The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-03-07
GAVE ALL They
HAD To THE WAR
SISTER AND MOTHER PART WITH
BREAD WINNER.
MONUMENT TO TUSCANIA DEAD
VIII Overlook Landing Places OIL
SurVivors.--FiVe More Americans
Killed in Action in France.
All Fit For Service.

Kansas City, Mar. A wistful faced
girl led a sober looking young man in
10 the local navai recruiting station
200 Gumbei building, today.
Il am bringing you all we have left, >
she said to the officer in charge. Last
December my younger brother, Vernon
Butts, enlisted in the navy. He went
to the Great Lakes Training Station
and died January 2S, of pneumonia.
Since he cannot serve, mother and /
felt we simply had to give up Irving.
he has been supporting us But guess
we can get along, and he believes our
family should be represented in the
country's sea force" The speaker
was Miss Nell Butts.
Monument TO Tuscania Dead.
Port Ellen, Scotland Mar. At is
proposed to erect a monument in the
center of the Island of Islay, one OF
the Inner Hebrides, to commemorate
the soldier dead of the Tuscania. Prob.
ably the monument will take the form
of huge granite column, with the
names of the victims carved thereon,
and the site will be a knoll facing the
Atlantic Ocean ON a high elevation,
from which can be seen, on a clear
day three different points where the
Americans are buried.
The first proposal to erect the monu.
ment came from residents of the is.
land, and a modest fund was started
for this purpose even before the
burials were completed, but when the
American officials were consulted they
declared they would gladly assume re.
sponsibility for the project.
Five Americans Killed.
|. Washington, d. c., March Alive
Americans, including Second Lieuten
ant Harold II. Badie, of Tilton, N. H.,
were killed, five were severely wound
ed and four slightly wounded in the
| fight with the Germans north of Toul
March /, the war department. today
announced.
The department also announced the
following killed in action:
Sergt Joseph p. Chaisson, Derby
Me-, Feb. "a; Corp. Eph Boggs, Red
Jacket, w. Va, March q: Private
Hugh Weatherman, Beaman, Iowa
March, and Cook Thomas s. Hardesty
II Ramsey apartments, El Paso, Tex.
Feb. %.
Those killed beside the lieutenant
were:
Sergt. Anthony Amodei, Baltimore
Nd; Privates Edgar Parsons, Oxide
n. c.; Harry J. Henry, LoganspOrt
Ind, and Mathew Brew, Fayette, n. d
Only Per Cent Unfit.
Des Moines, Mar. 4.-Eejection be
cause Of physical deficiency among the
$4,000 men selected for military ser
vice from Iowa and Minnesota who
have reported at the cantonment dur
! ing the past week will be less than one
per cent.
This is indicated according tC
Lieut.. Col. ]. r. Shook division sur
geon in early reports from regimental
surgeons now engaged in examining
the new men.
If the present percentage be main
tanned it means that only about one
hundred and fifty men will be dis
charged.
Priceless Treasures Destroyed.
Rome, Mar. 4.-Grave damage was
done to the ducal palace, the Bridge
of Signs, the church OF SS. John and
Paul and the church of St. Simon, as
well as other treasures of Venice in q
Teuton moonlight air raid, dropping
300 bombs. 1t was the most violent
raid on any Italian objective since the
war began.
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