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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
DINNER STORIES

An Irishman out of work applied to
the boss of repair shop in Detroit
when the Celt had stated his quail
ications for Job the superin
tendent began quizzing him a bit
Starting quite at random. he asked
do you know anything about car.
pentry?"
Sure
DO you know how to make a
Venetian blind?"
Sure. I'd poke me finger in his
eye"
The squire's pretty daughter ex
aiming the village school Now
children. can you tell me what a
miracle is"
The children looked at one another
but remained silent.
Can no one answer this question:
the new curate asked, who was stand
ing behind the sauire's daughter A
little girl was suddenly struck with &
brilliant idea She held up her hand ex
citedly.
We'll. Nellie?" the squire's daugh
ter asked, smiling approval
please miss" the small child re-
piled breathlessly. mother says twill
be miracle if you don't marry the
new curate.'
Two fair munition workers We're dis
cussing their personal affairs. says
London Tit-Bits.
Got chap yet. Liz" inquired one.
yes; and he's a regular toff He's
manager at"
"You don't say SO! Why. they tel
me he's real refined
Rather. Why, he took me to a res
taurant last week. and when -Wo had
coffee he poured it into saucer tC
cool, but he didn't blow it, like com
mon people would-he famed it with
his hat.'
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
PAPER SHORTAGE
A FOREST PROBLEM,

Washington, d. c.. Feb. 2S.-Conser.
walton of the country's forests as
means Of insuring a future paper sup
ply was urged in statement issued
today by Carl Nrooman. assistant sec
rotary OF agriculture. The paper prob
lem, he said, primarily is forest prob
lem and can be solved by re-forestra-
ton and scientific forestry to keep up
continuous, production of pulp woods
| AT the present moment" the state
ment said, I'VE are using daily 5000
tons Of newspaper and this is increas-
ing at the rate of 10 per cent a year
| We need about seven million cords of
pulp year for all our paper products
and at present only two-thirds of this
supply is grown in our own forests
We import third Of our news print
pulp wood from Canada. and between
| IS and 20 per cent of the pulp wood
used for our other paper products
from Europe. Since the war this lat
ter source has been cut of,
'In order to render the United
States Independent of outside sources
for paper we must first of all eliminate
! as much as is feasible of the waste in
logging Then we must reuse old pa
| pei anu ttNtlcp NoOuS jiillel " uuCStu
to any considerable extent
/ Both public and private enterprises
must take the lead in the intelligent
characterization Of, private lands. We
must provide for the development Of
| privately owned timber lands by COM
| polling fire protection and thus check
ing annual losses amounting to mil
lions Of dollars.
Moreover the public must recog.
nize the benefits TO the community af-
! forded by the re-forestration of pri.
vate lands and the burdens imposed on
their owner in deferring income from
them. The community should substi.
tute for all other forms OF taxation
what is known as the yield or harvest
tax on forest lands which are mana ged
so as to meet their public obligations
"There are plenty of paper re.
sources in the United States. The
| trouble is that they are undeveloped,
unorganized and unnationalized."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
RENTED ONE FARM
TWENTY-NINE YEARS

Coon Rapids,F Feb. 27-Carl Baxmann
Is to leave the farm after most re-
markable record as renter. He hae
lived on the August Sander farm fog
twenty-nine years and he and Mr.. San
der have agreed so well together that
they have never had SO much as line
of written agreement or contract He
was educated for profession, but. be-
ginning life IN America on farm. he
liked the calling so well that he stuck
to it. Recently his father died in Ger
many leaving an estate, and he hopes
to sufficiently regain his health to de-
part sometime this year for the old
country to help settle up the estate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02

visited at the w. X Lutz home.
Mrs Cora Johnson and son Mar
shall, who spent the week end at the
home in Fairfield Sunday.
Mrs. c. E. Appleby will be hostess
to the Kensington club at her home
Thursday.
Mrs. Frank Moore was hostess at
high noon dinner Tuesday. The guests
were Mesdames J. Edward Easton and
H. l.. Cross of Des Moines.
Mesdames William Aubry and F. A.
Weber were hostesses to the Laf-a.Lot
club at the home Of the former Tues
day
Glenn Brooks spent the week end in
Ottumwa with friends.
Mrs. William Dooley and daughter
Beatrice returned home Sunday from
a week end visit in Washington~with
relatives.
Mrs George Friend and son Royal
motored to Eldon Sunday and visited
at the parental Friend and Furtney
homes. Mrs s. H. Furtney returned
home with her daughter and will spend
the week at the Friend home.
The Needlecraft club was entertain
ed by Mesdames Will Phillips and Or
Iando Hendricks at the Masonic hail
Saturday evening. The hours we're
spent in playing progressive rock and
with music. Several readings were>
given by Miss Mcclure. A dainty two
course luncheon was served. The IN
vited guests were Misses Eula Nc
Clure and Mabel Carter and Ira Hen
bricks
William Bray is visiting relatives in
Des Moines this week.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
PRISONERS STRIKE.

Waterloo. Feb. 2S.-SiX gentlemen
o, color who are serving time in the
city bastile as the result of raid on
a Manson street joint, struck and told
the janitor to 90. to warmer cline
when he ordered them to clean up the
basement of the institution. Thr"ts
of the dungeon and bread and wxasr
diet caused the white flag to be raised
and the strike was over and that jail
cellar now presents a spic and span
appearance.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
WANT TWO RESERVE UNITS.

Iowa City, Feb. ~. Application Tor
two units Of the reserve officers corps
OF the United States army to be estab-
lished at the state university was mail
ed to the adjutant general of the army
by President w. A. Jessap. The units
asked for are of infantry and engineers.
should the application be granted, as
the authorities here believe 1t will, mil
itary training courses at the university
will be much strengthened in the ~
tRSe.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02

Picking it up he reread the words that
had changed the current of his life
from hopeless misery to the promise
of a great happiness.
For fifteen years he had been alone.
At the age of % he had married and
less than a year thereafter had placed
his wife in a sanitarium. hOpelessly
insane. For twelve of the fifteen years
he had lived his life as he could, filling
it with his profession, with reading.
Then he met Margaret Wilcox. After
that it was chaos
She was not beautiful. nor intellectu-
al She possessed no accomplishments
and was an almost confirmed Invalid,
but her personality tugged at his
heart strings until he felt that life held
nothing unless she could share in it.
He had told her his story at the bes
ginning of their acquaintance, know
ing that with her, as with himself love
had come unsousht. But until that
hour of yesterday reason had heid IN
check words he had no right to speak.
He relived that hour as he looked
absently at the paper In his hand. 1t
had been handed to Him as he entered
her room 10 fight with all his skill for
her Pickering life Al the time the
words had made little impression upon
q mind concentrated upon the struggle
before him. But now their full signi-
ficance flashed upon his brain and he
reread the few words that were writ
ten upon telegraph form:
DR.. NJ. C. Steward, New Orleans, La.
Your wife died two days ago. Owing
TO heavy storms were unable to com
municate with you before. -Chicago.
H."
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
Children's Evening Story

"Yes-Ive found it! It's over in the
woods-just little way from her!
Il he said. big. and round, and shiny!
Let's all 20 and bring it home!'
'Well, well. WE'LL" Mrs. Coon was
puzzled She had never heard of the
moon being found in those woods: and
she hardly knew what to think. Are
you sure?' she asked.
"Oh. yes, Mother!" Fatty could
hardly wait, he was SO eager to lead
the way And with many shake OF
the head, Mrs. Coon. with her family,
started off to see the moon.
"There." Fatty cried, as they came
in sight of the bright, round thing.
There it is--just as l told ypu!" And
they all set up great shouting
All but Mrs. Coon She wasn't quite
sure, even yet, that Fatty had really
found the moon. And she walked close
to the shining thing and peered at it,.
But not too close! Mrs. Coon didn't
go too near it. And she told her chill
dren quite sternly to stand back. 1t
was we'll that she did: For when Mrs.
Coon took her eyes off Fatty's moon
and looked at the ground beneath it.
we'll! she jumped back so quickly that
she knocked two of her children fat
on the ground.
A trap! That was What Mrs. Coon
saw right in front of her. And Farmer
Green. or his boy. or whoever it was
that set the trap, had hung that bright
piece of tin over the trap hoping that
one of her family would see it and
play with it and fall into the trap.
Yes-jt was mercy that Fatty
hadn't begun knocking it about. For
if he had he would have stepped right
into the trap and it would have shut
snap! Just like that And there he
would have been caught fast
1t was no wonder that Mrs. Coon
hurried her family away from that
spot. And Fatty led them all home
again. He couldn't get away from his
moon fast enough.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
To VOTE ON pl ANr.

North McGregor, Feb. 27.--The cit
izens will hold a special election. March
&c. to decide whether or not bonds will
he issued to build "A water plant and
sewer system.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-03-02
FATTY,FINDs THE MOON.

Wandering through the woods one
day. Fatty Coon's bright eyes caught
a strange CLEAN from something
something that sllone and glittered
out of the green. Fatty wanted to see
what it was. though he hardly thought
it was anything to eat But whenever
he came upon something new he al
WAYS wanted to examine it. So now
Fatty hurried to see what the strange
thing was
1t was the oldest thing he had ever
foundAfAt round. and silvery; and
it hung in the air. under tree, just
over Fatty's head. Fatty Coon looked
carefully at the bright thing. He walk
ed all around it, so he could see it
from all sides. And at last he thought
he knew what it was He made up his
mind that it was the moon!
He had often seen the moon up in
the sky: and here it was. just the
same size exactly, hanging so low
that he could have reached it with his
paw. He saw nothing strange in that:
for he knew that the moon often
touched the earth Had he not seen it
many times. resting on the side of
Blue Mountain? One night he had
asked his mother if he might go up
on the mountain to play with the
moon: but she had only laughed. And
here. at last, was the mpon come to
him. Fatty was so excited that he ran
home as fast as he could go. to tell
his mother, and his brother Blackie,
and Fluffy and Cutey. his sisters.
ooh, the moon, the moon!' Fatty
shouted. He had run SO fast that. be-
ing so plump, he was quite out Of
breath. And that was all he could say
We'll. well! What about the moon?'
Mrs. Coon asked. Anybody would
think you had. found it, almost" And
she smiled.
Fatty puffed and gasped And at last
he caught his breath again
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
CANDY HELPING WIN WAR.
Fudge Girl Invests Cent From Pro-
ceeds Of Each Sale.
Quotations furnished by W. b. Aibbs /

For sweet charity's sake" is one of
those bromides that you can't get by
any city editor these days unless it ia
particularly effective. as in the present
instance.
The candy girl, Miss Marie Reynolds.
who is a familiar figure around The
Star building and other office build
ings. where she sells chocolate fudge
sea foam and maple fudge that would
have made Martha Washington's mouth
water, is lending 10 per cent of her
proceeds to the government to helm
win the war.
The fact that Marie is putting one
cent for every little bagful she sells
into liberty bonds doesn't tell the whole
story either-for she has for some time
been putting another one cent from
each bag into the Red Cross war re-
lief fund. from which she does not get
q four per cent profit, as she will from
the liberty bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
WAR COMMITTEE OF SEVEN.
Synod Names Body to Look After
Lutheran Boys Spiritual Welfare.

A committee of seven from churches
in the District of Columbia and Mary
land was appointed yesterday at the
closing session of the annual conven-
ton of the Lutheran Synod in Memorial
Evangelical Lutheran Church. to look
after the spiritual welfare of Lutheran
boys in the military service of the
United States. The men who will
speak before Lutherans in the train
ing camps in Maryland and about this
city are: Rev Henry Anstadt Of Memo
rial Lutheran Church. Rev. C. L. Steck
of Epiphany Lutheran Church, s. F.
Nicholas of Keller Memorial Church.
l.. B. Hafer of Tanneytown. Md, and
Revs F. W. Myer, L. NJ. Zimmerman
and E. C. Ide of Baltimore.
Laymen of the Lutheran church will
have a special day assigned to them at
the next meeting of the synod at
Frostburg. Md, in October, 1918, it was
announced.
|. The secretary of the synod was au-
thorized to correspond with the min
listers of all vacant Lutheran congrega-
tons to devise means to fill the vacan-
cies A special inner mission was ap-
pointed to find homes for young Luz
theran men and women who come to
Baltimore or Washington in search of
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
WERE SLATED FOR DEATH.
DR.. Cook and Party Marked for As
sassination BY Plotters.

CHICAGO, October 1e.-Dr. Frederick
A. Cook. the arctic explorer, and a crew
of nineteen sailors were among those
marked for assassination by the leaders
directing the alleged plot to foment a
revolution in India to embarrass Great
Britain during the war, according to
testimony given by Sukupar Chatterji,
q Hindu priest. at yesterdays session of
the trial Of Gustav H. Jacobsen, wealthy
Chicago real estate dealer, and his
! three co-defendants charged with the
conspiracy.
Wholesale murder and the .kidna pin q
OF numerous persons was part of the
program outlined, the witness testified.
This part of the plot, Chatterji said.
was revealed to him in Manila by
) George Paul Boehm, one Of the defend
: ants
Boehm said that he had planned to
Kill DR.. Cook and his crew, who were
TO make an expedition in the vicinity of
the ,Himalaya mountains" said the wit
ness. "Boehm was to assume the name
OF DR.. Cook and the other men in our
party were to assume the names Of the
other sailors who were to be killed /
protested. 1t was Boehm's plan to go
through India under the guise of an
explorer and foment a revolt among the
natives against Great Britain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
J.L. WEAVER TAKES OATH
ASFUEL ADMINISTRATOR

John L. Weaver. appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson as fuel administrator OF the
District of Columbia last Wednesday, TO-
day took the oath of allegiance TO the
government of the United States, and no
further formality will be necessary be-
fore he takes up his duties.
Mr. Weaver called at the food admin
istration building, 10th and l streets
northwest, where he was sworn in by
1.-THE clerk who has charge OF appointments
for both the food and fuel administrations
There were no witnesses and no more
formalty than if the new official had been
taking over some clerkship.
l.. A. Sneed and P. B. Noyes of the
federal food administration, who dur
ing the last ten days have been gather
ing data on anthracite conditions in
Washington and arranging with the
railroads to hurry shipments to this
city as rapidly as possible. today turned
over all their correspondence and data
to Mr.. Weaver, who will carry on that
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
TO HEAR.COMPLAINTS

Lieut.. Headley and Sergt Shelby, mem
bers of the traffic squad, this afternoon
held a session at police headquarters to
hear complaints lodged against motor
lists by civilians. There is no traffic
court in this city and the present plan
of meeting to receive complaints will
not take the place of such court. 1t is
the intention of Mai. Pullman to have
persons complained against appear and
mako their explanations, and in cases
where satisfactory explanations are
made. it is stated, warnings will be
given.
In cases of those who fail to respond
to requests to appear warrants will be
issued and they will be hailed into Police
Court.
The daily sessions will convene at 2:30
o'clock. and it is expected they will be
ended in an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
A. M. PALMER CUSTODIAN
OF ALIEN PROPERTY IN U. S.

A. Mitchell Palmer of Stroudsburg.
Pa, former representative in Congress.
today was appointed alien property
custodian, under the trading with-the-
enemy law.
The alien property custodian. whose
powers are defined by the Presidents
proclamation putting the act into eff
feet will act as trustee for all enemy
property within the United States or
issue licenses eXempting enemy con-
Germs from his supervision.
The alien property custodian will
hold such property or money until the
end of the war and then deal with it
as Congress may direct. All funds or
ready money taken by the custodian
may be invested in liberty bonds and
held in that form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
MRS. RUTH A. GIBSON DEAD.
Native CT Prince Georges County, But
Long Washington Resident.

Mrs. Ruth Anna Gibson. a resident of
Washington practically all of her life,
died yesterday, in her SEVENTEEN year,
after lingering illness. Funeral serv-
ices are to be held tomorrow afternoon
at her late residence, 322 10th street
northeast. with Rev. DR.. C. C. Mclean,
pastor Douglas NJ. E: Church, of which
Mrs. Gibson was a member, officiating
Interment will be in Rock Creek Gene
terry.
Mrs. Gibson was born in Prince
Georges county, Md. About year ago
she was stricken with paralysis. from
which she never recovered. She had
been a member of the Women's Relief
Corps for a number of years and was
past president of George H Thomas
Circle, No. IL. W. r. c. .
Mrs. Gibson is survived by a son,
William Gibson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
Chemists Drawn From Cantonments.

Several hundred chemists drafted
into the National Army have been as
signed to special work under govern
ment departments. and others are be-
ing withdrawn from cantonments daily.
n was announced today. Army authori-
ties were able to pick out these men
with the aid Of census of all chem
ists within the draft age limits. ar
ranged by the bureau of mines. A SINH
lar census has been made of mining en-
rineers, showing age. dependency con-
5itions. position in the draft liability
list and the nature Of work each could
do. IL drafted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
MOTHERS OF PUPILS
DISPERSED BY POLICE

NEW YORK, Oct. 19-The disturb
ance over the Gary system OF instruc-
ton, marked by strikes of school chill
dren. spread to Brooklyn today. Sew
eral hundred women armed with stones
forced their way into a school in
Brownville. a Jewish section. and de-
manded their children be allowed to go
home Some windows were smashed
and several persons We're injured, in
GLIDING three policemen, while police
reserves were quelling the riot
The 5000 children were dismissed
for the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
LOUISIANA bad MAN. HUNG.
slashes Throat in Suicide Attempt
to Resist Execution.

BATON ROUGE. La. October 10
Helaire Carriere, Louisiana bad man."
was hanged today in the state peniten-
tiary for the murder of Sheriff Swords
last July Run down in the canebrakes
after a sensational man hunt of weeks.
Carriere resisted his execution to the
last moment, even to the extent to at
tempt suicide in his cell last night. by
sashing his throat, but the prison physi-
clan said the cut was low and did not
sever the jugular vein.
Carriere's attorney early today inform
ed Gov. Pleasant of Carriere's condition
and asked for reprieve for his client,
but the governor refused to grant the
request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19

Quotations furnished by W. B. Hibbs
Recount IN Iowa Ordered.

DIES MONIES. Iowa. october 19.-At-
torney General H. NJ. Havner has or
dered a recount of the ballots cast in
Mondays special election on the ques-
ton of constitutional prohibition. In
official returns give the vets an adj
vantage OF approximately 1000 with a
total vote of 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
MEXICAN INDIANS REBEL.
Sonora State Troops Surround va.
ouis. It II Announced

DOUGLAS. Ariz.. October 1s-sonora
state troops have surrounded 500 Yaaui
Indians and their families at vican. a
settlement on the Yaqui river, accord
ing to telegram received by Mexican
consular officials here.
The Indians are on what Gen. p. Elias
. Gales, military governor of Sonora.
characterized as "un.astified and IN
grateful rebellion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
Hog Prices Break in Pittsburgh.

PITTSBURGH, October l9.-Prices in
the Pittsburgh livestock market broke
sharply today. Hogs. which last week
were selling at 1885 per hundred
the best grades, the retail markets,
however, bacon was still commanding
so cents a pound, and in the best stores
60 cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
Ignore Cash, But Steal Food.

AURORA, Ill. October 1s.-Passing
I'D cash registers for hams and sides of
bacon, automobile robbers last night
brought home to Kendall county farm
ing folk the cry for food. Racing from
one village to another the robbers
looted half dozen country stores This
morning an abandoned truck was found
on a roadside. The grocers reported
their stocks depleted, but no cash miss
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
Argentine Railway Strike Settled.

BUENOS AIRES. October 19.-After
twenty-three days. during which time
the railways have been paralyzed, the
railway strike has been settled. The
strikers notified President Irigoyen
that they were mot satisfied with the
10 per cent increase in salary granted
by the companies. but that they were
resuminE work as q mark Of personal
respect to the executive -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
Reports Mexico Government Stable.

NEW YORK. October 1s.-With the
execution of two small districts. Mexico
is pacified and under the control Of the
Carranza administration. Gen. Alvaro
obreeon. whose victories over Fran
cisco villa established stable govern
ment in the southern republic, declares.
Cen. Obregon Is visiting several cities
in the United States on private busi-
ness. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
Potato Crop Estimate Big.

NEW YORK. October 1s.-The gov
sfnmsnt forecast OF the first war crop
sf potatoes IL 452. 100000 bushels, an
iacrsass Of 100. 100000 bushels over last
1sar. according to an announcement by
4 D. Sweet. head Of the potato division
IT, United States Food Administra-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-19
Washington Stock Exchange


SALES.
Capital Traction IS. 81, 900 at IS, $1,000 At 9s,
u 600 at 9S, 81, 600 At Is. 81 900 at eS.
Washington Railway and Electric 40. 81 600 At
~. 81 600 a, "a. $1,000 at a, $1,000 at "a,
q. 900 At "a.
Washington Railway and Electric COM, IS at
Ell.
Washington Loan and Trust, 10 at 240.
After call:
Capital Traction %, 81. 200 at IS, 81 900 at 9S.
Union Trust, 10 At 121.
Washington Gas, / at IS, ! at IS. at IS, !
at 57I, Mt 55&. at 6714, at 5s1a.
Rid and Asked Prices