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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-20
ALICE DEVINE
By EDGAR JEPSON


before set the car crawling after them
l wondered how far she-WOuld walk be-
fore she gave in. Two or three times
Freddy put his arm round her and she
shook herself out of it. Then at the
end of mile they stopped. l stopped
too, for thought that they were at a
final row that would clear things up.
Then Freddy beckoned to me, and I
ran up to them.
Nov, on your honor. Lord Garthoyle
what time does the last train leave
Horsham?" she sad. And / saw that
she looked pale and uncertain.
ION my honor it leaves at nine
eighteen" said.
Then it is hopeless; and I'll never
forgive Freddy - never"
That's all right I've treated you
shamefully, and Well let it go at that"
said Freddy cheerfully. Nov We'll go
and be married.
He half lifted her into the car; and
let it rip. did not hear any talk from
the tonneau. took it that they were
whispering.
It was ten minutes past nine when
stopped at the door of Garth Royal rec
tory. I had fixed thd time within ten
steps looking out for us.
(To Be Continued)
Kitty and Freddy got out of the car
looking as if they did not know wheth-
eI they were standing on their heads or
their heels. She was not at all pale,
she was blushing; and her eyes were
shining In quite different way.
had made all the arrangements
vr,s<h %hn hnI 70
at the special license and see that it
was all right. Then he married them
in his own drawing room. his wife and
daughters standing by Kitty and max
ing the required fuss. Kitty looked
quite resigned.
Then Kitty wrote short letter for
me to take to her mother. Then gave
her my peace offering in the shape Of
rope Of pearls.
They thanked the rector and came
back to the car; and I drove them to
the Dover house. could not lend
them Garth Royal itself for had let it
to a Hamburg money lender. But the
Dover House was lighted up and look
ed very nice and comfortable: and I
knew that their wedding supper was all
right, for I had arranged it with Har-
rods myself and sent down Richards
to see to it.
They got out Of the car and the door
opened and Richards came out to re-
ceive them. In the blaze Of light saw
that Kitty was looking very pretty.
They turned, but did not give them
time to start thanking me. called
out good night and good luck and
bucketed off. did bucket. 1t was only
half past eleven when sneaked softly
up the stairs, slipped Kitty's note into
the letter box of her mothers fiat and
bolted down to the car.
was in the middle of my supper
when Herbert rushed into my dining
/ room. l have never seen him such a
rich purple since.
1.-THE little jade has Tilted me! She's
married Freddy Gage" he roared.
jumped up and caught his hand.
gave it the heartiest grip I could get
out Of my muscles and shouted, Saved
Saved!"
"You silly idiot" howled Herbert.
And he danced out Of the room, wag'
Cling his crushed fingers
From Herbert's point Of view dar9
say that there was something in what
he said. All the same I had rescued
him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-02-20
OFFICE BURNS TO GROUND.

Chillicothe. Mo-. Feb. 16. Fire We'd
nesday destroyed the Office building Of
the Cudahy Refining Co.. north of the
Wabash tracks 1t is not known how
the fire originated. The fire depart.
ment responded quickly to the call but
the pressure was not strong, which de-
layed the firemen several minutes in
getting at the fire. The large oil tanks
located near the Office building were
watched carefully by the firemen. bur
~ time during the fire were they in
danger. A. ~ i
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Soaked Peas and
Beans Sometimes
Sold As Fresh

Washington, Oct. 2-The officials in
charge of the enforcement Of the food
and drugs act are again calling atten.
ton to the practice of soaking dried
peas and dried lima beans until they
have the appearance of the fresh ar.
ticle and then canning them. Such
products are then in many instances
sold as the canned fresh article. Un'
less soaked peas and lima beans are
plainly labeled as soaked" or in some
other manner so as to show their char.
acter, they are regarded as a violation
Of the food and drugs act.
There is no denial that soaked peas
and lima beans are a wholesome arti
Gle Of food. They are, however, ad
mittedly inferior in quality to the
products prepared from the fresh
vegetables. Furthermore, the dried
peas or beans may themselves be pur
chased by the housewife quite cheaply
and while in the dried condition may
be commercially and satisfactorily
stored for future use.
The housewife will also do her bit
in the conservation Of our limited sup
ply Of tin plate by soaking and cook
ing her own dried peas and lima beant
In the kitchen and thereby releasing
a proportional amount Of tinps to-
use in the packing Of perishabfe foodi
where they are@greatly needed.
Consumers are urged to read Labels
of canned peas to see whether or. no
lsthey are getting . fresh or 4 soakel
dried product. - - 5, =,
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Pershing to Be Made General
to Be Equal Of Foreign Officers

Washington, Oct. 2.-Revival of the
grade OF full general is planned by the
war department to provide suitable
rank for Major General John J. Perish.
Ing, commanding the American expedi-
tionary forces in France. It was learn
ed tonight that Secretary Baker al
ready has submitted the departments
program, which includes provisions
tor the title Of general to. be held by
the officers serving as chief of staff
and the making Of several lieutenant
generals to command corps under
General Pershing, to the senate mill
tary committee, and that legislation
carrying it into effect is to be pressed
Tor prompt passage when congress re-
convenes in December.
Four American army officers have
borne the title of general-Washing-
ton, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. No
provision for lieutenant-general, on
the active list has been made since
LieutenantGeneral John C. Bates re-
tired in 1906, though there are three
officers Of that grade now on the re-
tired list, General Nelson A. Miles,
General Samuel B. M Young, and Cen
eral Bates. III.
, Secretary Baker explained to the
committee that early promotion Of
General Pershing was essential, be-
cause he Is to command d great. army
OF many corps, emitting him to the
highest military title and in order to
obviate embarrassment arising from
the high rank Of the allied command.
ers with whom he is associated.
It Is equally az necessary, he pointed
out, that the chief Of staff, the direct
ing head Of the army in Washington
should rank all other officers except
the expeditionary commander and that
staff officers generally should have
rank corresponding to that Of officers
In the field. ..
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Heavy Fine for Fathers
Ignoring State School Law

Napoleon, Oct. 2. - Fines ranging
from $24 to $31 were levied against A.
Fettig, v. J. Hohr, Anton Schumacher
L. Grimm, George Lubbers, Marcus
Schmidt, John Woerheim and Ferdi
nand Krause, Logan county farmers
who refused to send their children to
the American public schools. Grimm
in default of payment Of a fine OF
5000, was committed to Jail. The
school laws have been generally ig
nored in Logan county in the past
and as a result there are scores o1
children growing to maturity there
who cannot speak q word Of English
and who have no more conception Of
American principles and American in
stitutions than did their ancestors be
fore they left the old country.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Soldiers X Special
Carries Sad Heart:
Burial at Bismarck

Bismarck, Oct. 2.-When the special
train carrying the Slope contingent of
the Second regiment pulled out:of Bis
marck yesterday afternoon 1t bore one
heavy heart. Joseph Jordan, q Sioux
Of the Standing Rock reservation and
q private In Col Of Bismarck. left be-
hind him, in undertaking rooms With
in sight Of the tracks, the remains OF
his gtrl-wife, who when she found
that she could not accompany her
husband, committed suicide in a room
which the couple occupied in a local
hotel, only four hours before the train
left. ~. ~.
Mrs. Jordan, Sioux half.breed
aged about Is, came up from Kenel, S.
D., on Sunday night to join her hus-
band. She spent the night In weep
ing and insisting that she must ac-
company him to Camp Greene. Her
husband repeatedly assured her that
this would be impossible, and he was
about to take his leave for the armory
when Mrs. Jordan ran into their bed
room and cried, "Joe, I've taken p0is-
on" AS she fell to the bed. an ounce
bottle from which she had drained
dC4U, 1CAl W LILO Ao
unfortunate young woman was rushed
to the hospital, and she died within an
hour. T.
CoronerSA. E. shipp, after question
ing the bereaved husband, regarded
the suicide so clearly established that
he dispensed with an inquest, and
Jordan, who had been held as a wit
ness, was released to join his COM
pany. Today, attended by two broth
ers Of the soldier who is on his way
to Camp Greene, the body of the girl
wife who is Bismarck's first victim of
the great war, was carried to St.
Mary's procathedral, where last
mass was held, and interment was
made in st. Mary's cemetery. The
two .Jordans and their wives, were
the only relatives near enough to be
reached. The girls mother lives on
the Pine Ridge reservation near Pop
lar, Mont. Il.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Dazey Druggist Passes Away

News has been received of the death
Or NJ. H. Krantz, druggist at Dazey, on
Oct. 2. Mr.. Kranz was 90 years old
at the time of his death which was
caused by typhoid fever. He leaves a
wife and child to mourn his departure.
NJ. H. Kranz was we'll and favorablv
known In and around Dazey as a bust
ness man and citizen His death will
be distinct shock to that community.
The widow and child will have the
sympathy Of all In their great loss,
The, funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon and was under the direction
OF G. A. Olson of the Valley City Fur.
niture Co.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
Thirty Days for Pack:
ages to Reach France

Washington, Oct. ITO facilitate
the handling Of the mail for the Amer
lean soldiers in Europe, the post Office
department today authorized the es-
tablishment OF q western military ter
minal at Chicago where it will be as
semble all mail collected west OF the
Mississippi addressed to members Of
the expeditionary forces.
In preparing parcels, especially
Christmas packages, 80 days should
be allowed for the parcels to reach the
American soldier In France.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
freeLecture at AImoiy
Next Monday Evening

Harry c. Evans, for FIVE months on
the western European battle frolit in
the trenches and hospitals has first
hand message for the people OF Valley
City. He will tell what he has seen
in Belgium, France. and Germany;
giving q vivid description of the war,
as it is conducted by modern methods
Mr.. Evans is the editor Of the Yeo.
man Shield, and~the lecture will be, civ.
en- under the auspices Of the local Yeo-
man Homestead. Remember this is a
free lecture. Come early to get good
seats u n /. n.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
n. D. Food wing
Quota Is Accepted

Washington; Oct. 2-Preparations
for the campaign Of the enrolment Of
22,0OO,0O0 American families in the
cause Of food conservation, are well
under way, reports received today. by
the food administration show. FEEDER
al food administrators in 10 states
have set-a total Of five million families
as their quota for food pledge week
Oct. 21 to 28.
Quotas accepted include: North Da,
kota, $4,000; South Dakota, $4,000;
Wyoming. $1,000.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
British i Losses 1924
Officers and Men Killed

London, Oct. 2.-The British casu-
alties reported for the week ending
today numbered 21,179, divided as fol.
lows: I- -
Killed or died of wounds-O officers.
Isl! men, 3,773. Wounded or missing
Officers, 531; men, 16,724 p
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04
The Worlds War

Harry c. Evans, editor of the Yeo
man Shield, who was a member o.
the Ford Peace Party and spent five
months in the trenches, on the battle
fields and in the hospitals and prison
camps of Europe will lecture on the
war at Valley City, Monday evening
Oct. 8. This lecture will be under the
auspices of the Yeoman Homestead
Admission free. 3-1d.1W
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green left for
Uxbridge Tuesday where Mr. Green
will hold the position Of principal of
the Uxbridge schools.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Mrs. w. T. Craswell left Monday for
Dickinson where she will attend the
meeting of the Federation of Women's
clubs there. While there she will rem.
der several vocal solos and also con-
duct the community singing.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-10-04

Mikkel Mikkelson died at the Gen,
eral hospital Sunday afternoon, after a
protracted illness. The funeral will
be held from Our Savior's Lutheran
church Thursday afternoon at 1880
O'Clock. .',.e r. 80 ~ :, :,
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

Let it be said, right at the start, that this is preachmeut. But it is a brief one. So listen to this sermon in three words-SAVE YOUR MONEY!
 Now, we're not making this preach ment because we care such a lot about you. We're making it because We care so much about the country. And the country is made up of YOU and about hundred million like you.
 The resources of the nation are the resources of YOU and those others, put together. If every individual ir this nation were a poverty stricken wreck, with no hope and no ambition, the country would be a poverty suick- en wreck of a country.
 That's plain.
 Now we've got to have a mighty strong nation for this war.
 We've got to save EVERYTHING. And that means we've got to save our money.
 So, when you've economized on food and clothes, don't waste the savings in something else. SAVE YOUR MONEY.
 Thercu be big need for it. That's why we're anxious about it.
 Wear a path to the bank with your savings.
 GET THE HABIT OF SAVING A LITTLE MONEY REGULARLY!- Exchange.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01

out to the four points of the com pass, some of it as far as Alaska and Hawaii and the Philippines, and pays no postage into the treasury of the United States.
 Postmaster Chance, of Washington, D. C., was before a congressional com mittee the other day on another mat ter and incidentally made some re mark about the volume of frankcd mail sent out from the capital. One of the Washington papers in it's re- port quoted him as saying that the volume of franked mail is seven tons daily. Chairman Keating who had not caught the significance of the post masters remark, wrote to him to ask if the figures given in the paper were correct, and was surprised to receive from Postmaster Chance a reply, stating that the franked matter amounts to 70 tons daily and not seven tons.
 Despite the frank admission it isn't likely that congress will face the situ- ation frankly in the interests of var saving. It is always easier to enforce efficiency and economy on the other fellow.-Ed.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
NOTHING TO SAY

General criticism is being expressed on the streets of Seward today for the failure of the District Attorneys of flee to properly conduct the prosecu- ton, or rather, the case for the people against the NUShagak school teacher tried here yesterday, but it is pointed out that stack of complaints sev- eral inches thick have already been filed with the Attorney General and that to say more is useless. SD The Gateway will not say it.
 Attorneys versed in criminal proceed ure, state that the verdict was all that could have been rightfully returned, as the testimony showed no premedi- tation on the part of the defendant to commit murder.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
FINE BUT A LITTLE LATE

In these days when there is little danger of any caunery throwing away a single fish, comes the an- nouncement from san Francisco that the cases of the United States vS. Alaska Packers for wasting fish on Cook inlet had been sustained by the Court of Appeals.
 It was for years, the practice of western canneries to grab all the fsh possible during the few days of the run and can as many as possible, al- lowing the rest to go to waste.
 Imagine them allowing any to go to waste this year!
 It is probable that the shortage this year might be traced to the previous waste.
 On Cook inlet, conditions were lit- tie different, for traps are used and the waste of fish results either be- cause boats failed to call for the fish 0n account of storms, or because the cannery had more than it could han dle close at hand and did not go after the fish impounded at a distance.
 The higher court has upheld the ruling in this division that canneries must look after the conduct of traps where they make a contract to take the catch, regardless of the techni- cal question that the contractor is in charge of the trap.
 This is very fine, should there again
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
ASK DIRECTORS
 FOR THE COIN
All Illegal Dividends Must Be Pungled Up by Bankers at
 Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Aug. ?, (By MaiD. Not all the judgment rendered by the United States circuit at San Fran cisco last week against the directors of the defunct Washington-AIaska Bank of Fairbanks, for the deposit ors in the institution is collectble now
 The full text of the circuit courts decision has been received here by cable. 1t sustains the judgment pre-. viously given by the district court of this district.
 According to judicial decree the di- rectors, on two counts, are held liable for having declared and paid divi- dends on the bank stock after the in- stittuion was bankrupt. These illegal dividends amount to $54, ,72O, and it is adiudgcd that this sum be paid by the directors to the receiver of the bank and that he distribute the sum among the depostors.
 Of this total $54, ,72O, the amount of &3,72O, on one count, is adjudged against R. C. Wood, John l.. McGinn, David Yarnell and L. x. lesson.
 Of the remaining $21,O00 of the judgment, based on another count, only about 5000 is collectible, as some of the directors named in this second count are without means. There is scarcely any doubt that the ease will be appealed from the circuit court to the supreme court of the United States. The belief is en- tertained here that even if the high est tribunal afIirms the decision of the lower courts, the depositors will get very little, as the expense of the re- ceivership in the meantime will have eaten up the amount Of the judg- ment.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
JAM AND BASEBALL TALKED BY BOYS
 WHO WORK HOWITZFRS OVER IN FRANCE

They seldom talk about the war Rather they tell their experiences the last time they went on leave. They talk about the shows they saw, the good things they had to eat, the pret- ty girls they met, what they are go- ing tc do when the war is over and the rest.
 In the trenches it is precisely the same. Between raids, lodging trench mortar stuff they play checkers and other games, write letters, have their tea and talk about food and girls and shows and things.
 Of course these men do not love the war. Nobody loves the war But hav- ing commenced the war, are going to see it through. And the way to see it through is to make the best of things, to get used to it all and quit worrying. Sprinkle the enemy with shot in one hand and pass the jam with the other That is the only way the French have found it. So have the British. The Americans will have to-and will.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
Member of Survey Party Loses Life While Trying to Cross
 Goose River

William Ritz, familiarly known as Shorty" was drowned on August "A in attempting on horseback to ford Goose river near Goose Bay.
 Ritz was employed by the F. w. Williamson government survey party as a packer and was on his way to select a camp site when he lost his life. Goose creek empties into Goose bay near the Deep Sea Salmon com pany's cannery, and as the accident happened at low tide Ritz's body was washed to sea and has not yet been recovered.
 There was only one witness to the accident, rancher living in the vii cinity. He reports that the tide was running very swift and that Ritz was washed from his horse when about half way across. As the horse was lunging frantically, it is generally supposed that Ritz was thrown against the saddle horn and tempo rarily stunned, as he made no effort to save himself after having been precipitated into the water.
 As Ritz was a splendid horseman, this theory is plausible. He was well known around Knik, where he spent the last two winters. He had been in the government service for about four years and had a large circle of friends.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
LIBERTY BONDS
 PREFERRED STOCK

Likening the United States to a great corporation with more than a hundred million stock holders and also with capital stock and resources ot more than two hundred fifty billions of dollars, and an annual income of fifty billions of dollars, each Ameri- can citizen is a stock holder in this great corporation. Even those whose only assets are their earning capac- ity own shares in our public domain and property and are working in a profit sharing basis with vite and a voice in the management of the cor poration and with the right to acquire more stock at any time.
 A Liberty Loan Bond may be lik- ened to a share of preferred stock in this gigantic corporation. Like pre- ferred stock in other corporations it may not return, at times, so large a dividend as common stock, but the div idend from it is certain and sure. It is stock that pays 31a per cent divi- dend but the stock and dividend can not be taxed and while crop failures may decrease the farmers dividend from his land some years to less than nothing, and various causes may les sen or destroy dividends from all other sorts of property, the dividend from the Liberty Loan Bond is cer- tain and sure, subject to no failure or diminution.
 The owner of a Liberty Loan Bond holds written tangible evidence of be- ing preferred stock holder in the United States, the greatest, the most glorious, the most honorable and the most successful corporation in the world. He holds the certificate of be- ing a citizen willing to support his government and to lend money to his country when it needs it and calls for it.
 There is honor in being the owner of a Liberty Loan Bond as well as profit.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01

be need to curb the waste of fish, but to all intents and purposes the barn door has been locked a little late, and at that, the fastenings are not very secure, for until the far west cru cauuerics are required to nam tain a cold storage to care for excess catches, 1t will be very difficult for them to avoid waste on years where the run is short and heavy
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
A FRANK ADMISSION
Exchange.

The poor old over-worked govern ment frank is having to carry an aw- full load these days.
 Every day the franked matter mail ed at the Washington poStofice amounts to about 70 tons. This goes
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press exclusively entitled tO the for pubca- credited otherwise credited in this and also the local published herein republication special dispatches herein also reserved
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01

Waterfill & Frazier whiskey at The Branch.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01

Proof of labor blanks for sale at Gateway.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01

Certain-teed Roofing. Guaranteed ,, 10 and 15 years. J. L. Graefs. tf
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-09-01

Andy's Express, phone Madison l4S.