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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
Waterworks Gives WarninS|
to Patrons Forbidding
Sprinkling Service
ACCIDENT CAUSES
SHORTAGE FOR TIM
Disregard of Order VIII
Lead to Shutting Off;
Waste Not Permitted 81

me water works commission issued
an order today to all the users or the
service In the city that all waste and9
Inc .spr1nkling OF lawns must be stop
ped for time until the damage suf.
Iered at the plant last week Is repair
ed. The service will be cut on II The
order is disobeyed.
Ih1s Is q measure for fire protOo.s
t1on ana to give the patrons water for
necessary domestic uses. An accidents
TO the service augmented by the
drouth and low stage Of the river has
made 1t impossible for the waterworkas
to supply the usual quantity OF water
ana although lawns and gardens may
su1er as result of the edict because
OF the intense heat and dry weather.
the commission insists that the order
must be obeyed.
Equipment is Lost.
The cause OF the action taken BY
the commission Is q mishap that o.. \
CURED the last Of the week when IN
1mprovised pump on boat near the
dam, Installed because Of the low
stage Of the water, broke and the
equipment was lost The pump and
q large motor to operate 1t were rigsS
ged on boat near the dam because
the water Is three feet below the ~.
take pipe and 1t was necessary st0j
meet the condition by extraordinarY
means. The rubber connection Of the
pump blew off the later part Of the
week and the water rushing back
through the pipe after having beoIIs
pumped out of the river, flooded the
boat, causing 1t to capsize, taking with
1T the pump and motor, both OF which
are now out of commission.
Another temporary arrangement for
pumping the water has been installed.
but necessarily lesser quantity 0l5
water is obtained and 1t Is not sunicf.
ent to supply more than the bare do
mestic needs and provide fire, protoca
ton. fy
This condition has brought forth ~:
following order by the waterworknS
commission:
Notice to Water Consumers.
On account OF accident whereby woi
are able to furnish only a limite6|
quantity of water, we published resS
quest that no sprinkling be done Sat-
urday and Sunday. Many compiled
but large number did not.
Any consumer who sprinkles or
wastes water until the water situation3
Is improved and notice to that effect
is given will have their water service
shut off. 5a
We must conserve the water for hrGs
protection and domestic use. q
Ottumwa Waterworks. u
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
YOUTH IS FATALLY
HURT IN DIVING

Muscatine, July 81. Norman Alb
bott,> aged %, Of Wilton, sustained
fatal injuries last evening while in
swimming in the Cedar river. Diving
stream he struck the bottom. When
he failed to reappear others rushed to
his aid. He was rescued from the
water in paralyzed state. The dis
covery that his neck had been broken
resulted in his immediate removal to
the university hospital at Iowa City.
No hope Is extended for his recovery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
COOL WAVE DUE;
FORECAST CALLS
FOR QUICK RELIEF
GOVERNMENT WEATHER Ex
PERTs SAY ToRRiD SPELL
TO BE BROKEN,

Chicago, July 81. Chicago and the
middle west today awaited the drop in
temperatures promised by tomorrow
at the latest, which was expected to
break the long heat spell.
1t was said at the weather bureau
that the cool wave would be felt In
Chicago possibly by tonight at seven
o'clock and that by daylight tomorrow
morning it will be pleasant.
The government temperature here at
7 o'clock this morning was 80 degrees,
three degrees lower than on Saturday
morning at the same time. Brisk
winds gave added relief. ....
Chicago, after yesterdays sad spec.
tacle Of 115 deaths attributed to the
heat and more than 400 prostrations,
for the most part slept out doors again
last night. Parks we're crowded. More
than 100000 persons spent yesterday
and last night in Lake Michigan.
The record breaking death rate of
the last week has seriously tested the
facilities of the coroner's office, while
the prostrations have taxed accommo.
dations Of local hospitals and burdened
the city's physicians to the limit Up.
wards Of fifty babies succumbed to
the heat yesterday.
Among the animals the death rate
has almost established new record
Dead horses were reported lying alons
streets in many sections Of the city.
Relief from the torrid temperature
was felt today over the country west
of Chicago as far as the Rocky noun.
tains and north Of line drawn
through northern Iowa. The cool
wave gradually moved south today
and is expected to reach central ILL
nois this afternoon or tomorrow
though the drop in temperature Is not
expected to equal that here or in the
north. In some points in southern ILL.
nois and it's latitude the temperature
is likely to remain slightly above nor.
NAL, it is predicted. ....- .a
While the extreme heat in Chicago
lasted about three weeks, in the plains
states generally 1t reigned about q
month.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
RELIEF FOR IOWA,

Des Moines, July 31.-Local showers
were reported today from a number of
cities In Iowa, giving rise to the belief
at the Iowa weather bureau that the
back bone Of the hot wave, which has
continued in this state for nearly a
month, has been broken.
Local showers were reported to have
been general over the northeast Sec
ton Of the state and rain also was re-
ported to have fallen at Burlington,
Keokuk and Davenport Conditions, it
was said, had changed in many por-
tions Of the state since a. M, when
information on which the forecast for
the next twenty-four hours was based
was received.
DR.. Chappell of the weather bureau
said that the showers reported could
not be considered a general rain but
that they would probably save, for
the present. the corn crop in the local
tiles visited"
Rain was reported at noon in Mar
shalltown, Fort Dodge and Boone,
Iowa Cooler weather prevailed at
Cedar Rapids. but no rain had fallen.
Crop conditions in all sections where
rain fell, were reported excellent.
There was no rain at Waterloo but the
temperature had fallen to 81 from yes.
terday's maximum of 104.
Iowa City was one of the hottest
points in the state yesterday, the mer-
curry reaching 101 during the after
noon. Today it had fallen to 97
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
HOT SPELL GIVES
BR|T0NS CHANCE
TO MAKE ATTACK
LET UP IN CONSTANT RAINS PER.
MlTS DELAYED ASSAULT
UPON THE GERMANS.

With the British army in the field,
July 80, via London, July 31.-French
and British soldiers made today's at
tack in sweltering mid summer heat.
The first real hot wave of the season
struck northern France last night and
this morning British and French in
fantry cooperated in an action north
of the Somme, in front of Guillemont
and Maurepas.
For the last few days the one word
on everybody's tongue has been visi-
bility, which has come into universal
use since Admiral Jellicoe's first fleet
dispatch. Formerly artillerymen spoke
of good and bad light. Persistent bad
light or low visibility, which did not
permit the gunners to register their
targets, had delayed any important in
fantry action. Yesterday the light be-
came better as the heat grew tropic
and offensive operations were renewed.
Every day the Germans have been
increasing the number of guns and
men in the Guillemont section, which
is among the last portions of high
ground they hold. By prisoners taken
ten German battalions or 10000 men
have been identified on front of
1000 yards where the Germans are
still in their old second line fortifca.
tions. The Germans appear to regard
this sector Of critical importance since
the British broke the second line on
the adjoining front of two miles on
July IA.
Fight for Every Inch.
Part of the British attack struck
from the bloody Trones wood and the
mans tried to man machine guns as
usual after British bombardment.
The Germans resisted bitterly. fighting
under the broiling sun as If every
inch of ground was precious.
The British got possession of the
railroad station which they had reach
ed in previous attack. Some Of the
attackers got into Guillemont and
reached the church where the Ger
mans, swarming in dugouts, outnum-
bered the advance party which fought
against their foe on all sides. It was
one Of those hand to hand and hide
and seek conflicts in the village ruins
of indescribable ferocity. The British
had to retire from the edge of Guile
mont but made good considerable
advance southwark on the flank of the
town where, through the hot night,
fighting continued to maintain their
gain. sA
Covered With Dust.
Perspiration made white water
courses in the dust of the mems faces
today and their eyes loked out through
masks SO thick that their faces seemed
to be covered with some kind of ar
NOR Motor trucks passed like phan-
toms in thick clouds on the road. Gun
ners, stripped to the skin, kept on serv-
ing their guns at top speed.
Soldiers who reached Guillemont
speak Of the fearful carnage among
the Germans from the British gunfire,
owing to the masses Of Germans con-
centrated under the British lombard
ment before the infantry attacks.
With the news Of the shooting of Cap
tain Fryatt fresh in their minds the
British went into the charge in fury;
swearing they would avenge his death.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
AUSTRIAN RULER ILL.

London, July 81. Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria caught severe
chill while inspecting his troops, says
Vienna dispatch forwarded to Lon
don by the correspondent at The
Hague Of the Exchange Telegraph
company. His majesty is described as
being very ill in bed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
HUGHES CHOSEN TO
SAVE HIS PARTY

Washington, D. c., July 81. In Il
speech today on the Thomas Constitu-
tional amendment to make federal
judges ineligible to any elective OF.
flee, Senator Walsh, democrat, declar-
ed that former Justice Hughes was
nominated for the presidency by the
republicans ito save his party, not to
save the country and charged that no
more deadly blow ever should be timed
at the federal judicial system.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
cLoupBURsT AT DECATUR

Decatur, ILL.,, July 31.-After month
without rain, Decatur was visited by
cloudburst today. The temperature
dropped thirty degrees in fifteen min
utes. The rain was accompanied by
a hail storm. The streets were food
ed with water.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
DAVENPORT SWELTERS.

Davenport, July 81. Half a dozen
prostrations and one fatality resulted
from Sundays high temperature of
100 degrees in this city.
Max Phal, restaurant keeper, was
overcome by the torridity during the
evening and died before medical at
tendance could reach him. One Of
those prostrated was M. Meinert, vet
eran telegraph editor of Der Demokrat
local German daily. He was taken to
a, hospital and latest reports indicate
he will recover
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
COOLER At DUBUQUE.

Dubuque, July S1.-Five persons
died here during alst night as result
Of being prostrated with heat Sunday.
They are men As to 55 and laborers.
Temperature is somewhat modified
with cool northwest breeze and occa.
sional clouds today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
STEAMER HITS MINE,

London, July 81. The Dutch mail
steamship Konigin Wilhelmina has
struck mine near the North Hinder
lightship, says q dispatch from The
Hague to Reuters Telegram company.
The passengers left the vessel in the
life boats and made for the lightship.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
TO RELEASE PRISONERS.

Berlin, July 81, via London-There
is strong possibility that the ques-
ton of interned civilians will be par
TALLY settled shortly by decision to
exchange all those over as years old.
1t is thought that those between As
and 50 will be released contingent up
on their unfitness for active service.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
RAIN IN BURLINGTON.

Burlington, July 81. with the
temperature at 80 degrees this morn.
ing, followed by heavy clouds and cool
ing winds from the west, rain began
falling here at 8 o'clock. This is the
first break in the hot spell experienced
here in two weeks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
DROUGHT is BROKEN.

Peoria, III, July 81. An end to an
unprecedented drought extending over
thirty-eight days came with thunder.
storm and drenching rain here this af.
ternoon. Ten deaths and number of
prostrations here Sunday were attrib.
.uted to the excessive beat,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
RUSSIANS GAIN.

Petrograd, July Silvia London)-
In the region of Brody, on the Volyn-
ian and Galician frontier, Russian
troops are pursuing the Austro Ger
man armies, it was officially an
nounced here today and have reached
the Rivers Graberki and Sereth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
pAvENPoRTER DRoWNs.

Davenport, July 31.-While in swim
ming Sunday noon Edward De Largie,
aged %, was drowned in the Mississip-
pi. He was -bNt recently married.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
TWO DIE or HEAT,

Rock Island, H.. July 81. I've
more deaths from heat last nixhf
brought Rock Islands total during tl
last few days -un tQ four, RI I75|
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
ARAB REVOLT SUCCEEDS.

London, July 81. An Arab force
dispatched to the Hejas coast Of the
Red sea after the fall Of Jeddah has
opened the Turkish town and port of
Yembo, says dispatch from Cairo to
the Reuters Telegram company. The
troops in. the Turkish garrison were
made prisoners and guns and ammuni-
tions were captured.
Apparently, the dispatch adds, the
Grand Sheriff Of Mecca is putting his
house in order. He is arranging for the
publication of weekly official journal,
whereby news and opinions may be
conveyed to the people. He has ap-
pointed an Arab to collect the Gus
toms at Jeddah, has nominated doctors
to study hygiene in the army and has
named a competent police instructor.
The Grand Sheriff of Mecca, the chief
magistrate of the Holy City, proclaim
ed his independence of Ottoman rule
early in June and was supported by
Arab tribes in the west and central
parts of Arabia The sheriff began
preparations about June and in a
short time captured the garrisons Of
Mecca, Jeddah, the chief seaport Of
Arabia and the town Of Taft.
Yembo is the Red sea port Of the
city of Medino, whiach lies 125 miles
to the west. Yembo is situated on a
low, sandy and bare tract and has a
sheltered harbor 1t is place of tran
sit Of pilgrims from Egypt to the Holy
Cities of Arabia. --
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-01
Germans Are Pushed Back
at Various Points in
the SOmme Regions
RUSSIANS GAINING
GROUND IN EAST
Teutons Seem Unable to
Stop the Rush Of the
Cars Soldiers

London, July 81. AS the result OF
local encounters in the region of the
River Somme, the British troops last
night advanced their posts at some
points on the plateau to the north OF
the town of Bazentin-le-Petit, 1t was OF.
dcially announced this afternoon.
The combined British and French
forces on the Somme have made good
progress in several recent attacks
against the Germans. North of the
Somme the French have captured
trenches on a depth Of from 300 to
800 meters and in addition have taken
positions near the villages of Maure'
pas and Hem.
With the French on their right flank
the British advanced on the entire
line from Delville wood to the Somme.
They also made further progress
against the Germans east of Waterloo
farm, Trones wood and Maltzorn farm.
Around Ypres the Canadians raided
German trenches. The Germans made
a raid on British trenches near the
Hohenzollern redoubt but were later
driven out.
Fierce hand to hand combats have
occurred between the Russians and
Germans in Volhynia Berlin says the
withdrawal from the Stokhod curve
had been contemplated for some time
and was made without interruption:
fPetrograd claims an advance for the
Russians near Brody and South of the
Dniester in Galicia, both Berlin and
Vienna assert that the Teutonic allies
repulsed all attacks. .-.s. .....
Rome claims the Italians have made
q gain against the Austrians on the
Tonezza plateau, north of Monte
Cimone and in the Tofano region.
The Russians have driven the Turks
from strong positions near Kharput
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17

bottom of the trench-alive. 1T
seemed that I~had simply been caught
beneath the trench wall as it cavef
in, and buried: The shell had not
struck me. My feet had been left
projecting up into the air, and my
comrades had pulled me out: :
'"The worst was the shock: 1 was
very weak and sick. But they did not
give me hospital .orders;s every man
ws needed in the trench. for. an at
tack was expected. -: \:.,.' -
"And less than week later. the
same thing happened again. A. shell
came, caved in the bank, and once
again was buried in the, ground.
.:: : Thought He Was Insane. T.
y, TRY having three great wagon
loads of dirt suddenly flung on top of
you by an explosion. My nervous sys-
tenn was wrecked. I thought myself
insane. H. -t -.
81: i, They sent me to-, the rear. more
dead than alive, and much or the
time 1 was out OF my head. :. '. . s: ...5 !.
sz' Il ''How% it happened that my fifth
Salvaaife' never happened, I shall not
relate. There would be others In
.volved besides myself. . : { -.
]: 8 All win tell is that: after two
weeks Of light and starvation. found
myself over the southern border Ttof
I France. with no money and but nttle
clothing. sick, walking. toward the
| sPyrenees Mountains, which were Gov.
cred with the freezing snor of early
.sss
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17

own legs are carrying him up the
gallows.
Charge Terrible.
AFTER that. leap you see no more.
Whether you are wounCed. killed
outright or lucky enough to get
through, it makes little difference. IT
is all horrible. Whether you survive
or have that CHASTITY experience again
or not, the feeling is death. I have
not died, but r know what death is
like; for six times I have attacked.
When you reach the German
trenches, either you find it full of
'dead-frnm: your artillery; you had
no time to shoot while you were run
nlng forward-or else it will be oc-
cup1ed only by few Of the most
hopelessly frightened men YOU ever
saw. It is almost as bad to be at
tacked,' Of course, as it is to attack:
In either case death is sitting on your
shoulders. IL
If there are Germans yet alive YOU
rush up with the bayonet and take
them prisoner. They hold their hands
aloft. Then you see the only happy
look you ever see in .war-the look in
the, eyes Of man who has been
taken prisoner Prisoners are happy.
They are through: with the war :.
s........ All Want Peace. ~. :.
= .'Thers lis nothing harder than.
leaving the hospital and returning to
the front. When you have been sent
to the. hospital YOU have told your
81 sell. Maybe 4 VIII stay here ten days
ur. two oyeaka,.:e md ~ that Tins there
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17

A unique, a horrible word picture
Of war has been painted by Eloi Bor-
din, who recently left New York for
San Francisco, after experiences in
French trenches facing the German
line.
Stories galore haye been told by
men pack from the trenches" But
among them Bordin's narrative
STANDS out distinctively in a class by
itself.
His viewpoint is different from the
others, vastly so-for Bordin 'quit"
the trenches after he became con-
vlnced that "war is no job for
human being"
Admitted Deserti6n,
He makes no bones of the fact that
ne deserted. Just how the oppor-
tunity came, he does not say, for SO
doing would involve others. But he
did not "quit''. because of cowardice.
He played. his part with bravery in
six different attacks on the German
lines in the Champagne district. He
was four times disabled-twice. bv
poison gas and twice within week
by shells which buried him Under
ground.
Bordln Is an American Of French
birth. He enlisted at the beginning
of the war and saw twenty months Of
service.
II ought to know about war;" saws
Bordin. '"F'rom the soldiers stand,
point, that Is. AS to the standpoint
of: the men who send you into the
war. that is altogether another mat
ter. lido not know anything: about
that. No soldier does. : In the French
trenches, the soldiers II were always
a.ktnx .esahto otaer. NV ct ase.s here
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17

the war started, so, also, you do not
know when it may end, or why. All
is out of sight. -.
"But the war hos not ended: and
the order comes for you to join the
regiment. - =;
For this return to the trench Of
death the French soldiers have in
vented word that shows how they
feel about it. When Christ was led
to be crucified, and knew what tor
ture he was facing, the mountain up
which they led Him was Calvary:
Trenches Called Calvary" !,
THAT is the word that. stands for
the act Of marching into certain, sure
agony; and that is what the French
soldier calls it when he returns to the
front from the hospital. It Is called
"Calvaire."! III. %;s:& y. !
-Four times underwent Calvaire. !,
The fourth time was worse than the
first; and the fifth-the fifth did not
happen. r1s~as- =. S$, 81 i \
II had been sent back TO the. front
In the Argonne region. y! We were be-
ing bo1nbarded by the great German.
guns, throwing huge shells; and one
OF, these struck the@ground not twenty
feet In front OF the trench directly
opposite me. gz 49, Il, =; III: /; III z5.t !.
81. All I heard was an incredible roar
!: and shock. s: In that same instant 81
knew I was alive, and then that ST
was dead; for I was buried Ia the,
ground. s* t :s ssst B. B !, ] 1 ssSs
S Buried Alive u Es &
The blood rush, to osmysheadie easrnd
Z f1ailatea. ol1ld not breat
si,t the and
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1916-06-17

for? What are we fighting about 2"
Nobody could answer.
Like American Slaves.
Il saw twenty months of trench
t1ghtlng. At the end Of that time a,
chance offered itself; and 1 quit. 7
feel about that quitting exactly as
the American slave, in, the days be-
lore the Civil war, felt, when he had
managed to run away from his mas
ter. Soldiers are slaves. Nothing
more. just slaves. ~:
I quit my job after I had had
plenty of time to become convinced
that it was no job for a human being.
No man has any right to send other
men into the places where L have
Deen' or to do the things have done.
1t was right to quit.
Mud is the soul and the essence of
trench life. 1t is always with you,
It gets into everything, and every-
thing gets into it. >. r. +,
Sickening Mud:
1T is peculiarly sickening sort of
mud. 1t has things in it. that are not
in regular mud. All the trench offal
cast aside by q crowded army Of men.
becomes a part Of that foot-deep
mud. Old garments. shoes, food, bits
Of metal, are added to it., The arm
or the leg Of a man: who: had had hia
arm or leg shot or drops into the
mud, rots, and itself; passes: after
days, into the condition o.. mud.
There are worms in that lnud-max-
gots. ~ a., & :: = {-
i. ''The soldier is+ always soaked in. it.
bathed In it., picked iii 1T. II I'll H. IN
mouth. There SIS ans ill Il preparation
they gtyes ,p,, otlsars