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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
THE BATTLE CRY OF PEACE"
TO BE SHOWN AGAIN APRIL q

Although the Strand Theatre ope1
ed three hours earlier than usual and
remained open two hours later than
usual all who tried to gain admit
lance last Monday could not be ac-
eommodated. The picture is beyond
description in its wonderful presen-
tation of the horrors of war for a
nation unprepared All who saw it
were enthusiastic in their praise OF
its lessen and the demand was so
insistent that Mr. Swift has booked
it again for the first open date
April Attn. The cost is enormous but
Mr.. Swift says he will give Marietta
what she deserves the BEST.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
A PLEASANT LETTER.

The Marietta Journal and Courier.
Marietta, Ga.
Mr.. Josiah Carter:
lnclosed find check for one dol.
lar. Please send me the Marietta
Journal for same, | did not know
how to appreciate our home paper
until left Marietta and dear old
Cobb County. Hoping this will find
you, Marietta and old Cobb still on
top. Give my best to all the boys.
Your friend,
j. STANTON READ.
Box 305, Rome. Ga.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
Miss Pauline Frederick

mental agony to shield her husbands
name and save his life after he has
been proven to be faithless to her
and the murderer Of the man whose
home he had violated The intense
struggle she eXerts in her great moth
er-loye to save her son from going
through life with the brand of Cain,
is one Of the most vital and tender
dramatic episodes ever witnessed on
the screen. Lydia Gilmore"
strengthens the position Miss Frede-
rick has already established as the
foremost emotional artistic of the
stage and screen
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
A VALENTINE SILVER TEA.

From 4 to on Feb. 18th, at Mrs.
j. M. Fowlers the members of St.
Marys branch of the ladies auxiliary
of st, James Church will have a sill
yer tea to which all ladies are in
yited. Mrs. c. M. Crosby and Mrs.
Herbert Hague will assist the girls
by pouring tea. The reception
rooms will be profusely decorated
with red hearts.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
MUSIC AT METHODIST CHURCH

Organ Prelude.
Pastorale in f Sharp minor by
Faulks.
Quintette-Hark, Hark My Soul
by Shelley.
Offertory Abide With Me. by
Ashford
Postlude-The Crusaders by VoIk-
mann.
EVENING
Surdish Wedding March, by Sod
ermann.
Offertory Song by Hollaender.
Postlude, Whiting.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
DEATH OF MRS. PILGRIM.

Mrs. Rebecca Pilgrim died We'd
nesday at her home in West End.
She was SO years old and lived for
many years in Marietta She leaves
one daughter, Miss Lizzie Pilgrim.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-11
MUSIC AT THE
STRAND THEATRE

Mr.. Tom Swift is giving his patrons
a rare musical treat in Mr.. Frank Sa-
gona, very talented organist, who is
here for a short time.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20

of the Quaker church. The town has
shared its property with the school,
has fought for it in adversely, and has
nursed it through many a dark and
.dreary period Less than five years
ago the people of Mahaska county
raised an endowment of $4,000 for
the institution. and has ever been 10y
al to it in the way of patronage.
But Oskaloosa's duty to rem Col.
lege has by. no means ceased, or even
been relieved by what has been done
in the past Penn College has grown
to be great school, and a plant suf-
ficient to care for its needs would be
a wonderful and most desirable i'm
provement for 0skaloosa. 1t is there.
fore up to the town, and the college
and tho society of Friends to build on
the foundation we already have in Os-
kaloOsa a strong and stable institu.
ton that will be beyond and above
any temptation that may be offered it
by any other city. The college needs
the town and the town must keep the
college. Let us turn a deaf ear to the
temptor, and of our own virtue and
our own strength build here college
that will rank with the best of them.
1t can be done AL
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
MEXICAN DRINKS,

Although Francisco Villa himself is
said to be total abstainer from in
ltoXicating liquors, many of the MeXi,
can border outrages perpetrated by
his men have followed a toofree in
diligence in the Mexican national
drinks, pulQue and mescal.
Both pulque and mescal are prod
ucts of the agave or century plant,
which was of the same utilitarian i'm.
portance to the aborigines as the date
palm to the Arab, the bamboo to the
Burmese, and the banana to the Cen,
trail American. p. In addition to the
two important beverages, this plant
supplies from it's roots starchy food
from its fibrous leaves cloth is woy.
en- and rope is made; from its pulp
the Aztecs obtained "a sort of papyrus
paper on which have been preserved
some of their most valued writings;
| it's huge, leaves when dried furnished
a. roofing for adobe huts; its stems
still supply fuel, and rows of the
sharp-spined plants afforded an i'm.
lpenetrable defense against the at
tacks of wild animals as well as an
effective barricade against hostile
tribes a.s.f.s. ... s-.
Mescal and pulque are not, as many
believe, different names for the same
drink Mescal is distilled from the
leaves and roasted roots of the plant,
and is sort of brandy, containing
from d third TO half as much alcohol
as the average American whiskey.
Pulque, on the other hand, is the fer
mented sap of the plant. and is OBJ
tanned from the heart of the maguey
or agave, when it has attained a
growth of six or eight years. The
pulque harvester taps this heart,
which might be compared with the
center of the date palm, and with the
aid of a long reed or gourd he sucks
the sap from it, using his tongue as
a stopper for the reed. When the
reed is full he blows it into a pig
skin container strapped to his back.
In the coure of four or five months the
maguey will yield ten gallons of sap.
1t then withers and dies. When fresh
pulque is a sweet, innocuous liquid
and is called aqua miel (honey wat
err. 1t soon begins to ferment, how
ever. a process often fastened by the
addition of madre, or old pulque.
Neither mescal nor pulque is eX-
pensive. One can get a drink of the
latter for a cent, while a 14-gallon
cask of the famous tequila brand of
mescal may be had for 10 pesos
C$9.5ON Pulque cannot be shipped
out of the country because no method
of preserving it has been discovered,
so the vast output of the extensive
is the most important
industry of the states of Hidalgo Mex
leo, Puebla and Tlaxcala-is Consum-
ed at home. Mexico consumes $4,-
100000 worth Of pulque annually.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
BEST PREPAREDNESS.

In the course of the debate in the
senate on the subject of prepared
ness, Senator John D. Works, of Cali.
fornia, delivered a classic that will
not find Judgment alone in the Con
gressiClal Record. 1t will live af-
ter the question itself has been set
tied. Senator Works, in part, said:
This debate on preparedness for
war, has proceeded on the theOtI
that the only means of defense
against attack is men with arms in
their hands, ships of war bristling
with guns, submarines provided with
laIssiIes of destruction, huge military
Qualifications. and all the machinery
and paraphernalia devised to kill and
main our fellow men. We seem to
have forgotten, for the time, thai
the best means Of defense are homes
ty, justice, unselfishness, and love of
all mankind; that the sure way to
preserve our honor is to be honorable;
that to maintain our rights We must
respect the rights of others; that to
bring about universal peace we must
be ourselves peaceable and peace
loving; that to be respected by other
nations we are bound to entitle our
selves to respect.
This nation has lost that calm
poise that should characterize a jus.
and righteous nation. We have for
gotten the Injunction, BE not afraid.
We seem not to remember the saying
of one of the beatitudes. Blessed are
the peacemakers. for they shall be
called the children of Cod Through
the Vaccinations the insinuations
Ine Misrepresentation of designing
men and women the whole nation is
trembling with fear and apprehension
Civic bodies all over the country in
cited by selfish interests that flourish
md grow rich on large standing arm
es and great naval ornaments. have
made themselves messengers OF fear
ind misrepresentation.
Some of the influences that have !
been instrumental in bringing about
his war scare with its inspired de- |
nand for military preparedness are |
ransparently obvious They are the
Military and naval organizations |
eeking to increase the power and the |
Prestige of their arm of the govern /
nent; the manufacturers of war mu-
litions. who are looking for more
ontinued and permanent profits for
themselves and politicians, who ex-
ect the movement to continue them
n power, or. II they are out of power.
restore them again to place.
Have we Just cause TO fear war.
nd II so, why. Have we conducted 4
urselyes that our own course may 4
ell make US afraid2 Have we been Il
iviting war and melting our peoples
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
MEXICAN RAILROADS.

The railways of Northern Mexico,
the use of which was fraught with
grave moment to the punitive eXpedi-
tiOnary force under General Pcrshing
a few days ago, because of the serious
question of transporting supplies, is
the subject Of an Informative bulletin
just issued by the National Geographic
Society of Washington
~ he railway system of Mexico has
a mileage which exceeds by 25 per
cent the combined mileage of all the
other countries of North and South
America, with the exception of Can
ada, the United States, Argentina and
Brazil" says the bulletin. This vast
system has been built up in As years,
for while there was a tiny track from
Mexico City to the suburb of Guada-
lupe as early as 1854 it was not until
1873 that President Lerdo inaugurated
the first important line, that which
runs from Vera Cruz to the national
capital. President Lerdo was op-
posed to the building of railways
across the desert plateaus of northern
Mexico, for he believed, it is said, that
these arid plains afforded a certain
security against the political and COM
mercial influence of the United States.
President POrfirio Diaz had a far
broader vision, however, and during
his long regime railroad building was
one of his chief concerns, so that
when he retired from the presidency
these steel arteries of commerce had
crossed the United States border at
eli nj
Eagle Pass, Preside and Brownsville
and 100000 people were carried an
nually, together with 100000 tons
Of freight
"One of the most interesting feat
ures of the railway system under DiaZ
was his insistence that the American
of the merged Mexican ma
tional railways should employ, when
ever possible, Mexican conductors,
brakemen, telegraph operators, flag
men and section foremen. In this
way he hoped to build up a substan-
,ial middle class from among the pc
,ns, one of the crying needs of the
THE first railroad connecting MIX |
co City with the United States border |
vas that to Ell Paso, opened by Presi- |
lent Diaz 80 years ago last month. |
This line has been extended in recent |
ears to Tampico on the East and to |
iuadalajara on the West, and now
embraces system of 4 900 miles.
THE shortest line from Mexico City /
0 the United States 1900 miles) is
hat of the National Railway, which
ROSES the border at Laredo.
When the four important railway
ystems known as the Mexican Cen
raj, the National, the International
nd the Interoceanic were fused into
ne National Railways of Mexico, the
overnment retained a majority of the
aDital stock of 100000 pesos.
NAll OF the railways in Northern
Iexico are equipped with American
,comotiyes. passenger and freight
ars, and pullman accommodations
re to be Had on most of the lines. II
he hrst-clAss passenger rates are
lightly higher than on American lines
II there isla lower second-ciass rate,
+ which thf poems profit. Distances |
e measured In kilometres4 cents {
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20

first class and Il cents second class.
Restaurants at the important stations
serve table d'hote, meals for 81, and
the trains usually make 25 minute
stops for breakfast, luncheon and din
me-
THE poems are like children in their
eagerness to ride on the trains and in
the mining sections where small lines
are used in handling ores it is a diff
cult matter to keep the natives off the
cars.
Although Mexico produces a large
quantity Of coal it is Of a cheap grade
and the railways as a rule either i'm
port their fuel or else burn oil, which
is produced in great abundance, espe-
cially in the TampiCO region.
"The lines in the north are operated
on Mexican time, which is "a minutes
faster than American time at FL Paso
and Sc minutes faster at Laredo.
The most interesting railway in
Mexico is that 1872 mile stretch of
track which connects the Atlantic and
Pacific seaboards across the isthmus
of Tehuantepec. 1t was here that
Eads dreamed of a ship railroad which
could lift vessels by huge derricks
from the harbor at Salina Cruz and
swing them on trains which would
transport them across. the continent
to Coatzacoalcos. where they would
be lowered into the roadstead.
"The proposed Pan-American rail
way, being built by American capital,
is expected some day to establish di-
rect rail communication between New
York City and Buenos Aires" b..
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Washington 4-8oston 2.

Boston, Mass, April 19.-FOr the
first time since 1914, the Washington
team yesterday defeated the Boston
Americans here, the score being to
,. Last season the teams played elev-
en- games at Fenway park, all of which
were won by Boston.
Timely hitting by the visitors, cou-
pied with first class pitching by Har-
per, gave Washington the victory. In
both the first and second innings, the
first batsman singled and eventually
scored. A pass, a steal and a single
gave Washington a run in the eighth,
while muff by Janvrin, a sacrifice
and hit sent the last one home in
the final session.
Lewis drove in Boston's two runs
in the eighth with a double.
Score by innings:
Washington ..,.1 0 0 o 0 IA
Boston .......O 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 o.
misunderstanding Harper and
Williams. Boston Shore, Pennock
and Agnew.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
THREE SPRING MAIDS.

A girls girl, tbs good to know,
And every one seems glad it's so,
For every year, with tricks galore
She wins our praises more and more.
Though clothes perhaps don't make
the man,
They enter nicely in the plan
or making woman doubly sweet
Just watch the next spring maid you
meet.
Her head-gear, Fashions call of
spring,
Is truly quite a woDdrous thing;
Her gown and shoes, the latest styles,
Bewitching, even as her smiles.
And Fashion, with its artful pranks,
Keeps mother in the self-same ranks;
Turns forty back to twenty-four
And makes of herta maid once more.
Her walkfng-suit, glad array
OF lines diagonalling every way;
It's bell shaped skirt, true delight,
OF criss-cross colors, new and bright
Her boots, knee-high, are snugly laced
Embodiments of style and taste;
Their saffron hue, or grey or bronze,
In keeping with the garb she dons.
But wait bit-whos this we see?
Here's some one else, well goodness
mel
It's grandma in her new spring toys,
Just like the girls in catalogues.
Yes, grandma, bless her gay young
heart, .1.....
Past-mistress of the comeback are,
Her gown the smartest and the best
Her boots as girlish as the rest.
Her chic spring hat is all those shades
Becoming both to danes and maids,
With buds of pink, and leaves of
green, -.-..
And what-nots sprinkled in between.
Here's three spring-maids, just count
EN-, three, 3d. ..s'. d.
Not only good, but good to see. .
A maid-her ma, and grandma, too,
And who knows which is which? Do
you?
NAL Rose, Oskaloosa, la.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
THE FLY in THE OINTMENT.

The fact that both Hughes and
Roosevelt received many votes in the
Iowa primary is significant" says the
Cedar Rapids Republican. here was
only one name printed on the official
ballot, that of Mr.. Cummins, and those
who voted for other men had to go to
the pains of writing in the names. In
one ward in Council Bluffs, where the
Nonpareil newspaper has been out
and out for Cummins, the vote stood
10 for Hughes against 113 for Cum
Minis 1t is possible. that these yot-
ers felt that Mr.. Cummins could not
be nominated in any event and they
wanted to express the next preference
of Iowa and that next preference
seems to be Mr.. Hughes, although the
military colonel received a fine sprink
ling of votes while the peaceful Mr..
Ford received trace
"The voting in Iowa shows the same
uncertainty that is now manifest all
over the country. 1t is now less than
two months until the meeting of the
national convention of the, party in
Chicago, but the country as a whole
is still not following any definite lead
ership. The disturbing element seems
to be Col. Roosevelt as usual. An
other one is Justice Hughes, but it
may be noted that the Hughes follow
ing is a sort of protest against nomi-
mating the colonel These two names
together with that of Root, who has
in a somewhat serious re-
vival in New York, is to bar the way
of the lesser candidates, the favorite
sons of the various states and Sec
lions. Men like Cummins and Fair
banks and Burton and Sherman can
not make much Roadway as long as
the great shadows overhang them"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
CHICAGO st, Louis 2,

Chicago, April 10. - Urban Fa1er's
curves baffled ST. Louis yesterday
while Groom's wildnes and poor sup.
port in the first two innings gave Chi
cago lead the visitors tried in vain
to overcome, the White Sox winning
I to 2. McCabe pitched good game
for st. Louis, but gave way to a pinch
hitter. A pretty throw by Felsch
caught Green at the plate in the third
and spoiled st. Louis opening. ya@
Score by innings: 4 .. ........
st. Louis .......0 0 0 l 0 l 0 0 %
Chicago .......2 0 0 0 | 0 -
Batteries-St. Louis; Groom, Nc
Cabe, Park and Heartily. Seyeroid.
Chicago: Faber and Schalk.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20

TO prepares for il? Some say the whole
world hates us. 1t is an appalling
thing that this nation should have
become the victim of the twin evils,
hate and fear Are the nations of
the world going to think more of us
when we have established militarism
in this republic, or are we endeavor-
ing to put them in fear without in
creasing their respect for us?
mo more dangerous time for con-
sidering preparation for war than this
could have been chosen! A great por-
ton of the civilized world is ablaze
with war. Even our own peaceful
country is full of excitement and ap-
prehensiOn. Many of our naturalized
citizens, good and loyal citizens, are
taking the side of their native coun-
try, and who would not, where the
conflict is between foreign nations of
which their fatheTland is one? Con-
fliCting feelings on the part of our
own people, natural and to be expect
ed, make it peculiarly our duty to
maintain the strictest neutrality.
Mr.. President, what we need to do
above everything else at a time like
this is to pacify, soothe and reassure
the public mind, to think and talk
peace, not war; to inspire confidence
that the American people and their
government have the desire and the
ability to maintain and continue
peaceful and friendly relations with
all the world. Peace on earth, good
will toward men should be the watch
word of the people of this republic.
This is time when the whole ma
ton as taught by Jesus of Nazareth
the man of love and peace, should join
in, the universal Christian prayer,
Lead us not into temptation, but de-
liver us from evil.'"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
Partial 70 the Stock

Chicago, April 19.-During the past
month packers have been favoring the
fat cows and heifers over the steers
o fthe same quality because the she
stock is selling lower than steers and
when converted into beef is put on, the
block at the same price. Demand
calls for small cuts of beef providing
it carries the requisite amount of fat.
Good heifers selling at $8O0@9.00 are
taking the place of steers that sell for
at least 50c per 100 more. .g
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20

Washington, April 19.-The number
of breeding sows in the United States
is estimated by the government to be
about 1.6 per cent more than on April
10. last year. Hog cholera is on the
wane, total losses from the disease
last year being estimated at Sc per
cent of the total supply, as compared
with about 10 per, cent year ago and
11.9 per cent two years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
TordaY's Markets.

Chicago Union Stock Yards, April
9.-Thirty-four thousand hogs came
to market this mornipg-almost 10000
more than had been anticipated De
mand was not urgent and big packers
were in control. Business was on a
slow and quiet basis and 10 cents low
er than Tuesday. Later market was
somewhat active and some of the ear
ly loss regained.
The bulk today sold at $9.70@9S5,
against $9.80@9.95 yesterday; $3.50
9.75 last Wednesday,; $955@9.7O four
weeks ago; $7.5O07.70 corresponding
Wednesday in 1915; $8.4568.55 in
1914; $8.7o@8.85 in 1913; $7.55@7SO
in 1912, and $6,OO@G.15 in 1911.
The top paid today was 1890; yes
terday $1,000 last Wednesday $3.50;
four Weehs ago 1915; one year ago
$785; two years ago $S.571a; three
years ago $3.50; four years ago $7.S7b
and five years ago 1925.
Cattle receipts were also large and
buyers acted with indifference, the
good - choice animals holding steady
with yesterday and all others 10 cents
lower. Demand for" good feeding
steers is stilr urgent and country buy
ers are eager to get anything that
shows good breeding and capable of
being developed into good fat steer.
Sheep and lamb buyers were most
bearish and filled their needs at from
steady to 10 cents below yesterday.
The estimated receipts for tomor-
row are $4,000 hogs, 1000 cattle and
$4,000 sheep.
Receipts for to-day $4,000 cattle, 81
900 hogs and 1900 sheep, against 49,
0GS cattle, 27,369 hogs and 5000
sheep year ago. -:s ... 49,. .a.
Average price of hogs at Chicago
Tuesday was 1887 against 1892 Mon
day, 1857 a week ago, 1892 a year ago
and 1888 two years ago.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
PENN coLIEeE.

So far as ottumwa is concerned it's
all right for ottumwa TO firt with
Penn College just as Des Moines has
done with Iowa Yearly meeting, ever
since the society OF Friends fixed upon
Oskal0osa as place for the annual
gathering. But the Irritation must stop
before any complications arise that
would suggest the removal OF Penn
College from Oskaloosa.
Penn College Is as much the daugh.
Ter OF Osknloosa as IL Is the offspring
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
New York 4-PhjIadeInhla ;

New York, April 19.--New York
won the first game of its series from
Philadelphia yesterday, 4 to 2. Shaw.
key former Athletic pitcher. was in
the box for New York, and fine sup
port Offset his wildness. Two great
plays by Baker at third base saved
him in the eighth inning, when the
visitors had the bases full, one run in
and none out.
Score by innings.
Philadelphia 100 0 0 / o o 1 o.
New York ...... % 1 o o 0 2 1 o *--4
Batteries - Philadelphia: Majors,
Sheehan. Crowell and Meyer, Murphy.
New York: Shawkey and Nunamaker.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-04-20
Cash Quotations.

Chicago, April 19.-Wheat-No. z
red, $1.I7%; No. red, $111@116B;
No. 4 red, $1.O2@1.O4; No. 2 hard
winter, $1.13% @114&; No. 3 hard
winter, $1OS$ @1133S; No A hard
winter, $1.03k@1.04; No. 1 northern
spring, $119R01.20A; No. north
ern spring, $1.14%; No. 4 northern
spring, $1O3; No. 3 hard winter west
ern, $1.14; No. 4 mixed spring, $l.OS;
No. 2 red winter, $1.1513.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, soc; No. yell
low, 75A @75bc; No. yellow, TAO
TAX c; No. white, 75c; No. white,
'75kc; No. 2 mixed, 76A @761&c; No.
3 mixed, 75@75Ac; No. mixed 800
74c; S. G., 5206Sc.
Oats-No. 3 white, 44h@45c; No.
4 mixed, CSC; No. white. 43A @
HAc; standard 45A @46c; s. G. SS
M39c.