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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-10-10
family are also Ohioans. We came a
to Iowa in 1884"

family are also Ohioans. We came a.
to Iowa in 1884"
But one OF the four had ever $50
Mr.. Marshall before and that va u
elder or c. p. Richie who, says:tk6x
years old
you know, there is stredk ~
prophecy in our family" said o. u
the four. IAN uncle Of both Mr. Iran
shall. and my mother. A. C. Pattox
Of Mansfield, Ohio. who BY the ~ Y
10 republican, once predicted I
things for his nephew. The vice
dent Of today was then but AMI
and had been thrown out OF his &
carriage. The uncle told the - =
wheeling the buggy. better box
full Of that boy. He might DO r. !;
dent Of the United States some 29Ssg
So you see he came nearer the r. Z
in his prophecy than he dreaznS1 e 4
when he jokinsly made the ren65l n
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agreed Capt. Beth. Exactly tina,
happened IL. England. No one doubts
, the patriotism OF Americans-of those
of native stock. at least But what
good would they do II they didn't know
how to fight!
ITO trust the defense OF your coun.
try to the million men who would
spring to arms over night is exactly
} like trusting to million sheep the de.
tense Of their field against a pack OF
wolves.
1T isn't that believe in huge stand.
ing armies. What shall advocate ia
England after the war-if live to do
it," Capt. Beth interjected casually
sis the old plan which Lord Roberts
urged for so many years. He said:
Take every boy Of eighteen, give him
six months OF military training, then
for the rest of his life call upon him for
only two weeks In the year unless war
should come That procedure would
not injure anybody's prospects, would
not interfere with education or with
getting start in life. And nothing
more would be necessary.
Il believe In compulsory military
service not merely as national in.
surance but for its effect on national
character"
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GRAIN STILL BOOMS
Peace Rumors and Report Of Drought
in Argentina Fail to Stop Upward
Trend Of Prices.

Chicago, Oct. 7-Despite peace ru
mors and the chance that breakup
of the Argentine drought seemed moi
altogether likely, substantial net gains
in price averaging more than three
cents bushel have been the outcome
of wheat trading here in the last
week. Until yesterday. in fact, changes
to new high record quotations for 1916
were 30 frequent as to be taken as
almost matter OF course.
Varying changes of fortune on the
different European battle fronts seem
ed to have become temporarily almost
negligible as influences affecting the
market.
Corn and oats moved up moderately
during the week in line with the action
of wheat. Provisions also show gen.
eral gains. and in the case of nearby
deliveries of pork an almost vertical
rise of more than $50 barrel. ap.
parentlr the result Of shorts meeting
with severe difficulty in fulfilling con.
tract obligations.
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N. 2. PASSION GUILTY..

Sioux City. Oct. AT the session Of
the northwest Iowa Methodist confer
ence at Spencer Rev. j. A. Troke was
found guilty. of high imprudence anG
conduct unbecoming minister of the
gospel
The investigating committee recon
mended that he be suspended from tho
ministry pending formal trial.
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. . . 80 . . 800 Z
: LITTLE BENNY's !.
t. NOTE BOOK !.
BY LEE PAPE

1
!; was looking throo the fotograff al.
bum up in the setting rom, and the
door bell rang, and went down to
anser it.. taking the album with me-
and 1t was Mr.. Parkins to see my sis.
ter Gladdis and called up stairs to
!! Gladdis and went in the parler
after Mr.. Parkins and kepp on look.
! ing throo the album in there. and i
termed page and wat was on the
luther side but picture Of baby
smiling with no clothes on, saying
under it, Gladdis at the age Of 4
munths.
sed. And took the picture out of the
album, and Mr.. Parkins sed, o don't
know. wat do you think?
Hers picture of Gladis bet you
never saw before, / sed.
Rely. well well, lets have peek at
it, sed Mr.. Parkins.
I don't know if Gladdis wod wunt
me to. i sed.
Wy not. izent it a pritty picture? sed
Mr.. Parkins.
Yes, shes smiling and all, sed, and
Mr.. Parkins sed, come across with it
then. and sed. don't know il Gladdis
wood wunt me to. and Mr. Parkins
sed, o. come now whats on the pic
ture she wOodent wunt me to see?
Its not watts on it that I'm thinking
of, sed Meening was thinking of
wat wasent on it. and jest then Mr..
Parkins ran over and grabbed 1t out
of my hand and looked at 1t, saying,
o. hevvins. And Jest then Gladdis
wawked in and Mr.. Parkins quick
stuck the picture in his cote pocket
and Gladdis sed. Watts that your hid
ing frum me, Mr.. Parkins. come on
now, / demand to see.
o. its nuthing, reeiy. its foolish, its
nuthing at all as a matter Of fact, sed
Mr. Parkins. And Gladdis ran over
and Oput her hand in his pockte and
pulled the picture out and looked at
it. saying, Benny Potts And l ran
out Of the room with her after me, and
she cawt me at the top of the Bird story
stairs and pulled my hair and shook
me like enything. saying. Now you go
down stairs and tell him | have a he'd.
AXE and cant see him tonite. And she
went in her room and shut the door.
and went down and told Mr. Parkins.
and he got his hat and cane and went,
saying, Your fresh little kid. that's
wat you are. And l got my cap and
went out. thinking Gladdis must be
pritty cOnseeted to think she looked
eny different from uther babies wen
she was one.
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typographical unions in their ef-
forts to secure the eight hour
day"
Woodrow Wilson refused to sign
either of the propositions, saying:
1T seems to me that nothing OF
this sort can be decided thus in
the abstract and that no valuable
conclusion can be arrived at ex-
cept by real discussion of spe-
cific cases."
This is what Woodrow Wilson then
really thought of the eight hour day.
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THE SLAUGHTER OF THE EiT.

i Capt. Ian Hay Beth, British soldier
novelist, is in America In the interests
Of his nation. He bears message to
Americans that Ii Of great interest IN
view of the preparedness campaign
which has aroused the nation to a
sense OF danger but which thus far has
not resulted in real safety measures
being taken.
The British novelist Is convinced
that there would have been no war In
Eurone had there been compulsory
military training in England, After \
continuous service OF nearly year IN
the trenches and on the battlehelds OF
France. during which he won the mill.
tary cross in the battle of Loos, he has
arrived at the conclusion. that had
Great Britain been prepared to exert
It's M ght at the very start OF the war.
instead of having to spend two years
or moro in developing an army. the
declarations which loosed the war
dogs of Europe, would not have been
uttered by the various governments.
An interviewer in New York City.
questioned the captain on his views
regarding preparedness and asked
boldly il he believed In compulsory
military training. He replied:
Absolutely and emphatically. My
experience has convinced me th6t 1t II
necessity for England and believe
it to be equally necessity for your
country. II England for the past two
generations had given all her young
men such training there would have
been no war The reason there was
a war was because Germany knew
that most OF us didn't know how to
fight and because she mistakenly be-
lieved that we couldn't learn.
We did learn. but we used up our
best men as a sacrificial stopgap while
the others were being prepared. Com
pulsory military training IL national
insurance against war. No nation can
afford to be without It,"
Then you doubt one OF our most
illustrious pacifists, who said that "
America went to war q million men.
would spring to arms over night"
Exactly that would happen, calmly
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THAT'S DIFFERENT AGAIN.

This nation has suffered insult and
injury from Mexico on the grounds
that It Is our place to keep out OF
South and Central American politics.
Nevertheless the administration threw,
Its prestige into the balance in the re-
cent Nicaragua election in favor OF
one Of the candidates, and had a fleet
Of warships and forces of marines on
hand to help assure the election OF the
chosen one. Those who opposed the
pro.American candidate. feared to
vote.
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HUGHES IN NEW JERSEY.

Montclair. N. j.. Oct. Charles
Evans Hughes motored to Caldwell.
near here, this morning to visit the
birthplace Of Grover Cleveland. This
afternoon he was to be the guest OF
Everett Colby at the Essex County
Country club at Essex Falls, N. J.
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JEWISH PEOPLE
PRAY FOR PEACH

New York. Oct. Especial prayo
for peace are being offered in IT,
sands of synagogues here. thr0ueh6t|
the country and in other lands IA = &
nection with the celebration Of
Jewish new year. The day is o. =
constant prayer, including the =
for the dead which marks the -
Of the Dak,of AtonemenI s n T
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|
ready now!'
! did you hear that" asked Uncle
Wiggily of the circus dog.
Indeed did" replied PerciyaI. II
wonder il it can be those owls -
1t doesn't sound like them,n said.
Uncle Wiggily. Il think 1t ID :
bad fox or maybe two OF them.
AND just then they looked on
through the woods, and by the light
Of the fire they saw two big, savage.
ugle wolves. Oh how, their sharp
teeth cleaned in the dancing flames,
and how red their tongues were!
Come on! Grab EN- both. cried
one savage wolf. Grab the rabbit
and the dog!'
Sure. I'm with you.' growled the
other savage wolf.
ooh. what shall We do. Uncle wig
gily?' asked Percival. They'll eat a. Z
up" s
! Let me think minute" said the
rabbit. So he thought for maybe half
. minute, and then exclaimed; sOh,
| know good thing to do"
"What?" asked Percival. Say IL
quickly. Uncle Wiggily, for those
wolves are creeping upon us, and It's
so dark we can't see to run away. "A
And surely enough, these iwolvea
We're sneaking, with their red toneneGss
hanging out longer than ever. and for
all the world just as II they had eaten \
cherry pie. 81
we must do some funny tricks. y
exclaimed Uncle Wiggily. "You know
how, Percivai, for you wore once II
circus, and learned some whom /
was with the monkey, and with Edo
Flip-Flop. Do some tricks. and mayho
these wolves will feel SO good natureas
that they won't bite U.S. sss'
So brave Uncle Wiggily stood up "a 4
one ear and waved his feet In tho
air. Then he stood on his nose ana
turned q somersault Next he went
around and around ~ fast % Z pin-
wheel. and he whistled funny tune
about little rubber ball that dew -
to the air. and when it landed on thu
ground 1t would not stay there.
But wish you could have seen the
tricks Percival did. He tumDGa
through between Uncle WIgdlysG
long ears, and he walked on his Hind
legs, and on his front ones. Then 10
stood on his head. and he made ~
lieve he was begging for something u 3
eat, and Uncle Wiggily fed him car I
rot. and . piece Of pie. Then he put I
q piece Of bread on his nose, toaoe1 Z
it UP into the air-tossed the brexd
l mean. not his nose-and when it
came down he caught 1t and ate II.
oh. II was great!
Well. those wolves were too sur
prised for anything. They had never n
seen tricks like those. First tkoy &
smiled bit. Then they smiled sonI1
more. Then one laughed, then the
other laughed. and finally, when uneloss
Wiggily and Percival took turns tunp
ing over each others backs, tlS1
wolves thought 1t so funny that. .th6y 4
had to lie down on the leaves and RON
overland over because they, wsno /
SO hard. ssf { |.
And. OF course. after that they diilG
feel like hurting Uncle Wisgily II a
Percival. And Just then the bigs an
gator came along and chased ~ n
wolves away, SO the rabbit and n
had no one to bother them exceptst q
alligator, and. as he had Just ha1s
supper, he wasn't hungry, % Ne didI5
eat them. s
So Uncle Wiggily and Perciyalsw(1&1
to sleep, and 30 must you, and II IT,
man brings me q pump1 IN
Jack o. Lantern with . pink ribbo0 q Il i
the end Of the stem, I'll tell you 3 Z
the next story about Uncle Wisgily. r. Il
1 well. 81
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Many road and rail crossings out IL
the country are reputed to be danger.
GUS because they are approached by
sharp grades. up which autos go at
such speed that they cannot stop when
they find another vehicle coming up
fast on the other side. The remedy
for this IL to cut out some Of the
speed.
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HOW ABOUT II, BUSINESS MEN,

President Wilson intimates that
business men who fail under presen.
conditions as given them by the dem.
ocrat'c party. have knots on their
shoulders to keep them from ravelins
out" Evidently the men with knots
instead Of heads are increasing be.
cause there have been a great many
more business failures in the past
three years than was the case during
the preceding administration.
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and teachers wish to punish the chill
dren for some trifling wrong, they Will
get some trusty old fellow to talk and
advise the children
Noticing some boy scouts In the
audience he told them he was glad to
see them and said that there are two
\ kinds Of boys. One II the fellow who
in baseball always wants to be pitch
er. the other is the fellow who doesn't
care whether he Is to play in the field
or catch but ID. willing to do as he is
ordered by the captain. The frst fel-
/ low was termed the kind that in later
life becomes a nuisance and the latter
1.-THE worth while man. He urged the
lads to take the game of baseball into
their lives and play the game square.
| The children saluted the nag when
superintendent Blackmar introduced
the vice president and the latter COM
plimented the youngsters on their
patriotism and spoke on the loyalty
and fidelity they should always nave
for the nag and country.
Following the speech to the children
he was driven to the federal building
where he was introduced to the crowd
that awaited him. The chairman OF
the meeting was SAINT Kirkpatrick.
candidate for congressman.
The vice president and wife accom-
panied by N. F. Reed who IL In charge
Of the trip through Iowa. left at 1855
! for Charlton where the night speech
will be made. Five minutes stop at
Abba was promised to District Com.
mitteeman G. W. Godfrey by the vice
president. Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall
leave Charlton Sunday morning for
Nebraska where two addresses will be
made next week.
Meets Some Cousins.
One Of the unexpected things and
made more pleasant for its unexpect.
edness. was the meeting between Vice
President Marshall and four of MS
cousins. The latter are all Mahaska
county residents owning good farms
in that county The meeting was y
happy one for all and took place in
the foyer OF the hotel Immediately fol.
lowing Marshall's arrival there.
The Iowa relatives were four broth.
'ers and the SON of the younger of the
quartet. They were c. P. Richie. n.
F. Richie, ]. H. Richie all of Cedar
and II. r. Richie of Oskaloosa. The
latters wife and son. Robert. were
here for the day to see and meet their
distinguished relative.
Now you newspaper fellows must
not use your Imagination too strong
about this" said one OF the four. for
you see We are only third cousins.
Our mother was Patterson and
cousin of Mr.. Marshalrs mother We
all come from Ohia in the neighbor-
hood OF Mansfield and Mr.. Marshalrs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
MUCH INTEREST IN
 CLOSING RECEPTION
 OF GUILTY CLASSES

One of the most interesting closing exhibitions which the classes in danc- ing conducted by Daniel c. Guilty have ever given will take place in CoBonfal hall on Friday evening, May 26, at 8s30 o'clock From the interest manifested already it is very evident that the excellence of the program has been realized and chat the hall will be taxed to it's capacity on that even ing All of the dancers win be in costumes especially suited to the dance in which they appear, and there are to he several numbers of great dini- cuIty.
 The scholars have made great pro- gress under MT. Qui1ty's able teaching during the past winter. in esthetic, in- terpretive, classic. stage folk. national, delsarte and sex step dancing. A fea- ture of the evening will be the inter pref1ng of the Holy City, Delsarte action, with Miss Belle Scholhorn, contra1to, of New Haven, the assisting so1oist-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
NEWLY-ARRIVED COMMIT go PER
 GENT OF CRIME
Prosecutor Delaney Blames Transients for Many of
 MiSdemeanOrS.

About 90 per cent. of those recently arraigned in the city court have been residents of this city less than three roonths. according to Prosecuting At tornev A. L. Delaney. The latter ad- dressed a large and interested meet ing of tn eMen's club at Trinity F. E. church parish house last evening. MT. Delaney said that there were 60 cases before the city court yesterday and thai for the last year the mum Der of cases had been 300 per month.
 The prosecutor said that contrary to the general belief justice is speedy in this state. He cited several in stances to illustrate this, comparing coIrt 5naethods~.in this state with the slow and faulty grand jury methods of New York state. MT. Delaney urged the energetic use of the rod as a means of correcting boys and girls rather than sending them to refGrma- tories He warned mothers to keep their daughters off the public streets after dark during the coming months because of the throngs of street loaf CTS brought to this city. He said boys and girls were often detained for unfair and long periods in reform atories because they became valuable to the institutions as cooks or other CT servants Many of these are sen fenced for Slight misdem eanors and a few months confinement will be suf- fictent punishment.
 The prosecutor favors the employ 1nent of convicts on the healthy out door work of road building. He also favors the establishment of an in stitution where state witnesses may be held instead of sending them to jail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
VICTIMS OF CAR
 THIEVES PLEAD FOR PRISONERS
Court Shows Leniency When Prominent Church Mem
 bers Intercede.

Personal solicitation and agreement to accept probationary charge of one or more youths held responsible for the theft of automobiles for joy rid ing purposes, Dy prominent church members about the city, some of whose cars were among those taken, caused the release in city court today of seven youths rounded up by the po- lice.
 Those formally charged with taking autos without leave against whom fines of s each and probation for three months was imposed by Judge Bartlett were:
 Thomas Wesley, John Hermann, Clarence Clark, James OBferne, George BoyIand, John Thomas and Victor Joinville.
 The prosecuting attorney was in- formed by the police that fnvestiga- tion showed the cars in most cases were taken for joy rides only and mostly returned to places near where they had been taken In few in stances the ears were abandoned for lack of gasoline in distant towns,
 Upon the appearance and so1icita- ton of prominent citizens about the city recommendations of cleuency were made. The police are satisfied that they have broken up the prac- Ece.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23

to furlough 500 army drivers and their OK teams and wagons. These men and animals are now back in their villages, ti1Iing the soil for the spring sowing.
 Bulgarian officers readily admit that they have learned a great deal from the Germans and Austro-Hungarian Not a few of them show in appear ance and bearing. Though always ac- cepted as a good soldier. the Bulgarian has hardly had the opportunity to ac- quire the dash of his northern broth there is a general tendency to be as much like the German and Austrian as possible. This has influenced the cut of the Bulgarian officers uniform, and especially the shape of his cap, which formerly had a decided Rus sian tendency. Such Germans and Aus trian greetings as t'servus'' and ''Mah1- seit" are universally used and it is fashionable now to use the German "bitte'-please- instead of it's French equivalent, formerly applied so much.
 Relations between members of the three armies are the best, though in the main the Bulgarian officer takes more easily to the German officer, prin- cipally because the capacity for work and organization of the latter has Vir- tual1y ovorpowered the Bulgarian. The Bulgarian is generally a cold, calculat- ing individual with very objective sort of mind, somewhat headstrong when it comes to defending his posi- ton, but ready for all that to take lessons to heart. This has caused him to look upon the German officer as a teacher of quality.
 Sa1oniki is held by the Entente troCAs simply for the reason that an evaSdation would mean more loss of prestige. Such is the opinion here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
WAR HOSPITALS OF BULCARS ARE
 CLOSING DOORS
Military Activities Lacking, Soldiers Are Resting on
 Their Arms.

Sofia, Bulgaria, May 2S-The closing here recently of three of the largest military hospitals is an indication of how far removed Bulgaria, is from the European war. The Sa1oniki front has been quiet for weeks and the attack on Ay1ona is ma.tter concerning only the tro-Hungarians.~ s.~The Bulgarian army is resting on it's arms. In a few. days several other hospitals will be closed and that in charge of the Aus tro- Hungarian Mission will be convert ed into an electro-therapeutic institute for the recovery of damaged limbs.
 Nevertheless the Bulgarian govern nent is calling to the colors the young men due to serve in the army. A great deal of reorganization is in progress, corporation with the German and Austro-Hungarian troops having re- suited in many a good lesson to the Bulgarian officers and general staff Re-equipment has also been undetrak- en; to what extent is indicated by the fact that the acquisition of German and Austro- Hungarian motor trucks has enabled the Bulgarian government
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
Children "Play" Slot
 Machine and Almost
 Invariably Lose Cash

Taking pennies fro children" is q serious matter, Joseph salya, a. grocer of s11 Ndaplewood avenue. was told in the city court this morning where he was charged with keeping a gambling device.
 Policeman Joseph Coughlin testified that children from a nearby school had played the slot machine and that they invariably lost. The court wished a denfonstration of the machine with the result that Assistant Prosecutor B. Earle Garlick played the machine many times. losing in each instance The prisoner pleaded that he had re- gently purchased the store and found the machine in the cellar. He had put it ia operation. His fine was $10.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23
Cyrus Roach Powder

sprinkled freely where the reaches gather will effectual- 1y rid your home of this pest. This we absolutely guaran- tee. The powder is clean to use and harmless and does not drive the reaches to your neighbors, 2oc and 35c.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-23

He advocated hhe establishment Of an institution for the treatment Of in4 ebr1ates instead of sending them to jail. He said the quality of liquor dispensed in most saloons now is very poor and referred to 1t as "embalun- ing fluid"
 Years ago a drunkard might last for 20 years Now the life of a com firmed 1nebrdate is about four to five yearsf he said
 In closing. MT. Delaney said that the judges of the courts of Connect cut are eninently fair and learned men and that their decisions proved they are selected for their fitness for the duties they are called on te per form.