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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05
SEEK the GERMAN AGENT.

Without question, the most discours
aging thing in America today Is the
strike spirit that affects the nations
campaign for the construction Of ships
which are so greatly needed and so
vitality necessary II Germanys subma.
mines are to be beaten and II we are
TO win in the war.
It 10 impossible to believe that there
Is not a welldefined proGerman influ-
ence behind the agitation OF strikes In
the ship yards. This suspicion arises
not merely because the melting OF
labor troubles is known to be one Of
the German plotters' strongest cards,
is SO openly and clearly disloyal Just
now. With the overwhelming major
ity of workers united loyalty in sup
port of the administrators program
for increased production in nearly
every line Of industry, it Is significant
that few workmen in one of the most
important activities connected with
the nations defense should strike stub
bornly and resist efforts at arbitration.
The shipyards strikes do not ring
true. They are not the result Of i'm
proper treatment iof working men.
They are the result of disloyal and pre-
meditated action by small corps of
misguided zealots who, whether they
know 1t or not, are serving the enemy
and striking at their government, their
families, their homes and themselves.
A similar condition exists at Gary,
Ind, where railroad switchmen have
tied up steel mills working on impor-
tant government contracts. The wage
advances demanded amount approx
mately to IS per cent The strike was
called without warning and without a
demand for arbitration.
The president has appointed an Off
cial board to deal with all these labor
troubles as they may arise and to
effect settlements to the end that the
governments work shall not be inter.
rupted. Along with this board there
should be corps Of efficient secret
service men, to seek out the mischief
makers at the root OF the evil and to
remove the cause OF the strikes as a
means of solving the problem.
The settlement board IL necessary,
no doubt, but It's work has to do with
the wrong end OF labor trouble. The
strikes should be weeded out before
they Interrupt production rather than
after they achieve the delay their
organizers seek.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05
AM ENCOURAGING SIGN.

After several disappointing months
and many disastrous experiences, 1t IL
evident that the British forces or
which London must depend for protec
ton from German air raiders have per
fected their methods Of defense to q
point that will make it impossible II
future for the capital to be raided as
It was few weeks ago when scores Of
persons wore killed and much materia
damage was inflicted.
Along with the demands for reprisa
which have been made continuously II
England since the air raids began
there has been an insistent criticism
of the home defense and repeated
querulous inquiries by newspapers as
to England's ability to keep pace with
German ingenuity and inventive abil
ity. The people grew nervous anc
there was talk of retirement of Lore
French, commander Of the home de
fense. in favor of a more aggressive
officer.
The most recent attempts by the
Germans have met with very decisive
defeats at the hands of Lord French's
men. Anti-aircraft guns located alone
tho North sea coast have given val
liable assistance to the British await
ors, and the invading Germans have
been driven off before they could reach
London or do more than negligible
damage nearer the coast.
This is one of several indications
that the allies will be able to maintain
the supremacy In the air which they
have held during the fighting on the
Franco Belgian front. The recent
flights by Italian aviators both II
Europe and America indicate that they
have mastered both the speed and dis
lance elements, besides producing air
planes which will carry heavy loads.
The perfection of Americas Liberty
motor is hailed as the step which will
make our armys air fleet second t.
none. Meanwhile the British are max
Ing improvements, II the success Of
their airmen in protecting London may
be taken as q criterion.
Meanwhile, also, the Germans am
building new airplanes rapidly in an ct
fort to cope with Americas birdmer
when thssy reach the battle front mex
spring. But there is ample ground TO
confidence that the command of thu
air will remain with the armies oppos
ing the kaiser.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05
"coNTRoLLlNcr COAL.

After having encouraged many peo-
pie to postpone the purchase Of their
winters coal in the hope that govern
ment control would bring a'out price
reductions, DR.. H. A. Garfield, federal
fuel administrator, has made his long
expected announcement today. 1t Is
Indicated that il any reductions in the
local prices are made they will be en-
tirely negligible. Later in the season
some advances are very probable.
The problem now, however. is not
one OF price but of supply. 1t Is very
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05

probable that there viii besa married
shortage of coal In the United States
this winter and nothing has been done
by the fuel administrator to remedy
It. In fact, the course DR.. Garfield and
numerous other men In Official posi-
lions have followed has served to in
crease the shortage and aggravate 1t,
rather than relieve it.
Coincident with President Wilson's
announcement of reduced mine mouth
prices, The Courier advised its read
ers to buy their winters supply of
coal Immediately. It did not say
prices would not be reduced; it said
they might be reduced slightly; but it
urged Immediate buying at the lowest
prices obtainable in accord with the
presidents schedule as . wiser, safer
course than postponing purchases In
the hope of price reductions and run
ming chance of failure in the supply.
The Courier argued that any small
reduction in price-snd no large re-
duction seemed at all possible-would
not compensate for inability to obtain
coal when cold weather should come.
1t pointed out the lack of railroad ia
cilities for distributing coal and the
probable loss Of production through
complicated government control, labor
troubles and shortage Of cars. 1t warn
ed its readers that the big problem as
to coal during the winter would not
be a problem of price but problem of
supply.
That was in August. The retail
prices of coal in Ottumva are tho
same today a. they were then. Those
who followed The Courters advice and
have filed their coal bins have had to
pay no higher prices than they must
pay today or tomorrow.
Because of the great danger of a
serious shortage, The Courier renews
its advice to coal consumers to supply
themselves with fuel for the entire
winter, at the lowest prices obtainable,
without unnecessary delay. This may
mean sacrifices and economies IN
other directions, for it is not easy for
everyone to produce the price of q
whole winters coal supply In advance.
But the situation is a grave one.
A few weeks ago, when we called
attention to the shortage Of railroad
facilities for handling coal, the labor
6lluhl1Ou duu LAG SOA0C4uVAS oAOA S~0o
Of reserve fuel for the winter, oficials
of state and nation were overlooking
this important factor IN an effort to
reduce prices. Now, with the price
unaffected as far as Ottumwa coal
users are concerned, the question Of
supply ia attracting the attention OF
oflicials and causing them anxiety.
This is evidenced by DR.. Garfield's re-
cent announcements and by Governor
Harding's statement Of Saturday that
the transportation problem is more
important than the price in the coal
situation.
If coal were priced at 81 a ton
and mono were obtainable. It would be
dificult to convince a frigid public
that the cost reduction constituted a
benefit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05
WHAT GERMANS THINK.

$50 far al getting ut what the great
mass Of people In Germany really
think about the war, that Is impossi-
ble,'' says Marie Bonini Brown in
her story Of The Truth About Ger
many. THE people are not permitted
to tall" she explains.
But during her three war-torn years
IN The German capital, this American
woman came to sense the German
feeling Of involuntary and helpless re-
vulslon against the atrocities commit
ted b. their soldiers in Belgium and in
Poland. It was not necessary for her
to ask nor for the Germans to tell her
what they thought. Her daily life
among them gave her their viewpoint.
Il did more, for it informed her that
these long-oppressed people. loyal to
their hAiser through fear. and through
the traditions that have been handed
down from generation to generation
as ! result of the elaborate German
system of militarism. are loyal still.
In suite Of their knowledge OF the hor-
ribaa crimes committed by their own
men In occupied territory.
They fear reprisal. Marie Brown
says, and it is self-tnterest in her
opinlon. which impels them to utter
weak protests against the atrocities.
WITH me sympathy and understand
ing she draws q touching picture OF
the sadness in Berlin when the church
bells were taken away to be cast into
bullets. She cried with the sorrowing
Germans, she says. but her sympathy
did not blind her to the fact which she
sets forth so admirably In the follow
ing paragraphs:
A great many things which are
doubted in America, We heard OF
in Germany and they are believed.
The thing is, though, over there.
although = few people may decry
what IL done, the majority think
what the kaiser does is right, no
matter what It IL.
They say that Belgium should
have stood hack and let the Ger
: nan amy through and that what
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05
PRICE
OF MILK SETTLED

st. Louis. Mo-, Oct. 3-An agree
ment on q wholesale. price Of $3.50 Z
100 pounds for milk. and advance d
81 hundred pounds, was 1oached
at meeting of the Southern Illinois
Milk producers and the 81 Louis dis.
tributers in the East st. Louia, ILL.,
CITY hall. The now price will be ct
fective next Monday.
Officials Of the distributing compan
les would not make any definite an.
nouncement last night to the retail
price, but it is expected to be 14o q
quart. an advance Of 8 cents.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05
OUT ON ALIMR.

NOTWITHSTANDING the very naturo
desire any coal consumer must fee
that prices of that commodity and o.
sundry other necessities might be re
duced to the levels of few years ago
we are unable to view the present &C
tivities of Clifford Thorne in Washing
ton with anything but bored amuse
ment The CourieI's correspondent
at Washington sends the information
that Mr. Thorne has been granted 9
hearing today before the fuel admins
traitor on his demand for reduction Of
mine mouth prices in Iowa. AS this
Is written there is no news available
as to the results of that hearing
neither is there any likelihood Of Mr.
Thorne's success.
Mr.. Thorne is one of the few men
who continue to regard the price ele
ment as the only one to be considered
in the coal situation. Their number
is growing smaller as, one by one, they
come to realize that the big question
for the coal user as the winter prog
resses will be:
Can get coal?"
He will not be disposed to Maggie
over the price when the thermometer
Is around zero and his coal bin is emp
ty.
Mr.. Thorne's hearing is liable to be
interrupted at any moment by the ar
rival Of committee representing
miners and operators and coming d.
rectly from the joint conference which
has been in progress in Washington
for several days. Already this con
ference has resulted in an agreement
between miners and their employers
for material increase of wages in the
mines of the central competitive field
The increase is granted by the oper
ators on the condition that the fuel ad
ministrator permits them to increase
the prices Of their coal in proportion.
This report is to be made to Dr.. Gar
field as soon as the conferees are able
to agree on the length Of time the
present agreement shall run.
II the custom which has governed
the coal industry ever since the oper
ators and miners have been making
joint wage agreements is to be con
tinued, Iowa miners will receive wage
increases proportionate to those grant
ed IN the central field.
This, Of course, will mean an In
crease In the retail prices Of coal
And while Mr.. Thorne is not con
cerned with the retail buyers prob
lens particularly-for he represents
large industries in the present in
stance-his clients doubtless will be
compelled to pay higher prices for coal
than they are paying today.
There is every probability that his
price hearing viii be distinct failure
Incidentally, 1t delays solution OF The
vital problem Of q coal supply.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05

will come into it's own again for a few
days, and its millions Of devotees will
be none the less loyal and patriotic
for having Yielded to its spell.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-05
TINE "LIBERALS.n

~
e+tsmnt. :. heinz made bv leaders OF
TIA prohibition party to enlist the rem.
nants a. = lot of other minority polit.
icaI hodias IN = now ''iberar' party
n snfhctent numerical strength to try
oonclnsinns WITH the two old organ.
i.ationu
mn f;rrt ~ thaae efforts at amalsa,
,n.t;on IN ha made aerio,,sly was that
- 80 .,,mmar when the prohibition.
s.+s held fheir nationa1 conyention in
a. Panl and nominated J. Frank
Hsn,v for the pres3dency after muz.
.iinrsw1lN.n Sulzer. That convention
81 .dve,4i..d :. a rallv Of progress
~. .n6 nthar minority nartisans.
The Ntsrsfnra annonnced that William
1I,sr Whita victor N,rrdock and a doz.
~ - r,ore n,rar. M hsd h,rt recantly
Lost tha;r s,ormv POLITICAL nome bv the
euAdsn a,srn,tion Of the Bull Moose
rartv ~m,N ha present at the bro
no.sd 49, Te..t
TS.- IA nj oon,> Although the
,rch,Ss..ori.t.. recsnt1on committee
= 80 49,. trat, .nd sant .,oras az en-
trestins ta,asrams the enesta failed to
sr+ra EinsIlv an idaho delerate to
~ a.o.-as.;,,a .orvertior who had
t-sve,s6 a. "a &c 81 PAM IN his vay
Sn,.s f.o,s ~ Chtcsgo fta.cn drifted
into ,hs convention Raj ana Mt once
hsc.n. ~ NO - +ho hos,r He Was
msSa chairm.n ~ the .ret.hnxether''
s..sin, md .ha r.,,y conss.ted If the
sH..ir.n.n and The n-chihitionista n
-. ~ 49, . h"sa sr.cas. .ithonsh the
ydahn man re aS more homa re- than
~ "a 800 Lrovn hssora
800 ~. cnrrsrenca 10 announced
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i. y r..as,sss4cn n., ~ Ieta ,ararted
n,eirss.svs 49, .oc;.nst. Tho "a
s s1 ~, tha;r orsaniz alton when
q hao.n. ~ activa ga - tha raiser
.o,,~ rr,n., 10 har 1eadars and nm.
~. - "na+tachsd wor.hinsra ~
n,;r.rf.,. ..tsmsS wh,ch never have
-, disr,rad 9TH nortv a.si.nat;ors
Hn,si .ufrra % retional nrohihition
s. ,,,a-sh;n n n,,hl,c
..s,..! eose FL 1ha Monument blanks in
s.p9...s. ~. aI.,torr ~ tha nronosed
- ssH'. ~ p, nntices assert
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II D00v tu0v0 OSoA
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
Anecdotes of the Famous

II was coming home from nshIns
with q small catch Of ohub, On the
road ! passed . lady, all hat and
feathers, on an outing from whits-
chapel.
'"Ullo. mister. how much for youT
salmonf
"A shilling q pound my dsSE.T
'-That'll do for me nns."
rYss, but you'll want . glass Of
champagne with It."
That's all right, Euv'nor-rm
onI And what do ou say to q bit
Of brsad-and-buttsr puddin' after
that to top 1t wIth7"
Well. that is the sort OF mind
that would see the CHEEKY side when
things were looking black
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
five Lived on Venus?
By GARRETT
P. SERVISS

wireless tsisEraphy. continent
broad telephony. automobile trans
portation, sub-ocsanie navigation
and the easy mastery Of the empire
Of the air. should turn out to Be
only . nash in the pan
When you passed srom enc side
Of Venus to the other. what glitter
ing mountains Of Ice you might md
stretched like . diamond nseklaes
between the two hemispheres. for It
can hardly be otherwise than that
moisturs-laden winds continually
rise from the centre Of the sunlit
hemisphere and blow on on all
sides to deposit their condensed
water along the chilly borders Of
perpetual night. Indeed. you might
hnd that the day side OF the planet
has been robbed OF Its oceans, which
have been. IN the course OF ages,
transported through the air to be
piled up IN eternal ios on the night
side.
And how strange would appear 70
you the scenes and the life OF .
world which not only knows no set
ting OF the sun, but alse no change
Of seasons, except such a. could be
obtained By travelling from one zonS
TO another. In the centre OF the day
side you would hnd Q circular re sEion
Of torrid heat tempered, tt may be,
BY an unoroksn root OF clouds; but,
Gs you approached the circle Of al
vision between the day and the nIEht
hemispheres, you would ind your
self crossing dxed HonsG OF Summer,
gradually diminiahinF from one 20
another In Intensity until, near the
border, you would sntsr Q region Of
perpetual Spring temperature, WhaFO
the sun, though never setting, would
hang low above the horiEonI and,
close TO the dividing line, you would
even md two long, narrow, June.
shaped areas whore the sun would
alternately riSa ana set once In
svsry year OF Venus, owing 20 a
little rocking to and fro Of the
planet - the cradle OF her slightly
eIliptinel orbit,
What wonders you might nnd on
ne nlGht side must be left to an.
other article.
(rO BE OOatinusA-)
The Washington times., 1917-09-06

TT is possible-but that II for you
to ind out, since astronomers
are not agreed on this point-ii
Venus you would become an inhAbi-
tant Of . two-faced world-i.O.. .
world having one side all night. the
other all day. This state OF afairn.
~ II really exists, simply means that
the rotation of Venus on her axis
has slowed down under the action
of tidal forces probably, until It
keeps step with her revolution
around the sun, each taking about
225 OF our days
This corresponds with what has
happened to the moon with re-
spect to the earth. for you
will. of course, remember that
when you were on the moon,
you could. by once putting
yourself In a position where the
earth was overhead and staying
there. always have the earth over
head. Yet on the moon you had . suo-
eession of day and night, although
each was q fortnight IN length. be-
cause the moon, while keeping the
same side continually toward the
earth. does not keep the same side
continually toward the sun.
On the moon you could see the
earth always In the sky. while the
sun rose and set, whereas on Venus
you could see the sun always IN the
sky, while the earth. looking like .
very bright star. rose and set
Now, II ;',is-whIch some astrono-
msrS maintain very earnestly
should turn out to be the real Bitu-
alton Of things on Venus. you would
have an experiences Of an entirely
new kind. You could and out vhsth-
or the columbus Of Space" whose
adventures once related, told the
truth or was . mere Munohaussn.
You would be able there 10 live, at
ehoIos, IN . world whore the sun is
never seen, or IN q world where the
sun 10 forever Esan. according as you
stayed on one side or the other Of
the planet, The night side would
doubtisss be very cold, the day side
very bot
II both sides are inhabited, the
bsInEs that you found there ought
70 be At least as different, the one
class from the other, as the crea-
lures that dwell habltually in dark
ness on the earth are from those
that dwell habituallV In the light,
But the differences would really be
far more fundamental than any Of
that kind existing in our world,
Millions OF years must have elapsed
since the rotation of Venus was so
Tar alowed down that she lost the
alienation OF day and night and
had her surface divided into one all
day and another all-night hsmi-
sphere.
She must have been IN that condI-
tion ever since she became hAbitAbls
by any kind Of life, so that under
the law of evolution, the creatures
en- tbs two opposed hemispherSs
The Washington times., 1917-09-06
Hictaner---The Man Fish DBL1 Ry zEaM IKE
o'wASAt 1s1I. hss.Anu.Al Hs~ S,srAs..

tansr. II do not know upon which
ship he was. And have no way of
knowing at present whether he Is
alive or dead"
There was . pause. Gloomy
thoughts were running through the
minds Of the three men
Suddenly Hictaner raised his bowed
head and in a voice OF unspeakable
anguish he asked:
do you think they WIN give me
Moisett0 now7"
Oxus stayed impassiyO- Fulbert
closed his eyes SO that the light OF
fierce irony which filled them might
not be seen, and he answered coldly:
How do I know. my son7 There Il
no limit to the blindness and stub
bornness Of men"
Hictaner rose abruptly and began
to stride up and down the laboratory.
The sorrow Rpd anger In his heart. no
longer under control. burst forth In
Impressions and threats
'I will blow them all up-aIl from
the first torpedo boat to the smallsst
submarine. Then I will 90 to the
waters OF Europe and wreck the
quays and the docks win set ere
to all the ports OF entry. I will 60
up the rivers to the inland cities. to
Paris itself, II necessary. They must
give me Moisette, or I will bury n.y.
self In the wreckage Of the worldI'
HIetaner's Rage
HIS two listeners were pale and
trembling. their eyes cleaning. All
the unconQusrabls ferver OF the ersa-
ture they had trained for war and
bIoodshed, the monster half shark and
half man, was In revolt GsainTt the
obstacle opposed now to his passion
and his will.
He was no longer shs hesitatinE,
tender youth whom XoisettS had
awakened IN Q moment. He had be-
come the savage, impulsivs ElaIS,
knowing himself now to be Abnormal
The Washington times., 1917-09-06

have had an abundance OF time. and
every possible cause. to develop
along lines as diverse as II they lived
on two separate planets instead of
on opposite sides Of the same planet
Whether they ever see one another;
what they think OF one another;
II they ever DO meet; on what
terms they live; whether they are
enemies or friends; whsther one 10
Intelligent and the other brutal. or
both equal In that respect; whether
each thinks itself infinitely superior
TO the other. or one or the other
admits Its inferiority; whether they
send expeditions OF war or explora-
tion into one another's territory, and
keep specimens Of each other In
museum cages for the sdincation Of
savants and the amusement Of chill
dren; whether there are dark slaves
blinking in the blaze Of their mas
ters' perpetual sunshine, or blond
slaves stumbling about In the dark
ness OF lholr mastery nails OF
Eblis-such are some OF the fasci-
mating problems that you would be
in q position to solve In q few
months time II you could only get
TO Venus, and particularly II you
should have the foresight TO take
along with you the electric serial
car that you used on the moon, for
Venus, II 10 necessary TO remember,
IL, within 1000 miles, as great IN
circumference as the earth, and you
would need . handy means Of rapid
transit
II you should ma that Venus 10
divided up In the way supposed,
there are many other things besides
the oontrhHtsd character Of Its anti
podai Inhabitants that would no
less astonish than interest you,
What 4 book you could write about
them. How one enyiss the intel
leotuai feABtH Of the future children
Of the earth when they come TO read
the adventures OF travellers who
have actually visited Venus a. Il II
perfectly safe 20 predict, terrestrial
travellers certainly will do some
time or other uhisEH the leap OF In
Ysntion that has within . few years
given " all In . pile Of woadsTs,