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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-06-29

Howard County.
G.E: Hammel, Plaintiff,
Emma T: Rudd and Chas. ". Rudd, her
his wife, Elodia 8. Gould and
Gould her husband, Cornelia A. Gilman,
tees Of any Of the above named defendants
half OF the y North West Quarter Of Sec. g,
oS M w. b Esnsa III west OF the 9TH
To the Above Named Defendants, known
and Unknown:
You are hereby notified that there is now
on file in the office OF the Clerk Of the Dis
iowa, a petition Of the plalntia claiming
that he is the owner Of the East half ofthe
North West Quarter Of Section g, township
none of the defendants named or unknown
has any interest therein and in which he
asks to be adjudged and decreed the owner
as against each and all OF the defendants
and against any and all unknown defend
ants or claimants and that 1t also be ad.
Judged and ed that
that he left no will and that he left surviv-
ing him widow Cornelia A. Gilman and a
%s4fisd Chas W. Rudd ana mo dsuShtes
Elodia s. Gilman who afterwards married
c. J. Cox and after his death married one
Gilman left no other children or heirs nor
any one who would inherit any Of his
estate except the parties above named, and
that the parties named inherited the above
described property Is widow and children OF
the deceased, and that Cornelia A. Gilman,
Emma T. Gilman and Elodia S. Gilman
became the full owners of said premises and
that each and all Of the parties named have
conveyed the premises and that the title
which they held thereto is now owned by
this plaintiff, and that 1t be further ad.
judged and decreed that plaintiff and his
grantors have been In full, open and motor
ious and adverse possession OF said premises
under color and claim OF title for more than
ten years continuously and that the statute
Of limitations has run against all OF the de-
PENDANTS and all unknown defendants and
claimants and that plaintiffs title to the
premises is absolute through said adverse
possession.
And that unless you appear thereto before
noon Of the second day OF the next term of
the District Court appointed to be held at
the Court House In Cresco, Howard County,
Iowa, commencing October list, 1917. your
default will be entered and judgment and
decree rendered against you as asked in said
McCOOK and LYONS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The foregoing notice Is by me approved
and ordered published In the Cresco Plain
Dealer, a newspaper printed and published
in Cresco, Howard County, Iowa, for four
successive weeks, the first publication to be
[SEAL.] ]. w. PLATT,
Clerk District Court, Howard County, Iowa
c. NJ. ScholZ, Deputy.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-06-29
Favorable to Woman Suffrage.

London. - The British house of
commons by majority of $50 votes
passed the final reading of the clause
in the electoral reform bill dealing
with the question of women's suf-
frage. It il expected a proposal now
will be made that the franchise be
conferred on women on the same basis
as men.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1917-06-29
1000 KILLED OR INJURED
Terrific Explosion in Austrian NUM-
tions Factory.

Amsterdam, Holland. - More than
1000 persons were killed or injured
or are missing in consequence of an
explosion in munitions factories at
Bloeweg, according to an announce
ment made in the lower house of the
Austrian parliament by the minister
of defense, as forwarded in dispatch
from Vienna
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
FOR RENT--ROOMS
HOTEL EDWARDS

aO Ell ILDVV AhOO
 Corner Sd ave. and 17th streets. Conven- iently located; modern, steam heated hot and cold running water; all outside roopls. single or en suite; private baths; rates reasonable. See these rooms before locating. E. T. Milligan, proprietor. 3-4-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
PRICES OF STEEL PRODUCTS SOAR
 ON BIZ DEMANDS
Main Attention of Industry is Still Centered on Fill ing Orders Placed by
 the Government

New York, April 15-AttentOn of the steel trade is centered almost exclusively
 upon the placing of government con-
 tracts for war munitions or for steel re-
 quired in the construction of ships. mu-
 milton plants and equipment of the army
 and navy.
 | In addition to 3OO00 tons of structural
 steel arranged for last week, fully 10),- GOO tons additional will be required by
 the navy department through improve ments necessary to be made by merchant shipbuilders. The armor plate and pro- jectile plants to be built at Charleston, W. Va, will require 15,OO0 tons of steel, contracts for which have been placed Similar contracts, including the installa-
 ton of locomotive cranes, are being
 placed for the League Island navy yard. Improvements, including new shops and snop equipment at Norfolk, Newport | News, Portsmouth, Boston and Brooklyn, 1 will require about 3U,OV0 tons of steel. About one-half of the 100000 tons needed Will be furnished by the American Bridge company, which has been obliged to transfer some of it's eastern work to other divisions in order to facilitate gov- | ernment contraction.
 1 Temporary railroad demands upon the 1 steels are light.
 Domestic manufacturers of projectiles and ordnance have received additional 1 contracts for both the army and navy and many manufacturers of auxiliary
 war supplies are fevershly in the mar | ket for steel sheets, prices of which are | several dollars per ton higher than a week ago
 1 Biliets are s5 per ton higher Manu- 1 lecturers of bolts and nuts have ae- 1 vanced prices 10 to 15 per cent, makers 1 of chains have raised prices $10 per ton. | ship steel is $10 to $20 per ton higher and 1 steel bands are selling at premiums of 1 $3 to s per ton. Wire products are strong and the demand is as heavy as ever, but | manufacturers are refusing about half | the tonnage wanted.
 l The shipment made by the United 1 States Steel corporation last month are
 estimated at 1,25OO00 tons and the orders 1 booked amounted to 1,3S4947 tons, based upon an increase of 134,947 tons in un- filled orders Output is steadily increas- | ing with weather and traffic conditions | favorable.
 1 Steel making pig iron is active, with
 a further appreciation of S3 to s5 per ton; ];
 foundry grades are also $1 to s per ten higher. Sales in all districts amounted
 to 170,000 tons this week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
VIDE PUNCTUATION IN COTTON PRICES
 FEATURE OF WEEK
Good Advances Scored in Early Period Are Offset
 Later by Declines

New Orleans, April l5.-Wide ad- vances were scored in the cotton mar lSet in the early part of last week, but reactions came later and the close was only II to 14 points over the close of the previous week. At the topmost level prices were S4 to S9 points over the preceding weeks final figures. Subsequent recessions carried active months IS to 24 points below the pre- vious weeks close, the extreme range of prices being 1O2 to 119 points.
 The market opened strong after the Easter holidays with heavy buying in evidence as the result of an effort to discount the conditions brought about by the war. On the opening ses- sion prices went to new high levels for 1917 Spots shared in the rise, mid ding reaching 2025c
 Heavy realizing of profits by re- cent buyers, coupled with considerable short selling, based on rainfall in Texas, caused the reaetionary price movement the middle of the week. A Hull in the spot demand also stimu- lated selling. Later the market showed renewed steadiness as the result of q COHIliuSu SdIlSIdClOTy new CTOp out look. the first of the official weekly crop reports from the government con- firming bullish claims of backward ness through drouth in some sections, excessive moisture in others, lack of sunshine and low temperatures.
 On the weekend the March figures on consumption of American mills from the census bureau were taken to reflect continued satisfactory condi- tions in the textile trade of this country.
 While less attention was paid to po- litical news toward the end of the week it Is hardly probable that the market can successfully ignore war play this week if there are important developments. The market has shown it is very susceptible to peace ru- mors and further peace talk may have an important effect.
 The new crop will demand increased attention because the season is late. A favorable weather turn over the belt, especially rains in Texas. would stim- ulate selling. Bulls confidently predict further rise if the drouth in Texas and showery weather in the Atlantics continue
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
London Loses Wool Trade

w. E. Aughinbaugh, in LeSlie'S.
 From every evil some compensating good results" is Chinese proverb, the truth of which is being daily demon strated by the present war For years London has been the wool market of the world. To it's merchants were shipped the fleece from the millions of sheep of Aus tralia. South Africa, New Zealand, Argen- tina Uruguary and Canada, there to be sold to buyers for mills situated in Eu- rope and America. Nearly 500,000 900 pounds were sold in the port of London in 1913 2e5000,000 pounds coming from Aus tralia, 1S1, 100000 pounds from New Zealand and 6000,000 pounds from the Falkland Islands The purchases of the United States for that year. from London mer- chants amounted to 45,000,000 pounds and reached much higher figures in earlier years.
 The prohibition of the exportation of wool from the United Kingdom and its effort to secure options on wool grown in other parts of the world have forced American wool buyers and mill operators to make direct connections with pro- ducers throughout the world. I recall my surprise when attending many wool sales in Uruguay and Argentina at the absence of American buyers. although every European country was represented. This condition of affairs has been changed and Americans now attend these auctions at all wool centers and are heavy purchasers. From July. 1914. to June, 1915. 56, 2Oo,000 pounds of Australian wool were imported into the United States while the Latin-American sheep raising countries have sold the bulk of their output to American mills. In 1913 we took only 7 per cent of Australia s wool while in 1916 we purchased 31 per cent.
 | Our wool consumption is growing year. ly and the home production cannot keen pace with the requirements. This will naturally force our buyers into foreign markets, but there is every indication that after the cessation of hostillties we will not go back to the London market for this staple to the extent that we did before the war
 What the United States really needs to stimulate this industry" said Dr. F. F. Pratt. chief of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. of the depart ment of commerce, "is the establishment of wool auction in this country, pat termed after the one in London. My idea is that Boston can successfully maintain such an auction"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
New Books at the Library

The newest books at the Birmingham public library includes:
 GENERAL
 Arthur, History. of Kentucky" Arthur, History of Georgia" Bjorkman, Woman Suffrange." Clark, Maurice Maeterlinck, Poet and Philosopher" Griggs, Human Progress"
 Griggs. 'Maeterlincl. Poet and Mys- tic" I Grubb, "The Potato Newman, Southern Gardeners Practi- cal Manual" Guthrie, Contemporary American Lit erature A Study Outline" Hegel, 'Philosophy of History Insull, Central station Electric Serv- ice"
 Kil1ebrew, "The South.' McCrimmon, "Woman Movement" Maeterlinck, "Alladine and Palomides.' .' | Maeterlinck, Death of Tintagiles.' Maeterlinck Double Garden" Maeterlinck, Anterior" Maeterlinck, Massacre of the Inno- cents.' Maeterlinck, "The Measure or the Hours"
 
 Maeterlinck, Treasure of the Humble Maeterlinck, Unknown Guest Maeterlinck, "WracS of the Storm" Monroe, New Poetry Porritt, Laws Affecting Women and Children" Seligman, Economic Interpretation of History" Taylor Maurice Maeterlinck." Thomson, "Estabelle'
 United States Cicil Service, Manual of Examinations"
 Upton, "Open Air Schools" Wilson, "Questions of the Hour" WAR BOOKS-A SELECTED LIST ,'"rhe Army Horse in Accident and Dis ease"
 Bishop Elements of Modern Field Ar tillery"
 Bond, "Engineer in War"
 Cavalry Drill Regulations Combined Infantry and Cavalry Drill Regulations"
 Drill Regulations for Field Artillery Ellis. "Plattsburg Manual" "Firearms Manual"
 Hay, Getting Together" Moss, Infantry Drill Regulations of United States Army"
 Moss. Manual of Military Training" Moss, Private Manual" Moss, ''Noncommissioned Officers Man ual."
 Moss "self-Helps for the Citizen Sol der.'
 The Navy as Special Field for Ned ical Work" Robinson. Military Preparedness and the Engineer"
 Regulations for Regular Army Re- serve"
 The Soldiers Handbook" United States Army Regulations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
Bill Providing Additional Money is Introduced by
 Senator Underwood
LIQUOR QUESTION IS
 TO COME UP AGAIN
Notwithstanding Great National Crisis Prohibitionists Are Co., ing to Renew Fight in Con
 gress As War Measure
By HIGH ". ROBERTS

Washington, April 15.-(Special) Senator Underwood has introduced a bill providing for an additional ap- propriation for the Birmingham gov ernment building. the contract for the erection of which has already been let.
 The additional money required for the completion of the building will guarantee the third story contemplated in the original plans. On account of the increase in the cost of building materials the first appropriation was insufficient.
 The bill was introduced with the approval of the treasury department and,, in course of time, will be enacted into law.
 Senator Underwood has also intro- duced a bill giving the interstate commerce commission power to regu- late wages as well as hours for rail- road employees A similar bill was in troduced during the last session, but in the rush incident <to adjournment was last
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
What to Read at Breakfast


 There is some nicety in selecting the right book for breakfast but you face a much gerater difficulty in starting with the book and deciding on the right break 1 fast. If you stop in the library first and choose a book then you are in pickle ; but this seldom happens unless you are travelling. On such unfortunate occa- sions, you take your book from your bag and descend to the hotel dining room where you are confronted by the bill of fare. The waiter stands expectant, paper and pencil in hand; he thinks your inde- cision indicates a hypochondriac a gourmet, and his attitude of patient ex- pectation aggravates your perplexity. The ordinary solution is to give up the book and take to a newspaper. or to devote oneself solely to the sausages, bacon kidneys, hash, omelet, lyonaise potatoes fried hominy, and baked apples that the table d'hote and the attentive waiter thrust upon you. But if you are a reso- lute reader and desire your book to give the tone to breakfast then you must summon all your perspicacity and pick
 out from the bill of fare the appropriate dishes. But a choice of food under these circumstances is an art by itself What should one eat with volume of O. Henrys stories, for instance? A New | England dish of sausages. cakes and syrup? Mrs. Wharton would require black coffee, toast, and radishes; cream, even
 boiled milk would curdle in company with Ethan Frome." I have sometimes speculated what one should eat while reading "The Golden Bowl" Salad Mace doine, with a lively fried canteloup and | followed by grapes stewed in claret ? l This, of course, settles 'The Golden Bowl" as breakfast book. It might do for luncheon: but indeed few could think of reading Henry James before 5 o'clock in the afternoon and none after 9 o'clock at night. MT. i Howells might be read moderately at breakfast Galsworthy Arnold Bennett, H. G. Wells are out of the question.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
INJECTs LIQUOR QUESTION

Washington, April 5.-(Special.)-In the midst of war the prohibitfonists have injected again the liquor ques- tion,
 They are of the opinion that the United States with profit might fol : low the example of Russia In abolish- ing traffic in vodka. They believe, too, that the wartime necessity confronting the nation of conserving it's food sup ply will force the closing down of distilleries which annually, it is com puted, consume 500, 000,O bushels of grain.
 The prohibitionists contend that within six months the proposed pro hibition amendment will be pushed through both Houses of Congress.
 While the above is the bare outline of the argument and plan of the pro- hibitionists. the case of the govern ment is yet to be heard The govern ment, as matter of fact, is depend ing on whisky and beer to furnish the bulk of the money for the conduct of the war against Germany. Whisky and beer, already heavily burdened, will along with coffee, tea, sugar, excess profits. incomes and inheritances, pay the piper.
 It is not known what the outcome will be. It is thought probable, how ever, that Congress cannot abolish traffic in liquor and depend on liquor at the same time, to furnish anti-Ger- man sinews of war.
 BILLS BY BLACKMON
 Washington, April -(specia1) Representative Blackmon of the Fourth Alabama has introduced:
 A bill to require and authorize pay ment of government employees same salary now received by them for a period of one year who are bona fide members of the National Guard, pro- vided that such members of the Ma tional Guard do service as now re- quired by law
 Also bill for the reduction of post age on first-class mail matter.
 Also a bill to make further provi- sion for the organization of native troops in the Philippine Islands
 Also bill to repeal an act to es- tablish a uniform system of bank ruptcy and all amendments thereto
 The bills to change the existing laws governing bankruptcy procedure and to- reduce first-class postage were in line with those introduced in the last session of Congress and lost in the disorder incident to adjournment.
 It is anticipated that Congress wiil enact the bill providing for the pay ment of government employees who are detained in military service in sums identical with those they would be paid were they permitted to return to work.
 Favor Is expressed, too, of the prop ostion to permit natives of the Phil sippines to enlist in the military serv- ice of the United. States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
FLOWERS THAT STAND SUMNER

I Contributed by Mrs. J. T. Doster} | In this climate it is wise to consider planting those flowers that we know 1 from experience will stand our long 1 hot summers and furnish flowers 1 throughout the heated term. 1 One of the first that comes to mind is the new hybrid sunflower. So varied and gorgeous in their coloring are they that it is hard to believe they are near relatives of our common back yard va riety.
 Coreopsis, one of the finest hardy gar den plants grown, furnishes a quantity of yellow blossoms throughout the sum mer.
 Calliopsis. one of the showiest of gar- den Nannuals, is easily grown. This mag nificent plant produces flowers about two inches in diameter which range through the different shades of yellow and make ones garden a thing of joy
 and beauty during the sweltering days
 of July and August. Then, too, there is the hardy phlox, growing to a height of from two to five feet. This dependable flower is easily
 grown and the blossoms furnish a pleas red to the delicate pink and lavender shades and even pure white ing variety of color, ranging from bright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16

Along the docks In New York city there are many great horse-drawn trucks to be seen, though we hear so much of the vanishing horse" Our Dumb Animals shows photograph taken in West street New York, in August, 191s, in which there is not motor truck to be seen though the street is crowded with trucks of va rious sorts This paper Is authority for the statement that S3 per cent of the transportation of the United States is done by horses, less than per cent being done by motor trucks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
QNE CENI 4 NORD
NAMED

hATES--One cent . word n dnFs no ad. taken for less fbnn 25c for first Inner-
 1l1n. eash nnnst acrorlpnnF Drdek,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
Wartime Extravagance
From Leslie's.

T rom LeSlle B.
 The majority of the English people, in the face of appeals to ecqpomize in ordef to win the war. are spending money with roaring extravaganza never known before. With the govern ment spending f5,OOO,O00 day, why should any individual worry about economy? Three out of the five mil lion daily expenditure of the govern ment is spent in Great Britain. A writer in the Nineteenth Century esu- mates that great majority. of those who receive the greater part of this are paying very little back to the state in the way of taxes. These people, making two, three and four times as much as they ever before made, are spending it with recklessness that the placards of the war savings com mittee cannot check. London restar- rants are crowded, fur, antique and Jewellery dealers are doing record business and taxicab drivers are mak- ing small fortunes.
 The people who are being bled white by the war are those who depend upon rents and dividends now wholly or partly cut off, but who, yet have to meet trebled taxes and doubled cost of living. From this class, which shades off from the aristocracy into the middle class, have come with few exceptions, the great soldiers. admir- . als, statesmen. cientists, artists. au- thors, engineers and merchants of England. The writer of the article raises the question as to whether this class will be able to survive it's losses in men and money. Great Britain has been wise in not shifting to the shoulders of future generations the principal financial burdens of the war, but the plan of taxation ought so to Lc devised as to make all classes bear their share of burden and responsi- bility. g
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16
STOCK MARKETS
 UP AND DOWN AS
 RESULT OF TIE WAR
Trading Throughout Week Was Almost Entirely Professional and Deal
 ings Were Very Light

New York. April 15.-Business on thS stock exchange last week was over whelmingly professional Quotations were up one day and down the next. in fact, uncertainty or hesitation pre- vailed almost every session.
 Dealings were light and more thai ordinarily restricted to a score or so of industrials. shippings and metals, with the usual rails, equipments and munitions.
 Peace rumors persisted but their ef- feet marketwfse was debatable. Wall street is already showing the keenest Alterations at Washington of the fn- ternational war council.
 Investment conditions were clearly influenced by the lack of definite de- tails concerning the administration financial programme. Bankers express desire to cooperate to the fullest ex- tent fin the Notation of the proposed S5,O00, 100000 bond issue but doubt the advisability of such an unprecedented offering at once. on the ground that it would tie up an enormous amount Of liquid capital
 The irregular course of the market was cited as proof of the anomalous situation created by the prospective loan. Domestic bonds, including those of some representative railroads, were heavy. on moderate sales and federal issues were l to per cent under quo tations of recent years.
 International bonds and notes float ed here since the war were strong Railroad earnings and crop prospects were measurably better. transportation difficulties in remote sections having been partly overcome by better wealth CT Wall street is pinning it's faith on early and favorable action by the in terstate commerce commission
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16

E The South Jersey Farmers exchange, a cooperative selling organization of 750 farmers, has declared a stock dividend of 100 per cent and 8 per cent in cash. The exchange handled 9o7 carloads of pe- tatoes at an average price of 90 cents a bushel.s It did a total business of s7,0S7, s4s at a net profit of $Si2ss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-16

A war kite-balloon was recently pre- sented to the United States army by a group of women of New York. Major General Wood, commander of the east ern department of the army, expressed qualification over the gift and said that it would be put into use immedi- ately.