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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23
BUSINESS BLOCK TO BE BUILT.

Iowa City, March 20-CharIes Frank
lin has taken contract to erect a
modern two story fireproof brick and
stone block opposite the university
campus on the site Of the old Iowa
Union. which was destroyed by fire.
Eastertide. 1916. The builders are the
owners of the site, the Dey Bros. Mar
vim H. and C. 7. Dey. heirs to the es-
tate of the late Col. Peter A. Dey, the
long time president of the First Ma
tional bank. The structure will cost
about $4,000
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Back yard gardens are going to be
popular this year. Vegetables are 60
ing to be high in price. the dealers
state; and that is going to be a great
incentive to spading up the back yard
in order to cut the high cost of living,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

It is not too late yet to hang out bird
houses. The feathered songsters will
soon put in their appearance in great
numbers and homes will be the first
thing they will look for. 1t is your op.
portunity to gather the songsters
about your place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Many people take themselves too
seriously. They imagine that they are
indispensable to the firm or factory or
man who employees them and it is a
blow to their conceit when they find
that the business is going right along
when they are let out.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

The parishioner had confided to the
rector his exact opinion of the man
next door.
"But we are commanded to love our
neighbors as ourselves" answered the
vicar gently.
Maybe so," was the retort, "but
when that command was given neigh
bors lived further off than the other
side of the fence"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

French military experts figure that
the German retreat in northern France
has already released 100000 to 100000
German soldiers for duty elsewhere.
Maybe they are to be sent to capture
America. IF $50, 900 seasoned Germans
were landed in America-or Mexico
this nation in its present state of un-
preparedness would be easy pickings.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Stop thinking about yourself all the
time. All your acquaintance don't
think you are as near perfection as
you think you are. Many of them
think they are far superior to you
and some of them may be right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

These are shaky days for the crown.
ed heads of Europe, especially those
whose people have little voice in the
government. The people of several
other nations will feel that if down
trodden Russia could overthrow des.
potism in few days and with scarce
ly any bloodshed, they, too, have rea-
son to hope.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Remember, you must be registered
in order to vote. The books will be
open Saturday night for the last time
before the coming municipal election.
Election officials will be at the polling
places to put your name on the list il
you go there to have it done
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

IT once wrote on a blackboard y
says a Philadelphia teacher, "these
words: That toast was drank in 81.
'lence,' and then asked my class. Can
any one tell me what the mistake in
this sentence is?'
1.-The pupils pondered. Then little
girl held up her hand and at nod
from me went to the board and wrote
the following correction:
" The toast was ate in silence "
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23
STOCK is BURNED.

Iowa City. March 20-Lightning
struck and the resultant fire destroyed
the big barn of John Back on his
farm near Iowa City. Either killed by
the bolt or burned alive. twenty-five
head Of stock. including six valuable
horses and sixteen cows and calves
were destroyed The loss is estimated
at $4,000 and the building alone was
insured.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

II you will look over some Of the let.
tiers you wrote to your wife before you
were married you'll notice the poetry
in them doesn't seem to rhyme like it
did when YOU wrote it,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

had delivered the Sunday before.
The hosts son was at the table and
one of the New York clergymen said
to him:
my lad, what did you think of your
fathers sermon?"
II guess it was very good,'' said the
boy, "but there were three mighty fine
places where he could have stopped"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Thomas Paine wrote: There are
but two natural sources of wealth
the earth and the ocean-and to lose
the right to either in our Omitted
States) situation is to put the other
up for sale"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

be showed aside when they appear. To
push them ahead merely lets them act
like SNOWFALL in that they constantly
increase in size as they are rolled
along.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

When woman approves Of the card
her husband leads in the bridge whist
game in which they are partners, you
are safe in assuming that there is true
love in that family.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

1t is about time for the United States
to call for the one man submarines
that prominent manufacturer said he
would turn out at the rate of 1000 a
week If the government needed them
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

When a man finds himself confront
by an obstacle he will do well to set
hself at once about the task Of get
az over or around it. To constantly
fsh the obstacle before him simply
ets down his strength and in the end
fakes the task of overcoming it all the
hrder. That is true with a nation as
ell as with man. Obstacles should
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23
CHURCH DESTROYED.

Dubuque March 20-Thc Catholic
church in North Buena Vista was de-
stroyed by fire. The properly dam
age was $4,000 partly covered by in
surance. defective flue is believed
to have caused the fire. \
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

The punctual men on the committee
lose about half an hours
time waiting for the member who call.
ed the meeting
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

The man who is not interested in
the success of'the firm which employees
him will never be successful himself
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

When you refuse meat no one knows
whether YOU are boycotting or dieting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Peace without victory is the daily
policy of some homes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

When we get to wearing steel hel
NETS here the blacksmiths will be tn,
millionaires.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

The country needs men who can
keep their feet on the ground while
the band plays.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

The future never worries some me1
until it has become the past
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

James ]. Hill said that man who is
not honest Is bound to fall eventually.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Adam didn't have any trouble select
ing wife.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Foreign representatives: Cone, Lor-
aenzen & Woodman. Advertising BOG.
FChicago; 225 Fifth Ave-, New I Iorh
City; sos Victor Bldg, Kansas Ivy
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Entered as second class matter Oct
hober II, 1903, at the post office, ottum-
Viva, Iowa, under the Act OF Congress OF
March 8, 1879.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-23

Grievances expressed are half cured.
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BY OSBORN Jones'.
Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.
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Telephones: Business office, A; edl-
torial offices, 179.
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Address, The Courier Printing Com
pany. Ottumwa, Iowa.
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The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
BRITISH REPULSE
GERMAN "FEELERS"
Trench Raids Net No Gains on
West Front.

London, Dec. 0-Gcrman "feelers"
in the west continue. Heralded by
violent spurts Of hurricane fire"
shock battalions are sent forward,
now against the French, now against
the British lines. All these thrusts
are in the nature of trench raids and
last twenty-four hours it was evident
ly the Britons' turn to be harassed
Infantry assaults in Flanders, par
ticularly in the Ypres sector. were
foreshadowed by Sir Douglas Haig.
and they came.
The British defense made short
shrift with them.
Different from the watchful wait
ing atmosphere in the West, is the
situation on the italian front.
There, in the mountains between
the Asiago Plateau and the B,enta
River, and eastward to the upper
reaches of the Piave, q continu.us
guerilla war goes on. Indications
point more and more to a Teutof,
design to wear down Italy before
undertaking anYthing-~seriouS- on
the Western front.
Having bitten into granite on the
Monte Grappa (Saw Moumtain)
front, they are now trying to mash
that formidable sentinel by pushing
southwark. through the 'FrenzeIa
Valley. Once Valstagna is in their
hands the road to Basano, less than
eight miles to the south, Will be
comparatively clear and the plains
Of Venetia would be reached.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
ALL GERMANS
IN AMERICA TO
Be REGISTERED
Enemy Aliens, Who
Will Be Treated as Friends,
to End in February.

Registration Of all German alien
enemies in the United States will be
made the first week in February.
Rules and regulations for the regis
trstion were made public last night
by the Department Of Justice.
The QUESTIONABLE requires a most
comprehensive record Of each regis
trant. and includes photographs In
quadruplicate and finger prints.
Women are not required to register.
but all German males of Il years or
more within the United States or its
possessions. who have not acquired
full citizenship. must comply with
the regulations or suffer the penalties
provided.
Germans born in Alsace-Lorraine
prior to May 10, 1871. the date OF the
final ratification under which the lost
provinces were transferred to Ger
many. or in Schleswig- HoIstein prior
to August 3, 1866, the date when Prus-
sia seized that Danish territory, are
exempt.
The registration will be conducted
by the police and postal authorities
throughout the United States and by
specially delegated authorities at a
time to be designated in American in
sular possessions. The registration
district In a city of 5000 population or
more will be the police precinct or
district. elsewhere the district OF the
local postoffice.
pHnAn.a
The registration questioRnaires must
be filled out in triplicate, each with a
photograph. and after ten days each
registrant, IL his record is verified and
found satisfactory, win receive q reg
istration card, with photograph at
tached, and then may resume normal
relations unhampered except by local
zonal mandates and compliance with
the registration laws.
These registration laws require that
no alien enemy move from one place
of abode to another within his regis
tration district without reporting such
change OF residence forthwith; no en-
emy alien may change his place of
residence from one registration dis
trict to another without first obtain
ing a permit from his registration
district, waking application on q forsc
furnished by the Department of jug
tice, and notice must be given at
once to the registrar of the district
of the new place of residence.
Provision for Absentees.
Any alien enemy unavoidably alb
sent from his registration district the
day fixed for registration, of which
notice will be given in advance locally
in each instance, must present him
self at the time and place designated
in the district where he happens to
be temporarily. and the record will
be forwarded to the proper registrar.
Any German subject to registration
who does not register or uses the reg
istration card of another or makes
false statement or representation shall
be deemed to have violated the regu-
lations and may be interned or pun
ished otherwise.
"Registrants are not to be treated
as persons of evil disposition the
regulations read, "and the registration
officers are urged to deal with them
in a courteous and friendly manner" I"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
sun SETS RED
AS EPOCH YEAR
OF WAR NEARS
History's Greatest Twelve.
month Comes with Amer
lea as Champion.

Tonight will mark the passing OF
the great year 1917. but not Of the
huge Developments which it has
brought.
War, real and tremendous, with
all its wonderful panoply OF indi-
vidual heroism and impersonal sac
rifice is a part OF what 1917 has
brought us.
But only a part. During the past
year a spirit of unity and enthusi-
asm enveloped the nation. Thou
sands Of our finest young men have
gone into the training Camps that
dot our land from sea to sea.
Tomorrow the country will BE-
gin what prabably will he one %
the greatest years in history.
Millions Going Overseas.
Hundreds OF tsOusasels OF Hmc1-fs
eau troops are now in France The
end Of 1918. unless Teutonic power
crurhbles in the meantime. will see
millions OF khaki-clad Americans
in France certainly. in Germany
probably, perhaps in Berlin itself.
The full resources Of the United
States will have been completely
CONTINUED on FACE SENEN
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31

a surprise when she stopped pirouet-
ting. and we got the hatch cover
open.
And the first thing ] saw when l
got my head above the combing was
this other craft coming up just the
same as we were. Their old mans
one of my best friends, but when 1
saw him poke up on deck / yelled
some things TO him that are not in
any copy of the regulations he ever
saw. And he yelled some hack at me
You blankety-blank-b blank blank &"
he yelled. you've chipped our nose
on"
Then We both got sane again and
found neither of US was busted. For
tunately he'd been barely moving. He
was only logging about a knot an
hour. And he said when he got the
punch it sent him whanging down to
the sandy bottom SO hard that IL
knocked all hands of their feet. But
both OF us came up all right and we
the days work and we've been
out again every day since. And. by
gully, it's cold"
That's all this young man had to
say about it. But those in the Navy
Department who know him and the
work he and his craft are doing have
a little more to say. This happened
the day after the FL and F-S colIided
in a fog with a long list OF lost at sea.
CONTINUED ON PAGE FoCR.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
lev Blasts Have No
Terrors for These
Lovers of the Bath

New York. Dec. 3O.-The coolest
spell ever experienced by this city
held no terrors today for the mem-
bers of the Polar Bears and Snow
Birds, these bathers who Just simply
insist upon plunging into the surf. The
slogan Of the clubs. one composed OF
men and the other Of women, is "to
bathe no matter how far the mercury
drops" but when 13 below was reach
ed this morning it was declared by
many that this vain" boast would be
blasted at last.
But the clan gathered at the
Brighton Baths, and nine, seven men
and two women. declared their deter
mination to defy King Cold. There
was the preliminary racing up and
down the beach, and then came the
plunge. oficial elapsed time, 80 Sec
onds.
"Oh, II wasn't so cold" declared a
Snow Bird. "You see the water could
not have been any. colder than the
atmosphere"
And spectators who witnessed the
performance murmured Its a great
life IL you don't weaken"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
DENOUNCES GERMANY |
With LAST BREATH.
Col. Charles Bigelow Dies on Lee
ture Platform.

houston, Ten, Dec. "O-With a
derun"iation OF Germany and a pIes
for preparedness on Ais lips. Col
Charles Bi=ClDw. OF New Haven
Conn, known over the world as q
traveller and lecturer. dropped dead
before an audience Of 2.00o persons
at IN" city auditorium here this af-
:eru0on.
col. BiEelow. G.. returned from
tbs hattlchflds a short time aEo
and his lecture here WAS to arouse
the American peupl" 10 the I,ealiza-
ton OF the war. His las, words
were.
Lord Roberts Years aEo urged
England TO prepare for war. They
laughed at him and threatened 10
take his pension Nay for his ut
tcrances. England thought she
was safe
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31

Europe's Patience Exhausted.
''During the first period OF the war;"
said Northcliffe. many people In Eu-
rope were losing their patience with
America on account Of what they be-
lieved to De the slowness of the Amer
leans In joining In the great crusade.
"As Tar as 1 am concerned. have
so often travelled through the various
sections Of the United States-which
differ from each other as much as
the various countries Of Europe, and
l know SO well the gigantic force Of
German propaganda among the people,
100000 Of whom, It Is said, are Of
German origin-that ! never shared
this impatlence.
Consult the telephone book Of o
typical city like Cleveland and you
will find that only Is per cent are
what you may call Americans Of
America. The rest are German
Americans. Austro-Americans. Hum
garians, Poles, Greeks, Ruthenes.
Slovaks. Croats, Swedes, some negroes
and certain types of iIl-defned nat
ionalities, a few Englishmen. Scotch
men, Frenchmen and Irishmen-this
is the strange melange which Roose-
house
Easy for Germans.
1T was an easy task for German
propaganda to convince a population
OF such a kind. a certain portion Of
which left Europe only in order to es-
cape the war and military service.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31

that France, England and Italy have
thrown themselves on poor little Ger
man with motives Of revenge, con-
quest and commerce.
when the Americans began to un-
derstand the real character OF Ger
many their anger continually in
creased. not only because of Ger
many's offenses against their liberty
and democracy, but also -on account
Of the treachery of Bernstorff and the
other German guests Of the republic
against the nation which was receiv-
ing them. 1t is thus that they en-
tered the war with an entirely Ameri-
can enthusiasm. determination and
thoroughness.
although they entered the war
without any preparation. with the ex-
ception of the navy, which is excel
lent in certain respects, they have Sue
ceeded in six months In forming an
army OF 100000 soldiers. many Of
whom are daily arriving in France.
They have tripled the personnel
OF their navy. they have rapidly
constructed great number of
naval units, they have built gigan-
tic factories for the construction
of aeroplane motors and i'm nense
airdromes in order that the num-
ber of pilots and mechanics might
keep pace with the manufacture of
machines.
More than 500. 900. 600 francs were
subscribed for the Red Cross in less
than a single week. Finally, their
CONTINUED on PAGE SEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31

What Is Required.
The new censorship is designed to
be as strict as possible. 1t does not
apply to dispatches censored by the
military authorities Of the American
expeditionary forces abroad or in cases
where the government has given OFF,
cial sanction. The government re-
quests secrecy in all matters Of:
l. Advance information of the routes
and schedules of troop movements.
2. Information tending to disclose the
number Of troops in the expeditionary
forces abroad.
g. Information calculated to disclose
location Of the permanent base or
bases abroad.
L Information that would disclose
the location of American units or the
eventual position OF the American
forces at the front,
5. Information tending to disclose
an eventual or actual port of en-
barkation or information Of the
movement OF military forces toward
seaports or OF the assembling of mill
tary forces at seaports from which
Inference might be drawn Of any in
tention to embark them for service
abroad and information Of the assem-
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31

bling Of transports or conveys and in
formation of the embarkation itself.
Sea News HSpurIOs Verssnkt.,
s. Information, of the arrival at
any European port of American
war vessels, transports, or any por-
tion of any expeditionary force,
combatant or non-combatant.
z. Information Of the time of de-
parture of merchant ships from
American or European ports. or in
formation of the ports from which
they sailed, or information OF their
cargoes.
s. Information indicating the port
of arrival of incoming ships from
European ports or after their ar
rival indicating, or limiting at the
port at which the ship arrived.
Q. Information as to conveys and
as to the sighting of friendly or
enemy ships, whether naval or
merchant,
10. Information Of =. the locality,
number, or identity of vessels be-
longing to our own navy or to the
navies of any country at war with
Germany.
IL. Information Of the coast or
anti-aircraft defenses of the United
CONTINUED ON PAGE ELEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-31
TRICK OF HUN
SEEN IN NEW
PEACE OFFER
Officials Believe War Can
End Only with Kaiser's
Downfall.

Does the Kaiser's abdication of the
peace-making power to Chancellor
Won Hertlng signal the breaking OF
Germany's. mllitaristic spirit? Only If
1t does VIII 1t find any response in
Washington. Oficialdom last night is
still inclined to believe it merely Do
lidcal carnoufage, like the sort of
window dressing familiar to every
American politician who ever helped
frame a party ticket.
This opinion has been reached by
official Washington after due weight
has been given to all of Won HertIing's
claim to be the chancellor moro re-
sponsive to the will OF the German
people than any of his predecessors.
1t has been recalled that when he as
sumed office he declared that he did
So only after agreement with the lead
ers of the majority parties in the
Reichstag.
That statement was subject 10 sus-
picion- In Tho sxuss way. the Kaiser's
action VII We Bcrutinlz9d IN che light
of every scrap Of information that is
reaching here from Germany.
Victory Means Peace.
The war must end only in victory.
That has become the first article of
Washington's creed and it is not SUBJ
ject to the slightest amendment. The
sort Of victory which will satisfy has
also been well determined. 1t Is a
victory that will make forever impos-
sible the building, maintenance and
use of a ruthless military machine
with all its accomplishments of
diplomacy of the Bernstorff-Lux
brand. Such a victory. as President
Wilson has said, can only be assured
when the German government con-
science has been reformed. Such a
reform would be attained through the
recognition in Germany that power
comes not from the Kaiser to be ad-
ministered as he sees best, but from
the people. as they desire.
With the submarine menace met.
with the allied armies slowly, but
Surely maintaining the ascendancy de-
spite the Russian collapse. with re-
ports of hunger in Germany and with
all the other auguries OF a victory in
the field soon to come, Washington
is looking at the Kaiser's abdication
of power with extreme suspicion. The
certainty Of victory by arms will not
be abandoned for a doubtful short cut
through negotiations framed in Ger
many.