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The Washington times., 1917-11-20
TWENTY D. c. MEN
ARE RECOMMENDED
FOR NON-COM RANK

CAMP MEADE, Nd. Nov. 2o.-A
score Of District men at Camp Meade
are in line for promotion after being
recommended for places in the non-
commissioned ranks of the national
army.
Eight men of Companies B and C
were recommended to be sergeants.
They were:
Corps. Fred K Prutzman, william
B. Cooley. and Harold C. Schaeffer.
Privates Ralph 8. Moore and William
c. Beck, Of Company B; &C. ps. Samuel
J. Leonard, Harry P. Giddings. and
Archie L. Peterson, of Company c.
Twelve men Of Companies B and c
were recommended for the rank OF
corporal. They were:
Frank B. Helan. Charles d. German,
George Frick. Carl H. Donch, Chester
Jacobs, John F. Hardie, and Carl H.
Peitz, Company b; Omar @. Gillett.
Raymond Pedlow, Albert J. Clenden-
men, John II. NJ CLANCY. and Ernest
@. Holt, OF Company c.
John J. O'NeIll and James r. Garges
were two District men reporting to
Camp Meade yesterday. They were
assigned to Company c.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
GARDINER MAKES PLEA
FOR FOOD CONSERVATION

Takoma Park citizens today are
carrying out the program OF the food
administration with new zest, and
even devising new methods of food
conservation as the result of pleas
made last night at the meeting OF the
Takoma Park Citizens Association
by District Commissioner w. Gwynn
Gardiner and the Rev. Earle wilfey.
Announcement was made that the
soldiers and sailors war committee
will meet tonight at the residence of
lie Blond Burdette. and that the sec
ond community singing evening will
be held on Monday next in the Ia
koma Park Presbyterian Church.
Soloists will include Mrs. F. 7. Strait
ton and Mrs. John Humphrey. F. z.
Fraser. bugler at the Walter Reed
Hospital. will give the bugle calls of
the army. and there will be Illus
trated songs.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
Y.W.CA ASKS $4,000
FOR "HOSTESS HOUSES"

Funds for the erection Of Hostess
Houses are sought today by the mem
bers Of the Young women's Christian
Association. II is the aim Of the as
sociation to establish recreation centers
near the various training camps to on
set the attractions Of the dangerous re-
sorts which spring up where soldiers are
encamped.
The war work council OF the Y. W.
C. A Is raising A.ooo.0oo to build and
maintain the Hostess Houses all over
the country. waShington's allotment Is
$4,000, Of which 5000 has already been
pledged.
Miss Edith n. Stanton. eastern secre-
tary Of the 7. W. c. A. addressed a
meeting Of the workers at the home Of
Mrs. James W. Wadsworth. IT., yester-
day and told Of the needs OF the Red
Cross nurses at the front The Rev.
Hugh Birckhead. Of Baltimore, spoke on
Americas duty to set ney moral stand
ard for the war. The meeting was the
nrst OF q series to be held in the in
terest OF the -Hostess Houses" cam
paign.
Y. w. c. A girls are to be entertained
by Mrs. wadsworth at her home. 800
Sixteenth street. northwest. Monday
evening at o'clock. A mass meeting at
the BelAsco Theater il scheduled for
December 2
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
CAMP MEADE MEN,
MASKED, LAUGH
AT POISON GASES

CAMP MEADE, Nd, Nov. 20.-Men
here today spent two hours in q room
filled with poison gas fumes. with
masks firmly fitted on they enjoyed
they first contact with this form OF
German kultur. The twenty soldiers
who had this novel experience ware
all members OF the Twenty-seventh
Engineers, a volunteer unit being
trained here for early service at the
front. They expect service not only
''at" the front but sometimes sin the
'front.'" or even ahead OF the front.
This will be a mining, sapping. and
gassing regiment, as well as nrst-
aid organization for the rescue OF
Sammies overcome by the kaisers
gas.
Elaborate pains were taken to close
the doors of the box car which was
used as the gas chamber. With ev-
erything closed, the fumes were re-
leased. The men were warned In Rd-
vance that they were to depend upon
their masks and under no circum-
stances to breathe without them. The
gas was of the choking variety, but
not, of course. the most fatal kind.
They chung TO their masks just a.
man who has once saved his life
with a life preserver knows how to
cling to IL. These men have been on
long hikes through camp without
breathing a single breath OF the Anne
Arundel county air. They have made
four miles or more while breathing
over and over again their own breath.
The gas masks they are using have
been supplied by the bureau Of
mines and said to be better than any
now in use on the hghting fronts.
Already the men under Capt. n. J.
E. Welch and Lieut.. v. H. Wilson
have learned to have faith in the
masks. They have used them for two
hours at q time and taken them on
laughing and cheerful.
Thus today they laughed at the
poison gas as II was released from
tanks In the box car which they used
as their gas chamber.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
HYATTSVILLE WILL
GET SUGAR TOMORROW

Residents Of Hyattsville who have
been experimenting with molasses and
syrup as "sweetenin' for their cof-
fee, today are wearing broad smiles,
and the molasses cans have been
placed far back on the shelves For
sugar in sufficient quantities to pre-
vent a famine is expected tomorrow
or Thursday.
Grocers have received assurances
that several barrels may be expected
imme iiately, and that a limited sup
ply may be had at regular intervals
thereafter.
Since Monday OF last week not a
pound of sugar has been obtainable
in Hyattsville. and today the house
wives were advised to prepare for a
shortage of salt.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
London Meets Warsaw
In Washington; Latter
Is Annexed by Former

1t never happened tnat the
mountain came to Mshomet as
the old saying goes, but 1t hap
pened yesterday that two OF the
most ancient capitals Of the
world met in Washington and
that one of them Joined the
other.
London annexed warsaw.
HymAn London. OF Baltimore.
came to Washington and met
Fanny warsaw. It was q case
OF "yenI, vidI, vici" for both.
They agreed and went to the
court house, where they applied
for a marriage license.
Miss Warsaw, before Rabbi DR..
@. siIverstone, promised here
after to be Mrs. London, leaving
warsaw merely q memory.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
GERMANS LAY CLAIM
TO AUGUSTE RODN

LONDON. Nov. zo.-'RodIn, like
Shakespeare. 'elonEs to US Germans,
for our claim upon every art creator
Is one we Will never allow anybody to
question"
That is how one German art critic
sums the enthusiastic eulogies of
Aususte Rodin, the famous French
sculptor. by German writer's. Rodin
died Saturday. In Paris.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
ALL FISH "eoLD FISH" NOW.

CHICAGO. Nov. 2O.-considered
from the standpoint of price. all fish
are now gold hsh, according to COM
plants made to the State food con-
troller. The advent OF meatIess day
Hes at the bottom of a so per cent
advance in the price of hsh, It was
said. The administrator will investi-
grit and eventually ia a fair price.
At present prices paid by retailers and
also those charged b. them vary
widely, but all are high.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
CLASS GETS MEMBERS.

The drive for 1000 additional MEM
bers for the Vaughn class OF Calvary
Baptist Church has resulted after two
weeks of effort in 1871 new names be-
ing added to the roster. This an
nouncement was made last evening at
4 supper meeting OF the club in the
church at Eighth and H Streets
Northwest The campaign lasts eight
weeks longer.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
BACK IN MORNING,
BUT SHE'S MARRIED

Iowa City, Feb. s.-"I'll be back In
the morning. Jessie Van Orsdal, fair
freshman at Iowa university, called
to her friends as she boarded an In
terurban car for Cedar Rapids the 9TH
er evening.
She had a text book on civil gov
eminent under her arm. Once in the
car she took out the book and began
diligently to study.
Forty-eight hours later Miss Van
Orsdal came back to her Iowa City
friends as Mrs. Floyd Gates. She an
nounced that because of contract she
had taken for life it would be neces-
sary for her to give up the contract
she had made for room in Iowa City
for the second semester. Also, she
seemed to have lost interest in CIVIL
government.
The same evening hubby" called
her by telephone to say he couldn't
stand it another minute without her
and was coming down. He came.
The two will go to Rowley to live.
Both have resided in that village and
their romance had its beginning there
before Miss Van Orsdal came to the
university.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
GRAND JURY LOOKS
INTO RECENT DEATH

Iowa City, Feb. 8.-"Murder or &C
cident?" That is the problem the new
ly impanelled grand Jury of Johnson
county is attempting to solve. in its re-
view Of the tragic death Of Ambrose
Tucker, West Branch farmer, who
bled to death after clash with Lee
Wing, formerly of Marshalltown and
later an engineering student and a
garage employe in Iowa City. The
grand jury must find that Tucker died
after a plunge through a plate glass
window. the plunge following an admit
ted blow by Wing. The accused young
| man, whose father was pioneer Iowa
| clergyman, will introduce evidence in
an effort to prove that Tucker repeat
eddy invaded the garage, over which
Wing was keeping guard, and that mild
elections, prior to the fight, proved
futile insofar as keeping Tucker out
Of the place was concerned; and that
the puncture of fuckers body by
spars of broken glass was wholly acct.
dental, not criminal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
RODEHEAVER MEETS
THE SUNDAY SINGERS

New York, Feb. S.-Homer A. Rode
HEAVIER, Billy Sundays choirnaster,
met music committee of several hun
dred at Grace M. E. church, One Hun
dred and Fourth street near Amster-
dam avenue, last night, and they per-
fected plans for the choir of 5000 to
stimulate trail hitting here.
Alvah J. Saunders of Scranton will
speak tonight at the Charlton street
church. The last session of the Per-
sonal Workers Institute will be held
tomorrow night at the West End Pres
byterian church, One Hundred and
Fifth strdeet and Amsterdam avenue.
Dr. James A. Walker, Sundays ad-
vance representative, last night met
the leaders of the Fit. Washington dis
trict at the North Presbyterian church
No. 525 West One Hundredth and
Fifty-fifth street. He will meet the
Brnox leaders today at the Y. M. G. A.,
One Hundred and Sixty-first street
and Washington avenue, and the York
vile, Plaza and Madison Square lead
ers at the Madison Avenue M. f..
church, Sixtieth street and Madison
avenue.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
SOY BEAN PROVES
OF GREAT BENEFIT

Ames. Feb. 8.-"The large yield OF
seed. the ease of growing and harvest
ing the crop, the value of the beans for
human and animal food and value OF
the oil all tend to give the soy bean
a high potential importance and assure
the greater agricultural development
in America" declared w. ]. Morse, for
age crop expert with the United States
department of agriculture. Its many
points of merit should give it place
in the farming systems OF Iowa.
1.-The soy bean cannot be expected to
displace clover and alfalfa on lands
where these crops have been grown
advantageously, but it can be used well
in many rotations, fitting in between
two small grain crops as main crop
in place Of oats, as source OF pro-
tein. 1t is also valuable catch crop"
AS hay crop, pasture, soiling crop,
ensilage crop, seed crop or for human
food, it holds great possibilities. Mr..
Morse gave some unusually interesting
data concerning the use OF soy beans
for human food.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
WOULD ENTER
IOWA CIRCUIT
REFUSE TO GRANT PERMISSION
TO DAVENPORT TO WITH
DRAW CLUB.

Chicago, Feb. S.-The request Of
!! James T. Hayes, owner of the Davenr
port club of the Three-I league. for
permission to withdraw the club from
the organization will not be granted:
A. R. Tearney, president Of the league,
announced Tuesday.
The situation, President Tearney
said, will be cleared at the adjourned
meeting of the league in Peoria, Feb
ruary 49, In the meantime, commit
tee consisting of President Teaney,
l.. R. Blackman of Moline, Jack Ryan
of Peoria and Thomas Reber Of Rock
ford, will visit Davenport.
The action of the Davenport club
owner, taken at the meeting Of the
league here Tuesday came as a sur
prise. Davenport has been member
of the league since its inception, six
teen years ago. Hayes said he desired
to place his club in the Central asso-
citation.
Davenport would be better off In
the Central association" he said. 1.-The
present Three-I circuit, with clubs in
Moline Rock Island and Davenport.
cities closely grouped, is giving the
public too much Of the same league"
The most important questions
scheduled to be settled at Tuesdays
meeting were put over until the meet.
ing at Peoria 1t was decided, how
ever, to adopt a 128-game schedule,
to close the season on Labor day and
to open about May /. Bloomington,
Moline and Peoria were the only clubs
holding out for 40 game schedule.
~. Phil Appel of Quincy and Frank
Landers of Rockford were appointed
to draft the playing chart.
Revision of the player and salary
limit and the proposal to require each
club to carry three or five young play.
ers who have never had experience
above Glass B league also will be TAX
en- up at Peoria. A majority Of the
club owners appear to favor advancing
the player limit from thirteen to four
teen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
BLOOMFIELD

Clarence Bence and William Wish
ard have returned to Ames where they
will take up their work at electrical
engineering. The boys have been home
for q week while the school has been
giving a short course to the farmer
boys of Iowa.
Glen Blankenship attended the short
course at Ames the past week.
s. A. Lorenz attended the undertake
ers' convention in Ottumwa, Wednes'
day, Jan. Z.
Mrs. William Spurlin died at her
home Wednesday at 1:40 p. m. Mrs
Spurlin was one of Bloomfield's well
know citizens The funeral will be
held at the home of William Spurlin
The date and hour of the service is
not yet known because all Of the rela,
tives are not yet located. Mrs. Spur
lin would have been f1fty-eight years
of age on May 20, 1917.
Ray Smith is on short vacation
visiting with his mother in Queen City,
Mo,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
OVERT ACT NOW,
MATTER OF TIME
CONTINUED From Page ~

Frost, American consul at Queens
town, has cabled the state department
that the California was torpedoed with
out warning and that one American
known to be on board was saved
Some Of the passengers, according to
Consul Frost, are missing, including
two women and several children.
q The survivors were landed al
Queenstown last night John A. Lee
of Montgomery, Ala, said to be the
only American on board, is supposed
TO have been member Of the crew
Mr.. Frost's message said that Cap
tain John L. Henderson of the Califor.
MIA was quoted as saying that his ship
was sunk by submarine, which gave
no hail or warning before firing two
torpedoes from distance of three hun.
dred yards.
A message received by The Anchor
line says:
"Advices indicate one hundred and
o1xty survivors,
The agents were also informed that
q cable dispatch from Queenstown said
that one life had been lost and that
forty persons had been injured.
The California sailed from New
York for Glasgow on January 20 with
q crew of 1876 and 81 passengers. Al.
though many Of the passengers are
listed as coming from cities in the
United States. officers of the line ex.
planned that all Of them were either
British or Canadians.
The California carried large cargo
for the British government, including,
a. "a Qa{d war SunnIios Whom che LOFT
here she was armed with gun at her
stern.
The California is the first large pas
senger ship to fall victim to the new
German unrestricted submarine war.
lAre. She was steel twin screw
oooamship Of 1862 tons gross, 47O feet
long, built In Glasgow in 1907. Her
sister ship, the Caledonia, was sunk off
the Irish coast by submarine on De.
eember IL, 1916.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
'MARDIS DROPS
BIG CONTRACT
CONSTRUCTION FIRM ABANDONS
OTTUMWA HOTEL JOB; CON-
PANY MAY FINISH 1T.

The ]. C. Mardis Co. has abandoned
its contract for the building of Ottum-
was handsome new 100000 hotel and
as a result the hotel company expects
to complete the structure itself, rely
ing upon the bond Of nearly $4,000
which the Mardis company furnished
for finishing the work to pay for the
completion of the Job.
The disagreement between the no.
tel company and contractor, according
to the former, resulted In the failure
of the Mardis firm to show receipts
for some $4,000 that the hotel COM
pany claims to have paid it for mater
ials used in the building. The con-
tract is said to have required the no.
tel company to pay for the labor and
materials and give certain percent
age to the contractor as his compensa-
ton, the latter to keep an accounting
and record of the expenditures sub
ject to the inspection Of the hotel COM
pany at any time.
The hotel company claims to have
paid $4,000 to the contractor which
he declined to furnish receipts
for upon the demand Of the company
and the latter has refused for about
month past to issue any more money
to- the Mardis firm. Saturday the con-
tracing comuany, after paying off its
men Friday night, stopped work on the
building and gave notice to the Of
tumwa Hotel Co. that it had abandon
ed its contract. An Injunction against
the contractor to restrain him from
removing any tools, materials, ETC.,
from the building was granted the no.
tel company in court Saturday after
noon and three days notice was given
the Mardis firm to resume the con-
tract. The time on this notice was up
this morning, but no work was taken
up by the contractor and the contract
was declared abandoned by the hotel
company, which will probably go
ahead, get material and labor and fin
ish the work itself, relying upon the
bond of the contractor to pay for the
work. This bond is believed to be SUI.
ficient to cover the expense.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
BOY LIKED TO SEE
FIRE BURNING HOUSE

Perry, Feb. 8.-Because he liked to
see things burn, the little three year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles KIM
nell, who live Just west OF the city
set fire to the home on two occasions
The first time he started fire under
a cupboard, but the flames were dis
covered by his mother and extin.
guiehed.
The lad was punished but the fol.
lowing day while his mother was out
Of the house he lighted piece of pa,
per in a stove and set fire to bed.
Neighbors helped the mother save
the house, the damage resulting In a
burned bed, some window curtains
and wall paper.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
PEOPLES PULPIT
% not submit manuscripts
with requests that they be re.
turned If not used. The Courier
will not return them.

Editor Courier
We believe that the road law should
be such that each county and town.
ship would have a square deal. I'm
der existing conditions there are town
ships in every county which, like ours,
do not receive square deal
Polk township last year paid two
mill levy, about $1,000, toward the
county road fund. and all the benefit
received in return was to be released
from working one and one-fourth
miles of county road which runs along
the south side of Polk township.
We believe that the present road
law should be amended so that each
township should pay reasonable
amount 70" lie for maintaining the
county heir respective town.
ships lance of the county
road f. ID to the township
that pa
We all re that the state auto
mobile tax alould be collected In each
county and after deducting expenses
Of collection should be returned for
use in the townships from which re-
ceived.
G. H. Garfield
G. W. Peterson
c. l.. Swanson
Trustees, Polk township, Wapello
county.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
EDDYVlLLE.

Willard Graham of Saskatchewan.
Canada, is visiting this week at the
home Of N. A. Thayer.
Wilbur and Tom Oldham, Tom
Smith, Marion True and Geo. Hartman
have returned to Ames after enjoying
weeks vacation with relatives in Ed
dyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Ogden and baby
of Oskaloosa are visiting Mr.. Ogden's
aunt, Cornelia Goldbach. They expect to
leave in fe wdays for Missouri where
r. Ogden has accepted a position as
craftsman.
Chas. Barnett Of Jonesboro, Ark,
Joined his wife in Dddyville Sunday for
visit at the parental jaeger home. Mrs.
Jager's condition remains unchanged.
Roy Sinard has returned to Water
loo after q short visit with his sister
Mrs. Smmet Nixon and other relatives
and friends
Miss Pearl Whiteman is spending the
week In Oskaloosa and Pella visiting
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Thomas who have
home will leave this week for their
home at Mcdonald, Kansas.
Mrs. Gene Sloan of Ottumwa visited
Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs.
VIM. belong.
Mrs. Chas. Harper left Monday for
her home at Seattle, WASH, after q
weeks visit with her sister Mrs. Fred
Wilcox.
DR.. Williams Of Oskaloosa was
business caller here Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ogden who have
been visiting relatives in Eddyville the
past week left Monday for Bon Terra
where they have decided to locate.
Frank Littlejohn is seriously i'll, suf-
ferine with pneumonia.
|. The Rebelsahs held box supper and
social Monday evening at the Odd Fell
lows hall. Preceding the sale OF boxes
an excellent program was given. The
attendance was large and the evenings
entertainment proved to be great sue.
cess both socially and in a financial
way.
Mrs. May Ogden spent Monday In
Hamilton visiting friends.
VIM. De Long is quite i'll this week.
suffering with pneumonia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
CHARLTON PIONEER,
AGED SO, DIES

Charlton, Feb. s-Mrs. Caroline
Morgan. one of the pioneer residents
of Charlton, passed away at her home
on North Main street on Tuesday
evening at 8 O'Clock, at the advanced
age of about SO years. She is sur
vived by one daughter, Mrs. Jennie
Neiman. One son, Harry Morgan, died
several years ago. Funeral services,
conducted by Rev. w. J. Gilmore,
pastor of the Christian church, will
be held at the home this afternoon
after which the remains will be laid
to rest in the Charlton cemetery.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
TO HELP CHILDREN.

Hannibal, Mo, Feb. S.--A home for
dependent and orphan children, to cost
$4,000, which will replace the present
Home for the Friendless, will be built
in Hannibal this year by Attorney and
Mrs. George A. Mahan and son. Dulany
Mahan, it has been annuonced by Mr..
Mahan. These philanthropic Hannibal
citizens have also donated large
piece of ground consisting OF three
half blocks. located in the Garth addi-
ton on the west side, upon which the
home will be built.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-09
Bloomfield H. S. Notes

The boys of this school are trying
to organize glee club.
The first year German class had a
test this morning.
Mr.. Hamilton, the evangelist of the
M. e. church and his singer, conducted
the devotional exercises at the Wednes
day morning assembly.
The class of IT has decided to plant
tree Arbor day in honor of the lar.
gest senior class in the history Of the
Bloomfield high school. II will be the
first observance of that day and be-
sides honoring the large class will set
precedent. The class at present mum
hers thirty-six.