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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-16

Washington, D. c., March 15.-Pos-
sibility OF interference with American
commerce at Progreso. Mexico, as the
result of the closing by General Car
rama of that port to foreign trade,
together with reports of a condition of
anarchy at Manzanillo, a port on the
Pacific side of Mexico, was causing
some anxiety here today On the 9TH
er hand, officials were encouraged over
reports Of an improvement of condi-
tions in Mexico City.
Official concern over the situation at
Progreso arises from the fact that
American farmers who draw practical
ly all of their sisal hemp used in bind
ing wheat through that port would be
cut off from their supply in case a
blockade is maintained General Car
rama has taken steps to enforce his
blockade order, against which the
American government has made Wig
orous representations to him and the
cruiser Des Moines is at Progreso with
instructions to see that there is no
interference with American trade.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-16
.AusTR|ANs plan
TO RAISE SIEGE
Aided By Teutons, Big Army
Is Said to Be Moving
Toward Przemysl
BELEAGURED TOWN
IN GOOD CONDITION
Has Kept in Communication
With Outside World BY
Means Of the Air

Paris, March 15.-vioIent can
ronading Is going on at a point to
the northeast of Dunkirk, accord
Ina to a dispatch from that seaport
20 the Havas news agency.
The belief In DunkIrk 10 that q
British squadron 10 bombarding
the sand dunes around NIeuport.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-16
AMERICAN CRUISER
. TO Open BLOCKADE
WARSHlP GOES TO PROGRESo
MEXICO, TO SEE THAT U. s.
SHIPS ARE RESPECTED.

Washington, D. c., March 15.-
General carranza has abandoned
his blockade Of the port of Pro-
oreso on urgent representations by
the United States.
The Mexican gunboat Zaragoza
has been called off and two
American ships laden with sisaI
for the United States were cleared
Saturday without interference.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-03-16

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The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
AMERICAN PROVED HIS WORTH
Chief Factor in Getting Great Brit
aims Army to France in Time to
Be Effective,

Germany isn't the only country that
produces efficient men. When Eng
land became a belligerent nation
about year ago her first great prob
lem was how to transport men and
munitions to Southampton, the port of
embarkation for France and Belgium.
in the least possible time. Earl
Kitchener called conference Of rail-
road managers and gave them 60
hours in which to be read.- to handle
the necessary traffic. One of the .on-
ferees was Henry W. Thornton, the
American who left this country two
years ago to become general manager
Of the Great Eastern railway of Eng
land. He took the leading part in
carrying out Kitcheners orders and
in 4s hours after the conference ad-
journed the railroad equipment was
all ready. with steam up.
This instance of American efficiency
will be especially interesting to citi-
zens of Columbus. Sixteen years ago
Mr.. Thornton, then holding compare
lively humble position with the Penn
sylvania Railroad company, was a resi-
dent Of this city and many of us re-
member the big, good-natured, hard
working fellow who. starting with no
more chance in life than a million
other American youths of his day.
in 16 years has become one of the
biggest railroad men anywhere.-Co
lumbus (O) Journal.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
GETTING A START
NATHANIEL c. FoWLHR. Jr.
THE EYE AND THE EAR.

You were born with an empty brain.
Nature did not give you intelligence
and refused to contribute even the
self-preservative instinct of the ami
NAL. All that you know today, and
all that you can ever receive. enters
your head either through the eye or
the ear. Each voluntary or involun-
tary glance of the eye. and each sound
which enters your ear. is registered
in or on a brain cell, there to remain
forever, even though you may forget
the occurrence.
You cannot help seeing and you can
not help hearing. Much Of what you
see and what you hear may be of lit
tie or no consequence to you, and it
would seem a waste OF brain material
to record these sensations; but. az
you cannot avoid this recording. it
behooves you to determine. as far as
is within your power, what you shall
see and what you shall hear.
You must see and you must hear
anyway. Will you attempt to regulate
the eye and the ear. or will you al
low them to run amuck?
Thousands. yes, millions. of men
see and yet see not: and as many
hear and yet hear not. They lie dor
mant, and allow impressions to come
to them and to occupy the cells of
their brains. without using discrimina-
ton in the receiving and without at
tempting to utilize the result.
One man walks along the city or
the village street. His eyes and his
ears are receiving innumerable i'm
pressions, which he does not attempt
to regulate. and which he allows to
play havoc with his brain. Another
man. while he cannot avoid that which
Is before him and around him. dis
his ears toward the sights and sounds
which will add to his stock of in
formation.
1t is as easy to see and hear intelli-
gently as it is to accept involuntarily
impressions and sensations.
1t Is impossible for the bright and
intelligent man to look out of the
window. to walk along the street, to
occupy a chair at his desk, to mingle
Win LID "iluOul oUkdIu-
ing something worth while to him, to
his work. and to the world at large.
It is not enough to receive. for mere
receipts may have no commercial or
other value. 1t is what you do with
what you receive that counts in every
market.
What you need is everywhere, in
doors. outdoors. in the street, in the
fields and woods. Will you merely
allow 1t to pass inside of you, either
through your eye or through your ear,
unconsidered. or will you so regulate
your brain that 1t will separate the
wheat from the chafI and place it in
a position which will benefit you and
your community?
Will you be a receiver, a mere re-
tainer. or will you be mill ever ready
to grind the grist that is constantly
coming to you?
You are master Of 1t all. 1t is for
you to say whether what you receive
is to be beneficial or worthless. Re.
ceive you must. What are you going
to do with what you receive?
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19

getting too fat. this had been reduced
to half a fish daily.
Every dog was tied by a chain to
the fence Of the stock pens and widely
separate from his neighbors They
were a miscellaneous lot. Allan ex-
planned that they were mostly
breeds" but for the most part they
were Of one type-big, wolflike fell
lows. with narrow eyes. ears crooked
and pointed. and a long. protruding
snout. Some of them weighed as
much as 80 or 30 pounds. A remarka-
BILE fact was that several of them were
the great dog driver said there was
no better dog in the north country
than a setter crossed with a malamute
that is" he added, "if he gets the
malamute feet"
Reliable Old "Irish."
All, Irish. old boy!" he called to one
handsome animal. and the dog with
the red touches Of the Irish setter
strain looked up at him with big, soft
eyes and wagged its tail in affection
ate greeting. When this dog stood up
his legs were seen to be long and
straight and powerful. and he had
large. padded feet.
II drove this dog in the last sweep
stakes" said "Scotty," land he just put
his head into the collar and stayed
with me all the way. He'd rather die
than quit. The setter strain" he add
ed. has got more intelligence and
endurance and ambition than any
other breed"
Some Of the dogs we're pure white:
some were Of a brownish color, with
round, fat faces and squatty-l looking
bodies. and there was one pup, a pure
Siberian, three months old, that was
being taken along as a mascot. He
had a head shaped like a fox. From
nine to sixteen Of these dogs are used
to sleigh. and the highly priced lead
dogs are in class by themselves.
Morayshire. in Scotland, was the
home of "Scotty" Allan. He came to
North Dakota with an assignment Of
thoroughbred horses In 1887. He re-
called that his first experience in dog
driving was in the Turtle mountain
route. Subsequently he wandered over
the western states. engaged prin.
cipally in railway building. He helped
build the Great Northern railway,
and in the spring Of 1897 he went to
the Klondike in the gold rush, going
over the Skagway trail, which he
helped to build. He is now a member
Of the hardware firm of Darling L
Dean at Nome. and Mrs. Darling.
wife Of one Of his partners. is in
terested financially with him in rae
ing dogs. They have sold 20 of these
dogs to the French government. and
have 81 left
Allan and his assistants are going
only as far as Quebec with the dogs.
and on his return he will spend the
winter in California-the first winter
in almost twenty that he has spent
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
Church Once a Music Hall,

St. Marys, Soho, London, where an
interesting "Jansenist'' service has
just been held. is a church with a re-
markable religious history. It was
originally erected through the intlu-
ence of Doctor Compton. the tree
planting bishop of London for
the Greek archbishop of Samos and
his flock. who had been driven from
their island by the Turks.
Since then this little edifice has
been successfully a meeting house for
Huguenots and Baptists, and was f.
nally being turned into a music hall
when captured by the Established
church. 1t is now being used by the
Old Catholics for their Sunday mass
and other services. with the sanction
of the bishop of London.
The first Anglican vicar of St.
Mary's was ]. D. Chambers, a once
famous Tractarian leader, who had
among his congregation Mr.. Glad
stone.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
CASE IN COURT FIFTY YEARS
Lafayette Keeps Ground Given for
Market According to Decision Of
Appellate Court.

Lafayette, Ind.-The city of Lafay-
cite has won lawsuit, which. in vari-
GUS forms, has been in court the last
fifty years. The appellate court has
upheld decision to the effect that
the so-called market space. which il
now used as a city street in the midst
Of the business district, belongs to the
city.
The heirs Of Aaron Claspill who sew.
enty years ago gave the ground to the
city for use as a public market, have
possession of the ground, asserting
that under the terms Of the grant the
land r>verted to them when the city
ceased to use 1t for the purpose indi-
Gated
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19

outside the Arctic circle. He has one
daughter. girl of eighteen. attending
the university at Berkeley. There is
another daughter. aged seventeen. and
boy Of nine.
He says that gold mining at Nome
is not being conducted on the same
scale as formerly. Most Of the work
is being done by big syndicates work
ing with dredges. The war has hit the
country hard. and there is not much
ready cash in sight
Lieutenant Haas. who will take the
dogs to France. spent eight years In
the Klondike. and he was eleven
months in the trenches before he was
sent on his mission to Alaska. The
explosion of a shell rendered him deaf
In one ear.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
WEARS HIS CARD ON BROW
Mexican Had His Name and Address
Tattooed on Forehead to In.
sure Identification.

San Francisco. What's your
name?" demanded Assistant District
Attorney Becsey of a Mexican charged
with vagrancy.
The defendant brushed back his
hair, but did not speak. Becsey re-
peated his question. Same response.
Then the Spanish Interpreter tried.
The man pointed to spot on his fore
head. Becsey looked closely. and tat
tooed on the mans brow was Fred
Harris. Sonora, Mexico"
What's the idea?" asked Becsey.
Il have heart disease. may drop
dead. don't want my grave to be
unmarked" the prisoner explained.
Judge Brady dismissed him.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
Tiniest Homestead.

Seattle, Wash.-What is probably
the smallest homestead ever proved
is that recently awarded by the UNI
ted States land Office to Fred A Hun.
sen Of Tolt. The homestead COM
prises forty one-hundredths Of an
acre. adjoining another homestead
owned for some time by Hunsen near
Tolt. The tiny homestead is technical
ly described as lot 8, township as
north range east
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
''Scotty" Allan, Famous Driver,
Supplies Consignment for
Dispatch Service.
"MUTs" BRING GOOD PRICE
ftne-lookins, Alert Animals. Some
Weighing a. Much a. 80 or 90
Pounds-One Of Them Was q
Contender In Last Sweep
Stakes.

winnipeg, MANA slight little
man. with a small, lean frame, keen
features and iron gray hair. stood in
the door of q box car at the stock
yards. He wore yellow overalls and q
coat to match. Little feet. encased in
sQuare-toed. custom-made shoes. pro-
eruded from beneath his trousers. In
fact, he looked like a stock yard at
sendant. and yet he is renowned
throughout America. for this was A.
A. t"Scotty') Allan. the worlds great
est dog driver.
With Lieutenant Haas of the French
army. he was passing through Win
aipeg with 400 malamutes from
Nome, Alaska, TO be used in France
shis winter for dispatch service and
the transportation Of supplies and
anmunition to the firing line. A
sop was made here to rest the dogs.
md they were unloaded into the stock
yards with q guaro from the Seventy.
ninth (Cameron) Highlander to
watch over them.
Thrice out Of eight times Scot
y" Allan has won the All-Alaska
sweepstakes, the greatest long.dis-
lance dog race in the world-40s miles
nom Nome to Candel and return. In
sAree instances he was second and
twice he was third.
Il have been in every race yet held"
he said, land have not run out of
the money yet"
In the first race which he won the
stake was $1,000, but last year the
stake had dwindled. because of the
Ddnch from the war. to $3.50. Scot
tvs" best time in the event has been
7s hours. while the record Of "a hours
was made over better trails.
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and he gave his solemn promise to
Ae on hand. He said he loved the
dance.
Three cars are used IN tran.nort the
Ao.s and each car "a d,v,ded int .
seriea of compartments 40 that each
animal ia separated from his neigh.
Aor.. There has not been a dos Io.,
.,.ee they started In one car ia Kent
me suppiies. Consisting n, three and
ene.haif tons of SUMMARIZED salmon
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
Healthy,

How is the climate out here?"
asked the intending purchaser.
Great" exclaimed the real estate
agent. Finest in the world. Why,
we haven't had but one death here in
the last ten years, and that was Q
doctor who died Of starvation"
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
Will She Beat IL?

Benedict see a girl at the Uni
versity OF Indiana recently made a
worlds record when she vaulted 6
feet and l inch.
Bachelor-Gee! I'd like to see her
when she gets her first proposal of
marriage!
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
Out for Show.

"Felice spends hours every day in a
beauty parlor."
How does she spend the rest of
the time?"
Realizing on the beauty doctors
work."
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
His Size.

His Size.
The Judge-You say your wife as
saulted you with dangerous and dead.
ly weapon? What was It?
Mr.. Peewee-It was a fly swatter,
your honor.--Judge.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
New Electric Battery

A battery invented by a French elec-
trician is claimed to give six times the
usual current by heating its contents
to the boiling point.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little liver pills put up 40 years
ago. They regulate liver and bowels.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Dolores star., 1915-11-19
Toy Making In EnoIav,s..

Nearly hundred separate indus
tries for the making Of toys have
sprung up in England since the war
began.
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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16
REVIEW
OF The WINDOW
GLASS TRADE
AS Given by the Glassworker
Shows Some Work at Some
of the Plants Yet

PITTsRlna. Pa, May 15-Tne
GIasswor9er briefly reviews tne VIZ
dow glass sfsu&tion as follows
New machinery is being losSa!ieo
a. the Industrial glass works, East
End Cameron. ". Va.
Both plants at Salem. W. Va, are
reported making good glass VIII q
f,ri1 force OF men employed.
The building of the new Al1ance
class factory at Salem, w Va. IS pro-,
gressing nicely
The pierce Glass Company Ham
b,,rr Ny. closed its plant last sat
urday after a good run since OCTOBER
= The producer house at Turnerf
Erotners No . factory, Ter-e Haute,
md. burned May 2. but no time was
lost by the workmen.
30. tank at the Root plant, Terre
Haute md. has closed DOWN Tue
two tanks left in operation are being
manned by machines except one quar-
S,nll operation is reported from the.
Nonongah plant. Fairmont. ". Va
since the starting on May OF 10.
The GleasonaHebout factory at
Greenpoint, n Y, is said to have not
been doins. very good since the hoil-5
days.
The Denufa plant. BROOKLYN: y
has been giving fair employment TO
the caster place workers and the tube
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16
To Dissinc,1ish Linen

To distinguish cotton from linen
when YOU are choosing handkerchiefs
moisten the Zip of your finger. ana
mace 1t on the handkerchief. II 1t IS
Wet through at once it is linen. put
If cotton be present IN its manu1ac-
ture it Will take some SECONDS 70 pen
etrs+a +be threads In linen the
tbreads are less even than in cotton
Enameled ware is easily cleaned
xp;.i, powdered pumice stone.
a small piece OF candle may be
made 10 burn all night by putting
finely. powdered salt on it Until II
reacbes the blacklist part ofsthe wick
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16
OF INTEREST 10 WOMEN VEN
Simnle Graduation Dress.

White is always In better taste FOR
= graduation dress than are colors
of any shade It is not we'll to even
wear a color under white. There IS
a delicate sirlish charm in al!-wh1te
which makes 1t more fitting than col
ors. Sheer, white. washable fabrics
are more dainty and appropriate fos
? graduation dress than silk, satin o.
ne1. often the question of the ma
terial to be worn Is decided by vote.
as the general effect is much better
when the entire class is gowned IN
the same material. even though the
designs and trimmings may vary y
batiste dress is lovely 1t would De
simple and charming trimmed with
a pretty design worked with roarse
linen floss. This makes very pref
~ trimming, and the work goes more
ouiskly than the solid embroidery.
An easy way to get a sood-fttins CIR
die is to make foundation OF SIX
betting, to which bones may be at
tachsd in the height desired at front.
sides ant back. Sew the material TO
this. tucking. invisioiy- Any form OF
sash end or bow trimming may be
used.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

shops have been making good time
all season. according to report
The Masonrown Window Glass Com
pany. Mssontomn, Pa, started up
April z2 and eXpecrs to remain in
blast until May %.
a shortage OF snappers is reported
in some shops at the Brownsville Win
dow Glass Conpany,s plant. West
Brownsville. Pa, but in other respects
the plant IS running satisfactorily.
The Greensburs Glass Companys
plant, Greensburg, Pa, is working
three shifts and the prospects are
good for run until the last Of June
At the plant OF the Belgrade Glass
Company, Buckhannon, w. Va, the
men are working eleven turns per
week
The Woodbury. Glass Companyss
plant. Shirley, Ind. recently pur-
chased by the Sheldon-Foster Glass
Bottle Company, viii remain at Shtr-
ley. the plan to remove it to Chicago
Heights having been dropped.
The Marion Flint Glass Gompany's
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16
To Own Club.

AS the summer approaches the
n1ans for the opening of the FAR
mont Country Club are being map
ped out. and the Improvements acoue
-ha grounds and club house abe being
hurried to completion. Many changes
nave been made which viii Sdc
yreat,v to the pleasure and comfors
Of the patrons during the summer
asoesn-
e,tertainments viii be held on or
about May Is, from to l 1 p M.
During the afternoon and eyen.sS
a band concert viii be held on ehe
lawn in front of the club house: 30
Tea viii be served from 10 , or.,q
on rhat day. followed by doiiar
f.I1,b dinne- An informal dance VIII
be held in the main room OF the cup
following the dinner
The opening event is looked for
ward to with delightful anae1padions
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16
D.lirhtiuI Social.

The StonewaI Jackson Chapter o.
The United Daughters Of the Confcd-
eracy gave delightful social at the
home of Mrs. J. J. Crews at Bridge
port Wednesday evening. Dixie,
The otd-umc southern favorite among
songs. vas heartily joined in by all
af1sr which Miss Alberta Wienoh
read .oic N;sts'' in very entertain
inx manner. Mrs. Watson Johnson
rendered a very pleasing piano sola
and Or. E. H. Brannou, with Mrs
Braanon as acccupandst. CONTRIBUTED
a beautiful vocal sclo, Sing Me to
Sleep and N response to an encore
sang anoaae- selection OF equal merit.
al the conclusion OF the program,
cake and fruit pinch were served BIZ
Mrs. Crews, Mrs. Z. 3. Horaor and
Misses Hattie Lcns. E<ne. RTo@n and
AUDREY Jarvis. The sil=er ode-7ns
was generous 5zs..s ssss K ~
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

Those who enjoyed the evening
were Mr. and Mrs Lee Maxwell. alrs.
George stone 3zrs. Blizzard Wallis,
AIRS. Ferd Rogers, Mr. and Mrs
william Pell. Mrs. J. II. Hurry. MIS-
sailie johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Peshak Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Garrett
Mrs ]. W. Johnson. Mrs. George
Camp, AIR. and Mrs J. J. CTeTs,
Mrs. Charles Davidson. MI and Mrs
l.. B. Honor, Mr.. and Mrs. c. w
Post. Dr. and Mrs. E. H Brannon.
Mrs Mary Sandusky. Mrs Sabra
sutton. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p Saurborne-
Misses Mabel Carr. Lucy Robinson,
Ora Carpenter, Rebecca Johnson.
Hattie Lang. Julia Conner. Lena
Stu1ler. Nellie Conner. Jessie Strt1er.
Edna Francis, Edith Martin, Hattie
Francis. Audrey Jarvis Effie Brown
Alberta Weinold. Halle Heckert. Ethel
Hecker Mary Robinson. LyaIl Drum
mond. Ella Benedum, and Nell Scout.
Marshall Brown, and the following
girls and boys: Ada Teter, Lillian
Davidson. Ella Late Garrett. Isabel
Crews. Virginia Crews, Walter Camp
and James Crews, Jr.