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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
FAIR ATTENDANCE
LAST DAY $4,000
HENRY CoUNTY'S ANNUAL EVENT
MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE
| ON RECORD.

Mt. Pleasant, Aug. 81. The Henry
county fair concluded the most sue
cessful exhibition in all the nineteen
years of it's history. Despite the fact
that the day was very cold and CLOUDY
threatening rain at any moment, the
attendance for the concluding day was
s. eater than that of any other FRIDAY
Complete tabulations finished SHOW
that over three thousand more people
passed through the gates than in any
previous year. The record for gate re-
ceipts is broken by nearly one lhous
and dollars.
When fifteen Thousand people enter
/: ed the grounds it is believed that all
attendance records for county talrs
within the state were broken. Despite
the large crowd there was very little
disorder and the arrests were few.
The racing program for Friday prov
ed unusually attractive. Spectators de-
string thrilling finishes were amply re-
paid. In every race 1t was necessary
to run an additional heat to determine
the winner. The 230 trot offered the
greatest thrill. In every heat the spec
tators were brought to their feet when
the horses rounded into the nome
stretch. In the second and third heats
so close were the first four horses
punched that it was extremely difficult
for even the judges to determine the
winner. The three year old trot was
exceptionally good. The finishes were
every one close and the time made was
better than ordinarily in this class
The program for the afternoon was as
| follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
NAME MILLER
As COMMISSIONER
kEOkUk MAN RECEIVES HIS AP-
POINTMENT FROM JUDGE
M. J. WADE.

Keokuk, Aug. 21.-Archer G. Miller
has received notice of his appointment
as United States commissioner at Keo-
kuk. Mr.. Miller's commission was re-
ceived here together with letter from
Judge Martin J. Wade, notifying him
Of his. appointment.
Mr.. Miller will hold preliminary
hearings for all prisoners who arc ar
rested and brought here, who may be
charged with violations of the federal
lawsN He will conduct preliminary
hearings in all cases which are
brought here by the United States
marshals, and will have the power to
discharge the prisoner, or hold him to
await the grand jury's action.
It has been customary since the Of
fice of commissioner was closed here
several years ago, to bring the pris
oners before the commissioners at OF
tumwa. The appointment Of Mr.. Nil
Ter will make it possible to bring the
prisoners arrested in this jurisdiction
before him.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
IN WATER FORTY
HOURS BUT LIVES
TEXAS SURFMAN BLOWN OFF
BOAT BY GUST OF WIND AND
HAS NARROW ESCAPE. .

Galveston, Texas, Aug. Civ. A
Krausse, surfman at the San Louis
coast guard station, arrived here safe
ly last night from Texas City, after q
distressing experience in the hurri
cane. Krausse, according to his story
remained in the water continuously
almost forty hours, swimming and
floating distance of more than thirty
miles. He was making inquiries con.
corning the fate Of his wife, to whom
he was married twenty days ago.
"My wife was with me and several
members of the San Luis crew in this
station life boat when the storm broke
Monday night" said Krausse. eve
thought We would be safe in the boat
as it was moored to the station. All
Of us had on life preservers. Sud-
den,y my wife was pitched forward
by a violent gust of wind. l reached
out to grasp her and slipped and fell
overheard. 1t was impossible for me
to swim back to the boat or to get to
shore in that hurricane, SO just alter.
mated swimming and floating, the life
preserver helping me to keep af1oat
when I felt exhausted.
"I swan as much as possible to keep
my blood circulating and to keep as
warm as I could in the water. Final
i w managed to reach shore near Tex
as City Wednesday morning and was
almost exhausted. have been unable
! to get any word of the fate of my
wife,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
ENGINE STALLED
BACK DOWN HILL

Iowa City, Aug. 21.-With their auto
engine stopped dead in the middle OF
a steep hill near Scion and the brakes
refusing to hold the heavy car, Mr..
and Mrs. E. G. Houser and party from
Iowa City, INDUCED in sensational
coast backwards down the hill.
For short distance Mr.. Houser was
able to guide the car and keep it In
the middle of the road, but when it be-
gan to coast down more rapidly he lost
control and the machine swerved and
ran hind end foremost into soft
clay bank at the side of the road.
The automobile was running so rap.
idly that the impetus carried the
wheels in to the hubs, and the tenders
and tail light were bent and caught in
the bank When the engine was start
ed the car could not pull itself out and
it was necessary to work and pry an
hour before the party could proceed.
1t was found that the shock had broken
the steering gear, so the trip had to
BE- abandoned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
YOUTH CONFEssEs
NUMBERING MAN
YEAR OLD DIES MONIES
BOY IN NEED OF MONEY FOR
HIS PARENTS.

Boone, Aug. 21. County Attorney
F. w. Canoe said today he had OBJ
tanned a complete confession from
Arthur Lumley, the eighteen year ola
Des Moines youth charged with killing
Thomas J. Smalley, wealthy farmer
while the latter lay sleeping IN his
room at the Smalley farm near Boone
Thursday.
According to the county attorney,
Lumley said he killed Smalley so as to
get money for his parents. Lumley
is quoted as saying that he had receiy'
ed a letter from his mother, who need
ed money to pay her rent. Lumley
said, it is reported, that his father has
heart trouble and can't work.
According to the alleged confession
the killing of the aged farmer took
place at two o'clock in the morning. 1t
was accomplished with rock, which
was used to beat Smalley on the head
The county attorney says that Lum
ley confessed he later set fire to the
house in an effort to hide the crime
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
GALVESTON soon
TO REPAIR DAMAGE
TEMPORARY AID WILL BE NEED
ED BUT CITY is EXPECTED
SOON TO RECOVER.

Galveston, Texas, Aug. 21. Mayor
Fisher of Galveston today said 1t was
probable that citizens here would send
an appeal to the Texas legislature ask
ing that they be given an extension
on their taxes in order to meet the big
financial drain caused by Monday
storm.
The people, according to the mayor
already are discussing additional grade
raising and filling to meet the new
problems which the latest storm
brought to light They are determined
Galveston shall be made safe. A wall
inclosing the inner harbor has been
suggested as protection In case OF
further storms of the nature OF the
titanic hurricane. ... =
Work continued at increased speed
on the cleaning up Of the city, every
available man being put to work by the
authorities. 1t was promised that be
fore night water in fair supply would
be coming into the city through the
big main from Alta Iona. 1t was ex
pected yesterday the water supply
would be reestablished but the watel
did not arrive.
With communication reestablisheG
with the outside world by telegraph
and telephone and great progress being
made in setting things in order In the
city. Galveston citizens today looked
forward hopefully to an early return
to normal conditions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
NEUTRALITY LAW
MUST Be OBEYEO.
BRITISH AND GERMAN AGENTS
WHO VIOLATE STATUTE WILL
BE PROSECUTED.

Washington, D. c., Aug. 21.-The de-
partment of justice is in full accord
with the action Of the United States
district attorney at San Francisco in
bringing about indictments of British
and German consular officials charged
with violating neutrality laws.
1t became known today that the at.
torney generals position is that there
is no immunity attaching to consular
officers of foreign government; that
they are commercial, not diplomatic,
representatives and are as liable as
anyone else to punishment for viola.
lions of the country's laws, though
their prosecution rests in the discre
ton of the government as a matter o.
policy.
Officials there were consulted whel
seven men were taken several week
ago from New York to San Francisco
to give evidence in the British neutral
ity cases. General instructions wer,
given to lay before the federal grant
jury any case where it was clear neu.
trality violations had been committed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
CITY MAY ABANDON
GROUNDS FOR PLAY
ATTENDANCE AT DIES MONIES
SCARCELY WARRANTS ExPEN.
EDITURE TO KEEP UP.

6 Des ,Moines, Aug. 21.-Des Mc.Ges
may not have public Fairgrounds next
summer. Superintendent Thornburg
said that he is doubtful if the attend
ance warrants the expenditure of the
amount required to keep them up. 1t
took almost $500 this season to pay
the Fairgrounds expenses. At the
same time, the school head declared,
the grounds would have easily accom-
modated five times the number of
children. He stated he is in favor Of
keeping about dozen grade school
buildings open next summer in various
parts of the city and of making play
ground work part of the course. 1t
is his opinion that Des Mcines homes
have big yards and that there are
many vacant lots where the children
play.
The swimming pools have been very
popular. All three will be kept 60
ing at full blast next season. The
new North High pool will be ready
and will give the North Des Moines
youngsters place to swim. The pools
close today for this year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
IOWA CAV.
At HEAT0N HOME
! ANNUAL REUNION OF co. M TIC
TAKE PLACE THURSDAY,
AUGUST 26.

Fairfield, Aug. 81. The annual re-
union of the Fourth Iowa cavalry COM
pany M will be held on Thursday, Aug
ust &c at the home of Hiram Heaton
in Glendale This event Is looked for
ward to with a great deal of interest
by the surviving members and their
families.
The entire day will be taken up by
those who attend and one of the feat
ures will be the picnic dinner served
by the ladies at noon. Mr.. Heaton Is
planning delightful program for the
day. There will be talks and stories
and old time songs. The members OF
this company have held these reunions
for many years and as the survivors
each year get fewer and fewer these
meetings take on an added significance
to the families and friends,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
BITTEN BY VIPER.

Bonaparte, Aug. q. Dwight Nc
Cracker, eldest son of Mr.. and Mrs
]. I. McCracken, living near Bentons
port, was bitten on the ankle by a
spreading viper while playing on the
lawn at his home. He had pluck
enough at once to get stick and kill
the reptile and then cut it into pieces
with a hoe. The wound showed two
small blue spots where the fangs
struck and the leg soon began to swell.
His father took him to a physician as
soon as possible and had the wound
cauterized. There was considerabl
swelling, but the boy did not become
i'll from the effects of the poison.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
SAVES 5000 IN
TW o YE A r S

Waterloo, Aug. 21. That America
Is indeed the land Of opportunity and
the place of acquiring quick wealth,
even for unskilled foreigners who do
not speak the English tongue, is amply
shown by testimony given by Dan Cur
ubiga, a Serbian laborer, at the prelim-
mary hearing of Eli Petkovich, who is
accused of having stolen $410, which
pCurubiga had kept under mattress.
The men occupied the same room at a
boarding house.
Curubiga, who has been In America
but two years, having come almost di-
rectly to Waterloo and been employed
in the Illinois Central shops, says he
saved 5000 in twenty-four months.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
FOREST FIRES IN
NORTHERN STATE
COUNTY IN WASHINGTON FACES
GRAVE DANGER AS WIND
SPREADS BLAZE.

Bellingham, Wash, Aug. 21. Very
heavy damage was threatened by
scores of forest and grass fires burning
today in this (Whatcom) county. The
little town of Alki, four miles north of
here, was wiped out yesterday and con-
siderable live stock, miles of fences
and many acres of crops have been
destroyed
Concern was felt for the town of
Lynden, next to Bellingham the largest
in the county, owing to half dozen
fires whic htoday were creeping up on
It,
A heavy wind was spreading the
numerous fires and little water was
available for fighting them. No loss of
life has been reported.
Bellingham is covered with ashes,
and smoke is hanging over the city.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
WANTS MARRIAGE ANNULLED.

MonteZuma, Aug. IA Few Weeks
no there was considerable in the pa
D0fs about the marriage Of a little 49,
year old girl from Searsboro to a
Mexican Later the groom left for
parts unknown. The girls mother
had made AFFIDAVIT as to her daugh-
ker's age. She was charged with
perjury, pleaded guilty and is now
serving an indeterminate sentence Of
ten years. The next chapter in this
unfortunate story has just been COM
menced by the filing of petition in
the district court whereby Tavern
Schroyer-Flores seeks to have her mar.
riage to James Flores annulled.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
ATLANTIC FLEET
BACK FROM PRACTICE

Newport, r. l., Aug. 21.-The At
lantic fleet which has been engaged in
war maneuvers off Block island during
the past week returned here last night.
Practice in the laying of mines by the
flagship San Francisco, and mine
sweeping by two divisions Of torpedo
boat destroyers formed a part of the
maneuvers.
The entire fleet will leave here early
Monday for Boston harbor where it
will be reviewed on August 25 by Sec
rotary Daniels and the state executives
attending the conference of governors.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
DEPOT ENTERED
AND SAFE BLOWN
ROCK ISLAND STATION At OSkA
LOOSA is ROBBED OF $26.10
DURING NIGHT.

Oskaloosa, Aug. 21.-(SpeciaD-T
Rock Island passenger station here
was broken into, the safe blown and
$26.1O taken sometime between ID
O'Clock Friday night and o'clock Sat,
urday morning.
Nitroglycerine was used to- gain
entrance to the safe and a few tools
which were left lying upon the floor
are the only clews upon which the of.
ficers have to work. It is their opin.
ion that the crime was the result OF
professionals labors and that thew
were frightened away before entirely
finishing their efforts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
RUSSIANS BRING
ZEPPELIN DOWN

London, Aug. 21.-Russians gunners
have brought down a Zeppelin that
was approaching Wilma, according to
dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram Co.,
from Petrograd today.
The dispatch continues:
THE airship was hit four times. 1t
contained the pilot and engineer, to-
gether with eight soldiers, machine
gun, bombs, incendiary darts and pho
tographic apparatus
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
OPEN SWITCH is
CAUSE OF WRECK

Blackwell, Okla, Aug. 81. Nine
persons were injured, two seriously,
when an open switch caused a south
bound Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fee
passenger train to crash into string
of loaded freight cars at Braman,
twelve miles north of here, last night.
Frederick Cyburn of Wellington, Kan,
and Elwood Chenowith, express mes
senger, were said to be seriously In
dured internally.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
COTTON TO BE cohTRABAND.

Paris, Aug. 21.-The foreign office
announces that the Journale Official
tomorrow morning will contain an an.
nouncement by the French and Brit.
|ish. governments declaring cotton alb
solute contraband of war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
MRS JACK WATSON HURT.

Iowa City, Aug: 81. Mrs. Jack Wat
son. wife of the s. U. I. football trainer,
was possibly seriously injured, Thurs
day when her horse became fright
ened at an automobile, dragging her for
half a block beneath the vehicle. Mrs.
Benaker, who was with her, also was
badly injured about the head.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
NEW SHARON BOY WINS.

New Sharon, Aug. 21.-Dav1d Yer
Steegh, son of Hubert Yer Steegh, liv-
ing three miles south of New Sharon,
has been awarded first prize in the
county essay writing contest, which
means free trip to the Iowa state
fair August Is to September 3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
BELLE PLANE HAS BIG LOSS.

Belle PLANE, Aug. 21.-Belle PLANE
has a loss upon her hands for which
no one can be held responsible. A
sewer pile broke and the fact did not
become apparent for several days. BY
that time several blocks of pavement
had been undermined and other dam
age had been done, which can not be
assessed against anybody, but which
will have to be made up from the city
funds.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24
WEEDS MASSACHUSETTS, GIRL.

Cedar Rapids, Aug. II. ARCHER oIH-
clair, prominently identified with the
Sinclair Packing company here, was
married this afternoon at North Adams
Mass, to Miss Mary Louise Hopkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sinclair will enjoy a hon.
eymoon auto trip through the east be-
fore returning to Cedar Rapids.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-08-24

The running horse Bessie Helms
which was left at the pole later ran an
exhibition quarter In % nat.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04
not driving an automobile.

Whereupon a fly-cop deposed and
said he saw a "Fordcar"- racing along
Ridgewood avenue at the rate of 80
miles an hour or thereabout, Thurs
day afternoon, and that Morris Niver
was at the helm of said Fordcar.
Then his honor, Mayor H. H. Titus,
sat up, smiled and uttered these few
soothing words: "Technicalities have
no standing in this court, Mr.. Niver.
Otherwise, this case might end right
here. Speeding is form of thrilling
recreation that is highly delightful
to the speeder. Others, however, get
the thrills minus the delights Pub
lie safety demands the enforcement of
the municipal ordinance requiring
that motor cars be run at moderate
speed, and l expect to do my part
toward seeing that the law is OBJ
served"
The Saturday morning session Of
police court adjourned Immediately
after the mayor had eased a chunk
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04
Muskrat in the Corn Belt.

The muskrat likes to travel around
in the cornfields, selecting ears that
suit his fancy and carrying them to
his den, where. after Teasing, he de-
pisits the cobs at the entrance, as
if in token that corn is king of &C.
reals. But corn in the roasting-ear
stage is his delight, and he Will gorge
himself with it to the utmost He
will cut down many stalks. Just to be
doing something, and ofttimes will he
drag them to his den and if it be along
an open ditch they will be piled below
to form dam to make the water deep
er. In this respect he resembles the
beaver and the musquashes. Years Of
experience along many bitches and
streams have taught him wisdom, and
he always manages to profit in some
way by the prosecutions of the trap
per and hunter.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04
Italy an Ancient Nation.

Italy may fairly claim 10 be senior
among the nations oil Europe so far
as its name is concerned. The PENN
sula has been Italia" almost as far
back as even legend reaches. Accord
ing to Mommsen the "Itali' proper
were the Inhabitants of the southern
part of the country AS to the origin
of the name, there is the normal le-
gend of a King Italus; but his name
must have been pronounced Vitalus
or Vitulus, which means a bull-calf,
and it is easy to recognize in it an
allusion to Italy as the land OF cattle.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04
Easy to Effect SavinQ.

The prospect of a rise in the price
of mustard should not cause much
CONSERVATION; is there any item on
which saving could more easily be
effected? The head of a famous firm
that has built fortune upon the man
ufacture of mustard once confessed
that the money came to him not from
the mustard we use but the mustard
we waste Not one of US but proves
the truth of the statement every time
we use the mustard pot and dab down
on the side of our plate five times the
quantity we are likely to eat
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04
Requires Serious Thinking.

1t is true that thousands of children
may never learn to like the compulsory
school attendance law. but they can
learn to like it by lying across moth.
er's knee for a few mornings and
thinking seriously while she hardens
her slipper soles.-Houstop Post.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04

of sorrow to the defendant in this
wise: "Mr. Niver, you owe the city
of Daytona fifty dollars. Please re-
nit"
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04
The alkers.

Where one man wants to work his
way to the top, there are a dozen who
hope to talk themselves in that gen.
eral Observation-Disclosures Globe.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-04
FIFTY DOLLARS PER
Time IS The PRICE
FOR SPEEDING HERE

Right under the defendants name
was written on the mayors docket,
Speeding" Meaning, of course, an
automobile.
Defendant pleaded not guilty.
Around the court room officials
winked and whispered to each other
that defendant meant that he was
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-24
A Bad Back. Makes Life Miserable
for Many 0eala People

a bad back is heavy burden.
A burden at night when bedtime
comes.
Just as bothersome in the morning.
Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for
it?
Know they are for kidney back
aohe-and for other kidney ills?
Ii you don't some 0cala people
do.
Read a case of it
Mrs. NJ. A. Frost of 423 Broadway.
Ocala says: For a long time ! suf-
tered from kidney trouble. l had a
dull pain in my back and if / caught
cold or got my feet vet, l was worse.
/ couldn't rest we'll at night and got
up in the morning feeling tired and
depressed. | was also troubled by
dizziness and was in bad shape when
I got Doan's Kidney Pills at the
Carlisle Drug Co. In few days they
brought me relief and continued use
cured me.
Price soc, at all dealers. DOM
simply ask for a kidney ~emedy-
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Frost had. Foster-Milburn
Co, Props, Buffalo, y. Y. Adj.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-24

Przemysl, the ACstrian fortress,
capitulated to the Russians yesterday,
but that awful impregnable name it
self will never capitulate to any Eng
lish speaking tongue. It's isolation is
complete, its independence assured
forever-Lakeland Telegram.
One Of our German friends informs
as that the name is pronounced "Thi-
meel." with the short, and the accent
on the last syllable. We have no right
to criticise. The consistent pronun-
citation of the name of our national
capital would be Washington. As it
is, we begin the word with w, the
consistent sound of which would be
the same as that of d, and follow it
with an a, sounded like an 0. AS far
as pronunciation and spelling are con-
cerned, there is no language more in
consistent than English.
The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-24

Judging by the following, the Tam
pa Times does not approve of Gov
ernor Trammell's policy of recon-
mending measures to the legislature.
The Times says: Living up to his
usual vote-snatching tactics, Governor
Tramrnell forestalls the legislative
session by recommending every re-
form that has been suggested since
Adam and Eve stood outside the gates
Of the Garden of Eden and gave the
poet inspiration for writing, OF all
sad words of tongue or pen, the sad
dest are these-it might have been
Governor Trammen will go down in
history as the Great Suggester.' In
the meantime, though, he doesn't seem
to have suggested anything worth
while in connection with the Mariana
Industrial school fire horror"