davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
Wdr-D1Den Scientific Progress
Victories Won BY Germanys Unknown Knights Of
the Test Tube and the Retort
WALDEMAR KAEMPFFERT
Managing Scientific

Straw transformed into food through
la comparatively simple chemical pro-
cess, blood converted into bread with
the addition of potato -four. nourish-
ing yeast prepared from sugar and am
mon.um sulphate - these are few of
the miracles wrought by German
science under the spur OF war. The
chemist has come into his own as well
as the soldier.
To be sure, even in times of peace
the German laboratory investigator
played no small part in his country
affairs; but the war has clothed him
with new Importance. Whatever may
be the outcome of the conflict, the Ger
man chemist will emerge from it glori-
ously. He will not receive the Iron
Cross; but he will have bloodless con-
quests to his credit which will mean
more to his country, in the end, than
the capture of dozen Maubeuges and
Namurs.
The German newspapers and techni-
cal periodicals are full Of his achieve
ments. Read them, and you will find
that he is the bulwark of the empire
in these terrible days. Copper is
scarce so scarce that both the sol
der and the electrical engineer find
themselves without it. Forthwith the
chemist devises an alloy which, COM
posed chiefly of zinc, answers admir-
ably for cartridges and grenades. Al
minimum is made from bauxite, and
bauxite is mined in France. A Heidel-
berg chemist comes to the rescue by
showing how aluminium may be obtain
ed from other natural deposits, with
the result that the German aluminium
industry will be Independent of France
when the war is over. A rival of his
has worked out method of utilizing
large quantities of waste magnesium
chloride, thrown on the dump heap by
the potash manufacturers, and Of max
ing magnesium so cheaply that it may
compete successfully with aluminium.
England controls the supply of gas
oline and, in war fought with motor
cars and airships as much as with can
non and barbed wire, gasoline is as
necessary as powder. Two processes of
Copyright 1915, by Nat
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
HIGHLAND.
H. M. Allerdice attended the funeral
of Miss Hanna south Of town Friday

H. M. Allerdice attended tine funeral
Of Miss Hanna south Of town Friday
forenoon.
Mrs. Zerelda Tracy departed Satur-
day afternoon for Sigourney where she
will accompany her sister Mrs. L. A.
Funk to Larned, Kans.. or q few
weeks visit with their brother James
Davis and family.
w. A. Jackson Of SigourneM Is spend
ing a couple Of weeks in town and VI
entity looking after business.
Miss Florence Jones Of Brighton Wis
tied friends here few days last week.
Miss Helen Thornburg visited with
friends in Centerville last week.
Fred Hyper who attended summer
school at Cedar Falls has arrived home.
Mrs. D. w. Weber has returned from
q visit with relatives In Washington.
Miss Lenora Cox has been visiting
her sister Mrs. Ada RUSSELL in Win
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. H. Overland Of St
Paul and Mrs c. p Graham of Des
Moines who were enroute to- 1ndianapo-
lis, Ind, visited in town with relatives
Wednesday and Thursday,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F.. Follu1an Of Ollie
were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. N. w
Callister Friday evening.
The Jones brothers sold their nine
room residence Friday to Cshas. Greeson
for the sum OF $1,50O.
Kossuth lodge installed ttheir officers
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
M. & ST. L. PLANS TO
DO SOME IMPROVING

\ Marshalltown, July 2o.-Extsnsive
plans for the overhauling Of the
Minneapolis & st. Louis yards in this
city, including the laying Of many
tracks, the building of new freight
house, and loading sheds, have been
sent to this city from the ONCE Of
Chief Engineer r. G. Kenly, at Min
neapolis. The investment to be made
will be nearly 100000. Over $4,000
has been spent for land to be occupied
by the company.
Work on the new viaduct to cross
the tracks Of the Chicago & North
western and Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroads is progressing rapidly, con-
tractors being on the last half of the
concrete piers that will bear the super
structure A contract for the super
structure will be let in Minneapolis
probably next week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
WEST LIBERTY MAN
HAS SON MURDERED

West Liberty, July 2o.-Accompan.
led by the widow and the body Of his
murdered son, Henry Arson, former
Muscatine button maker, returned to
West Liberty, from Big Lake, Ark,
where he was called q few days ago by
the news of the death OF his son,
William.
The fathers story, gathered In Big
Lake, the home Of William Arson, 10
that tho son had Quarreled with Jim
Patterson, neighbor, over saw that
Arson had loaned. Refusal to return
the saw is said to have brought on a
fist fight, in which Arson was the vic
tor.
A few days later. while on the river
in his boat, Arson was fred upon from
the shore, and two buckshot pierced
his head, causing instant death. Pat
terson was arrested and is being held
for the killing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

making gasoline artifcially are at once
Forthcoming. Chile controls the nitrate
deposits of the world. Because they
are the principal source Of fertilizer,
Germany would speedily starve If a
cheap and abundant substitute could
not be found. The other day the
Reichstag was told that Germany need
not be alarmed German scientists
had discovered way of converting the
nitrogen of the air into the nitrates
which Germany must have for both the
making Of explosives and the making
of bread.
Give a German chemist the sewage
of New York city and he would return
annually the milk of hundred thous.
and cows Give him the waste of our
, textile and paper mills and he would
build up industries so new that name
would have to be coined to identify
: them and so rich that their profits in
ten years would pay for the frightful
devastation wrought by one of the
armies now in the field
Whether Germany wins or loses,
whether she succeeds or not in forcing
her will upon Europe, her war scien-
lists have taught an everlasting lesson
/! of good to the whole world. What re-
sourcefulness they have displayed =.
these unknown knights of the test
tube and the retort! What confidence
and self reliance! Not the hussars and
+. greradiers now on the battlefield, but
these soldiers of peace have made Ger.
many great. In forty years they ele.
waited their country to the dignity of a
great Q. mmercial nation. The indus.
tries they are now creating, the food
they are now churning out of dump
heaps and offal in the hour of their
country's need mean wealth which will
ultimately pay for he frightful ravages
Of shrapnel and rifle and enable the
peasant and manufacturer to build ND
what has been torn down.
If Germany is conscious Of her tri.
umphs, she will erect a monument to
their silently won victories as huge as
the statue of liberty = a symbol of
her intellectual and therefore her real
greatness
ional Editorial service.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

Hardly ever is an autoist fined for
violating law with which he is &C.
Quainted. Generally he pleads I'M
Familiarity with the trafic rules. Yet,
1t Is incumbent upon him to know the
rules. The city officials Of Ottumwa
had the city's traffic ordinances and
rules printed and then advertised the
fact that copies could be had for the
asking. During the first month or
thereabouts, not one copy was given
out on request. An autoist who pleads
ignorance of the law will not get much
sympathy in official circles.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

contrast to 100000 bushels last sea.
son. Its condition at the beginning OF
the present month was "a per cent. On
June / it was sc per cent. The aver.
age price on July l was AZ cents, as
against "a cents year before Iowa
leads the nation in its oat crop, with
Illinois second. The estimate for Hi.
nois is 17S,SO0,00O bushels, while : ;
yield last season was only 125,990,,
bushels. The total crop for the United
States Is estimated at 1899 100000 Blu.
shells.
Barley is good crop everywhere
this season. In Iowa it's condition ID
95 per cent, and the estimated yield
IL, 100000 bushels. The price Is So
cents, as against SO cents a year ago
The national total is estimated at 20S,.
100000 bushels, as compared with 1884,.
953 600 bushels last season.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
CROP OUTLOOK GOOD.

Iowa's corn crop will be short in
Weld per acre, but it will be worth con-
siderably more per bushel, than last
year or other recent years, according
to the bureau of crop estimate, depart
ment Of agriculture. The bureau esti-
mates the Iowa corn yield for this year
from reports of It's condition on July L,
to be BOG 100000 bushels. This Is cal
culated on an acreage OF lO,35O,0OO
acres which Is 101 per cent OF the
acreage of last season. Condition of
the crop at the beginning Of the pres
ent month was IA per cent, as con-
trasted with ten year average OF 90
per cent. The total crop in 1914 was
3S9,424, 900 bushels. and for the past
five years the average crop for the
state has been 352, 236, 900 bushels. The
price per bushel was SO cents on July
i. this year, as against 63 cents year
earlier.
Only one other state leads Iowa in
corn production. Illinois has 1o,449, 900
acres. with an estimated yield this
wear Of 351 100000 bushels. Last year
iowa had 89, 200, 900 bushels more than
did Illinois. For the past Ave years,
however, Illinois has averaged lead
Of 100000 bushels over the average
crop in Iowa. Indiana, the third in
the corn race this year, will have a
crop estimated at 1SS, 100000 bushels.
Missouri will be fourth with 183, SOC, 900
Bushels.
The total corn corp OF the United
0fates. under the bureaus calculation,
should be 2,814.000,000 bushels, grown
upon 109,273,000 acres.
~r,baaf IN 7nwo uhnws a
slisht gain in condition since the re-
mort on June 1. The estimated total
via1d at that time was 100000 bu-
shells: it is now 12.10O,O00 bushels.
The final estimate of the yield for last
season is 11,016,000 bushels. Condition
of winter wheat In Iowa on July l was
80 per cent, as compared with " per
cent a month earlier. The price was
reported at S1.O5, as against II cents
one year ago.
Illinois winter wheat has improved
in condition from 81 per cent on June
/ to IS per cent on July 1, and the esti-
mated yield for this year is now 49,
100000 bushels. Missouri winter
wheat has an estimated crop of 81 AGO.
600 bushels, although its condition on
.Tuly l was reported at only 73 per cent
of normal.
For the entire United States the win
ter wheat crop is now estimated at
66S. 100000 bushels, and the spring
wheat crop at 295,000,000 bushels. The
final estimate for winter wheat yield
of last year is 6s4,990.O0O bushels, and
of the spring wheat yield of last year
2O6 .O27, 900 bushels. Spring wheat
now shows a reported condition OF
93.3 per cent, as against reported
condition Of 84.2 per cent a month ago.
Iowa's oat crop is estimated, on July
/ condition, at 1s1.500.000 bushels, in
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

To inspire his son, the national
guardsman had read aloud the report
Of the new class at the United States
military academy going into camp on
the banks of the Hudson.
IF you had your choice, son." said
the father, wouldn't you like to 60
to West Point?'
IF | had my choice, dad" replied
the son, I'D like to be at Montauk
Point, Rockaway Point or Point
Pleasant just about now
A man rambled into small town
restaurant, selected table, and told
the attending waiter to bring him
half spring chicken.
Fifteen minutes went by, then an
other fifteen, and yet another Final.
ly the man at the table began to
shows symptoms Of Impotence.
What can do for you, sir?' asked
ed the waiter, going over to the table
in response to an imperative call.
What about my order?" demanded
the man. How soon do get that
half chicken?"
Just as soon as somebody comes
in and orders the other half" was
the calm rejoinder OF the waiter
You don't think we can 60 out and
kill half chicken, do you?"
Yesterday crowd OF children
were playing war in our back yard
Some were English soldiers, some
French, and some German. One ut
tie girl who was told she was too small
to play began crying loudly, and kept
it up in spite of all they could do, and
even after the warning:
IF you don't shut up mother Wlll
hear you and make you come IN the
house."
Finally the difficulty was settled
by bright boy of ten.
ooh, let her bawl," he counseled
"She can be the widow and orphans
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
PROTECTING COMMUNITY.

The Russell Sage fOundatlOn mas
prepared an exhaustive report on the
correctional system used at Spring
field, ILL.,, in the treatment OF Offenders.
The conclusion of the report seems to
be that protection of the community
from the offenders is of greater i'm
portance than uplifting the offenders.
It is an indirect criticism of present
day methods of treating criminals
whereby every effort Is made to in
duco the offenders to lead better lives
rather than to put them where they
can do no further harm.
il Wherein" asks the report, lis the
community protected when offenders
are merely held in Jail for short per-
iods and then are turned out with the
moral certainty that they will break
the law again?" The record shows
That 40 per cent of the people arrested
were IN for the second or third time.
Records of the cases of delinquent
children are also given, showing that
many times the moral and physical
lives of the children involved in the
cases specified had not been investi-
gated in sufficient detail to make clear
the real needs of such children and
prevent them from growing up to lives
of crime.
The text to which tbs report puts
Springfield's correctional work is not
Does 1t promote the uplift of Offend
ers? ?" but docs it serve to protect the
community from. lawbreakers in an ef-
fcient manner?' Judged by this latter
test 1t finds much to criticize.
The extensive use of fines is severely
arraigned.
The jails are more likely to create
than to cure criminals.
Suspending Of sentences without pro-
baton supervision is ineffective as a
means for community protection.
The Justice of the peace system is
survival from pioneer period which
has long outworn its usefulness.
Conditions regarding the detention
of children are "unbelievably bad in
spite of the fact that the county pays
money for detention of delinquent
children. cannot serve the purpose for
which it is supposedly established.
Juvenile court and juvenile proba-
ton work in certain respects are not
conducted in keeping with the best
standards used elsewhere.
The report, however, Is not destruc-
tive, for where 1t criticizes it offers
suggestions for improvements.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
CANTRIL.

Mrs. Courtright OF FIT. DodSe ID VS.
iting her daughter Mrs. D. F. Barns;
Scott Hogan was passenger 10 Fu-
laski Wednesday.
town Tuesday.
Leila Anderson returned wednesday
from Cedar Falls, where she attended
summer school.
Bessie Clark Of Keosauqua spent the
first of this week with relatives.
Clint Parks made a business trip 70
Bloomfield Wednesday.
Mrs. Gilbert Mcdaniel spent Wednes-
day at the Chas. Cunningham home AZ
Milton.
I. T. Jones and family of Des Molnes
are visiting DR.. w. A. Jones.
Pearl Yeager was a passenger 10 MT
Sterling Wednesday.
Jake Tuller and family spent the
week with relatives at Hedr1ck.
Mrs. r. Struble visited in Mt sterl
ing recently.
Bernice and Mary Simons and Her
man Pottorff returned Thursday to III
don after visit with their grandpaT-
ents Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Drew.
Josie McCleland spent the latter par
of the week with her sister Mrs. CLANCY
Crcath at Pulaski
J. n. DeFord was passenger Il
Bloomfield Thursday.
Lightning struck the j. F. HarbidEt
general merchandise store building or
Wednesday, causing considerable Dam
age.
o. w. Creath and wife entertained
their Elem neighbors Thursday. Re.
freshments were served and socia
time enjoyed.
Roland Troth and family of neeI
River, Ia, are guests at the Albert
Troth home.
Cantril is soon to have q band to b
known as the Cantril Merchants Boost.
er band. There will be more thar
twenty pieces. Burr Harbidge has beer
elected president, W. L. Wellborr sec
rotary and treasurer and Chas. Vale
band director.
Mr.. and Mrs Neil Jones Of Omaha
Nebr, are visiting DR.. w. A. JONES'.
Geo. Irwin was In Keosauqua FNday
Hazel KislinR left the frst Of tn
week for Cedar Falls where She will
attend summer school.
Mrs. Hattie Hilles and Marguerite
were passengers to Milton Tuesday.
The Aid society gave q tea at tn
home of Mrs. George Short Wedrtesda.
afternoon Refreshments were served.
Mrs. Alfred PURGE of F1oris arrived
Thursday for visit with relatives.
Supervisor Kerr Of Mt Sterlinl
was In town Friday.
James Smith Of F1oris Is spendini
the week end with his family.
H. c. Parks, Thelma and Huber Wis
tied relatives at Milton Friday.
Paula Yeager Is visiting Florence
Shaw at Mt. Sterling.
Vance Wilson returned to Ottumw'
Saturday.
CLYDE HUI. Of st. Louis is visiting hi
parents Victor Hull, north of town.
Mrs. Loring returned to Milton Sat
urday.
Mrs. ]. s. Casady and dhughte
Madge visited in Cincinnati from Sat
urday to Monday.
George Clark and family have. return
ed from a visit at Hillsboro.
Tracy Cox returned Saturday to hi
home in Ottumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ida Creath and daugh
ter Neva, Mrs. W. G. Creath and Cled'
and Ardath notored to Keosa tqua OF
Saturday.
viii Bishop and family Of Keosau
qua spent Saturday at the Will Arnol'
| home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
BEET SUGAR PROTECTION

England, the champion free trade
nation of the world, Is threatening to
abandon free trade Experiments in
the northeastern part Of the country
show that England can successfully
raise sugar beets and beet sugar fac
tory has been erected which is being
successfully operated.
English statesmen are therefore,
considering the advisability Of levying
a tariff on sugar for the encourage
ment and protection Of the new sugar
beet industry until 1t has grown strong
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

Saturday night. Special District Deputy
Walker did the work.
The funeral Of Mrs. Luther Sntdef
was held at the M. Be. church Sunday
afternoon. Rev. Wilson, conducted the
services The remains wore laid In
Highland cemetery. The floral offerings
We're many and beautiful. The pail
bearers were Len Brunt Walter Jones,
John Jones, NJ w. Callister, Jolie
Hutchins and Claud Kent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
SHOULD NOT GO TOO FAR.


The editors of the "Fatherland," a
paper published in New York City in
the interests of Germany, should read
what happened to the French minister
Genet who came to this country during
the administration of George Washing
MUGS s4omoId o. peldmellv pue uoa
ment in favor Of France, which coun-
try was then at war with England.
Genet made such bitter, malicious and
scurrilous attacks upon everyone in
this country who did not agree with
his ideas, that he defeated the
very purpose for which he came,
and Thomas Jefferson, then secretary
of state, and noted sympathizer with
France, told the French government
that Genet's presence was no longer
desirable in this country. Genet was
recalled.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
POTATOES ARE TOO
MUCH FOR GYPSIES

Shenandoah, July 2o.-The gypsies
who were fined in Shenandoah for
holding up Charles Deppe, a harness
maker, in his shop, are said to have
gotten into trouble at Yorktown the
day they left here. Some potatoes
freshly dug for Sunday dinner and
some other provisions were too tempt
ing at the home Of Frank McCunn, so
they were appropriated, according TO
reports. The sheriff was notified, but
the gypsies moved on, getting over the
county line before midnight, it is said.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
BUY LIFE EQUIPMENT.

Marshalltown, July 20.-1n order
better to cope with emergencies caus-
ed by drownings, the city council has
authorized the purchase of equipment
for a steel boat, mounted on trucks
and attachable to the motor patrol, to
be ready to answer calls. The boat
is to be equipped with modern appli-
ances for recovering bodies. In the
cases of three drownings locally with
in recent months, two of the bodies
were never recovered.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
EPWORTH LEAGUE
To HOLD MEETING

Moravia, July 20.-There will be a
meeting Friday, July %, of the dis
trict cabinet officers of the Epworth
league at the home of the president,
Rev j. S. Decker After the cabinet
meeting the Moravia league will hold
rally service and big time is look
ed forward to. Wednesday evening
the last quarterly conference will be
held and District Superintendent 3. j.
Shook will be present.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
REDUCING THE COST

1t Is now stated by the statisticians
that the people of New York City are
reducing the cost of living by being
more economical. They claim that In
1918 it cost $4,S62 to house an aver
age family in Manhattan. Now the
average is $4,000 a year. Across the
East river in Brooklyn the cost Is ST.
800, while in Queens 1t is $1,000, and
above the Harlem river in the borough
of the Bronx, the average per year is
81 800
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

One little town In Germany has de-
creed that all unmarried persons, re-
CARELESS of sex, must pay a special tax
for the privilege Of enjoying single
blessedness. The tax is graded in &C
cordance with the income.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
Our Prices
Are Lowest
Consistent With Best
Dental w ork
Dr.G. A. Ralston
DR.. w. l. Cunning
Over Central Drug Store
lao kERNELs OF oAT9

Fort Dodge, July 20.-Jim Jondle,
farmer living near Roberts. has stalk
OF late oats on which he has counted
1859 kernels. In good year, the
average number of kernals on q stalk
will be between 60 and Toe. Some
farmers estimate the bushels for IN
acre by the average number OF ker.
nels on q stalk
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

Iowa is going to have less corn for
sale this fall, but the price is going to
be higher than usual and the farmer
will just about break even on corn.
The rains which have cut down the
corn yield have made his other crops
so large that he will make as big or
bigger profit than usual. Iowa never
has crop failure.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
POPULAR PRIEST ILL

Iowa City, July 20.-Rev. Father
Francis Ward, pastor Of st. Patrick's
church of Iowa City, Is seriously ILL.,
He was taken sick at the altar during
the funeral service which he was con-
Quoting over an old parishioner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

Getting experience for yourself Is
expensive. There Is nothing to pre-
vent you from making use of the other
fellows experiences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
MASTER pA,NTERs MEET

Fort Dodge, July 2o.-Two hundred
and fifty master painters Of Iowa VIII
convene here August 1920. The local
painters plan to entertain the visitors
royalty. Meetings probably will be
held in the Commercial club rooms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

One gets out of life pretty much
what one puts into it. Be happy and
see II things don't break better for you.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22
Il ia eyen more incumbent upon the

driver of an auto to avoid hitting
pedestrian, than 1t is for the pedestrian
to avoid being hit.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-22

Foreign representatives: Cone, Lor-
enzen & Woodman, Mallers Bu'ldlng'
Chicago; 226 Fifth Ave-, New YORK
City; Gumbel Bldg, Kansas City. MO.