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Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
Remaining German Commerce Raiders

Washington. May 7.-The two in termed German commerce raiders that were taken over by the United Stat government will bear the names of Germans who fought with the Conti- mental Army in the American war for liberty. Secretary Daniels announced today that the Kronprinz Wilhelm will be renamed the Baron von Steuben and the Prinz Eitel Friedrich the Rarn1l de INalh
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
MEMBERS OF FRENCH
 MISSION SHAKEN UP
When Special Train Was DeraiIed
 Near Arcola, Ills.

Arcola. Ills, May 7.-Members of the French mission to the United States were severely shaken up but otherwise uninjured when the special train aboard which they were returning east from their middle western tour was derailed one and one-half miles frcra here at 7.25 o'clock tonight.
 William Nye, in charge of the United States secret service detail at tached to the party, made a thorough investigation of conditions surround ing the wreck and announced as his opinion that it was entirely acciden- tal
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
MEoNcAL PROCLAIMED
 PRESIDENT OF CUBA
For Another Four Year Tsru-Caban
 Congress in Joint Session.

Havana. Cuba. May 7.-The Cuban congress in joint session this after noon proclaimed General Mario c. Menocal reelected president for an- other four year term with General Emilio Nunez as vice president
 The Liberals presented Ct urofart against the bvc-elections held lu san ta Clara and Oriente provinces. but ff WAS voted down.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
The Bulletins Circulation in Norwich Double Any Other Paper
CabIed Paragraphs

Paris, May z, 4.45 D. m.-Chantilly today resumed it's position as the chief training center for thoroughbred race horses, when races were rein augurated, without attendance by the public and without betting with the object of selecting the best products of the various breeding farms for breeding purposes.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
Preparing for Three Year War.

Cleveland, May 7.-Newton D. Baker, secretary of war, was here to- day on personal business. Speaking of the war, Secretary Baker indicated he has little hope for an early peace The war department Is making prep arations for a three year war at least, he said.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
Britain Increases Marine Insurance
 Rates.

New York, May 7-An increase from to per cent. for British gov ernment war risk insurance on car goes carried on neutral steamers to United Kingdom, was announced in a cable message received here today by marine writers.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
BRITISH BELIEVE HoLLWEo
 Is SITTING ON THE FENCE
In the Matter of Announcing German
 Peace Proposals.

London May 2. 5:4O ?. m.-The opin- ion prevails in British circles that thr German chancellor. pr. von Beth mann Hollweg Ifs sitting on che fence" in the matter of announcing Gerua 1 peace proposals. Tt is believed here that he is playing for time in an af- tempt to let the fighting run through the summer before he commits him self. The German chancellor ls auE- ious to see the outcome of the sub marine campaign. the fighting on tha western front and the Russian crfsfs before he definitely announces "a no annexation" programme. Likewise. 70 Is believed, he Is delaying in the mat ter of internal reform hoping that the trend of events will make ft poasfbia to ignor a large part of the demands for such action.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
SOCIALIST PARTY IN
 ARGENTINE TO PROTEST
Against the Deportation by Germany of French and Belgian Wor<nnen.

Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, May 7.-The socialist party in Argen- tine has been requested by a section of it's members to approve a resolu- ton protesting against the deporta- ton by Germany of French and Bel g1an workmen and against the ex- cesses of the submarine warfare The socialists assert that if Argentine's national sovereignty is attacked, they will perform their duty as citizens
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

A dispatch from Stockholm says American Socialists will be represent ed at the International Congress of Socialists in the Swedish capital.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Lima Cavalieri, the opera singer, and her husband, Lucien Muratore, also a singer, are patients at a private san- itarium in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Tests made at the Springfield arm ory by the Federal Machine Gun Board established a worlds record, placing a 100 per cent rating on a new Colt rapid firer.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

An appeal to young men and wo- men to take up telegraphy was issued
 by the War Department.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

A verdict of guilty of murder was returned by the jury in the case of Harry J. SpanneIl, charged with kill ing Lieut.CoL M. C. Butler. He will serve five years.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Food riots occurred in Mayence Germany. Sixteen hundred peopI, took part in a demonstration.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

FIcur Advances 40 Gents a Barrel.
 Minneapolis, Minn, May 7-Best grades of flour. advanced 40 cents a barrel here today, fancy patents touch ing $15-9o, said to be the highest mark reached on the local flour exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
Hard to Please.

Whether this country is at war or at peace, it'll find Count won Revent low hard man to please.-Washing
 ton Post.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Pope Benedict appealed to the peo pie of belligerent nations of tn world to pray for peace.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Women conductors and starters ma! soon greet the eyes Of the Long Is land commuters.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Harvey Wilson, one of the best known newspaper editors in the South, died suddenly at Norfolk, Va.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Baron Friedrich von FaIkenhauser arrived at Brussels to take up his duties as the new governor general of Belgium.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Mass meetings to consider means of preventing a diminutiOn of the milk supply during the summer months were held in nearly every county in New England today
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

A shot from ambush severely wounded Private Edward Schweitzer of Company I, Third New York Infan- try, of Clean, N. Y, as he was per forming guard duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

The Serbian and Rumanian gov ernments have applied to the United States for loans
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

In conformity with the plans of the government the Erie made definite an nOuncement that it will discontinue S2 passenger trains in the New York Surburban service.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Harvard students are training on Soldiers Field, Cambridge.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08
Paper, Circulation the Largest in Proportion
Condensed TeIegrams

tISIS WSIc 70 COltUH IITeS III bUIlI- bay in April.
 A attachments of euardsmen are at Rockaway Beach.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Adives received in Washington say that airpIaneS seen flying over Guatemalan territory from the Mexi- can border have been observed to be of the German type.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

New York State was fourth in re- ports of recruiting for the regular army. The acceptances in the first four states as made public by the War Department were: Illinois. 211; Pennsylvania. 203; Indiana, 196, and New York, 191.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

On receipt of a cabIegram from the Brazilian Minister to Germany that he expected to arrive in Zurich, the Gov ernment ordered that the German Minister to Brazil, Adolph Paul be permitted to continue his journey to Uruguay.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Michael Friedsam, president of B. Altman & Co, New York, gave a din ner to the officers of the regiment organized by the employees of that firm at the Hotel St. Regis.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

German atrocities in war are caused by the German diet of pork and beer. according to pr. A. P. Firth, of New ark, who spoke at the annual conven- tion of the New Jersey Osteopathic Association.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

Use by corporation of a corporate name precisely similar to that of a competing concern is held to be an unfair trade practice in a ruling by the Federal Trade Commission.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

The American consuI at Liverpool reports that the steamship which picked up the missing boat from the torpedoed American steamship Rock ingham is bound for America. The boat contains 14 survivors.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-08

President Nicholas Murray Butler and the student body of Columbia bade Godspeed to the 250 University men and alumni who have enlisted for war at impressive services in St. PauFS Chapel.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
ANARCHY HAS
GRIP ON SLAVS
REBELLION BREAKS OUT IN MANY
PROVINCES; CAPITAL is
LAWLESS.

London, Oct. 1S.-The Times today
devotes a column to dispatch from
its Petrograd correspondent describ-
ing "the state of anarchy spreading
throughout the Russian provinces"
The dispatch mentions agrarian disor-
ders in the districts of Mohilev and
Sartov. rioting in Kharkov having re-
suited in the arrest of fifty ring-lead-
ers; street fighting in Kursk and illicit
distilling at Veronesh which led to
wholesale drunkenness and the sever
ing of communication between Tash-
kent, Turkestan, and Petrograd
In Petrograd." the correspondent
adds, conditions are little better. with
the police searching for $4,000 crimi-
nails. Questionable resorts and night
clubs are multiplying. Gambling is
enormously on the increase. the mini
mum stake at one resort being 10000
rubels. There are many accidents in
the streets from motor cars colliding
and tram cars being derailed. Rob-
berries are increasing. In fact no one
seems to care about anything
The government. he says, is combat
ing the malady through the assistance
Of district committees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
BERNSTORFF
UNDER FIRE
BERLIN EDITORS SAY FORMER
AMBASSADORS JUDGMENT
WAS BAD.

Copenhagen, Oct. 1S.-The Deutsch
bank admits in the Vossische Zeitung,
which prints four columns on the Bolo
Pasha affair. that it transferred a sum
OF money, amount not stated, to Am.
bassador Won Bernstorff through Hugo
Schmidt. The bank acted upon in
strucuons from a source generally re-
sponsible for the payment of salaries
and other payments to our ambassa-
dors and did not concern itself with
the purpose to which the money was
applied"
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung makes
the Bolo affair the text for an attack
on the judgment and ability of Won
Bernstorff, whose candidacy for the
imperial chancellorship evidently is
still feared by the pan-Germans.
[Bolo Pasha. now under arrest in
Paris as German spy came to New
York in February. 1916, and got nearly
s1,700,000 from Won Bernstorff, then
German ambassador at Washington to
finance his activities in France. which
included a plan to bring about sep
many, according to testimony obtain
ed by the attorney general of New
York early this month.
Hugo Schmidt formerly represented
the Deutsch bank in New York and he
has admitted that he has acted as pay
master in the Bolo affair Schmidt told
the attorney general OF New York he
did not know what use was to be made
of the large sum he paid to Won Bern
storff. and did not know Bolo PaSha
personality
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
AUSTRIAN AND GERMANS NSAILORSREVOL1
DUTY KNOWS NO LIMIT
BY G. F. SPRY.
Chairman for Districts Outside of Ottumwa
Wapelo County Liberty Loan Committee.

This duty exists no less for the man
who already has complied with other
appeals made by the government
authorities. The production of big
crops does not constitute any farmers
whole duty. The management OF a
farm with short force of workmen
due to the army's call for men does
not constitute farmers wholes duty,
His obligation to his government is not
discharged while there remains any
patriotic service he is able to render.
The men who are facing battle with
the certain knowledge that some OF
them must die do not feel that their
act in joining the army relieves them
of any further obligation to the gov
ernment. In every training camp and
cantonment they are subscribing for
Liberty Bonds. They do not shirk from
any duty.
Their example is worth following. II
they can offer their lives and their
money when the government calls,
cannot we offer our money? And un-
less we buy Liberty Bonds to the full
extent of our ability to obtain the
money, are we not failing to measure
up to the standard Of loyalty the men
in the army are setting for us?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19

Wapello county's farmers can make
the Liberty Loan campaign in this sec
tion success by doing their share 10y
ally, by lending the government part
of the money their farms and stock
have yielded and becoming holders OF
United States bonds.
The farmers duty to the government
is Just as urgent as is the duty of the
resident of the city. He owes his gov
ernment the last atom Of patriotic de-
votion. The financial Independence he
has won is his not merely because he
has worked hard and long to gain it,
not merely because he exercised good
Judgment in selecting q farm IN the
best agricultural state in the union,
not merely because he is a good blsi-
ness man, but also because the gov
ernment has enacted laws and main
tanned conditions and institutions
which protected the farmers interests.
That government faces crisis now.
1t must have ready money-billions OF
dollars-to feed and clothe and equip
an enormous army which has for its
aim the perpetuation Of the nations
democratic institutions. It is the duty
of everyone who has money available
or can obtain money to lend it to his
now.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
YANKEE GUNNER
KILLED.; U-B0AT
TORPEDO HITS
.S.DESTR0YER

VXYASH1NGTON, D. c., Oct. 49,
" The story Of the first casualties
of the war aboard an American
warship was told today in the pub
lished announcement by the navy de-
partment of the torpedoing of United
States destroyer in the European war
zone by an enemy submarine The
casualties were one killed and five
slightly injured.
The destroyer made port in dam
aged condition.
The dead man is Osmond K Ingram,
gunners-mate. He was blown over.
board by the explosion and his body
was not recovered.
News of the incident. which occurred
October Is, was flashed to the navy
department last night by vice-Admiral
Sims. A detailed report from Admiral
Sims is being awaited by the depart
ment.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
BAN ON AGlTAroRs.

Harrisburg, ILL.,, Oct. 1S.-Coal
miners of Saline. White and Gallatin
counties were still at work today and
apparently were determined to await
action by DR.. Garfield, the fuel ad-
ministrator at Washington.
In Saline county alone % mines are
IN operation. Operators do not fear
for the patriotism Of men If left alone,
but they are anxious lest agitators
~>me into the field to stir up trouble.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
'WEIss' INtEADIIRuE Bill FOR
BY 1,015 NOW FORMER s0L0N?
Unofficial Figures Show
Defeat of Prohibit0ry
Amendment.

Des Moines, Oct. 18.-The vets are
holding the lead today in the returns
from Mondays prohibition election.
their advantage being estimated all
the way from $50 to 1,015: There Is
A wide discrepancy in available reports
here and while it is believed the anti
prohibition forces have been success
mi no definite unofficial count can be
given pending a complete recheck OF
the returns.
TEN DAYS DELAY.
Both the wet and dry leaders have
announced that the vote will be con
tested and out of total vote exceed
ing 100000 it is probable so close q
margin may be materially changed. II
will be about ten days before the Off
cial result can be determined.
Complete figures from all counties
show the amendment to have been de
feated by LOIS votes.
FIGURES ARE UNOFFICIAL.
The returns gathered by various
agencies disagreed in twelve counties.
The figures on which the total wet
majority of 1,015 is based are obtained
unofficially from the county auditors.
It is believed th2t unless the poll
books themselves make decided
changes in the unofficial figures, the
majority of 1,015 will stand against the
amendment.
The latest figures are:
For the amendment, 214,361.
Against the amendment. 215,376.
The wet victory does not mean the
immediate legal sale Of liquor. it being
necessary first to elect legislature
that will repeal the statutory provl'
sion under which the state is now dry.
Recent general assemblies have sup
ported prohibition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
Pettigrew, Pronounced Pac.
fist, Receives Unofficial
News of Indictment.

Chicago, Oct. 1S.-Former United
States Senator Pettigrew, Of South
Dakota, who is here taking medical
treatment, was still without official in
formation of any indictment against
him today.
1t is reported that Mr.. Pettigrew has
been informed unofficially that an
Indictment has been voted against
him under the espionage act by a
federal grand jury in Sioux Falls.
Oficials in Sioux Falls refuse to con-
firm the report but it is believed to
be true.
OPPOSED WAR PLANS.
The former senator said ne expects
two. He said that in interviews,
pamphlets and speeches he had as
serted that the United States should
not go to war except to repel an in
vader.
II suppose that sort of thing is an
indictable offense these days." said
the former senator. However / have
been fighting the, peoples battle for
years and expect to continue to do
So"
ATTENDS PAclFlSr MEET.
He said he attended a meeting Of
the Peoples Council Of America for
Democracy and Terms of Peace which
actually was held at Sioux Falls Oc-
tober 10. in the private Office Of 4
citizen of Sioux Falls after the police
had prevented the use of any halls.
He said he was willing that they
should use hall belonging to him,
but was not allowed to rent it. He
was elected member of the organiza-
ton. he said.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
ALLIES CREWS BATTLE.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 1s.-O Official
dispatches received here today report
mutlnles in the Austrian navy and
clashes between Austrian sailors and
crews of the German submarine fleet
based at Pola in which officers on both
sides have been killed and which re.
suited in decision to change the base
of the German flotilla.
G MANS ARE ovERREARiNc
Dt lite the attempts of the Austrian
ADM ty to suppress the news, i,
reacl here today, coming by way OF
Bern The Austrian crews are said
to ha 9 revolted under illtreatment OF
officers and bad food while the clash
with the German submarine crews was
caused by the overbearing conduct OF
the latter
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
JUDGE BOOSTS
SALEOF BONDS
FINES vloLATORS AND ORDERS
THEM TO HELP THE
LIBERTY LOAN.

Freeport, H.. Oct. 1s.-Federal
Judge A. l.. Sanborn imposed novel
sentences on the Germania club and
Owls Nest of Rockford today when
the organizations pleaded guilty %
selling liaour without paying federal
tax.
In addition to fining the Owls Nest
800. Judge Sanborn ordered it to pur-
chase 5000 in Liberty Bonds. The
Germania club must buy $500 worth of
Liberty Bonds and pay 500 fine.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
EMPLOYEES STEAL
METAL FROM KRUPPS

Amsterdam. Oct 1S.-The Krupp
firm is prosecuting sixty-two persons,
many of them its own employees, for
large thefts of steel, according to the
Frankfurter Zeitung. A special court
has been instituted at Essen to con-
duct the trial, which promises impor-
tant developments.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
MANUFACTURERS ASK
FEDERAL DRY ZONES

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 1S.-Initial
steps were taken today by leading
manufacturers of munitions and by
coal operators of the Pittsburgh dis
trict to have the federal government
create dry" zones in the vicinity OF
their plants and mines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
ST. LOUIS MAKES APPEAL.

St. Louis, Oct. 18.-With st. Louis
facing coal famine If the strikes of
the miners in the Illinois districts con-
tinue, special meeting of the West
ern Fuel Distributors executive COM
mittee has been called for today to
urge the federal government to take
steps to prevent the cutting of of the
supply from these fields.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
DRAFT FOE LOSES
NEW TRIAL APPEAL

Freeport. ILL.,, Oct 1S.-Federal
Judge A. L. Sanborn today overruled
a motion for new trial for James
Gully of Rockford, convicted of con-
spiracy to defeat the purpose of the
draft law and sentenced to serve two
years in the house Of correction in
Chicago.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
GERMANS SINK
RUSSIAN GRAF I
IN SEA FIGHT
Slava Goes Down Before
Foes Attack; Crew
Is Saved.
GERMANS GET 10000
CAPTTVES ON OESEL

Petrograd Oct ia naval battle
has occurred in the Gulf OF Riga be-
tween Russian and German battle
ships, the war Office announces. The
Russian battleship Salava was sunk.
The Slava sank as the result of be-
ing hit several times beneath the wa.
ter line. Nearly all the members of
the crew were saved by Russian tor
pedo boats
The Russians put up spirited fight
into Moon sound, just north of the
gulf.
BIG GUNS AID HUNS.
The Germans, the Russian report in
dicates, pushed their way into the gulf
and threw forward their lighter units.
These were driven bask by the Rus
sian main fleet.
The German dreadnoughts, with
their long range guns, were able to
stand off and pour a destructive fire
into the Russian vessels sinking the
Slava and compelling the others to re-
treat.
HAD CREW OF s25 MEN.
The Slava. built in 1903, was an old
type battleship of 1856 tons, 397 feet
in length, 76 feet beam and 26 feet
draft. Her armament consisted of
four k-inch and twelve 6-inch guns,
with twenty-four secondary battery
guns and four torpedo tubes. Her
speed was Is knots. She had a COM
plement of 1926 men.
Three sister ships of the Slava were
sunk during the Russo-Japanese war
1906 The Slava's men were involved
IL TIE c:sas-ectiOn IL SiS 3alsi5 feet
which followed the revolution but later
were restored to favor.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
WHEW! POTATOES
S4.S5 A BARREL

Houlton. Me-, Oct. 1S.-Potatoes sold
for SASS barrel in Aroostock county
today. the highest price ever recorded
for this season of the year. A year
ago the price was IS per barrel.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
ATTENDS PAclFlsr MEET.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS SILENT,

officials were silent today in regard to
the reported indictment OF former
United States Senator r. +. Pettigrew
of South Dakota, under the espionage
act by the federal grand jury in ses-
sion here.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
OFFICER 5
SLAI n B Y
MuT|NEERS.
Austrian Crews At Pola Re.
bellious Because of Poor
Food, Clash With Over
bearing Germans From
U-B0at Flotilla.
KAISER'S MEN REFUSE
BERTHS ON U-BOATS

Amsterdam. Oct. ia mutiny
among German sailors at the Belgian
port OF Ostend who refused to 60 on
board submarines Is reported by the
Belgisch Dagblad. The newspaper
says an officer was thrown into ths
sea and that thirty mutineers were re-
moved in handouts to Bruges.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
WATERLOO WOMAN
DEPUTY SHERIFF

Waterloo. Oct. 1S.-The county
board approved the appointment of
Mrs. Michael Barr as deputy sheriff.
Mrs. Barr is the first woman in Black
Hawk county to serve in that capaci-
ty
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
LIGHTNING STRIKES
Se OFFICERS CAMP

Fort Smelling. Mimi, Oct. 1s.-
Lieutenant Thomas L. Croswell of the
engineers reserve corps was stunned
and dozen officers narrowly escaped
death when lightning struck the re-
serve officers club here today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-19
MINNEAPOLIS BANK
LOOTED BY ROBBERS

Minneapolis. Oct. 1S--Two masked
bandits entered the Calhoun State
bark today, drove the cashier and two
1o?keepers into a rear room, gath.
Tod up the cash in vaults and cages
Ynf escaped in an automobile.