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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-03

The hest kind of fireworks for home con-
sumption are thrift stamps. No one will
get lockiaw from licking them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-03

Father and mother are in a safe place"
wires one of the Cars daughters. We
hope for their own sakes that they are no.
where near Red Cross sign, or some Hun
will be sure to get them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-03

When we celeh"ar"
the Fourth of july
we will not behave
as in days gone by,
For this years fire
works are all in one.
The great big cannon
cracker under the Hun.
The fuse is sizzling,
and Bills invited to
stick down his face and
see if it's lighted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-07-03

Tomorrow is independence Day in
America. 1t is to be celebrated also in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
THE ISSUE

The surge of the German offensive
on the western front has made Ypres
practically the eastern outpost IN the
British defenses, whereas 1t was al
most the farthest western point in the
curving line along which the British.
French and American troops were
fighting when the enemy commenced
his drive March FL.
British military men agree that
Ypres Is the key to the control OF the
narrowest portion Of the English chan
mel. The line Of hills which is behind
Mont KENNEL and extends southwest
erly from a point near Ypres toward
the Franco-B Belgian border Is held by
the British and French forces. 1t Is
thans hills whioh The Germana have
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
NEAR RIOT
IS AVERTED
POLICEMAN FORCED TO RESlooo
AFTER STRIKING DRAFTED =
MAN AT STATION.

Mason City, May Mason City an4
Cerro Gordo county were quiet today
after the near.riot precipitated when
Chief Of Police Max German struck .
national army recruit who failed to 10
move his hat when the band PLAYED
the Star Spangled Banner"
German was dismissed BY Mayuu
Potter Immediately after the Incl
dent, which occurred at . railway sta
ton just before the departure Tor
Camp Dodge OF the Cerro Gordo draft
contingent Of forty-six men. 1t Wac
said that German was somewhere n
Minnesota.
Nels diversion, the recruit. was en-
bracing his mother. and sister when
the band began playing the patriotic
air. and diversion did not remove his
hat. Later he declared he had not
recognized the air. German struck him
twice. cutting him lip. =
Those nearest German turned
angrily upon him and it was said
he received two blows before NUM-
Der of policemen could rush him away.
A mass meeting was held shortly
after, at which Mayor Potter ~
nounced German had resigned" under
pressure. *
No further trouble is looked for. ac-
cording to the authorities. who said
there had been no attempts ut ser1Cos
demonstrations during the night.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
By Lee Pape.

d1dent have anything elts to do 20
! was reeding the newspaper on the
setting room floor, reeding the edit
orials, and sed to pop. Pop, will you
tell me wat werd mems?
! mite II you tell me the wed ferst.
sed pop.
Millennium, sed. and pop sed. o.
millennium, millennium comes from 3
Greek verbs, mill meening per1oGaIt
emmy meening gorgeous, and UNI meen-i
i4& time, PERFECTLY gorgeous Tina.
millennium 10 wat we are all wait,
ing for, wen the millennium couSoi
little boys will be entirely dihrent.
All of them? sed.
Positively no Exceptions. sed pop.
How do you mean, pop, intireiy dlS.,
trent? I sed. {,
They'll close the doors after thaql;
Wen they leeve rooms, and they'll ~,
everything back ware they found II, =
fact, they'll be almost painfully net
sed pop. Il
G, sed. And they'll get up IN ~
morning and wake up thare loal1
fathers insted OF the uther way -
round, and they'll consider 1t q favor III
be aloud to run errands insted Of -;
pecting to be paid for it, sed pop,
o. G. sed-
And thare hands and faces VIII -
ways be as white as snow frum beoe
washed so mulch, and wen they -
spokeh to they will obep so quico
that it will look like miracle, -
pop. h = IS
Is that wat millennium meensf J
sed. =
Exackly. sed pop.
|. G. that will be a heck Of ttmas9
sed.
WITCH it viii. &
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
PAINT WIDOWS
HOME YELLOW
LIVES ON VETERANS PENSION,
BUT WOULD BURY MONEY
RATHER THAN BUY BONDS.

\ 70 a. 4 I'd
Memphis, Mo. May Mrs. EElA
Dawson. who, according to reports.
said she would bury her money rathee
than buy Liberty Bonds with IT. found
this morning that her house had
changed from its former color u q
vivid unmistakable yellow. Someonas,
who evidently had no respect for unioa
hours of labor had been at work Over
night.
Mrs. Dawson is the widow Of 0lvG
war veteran whom she married 500
ten or twelve years ago.
1t is said efforts will be made -
have the pension withdrawn from IL
misery widow, who would make -,
effort to do her widows mite" to ~
the government that supports hen.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
GERMAN JUSTICE

Germany's proposal to Russia for an
exchange of prisoners Is In line with
the German theory as practtced and
exemplified at every opportunity since
the war began. Briefly, the kaiser's
plan Is to obtain veteran soldiers to
I'LL the gaps in his armies on the
western front by retaining the pris-
oners Russia took early in the war.
But he desires to keep in Germany all
those able-bodied Russians who are
capable Of working behind the lines,
or, perhaps, of being forced to lead
desperate advances and sacrifice
themselves as a sort OF armor Tor the
German troops.
So Germany offers to trade prison
ers with Russia, giving back to her
former enemies one crippled Russian
soldier for every At German fighting
man who can be salvaged from the
Russian prison camps. Meanwhile.
Germany proposes, the sick and In
jured Germans in Russia shall be
nursed back to health, by the Rus
slams.
The fact that one nation would
make such ridiculous proposal to
another IL almost unbelievable. 1t
would be unbelievable. indeed, but for
the additional fact that Germany's
record throughout is a series of un-
believable insults to the intelligence.
the sense of fairness and the sense OF
Justice Of every other nation and peo-
pie.
Another instance no less glaring Is
supplied by Hollands yielding to the
German demand for leave to transport
sand and gravel through Dutch terri
tory to Belgium. Holland has agreed,
under threat of war, but with the pro
viso that the materials transported
through Holland shall not be used by
Germany for war purposes.
Hollands ministers cannot but be
aware that Germany has no intention
Of observing this proviso. Germany
has no use, except for purposes OF
war, for anything, just now. Sand and
gravel are needed In the construction
Of roads. gun emplacements, trenches
and bomb proof shelters, all OF which
are made Of concrete. These are the
uses to which Germany will put the
sand and gravel which comes to Bel
GUM through Holland.
Beyond question, Germany is writ.
ing a record of falsehood, trickery and
treachery which will stand alone in
world history while the world lasts.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03

ed Americans, men and women too,
read Of the incident and were glad.
No maudlin sympathy is wasted on
the pro-Germans whose houses are
daubed with yellow, nor on those
whose persons are smeared with tar
No uplift societies pass resolutions OF
coincidence for the I. w. w. mobs
which are Iherded into jails for their
disloyal activities. No baskets Of fruits
and flowers are handed aboard the
trains on which German agents jour.
ney to prison camps.
There are other and numerous signs
Of the times, which prove that Ameri.
cans are drawing strict line between
right and wrong. Probably the war,
with its demand for serious thinking,
has brought this about. At any rate It
can do no harm to give 1t the credit.
Certainly there is enough on the debit
side.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03

as, their present objective, and IL they
fall there is little likelihood that Ypres
can remain in the hands of the allies.
Yesterdays desperate fighting CEN
tered on these heights more than on
Ypres, and the reports indicate that
there was not an actual frontal at
tack on Ypres itself.
Most of the country between this
range of low hills and the English
channel is low, without opportunities
for strategic strongholds such as those
presented by Messines ridge, south
east of Ypres, Mont KENNEL, almost
due south, and the range Of hills on
which the allies are making virtually
their final stand against the advance
of the Germans toward the sea.
Only one eminence of importance
and battle value rises In a stretch of
country which, roughly, contains 400
square miles and separates the pres.
ent battle line from the channel. This
is a hill on which the town Of Cassel
stands. some fifteen miles westward
and little south from Ypres. 1t forms
one corner Of triangle with Ypres
and Dunkirk as the other corners, and
is almost due south from Dunkirk.
The importance Of Ypres and the
hills which form q part Of the Ypres
sector Of defense cannot be ovefesti-
mated at this stage of the wars
crucial battle. II the allies can hold
the line at this point there is every
probability that the Germans will be
compelled to admit the failure OF their
offensive, for they appear to have
reached the limit of their advance to-
ward Amiens. II Ypres and its hills
are lost there is little reason to hopo
that the Germans will not be able to
press the British and French armies
southwark and westward until control
of the channel coast above Calais Is
In the enemy's hands.
Such q contingency not only would
endanger Amiens and Paris but 1t
would disorganize the whole plan of
campaign on which British, French
and American armies are proceeding.
It would interrupt the transportation
of troops and supplies across the Eng
lish channel and endanger the allies
control Of the North sea. It would en-
able Germany to establish submarine
and airplane bases in France instead
of Belgium. thus greatly increasing the
peril Of England and interior France.
1t is to prevent such a chapter Of
disaster that the allied armies are
fighting desperately in Flanders today.
On the result Of their efforts the fate
of nations depends.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03

u z J.
gize for the farmers: early dilatori.
ness. nor does 1t deny that he might
have shown little more enthusiasm
than he did in the first two campaigns.
But at that time Tho Courier ex-
pressed its faith in his ultimate
awakening. At that time we said ne
would be the ultimate bulwark OF the
nation In its war making efforts. ana
We hold that conviction stu.
Uncle Sam needs the unremitting,
unselfsh and unalloyed loyalty and
support and service of farmer and city
man, rich man and poor man. labor.
ers and capitalist. There il room n
loyalty for all of them. There II No
proper place forrthem In America un-
less they are loyal. Neither viii gain
anything for himself nor for the com
mon cause by quarreling. Much VIM
be gained by cooperation and frisumy
sympathy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
HURRY UP, AMERICA

While there Is every reason FOR re-
joicing over the show OF defensive
strength made by General Foch's
united and allied armies in their stand
upon the line Of hills southwest OF
Ypres. nothing but constant rein
forcement OF these armies can make
the situation entirely safe and justify
feeling that the German offensive
is definitely stopped short OF Its am
bilious aims.
Repeated warnings have been sound
ed by General Foch himself and by
various British and French army OF
ficers, that the decision in the cam
paign Of this summer will be won by
the side commanding the greater mum
Der Of fighters and possessing the
greater reserve and replacement
strength.
Presenting that the armies as they
face each other along the line from
the North sea to Switzerland are ap'
proximately on an even basis now
which is an acceptance Of the theory
that the Germans have lost an
enormous number of men and that the
! allies have been able to fill the gaps In
their lines with fresh British. Amer
ican and FRENCH troops, meanwniis
establishing reserve army Of consid
cradle size-the problem resolves It
, self into one of speed as between Ger
many and America.
Can the United States rush soldiers
to Europe and complete their training
with sufficient rapidity to balance and
outstrip the speed with which Germany
can bring her liberated war prisoners
from Russia to fill the depleted ranks
of the vast army which, on March FL
threw itself against the allies lone
| line In q desperate and, at first. q sue
cessful effort to bend It back and gain
control Of northern France?
The Germans had big advantage
early in the present campaign by rea
son of their preponderance Of mar
power and the fact that they concealed
their intentions as to the exact points
at which they would strike. There Il
no reason to doubt that. although they
haSo inQtCoed AaGU0 losses On TIL
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
oTTUMWAs sEMI-WEEKLY COURIER, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1913

Gliding battles in the great war. To
these men will fall the duty Of win
ming hack the ground from which the
allies have been pressed by over.
whelming numbers of German soldiers.
These Americans who are only now
learning the rudiments Of warfare
must enter the battle line as finished
fighters. prepared to the last twist and
thrust OF the bayonet for the part each
Of them must play in achieving final
victory. Never did mortal men face a
graver. more serious crisis, more
holy task. more solemn duty. This
is the thought they must carry with
them into battle and out upon the shell
torn acres of No Mans Land.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
NO FRUITS AND FLOWERS

TO those pessimists who Insist that
that world is not growing better but
Is going to the bow-wows in a swirl OF
cannon smoke, it is worth while to sug-
gest that thus far there is NO record
OF q show OF sympathy for the slackers.
the informed Germans and the jailed
disloyalists who have been rounded
M In various parts of the country. A
few years ago, when fiendish muir
derer was in an Iowa Jail awaiting
the day Of his execution, women dc
Judged his cell with gifts Of fruits and
flowers. The other day, when Brent
Dow Atkinson, pacifist and draft dods
ser, was jabbed with bayonet for re
fusing to obey an order given by his
military guard, thousands OF red-blood
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
THE FARMER,s LoYALN

There has been notable lack OF
criticism Of the farmer during the
latter half, at least, OF the third
Liberty Loan campaign. There was
a great deal Of that criticism during
the first campaign and it was not en-
tirely absent during the second. One
Chicago banker brought down upon his
head veritable storm of indignation
when he issued an Indictment of the
farmer as a disloyal ungrateful and
penny-pinching profiteer.
This time there Is a difference.
Iowa, which ranks prominently as an
agricultural state. was the first to sub
scribe and oyer-subscribe its quota in
the third campaign. Minnesota, Ind
lana, rural Illinois. Michigan and even
Wisconsin have toed the mark, and
the only spot in the seventh reserve
district which is having difficult
task in reaching It's quota Is Chicago.
New York and Philadelphia are
struggling to get over the top; Boston
is behind with its subscriptions de-
spite all its wealth. But Missouri, Ne
braska, Colorado and even socialist
ridden North Dakota are riding high
on the wave Of loyal happiness and
self-esteem.
The fact that the necessity for pro
ducing millions of money for income
tax payments presents itself just now is
responsible for the slowness with which
the men Of 'big money" are respond
ing to the appeal for bond purchasers.
This is understood in the agricultural
states and there Is no cry or traitor
to be heard rising from the corn fields
against the nations centers Of wealth.
The farmer is busy planting big
crops; pretty soon he will be equally
busy. worrying over a need for rain
or an excessive spell: later still he
will be busy harvesting crop which
every true American hopes will set
record for American agricultural pro-
duction. The farmer is not wasting
time in comparisons Of his loyalty
with that Of the captains of finance.
His silence Is rebuke to those who
accused him.
It is not that the farmer has taken
on feeling OF loyalty which he lacked
in previous campaigns. Perhaps he
/ is more impressed with the serious
ness OF the war and the Importance
of his individual portion in the task or
whipping the kaiser. But II he was
slow In grasping the situation 1t was
not because he is any less patriot
than Is the possessor of millions and
more. The farmer was farther from
the center of thought and war excite
ment- It took time for the spirit OF
the war to percolate to him. But he
will be equally slow to give up the
ideas he has gained. He is in the war
now to see it through.
The Courier AosS not sock To- apolo.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
lAsoR,s BOIL WEEyli

The socialist in the labor organize
ton Is like the boil weevil in cotton.
He is q r,linous element. an enemy
and. In this period Of the nations ex-
istence. he tends to disloyalty and
menaces the good name Of the organ
ization to which he attaches himself.
EIAhor,A sRpxta for sooial zneoE1e a.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03
WILL REeUILpNeU,LplNo

Oskaloosa, May 1.-The cOntfAee
was awarded for the rebuilding OF the
Jones Riegel building. which was des-
troyed by fire a few weeks ago. Work
on the restoration Of the property was
started Tuesday morning. A three
story building will be built over the
same foundation. John d. Mickey
secured the contract against fous
other ladders,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03

worthy Of communication and el
but they are not aided
any way by the socialistic turn whic
the agitator within the ranks Of o
ganized labor seeks to handicap then
In an address before the senate r.
Gently, Senator Miles Poindexter {
uttered proper indie
ment of this busy influence and prol
or praise for the patriotism and JUS
Ice Of organized labor itself, when b
said:
There Is no element Of our
population which has more Of
human sympathy, more sense of
Justice, more love OF country,
than the rank and file Of labor
and many OF its labor leaders.
There is a vicious element in
their ranks, largely composed Of
aliens, who are not only disloyal
and seditious but enemies of the
country and enemies of mankind.
They preach so-called information
alism," which is getting to be a
I very familiar word. They claim
no country; they have and desire
no fixed dwelling place; the insti-
tuition Of home, which Is at the
foundation Of our social structure,
has no sacredness to them; they
blaspheme God and religion and
set their ignorant and 1nsolent
judgment against the teachings of
civilization.
There are a few so-called labor
leaders who take advantage OF
this element to advocate what
they call direct action" which
means accomplishment Of their
ends by lawless violence. They
propose to use violence upon 9th
ers. and yet they cry out to
heaven at any invasion Of their
so-called constitutional rights.
They seem to have onesided and
. one-eyed philosophy.
Their philosophy is the same as
that which lies back of the doc
trine of force from whatever
source 1t comes. The bolsheviki of
Russia, the I. w. w., or direct-ac-
ton socialists of the United States
are the brothers of the militarism
OF Prussia. All advocate and
Justify the doctrine that might isS
right. but all attach this condition
that might must be exercised
by themselves.
The war which these men are
making against the law is a war
against organized society. The
consequences of it. II it is not
j. suppressed, will be general disor-
der, social anarchy, poverty and
distress. hunger, cold, ignorance
and vice-a return, in short, ito
primaval bestiality. In 1t all there
will Be no such thing as even the
opportunity for decent labor, at
decent wages, under decent con-
ditions; no possibility OF a home.
II the law and the courts are to
S be oyerthrown, there will be no
security in the enjoyment OF the
fruits of labor, nothing but slavery
and woe.
Organized labor has an opportu9it
to free itself Of the influence which ma
crept stealthily into some unions VI
der the cover of a crusade for soci;
reforms which In themselves ar
proper. The socialist seeks not r
form but revolution. He is an enem
Of law. Of government and OF orde
The exigencies Of the war have force
him into the open and conferred Q
organized labor the opportunity an
the duty Of ejecting him from organi
Cd In hor's ranks for good and all.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-03

snsen & woodmsn. Advertising B1os,
Chicago: as Fifth Ave. New 1 1or.
City: Sos Victor bidg,. hansss o''''
=. y -------
"A CHANCE FOR ACTION
The indictments wnlcn nave Doe1
returned by the Wapeno county sra anu
fury AGAINST booueggers, samDlel s,s ana
their kind constitute an unasssl aa''.
reply TO those Guy anu t tSa,r
y officials VINO; wnen -. 'n Tn
attention was called ~ as .h..
Grant law vioiations, plveeseeu , Las
Qtenmwa was Cleaner enan ~ M
bean N years
Tho members Of the grand jury de-
pefve the highest commentator for
thelS aeeiv1ass. Wltnln q . Low woee -
me nave unoov1seu hsd
AwiocS unoeslfaDles ~ ~
Deen WANING I,cn sne ~
Yeose OF loyal aaM1u $500
AWsoepecune coMMunt.y. De s
sing ana gampunS nAve Deen Es" 49,
% MINIMUM: Iney hAve ~. 49,.
.pot out OF sxlstence. OUT ine vAo.ac
80 have been labeled and their activ-
lt1s0 have besn 10 restricted tnet II Is
posNhae TOT city ana county oniclAls
possessing police powers 10 retain con-
Roa o9 tho eituadon-H tney choose
Iat&aa. perhaps nothing. has been re-
vnaiA rs the grand Jury investigation
C&1dn ~ not known to the officials
~ Ottzuvn md Wapello county whose
- NJ - Is enforce the laws. There
- v1niaAnea. indeed. who are well
noVn % do police officials and to
hE9o portion OF the public, whose
nes aro not inscribed ON any OF the
lnd1okmsmD returned BY the grano
DRS ThaD& offer the local officials
N oppogtunity to show whether they
AssaFo 70 perform their sworn duty or
preA9 % permit lawlessness to thrive
= tAo future - Il did In the past.
l,> chs,Aa-h nlaants which some
49, c7flcaaIs kave voiced are their
- ~ ansvers. When state AGENT
81 u Ts,Till denlared law violation
- = 4nka a Ottumva and moral con-
Stl9cm: ~ 1enlorahle because the
~ aAnnani stration vas ignoring its
-. some. 0f 10 city ofnoislseamost
Uank over the blow 20 Ottumwa's good
nasnA. Hut they did nothing, even tar
~. 70 correct the evils. While
NO. were protesting that the
tovn.vas moral paragon. Mr.. Terrill
md his assistants were rounding up
law breakers and the Grand Jury was
voting indictments. They did their
work without consulting the ioca! ON.
cials because the latter had displayed
no desire to enforce the law and no
positive response 20 demands for its
enforcement
Now. from the city hall comes the
cry that the activities of the grand
Jury and the district court trials which
must follow Will be costly and Will IN.
crease taxes. It 10 obvious that II city
and county officials who possess police
powers had discouraged Bookkeeping,
rambling and similar law breaking there
would have been no need for such
crusade % the grand jury has made.
These same officials have been draw
Ing salaries from funds supplied by
tax payers. but they have failed to do
the work for which they were elected
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-06-20

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In
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