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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-19
AMERICA AND BRITAIN
TAKE DUTCH VESSELS,
One Million Tons OF Hollands Idle
Ships to be Brought Into the War
Service of Allies Under Inter
national Law.

tons of Dutch ships now held in ports
the world over, through Holland 5
fear of Germany's threat to sink them
if they venture out, will be brought
into. the service of the united States
and Great Britain on March IS,
Unless the Netherlands government
braves the menace Of Germany )
pressure and voluntarily accepts an
agreement under which the ships
would be put into trade, the Unitei
States and Great Britain will take
them over under international law,
availing themselves OF a sovereign
right which Germany herself has eS-
! ercised under the same authority.
Formal notice has been presented to
The HasS: by the American and Brit
ish diplomatic representatives of the
allied governments intentions. AS a
result today, the Netherlands minis
ter, August Phillips. acting under In,
,structions of his government, made q
final and personal appeal to Presiden.
Wilson to at least modify the de-
cision.
The Associated Press is enabled to
state that the president saw no reason
! for altering the decision and that un-
less the ships ere turned over by next
Monday presidential proclamation
will be issued taking over the ships in
American ports, of which there are
about 80. Many more. however, are il
B,--ssh or other allied ports On the
Sc ~eas:
.e American official point o.
view, the action is one into which the
allied governments have been forced
by the German duress on Holland,
which may now see her ships in trade
again and can point out to Germany
that they were take through no will
of her own.
No Small Asset.
Coming at time when the dire need
of the allied cause is for ships, this
acquisition of million tons is Of tre-
mendous importance. Every arrange
ment has been made for compensation
of the Netherlands for the ships. They
will be insured and armed and if any
be lost they will be replaced, besides
material compensation will be paid
for their use. the United States will
permit the export of breadstuffs and
cattle foods which Holland needs sore
" for her own people, and in addition
will restore the interrupted trade Of
Holland with her colonies by guaran-
teeing bunkers for her ships in that
trade.
Under this arrangement Holland still
is left enough ships for her own needs
and has been notified that plentiful
supplies Of food await her if she sends
bottoms to carry it. BY this arrange
ment. officials point out. further re
sDonsibility for food shortage in the
Netherlands. if there be one. will rest
on Germany. if continued threats
coerce Holland into keeping her ship
ping in harbors.
American and allied officials have
no fear that the move will force Hoi-
land into the war.
Starvation Scheme.
Germany's latest campaign of ruth
1essness against neutral shipping is
attributed by the war trade board in
a statement tonight to a deliberate
plan for cutting off the North Euro
pean nations from America and allied
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-19

WANDA 2
lection. This does not include r0asSS
taxes as they were extended by ass=e
legislature. c. G. Schumpers,
3-5 If County Treasure
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-19
OFFENSIVE IS ORDERED
Field Marshal Hindenburg is Qnoted
as Saving That the Germans Are
Prepared to Lose 10000 Men
in the Operation.

Amsterdam. March 15.-AccordlnS
to news received here Field Marsha'
Won Hindenburg has stated in an inter
view in Berlin that the entente had
shown an unresponsive attitude to-
ward Germany's peace intentions and
that the great German offensive there
fore must 90 on.
In we'll informed neutral quarters
recently the Associated Press CORE
spondent was told that. the Germans
were prepared to lose 3o0,000 men Il
an offensive operation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-19

The Verdun offensive of the Ger
mans. in which they failed to break
the French line. has been estimated
in conservative quarters as havinr
cost them something like 10000
men,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-19
4 NERVOUS
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark. N. J.-"For about three
wears | suffered from nervous break
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-03-19

Germany's latest campaign of ruth
1essness against neutral shipping is
attributed by the war trade board in
statement tonight to deliberate
plan for cutting off the North Euro
pean nations from America and allied
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
At PRIVATE SALE
SIXTEEN HOGS FROM THE HOOK
HERD SOLD SATURDAY.

When, on the order of the state
board of health, all public sales were
called off Saturday on account of the
influenza epidemic and attendant
quarantine, J. F. Hook, who had a
special sale of big type Poland China
hogs dated for the fair grounds in
the afternoon. was left in a rather
embarrassing situation. Numerous
buyers were in town from distance,
representing several counties, and
they did not relish the idea of trip
across the state and not being able
TO secure what they came after. The
stock had been taken to the fair
grounds and every thing was in
readiness for the auction when the
orders of Mayor Harold were receiv.
ed carrying out the instruction of the
State Board of Health.
But the buyers did not go home
disappointed While no public sale
was permitted. the visiting stock men
were allowed to go to the fair ground
and sixteen animals from the herd
were taken at private sale and were
shipped out today.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
WINS A BIC PRIZE
MRS. LINCOLN WARNER TOLD
HOW TO SAVE SUGAR

Cedar, Oct. 22.-Mrs. Lincoln War
ner was awarded one of the first two
places of equal rank awarded in Ma
haska County by the United States
Food Administration during the recent
Sugar Saving Contest. The award was
made for a suggestion of exceptional
merit to effect saving of sugar.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hill and son
have moved to Cedar from Pasadena,
California. They are now staying at
the Jasper Warner home until they
can occupy the Jasper Warner farm in
the spring.
James Boyd bought some sheep at
Mount Pleasant.
Mrs. ]. s. Garrett has been spending
few days in Eddyville with her
father.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hill spent a few days
visiting their son Fred and family at
the Jasper Warner place before re.
turning to their home in Pasadena.
Ben Spurlock of Oskaloosa. Kansas,
is visiting at the home of John Thorn
as and other friends.
So far there are eleven cases of
flu in Cedar, none of them serious.
Will Brubaker has built a cement
water tank for stock.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24

she received this week directly from
her son, was unusually welcome. He
says:
you probably thought l was never
going to write again, but this is real.
ly the first good chance | have had,
for we have been very busy fighting
the boche, and we certainly have been
giving them a good licking. Every.
where on the line we have driven
them back as far as we wanted them.
! will not try to tell you about the
fights we had, it would take too long.
Besides, you will read better ac-
counts about it in the papers.
Il was pretty badly wounded the
18th Of September, but am getting
along fine now. Was wounded in
the right leg below the knee. am
still in bed, but will be able to get
around on crutches in a couple of
weeks. We are certainly getting
fine treatment in the hospital, so you
need not worry. The doctors or Red
Cross people would let you know
should anything happen to go wrong.
Your son, Corporal Glen F. Cameron.
Base Hospital ia, A. P. o. 705,
A. e. F."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
HOME DEPARTMENT
LOCAL SERVICE DEPT. MOVES
INTO ELkS BUILDING.

The Home Service Section of the
Mahaska Red Cross Chapter have
moved into their new Offices in the
Elks' building. Any one in need of
the services of this department will
find Mrs. Arthur Lewis, or one of her
assistants, on duty during all bust.
ness hours. This is a part of Red
Cross work that is not very well
known, but it is a big task and
growing every day. 1t is a work that
is quietly taken up and quietly ac-
complished, but one that is most wor-
thy OF your investigation and assist
ance. When you stop to think that
over 1900 boys have gone from Ma.
haska county, you will realize some.
thing of the "bigness of the job
looking after the folks at home.
The department is organized for
TIE sole purpose of being helpful to
the families and relatives of men in
the service of their country, and it
stands ready to answer the call at
any time. The work is under the
direction of the following committee:
w. w. Williams, chairman; Mrs. Ar
thur Lewis, office manager and field
worker; Mrs. +. J. Jarvis. recording
secretary; Mrs. Carroll Sawyer, Mrs.
W. II. Heating, r. NJ. Boyer. ]. A.
Dewitt and w. H. Kalbach. The Of
flee telephone is No. 1902.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
East Center,

M. and Mrs. Hud Comstock and
son Lotus of Oskaloosa spent Sun
day afternoon at the John Nelson
home.
Miss nellie without, a teacher in
the Grinnell schools, is home for an
indefinite stay on account of quaran-
tine foT influenza.
East Center school is under quar-
antine for thirty days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Willhoit and
youngsters, Helen and Max, and Har.
ry Willhoit of Hedrick drove up Sun.
day morning and spent the day at
the w. J. without home.
Mrs. Emma Goddard of Oskaloosa
is spending few days with her sis,
ter, Mrs. j. r. Colville.
Word came this week from Walter
Vandermeyden, that he is still in a
Hospital Unit in Portsmouth. Eng
land.
l. NJ. Reed received word last week
from his son Nile, somewhere in
France, that his wounds are doing
nicely, but he is still in the hospital.
Pond Lily.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
GiVin.

Z. G.. Leaman has returned from
Canada, looking well and feeling fine,
He expects to spend the winter here
with his family.
Dave Roberts returned Wednesday
night TO his home in Missouri. He
was called here by the illness and
death of his father, Lewis Roberts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Jenkins Of Sioux
City are visiting relatives and friends
in Givin. They were called here by
the illness and death of Mrs. Jenk'
ms father. Lewis Roberts.
Walter Flockhart arrived Thursday
from Washington, D. c., for fur
Tough. He has been in the medical
corps in Washington, ever since he
entered the service. He says he
weighs twenty Lounds more than he
ever did.
Mrs. r. F. Harper, who was i'll for
several days with heavy cold, is
able to be out again.
Mrs. Mabel Belzer is quite sick.
Miss Edith Leaman came home !"
Saturday from Keokuk where she
teaches in q Business College. The
school was closed on account of the
influenza. Miss Edith is now under
the doctors care.
r. L. Reese is not as well as usual
His many friends hope to see him
better soon.
Henry Freeman is rebuilding the
foundation under his house.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
IS MADE SERGEANT
CLAIRE FRESHMAN PROMOTED FOR
WORK UNDER FIRE.

Word comes to the parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. NJ. Reisman. of the pro
motion of their son. Private John
Claire Reisman, to Regimental Ser,
geant, as reward for work at ST
Mihiel. France. The supply com.
pany OF which Claire is a member was
the only one Of the Goth division that
kept supplies to the front trenches
during the entire time Of the fighting
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
OFFICIALS CHOSEN
COUNCIL NAMES REGISTRARS
AND ELECTION BOARDS.

The city council held its semi
monthly session Monday evening and
all members were present except
Lewis of the Third ward. Claims
Fwere passed for the first half of Octo,
Ebe:. :. =
/ Peoples Water Company presented
la report of the meter results of the
water used by the city during the
month of September and the total con-
sumption averaged 53,672 gallons per
dav. One of the city schools used
. 1884 gallons per day, which was
regarded as far in excess of the real
demands.
A petition was received from the
members of the police force. request,
ing an increase in their pay. After
discussion, a motion prevailed that
the ordinance regarding the pay of
policemen and firemen be amended
so as to add SO per month to their
present salary.
The matter of the painting of the
ceiling of the fire department build
I ing as reported by Fire Chief /. II.
McCracken was referred to the I'm
rrovement Committee with power to
at.
Registration boards for the comin;.
lection were appointed as follows.
First Ward-W. H. Minnick and
W. D. Titus.
Second Ward, First Precinct-A.
Mendenhall and r. l.. Blackboard.
Second Ward, Second Precinct
w. w. Montgomery and Jenkin Reese.
! Third Ward First Precinct-W. |.
Beans and Dennis Ragen.
D. Third Ward Second Precinct-L.
N. Bacon and j. n. Endicott.
Fourth Ward-C. E. Munroe and B.
A. Wright.
Fifth Ward Frank McGlumphy
and George Capel
Judges and Clerks were also ap,
pointed as follows:
/ First Ward-Judges: c. E. Kessler,
Harry Oliverson and w. N. Hall.
Clerks: D. c. Waggoner and F. J.
Burlington
Second Ward. First Precinct -
, Judges: w. r. Matthews, G. E. Rey,
nolds and w. II. Wray. Clerks: w.
= Il. Bridges and J. c. Arnold.
Third Ward, Second Precinct -
Judges: H. R. Kendig, w. N. Brown
and Max Shrago. Clerks: J. c. Flew.
yelling and c. E. Brooke.
Third Ward, First Precinct -
Judges: J. w. Lewis, A. E. Peasley
and Frank Boyer. Clerks Ernest
I Brewer and Charles johnson.
! Second Ward Second Precinct
Judges: John Williams, A. F. Dewitt
and II. A. Bloomfield. Clerks: Webb
Homer and Todd Barnhart.
Fourth Ward-Judges: William Kill
patrick. J. H. Pickett and l.. A. Trot
ter. Clerks: c. Whitmore and H. H
! Dickens.
Fifth Ward-Judges: Henry Gus
tafson, Jasper Cox and w. L. Row
land. Clerks: Roy c. Rich and A. E
Stanley.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
PAVEMENT REPAIRS
M. &. ST. l.. RY. RELAYS BRICK IN
DRIVEWAY AT STATION.

East of the NJ. G. st. L. passenger
station, the brick driveway between
High avenue and First avenue west, is
being taken up and relaid in order to
take out the rough AMI uneven places
in the driveway. During the various
seasons, there is considerable heavy
travel and trucking done here and
the driveway has ably stood the test
Of almost twenty years in the veal
and tear of traffic.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24

plies from Holland and Spain, lately
Withdrawn from the city.
Yanks 5elittled BY Hun.
BY the way, on our entrance into
Lille when We traversed roads not
yet controlled by British military
police, we were stopped twice by hor,
rifled suburbanites of the city crying
Danger! Danger! Explosive!" So we
would back out and on to safe roads.
The Germans had partly convinced
many of the people that America was
failure in the war and the greater
part of the American Expeditionary
Force was already captured The En-
elish, they had said, had driven the
French out of Northern France and
would occupy it permanently. Except
ing its suburbs, Lille is not at all dam.
aged. AS we were returning across
the pontoon bridge at Harbour Inn
we met British Quartermaster officer
on his way to the Mayor of Lille to
get estimates as to the amount of
rations needed Emergency supplies
he said were on the way.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24

the thing cannot be imagined. Over
ten thousand square miles of territory
were burned over and the loss can
never be reckoned.
| Days and days the fire burned and
defied the organized effort of the
lighters to stay its progress. 1t is too
| great a catastrophe to be compre.
hended. The whole world seemed on
| fire. The season in the north has been
unduly dry, no rains having fallen
| since in May and the woods and the
| accumulations on the ground were
powder dry. The intense heat of the
frey winds caused great areas and
whole sections almost to burst into
instantaneous flame and this heat was
added to that already accumulated.
The great wonder is that the catas-
! trophe was not greater.
Fate Anticipated.
People in Cloquet were not alarmed
or worried as to the safety of the town
until toward evening when the oncom.
ing cyclone of flame was signalled
from the west, but the people of Du-
luth and West Superior had taken
cognizance of the situation and were
apprehensive of disaster They knew
of the fate Of the towns beyond and
trains with survivors were racing
with the fire and following close upon
each other into these places. The rail.
ways did wonders in rescuing the peo-
pie and but for their magnificent eff
fort thousands more must have per-
ished miserably.
Red Cross Relief.
Mrs. Erwin is loud in her praise of
the splendid work of the Red Cross
in caring for the sufferers, the home.
less, the injured and the destitute.
Thousands were dumped upon them
without warning. one might say, yet
so diligent and so efficient were they
that the work could not have been
more competently handled had they
prepared for such a thing for months
in advance. They found shelter for
the fire victims housed them and fed
them and then placed them in sep
afdte MONIES unlll SUCH IlHleS as OlHeT
arrangements might follow. 1t was a
wonderful piece of relief work.
Cause Of Fire.
As to the cause of the great fire. No
one knows when or how it started.
Possibly from careless campers in the
midst of the forest, but one hears all
manner of stories of the work of Ger
man agents and the fact of incendiar.
ism has been sufficiently established
in numerous instances to give founda
ton TO some of the claims. Fires broke
out in sections that were not in the
path of the tornado of flame and it is
said that witnesses to the act of firing
some of the places burned have been
found.
THE loss of life had reached over
1900 before left" stated Mrs. Erwin.
This figure has now reached over 1900
and the exact number of victims will
never be known, for many were en-
tirely consumed and their ashes
carried away by the winds.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
SUDDEN SUMMONS
DENNIE cRUDEN DROPS DEAD
WHILE CUTTING WOOD.

Dennis Cruden, we'll known resident
of the city, dropped dead this fore.
noon at the home of his son John J.
Cruden 710 A avenue west, a little
before noon.
Deceased had been in his usual
health apparently and was in the back
yard chopping wood when seized with
either heart trouble or appoplexy.
Coroner +. NJ Cheesman was sum.
moned but the case was not one re,
quiring official investigation and no
inquest was held.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
Stacker to camp podae.

Harvey Cundiff. aged is, was picked
up at Marshalltown. Being able-bod-
led and unwilling to go 20 work, little
time was wasted upon him. A dep
uty United States marshal escorted
him to Camp Dodge. and it is cinch
that he will work there, whether he
feels inclined TO do so or not.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
Walnut lous,

Delta Press: Melvin Keener was in
from his log work Saturday and re-
ports he is loading five car loads for
John LaForce, Beacon. Besides this,
he has loaded six car loads and five or
six yet to be loaded from Lakonta.
Jesse Ulin and Mats Biewen from
Delta are helping him and they are
experts in that line OF work.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
All Schools Silent.

Every school in Mahaska county,
either town or rural. has been closed
under the quarantine whether there
was case In the district or not. in
obedience to the orders of the state
board of health as applied by the
county superintendent.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
RECENT CASUALTY"
WRITES FROM BASE ABOUT THE
FIGHT AND HIS WOUNDS.

Glen Cameron's mother, Mrs. ]. NJ.
Cameron, sol North A street. had
had no direct message from her son
since July 9th. until she received a
telegram recently from the War De-
partment, informing her that he had
been wounded. Therefore the letter
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
MANY WILL Be
IDLE AFTER WAR
BOTH IN INDUSTRIAL AND IN
MiLITARW CIRCLES.
LAND TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM
Small Farms To Be Placed In the
Reach of Those Who Will Be Sud.
denly Thrown Out of
Employment.

Washington, Oct. 21..-The Com
mittee on Public Lands of the Senate
has unanimously reported in favor of
a bill appropriating one million dol
lars to make surveys of farms t'r
returned soldiers. In it's report the
Committee says the proposed legisla-
ton is for the purpose of providing
an opportunity to procure homes for
those of our returned soldiers aid
sailors who may wish their upon
their return from the war, as well as
giving like opportunity &c ;hous.
|ands of workers in munitions clctor-
RS and other war industries who III
the conclusion of the war will be out
of employment. 1t is intended to
promote as nothing else ever has the
back to the land spirit. 1t is recog-
.nized that one of the great evils of
the times in our country is the over
crowding and congestion of people in
the cities, many of whom are utterly
untitled for city life and not adapted
to the avocations thereof.
Many Will Be Idle.
After the war this undesirable con-
dition will be greatly intensified. Fur.
therfthere will be hundreds of thous-
ands of young men who will have re-
turned from service, in our army and
navy who will be out of employment
and for whom there will will be no
jobs or positions. In addition there
will be thousands of men and women,
now employed in munitions factories
and other war industries which will
have to close at the end of the war,
who will be out of employment Many
of them will have some means which
they will have saved at their en-
ployment and with which they can
locate upon and improve land and en-
gage in agriculture, horticulture, or
live stock raising. All of the above
described classes of people will be
needed on the land. The land will
need them and they will need the
land. 1t should be the object of the
government and it is the object of the
proposed legislation to provide them
with the opportunity of getting the
land
Many Looking Fc: Jobs.
Furthermore, he undertaking
which this proposed legislation con-
templates if embarked upon by the
government, would afford employ
ment to thousands of men who will
be out Of employment at the termin.
alton of the war, when there will be
scarcity of employment in this
country and when the idle will be
Clamoring for employment
This bill is in line with proposed
legislation suggested by the Secre-
tary of the Interior and the Commit
tee believes it of great importance.
The Committee further believes that
it should be attended to in ample
time and that no time should be lost
in doing it. The war may end in
another year, and if this scheme is
to be embarked upon at all no time
should be lost.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
FIGHT THE FLU.
BY Rupert Blue Surgeon Gen.
erai v. S. Public Health.

The room in which the in
fluenZa patient lies should be
cleared of all unnecessary fur
niture, bric.a-brac. and rugs. A
wash basin, pitcher and slop
bowl. soap and towels should
be at hand, preferably in the
room or just outside the door.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-24
Twenty-one Towns Burned.

Twenty-one towns and villages
were destroyed utterly, and hundreds
and hundreds OF country and farm
homes wiped out together with stock
and living things. The awfulness of