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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16
and will continue to hold her respon-

and will continue to hold her respOn-
sible.
But her offense is as simple tres
pass is to murder, compared with that
of Germany.
Great Britain's blockade in form,
visibility and effectiveness, fills every
requirement of international law.
Germany's fills none; does not even
attempt to fill any such requirement.
Great Britain exercises the blockade
right of search and seizure. Germany
makes no pretense at either-she de-
stroys ships far out in the high seas,
without opportunity of surrender-ene-
my and neutral-without regard as to
whether they carry contraband or not;
and kills without warning non-combat-
ant nationals Of countries-our own
among thenl-with whom she is at
peace and for whom she processes
friendship and regard.
Throughout all the war Great Brit
ain has sunk no ship of ours. Ger
many has, repeating the crime again
and again.
Great Britain has captured and i'm
prisoned no American citizens.
Germany has-captured them unlaw-
fully, carried them beyond the sea and
still holds them in confinement.
Great Britain has killed no Ameri-
ca1i--man, woman or child.
Germany has. She has murdered
men, drowned women and strangled
little children-not once, but many
times-and proclaims her intention to
continue to kill and drown and
c4rop ole them
Great Britain has not used Ameri-
can soil for criminal conspiracies
against our laws.
Germany has.
Great Britain has not committed ar
sor of either public or private proper
ty here under our own flag.
Germany has.
Great Britain has not sought to in
veigle other nations to make war upon
us, while reiterating friendship.
Germany has.
These are some-not all by any
means-of the differences between
British and German conduct in the
treatment of this government and Its
people.
These are differences SO great and
fundamental as to justify peace with
one and war with the other.
If our Pennsylvania friend who voted
for us in November cannot distinguish
these differences we regret it-regret
it for him and for his country.
To us they are clear, fundamental
ana vital, and we shall continue as
best we can through the editorial col
umns of the National Enquirer to
make them clear and vital to our read
ers.
To do less would be cowardice, and
of that we have never yet been &C
cused.
Come on up!
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16
LITTLE BENNY'S
OTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE


was wawking home to luntch frum
skcol yestidday, and it was flne day
and the wind was blowing and every
thing. and thawt, G., don't wunt to
go back to skool this AFTERNOON, maybe
If l pertend l got fearse hedAke
won't haff to go.
And then I thawt, G., that wood b
telling a lie. And Wen I got home
hit my he'd agenst the vesterbule wall
till it started to feel funny. and then
thawt, G, now got one, all rite.
And went in the house and Nora,
being our cook, came to the dining
room door. saying. Shh, for merseys
sakes don't slam that vesterbule door
so.
Watts the nlattir? I sed.
Your sister Gladdis is upstares with
a fearse hedake. sed Nora.
G, l thawt And | went upstares to
see ware ma was, saying. Ma, ma.
And ma opened the door of Gladdises
! room. saying. Shh. my goodniss, sth.
And I looked in the room and Glad
dis was setting in chare with thing
Ground her he'd looking as is she
and going, o, o, o, this is dredflll.
J U, diadQlS, WAITS tHe mattlF, got y
| hedake? sed
Get that thing out Of my site, sed
| Gladdis. Meening me, and ma sed.
Go away. Benny you make her ner-
viss. shes got a terrible hedake, watts
the mattir, wat were you calling me
| for?
! Nam? | sed
| Weren't you jest shouting to find me.
wat do you wunt? sed ma.
Nuthing, sed And I went down
and ate my luntch and went back to
skool.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16
DINNER STORIES

A number of literary men and also
a number of others with literary as
pirations had assembled at dinner.
Two minor poets became engaged in
conversation.
Il saw your spring poem in the
Wonder Magazine said one.
did you?" questioned the other,
becoming suddenly animated.
yes, and l heard rather q neat
compliment passed on it by q young
woman
What did she say?"
"She wanted to know if I had writ
ten it."
A young planter in Mississippi had
an old servant called Uncle Nose,
who had cared for him as child and
whose devotion had never waned.
The young man became engaged to .
beauty Of the neighborhood who was
credited with the possession Of q vio.'
lent temper. Noticing that Unclo.
Nose never mentioned his approaeh.i
ing marriage, the planter said one
day:
Nose, you know am going to. mar.
ry Miss Currier?"
''Yassuh. knows it,"
II haven't heard you say anything;
about it," persisted the planter.
mo, suh," said Nose. '@Tain't fos,
me to say nuthin' about It. rs got
Iuthin' to say
But you must have some opinion
about SO important a step Oh my
part"
well, s,1h," said the old negro,
with some hesitation, ''yo' knows one
thing - the most pizenest snakes has
got the most prottiest SKINS
A famous physician asked at the
New York Academy OF Medicine why
he wore rubbers on a day when the
streets were perfectly dry, replied:
MY wife runs down the street
after me with them when l don't, l
wear them to keep her from getting
pneumonia"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16
80 MENACE OF TIN CANS.

Who would have thougnt that tne
+;r can IL a menace to the Pubic
hea,th9 The expert malaria investigat'
nrs Of the United States public health
sarv;ce have found, however, that dis
c.rded tin cans containing rain water
arc breeding places for the MOSQUITO
which is the sole agent in spreading
malaria. A hole in the bottom OF the
empty can might have resulted M 'li :.
saving Of human life. Cerlaihly i.
would have assisted In preventing
debilitating illness. Empty tin cans
have no business about the premises
ANYWAY. but If we must so decorate
our back yards, let's see to 1t that the
can has hole in the bottom.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

There was time when the world
had no wars over commerce. That
was in the day when clubs and rocks
were used as weapons and when every
man clothed, housed and fed himself
and family with the products of his
own work and skill. When commerce
began and civilization developed, wars
went hand in hand. alongside.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

Oil of the soy bean is a palatable
food widely eaten by the Chinese. This
vegetable oil is also used in making
paints, varnishes. soaps, rubber substi-
tutes, linoleum. waterproof goods, lu-
bricants and printing ink.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

Extension of the city limits is
mere matter Of justice. All the peo-
ple who work in or obtain their living
through the medium Of city. are IN
effect citizens of shat city and should
share the benefits and the responsible
itv that attaches to citizenship.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

II this nation had an adequate army
and an adequate navy and q systemat-
ic military plan. it would not be nee
essary for us to arm boats in order to
assure them their right under interna-
tional law. Under the circumstances
arming ships is just inviting war.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

If YOU waste your employers money
bv letting lights burn when anu wheie
YOU don't need them. by using 700
much wrapping paper and twine' oy
not helping to keep the place clean and
bv not trying to make his business
thrifty. it's safe to predict that you
do the same thing at home. SO the
fan1t ia yOurS.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

The administration is going to give
s25,00O,O0O to Colombia for the Pana-
ma canal zone. That will probably
mean new taxes because the treasury
has been depleted in the last few
wears
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

AY. NJ. c. A. secretary in the Bow
erv district of New York City states
that his experience convinces him that
lack Of thrift is the real cause for so
many men being in the down and out
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

The worth while man never envies
his more fortunate neighbor. He digs
in to win success himself. The fel-
low who sneers at success never gets
acquainted with it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

After an election there are always
numerous men who lose faith in the
truthfulness of voters in general and
particularly those who didn't vote the
way they promised.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

The man who owns or is buying
property has jlst little better stand
ing in his own and others estimation
than does the man who is making no
provision for home in his declining
DAYS
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

When England, the worlds leading
free trade nation. reveals unmistak
able evidences of business revival I'M
der a protective tariff. is it not time
for industrial America to wake up?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

The reason that the foreigner gets
ahead faster than the native born peo-
pie is that the foreigner has for gen.
erations been taught to save.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-16

The time to save money is in the
morning of life.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30

Europe terrible before the there could opportunity their hands mems work And even now they The shown above have mems b Miss Rankin elected congress last month Miss Beme judge of the Chicago court for delinquent girls Miss Davis corrections New York city Mss Giles the queen Wall New York successful brokers.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30
Peace Without Victory

In the opinion of the New York World our civil a striking example of what the president had in mind when he told the that in order to be permanent, the peace that is to follow the Eu ropean must be "a peace without victory" On the other hand the New York Sun thinks the civil exemplifies the contrary view. The Sun says Sup pose Abraham Lincoln had been victim the idea of peace without victory!'"
 These two views result from different nterpreta- tons of the presidents meaning. The World thinks that he that neither side must impose un- reasonable irritating upon other Neither side approach the discussion of peace terms in the spirit of arrogant and inconsiderate In this the civil ended in q peace without victory, since harsh terms imposed by the successful contenders. It ended in peace that based on mutual good will But this is not the Suns interpretation of the presidents words In a strict interpretation of the. phrase apply to the peace that followed the civil The Union army undoubtedly victorious a military sense before the ended The South was beaten before it sur rendered. The North the victor and the South the vanquished There could have been no last ing peace without this victory.
 Interpreting the presidents words much as the World does the New York Journal cc Commerce calls them the most striking declaration in the speech They mean, according this editor a peace without
 
 That may have been what the president intended to say If so, the Journal of Commerce has done him a good turn by making his meaning cearer than the president made it for himself He may however have meant that the peace he spoke about was a peace wherein neither party to the should be permitted to become so far victorious that it could impose any sort of terms upon the adversary There is vast difference detween being able dictate the of peace that is follow the war and having the disposition to impose terms wholly one-sided and fraught with the probability of dangerous irritation to the defeated nations.
 This difference in the interpretation the pretty phrase is not confined this country Foreign com- mentators see various meanings in the words and the different interpretations them affect the de- grees of approval dsapproval that part of the presidents speech It is question if the president himself knew exactly what he intended his words to mean. Rhetoric and the pleasant sound of well made phrases weigh heavily with Mir Wilson He is fond of showing skill in these Peace without vic tory sounds beautiful. and if person will only interpret the phrase according his own liking no harm can be done by it.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30
THE sIGNIFIc cANcE OF
 HEREOF THE TROPICAL"

Pierrot sits down to write a love letter He throws up his head. and with quill in mouth sits and thinks and thinks. He puts the quill to paper but only for d moment; back the thing gees to his mouth and he thinks again. Three four times this is repeated. Then he lets himself go The pen travels over the paper at furious rate: arm works straight from the shoulder, the head and body joining in rhythmic motion. Presently the writing table also goes. It moves away from under the writer's hand. He hastens it. continuing 10 write all the time. Again the table moves away and again he chases it, without break in the writing.
 And now comes the marvel of marves; there is not a litter from the audience. (The Little Theater. New York) They sit inspired with a rare reverence. They It all. They know that 1t is not done for the sake of making the table move but that the table cannot help moving under the tremendous impetus, tho onrush of thought and emotion They see it all very clearly, and they sit with bated breath. It holds them in spell. Here was not only just young lover writing just one more love letter but it was young love awritng the love letter. It the love letter visualized
 Perhaps it would be said that the fine music accompanying the action helped the people under stand it. Let that be so by all It doubly confirms the truth that there is ready public for real art. It is clear that public that be talked to in music must needs have decent understanding of values.
 Here then. in "Perrot the Prodigal" we have true art in that it deals not only with things but with the significance of them. We had so learned to center our admiration photographic mnuteness of externals and adjuncts, exempfed by the Belasco stagings, that We had forgotten what art was, for gotten that there art. A writer in a medical journal finds flaw in "The Boomerang" because in the doctors office in that play he see q sphygmomanomeer
 The pognancy and largeness of the in Pierrot and ProdigaP' lie. of course. in the fact that it is pantomme It is the delight of dispense with labels it is of the goddess to dispense with linen. Venus pett'coated could be herself. Art under labels could be In "Pierrot the Prodigal, in which not word is spok- en or voice raised, is wholly itself all the way. It is untrammeled and such is it's wizardry that by bare suggestion it calls things into being, together with the soul of things, or Herder and Carlyle would say it. the divine idea underlying them A look, a pose. and have a whole character. whole story and a big one-E. R. Lipsett in the Century Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30
Ten Months

General Pershings punitive" expedition tthoush nobody has called it that lately), is moving out of Mexico As the forces of Villa for the punish nent of whom it became punitive" expedition is hanging on it's Hanks ready to occupy its quarters as it evacuates them The expedition had no other avowed purpose in Mexico than the capture of Villa alive it has accomplished this or any other purpose.
 When the American column entered Mexico the forces of Villa were scattered. He was, he was supposed to be in hiding. There reports of his death. The Carranza troops in control of all northern Mexico and Carranza protesting has he . has protested the last against the occupation of Mexican soil by American troops though that oceu- patton was supposed operate against his chief enemy
 Within six months the power Of Carranza has declined. In fact, the beginning of his decline was almost simultaneous with the American recognition of his de facto government 'St he rejected the of fer of American assistance against the recurring power of Villa and committed of against our government, in attacking the American troops at Carrizal. We maneuvered into foolish con ference with the representatives of Carranza who stuck tenacously to the demand for the removal of the American troops and at length yielded. The order of withdrawal is being carried out
 All this has happened in months. I; is less
 
 American garrison American soil and massacred soldiers and civilians It committed in fit of hopelessness It complete reversion of Villa the bandit existence from which the Madero revolution had rescued him. But he is in the ascendancy. There is place%n Northern Mexico where the Carranza forces stand against him and there is probably Carranza force that does not contain of element of Villisas Nowhere in Mexico is there loyalty Carranza. To the early judgment the formed popular belief that is dishonest. His place has been held by accident and trickery. The latter has been exposed and accidents fortutous to the First Chief longer happening.
 And now, what part shall play next? Can possibly enter into any sort of arrangement with Villa? And it is almost evident that if make arrangement with any faction it must be the Villa faction.
 We have watched and waited" to TO purpose nothing for to do but watch and wait put in the time preparing for action which is inevitable. The of the last week Stonehouse and Ruby make it clear that the long border from the Gulf of California the Gulf of Mexico must be strongly guarded. We cannot afford to maintain q guard there indefinitely for generation generations forever That will in men and money than quick cleaning up of Mexico by force. and most optimistic must have ceased hope that it may be cleaned up in any other way
 The United States must face that task or the alternative of maintaining perpetual border guard. We must pacify Mexico or build Chinese wall.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30
HERE IS A TALK ON HEALTH

In fhe December Farm and Preside, pr. David E. Spahr says:
 Hardening of the arteries is q chronic inflammatory and degenera- tive disease. of the vascular system, usually involving the arteries, some times the capillaIies, seldom the veins, asd sometimes all three. There is a thickening of the vessel walls, due to fibrous overgrowth, affecting all three coats. but mainly the intima of the vessel.
 Causes: Loss of the normal elas- ticity due to old age, or from the de- generation caused by chronic lntoXi- cations, pr oVe-stretching by prolonged nigh arterial tension the vessel be- comes delated. In order to restore thr abnoTmally large caliber of the vessel, the intima thickens. causing their premature seniiiFy. It is mole com mon in males The principal causes If the disease are old age. gout rheu- matism, syphilis, alcohol and lead muscular overwork overeating, an/ the eruptive levers, The disease usu-
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30
oNE.THIRTIETH WAS TRUTH

During the debate the adoption of prohibition in the District of Columbia, Senator Maritime of New Jersey opposing prohibition, asserted that prohibit tion failure in Kansas, and stated that:
 During the month of Sentember 1913 there were imported into the city of Topeka 90OG2 gallons of whisky
 Whereupon Senator Curtis of Kansas wired to the county clerk at Topeka for the figures It turned out that it not possible to give the exact figures to whisky, because whisky was Jumped with shipments of beer and other qhors, enough figures ascertainable to enable the county clerk to state that the truth just about thirtieth of what Senator Maritime said. The county clerk added
 Have written hundred letters denying this same story and proving the records.
 An approximation to 23 1-3 per cent of truth is considerably below the average. But, then, Senator Maritime is considerably below the average His elimination from the Senate after the 4th of next March ends of the least pleasing incidents in the history of that body.-From Golfers Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30

The writer not do that The cold type expose their emptiness, their than emptiness.
 The nearer of a speech carries away with him only the idea and the words of the speaker that the speech is exposed a test rule Now and then the words of a speech immortal in the of the short Gettysburg speech whose strength lies in its simplicity and Beside that speech written. We may suspect that Lin coin that great master of English made changes in the original by erasure distling and strengthening the draft before committing it his voice to send down the ages
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30
Uselessness of Words

The Republican printed the other. day, a brief article from the Wall Street Journal against the over use of adjectives The Republican has frequently warned writers, young and old against the employ ment of adjectives and adverbs which should be used sparngly and only by skilled writers, who not only understand the full meaning them but also under stand their proper relation our language The common notion is that adjectives strengthen They may be made to do so in a comparatively few cases by the writer who knows how to use them but generally, their effect is weakening and dllutng
 Kipng is strong writer one of our strongest His works are distinguished by the paucity of ad- iectives and adverbs He hsmelf said that in revision of his writings he makes it a point strike out such worse than useless words as he had inadvertently used in the original draft.
 We do not that adjectves and adverbs should never be used Their use is frequently neces- sary but they should never be used except in necessity In this office receive communications almost every day Some them are grammatical showing that the writers not without education and practice Others from persons who do not spell correctly and whose grammar is atrocious. The latter communications frequently more att uactive and gripping They more direct They come stranght from the soul There is no useless weakening waste of words
 We spakng of writing and not of public speaking The latter habtually loose and incorrect though sometimes flowery. The voice. the sounding phrase made more sounding, maybe by a natural adjective or adverb is the chief attraction Beside the speaker may lay stress on such weakening words as to give them an appearance of strength.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-30

ally becomes evident between forty and fifty-five years of age, and may appear in the early twenties or as late as sixty.
 Symptoms: The arteries are thick ened or atheromatous. and the pulse is the high tension pulse, and late in the disease there is cardiac dilatation. There is oppresson. palpitation. dysp- noea on eXertion. If dilatation en- sues there will be oedemas, dropsies, and diminished urine. IT. fact there may be cardiac, renal, and cerebral symptoms
 "Procnosis: Ultimately grave, al- though the general health may remain good for many years.
 Treatment: Medication is not teref cial in the early stages unless syphilis or malaria is present. The skin and bowels must he kept active. Aleoh0l is prohibited. A change from city to the country life and wise versa is bereficial. Mild massage an6 daily exercise is recommended"
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