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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
WHITE CHRISTMAS IS DUE
Weather Bureau Predicts Snow for
Eastern Half Of Country, Which Is
Still Uncovered.

Washington, D. c., Dec PA white
Christmas from New England to the
great lakes is indicated in weather
bureau predictions for tomorrow, which
says unsettled weather and probably
snow will prevail through that region.
Elsewhere generally colder weather
will mark Christmas day with un.
usually low temperatures along the
northern border from New England to
North Dakota
The south Atlantic and gulf states
may expect rainy Christmas, the re-
port adds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
TAKING Of LODI
HELD|MPORTANT
.Genman General Disagrees
With Russian Critics
Regarding the City
CALLS 1T TURNING
POINT OF CAMPAIGN
Report From Front Shows
Fierceness of Fight
Between Armies

LOdz, Russian Poland, Monday, Dec
21.-By Automobile Courier to Posen
Prussia, Dec. 23)-The capture of Lodz
according to declaration made today
by General Won Hindenberg, the Ger
man commander, to correspondent OF
Tho Associated Press, was the turning
point of the campaign in Poland. The
Russian lines in northern Poland rest.
ed on this city, for the possession of
which there occurred the most bitter
struggle of the entire war on this front
After the Russians, following a most
obstinate resistance on their part, were
forced to evacuate the town, general
Russian retirement in the direction OF
Warsaw became necessary.
Under the guidance of Major Won
Holleben, cousin of the late Baron
Won Holleben, who was at one time
German ambassador to the United
States, The Associated Press cor
respondent today visited some of the
battlefields in the vicinity of LODI and
gained an idea of the nature of the
operations which led to the capture of
the city.
According to the general alignment
of the Austro- German forces, they
might have been expected to advance
from the west. AS matter of fact,
the attack was made largely from the
north and northwest They drove
their columns into the Russians in the
form OF huge pitchfork, with an
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
ALLIES PREPARE
FOR AN ADVANCE
HOSPITALS ADVISED THAT THEY
WILL SOON HAVE LARGE
NUMBER OF PATIENTS.

Paris, Dec. A., Correspondence of
the Associated Press)-The allies in
the western field are about to take the
general offensive against the Germans.
All British and French soldiers on
leave have been recalled Word has
been sent to the hospitals of Paris
and the vicinity to prepare to receive
great numbers of wounded.
British reinforcements are arriving
in the north and it is understood that
they will be in position by next Fri
day. With the fresh troops are many
of the new fifteen inch British howit-
zers, which will go into action for the
first time against the Germans. They
are beliepedIo be much-more Spnwerftla' !
than the German mortars and to out
range them.
General Joffre and Field Marshal
French have been waiting for two
months for the moment to arrive to
make a general and sustained attack.
The Germans are no longer throwing
themselves against the positions of the
allies and appear disposed to hold their
positions in the west and concentrate
their efforts in the east
Immense reserves of shells and am
munition have been accumulated by
the allies in preparation for a general
forward movement. The allied troops
appear to be considerably more nu-
merous than at any time since the
opening Of hostilities. Their equip.
ment, their transport and morale are
judged by neutral military observers,
who have recently gone to the front
to be beyond anything they have pre-
viously attained.
Since the foregoing was written dis
patches have told of greatly increased
activity On the part of the allies at al-
most all points of the line from the
North sea to the Swiss border This
new activity has been interpreted as
signalling the long expected general
advance. On December 81 the German
war Office gave out what was said to
be an order for general attack by the
allies, signed by General Joffre and
dated December II.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
Christmas Cheer for Needy
Of Ottumwa Will Not Be
Lacking This Year
MANY FORCES WORK
TO BRIGHTEN DAY
Old and Young Remembered
in Gifts That Bring
Joy and Comfort

If Ottumwa and Ottumwans diu
nothing else of moment throughout
the year but the spreading OF good
cheer at the Christmas time, this in
Itself Is shining beam that brightens
many dark spots, for the annual recur-
renee Of this joyous time is a signal
for all that is best in Ottumwans to
come to the surface, it is the time that
love and consideration for the less for
tunate brother and sister is made
plain.
The CHEEKY Merry Christmas" that
is on every tongue Christmas day, Is
given special emphasis and practic-
al meaning by kindly acts OF consider
alton for those whose fortunes are i'm
paired and upon whom cross nav
nave fallen to make their lot unhaDnv
or one with much lacking to brighten
it,
More Giving This Year.
Ottumwa has for many years made
1T practice to remember the poor or
less fortunate Of it's people at this
time OF year. Many instances Of this
have been shown in the past and the
testimony of many could be given to
show that the silent helpful force has
for years been present at this time.
But never in her history has Ottumwa
and her people shown SO great q desire
to help the other fellow as this year
The Christmas giving to the needy and
those unlikely to have the little thinss4
that brighten the day, and more, espec
1ally the gifts Of these things that are
not little but Of practical use and often
times real God send, are being made
this year in greater volume than ever
This, too, In the face Of the fact tha,
IN this community more than $4,000
was recently subscribed to the aid Of
the Belgian war sufferers.
Many agencies are at work in the
city today and for some days past In
preparation of the great Christmas
day The wonderful gospel Of love for
the neighbor has seldom had such 8
demonstration as Is given this yule
tide. Various organizations are zeal
ously at work trying to alleviate suf
fering and to bring Christmas cheer to
lives and homes that know little OF
joy and happiness.
Eiks' Spread Cheer.
Thousands of Ottumwa's young and
old, as well as those Of ages that come
between these extremes, will be given
a Christmas by the kindness OF their
neighbors and the givers do not parade
it. The biggest force in point OF tho
size and character of the gift Is the
Ottumwa lodge B. P. O. Elks, whose
baskets of foodstuffs will bring happi-
ness and real cheer to many cheer
less home.
Stocking Club Active.
The largest organized effort and
one that brings into it's staff Of work
ers the largest number Of individuals
and widest range Of ages, is The Cour-
Ter Juniors Stocking club. This band
of workers includes persons Of every
age and sex but is especially peopled
by the children and the gifts they
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
FEDERAL TROOPS
TO BE WITHDRAWN

Washington, D. c., Dec 24.-Details
of the plan for the gradual withdrawal
of federal troops from the Colorado
strike zone, in accordance with the
agreement reached at the conference
between Secretary Garrison and Gov
ernor Ammons were being worked out
today at the war department. The
plan was agreed on following a confer
ence which Governor Ammons of
Colorado, Governor-elect Carlson and
Senator Shafroth had with the presi-
dent yesterday when it was decided
to begin taking away the troops with.
in the next ten days.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
STRONG IN EUROPE
MANY SACRIFICES ARE MADE IN
ORDER TO SEND GIFTS TO
THE SOLDIERS.

Paris, Dec. 24-Christmas at the
front will be as cheerful and comfort
able as the love and self-denial of
nearly every family in France can
make it, The spirit of those at home
is not to give presents to one another
but to unite and give all to the son,
father or brother serving with the
flag.
Many family in France probably
will dine meagerly tonight and tomor-
row because of the packages of soft
woolen things and boxes OF delicacies
which have gone to the kinsmen at tho
front
Then there are field glasses, wrist
watches, sleeping bags and an amaz.
ing variety of campaign conveniences.
The military administration has
transports so that all of this month
numerous vans loaded with holiday
packages were among the long supply
trains back of the army.
Many lone soldier without family
has received various packages OF
things to eat wear, smoke or drink
from societies.
The ministry of war among other
things, is sending a bottle of cham
payne for every four soldiers at the
front
All the plum puddings in the shops
of Paris have been taken by the
French military to send to the British
soldiers The Belgian refugees, espec.
tally the children, are being so overfed
that the committees in charge of them
have postponed by agreement various
dinners and entertainments so as to
extend them over the next ten days.
King Albert of Belgium has sent a
box of twenty-five cigars to each OF
the Belgian soldiers All the hospitals
have arranged concerts, recitations
and stereopticon shows for convalesc-
ing soldiers.
The American ambulances are
bright with holly and mistletoes.
Madame Poincare, wife of the presi-
dent Of France, has sent 5000 pack
ages of toys, candy and clothing to
5000 Alsace-Lorraine children, who
live in the territories reconquered by
France.
The French government is deliver
ing great quantities of packages from
Germany to prisoners of war. For the
most part they are useful things like
blankets, underwear and woolen socks.
Similar deliveries, it is understood
will be made by the German author.
tiles to French prisoners.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
CONTINUED on page 81
THAW'S MOTHER TO
SEE HIM CHRISTMAS

Manchester, N. H., Dec. 24.-It was
learned at the home of Harry X. Thaw
today that it was probable that Mrs.
CoDely Thaw, his mother, would spend
Christmas with her son. 1t is under.
stood that Mrs. Thaw visited his chief
counsel. former Secretary of State
Philander G. Knox, at the latter's
country home in Valley Foroge, Pa,
yesterday when further legal proceed
ings on behalf Of Thaw were dis
cussed.
Thaw maintains the silence imposed
on him by his counsel.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
CONTINUED on page 81
CRYSTAL PALACE
USED FOR TROOPS

London. Dec. 24.-(Correspondence
Of the Associated Press).-The crystal
palace, London's famous recreation
ground, will be closed to the public
from New Years day until the. end of
the war, in order to provide training
quarters for soldiers. 1t is estimated
that at least ten thousand men will
bunk in the glass exhibition hall
One effect will be to cause the Eng
lish cup final. which decides the pro-
fess;onal association football cham
pionship and is the most popular sport
ing event in England, with the excep-
ton of the derby race, to be played on
other grounds next April
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
.BARBED WIRE IN DEMAND.
Fighting Nations Of Europe Send Huge
Orders Over to the Mills OF
America.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 24.--Demand
from the belligerent nations Of Europe
for barbed and plain wire today reach
ed the feverish stage in the wire mills
OF this district Offers of orders aggre-
eating 125,000 of which 25,0O0 tons are
specified as barbed wire Of special de-
sign, have been made within the last
few days. This business is worth ap-
proximately $4,000,000 and will keep
the mills going for several months.
England, France and Russia have
been large customers OF the Pittsburgh
wire mills since the war began
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
BOMB DROPPED ON DOVER
/. Aile Aviator Appears at English
Ports But Escapes In the Dense
Fog and Mist.

London, Dec. pa hostile aero
plane dropped bomb over Doven this
morning and then disappeared, accord
ing to sttement made this afternoon
by the official press bureau.
The text of the statement follows:
can aeroplane of the enemy drop.
ped a bomb while passing over Dover
this morning The, missile fell in a
garden and exploded but no damage
was done. The aeroplane was seen
for few seconds only. 1t left imme.
diately, passing out over the sea. A
British aircraft went up but did not
see the enemy again. The weather
was clouSs .3d foggy."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
JOFFRE FEELING
0UTGERMANL|NE.
French Leader Attempting
to Discover Weakness
in Enemy's Front
CHRISTMAS TO BE
OBSERVED QUIETLY
Gifts From Home Being Dis
tributed Among the Men
Who Hold Trenches

London, Dec. 24.-Christmas eve
finds little change in the underground
.rfare now being conducted in the
western theater Of the war where Gen
eral Joffre, the commander in chief OF
the French armies, still appears to be
cautiously feeling for an opening in
the strongly entrenched German line
across France and Belgium.
In the east a supreme German effort
continues to be made before Warsaw
where the forces Of the German cen
ter and of the Russians seeking to
check them, sway back and forth along
the banks of the rivers barring the
way to the Polish capital
The Russians claim successes in the
latest encounters but during the last
ften days the Germans have advanced
! sappreciably and it is said they now
are bringing up their 42-centimeter
guns preparatory to siege operations.
In Galicia the Austro-G German forces
seem to have made no further pro-
gress and in the north the Russians
are reported to have pushed the enemy
further back into East Prussia.
The German tactics in the march to-
ward Warsaw, military observers in
London point out. are beginning to
have some Of the characteristics of the
rush towards Calais and Dunkirk
which the allies stemmed, thousands
being sacrificed and others being
hurled forward to fill the gaps with
the same prodigality that was shown
by the Germans in Flanders.
Military experts here are unable to
agree on the number of the Austro-
German troops in the east, estimates
varying from 100000 to 100000 but
1t is pointed out that Russia, unless
exaggerating her resources, should be
easily able to top this figure. now that
her concentration of forces is nearing
completion.
Petrograd has never conceded that
the occupation Of Lodz by the Ger
mans had any strategic Importance,
but the German view has now found
expression from Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg, who remarked to the rep
resentative of the Associated Press on
the eastern front that he considered
It 'sthe turning point of the campaign"
All the armies are planning to spend
Christmas as best they may. Boxes
and greetings from home have been
Or are being distributed in the
trenches. at the hospitals and in the
camps. hundreds Of thousands Of post
cards to the soldiers and sailors from
King George and Queen Mary being
one feature of the British gifts.
The Austrian attempts to crush Ser
via, which some predicted would be
abandoned in view of the recent turn
Of events by which the Servians re-
occupied Belgrade, are soon to be re-
newed in the form Of final blow
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26

Essad Pasha, always prominent in
Albanian military and political circles
was named provisional president fol-
William of Wied, who had been select
ed by the powers to rule Albania Es-
sad Pasha was last reported as advanc-
ing on Scutari, and 1t was said that he
had proclaimed a holy war in Albania.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26
ALBANIAN RULERS
PALACE is BURNED

London, Dec. 24,-A dispatch from
Du1azzo, Albania, to the Central News
says that the palace of Essad Pasha
at Tirana has been set iaire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26

Continued on page 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-26

The largest organized effort and
one that brings into it's staff Of work
ers the largest number Of individuals
and widest range Of ages, is The Cour-
Ter Juniors Stocking club. This band
of workers includes persons Of every
age and sex but is especially peopled
by the children and the gifts they
, 1914-06-10
E S INDIAN COTTON.

Messrs. Wolstenbolme aud Holland, OF
Liverpool, write as follows, under date April
20, with reference to the sales of West ln-
dian Sea Island cottou;-
Since our Inst report between $50 and 300
bales Of West Indian Sea Island cotton have
been sold, including Antigua l9d to I'D,
with a few super. fine bags at 24d St. Kits
and Nevis 19d. to 2Od, Barbados 203., Tor
toln, ST, Eustatius, Barbuda and Montserrat
153d to 163d,
Prices for the finer sorts remain very firm,
but the medium and lower qualities are
pressed for sale and buyers are Indifferent.
Planters and shippers would be we'll ad-
vised if they sent for ward their cotton III
commercial quantities.. We wish to lay stress
upon the tact that splnners will not look at
lots Of less than 10 bales, Planters Of small
quantities in one OF two of the islands have
been successful in pooling their cotton, and
we &c not see why this could not be done IA
all those islands where no superfne cotton is
grown. Probably one. half of the total
West Indian Sea Island crop comes forward
in lots of 5 bales aud under, and if this con
tinues, the prompt sales which planters
desire are not possible. - grjcult"1ai NewS,
Nay 9Th.
, 1914-06-10
Translation.

Vt hereby maion known, that according to request from Hplonua Sons Llmed Mans
- featuring of Soap Liverpool in England, the registration, effected same at the ossta
tcn Office Of Copenhagen sub No 812l9l3 for the Trade Nrk as described below, has mln
date Of 10Th May a C. SUBJ No 1ll9l4 been extended 50 s to be valid also with regard to
the Danish West Indian Islands:
DESCRIPTION of the Mark: A locomotive seen from the side aoHou the word. ENGINE
Pursuant t& IA Of the Lay Of IL April 1890 there has been announced as attorney
Upper Court Lawyer Sgnd Thomson Copenhagen.
In accordance With announcement of 9th August 1888 the 1ulhw been registered IN
London 18th May 889 in Class IS for Perfumes lndudug ter9ulla toet articles pro
puaHons to be- used for tn, teeth ai hair md scented soap The kegHtratonls renewed
from 9th August 1902. On the 18th Of July 1912 there was entered in teE English Trade
Mark Register that the right to the Mark has been transferred TO uoa nuouncas here coming
forward
Published in SusHlende oath December 1913
GuvemenentHN de iaBk y8Gndske Ger st Thomas, den 9Io Mn 1914
BAUMANN
, 1914-06-10
Translation.


YT is wished to send home to the Royal
- Lyipg-ln Institution in Copenhagen Is
suitable woman to be trained as a midwife.
She will have free passage going and re-
turning and free maintenance at the Lying
in Institution.
After a successful examination she may
expect public appointment on the occurrence
Of a vacancy.
Those women who wish to be considered
will please send in applications, written by
the applicants themselves, accompanied with
the necessary. information, including a state
ment of age,t to the Office of the King Physi-
clan before the 21st inst.
1t is remarked that a knowledge Of Danish
Will be a special recommendation.
The applicant must also appear personally
before the Kings Physician.
Office of the Kings Physician for st.
CroIx, 2 June, 1914.
KALMER.
, 1914-06-10

Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, Of
Liverpool, write as follows, under date May
s, with reference to the sales of West Indian
Sea Island cotton
About 200 bales of West Indian Sea Island
cotton have been sold since our last report at
prices ranging from It'd. to POD, chiefly
Montserrat IT'D. to l94d., and Barbados
18d. 60 god, with stains at It'd. to I'D.
The stock is now considerable, and the
bulk of it has arrived within six weeks mean
while, spipners are only buying in small
quantities as they require it dgric"tturat
NeUs, May 23r6
, 1914-06-10

Eiter vel oyerstaaet Examen vii han kuune
f~oryente o~ffentlig Ans~ttelso we'd indtrcden-
de Yaconce.
De Kvinder, der onske at komme j Be
tragtnjug, Vile behage at indsende soly-
skrevne Ans6gninger med fornodne Oplys-
n]uger, deriblandt Angiyelso at Alder, I'll
Physicatet linden 21de DIS.
bet bem@rkes, at Kundskab til Dansk VII
ynre en- sserlig Anbefaling.
Apsogerinden maa tiIige personlig from-
8tlIe sig for Physicus.
Landphysicatot for st. Croix, don 2 Juni,
1914.
KALMER.
, 1914-06-10

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