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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-23
SWISS SOLDIERS
FIRE AT AVIATOR

Berne, Feb. 22.-swiss scldiers
opened fire yesterday on an aeroplane
said to have been German, which few
over Bonfal The machine was
struck by nine bullets and the pilot
was forced to descend at Ferrette af-
ter lowering over the positions at
Rechesy
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-23

British Royal Palace is Pro-
tected From Air Raiders
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of The Associated Press)The
Buckingham palace is now being covered with
This the wing
containing living apartments the royal family Additional
ana craft guns the neghbohood of the
palace the center of Green park during the
be lowering palace
half dozen guns which would open h on IT.
made tight
the treasures the
vigorous of the valuable
exposed
the ity Of the galleries.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-23
WEATHER PREVENTS
GREAT AUTO RACE

San Francisco, CAL. Feb. 22.-On
account of the unsatisfactory condi-
tion of the course and threatening
weather, the Vanderbilt cup rase was
postponed today until one week from
satuSday. The drivers made one ex-
hibitiCn round of the course for the
benefit of the spectators. S
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-23
BOUT MAY BE POSTPONED,

El Paso, Texas, Feb. 22.-Jack Cur.
ley promoter of the Johnson-W Willard
fight, said that nothing definite had
been done regarding the reported post.
ponement bout, set for March 6 at
Juarez, Mexico. He said, however, that
the fight would be postponed if John.
- u arrived in poor condition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-23

boy as a prize for the best essay on
revolutionary war topic were fea-
lures of the exercises.
New York Celebrates.
New York, Feb. 22.--Patriotic cx-
ercises in fifty parks and play
grounds, in many churches and ar
mories and in Washington's head
quarters on Washington Heights,
marked the arrangements for the COM
memoration in New York today Of
Washington's birthday
Chicago, Feb 22.-Observance OF
Wasllington's birthday was general
here today. Numerous civic, social
and church organizations offered pro-
grams. and Boy Scouts and semi mill
tary organizations took prominent
part in the celebrations.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-23
RUSSIANS AD''.'|T
Loss OF CORPS
German Claims of Victory
in East Prussia Are
Partly Confirmed
RAILROADS AID IN
EXECUTING COUPE
Masses of Teutons Gather
Before the Invaders
Learn Of the Fact

Berlin, Feb. 22.-The German
official statement issued today an
nounced that the captures In the
battle Of the Mazuran lakes dis
trict Of East Prussia have been In
creased to seven generals and
more than 100000 men. The
pieces Of cannon taken numbered
$50.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-23

Continued on page 81
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
War Department Plans

Secretary of War Garrison, ever since assuming his office, has been calling attention to the necessity of a definite military policy" on the part of the government. Also he has endeavored to show that the army should be enlarged and reorganized.
 The Sixty-third Congress had so many pressing measures to enact into law and the necessary appropriations totaled such stupendous sum that Secretary Garrison was unable to make any headway on plans to strengthen the national defense.
 But he will fare better with the new Congress. President Wilson has become deeply interested in army and navy legislation, and on his return to Washington will formulate a na- tional defense programme for the con- sideration of Congress; and whatever that programme may be it will be urged and its importance stressed .
 It is understood that Secretary Gar rison has plans for the reorganization of the army worked out in detail, but very properly he refuses to give even a hint of any part of these plans until the President has passed upon them. It is believed, however, in military circles that if the war departments $ military policy is put into effect the United States will have a model army, although it be small compared with the armies of European nations.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
The Manufacturers Exhibit

The permanent exhibit of Birming- ham manufacturers, which was opened to the public last night, will prove d center of great interest not only to the people of this district but to out of-town visitors as well.
 It is a highly creditable display, showing as it does wide variety of made-at-home products. In this re- spect it is a revelation to those who have not kept up with Birmingham's progress in the matter of small in dustries.
 But as large as the exhibit is it will be much larger when all the manufacturers have had time to as semble specimens of the commodities they produce. Every mill and factory in Jefferson county should be repre- sented.
 A permanent exhibit has long been needed here. Several southern cities with not half the number of indus tries that are established in Birming- ham maintain attractive expositions and such institutions always impress strangers. They can be made of real educational value, too, and this phase will not be lost sight of here.
 The association under whose aspices the Birmingham exhibit is held has gone about its work in a systematic way and as a result of its efforts this community has now an added attrac- tion of which all citizens may feel justly proud.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
A Letter
I spake last Sunday at Blue Ridge

1 spake last Sunday at Blue Ridge, N. c.
 The occasion was one of the serv- ices of the city Young Women's Chris tian association conference.
 The place is a summer hotel sur rounded by group of cottages. The railroad station is Black Mountain, four miles away. Black Mountain is about twenty miles east of Asheville.
 The Blue Ridge hotel, or the Robert E. Lee hall, as it is called, accommo- dates five or six hundred guests. It bespeaks general patronage, but was built primarily to house a number of summer schools and Christian confer ences. From June 4 until August 30 the following are announced: Student Young Women's Christian association, Student Young Mems Christian asso- citation, Missionary Education Move ment, Student Secretaries Young Mems Christian association, Employed Officers Young Mems Christian asso- citation, City Young Women's Chris tian association, Social Service and Christian Workers.
 These various schools and confer ences do varying degrees of hard work. Well equipped lecture rooms are provided, with an ample audi torium for the more general meetings and public services. The morning hours are given to lectures and recita. tions, the evenings to addresses anC conferences, the afternoons to rest and recreation. Swimming, horseback riding, mountain climbing, tennis automobile excursions are available.
 The courses are carefully prepared systematically arranged, and wei taught. Not few of the series oi Bible lessons, mission studies and lee lures on religious problems, delivered lat these conferences, have afterward found publication and wide acceptance
 The leaders, whom met in my shor stay at Blue Ridge, were exceedingl, efficient and devoted men and women Large native gifts, experience, libera education, travel, thought, Christian character, shone through all they did Of course, there is no such thing a a resident or permanent faculty. Tn secretaries of the various organiza tions lay out the work and call t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 If father happens to have a whole dollar left for himself after he pays the rent and the other bills, mother knows that he is going to spend 1t on riotous living, but she hopes that he will not meet any strange blondes and take them to dinner.
 You can always find somebody will ing to invest in secondhand goods, sc there may be some hope for the Chi cago woman who brags that she has been married and divorced five times in the past five years
 When daughter goes to mother and breaks the glad news that the young man has proposed and that she ac- cepted him and that she is now en- gagged, daughter and mother will siI downs and have nice long talk, and they will agree as to the size of the house daughter is to live in, and they will agree as to the color scheme O. the dining room in the house that daughter is to live in, but they can't agree as to what the first baby will be named if the storlS happens to pa, a visit to the house that daughter 1, to live in.
 A woman is always greatly surprised to learn that her grown daughters ar, as old as they say they are.
 
 If 10-year- old boy doesn't have t, be called 10 times to go on an errant and has to be called more than ono, to come to his lunch, you had bette take him to a doctor. A girl doesn't mind having thicl waist as long as the thickness is abov, the waist line.
 When there are four or five girls il | the family and the oldest is unmarrie, and getting faded looking. and tn, young men are chasing the younge girls, the mother of the girls likes t, tell the young men what a fine girl th' oldest daughter is and how smart sh'
 Is and how silly and dumb the youngc | girls arc.
 | When a woman is mad she sits dowl | md cries. When a man is mad h. | stands up and drinks. And the resul in both cases is a red nose. | Every now and then a pest will hol | you up for an hour while he tells yo ! how busy he is and how overworke he Is.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
Midsummer Madness

At at meeting held-of all days in the year-on July 4, in a Boston church, more than one hundred men and boys signed cards pledging them selves never to enlist or ito assist any army or navy in murdering their brothers"
 The policy of nonresistance is not one that fits in well with American character and ideals, so there is noth- ing to be alarmed at in an organiza- tion such as that reported in Boston. No doubt the preacher at the head of the movement, as well as all those who signed cards, are sincere in think ing war is murder, but what they and all ultrapacifists overlook or ig- nore is the fact that human nature is at bottom much the same today as it was a century, or two centuries, or lifC NtilOuIi0o dkOs InC nOIlu lS Otl- ter than it used to be and there is a larger proportion of enlightened men and women who abhor war, but the old Adam in mankind is still ram pant, and it is just about as safe to adopt a national policy of nonresist- ance as it would be to attempt to sooth a mad dog by betting it on the head.
 Man has not yet reached the stage where he can afford to scorn recourse to arms, whatever provocation there might be. Even President Wilson's rather unfortunate utterance that the American people are too proud to fight was not taken to mean that they wouldn't fight if sufficiently pro- voked.
 Furthermore, so long as there arc ambitious nations in the world, with the power to make themselves greater at the expense of weaker nations, the defenseless nation is a constant temptation for covetous ones to be up and doing. There is something admirable in the type of man who never looks for trouble, but when it comes, is prepared for it. And the same thing might be said of that type of nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
heir aid speakers and teachers from

their aid speakers and teachers from all parts of the country.
 This Blue Ridge association, with it's chain of conferences, is only one of many. They are in the north and east and west as we'll In fact, one of the interesting and important devel- opments of modern life is the sum mer conference. Thousands of the brightest American students and other young people are going apart every year into favored and secluded spots for the study of God. Scores of min isters, missionaries, servants of the race, are coming out of these noun tain fastnesses, lakeside, seaside, for est places. And leaven goes back to our schools and colleges and to our towns and cities, which will never be measured until God reads His infinite scales.
 HENRY A E,nMONDS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
A Bit Previous

A young man of Cherryvale, Kan, has learned the force of the Scotch saying that "The best laid plans of mice and men, gang aft agloy, and leave us naught but grief and pain, for promised joy"
 The young Kansan, who is sue cessful merchant, had been paying court to a Wichita girl-and he de- cided to marry her It occurred to him, according to newspaper reports, that it would be a lovely surprise for the girl of his choice for him to pro- cure a marriage license and take it with him when he went to propose.
 So he journeyed to Wichita, secured the license and then spent sometime with Friends until the time for his evening call upon the girl.
 In the meantime reporter had ex- amined the records of the license ClcTh anu HUG Wdo piuIlSu III tHS evening paper in regard to the ap- preaching marriage of the young lady who was well known.
 Friends called. up the girl to offer congratulations. Naturally, being taken by surprise, she was not only amazed, but furious.
 It was no yielding mood that char acterized the girl of his dreams, as the young Kansan approached her that evening. In fact, it is rumored she made it very plain that while she might be wooed and won in the old fashioned way, this modern interpre- tation of Lochinvar method did moi appeal to her, and that she "could moi be yanked into matrimony."
 Sadly the youth journeyed back tt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
Where EIset

President Commissioner George B. Ward ir his interesting article on Social Serv- ice Work of the City Commission" which appears in the initial number of the Bir- mingbam Magazine. concludes thus:
 ''On the crest of Red mountain person may stand, facing north, and behold within a stones throw great metropolis of 2oo,00o people. nesting in beautiful valley. Turning to the south, he sees lying in silent majesty. miles of virgin forest. Beneath his feet quietly await ing the magic wand of development, are millions of tons of iron ore. And best of all, to the people of Birmingham be- longs a great park of 200 acres spread around him silently beckoning to that person to come and dress me up.'
 "Can such a situation or such prospect be duplicated at any other point in all the wide world?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
MOTHER

By Charles J. Quirk. f Another page in Lifes vast book wal
 turned, Another page all blurred with tear
 for thee, O dearest friend, Lifes sweetest meloti, Ere half begun, was shattered, all un
 learned, Mother! When from a distance, was dis
 cerned The swift approach of Him we all shs
 see, Who summoned thee to seek Eternity And thou art gone. and never more re
 turnedl We never truly love until too late. We never miss the light until has com The collied darkness Mother! Pray fo me That all my life be Christ like -chivalry That I may hope to meet thee at ti, gate, Awaiting me to lead me to our homel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
HOTEL LOBBIES
An Atlanta Visitor

E. NJ. Hafer of Atlanta, a well known and esteemed insurance man. spent yes- terday and was the luncheon guest of Hale Tarrant at the Southern club.
 The section.of the south that I get over Georgia, Alabama and Florida-is in better shape commercially than it was last fall, although generally speaking con- ditions are not yet normal Here in Bir- mingham the activity at the big industrial plants is beginning to be felt in nearly all branches of business. I am in this city frequently and on this trip I notice marked improvement. The fact is that Birmingham Is looking very prosperous indeed
 Tn Florida conditions are still much below normal. But one of the finest cities in the south-the best governed l believe is Jacksonville. It has a splendid fire department and the most efficient police force of any city of its size in the south"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
GambIII Makes Big Farm Deal

one of the largest farm deals closed in Alabama for sometime has been com- pleted by A. A. Gambill in New York. yesterday said T. P. Hay, Jr., assistaa. secretary of the Birmingham Real Es- tate exchange. "The trade involves the purchase of the Levy place, near Eutaw, Ala, consisting of a little less tha n 1000 acres of alfalfa farm lands, bs- Walter L. Smith of Memphis. The farm sold for s57,000 The lot on First ave nue occupied by the Camp Transfer company was taken in at a valuation of s50.000. bringing the transaction up to s107,50O.
 Another interesting point In the transaction was the agreement of M :. Smith to purchase after November 1, 1915, all the farm implements and stoo k which is estimated to be worth between s12,000 and s15.O00. The contract was drawn by the law firm of Stanfeld & Levy, who were attorneys for Harry K Thaw."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
ANNUAL IDYL OF THE NOSE

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 The millions never affected by the sneaking, sneezing, irritating affliction called ''hay fever" will hear with indif- ference or amusement that the season for that nasal symphony is opening, and promises to be unusually noisy on account of the luxuriance of provoking elements. An occasional vociferous sneeze is a joy forever though it may not be thing Of beauty It is wholesome protest against intrusion into the nasal passages of unwelcome dust; and so health-evoling IS it that your genuine Scotsman or Scan dinavan will cry God bless mer' and friends present will doff their hats and respond with God bless you," to every performance.
 No. so with the victim of hay fever. or hay cold. which is a term quite as ap- prorriate. He invokes no benediction. Rather the reverse. Of course the world knows the romantic source of the unro- mantle affliction It is caused by fine pollen from beautiful grasses and flowers ana weeds which floats upon the air and is inhaled by the victim, who is usually a lover of all that is beautiful. Poets and
 romantcists are, for occult reasons among the most favored of this airy pol len. Often a virulent attack upon poets is made by the pollen of roses. Then it is called rose fever" or rose cold" fever being preferable, as that is supposed to be more closely allied to the divine af- flatus than cold.
 Many are the remedies suggested, among them spraying with cocaine or quinine; in halation or internal administration of anti spa smodics; such gentle tonics as arsenic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

From the Wall Street Journal feature of the Virginia Carolina
 Chemical company's situation not dts closed in the annual report is the faet
 that between May 31 and July 27, the cash collections increased 3S per cent over the same period last year. As a director put it, such record promptly refutes the idea generally held in the north that the south is not in a well liquidated condition. Collections, not only of the Virginia company, but of other companies do- ing business in the south, are much bAt ter than anyone had anticipated, and
 are going far toward putting the soutl l in the strongest sort of financial pos ton.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
CLIMBING.

Fiod on, o weary brother, till you see the shadows fall And the sun goes down to rise for you no more, Though the road is hard to travel and you scarcely rest at all And rhisfortunes still pursue by sthe score. The heights are far above you and the valleys far below And there's little chance for you to win the goal But keep your eyes upon it when the storms begin to blow And keep the light still burning in your soull
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
A Lively Episode

"The fear of the maid for the mouse has, as Is generally known, become proverbial," remarked " Y. Johnson of Birmingham, but speaking from re- cent experience, I can vouch for the fact that there are other animals which gre capable of causing quite as much fear as does the aforesaid small man. mal
 'It was only recently that I had oc- casion to visit one of Birmingham $ large department stores. As we were emerging from the front entrance I was-startled by an ear-piercing shriek We immediately turned back to learn the source of the disturbance. We saw saleslady of charming appearance lying across the counter, having al- most fainted. A crowd of clerks cus- toners and noorwalkers immediately gathered. The girl quickly recovered her wits, blushing profusely. Upon in- quiry as to the cause of the genera! commotion we learned that the large brown cat which now sat purring on the floor had unexpectedly jumped from a perch above the counter and this had been sufficient to disturb the equa- njmity of the damsel at the ribbon counter"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
ADRIFT- WITH THE TInES

DISCOURAGED. How did you happen to leave your last boarding placer The landlady had such mournful eyes"
 T don't understand you" 'She always bent them upon me when I asked for a second helping"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
A WORK OF ART.

A WORK OF ART. How'd you happen to buy so much stock in that fake gold mine, Hiram 9" 9Th feller who was sellin' it said it was gilt-edged.'
 "Pshaw They all say that" But, by cracky, he showed it to me an 1t did have a gilt edge!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

Cherryvale, pondering on the incon- sistencies of women and upon the working of the little imps of perver- sity.
 Next time, he declares, he will choose a suffragette, and let her get the marriage license herself.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01

BEGINNING THE DAY-Tbe late Alfred Russell Wallace, in one of his essays, proves that dustIess mir is co1orIess. Despised and hated dust is the secret of the blue zenith, and of the deper, richer Giories of sunrise and sunset. Lord. help me so to con vert the small and the untoward in my life into forms of beauty. Amen. H. M E.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
IN ALABAMA
From the Houston Post.

From the Houston Post.
 The Alabama legislature is going to prohibit the sale or manufacture of cigar cites and cigarette papers in that state, and we are confidently expecting it to fix tho death penalty as punishment in cases where people put salt on water melon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
EFFICACIOUS
From the Brooklyn Times

From the Brooklyn Times.
 Philadelphia editor announces that he has cured stomach trouble by fasting 25 days. The same treatment continued ir- definitely will cure all the ills that flesh is heir to.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
Th. Rc,l Estnte Exchange

plan has been completed by the
 Birmingham Real Estate exchange for
 the handling of factory sites in the
 Birmingham district, and from now on
 the exchange intends to push this fea .
 ture of its activities. The committee to
 operate the plan will be appointed ot
 the regular weekly meeting to be held
 next Thursday
 The committee appointed to recom- mend a plan was composed of George 5. Tarrant, F. c. Macke, r. B. Fowlkes; Courtney S. Henley and M. P Messcf. chairman, and reported as follows: Il. That it is the sense of the com
 mittee that all manufacturing sites shall be, as far as possible, listed with the Real Estate exchange, thereby creating
 concrete and unselfish method upo, the part of the members to handle this special branch of the real estate bus ness to the best utmost interest of the city of Birmingham.
 "2. That there shall De elected by tie majority vote of the exchange con-
 mittee of three to be known as the ia : tory site committee. whose duty it shs 4
 be to handle for sale during it's incunl- | bency all prospective purchasers of fac i tory sites. When the sale of a factory site is made by said committee the cora' pensation to said committee shall be II | per cent of the net amount of the net commission received, and the exchange shall receive 25 per cent of said mel amount of commission, when the listing
 of the property sold has been made direct to the exchange. When the list
 ing of property sold by said committed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
KEEN DISAPPOINTMENT.

Congressman Blowster says he didn't think much of the San Fran cisco fair
 q think I know the reason why"
 "Well?'
 He hoped to launch a presidential boom while out there. but it failed to ,naterialiZe."