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Evening journal., 1917-07-02

rTYPEwRIrERs RENTED - THREE
Il months. 50 90 Rental applied on pur.
chase. Sold $500 monthly. Typewriters
repaired. Royal Typewriter Agency Type.
writer Exchange. second floor, n w Corner
Seventh and Market Sts aura2.tf
Evening journal., 1917-07-02
SANITARY MnRkFRs.

Nj X. kELTER-SANTTARY DOOR.
W. LESS ENCANATING
Office s. w Cor Fourth and West Sta
ID g A. Phone. Sis oct2itf.
Evening journal., 1917-07-02
FOR SAFE.

FOR SALE.
DARGAIN IN BOLTS AND NUTS.
- Apply No. 1l2 West 81. iunee-f
IGOR sALE-MoDEL r. FORD DELIv
II cry ear ready 20 20 10 work. Apply
Frank Fox. 1921 Gilpin avenue. iune15-tf.
TOR sALE-CHEAP. LOT OF READY
Il roofing Apply No. $40 Orange street.
lunelv-u'
NOR sALE--NEw THREE SECTION
i fumed oak bookcase Apply No. 20s
Market street luneoe-ol.
NOR sALE-WANT OF USE. LARGE,
Il healthy driving horse. Emma Lore,
Delaware Apartments luneoD-ot,
HAIR DRESSING PARLoR WELL
II equipped doing good business. d &
A phone 562l. iune29-1m.
NOR sALE-THE BEST BUTCHER SHOP
II in the State. Apply at once. Wi-
NOR sALE-DOUBLE LOT. OR Elk
II change for house. Richardson Park.
No sos +. Fourth St. luneo-eoo'lm.
LAUNCH. 81 FEET LONG. ID HORSE
~ power Harris engine. Wili sell at sac
fee s g. Turner II East Fifth street
Phone 63O2.W iune26f
A LMosr NEW CASH. REGISTER AT
~ reasonable price. $40 Pine street.
june2on
Troy PooDLEs. THE REAL SMALL
4 kind Puppies just right to take home
Best breed. W II. foulkrod. No. 1903 W.
Third st. lune2l-f
NOR sALE-MoToR BOAT. "a FEET
II long six foot beam. fully equipped:
Palmer II. p. Cash or terms. Call 1861,
after p. NJ. lune3O-t.
NOR sALE-UsED ELECTRIC CEILING
Il fan for little money. Apply Green
baums Department Store Third and Market
streets luly2lt
NOR sALE-DEsK, CHAIRS, MORRIS
II chair table. bookcase. bed etc. See
Janitor. College Inn Apartments.
GAVE MONEY WHEN BUYING SINGER
/ > machines New, slightly used and
2519.I. W. II. Carrow. Singer shop. No.
627 W. Fourth street. ian4.n.
DECORD EXCHANGE - RECORDS
IL bought sold and exchanged 1Oc aad
mp all makes; also used records sold at
reasonable prices. No SAT Orange street.
Open evenings. junel4-tf
NOR sALE-EIGHT HEAD OF HORSES.
ner Clayton and Linden street Take South
Harrison street car at Fourth and Market
streets. july2-12t
TWENTY MILES. SOUTH OF WHINING
Il ton or acres and Groom house.
suitable poultry, country home or is good
traders stand Address SOS, Evening
journal iuly2-lt.
OLD ESTABLISHED GROCERY STORE.
- we'll stocked and fixtures. on one OF
best corners doing good business. reason
for selling sickness. Address $50. Even
ing Journal iuy2-3t-
/ EOR SALE OR EXCHANGE ACRE
Il improved truck farm in billiard Fla
near good market 30 miles from Jack
senville. What have YOU 20 offer Henry
Bergman, Fenton Beach, Pennsgrove NJ j.
ly2-o.
WALL PAPERS AT LOWEST PRICES.
: w Jones & Hollett. formerly No 421
Shipley street New location. No 4O7 Ship
3 ley street. Wall papers and wall decora.
( tors Estimates cheerfully given. Phone
/ ooSo-J. marl-u.
I ToR sALE-LATE CABBAGE PLANTS.
n 800 FOR s1.OO; POST PAID Sie5
D. PER 1000, NOT PREPAID FOR IMMEDJ.
! ATE SHIPMENT. DAVID ROADWAY,
/ HARTLEY, DEL. june29 ct.
Evening journal., 1917-07-02

NTANTED-i.o 900 CARPETS TO CLEAN
" Storage rooms for rent 81 SO and
700 per month. Both phones GEO. II.
LANG Co. No. 1905 Orange St. feb2l.tf.
Evening journal., 1917-07-02
TYPEMRITERs.

GEr OUR PRICES; ALL MAKES; WE
NJ also rent mud ropair
STUART TYPEWRITER CO.
Bell. $3.50. zoos West Street.
mnvI5-tf
Evening journal., 1917-07-02

MULES FOR sALE-ALWAYs
AfA from 100 20 300 head OF
horses and mules Of all descriptions.
for sale az my stables in York. Pa.
may2s mons-7t JOE KINDIG.
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JAlLS
300 SOCIALISTS
MINORITY WING MEMBERS AR
RESTED WHOLESALE IN
CHRISTMAS RAIDS.

London. Dec. 27.-More than 300
cialist party were arrested on Christ
mas eve by the German military au-
thorities, according to a Zurich dis
patch given out today by the wireless
press. The dispatch reads:
Following the arrest Of minority
socialists at Cologne and Karlsruhe
recently, the German military au-
thorities made large number of ar
rests on Christmas eve in other cities.
more than three hundred minority
socialists and local leaders were ar
rested"
mo advices regarding the previous
arrests of minority socialists in Cot
ogne and Karlsruhe had been receiy-
ed. The German minority socialists
comprise a strong faction in the party
which refused to follow the lead of
Philip Scheidemann and others iu
their virtually unqualified support of
the government. Their leaders in the
reischtag, such as Hugo Haase have
long been persistent critics of the gov
eminent, denouncing the program OF
unrestricted submarine warfare va
rious phases of Germany's diplomatic
policy and the continuation of the war
for imperialistic aims. Recent advices
through Washington have Indicated u
pronounced growth in the popular sup
port OF the minority socialists through
out Germany, the membership of this
wing of the party being represented as
expanding tremendously at the ex-
pense of tie majority socialist branch. ]
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functions under the new plan except
that they will be subject to order of
the railroad director. Railroads still
will apply to the commission for
changes in rates and practices.
RATE INCREASE FORECAST.
Early decision in the application OF
eastern and western roads for Is
per cent advance in freight rates
pending before the commission is ex-
pected. The commission is consider
ing application Of the express compa-
MES for 10 per cent increase. The
proclamation failed to mention ex-
press companies specifically but it is
felt they were included, as the order
said: Every system Of transporta-
ton and appurtenances thereof
COST $1oo, coo 900 A YEAR.
Although the plan Of control is not
outlined in detail. it is the opinion
here that the British system will be
followed closely except in the matter
of paying for government freight. In
England the government freight is
carried free and the guaranteed earn.
ings require an enormous amount
of money from government funds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
TRY
To BREAK WILL
Estate Valued at $4,000 At.
tackled by Nephew and
Niece of Mrs. MOwrey.

An effort will be made in the dis
trict court by Edwin Plummer and
Mary Plummer to set aside the will OF
Adaline Mowrey, deceased. A petit
ton was filed in the Office of the clerk
of the court this morning. The estate
is approximately $4,000.
CLAIM UNDUE INFLUENCE.
The plaintiffs claim that Mrs. Now
rey was not sufficiently sound Of mind
and was unduly influenced when she
made her will. They seek to have the
will thrown out and the estate divided
among the relatives according to re-
lationship.
The two plaintiffs are nephew and
niece of the decedent and reside at
Knoxville, III. There are five other
relatives named Plummer residing In
Kansas, Okaloham and Nebraska, but
each OF them has heretofore accepted
the $1,000 bequeathed them and are
among the defendants.
MANY sEnEFicIARiES.
Beneficiaries named in the will OF
Mrs. Mowrey number twenty-one,
among whom are the Ottumwa hos
pital First M. f. church, Open Door
Rescue Mission, American Home
Finding association, the Y. NJ. c. A..
and Y. w. C. A.
The title of the petition filed this
morning is Edwin Plummer and Mary
Plummer VS.. Walter A. Lewis and j..
F.. Webber. executors, Calvin Plum
mer, Abraham Plummer, Emma
Fuger, Ida Ruby, Hattie Mclaughlin,
John Warren, Vernon Pike, Ruth
Mowrey, Iowa Wesleyan college, An
nual Conference of M. E. church,
American Home Finding Association,
Ottumwa hospital, First M. e. church
of Farson, Y. w. c. A, Y. NJ. c. A.,
Home for Old Ladies, Knoxville, ILL.,,
Kate Smith, Open Door Rescue Mis-
sion, Wapello County Savings bank,
First Methodist Episcopal church of
Ottumwa
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GO UP
QUICKLY when
PLAN is TOLD
Unexpected Advantage
Given Investors Causes
Rush of Buying Orders.

New York, Dec. E.-President VII.
sons proclamation taking over con-
troll of railroads with guarantees as
TO earnings was reflected in Wall
Street today by one of the most SEN
sational advances in stocks seen in
years. For months prices have been
falling and many railroad issues had
reached the lowest levels in their his
tory. The news that earnings were
to be guaranteed and that the period
Of uncertainty as to the future OF the
railroads was at an end acted like a
sharp spur to a jaded horse.
INVESTORS OVERLOOKED.
The market leaped forward at the
outset, prices jumping 5 to IS points
above yesterdays close, and although
there We're recessions later the buy.
ing continued strong and vigorous.
The news came as a complete sur
prise, no definite announcement hay
ing been expected until next week.
The guarantees and safeguards sur
rounding the governments action
were hailed with enthusiasm. The
advances were most pronounced in
shares in which recently registered
the lowest records.
B. G. O. LEADS LINE.
Baltimore and Ohio which only yes
terday made new low record, re-
corded gain Of II points. Delaware
and Hudson later jumped another six
points, making total advance Of IA
points within about ten minutes.
The advance spread to all the other
parts of the list including war shares,
equipments and utilities. The latter
issues. including telephone and tele
graph stocks, strengthened percept
IDLY as result of being embraced in
he general order of the president
Profit taking after the first fifteen
minutes caused recession Of to
points among the stocks making the
greatest gains.
400. 900 SHARES SOLD.
| The advances in Canadian Pacific
and its subsidiary. the 800" were
attributed to the higher rates assured
by the Dominion government.
/ Standard rails, including transcon
| tinentals and coalers made more
moderate gains but in every quarter
of the list improved extended from
/ to points.
/ Recessions OF to 5 points from
maximurs and as much as ten points
in one instance succeeded the frs,
I feverish outburst of enthusiasm
! Later trading settled down to mon
i normal proportions. Some stocks
continued to advance while others re
fected further realizing for profits.
Sales of the first hour approximated
4 sh y.-hs oh iy AZ
the total of some recent sessions.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
0UARRELS HELD
. Up ARMY COATS,
SHARPE ADMITS
Clash of Authority With De.
fense Council Caused
Delay.
M'KELLAR SCOLDS
BUREAU OFFICIAL

Washington. D. c., Dec. 27.--Exami
nation Of Quartermaster Genera
Sharpe was resumed today by the sen
ate military committee, investigating
war preparations.
Sharp criticism for the shortage o.
winter oyercoats was made by the
senator's, who declared orders fol
clothing were not followed up to in
sure deliveries. General Sharpe said ht
had the necessary information in hi:
files but could not recollect the de
tails.
"coA1s, NOT DETAILS"
1T isn't question of Details" safe
Senator McKellar. ITS question O.
coats. Thousands of men are without
them. Why is it,"
General Sharpe replied that delay il
deliveries was largely the cause.
"You practically surrendered YOU
power over contracts to the council o
national defense didn't you, excep
that you had representative meeting
with the board?" asked Senator Cham
berlain
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
General Sharpe answered in the af
firmative and explained that the coun
Gil had nothing to do with making uni
forms but only with getting cloth fol
their manufacture.
Tracing the causes for delay in get
ting clothing to the troops. Senator
Frelinghuysen declared 1t was due IL
part to changes In cloth sneGifi fication'
resulting in conflict of authority be
tween the quartermaster general ant
the council Of national defense.
STRIKES CAUSE DELAY.
Practically every contract for over
coats was delayed, General Sharpe
said, by trouble in getting cloth ant
strikes in the clothing factories. The
decision to send forces to France soon
er than expected was another cause o.
the shortage.
Senator Weeks brought out that Bos
ton wool dealers early in the war of
fered wool supplies to the war depart
ment
WAS anything done?" he asked.
mot THEN-LATER."
"Not then" General Sharpe answer
ed. Later l think the council of ma
tional defense took up the matter"
Senator Weeks brought out that the
supplies committee OF the council rec
commended contract for sorting
scraps from army cloth at 6 cents g
pound and that it was found excessive
and annuled.
DID NOT KNOW FACTS.
Two cents was later reported as a
fair price.
The government intends establish.
ing a scrap cloth sorting plant of its
own, General Sharpe said. II he had
known all the facts at the time, Cen
eral Sharpe said, he would not have
signed the contract.
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BANKER
CALLED GUN TOTER

Peoria, ILL.,. Dec. 27.-That f. A.
Strause, under detention for the kill.
ing Of Berne NJ. Mead, cashier OF the
state Trust and Savings bank. in the
bank Sunday noon, was in the habit OF
carrying a revolver was brought out
by a witness when the coroners in.
quest was resumed this morning
David w. Norton, teller in the bank,
gave this testimony and further iden.
titled the gun found near Mead's body
as having been removed from one OF
the teller's cages.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
ALL RAILROAD PROPERTY
NOT IN THIS LIST STILL
BELONGS TO COMPANIES.

The properties that will pass
into the control OF the government
under President Wilson's proclama-
tion are:
All railroads, comprising $780,
900 miles of lines, valued at $17,-
000, 100000.
All coastwise, lake and river
steamship lines.
All terminals. terminal compa-
nies and terminal associations.
The Pullman company's sleep
ing cars and parlor cars
The packers and other con-
Germs private car lines.
All railroad elevators and ware
houses.
All railroad telegraph and tele-
phone lines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
NO DRAFT GALL
FOR FINAL LOT
At CAMP DODGE
New Conscription Rule Su-
persedes Old, Crowder
Announces.
AFFECTS THIRD AND
FOURTH INCREMENTS

Des Moines, Dec. 27.-Final incre-
ments for the first national army as
signed to Camp Dodge will not be call
ed. but the men in those quotas will
be placed under the new classification
regulations, according to orders re-
ceived here from Washington today.
SEVERAL HAVE JOINED ARMY.
More than $4,000 men assigned to
Camp Dodge in the third and fourth
increnents are affected by the or
ders announced today placing these
quotas under new classification regu-
lations.
1t had been expected that these men
would be ordered to concentrate here
Immediately after the first of the year.
Quite number Of men in the final in
crements have reported without
awaiting the formal call and are now
in the national army.
NO CALL TILL FEBRUARY.
The orders, issued by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder, apply not only
to Camp Dodge, but affect all deferred
percentages Of the first army. for
which there will be no more formal
calls before February 15."
Deficiencies in quotas already as
signed to camps, due to physical re-
lection or other causes, will be made
up from men chosen under the old
regulations, however, until local
boards "have enough men finally
classified in class one" Of the new
regulations.
J, MAY FILL VACANCIES. :. =
Crowder's message follows:
ut has been decided there will be
no more formal call for deferred per-
centages of the present quota before
February 159 While boards should.
until they have enough men finally
classified in class /, send forward
promptly men selected under the old
regulations to make up deficiencies in
calls already made the result OF this
decision will be that we should be
able to give the benefit of the new
classification to all men whose old
numbers are so late as to place them
within deferred percentage of the
present call.
SPECIAL CALLS SOON.
Calls will, however. be made very
shortly under the provisions Of sec
tion 149 for the special class of men
there mentioned.
For the sake of composing the
public mind and for the convenience
of registered men, this information
ought to be given wide dissemina.
ton"
The section referred to. No. 149. re-
lates to the induction into military
service Of technical and other experts
and registrants highly skilled in some
special line Of work"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
BOWLESKNOCKS
SHIPS PROGRAM
OFFICIAL OF EMERGENCY FLEET
CORPORATION CALLS PLAN
FAILURE.

Washington, D. c.. Dec. 27.-The
wooden ship building program was pic
tured as an almost complete failure
today by Rear Admiral Bowles. assist.
ant general manager of the emergency
fleet corporation, testifying at the sen.
ate commerce committee investigation
of ship building.
The maximum number Of wooden
ships that possibly could be built even
If all available ship timber was deliv.
cred to the corporation, Bowles said,
would total next year only $40, al.
though the corporation has contracts
outstanding for the construction OF
459.
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BRITISH VESSEL LOST;
PASSENGERS SAVED

London. Dec. 27.-The British
steamer City of Nagpur has been
wrecked in Delagoa bay. Portuguese
East Africa, according to dispatch
to the Times from Lisbon. The pas
sengers. numbering 259, were saved
as was the cargo.
The steamer was of 1881 tons and
was built in Belfast in 1914. She was
owned by the Ellerman line of Liver
pool and was engaged in the eastern
service.
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TO HAVE NEW
INSURANCE BOSS

Des Moines. Dec 27.-A successor
to Emory H. English, who resigned
yesterday as state insurance commits
sioner. will be announced tomorrow
by Governor Harding, 'he latter said
today Mr.. English will be the head
of new bonding concern with offices
in Des Moines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
IOWA LEGISLATORS
FOR SHORT SESSION

Des Moines, Dec. 27.-Replies have
been received from more than two
thirds of the Iowa legislators relative
to the governors letter proposing an
extra session of the state assembly, it
was said today. The governor said he
had read only few OF the replies,
all of which favored a brief session.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
CANADIAN ROADS
GET RATE BOOST

Ottawa. Dec. 27.-A decision hand
ed down by the board of railway COM
missioners provides for Is per cent
increase in passenger rates in all parts
of Canada with the exception of Brit
ish Columbia, where the maximum
rate is now cents mile.
The judgment also permits an in
crease in freight rates of approximate
ly 10 per cent in the west and Is per
cent in the east.
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ILLINOIS INTERESTS
WANT GULF CANAL

Springfield, ILL.,. Dec. PA delega.
tion of fourteen men representing
Illinois river cities waited on Govern.
or Lowden today and asked that work
be begun at once on the proposed
waterway between Lockport and
Utica, linking the Great Lakes and
the Gulf. in order to relieve traffic
congestion incident to the war.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
CJJNMINS BUCKS WILSON RAIL PROGRAM
IOWA BOYS
GIVE LIVES
IN FRANCE

YHYAsHINGToN, o. c., Dec
w 27.-GeneraI Pershing to-
day reported more deaths
from natural causes among the
American expeditionary forces.
Among them are:
Private George Truax, double
pneumonia and scarlet fever.
Father, r. e. Truax, 256 East 18th
street, Des Moines, Iowa.
Private Herbert Schroeder, pneu-
monia. Mother, Mrs. L. Schroeder,
1921 Washington street. Dubuque,
Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
M'Adoo To Direct
Unified Rail
Systems of
Nation
OFFICIALS RETAIN JOBS

Washington, D. c., Dec. 27.-Control
of the nations railroads to bring about
uniform operation for the war will be
assumed by the government at noon
tomorrow with Secretary McAdoo.
still retaining his cabinet post, in
charge as director-general OF rail-
solution for difficulties Of the pres
ent transportation situation, was an
nounced last night in proclamation
by President Wilson effective at noon
tomorrow, and taking over every rail-
road engaged in general transporta-
ton in continental United States, with
its appurtenances, including steam
ship lines All lines will be operated
as single system under Director Nc.
Adoo.
GOVERNMENT GIVES GUARANTEE
In statement issued with the for
nal proclamation, President Wilson
declared he will ask congress as soon
as it reassembled, for legislation
guaranteeing:
First. that the railroad proper
ties will be maintained during
the period of federal control in as
good repair and as complete
equipment as when taken over by
the government, and.
Second, that the roads shall
receive a net operating income
equal in each case to the average
net income Of the three years
preceding June 80, 1917.
MARKEfkoR SECURITIES.
Government banks also will be Civ.
en- new issues of railroad securities
so that market may be readily
found.
Railroad officials will retain direct
management OF the roads and the
railroad war board. composed Of five
railroad heads, will continue actual
operation under Director McAdoo's
supervision.
The presidents statement made
clear that his decision was not due to
any failure Of the railroads to perform
their duty as well as they could under
present legal restrictions and the real
reason for the plan of government
operation was to permit complete uni
f1cation Of all rail systems impossible
through private operation by statutes
prohibiting pooling of traffic and earn
ings.
STREET RAILWAYS EXEMPT.
Although electric lines engaged in
general transportation are included in
the proclamation, street railways and
interurban lines are specifically ex-
cluded
The interstate commerce commits
sion and other government and state
agencies which have to do with rail-
roads will continue to perform their
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lOWAN SAYS LARGER ROADS
WILL REALIZE GREAT PROFITS
WHILE SMALLER LINES SUFFER

@ ECRETARY McAdoo, af-
~ ter noon tomorrow, will
~ be the active head of the
unified railroad systems of
the United States, operating
them in the name Of the gov
ernment. =.
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UkRANIANs GUARD FRONT.

London, Dec. 27.-Ukrainian
forces, according to a report re-
ceived from Petrograd, have occu-
pied the headquarters Of the
fourth, eighth and eleventh armies
on the Rumanian and southwest
ern fronts. Those who resisted
were disarmed and quantity OF
guns and rifles was seized. The
Ukrainians have occupied the sta
tion at Brailoff and disarmed the
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A telegram received in Petro-
nrad from Tomsk reports fighting
IN Irkutsk, Siberia. Cossacks and
military cadets have engaged the
garrison there for two days with
alternating success.