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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-13

and to the last are making heroic
attempt to keep together. Soon they
will be completely worn out and dis
carded and the Wearer will likely fol-
low them.
Big foaming "schooners," together
with steaming bowls of soup, are
placed before the men who are in
position to pay, by active and swift
footed walters. At the long bar neat
appearing bartenders' dispense drinks
to the thirsty customers.
The conversation is general and
the topics under discussion are va
ried, but generally center upon the
last job or the prospects of getting
another, or shipments of men to con-
structiOn work by employment
agents. Sometimes experiences with
the police are related. The listeners
then pay strict attention to the story.
Men are coming in and going out
and their slOUchy gait and the chatting
of their feet tell a tale Of crushed
ambition and departing hope. Some,
who are evidently hungry, cast, ami
mal-nke, longing eyes toward the par
and the corner where the free lunch
is stored. They wish for those things
but the wish cannot be gratified with
out the necessary nickel, and the
precious nickel which would put them
in possession of the good things" is
not to be found in the empty peck
cts. These are the dead ones" the
free lunch spoilers" They are also
the detectives" of the free lunch
counter, and for the price of one
drink will give the man who seeks
information on the subject the name
and location of the saloon where the
biggest schooner" and lunch can be
gotten. They are also experts in the
art of getting at the lunch counter
without buying a beer. They have
reduced it to a science. AS a rule they
are professional buns.
zone up, special, plate of lunch
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
REAL DIRECTORS
NEEDED BY ROADS
FEDERAL COMMISSION AFTER IN
r vEsTIGATIoN OF ROCK IS
LAND, SCORES HEADS.

Washington, D. G., Aug. 1S.-With
the publication today of the interstate
commerce commissions report on the
financial affairs Of the Rock Island
railroad disclosing losses in stock
transactions totaling many millions OF
dollars and enormous profits to pro-
moters of holding companies, the COM
MISSIONS Investigation, begun almost
year and half ago, was brought to
a close.
The commission charges the Rock
Islands directors with misrepresenta-
tion Of assets in their reports to stock
holders, practice which it severely
condemns, and suggests that those
guilty of such acts Should be subject
to adequate penalties" The report is
now being considered by department
of justice officials.
The commission sharply criticises
the alleged improper stock transac-
tions by the Rock Island officials, the
record of which, 1t says, emphasizes
the need Of railway directors who
actually direct. There are too many
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
MORGANTHAU AIDS
ALLIES TO ESCAPE

Paris, Aug. 49, Among the conces-
sions gained by American Ambassador
Morgenthau through his diplomacy In
not pressing his protest against the or
der of the Turkish authorities that the
American gunboat Scorpion should
moor in the inner part of the Golden
Horn was permission for the departure
from Turkey of six Englishmen and
six Frenchmen. A Havas dispatch from
Sofia says that this was the most i'm
portant of the minor questions settled
by Mr.. Morgenthau during his discus
sion Of the Scorpion case.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
ALLIES PUSHING
THE TURKS BACK
TROOPS At THE DARDANELlES
ADVANCE FIVE HUNDRED
YARDS; TAKE TRENCH.

London, Aug. 18 "A further advance
of five hundred yards by the allied
troops on Gallipoli peninsula is an
nounced in report from General Slr
Ian Hamilton, the British expedition
ary commander in chief, given out here
today. The statement follows:
"Sir Ian Hamilton reports that in the
southern zone the situation was un'
changed during the 14th and 10Th. The
Turks kept up the usual artillery hre
without much effect.
'sIn the northern zone the right
flank of the Australian and New Zea'
land army corps position was heavily
attacked during the night of the l4th'
18th, but all attacks were repulsed. Al
Suvla the troops on the left flank made
a short advance on the afternoon or the
18th with a view to Strengthening out
the line. They moved forward under
considerable gun and rifle fire and
gained about 500 yards, capturing a
Turkish trench and taking two officers
and twenty other prisoners
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
FRANK LYNCHERS
TO Be PUNISHED
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA ORDERS
SEARCH MADE FOR MEMBERS
OF ARMED MOB

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 1S.-With the ar
rival today of Governor Harris from
Fitzgerald, Ga, where he delivered an
address Yesterday, it was expected
definite steps would be taken for the
investigation of the lynching Of Leo
M. Frank. The statement made by r.
e. Davidson, chairman of the state
prison commission, last night, that he
did not believe anyone could be blam-
ed for conditions which made 1t COM
paratively easy for the mob to take
Frank from the prison seemed to in
dicate that the prison feature might
not be investigated Immediately The
commission has absolute authority In
such matters.
The mob had planned it's work SO
carefully and acted 80 quickly that
little excitement was caused at
Milled dgeville. Marietta rapidly assum-
ed it's poise after Franks body had
been cut down from a tree near the
town and brought to Atlanta. Here
immediate interest In the case ended
when the body, accompanied by Mrs.
Frank and few friends, last mid
night was started on its way to
Brooklyn, the home of Franks par
ents.
At Fitzgerald yesterday Governor
Harris said he was instituting thor
ough investigation. He ordered his
office here to inform the sheriff OF
Cobb county, in which Marietta is sit
uated, that he would expect him to
make detailed inquiry into the lynch.
ing. The Cobb county commissioners
had special meeting yesterday at
which they authorized Coroner John
A. Booth to employ extra counsel in
his work on the case.
A coroner's jury, empaneled yester
day, heard only two witnesses. By
them the identity Of the body was
established The jury adjourned un
til next Tuesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
REPORT OF F|gHT
ON BORDER MADE
MExlCANS FROM THEIR SIDE OF
LINE, FIRE UPON PATROLS
OF SOLDIERS.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 1S.-An &C
count of the fight at Progreso ferry,
between American troopers and Mex1'
can troopers and Mexican raiders, was
forwarded to the war department to-
day by Major General Funston.
1t came yesterday from Major An.
derson at Mercedes, Texas, and fol-
lows:
about dusk last evening our out
post of fourteen meE under Lieuten'
ant Henry at Progreso ferry, eight
miles south of Mercedes, Rio Grande
river, was fired on by band estimat-
ed at about seventy-f1ve men on the
other side OF the river. Our men re.
turned the fire and the engagement
lasted about thirty minutes.
"Our men continued firing as long
as fire came from the other side. Lieu
tenant Henry was shot three times in
the arm, all flesh wounds. Corporal
John Wilman, Troop c, 18th cavalry,
was shot in the head and leg and kill
ed. Private Emmonds B. Jackson.
Troop C, 18th cavalry, was shot IN the
arm, flesh wound.
1T was reported that the Mexicans
had crossed the river, but scouting ana
indicate the firing was
all done from the other side and that
they did not cross to this side. Lieu
tenant Henry and Private Jackson
were brought into Mercedes and are
doing well.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
MERCHANT MARINE
WILL Be BOOSTED
CHICAGO BANKER is
BACK OF PLAN FOR NATION
Al ORGANIZATION

Chicago, Aug. 18. - For the purpose
Of arousing the nation to the necessity
OF American maritime development, an
organization to be known as the Ma
tional Marine league is being formed
by James B. Forgan, president of the
First National bank, it was announced
today.
Representative business men of the
middle west have been enlisted in the
movement and are seeking to enroll
leaders of the biggest commercial en-
terprises in the country. Plans have
been made to raise campaign fund
of $125,000. It Is proposed that the
central federal reserve banking dis.
trict be represented by 15O members
each of whom has been asked to sub
scribe $3.50 Branch leagues are to be
organized in each of the twelve federal
banking districts.
The Invitation sent to business men
to join the league asks that the pro
posed member laid in an effort to rec
tify the greatest handicap to the
growth OF the commerce OF the country
the lack OF merchant marine"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
WAR SUMMARY

Kovno, the strong Russian fort
ress on the Niemen, at which the
armies of Field Marshal Won Hin
denburg have been pounding
heavily since the fall of Warsaw,
has been captured by the Ger
mans last night.
Military observers are asking
whether the Russians will now be
able to hold the Brest-Litovsk line
of defense, in the general direc-
tion Of which Grand Duke Nicho-
las armies have been falling back
since Warsaw was taken. A
Teutonic advance on Petrograd al
so Is being discussed in Russian
and England as possible.
From the Dardnelles General
Sir Ian Hamilton reports an ad-
vance of five hundred yards by
The British left flank at Suvla on
the Gallipoli peninsula.
Italian mountain troops, Rome
announces, in squads joined by
ropes, crossed high mountain
passes and climbed and occupied
Turckett Spits and Hinter NADIA
tasch Splits, each about 10000 feet
high.
Italian advances are claimed In
upper Rienz in the Monte Nero
section and in the Tolmino zone.
In the last named section. accord
ing to the official statement, in
fantry attacks resulted In the
capture of line of strong en-
trenchments on the Santa Maria
and Santa Lucia heights.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
German Airships Fly Over
Metropolis and Drop
Down Many Bombs
TEN ARE KILLED BY
KAISER'S AIRMEN
Second Time Town Has Been
Visited; Attacks From
Sky Grow Frequent

London, Aug. 1S.-The outskirts of
London were raided last night by
Zeppelins. Several persons were kill.
ed. The damage to property was not
important
raid. One Zeppelin is believed to have
been hit.
Thirty-six persons were injured
The air raid was over the eastern
counties of England.
The statement given out by the Of
fetal press bureau said:
"Zeppelins visited the eastern coun-
ties last night and dropped bombs
Anti-aircraft guns were in action and
1t Is believed that one Zeppelin was
hit
''Air patrols were active but owing
to the lfficult atmospheric conditions
the Zeppelins were able to escape.
"Some houses and other buildings,
including church, were damaged.
"'The following casualties have
been recorded:
"Killed-Men, Z; women, @; chill
dren, i.
"Injured-Men, Is; women, 1S; chill
dren, 3.
"All the above were civilians"
A Central News dispatch from Am.
sterdam says four Zeppelins were
sighted passing over the islands of
Vlieland and Wieringer, off the Meth
erlands coast. The dirigibles were
sailing from the east in the direction
of the English coast. The hour of
their appearance is not stated.
London has been visitel previously
by German dirigibles during the war.
On the night OF May 81 Zeppelins
made an attack on district described
in the official communication merely
as sin the metropolitan area" On
that occasion about ninety bombs were
dropped Four persons were killed
and few others injured.
The latest raid is the third of the
new series of aerial attacks, which
after lapse of several weeks, began
on Monday of last week. On the two
previous occasions twenty persons
were killed and thirty-seven injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
.BAY0NET CHARGE
WINS FOR ITALIANS
OFFICIAL REPORT TELLS OF AN
OTHER SUCCESS OVER THE
AUSTRIAN TROOPS.

Rome. Aug. 18.-Further Italian ad
vances through the passes OF the
Alps and brilliant bayonet charge
which captured a strong line of Aus
trian entrenchments in the Tolmino
region are described in the Official re
port issued last night at army head
quarters. The statement says.
In the Ortler range between the
upper valleys OF the AIDA and the
Adige one Of our detachments set out
during the night Of August 16 from
Capanna, Milano, and divided into
SQUADS joined by ropes, crossed the
Camossi pass (9,5O0 feet high) and
the Vedretta Dt Dampo, climbed the
snow capped summit Of Turckett Spits
1O,5OO feet) and surprised groups OF
the enemy It then proceeded to Hin
ter Madatasch Splits Q0,400 feet) oc
cupied by a detachment of the enemy
which it attacked and dispersed and
solidly occupied the summit.
"In upper Rienz further progress by
our infantry is reported. We occu
pied Sattleberg west of Lange Alpe.
"In the Monte Nero section We cap
tured several of the enemy's trenches
in the neighborhood of the Visio peak
Later a counter attack by the enemy
was vigorously repulsed.
"In the Tolmino zone our brilliant
offensive developed against the hills
of Santa Maria and Santa Lucia com.
manding positions situated to the
right of the Isonzo. After the custo,
mary preparatory shelling by artillery
our infantry dashed forward with the
bayonet and stormed line Of strong
entrenchments extending along the
western slopes of these heights. The
enemy suffered very heavy losses. We
captured seven officers and SAT men,
four machine guns and great guam.
tity Of ammunition"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
Kovno, Important Point on
Line of Defense, Falls
Before the Germans
RUSSIAN FLANK IN
DESPERATE STRAITS
Loss Of the Stronghold on
Such Short Notice Not
Expected By Allies

Berlin, Aug. 18.-(By wireless to
Sayville)-The following announce
ment was made here officially today:
"The fortress Of Koyno, together
with all the forts and an amount Of
war material, which has not been de-
termined, has been in German hands
since last night.
More than four hundred cannon
were taken. The fortress was captured
by storm in spite of the most tenacious
resistance by the Russians"
Military experts have agreed that
the loss Of the fortress of Kovno would
be serious blow to the Russians. The
critic of the London Times In an
article published this morning says:
'Tf the enemy reduces Kovno and is
thereby able to cross the Niemen he
will be in the rear Of the Russian line
north of the Sventa and with the juno
tion Of the two wings of Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg's army the position OF
the Russian right flank will be very
difficult"
The official German statement of
yesterday announced the capture Of
the forts on the southwest front of
Kovno, together with 4,500 prisoners
and 240 guns. This was interpreted
as foreshadowing the fall Of the fort
ress proper but It's accomplishment SO
speedily was hardly expected. The
famous German general, Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg, personally took COM
mand of the army attacking Kovno.
The selection OF Germany's national
hero for this task indicated the I'M
portance attached to 1t by the German
general stan.
London, Aug. 18.-The fall of the
Russian fortress of Kovno makes the
situation of the Russians critical. The
Russians apparently have not reorgan.
lied sufficiently to check the Austro-
German advance, which Is being push
ed steadily against the ring of strong
fortresses which form the outer de-
tense to the Petrograd provinces.
| The armies Of the central powers
show no disposition to relax pressure
on the eastern front nor are they
likely to do so until they have tried
once more to separate the Russian
northern and southern armies and
capture Brest-Litovsk.
| News from Turkish sources that
the new landing party on the CALI
poll peninsula, near suvla bay, have
been engaged heavily, is confirmed IN
an official report today from General
Sir Ian Hamilton, the British COM
mander at the Dardanelles front, stat
ing that the British left had won five
hundred yards of ground, including a
Turkish trench. Sir Ian also reported
the repulse Of determined attacks
against tl' ustralasian position.
Little cl is reported in the dip
lomatic situation in the near east.
Former Premier venizelos of Greece,
who asked for four days in which to
study conditions before deciding
whether to form new cabinet, is be-
lieved to have arrived at an under.
standing with King Constantine. but
# is not considered probable that the
result will be the early entry OF
Greece into the war on the side of the
entente allies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
0TrUMWA, WAPELLo COUNTY. IOWA
ITALY EXPECTS TO
FIGHT THE TURKS
NEWSPAPERS CITE AFFRoNTs OF.
FERED BY THE SULTAN AS
CAUSE FOR WAR.

Rome, Aug. 49, Turkey, according
to Bucharest dispatch to the Giornale
D'Italia, has recalled permission, for
the departure of Italians, large mum.
ber of whom, including 700 reservists,
are waiting to sail at Jaffa, Beirut.
Mersina, Alexandretta and Smyrna
The Giornale says the news is con.
firmed in authoritative circles and II
further learns from a reliable source
that Turkey is continuing to send
arms, money and proclamations to
Libia with the object of provoking a
native rebellion against Italy. The
paper concludes:
"The cup is full. We have serious
reasons to believe the government will
take energetic action toward the porte
to end these violent proceedings which
Italy cannot tolerate"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
COTTON CROP IN
TEXAS DAMAGED

Austin, Texas, Aug. 18. Damage
which will run into millions Of dollars
has been done to the cotton crop in
Texas by the storms of Monday and
Tuesday. Reports from towns in GEN.
tral Texas say that cotton open in the
bolls was blown out of the bolls and
beaten into the ground by the heavy
rains which accompanied It,
It is estimated that fifty per cent Of
all the cotton in this section was open
and that from one-fourth to one-half of
the open cotton was lost On this cal
culation the damage will be from Is
to 25 per cent Of the entire cotton crop
of central Texas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
FOUR ESCAPE FROM
JAIL IN MISSOURI

Clinton, Mo-, Aug. 1s.-Two men and
two boys escaped from the Henry
county jail by battering their way
through brick wall with a window
weight.
The boys were Alex Toie and Victor
Kelley, both II years of age, Of Kan
sas City, who were awaiting trial on
a robbery. charge
The men were Charles Samson of
Windsor. Mo-, and Ralph Stanley of
Kansas City.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
CITY Will Be ABANDONED
Russians Fear Capture OF Wilma BY the
Germans And Begin Re-
moving Stores.

Petrograd, Aug 1S-German aero
planes are persistently bombarding the
city of Wilma, about fifty miles east OF
Kovno. The possibility of the capture
of wilma by the Germans is foreseen In
Petrograd and operations preliminary
to its evacuation are in progress.
The governor general Of Wilma has
ordered removal of the equipments 81
factories and of banks, together with
supplies of metals, including church
bells, leather and everything else
which might be useful to the invaders
Horses and live stock are being taken
away
Preparations for the evacuation OF
Bialystok continue. The town is in
darkness at night on account Of at
tacks by German air craft.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
ANTHONY EDITOR
is GIVEN HONOR

Waterloo, Aug. 1s.-Al Stader OF
Anthony, editor of the Anthony Times.
was elected president Of the Associa-
ton Of Iowa Postmasters OF the third
and fourth class at the concluding
session of the twelfth annual conven-
ton today. In the three cornered fight
between Marshalltown, Fort Dodge
and Clear Lake for the 1915 conven-
ton, Clear Lake won.
Cyrus A. Polk, Story City, was cleo
ted vice president; Clara Bauman.
Liscomb, secretary, and @. konrao,
| Lacona, treasurer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
FRENCH WATERWAYS
PROVING OF VALUE

Paris, Aug. 1s.-Albert Thomas, un-
der secretary Of war, has issued a
warning to manufacturers working on
war materials, informing them that
scarcity of railroad rolling stock
will make difficult the delivery of coal
unless it is ordered considerably in
advance of the time it actually Is
needed. He advises the use of water
ways for the transportation Of coal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
HQitien Rebels
Anxious to Fight
American A1l11p

F.. v
Cap Haitien, Haiti, Aug. 18.-
Another detachment Of Ameri-
can marines has been landed
from the warships off this port.
The rebels have refused to dis
arm and in some sections have
expressed desire to fight the
Americans.
The people of Cap Haitien
are greatly excited, though no
outbreak of any kind has taken
place up to the present.
Foreigners at Port-a-Paix, a
Haitien town thirty-five miles
northwest of Cap Haitien, re-
port that they are being men,
aced by Haitien rebels and they
have requested that American
forces be sent to protect them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
MORSE STEAMERS SUNK

London, Aug. 18.-12:40 p. m.-The
Norwegian steamers Romulus and
Mineral have been sunk. The crews
were saved.
The Mineral, a vessel of $40 tons
gross, was built in 1890 and was own
ed in Narvik. The Romulus,, OF l8O
tons gross, was built in 1913 and hail
ed from Kragero.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
VISITS THE WOUNDED.

Paris, Aug. 18.-Madame Poincare,
wife of the president Of France, today
visited the Canadian hospital main
tanned by the people Of Montreal and
other cities. She spent an hour and
half talking to the wounded and the
nurses. making small gifts to the sol
diers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19
NEReoEs ARE LYNcHED.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 1s.-"Kid"
Jackson and Henry Russell, negroes,
were lynched early today at Hope
Hull, ten miles from here. Another
negro. whose name has not been
learned, was rescued from the mob
but he died at hospital
The negroes were charged with
poisoning mules on plantation sew.
eral months ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-19

passive directors" the commission
says, who acquiesce in what Is be-
ing done without knowledge and with
out investigation"
The inquiry, the commission says,
has demonstrated the need of legal
limitation of railroad security issues
and has emphasized the necessity Of a
law to fix responsibility for the dissipar
tion Of corporate funds