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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
MRS. PALMER DIES.
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
Continued From Page -

was as chairman of the board OF wo'
men managers Of the world Columbian
axnosit,on in Chicago in 1898. Her
Efforts in assisting the officials re-
sponsible for the promotion OF TINS
great enterprise had an Important
bearing on the success OF the under
taking. The cleverness and tact dis.
PLAYED in discharging her Official
duties In this position won her world
wide attention and commentator. Re
fore the close of the exposition she be-
came one of the best known women IN
the country.
II was largely through her efforts
that a woman's building, devoted ex-
clustyely to exhibiting woman's work,
was made a feature of the worlds fair.
It was the most substantial recogni-
ton of women's work ever accorded
by the large exposition at that time.
President VIM. Mckinley appointed
her, the only woman member OF the
national commission for the Paris ex-
position in 1900. AS reward for he's
efficient service in this position she
was awarded q Legion of Honor medal
by the French government.
For many years Mrs. Palmer was
the undisputed leader OF Chicago So
ciety, her elaborate ball each New
Years eve being regarded as the apex
of the Chicago social season. Despite
her social duties she always found
time to take vigorous part In ph1lan-
thropic work, and was instrumental in
founding several of the first social
settlements In Chicago. She was one
of the organizers Of the Chicago, bu-
reau Of charities. ".
NATIVE OF KENTUCKY
Mrs. Palmer was born in Louisville,
| in 1850, a daughter of Henry H. Hon
ore, representative Of a distin.
guished family of French origin resi-
dent in America since colonial times.
She and Her sister, Ida, who later mar
ried Col. Frederick Dent Grant, u S.
A., son Of General u. s. Grant, were
society bellies in Louisville in the
early days.
Mrs. Palmer was educated at con-
after her graduation was married in
| 1871 to Potter Palmer, Chicago mil.
lionaire who was many years her SEN
Tor. He built palatial residence on
the Lake Shore drive at cost of more
than $1,0oO,000. Two sons we're born
| Honore Palmer and Potter Palmer.
When Honore Palmer reached his
! majority he entered politics and
served two terms as an alderman in
the Chicago city council. Mrs. Palmer
personally directed her sons first
campaign for alderman.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
HUNS DESTROY
U. S. HOSPITAL
BIG RED CROSS FLAG FAILS TO
PROTECT cARREL's
INSTITUTION.

Paris, May 6.-The hospital estab-
lished near the front by Dr.. Alexis
Carrel OF the Rockefeller institute has
been persistently bombarded by Ger
man aviators and now is almost en-
tirely destroyed despite the fact that
it constantly flew flag bearing a
huge Red Cross and was further iden-
titled by an immense white Cross
marked on the lawn.
The wounded were successfully re-
moved early in April. DR.. Carrel will
install the hospital in Paris.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
Huns Find New
Way To Spread
Murderous Gas

Correspondence Associated Pressl
~ ARTS, April 10.-Germans are
credited, in reports received
here, with injecting asphyx-
iating gas into letters sent home
by prisoners In their camps. A
woman living In the village Of la
sicotiere recently was III for sew
eraI days after opening a letter
from a French prisoner in Ger
many.
On the same day, it Is said, an
other woman received a letter,
also containing poison gas, from
her husband. captive In Bavaria.
Other cases have been reported.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
MERGER OF CHURCHES
SUSTAINED BY COURT

Washington, D. c., Map 6.-Merger
in 1906 Of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain church with the Presbyterian
church and consolidation of their
church property was declared valid to-
day by the supreme court. Federal
DEGREES awarding control Of the $780,
900 endowment and buildings of the
Missouri Valley college, a Cumberland
educational institution at Marshall,
Mo-, to the Presbyterian synod of
Kansas also were sustained.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
SENATORS REFUSE
TOCUT POSTAL RATES,

Washington. D. c.. May 6.EThe ser +.
ate postoffice committee ref,ised toda.
to- consider legislation to suspend o.
modify increased second class postage
rates which become effective July
and which Newspaper publishers have
attakced in connection with the pend.
ing postoffice appropriation bills. II
dividual senators plan an effors l31W
q. asaDonA- or reduce the ineroAeob
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
ALLIES GAIN GROUND:
ENEMY 4SINACTIVE
Continued From Page ~

Ettlingen, It Is impossible to get them.
II there are any in Belgium please
send me pair" says letter written
in Ettlingen on April &c.
Are you not coming home on leave
soon? How much longer is it going to
last?" reads a third letter.
A note from Rhumsfringe, dated
April %, says:
"The mastering of the 1920 class
took place here last Friday. Most Of
them were accepted"
Further details are available from
various sources regarding the new
German tanks, several of which made
such poor showing at Villers- Breton
neux on April "a. The machine
weighs forty-flve tons and is so un.
wieldy it is unable to negotiate broad
trenches and cannot move over ground
torn heavily by shells. The tank Is
pointed at both ends. 1t is approx
mately % feet long, OK feet wide and
II feet high. The armor is Of a poor
quality Of steel and varies in thick
ness up to 30 milimetres. A direct ar
tillery hit will put one out of action
and they are also vulnerable to ma.
chine gun and rifle Are at various
points.
The armament consists of a 90
inch gun forward which fires high ex-
plosives and case shot; six heavy ma
chine guns. two on each side, and two
in the end. 1t is equipped with 200
horse power, -four cylinder poppet
valve engines with an electric starter
and one man can control and drive 1t
easily. Its top speed on good ground
Is ten miles an hour A crew Of nine
teen is carried, consisting Of one Of
hcer, three gunners for the forward
gun, two drivers, two mechanics, ten
machine gunners and one signal man.
CREWS DESERT GUNS.
The drivers and mechanics are vol
unteers from motor transport units
and the gunners are drawn from the
artillery and infantry. These volun-
teers are promised double pay and
rations.
There is slight cohesion Of the
crews, which have had little training.
The tanks appear to have been hurried
out of the works and used as soon as
possible. Their operators have no
training with infantry, as was quite
apparent at villers-Bratonneux.
Prior to the appearance Of these
tanks south of the Somme, Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg inspected
some of them at Charleroi. One was
taken out for trial and got ditched in
q trench. The field marshal said he
did not think the tanks would be of
much use but since they had been
made they had better be given trial.
This naturally did not in,nrova tho
morale of the tank corps and later,
when two OF the machines got into
trouble at ~Villers-Bretopneux, their
crews abandoned them and fed, al
though later the tanks were rescued
The manufacture of the tanks was be-
gun at Daimers near Berlin in the
spring of 1917 but difficulties were en-
countered in their construction.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
GERMAN FLYERS
TRY HUN TRICK
DISGUISE PLANES TO ENABLE
THEM TO ENTER ALLIES
TERRITORY.
[By Associated Press staff
Corresnon jent1

With the American Army in France,
May 3-(Delayed)-German aviators
are resorting to unsportsman-l1ke
tricks in an endeavor to outwit Amer.
lean filters. The thickness of the Ger.
man soldiers afoot is emulated by en-
envy airmen who are marking their
like allied markings as possible.
The Germans have taken to round.
ing of the corners of the cross on the
wings OF their planes to make them
look like allied badges.
The game of the German airmen is
to play around, get in shot If he can
and then run. American filters, for
fear Of attacking probable friend,
must get up close to an enemy ma
chine, usually after considerable man.
euvering, before opening fight.
AcTioN~cAT AIRDRoMEs
Here is what happens at an airdrome
to which Americans are attached when
an alarm comes In. The telephone bell
rings at the hangar and the location
Of the enemy Is repeated In loud
voice by the sergeant. A number of
young Americans, helmeted and boot
ed, swing into their machines, the pro-
pellers are turned over and one after
another the machines dash across the
field. They take the air quickly and
in less than five minutes from the
time the bell rings the airplanes look
like mosquitoes in the sky. In three
quarters, of an hour they are back
again and the men compare notes.
did you see anything?" one yells
to another.
zone Hun, away back in Germany"
comes the reply.
What were those three machines
north Of 10y" Is the next question.
"They looked like French but you
never know" was the answer on one
particular occasion. .
Then the Americans climb out and
sit around anu wait for the end Of
their tour Of duty or for another alarm.
HEAVY CLOTHES CUMBERSOME
The weather is getting warm now
but in the air 1t is still cold, so the
pilots continue to wear heavy cloth
ing. Because the clothing Is cumber-
some the airmen usually sit around
perspiring rather than waste second
should a hurry up call come. The
American men are using the same ma
chine guns which have been. found
most effective by the Anglo-French
army. Some Of the Americans are
completing their training In flying in
formations on patrol in fast chasers,
while others are learning observation
and photograph work.
The photographing machines are get
ting full opportunity to work freely,
for the same youths who 90 out on tho
alert calls take turns in protecting the
photographers while they are 1T work.
1AAA1 :, l.iS0- Saes- la = Glao machines
taking pictures desire to be let alone,
their protectors in fast chasing planes
hope that they will not be, for IL a
boche comes near he gives the fight
ing airmen chance for which they
orA>waitiNH
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07

at Masonic temple following degree
work that started this afternoon. The
talk will begin at $3.50.
Wednesday night the return of Cor
poral Skinner will be observed by the
Ottumwa lodge B. P. o. Elks at a re.
ception for members in the Elks' club
at 1880 O'Clock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
Highest u. S.
Court Expl0des
Pacitist Claim,

~vYAsHINcToN, o. c., May s.
w Federal court decree dis
w missing habeas corpus pro-
4cssdinss sought by Robert Cox OF
Missouri, q member OF the nation
al army, to prevent his being sent
to France, were sustained today
by the supreme court.
Cox, who later was sent to
France, claimed under the constl-
tuition man could not bs drafted
for foreign service. This was de-
MED by the government.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07
IOWA RETAINS
LEAD in DRIVE
SEVENTH DISTRICT QUOTA
GREATLY oVERsU4sCRIBED;
1900, 900 BUYERS.

Chicago, May 6.-The Liberty Loan
drive ended thirty-six hours ago, but
today clerks still were counting re-
turns. No new figures we're given out
today but it was known that the sew
enth federal reserve district heavily
oversubscribed, with Iowa far IN the
lead of the other divisions. The last
summary issued read:
Division Value Percentage
Cook Co. (Chicago) 1se,627.ooo 1os.2o
Illinois 5000. 49,. I1,4ov'ooo .S So 90
Indiana ....... -. oV'!o4.ovv acos
Michigan -. 80. ss'oss,ooo t1s'vA
Wisconsin .. o6,Voz,ooV' I14''7
RETURNS SWAMP DEPARTMENT
Washington, D. c., May 6.-The
treasury department today abandoned
all efforts to tabulate the nations
total Liberty loan subscriptions be-
cause local committees reported they
were too busy counting the great num-
Der of pledges turned in Saturday TO
give current accounts OF the total.
Some reports today indicated that
the total number of subscribers might
run above 100000, the treasurys
previous estimate. 1t is calculated
that 22,0OO,O00 people now own LIB
ertv bonds OF the first, second and
third issues.
A few scattered reports today raised
the official total of the loan to nearly
81. 5OO. 900, 900.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-07

Do You Know the Pulling
Power Of a Want AID in
THE COURIER?
# You Don't. Try One.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
AS OLD
BUFFALO SKINS

To celebrate fair week Ted Evan
son yesterday unpacEed Shipment
Of coatings that would make the
average mans mouth water. Ted
announces that the goods are as
scarce as buffalo skins. The ship
ment includes Isaac Carr Motions,
Beaumont Motions and Patent Beaver
overcoatings, imported from England.
Carr -MeltoEs are so we'll known that
they need no recommendation, while
the others are in the same class.
Ted calls attention that it is still
not too late to be measured and Sc
cure comfortable, light palm beach
suit for the hot weather-and there's
liable to be considerable of it before
the snow f1ies.-Adv,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
EAIL 10 OREN-IAM

The village of MapIeton, Cass
county, has been compelled. to make
numerous arrests OF; motorists this
week, because OF excessive speed at
which cars were driven through the
place. The village authorities have
repeatedly declared they would not
permit violation Of the speed ordi-
nance, and, with the tremendous
traffic incident to the state fair in
Fargo, they were compelled, they
say, to make several arrests
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
Pioneer Dies OF
Old Age Today

Mrs. Margaret currie. SO, Red
River valley pioneer. and former
resident of Grandfn, died at the
home Of her son. William Currie, sos
Fourth street north. at 1880 o'clock
this morning OF old age. Surviving
are one son, William Currie, and q
brother, Joseph Currie, Goderich,
Ont, Can.
Mrs. Currie was born in Goderich
township, Ontario, March Is, 1897.
Funeral service will be held at the
q. 3. Moore chapel at 8 O'Clock Sun
day afternoon, Rev. William Ed
wards, Christine. N. D., officiating.
Interment will be made at Grandin,
where services will also be held,
Monday. Six nephews, John, Thorn
as, Albert, Joseph, Adam and Man
ley Elliott. will be pail bearers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
+, RAcK ON TERRlToRY.

William Leggitt, formerly Of Grand
Forks and more recently OF st. Paul,
is in Fargo today, driving here in his
car with Earl Scott. Of st. Cloud.
Mr.. Leggitt has gone on the Fargo
territory for the Conrad cigar line
for the time being, war conditions
having developed: along such lines
in his own business, the wholesale
novelty line, that he found it advis-
able to make a transfer for the time
being.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
MUST HAVE G ERTlFIcATg

Sergeant Torp OF the Fargo army
recruiting station, calls attention TO
the fact that all applicants under
registry age must have q birth GER
tificate or an affidavit from pf<ents
stating the age and time OF Birth.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
SNYDER GETS FREEDOM.

Eugene Snyder, charged by l. G..
Holzer with assault and battery, was
discharged from custody on the or
der of Judge A. T. Cole, on the mo-
ton of W. C.. Green, assistant states
attorney. A battle over the shooting
of fire crackers caused the arrest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20

Funeral services for the infant
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Tivis
wtll be held this afternoon at the
TIvis home, flat /, Herald building.
Interment win be made at the River
side cemetery.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
BARI az A,RVEsTED.

Barley cutting viii be finished to-
day on q 40%acre field of the Harris
Brothers farm, 6 miles northwest Of
Fargo. The harvest was begun on
Friday and all Of the grain will be
In shock today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
NEl VA gDlToR 4ERE.

W. H. Francis. editor OF The Velva
Journal. and Mrs. Francis. who has
been enjoying g. vacation visit in,
wisconsin, were in Fargo this morn
ing en- route to their homes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
o'REILLYs Will PREACH.

Bishop James O'Reilly Will speak
at 10 o'clock mass in st. Anthony OF
Padua church on Tenth street South,
Sunday morning, it was announced
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
NEW MIN AZ CAME.

twenty men from Valparaiso. Ind,
have arrived at the agricultural ool-
lege, being assigned TO the military
training school. @
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
HOT ON FRIDAY.

A hot wave hit the Red River val
ley and Fargo Friday, the official
report in Moorhead for the highest
in the day being 91S.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
NeeUs About TOeG,yp
DEATHS.
BANK CLEARINes,

AEg. Margaret Currie, 81, sos
Fourth street north, old age. ~.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20

DEAN NEOMAN HAS LANDED
Dean Fl. z. Kloman Of Gethsemane
cathedral. who sailed for Europe on
June s, has landed safely over
there" according to word received
here. He win be engaged as mill
tarY chaplain.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20

M. 3. Helgerud Of Harvey. was
among the visitors attending the
state fair Friday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
aA.RAIEM WIalT0E

Fargo Friday, leaving today for
their home by automobile.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20
TIWs .FUNERAL TopAY.

Today, $816,28e.a6 year ago. $685..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20

WESTERN ATTORNEY HERE,
Attorney and Mrs. Thomas john
son Of Dunn county were visitors in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-20

For state news. read The Forum.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-07
Notice of Sherif's Sale.

By virtue of an, execution in my
hands, issued out of the District Court
of the Seventh Judicial District of the
State of Idaho, in and for the County
of Gem, in the suit of Ontario Ma
tional Bank, corporation, against E
w. Crago and w. 7. Calender, duly
attested the 18th day of October, A.
A. 1918, l have levied upon all the
right, title and interest of the said
w T. Calender and or E. W. Crago in
and to the following described prop
erty, situated in Gem County, Idaho,
viz:
The northeast quarter OF the south
west quarter of section 9, township
6, north of range l west, Boise Merid-
ian, in Gem County, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given, that on Fri
day, the Sth day of November, A D.
1918, at l o'clock p. m. of said day, at
Emmett, Idaho, in front of the court
house of Gem county, Idaho, l will sell
all the right, title and interest of the
said w. T. Calender and or E. W.
Crago in and to the said above de-
scribed property, at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash in lawful
money of the United States, to salts
fy said execution and all costs.
Given under my hand this 10th day
of October, A. D. 1918.
DAVE NICHOLS, Sheriff.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-07
Another "scrap Of Paper"

Twenty-seyen years ago settlers at
Olympia. Wash. made a treaty with
the Indians allowing them TO fish any
where and at any time, says Commerce
and Finance. Now the state game
laws prohibit them from the sport dur
ing the closed season
Saluskin, big chief Of the Yakimas,
with number of other Indians, after
protesting in vain to the local game
wardens. went to the city to protest
against the violation Of their rights
Imagine a chieftain, 80 years OLD.
straight as an arrow, yet half blind
and enfeebled. entering a court room
in a modern city. This man had seen
the victory of civilization in its strug-
gle against the wilderness. He had
seen his race pass control Of the land
TO the white race. Still believing In
the honor of the white man, he came
to protest against the infringement OF
a treaty made a quarter of century
before.
Saluskin was informed by an Inter
prefer that the district attorney could
not change the state game laws.
"Hoh 70 was his only comment.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-07
MYSTERY HovERs OVER LAKE
Body Of Water In Central Africa Has
Most Curious Effect on Minds
Of Travellers.

Cold and gray are the waters which
Lake Tchad spreads over the lowlands
Of central Africa. The traveller In
Africa finds the mystery Of the dark
continent more haunting and unfath-
enable here than in the battling mazes
of the Jungle or in the silent smile OF
the sphinx Heavy winds toss the
shallow waters about and whisper their
secrets through the reeds. But the
lake makes no answering condolences.
1t stretches on and on, measuring its
miles of surface in sweeping wave
lengths.
As far as the eve can see ahead are
the reeds and rushes reaching up
through the water in tangled masses
Here and there the line of the gray ex-
panse is broken by slender Islands
bearing uD a few round-topped native
huts, outlined dimly against the sky
line. The effect is that of painting
seen through gray glasses, reducing
the whole to a low key. 1t Is in the
grayness that the lakes effect of mys-
terry lies. the grayness that hovers
dull and cherries over waving reeds
The traveller gazing across Lake
Tchad for the first time feels the thrill
of discovery. The knowledge that he
is not the first to stand upon the banks
does not dispel the feeling of entering
the most shut-off place in central
Africa.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-07
LITTLE ONES WOULD INVENT
Might Be . Good Thing for Children
II No Toys Could BE Bought
for Them.

mo toysI" exclaims the fond and
sympathetic mother. tragically, at tho
mere mention of the toy business be-
ing one Of those In danger OF being
abolished as unnecessary during war;
time. Oh, yes, little mother. there
would be toys-but they would not be
store toys. In fact. the children would
invent and make a great many Of
them themselves. Dame Nature would
lend hand. and you could help bit,
too There is no doubt that children
must have toys Of some sort-it Is
the very cry Of their little souls. me
cessity Is the mother OF invention" so
with dire necessity staring them In
the face-a pressing demand with no
supply-they would begin to invent
Moreover, being the work of their own
little brains and hands. such toys
would more easily please Simple
minded and contented types Of chill
dren would once again be the rule, not
the exception. What has the nursery
piled high with the latest and most
expensive toys produced? Nothing
but that contradiction Of nature-the
child with nothing left to wish for !!
What Is there to stimulate his brains
or his imagination? Everything has
been thought out and imagined for
him. No wonder at the age Of seven
or eight he finds life stupid" But
with nothing to play with would come
the wonderful idea Of making some
thing.-Chicago News.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1918-11-07
c,nt Even Have aNe.r.seer."

Germany's brewers hoped this year
to produce a beer substitute that
should really resemble beer. but the
Prussian minister of finance has Is
sued a decree that puts an end to the
dream Of the foaming stein.
A new process has been patented
by which near-beer was to be made
from beetroot. hops. yeast and wa
ter. Many breweries had already i'm
stalled machinery required under the
patent.
The minister of finance has decided
that the sugar OF the beetroot. upon
which the substitute depends for alco-
hol, cannot be spared for beer. Beets,
he says. are badly needed for manufac-
ture of sugar. dilution of jam and max
ing Of coffee substitutes.