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New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
Advance East of MeuSe,
but Lose in Fumin
Wood.
FRENCH WREST BACK
LORRAINE TRENCHES
Conduct Successful Operation in
Champagne and Repulse
the Enemy.

London. July 12.-In the thrust
against the defences Of Verdun east o.
the Meuse, which the Germans launched
yesterday, they have made further
progress. To-day they pushed nearer
Fort Souville and the LAufee Works.
their immediate objectives.
THE enemy succeeded, at the cost
Of enormous losses.' Paris admits in
to-night's official statement. "in gaining
little ground in the neiKhborhood of
the Chapel Of Sainte Fine, at the in.
tersection of the Fleury and Vaux
roads"
The attack was made with six regi-
ments in massed formation on a mar
row front, where they were taken
under the deadly French fire and liter
ally moved down.
Germans Pushing Left Flank.
Having maintained their grip on the
Thiaumont work, but failed to debouch
ing TO push forward their left flank.
Yesterday, after a terrific lombard
ment. one column sought to work its
way along the railroad which runs
around Hill 800 toward the Fleury
station. situated in the eastern extrem-
ity of the village, but it melted away
before the French fire. as did another
column attacking Chapitre Wood.
Columns debouchng from Vaux Fort,
however, succeeded in getting a bare
footing, after intense fighting, in the
Fumin Wood to the west, and in the
ruined Damloup battery. one of the
subsidiary outer defences of Verdun,
which lies three-quarters Of a mile
southwest of the village, on the edge
of the Laufee plateau.
French Win Back Lines.
The Germans were unable to hold
their advantage in the Fumin Wood
however, a night counter-attack driv-
ing them out Of large part Of the
occupied territory. The positions they
hold in the battery are swept by guns
from Souville, Tavannes and BourvauY
and it is not believed they can be hello
for long.
On the left bank of the river severa
German attacks on the French trenches
at lie Mort Homme were repulsed.
In the Lorraine and Vosges sectors
the Germans are continuing theil
sharp local attacks, probably to concea
the transfer of troops to the Somm'
front. To-day they were driven out o.
the trenches near Reillon, in Lorraine
which they captured yesterday.
German Gains Admitted.
To-night's French statement says:
"On the left bank of the Meuse ,
rather spirited artillery action oc
Cured in the sector Of lie Mort Homme
"On the right bank the German.
undertook this morning a strong efor
in the direction of Fort Souville
About 10 o'clock, after intense artillery
preparation. strong attack with
effectives of six regiments debouchec
from the village of Fleury and the
Vaux and Chapitre Woods.
Notwithstanding the violence Of the
assaults, which were launched ir
massed formation on front relatively
narrow, the enemy succeeded at the
cost of enormous losses in gaining only
little ground in the neighborhood OF
the Chapel of Sainte Fine, at the inter
section Of the Fleury and Vaux roads
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
Germans Claim Progress.
Berlin, July 12.-The official com
,,a,,oI fn I0,y on,yc.

Berlin, July 12.-The official com
munico tion issued to-day says:
The fighting which began on the
afternoon of July 10 on both sides Of
the Bapaume Albert road, near Con,
talmaison and in Mametz Wood, as well
as new fighting in Trones Wood and
south thereof, is continuing with bitter
stubbornness.
South of the Somme the French suf-
fered a severe check in a great attack
which they prepared on the Belloy-
Soyecourt front. The attack broke
down completely under our fire, and
weak forces which had been thrown
against the Maisonette- -Barleux sector
fed TO their starting point, with heavy
losses.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13

Franklin avenues. Brooklyn, has not
met with hearty approval in realty and
certain other circles in Brooklyn.
Realty owners Of the district say
that the erection OF a church on the
site OF the homestead will tend 70 de-
preciate values there. Title to the
Post property has been taken by j. z.
Smith Of Salt Lake City. Within the
last year members of the Mormon
Church have been proselyting in the
former City of Churches. They say
they have got many Brooklynites TO
Join the church.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
German Planes BOmbard
Calais and Army Camps

Berlin, July IL (By Wireless to Say
Vile, n. Y.).-Two German aeroplanes
made an attack on the Channel port
of Calais on Monday night, it was an.
nounced officially to-day. They dropped
bombs on the port and on army en-
campments.
The Admiralty gave out the follow
ing statement:
1.-TWO German aeroplanes on the
night of July 1O-11 dropped bombs on
Calais and the troop camps at bray
Dunes NEAR the Belgian frontier);
The aeroplanes returned undamaged.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
English Flag Shields Yankees.

Columbus, N. NJ, July 12.-Americans
living in Chihuahua and other cities in
Northern Mexico are wearing small
British flags to ward off insults TO
themselves and their nationality, ac'
cording to a report brought to-day from
Mexico.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13

ports in this respect, and Of the
British losses, particularly in the
northern sector of the front. They had
little TO tell in the way Of detailed de-
scription, as officers at the front are too
engaged TO give anything but the bare
reports absolutely necessary.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
U-BOATS SUNK 81
FREICHTERS IN JUNE

Berlin. July l2.-An off,
ciaI statement issued tonight
says:
In the month of June
sixty.one of the enemy.
merchantmen, measuring
about 100000 tons, were
sunk by German and Au,tro-
Hungarian submarines or by
mines"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13

Paris, July 12.-The official COM
n,unication issued tonight reads:
On the Somme front there was moth
ing to report during the course Of the
day.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
OPPOSE MORMON PROJECT

The plan of the Church of Jesus
Christ of the Latter Day Saints TO
build a large church on the site of the
old Pos. homestead. at Gates and
New-York tribune., 1916-07-13
BRITISH WREST
WOODS FROM FOE

Continued from page !
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
DECREE HELD VOID
Russian Government Warns polan1
That Il 10 Still an Integral Part
Of the Cars Empire.

London. Nov. 15.-The diplomatic
representatives of Russia, wires Reut.
er's Petrograd correspondent, have:
been instructed to hand to the govern
ments to which they are accredited
the following protest against the
Austro- German proclamation establish
ing the Polish kingdom:
I'm defiance Of the laws of nations
the German and Austro- Hungarian
military authorities at Warsaw and at
Lublin have proclaimed the Russian
provinces of Poland henceforth to
form a separate state
The imperial Russian government
protests against this act as fresh
violation of an International conven-
ton solemnly sworn to by Austria
Hungary and Germany and declares IL
null and void. II reaffirms that the:
provinces of the kingdom of Poland
have not ceased to form an integral:
part of the Russian empire aud that
their inhabitants will be bound by the,
oath of fidelity which they took to-
the emperor. my august master"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
EXTRA CLERKS ARE
CHECKING REPORTS

Des MoineS, Nov. 15-Extra clerks
today were assigned to tabulation OF
statements of election expenses being
filed BY candidates at the last general
election with the secretary of state.
November II is the last date under the
law for the filing of statements OF cleo
ton expense.
Thus far most OF the statements re-
ceived have come from candidates for
the state senate and house. Today.
however. the state officers and con.
gressional account began coming in.
The statements Of Congressman r. p.
Woods showed that he spent sl.4I4
and c. w. Ramseyer $S45.15. w. G.
Moth of Davenport. democratic candi'
date for secretary of state, filed an ac'
count today for $50.
Clerks report that greater mum
Der Of expense accounts showing
money expended have been filed this
year BY socialist and prohibition can
diGates than ever before,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
MANY DID NOT
OBSERVE RULES
EXAMINATION OF BALLOTS USED
LAST WEEK SHOWS DIsRE-
GARD FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

Examination Of ballots. used in last
Tuesdays general election. brings out
some facts which almost startle from
the standpoint of the voters intelli-l
gence on the use Of his ballot.
Many, many Of them did not mark
the squares for state supreme court
judges. These. however. were ON nom
partisan ticket and were placed IN the
extreme upper right hand corner Of the:
ballot and could have been easily oveE-i
looked.
The use Of sticksrs was confined prin :
cipally for the Office Of tho unexpired:
term for sheriff and for some Of tho
township places. but the little summed
slips landed in every square on the bal !
lot. Even some were pasted over the;
name Of the presidential candidate.
One man, after voting for his choice
and marking the square opposite htss
name, wrote yes" In front Of each
name. Another marked every square on
the ballot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
THE DIMINISHING DOLLAR.

The average total family income, in
Guiding women and children, is be-
tween $500 and $500 year in the
United States. according TO statistics
given out by the American Society for
Thrift. Between 1900 aud 1914 the
average increase in the retail prices
of food was about 60 per cent, while
wages increased little less than 30
per cent. No matter what may be the
cause of this condition the moral is
plain: The average American of the
future must be thrifty.
Our population is increasing at the
rate of 4,43S day Statisticians esti.
mate that within a few years this in
crease will reach 10000 day There
will then be even greater cause for
thrift.
A movement is on foot in the Ma
tional Education Association, the Of
fetal organization of school teachers
of America. for devising plans of
teaching thrift in our schools. This
means beginning at the foundation,
points out the American Society for
Thrift. and the results on the hap
Ainess, prosperity and security of the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
LADS CRIMES
BREAK RECORD
10 AND YEARS
OLD, CHARGED WITH STEAL
ING SIX HORSES.

The black team, single buggy, fur
robe. blankets and coat belonging TO
C. F. Ryan of Rutledge. which were
taken from in front of the Scovllle
tabernacle on West Fifth street sun
day evening have been recovered and
Everett Brady, aged ten and one halt
years and his pal Solomon Jeruchem-
sohn 7 years old, are charged with the
theft.
Sheriff George Giltner arrested the
lads in a house at go East MAIN
street at 10 o'clock Monday night.
The older one is in Jail awaiting a
disposition of the case. The younger
one has been allowed to remain with
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Jeru-
chemsohn, 531 East Main street.
From stories told by the youngsters
they have record which exceeds any
thing ever heard of in the local courts.
They are charged with having stolen
six head of horses within the past
fifteen days. All the property taken
has been recovered with the exception
of one set of harness and it is expect
ed to be found by this evening.
Close questioning by Sheriff Giltner
and the city off GERS at the police sta
ton revealed some startling plans
which the lads have made and carried
out during the past two or three
weeks.
They took the Ryan rig from in
front of the tabernacle and drove it
until 10, or II o'clock sunday night,
They then tied it in the alley at the
rear of the house in which they were
arrested Monday morning the horses
we're taken from the buggy. hitched
to a covered wagon and allowed to
stand all day. At nightfall they were
again hitched to the buggy and driv-
en- to the west end where the boys
tried to sell the outfit for $25.
other crimes, the lads are accused
of committing are the stealing of a
horse and buggy from in front OF the
court house last Friday evening. one
from Darner's barn. earlier that week.
another from in front of the Y. NJ. c.
IA. and another on East Main street.
In every case they would drive the
rigs about town and then leave them.
Harness taken from the horse at
Darner's barn was sold.
The Brady boy says that his father
is dead and his mother lives in Daven.
port He has been making his home
here with relatives whom he claims
are his step grandparents.
Sheriff Giltner is in consultation
with County Attorney Daugherty this
afternoon in regard to the lads cases.
When the matter comes before the
district court about the only thing that
can be done is to send them to the
state industrial school at Eldora. .
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17

Gle and Jane FuzzyWuzzy. Jane
Fuzzy-Wuzzy was the nurse. hired
girl and cook, all in one. and the reas-
on she had such funny name was be.
cause she was a funny cook. She had
long hair. a sharp nose, very long
tail and the brightest eyes you ever
saw. She could stay under wafer a
long time. and was fine swimmer.
In fact. Fuzzy-Wuzzy was big musk
rat. and the family she worked for
was almost as strange as she was.
There was Papa Littletail. Mamma
Littletail. Sammie Littletail. Susie Lit
tletail and Uncle Wiggily Longears.
The whole family had very long ears
and short tails: their eyes were rath.
err pink and their noses used 10
twinkle, lust like the stars on frosty
night. Now you have guessed Il.
This was 4 family of bunny rabbits.
and they lived in a nice hole. which
was called a burrow, and which they
had dug under ground in big park
on the top of mountain. back of
Orange. Not the kind OF oranges you
eat. you know. but the name of a
place, and very nice place. too
In spite of her strange name. and
the fact that she was muskrat, Jane
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
future American will be beyond com
prehension.

future American will be beyond COM
prehension.
There are over 10000 workers in
America. Ii each worker began now
to save dime "a day the aggregate
Accommodations would reach 81 .465 $780,
976 year. or If each saved dime a
week the total would be sos. Sl9.317.
The saving of a dime month by each
worker would amount to S4S.lS9.09S,
and only a dime year would mean
S4015,750. American Society for
Thrift statistics show that 80 per cent
of men are dependent upon their daily
earnings. or on others. for support at
the age of 60 and that not one man
in 80 who retires with competency
is able to retain that competency to
the close of life These are things for
the patriotic American to think about
This is a nation of manifest destiny,
but there are evil days ahead unless
our people begin at once the practices
of thrift
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17

Another installment of the accounts
Of Jim King, in which he tells OF the
pioneer days on the Santa Fee trail FOL
lows. The last story told OF the meet
ing with relief train with supplies,
after the partys foodstuff was running
low. This ,nstallment describes d
settlement of shacks, which were built
by Kit Carson. The story Is:
The fog in camp that night was
dampened somewhat by the serious
condition of Stanley, who was unable
to leave his bed in the wagon. Par
son Brownlow was our medicine man
and he pronounced Stanley's condition
as serious. The business agent who
had left us at Fl. Dodge had kept his
word and the grub had arrived and
plenty Of it as we'll as what was far
more importan, feed for our stock: He
also sent letter to Stanley asking
about the condition of the outfit. Stan
lev turned it over to me and answered
it giving a synopsis only and promis-
ing more when we should meet The
agent had written from Fit. Union but
the stock of corn and provisions had
been shipped from mountain town on
Rattoon route near Fl. Garland and
the grizzled trapper who brought the
goods had not seen the agent nor
would he unless by accident, see MIN
when he went back but my letter
would be forwarded to him at Fort
Union.
Among the delicacies brought by the
old trapper was small barrel OF mo-
lasses made from Mexican sugar cane
and seasoned with spice from Mexican
onions We now had plenty OF -four
and meal. We decided to have pan
cakes for our breakfast on the NOR
row and the old trapper took charge as
chief caterer A washtub was procur-
ed and the mixed batter was made and
allowed to stand over night and the
next morning it was fapjacks ana
bacon grease and coffee OF the best
make and they tasted just as good as
those our mothers used to make back
in America.
We rose that morning with the IN
tention Of putting as much ground IN
our wake as possible. Our stock had
been fed heavy corn feed early and
soon everything was ready for another
days going and as the first rays Of the
rising sun shot a golden arrow athwart
the foothills we were once more head
ing westward. The good old trapper
told us that we were two hundred
miles from FIT. Union and that in ten
days travel we would make a junction
with the Cimeron route which crossed
the Arkansas river twenty miles above
FIT. Dodge. From there the trail was
we'll travelled and in due time we would
come to old Camp Carson which was
at one time an outpost occupied by
Carson and his Indian fighters and
trappers.
The old trapper journeyed with US
till the afternoon Of the second day
when he took northwest course for
the Rattoon mountains where he had
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
FRAUD AT ELECTION
Attorney General Says He Has Evil
dence That colored Men From
South Moved UP North.

Washington, D. c.. Nov. 16.-lnves'
tigation of election frauds was dis
cussed briefly today at conference
between President Wilson and Attor'
ney General Gregory.
Later Mr.. Gregory declared his In
vestigation will be separate from the
one proposed by the senatorial com
mittee. He said the investigation now
in progress is entirely non.partisan.
81 have evidence that large mum.
Der of negroes from the south moved
into northern states within ninety
DAYS before the election" the attor'
ney general said 80 far do not know
whether this movement was Industrial
or political, although some OF them at
tempted to register"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
MANY WITNESSES IN
RED OAK LIBEL SUIT

Red Oak, Nov. l5.-Introduction of
testimony was begun today in the 500
600 libel suit of F. F. Jones. former
state senator. against J. \. Wilkerson
detective of Kansas City. Counsel in
formed the court that forty or fifty
witnesses will be called for the plain.
tiff and about ninety for the defense
The jury is composed of eleven farm
ers and one barber.
The case is an echo of the Villisea
axe murders in which J. B. Moore. a
business man, his wife. four children
and two visitors met death. Jones
charges that Wilkerson accused him
of being back of the crime. Jones was
business rival of Moore.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
REGISTER WRONG.

On several occasions since the re-
cent election the Des Moines Register
and Leader has published stories re.
porting the defeat of ]. w. Rowley. Of
keosaudua. candidate for representa-
tive in the state legislature from Van
Buren, county. The last article brings
in the old capitol extension fight and
endeavors to show that Mr. Rowley' s
activity in that nurt him at the polls
last Tuesday.
As Is generally true. the Registers
story would be precisely right if il
were not for the fact that it is exactly
wrong.
Mr.. Rowley was elected by major
ity in excess Of 100 votes and he will
have seat in the next general assem-.
bly,. But the Register is still printing
stories about his defeat.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
A RECORD YEAR.

This has been year of records. II
was ushered in amidst the booming of
the largest guns the world ever saw
being used in the greatest war in his
tory: the summer witnessed record
hot spell: the month of October pro-
vided :. new record for coolest day
and another for coolest month; then
came IN election in which record
vote was cast and which saw the won.
en- of the suffrage states practically
elect a president: and now, November
has provided us with the coolest cold
wave on record for Novembers And it
might be mentioned also that rec.
ord for crossing the Atlantic in sub.
marine has been set Next.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-11-17
DESCRIBES STACKS WHICH
WERE BUILT BY KIT CARSON

ranch and trading post on the Rat
toon route and as he said dealt IN
Everything that came his way, | trad
! ed him good mule for cripple as
one of his animals had got disabled en-
route. His teamsters and extra man
were breeds of some sort and but ONE
could talk word of English and
never did know whether they were
Mexicans or not. for when l asked az
to their nationalities the gray haired
man told me they had none. When
the trapper left his ranch in the noun
tains he travelled cross country till he
came to Little Red river, thence east
on the Santa Fee trail to its junction
with the Aubrey route then taking the
latter he still journeyed onward until
We found him camped in the foothills;
but in returning he took much short
er route as he had disposed Of his
freight and could easily travel through
the rough country.
1t was with much regret that we
parted company with the old warrior
Of the plains but We had the satisfac-
ton of knowing that we had plenty Of
the second day after meeting the trap
per we rolled up long and steep in
cline to the west and at the summit
We were greeted with the sight Of
some tumble down log barracks
which had been described by the trap
fper as Camp Kit Carson. Those dfiap-
idated buildings had once been the
stronghold of Kit Carson and his in
Itrepid Indian killers.
The shacks, for such they were, sit
uated on q slight rise above the lower
regions laying just east Of it and over
which we had just journeyed were OF
rude construction being of logs from
mountain cedar which grew in plenty
in the immediate vicinity. Near BY
was a small stream Of water and here
we went into corral for the night but
the country being rocky and entirely
void Of grass we turned the stock out
to water and Craze after which they
we're battered and we proceeded to
load up with wood taking the dry logs
from the old cabins.
The old ranger had told us that We
would not find any wood east of Red
river which was one hundred and
twenty-five miles east of Fl Union.
This camp was in q picturesque coun.
try. To the south as far as the eye
with the aid Of the glass coud reach)
stretched a pebble covered plain
sparsed with mountain cactus and
soap weed while to the west stretched
an undulating surface sparsely COW
cred with small chapparal through
which flowed many small streams Of
pure living water. To the north could
be seen the cloud capped Rattoon
range which Is a great spur Of the
mighty Rockies while to the east
stretched the uplifts over which We
had just journeyed and which has
been described herein.
James King.