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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-08

$40 acres OF smooth prairie land
In Logan county, Kansas, at $lb
per acre, to exchange for a farm
in southeastern Iowa. The owner
Of this land lives In Ottunwa and
can not leave this part OF the
state and will give some one
good trade.
A nice two story frame room
house. we'll located on Willard
street. Only $1,000. Owner is 60
ing to California and will take a
small payment down with bal
ance on easy payments.
A complete threshing outfit, IA
H. P. Port Huron engine. Carr
Scott separator, tanks, wind
stacker, self feeder, automatic
weigher, ETC., exchange for small
farm.
A two story room house on
w. Woodland avenue. Modern
except heat. $500. 500 down,
balance easy payments.
100 acres Of fine blue grass
land. Rather poor improvements,
but well located west Of Eldon.
Price $50 per acre. This farm is
owned by an old man. who wishes
to move to Ottumwa and will
take a residence property in Of
tumwa as part pay.
We have number Of cash
customers who want to buy
modern homes In Ottumwa.
II you have property Of any
kind to sell or exchange it will
cost you nothing to list it with
Roth Bros. No sale, no pay.
ROTH Bros REAL ESTATE co.
1909 w. Second st. Teisphons 1900
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-08

NO: Hoins North Depart
41!B-Des MONIES, Omaha. 1928 p. m.
473B-Des Moines. east and
west -. -. 49,. 10: 50 a. m.
475A-Des Moines, east, west
and north -. -. 1922 a. m.
Going South.
470B-South and southwest 9:5Sa m
41zb-heokuk and south. 3:32p. m.
474A-........ 10:05 p. m.
bound at 1916 a. m. and
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For saIs-1so acre farm flve miles

For 8als-180 acre farm five miles
south of Center. Rails county, Missouri,
ten miles north Of Vandalia, Audrain
county, Missouri. Forty acres In pas
ture. 100 acres In corn and oats, rented
for one-half delivered. All prairie
land. fair improvements, good black
corn land; within half mile OF school
house. Price $55 per acre. on long time
with easy payments. No agents. $50
acre stock farm three miles southwest
Of Mexico, Audrain county, Missouri,
all In grass. all prairie land; all under
hog tight fence; fair improvements.
Price $50 per acre on long time with
easy payments.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-08
Gard Of Thanks.

We wish to thank the friends and
neighbors for their many kindnesses
to us in our recent bereavement in the
death of our wife and daughter, and
also for the floral offerings.
Monroe Myers.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel H. Burton
and family
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-08
DRUGGISTS At CLEAR LAKE.

Clear Lake, June 7. The annual
convention of the Iowa Pharmaceutical
association will be held next week In
Clear Lake. This is the organization
which held it's meeting in Burlington
last year when the Burlington drug
gists proved themselves to be such roy
al entertainers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-08

OLD CARPETS TO
make into rugs, beautiful and durab;s
rugs from old carpet at reasonable
prices. Write for descriptive catsioe.
Bloomfield Rug Works. Bloomneid
iowa
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Wanted

wANTED-MERRY GO ROUND FOR
an of July celebration. to be nelo
Saturday July Sd. Write g. w. Pike
Kirkville, la.
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Railroad Time Tables
c. M. & ST. p. TRAINS

No. Going Southwest Depart
5A-Southwest Limited. 1:45 a. m.
3A-Kansas City Local. :. 1878 a. m
33B-Ottumwa to Seymour 5:30p. m.
S3B-Local freight. 80. TOO a. m.
Going East, via Cutoff.
92B-Local. 7:45a m.
sA-Davenport, Chicago. sill .. M m,
12A-Leave Junction ~. 1910 q. M
A stub train will leave station
for Junction at 11:40 p. M, re-
: turning arrive at station at
1915 4. m.
Marion Line, Going North
4B-Ced. Rapids, Savanna,
10SB-Cedar Rapids, Marion STOP. M
98B-Local freight .. $50 a. m
Marion Line, Coming South.
103B-From Marion ....... 1915 a. m.
21B-From Marion ....... -: Is a. m.
97B-Local freight 4:0Op m.
A-Daily.
B-Except Sunday. NJ
Local freights depart from and term
mate Ottumwa Junction.
Locals or and 9s-B run on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday.
T. H. Jacobs, Agent.
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The Lesser Evil
Sell the furniture you don't need through
The Courier Want Ads
Situations Wanted

POSITION WANTED AS ENGINEER
on threshing rig for this season.
Ten years experience. references
given. Walter Zigler. Belnap, la.
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BURLINGTON ROUTE G. 3. q @.

No. Going East Depart
12A-Chic., Dubq, Quincy 100 a. m.
10A-Chicago Limited. 1928 a. m.
22A-Ar. from Des Moines 1905 p. m.
6A-Chicago Limited -. 1:3sp. m.
212B-Ft. Mad, st. Louis 1886 D. m.
4A-Chic., ST. Louis, Qcy. 7:15p. m.
2A-Chic., Peoria, R'kf'd. 1873 p. m.
178B-Ottumwa. Burlington 1885 a. M
18B-Otta to Burlington ;. 1880 a. m.
Going West.
5A-Omaha and Nebr Elsa. m.
9A-Omaha, Ore. Calf. 1887 a. m.
23A-Des Molnes local 49,. 8:05 a. m.
213B-Ar. from TT. Mad. 1880 q. m.
179B-Peoria to Creston 1:55p. m.
1A-Chicago to Denver 1927 a. m,
11A-Ar. from Burlington. 9:35 p. m.
9A-Chicago to Denver ;. 4:53p. m.
A-Daily
B-Except Sunday
j. H. Robinson, Agent.
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w. H. Logan, Owner
Laddonia, Missouri
Graham

Hours-9 60 " .. M; I 70 Q p. m
Ennls Once Bldg, ottunwa. Iowa.
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For Sale
FOR SALE-ANGUS BULL, THREE
years old. G.. W. Giltner, Agency Ia.

GOOD VEAL AND BUTCHER STOCK
also hides and chickens wanted.
Bought at highest prices. Boston
Market, 1873 East Second. Both
phones, so. George Schultz. We will
call for them.
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Miscellaneous

wANTED-YOU TO KNOW THAT
the celebrated Shetland stallion
Comet &C" will be found at Geo. r.
Giltner & Sons for service, miles
east Of Ottumwa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-08

Kansas City and south
west at 1852 a. m.
A-Daily.
B-Except Sunday.
J. H. Robinson. Agent.
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c., r. l. & P. RAILWAY.

AC0PC 0uuudy.
j. H. Robinson, Agent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
ACCUSED OF MURDER
Louisburg Mail Carrier Charged With
Killing Postmaster in 1912.

Louisburg, Kan, March 31.-Roscoe
Hornbaker, 81 years old, rural mail
carrier was arrested today charged
with the murder of George B. NC
Elheney, postmaster at Louisburg, who
was assassinated the night of Oct. A.
1912, while sitting in the parlor of his
home here. Hornbaker was taken to
Paola and placed in Jail.
The shot that killed Postmaster Nc
Elheney was fired through the door of
his home shortly after his return from
the Louisburg fair of which he was
treasurer Although several suspects
were detained at the time, the police
announced shortly afterwards their
inability to trace the assassin.
Neither B. J. Carver, prosecuting
attorney, nor other officials would dis
cuss today's arrest. Hornbaker has
been carrying mail for ten years. He
has a wife and two children
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
Bring Up Reinforce
ments in the Carpathians.
They Resume Their Assault on
the Mountain Passes.
1.-THE. GERMANS ARE WAvERING
Planning to Shorten Up Their
Front i'm Belgium.
Victory in Slav Campaign
Against Turks Is Claimed.

London, March s1.-After a brief
lull in the fight for possession or
Dukla pass, in the Carpathians, the
Russians have brought up reinforce
ments and resumed the attack. At
Vienna 1t is said that the Russians
have not been able to gain their OBJ
jective at any point along the Car
pathian front for the invasion OF
Hungary. and that they were defeated
in Bukowina yesterday. Dispatches to
Swiss newspapers, however, say the
Austrians have suffered enormous
losses in northeast Hungary. 1t is estt-
mated that they lost $4,000 men on
Monday and the Russians are credited
with annihilating a column of 1000
Austrians in an hour.
The increasing pressure or the Rus-
slams on this front, together with the
fall of Permysl may have an influence
on the operations in the west. The re-
port is being spread in Holland that
the Germans are contemplating the
abandonment of their present line in
Belgium in favor of a less extended
front running slightly west OF Brussels
and that withdrawal of German cav
airy from the User line already has
begun.
A Russian victory in the campaign
against Turkey is announced from the
headquarters OF the Caucasian army.
In the fighting in Turkish Armenia
along the coast of the Black sea, the
Russians captured the town of Art
vim.
The steamer Flaminian. a freighter
| from Glasgow to Capetown, has been
| sunk in the English channel, presum-
ably by a German submarine. The
| crew was saved.
German warships have again bonn
barded the Russian port of Libau, on
| the Baltic. Three persons were killed
during two attacks.
AS the result of an investigation OF
the fire on the ship La Touraine on
March 6, the Paris police have arrest
! ed passenger described as Raymond
! Swoboda, who was listed on the ships
record as IAN American subject" A
Paris newspaper says the man is sus-
! pected of having "close relations with
the enemy" and having been charged
with the task of blowing up tn Tou-
raine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
SLAvS IN RETREAT
Driven Back Several Miles
From the PruSsian Border.
Pursued by the German Army
Under Prince Joachim.

Berlin, March 31.-The Russian
armies that attempted two separate
offensive movements against East
Prussia are now in retreat, the war
office announced today, having been
driven back from Is to 25 miles from
the German border. Five hundred
more Russian prisoners have been
taken near Krosnpol, and 220 near
Klimki, southwest of Lonza.
North of the Niemen, the Slavs
have been cleared away from the bor-
der for a distance of several miles by
Prince Joachim's troops. The Rus
slams were defeated at Touroggen and
are falling back on Skodviljie, 80 miles
beyond the border, pursued by the
army of the prince.
The Russian attacks north of Agus-
tow forest have been repulsed. East
of Suwalki, the Germans are on the
offensive and have taken a number of
priSOnerS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
WHO IS WHO?
Villa and Carranza Prepare for
Final Contest
To Show Which Is Biggest Man
I'm Mexico.

Washington, March 31.-Carranza
is making a determined effort to show
that he and not Villa dominates the
Mexican situation. Official reports
received here today show he has
stripped his Vera Cruz and southeast
ern Mexican forces to the last possible
notch and sent the troops against
Villa at Matamoros; against Mexico
City and against Torreon. Success
at this time, he believed, would eX-
plode the Washington administra-
tion's view that Villa is Mexico's s
strongest man.
Villa has gathered practically his
entire army in an attempt to show
that he is. Consequently, the present
fighting is deemed more important
than anX since Huerta'S exile.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
HOLDING ON TO "a.
Equipment Is Not Strong Enough te
Raise Her.

Washington, March 31.-Expendi-
ture of $4,000 to bring the sunken
submarine F'-4 to the surface in Hon
olulu harbor has been authorized by
Secretary Daniels after message had
been received from Admiral Moore
saying that the hawser attached to the
boat had parted and that present
equipment was too light to raise her.
Admiral Moore's message was as
follows:
Lieut.. Smith has located F-4 and
moved her a slight distance inshore,
the lifting hawser then parted, the
submarine evidently being water log
ged. The equipment is too light to
raise her. Making arrangement to lift
her by pontoon methods. Will report
proba BILE cost of rental of equipment
when possible. Still have line on SUBJ
marine and can hold on to her loca-
ton. Depth 4 5 fathoms.''
A second message from Admiral
Moore estimated the cost of obtaining
additional equipment at $4,000 and
said operation should begin at once to
take advantage of good weather. He
estimated the time required at four
teen days. Secretary Daniels imme-
diately cabled, authorizing the eXpen-
diturS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
Charge That TOpekan Tried to
Kiss StenOgrapher.
N. A. Quinn Fined $25 i'm PO-
lice Court for His Action.

Because -Lesta Isenberger, his pretty
stenographer, testified in police court
that he tried to put his arms around
her and attempted to kiss her, n. A.
Quinn, an adding machine agent, 1901
Kansas avenue, upstairs. was fined $25
in police court Tuesday evening by
G. A. Huron, police judge.
Quinn is booked at the station on a.
charge of assault. The girl swore out
the complaint Tuesday afternoon.
Quinn was brought to the station
and tried Tuesday evening. The
complain charged on the part
of the defendant, assault and
that he did lin an insolent manner
touch and Law hands upon the per-
son of Iesta Isenberger.'
According to the girls story as told
to police officials, she went to work for
Quinn last Saturday and the first of
this week she wrote a letter ordering
beer for Quinn.
At police court, Quinn admitted the
girls allegation that he put his arm
around her but denied that he tried to
kiss her.
The girl also stated that Quinn, one
day, asked her to fix a meal for him
in the Office. Quinn was arrested by
Officer Richards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
Prominent TOpekans Out to OBJ
tain Signatures.
Call Special Election to Levy
One-FOurth Mill.
FREE ADMISSION POPULAR
Business Men After New Plan
With Enthusiasm.
Effort to Attract Great Crowd
to Topeka's Fair.

A force of prominent Topekans mas
been organized to circulate petitions
asking the board of county commits
sioners to call special election to
submit to the voters of shawnee
county the proposition of levying one
fourth of one mill on the taxable
property of the county to pay for such
premiums as may be offered by the
Kansas State Fair association, and
thus make it possible to admit the
general public free of charge next
September 1918.
1t is believed that the necessary
1000 signatures will be procured by 8
O'Clock Friday morning when they will
be presented to the board of county
commissioners. According to the
state law the board is required to call
a special election within so days of
the date of the presentation of the
petitions.
Plan Is Proving Popular.
The plan of free admission which
was decided upon by the directors of
the association and others at a meet
ing Tuesday noon and which was set
forth in Tuesdays issue of the State
Journal, is proving immensely popu
lar. Topeka business men have never
undertaken an enterprise with more
enthusiasm. 1t took little time to
form the organization of workers that
will procure the necessary signatures.
W. w. webb, who together with o.
F. Whitney is at the head of the
committee ten in charge of the cam
paign, announced the assignment of
the workers to their respective blocks
or buildings at a meeting at the Com
mercial club quarters today. o. F.
Whitney, it should be mentioned, will
have charge of the campaign among
the farmers. He is a strong grange
man. W. H. Davis will organize North
Topeka.
Work Began Today.
The actual work of procuring sig
natures was begun this afternoon. and
will be completed by Thursday night,
according to the plan of action adopt
ed. Samuel E. Lux. president of the
Kansas State Fair association, presid-
ed over the meeting today. He told
of having received several telephone
calls from the country from persons
who highly approved of the free adj
mission plan. 1t is understood that
there will be free admission only in
case the proposition carries, of which
there seems no doubt. The money
TContinued on Page Four.1
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
sun IS SHINING.
Topeka Given Another Treat by Stingy
Weather Man.

Although the weather prophet sug-
gested the likelihood of snow for
Tuesday night or today the stars were
in full view last night and the sun was
ION the job this morning. The mini
mum temperature of 81 degrees was
10 degrees below normal for this date.
1t looks as though the scheduled
disagreeab1e weather had been delay
ed-at least to Judge from the fore
cast: Unsettled tonight and Thurs
day and possibly showers or snow
flurries."
The temperature averaged twelve
degrees below normal today. The
wind was five miles an hour from the
northeast this afternoon. sunny
Flora, the local weather observer. does
not look for more than local showers
or snow flurries tonight or Thursday.
Topeka may get no precipitation.
h a linz
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
IMPROVE STATE
HOUSE IN topeka
Overhauling and Repairing of
Part of Kansas Capitol.
At Last Officers Take Action on
BettermentS.
SHAKEUP IN MANY OFFICES
New Quarters Fixed for Various
Departments.
Architect Chandler Directed to
Submit Estimates.
SHAKEUP IN MANY OFFICES

The executive council today ordered
a general shakeup in office location
of a number of state departments and
will direct the overhauling and repair
of portions of the capitol building to
meet new demands. Some ten or
twelve departments of state are af-
fected by todays order.
1t is probable that all of the changes
in the state departments will be made
before July l. The changes were
made necessary on account of the
growth of various departments and
new quarters will be provided as soon
as they can be overhauled and pre-
pared. Charles Chandler, state archi-
test, was in conference with mem bers
of the executive council today and will
this week submit estimates concern
ing the expense of numerous state
Improvements.
If money can be provided from the
various funds, it is probable that tile
floor will be provided for the lobby in
the east wing of the state house base
ment. The improvement plan also
calls for a general overhauling of the
fifth floor of the building and the
purchase of considerable new equip
TContinued on Page Four.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
SENT TO BOTTOM SHE WAS PRETTY
Another British Steamer Sunk
by German Submarine.
The Crew Took to the Boats
and Is Safe.

London. March 31.-A second Brit
fsh Inner has fallen victim to Ger
man submarine attack. The Ellerman
liner Flaminian, Glasgow to Cape
Town. was torpedoed so miles south
west of the Scilly islands at o'clock
Monday morning. Her crew of Al are
safe. They were landed at Holyhead
this morning by a Danish steamer.
The F'laminian had accommoda-
tions for a large number of passen-
gers but on her voyage out of Glas-
gov carried only her cargo and crew.
The crew took to the boats before the
vessel was torpedoed. She carried no
wireless and word was not received
of her loss until the crew was landed.
The Ellerman liner was attacked
about 130 miles south of the spot
where the Elder liner Falaba was tor
pedoed with heavy loss of life Sunday
afternoon. It is considered probable
here that the submarine that sent the
liner to the bottom was returning to
her base through the English channel
and encountered the Flaminian
against whose sides the torpedo was
shot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
Give Up 0SS0WETz
Germans Abandon the Siege of
the Polish Fortress.
Begin Withdrawing Siege Guns
Toward PruSSian Border.

Petrograd, March 31.-The Germans
have abandoned the siege of the Polish
fortress of Ossowetz, it was announced
in a semi -officia1 statement given out
here today. After several weeks OF
battering away at long range the
enemy found further progress out of
the question and yesterday began
Withdrawing his heavy siege guns to-
ward the PruSSian border.
The German retirement at this
point indicates the collapse of Won
Hindenberg's whole campaign against
the Warsaw-Petrograd railway, ac-
cording to the war office. The Ger
mans had massed for another attack
on Przemysz and are now reported re-
tiring across the border.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
new OFFICERS
HERE TOMORROW
Three State Jobs Change
Hands ON Thursday.
BristOw Cable, Hussey Park
man, Mercer Riddle.
MOVING DAY IN STATE HOUSE
Many Officials Appointed to
Succeed Themselves.
No Change i'm Deputies Until
Later i'm the Week.
MOVING DAY IN STATE HOUSE

RETIRING STATE OFFICERS.
Harrison Parkman, Emporia. state
fire marshal.
Taylor Riddle. Marion, live stock
sanitary commissioner.
A. Z. Cable, Kansas City, public
utilities commission.
NEW OFFICIALS.
Joseph l.. BristOw, Salina. public
utilities commission.
l.. T. Hussey. Lyndon, state fire
marshal.
Joe Mercer. Chase county. live stock
sanitary commissioner.
Thursday will be moving day in
three offices in the state house. When
the doors open April 1, new faces will
appear in the offices of the state fire
marshal, public utilities commission
and live stock sanitary commissioner.
Plans for the change in administration
of the three offices were made today
and the retiring officers will step
down and out when the state house
closes this evening.
With the exception of the general
state house change accompanying a
change of state administrations in
January, the April moving day is the
most important in Kansas political
circles. Not less than a half dozen
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
VOTE ON VOTERS
Petition to City Commissioners
for Election Soon.
Go With State Fair Bond Issue
i'm June.

Petitions asking the mayor and city
commissioners to call a special cleo
ton to decide whether voting ma
chimes shall be adopted and purchased
by the people of Topeka for use in
future elections will begin circulating
this week. The petitions will suggest
that the special election be held at the
same time with the state fair bond is
sue election, which will be early in
the month of June.
The recent legislature passed a law
authorizing the purchase of voting
machines by counties, cities or town
ships of this state upon vote of a ma
jority of the electors of the commun-
ity where the proposition is submit
ted. The election will be called upon
a petition signed by 25 per cent of the
tax payers in the district affected
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-31
THEY COULD NOT HIT.
Aviators Drop 100 Bombs at an Iso-
lated House.

London, March 31.-Great activity
has been displayed in the last few days
by German aviators, says a Petrograd
dispatch to Reuters, according to a
semi-officia1 Russian statement which
reads as follows:
Fifteen German aeroplanes flew
over Ostrolenlxa, dropping a hundred
bombs at an isolated house which they
apparently mistook for Russian head
quarters. None of the bombs hit the
house and the occupants were not in
jured.
Near Jedwabano we brought down
an enemy aeroplane, capturing the Of
ficer and the mechanic