am
IW. J. Howell was asked to pronounce
1.-THE benediction. A general handshak
followed and everyone felt invtgorate
by the new thoughts and inspiring mt
sic Of the days program, and resolve
TO make the coming year the bigges
vet. s,U CT. c.
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Washed the Country.

= The sudden flood in the Des Moines
River Monday afternoon. the result of
the cloud burst in Marion, county
brought, down a great. collection of de-
bris. Everything from chicken pens
and outbuildings to dead cows. hogs
and sheep went floating by on the
crest of the food. The fall of the river
was almost as sudden as the rise had
been. ,s ~
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A HEAVY RAIN FALL
LOCAL cLoUDBURST MAKES
FLOOD CONDITIONS.

Des Moines river, which was out
of its banks Monday, is again back
to normal this morning. Mondays
rain which lacked little of being a
cloudburst near Pella, made the riy.
err a raging torrent, filled with debris
of all descriptions. Last night the
water fell over six feet and is again
within its banks. Warren Kalbach
reports that seven inches of rain fell
in the neighborhood of Rochester
Monday. And at the Park Way
farm. farther west, there was a fall
of over six inches.
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within the houses of Revedoli,, whence
the FIRE of the Austrian sharpshooters
has been particularly annoying. The
marine battalion which is called Grade
showed particular dash.
Yesterday American aviators in Ca
prom aeroplanes received, their hap.
tism of fire above the Austrian lines,
upon which they unloaded explosives
in large quantities. 80
Wanted Offensive Put.oH.
London, June 25.-One of the princi-
pal objects of the recent visit to Ger.
many of Baron Burian, the Austrian
Hungarian foreign minister, was to OBJ
tain consent for an indefinite post
ponement of the Austrian offensive,
the correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Annemasse on the Franco.Swiss
border, says he ,learnes from an unim-
peachable source ,.., -.......
, Baron .Burian pointed out that fail
ure of the drive in conjunction with
the threatening food problem and race
questions might lead to the gravest
internal disorders, revolution, but if
Austria were permitted to remain on
the defensive. the breadless situation
might be tided over, ,n.......,.. r..
Berlin, it is added, insisted that an
offensive was necessary.
Austrians Completely Defeated,
London, July 25.-The defeat of the
armies on the western bank
Of the Pave river is complete. Admis.
sion is made by the Austrian war Of
fee that the troops of Emperor
Charles have been forced to evacuate
the Montello plateau, over. which they
had hoped TO press their way and
gain the Venetian plains. and some
sectors" of the positions they attain.
I'd last week on the bank Of the river
between the plateau and the point
where the stream empties into the
Adriatic.
Bad weather and the rising OF the
piave under the heavy Fainfalis are
by the reasons for the with
travail of the Austrians. But the Rome
war. Office asserts it was the impetu.
aus attacks of the Italians that
about the failure of an opera
ion which was started with the in
ention of crushing the armies of Cen
.ral Diaz and forcing the Italians, like
he Russians to accept Teutonic
DedCe. 's"r - . 500 e - g. w.. ~ ? 4
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FINEDsl; QD0FVR !
SELLING FLOUR
cHAs. HowsAN VIOLATED THE;
- FIETY-FlFTY RULE.
MONEY GOES TO RED CROSS
While Price Of Wheat to Farmers Has
Been Raised, the Price Of Consum-
ers Has Been cut.-Rigid
Conservation Necessary.

Burlington, Iowa, June 25.-Chas
Howsan of Dewitt, Iowa, a wholesale
and retail dealer, was summoned to
Burlington today by Food Administra.
tor Deems and made to contribute
one thousand dollars to the Red Cross
on account of having violated the fifty
fifty wheat flour rule. His license was
suspended but the suspension was
withheld pending his future conduct
This is the heaviest penalty exacted
by the Federal Food Administration so
far in Iowa.
Price Of Wheat and Flour.
In statement issued today d. G.
Thompson, chief of the flour division
of the u. S. Food Administration for
Iowa. said: "A year ago flour was
$16.75 barrel; now It is $3.50, A year
ago the difference between what the
farmer got for his wheat and what the
flour cost the people was $58S; now
is Is Ga cents. The farmer now gets
twenty-seven per cent more for his
wheat than he did year ago and
housewives pay thirteen per cent less
for flour than they did then. And the
allies have been fed. That is the rec.
ord Of the Food Administration for a
year.
49, ... No Ice In Drinks.
w. T. Harper, of ,Ottumwa. chief of
the ice and milk division, of the U. S.
Food Administration for, Iowa. has
been informed d, that in Georgia, the
Food Administrator will not permit
the use of ice in drinks of any kind.
Mr.. Harper is formulating rules rela-
tive to the use of ice and milk in Iowa
but it is, probable. that they will not.
have to be as severe as those in the
south where ice production is wholly
artificial. ........, d, ....
EngIand's Meat Ration. 4
U. s. Food Administrator Deems has
been notified that England has re.
stricted the use of sugar by, all manu-.
facturers expect of jam, etc. to TWEEN
ty-five per cent of the quantity used
by them for the same period in 1915.
This applies to manufacture of con-
fectionery chocolate, pastries, drugs,
medicinal preparations. etc. /.
Must Spread Out Wheat.
C. F. Alstadt, of Waterloo, head of
the bakers service committee, has
called the attention of the bakers of
Iowa to the warning given by their
official organ, the Bakers Weekly,
which says that the situation as to
the wheat supply for the remainder of
this year is alarming. Unless the
bakers spread out over the next two
months the small quantity of wheat
flour they have on hand they will not
have any with which to bake bread
while waiting for the new wheat flour
in September.
4
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Cory Home.

Mrs. e. M. Irwin. No $40 Eighth
avenue east has been making numer-
Gus improvements about her home
place and the entire property has been
frightened by the application Of paint,
making one. Of the, neatest and most
coy homes in this section OF town.
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MAHAskAss best !.
START FOR CAMP
TWENTY.THREE. MORE or couN,
TVS LADS OFF TO WAR.
GIVEN GREAT DEMONSTRATION
Parade From Court House TO Station
Headed by 5and.--Taken to Des
Moines on Special Train at d.
...,.... One O'Clock.

Twenty-three more Mahaska county
boys left at 100 o'clock. today for
Camp Dodge. They were Joined here
by ninety-eight others representing
the counties of Keokuk, Washington,
Lee, Van Buren, and Wapello. The
boys left on a special train of FIVE
coaches and they reminded one of so
many youngsters on their way to a
picnic. Everybody was in the best OF
spirits and happy and finer looking
crowd would be hard to find.
AFine Send on.
\ The men met at the court house at
1880 and headed by the Iowa Bri
gade Band marched down First street
to the, Rock Island depot. The station
platform although not as, crowded as
at some of the previous, occasions was
filled with friends and relatives of
the boys. 1t was one of the finest dem.
constructions of patriotism on the part
of both the boys and those present
that has been witnessed here. Follow.
ing are the boys VINO departed:
.-' Those Who Went. '~aS~
George William Darland, in charge
OF men, ,....4, a., ....
e LIST Squad-Dale Hess in charge,
Daniel Chester Bradbury, Wayne Ros-l
coe Ahrens, William Henry Hull, End.
cry, Carl. Walter d. Clark. VIII An.
drews, Robert Roy Richie, Jefferson
Ralph Walls, Elmer Ellsworth Belzer,
Walter Eugene. Hughes, Clifford
Vance. .-..... .-.........r ....,... .....,
End Squad--John Newton Whitlock,
in charge, Martin Samuel Bowersox,
Roy Lawrence Moore, Walter Hop
kins, Walter Vanderhart, Chas. Har-
old Phelps, Walter Robert Martin,
Jas. Houston Comstock, Roy Howard
Walker, Faye Chester Wander Veer,
Harry Earl Stephen, Oscar Freislehen.
R. J. Shannahan accompanied the
boys to Des Moines.
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poor sort II Patriot.

He is a poor sort OF patriot who can
not md some way to econonlize in
order that he may. buy War Savings
stamps, and In so doing, give the Gov.
eminent more money, labor anh ma.
terials with which to fight the war.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
TRB9PlsHPSUNK
by HUN iUsB0AT
slxTY-sEveN or MEN AsoAED
REPORTED MISSING.
CARRIED AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Vessel Belonged To England But
Was Being Used BY United
states-ship Was Formerly the
Russian Steamer D~insL. =

Washington, D. c., Junel 25.-=Ger-
man submarines operating on, this
side of the Atlantic ocean have sunk
their first troop ship.+4 The navy de-
partnent announced Y today that
British transport. under charter by
the American government and. bound
to this country, had been destroyed
June Is, some 200 miles easts.of the
Delaware capes, and that sixty-seven
members of the crew are missing.
There We're no troops aboard -,
The troop ship apparently was not
under convoy, The submarine was
not seen until a torpedo had struck
the ship. Afterward the ,submersi-
BILE rose to the surface and fired nine
teen shots Into the sinking vessel
Take to the Boats. .
When the steamer settled the crew
took to the boats, the occupants of
four of which, numbering eighty-one
men, have been landed. Three boats
are missing and search is being
made for them. .
nc IdII tudl ltc DLlttSu Vtoccft was
sunk far off the coast led officials TO
believe that it either had encounter
ed homebound submarine that had
been operating in American waters
or else one that was bound here for
further raids on shipping.
The fact that the sea wolves which
first appeared off the coast late last
month had not been heard from since
June II caused most officers to hold
to the first theory.
, Off Virginia capes. $3.50
The last sinkiRgs reported off the
coast occurred some ninety miles east
of the Virginia capes, and il was ar
gued that in the four days elapsing
before the British transport was sent
down the. submarine would have had
ample time to reach the position
where the troop ship was sunk.
, The vessel destroyed was said to
have been the former Russian steam
er Dwinsk,e but the navy department
was not permitted to make the name
public under an agreement with the
British admiralty. t.-a
The Dwinsk is understood to have
been in British service and chartered
to the United States to expedite the
of American troops 40
France. ...
Of the four boats from the steamer
accounted for two were found by
movement of American troops to
New York. a third was picked up by
another steamer and the men taken
to Hampton Roads, and the fourth
by sailing vessel, which landedthe
crew at Bermuda.
Liner Runs Down Tow Boat,
An Atlantic Port, June 25.--A huge
transatlantic liner now in. use as a
transport ran down tug and tow
boat in the harbor here today. The
tow, a scow which was laden with
freight cars, holding supplies for the
American army, was sunk. The tug
was not damaged.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
rime For cabbaa.e.

Monday mornings rain put the
ground in just the right condition for
the setting OF lata celery and lamato
plants.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
Country Look. fine.

The country is like picture, any
direction you may choose TO drive.
Take a good look. first opportunity,
lt'a worth II. Iowa. "kneo deep in
June"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
OsKALOOsA GETS .
BIC CONVENTION
IOWA STATE SUNDAY SCHOOLS
HERE IN OCTOBER.
A BIG MEETING IS PROMISED
Walter Hutton Appointed Acting
State Secretary to Relieve w. o.
stem-PIans For Delayed Pro-
gram Now in Progress. t.....

Iowa State Sunday School Conven.
ton will be held in Oskaloosa the
first week in October opening Tuesday
Oct, L. ... b.. ..a
Walter. Hutton, of Des Moines, has
been appointed acting state, secretary
until such time as Secretary w. d.
Stem is sufficiently recovered to re-
sumo his duties.
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Postponed Dates.

Date of the annual state convention
which was to have been held in os-
kaloosa last month. in May, was defer
red for the time being following a
nervous collapse the state secretary
and all work on the program was
abandoned for the time being, in the
hope that Mr.. Stem might recover suf-
ficently to direct the plans and prep
|arations.
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To sscur. Better working Conditions

To Secure. Better Working Conditions.
The clerks in the various stores at
Knoxville have organized a union to
secure better working conditions there,
Tile first grievance is that some stores
stay open until one o'clock Saturday
nights. They expect to close them at
10 o'clock and enforce the ruling.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27
.BFGGHAUTAuQuA
IS IN PROSPECT
osKALoosA's DATES ANNoUNc-
sEohAueHsT 10 TO Is. :
.STRANAHAN IS PLATFORM MGR.
Tickets At same Old Priee-Reports
of officers Show AsaIthfuI state
of Finanees-Made Money
'r ... Last Year.

-,, The program is completed and ac-
.ceptedpby the Board aof Management
for the 1913 Assembly of the Oska.
loosa Chautauqua, to be held in Penn
College Coliseum, August 10 to rs in.
elusive. The 1918 program is patri-
otto, throughout, and includes the
best talent available. ID e.. .... ..
sRey. E., H. Stranahan,, who so &C.
ceptably filed the position last year,
has been elected Platform Manager
again for this assembly. .. ..-. .
, ,s-.s, o. Same Old Price. 40.
Notwithstanding the increased cost
of everything, the season tickets this
year will remain at the old price of
$3.50 If bought before August 10.
After August 10 they will lbe $500
The purchaser! must pay the war tax
in addition, which amounts to 10 per
cent of the. purchase price! ,.
p J,.,-.,. ~ Cash in Bank. ~.
That the 0skaloosa Chautauqua is
in excellent shape is shown by the
following reports made to the Board
at their meeting Monday afternoon:
l,tt Oskaloosa, Iowa. June, "a, 1913.
REPORT n OF SECRETARY FOR
CHAUTAUQUA SEASON 1917.
To the Officers, and Directors of the
Oskaloosa Chautauqua: ?
IN Gentlemen: herewith submit my
report for the Chautauqua season of
1917. .4.a.. o. ....,a. 49, ...,
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acting secretary and authorized to
proceed with the plans out lined by
his chief and to, marshal his forces
for big meeting in October. Mr.. Hut
ton is field worker and while, per.
haps not so well known as Mr.. Stem
is much liked where ever he has APP
peared and worked.
Obtaining Talent.
Mr.. Hutton will attend the employed
officers conference to be held at Lake
Geneva soon and will here make ar
rangements with some of the best
known talent in the land. He will ex-
ert all influence the Iowa organization
is able to bring to bear, to secure the
best talent obtainable. The convention
will in fact be benefited by its late
date as it will have the advantage OF
securing talent that was impossible
at the earlier dates.
Mr.. Howell There.
w. J. Howell who is a member of
the state executive board went to
Des Moines yesterday to be in session
with the board and the change in
the plans of the convention program
had his approval.
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executive Board Acts.

AT meeting of the state executive
board held at pes Moines yesterday
Tuesday, decision was reached to pro-
coed with the program for the annual
state convention and the hirst week
in October was designated.
!, Walter Hutton who has beensope. Of
the assistant state SECRETARIES and
who Is competent and an efficient
man in the place has been appointed
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-06-27

character have been settled and paid
This covers the period from June %,
1917, to June %, 1918.
Respectfully submitted,
C.. YER PLOEG, Secretary.
Cash Balance Grows.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, June "a, 1918.
To, the officers and Directors of the
Oskaloosa Chautauqua:
Il herewith submit my report as
Treasurer from June %, 1917, to
June 20, 1918: .. ~. .-..- =.
.J.-.. RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand June %, 1915 '232.64
Received from Secretary. 4,346.22
:. $4,57sS6
... DISBURSEMENTS. -.
Seventy t70) warrants....s4,1594 as
Balance on hand ..................... 1870
.,. REHABILITATION.
Balance on hand subject to
check ..................................:s 419.4O
Balance on hand savings ac-
count ..,.,.....,., .........,....,....... 765.26
Grand balance on hand IS 1896
Respectfully submitted,
H. S. HOWARD, Treasurer.
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Total number of adult season
tickets sold ..............................1,2 l6
Total number of children's sea-
son tickets sold .......................... 1856
-
Total number of season tick
... cts sold .........................!.1 1872
,.r, d.. RECEIPTS. , .F..,.
Total sale, of season tickets .$I927.S1
Total gate receipts ................ 1,484.15
Total reserve seat sale. s629.60
Total advertising in booklet $3.50
Total Sunday collection. 1888
Total bills receiYable.............. 2.20
Total check booth .-....,........... 100
.s.. EXPENDITURES. e.
To talent (including platform
manageT) .,...............-........... $3.079.95
To advertising and printing ..
(including boeklet) ........... 58543
To all other expenses to date 49408
Total ..-.................r. 1896
To balance on hand ..... 1876
annn11ntc nf
The sun., 1918-09-22
OUT OF THE WEST.

Bertha Mann, who plays the heroine
In Jack Lait's comedy. "One Of U.s."
is a product Of the Morosco Stock
Company in Los Angeles. Some names
in recent years have come from there.
Some were trained there. and others
were polished of, as it were, but ali
gladly proclaim their Indebtedness to
this company. 1t is a creditable list Of
men and women, including Harry
Mestayer. Charles Ruggles. Leo Car
rillo and Edmund Lowe. Recent sue
cess was also scored by Frank Bacon,
who is a born. bred. and dyed in the
wool product Of Los Angeles and the
Morosco Stock Company. Thence in
the very recent past have come Fay
Banter, Grace Valentine. and now
Bertha Mann.
Miss Mann Is no stranger to New
York. having appeared here with
Cmanue. Reicher in The Weavers"
at the Garden Theatre. She also fol-
owed Cathleen Nesbit in Justice"
but as that was just before the end
Of Its run here. she was chiefly know;
IN that play in Chicago.
Said Mss Mann: "As David BelasCO
once said to a splendid though no.
entirely successful-in getting luCra-
tive engagements--actor. You are a
splendid actor. but you always act in
back alleys SO I seem always to
have been showed into the back alleys
heretofore. And back alleys are not
altogether allur1ng places with the
bright lights of the big street so daz-
zlingly near and yet so far. Yet
would not have missed the back al
legs for the world. You may not get
even the small stipend promised you
at the end Of the week, but you get a
great deal of experience and under
standing. You learn much OF human
nature.
II have starved in the midst OF
plenty: gone without clothes to the
point Of desperation, and gone in deb-
until It seemed almost hopeless, but I
felt that 1t was all worth II on Mon
day night. 1t was what l had been
building for all those. Tong weary
years when l went from stock to
The sun., 1918-09-22

possible to learn their opinions d.
rectly. 1t is probably true. however,
that the actors do speak Of acting
character" with some contempt. As II
every role in play were not a charac-
tor for the actor, whether or not the
author has SUE ceeded in his duty.
Prejudice against the acting Of
character. which means no more to
the manager than that the actor or
actress appears in some other guise
than his or hei beautiful self, is based
on a tradition Of managers which
dates from the darkest artistic period
in our theatre. This must have been
approximately a score of years ago
The wisdom Of the impresario in those
days dictated that the actor and less
frequently the actress should never
alter the appearance which It had
pleased God to bestow. She must
be always the same. appearing with no
other difference in her costume than
the varying modes demanded. Thus
was character for a long time pretty
thoroughly eliminated from the acting
Of the popular stars.
This theory OF acting was founded
OF course on a sound commercial basis.
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THE FOURTH LITTLE GIRL"

In Jeanne Eagels David Belasco has
added a fourth to his list OF "little
girls" Their reign began with Fran
ces Starr. Having established her as
star of the first magnitude in the
Belasco armament. the producer turned
his attention to Lenore Uric, who Is
now rounding out a year Of consecu-
tive performances In "Tiger Rose" at
the Manhattan Opera House. After
the production Of 1.-The Heart Of
Wetona." while he was casting about
for a new play for Miss Uric, Mr..
Belasco discovered his third little
girl" in Ina Claire. Miss Claire was at
that time singing the audacious parody
on his own production OF Marie
Odile" in the Follies. Mr. Belasco Of
fered her the chance to make the
transition from musical revue to
Legitimate" drama in the creation OF
the central figure Of 'Polly with a