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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-07-03

helped his iance to alight. Thell
neighbors-elect had smiled and talked
about them in a pleasant gossipy way,
saying that the wedding was to be in
June.
Now they didn't know what had
happened until the news filtered
through various sources that the en-
gagemZlt was broken and the little
brown house would not be occupied
this summer. So the neighbors on
Elm highway ceased to watch for the
happy lovers. although Mrs. Bruce
Wade declared she had seen Philip
Corning stalking around the unfinish-
ed house in the moonlight.
Like the ghost of lost happi-
ness she had sighed sentimentally.
1t was true that Philip did go there
more than once. He would tramp
around the bare rooms, smoking furl-
ously and blaming first himself, then
Rosamond, and finally Oscar Nelson
for the cataclysm. In the darkness
he would people the empty rooms
with Rosamund and himself and some
times he would cry out in anguish at
the thought of the long years OF lone
illness which awaited him. But to the
world he showed merely grim. smil-
ing face. AS for Rosamond, 1t was
reported that she was visiting her
married sister in New York.
One rainy day Philip slammed his
desk cover and, struggling on rain
coat. went for q tramp along Elm
highway. The steady downpour sooth.
ed his restless spirit and the fresh,
damp air was grateful after the close
atmosphere of the office
He turned into the gate and went
around to the back door. The SOUND
Of his coming was drowned In the
falling shower
Some one was standing on the back
porch, peering through the glass pam
els of the kitchen door-a forlorn little
figure in raincoa',. with the hood
drawn tightly over its head.
Philip recognized the figure-thas
raincoat and that head he would nave
known among a thousand. even had
they been concealed under bushel
basket so keen are the eyes OF love.
He placed his hands on her Shout
ders and turned her right about, ne.
face close to his own-a pale, THINK
little face it was with wistful blue
ewes that frightened and then dimmed
with tears at sight of him.
II as-only-looking, she fa[
tered. 49,,
/ at our house?" asked Philip softly.
She trembled beneath his touch.
"At our house?' he repeated. Our
house made any old way-with the
front door in the cellar-morn1ng'
glories on the chimney tops-tne
stairs on the roof-are you looking at
our house, Rosamond?" !.
Her lips quivered. She tried 10
smile and couldn't.
"No answer required said Philip as
he kissed her on the lips.
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LITTLE BENNY's NOTE BOOK
RY LEE PAPE

ing my back sispendir buttin fling awf,
and I quick put my hands in my peck
its avn akkount Of not noing how
mulch perteckshin wun sispendir but
tin wood be.
Don't you no it's not pullite to wawk
alawng the street with lady that way,
sed Mary Watkins.
o, that's the new stile, that's awl rite,
sed.
No it's not awl rite eethir, and you
jest take them out agen, she sed.
1t awl rite for me, sed.
Wy is it, sed Mary Watkins.
Bekause I'm independent, I sed.
a Well you cant wawk alawng with me
with yure hands in yure pockits, she
sed.
Anvil rite, then Ill go hoam, I'm indie.
pendent, l sed. And startid to wawk
hoal and Mary aWtkins called aftir
me, You can keep them in if you wunt,
I no can, sed. And did, and
kepp avn wawking hoam.
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This AFTERNOON I was watching for ma
to get throo darning wun of pops socks
so she Good put sum buttins avn my
pants, and aftir had waited vile
sed, I'm going out, ma, you can fix my
pants sum uthir time.
You bettir not go out till I've mendid
you, yung man, you've ony got buttins
left to fassen yure sispendirs to-, sed
ma.
WITCH was awl I had, but went out
enyhow, and nun of the fellos was er-
round so went Ground to Mary Wat
kinses street and Mary Watkins was
setting out avn her frunt steps, and l
sat alawngside of her, saying, Hello,
Mary, and she sed, Hello, was jest 60
ting to start to 60 to the grocery stoar,
do you wunt to KUN with me.
Anvil rite, sed.
And she got up awf of the steps and
so did l, ony vile I was doing 1t sum-
thing did sumthing in back of me, bee
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Newspaper Syndicate.)
Philip Corning rolled up the arch
itect's blue prints and put them in a
drawer of his desk.
"Tell Mr.. Nelson that I will give
him my opinion later about the
plans,' he said to the architects as
sistant. II have to consult-another
person"
The assistant winked at his ref1ec-
ton in the glass-paneled door as he
left Philips office; just as If he didn't
know as we'll as every one else in
Bradbury that 1.-THE other person to
whom Corning had referred was his
fiance. Miss Rosamond Delway, and
that the plans in question were those
of the house they were building on
Elm highway.
When he was alone Philip took out
the plans and gloated over them. He
and Rosamond had pored over them
all winter and they had agreed that
the house would be perfect Nelson,
the architect, had almost lost his pa
thence as the young lovers ordered
first one change and then another in
the plans Of the house. He declared
wrathfully that not one feature re-
NAMED the way he had originally SUBJ
mitted it, and Rosamond then had art
lessly reminded him that the cellar
foundation was still unchanged.
And now the worm had turned. The
temperamental Mr.. Nelson had de-
clared that it was an utter impos-
sibility to build fight of stairs in
the manner directed by the future
Mrs. Corning. He had made one last
desperate protest and threatened to
throw up the contract if the owners
persisted in playing" with the plans
any longer. So Philip reluctantly O.
KID the plans as they stood and sent
them back to the irate architect
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There was still a disagreeable job to
do-he must break the news to Rosa

There was still disagreeable job to
do-he must break the news to Rosa
mund.
Now, Rosamund Delway was tenn
peramental as we'll as Oscar Nelson;
therefore, when Philip broke the news
to her over the telephone and limited
that they must sit tight and accept the
plans as they were without further
changes, Rosamund promptly inform
ed him that she simply must insist
upon changing the pantry to the other
side of the kitchen because, she had
decided that the pantry space would
be larger and, facing the east end OF
the house, she could have what she
had always desired-a pantry window
overrun with morning glories.
1T would be so cute to see them
every morning. she purred over the
wire.
1T will be cute to see Nelson's face
when you offer him that argument
he chuckled
ST don't intend to see him-you must
tell him, Phil"
II? Not on your life, darling" And
he had followed this inelegant re-
mark with such wise reasoning that
Rosamund flew into pretty temper
and told him he could live alone in
his old house.
Thereupon she had hung up the re-
ceiver and Philip had continued to
stare at the space ahead of him with
blank incredulity in his eyes until
centrars acid voice had twice demand
ed Number
Philip hung up the receiver and
gloomed alone in his office. Stenog.
raphers brought him letters to sign,
clerks came and went with papers
and books. and finally they all put
away their work and went home, won
dering( at 1.-The bosss" unusual tact
turnity.
That is how it happened that Phil
ip was alone when messenger boy
brought him small, square, white
package sealed with red wax bearing
Rosamund's monogram.
"Wait, boy ordered Philip. break
ing the seals, but the lad was halfway
down the outer Office.
mo answer required, sir!' he shout
ed back and presently the outer door
slammed.
fQlllD SldIcu az lAO olSAl ~
engagement ring he had given Rosa
mond. So the engagement was brok-
en-and she wouldn't listen to rea-
son. She had said, mo answer re-
quired.'
He locked the ring in his safe and
sat down and wrote a note to oscar
Nelson, architect.
Dear sir" Philip licked out on
the Typewriter with one finger, upon
further consideration I have decided
to suspend operations upon my new
house on Elm highway. Please SEND
me an accounting to date and l Will
forward check by return mail.
Faithfully yours,
"Philip Corning"
And on the outside of the envelope
he wrote a line under the address,
emo answer required" At least ne
would be spared Nelson's hotheaded
protests.
Then he rang for a messenger boy
Out on Elm highway, where a
charming suburb was forming, a nttle
brown shingled house had ITS eyes
shattered and its doors padlocked'
people who knew all about the
builders wondered what had happen
ed to stop operations No more was
philip Corning's big car halted ID
front of the gate while the young man
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WOMEN TO HELP
GET MUNITIONS

London, July 1.-The appeals OF
Mrs Emmeline Pank.urst, the suf-.
fragist leader, that women be permit
ted to take larger and more recog-
ntzed share in the organization Of the
nation for war now afoot, have proved
effective. David Lloyd-George, thcl
minister of munitions, has consente ~
to received deputation of the womeY
who are eager to serve their county
in various capacities, including
making of ammunition.
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CHAPTER v. (Continued.)
PETEY

CHAPTER V, (Continued)
That function could hardly be de-
scribed as hilarious. Aunt Mary flut-
tered and gasped in her triumph, and
spoke often of her horror OF the new.
The recent admission of automobiles
to the sacred precincts of Bar Harbor
seemed to be the great and disturbing
fact in life for her. Spencer Meyrick
said little; his thoughts were far
away. The rush and scramble OF
business office, the click Of typewrit-
ers, the excitement OF the dollar chase
these things had been his life. De-
prived of them, like many another
exile in the south, he mobed in dim
world OF realities and wished that he
were home: Minot, too, had little to
say. On Martin Wall fell the burden
OF entertainment. and he bore it as one
trained for the work. Blithely he COS
siped of queer corners that had known
him and amid the flow Of his oratory
the dinner progressed.
It was after dinner, when they all
stood together in the lobby moment
before separating, that Mr.. Henry
Trimmer made good his promise out
of clear sky.
Cynthia Meyrick stood facing the
others, talking brightly. when sudden.
" her face paled and the fippant
words died on her lips. They all turn
ed instantly.
Through the lobby, in buzz OF ex'
cited comment, man walked slowly,
his eyes on the ground. He was a tall
blond Englishman, not unlike Lord
narrowly in appearance. His gray
eyes, when he raised them for mo-
ment. were listless, his shoulders
stopped and weary, and he had long
dropping muctache that hung like a
weeping willow above particularly
cherries stream.
However, it was not his appearance
that excited comment and caused
Miss Meyrick to pale. Hung over MS
shoulders was a pair Of sandwich
boards such as the outcasts of a great
city carry up and down the streets
And on the front board, turned full TO-
ward Miss Meyricks dinner party,
was printed in bold black letters:
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CHAPTER vi.
Ten Minutes of Agony.

"All ask, Mister narrowly, is that
YOU consent to short interview with
your brother"
Mr. Trimmer was speaking. The
time was noon of the following day.
and Trimmer faced Lord HarrowDy
IN the sitting room OF his lordsnlp,s
hotel suite. Also present-at Harrow,
by's invitation-were Martin wall ana
Mr.. Minot.
IN. lordship turned his gray eyes
an Trimmer's eager face. He could
make those eyes look fishy When ne
uked-he made them so now.
"He is not my brother" he SAID
co1dlv land l shall not see him. May
I ask you not to call me Mr.. Harrow
"You may ask till you're red In your
noble face" replied Trimmer, firm IN
his disrespect. But I shall go on
calling you Mister just the same.
call Won that because know the facts.
Just as | call your poor cheated broth
er who was in this hotel last night
between sandwich boards, Lord Har-
rowby."
.Really," said his lordship, Il zee
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AM
THE
REAL
LORD
HARROWBY

with q little gasp and murmured
apology. Miss Meyrick turned quickly
and entered the elevator. Lord Har'
rowbv stood like a man of stone, gaz'
Inc at the sandwich boards.
f was at this point that the hotel
detact,ve suffi GENTLY recovered him
self to lay eager hands on tne auua'
cious sandwich man ana proper I'LL
violently from the scene.
In the background Mr. Minot per
ceiyed Henry Trimmer. pufflng exclt'
edly on big black cigar, triumphant
look on his face. -
Mr. Trimmer's bomb was thrown.
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Evening Story
NO ANSWER REQUIRED.

BY Helen Derby.
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
AT THE GRAND TONIGHT 1

Love's Victory, three reel drama of the Gold Seal Brand, with Cleo Madison taking the part of the woman. A beautiful girl in a hum ble home with a devoted mother and love. Then enters tn spirit of evil, with vanity and fine clothes, flat tery, riches, lust and vice follow quickly and the woman becomes a slave to them all. After a few short years youthand beauty have gone, she returns to her home to learn that her mother had died of broken heart. In her misery she de- termines to end her life when her hand falls upon the family Bible, the evil spirit departs and love is vic torious. Mir. George Larkin, better known to us as Alan in the Trey Q Hearts, plays the part of Love. A single reel drama. and a comedy com plets the show. Adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
JUDGE CUSHMAN
 CHANCESORDER
IN CASE WEST COAST PACKING AND TRADING COMPANY
 AT CRAIG, ALASKA
TO ACCOUNT TO COURT
Orders Defendants To Bring in Forty Thousand Dollars By
 December 18th

SEATTLE, Nov. S-At hear ing held before Federal Judge E. E. Cushman Saturday, an order was obtained modifying the restraining the West Coast Packing and order previously issued by the Superior Court of the state where Trading Company, and others were prevented from disposing of their pack this season, pending an adjudi- cation of difficulties arising from a contemplated merging if divers canning companies.
 By the orders of the federal judge the West Coast Packing Company is allowed to dispose of their pack and bring s40.000 of the proceeds into court by the fifteenth of De- cember, when final adjudication will be made.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
TIE FISH RATES
 ARE REDUCED
ALASKA STEAMSHIP LINES ANNOUNCE GREAT
 REDUCTIONS
EFFECTIVE AT CNCE
Five Dollars a Ton From Southeast Alaska Points For Halibut
 And Salmon

SEATTLE, Nov. S-Fishermen are highly elated over the announce ment of the Alaska Steamship lines that, effective at once, the rates on halibut and fresh salmon from all southeastern points of Alaska shall be five dollars ton hereafter.
 The reduction is the result of rep resentations made by the boat own CTS some time ago, when a letter was written to the companies, show ing that the companies were to a great extent responsible for tle fish ermen disposing of their fish in a foreign port.
 The reduction will greatly benefit everybody interested in the fishing business in Alaska.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
LANSING SENDS
 ENGLAND NOTE
CALLS BLOCKADE ILLEGAL ALTOGETHER CONTRARY
 TO NEUTRAL RIGHTS
SAYS CANNOT SUBMIT
Points Out Thirty Five Difforent Points Showing Indefensible
 Act

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8-The note to the British government which Secretary Lansing prepared protest ing against interference in Ame rican commerce in bockading neutral ports, was presented today.
 The Secretary calls the British governments attention to tlirty- five different points where Ameri- can commercs has been inter cred with, and qualities the blockade as ineffective, illegal, indefensible and an invasion of neutral's righ'5 to which America cannot submit
 The note has created a stir a. mong officials who had here ofore failed to realize the seriousness of the situation.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
BRITISH PAPERS
 L0ATH ID GIVE
EDITORS SAY POINTS RAISED OPENED FOR PROLONGED
 ARGUMENTS
WARSURE TOHAMPER
American Demands Are Called
 Unreasonable By Most of The Radicals

LONDON, Nov. 8-Secretary Lan- sings note in reference to the block ading of neutral ports by the home government, was made public today, and has brought down storm of protest against every point raised by America. Every newspaper has taken it up.
 Editors of various publications say that the objectionable points made out by the Secretary are subject to argument and his expressed conclus- ion does not necessarily make them a violation of neutral laws. "War," says one editor, lis bound to hamper neutral commerce, therefore so long as interference is in good faith, no nation can have much to complain of"
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
ALASKAN
 FIGHT |S ON
JUNEAU MAN EXPLAINS THE CHARGES AGAINST THE
 GOVERNOR OF ALASKA
NATIVITY QUESTIONED
Executive Said to be Nova Scotian Illegal Acts And Violation
 Of Neutrality Alleged

Charges brought by Alaska De- mocrats against Governor J. F. A. Strong and mailed to Bo Sweeney Assistant Secretary of the Interior who has referred them to Secreta- ry Lane, were explained yesterday by Edward I. Wade, of Juneau, who came to Portland to ask United States Senator Lane, who was for merly a resident of Alaska, to take up the charges with the Secretary
 Senator promised to presene them.
 MT. Wade, who was formerly a clerk in the Governors office, pre- pared the charges himself and sent them to Assistant Sweeney at Washington several days ago.
 "My personality cuts no figure in the matter, however, he declared. q am only acting for the majority of Alaska Democrats, who want the Governor removed.
 The Governor was appointed April 13, 1913, by President Wilson on the supposition that he was a Democrat. His office, however, has been under the thumb of his secre- tary, William W. Shorthill, who is Republican and who has been retained in office against the wish es of the Democratic population of Alaska.
 Republicans Get Offices
 Under his influence our Demo cratic Governor has filled every important appointive office with Republicans. Among the Republi- cans he has apointed are W. c. Smith, territorial treasurer, former ly president of the Taft Katalla Club, at $4000 a year, and Arthur G. Shoup, Superintendent of the Alaska Pioneers Home, at $2000 a year.
 "As secretary to the Governor, MT. Shorthill himself, who is a hold over from the administrations of Governor Hoggatt and Governor Clark, draws $2150 year from the Interior Department. He also gets s720 a year from the territorial government and s1 from every hunting license sold in Alaska,
  which is a good fat sum in itself. In addition to this, he is said to get approximately 5000 year as special disbursing agent"
 According to Mir Wade, the char ges against Governor Strong are as follows.
 Neutrality Violation Cited
 That he has violated President Wilson's neutrality order in writ ing ti-Teutonic editorials in the Juneau Daily Mail. Among the editorials cited in which bitter anti German sentiments are said to be expressed are; "The European
 Continued on Page A.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
ELECTION MAY BE POSTPONED
Many Favor To Wait Until After
 The War is Over

LONDON, Nov. 8-The Marquis of Lansdown, announced in the House of Lords that the government was firmly of the opinion that there should be Hno general election until after the war. Lord Willoughby de- clared that Premier Asquith should be held responsible for all mistakes.
 'If Russia could get rid of Grand Duke Nicholas in the middle of the war;" he said, England could get rid of Asquith."
 He agreed with Lord Selbone when he spoke of the stupidity of the censors' actions. Everything which made the enemy think the country was afraid of the truth was an en- couragement to the enemy.
 Lord Merely deplored the effect on neutrals of "the ostrich-lige activ- ities and childish insincerities of the censorship" and added that he had never seen a government or an administration less in need of a censored press than the present one.
 --
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
CHICAGO'S LARGE
 POLICE FORCE

CHICAGO, Nov. S-Chicago is to have citizen police force of 2O,- 600 members to cooperate with the police department.
 The volunteer police will not deal with crime, but cooperate with the police and the health departmnt in eliminating vice spots and keeping the city in sanitary condition. The details of the organization were completed last Saturday at a meet ing that was largely attended.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
KING NAMES
 HIS PREMIER
CHIEF SAYS WILL OBSERVE NEUTRALITY TOWARDS
 ENTENTE POWERS

ATHENS, Nov. S-The King to- day commissioned deputy Skouloudis to form a new cabinet, The latter took his oath of office immediately and announced his intention too ob- serve a benevolent neutrality to- wards the entente powers.
 Thus far, every one invited to be- come member of Premier Skoul- oudi's cabinet have shown a willing ness to do so.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
SUNK OFF THE SWEDISH COAST
 WHOLE CREW IS LOST

BERLIN, Nov. S-The war office today issued a statement verifying the report that the small German cruiser Undine had been torpedoed and sunk with the whole crew off the coast of Sweden.
 In the same official statement, an announcement was made that a German aeroplane had dropped a bomb over a British patrol boat off North Hinder Lightship, and caus- ed a great deal of damage to the British patrol boat.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
HRS ". H. PATCHING
 PASSES AWAY

The wife of Councilman W. H. Patching passed peacefully away at their home this morning about 6:30, after an illness of several month, from a complication of heart and kidney troubles. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the bereaved family in this sad hour, particularly to Mir. Patching and the two little ones.
 The funeral services will be held at the house tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by the Christian Science Church. The interment will be in the Odd Fellows plot in the local cemetery.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
KITCHENER GOES
 TO THE FRONT
HIS DEPARTURE GIVES RISE TO MUCH SPECULATION AS
 TO FUTURE ACTION

LONDON, Nov. S-The departure of Lord Kitchener. commander of the British forces for the Eastern front has given rise to much spec ulation as to the future action that may be taken in the Balkan states.
 There Is much circulated rumors going the rounds that the Balkan defense will be carried on energet- ically from now on.
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
WOMEN IN SERBIAN ARMY

LONDON, Nov 8-Gruiteh, doc tor in the Serbian army, who arriv- ed here today, says that there are over two thousand women in the ranks of the Serbian army, and more are being enlisted every day.
 "The women are not in special battalions," said the doctor, "some of them wear the complete uniform of the soldier for the sake of com fort, while others wear skirts with a blue tunic.
 "These women are not afraid. Nobody in Serbia is afraid, and the women in the ranks do not lose their nerve under fire"
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
At TheDREAM TCNiGH III
THE AUTO RACE

Tonight and tomorrow a.sl.t we present Owen Wister's gree 1cory of the west, The Virginisn, e, of the most popular plays ever pro- duced on the American stagc. Dus- tin Farnum who plays the Vi gin ian starred in this piece ever two years to capacity houses in the states. A picture that you vii re- gret if you miss.
 The auto race is still going some.
 Lucille Smith ITO
 Jim Brice 153
 Hans Peterson 14S
 Inga Hansen. 79
The daily progressive-miner., 1915-11-08
ZAIMIS RETIRES FOR GOOD

ATHENS, Nov. s-Ex-Premier Zaimis is the only one of the old members of the former cabinet who has positively declined a position with the new cabinet. All the other members have gladly accepted the offer to join tn cabinet formed by MT. Skouloudis, the new premier.
 Job printing neatly and quickly done at the Progressive Miner.