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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
MT PLEASANT FIVE
HAS TITLE HOPES
ASYLUM CITY QUINTET, FOR THE
FIRST TIME, HAS CHANCE At
STATE HONoRS.

Mt. Pleasant, March 8. = For the
first time in the history of the school
the Mt. Pleasant high school basket
ball team has a chance for the state
championship. Just how far>it will be
able to realize this goal will be deter.
mined at the tournament which Is to
be held at Fairfield on Friday and Sat
urday of this week. This tournament
will determine the championship of
southeastern Iowa and should Mt.
Pleasant be the winner the team will
play in the state tournament at Iowa
City. the following week. Only one
team is entered in the tournament at
Fairfield that has been able to defeat
the locals. Ottumwa triumphed over
the Mt. Pleasant team early in the
season but since then it has in turn
been beaten by Mt. Pleasant. So the
score is even in that respect.
Moreover the Ottumwa team will be
handicapped in the tournament by the
loss of Kobel it's star forward and the
mainstay of the team. This young man
becomes twenty-one years of age the
tenth Of March and according to state
high school rules no student can com.
pete in athletics who has reached the
age Of twenty-one. The Mt. Pleasant
team is light but fast and this combin.
ed with the accurate basket shooting
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
In the Religious World
6y WILLIAM T. ELLIS.

man Of faith, Il can you look around you
and behind you, and see that it is
faith, and only faith, that has given
us all that is great in human life. "
Or as better answer, let us quote the
faith. with it's appeal to history which
constitutes the present lesson:
Nov faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen. And what shall | more say?
for the time would fail me to tell OF
Gideon, and of Barak, and Of Sampson
and of Jephthah; of David also, and
Samuel, and of the prophets: who
through faith subdued kingdoms,
promises, stopped the months Of lions,
quenched the violence of fire, escaped
the edge of the sword, out of weakness
were made strong, waxed valiant in
fight, turned to fight the armies Of the
aliens. Women received their dead
raised to life again. and others were
tortured, not accepting deliverance;
that they might obtain a better resur-
rection: aud oilers had trial of cruel
mockings and scourgings, yea. more
over Of bonds and imprisonment: they
were stoned, they were swan asunder,
were tempted, were slain with the
sword: they wandered about in sheep
skins and goatskins; being destitute,
afflicted, tormented; of whom the
world was not worthy: they wandered
in deserts, and in mountains, and In
dens and caves of the earth. And these
all, having obtained a good report
through faith, received not the
promise: God having provided some
better thing for us, that they without
us should not be made perfect. Where
fore, seeing we also are comprised
about with so great cloud of wit
nesses, let US lay aside every weight,
and the sin which doth so easily be-
the race that is set before us, looking
unto Jesus the author and finisher OF
our faith; who for the Joy that was set
before Him endured the cross, despis-
ing the shame, and is set down at the
right hand Of the throne of Cod
Vision and Victory.
Faith is q force. That is clear, it
anything is, from this great New
Testament passage. They who see the
invisible conquer the visible. Spiritual
qualities, give a person 1.-THE strength
of ten. "Where there is no vision the
people perish Is it not manifest to
all observing persons that the prepar.
edness" most needed today by nations
is the preparedness of the seeing
heart? Once let the spiritual impulses
of the people be stirred deeply, so that
they may perceive the real nature OF
the national problems which this new
day has brought, and they will newt
ably do whatever else is necessary to
be done. Lord, increase our faith,
and our works will then take care OF
themselves. - Vs.. 49, zlg,,.s- s4xT
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
NEW YORKER SAYS
0TTuMWA IS LIVE
SPECIALIST FROM TOWN DE-
vELoPMENT co. COMPLIMENTS
BOOSTERS ON SUCCESS.

The success Of the membership CAM
paign waged by the recognized Com
mercial association was complimented
today by Frederick w. Bender, repre-
sentative Of the Town Development
Co. of New York City.
Mr.. Bender was passing through OF
tumwa enroute from the west and tried
to interest the local commercial as
sociatiOn in project to boost it's men,
bership. His company makes 8 spec
ialty of this kind of work and he was
not aware Of what has been the big
gest local movement here for the past
two weeks. The work he sought was
found to have been already accom-
plished and when he was apprised Of
the manner in which it was handled
and the success that attended the eff
forts Of the boosters, he complimented
the association. E%
Our organization devoted to just
this kind of thing could not hope to
have accomplished such wonders as
you have done here. Surely you have
a good town and live place full of
real active boosters to do what you
have" said Mr.. Bender. Such an &C.
complishment as this shows what can
be done when the people of a town
get together and/p pull together"
The membership committee will
meet for lunch at the association
rooms Friday and will devote one
hours time to canvassing the city to
pick such membership prospects as
have been overlooked or for some rea-
son were not signed on. the previous
canvasses. This work will continue
for four weeks, and every man who
can find time to assist in it is invited
to attend these luncheons and lend 4
hand in recruiting the membership.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
+ FIGHTERS PUT IN
STRENUOUS DAY
HEAVYWEIGHTS GET DOWN TO
BUSINESS AND GO THROUGH
A GRUELLING WORK OUT.

New York. March S.-Jess Willard
and Frank Moran, champion and chat
ienger respectively, put in some real
~ hard licks Tuesday in preparation
for the ten round battle at Madison
Square garden the night of March
25
/ George Rodel the fighting Boer,
made his first appearance as spar
ring partner of Willard at the Pioneer
Sporting club and showed big Jess
the most exciting time he has seen
since he came east
RodeI Travels at Top Speed.
!, Rodel tore into Willard Tor two
rounds from the start and kept slam
ming away with all his might both tor
head and body. He halted in his
1aillike fury of attack only when
Willard popped him back with
straight left jabs or rights.
Rodel tore away at big Jess body
so Justify as to prove the champion
fit now to take a good pasting in the
midsection. At times Willard made
no attempt to block the punches. 9th
er times he smothered the. Beers
leads while the blows were in the air.
Eight Rounds Hereafter.
AS Willard has four trainers now
he will extend his boxing to eight In
stead of six rounds. Al Reich is to
join the stable Saturday, BY that
time Willard expects to be condition
ed for ten rounds of boxing Maxey
Diumenthal, Reich's manager, notified
Tom Jones that Reich would be At
to start with willard Friday and of
fered his pugilist's services that day
free of charge. Jones has taken tho
offer under Amusement
Wizards work in the gymnasium
was by far the most strenuous seen
so far. He was perspiring freely
when he got through with Rodel. Mon.
ahan and Hemple also set fast pace
but of course Jess, being used to
them, profited less from either than
from the Boer. Strangely Rodel gave
Willard the toughest battle he engag-
ed in previous to the Johnson fight.
Fast Pace for Moran.
Wizards disposition to pe1k up had
nothing on Frank Moran The chal
lenger showed to advantage before
friends who travelled out to Dial Haw.
kins' place in Westcheste1. Moran
supplemented his morning road work
with almost an hour in the gymnasi
UNI in the afternoon. He boxed four
rounds at top speed with Frank Ken
dali and BARLEY Madden, two big fell
lows. There was no love tapping in
any round.
Kendall, who wears a head guard
had the honor of first facing the chal
lenger. He was bit winded after
one session and rested up while Mad.
den was stepping through his two
round turn. Kendall then came on
again for another round.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
m THE BABY CRIES.
DON'T. SPANK HIM

Ames, March IF the baby cries
don't spake him.
Maybe he's cross and tired from be-
ing tossed about all day.
Maybe he's too warm or too cold or
TOO wet.
Maybe a pin is scratching him.
Maybe there's wrinkles in his bed
clothes.
Maybe he's lying in a cramped po-
sition ..
Maybe he's hungry and thirsty:
Try rubbing his back gently along
the spine suggest the home econom-
les authorities at Iowa State college.
III is often more effective than any
thing else in quieting the baby. To
keep him comfortable during his nap
turn him over two or three times:
Don't forget to give him teaspoonful
of water once or twice a day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
Congress to Vote on Bill for
u. S. Manufacture of Munitions
BY G. Gould Lincoln
The courier's Special Washington Correspondent.

Washington. d. c., March S.--Large
ly through the efforts of Representa-
tive Hull of the second Iowa district
member of the house military affairs
committee, that committee has insert
ed in the house bill a provision for
the appointment of commission OF
five army officers to investigate and
report upon the question OF govern
ment manufacture Of all kinds of mu-
tnitions needed by the army. The
commission is to be appointed by the
secretary of war and is to report to
the secretary so that he In turn may
report to congress by next December
at the opening of the next session.
II is expected that the officers Sc
leCted for appointment to this COM
probably selected from the engineer
corps and the ordnance department.
The sentiment in the house, and
also in the senate, is in favor of gov
ernment manufacture of munitions of
war for the army and navy has grown
very strong. and it is regarded as
likely that the provision in the house
bill will be adopted. A bill for the
construction of government armor
rlate factory for the navy has been
reported favorably to the senate al
ready by Senator Tillman, chairman
;of the committee on naval affairs, and
has been slated by the democratic
steering committee Of the senate to
be taken up for consideration and
action in the senate as soon as the
Shields dam site bill, the present I'M
finished business of the senate, has
been disposed Of. ..v ...
Senator Kenyon on his return from
Iowa brought word that he could find
little or no sentiment in the middle
west In favor of supporting a policy
which might drive this country into
var over the question of the right of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
~THE LARGER VISION.
The international Sunday School Les.
son for March IL is. "Heroes and
Martyrs of Faith.'-Hebrews 11:1;
: 1872
{ BY William T. Ellis. }

The timeliness of the present Sun
day School lesson is almost uncan-
ny It could not be more appropri-
ate if it had been planned yesterday.
The clearest light on the world war
is shed by this old book which is
eternally contemporaneous. None OF
the many utterances on the present
Armenian massacres can match this
passage from the Book Of Hebrews.
In an hour when the church most
needs tonic for faith we have this
sublime study reinforced by the
daily news form the churches in
Asia. =, y
Every nation in Europe Is at the
present moment giving the world a
lesson in faith, and in the \reality
and supremacy Of the invisible
things. They live by faith, the faith
of their people in the spiritual quail
ties Of their country. This faith and
vision, which commonly passes = by
the name of patriotism, is a vaster
and more vital thing than most OF
the world realizes, =
That truth is written in all his
tory, and never more clearly 80 than
To-Day, DuL ~ 10 p1CChiIAoA1iy tAAS AS'
sage of the experience OF the Christian
church. This is tbeFvictory that over,
cometh the world. even your faith. y
When the inspired writer of the letter
TO the Hebrews wanted a perfect eX-
ample of faith, he turned to the ex-
nerience of the church. Do you want
more faith? Then read the bible more
for the principle has been clearly
stated: Faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word OF God
There is no cure for faltering faith
like the old story of how the faith OF
the fathers has senabled frail girls, lit
tie children and aged men to- bear
witness to their Christ and his suf-
ficiency.
The Greatest Victories.
+ Mr.. Materialist says to the young
lover. You are only chasing dream -
Vet that dream that intangible, in
explicable spiritual quality called
love. has glorifled existence and
wrought more wonders than science.
10 the statesman Mr.: Materialist says,
"Be pra ctical; idealism is all we'll
enough to talk about at election time,
bnt it is practical self:interest that
rules the world" To the patriot he
savs. Governments are controlled
onIv bv economic causes. All this talk
about the flag is sheer buncombe,' Ana
to the socialogist he says. Aitrulsm
is absurd. Human nature Is human
nature and will be to the end
"You poor blind fool" answers the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
IOWA'S FOOTBALL
CANDIDATES BUSY

Iowa City, March S.--1owa University
football candidates began their spring
practice Tuesday afternoon. Coacn
Howard Jones. the former 4a!e crack
took ffteen men through a stiff prac-
tice in breaking through and blocking
on the floor Of the Hawkeye gymnas-
ium. or these, only two, Captain Laun
and Howard Mckee, were veterans.
The other thirteen were members OF the
yearlins squad Of 1915. Jones got into
the scrimmage himself and showed the
men what he wanted done. Laun and
Jones prophesied that many other cam
ddates would appear at the gym before
the week ended. ST.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
HALF YEARLY MEET
AT CEDAR CHURCH

Cedar. March REV. Glen Davies
will hold half yearly meeting If
Cedar church, Friday, March 10, call
ing it Cedar church institute, giving
things a general airing shake-up boost
There will be big supper free at 6
o'clock to get everybody in good hum
or to start off with Followed by re-
ports from all departments of Cedar
church work, namely: board Of trus-
tees, board of stewards, C. Y. P, S.,
Sunday school, Standard Bearers,
Ladies' Aid, w. F. M. S., and choir.
Committees have been appointed to
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUs
Ppssidtst Amsrieas SotiTr fer Thrift

According to statistics just given out
by the National Association of Under
writer's ono person in every ten who
dies in our large cities Is buried in :
pauper's grave. There are 1880, 600
dependent wage earners, who failed to
save anything for their own support.
now costing this country $3.50. Ooo, 900
a year. .t.. =.
There are 3.197 600 widows in, this
country over IS years of age and over
32% of them lack the necessities of life
and 800 the comforts. Tho country is
supporting about !, COX, 600 dependents
and delinquents in institutions. Yet
the wealth of the United States.
$3.50, 0OO, zoo. 600. is nearly double
England's $s5, 600, 600, 900 and Ger
many 8 $50. 600, OOO, 900 and three times
that of France. Moreover our income
of $50, 0OO, 200, 900 year is larger in
proportion to our wealth than the in
come Of any other great nation.
Increditable as it may seem, in this
land of such vast wealth. there are be-
tween ten and fifteen million poverty
stricken people.
Here certainly Is food for thought.
when. with these figures before US, we
realize that America stands fiftieth in
percentage of population carrying saw
ing bank accounts, according to these
statistics. A
Teaching thrift in the colleges of the
land will help greatly.
What Girard College of Philadelphia,
for instance, can do to correct these
conditions and teach thriftit is doing.
Since 1895 a savings fund has been in
operation at the college. Under the
present system, the boys can make
deposits Of 81 or more. The growth Of
the idea is shown by the growth of tho
fund. The deposits inls96 were $934.o7;
and in 1914 reached $l,7Ot 81.
There were Is accounts opened in 1914.
1t is safe to say that by the time the
boys leave tho college, the habit of
saving will have been established and
just as many thrifty young men added
to our citizenship.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09

Americans to travel on armed mer-
chant vessels owned by belligerent
countries.
Il hurried back to Washington" he
said, ito vote on the Gore resolution
warning Americans off armed mer-
chantmen, but l reached here too
late. However, from the present out
look, the question will come UP in the
senate for a vote again before long.
Senator Kenyon said that he would
support resolution warning Ameri-
cans not to travel on such vessels.
since they might not only endanger
their own lives but also might plunge
this country into war If they lost
their lives through an attack OF a
German or Austrian submarine. 4
''The McCumber resolution also
arning Americans not to go on these
vessels pending the settlement OF the
controversy over the matter between
this government and Germany is Still
before the senate" continued Sena-
tor Kenyon. land l expect to have an
opportunity to vote upon that meas
ure."
While Senator Cummins voted
against tabling the amended Gore re-
solution, which omitted the warning
and inserted in it's place declaration
that the killing of American citizens
on armed merchantmen by German
submarine would be regarded as a
cause for war, he did so because he
was opposed to 'gagging" the senate
On this important matter. The vote
came on motion to table. which, un-
der the rules of the senate is not de-
tateabie. During the debate he Wig
orously assailed the administration
leaders for this "gagging" of the SEN
ale on measure of the utmost i'm
ortance to the country. RI
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09

ceived heav yblow / Tuesday when
three of it's strongest candidates, Cap
tain-elect ]. A. Gilman Of Honolulu, a
guard: Thomas H. Enwright Of Fall
River, and w. J. Boles Of Boston, both
back field stars, were asked by the
college administrative board to with
draw from college because OF failure to
pass the mid-year examinations.
Enwright, whose preparatory school
record as a powerful back and great
drop kicker, had led experts to pick
him as the successor Of Brickley and
Mahan, still has chance for reinstate-
ment
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
.GOLORED PEOPLE
. ENTER A: PROTEST
COMMITTEE APPEARS BEFORE
COUNCIL AND OBJECTS TO
= SHOWING OF PICTURE.
SUBMIT PETITION
Claim That 1.-THE Birth Of 4 Nation
is Detrimental to Civic Peace and
~ Righteousness and En-
dangers Them.

A committee Of colored people ap
reared before the commissioners thi!
morning and entered formal protes
against the showing Of "The Birth O
a Nation which is booked for thu
Grand opera house the week Of Marcel
70. Rev. T. J. Carr and Rev. A. w
Searcy presented petition to th'
council voicing the objections of TIT
| committee and several Of them ad
dressed the council. u .N
Gilmore Talks for City.
City Solicitor M. G.. Gilmore, speak
ing for the commissioners, addressed
the committee and pointed out t
them the effort made by the commits
sioners to find out how the picture
could be. prohibited and stated thai
be has been unable to find in the Law
any section that would stop the pic
ture. Mayor Fred H. Carter and Com
missioner W. J. Berry both made
short talks along the. lines that the
city would do all in it's power to<give
every citizen square deal and tina
the petition submitted by the coloret
people received their attention imme
Giately. ~e RS,
.. Submit a Petition.
The petition submitted by the com
mittee stamped the productir n as Diet
Iimental to civil peace and righteous
Ness. and that the colored people were
IN danger of being seriously injured
in their inherent rights as citizens
The picture said Rev Carr, ''cre
ates race prejudice and incites race
hatred and arrays the whites agains
the black people" The Committee
went on further to say that it made i
impossible for the colored people O.
this country to enjoy life and liberty
and that it revived the ole Ku Klu,
Khan with its lawlessness and de
hatchery. .,.: @' .
Would Have Ordinance.
The committee asked that the com
nissioners enact an ordinance pro
hibiting the picture but compromised
and asked that parts Of the picture
which they deem degrading. be re
moved from the exhibition. Manager
A. P. Owens appeared and told how
he secured the picture after he hat
teen requested to do so by hundreds
OF people. He pointed out it's adver
Using feature for the town and sale
that If the picture In the eyes of +he
commissioners was immoral that he
would stop it and he further agreed
to send the commissioners to Keokul
where the production is now showing
to act as a board Of censorship
Gets Letter From Cosson.
w. S. Page claimed to have receiv
cd a letter from Attorney Genera
George Cosson stating that the state
could do nothing toward nrohibitips
the picture but that the city could
City Solicitor Gilmore will write tt
Cosson in regard to the matter
Picture to Be Shown.
Mr.. Gilmore closed the meeting by
telling the committee that he did not
see how the picture could be restrain
ed from showing in Ottunwa. The
colored committee seemed well salts
fed and a spirit of good fellowship
was evident The committee wa;
made UP Of Rev. T. J. Carr Rev. "
a. Searcy. William Bailey, Edgar Lee
z. A. Taylor, A. H. Organ, C. T. Gooct
|, and w. s. Page.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
ICE HARVEST PROVING BIG.

Dubuque, March S.-Dubuque ice
dealers are working forces day and
night though they have completed
filling their monster storehouses on
the banks of the Mississippi. They
are now working on shipments to
southern cities and cities in the in
terror of the state where ice harvest.
ing facilities are not good. An av.
erage of about fifty carloads is being
shipped out daily by the three con.
Germs. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
MAN HURT WHILE AT
WORK ON HOTEL SITE

Aaron Hamilton, 613 Sheridan ave-
nue.. was seriously injured Monday
morning at 1880 o'clock while at work
razing the building on the new hotel
site at Second and Court streets. A
heavy beam fell, striking Mr.. Hamil-
ton on the top of the head, cutting a
deep CASH The force Of the blow
stiffened the muscles of the neck. He
is resting comfortably at st. Joseph
hospital
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
FEBRUARY A GOOD
MONTH FOR THE CITY

The month of February was good
gone for the city as shown by the report
OF City Clerk Frank T. Lynch which
was submitted to the council this
morning. The receipts are the largest
the city has ever had, s31S439 being
collected by the clerk. The money was
receiyed as -e1nows. refunds &IA1h-22:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09
CARLOAD OF POSTALS
AT BURLINGTON

Burlington, March IA car loac
Of postal cards amounting to $780,
900 in number and valued at SCI, 400
will be unloaded in Burlington this
week at the supply station at the
postoffice. These cards will be used
to fill acquisitions during the nexs
few months from cities such as Pc
oria, Davenport. Rock Island, Ceda,
Rapids. Ottumwa, Keokuk and many
other cities in Iowa and Illinois.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09

licenses, s4s7.75: fine, $1s5.3o; material
sold, $10.75: poll tax, $12 ambulance
hire, IS: corporation tax from Ottum-
wa Gas Co., $1,036: interest on depos-
its, S7.22 and fees in state cases S71.55
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-09

Grinnell, March THE school board
offers for sale $4,000 in bonds, re-
Gently voted in blocks of $1,000 each.
drawing per cent. Bids will be open
about April 8.