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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-25
DAILY LECTURE
FOR UNIT R MEN
OFFICERS GIVE TALK EVERY
MORNING AND HOLD QUIZ IN
AFTERNOON; KEPT BUSY.

IT. McPherson. Ga Dec. Major
James F. Clark of Fairfield, Iowa. com
mandmg Hospital Unit "R" U. S
Army which arrived at uds post Tues
day afternoon, has arranged and pu
into operation an exceptional lecture
course for the enlisted men Of hi
unit.
Each morning 1t 10 o'clock an of
ffcer Of the unit appears before the
men in their barracks and lectures fol
Ia period which varies from fofty-ffvt
minutes to IN hour and hah IN dura
ton. At I p m b returns and
quizzes the man a hio tank.
UNIT 0vGN LECTURES.
During the psst two days Captain
John =. Herrick Of Ottumva has
talked ID venerel diseases. CSptsh
John r. Walker Of II. Madison, Cap
tain Henry A. Gray Of Keokuk. Cap
tain Frank n. Fuller Of Keokuk and
Lieutenants Edward ]. Wehman d
Burlington and Robert S. Reimers Of
Fl. Madison me Others who WI lee
ture during the next two weeks. Their
subjects include, personal hygiene
camp sanitation, fr1t aid, care Of the
seriously wounded. infectious dis
eases, the transmission Of diseases by
insects, military usages, army hospital
Organization. toxco3ogy ana the use
Of medicines.
STRENUOUS DAILY PROGRAM.
The complete working program for
the day has been made out now and is
in operation. First call comes at $40
o'clock In tho morning, reveille ten
minutes later, setting up exercises at
sos a. m. and breakfast at $3.50 m.
Noon mess is at IL o'clock and night
at $3.50 p. m. The intervening hours
are filed with lectures, drills, hikes
and other events. The first drill was
taken Fridsy under the leader
ship Of Captains Fuller Of Keokuk and
James Of Fairfield, and Lieutenant
Johnston of OskAioosa. The men
marched few miles through the fort
grounds.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-25
New York Money; Closing.

New York. Dec. 24.-Mercantile pa
per-5h @5A%.
Rar silver-86Mc.
Mexican dollars-6shc.
Time loans-5A% bid.
Call money-Hieh, 81: low. AZ;
closing bid, AZ.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-25

Minneapolis Closing Grain.
Minneapolis. MINI. Dec. 24.-Clos.
ing grain: .
Corn-No. yellow. s1.s0@1.s5.
Oats-No. white. 77@7Sc.
Flax-$3.36A @3.39H.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-12-25

I0sSooU Wg0nOy.
London. Dec. 24.-Bar silver-l3hd
Der ounce.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
LIFE DETERMINED
 BY THE ATTITUDE
 TAKEN TOWARD IT

Life is either commonplace or splendid. according to your attitude to- ward it." said pr. H. M. Edmonds, m his sermon on Jesus and the Common place. at the Lyric last night.
 Jesus lived among ordinary sur roundings, ordinary commonplace peo- pie. He drew His illustrations from the familiar things around Him, so that His hearers might comprehend. Birds or the air; flowers of the field; f1eeting clouds; homely, ordinary happenings of daily life. were among the most telling and effective things in His illustra- tions as He taught and preached. His sermon material and matter were talk en from life; He touched the ordinary and the commonplace and made it glisten; made the menia1 task glorious Nothing is either commonplace or splendid except as your attitude to :. ward it makes it so; the human mind is the determining power
 Jesus, by His attitude, made of the ordinary things of daily life beautiful, holy things. He gave new meaning to all the relationship of 1ife.'
 Owen Gillespies solo at the end of the sermon was feature greatly ap- preciated by the large audience.
 Announcement was made of mems dinner to be held at Temple Emanu- Fl on Friday evening at 6:30 at which the men of the congregation are to be guests of the church officers.
 The Basis of Service" formed the text of pr. Edmonds' morning sermon at the temple
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
I'M. [. A. WORK IN FRANCE LIMITED
 BY LACK OF FUNDS

New York, November tS.-with to- morrow the last day campaign of the Young Mems Christian association to raise 35,o0O,oo0 for it's war work fund, the members of the war council sent out today final appeal for the sue cess of the drive. To ssow the urgent need of money for welfare work among the soldiers of the United States fighting in France, this cable message from F. c. Cafter, national secretary of American Y M c. A. in France, was made public tonight:
 T have just returned from visiting Americans in front line trenches. Their spirit is inspiring, their appreciation of associations already being operated under shell fire is unbounded. At the same time principal criticism on ev- cry hand is that the American asso- citation in France is still inadequately furnished with men, money, supplies and transport.
 Unless additional funds and mate- rial are forthcoming immediately, thousands of American soldiers dur ing the coming cold winter nights will be turned away from our huts because they are not large enough and numer- ous enough to accommodate all who wish to enter."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19

Venice, Saturday, November l1.-The city has taken on new confidence and hope with the visit of Premier Wit torio Orland, who personally gave di- rections for the protection and succor of the population and who noted dur ing a tour throughout the city the calm fortitude with which the inhab- itants awaited events. The premier eX- pressed surprise at the dignity and the tranquility with which the popu- lace remaining in Venice faced their peril. Besides a considerable number of citizens and poor people, these in clude the mayor, Count Grimani, the city assessor anS all members of the municipal council.
 The famous church of St. Marks con tinues open and frequent masses are attended by crowds of women and children, who offer prayers for the preservation of the city. The aspect of the church has been completely changed and it resembles fortress with it's Mosaic decorations along the front protected by layers of bags filled with earth and all art treasures Tn the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
HERE RECRUITING
 FOR MARINE CORPS

Horace Roos, assistant to the United States Marine corps recruiting station, located in New Orleans, is now in this city for the purpose of stimulating re- cruiting in that branch of the service
 There are many able bodied men in this district, yes even in the city of Birmingham itself, that should be giving their service to their country, and who are not only not doing that duty. but are neglecting the work that is before them at home. These men should be in some branch of the service and it is my desire to enlist them in the branch which I think is the best of all,'' said MT. Roos.
 T will be glad to give any informa- ton on this subject and receive applica- tions for enlistment at the Motion hotel between 10 a. m. and 1 p. m., or the local recruiting office at 19291a Second avenue will be pleased to receive the applicants or give any information asked for.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19

alleged to handicap business in it's de- sire to cooperate with the govern ment.
 The second is the governments all legged inaptitude in making use Of wa terpower with which the country is plentiously endowed.
 The third is the governments toler- ance of the alleged amaturish manner in which operators produce that most necessary of all articles. coal.
 This criticism with which Washing ton is interested at present, will greet Alabama operators and operatives who reach Washington Monday for confer ence respecting their local differences, with N A. Garfield, national fuel ad- ministrator.
 MT. Ford declares first that from ap- pearances miners are not bending to their tasks as the necessity of the gov- ernment and it's allies demands. In the second place he expresses wonder as to whether or not operators are really interested to the extent of pro- ducing the greatest possible output. He sententiously remarks that there is plenty of coal in the mines and the government must have coal"
 While the automobile wizard, who stands high in the affection of the ex- ecutive, declined to permit reporters to quote him he did not hesitate infor- mally to declare that the government should not allow production to be han dicapped by the employment in mines of anticipated methods. It was his point that while coal was freed from beddings by blasting or machinery, it was loaded and elevated entirely by hand. Were MT. Ford the governments agent with instructions to produce coal, he would equip all mines with perpetually revolving belts and hy- draulic chutes.
 As to the Presidents opinion regard ing the criticisms of MT. Ford, nothing is learned It is known, however, that MT. Ford's cooperation with the ad- ministration since he failed Ito get the boys out of the trenches by Christ mas" has won him a first place in the regard of the chief executive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
BESSEMER NEWS

Bessemer, November S-(Speciaf.) f.)-Ne- gotiations are being made by Mayor B. c. Jones and committee from the city council with the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and the Louis vile and Nashville railroad for the erec- tion of a new viaduct at Tenth avenue from Nineteenth to Twenty-second streets over the yards of the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
 The proposed structure will be much larger and longer than the one in use at the present time and will have road way on either side, which will be great convenience as it will save much time caused by waits at both the Fifth and Eighth avenue crossings of the Louis- vile and Nashville.
 The company will in all probability double track Nineteenth street from Fifth to Tenth avenues when the paving of this street is being done and much inter- est is being manifested in this matter by the people of Bessemer, as much time will be saved by this improvement
 It is hoped by officials of the company that if the two companies can be pre- vailed upon to erect a new viaduct ali of the construction can be done at the same time.
 Announcement has been made by George D. Woodrow, chairman of the army Y. M. c. A. campaign of Bessemer, that their quota has been reached the amount being $2500. Several committees have not yet been heard from and it is thought that Bessemer will go far over it's quota.
 Andrew c. Mitchell, who was appointed chairman of the Four Minute Men com mlttee for Bessemer, has announced the names of the following men who will assist him in this work J. F. Haffner. pr. J. S. Winters, Lee Moody, George Ross and Ben G. Perry. These commit teemen will make four minute talks at the local theatres and all public gather ing places. They vii speak on one sub ject week, these subjects being author ized by the department of public infor- nation a Washington. It is thought that the subject which will be discussed this week will be on Savings Certifi- cates.' Mir. Mitchell and his commit tee expect to begin their work immedi- ately.
 A wedding which. will be of interest to many friends of the contracting parties was that of Miss Mable Philips and Mr. J. c. Fuller of Fairfield The we'd ding was quietly soemnized at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs J. J. Phillips, on Arlington avenue, the Rev. M. K. Thornton officiating. Miss Phillips was a popular member of the younger set, while MT. Fuller is prom ising young business man of Fairfield. MT. and Mrs. Fuller will make their fu- ture home at Fairfield
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
BIG SHIP-BUILDING PLANT AT MOBILE
 IS BEING PLANNED
 FOR PERMANENCY
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ating with the government in ship. building.
 Tt is possible for the corporation to engage in shipbuiiding on a large scale itself and not interfere with the demands made upon it for steel by
 We shall take care of all the re- quirements of the other builders with out delay was the answer.
 The steel mills of America he said, "are equal to the task of buiId- ing 6.ooO.Oo0 tons of shipbuilding in q year"
 While the war is forcing enlarge- ments of the capacity of the United States Steel corporation all of the ex- tensions are being planned and built for permanency.
 The shipyards on the Hackensack Meadows and at Mobile are not merely temporary affairs, such as the gov ernment fabricated shipyards may turn out to be, but are complete establish ments which will build the boilers and engines for the ships and are planned for competitive shipbuilding with all corners after the war emergency.
 Both will have 10 ways at first but will be so laid out as to be cap able of extension in additional units of 10 ways each.
 So thoroughly and systematically has the work been planned that, nottith : standing remarkable rapidity of con- struction, the shipping board is mak- ing the 9600-ton ships one of it's stan- dards and three other shipbuiliing companies have bought the right to use the plans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
GENERAL PERSH|NG VISITS GRAVES OF
 MEN FIRST ID FALL

With the American Army in France, Saturday. November 17.-(By the As sociated Press )-General Pershing, on a trip to the front, visited the newly made graves of the three victims of the recent trench raid. They are on a green hill, overlooking a small village
 General Pershing showed especial in- terest in the simple markers, recording the name, company and regiment of each of the Americans buried there and in wreath of native flowers hung within the enclosure upon which had been placed, in French, the following inscription:
 Here lie the first soldiers of the great republic of the United States who died on the soil of France for justice and liberty, November 8, 1917."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
People Of Venice Shouting
 Courage as They Wait in
 ShadoU Of Terrible Fate

interior of the edifice similarly pro- tected.
 In the state archives of the Frari church are many valuable manuscripts of Italian authors.
 The streets of Venice still present an appearance of animation with number of townspeople going about their duties.
 Premier Orlando was acclaimed as he passed along the streets on his way to the municipal council. where he gave orders for the continued and adequate provisioning of the city with coal. bread and all necessities.
 There was touching scene last night at a street assemblage When the days war bulletin arrived telling that the Italians were holding their ground on the Piave river. More than a thou sand persons crowded up to hear the bulletin and Count Nicolai Zavagli, at tached to the captaincy of the port, mounted chair and read the good news to the eager throng. There were murmurs and cries when the news was being read that the Piave live was holding and as the count concluded reading there were great shouts of Long live the army! Long live the allies! Long live Venice!"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
State Board of Pardons
 Denies HOustOn's Petition

Montgomery, November 1s.-(Spe- cialD-The state board of pardons has declined to recommend executive elem ency on the petition of J. B. Houston, former treasurer of Bessemer, who is serving a five-year sentence in the penitentiary on charge of embezzle- ment.
 Recomm endations of clemency were returned in the cases of Harry An derson of Jefferson county, sentenced for murder; Ed Miller of Sumter coun- ty, sentenced for murder in the first degree and Bill Rogers of Butler county, sentenced for manslaughter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
REoRGANIzING GOVERNMENT

Petrograd, November 17.-(Saturday. 12:50 D. m.)--The Bolsheviki leaders are endeavoring to effect the resump- tion of operations by the various branches of the government, most of which have been disorganized by strikes and the refusal of employees to work under the Bolsheviki commits saries The newspapers which were suppressed in the early days of the unrising have. in s~ne instances, been given permission to renew publication, although the status of the Bourgeois press is still indefinite.
 The temporary revolutionary law courts are to open today and civilians are invited to participate in the trial of offenders hailed before those tri- bunals. An order of arrest for M Ner- atoff, former minister of foreign af. fairs and other officials of the for eign ministry is reported to have been issued.
 Sir George Buchanan, the British minister, who was on the point of leaving for England, has postponed his departure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
DIKHONIN's STATEMENT

London, November 18.-A wireless dispatch from Petrograd today says that General Dukhonin of the Keren- sky forces issued the following under date of November IA:
 "In view of my ignorance of the place of residence of the chief com mander, I have entered temporarily into the post of chief commander. I have directed the stoppage of the fur ther dispatch of troops to Petrograd At present only transports connected with the necessary military operations are permitted. I make this known for the guidance of all commanders, com mitteeS and commiSSarieS"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
Local Data
Daughters of Great Alabama Confederate
 Hero Will Be HOnOred

Macon, Ga, November 1S.-The re- View of the troops at Camp Wheeler py Brig. Gen. J. L. Hayden, command ing the Thirty-first division, in honor Of the daughters of the late Gen. Joe Wheeler. for whom the camp is named, will take place tomorrow afternoon lnciuolng the Wheeler party that ar- rived here tonight were inc Misses Lucy and Annie Wheeler of Wheeler Ala, and Mrs. William J. Harris. wife or the chairman of the federal trade commission, who was Miss Julie Wheeler.
 Lieut.. Col. Joe Wheeler, attached to the coast artillery service in the Ha- waiian Islands, cabled his regrets to Brigadier General Hayden tonight that The could not be present to witness the tribute to the memory, of his father"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
Ten More Deaths From Pneumonia Reported at
 Camp Wheeler in Macon

Macon, November 1S.-Ten more deaths from pneumonia among the soldiers of the Thirty-first division at Camp Wheeler were reported after o'clock last night and today, according to an announcement tonight by the military authorities. Among the deaths today were John H. McNeil, Dothan; G. Mont gomery, Fullville, and Oscar Joiner, Donovan. The other soldiers who died during the last 24 hours were Georgians and Floridans
 Eight other deaths from pneumonia were reported at the camp last week. There are said to be about 25 cases at tho hospital
 Members, of the Rockefeller institute New York, have arrived at the lcamp to make study of the types of pneu- monia most prevalent among the men, it was learned tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
Splendid Alaskan Route Steamer Is Wrecked

San Francisco, November 1S.-The Alaska Steamship company.s Mariposa, one of the finest vessels on the Alaska route. was wrecked on Straits Island Sumner Sound. southeastern Alaska, today. according to advices received tonight by the Chamber of Commerce here It was said that all of the ships 265 passengers were landed safely
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
Red Tape" Is Placed First on List of Three
 Factors
LACK OF SYSTEM IN COAL MINING ANOTHER
Intimates Both Labor and Operators Are Showing Less Interest Than They Should in the
 Present Crisis
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

j Washington, November 1S.-(Special.) Henry Ford, who despite the utopian- ism involved in the voyage of the Oscar IT, stands so high with the administra- tion that he has been enlisted as aid in the prodigious task of shipbui1ding, tells the President that the govern ment is negligent in three principal details. each of which must be corrected if the nation is hastily to win the war.
 The first regards red tape" which is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
BERLIN NEWSPAPER SAYS THAT LEVINE
 AND KERENSKY ARE
 WORKING TOGETHER
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All the reports are impossible of con firmation.
 report of the inter-frontal congress today. It declares the inability of the congress to continue to carry on the bur- den laid upon 1t by the general army committee, and that. therefore, unless the present situation is quickly clarified, it will give up the task and not be re- sponsible for consequences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
New York selectmen Arrive

Atlanta, Ga, November 1S-More than 1000 selectmen from Camp Dix arrived at Camp Gordon today, completing the New York camps quota of 5000 troops ordered to service in the Eighty-second division of ihe national army under recent rul-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-19
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington, November 1s.-W eather forecast for Ala bama and Mississippi: Probably showers and cooler Monday; Tuesday fair
 Georgia: Fair Monday; cooler in north; Tuesday fair, cooler in south- east.
Evening star., 1917-01-14
THIS is SeweH Ford, author

THIS is SemeH Ford, author
= ofthe tales of Torchy and
Shorty. For twelve years Mr..
Ford has continued this ,Vonder.
FIJI series of Torcly stories.
bringing Torchy up through
bo,hood and young manhood,
leading him TO the threshold
of matrimony a hundred times
And at last pushing him orer.
Fen characters haze lived so
long or made so many friends
as Torchy and Shorty. II you
like them, why not drop Mr.. Ford
a line sometime and tell him so?
Evening star., 1917-01-14


lookin' around some, but
"By Jove!' says Mr.. Robert, slappin'
his knee. "Who was it that was bother
ing me just after dinner? Waddy Crane!
He's been pretending to be an artist, you
know; but now he's got hold of his
money, it's all off. He's going to start
bandboX theater in Chicago, elevate the
drama, all that sort of thing. And that
studio apartment of his up in the Fifties
would be the very thing for you two.
Wants to unload the lease and furnishings.
Oh, Waddy has excellent taste in rugs
and old mahogany And it will be rare
bargain; | shall see to that What do
you say?'
Bein' in the plungin' mood, | said I'd
take a chance.
"Good!r says Mr.. Robert. @I'll have
it all arranged before midnight But
when and where does thee er-affair
come OFF,
@I'm just plottin' that out" says |.
"Could sort of count on you and Mrs.
Ellins for tomorrow evenin', say?'
@At your service, says Mr.. Robert
4Then I'll think up place and see if
| can pull it, says L.
If it hadn't been for that little detail
of visitin' the license bureau | wouldn't
have sprung it on Wee until the last
minute. As it is, has to toll her down.
town with bid to luncheon, and then |
suggests visitin' City Hall. She's wise in
minute, too.
slt's no use, Torchy," says she. "I've
promised Auntie that, whatever else did,
| would never run away to be married. ?.
And there my grand little scheme is
shot full of holes, all in a second. When
| get headway-on on like had then, though.
| just don't know when I'm blocked |
swallows hard once or twice y
@Let'sget the license, anyway says T.
a, whats the sense?n asks .Vee
81 can have it to read over. can't II"
says l. "That'll help some Besides
All, come on, Wee! Be a sport. Didn't
you say you'd leave it to me?r
But can't break my promise, Torchy,'
says she.
"Thats right says l, "and wouldn't
ask you to. Let's take the subway
I WON; and when put her in a taxi an
hour later she was still blushin' from
answerin' questions | had that paper
with the city seal on it in my inside
pocket, though. My next job is on the
Reverend Percey, the one who did the
job for MIR. Robert the time stage-man-
aged his impromptu knot-tyin'. Course,
couldn't sign him up for anything def
mite, but | got schedule of his spare
time from six o'clock on, and where he
would be.
But IL don't quite understand, says
he, starin puzzled through his glasses.
"You say you are uncertain whether my
services will be-
"Now listen, Percy" says l. "Pm the
most uncertain party at the present writ
ing that you ever saw. But if | should
phone, | want you to answer the call like
deputy chief goin' to third alarm.
Get that? And I'm payin' time and a
half for every minute after dark. See?.
Maybe that wasn't just the way to hire.