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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
WEST POINT

Mrs. Robert Wilson of Hfllsboro Is
spending few days at the Mrs. sam
Wilson home.
Miss Nora Link has returend from
visit with her sister Mrs. Roy Bean ~
Ft Madison.
Born. to Mr.. and Mrs. John Link. on
Wednesday July %, daughter.
The contract for the carpenter WORN
on the new amphitheater at the falr
grounds was awarded to Herman
Brockman. The new building will be
larger than the one recently destroyed
by fire 1t will be 26x120 with IL tiers
Of seats and has a seating capacity OF
1000. The cost Of the new structure
will be about $1,000.
Miss Elizabeth Becker who has been
visiting relatives near st. Paul re-
turned Thursday to st. Rose convent
at La Crosse, Wis
DR.. D. J. Meents departed Tuesday
for five weeks visit in different parts
Of the west. Mrs. Meents who has been
visiting her parent at Dufur, Ore, will
accompany him home.
D. A. King was in Burlington We'd
nesday where he attended the retail
ers short course.
John Mapes Of Aledo, ILL.,, is visiting
his daughter Mrs. VIM Wilson.
George Meyers Of Omaha, Nebr., ar
rived Tuesday for visit with his
mother and other relatives.
Misses Helen and Kathryn Brockman
of Quincy, ILL.,, are visiting their par.
ents Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Brockman.
Rev. Bishop James Davis Of Daven-
port was the guest Of Rev. Father
Jacoby Tuesday.
Sister M. Mildred and Sister M. It'd
ella of ST. Marys school departed Fri
day for the mother house at La Crosse
Wis.
Mrs. ]. F. Nacke and son Louis re-
turned Thursday from visit with hel
sons at Pluver, Iowa.
Rev. Father Jacoby, Mr.. and Mrs
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
SQckclOth and Khaki
How Much of the Scolding 1t Gets for Unprepared-
ness Does the American People Deserve?
BY JONATHAN A. RAWsON, JR.
American Limit Aaments

side of the Atlantic while these dwell
ers in Europes armed camp we're not
ready? They were living In dread
and suspicion Of one another, with
boundary lines adjoining. We are liv-
ing in friendship with all Of them and
with twenty-five hundred miles of blue
water between our shores and theirs.
How absurd and shallow it is. when
we come to think Of 1t, to condemn
ourselves for having neglected to en-
case ourselves in armament more Sc
curely than they, and with far less
reason than theirs for any armament
When, however, has 1t ever been our
policy or wish to be prepared for war
in times of peace? The most we ever
professed to do was to be ready to get
ready. Big standing armies simply
could not exist in the United States.
The people would not tolerate them,
even IL men could be found to recruit
them, except in the face Of a real en-
Urgency or the prospect of one. Mill
tarism and all its creatures are abhor-
rent to America; and censure our
selves, for not having provided our.
selves with something which would
have been Inconsistent with one OF tho
national principles of which We are
proudest, Is ridiculous.
BY every standard Of necessity
which we have ever known, our navy
has been our first line of defense; and
by every standard Of necessity, like
wise, our navy has measured up to the
every duty which has confronted 1t.
Those who are attempting to discredit
it today are measuring it by conditions
which no naval strategist ever thought
possible when it was planned, and by
conditions which no navy has thus faf
been able to overcome.
Though eleven nations are now at
war. with six Of them straining every
resource to add to their sea power, on
ly three of them-or perhaps only two
larger navies than ours, and we
are at peace with all the world. II
the balance between our quota OF bat
tleships and submarines and our de-
ficiency in battle cruisers are points
of weakness-and no naval expert will
"a vet endanger his reputation by ven
turing final statement on these points
they are defects that are In one de-
gree or another common to all navies,
and have been revealed within space
of time during which they could not
possibly have been corrected.
So let us shed the sackcloth. We
can at least do that; and, while consid-
ering the colonel's khaki, let us be as
sured that in our chosen serge, mo-
hair or plain cotton overalls, we are.
quite as we'll prepared for any dispen-
sation OF world weather as either the
proprieties or the necessities have
thus demanded that we should DO.
onal Editorial Servico.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

would be doing greater service for
Germany than would our active partici.
patton on their side. 1t Is no fault of
ours If Germany cannot or does not
need to buy war supplies here. AS
long as we continue to sell contraband,
we are aiding the cause of the allies,
bur in accordance with the practice Of
thousand years. If we stopped the
sale of war munitions, then we would
be just as great or greater service to
Germany-but by method not In &C
cordance with thousand years preo-
edent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
FIND CHILD HANGING
ON BARB WIRE FENCE

Mason City, Aug. 3-Caught in the
barb wire fence across a small creek
the body Of Cecil Goldthrope, small
son of Oscar Goldthorpe, missing for
four days was discovered by officers.
This ends a search that has attracted
wide attention. 1t has not been de-
termined If the child fell into the
stream or was thrown in the water by
some automobile driver who had
struck the child.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

About everything that goes wrong
these days is blamed on the war in
Europe. There are many people who
profess to believe that the excessive
cannonading over there is the cause of
the heavy and continued rain fall over
here
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
ONLY ONE PATH.

FOR thousand years or more, 1t has
been the practice of neutral nations to
trade with warning nations. For the
United States to suddenly stop the sale
of war munitions, thereby Gripping
the British and French armies without
in any way affecting the German army.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

The various Investigations Of the
Eastland disaster in the Chicago river
will not do bit of good to the unfor-
tunate victims, but the agitation will
help prevent similar disasters in the
future.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

Austria and Italy have declared war
on each other. There has been no de-
claration of war between Germany and
Italy. Some people will claim that
Germany has no right to furnish Aus
tr1a ammunition to use against Italy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

Preventable fire consume millions of
dollars worth of property each year.
A little carelessness on your part may
make you the next loser. Keep your
premises free from danger of prevent
able fire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

dence," meaning that evidence which
had been tempered with.
"The best illustration l can think OF
came within my observation not long
ago." said the lawyer. "A physician
had said to fair patient:
Madam, you are little run down.
You need frequent baths and plenty OF
fresh air, and advise you to dress In
the coolest, most comfortable clothes;
nothing stiff or formal
when the lady got homo this 10
how she rendered to her husband the
advice given to her by the doctor:
"'He says l must 60 to the sea.
shore. do plenty of motoring, and get
some new summer gowns"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

All men cannot grow rich, but any
man can make himself independent
in his old age by laying by portion
of the money he makes during his
days OF greatest earning capacity.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

The rain has ruined the corn on
most of the bottom lands, but 1t has
raised crops on the hilltops that are
far in excess of any hitherto secured
from them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
AUTO HIT ~ TRAIN.

Independence, Aug. 8.-Burgess q.
Young was fatally injured and his
mother seriously hurt when an auto
mobile in which they and I'VE others
were riding was struck By an Illinois
Central train here Sunday afternoon.
Miss Jessie Young and all but two OF
the children, who managed to drop
out Of the car before 1t was struck,
sustained minor injuries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
Dl n n q 3
8 tort . y

A we'll known lawyer was trying to
make clear to legal student the sig
nifcance of the term 'colored evi.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

A Kansan sat on the beach at At
lantic City watching a very fat
bather disporting himself In the surf.
He knew nothing of tides, and he did
not notice that each succeeding wave
came little closer to his feet At
last, an extra big wave washed over
his shoetops.
"Hey, there!" he yelled at the fat
bather "Quit yer jumpin' up and
down. Dye want to drown me?"
Police Judge Simon Hahn, while
addressing a political meeting one
night last week, related the following
incident in reference to telling the
same tale over and over again, says
the Newark Star.
"You all know" said the judge,
chat the speeches made at political
meetings, are all very near alike, but
to get something different is the
proper thing nowadays.
1T puts me in mind Of case of q
woman who appeared before GER
tain magistrate and when asked her
age said she was thirty years old.
The judge looked at her and said:
sec mere, Uldudul, WOlcA JOu ACAO
before me five years ago, and didn't
you tell me then that you were thirty
years old? The woman said that
was so, and the Judge asked her
what she meant by coming before
him and telling an untruth.
1.-THE woman replied: Well, you
see, your honor, I'm one Of those
kind Of women who do not believe
in saying one thing once and another
thing another time"
Little Johnny's family moved into
a new community and Immediately
little Johnny was seized by a pretty
young woman and hauled OF to Sunday
school.
john sweetly remarked the young
woman to her class on the following
Sunday, "you know, Of course, all about
the Sabbath"
Eyes, maam," was Johnny's rejoin-
der.
Good" commended the teacher,
with a pleased expression. I'm what
way does Sunday differ from the other
days?"
"You sleep later and go fishin',"
answered John with the air of one who
knows.
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in attendance at the union meetings at
the M. e. church last week.
The union meetings closed Wednes-
day evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
why don't you ever wear those
pretty new shirts bought your
asked Mrs. Newlywed.

''It's like this lovely" her husband
replied. IF 1 wear them I'll have to
send them to the laundry afterward,
and they're such beautiful shirts that
I can't bear to have them ruined"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05

Those people who live in that swell
house on the hill aren't bit stuck up,
remarked the butcher.
why thought they wetre too proud
to notice anybody" said his wife.
mot bit of It," replied the butch
or Every time call there with my
bill they ask me to call again.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-05
Bad Teeth
Foul Breath.

Every mouth where hsat. moisture
and darkness are uniform, IL hot
bed, an incubator for germs. These
germs multiply rapidly in cavities OF
the teeth and thrive under the edges
of sore, swollen, liberated gums.
These germs are dangerous to health.
especially to people in poor health.
Too much attention cannot be paid to
those things, especially when pus 10
forming under the gums. and you are
getting 1t into the aystem. Have your
mouth put in a healthful conditiou
and you will not regret Il,
Arizona republican., 1915-07-01
SCHOONER HELD WHILE VOYAGE
 INVESTIGATED
The Annie Larsen With Cargo of War Munitions is Detained at IIoquiam Suspected of Neutrality Violation
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHl

SEATTLE, June 30.-The Schooner Annie Larsen with a cargo of war munitions valued at $3000O0 aboard. was detained al Hoquiam. while a thorough investigation of her wander ing voyage begun on March s. at san Diego. is being made
 Customs authorities will inquire whether fraud was committed when the schooner after clearing for Topo lobampo. Mexico. never tried to reach th port. but sought to transfer her cargo to the steamship Maverick whose charter reported she had been caaling German WJr.hips. The De partmcnt of Justice will make a sep arate investigation of ali that con cerns a possible violation of the neu- trality law
 Captain Paul Schulter says he does not know the destination Of the ships cargo and plans for disposition lie thinks the arms are intended for one of the warning Mexican factions. The cargo consists of 4.000 Springfields. 1000 cartridge belts. 1000 bayonets. and 1.G00.00 rounds of ammunition. Walter Page. of Kansas City, an American. supercargo of the vessel. which is under his orders has kept m secluSlon m his cabin on the ship United States Attorney Clay Allen of Seattle has communicated all the facts nnown in connection with the Lar sent to the Department of Justice, at Washington and is pursuing the in vestigation without having received special instructions.
 Collector of Customs r. C. Harper. says the captain of the Larsen ap- bears to have admitted his ship ig- nored her clearance papers The penalty for the violation of neutrality is the loss and forfeiture of the ship and cargo
 The shipment of arms to Villa, and Carranza is said not to be a violation of neutrality but as both factions have ports of entry they would not
 CContinued on Page Four)
Arizona republican., 1915-07-01
ASSOCIATED PRESS p1sPArcHl

CORNISH, N H.-PreSident Wilson was informed tonight of the sinking of the Armenian by German submarine. He said he would wait for full off cial information before deciding on the course he would pursue
 The president displayed deep interest. but refused to make official comment. He had been told a favorable reply rom Germany to the last official note prot estiug against submarine warfare was probable. and therefore word of the sinking of the Armenian was re- ceiVed here with surprise. The pre- sident adopted the same attitude he maintained after the sinking of the Lusitaoia, the Nebraskan attack, the Enlfiiglt attack, and other ships car ryins Americans. reserving judgment unbi aH availlble information was re- Ce red. Ii vas said at his residence that hs had not changed his plans of rema glng over July Fourth. because of the Armenian news and no prediction c0uid he made as what he would no aftcr ull of'iciaI information has been .rccetvea
 Ths rigbt Of a vessel to attempt to escape upon sighting hostile warship Was upheld in the last American note to Germany referring to the case of tie l'aiaha, and at the same time it N as held that after a vessel had stop ped upon warning that she was not subject to attack until the persons aboard had been removed.
 From the fact that two shots were
Arizona republican., 1915-07-01
Three More Are Appre- hended at Fl Paso, Max ing a Total of Six Since IlueIta Was Detained There on Sunday
TO HEAR CASES
 SIMULTANEOUS SLY
Is Established That Salva- dor Resa. Former Huerta Captain, is Held at Jua- reg and Villa Planned His Execution
IAssocIArEp PRESS pIsrArcnl

FL PASO. June 3O.-Three more ar rests. making a total of six since Gen. IIuerta was detained Sunday are the definite developments in the Mexican situation here. General Caraveo. Ike and Frank Alderete were taken on charges of violation of the United United States neutrality.
 The AIderetes are also charged with purchasing and mobilzine horses. on their ranch east of Fl Paso. Cara yeo's bond was placed at $5,000 and the Alderetes at $4.Q00 each.
 Their preliminary hearing was set simultaneously with the time the cases of Huerta. .Orozco and Jose Zozaya are to be heard. It was established today that Salvador Resa, a former Hucrta captain. is being held by the military authorities at Juarez. IL is understood the Villa authorities plan ned his execution because of evidence alleged to connect him with the new revolutionary movement. but they greed on a suspension of the sen tence Whether the officer will be used as 2 witness at tomorrow's hearing for Huerta and the others accused is un- certain.
 The officials at Juarez and Fl Paso are without additional adVires on the fighting reported in Encarnacion. south of Aguas Calientes between the Villa forces and troops under General Ben jamin Hill.
 The reported arrival Of Felix Diaz at Fl Paso last night sull remained a mystery and efforts to locate him fail- cd.
 Any negctiations that have been had relative Co peace proposals between the VilIa Ind Carrauza factions as credit ed to Jose Rohles, remained in statu quo.
 The officers at Fort Bliss stated the monthly inspection was open to the public and Hucrta has not been given special invitation, as was reported at Washington.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-01
Dominion Freight Liner Armenian, Flying British Flag and Carrying Mules from Newport News to England, is Destroyed
TWENTY-NINE ARE
 REPORTED DEAD
Creates Sensation as This is the First Case of Loss of American Lives Since the Sinking of the IuSitania
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsPArcHI


 WASHINGTON. June 3o.-The De- minion freight liner Armenian, fly ing the British flag, and carrying mules from Newport News to Eng land was torpedoed and sunk on Monday night for the German sub marine U-38 off Cornwall. A score of American muleteers are reported lost, according to messages received by the state department from Con- sul John Armstrong Jr, of Bristol. Twenty nine men were lost and ten injured. The news created a sensa- ton in official quarters, as this was the first case of the loss of American lives since the sinking of the Uusi- tania. The gravity of the incident, and the action of the government de bends almost entirely on whether the Armenian was chartered by the British government, and in fact a transport of war in which case the Americans sailed at their own risk
 In the ease of an unarmed mer. chantman. even carrying contraband, the ship should have been subjected to search. and those aboard trans ferred to place of safety before destruction was attempted. In the absence of official information. off cials here declined to say what ef feet the sinking would have on the pending negotiations between the United States and Germany
 an immediate inquiry was direct cd. however. to Ambassador Page, to obtain more details and when Secre- tary Lansing returns tomorrow Am bassador Gerard will be instructed Q inquire of the German admiralty as to it's report From messages re ceived it appears in addition to the torpedo at least one shot was fired from a disappearing rifle The con sul's report said the wireless house was taken by the second shot It is not made clear whether the Ar menian was first ordered to halt. and resisted capture. requiring a second shot or whether the submarine at tackled without warning. The fact that the number of the submarine is given indicates that she came to the surface to attack.
 Mules are contraband of war. ac- cording to all the lists of the belli- gerents. so there can be no doubt as to the contraband character of the Armenian's cargo. Officials will make an effort to learn, however. whether the vessel was armed. and if she was a part of the British naval forces before the opinion of the state department on the case will be dis closed.
 All dispatches received were promptly telegraphed to the presi- dent. at Cornish. and Secretary Ian
 (Confinned on Page Fonrl
Arizona republican., 1915-07-01
Billion Dollar Mark Coming M
 Trade BalanCe
ASSOCIATED PRESS pIsPArcHl

WASHINGTON, June 30-An of ficial announcement made tonigr { that with the closing of the fiscal year it is certain the billion doIlar mark is the trade balance. the greatest in American history will have been passed. The Department of Commerce experts point out the trade balance is not owing to orders for munitions of war. In fact man - ufactures in general of other than foodstuffs have been less than in q similar period before the war
 It is announced "The. figures for the eleven months ending May show the balance to be more than $9S3.- 600.0 At thirteen ports. which ordinarily handled 90 per cent of the country's foreign trade show the June export balance to be approxi- mately $G0,000000 and it is now known the excess of exports over imports this date exceeded q billion. surpassing S4OO,00O, 900 the highes re- cord heretofore.
Arizona republican., 1915-07-01
ADVANTAGES IN
 THE DARDANEl4LES
General Hamilton Reports With Aid of General French Was Able to Drive Turks from Well De tended Trenches
tAssoorArED PRESS p1srArcu1

LONDON. June S0.-The British haze forged ahead on the Gallipoli Peninsula The Austro- Germans con tinue their almost unbroken advance in Galcia. over the Polish frontier. From the British standpoint the ac- count of the operations in the Oar dauelles by General Hamilton is es- pecisily welcome. as showing that the British with the aid of the French were able to drive the Turks from well defended trenches. an advantage to be gained that outweighs the in eVitstble losses.
 The brief Austrian communication indicates the Teutons are being held along the Gnila Lipa, but a subsequent fuller statement made no such admission. although conceding hard fighting in this section is in progress. It Is claimed the Rus sianS are falling back precipitately along the front northwest of Lem berg The Austro- Germans have oc- cupied the Polish town of Zawichost. just over the frontier. Russia is now in the throes of a campaign to speed the munitions output, in manner similar to England's.
 What the British losses were in the Dardanelles, is not stated but all assaults against the German led Turks have been costly. England is prepared tO face heavy casualties there. even in the comparatively iso- lated attacks The Russian forces cover great semicircle around Lem 3.er. the two tips of which are north and south Of the capital the Austro- Germans attempted to roll back. Meantime they are hurling great forces at the center in the vicinity of Tomaszow. The success of this movement would sever the Russian armies. and leave Warsaw unpro- tected from the rear The desire to checkmate this apparently explains thc Russian retirement to the north. The seven days allotted by David Lloyd d-George. the British minister of munitions. for labor to come for ward voluntarily. will expire tonight. although figures are not available. IL is predicted the response will mean such that all idea of cOmpulsion will le abandoned.
 Tn British steamer Scottish Mon arch bound from New York. to Man chester with sugar was torpedoed and sunk yesterday by a German s.uhma riue. The crew of 36 took to the nfeboats. The captain and 19 men We're picked mp and landed at Dunmore. Ireland. There were hea-y seas.