davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
JUDGE ADVOCATE
CALLED TO SERVICE

Des Moines, Aug. 10.-Maj. w: A.
Graham. Judge advocate, U, S. A. mas
been ordered to report to the judge ad-
vocate generals office at Washington,
d. c., for duty at once.
Major Graham received his commis-
sion az major in the Judge advocate
division two weeks ago. Formerly ne
was captain in the Third Iowa infantry
commanding Company B. The expert.
ence he gained as judge advocate OF
the Iowa brigade on the border enab-
led him to secure the higher commits
sion.
The Judge advocates department is
the legal division of the army Court
martials come under it's jurisdiction.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
oBs1RUcTINc THE STREETS.

Commissioner Phillips, in the name
of the city, is tempting fate by install
ing an obstruction to traffic in the CEN
ter of the busiest street intersection
in Ottumwa.
Traffic rules must be strict In con.
gested metropolitan districts, OF
course, and the increase in the use of
the automobile makes It necessary for
smaller cities to enforce rules OF the
road. but no rules at an would be bet
ter than restrictions which invite &C.
cidents and threaten life and limb.
II Commissioner Phillips would
make the streets safer he has an ex-
cellent opportunity to set an example
to citizens by issuing an order that
the fire departments motors adopt a
sane speed rate in the downtown
streets
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
TRENTON BUILDS
LARGE TABERNACLE

Trenton, Mo. Aug. 10.-The citizens
of Trenton will build the big taber-
nacle on the courthouse lawn in which
Rev. Oscar Lowry and party will hold
the big union revival meeting begin
ming August 10.
Trenton ministers attired in overalls
will be among the workmen on that
date. while experienced carpenters and
builders will superintend the work.
The work viii include putting on the
roof, building up the sides and install
ing the seats.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
cHAFFEE's WARNING.

a. =
Although to be sure, there can be no
rain from crying over split milk, the
sieht Of the wasted liquid serves as q
warning against carelessness. anu
while there are few men in America
now who are pausing in the pell meli
preparation for participation IN the
world war to say, II told you So many
could point to their utterances or sew
eral years ago to prove that they lore
saw the country's present need for mil
itary readiness but were unable 10 I'm.
nrcss the seriousness Of the situation
On any considerable number OF their
fellow citizens.
Almost twelve years ago General
Adna r. Chaffee was telling the people
az the United States to prepare for the
war into which they must be plunged
sooner or later. Today a casual open
ing of The Couriers file for December,
1908. disclosed the report OF speech
delivered by General Chaffee at ban
nuet given In his honor at Los Angeles,
in which he said:
Gentlemen, war will come again.
There are plenty of men in TINS
1Dom who will see our country AT
war again. Not on our own SOL
perhaps: you must remember that
we have now become one OF the
nations of the earth. We have
great interests to defend.
When that war comes we must
he intelligently prepared for 1t.
Modern war Is not what war
nsed to be. No one Is fitted to
command troops who is not
scientific and we'll trained man.
Modern war must be scientifically
treated to save human life.
He was not posing as seer. He
could not have foreseen the present
world conflict. AS matter OF ract. ne
was referring to the possibility OF war
between the United States and Japan,
with the Philippines as the forfeit
should we lose.
But il he could have communicated
his anxieties to enough of his FELLOW
countrymen the historians OF the pres
ent war would have told story far
different from that which they will
write when peace finally is won and
the world settles back into its normal
orbit. America prepared would have
heen able to delay entrance into the
war as long as 1t has been delayed and
then to bring 1t to a victorious con-
cIusion within few months. Perhaps.
had America been prepared. there
would have been no U-boat ruthless
ness. no murder of children, no
slaughter of nou-combatants.
Contemplation Of what might have
been had America been nation OF
military preparedness even as long
ago as 1914 serves to impress with a
new force the fact that this country
must not again permit her defensive
power to ebb so low.
Compulsory military training is the
obvious solution, and it should be in
stituted by congressional legislation
without more unnecessary delay.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
DINNER STORIES

A glue factory stands near certain
railway. Its charms are not for the
nose, and therefore lady often car
ried with her bottle of lavender salts
One morning on old farmer took the
seat beside her. AS the train neared
the factory the lady opened her bottle
of salts. Soon the carriage was filled
with the horrible odor The farmer put
up with 1t as long as he could then
shouted:
Madam. would you mind putin the
cork in that bother"
"My wife wants me to go shopping
with her. don't see how I'm going to
get out of it."
IF she were to send you back to
your ONCE after less than an hour OF
shopping and told you she would never
take you on such an expedition again
you would consider yourself repaid for
your trouble, wouldn't you?'' a
Certainly. But how am going to
do THAR
LET her catch you flirting with a
fascinating girl clerk"
General Gordon. the confederate
commander. used to tell the following
story: He was sitting by the roadside
one blazing hot day when dilapidated
soldier, his clothing in rags, a shoe
lacking, his head bandaged and his
arm in sling passed him. He was
soliloquizing in this manner:
81 love my country. I'd fight for my
country. I'd die for my country. But
If ever this war is over III never love
another country"
Mr.. Poorboy ffeeling his ways)-
Your charming daughter tells me that
she is an excellent cook and house
keeper.
Her Mother Calmly Yes, | have
had her carefully taught, for l have
always held that no lady who does not
understand housekeeping can properly
direct retinue of servants.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
THE eRAvADo OF plsLoYALrY.

Just now there is tendency to
laugh at the discontinue of Senator
Chamberlain yesterday when he found
he had loaned his committee room In
the national capitol to a band of radi-
cal pacifists for meeting at which
they demanded repeal of the draft law
and threatened Impeachment proceed
ings against President Wilson for his
war policy.
But in a few months the tolerant
amusement which such events excite
will disappear When American regu-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14

and surrender to the greatest enemy
of democracy the modern world has
produced
The socialist party is so closely
identified with the pacifist element
that it is losing those Of it's leaders who
are truly patriotic. Russell is right in
his declaration that the socialists
have ruined what remained of thei1
party by their peace activities, which
are only step from pro-German
guerilla warfare.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
FIFTY CENT BUTTER
FOR THIS WINTER

Des Moines. Aug. 10.-Fifty cent but
ter this winter, Butter will be luxury
enjoyed only by the rich this winter.
according to County Agricultural
Agent Carl Kennedy.
The price will be influenced by the
high cost of feed and the shortage OF
milk. Many of the smaller Iowa dairy
men. especially renters, are selling
their cows because they cannot afford
to buy corn and other feed for that
purpose
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
FREIGHT CASHIER MISSING.

Dubuque. Aug. 10.-Thomas Fahey,
for several years cashier of the Illinois
Central freight house here. is missing
and so is $1,362.26 An auditor discov-
cred the shortage few days since and
then Fahey disappeared A warrant
charging him with ENLIGHTENMENT has
been issued against him. He has a
wife and two children.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
CROPS AND PRICES.

Almost unbelievable figures are OBJ
tanned when the comparative values of
this years crops in Iowa and those OF
last wear are considered. The report
OF Or. George M. Chapel. made public
today in connection with the national
agricultural departments report on
crop conditions, forecasts Iowa's corn
crop for this year as 417.00O,000 bush
els as compared with 3SS.S25,000 bush
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
ENGINEERS GET UNIFORM.

Council Bluffs, Aug. 1O.-Members
of Company B, Dodge engineers. have
discarded their blue shirts and have
blossomed out in regular uniforms as
betting soldiers of Uncle Sam. After
a month of patient ''watchful waiting.
O. D. cotton uniforms were issued ia
the men.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
DIG UP WEDDING RING.

Des Moines, Aug. 10.-After having
been buried in the chicken yard for
nine years, the wedding ring of Mrs.
II. E. Kennedy was found by a neigh
Dor after the chickens had scratched
it up out of the ground. The ring was
lost during fire. Several families had
occupied the residence since then.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
UTILITIES DENIED RATE RAISE.

Jefferson City. Mo. Aug. 10.-The
blanket application of Missouri gas and
electric and water companies for in
creased rates during the war was
denied by public service commission
today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14

(To be coninued.)
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

Comforters a. this
price ought 20 In
,erest you. Attractive
ostterns-~ell served.
Winter ls neaAx herel
BE prepared.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12
The Draft and The Melting Pot
BY Hugh Reid

Vas. sub. boss Sure, An reads.
Then Why didn't yon come on
| time?" pointing 10 a notice requir.
ing the applicant TO appear at ou
the morning OF the second lit was
then in the afternoon OF the
fourth
We'll. you see. boss. when An got
out OF the Bridwell-" then followed
long winded bur plausible explsna
/ ton There were q number OF that
Kind as we'll as many naive conf
oonces casy-ni- appreciation, bal
\ hardly proper 10 print
The inquiry as 10 whether the ap
pllcant had ever been In hospital
also brought unexpected answers
/ one dark-skinned friend admitted
| having been IN a hospital rs morths
earlier for treatment OF a cut,
How did YOU get cut, sambo-
AZ your work."
NO. sub An got il A. a panty,
Later on more than one scar laid
/ hare the gentle custom among the
colored brethren of carrying razors
for social purposes.
Here and there were those who
were reluctant or surly. but In gen
eral II was good-naturcd crowd
Once IN a while bewildered Aus
trian would balk Al signing his own
preliminary statement. evidently be
Lowing that the following week
would hnd him in the trenches N he
did The interpreter Strengthened
these out. however.
After the preliminary examination
/ The men were taken into a separate
room. where sight and hearing tests
Mere applied and the nose, throat
and teeth examined Afterwards
! they were required 20 stcip and 90
10 another room, where each was m
turn weighed. measured and submit
ted TO n very careful physical exam
/ nation
watched these naked men come
( in with new sense OF realization
II Rhat the term melting pot'
really means The FIRST man was a
Young. trim built Jewish physician
| with tiny mustache and clean,
sharp profile. Then broad-shoui.
dercd Greek with wrestler's muscles
and an afr 81 sclfconscious pride
Following him were reserved
American born Italian and hairy
I bodied Serbian With sweeping mus.
taches | looked az his record card
sater on and noticed that the exam.
nation had disclosed body lice An
day felt bit uncertain There.
after looked al the card before |
became friendly
Next came tall. athletic lew.
huil' like sprin'er. a solemn,s an
lrufhed Chinese. calm but interested.
two more Austrian Slays and an
Italian peddler with enormous shoul
dcrs
had begun 20 feel like a stranger
myself when in came young fcl.
low whore spin vas so white in con
trast with his swarthy neighbors
that 10 seemed Ike marble except
FOR his sunburnt arms and shoulders
gith their telitale strips OF white
where the bathing suit had protect
cd bis skin / glanced a. hts card
The name was MonRhan thought
] had recognized hat devil may care
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

grin and assured him that there
We're AT least two OF us
The next man was 25s. tho hrst
number drafted. Moy Coon. China
man rejected because underweight
Next came another Chinese. born in
san Francisco. with straight eye
and Caucasian features, following
him. Negro prizehghter and that
rare bird. an American automo-
bile mechanic.
The Stacker. was little, IN cyi.
dence despite the newspaper scare
| heads. Few claimed exemption eX-
cept those who were legally emit
tied 20 do so. Italians seemed eager
10 be accepted. The Austrians were
the outstanding exception Practt
eaiiy nonr- wrrr- citizens or had any
intention OF becoming so. althO many
had lived eight. 10 and II years In
Afn-rit.,, -- -r-~s~tfcr-of Ht,-trr-
creasingly large body Of permanent
alien residents is going 10 create a
| serious war problems Already there
are signs % resentment against
these men who are today enjoying
the highest common labor wage in
the world and are nevertheless not
| subject 20 demands made bv the
state upon The citizen To compel
them 10 serve IN the army is out of
the question. especially iu view of
the anomalous position OF Austria
today. We may be al war with hey
tomorrow In that case. il has be-, D
suggested, il will be possible 90 in
tern them as enemy reseryists ana
TO put them at work AZ war pris.
oners' wages about one-fourth the
average today.
We generally had 20 or more in.tho
room n the same time AZ FIRST
sight : thought OF Walt Whitman
! Here truly was theme FOR h3at
singer Of democracy these men
| With their naked bodies and bulE
! ing muscles This was ms FIRST
thought Later on / thought More
NJ Edwin Markham There was
much material for more lines like
The Man With the Hoe
II ever our tyrannical Industrial
system has marked men 81 hat
marked these The AustrianS CDal
matians. Croatians, Slayoniansl
seem years older than they really
are. Repeatedly asked some ON
who appeared 40 or more his age
and discovered that ne was p or
Is. Hard work, lack OF mental train.
ing, and no athletic sports lad made
them old before their time
During the examination OF heart
and lungs each candidate wEs reQuis
ed 10 nun and jump Some OF these
Slav laborers had actually never run
or Jumped since earliest boyhood I,
This seems wholly unbelievable 10
one who thinks OF baseball ana
sports rs rho natural accompani-
r,cnt OF adolescence and young man
hood Yet it's literally, shamefully
true Each applicant was required
to jump straight up In tho air. bring
INK his heels sharply against the
huttocks as he jumped Every
American boy can do. this readily
Not single one Of the more than
two hundred Slav laborers could PEI
form this simple feat Already the
packing plants and steel mills have
begun TO take their fearful toll To
dAy II IS siin muscles and SLOW
movements Within five vars Ger
iainly within l0-fhese men VIII be
chronic rheuIaat'cs St0lid Of face
and slow OF mind. they ton 30 and
z hours a day n mill and stock.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

! have just finished the three
,rdest days w,rk On many months.
lso. have he'd post graduate
purse in applied sociology that
iluc above classroom platiudes J
IF IL serving ts volunteer upon
draft board
Beginning az in the morning and
lding at 10 each might. with inter
issions for meals. We examined
lring three days. geo men Ina alt
he process WIS frequently humor-
IS. often inspiring. az times pa
etic even trsgiC tut never unin-
resting
The district iself guarantees that
ne First ward OF Chicago ne known
,erywherc In America. u Is tnc
chest ward n Chitaeo. and con
ins over S2o00.0OQ00o worth OF
al estate more than the other "a
ards combined. Politically. ~ rs
sned by Two shrewd lrlshmcn. one
saloonkecpc-. the o'her an * rub
r in a Turkish bath. They have
led like kings for mre than a gen
alton BOSSES In other wards
me aud 90. but BAN House John
Id "Hinky Dink" ar, returned cleo
IN after election "bf the usual ma
rites
There is no middle class In the
|strict only rich md poor The
|iihonairc az hts cub or hotel As
~ hve minutes walk from che
DO AZ his nickel nor" or lodging
use The prostitute driven 20 nor
ade by poverty liv7s the Same dis
| nee from her Weather sister who
es her trade fran choice Our
strict was the south nalf ~ this
ctioh where unit few months
o the red.light district WAS n fur
sst
The examining safY. TOO, wa, in-
resting. including AS n did a We'll
own specialist u chidren's Dc
ses and one 90 he foremost sur
ons In the middn west. The 9th
were leaders b their profession
q all served without pay
The preliminary examination 70.
aled the most extraordinary ar.
| rtment OF races. Colors and condi-
ms conceivable There were cooks.
rters. bartcnde-s. peddlers. Chs
sc laundrymen. and Slay labOrers
not 10 mentim others among
som might b. chsscd n TAN Negro
10 appeared twodays late
. Cant YOU read " asked The exam
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12
PROBE OR
RE TRACT
SAYS vENR
Parole A g ent Says
Judge Jeffries Has
Afaiigned Him

Parole agent William X. Venn If
still smarting under the hot words
addressed 20 him in recorders court
couple of weeks ago by Judge f.
J. Jefrles. when the agent request
cd another chance" for Joseph Rey,
nolds. youth who had violated his
parole Veqn says the courts state
ment reflected on HIM. and he later
sent tho Judge 8 letter. demanding
that the latter either make reUac-
tion or institute an investigation
into The matters which precipitat.
I'd Che unwarranted insinuations."
Failing 20 get action on this de
manG. Mr. Venn has addressed the
following open letter 20 the Judge
To the Hon Edward J. Jsrrie2
Associate Recorder
Detroit Mich.
Honored sir
WhNe IN youH court on Saturday.
sept G9. 1917. ! spoke with YOU in a
CONVEX irrational tone % voice concern
ing the matter OF septencing james
I Reynolds 10 the Detroit House ~
fIff tff.tI iftlf ana NAA tn 10 YOU lflNA
feared the sentence would prove a
death sentence 20 the young man
on accedns OF his physical condition
In your answer 10 my request. or
/ statement rather. you lifted your
( voice 50 that all In the courtroom
might hear. and made rema rks which
reflected upon nay honesty and sin
certify To the matter OF the Reynolds
case When 7 asked You IN you In
tended 10 convey the Impression that
there was anything wrong in my at
titudo towards the case you stated, II
have right 10 my suspicious"
then asked you the privilege OF ad
dressing YOU upon the matter. and
you denied the request
on the following Wednesday
again visited your courtroom. and
presenting letter asked that you
consider II seriously You then stat
ed that you considered the letter
'''mpertinent." and told me that I had
"alresdv received more consideration
than J was entitled to-" When In
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

Up TO $500 Waists
e eSir.. snd "fS styles r a9 50 20
finest tucks-with Val lace LIZ
trimming. with imported
brOidery inserts--wtth large collsrs-and roll
lars that may he worn high low. All Sizes
from 36 90 - in this TO II 80 sale
Third Floor
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

sisted that an answer was due me.
and that YOU should either retrart
your remarks or Institute on invest
cation into the matter which APP
peared 90 have arou ed Houf suspi-
r.Hn. you gave mo no answer then
sal duwr in, ynUr courtroom and
waited 90 minutes iu order that YOU
might not ~ Ihurr,ed IN your re-
Spouse % rny letter. nut yoJ ala not
respond. That was eight days ago.
and a. yet I lnf" received no indica-
tion e. 20 your Intentions
In view of the above facts ! now
take this NOR, public manner - re-
Questing that either YOU make re-
traction or your remarks CO.. Elat you
institute an investiRa ton INTO the
matter which caused your unjust and
unfolndcd susplciona The fact that
you hold a position Of power In the
community doer not give you the
riEht 90 cast asporsions upon tho
character OF others and I feel that !
am entirely within my right as An
individual 90 demand either a retrac-
tlon or an inNestiERtlon.
Very truly.
.
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

s25 a week from the Garner Broth
ers company. paving contractors. for
getting contracts for the company
from the city, according 20 the
testimony OF William r. Garner.
president OF the bankrupt paving
company
Hibblef h being sued in the cir
cult court by James y. Jerome,
trustee OF the bankrupt company
who alleges that Hibbler received
s., 600 In weekly payments since me
corporation has been detunet.
iibblers attorney declares that
his client was a stakeholder In the
company and expended a great deal
OF effort 20 further the Arms inter
ests he loaned his automobile one
whole summer 10 the company, the
lawyer asserts. and az other times
made loans that the hrm might
meet It's obIicatione-
ct was we'll worth SIS week TO
get the good contracts that Hibbler
secured" Garner testified. The case
will be continued Friday.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
g a q Q RIA
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

YARDS. Their eNesClsc ana rccrea-
ton are the saloon and dance hail,
Then the taiors anu snoemakers.
| The Italians aud Jews suner mos
here no chest Xpanslon -Dreath-
| ing wholly With their dbdOmens-
then shoulders pulled inward Dy the
lhunehfd-up positions OF their trades
( These men Will T0mOrrow be the re
cruits Tor another. army. the one
| which EII8 the tuberculosis hospi.
| tale Their pasly skins and rounded
shoulders are OminOus cor the next
/ generation
And the Negroes. These with
| Their start In me south should be
/ free from the defects of the white la
borer But already The city has done
| the mischief Heart and lung ie-
| sions testify accu.ingly OF the way
\ We have packed tuis people into our
cast-on tcnements between the Stun
and the dive.
Look AZ those fellows" said the
! physician. built like giants and ROT
ten inside" ! wish We had a thou
| sanu Mary Church Terrells 10 tell
as Wcli as she does. the wrongs OF
this race
Even the young Americans had
| tallcn victims 90 the enemies OF
| calth. There was Young bar
! tender with an alcoholic heart, two
! drug addicts with the puncMre
marks OF the hyraAermic springs on
| arm and abdomen, Md a baker re-
! iectCd for lung defects. lie said
that until year ago he had worked
in basement.
Most OF the reflections are directly
traceable 20 occupational causes.
! These include not only the premR-
| ure old age and stir knees OF ~
lahorer, but the manned arms, miss.
ing fngers and burned limbs a.
yell Others are indirectly -
homie Poor pay and the ignorance
due 20 poverty have prevented prof
or treatment ana trihing ailments
that proper care might have cured
| have become serious defects
Even the diseases due TO vice. one
cannot help thinking. are fundamcn-
tally economic ZEN per cent or
more were yenercally diseased ~
( NV lliHF ti ,fAhIllnhflbh. AItONbi'
lam Is common Yet these are the
penalties for packing men and WON
IN too closely where the surface OF
the earth is valuable The individ-
ual Is paying the penalty for the
! sins OF the mass
The war department ~ Washing.
ton Will shortly have tho physical
data concerning million men. II
q statistician with sympathy and inn
/ ogination will bur classify the facts
| set forth on the Examination cards.
/ he viii have released document
! that will furnish the most potent ar.
gument for American democracy
that has ever been published In
/ those cold figures are storfes his
| tories POEMS. oratione. Could these
| but be released. the rising storm
now beating strongly against despot-
| ism abroad would turn and destroy
I the system. which made such results
possible in America.
Uncle Sam pos esses one-ffth OF