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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28
THE LESSON STRIKES TEACH.

The San Francisco shipyard workers
are to return to work at increased
| wages, but wages less than those for
which they struck Arbitration has
prevailed, and work will be resumed
after delay of nine working days.
They have obtained nothing that
they could not have obtained by sub
hitting their wage demands to a board
of arbitration which might have work
ed while the building of ships contin-
ued. They simply have lost nine days
work at advanced wages, together with
La good deal of the respect and conf
dence of American people, including
the great bulk of trades unionists.
Other strikes are in progress which
affect the nations program for obtain.
ing ships to be used in off-setting the
losses inflicted by the German SUBJ
marines The nation needs every YES
sci that can be supplied as rapidly as
lit can be finished. Every day of idle
ness on the part of the builders Is a
blow to the country's chances of sue
cess in the war.
Participation in strikes in trades on
which the nation depends In It's pres
ent crisis Is an exhibition of disloyalty.
Refusal to submit demands to arbitra-
ton is disloyal. Selfishness in putting
individual desire above the needs Of
the whole people is disloyal. There
can be no other proper description.
Into this question of disloyalty the
question of the rights of trades union
ism does not enter. Unions exist in
America and labor has achieved a
plane in this country higher than that
,,,t,s aI> IL tv1 INV NIL ar
the laws and institutions Of the United
States are protection to labor and to
the spirit of democracy on which 1t de-
ponds for progress and advancement.
The Courier is committed to the pro-
position that trades unions should ex-
list and that reforms in labor conditions
for which they stand should be brought
about But it is committed also to the
proposition that the welfare Of the ma
ton is of superior importance to every
other consideration just now.s Failure
by a minority Of workers to recognize
this condition only serve to emphasize
it. They must first be certain Of the
permanency of their national govern
ment before they can have any hope Of
permanency for their trades organiza-
tons. The vast majority of union men
and women realize this fact and are
loyal to the last breath. The fact that
some union men choose to ignore 1t
is no indication that trades unionism
is disloyal 1t is a reason, however,
why all the loyal trades unionists
should lose no opportunity to declare
their patriotism and to discourage the
tendency of the minority to strike.
Only by this course can loyal trades
unionists prevent strikes during the
war from damaging the union move.
ment even more than impede the gov.
eminent
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Burnquist in permitting them to play
their disloyal game to the finish.
YANKEE GAMENEss.

One of the most interesting stories
to come from the war zone in weeks
was contained in the dispatch in yes
terday's Courier from the Associated
Press correspondent in France who
sought out the advanced detachment
Of Pershing's forces somewhere along
the British front" He found the men
so eager to get into the fray that some
of them had stolen away from their
camp just behind the lines, crawled
into the trenches, made friends with
the Englishmen and climbed out with
Them to go charging across No Mans
land against the bosche legions.
They are not the old, seasoned
doughboys of the regular army, these
men whose anxiety to go into battle
makes them risk official displeasure
by playing truant from their own
comparatively safe, camp. Veterans of
the old regiments which followed
Pershing to France might be expected
to chafe under the long restraint Of
the training period. but youngsters
who have only recently donned the
khaki might be pardoned if they con-
fessed little reluctance to leap into
the middle of the most desperate war
lin history.
But they want to fight, and theirs is
the spirit that permeates the whole
army It is to be found in the letters
which come back to Ottumwa from
our men in the training camps 1t
stands out in the letters from Camp
Mills. 1t glowed in the faces of the
hundreds who stopped in Ottumwa
Saturday on their way to Camp
Dodge
They are out to get the kaiser these
Americans. They do not concern
themselves with the fine points of d.
plomacy or intrigue. 1t is enough for
them to know that over on the other
side of the submarine-infested At
armies in an effort to wreck civiliza-
ton. They know that if he wins over
there he must be fought over here,
and they are in the war for the pur-
pose of putting him out Of it.
They are not pacifists, these young
men. but neither are they militarists.
They are soldiers because the flag to
which they have paid homage of loyal
ty since childhood needs their protec-
ton. When they destroy the power
which menaces it they will be ready
to lay aside their guns and uniforms
and return to the paths Of peace from
which they turned when their country
called
They are not in the business OF war
because of a desire to kill, but having
been forced into it by the madness of
the enemy they are determined to do
their fighting with a thoroughness that
will instill in foreign hearts and minds
a wholesome respect for American
efficiency.
We have yet to see or hear Of a
single complaining letter from camp or
battle zone. The soldiers write that
they are we'll treated, well housed and
equipped, we'll trained and thoroughly
ready to get into the fighting when.
ever the word is given.
1t will take more than offers Of re-
wards for captured Americans by the
German ruler and his commanders to
dampen the fighting spirit with which
our soldiers are imbued
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WapeAo Rides
German Talker
Out on a Rail

Wapello, Sept. 25.-Pariots Of
this community resorted to drastic
measures in order to give a critic
of the government an appreciation
of local sentiment.
The demonstration resulted
when Roy Syphrit, worker at the
Wapello Canning company plant.
gave utterance to pro-German SEN
timents and voiced an attack
against the government of the
United States. His unpatriotic
declarations so aroused his fellow
workers that they warned him
that he would be given lesson on
patriotism if he did not desist.
He replied by calling them hard
names, and they at once seized the
man and rode him through the
streets on a rail, dumping him in
large water tank at the plant. He
was then taken to the office and
forced to resign his work Syphrit
claimed to be a member Of the
l. w. w. and on several occasions
displayed his membership card.
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GOVERNMENT BOAT
STILL IN SAND BAR

Clinton. Sept. 25.-The government
steamer. Nokomis and barges hauling
iron ore from ST. Paul to st. Louis are
still stuck in sand bar in the Mis-
sissippi here, where they have now
been stranded for three days. The
steamer Eleanor finally cleared the
bars and is on its way south
An effort is now being made to lift
the Nokomis and barges off the bar
by unloading some Of the ore into two
additional barges hauled to the scene
by the steamer LeClaire
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FARMERS AGREEING
TO RAISE MORE WHEAT

Marshalltown, Sept. 25.-Fifty-two
farmers CT this county have signed an
agreement to grow a total Of zoos
acres of winter wheat The movement
was started by County Agent Buchan-
an, in an effort to increase the whea.
acreage of the county, which is not
large.
Others are expected to join in the
movement, and the chances are that.
with a good winter ahead, there will be
more wheat harvested here next sum-
mer than for many years.
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LADY BARBER AT
WORK IN IOWA SHOP

Bellevue, Sept. 25.-The little town
of Miles, in Jackson county, now
boasts of lady barber. Miss Fife Glib
son. who has taken charge of the Belts
tonsorial shop. Miss Gibson is no
amateur. but Yields the razor with the
ability of those classed among the
best.
All the single men in the town are
now being shaved every other day. and
the married men. who have been
welding their own safety razors, are
contemplating putting them away.
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kULTUR.

Perhaps it requires mind sttunee
to the kultur with which leaders O
German thought have proposed to I'll
the world, to appreciate the nice jus
tice of DR.. Carl Peters plan for punish
ment of Belgians by the conquerins
Germans His proposal was printed
prominently in a recent issue OF the
Hamburger Nachrichten:
That Belgian men, women and
children of superior social stand
ing be compelled to march in win
ter time. ina6equately clothed and
fed prison fare, from ten to fifteen
times between Constanza, on the
Black sea, and Riga, on the Baltic
coast.
He proposes this as fully justifiable
reprisal for the alleged mistreatment
Of German non-combatants in German
East Africa by Belgians.
From Constanza to Riga is cross
country jaunt of some 900 miles, as far
as from Chicago to Denver or from OF
tumwa to Palm Beach.
The weakness of the learned Prus
SLAMS scheme. from the standpoint OF
himself and other kultured creatures
who would enjoy standing along the
roadside to see the Belgians herded
along, lies in the physical impossibility
of the program he conceived. Human
flesh and blood might be equal to one
trip. but frequent new relays OF vic
tins would be necessary or the game
would lose its zest.
Doubtless the plan proposed by the
eminent scientist was acclaimed in
r. ~ &c
not difficult, indeed, to imagine the
kaiser's grim face breaking into bru
tai grin at the mental picture of the
proud and sensitive Belgians. strug
Cling along before guard of veteran
Uhlans.
And this monstrous scheme. which
carries us back to the stories of Atilla
and his savage conquests, is fathered
not by rough and uncouth warriors,
embittered by hard months in the
trenches and by defeat at the hands OF
impiacabie foes. but by d representa-
tive of Germany's most enlightened
class. DR.. Peters, it seems. won fame
as a scientist in Germany and gave
years to exploration in Africa before
the war.
This in short, is kultur. This is Ger
many's refinement, her sympathy, her
noble love for humanity.
Truly, DR.. Peters is not one of the
German people with whom, as Presi'
dent Wilson says, the United States Is
not at war.
AS to the reprisal feature. which the
professor urges as justification for his
suggestion, there is reason to doubt
the German claim that their country.
men have been ill-treated in Africa. II
they we're oppressed, it would be diff
cult for the Belgians to even the score
for the countless atrocities committed
by the kaiser's forces in the first few
days of the Belgian invasion.
The justly indignant Englishmen
who are demanding reprisal for the air
raids over London should consult DR..
Peters for a program sufficiently bar
barrie to fit the occasion Certainly he
could think up something far less bro.
aidic than the London Nails plan for
dropping twice as many bombs in Ger
man cities as the Prussian aviators
hurl into England.
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Every arm that is not willing to be
uplifted in the common defense must
not be allowed to be uplifted at all.
and any pen capable of writing unpa.
triotic or disloyal sentiments must be
cast into the waste basket" was the
declaration of William c. Fits. assist.
ant attorney general at luncheon of
four minute Wen In Washington yes
terday. Nr. Fits indicated that this is
to be the policy of the department and
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MRS. HAYNER DIVORCED.

Keokuk. Sept. Pa divorce was
granted to Florence A Hayner from
Joseph f. Hayner. in the district court
here. Mrs. Hayner was granted her
former name, Florence A. Warwick.
She was the widow of the late Charles
A. Warwick, owner and publisher ~
the Keokuk constitutional Democrat
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28

Maybe. If the steel corporations had
known the prices Of their products
were to be cut so low, they would have
withheld the announcements of wage
increases for their employees. But one
Of the stipulations in the agreement
between the government and the
manufacturers is that there shall be
no wage reductions.
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DINNER STORIES

Brown had come home very late one
night after cOnvivial evening at a
smoker, and had consumed more
cigars and refreshments than were
good for him 1t was midnight when
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-09-28

Congress will fall far short Of doing
its duty if 1t fails to enact law for
military training. America cannot af-
ford to disregard the lesson which Is
being learned today at such great cost.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
THE AMERICAN APHRoDITE

There will be shown at the Court
theatre Monday. January s, the screen
masterpiecc which has taken New ork'
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh by storm
William Fox's picture beautl1ul.
Daughter Of the Gods" so far SURPRISES
nny feature OF any description that has
been before the public that 1t marks an
art and beauty epoch IN the progress
OF the cinema. 1t is In its entirety Il
thing Of such exquisite beauty lhat
everyone should see 1t. A story OF net
ion, fantasy and falrylore. tremendous
in It's scope and scenic possibilities. 1t
embraces in it's embodiment not only
the lovcliest water-nymphs of the West
crn Hemisphere, but the most ideal ma
tural settings. The far-East city, the
Sultan's palace, interior and exterior,
the reproduction Of medieval battles are
done to the life. so well done In fact
that they cost William Fox a million
real American dollars In the doing.
Annette kcllermann, who created tho
star role. has no misnomcr in "a Daugh-
ter OF the Gods" for she is called lit"r-
ally The American Aphrodite"; hut,
whereas her Greek predecessor only
arose from the sea, Miss kcllermann
not only arises from it in all her amaz-
ing loneliness. but undcrgocs such Il
series OF adventures. and hazards as
battle description.
She Is conceded by critics Of tho fem
irine form, to be the most admirably
developed and perfectly proportional
woman In the world. This picture OF
her will llnger long in the memory and
provo an inspiration for many an cX-
cursion out Of doors.
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AZ Raf n Coda

One Of the first things done by the
authorize the purchase of enough copies
of the ohio Cpde to give one to each
member of the house and the commit
tees.
The house authorized Sergeant-at-
Arms RieS to appoint not more than II
assistants for door. porter and other
services at $3.50 day. Appointment Of
the following by the speaker was auth
orized: Stenographers, Mrs. Ella NJ.
Scriven. Columbus; Jessie Maxwell,
Green county: o. c. WooleT. Columbus:
Mildred Miller. Dayton; Mary Turner,
Columbus: George Goddard, Washing
ton county: pages. George Hardesty.
Crawford county; Howard Morris. Col
umbuS Weaver Henderson. Hooking
county: Robert Hanley. Montgomery
county: ". F. Corcoran. Lucas county.
was appointed assistant postmaster,
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ander. Is confined to her home with an
attack of la grippe. =.
frank Moore Is Ill at his homo in
West Alexander. suffering from q severe
attack Of grippe.
Ben Leach Of Elm Grove. has pur.
chased n new Overland roadster.
Earl Dague Of West Finley. Pa. spent
yesterday In Elm Grove on business. v
Miss Louise Nelson Whitaker of
Leatherwood. will leave Sunday. for
Rosemary Hall. Conn.,, to resume hel
studies. after the holiday vacation.
Charles Milton and Robert Whitaker
OF Elm Grove, left Tuesday evening
for Lawrenceville. N. j., to resume their
studies after spending the holidays at
thir hons. q.
Samuel Lively is building = new resi-
dence in Handlan Heights. -
An entertainment will be given to.
morrow evening In the Mt. Leon schoo.
building. s,
De opened within a few days in Elm
Grove, by J. W. Woods Of Tyler county.
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THE THEATRES
A PAIR OF QUEENs

"A Pair oc Queens" the biggest
comedy success that New York and
Chicago have had in many years. and
which is announced for an engagement
at the Court theatre Friday and Satur-
day and Saturday matinee has as one
Of its authors Otto Hauerhach. the man
who wrote Madame Sherry" Three
Twins High links" and several
other Of thr biggest musical and
comedy hits Of tn. past ten years. Mr..
Aauerhach VS. injected much Of his
hurnor In 'S$SPair Of Queens" and New
York and Cnicagn enjoyed 1t even more
ccssas When ~ Fair Of Queens" ap-
pears here in The near future local play
goers,' will see a production which
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Bad Cold Quickly Broken Up

Mrs. Martha WILCOX. Gowanda, y.
Y, writes: 81 first used Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy about eight years ago.
At that time | had hard cold and
coughed most Of the time. 1t proved
to be Just what I needed. It broke up
the cold in q few days, and the cough
entirely disaRDeare 3D. hay have told many
through using this medicine, and Ill
who have used it speak of it in the
highest terms" Obtainabe every
,rhnre
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A-lO-o'Clock-Scnolar.

John Carter uf Elm court. is kept
busy explaining why h" broke his re-
cord for being neither absent nor tardy
tat school. ~ missing 81 half day Fues-
day.
il seems thai John and his father
were thu sole "'rUT:,ntS OF tho Carter
home Monday night in tn" absence of
his mother and sister. and that John
was duly awakened at u. m. by the
senior Garter. who had prepared n snark
oc some sort for hrih /" cat. John was
lrld Ia finish h,$ breakfast. turn off
The lights and hi" l." Schol in du" timr.
iiut he went beck 10 bed for Just tif-
teen minutes anil when he finally
awakened il was high noon. y. halls
days school was all that rcmn.nrd.
According In reliable rcighoors it was
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yalpables Recovered

A knee bag containing more tnIcs'
81. 900 worth Of valuahles which Mrs: =:
8. Brown dropped on the street EeStetast
afternoon was found later In the nlEnl
6v ROW Sells. aged Is. Il delivery boy Tor
= printing, house. The bag comtalneG
$3.50 in csh. Jewels valued 1t S2.S ana
bank certificates for Ss90.S5. me Ger
and later returned to Mrs Brown. Inc
BOYS was rewarded. Mrs. Brown an
y0onced
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Rillad by Auto.

q, " re Lucy. Richardson. aged 43. While
- 49, W. hnr,,, tro,:, Il grocery accom-
panied BY her year old daushter. Ias'
evesing. WAS run down by an lut9nt"ons ar
receiving injuries which resulted IN ES
vas driven by Herbert Mi"kte. aged -:
He says the Steering wheel went BAD,
Under the new traffic code no one unoe,
is years of age IS permitted TO operate
m automobile in this city.
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Fatally Injured.

old. was fatally injured to-day while
unloading logs at the McTntire & Will
liam< srwmill. The cant hook slipped
and the l"r tet> son Elliott. stripping
S S k htI s H r h:n s 10 Mt MP c sn
mel hospital Columbus. for operations.
EilIo:t'$ SkrI, was fractured and one
Of his eyes ..Ut -; fear years ago by
being kicked l.v y horse
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MAN GIVEN TEN MONTHS IN
. JAIL FOR ATTEMPTED BLACKNA|L
ADOPTED SCHEME HE HAO VIVA
ED OFT IN THE MOVIES.
woman Struck by Auto and Fatally IL
iured-Genera1 News OF the
Buckeye State.
1ntelligencer Bureau
Coln,>, bus, o. jan 8,

James Dillon. alias T.. A. Ninmsrii o. ="
Crown City, O.. to-day was sentenSfd q. 10
ten months in the Gatlta %o!ln' ;n! E.r, ot
Federal Judge !. l.. Safer. on Il Snarse ~ h.
jh)arkmail. Dillon said the Scheine uS
Manned would work because he had seer
r In the movies. Fie had engaged SIN
iris who were t. eatics susceptible, l:S.
with money over the state EncS. 49, Ne
IVES and held until the hush money WAS
-
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DR. Smith Named.

DDr. McKendree Smith, Of this city
a Democrat. to-day was appointed by
Governor F. 3. Willis. as member OF
the state board OF health to succeed Dr.
Angus Nc lvor. of Marysville. also
Democrat. James D. Mcdonnell, OF
Seneca county. has been reappointed a
member of the board Of trustees Of the
state normal school at Bowling Green
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midnight when

somewhat after midnight when the
Carter auto turned in" for the night
or neutrality-suspicious. and son returning
from an affair in their FORMER town.
This fact may have some bearing on the
lads propensity for slulnbcr.. But twas
a bad start for the New Year.
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Veteran Died Of Pneumonia.

MAEYSNILl.t;--Joh ohm Draper, e.
Civil war veteran. died to-day OF pneu-
nonia, and result OF injuries he sus-
tanned recently by falling. fracturing
his shoulder. Draper was a native OF
New York and is survived by four chill
drcn. Mrs. william Seamon. MarySville;
Mrs. J. w Wiley and Philip Draper. OF
i'irua. and Riley Draper. Of Warsaw,
Kentucky.
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BerT Resigns.

John Begg. president Of state poalu
Seved that the board will be done away
with when Gov-elect Cox takes OFFICE
and a commission established as was
done under his former administrator.
Begg's appointment has never been con
9irmed. il is. expected that other Wills
appointees will resign before the new
governor is inaugurated.
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COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
VIII View Cemetery Property to Act
on Improvement Petition.

The ordinance and cemetery commit
tees of city council have been called
to meet this afternoon at two o'clock
at the city hall for the purpose or going
to the city cemetery to view the loca-
ton Of TN improvement proposed by the
Wheeling Mold and Foundry company.
The Mold and Foundry company two
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$1,000 ON PETITION.

Joseph Reass Jr.. who within few
days will file his petition as candidate
for council-at-large. plans to have the
signatures of 1000 Wheeling citizens
on his petition before he flied 1t with
City Auditor Charles Ahrcns.
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MORE BONDS FILED.

The bonds of three more district Of
fcials were filed with the county com
mIssioners and approved by that body
yesterday. The hnNds are those Of
Charles L. WIckhAn, constable for Tria-
dclphta district; Lee +. Dobbs, justice
Of the peace for WashinEt"n district.
and w. r. Wickham. justice in WEsh-
tnEton.
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Stenographers Named.

Miss Mary Turner. hamilton; Miss
Mildred Miller. Dayton: Miss Georgia
Goddard. Marietta were appointed
Stcnoyraphers and Robert Hanley, Day
ton. was appointed page Of the house,
u by Speaker z. J. Aopple to-day.
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guardsman now esrving on the border.
who had been given an indeterminate
sentence in the peniteutlary for carry
ing conceled weapons, was granted a
pardon by Governor F. B. Willis to-day.
He had been placed on probation by the
trial court and this would have expired
next Anril
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Savad Hi1 Lifa.

rlFFIN-Spraycd with flaming gaso-
line when an explosion occurred In the
basement of a picture theatre to-day.
his life by a leap into a tank OF water.
His clothing was burned from his body.
He will recover.