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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
.BELkNAP WANTS
CONSOLIDATION TOO
MEETING TO ARRANGE BOUNDARY
LINE FOR NEW DISTRICT
CALLED SOON.

Belknap, March %. -Belknap indie.
pendent school district is working up
quite an interest In company with
other school districts looking to con.
solidation with them. Ira M. Swim
ney, president of the school board, and
T. e. Putnam, secretary, were in
Bloomfield last week to meet the
Bloomfield school board committee. A
meeting to arrange boundary lines for
the new district Will likely be called
soon. It is believed the proposition to
consolidate will carry. Belknap af-
fords an excellent trading point for
people for several miles out in all d.
rections and naturally makes an excel
lent school center.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

took the work of bringing peace to the
revolt torn nation. Sooner or later
the United States will have to inter
vene in Mexico in the interests of
peace. II the Intervention is proceed.
ed and accompanied by a propaganda
OF education, it is likely that the
majority OF MeXicans will fall in line
with those who have already shown
friendliness to the punitive expedition
under Pershing. The United States
must let tic MeXicans know that their
independence is not to be taken from
them, that Intervention merely means
giving them a chance to repair their
shattered liberties, means giving them
chance 10 revive industry and COM
merce, means opening the way to their
living in peace again and means the
restoration of prosperity With that
objective really in mind, the Ameri-
can army will be able to prove it to
the most OF the Mexican people and
it will be short work to round up the
few malcontents and revolutionists
who are not in favor of peace and
prosperity. ....
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
SAVING BIRD LlVE-SAVERS,

1t is an old custom among mine.
rescue parties to carry a canary or
some other small bird in cage, in
order to get delicate indications of the
state Of the air. Small birds, as we'll
as certain species of mice, are very
sensitive to vitiated or poisonous air,
and will droop and sicken before Il
human being is conscious Of the dam
age When the rescuers see their
canary show symptoms of poisoning,
they know it is time to turn back.
The canary usually dies as result of
the experience. Now an oxygenator
has been invented to save the lives of
the little indicators. The sick bird is
put in special cage, and oxygen IS
supplied from the top until he re.
covers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
DIES MONIES CO.
BUYS COAL LAND
MINES NEAR FAIRFIELD PROM
ISES TO YIELD LARGE SUP
PLY OF BLACK DIAMONDS.

Fairfield, March 28.-Along with
the noteriety which Fairfield is gaining
at the present time because Of her
many factories, comes the announce
ment that the coal banks just south Of
the city, which have given out fair
amount of coal at the various odd
times that they have been worked are
now believed to contain large quaint
ity of good coal. The lands have been
purchased from George r. Siever by
J. r. Cross and w. J. Samuels, expert
coal mining men from Des Moines.
The new owners state that they are
convinced that to the south of the
mines already in working order there
are excellent coal veins in large guam
ties. AS soon as possible a new shaft,
6x12 feet will be sunk just south Of
the Josiah Martin farm on top of Cedar
hill. This shaft will be arranged SO
that large quantity of coal of differ
ent sizes can be put out each day.
It Is planned to try for capacity Of
fifty tons per day and the new bank
will be kept in operation both summer
and winter. There are a number OF
Fairfield people who have been sup
piled in the past with coal from the
Stever banks and those who have used
the product state that it has given sat
isfaction. The opening of the new
bank and the steady working of it by
practical workmen will be watched
with interest by large numbers Of JEFF
ferson county people.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
ORDER IS IN FOR
VILLAS REMAINS

Field Headquarters, American Ex-
peditionary Force. Colonia Dublan,
Mexico, March 2S.-(By aeroplane to
Columbus, N. MA letter requesting
Villas body has been received by
Brig. Gen. J. J. Pershing from a Dy-
ersburg, Tenn, firm. The firm adver-
tises that It handles furniture, under
taking, carpets, mating and window
shades. The letter reads:
Gen Pershing: ..
Dear Sir: Is it possible for US to
get the body of Villa if he is killed?
We want to hold 1t by embalming and
keeping in our undertaking depart
ment. We will pay good price for
his body. Please let us hear from
YOU in regard to the same"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

returned here against five steel com.
panies, charging them with conspiring
to fix the price of labor and steel
products. The indictments against
the United States Steel corporation
and E. H. Gary, head of the corpora.
ton, still stand as the motion to
quash did not include these two de.
PENDANTS on whom service has not
been secured. The steel company at.
torneys attacked the indictments as
being too indefinite and uncertain, de-
priving the defendants of their consti
tutional rights.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
RIVER VETERAN IS
HUNDRED YEARS OLD

Quincy, ILL.,, March 2S.-Capt. J. R
Williams Of Warsaw, ILL.,. probably the
oldest river man living, is today cele.
brating his one hundredth birthday.
Capt. Williams is known from St
Louis to st. Paul. He began his
steamboat career in 1856. and followed
the river for twenty-eight years. He
was born near Richmond, Madison
county, Kentucky, and with his faith
er, Col. Levi Williams, came to Quincy
by boat in 1881, going thence by wag-
OH to Warsaw.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

tually completed when District Attor-
ney Swami late today receives the con-
fession which Frank Waite, brother of
the accused man, told the district at.
torney today the young dentist was
ready and willing to make.
The prisoner was in very compla-
cent frame of mind, his brother declar-
ed, and was prepared to make a clean
breast OF everything In that case, the
district attorney said he hoped certain
discrepancies in the evidence thus far
collected would be cleared up. .
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
WOMAN AVIATOR GIVES FLIGHTS

Shenandoah, March 2S.--A woman
aviator, Miss Katherine Stinson, has
been engaged by the Shenandoah fair
association to give two flights and Ono
night flight. Aug 16 and II, at the fair.
Looping the loop and flying upside
down in an areoplane outlined against
the dark sky by fireworks are some
of Miss Stinson's feats.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
TO CONFESS
MURDER CHARGE?

New York, March %. The case
against DR.. Arthur Warren Waite, ac-
cused of numbering his father-in-law,
John E. Peck, millionaire druggist Of
Grand Rapids, Mich. by administering
poison to him, is expected to be yir-s3
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
GAYLORD BOMB EpIroR.

Ames, March 2S.-R f. Gaylord
will. edit the 1918 college paper. Cay
lord won from his nearest competi-
tor, l.. G. Cromwell, in last weeks
election by margin of fifty votes. He
is a member Of Delta Upsilon frater-
nifty and lives at Galesburg, I'll.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
INJuRY TO soLoN FARMEH

Scion, March 28.-One of the most
peculiar accidents ever recalled here
happened recently when Joseph Ze.
man, a prominent farmer living west
of town. was burning brush and trash
in the timber; while stirring the blaze
a terrific explosion occurred and ashes
and debris were hurled to his face.
hurting his eyes severely. Just what
caused the explosion remains a mys-
terry M sTss
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
YOUTHS CONFESS.

FIT. Madison, March 2S.- Ernest
Boyles, Fred Guyer and Michael
Kelly, three young men living in the,
west end, confessed to being impilcat
ed In the breaking and entering of
the Gilbert restaurant at 1928 Santa
Fe avenue where the gas meter wass
broken into and about q dollar taken
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
I Best Meal
for 25c
Iowa Restaurant
Across From Courier
124 East Secotd Street
FINDS EGG WITHIN AN EGG |
Across From Courier
124 East secotd Street

''>DS @01 "IIT'IN NN E00s s@ II
Knoxville, March 28.-A perfectly
formed egg within an egg was found
by Mrs. John Lowden, North Third
street, this city. The inner egg was
covered with normal shell and Wac
an average size. The outer egg wa.
unusually large measuring 3 ga inches
In length and Z IL inches in circum-
ference. The larger egg contained also
perfectly formed yolk and more than
the average amount of albumen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
SUGAR FALLS ON HIM

Coin, March 2S Harold Shum, son
of Nose shum and wife, fell from a
dray load of sugar on Monday pulling
a hundred pound sack OF sugar off
which fell upon him, iniuring him quite
badly. One. wheel Of the wagon also
passed over an arm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
PENCE FUNERAL HELD.

Raleigh, N. c., March %. Funeral
services for Thomas J. Pence, secre.
tary of the democratic national COM
mittee, who died yesterday in Wash.
ington was conducted here today Hon
orary pallbearers included Secretary
Daniels, Gov Craig, Senators James
and Hughes, Joseph P. Tumulty, Presi-
dent Wilson's secretary and Dr. Cary
T. Grayson, the presidents physician
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

lawyer and entered a plea of mot
guilty.
The lawyer believed in the boys in
nocence and spoke very eloquently on
the injustice of the arrest, dwelling
particularly on what it would mean to
the boy in future life if he were sent to
prison. The court dismissed the case.
Immediately after, the boy asked the
lawyer the amount of his fee.
How much have you got?' uueried
the lawyer
Well replied the boy, 1--WE got
that five dollars
Mark Twain once, in the course of a
speech, talked of his pet aversion.
Christian Science" he said ere
minds me of the apple cure for drunk
enness. In Hannibal, in my boyhood,
the apple cure was highly esteemed. l
remember once hearing the Hannibal
town drunkard expatiate on the apple
cure.
"'You believe in it, then, do you,
Hank?' listener asked.
"'Believe in it? How could help
believin' in ito the drunkard said ex-
citedly. Amt it cured ME eight times >
Doctor Ito patienD-You've had a
pretty close call. It's only your strong
constitution that pulled you through.
Patient Well. doctor, remember
that when you make out your bill.
What are you going to tell your
constituents when you get homer"
TOO soon to think about that" re-
n1ied Senator Sorghum .tif Gonna AZ
the harsh criticism going on in my dis
trict keeps up, mebbe | amt going
home
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
CARPENTER SEVERELY INQUIRED,

North English, March 28.While
working at carpenters work near
Cedar, D. H. Barker fell and broke
his left arm just above the wrist. He
was standing on chair removing d
casing when he fell and dislocated his
wrist and broke the large bone above
the wrist. He was taken to Fremont
where he received medical care and
came home from there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
WINNING OVER MEXICO.

Z The change Of heart That was no.
ticeable in the majority of Mexicans
who found that the American soldiers,
but after Villa. were good fellows, free
eth their money, paying for what
hey got and not out to raid and de-
troy illustrates about what could be
Expected from the whole Mexican ma
pn II this country seriously under
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
TRIAL FOR SIX HoorLEeeERs

Iowa City, March 2S.-Alleged
"bootleggers" now in Jail in Iowa
City or at liberty temporarily under
bonds of $500 each, have been or
dered to appear before Judge r. P.
Howell Opril 10. County Attorney e.
B. Wilson asks writs of Injunction for
bidding the men to sell, store or even
carry on their persons any liquor here.
after. Six men are now in the tolls.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
STEEL COMPANY
HEADS ARE FREED

Youngstown, Ohio, March %. Judge
w. S. Anderson today granted the mo
tion to quash the indictments recently
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

There are more people in New York
state than in any other in the union.
The people of Iowa own more automc-
biles, proportionately to the popula-
ton, than do those of any other state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

1t will not be many days now till
the contractors have begun putting
up the new hotel building. The razing
of the old buildings and the excavat-
ing is almost completed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

The man who puts the most effor
into his work, generally gets the mos
out of it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

If you want to own your own home,
the first step is to buy and pay for a
lot "~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
ID n n g e
| S or / e 8

A boy was arraigned in police court
on charge of stealing five dollars
from his employer. The boy secured a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

Just be good man on your own &C
count.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30

An excuse is almost always lie.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-30
DR.. BURT D. LaFORCE

EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
WILL BE IN HIS OFFICE
11e s. Market St., ottumwa, 10,
AFTER APRIL s, 1915.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-16

City Market and Produce Go.
 104 w. 9th. corner Main. Cash mar ket; quick delivery. Fresh Vegetables and Barbecued Meat daily. Telephone 346. 6-24- lm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-16
AMMONIA EXPLOSION
 KILLS SEVEN MEN

New York, July 13.-Seven persons are reported to have been killed and a number of others injured, when an ammonia tank in Brooklyn butcher shop exploded today. The entire three-story building in which the butcher shop was located collapsed burying the occupants beneath it.
 The work of digging the bodies out of the ruins proceeded slowly. An hour after the explosion it was esti- mated that between 20 and 30 persons had been taken to hospitals. some of them fatally injured.
 Ambulances and firemen were rush cd to the scene, and the work of ex tricating the victims from the ruins of the building were begun. It was said there were five employees and about that number of customers in the butcher shop when the explosion oc- cured The butcher shop is owned by NJ. Schmidt, said to be among the missing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-16
GOVERNMENT GETS
 HUGE SEARCHLIGHT

Schenectady, x. Y.. July 15.-The United States navy has come into pos session of one of the largest search lights ever manufactured as the re- suit of the European war and the ar rest of the German inventor of the searchlight at Liverpool, England, in 1914. Heinrich Beck. the inventor, who has been assisting in the build ing of the searchlight at the Sche- nectady plant of the General Electric works. was not allowed by the British to 90 to Belgium and Germany soon after the beginning of. the European war. He then returned to the United States and opened negotiations which have led to the purchase of his patent rights by the government.
 The new searchlight has mirror five feet in diameter and sends out violet-white shaft of light. which can be discerned at distance of 200 miles when atmospheric conditions are good.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-16
FIGHTING BOIL
 WEEVlt IN THE
 DELTA COUNTRY
Federal Bureau Does Not Recommend "Weevil Pick ing" When Cash Outlay
 Required.


 Washington, July 12.-Both "weevil picking and square picking" have
 been found helpful in lessening damage from th3 boil weeyil in the Mississippi delta. Because of the la bor involved in these operations. how ever. specialists Of the United States department of agricture do not rec
 ommend them except where picking can be performed by tenants with out any direct cash outlay and with out interfering with the other plan tation work.
 "Weevil picking" and square pick ing are based upon the fact that the numbers of boil weevil ara lowest in the spring, for comparatively few of the insects survive the winter. By picking the weevils from the plants then or by collecting the fallen forms which contain weevils of the first generation in their immature stages, very mucl "1n be done to prevent the multiplication of the pest later in the season. The practical effect of tn SC methods has recently been tested by i investigators of the department of agriculture and the results published ill department bull tin No. 3S2. In this bulletin, the author, B. R. Coad, states that al increased yield of 2J per cent was obtained by making five square pickings" at intervals of sev- ca days. Somewhat similar results ,were obtained by "w:evil picking 1 with the bag-and hoop apparatus.
 Despite this very definite advant- Soc ho~ ;,, ho al Q are such that thesa methods may prove far from profitable. In May
 June and July tae time when picking should be done, there is almost al
 ways more or less shortage of labor IrUnder these circumstances both
 square picking and "weevil pick ing" may compel the planter to slight
 other operation and the loss caused
 in this way may more than offset any benefit from the picking. It seems
 generally inadvisable, says the bull letin, to practice these control meas
 ures except in the presence of an
 abundance of labor. h case it is
 necessary to choose between a culti-
 vation and picking. it adds. cultivate
 When weevil picking is resortec l tO. IluCu EcttSl lSStIlS tiS OUtoihCN
 from the bag-and-hoop method thar
 from hand picking. Furthermore. Ii
 the plant is shaken across the the
 sack instead of lengthwise, man!
 more weevils are collected, Severa
 pickings early in the season with z
 short interval between each have
 proved more efficient than the samt
 number of picking eXteendd over {
 long D. riod. If the labor condition:
 are such that all the cotton can no
 he treated in this way at short inter
 vals. it is better. says the bulletin, t' concentrate the labor on a portion 0 the crop and to allow the remaindeI to go untreated. This, however, i not desirable in seasons of heav, weevil infeSt9tion because at suci times the weeyils having exhausted the supply of food on the untreatet cotton will migrate into the picked cotton. "Weevil picking" with th' bag-and-hoop is, on the whole. moro profitable thaa square picking"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-16
N. RIbOT'S PLAN
 FOR MEETING WAR
 fXPENSf OPPOSED
Budget Committee French Chamber of Deputies Is
 Against Double Taxation.

Correspondence of the Associated Press ]
 Parls, June 21.-The budget com mltteo Nf the chamber of deputies dis agrees with some of the plans of NJ. Ribot, the minister of finance, for meeting the war obligations of the country, but agree with him that strict economy, public and private, is the need of the hour, and that, having taken the wooden sack and drawn out of 1t sums in gold now going on to- ward a billion, public sentiment can be made to overcome private habits that cost more than they should in war time
 Ut is impossible" says the con- mlttee report, .'in view of the pro- longation of the war for the people to live as in time of peace"
 The abundance of ready money, due to the vast expenditures of the government, incites to lavish living" :" the report adds, "and the people should take warning that every ex- travagance In imported articles de- cFea8es so much the colt1try's reserves that should be jealously saved to re- place depleted live stock and raw materials, reconstruct industries and furnish the working capital that will be required as soon as hostilities are ended"
 The report proposes the institution of rigorous supervision of 'eXpendi- tures-those of the people as well as those of the government-but neg lects to give it tangible form. A die jtator such as was appointed in Ger ! 1x-o,,1J ho al, democracy. The more natural pro- cedure in view of the precedents would be supervision by parliamentary commission.
 Preaching economy to a people who have the habit of saving so solidly welded into their system of living as the French. appears at first as sur prising superfluity. Everything in a Frenchman's life is regulated with a view to having something left out of each months pay or income for a rainy day-be it only few francs.
 He is a good liver, however, and he has acquired habits that at times re- quire the outlay of goodly sums; those are the habits the budget committee proposes to overcome.
 On the specific measures by which M. Rlbot proposes to raise the needed additional revepue, the committee $ opposed to him. It rejects the doubling of all direct taxes and ac- cepts only the increase in the tax on alcohol
 Being composed in large majority radicals and socialists, the committee naturally goes back to the old radical socialist program of the radical in come tax introduced by Joseph Caillaux and pending in the senate fol several years.
 M Ribot has pointed out that judg- ing from the results of the applica- tion of the present income taX-ar attenuated form of the bill in the sen ate-that system is less equitable thar it appears, since, in population o1 forty million, forty thousand persons pay S5 per cent of the tax.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-16
GIVING FRIEND A
 DRINK NOT DEFENSE
Hot Springs Circuit Judge Scores Jus tice of the Peace for Alleged
 Fee Grabbing,

| Hot Springs, July 13.-Refusing to allow the contention that the giving of "a friendly drink" was felony, and declaring that an effort had been made to collect fees and not to enforce the law, Circuit Judge Scott Wood this morning severely scored Joe Afford, a justice of the peace of this town ship.
 Robert Abbott, resident of Colorado Springs, was arrested on July ?, charged with giving a drink to the wife of local hotel proprietor. He was taken before Justice Afford, and, according to testimony introduced this morning, was advised to pay fine of S1 and costs. This he agreed to and a certificate of deposit was issued. Abbott told friends of the case and they persuaded him to seek legal ad vice, the result being this was done and writ of certiorari was filed by his council.
 Justice Wood, in his ruling this morning, said that it was evident that Justice Afford had made an effort to collect fees only, and had not passed judgment on Abbott's case with any intention of enforcing the law. As to the giving of the drink constitutipg a felony, Judge Wood refused to con- slider this contention, saying that it was not a felony for one person to give another 8 drink unless the giv- ing was with the apparent intention of evading the statewide prohibition law. He ordered the certificate of deposit returned to Abbott
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-07-16
FRECKLE. ACE
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots
 How to Remove Easily.

Heres a chance, Miss Freckle-face tc try remedy for freckles with the guarantee of a reliable dealer that i; will not cost you a penny unless il removes the frcckles; while f it does give you clear complexion the ex- pense is triflinS.
 Simply get an ounces of oth me double gth-from any druggist and a few application should show you bow easy it is to rid yourself 'f the homely freckles and get beauti- full complexion. Rarely S more than one ounce needed for the worst case
 Be sure to ask the druggist for the double strength othine as this is tho prescription sold under guarantee of money back if it fails to remove freckles.