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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
RED CROSS
drive WINS
1000 MORE
Big Campaign Brings Total
in City Alone to 4,2O0 With
Country to Hear From
COUNTY DISTRICTS
DOING GOOD WORK
The big drive launched by
i the WapeIlo county chapter
4 last Tuesday for 1000 mem.


last Tuesday for 5000 mem
Z. bers of the Red Cross will be
more than doubled for already Ottum'
wa alone has 4,20O enrolled, nearly 20
per cent of the population, and they
are still coming in. The thermometer
went UP with leap since Saturday
when it registered 5000. The rise was
/ 1000 and this was greatly augmented
by the turning in of 500 from the Nor
rell packing plant where a corps Of
workers is still getting members.
The workers in the booths and in
the wards are cleaning up the scatter
led odds and ends unfinished last week
and headquarters is quite busy check
ing up the work thus far accomplished.
| 1t is stated there that 5000 will easily
be reached in Ottumwa alone and 1000
lis held to be safe estimate outside
the city throug ghout the county. None
Eof the country or outside cities have
reported thus far
kIRkvILLE STARTS WELL.
A meeting was held at Kirkville last
might at which Secretary r. T. Hudson
tof the Y. M. C. A. and Major T. P. Spill
kman spoke. A branch chapter was
sfornfed with fifty-three members and
work was begun to get $50 enrolled.
Eldon will have a meeting tonight at
clock at which Senator G. w. Whit
more will speak and at the same hour
a meeting will be held in Eddyville to
Ebe addressed by M. B. Hutchison and
u. H. Morrell.
Farson is still bidding for high hon.
tors in the rural districts. having in
creased the enrolment there to Its
and asked for 100 more blanks with
IN determination to raise the number to
276. With one or two exceptions, the
country is doing fine. according to G.
~ Spry, who has been active in the
i;6rs2afxation o. the county outside Of
Ottumwa.
HONOR ROLL is. GROWING.
The list Of 100 per cent efficient fam
flies and firms is steadily growing and
the following are on the honor roll to-
day:
F. P. Hofufann, Daughters OF Isa-
bella, II. e. Blackmar, NJ. ]. Mccarthy,
George M. Kerns, ]. A. Belmont, Mrs.
Helen Mahon, T. D. Prtngle, F, H. Or
wis, L. T. Crisman, j. P. Runshe, Stey.
ems shoe store, st. Joseph's hospital,
"A. J. Stump, Mrs. L. Lewis, Mrs. E. G.
Shearer. w. II. Cooper & Sons, e. B.
Sutton. Charles F. Mast Mrs. e. A.
Spaulding, Jefferson school teachers.
is. j. O'Gar, r. N. Morrell, p. R. Hol-
1oway. Mrs. T. J. Mastin. Mrs. F. Fl.
foster, r. l.. Kendall.
The Kings Daughters lead in the Sc
curing Of the most members and the
Daughters OF Isabella are a. close sec.
ond. The other clubs show very little
variation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
SENATORS TO SEEK
EXPLOSION CAUSE

Washington, D. c., May eS.-lnvesti-
CATION by the senate naval affairs com
mittee of the accident on the armed
merchant ship Mongolia, in which two
American Red Cross nurses We're re-
Gently killed, was ordered today by the
senate. A resolution of inquiry offered
and pressed by Senator Frelinghuysen
Of New Jersey was adopted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
TORNADOES SWEEP
s STATES, SPREAD
DEATH AND RUIN
Middle West and South Ara
Crossed By Devastating
Storms, Resulting in 24S
Deaths, Injury Of 1907
Persons and Destruction
of Homes and Fields

Tor,adoes during t1,s last thsee
days Ia eight stxtes Of the middle
west and the soath, have killed
nearly $50 people, Injured more
than 1900, wrecked thousands Of
houses, killed hundreds Of ansasals
and devastated many thousands Of
acres Of growing crops
The latest In the series Of tor
nadoes started late Sunday, appar.
emily in the vicinity Of M7lNsvtiie,
In southwestern Illinois, swept
southwark across the Ohio river
into Kentucky, down the M5sssssip-
pi into Arkansas and Tennessee
and finally veered eastward to-
ward Alabama, where TIE storm
apparently spent ltseaf. The nsa.-
Der Of dead in the four southern
states is estimated at more than
100, and the injured at several
hundred.
Revised figures SHOW the fol.
losayiv,rv dAod .s.A L. nh-ad.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
BURGLARS CRACK
SAFE, LEAVE 81, 900

Des Moines, May 2S.-Burglars blew
open the safe in local office of the
Standard Oil company early today,
fred two more charges to open the in
ner cash box, and then escaped with
out the $1,000 therein when they
realized that many persons, aroused by
the first explosion, were watching
their operations from nearby windows.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
Mount Querceto Bars Path
of Intrepid Army Which
for Eighteen Days Has
Pressed Austria's Forces
Backward Toward Trieste
FRENCH AND BRITISH
CONTINUE ADVANCES

CROSS RIVER; TAKE TOWN.
Rome, May 29. The Italians
have crossed the Timavo river and
occupied the village of San Clio
vanni northwest Of Duino near the
Gulf Of Trieste, the war Office an
nounces. They have captured
nine six-inch guns.
KAISER MAY FORCE BRAZIL.
Rio Janeiro, May 20. "A Noticia
says that in German circles, 1t Is
asserted that Germany will declare
war on Brazil within two or three
days.
The Italians have fought their way
forward to within two miles Of Duino,
the most formidable natural barrier
between them and Trieste. The great
battle now enters its eighteenth day
without any sign of an abatement IN
the fury of the struggle, Vienna stub
bornly refuses to concede the Italian
victories but the map tells the story
of General Cadonans steady advance.
Duino, at the gates Of which the
Italian guns are now hammering,
marks a point at which the Carso pla-
teau almost touches the sea Protect
ed by the ocean on the one side, it is
powerfully defended to the north by
Mount Querceto. height of consider
able magnitude which dominates the
country for many miles around
LULL MAY PREcEDE ATTACK.
At the foot of Mount Querceto. fac
ing west, hes the little town Of
vl he 1soy DO h.
ed their way to within few hundred
yards of this village. 1t is possible that
lull will occur before they attempt
the formidable task of storming Mount
Querceto.
The political situation continues OF
absorbing interest. Dispatches from
Brazil indicate that it is merely qles-
ton of days. if not hours, before the
Brazilian parliament follows the lead
of the administration and aligns Brazil
with the eleven nations now fighting
the central powers.
SPAIN LOSES BIG LINER.
threatened between Spain and Ger
many through the sinking of Spanish
passenger ship with heavy loss Of
life. This disaster occurs on the heels
of an announcement from Madrid that
Germany had given satisfactory as
surances in reply to Spain's latest note
the destruction of Spanish
ships by German submarines. No de-
tails. however, have been received in
regard to the sinking Of the passenger
liner and it is possible that the tragedy
was not due to a U-boat.
INTERNAL FIGHT CONTINUES.
The battle between the reactionaries
and liberals in Austria Hungary goes
forward and there are reports
of further impending ministerial resig-
nations in Vienna and Budapest. Sen
sations are promised at the sessions
of the Austrian parliament but it re-
mains to be seen how much news will
be able to escape the censor In Ger
many the violence of the attacks on
Bethmann-Hollweg indi.
Gates the acuteness Of the political
crisis but the recess of the reichstag
renders even more meagre than usual
the information that comes across tho
border.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
FOUR ARRESTS IN BURLINGTON

Burlington, May 2S.-Only four ar.
rests were made for violations of the
blue laws in Burlington yesterday
Proprietors Of two moving picture
theaters and of two confectioneries,
who refused to close their places OF
business were notified by the police to
report in the police court today.
Manager Lawrence Blank OF the
Palace moving picture theater was ac-
Quilted by u jury in the police court
today OF the charge Of operating his
theater In violation of the Sunday laws
1t required but three minutes to reach
verdict
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
DEALERS DENY GUILT.

Des Moines, May 2S.-Thirty+five
cigar dealers and keepers of soft drink
establishments pleaded not guilty
when arraigned in municipal court
here today charged with violation of
the low blue law in operating their
places Of business yesterday. Their
cases were set for trial June s before
Municipal Judge Meyer. The defend
ants were released on their own recog-
nizance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
ARRESTS
MADE SUNDAY
Only Eleven Charged With
Blue Laws Violation;
Many to Fight Cases

But few arrests were made in OF.
tumwa Sunday for violations of the
blue laws. Eleven were arrested yes.
terday against fifty-six of week ago.
The moving picture shows operated
unmolested. The trials of Baker and
Frey. Norris Lince, M. Angel, w. V.
Sifvers and L. Stein for running their
shows a week ago Sunday will be held
morning at O'Clock.
POLICE TAKE NO PART.
The arrests yesterday were all car.
ried out by the state, the local police
department taking no part. OF the
eleven cases filed, two were in the
court of Justice Jones and the remain
ing nine at Justice WilcoSs court.
A. E. F1eener pleaded guilty to run.
ming stand in the street car waiting
room and paid 81 and costs to Justice
Jones and C. o. Brownelier of the
Colonel pool hall pleaded not guilty
and his trial will be held June Z.
POOL HALLS TO FIGHT.
Hern Davis of the Brunswick pool
hall. Arthur Fritch of the Saratoga
pool hall, John Conroy of the Palace
pool han, Lester Young Of Norfolks
Cigar Co.. Frank Younkin Of Younkin
Bros News Co., Frank Meadows of the
Puritan ice cream parior and Joe Ce-
lania of Celania Bros confectionery
were all arraigned in Justice Wilcoxs
court They pleaded not guilty and
their trials will be held this week.
Stever Steropulos of the Palace Sweet
shop will be given hearing this after
noon and G. W. Fern of the Casino
pool hall pleaded guilty and was fined
81 and costs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
FIND REFUGE IN cuLvERr.

Taylorville, III, May 2S.-The tor.
nado that passed over Christian
county Saturday afternoon struck the
towns of Locust and Assumption and
johnson township, but resulted in loss
of life in those places. At Locust
Continued on page S.)
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29
STATE ASKED TO AID

Springfield, H., May zS-Ihe sum
of 50. .00O, 900 will be needed to meet re-
lief requirements at Mattoon, Charles
ton and other Illinois towns, special
committee from Msttoon told Governor
Lowden at noon today.
The committee said Mattoon will be
able to contribute 100000 Of this
amount and that Charleston will be
asked to raise $4,000.
After the conference Governor Low
den said no legislative appropriations
would be undertaken until the princi-
pie on which relief was to be given
can be worked out
$50 far as have been able to
learn" Governor Lowden said, -'All
past emergencies of this sort have met
with temporary relief such as shelter
sustenance, police protection. etc. un'
til the people affected could adjust
themselves to the disaster. | do not
see upon what principle the state
could rebuild homes or buildings des-
troyed"
The Mattoon committee is anxious
to get an emergency appropriation OF
at least $500. 900 for use at once.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29

Totals ....... 24S 1,207
The destruction began last Fri
day at Andale, kas, where 26
people were killed and 90 Injured.
Late Saturday t,~'ster, proba-
bly, the most severe Of the series,
struck the rich corn beit Of cen
tral Illinois. kis'ing 81 persons
and innriag 500 In Mattoon. At
Charleston, ten miles east Of Mat
toon, t,irty-sever were killed and
sanre than t5e iaIured. Tie proper,
~ damage In the two cities IS
estimated at e2mo0O.
Another destructive storm late
Saturday erossed territory ap-
proximateiy roo miles north of the
center, Of Illinois, reached into
northern Indiana and caused the
loss Of dozen nves, injury TO
more than 200 and heavy proper.
ty damage.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-29

today from the devastated territory in
the four southern states swept by tor
nadoes yesterday and hast night placed
the number Of deaths at los and the
injured at more than 300. Telegraph
and telephone communication to
scores OF points had not been restored,
| but news trickffng into the larger
towns indicated that property damage
was very heavy.
Reports today estimated the num-
Der of dead in the vicinity Of H1ck-
man. Ky, at approximately 10: IN Mis-
sissippi county, Arkansas. Is killed; 1S
were reported dead at Sayre, Ala: 6
killed in the vicinity Of Dyersburg,
Tenn, s at Gates Landing near Upton
vile, Tenn. at the vil1ige Of Baker,
near Antioch, Tenn land at Sharon.
Tenn.
INJURED IN wREckAGE.
Within a radius Of twelve miles OF
Hickman. where the storm apparently!
wrought It's greatest havoc, more than
two score of injured have been recov-
cred from the wreckage Of farm dwell
lfngs and the more substantial build,
irgs in the towns of Bondourant, Bard
well, Clinton and Tedford.
Near Gates landing the number In
jured was reported as between rs and
80, in the central part of Dyer county
near Dyersburg. about 80 were injured.
Latest reports from Sayre estimate the
number of injured at so or more.
Hail and rain fell at other points in
the south with considerable damage to
growing crops.
Reports received here today from
points in Mississippi county in north
east Arkansas place the number OF
casualties from the storm at ten dead
and twenty-nine injured.
ALABAMA TOWNS ISOLATED.
Birmingham, Ala, May 2S-Incom-
plete reports reaching here early to-
day from territory swept by lAst
nights tornado. say that at least 81
persons were killed and more than 100
injured by the storm.
Many towns in the path OF the storm
are cut of from communication and
there is nothing to indicate what dam
age was done In those places.
Reports from Sayre say are known
to have been killed and 40 injured
there.
At Village springs and Bradford,
small places on the boundary line OF
jefferson and Blount counties, about
twenty miles north of Birmingham, IL
are reported dead and probably 40 in
jured. Four dead and 81 injured was
the toll taken at Carbon Hill, town
about sixty miles west of Birmingham.
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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-11-14
Cadorna Relieved of Command
OF Italian Army; Inter-Al-
lied Military Committee
Appointed

Italian Army Headquarters,
Thursday, Nov. s By the Asso.
cIated Press)-The conference
OF British, French and Italian
representatives has resulted in
The creation of a permanent IN.
ter,allied military committee.
New leadership for the Italian
army has been provided.
General Cadorna, who has
been In supreme command of
the italian army since the be.
ginning of the war, has been
given a place on the new COM
mlttee.
General Diaz has been an
pointed first in command, with
General Badoglio second and
General Grandma third.
General Foch, chief of staff of
the French war ministry. and
General Wilson, ub-chief of the
British general staff, will serve
on the inter-allied committee
with General Cadorna.
Among military officers the
decision of the allies to create a
permanent military has caused
great satisfaction. 1t is accept.
ed as evident that the allies
have awakened to the necessity
for the closest union of the
whole length of the western
front for the political and mill
tary conduct of the war.
General Diaz is rated as one
of the ablest Italian military
leaders. For years he was con
nected with the general staff.
He took part in the Libyan war,
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-11-14

serving as a colonel. and was
wounded so severely that he
asked to be wrapped IN a flag,
feeling that death was at hand.
He has rendered distinguished
service in the present campaign.
He is from southern Italy.
General Badoglio is a north
erner. In the war he has been
IN command of brigade of
Berseglleri, whose heroic deeds
have done much to decrease the
gravity of the disaster.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-11-14
Ierrapin More than 33 Year.
Old

Mr.. Hamp Brewer, who lives
a few miles nortn of town and
his old friend, Mr.. Highland
Ierrapin, were in town yester
day. Mr.. Brewer first met Mr..
Terrapin thirty-three years ago
and formed a close acquaintance
which developed into a mutual
friendship. In fact the friend
snip became so strong that Mr..
Brewer persuaded Mr.. Terrapin
to let him engrave his initials,
III. B." together with the date,
1884" on the under side of Mr..
Terrapin's she'll. AS it was i'm
practicable for the two friends
to live together Mr.. Brewer then
bade Mr.. Terrapin adieu adieu
and they had never met again
until a few ago when the old
friends and comrades once more
came IN contact with each other.
Mr.. Terrapin weighs IA ounces
and is we'll and robust and bids
fair to live anorher half ce injury
at least-if he will just stay off
the public roads where automo
olles cannot endange his exist
ence.-Marshville lone.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-11-14
Russian Government Falls in
Revolution

Perograd is again in turmoil.
The provisional government
mas been thrown out of power
by the extreme radicals headed
by Nlkolai Lenine; Premier Ker
enSky has fled the capital; sever
al OF The ministers have been
placed under arrest and the
Winter Palace, the seat of the
government, has been lombard
ed by the guns of the cruiser
Aurora and of the ST. Peter and
st. Paul fortresses and forced to
capltulate to the revolutionists.
"A congress OF the workmen's
and soldiers delegates of all
Russia has convened IN Petro.
grad and will. discuss the uues-
lions OF organization of power.
peace and war and the forma-
non OF a constituent assembly.
n delegation has been named
Nv Inc congress to confer with
other revolutionary and demo.
cratic organizations with a view
10 making peace negotiations
'or the purpose of taking steps
10 STOP inc bloodshed."
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-11-14
Buy a Home: The Tenant Farm
ers Golden Oppor tunity

The present high prices afford
the tenant farmer an opportun1-
ty that may never come again
an opportunity to buv and own
a farm and a home. Cotton, to-
bacco and peanuts, the South's
principal money crops, are
bringing record prices, and ten
ant farmers all over the South
have more money ahead than
thew have ever had before.
The use to which this surplus is
put is going to determine many
a mans future-whether he IS to
remain a tenant farmer or be-
come a home-owner, working
his own land and living in the
shadow of his own vine and fig
tree.
Right now is the time of all
times to make the supreme eff,
tort. Money is more plentiful
than we have ever seen it, and
certainly we will never see
Southern farm lands any cheap
er than they now are. In fact,
out OF our very plentitude must
come high priced farm lands,
because of the increased demand
for them. Already in the North
and West lands at 500, $500 and
S3O0 an acre are practically out
OF the reach of the poor man.
He has not the cash to buy them,
and if he buys on credit it is al
most impossible for him to keep
up the, interest payments, let
alone paying the principal.
Just so surely as day follows
night, similar conditions are
coming here in the South. AL
ready Southern farm lands in
some sections have gone up to
US and 500 and re,;and it is
our firm belief that the present
generation will see most of our
lands at these figures and even
higher. This being the case,
now is the tenants golden op-
portunity to become a home
owner. And the privilege of
feeling ones own soil under
foot is worth the effort-worth
all the saving and privation that
may be necessary; for, as old
Dr. Knapp used to say, the
homecoming American farmer
is king in his own right"
Let Us not let the golden op,
portunlty paSS.-ProgresSive
Farmer.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-11-14

ed the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done IN the District of Col.
umbla, this seventh day of No.
Vem Der, in the year of our ord
one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen. and of the independ.
ence OF the United States of
America the one hundred and
forty second.
WOODROW WILSON"
by the President:
ROBERT LANSING.
Secretary Of State"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-11-14
President Wilson's Thanksgiv-
ing Proclamation

washington, Nov. 7.-PreSi-
dent Wilson issued tonight his
1917 Thanksgiving proclama-
tion, calling upon the nation,
even in the midst of the sorrow
and great peril of war, to thank
God for blessings that are better
lhan mere peace of mind and
prosperity of enterprise.
The proclamation. fixing
Thursday, November %, as
Thanksgiving Day. follows:
THANKSGIVING
"By the President of the Uni
ted States of America.
"A Proclamation.
1T has long been the honored
custom of our people to turn in
the fruitful autumn of the year
in praise and thanksgiving to
Almighty God for His many
blessings and mercies to us as a
nation. That custom we can
follow even now in the midst of
the tragedy of a world shaken
by war and immeasurable disas.
ter, in the midst of sorrow and
great peril, because even amidst
the darkness that has gathered
about us we can see the great
blessings God has bestowed up
on US, blessings that are better
than mere peace of mind and
prosperity OF enterprise.
I'VE have been given the 90
portunlty TO serve mankind as
we once served ourselves in the
great day of our Declaration of
Independence. by taking up
arms against a tyranny that
threatened to master and debase
men everywhere, and joining
with other free peoples in de-
manding for all the nations of
the world what we then demand
ed and chained for ourselves.
In this cay of the revelation of
our duty not only to defend our
own rights as nation, but to
defend also the rights of free
men throughout the world, there
has been vouchsafed us in full
and inspiring measure the reso-
luton and spirit of united action.
We have been brought to one
mind and purpose. A new Wig
or OF common council and COM
mon action has been revealed
in us. We should especially
thank God that in such circum-
stances, in the midst of the
greatest enterprise the spirits of
men have entered upon, we
have. if we but observe a rea-
sonable and practicable econo.
my, abundance with which 10
supply the needs of those associ-
ated with us as we'll as our own.
A new light shines about U.S.
lhe great duties of a new day
awaken new and greater ma.
tlonal spirit in us. We shall
never again be divided or won
der what stuff we are ma de of,
And while we render thanks
tor those things, let us pray Al
mighty God that in all humble.
ness of spirit we may look al
ways TO Him for guidance; that
we may be kept constant in the
spirit and purpose of service:
that by His grace our minds
may be directed and our hands
strengthened; and that in His
good time liberty and security
and peace and the comradeship
OF common justice may be
vouchSafed all the nations ofl
the earth.
"Wheref fore, l, Woodrow VIII.
son. President of the United
States OF America, do hereby