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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

to the provision against the transfer
lot troops until thsy had moved all the
soldiers they desired to take to the
western front, and it is known that
they sent many divisions from Russia
not only to france and Flanders bun
to the Italian field as we'll.
! Now, according to dispatches which
quote a report made by Ensign Kry-
lenko, commander in chtst of the BOZ
shevih armies, even mono troops are
being shifted and there Is no SEM
blance Of an intention N Germanys
ment as Anything but scrap Of
paper"
With this immediate repudation Of
solemn engagement, the Germans
are preparing to continue gctiations
for another and more important enc
In tho form of treaty OF peace vita
Russia, or with that portion Of 4
which the boashevih are able to sell
and deliver to the kaiser.
This attitude is OF interest to the
nations which are fighting Germany
mainly as a new proof-though no ad-
dniunal substant1at1on was needed-of
the fact that the promise of the kaiser
or of any of his hireltngs cannot be
trusted even whd1e tho ink in their
signatures is drying.
There is no reason to believe that
Germany would regard . treaty with
the United States and the entente
nations as any more binding than the
Russo German armistice agreement.
or the Belgian treaty or the conven-
lions signed at The Hague to define
the rules of international warfare.
Every day, wherever Germany oc-
cupies enemy territory or controls
prisoners of war, the laws Of nations
are being set aside with that supreme
contempt for all restrictions which Is
a part of the German creed and the
German kultur.
The world can trust Germany and
the German government no more than
it can trust the Mexican bandits or
he hordes Of prisoners who are held
in close confinement in prisons and
penitentiaries. The bolsheviA have
proof in the report of their own army
commander that this Is true. but they
continue to discuss peace" with the
German ENJOYS in an apparently limo
cent disregard Of the vorthlessness o.
Germany's promise.
There is every indication that their
attitude is anything but innocent.
however, and that they are the paid
employees of the German government.
Gradually this thought is finding
lodgment in the sluggish Russian
brain and it is this fact which gives
the world reason to hope that even
when the treaty is concluded Ger.
many will find that the bolsheviki fol.
lowing has dwindled 80 greatly in
Russia that an awakened nation re.
mains to be conquered and that the
faithless bolshevih have been unable
to deliver that for which they have
been bribed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
SUPERVISORS TO
REDUCE CROSSINGS

ct. Madison. Dec. GA cun1e6a
movement to force the Chicago 1.
lington & Quincy Railroad cuuy
to straighten ont its lines between this
city and West Point with the pmpuoG
of eliminating !. half dozen and DE-
clared unnecessary road crossings,
has been started by tho Leo eoa1ty
board Of supervisors through the m
ing Of petition before do stzo0aadl
road commission, by its cARtma1 l.
Hosiee Of this city.
That the board viii fofoe 0D4sO
sure to the full limit was the deeEn
ton OF Chairman Hosier vhn
toned on the matter.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

enemies of order and government, to
foment a worldwide anarchistic up
rising.
If this was inspired by anyone high
in official life in Washington, and if it
is in fact the view Of the American
administration. there is need for a
campaign Of education in this com.
try, starting intensively at the ma
tional capital.
1t is time for plain talk in the
United States with regard to social
ism, and for realization that social
ism is only less violent form OF dis
order and enniity for government
than the creed Of the I. W. w. and
, the Russian bolsheviki.
1t is time for political and partisan
thoughts and individual political am
billions to be set aside for the sake
Of the country and Of the government.
1t is time to distinguish between the
democracy which means the dominant
political party and the democracy
which means the form Of government
established in America long ago at
the cost Of blood and sacrifice.
The United States government win
stamp out the I. w. w. and the bolshe-
wiki when it reveals socialism as the
basis for these more violent forms of
anarchy and the haven into which
their opponents fee for shelter when
disaster looms
The republican or democratic po1i.
tician or official who is afraid to fight
socialism because it is a menace to
good government and to the perpetu-
ity Of American institutions is not
worthy of the votes Of loyal Amerf
cans.
Socialism and socialists are in sym
pathy with the bolsheviki and the
other forms Of destruction which have
wrecked Russia. Socialism and so
cialists are responsible for the l. w.
non-partisan league which has cap
tured North Dakota and is entrench-
ing itself in Minnesota for a drive into
Iowa
Socialism and socialists all over
America either are openly opposing
the government in its war activities
or are lukewarm in the support they
give it. An instance Of this fact is
afforded in Ottumwa by the hardness
with which the socialistic commits
Sioner, Samuel Menefee, yielded up a
dollar Of the salary he receives from
the public as his sole contribution to
any of the numerous funds on which
the government must depend for vic
tory over the autocracy against which
socialistic orators and tracts declare
socialism is at war
Russia's collapse is the outcome Of
socialism let loose. The present chaos.
due directly to the bolsheviki, is the
outcome Of the failure on the part Of
the so-called conservative socialists
to conceive or maintain a construc-
tive government Their failure was
not accidental but inevitable. 1t was
the logical outcome Of their creed.
Just as the chaos which has followed
it was the inevitable sequel to the
failure of Kerensky. Prince Lvoff and
the other socialists whose creed is
the creed Of socialism in America.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

Tho whoao county now ssmU b
!"os at excsas as tho Young vito ga
jim DEAR said a young via. I do
"1s1 you'd stop drinking Every time
you &c to one Of those henqx1ets OF
yours You got up the nan morning
pale a1c stlent, you eat nothing, you
Just Cup Gown ten or fifteen gfAsses Of
water. Do stop drinking. won't YOU! I
Know IL can ua good for you, dear
grea' Enen have been drinking
men,, said jim Look at Poe, at
Charles Lamb, look at Buns, hog
at
We'll JIM" said .he young vtta.
you just swear of IN you become 4
great man, too, and II - sati.1ied-.
A village butcher, a ttr man 49,
sessed a deep voice. and he va sxer-
cising it at the local concs-t nv s,n~Ir&
several unapphuded encore
Hasn't he an extensive repertory:.
said his wife.
We'll, shouldn't like, to say esa..-
said the local dressmaker. but ne ces.
tainfy is getting rather Stout" Y
A well known bishop in the south
some time ago lost his third wife- \
clergyman. who had known the drst
wife returned from the north and
wished to see her grave. He called Al
the church and "a wthe sexton. Can
you tell me where the bishops wife is
buriedf' he asked.
We'll, sr:" said the sexton. Il don't
know for sho', but he mostly buries 'em
at Milledgevflle."
Your boys going to business school.
isn't he?"
Yes. He's learning the touch syn
tenn"
Typewrfting7"
No DaduyrfixaQS
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
A RED CROSS CHRISTMAS.

Ten days ago the appeal went forth
to the people Of Wapello county to
make this day a Red Cross Christmas.
and the response has been so gener.
Gus and patriotic that the community
may we'll feel glow of satisfaction
and pride.
success of the double campaign for
mem berships and a maintenance fund
for the Wapello county Red Cross.
For 1918 the chapter is assured OF a
maintenance fund OF $4,000. sum
which the leaders believe will be ade.
quate for the support of the immense
work which must be done during the
coming twelve months as Wapello
county's portion of the great service
the American Red Cross is doing 70,
the cause in which our government
its armies and its people are dedi.
Gated.
The total membership Of the
Wapello county chapter is approx
mately 1000, and this figure. it is ex
pected, will be increased by some
thousands before the membership cam
paign is completed. With the main
tenance fund assured the entire atten
ton of the campaign workers can be
turned to the business OF obtaining
new members. and this branch Of the
enterprise will be continued until all
the residents OF the county have been
given an opportunity to enroll.
As the year draws to close Ottum
wa and Wapello county are able to
look back upon the months that have
elapsed since war was declared and to
count numerous achievements which
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THE OLD GAME.

Political press agents have been
known to commit some notable blum
ders in the past, but ample indication
that perfection has not been attained
is furnished BY the canned" story
sent to democratic newspapers for
publication by the party's publicity
bureau
This story is q long one, end calls
attention to the fact that under a
democratic administration there has
not been a single case Of typhoid in
the army, whereas under republican
administration in 1898 the American
army in the Spanish war was deci
mated by the disease"
No reference is made to the pre-
valence of pneumonia in American
camps. We refer to Il here not as a
method of making q partisan argu-
ment, but for the purpose Of showing
the righteousness Of attempting to
cite conditions in 1898 as a partisan
argument
When the war begun last April re
publican leaders in congress and
throughout the country dropped par
tisan politics The divisions ON war
legislation have not been along party
lines. The administration has had
the whole-hearted support Of the re-
public2ns. and the members of that
party neither claim nor expect any
special commentator for their course.
1t was the only proper course die
tated by patriotism and realization
that their interest in the nAh0Hs sue
cess In the war Is as great a. that Of
the dominant party.
Democrats and former progressfves
who deserted the fxnen bun moose
standard to join the democratic camp
in 1916 have been singled out for
many federal appointments, and
there has been little criticism Of that
course on the part Of republicans.
Few republicans have been assigned
to any but the doIlar-ayear jobs. and
still there has been little criticism.
The republicans are not injecting
politics into the war and the demo
Gratis should not do II. That this fact
is disregarded by the dominant par.
tvs press bureau is evident from the
senseless claim Of credit for COM
parative lack of typhoid fever in the
army.
It is reminiscent Of the old days
when rival political spell binders were
accustomed to giving their officehold.
ers and their parties credit for great
crops. fair weather and other dispen.
sations of Providence.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

AS General Allenby approaches the
territory between Constantinople and
Bagdad, on which the kaiser and his
traders have been casting covetois
eyes for many years, the general staff
at Berlin is going to find it more and
more difficult to convince the German
public that there Is no real loss to the
Prussian arms while the western line
remains west Of the Rhine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
MT. PLEASANT BOY
IS BADLY INJURED

Mt Pleasant Dec. 36-I1Ma
Green. son Of MI and Mr1 oEoao
northeast Of this city. met VIM 80.
ious accident on Saturday maEu1ng ~
being thrown from pooy and hs3R
ing one q his legs, and b IN S11119
condition. He will be coun1sd - tAo
house for several days aud v16E00
crutches for some time.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
cAMOUElAGE?


excited about the report that the poorer
people of Germany are starving That
statement, It is reported, was pub
lished last week in the Vorwaerts of
Berlin.
While that report may be true, lit
tie study of the extract We have seen
from the article gives the impression
that 1t is written to create false I'M
preston. 1t reads more like an
article written for the sole purpose Of
deception. 1t sounds like some more
Prussian propaganda. 1t may be that
the German war party has conceived
the idea that it will be good stroke
for Germany If the impression can be
created in the minds of the people
of their enemy governments that Ger
many is starving and weakening, and
that it is unnecessary to continue
pushing the war activities against
Germany because she is about ready
to fail anyway. So the German press
agents may have adopted this means
OF having this story printed in all the
newspapers in the countries that are
fighting Germany.
The article is written entirely too
strong. The press agent seems to have
over-played his hand. "Toady" Ham
Iton, the greatest press agent Barnum
& Bailey ever developed, could not
have beaten this paragraph:
Eve may have within a month, an
absolute catastrophe in Germany and
collapse even worse than that Of
Russia, resulting in a German defeat
and loss of the war"
Is there anyone who believes that if
such a condition as that Is actually
staring Germany in the face, that Won
Hindenburg would allow it to be pub
lished?
How could any nation suffer col
lapse even worse than that Of
Russian"
The reports that came out of Ger
many two Ilonths ago were to the eff
feet that Germany had raised big
crops in Germany. in southern Poland
and in parts OF Galicia and Belgium,
and that the most of this work Of cul-
tivation had been performed by pris-
oner labor. 1t is likely that that re-
port is nearer the truth than the re-
port that the Germans are sending out
now. The reports that the Germans
had raised big crops did not come
from German papers. 1t came out
through Holland and Switzerland,
from citizens Of those governments
who had obtained their information
from different sources, some Of them
by personal observation. This latest
report comes from a Berlin paper
that has given this news to
Reuters press association, an
immense news gathering organ
ization on the order of our big
news gathering organizations Of
America. which in turn has sent it to
the Associated Press. In that way it
is printed in practically all the big
papers Of the world except those of
the central powers.
II this is a German press agent ar
ticle written for the purpose Of Great
ing sympathy for Germany. then the
Germans have worked out clever
scheme to get 1t circulated in the
countries that are fighting Germany.
Taking all things into consideration
it has all of the ear-marks of some
more OF Germany's crooked war prac-
tees. 1t is unreasonable to believe
that the German government would
allow any paper in Berlin to give out
for worldwide publication such
statement IL those were the real con-
ditions in Germany. 1t may be true.
but we don't believe 1t.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

Members of the administration are
said to believe Secretary Baker can
exonerate his department from
charges of inefficiency and delay. II
he is able to talk so eonvfnctngly his
success will prove that a mighty prom,
Using attorney IVES snatched away
from the profession OF law to make an
uuipspfring SECRETARY Of war
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

With the cossacks. Ukratnfsns.
Grand Duke Nicholas. Kerensky and a
dozen radical factions threatening
them within Russia, the bolshevik1
have a fine chance to force any but a
German peace upon the kaisers repre-
sentatfves at Observation-Disclosures the
same chance that the prisoners Of war
in Germany have of obtaining a leave
Of absence for holiday visit at home
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
DAVIS co. SOLDIERS
VISIT AT ROME

Bloomfield. Dec 36-o0VuA q
Bloomfield's soldier lads hum vuE9sW
during the holidays. Among hgm
we're: Harry Curry. David Scoses, lev
Leach. Otto Schnorr. Otto KrSUUsn,
Ralph Brown, Dewitt Soven, Hams
Kennedy and Vance EvnmI Oo0
are expected this week
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
DINNER STORIES

Governor Livingstone Beecamnn. s,k
Rhode Island, said in PruvtdencAI -.
ropos Of the gigantic strides Gha4 tho
Temperance movement Is takmxs
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28
RESUME r. c. WORK TO-DAY

EddyviIle, Dec. ze-w0f - -
Cross heedquartcrS shich vas -.
continued Monday eDE TUESDAY ~
tahso - eGSsn sndaS
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-28

law which will meet the impending
situation
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
I'VE Are Going to Win"

For we are in this war to the fin
ish. There will be no compromise.
We are going to win, no matter If it
takes one year or two years or ten
years.
Once in a while you hear come
one say that we ought not to be i'll
this war. that it might be all right
to fight at home, but not across the
ocean. We all know something of
the horrors Of the conflict in Europe.
l want to say to you that we ought
to be thankful that they don't exist
in our country, that we ought to put
forth our greatest fight in a foreign
country, for if the war isn't won over
there. there isn't the slightest doubt
that it will have to be fought out on
our own soil.
ITO those who favor peace I want
to say that the only way to bring
about universal peace is to fight this
war to the finish-and win. We are
fighting the greatest military ma
chine the world has ever known
the only way we can win is to build
up a greater military machine, and
that means united action.
"Our national army is being raised
by the proper method am salts
fed of that. visited the canton
ment the other day. The young men
over there represent every walk OF
life. and Major General Greene told
me that they are the kind of mate
rial from which the government is
going to build up a better army than
the regulars ever had.
"There Is no place on the earth
today for the man who is constantly
lodging responsibility. There are no
party lines now-no Republican
party, no Democratic party, but just
one great American party, and we're
all members Of it. II we're not
we're traitors to our country"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
PARK BRIDGES ARE CLOSED
Traffic Suspended Pending Repairs
Board Asks More Authority

All of the bridges in Priest Point
park were ordered closed by the
council Tuesday evening on the rec
ommendation Of City Engineer Wood
that they were unsafe, and repairs
are now in progress. At the same
time, the council received for consid
Grafton from the park board ordi-
nances to regulate traffic on the road
ways and bridges in the park.
One of the ordinances empowers
the park board to adopt such regu-
lations as it deems advisable and de-
clares that they shall become effect
i've when certified to the city clerk,
violators to be subject to a maximum
nne of 800 or a maximum jail sem
tence Of 80 days. The other makes
1t unlawful to haul heavy loads Of
any kind over the roads or bridges
in the park.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
OCTOBER q TO % TO Be
FOOD CONSERVATION WEEK
Special Campaign to BE Made
Throughout United States on
HOOver's Plans

The war is to be brought to every
home in the state of Washington.
The week of October 21 and 28, by
special decree from Herbert C.
Hoover, United States food admins
traitor, is to be special food con-
servation week. All states in the
Union will be thoroughly canvassed,
house to house. by the various state
organizations. The message is to be
carried direct to every one of the 49,
100000 homes in the United States
and would put every one of them on
the Hoover food conservation basis.
Food will win the war" is to be
the battle cry of the nation for the
one week. the slogan in all of the As
states that are to bear the brunt of
the war for democracy.
Most of the states have already
completed their preliminary arrange
ments for obtaining the complete
success of the effort within their bor-
ders. The state of Washington has
been thoroughly organized by Charles
Hebberd, Federal Food Administers
tor, VINO has opened offices In the Co
lumbia building, Spokane, and has
named the committee that will carry
this campaign into every city and
every country district of this state.
1.-THE campaign in the state of
Washington is to be directed In each
county by the County Defense Coun-
Gill;" said Mr.. Hebberd recently, in
outlining his plans, "acting through
the schools. The quota set for
Washington is. 100000 pledges. thau
is, a pledge to live up to the Hoover
food conservation program from each
of the 100000 homes in the state OF
Washington. This total is now being
apportioned among the counties ac-
cording to the number of families in
each county.
1.-THE plan in each county is to dis
tribute, in the various schools, ac-
cording to the number Of families
represented there, a pledge card, a
house card of instructions and home
card for placing in the window to ad-
vertise the fact that this home is
Hooverizing.'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
LOTS OF MONEY IN STATE
Deposits 1881 800 More Than Last
Year-Savings Increase

w. E. Hanson. state bank exam
liner, this week issued the statement
of the call of September II, showing
that the deposits in the Pts state
banks and nine trust companies of
Washington have increased $1S.371,-
$50 since September IL, 1916.
Despite the heavy drains shown in
the report issued some time ago, due
to the Liberty Loan and Red Cross
appeals. the savings account shows a
gain, being $41,S76,571 for 1917 as
against $41,72O,S2S in 1915.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
S4,OOO,OOO More for Alaska

Four million dollars additional for
construction work on the Alaskan
railroad has been voted by the house
of representatives, and 1t is certain
the senate will take similar action
before the end of the present extra
session of congress. This amount
represents the increase in cost of sup
plies since the money for this fiscal
years work was voted by congress
last March.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
Wilson Appoints Oregon Man

Clyde B. Atchison, ex-member Of
the Oregon Railway Commission and
for the past year Washington repre-
sentative of the valuation committee
Of, the National Association Of the
State Railway Commissioners, was
this week nominated by the president
as a member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, being accorded
one of the two new commissioner
ships recently created by congress.
He was named for the term expiring
December 81, 1921.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05

Olympia's first hunters to report
a good bag" were Jack Dolan, Dick
Bachelor, Guy Berry and Jake
Frisch, who came back from Mason
county Monday afternoon with three
big deer, shot during a trip along the
south fork of the Skokomish.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
Catarrhal Couch

Mr.. w. s. Brown, R. F. D. No. 4,
Box 81, Rogersville, Tennessee,
writes:
Il feel 1t my duty to recommend
Peruna to all sufferers Of catarrh or
cough. In the year 1909, / took a
severe case Of the Ia grippe. I then
took bad cough. I had taken all
kinds Of cough remedies but got no
relief. | then decided to try Peruna.
I used five bottles. After taking five
bottles my cough stopped and my
catarrh was cured. My average
weight was lis and now weigh
1887. Any one suffering with ca
tarrh in any form I win advise them to
take Peruna"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-10-05
Do Your art
By MDesting in the
Second Liberty Loan Issue
Right AUdy

X NY bank will take your
"a subscription without
cost to you, and will be glad
to let you complete your pur-
chase on a weekly or monthly
instalment plan. Or you can
make your s ubscrip ito n
through any postoffice. Don't
put it off--make out your ap.
plication today. Do your pa
triotic duty and get the best
security in the world to boot.