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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-09
UNIT "K"IS
GOING SOON
COUNCIL BLUFFS HOSPITAL
CORPS WILL TRAIN IN YER
MONT CAMP.

Council Bluffs, Nov. 7.-Twenty-one
trained nurses who are a part Of the
personnel OF Hospital Unit X, shortly
to he called to service, will be mobil-
lied on Ellis Island, New York. This
bit Of information was contained in a
communication from Surgeon General
Georges directed to. Major Donald
Macrea, director Of the hospital unit.
The communication, which was re-
confirmation Of previous teiegraphic
instructions. received, was warning
to Major Macrea that the unit was to
be called out shortly and notice to
be prepared for the mobilization or
ders. Officers and enlisted men G. :. -.
unit are to be sent to Fort Ethan Al
len, vt. The warning notice set no
definite date for the mobilization and
upon the war departments interpre-
tation of the word Shortly" depends
the time when the unit will be called
to service.
Rechecking and invoicing the equip
ment of the unit has been practically
completed and mobilization order will
doubtless find the unit ready to move.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-09
STATE GETS MORE
DES MONIES PROPERTY

Des Moines. Nov. THE state ex-
ecutive council has obtained options
on two pieces of property near the
southwest corner of East Ninth street
and Grand avenues and will probably
close a deal for these properties in a
day or SO. The properties consist OF
two brick flats, each with twenty-five
foot frontage on Grand avenue. The
buildings are two stories high. One
of them has been optioned for $4,000
and the other for $4,100.
The state has another property TO
buy to complete its capitol extension
tract. This is at the southwest cor
ner of East Eleventh and Des Moines
streets and belongs to the Byers es-
tate.
Grading preparatory to putting in
the cement work east of the state
house has been practically completed.
Conduits for electric light wires are
now being put down so as to get them
in ahead of the pavement. The paw
ing will probably not be undertaken
this fall.
Work on the new steps south of the
state house has begun. No change
will be made in the grade at this
point.
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TEAM WORK.

The one encouraging note in the
news from Italy is that the conference
of entente representatives called hur-
riedly to meet in Rome will lay plans
for co-ordinated military movements
in the future.
Throughout the summer months and,
in fact, since the war began, laymen
have been unable to understand why
offensive movements by the allies
various armies were not directed by a
general board Of strategy. Intensive
fighting on the western front would
occur when there was an entire alb
sence of activity on the eastern front
and in Italy The Russian drive under
Korniloff was repulsed by the Ger
mans with troops from the western
front which were rushed to Austria to
reinforce the Austro-Hungarian army
defending Lemberg. Meanwhile the
allies on the west were inactive.
The drive through Italy is being
made successful by the presence OF
many German troops removed from
the Russian front, where the hit-or-
miss policy of the irresponsible social
istic government has resulted in mill
tary collapse. No board of strategy
could remedy the Russian situation, OF
course, but it could bring about CO
operation between the effective armies
on the entente side so that their blows
against the German lines would be
timed to prevent German troops from
being shifted here and there to repel
attacks in turn.
It is of great importance to America
that team work be employed in the
campaigns from now on, so that Amer
ica's army shall be able to count Tor
it's full strength. 1t is probable that
this point will be considered at the
Rome conference and also at the forth
coming conference in Paris. to which
representatives will be sent by all the
nations at war with Germany
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MORRIS PACKING co.
TO BUILD YARDS

West Liberty. Nov. THE Morris
Packing company has received bids
for the construction Of the proposed
hog concentration yards in West Lib
efty Bids were asked on a building
100 feet by 404 feet, entirely enclosed
and with concrete floors Twelve load
ing chutes were included In the plans,
as well as provisions for electrical
lighting. Contractors were asked to
submit bids with the view OF rushing
work. should the project be accepted.
The Morris company holds an option
on local site, adjoining the railroad
yards. and it is very probable that the
yards will be located here. following
several trips of inspection by the Off
Gals Of this company and those Of the
Rock Island railroad. The plant is de.
signed to take care of trainload con-
signments from this point. for direct
shipment to the packing houses of the
Morris company.
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LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
nv LEE PAPE
. q 90 . . . 4

was taking a both in the bathroom
last Satidday night on account of Il
being Satidday night, splashing
GROUND and pretending l was a sub
mareen sinking in the end of the bath
tub with my he'd and all of sudden
1 herd people tawking outside the door.
being ma and some lady. ma saying,
Benny's in heer now, but he wont
mind.
Hay. ma, you amt coming in heer?
You amt coming in heer, are you? I
quick yelled. out
wunt to show Mrs. Hews the new
bathroom fixtures. surely you don't
mind Mrs. Hews, sed ma.
No man, no man, don't come in. no
mann, yelled.
Wy, Benny. RELY. you don't mind me
do you? sed Mrs. Hews.
We wont be in there more than a
minnit or 2, sed ma.
No nam, no nam, if you open the
Goor III never take another both, I
yelled
But, Benny. this is reedickiliss, sed
ma.
If you open the door III swaller a
great big hunk of SOAP yelled. Wich
Jest then pop called out Of his room,
Ladies. ladies', please remember that
every mans bathroom is his cassel.
Well, perhaps we had better waite
till another time. Mrs Hews, sed ma.
And I herd them go down stairs agen
and I quick jumped out Of the bathtub
and put on my pidpammers before I
was all the way dried.
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AUTO "FENCE" IS
UNCOVERED IN IOWA

Ft. Dodge, Nov. with the arrest
Of Thomas E. West and NJ. A. Homer.
officials claim to have uncovered one
Of the biggest automobile fences"
operating u the northwest. West has
been running second hand automo-
bile shop on First avenue south near
Sixth street. Homer operated soft
drink parlor on Fourth street and
Central avenue.
The arrests were made by repre-
sentatives OF the automobile protective
and information bureau in cooperation
with the county and city officials. Men
from the bureau We're in the city for
several days collecting evidence be-
fore the arrests were made. The case
against West and Horner is now de-
clared to be complete
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-11-09
ALLEGED CHICKEN
THIEVES CAUGHT

Mt Pleasant. Nov. III. N Houston
end william Sims. suspected of COM
hitting many thieveries of chickens
and grain in this neighborhood. were
discovered lifting" corn in field be-
longing to Harry Eddingfield. north
east of town.
The men were loading the corn into
a light wagon when seen by Waiter
Pounds. passerby. Houston made
his escape in the wagon, but Sims is
reposing in iail here. Sheriff Shep-
hard found four bushels Of corn and
an abundance of feathers when search
ing Houstons house on Cherry street.
a description of Houston has been
sent to surrounding towns.
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UNIVERSITIES OF
COUNTRY no MEET

Iowa City. Nov. 7,--TwerkytaSee OF
the foremost universities OF the eoon-
try are expected to Ha-trspzte n tbs
nineteenth annual Conference OF De
association Of American universities 10
be held hero November s, 9 and 10 It
the State University OF Iowa. Freo-
lens in higher education that EEve
arisen with the war viii be ono At tho
principal topics for discussion. tbs
following universities are members q
the organization: ~
Chicago. Minnesota. Yale, Wtsea-
sin, Pennsylvania. Princeton. NeR0-
ka, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio State, Kansas,
California. Clark, Columbia, Cotuel.
Harvard, Illinois, Indiana Johns Hop
kins, Stamford, Michigan, virgma,
and the Catholic University Of Amer.
ica
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CONTINUE INQUEST
ON WOMAN'S DEATH

Fairfield. Nov. THE inquest over
the body of Mrs. G. S. Grinstead, VINO
was killed Monday evening near Chau-
tauqua park by being thrown from her
carriage when her pony became fright
ened at runaway horse which ran
over the conveyance, was opened ct 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the office
OF Coroner l. D. James. The jury was
composed of the following. I. T. Wise
carver. William T.. Long and J. A.
Crawford.
After hearing evidence by Miss
Borea Grinstead which was taken at
her bedside at the Jefferson County
hospital, and Zell Brown, Jr., who was
or had been, driving the rmawxy
horse just prior to the accident, the
coroner thought best to continue the
case until this afternoon
1t seems the two lads. Zell Brown,
Jr., and Clyde Dove, had been setting
some traps just east of this city and
were returning to their homes when
the horse which they were driving be-
came frightened and ran away throw
ing young Brown out.
It was at this stage that the horse
collided with the pony carriage Of the
Grinsteads in which Mrs. Grins4ead
and her daughter. Borea, were riding.
Both ladies were thrown out and Mrs.
Grinstead's skull was fractured At the
back of the head, and she never re-
gained consciousness.
Miss Borea Grinstead Is still confined
to the jefferson County hospital, suf-
fering from number Of painful
bruises and the shock.
Funeral services for Mrs. Grinstead
we're held this afternoon at 8 o'clock
at the home. one mile southeast Of the
city, in charge of Rev. W. W. Kessey
Of the First Methodist church. Tho IN.
terment took place in Evergreen cen-
etery.
Mrs. Grnstead was formerly Miss
Effie Bell Of Mt. Pleasant and vas 50
years Of age. She is survived ~ her
husband and three daughters. Mrs.
Leland Holgate of this city and Borea
and Erma, who live at home. she has
large circle of friends in Fairfield
and jefferson county who were greatly
shocked to learn Of her tragic death.
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GET TOGETHER.

The committee on man power OF the
Iowa council Of defense has called on
Ottumwa merchants to make q report
as to their response to the councils
demand that delivery of purchases be
reduced to minimum to release
workers for labor which is directly and
vitality related to the prosecution Of
the war.
The Ottumwa merchants must re-
port little progress. Many firms could
and should have dispensed with their
delivery systems and with the custom
of sending goods ION approval" to the
homes Of their patrons. Few have
here and there.
Competition between retail mer.
chants has evolved the delivery system
and the patrons custom OF taking
goods on approval. which necessitates
two and sometimes more delivery trips
for each purchase. Because OF fear
among the merchants in Ottumwa that
Gales will be lost il the labor-wasting
practice is discontinued, there has
been no effective effort made to COM
ply with the request from the state
council Of defense. One merchant fears
that il he refuses deliveries and goods
on approval his competitor will win
away his patrons by according the
favors. This feature of the competi.
tive spirit must give way to coopera-
ton between the merchants, and the
buying public must encourage the re-
form.
The great majority if not all Of the
retail purchases which Ottumwans
make could be carried home by the
buyers. Let the woman who knits
sweaters for the soldiers realize that
she is Inconsistent and unpatriotic
when she telephones downtown and
orders a pair of knitting needles deliv-
cred. or can of baking powder. or a
spool of thread, and she will under
stand that she is doing little toward
winning the war when she carries
home her packages or when she makes
selection between two gowns or two
pairs of shoes at the store instead Of
having both sent to her home on
approval
There must be cooperation between
competing merchants and between the
merchants and their patrons. And it
must start Immediately The need for
labor in every productive industry is
so great that it is inimical ID the inter
ests Of the country to divert labor to
useless tasks which have no relation
to tile war and to the nations prepar.
nfiop for fighting
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he is stronger personality; perhaps
1t is because of his ability to talk on
every side of every question and con-
vey q semblance of sincerity through
out. Perhaps it is because there is no
other among the radical leaders who
lis anxious to win cheap notoriety for
a time only to figure in the end as the
leader of lost cause.
Kerensky, in his declaration of fail
|ure, even deceived many in England
and America who read his statement
either hurriedly or with too ready a
desire to find consolation after his
bald confession that Russia, worn
out BY the war, demands as her right
that the allies assume her burdens
Almost in the same breath he ridi-
culed the thought that Russia is out
of the war. But what he meant, and
what he knew he meant, was not that
Russia is not out of the war, but that
Russia insists on being considered as
in the war in the event that the
allies which her weakness has betray-
ed are able to conquer Germany. He
meant that Russia. having failed as d
socialistic community, still is a COM
ScAuSu4CS6 dAU SLCcU, VASh
will do no more fighting but will
claim conqueror's seat at the peace
table when the kaiser is summoned
before his victorious enemies.
Russia's exhaustion is not the ex-
haustion of the warrior, but of the
soap box orator. Her pell nell re-
treats have tired some of her soldiers,
perhaps, but she has had ample time
to recover from any fatigue that might
have followed the exertion of her
military advances.
It Is the Russian tongue that is
worn out, not the arms. nor legs, nor
brain. Russia and Kerensky, are in
genuously blind to Russia's RESPONSE
biliiies, not only to herself but to her
allies Their blindness is the epitome
of socialism. Their weakness is the
weakness of socialism's one-sided
creed of destruction. They could des-
troy. but in all their lexicon they
could not find the word "construc-
ton"
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KEEPING OUR ARMY FIT.

WapellO county must contribute
$4,000 to the fund for establishing
Y. M. C. A. camps with the American
troops in Europe. This is our com
munity's share Of the $35, 00O, 900 which
must be raised in the United States
for this important part of the job OF
winning the war.
The support of the work among the
soldiers is not q matter of choice but
a part of our duty as American citi-
zens. This is not an enterprise in
which the Y. M. C. A. has embarked
merely because it desires to increase
its sphere of usefulness: it has been
designated and requested by the war
department to provide for our soldiers
the comforts which will prevent them
from losing any of the fine spirit and
the splendid efficiency with which they
are endowed by the cons ciousness that
the cause for which they are offering
their lives is just and right.
The money which is to be raised in
Wapello county will help to maintain
Y. M. C. A. huts behind the lines, to
which the soldiers may repair when
their turn comes to leave the trenches
and where they may write letters
home, read their American papers,
hear good, old-fashioned home tunes on
monographs and keep in touch with
the portion of the world which happily
is free from the scourge of death and
hate which rides in the very winds
over there. The Y. M. G. A. is sending
men in charge of the huts who are
trained to provide the sort of enter.
tainment the red-blooded young Amer
lean likes. They will bring him SYM
pathy, advice and an echo of the life
back home. They will help him to re-
main normal mentally and morally.
They will give him pleasures and di-
versions to fill his idle hours and help
him to avoid the immoral and deblii-
tating influences which are waiting
to ensnare him.
They will help him to keep himself
fit and in condition to uphold the ira
ditions Of the American army.
England has learned that this work
is necessary. Your friends who are in
Europe and in the various American
training camps have learned that the
work the Y. M. C. A. is doing for the
government is an Indispensable and
necessary part of Americas partcipa-
ton in the war.
We must all contribute to this fund.
1t is our duty to our soldiers them
selves as we'll as to the government
for which they are fighting.
The work of canvassing Wapello
county must be done in a short time
by few men. all Of whom are giving
to the campaign time they can ill al
ford to spare from their business at
fairs. Don't wait for them to seek
you out. Call the Y. NJ. c. A. over the
telephone and notify the secretary that
you are mailing check. 1t is your
duty.
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Hearst, were tarred with the pro-Ger-
man stick had no real effect on the
outcome. New Workers are accus-
toned to hearing Tammany assailed.
Mayor Mitchel's assertions that Hylan
and Hearst were not wholly loyal were
met by disclaimers, and Tammany's
strength voted for the Judge without
the slightest intention OF casting
vote for the kaiser.
The only grain of "aid and comfort"
which the Potsdam powers can ex-
tract from the New York returns is
supplied by the gain in the socialist
tickets vote as evidenced by Hillquit's
total of perhaps 10000. In former
times the socialist vote in New York
has been between 10000 and 10000.
This year Hillquit drew his strength
not only from the socialists but from
the pro-Germans, the pacifists and the
ignorant immigrants from Europe who
were misled by the third party's name.
They are incapable of voting intelli-
gently or of understanding the purport
of their blind balloting. If the Hohen-
zollerns can extract any JOY from this
benighted support they are welcome to
it.
The figures show that the big ma
jority of American people are loyal.
that they are coming to realize the sig
nificance of the war, that they are
fighters and not cutters. The spirit
that is their heritage from the days OF
the revolution will assert itself with
more and more strength from now on.
Obstructionists will be rebuked with
increasing ardor. LOYALTY will assume
an active form instead OF passive
quiescence. The socialists, all un.
Willingly, have done the nation a ser.
vice by awakening many thousands OF
patriotic Americans to the necessity
for showing their patriotism. Incl.
dentally, they have met decisive dc
feat in their efforts to commit the ma
tons two greatest cities to doctrine
of disloyalty, pro.Germanism and
cowardice.
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CHARLTON HOME BURNS.

Charlton, Nov. 1.-THE fire depart
ment was called out about O'Clock
yesterday morning by a blaze at the
Harley Lee home on East Court ave
nue.. the house being owned by w. S.
Tharp' of Whitebreast township. The
fire caught in some manner in sum.
mer kitchen which was close to the
dwelling. The shed was entirely de-
stroyed. together with all the contents,
including a basket full Of clothes,
which Mrs. Lee was preparing to wash.
The fire spread to the house and did a
small amount of damage to the pantry
and kitchen. But for the timely arrival
of the firemen the house would prob
ably have been consumed as high
wind was prevailing at the time. Mr.
Lee carried some insurance on his
goods, and Mr. Tharp also had some
on the dwelling.
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iowa Han Owns
Liberty Bond
Worth $326,OOO

Waterloo, Nov. 7.-E. G. Foster,
a deputy in the county treasurer's
Office here, possesses what is
thought to be the Oldest Liberty
Bond still remaining unredeemed
in the United States. The original
face value of the bond was 5000.
1t was issued in 1888 and was
payable in 1856. Instead of re-
deeming it, however, Fosters an
cestors preferred to keep the bond
and it has been handed down
through three generations.
Compounded at the rate of S per
cent per annum, the bond is now
worth $326.000. The paper on
which the bond is printed is we'll
preserved and with the exception
of one tattered edge, is only a
trifle yellowed by age.
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FLEMING BROTHERS
TO APPEAL CASE

Des Moines. Nov. FLEMING
Brothers, Des Moines financiers, who
have been ordered by district court
order to pay dover interest in their
holdings to the widow of their de-
ceased brother. Charles, have filed an
appeal in the supreme court.
When Charles Fleming died. surviv-
ing brothers refused to turn over his
share of the estate to the widow,
claiming this wealth reverted to the
common fund by virtue of certain
communistic contracts entered into by
thu fcn- hr~there ~ever,' ~nars 900.
The late Judge C. A. Dudley held the
contracts void The entire estate is
valued az, shout three-quarters of a
million dollars.
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FAILURE.

Even Kerensky, master Of words.
was unable to conceal the fact that
his confession of the collapse of his
attempt at governing Russia fur.
nishes the whole world with proof OF
the fallacy Of socialism and Its doc
trine of universal brotherhood.
That he did not include this ad-
mission as part of his remarkable
statement of last week, and that So
cialists in America profess to see.
even vet, hope for regeneration OF
Russia under the present regime, only
illustrates the weakness and selfish
ness which are the outstanding feat
ures of the socialists creed.
Chaos. of their own making. ruled
in Russia when the socialists took the
helm. Their teaching and their inter
locking revolutionary organizations
honeycombed the whole rotten fabric
which was the cars system of gov
eminent. and when that system was
inherited by the revolutionists they
had not only the machinery to enforce
their commands but the beginning of
a government which they might have
remolded If their creed had taught
construction instead of destruction
But the doctrines they had preached
depended on false theory that all men
are equal in mentality, moral fibre,
ambition and aim. The dethroning OF
the car made every Russian a car I'M
to himself. and each one strove to OK
ercise his own selfish conception Of a
monarch's prerogatives. First came
the riotous scramble for lands and
money, the usurpation Of estates and
the footing OF private fortunes. In
the mad scramble for unearned riches,
soldiers forgot the German menace,
and when the attempt was made to
awaken them to their new responsi-
bilities there followed the first clash
between disorder and order, between
true democracy and authority. be-
tween riot and government.
The whole revolutionary preach
ment had been of destruction. There
had been no thought of recon-
struction. no preparation for it.
There had been no thought of the
responsibility which would be inherit
ed along with domination over the
worlds most expansive nation and
greatest storehouse OF natural re-
sources.
The few who wakened tardily to
this responsibility have been unable
to teach their lesson to their fellows.
They have been unable even to teach
the lesson OF self defense. which
many call natures first law.
| Kerensky has lasted longer than
Prince Lvoff. Perhaps 1t is because
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JEANETTE RANKIN
WILL NOT APPEAR

Mt. Pleasant, Nov. Acres q
Diamonds" will be the first number q
Iowa Wesleyan's lecture course. deuv.
cred by Russell Conwell. Congress
woman Rankin was expected 10 OPEN
the course but her date has been
changed with Mr. Conwell's. This is
enc of the most famous lectures ever
delivered and it has been heard by
thousands of people. Mr.. Conwell Is
one of the foremost lecturers OF the
day and Wesleyan students are forum
ate in having the chance to hear his
remarkable message.