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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08
(sy United Press }

INDIANAPOLIS Sept. Among
the cases which will be heard by The
state board of pardons at its meeting.
starting Sept. 2l, will be that of Will
liam Levy. sentenced from Lake county
July. 1916. from one to eight years for
larceny.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08
PACKERS CONFER.
Rv UnIted PreNs.

CHICAGO. Sept. s.-Packing interests
of the country today formulated plans
to "solve the meat problem" 1t is un-
derstood they contemplate a similar
contract to that entered into BY Food
Administrator Hoover and the millers.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08
NO DRIVE ON
PETROGRAD
Unlted Press cahIegrara.

AMSTERDAM. Sept. s.-The Germans
are unlikely to continue their offens-
i've toward Petrograd, according to an
important personality quoted today by
the Politiken.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08
BASE BALL

Hammond Ball Park Sun
day. Jake Stahls VS.. Muir
leys, 3 p. m. sharp. Scores
of the Hammond-Albany
reported every 3 innings.
e-6-s
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08
KAISER AT RIGA.

AMSTERDAM. Sept. s.-Kaiser Will
helm is at Riga celebrating the cap
ture OF the Russian Baltic seaport,
according to dispatches from Berlin
today. The emperor reviewed his
troops there and distributed decora-
tions.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08

Enlist IN The Woman's Army
BY Conserving Foods.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08
FINDS DIAGRAM OF
A MILITARY CAMP
snecial to THE TIMEs.)

LOWELL. Ind. Sept. s-w. w.
dickinson. living near Lowell. found
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-09-08

Lieut. Stewart McTie Co 18th eldest
of Nr A
with epsing his with Sheridan officers
aptitude
Military
Academy school with brilliant
the
Publishing
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
UNIT R MAY GO
WITHIN MONTH
4ouThEAsTERN IOWA HOSPITAL
ORGANIZATION NAV SAIL
ABOUT NOVEMBER 4

Advices from Major ]. Fred Clarke,
director of Hospital Unit r, American
Red Cross, who is now in New York
taking special instruction at the Rookie
Teller Institute in the Carrel-Daken
method of treating wounds, are that
Unit II. which is made up of south.
eastern Iowa people, will probably sail
for foreign service about November 1.
Before going to New York Major
Clarke was in consultation with the
.surgeon-general of the United States
army at Washington. That official
said that transportation had been
promised for the latter part of next
month or the first Of the following
one. Fifteen. units are expected to
20 about that time.
The government furnishes the twen-
ty-one nurses In, the unit with trunks
and other supplies. The five nurses
who are going from Ottumwa received
their trunks yesterday. The issuing
of equipment for the fifty enlisted men
Of the unit is about all that remains
before the organization is ready to
move. The Wapello County Jam Unit
will pack large box for Unit r to.
morrow and ship 1t to Fairfield In a
day or two.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
JURY IS AFTER
milk TRUST"
ILLINOIS PROSECUTORS swooP
DOWN ON PRODUCERS OF.
FlcES WITH SUBPoENAs.

Chicago, ILL.,, Sept 27-Inyestisa-
tion into the socalled milk trust was
started by States Attorney Hoyne to-
day with the assistance Of Assistant
Attorneys General Wilkerson of Hi.
nois and Drew OF Wisconsin. Detect.
ives descended on the headquarters of
the Milk Producers association and
served subpoenas on the officers and
the association and its employees.
A Miss Potter. stenographer employ.
ed by the association was the first
witness before the grand jury. Officers
OF the organization were questioned
by Mr.. Wilkerson and attaches of Mr..
Hoyne's office.
Mr.. Wilkerson said that the investi-
cation will penetrate into Indiana and
Wisconsin, also in other parts of Illi-
nois.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
FATE OF GtJYNEMER
TRAGIC WAR RIDDLE

Paris. Sept. 27.Major rBrocard,
commander OF the "Storks," the squad
rilla to which Captain George Guy.
nemer belonged, says the last fight OF
the great French aviator occurred
some four or Ave miles inside the Ger
man lines northeast Of Ypres. Cap
tain Guynemer was accompanied by
Lieutenant Bozon verduraz, who says
that Guynemer sighted an enemy two
scatter which he attacked immediately.
Almost at the same moment Verduraz
saw four German mpnoplanes. He
turned toward them instantly SO as to
draw them of. When verduraz re-
turned to where he left Guynemer, the
latter had vanished.
This Is all that is known OF Guy
nemers fate. All that can be said Of
ficially is that Captain Guynemer is
missing"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
CHEAPER BREAD
AIM OF HOOVER

Washington, d. c., Sept. 27.-Meas.
ure Of cooperation to reduce the price
Of bread will be recommended by the
food administration within short
time to bakers, retailers and consum'
ers. The federal trade commission
will complete, probably this week, an
inquiry into the cost of bread baking
and distribution. As soou as it's re-
port has been gone over the food ad-
ministration will anonunce its views as
to standards, shapes and composition
of bread. At the same time it will
make public it's recommendation as to
cooperation to reduce prices.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
USE FOUR DEER
! To HIDE LIQUOR
Trio Carrying Whisky and
Beer Across State Are
Fined at Bloomfield.
on the alert,

Bloomfield, Sept. 27.-Using four
live deer which they said were being
conveyed from Keokuk to Charlton to
be placed in park, to screen guam
tity of liquor that they were carrying
overland In an auto truck, three men
registering at local hotel as Jack
Milley and A. T. Duffield of Charlton
and ]. H. White OF Granger. Mo-, were
arrested and fined 800 by Justice of
the Peace c. E. Fry, which they paid.
HAVE LIQUOR HID IN ENGINE.
The trio arrived here Tuesday night
saying they were enroute from Keokuk
to Charlton and asked for. place to
store their auto and the deer, Night
Marshal O. F. Sloan suggested q local
stable and after the men put their
truck in the barn, the officer made an
inspection of the deer. He examined
the car thoroughly and found besides
the four head Of deer, fifty pints OF
whisky of a popular brand which was
secreted beneath the seat of the car
and between the seat and the dash
board Probing further he found that
twelve pints of beer were stored so
close to the engine that it was hot
enough to explode when discovered.
PAY FINE OF 500.
The officer aroused County Attorney
Goodson and Justice Fry from their
slumbers to get the warrants sworn
out. The arrest and hearing followed
yesterday morning. The younger Of
the Charlton men drew out a large roll
Of bills and paid the finetof 500 with
out a murmur. They then left for
Charlton with the deer but not the
liquor which is in the county Jail await
ing destruction.
The Charlton men registered at the
same hotel Monday evening enroute to
Keokuk, but at that time left their
truck in front of the hostelry during
the night.
Bloomfield is being sidetracked by
persons carrying liquor overland
through this vicinity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
ELKS TOCOME
HERE IN 1918

The Ottumwa delegation OF Elks, at
tending the annual state convention al
Dubuque, succeeded in landing the
1918 convention for this city, accord
ing to word reaching The Courier this
afternoon.
This will mean that upwards OF l.,
900 Bills from all parts of Iowa, and
possibly one or two outside, high Off
cials will be here sometime during the
coming year.
MEETING WAS DELAYED.
The 1917 meeting was originally
planned for July in Dubuque, but was
postponed indefinitely after war was
declared. Later this summer it was
revived and the present week fixed as
the dates for the sessions
Joseph Frailey of Fort Madison was
elected president of the Iowa associa
tion at business session held here
today Officers elected were:
FEcHT GIVEN AN OFFICE.
First vice president, F. M. Cakes
Sioux City; second vice-president
julius Fecht. Ottumwa; third vice
president, John Anderson. Perry; sec.
retary. Bert Forgrave, Dubuque: treas
urer, A. Henigbaum, Davenport; trus-
tee, Marion Guard, Iowa City.
A grand ball tonight at the Elks
home will wind up the festivities.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
NEW CABINET
FOR SWEDEN
SOCIALISTS UNLIKELY TO AP
PROVE KINGS PLAN FOR
COALITION.

Stockholm. Sept 27-In accordance
with the wishes Of King Gustave, ef
forts are being made to form coali
ton cabinet of decidedly liberal color
ing or temporary cabinet OF liberals
and conservatives to prepare the bud
get for the openings of parliament on
January 1.
The king has privately requested
Oscar Won Sydow, minister Of the in
terror In the Hammarskjold cabinet
to form a new government suggesting
that the present Minister of War
Colonel Alderman, remain In ONCE
that Eliel I,oefgren. prominent lib
eral leader, be made minister of JUS
tice, and Captain Stem Dehlgren, min
lister of marine.
1t is unlikely that NJ. Branting OF
other socialist leaders will join such q
coalition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
FALL FATAL
TO AGED MAN
STEPFATHER OF oTTUMWA MAN
HAS NECK BROKEN AT FAIR
FIELD-FELL OFF ROOF.

Fairfield. Sept. 27.-Benjamin Lyon
aged seventy.five years. an old resi-
dent OF Jefferson county, and well
known. was found dead here al
$50 this morning at the home OF
Mrs. Elizabeth Millikin, where he re-
sided. His neck was broken, presum
ably by fall from the roof Of shed
that he had been repairing. 1t has
not been determined whether death
was caused by a stroke Of apoplexy OF
the fall off the roof.
He started to repair the building
early this morning. and upon going in
to the yard about $50 o'clock. Mrs
Millikin found Mr.. Lyon upon the
ground dead.
He Is survived by stepson, Charles
Dellinger, of Ottumwa and daughter
Mrs. James Carney of Marseilles. Ill
The time of the funeral has not been
decided.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
GERMANS SLAY
FIT TY SAILORS
U-Boat Sinks Births h
Steamer Wentworth
With All on Board.

An Atlantic Port, Sept. PA re-
port that all persons on board the
British steamer Wentworth were lost
when that vessel was sunk by Ger.
man submarine was brought here by
passengers on British steamship
which arrived today.
The Wentworth, 1881 tons, was on
a voyage from New York to Bordeaux
when, as reported last week, she was
destroyed on September s, presum.
ably OF the French coast.
There were about fifty men in the
Wentworth's crew, according Ia ofr,
eiais, Of the French line, which. ,hao
the usual under-charter. r.
No Americans,were on board, it was
believed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
ILLINOIS OBJECTS
TO ARMY PROGRAM

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 27-In q tele-
gram to President Wilson made public
today Governor Lowder protests
against the proposed breaking. up by
the war department of Illinois national
guard units. declaring such action on
the part of the federal government
would impair the morale Of the troops
and would be "grievous error
Surely it would make these men no
less serviceable to the United States
that they are also permitted to retain
their pride in Illinois," the message
says. illinois wants to do her full
part in this great war and she feels
certain that her contribution to tho
success of our arms will be vastly
larger If her national guard regiments,
as units, are continued in the service" !"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
JURORS
At DEADLOCK
Judge Rejects Foreman's
Plea For Discharge
Without Verdict.

! Red Oak, Sept. 27.-After twenty
four hours deliberation the jury in
the Kelly axe murder case sent word
to Judge w. D. Boies this afternoon
that they could not agree on verdict
The bailiff in charge of the jury re-
ported the deadlock to Judge Boies.
1.-THE foreman says they will not
vote and they refuse to talk" the
bailiff told the judge, "and the fore.
man says you might as we'll discharge
them"
FOREMAN DRAWS RE5UkE.
"You tell the foreman" Judge Bofes
replied that when am ready to dis
charge the jury will let him know"
To a newspaper man Judge Boies
said he would keep the jury locked up
until Saturday noon, If necessary.
Prospects Of verdict attracted
hundreds of persons to the court
house today.
The case was given to the jury late
yesterday.
WANTED TO CONFESS AGAIN.
Sheriff r. A Dunn said today that
Kelly asked to see his attorneys last
might saying he w9ntod' .sto make .
full confession.
The clergyman also told his wife.
according to the sheriff, that she
should permit him to be taken to the
Anamosa prison as criminally insane.
His wife finally succeeded in quieting
him, the sheriff said.
DENIES ALL GUILT.
Newspapermen were granted an in
terview with Kelly today, the first for
NAL interview he has given since his
arrest last May.
II want to say now, with all my
power, that l am innocent Of this
crime was one Of the clergyman 8
first declarations. He referred to his
alleged confession In the Logan, Iowa.
Jail having followed a third degree.
which was one Of mentality only"
INVITED BY sTiLLiNGER.
II he is freed by the jury's verdict.
Kelly said he intended resting for
sometime at the homes OF friends in
this county, adding that among those
who have invited him to their homes
was Joe stillinger. father Of two Of
the girls slain by the axe murderer.
81 have received dozens of letters
from Iowa. Nebraska. Kansas, the
Dakotas, Minnesota and Illinois, ex-
pressing sympathy as we'll as offering
me places to recuperate," the preacher
said
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
Flanders Fight
Han Power Test
View of Expert

= oNDoN. Sept. 27-aThe most
important aspect Of the FIan-
ders battle Is summed up In
the words 'wastage Of reserves"
said Major General F. B. Maurice,
chief director Of military opera
tions, at the war offieessto The
Associated Press today. "The Ger
mans have done their best to keep
US off the series Of ridges. When
we finish getting these ridges we
shall claim victory.
1.-THE question then is whether
we can exploit that victory, and
exploiting It depends on whether
we have got more reserved than
the enemy. Thus far the German
wastage has been much greater
than ours, and they have used rs
per cent more divisions than we
since July 81"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
SINN FEM LEADER
STARVES IN PRISON

Dublin, Sept. 27.-Thomas Ashe, a
Sinn Fein leader, died in a hospital
here as the result Of hunger strike.
AS he commanded the rebels In the
Easter riots at Ashbourne in 1916.
when several members Of the con.
stabulary were killed, he was SEN
fenced to penal servitude for life, but
was released last June. Recently he
was again sentenced to years i'm.
prisonment. but Immediately began q
hunger strike.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
FORMER DAVENPORT
BAKER ARRESTED

Davenport, Sept. 27-Artemus Zeber.
formerly cashier Of the North Harrison
Trust and Savings bank. was brought
to Davenport from Des Moines today
to answer charge of embezzling funds
of the bank. He was arrested in Des
Moines yesterday where he, has been
employed in bank as clerk His bail
was I'D at $1,000. -
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
Rush of Haig's Army Re
gains Village Which Has
Been in German Hands
Since April, 1915; Many
Strongholds Fall.
AUSTRALIANS COVER
SELVES WITH GLORY
ITALIANS HOLD BIG AREA.

ITALIANS HOLD BIG AREA.
Washington, D. c., Sept. 27-
Italian. troops have completed
their occupation Of the entire
eainsizza plateau which Is now
firmly In italian hands, according
to official dispatches received here
today from Rome.
The troops are consolidating
. positions lately won and the prir-
cIPai offensive activity at present
is by Italian airplanes scouting
over the Austrian lines and bomb
ing depots and columns Of troops.
II Is the opinion among italian
officials that the Austrlans arc
trying to fortify their lines 30 40
to have good winter quarters by
the time the SHOWS interfere with
active operations.
British Front in France and Bel
gium. Sept. 27.-(By the Associated
Press. 1.-The British are maintaining
their new line strongly. The main
battle today is in the neighborhood oi
Cameron house, south of the eastern
extremity of Polygon wood, where the
Australians are pressing the Germans
hard. The situation as a whole Is un
changed.
Northwest of Zonnebeke, heavy
fighting continues in the region of the
which dominate a consider
able extent Of territory.
From the British standpoint, the sit.
uation resulting from the offensive ie
exceedingly satisfactory.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
MENACE OF GERMANY
MAY FORCE UNION

La Plaz, Bolivia, Sept. PEI Diario
and Ell TEMPO, commenting on the
measures being taken by Argentina
and Peru to obtain satisfaction from
Germany say the moment is approach
ing for the complete solidarity Of
South America. Discussion of new
treaties is In progress in parliament.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
INSURANCE DEBATE
MAY HOLD CONGRESS

Washington. D. c.. Sept. 27.-It is
planned to report the soldiers and sail
ors' Insurance bill to the senate Satur.
day and begin debate Monday while
the senate awaits house action on the
war tax measure. Opposition may de-
lay the adjournment program
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
German Agents, Suspected
Of Planning Destruction
Of Machinery in Munition
Factories, Will Be In
termed Throughout War.
DETECTIVES HEARD
PLOTS DISCUSSED
DAM IS DYhAMlTED.

DAM 10 III ~Ns
Traverse City, Mich, sept. ~
The spill-way at the lower dam Q,
the Roardman River Light ana
power company's power plant
near here, was dynamited early D
today, .xo
600. g '' -
NJ n II, believed that enemies OF
the government are responsible.
New York, Sept. 27.-Plans to wreck
machinery in munition-making; shops
IN America are believed by the police
Il to have been defeated through the ar
rests OF about 100 Germans and Ger
man sympathizers in raids which pc
gun here last night were continued to-
day. 81
WILL BE INTERNED.
This forenoon the aliens, guarded
by detectives, were taken to Ellis Is
land. where, 1t was announced, they
will be interned probably for the dura'
tion of the war.
Nearly all the men arrested are ma
chinists.
7 cARsoRUNDuM SEIZED.
In the possession Of some were
found quantities of carborundum in
pulyerized FORM. chemical used to
destroy delicate machinery. The men
had held various meetings at whlch
police and navy department agents
were present unknown to them, and
had been under surveillances for many
months. according to the police.
AID FROM SCANDINAVIA \
The suspicion is held that the car
borundum reached here from German
1naasfs In Scandinavian countries, 4
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
MEXICO PROVES
U. S. CHARGES.
LEARNS THAT SWEDISH FOREIGN
OFFICE WAS USED
FREQUENTLY.

Mexico City, Mex, Sept. 26.-It is
stated on good authority that an in
vestigation here shows that the pas
sage of messages In German code be.
tween the German legation and Berlin
by way of the Swedish legation and
Stockholm, as revealed recently by
Secretary of State Lansing, extended
as far back as the early part of 1916.
1t is also stated that these messages
were not confined to dispatches from
Heinrich Won Eckhardt, German min.
lister to Berlin, but that they consisted
in part. Of messages from the Berlin
foreign offices which were transmitted
through the Swedish legation to Won
Eckhardt and were answered by the
same route
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
ARGENTINE CASE DISCUSSED.

Washington, D. c. Sept. 27.--Anl-
bassador Naon Of Argentina was an
early caller at the state department to
day but both he and officials there re.
fused to discuss the visit.
There was little doubt that the am
bassador saw Secretary Lansing in
connection with the 400 dispatches
passing through the Swedish legation
in Argentina. which are believed "a
show further evidence of how Count
yon Luxburg, the, German charge in
buenos Aires, used the neutral legation
to communicate secretly with Berlin,
With the full revelation of German
duplicity before It, the next move OF
the Argentine government is being
eagerly awaited.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
MUzzLE
ON REICHSTAG
Michaelis Abandons Plan
For Public Discussion,
Fearing Clash.

Copenhagen, Sept. 26.-( (Delayed)--
Dr. Michaelis, the German imperial
chancellor, will not speak at the ses.
sion Of the reichstag tomorrow, but
will reserve whatever additional ex.
PLANTATION of peace questions he may
have for confidential meeting Of the
ways and means commission.
Great efforts are being made in Ger
many, 1t Is asserted, to avoid open de-
bate in the reichstag regarding peace
and Germany's reply to the pope's
peace proposal, in the fear that this
might embarrass the government and
aecentuate the differences between the
reichstag parties, which were so mani
fest in the national liberal resolution
adopted at Sundays meeting of the
party.
austrian REFORMS PROMISED.
Amsterdam, Sept 27.-The lower
house of the Austrian reichscrat reas-
'sembled Tuesday, according to Vienna
dispatches. The premier. DR.. Won Zeyd-
Ter, in introducing the new members of
the cabinet, expounded the govern
ment program which. he said would
deal in the first place with social and
economic matters, the most urgent OF
which is food He announced that
steps had been taken to convert the
food department into a ministry Of
food.
{ After promising to submit to the con-
stttutional government proposals for
the reform Of the constitution, aiming
ut equality Of all nationalities on a
nc;, MI yyh
serving the unity of the state, the pre-
mier turned to the foreign policy, de-
claring that "the basis of this, as here
tofore, Is loyalty towards our allies"
DEFENDS ALLIANCE.
He warned those who thought they
could serve peace by carping criticism
5uf the alliance between the central
powers that they merely encouraged
the enemy and thereby prolonged the
war.
i Abiding to the papal note, he said:
& 1--WE believe that agreements can be
attained, which under proper guaran-
tees. might enable ornaments to be
gradually and simultaneously reduced,
among other things by the introduce
tion on this basis of obligatory arbitra-
tion for international disputes.
! WILL NOT QUIT.
Our readiness to arrive at an agree
Snent with our enemies on this basis is
serious and secure and is
inspired by the consciousness of our
strength. But If our enemies are not
prepared to take the proffered hand
we will continue our defensive war to
the utmost.
: Relieving that strong Austria, in
suring contentment of all races, is the
best guarantee of lasting peace. we
are striving to reform the constitution,
and the government resolutely con-
demns the mistaken view held by GER
tain parties that Austria's salvation is
to be hoped for from Austria's
The German reichstag, according to
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SEEK SHlPYARps PEACE.

Washington, D. G., Sept. 27.-The
governments ship building labor ad.
justment board will leave next Wed.
nesdsy for Seattle to take up at first
hand the Pacific coast strike situation.
The board also will visit Portland and
San Francisco.