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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
Iowa - By Lola Mildred
Hull

United States. 1t is west of the Mis-.
sissippi river. 1t is bordered on the
north by Minnesota, on the west by
South Dakota and Nebraska, on the
south by Missouri and on the east by
Wisconsin and Illinois. Iowa has one
hundred counties in all.
She is the twenty-fourth state In
size, having an area Of 56,O25 square
miles. The population of Iowa in
1915 was 2,35s,O66 of whom 264,00a
were of foreign birth. There were
372 Indians remaining in Iowa in 1910
living on a reservation of about 5000
acres in Tama county, Iowa stands
fifteenth in population as compared
with other states.
The soil Of the greater part of the
state consists largely of a heavy
dark. drift loan of wonderful and
seemingly inexhaustible fertility.
About IS per cent of the total area
is under cultivation.
Iowa was discovered by the French
in 1873. 1t is great agricultural state.
The capital is Des Moines. The state
has the republican form Of govern
ment.
The first settlement in Iowa was
made at Dubuque in 1888.
Iowa produces more hogs and horses
than any other state and Is among the
first in production Of corn, oats. hay,
barley, cattle and dairy products. IL
Yields much bituminous coal.
The capital, Des Moines, is an i'm
portant railroad and trade center In
a mining and farming region. 1t
e.. moHi0inn
and packed meats.
Coyotes or prairie wolves are still
found in sparsely settled sections. The
wild cat, racoon, woodchuck, mink,
otter, muskrat, gopher. gray squirrel,
rabbit and pack rabbit are the prin-
cipal wild animals found in the state.
Game birds are few in kind and in
number. Prairie chickens, quails.
patridges. ducks and geese. The most
common fish are pickerel, bass and
perch.
The greater part of the timber is
found along the banks of rivers and
streams. The principal forest trees are
the ash, elm, maple, hickory, butter
nut. poplar. cottonwood, box elder,
black walnut and several varieties OF
oak, red cedar, cherry. crab apple and
plum are abundant. Minerals found
are coal. clay. lead, zinc and gypsum.
The surface OF Iowa is gently un.
dulating prairie that Of about three
fourths of the state slipping in south
easterly direction. The elevation is
LOO feet. The southeast corner OF
the state is about 500 feet, the north
west corner not far from 1,400 feet.
the southwest corner over 900 feet and
the northeast corner between 600 and
700 feet above the level of the sea.
The highest point in the state, about
LOO feet, is near Spirit Lake in Dick
inson county.
The Iowa college for the blind is To-
Gated at Vinton.
At Iowa City is hospital for con-
sumptives. The Iowa state college OF
agriculture and mechanic arts is To-
Gated at Ames The institution for
the feeble minded is located at Glen
wood and the school for the deaf at
Council Bluffs. The soldiers orphans
home is at Davenport. The soldiers
home is situated at Marshalltown.
This is one Of my school copositions.
Lala Mildred Hull, Age Is.
r. @ Douds-Leando, Iowa.
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HARoLD's STORY.

Once there were some poor people
who did not have much to eat. So one
Thanksgiving day some good people
came there to have good time. They
brought turkeys and chickens and
made pumpkin pies and chicken broth
and roasted the turkey.
Then after dinner the children play
ed dominoes, fox and goose hide and
seek. ball and flew kites. They had a
little wagon and rode down hill.
Then they gathered a lot OF nuts and
ate them and after that they always
wanted Thanksgiving day to hurry and
come.
Harold NJ. Gingrich. Age 10.
Lancaster. Mo.
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ANOTHER CONTEST.

We also want the Juniors who
think the other subjects are too hard
to write on one of the following sub.
jects.
The Story of Nickel.
Ny Best Friend.
A Pet Dog.
Corn and Apples.
Sweet Potatoes and Cotton.
g A letter.
Select prizes from among the fol.
lowing: Box of candy, football, roller
skates, doll, knife or book.
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4 CHRISTMAS CONTEST.

ap4We want all the Juniors to Write
n the Christmas contest. The sub
locts follow:
ssS WHY THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
5eEl GRRATES CHRISTMAS.
& TIE FIRST CHRISTMAS.
ss YNe PLEASURE OF GIVING.
Wv YAE CHRISTMAS TREE.
CHRISTMAS IN OTHER LANDS.
The writer's may select their prizes
! from among the following articles: A
Christmas tree, scents-a-ball, pair OF
Iekates, book, candy, knife or picture.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
PLEASANTRIEs.

For sale-F'aithful bulldog. Will eat
anything. Very fond of children
A teacher had told a class of juvenile
pupils that Milton, the poet, was blinG
The next day she asked If any of them
could remember what Millions grtat az
Fiction was. "yes'm." replied one little
fellow. He was poet"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

We do wish the Juniors would &C.
knowledge their prizes.
II any Junior has ever failed to re.
ceiye a prize after his or her name ap.
peared in this paper, it is because the
wrong address has been given us.
When we say wrong address We es.
pecially refer to incomplete addresses,
All city Juniors should put their
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-08
HELEN JUANlTA CURRY.
HARVEY LEWIS CARY.
Macedonia, lowa.)
WILLIAM AUSTIN M'MiLLAN.
(6iiss, Okla.)
DOROTHY DELL LEWIS
DONALD EVAN BROWN

DOROTHY DELL LEWIS
DONALD EVAN BROWN
(Oes Moines)
EUGENE FRANCIS DAVIDSON
MABEL ROSE WADsWoRTH
LOUISE CAMPBELL
JOHN DAVID FiNDLAY
JAMES II. FINDLAY
ALASKA PARK
ROSEBUD KATHERINE PARK
JAMES EDWARD PECK. II
VEDA MARJORIE PECK
MIRIAM GERTRUDE PECK
KATHERINE MAvis RoWLINSoN
Sioux Falls, S. o.
GEORGE HENRY ROWLIksoN, III
(Soux Falls, s. d.
MARY kATHERYN LARkIN
RUTH HELEN LARkIN
JOSEPH lARklN
MAURICE HAROLD GLENTZER
Pueblo, Colo.)
CHARLES PAUL GLENTZER
pueblo, colo.)
GERALDINE EUGENE HENDRICKS
Cash $500
MARY BETH LoWEN6ERG
JOHN A. loWENBERG
JEAN LOUISE LoWENBERG
DOROTHY c. TROTTER
RUSSELL EUGENE VIM
MARY BERNADiNE JOHNSON
JACK GREGORY NICHOLSON
DOROTHY ELIZABETH LEWIS
SAMUEL MAHON.
JOHN kEEFE MAHoN, JR.
MARY LOUISE WILLIAMS.
EMMA MAY WILLIAMS.
EDWARD F. LA FORCE.
burlington, loWa.)
MIRIAM lNGRlD PETERSON.
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(St. Louis, Mo.)
MARIAN WILSON
BILLY WILSON
ALICE VIRGINIA SMITH.
IN MEMORY OF RUTH ELIZABETH
KENT
HAROLD SIDNEY KENT

HAROLD SIDNEY KENT
KERMIT CITIZENS (Mouiton)
HELEN CATHERINE HAGeERG
TEDDY MATHEWS
ELLEN MARIE LONG
GERALDINE LOUISE PoHLSON
WILLIAM BERNARD PoHLsoN
DORIS elizabeth HAMMOND
MARTHA LOUISE BYRNE
VELMA ROSE ANTHONY
HELEN ELIZABETH JOHNSON
GELViN BLlxT JOHNSON
CURTIS ROBERT JOHNSON
RUTH CLARE robson
Roosevelt, N. N.Y.
Doris elizabeth HAMMOND
MARSHALL GEORGE BISsELL
ROSA MAY POLLING
SAMUEL n. HARPER
JAMES RAYNER HARPER
WALLACE RUSSELL HARPER
MILDRED MURRAY
ADELLA LUCILLE WILLIAMS
WILLIAM WYRlck HARPER.
MRS. HOMER cRESAP.
HELEN ROWE.
MABEL REIFSNYDER RILEY.
LAURA LEE.
ROBERT POWELL.
JACK POWELL.
BILLY POWELL.
BILLY J. POWELL
MARY GERTRUDE LAM6.
HOLMAN FAUST.
DUDLEY FAUST.
GILBERT FAUST.
JEAN FAUST.
CAROLINE FAUST.
Evanston, Iil.)
w. T. kESTER, JR.
MARSHALL kESTER.
Evanston, llI.)
TEkLA Won SCHRADER.
GRETCHEN Won ScHRADER.
FRITZ Won ScHRADER.
eau Claire. Wis.)
ARTHUR HICKEY, JR.
KATHRYN ADA HICKEY
AUDREY IRENE GoWDY.
LESTER ALVIN DOWELL.
FREDERICK TISDALE CUSHING.
HOBART SIMMONS WHiTMoRE.
MILDRED lDELL 6oLAR.
EDITH HAZEL BoLAR.
lNEZ LUCILLE BOlAR.
ALBERT Ia GRANOE ,RElNlER.
MAX Anvil GILTNER (6atavia)
LAWRENCE kNIPE.
MARION GILMORE.
FRANCES GILMORE.
EILEEN GILMORE.
JOHNNIE ORR.
JAMES WILLARD ORR.
(Oouds.Leando. r. 81
HAROLD WESLEY CURRY.
LEICESTER BENSON CURRY.
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JEANETTE DAGGETT.
ROSEMARY DAGGET1.
MAE NEWQUIST Dudley.
CECILIA IRENE kEWQUIST (Dud)
CHAUNCEY FAY.
ROBERT EMMETT FAY.
WAYNE EDWARD SONGER.

WAYNE eO"AhO SON0en.
JORDON MARROW WORK.
+. JOHN M. CANNY.
MARGARET N. CANNY.
MARY e. CANNY.
EDWARD 3. CANNY.
ROBERT e. CANNY.
JERROLD EUGENE LEE.
DONALD PICKETT.
RICHARD RAUSCHER.
MARY CATHERINE WALSH.
MARY M'ALOON.
BESSIE M'AlOON.
MARGARET M'AlOON.
DONNA CARMEN LEACH.
PAUL RAY LEACH.
VERONICA LUCILLE FLACTlFF.
MARGARET LOUISE HIGGINS.
(Braddock, N. d.
MARY ELEANOR LOGAN.
JOHN A. LOGAN.
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BERNARD HUSTON.

BERNARD HUSTON.
MARY CATHERINE HUSTON.
DOROTHY MAY MACMANUS.
ELEANOR PATRICIA MAcMANUS
THOMAS ARTHUR REIFSNYDER.
ROSWELL DORR JOHNSON.
ROSAMOND DORR.
miles City, Mont.)
MAXINE ELEANOR HARRYMAN.
VIRGINIA MAXINE SlZEMORE.
MARY ELLEN DEHART.
LEONA MAY DEHART.
MARTIN BOHE HARDSOCG.
MURRAY ALFRED HARDSOCG.
MARCEIL/B. WILKINSON.
EVERTA CECIL KING.
WILLIAM JAMES KING.
DOROTHY ALTA HOWARD.
RUTH ELIZABETH WALL.
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FRANK MIN lime POIIAHO.
IN MEMORY OF MAMIE e. Gee.
BESSIE ALMA LEE.
EAROLD LEE PALMER.
ROBERT BURNS (EddyviIIe)
MARTHA MARIE WEIGH
r. r. D. 8, ottumwa
OLIVE MARIE HARRINGTON
Lincoln, Nebr.
JANE ELIZABETH WOOD
R.F. o. 8, ottumwa
FREDERICK DONALD CLOUD
(BerkeIy, cal.)
EDNA ELIZABETH LEcoMPTE
oklahoma City, Okla.
SAMUEL HOMER BURTON
eEo e' fRA ASssf : 1Rorrea, .R.
Pueblo, Colo.
CALVIN THOMAS TRoTTER
Pueblo, Col.
CASH $1.o0
IN MEMORY OF REX DEE
LoWENBERG
IN MEMORY OF LAURA FAY
LoWENBERG
DONALD WAIT KENDALL
MILDRED LINTON
HELEN LOUISE STULTZ
HAROLD CHAMBERS
CONSTANCE CHAMBERS, Agency
CASH $500
LAViNA MERRICK
ALICE Lorraine M'ELROY
WILLIAM JOSEPH WHEATON
THOMAS MATHEW MIER
ELIZABETH ROSE MlER
CATHERINE Lorraine REEVES
JEROME w. cUNDIFF, JR.
NANCY LUCILLE GENTRY.
PHOEBE LORENE GENTRY.
RAYMOND EUGENE CARLSON.
DORIS LOUISE CARLSON.
GORDON CARLSON ROSEN.
BOBBY RUSSELL ROSEN
GERTRUDE FRiNK SCHLEicHER.
BILLY MORRiSSEY.
MARY HELEN FISHER
Seattle, Wash.)
RAYMOND BALDWIN,.
FREDERICK CHARLES LOWRY
Cedar Rapids.)
ARTHUR MONTGOMERY
BERTHA CAvANAUGH
DOROTHY MAY SAUL
LILLIAN MADELEINE SANDSTROM
ELEANOR elizabeth SAND.
STROM
FLORINE ANITA SANDSTROM
CATHERINE ELIZABETH TRACY
JACOB WILLIAM ONSTOTT
JOHN ALLEN oNsToTT
PHYLLIS EVELYN SCHORR
(Des Moines, towa)
THOMAS CLAIRE WALL
Newell. S. d.
LOIS ELLEN WRIGHT
(Santa Ana, Cal)
ODESSA EvANGELINE REID
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CLARA ALICE kERNS.
HARRY ALVA MEIER.

CLARA ALICE kERNs.
HARRY ALVA MEIER.
GLENN SETCHELL MEIER.
BILLY BERNHARDT MEIER.
ELIZABETH MARGARET MEIER.
HELEN ELIZABETH CITIZENS.
VIRGINIA LOUISE RHUE.
GERALDINE CRAMBLiTT.
WILLIAM NORRIS cRAMBLITT.
GERALD CooksToN CORNELL.
DELPHINE OPAL CORNELL.
GWENDoLYN REATHA CORNELL
RoLLA SENECA CORNELL.
GEORGE ROBERT KENDALL, JR.
RUTH ELIZABETH KENDALL.
JACK ALLoTT.
DOROTHY FRANCES HALL (chi.)
JEAN LUCILLE HALL (chicago)
ROBERT JAMES M'9URNEY.
MARGARET MAY SUMMERS
(Oskaioosa)
Helen Louise SUMMERS
(oskaloosa)
JAMES LEROY HANSON
(Fostor'o, Ohio)
RUSSELL EDWIN WRIGHT
JANE FRANCES DORIAN
JOSEPH kANNALY DORAN.
Cash $1.o0.
DOROTHY FRANCES WAYLAND
RUTH HALL SHANAHAN
EMMETT JACKSON SHANAHAN.
NATALIE HARROW SMITH.
STEPHEN HARROW SMITH.
(Little Rock. Ark.)
MARIAN REAMES (Richlsnd.)
HARRY SHELBY CARSON.
(Chariton.)
MARGARET ETA BROWN
(keokuk.)
DOLLY BROWN (keokuk)
PAULINE LAVONNE M'REYNOLDS.
FRANCIS JOHN RUMP.
MORRIS JOSEPH RUMP.
DORIS FRY.
MAXINE KITTERMAN.
PHILIP EDMUNDS PRATT
ut. Madison.)
MARY LYNN GILBERT.
LUCILLE EARL GILBERT.
LOIS SAPP (Burlington.)
HARRY SAPP, JR. (Burlington.)
ROBERT DANIEL WOOD.
LOUISE MATILDA WOOD.
MARY CATHERINE NICHOLSON
(Selma.)
ELIZABETH M. NICHOLSON
Seima.)
JOHN FREDRICksoN. JR.
FRANCIS FREDRickSoN.
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TURKEY AT MlL-DRED'S.

Dear Juniors:
have not written 70! a long time,
so thought | would write.
We have good time when Thanks
giving day comes. We have turkey
and have lots Of fun.
! will be glad when it comes this
year.
am going TO school and don't have
time to write so very much. only on
Sunday
Mildred Robson. Age IA.
r |. Box 80. Douds-L eando, Iowa
street number and all Juniors living
in the country should put their box
number or failing to have box send
in their parents names.
SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.
I Use one side of the paper only.
>. Write neatly and legibly. using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
s. Always sign your name in full
and state your age.
a. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
;. Number your pages.
6. Always state choice of prize on
a separate piece Of paper, with name
and address in full.
Z. Address envelope to The Cour
Ter Junior.
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1916 Membership of Club

MoLLIE MAY FREDRIcksoN.
MARcELLA LOUISE MARSHALL.
CHARLES NEWCOMER YoUNkiN.
MARGARET YOUNKlN paris, Tenn.
ELOlSE SHARER.
PAULINE WOOD (Ageney.)
JIMMY WOOD (Aaency.)
FLORENCE LEONA OWNlNGS
(city, Route No. ~
GRETCHEN CROFT.
CHARLES ROBERT GROTZ.
VIRGINIA CROFT.
PAUL CLIFFORD PICKETT
JANET LOUISE HARDSocG.
HELEN ELMYRA KELLY.
MAX LOCKWOOD ALLISON.
MARY JUANiTA M'CARTY.
JOSEPH PATRICK TRAY.
NYLA ESTHER kENNEY.
EDWIN WINFIELD MUSGRAvE
DOROTHY EVELYN HANsMANN.
LOIS WiLHELMiNA HANSMANN
ESTHER ARLENE HEINZMAN.
FRED HOMER WHITE, JR.
ut. Madlson)
VIRGINIA LOUISE FULLMER.
MARY MAXINE FULLMER.
FRANCES LOU FULLMER.
MAXINE LEE JONES.
KEITH WHEELER JONES
VIRGINIA ELIZABETH ELLIOTT.
MARJORIE 'ELiZABETH JOY
(saIt Lake City, Utah)
MARY MARGARET 6oNWiLL.
WARREN ALFRED MoFFITT.
WILLIAM M'NET1.
GARNER M'NETT.
MAX MEDARlS SWANSON
ALMA MARIE LUMSDON.
FRANK M'lNTlRE POLLARD.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28
ANDES SUNK RAIDER
New Facts of Battle Gives Credit to
Consort of AIcantara.

London. March 2S.-The British
converted cruiser Andes gets the
credit for sinking the German raider
Greif. in North sea, February %, ac-
cording to additional details of the
battle published today.
After the British armed merchant
man Alcantara had engaged the Grief
and had been rendered helpless by a
shell which shattered her rudder, one
of her cOnSorts, the Andes, appeared
and made it impossible for the Grief
to escape. Shells swept the deck of the
German raider, driving the men from
some of her guns. The raider fired
several torpedoes which the Andes
escaped through skillfuI handling.
Third Cruiser TO Rescue.
While thus engaged, a third British
vessel of the light cruiser type, at
tracted by the sound of firing, ap-
peared on the scene. Although at a
great distance. the cruiser had already
Joined in the action, her Eunners find
ing the range and hitting the Greif
with remarkable precision.
But the Andes had the Greif afire
fore and aft and the raider blew up
with terrific explosion, the theory
being that she carried a cargo of
mines which ignited when the fire
reached them. The captain of the
light cruiser congratulated the Andes
and gave her the credit for sinking
the Greif.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28
VANDALS RUIN PLANE
Disabled Craft of Lost Airman SIashed
and Dismantled When Found.

Columbus, March 2S.-Lieut. Ed
ward S. Gorren, of Baltimore. Mary
land, one of the aero corps who ar
rived here today with dispatches from
the front. told the story of his suffer-
ing iR-AaAe desert when he -Wass Lost for
several days after being forced to land
in an uninhabited district in the La
Ascencion country.
Lieutenant Gorrell reported that
when the plane of Lieut.. r. H. Willis,
who was also reported missing was
rescued SO miles south of Casas
Grandes. it had been cut into ribbons.
All of the leather and instruments had
been removed. he said, and the wings
were slashed to pieces, leaving the
plane worthless. Only the engine was
uninjured
Band Concerts Every Night.
Candy, tobacco and cigars are much
in demand by the soldiers at the front.
None of the organizations now in the
field with General Pershings COM
mand is accompanied by band, the
five now here giving concerts each
night. Officers point out that music
serves to keep up the morale of the
troops.
Army men here say that the troops
now concentrated on the border. more
than 500 miles of which is but an
imaginary line, are sufficiently strong
to protect it properly. A score of
water wagon tanks arrived today and
chemists will test the water for poison
before it is placed in the tank for
TRANSFORMATION
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28
GOES BACK TO NORMAL
Weather Forecast Calls fO~ Continu-
alton of Spring Temperatures.

With the temperature at Sc at
O'Clock this morning, ideal and ex-
actly normal weather for this time of
the year descended on the city Grad
ually increasing temperatures during
the day, however, brought the average
above normal, and near the summer
mark
Predictions from the weather bu-
reau call for fair weather tonight and
warmer in the southern part of the
state. Predictions for Wednesday call
for partly cloudy and cooler, but not
cold, weather. According to the fore
caster tomorrow's average for the day
should come nearer approaching nor
NAL than today's will.
Shippers forecast calls for tempera-
lures above freezing in all directions
during the next SO hours.
Temperatures today averaged 4 de-
grees above normal Following are
hourly readings for the day furnished
h b he1. h11rna11.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28
A SUICIDE FAKE
Girl COnfeSSeS She Bound and
Gagged Herself.
Then Set Fire Which Killed
Three, Injured Many.
DECLARED MASKED MAN DID IT
Score Injured Jumping From
Third Story.
Two Firemen May Die; Hurt
Rescuing Inmates.
DECLARED MASKED MAN Did IT

Cleveland Ohio. March 2S.-That
she set fire to her room in an attempt
TO commit suicide, the flames envelop
ing an apartment building in Prospect
avenue and causing the death of two
persons and the serious injury of a
score of others. was the substance of
a confession which Chief of Detectives
Rabshaw says Miss Bessie Reimers. an
occupant of the house made to him
today.
Miss Reimers was severely injured
and guarde was maintained at her
bedside in a hospital until this after
noon when she was removed to police
headquarters.
Told Police of Attack
Cleveland, Ohio, March 2S.-Two
unidentified men and one woman, Mrs.
Ethel Seaman, were burned to death
and Il score of persons were injured
early today when flames swept
through the third floor of the Foster
apartments, 1117 Prospect avenue.
Police are searching for a masked
man who, according to the story told
by Miss Bessie Reimer, a waitress, en-
tered her room on the third floor
bound and gagged her and set fire to
the building. Most of those injured
were hurt by jumping from the third
floor windows. OF these. Mrs. Albert
Melchoir, Dwight Emptage and an un-
Continued on Page -
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NAY NOT RECOVER
American Injured in Sussex EX-
pIOSiOn Near Death.
Fragments Prove Bomb Was
U-BOat Torpedo.

London, March 2S.-George H.
Crocker, one of the three Americans
seriously injured in the Sussex dis
aster, is in a critical condition at
Dover hospital today and may not re-
cover.
Crocker, who suffered a fractured
skull and other injuries, rallied yes
terday but had a relapse last night
The other Americans are recovering
Many of the American survivors
landed at Dover and Boulogne lost
part or all of their personal effects
IN the crash. Several remained in
London and cabled home for funds
before resuming the trip to Paris.
The text of the partial report of
Captain Mouffet of the Sussex, which
is now in the hands of the British
admiralty, was telegraphed here to-
day The Sussex's commander said
he saw the white flash of a torpedo
on the port bow an instant before the
channel liner was struck.
Identify Torpedo Parts.
London, March 28.-Fragments of
the metal picked up by officers of the
British navy aboard the Sussex i'm
mediately after the explosion, unques-
tionably were parts of a torpedo. the
press was informed by an authorita =
tive source today.
The admiralty has not yet issued
an official statement based on the
finding of these metal fragments. 1t
was stated, however, that there could
be no possibility that the metal parts
were fragments of a mine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28
ENLIST INDIANS
General Funston Gets Scouts
From Arizona Tribe.
State Department Advised of
Friendly Feeling in Mexico.

Washington, March 2s.-State de-
partment advices from all parts of
Mexico today gave renewed evidence
of quiet acquiescence in the pursuit of
Villa by American troops.
. The governor of Chihuahua has is
sued a proclamation setting forth the
good relations with the United States
and explaining the American expedi-
ton after the bandits. 1t urges that
no uneasiness be felt by the MeXicans
as to the good faith of the United
States and counsels loyalty to the
CarranZa government.
The war department is proceeding
with arrangements to buy additional
aeroplanes. A dozen Indian chiefs
from Arizona are to be enlisted
as guides and scouts ror the American
columns in Mexico. Major General
Funston has asked for the services of
the warriors and Major General Scott,
chief of staff, today authorized their
employment.
The Indian chiefs are familiar with
the Mexican country through which
the American troops are pursuing
Villa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-03-28
SINK 10000 TONS
That's U-BOatS' Toll of New
Raid in Two Weeks.
Empress of Midland, British
Ship, Latest Victim.

London. March discriminating
the work of the Germans since March
Is, when their new program of sub
marine warfare against the entente
allied ships began, the Daily Tele-
graph says the Germans have, in less
than a fortnight. sunk 10000 tons of
shipping of which one-third belonged
to neutralS.
Casualties from the explosion which
damaged the cross channel steamer
Sussex are not expected to exceed
fifty, the steamers agent announces
London, March 2S.-Sinking of the
British steamship Empress of Midland
is reported in a Reuter- dispatch from
Amsterdam.
The steamship Cromer from London
arrived last night at Maassluis, Hol-
land, with all the crew of the En-
press of Midland.
The Empress of Midland, of 2,224
tons gross, sailed from New York
January for Cardiff, Wales.