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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
A RAINY DAY JOURNEY.

The poor little birds were shivering
! in the cold rain storm: There were big
pools of water in the garden where
F., last summer the bright pansy faces
had nodded in the sunshiner
Louis could not go out Of doors to
play, but Louis did not care one bit.
! Usually he would fret and wonder
, what he could do next, but this day
/. he hardly glanced out Of the window.
Only last night the electric express
! HAD stopped and there was a fine rock
ing horse for Louis. Uncle Luke had
sent it from New York City for his
birthday gift 1t was splendid big
fellow. with a white name and tail.
He looks like real truly pony,
mother" exclaimed Louis, as he
climbed up in the saddle for gallop
Il think his name is Jerry, like grand
pas horse"
Jerry was the reason why he did not
fret because it rained the next morn
ing.
Louis patted Jerry, gathered up the
reins, and was off on his frst long
ride. Miles and miles he trotted along
the playroom floor. Then Louis stop
ped to let Jerry rest and drink out OF
a brook by the roadside.
Soon they were off again, riding fast
until they reached a candy store.
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FAVOR CHANGING OF
STATE FISCAL YEAR

Des Moines, March 9-Acting on the
suggestion Of Lieut. Gov. Moore, the
retrenchment and reform committee
will draw a bill to be filed in the gen.
eral assembly changing the fiscal year
of the state to conform to the calendar
year.
This change is recommended by the
lieutenant governor as means OF
solving in part the alleged financial dill
ficulties of the state.
The retrenchment and reform com.
mittee will probably not follow out the
suggestion of the state revenue depart
ment that the state taxes be made pay.
able in the spring of the year, instead
of being paid in two installments as at
present.
1t is the opinion OF many OF the law
makers that this would not be approx
ed by the people who have to pay the
taxes.
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WATTS UNTIL WIFE
REACHES WOMANHOOD

Boston. Mass. March 12-Miss Viola
Evelyn Trueman, 16. of Roxbury will
be married March % to Harry S. Far
nun, "a years old, 440 Riverside Drive.
New York. to whom she was betrothed
on her fifth birthday. Miss Trueman's
parents had to give their consent at
the city hall because of her age.
When Farnum was a student at Cor
nell he proposed on visit to the True
man home. Little Viola and Mrs.
Trueman consented, but papa objected
then and has been Directing ever since
till recently. when he was won over
by the combined pleadines Of wife,
daughter and prospective sGn-in-law.
Farnum. in telling of his engage
ment recently, said:
When ! asked Mrs. Trueman for
her daughters hand at the time Viola
was only 5, II wasn't boyish prank,
she understood me. as she has through
these wears, and consented"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
WEST LIBERTY GIVES
UP LIGHTING PLANT

West Liberty. March o. At the last
meeting of the city council 1t was
voted to abandone the municipal light
plant and hereafter secure all power
and light from the Iowa Light &
Power company OF Cedar Rapids.
w, Liberty has outgrown its pres.
ent plant and the new arrangement
was decided upon as more advisable
than going to the expense of erecting
a new plant.
The company now has transmits
sion line from Cedar Rapids to Iowa
City and this will be extended to Yves!
Liberty. 1t will be completed by Oct
l. West Branch is also to be served
with light and power by the same
company,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
CHAPTER XI.
The Rechut Mystery.

The Gardens were again at peace
The children and the nursemaids filled
the central garden without fear Of be
ing suddenly put to flight by the pres
ence OF a fair but bright blue Colorad
an; and all was well.
Now the central garden, like the Gar
dens themselves. Is in the shape OF a
triangle There is gate In the middle
Of each Of the three sides Of it, and at
each gate is a notice board informing
people that only residents in the Gar
dens, their families and friends are al
lowed in it. The gardener have strict
orders to turn strangers out.
But my Uncle Algernoon, though he
was a bachelor himself, had a soft
place in his heart for young people in
love with each other; and he had given
instructions to the gardeners not to
interfere with pairs of lovers who hap
pened to stray into the garden. | lei
these instructions of his stand, because
the garden looks more as if it had been
laid out for the purpose of love making
than any other place Of its kind in Lon
don. There are a good many little
lawns enclosed by strawberries in 1t;
and there are hooks in the strawberries
with benches in them. Indeed. | think
that on summers evening 1t would
book rather incomplete = wasted. as II
we're without some pairs of lovers in
u. Pairs of lovers seemed to think
the same; and ! am bound to say that
! have never found 1t looking incom
plete
have never used it for love making
myself. About the only girl ever talk
ed to in the garden was Alice Devine
and stuck very firmly to my intention
OF not letting myself fall in love with
her, because of the ghost trick. AL
the same | went on finding her pref
tier and prettier and more and more
delightful to talk to. Indeed, | was
never able to understand how she came
to help Scruton in that little game;
for II was quite unlike everything else
In her. But she had; and so even il
! wanted to make love to her II made II
quite out of the question.
On the Friday night after the return
Of Nugget to his looted house. had ar
ranged to go to Covent Garden ball
I dined at home, rather late; read 2
book for an hour. and then went ont
into the central garden 10 take a lttle
fresh air, for it was a very hot night
The garden never grows stale, like the
rest of London. in the summer, because
It Is always being watered: in dry
weather, all night long there%s a gentle
patter of falling water from two ol
three revolving standards on most oil
the lawns; and if the moon is shining
tie sprays sparkle very prettily.
A.. I crossed t.sS road to the gate OF
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WALL
TO BOOST MILEAGE


Des Moines, March 9-The 379 men,
bers of the county boards of supervis-
ors will he greatly interested in bill
prepared by Joseph F. Wall, head of
the county accounting department Of
the state. providing that the mileage
Of county supervisors be increased
from five to ten cents mile.
The measure will be filed in the gen
cral assembly this week.
That the bill is originating in the
county accounting department instead
of among the supervisors. gives 1t a
better chance Of passing, law makers
say.
Doubling the mileage rate for super
visors will mean an average of s177
for each supervisor in the state, addi-
tional travel expense allowance during
the wear
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JUDGE THEOPHILUS
ABLE TO BE OUT

Davenport, March .. Judge
William Theophilus Of the Scott
county district court held his
first court session for over three
months In the Office Of County School
Superintendent Henry Ronge. He was
badly injured last November In an
automobile accident and has been I'M
able to preside over the court since
that time.
The court session was held IN the
Office OF County School Superinten.
dent Ronge because Of the fact that
the elevator in the court house Is out
of commission. Judge Theophilus is
as yet unable to climb the stairs to
the second floor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-13
AUTOMOBILE THEFTS
AMOUNT TO BIG SUM

Sioux City, March 9.-Automobile
thefts in Sioux City amount to $1,000
a day. and this has been the average
for the past year. according to in
surance men, The average value OF a
car is figured at 81 200. and the vs-
timated thefts are for joyrides, un-
derwriters say The culprits run the
car until the gasoline Is exhausted
and then desert it. All insurance men
declare that in nine cases out of ten
they are compelled to pay damages.
The cars are generally injured. and in
many cases fires. tools and other be-
longings are stolen.
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AGENCY.

Born. Wednesday. March Z to Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. D. Whipple, a daughter.
Mrs. LIE Roy Jones is patient at the
Ottumwa hospital.
j. NJ. Sirles made business trip to
Chillicothe Wednesday.
Rev. Pearson OF Avery will fill his
regular appointment at the Christian
church. Sunday services at II a. m.
subject. The Way To Heaven. p. m.
Good News From Far Country. Every
body welcome.
Ross Lapham and Cecil Rudkin are
out of school on account Of the humps.
Helen Beall has returned to school
after having been absent the past six
weeks as result OF an operation for
appendicitis.
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aAaal IL auEp.

Iowa City. March 9.-FolloFing
scalding alleged to have been acci-
dental by one and Intentional by the
other party OF the case, damage SUI
has been started in the district court.
In this case. Bertha Depew, the wife or
Norman Depew. is suing Rabbi II.
Lubchansky, Jewish clergyman, who
she declares threw scalding water on
her. Intentionally. The defendant
denies the wrong doing Mrs. Depe~
asks for $3.50
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OBJECT TO LACK
OF ENFORCEMENT

Iowa City. March 8. Women OF
iowa City are up in arms against the
alleged inactivity Of city authorities IN
enforcing the speed and traf{lc laws
They are keeping the telephones busyy
calling up their women friends and,
neighbors and urging them to attend
the mass meeting to be held tonight In
the interest Of law enforcement. Each
woman interested Is calling ten others
They are urged not only to attend the
meeting, but to take their husbands
with them. They declare that they
have appealed repeatedly and now feel
that some action must be taken.
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NEWTON A CLUB TOWN.

Iowa City, March 3. That there are
176 club and social organizations OF
various kinds In Newton, town OF.
$500 population, is one of the interest,"
ing statistics compiled by Miss Bessie
McClanahan OF the extension depart.
ment of the state university. who has
been conducting a social survey In
Newton. or the 176 organizations
seventy-fve are for women exclusively.
BOYS and girls ciabs are rot included
in the number.
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GIVES PAPER TO SON.

Dubuque, March 9-The will of Pat.
rick J. Quigley, publisher of the Tele-
graph Herald, leaves personal property
and big slice of the stock in the pa
per to his SON. F. w. Woodward. bus.
mess manager of the paper, was left
200 shares and was made executor
There will be no change in the policy
of the paper.
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HOG THIEVES GET
TERMS IN PRISON

Hampton. March 9.-Judge Mccall
sentenced Art Deyo and Harry Win
to FIVE years at hard labor in the per-
itentiary at Fort Madison. Adrian
Marts also received a Ave year sen
tence which was RENTED on accoun.
Of his age and the fact that this was
his first offense. These parties are the
men who stole a load Of hogs from
the stock yards and sold them to buy.
ers at Chaplin.
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BUY FIRE TRUCKS.

Dubuque, March 9-The city coun.
ell has purchased two more pieces OF
automobile fire apparatus to be deliv.
cred within ninety days. With this
equipment installed there willsremain,
in Dubuque but one horse drawn piece
Of apparatus, the aerial tfdck.--it sdad
been the intent to purchase an auto
aerial truck at this time. but the
finances are low and 1t was determin.
ed to delay until next year.
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soHEMIANs 70 ENLIST.

Cedar Rapids, March all mem
bers of the Bohemian Sokal union, IN
Guiding 10000 men. have been ordered
to report for medical examination and
all eligible are to volunteer in case OF
war. There are zoo members in Cedar
Rapids. They are ordered to report at
New York, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chi
cago, Cedar Rapids. Omaha, st. Louis,
Dallas. San Francisco and Portland for
examination.
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FIRE ATTACKS WAGON.

Clarinda, March 9. Fire. caused by
sparks from train swept across a
forty acre field near Norwich, burned
stack Of hay and wagon loaded
with hay standing nearby. to which
was attached span of Belgian mares
valued at $500 belonging to farmer
named Safely
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ORGANIZE CLUB.

New Sharon. March 9-New Shar-
on's Commercial club was organized at
a meeting of the business and profess
sional men, held at the council cham
Der The committee appointed to So
llcit membership composed of Charles
DUNCAN and Osmond Gunderson, re-
ported total list Of seventy-one men,
bers 1t is expected the list will final
ly reach 100 members.
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DERENIIAM TO LEAVE.

Burlington. March civilian n.
Dcbenham, the genial general secre-
tary of the "Y,' who leaves the first
of next month for Camden, N. j., to
accept a merited promotion. was the
center Of attraction in his own den"
for after he had acted as entertain
mcnt committee to the Burlington Ro-
tary club, his fellow Rotarians pre-.
scented him with dozen spoons
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WANT CITY HALL

Dubuque. March 9. City Attorney
Chick has prepared bill to be introt
duced In the legislature to repeal somA
law that now operates to prevent the(
city building new city hall. though
nearly every resident and property
owner OF the city Ia in favor OF the
proposition. The bill Is expected to be,
passed without opposition, as 1t is uy,-y
derstood to apply only to special char
ter cities
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ROB DETECTIVE.

Missouri Valley, March 9. As a
special agent Of the Northwestern rail-
road was looking over freight train
that had just arrived from Sioux City
two husky guys unloaded. caught sight
of Wyant and held him up.
WANTS gun was taken from him.
Later, when he returned reinforced
and with a new gun, they had disap-
peared.
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GRINNEL TO CAN BEANS.

Grinnell March 9. The Grinnell
Canning company is to start work In
about ten days in canning $500 bushels
of beans which are being shipped from
California This Is new enterprise
for the company and new machinery
has been ordered for the work.
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CRAIG pENoUNcEs IoWANs.

Sioux City. March 9-Dr. Alfred E.
Craig, president of Morrison college. in
an address to the students branded the
act of Kenyon and Cummins in voting
against the armed neutrality bill next
to treason and pleaded with the young
men to stand behind President Wilson.
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TO USE PRINT METHOD.

Davenport, March 9. The new fms
ger print Identification outfit which
was recently purchased by Chief Of
Police Charles Bottcher has arrived IN
Davenport. With the aid Of the new
outfit the officers may take finger i'm
pressions from nearly any kind Of ma
terial including wood, iron, glass OF
paper
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BLASTING GREENE ICE

Greene March 9.-Fearing that the
dam may be damaged when the ice
goes out the electric light and power
company is blasting the ice above the
dam so as to relieve the pressure. The
ice is 33 inches thick. the thickest il
has been in many years.
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MUST READ MESSAGE.

Sioux City, March 9. Arnold Brown
charged with drunkenness. was sen.
fenced by Police Judge Iddings to read
Vice President Marshal's inaugural ad-
dress and to serve seven days in Jail.
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BABY NEARLY BROWNS.

Grinnell March 9-The babe of Mrs.
Raymond Pilgrim of this place was al
most drowned in pail of water. The
pail was about two-thirds full and
wien found the babes head was i'm
mersed In the water. It required thir
ty minutes to restore the child to life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-24
HAGERSTOWN, IND.

Prof and Mrs Clark Wissler and
children, who have spent the summer
here with M. L. Gebhart and mother,
and at Cambridge City with Prof
Wissler's father, left Saturday for
their home at New York City, where
Prof. Wissler has a professional posi-
ton. Mrs. Ruhamma Shafer is con-
fined to her bed with injuries sustain
ed to the muscles of her hip in fall
ing Friday, when she was stepping
down from where she had been sitting
watching the horse show on Main
street. >. Mrs Mark Allen, of Column
bus, Ohio, is a guest Of her parents,
MIR. and Mrs. Horace Hoover on West
Main street. Mrs. Missouri Macy of
Connersyille, is spending two weeks
with Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ Hartley and
daughter, Mrs. Laura Hines -. Mrs.
G. c. Jones, Mrs. Harold Jones of Day.
ton, and Mrs. Walter Daley and son
of Richmond, were guests of Mrs.
A. c. Walker Thursday and Friday .
Mrs. Annie Stricken of Cambridge
City. and Mr. and Mrs. Lauren White.
sell and two children, Laura Elizabeth
and George, and Russell Stricken, of
Richmond, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Whitesell and mother,
Mrs Ella Whitesell Friday. Mr.
and Mrs. Rush Bowman of Philadel-
phia, and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hughes
of Cambridge City, are guests of their
mother, Mrs. Addie Bowman Jas.
Fist Of Indianapolis, is a guest of his
mother, Mrs. Frena Fist and daughter,
Mrs A. S. Campbell.
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tthe prophet even attempts to para |
phrase the language to be employed
in the message) that congress will en- |
dorse the presidents stand following
which upward Of $50 German spies and
agents proyacatuers were to be ar
rested and the ambassadors OF the Gen.
trail powers to receive their pass
ports
After citing an extract from Captain
Boehm's letter. the committee states
that he was too loose of tongue" for
the good of his service and. citing a
report of the German military informa-
ton bureau of March 81, 1916, quotes
the report as follows:
TOO Great Confidence"
TOO great confidence in the silence
OF his fellowmen, especially the men,
bers of the American Truth Society
was probably the cause Of his becom-
! ing quickly known here"
| The committees statement con-
| tinues:
! so the notorious American Truth
Society, which so strenuously denied
its pro-German associations, figures as
j indirectly linked up with Germany's
! secret representative. This society is
| still extant and Jermiah A. O'Leary, its
moving spirit, is now the editor OF
Bull, recently shut out of the mails for
publishing seditious matter
| Many investors, the committee
states the seized papers show, are rep
resented as having planned involving
the use of devices of destruction. One
entry is cited as follows:
June Is, 1915. Sender, G. S. Vie
reck. Contents, inquiry as to bombs;
supply offer. Told to send further de-
tails"
Possibly the further details" the
| statement continues ARE indicated
in another entry Of four months later:
! Sender Viereck- Contents, offer
of picric acid
"Picric acid is constituent Of many
high explosives"
An entry entitled pure war ex-
penses" from the Won 1gel papers is
made public by the committee as fol-
lows: Edwin Emerson $1,000:
Braun Gets His.
Fair play (Mr. Braum) $4,000.
Fair play (Mr. Braum) $1,000.
Marcus Braun. $1,000.
y. Archibald $4,000"
The statement continues:
| Concerning the identity OF the last
entry there might be room for doubt
but for signed receipts from j. F. j.
Archibald, acknowledging the sum of
$4,000 from the German embassy for
propaganda work"
The committee concludes its expose
as follows:
While chiefly concerned with mill
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CANADIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Sept. 24-Pressure on the
defenses of Lens is unrelenting and
the Germans are being literally
squeezed out of the town Posts have
been pushed out into No Mans Land"
against the Germans in the region of
st. Laurent and the ground, in de-
Tense Of which the Germans fought
fierceiy. has been occupied by US, al
most without struggle.
II credence can be placed upon the
reports of German prisoners, the gar
rison was given the order to evacuate.
Enemy orders, however. are to hold on
at all costs
A captured letter written by one Ger
man soldier to another, gives some in
dication of what is happening in the
occupied territory. This letter, says
in part:
Forced To Do It."
Il am attached to the recuisitioning
service in Fourties district We have
taken from the French population all
their lead, copper, oil. etc. Candle
sticks, kitchen pots or anything like
that goes off to Germany It is not
very nice often to have to take their
wedding presents, but the necessity of
war forces US to do it.
i had good haul the other day. In
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calls it his masterpiece. TIL
the Bachelors Romance"


Charles Harris, Blacksmfth's fore
man and village jokesmith, is planning
to take self and wife to the Timber
lost where his relatives have a cram
berry bog
C1aud Howell of the Master Me-
CHANCES office is home from Windfall
where he picked apples on his fathers
farm. He stated that the apple crop
was large in the neighborhood.
w. D. Baker. boilernaker foreman's
clerk, is finishing up the half of his
vacation at Fort Wayne and Rome
City
George Winters, boiler maker,
"Snookems' Keller. boiler makers
helper, and Frank Keller, pipe filter,
are on trip to Hunters Lake by the
G. f. & l., where they will go into fish.
ing camp.
Among the records in the freight
yards is one by Walter Bulla, Boston
R. R.. of hogs weighing in all 54,69O
pounds. with an average of 375, ship
ped to the Cincinnati market
Walter Hanscombe of Fort Wayne,
mechanic, was saluting old friends in
the Pennsy yards yesterday. He is the
guest of relatives at Boston
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Won BERNSTORFF
TcontInued From Page one.l

ICohtInued From Page One.
times wide of the facts. For example,
lengthy memorandum of March /,
1915, transmitted by the secret agent.
Captain Boehm. dealing with the Next
can crisis, appears to have been large
ly the work Of some protective imagi.
nation
TT predicts that the president will
attribute Mexico's anti-American &C.
tivities to German money and incite-
ment; that he will call upon congress
to support him in radical measures
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Germans Take Wedding Presents
From Homes in Invaded Land

a walled-up room we found fifteen in
struments in copper. regular brass
band, a brand new bicycle and six
candlesticks of beaten copper. And
there was whole lot of stuff be-
sides. You can imagine what kind of
noise the old bag who owned them
made. / just laughed. She deserved
all she got"
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cret code message of April II, 1916,
signed 1922 46729 46919' addressed to
Won Igel to this effect:
Herewith respectfully send an ex-
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tary affairs. In Europe the representa-
tives of supposedly friendly nation
were keeping an interested watch on
our own activities in that line. A Sc
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tract regarding the troops stationed in
California and the armament of the
coast Qualifications.
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Roy Wissell Of the NJ NJ. office, has
completed the third of his books. He