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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
THE BARGAIN.

Stuck fast in the mud as he was,
Jimmy Rabbit couldn't do thing ex-
cept shout Or you might say there
were only two things he could do
shouting being one of them, and keep
ing still being the other.
At first, Jimmy couldn't help calling
out at the top of his lungs. But Peter
Mink, you remember, didn't appear to
hear him. And there seemed to be no
one else near. After a time Jimmy
Rabbit grew so hoarse that he stopped
shouting for help and tried to think of
some way in which he might escape.
It occurred to him that If he could
only manage to get his left hind foot
free of the mud Chat was his lucky
FOOT perhaps he would be able to
crawl out somehow. With his lucky
foot buried deep in the mud, and quite
out Of sight, Jimmy thought it was not
at all strange that he had not been
able to free himself.
So he tried to raise his left hind foot.
At first the mud actually seemed to
suck it deeper, as he tried. But after
long time Jimmy succeeded in lifting
that foot the least bit. And he was
pleased-until he discovered that his
other hind-foOt had only sunk further
into the mire.
At last he happened to look up. And
there ON the bank. gazing down at him,
stood Peter Mink.
what are you doing down there?'
Peter Mink called. "Why didn't you
follow me as told you to-"
II fell into this mud" Jimmy Rabbit
told him. And called and called to
you Couldn't you hear mel?
1.-The wind was blowing" said Peter
and anyone can see that that was
no answer at all
well, if you'd looked around, you
could have seen what happened to me, .
Jimmy Rabbit complained.
"The sun was shining in my eyes. y
Peter Mink told him-and / shouldn't
say that this answer of Peters was
any better than the first.
"Well-you can help me out of this
bog, anyhow" Jimmy Rabbit said. $50
please give me your hand. I'm pretty
tired of being stuck here"
But Peter Mink never stirred.
where's your lucky hind-foot . he
asked. ~ should think that could help
you out, if anything could"
THE trouble is" said Jimmy Rabbit.
"my left hind-foot is so deep in the
mire that can't pull it up where it
can do me any good at all It's the first
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
SHALL WE BE "kULTUREO."
Kultur and pan-Germanism. Thins


Kultur and pan Germanism. Think
it over
A so-called Kultur forced upon an
unwilling world. Wanton steel and
men who know no law nor honor back
such Kultur. A Kultur. mind you,
that stables horses in cathedral sane
tuaries, enslaves a defenseless people,
violates every decency on which clvlii'
cation is founded. The kind which
stands white haired men against their
homestead walls to face the firing
squad. The sort which carries little
innocent babies bodies through the
streets, fastened at the point of flag
stafY. A Kultur which knows no
honor or respect to Gods greatest
gift, pure woman.
Remember the war lords boast:
Paris, then London, then America
Picture the German torch given to
our dwellings, the kaiser's firing
squad stalking up our city streets,
hear the screams or our children
think of the unspeakable fate OF our
wives and sisters.
And what have you to say? The
second Liberty Loan is your opportun-
ity to answer. To back up our sol
diers in the trenches and on the seas
$4,000, O0O,O is required.
II it is not subscribed the plot OF
the Potsdam gang, the pan-German
dream may yet come true.
Again. what have YOU TO say?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
LITTLE BENNY,S
NOT BOOK
BY LEE PAPE
BY LEE PAPE
. . . . o . -
The Park Ave. Ne,

The Park Ave. News.
Weather Damp, incluooding the ferst
; letters.
Militerry News. Kumpinny B was
drilling in the empty lot last Satidday
aftirnoon wen the new fat boy in the
next block, being nootral, went past
with baskit full Of groceries, and
Kumpinny followed him all the way
home to see that he dident send them
to Germinny, WITCH he dident.
Suddin Disapeerents. Sid Hunts fox
terrier Teddy has stopped scratching
all of suddin Sid Hunt saying they
stop biting him about this time every
yeer, but not knowing ware they 60 to.
Not All Together
Pome by Skinny Martin
| got a bran new fountain pen,
Being less Expensive than some
think it is.
| carry 1t in my inside pocket
But my fingers is ware the ink it
is.
Sissiety Notes. Miss Maud Jonsons
cuzzin Fannie stayed at her house last
Satidday and Sundey, witch If she was
ent so skinnie and dident ware glasses
and had all her teeth in, she mite b
very beautiful
Miss Elizabeth green is going
GROUND with a cold in the nose
Wy not insure your papers frum
blowing all Ground the alley! For
2 sents week we will make the ash
men put the lid back on your ash cans
wen they get throo poking in them.
The Lew Davis and Ed Wernick Ash
Can lnsurants Kumpinny, patented.
Advertisement.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23

industry, from mining to selling. He
has shown, as well, Discrimination 70
accept advice from anyone, who has
obtained a knowledge Of the business
through experience. Just how he
would fare should he add to his pres.
ent onerous tasks that of physical d:
rection Of the entire industry-sald 70
rank second only to the railway lndus'
try in size and importance-is ques'
ton that offers wide field for specu
lation.
In the event that, handicapped by
inexperience in his mammoth under
taking, he should fail to solve the coal
shortage, it is dificult to imagine just
what would be the next step toward
remedying a situation which by ina!
time would be unbearable.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
eERMANY's WORRIES.

We have our worries here in
America, and some of them seem
great, but Germany is facing problems
which strike at the very root of thu
government and would have started
an upheaval of major proportions in
any other monarchy than that over
which the kaiser exercises his
spell.
Chancellor Michaelis is retaining his
Job only from day to day and his hold
is slipping. ! Never in the good
graces of the socialists, he lost the
little respect with which they had re-
garded him when he attempted to
turn the navy mutiny into a popular
movement against them. Admiral
Won Cappelle was sacrificed. and Vice
Chancellor Helfferich's Official pos.
was thrown into the balance in des.
perate effort to save the chancellor.
ship. but every attempt Michaelis
made to placate the radicals only
served to rob him Of the support of
the conservative element from which
he had drawn his strength.
Shortage of food in Germany is be.
coming so acute that even the ex
perts of the Berlin press bureau are
unable to camouflage the fact that
starvation will confront many of the
people of Germany if the war contin
ues through the winter.
The revelations of .Bernstorff's in
trigues in America have percolated t.
the German public, and Bernstorff is
being forced into the role of goat" BY
the apologists for the administration
The desperate condition into whicf
Secretary Lansing's disclosures have
! plunged the Potsdam powers is evi
denced by the lame explanation the
Deutsche Tages Zeitung makes of tn
Bolo Pasha scandal.
| That newspaper publishes a state
ment from the Deutsche bank Of Der
lin which confirms the declarations O.
the American officials regarding the
transfer of huge sums of money Il
Bernstorff to finance his disgracefu
plots in the United States. The bank.
THAT the money was to be used To-
any other than legitimate purposes
and support their denial by the ingen
uously discriminating statement tina
the cash came from high officia
sources. presumably the foreign Office
| The mutiny in the German navy di,
not end with the seizing of ships n
Wilhelmshaven and the killing of sew
leral officers and sailors, It develops
lnow that the revolt broke out a
Ostend when sailors objected to bein,
assigned to the highly dangerous sui
marine branch of the service Tn
mutiny of Austrian sailors at Pola. re
sulting from food shortage. and TIN
battle between Austrian and German
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
DINNER STORIES
In the riding school of certain reg
iment a number of recruits were being
put through their PAGES, learning how
to ride. On the command Haiti" one

recruit was shot out of the saddle on
the horses nesk, and in trying to re-
gain the seat and surrups caused his
mount to rear and kick, with the result
one hind leg was caught in the stirrup.
eli, there, Hackenschmidt! Get
back on yer mat, cawn't yer!" roared
the instructor.
The recruit, getting glimpse OF
what was happening behind, replied
between the bumps:
well, il this Neutrality-suspicious.
coming up here-Tm get
ting Off"
Rastus and Joe had been accepted
by the local board and were talking
over the service.
"What you gwine do?' asked Rastus.
"rse gwine in the infantry. Whan
you gwine"
sTse gwine in the cavalry"
"Niggah. don't jine the cavalry;
come wifi me in the infantry"
mo, sun. They gives you boss in
the cavalry"
"Niegah. when that captain gives
the word TO retreat. All don't want TO
be troubled with no hoss!"
81 want to be honest. sir. can :
support your daughter, but am afraid
to tell her so because she has set ner
heart on marrying me-"
Never mind. Do your best.A can
support her, either
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
o1ruMwA's OPPORTUNITY.

The voters OF OttumWa nave an OPP
portunity which is offered but seldom
to any city BY voting for the extern
sion Of the city limits they can move
their city several notches upward in
the population scale among~th the cities
of Iowa. They can make Ottumwa a
city of more than $4,000 population, the
largest in southern Iowa, merely by
reaching out little way in each di-
dection and including as part Of the
municipality those residence districts
which have sprung up in the forty
years since the last time the limits
were extended generally.
There is big difference between a
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

It is personal, INDIVIDUAL PIoposf
ton, this matter of buying Liberty
Bonds. The question every citizen OF
America must ask himself is this:
How much money can l raise to
lend my government so that 1t may
nrotect me and my family from the
fate that has overtaken the people OF
Belgium and France?"
There is no room for exercise OF
choice in the matter. There is no op-
portunity to evade the responsibility
which citizenship in the United states
imposes on every citizen.
The question for you to answer Is
not: shall buy Liberty Bond?
The question is: How big Lib
erty Bond can buy?
II you have any money available or
II you can raise any money, 1t is your
duty to invest it in Liberty Bonds
not part Of it, but all Of it. !,
II. when the campaign ends, you md
yourself with money or its equivalent
which YOU could have invested IN LAD
erty Bonds, you will have failed 10 10
your duty.
This is true, no matter whether you
have bought a bond or not. II you
have bought bond and have not
bought up to. the. limit OF your nnan-
cial resources, you still owe your ma
ton a duty.
This is plain talk, for this is time
which demands plain talk.
If YOU were facing the greatest
crisis in your life and needed money
to make your future cafe, you would
attempt to borrow it, on the best Sc
curity possible for you to oher. Should
that security represent value nfty
times as great as the total loan you
required, you would consider 1t amply
sufficient, Offering it to men whom
YOU knew possessed money they could
lend and Offering them interest on
their money, you would expect them to
give you the help you needed purely
as business proposition. II you Sc
lected men who were under the heavi.
est OF obligation to you, you wouio
have perfect right to expect them
to scrape the bottoms OF their money
bags il necessary, to make the inter.
est-bearins loan to you on gilt-edsed
security. Should they refuse they
would stamp themselves ingrates.
Should they lend you merely part OF
their available money and witnnoio
the rest they still would be ingrates.
We can all agree on these facts,
Now substitute the United States gov
eminent for yourself and substitute
yourself for the potential lender, who
is under the heaviest obligations-the
obligation of citizens patriotism
to the prospective borrower. Consid'
or that the United States, in asking
YOU to lend it as much Of your money
as you can raise, is Offering you in
terest.bearing bonds secured by al
the property Of the richest nation the
world ever has known.
II is distinctly up to YOU. What
ever you may have done thus far in
the war does not release you from the
obligation to buy Liberty Bonds
Others have done as much as you
Many who have done much more thar
YOU are buying Liberty Bonds will
their last dollar Many who have
done more than you are going into
debt to buy these bonds, because they
recognize it is their duty.
But it is their duty no more than il
is yours. It is your duty to discharge
your responsibility as citizen.
What are YOU doing?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
rowAN FOR RUSSIAN SERVICE.

Marshalltown. Oct. 19.-Master Me-
chanic C. w. warcup Of the NJ. & st.
L.. in charge Of the division local
shops, severed his connection with the
road to join the American force OF
railroad men who will go to Russia to
rehabilitate. He has been commits
stoned captain nj the Russian railroad
service corps and expects soon to so
west to sail from a Pacific port.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
ACCUSE MISSOURI EDITOR.

ST. Louis. Mo-. Oct. ia federal
warrant was issued for the arrest OF
A. H. Steinback. owner of the Reput.
lican Headlight Of Union, Mo. The
warrant was issued because Of an al
legged disloyal editorial in the paper.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-23
SCHOOL BUYS BOND.

Marengo. Oct. 19.-The Marengo
high school students have voted to buy
$50 Liberty bond. Twenty cents a
week for two weeks from each student.
pays for the bond
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-22

At several points the Russians have
attempted to carry out raids against
the Teutonic fronts, but are said to
have been everywhere repulsed.
Little news explanatory of the real
situation on the Trentino front in the
Austro- Italian zone has been received,
but unofficial reports say the battle,
which is of great proportions, extends
along the entire line from the Sugana
valley to the Asiago plateau. 1t Is in
this region that the Italians are en-
deavoring to break through the Aus
trial line to one Of their main detectives
Trent.
There also is little information coming
through concerning the operations in
Macedonia, except that artillery duels
are in progress on various sectors and
that there have been local engagements
between the Bulgarians and British in
the Struma valley.
Daily the situation in Russia seems to
grow brighter. Unoficial advices from
Petrograd say that the Congress Of Sol
diers and Workmen's Delegates of all
Russia has voted confidence in the pro-
visional government and gone on record
as demanding a reorganization of the
army and an immediate recommencement
Of hostilities against the Teutonic allies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-22
Price Fixing

The bill. which was drawn by United
States Attorney George W. Anderson
alleges that the companies named nave
agreements involving fixing of maxi
mum prices for buying and minimum
prices for selling fish and that through
them. practically all the fish coming
in on the Northern Atlantic coast is
marketed.
Forty-one wholesalers Of this city are
named as owning all the capital STOCK
on the New England Fish EXchanse'
each dealer owning one share ne
government charges that the defend
ants have perverted an exchange
which should have been market open
to all without discrimination, and
greatly improved physical facilities fur
nished in part at public expense by
the consumers and depressing prices
to the producers. with the intended and
actual result Of enormous profits ac-
cruing 10 the defendants as middle
men"
The bill alleges that the fish exchange
was formed in 1909 with 5000 capital
stock and that it levied an assessment
on all FISH sold by its members and 9TH
ers to whom buyers or sellers tickets
were issued until It accumulated over a
million dollars.
Thus equipped financially" says a
statement issued by Mr.. Anderson, the
company obtained a very favorable lease,
amounting to subsidy, from the COM
nonwealth for the new fish pier con-
strlcted by the commonwealth. The
Boston Fish Market Corporation is the
lessee and manager Of the pier.
THE cold storage company" the state
ment continues. is controlled by the
same interests. Aside from the Il defend
ants who hold charters of exchange. the
defendants permit no fish dealers to buy
or sell fish on the exchange or on the pier
with the exception Of IS sellers and 10
buyers who have received revocable tick
cts emitting, them to buy or sell respec-
lively on terms fixed by the defendants ;
The fishing grounds off the coast Of
New England supply practically all the
ground fish brought into the United
States. including cod, hake. pollock and
paddock. and at certain seasons they fur
nish also the entire available supply Of
migratory fish of which macgerel is an
example. Fish taken from these fishing
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-22
House Vote Saturday

Rejection in the House on a point Of
order Of proposals to include shoes,
clothing, farm machinery and cotton
seed under the regulatory food pro-
visions, cleared the way to passage to
such an extent that final vote is ex-
pected sometime Saturday. Prohibi-
ton proposals and Representative
Lenroot's amendment to strike out the
licensing feature of the bill constitute
the only apparent obstacles to final
vote at that time.
To pass the measure with as few ad-
ditions to the original draft as posi-
Bile in order to expedite consideration
is the plan of Representative Lever. in
charge of the measure. He told the
be made at leisure while it now is of
the utmost Importance that the big
control machinery be started. House
Republicans are rallying to support of
the bill one of the speeches today in its
behalf being delivered by Representa-
tive Gillette of Massachusetts, acting
Republican leader.
In Senate
While perfunctory debate was pro-
ceeding in the Senate, substantial
progress toward compromising differ
ences was made by the leaders at in
formal conferences. The changes ten
tatively agreed to included:
Elimination of the section author
izing the food administrator to re-
QUESTION factories, mines and other
plants when he finds necessary:
Elimination Of provisions authoriz-
farm laborers;
Elimination of specific authorization
to regulate consumption by rationing
or control of individual meals
Exemption of foodstuffs stored by
producers from the anti-hoarding pen
alt;es:
Provision for control Of foodstuffs
purchases in this country to pervent
competition in buying between the al
lies and the United States: and,
Further provisions to prevent
boarding or speculation in foodstuffs.
With these tentative agreements.
senators believed the choatic condi-
lions in the Senate is clearing. with A
prospect Of an ultimate complete COM
promise except on few basic points
Senate leaders plan to LEI general de-
bate drift along. probably until next
week after the House passes the bill.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-22
Head of Russian Mis-
sion Avows Consecra-
ton of His Country to
f.. Downfall of German
Militarism- S t a t e S
Program
DECLARES THE RUSSIAN
PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
Martial Law Is Result of
Murders and Robber-
les in Tomsk-900 Ar
rests

Washington, June 21.-Rus-
sia's conservation to war to the
end with German autocracy was
avowed today by Special Ambas-
sador Boris A. Bakhmetieff.
head of the Russian mission
here, in a statement to the Am
erican people. Only through vic
tory, he said, can a stable world
peace and the fruits of the Rus
sian revolution be secured.
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Boston Efforts

Boston. June 21.-Greater Boston had
contributed nearly one half of its allot-
ted 100000 to the American Red
Cross war fund today, great clocks in
three parts of the city indicating actu-
al gifts in hand of sl.2S6.969 OF this
amount $500, 600 came in during the day
In an effort to speed up further the
campaign here. the committee which
worked for the Liberty Loan in this
city will meet tomorrow to extend their
organization for the benefit of the Red
Cross.
Contributions Of $4,000 each by A. c.
Burrage and by Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Warren jointly, and of $4,000 by AL
bert Farwell Bemis. headed the list to-
day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-22

grounds is almost always landed at ports
Of New England.
approximately 00,0o0.o00 pounds Of
fresh fish is received at Boston an
nually by water and approximately
50,000.000 pounds is brought here by
rail, Immediately on being landed at
other New England ports. More than
three-quarters of the total amount Of
fish landed is re-shipped to other
states for sale"
The Bay State Fishing company Is
declared to be the largest single pro-
Queer in the fresh fish industry, op-
Grating with single exception all the
beam trawlers now engaged in the
business in these waters, and produc-
ing approximately half the total uuan-
tity Of fish marketed on the exchange.
1t Is alleged that this company has
attempted to buy out all the whole
salers and has in fact bought out nine
of them, and now causes them. while
still ostensibly independent to be op-
Grated for it's benefit.
The stock Of the exchange which
has par value Of 800. is said to have
paid dividends aggregating over $1,000
in eight years and to have book
value In excess Of $500 a share" ac-
cording to the bill.
The government asks that the Ros-
ton FISH Pier company, the Bay State
Flshing company, and the New Eng
land Fish Exchange be adjudged un-
lawful combinations and that thev he
dissolved and that receivers be ap
pointed; also that the defendants who
are shareholders of the New England
Fish Exchange be enioined from com
hininF for the illegal purposes COM
planned Of
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AIRCRAFT WORK
Billion Dollars for Pro-
posed Plans

Washington, June PA billion dol
lars probably will be required to put
100000 American airplanes and 10000
TO 10000 aviators into the war, Alan r.
Hawley. president of the Aero Club
Of America. today told sub-commit-
tee Of the House military affairs COM
mittee. He declared $4,000 aviators
could do more toward ending the war
than 100000 additional soldiers. He
endorsed the bill to establish a separ-
ate department Of aeronautics. What
might remain Of the 100000 airplanes
when peace is restored could be util-
lied for commercial purposes, he said.
Mr.. Hamley predicted that the day
Of transatlantic air lines was at hand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-06-22

Dogfsh put in an appearance this
year earlier than common, and have
already played havoc with the travis
of number of the local fishermen. also
driving away much Of the ground
fish from in shore. One of the pests
however, quickly ceased from troubling
the other day when discovered in the
dock between Widgery and Union
wharves at Portland by Capt W. w
Arey. wharfnger on the latter wharf
The captain is a dead shot with q re-
volver, and four we'll directed bullets
put quietus on the fish, which when
hauled up on the wharf was found to
measure more than three feet in
length.