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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-24
U. s. GUtN|E RS
SILENCE FOE S
BIG BAT TER|Es
Ammunition Dumps Also
Are Targets For Per-
shing's Artillery.
ALLIED AIR FORCES
DOWN ENEMY PLANES

London, May 23.-An enemy de-
stroter has been sunk In the
neiohborhood Of Zeebrugoe by
direct hit from Al, airplane, the
admiralty announced today.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-24
FRENCH lake PENSIONERS

Paris, May 23.-There was inter.
mittent shelling south of the river
Avre on the Amiens front, the French
war once announced today. A Ger.
man air raid on French positions in
the Bois Mongival failed French de-
tachments patroling in the Champagne
brought in q number of prisoners and
some war material.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
DOES NOT DENY CRITICISM.

Attorney General Gregory says that
the new espionage act shall not apply
to honest, legitimate criticism Of the
administration or discussion of gov
eminent policies"
Protection Of loyal persons from
unjust suspicion and prosecution is
quite as important as the suppression
of actual disloyalty," the attorney
general holds. In q letter to district
attorneys giving instructions under
which the new law is to be enforced,
the attorney general says:
"The prompt and aggressive en-
forcement of this act Is of the highest
Importance in suppressing disloyal
utterances and preventing breaches Of
peace. 1t is also of great Importance
that this statute be administered with
discretion. 1t should not be permit
ted to become the medium whereby
efforts are made to suppress honest,
Legitimate criticism of the admins
tration or discussion of government
policies; nor should 1t be permitted
to become a medium for personal
feuds or persecution. The wide scope
of the act and powers conferred in
creases the importance Of discretion
in administering it,"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
MUTUAL LAUNDRY MACHINERY
BEING PLACED.

The location of the Mutual Laun-
dry, corner Third and Water streets,
has been busy place during the pas.
week and will SO continue for about
two weeks more, when it will still be
busy. but the hum of machinery and
the orderly handling of the linen Of
its patrons will take the place of the
activities incident to installation of
boilers, mangles, dry rooms, extract
ors, ironers, etc.
During the last week fittings to
care for the business of the new in
stitution have been nstalled-tables,
shelves. drawers, pipes, ETC., have
been put in place. Laundry slips have
been ordered, the working force
engaged, the automobile overhauled.
Through the courtesy of the ma
chinists' union, members of that or
ganization will supplement the
efforts of the craftsman in charge of
the placing of the machinery with a
view to starting the plant with an
equipment arranged according to the
best methods.
The telephone at the new location
will carry the same number as that
Of the Mutual Agency-234.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
MODS |NST|CATED
BY BIG BUSINESS

Some superficial observers have
declared again and again that this
was a rich mans war; that big bust
ness engineered our entry into the
world conflict.
Nothing is farther from the exact
facts. Big business did not want us
to join the Allies. Big business held
us out for three years. and made
hay" most industriously, every min
ute of those years.
Big business dreamed of world
domination in commerce and finance,
of commercial and financial autoc-
racy which would make America per-
manently the richest nation of the
EARTH" through the maintenance Of
neutrality until all tho rest of the
world was impoverished and pros
trate from the big war.
But for this degenerate dream Of
a degenerate autocracy of money, we
would have joined the big cause
three years ago, and the war would
have been over.
But the fates were kind; we were
not lost, wholly, to those things
which alone make man or nation
worth while; without which wealth,
and life itself, are dead sea fruit.
We did not squandcr our whole
period of grace. We awoke to the
peril into which the pacificism of big
business, no less than the pacificism
of the half-baked theorists, was lead
ing US. We responded, rs We always
do, to leadership.
Big business did not want war;
but when war was inevitable, it az
lutely spread its lines to get all that
could be wrested in profits and adj
vantages out of the new situation. It
sent one-dollar-a-year men to take
charge" of government work. These.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
LABEL LEAGUE DANCE GREAT
SUCCESS.

The dance at Tumwater club the
evening of May 80. given by the
Women's Card and Label League,
was gratifying success. The dancers
expressed their appreciation of the
dance as one of the best ever, and
the sale of tickets insured funds suf-
f1cient to carry out the purpose Of
the entertainment-the purchase of
a piano for Labor Union hall.
The president of the league. Miss
Wicks, and the secretary, Mrs. E. R.
Mohler. accepted the responsibility
for a successful undertaking and did
great share of the necessary pro-
motion work. That the enterprise
was carried through to such an agree
able end is gratifying not only to its
immediate promoters but to union
labor as a whole. The piano will
will furnish slightly setting for the
labor hall as we'll as most useful
addition to the furnishings.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
LABORERs. RIGGERs, FASTENERS

Fourteen shipyard men came into
the fold Of the Laborers. Riggers and
Fasteners union Monday night. There
was the usual amount Of routine
work.
Some little discussion was INDUCED
In relative to jockeying with the
classification of drafted men regis
tered under the draft law and now
employed in the shipbuilding indus
try. According to the rule, men en-
gagged in shipbuilding were entitled
to receive a deferred classification.
At the outset proper classifications
were given, but later. it is claimed,
when the wires of the invisible gov
eminent began to act smoothly, there
was much shifting and evasion of the
plain intent of the law. 1t is assert
ed that the apparent attempt is to
keep the shipbuilders subject to the
draft Gin the air." thus quieting any
dissatisfaction with their conditions
of employment. 1t is charged that
through carelessness or favoritism
the rule giving special classifications
to shipyard workers is in many cases
rendered imperative while in other
cases the rule is stretched to fit the
individual. In Seattle specific in
stances have been cited of the power
of pull In determining liability to
service. and it is intimated that this
practice is not confined to the vicin-
ity Of the Queen City, but is wide
spread. The union took no official
action upon the complaints, though
a quiet Survey" of the situation
locally will be made.
d. l.. Gorham Is handling the
finances of the union. in addition to
his duties as recorder, while George
Lish is absent upon convention duty.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07

|stitutiOnality would be compelled to
resign, the proposed measure pro-
vides.
tremendous forces. 1t is the most
dangerous propaganda In the nation
today.
We are fighting to make the
world free for democracy" We are
not going to quit, until we have won,
on the battlefields Of Europe.
But we must watch the home lines,
or our boys will come home to face
an entrenched financial and political
autocracy in the United States; come
home to find their fathers and moth
ers victims of mob violence; and no
man daring to lift a whisper against
the exploitcrs of their patriotism.
And then, what do you suppose
will happen?
All of those things which the
frantic I. w. WIS Of the carefully
tailored brand are now fearing and
trying to forestall with their subtle
program of terrorism.
None of us want that None of u.s.
we common everyday patriots, no
more than the high placed I. w. WIS
of Wall street.
But we will get it. unless we COM
mon people stand pat for our ancient
liberty Of speech, of lawful organiza-
ton; and sit down hard on those who
are seeking to betray us in the name
of patriotism.
We will get it unless we common
men and women stand behind Presi-
dent Wilson and fight, with him. the
onslaughts of the big business pro-
gramists, political and otherwise; on
slaughts going on from day to day,
in a thousand open or hidden ways,
to hamper. hinder and defect our
government and our president. from
the straight and narrow path we
must tread to victory
God forbid that we American peo-
pie should be stupid enough to fall
for such program!
Every man and woman who has
dear ones on the fighting lines in
Europe; every man and woman who
is loyal to our nation and to the cause
Of humanity: every man and woman
who loves moral business integrity
and hates degeneracy; every man
and woman who has real red-blooded
Americanism in the soul of them;
every man and woman who stands
for the broad, clean policy of our
president, nationally and information
ally; every man and woman who be-
lieves in the principles upon which
this republic Is founded; every man
and woman who reveres the Stars
and Stripes; all of us who are bred
in-the-bone patriots, who would fight
for our nation and die for that for
which it stands, should start in now
to fight the mob propaganda of the
kept press and big business, and to
line up for the protection of life and
liberty. and square deal for every
class, here at home.-C. c. Van Ors-
dali, In the Pacific Echo. official
paper of the Neighbors of Woodcraft.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
UNIONS AND SECRETARIES.

American Federat.on-Frank Morri
son; A. F. Of L. building, Washing ton,
ssi:' Box 1885, Tsesms F Wash
Olympia Trades COunciI--Fred Hud-
con. sos Columbia.
x l.:Sel E fs;s,;s- E: R; Mohler
0atteriee. ais East Fourth.
nslths-Richard Anderson,
book s'nders-Ai Galloway. 3l5 East
~, S, Wss. TS,. .,a Jo'.er.-c A. Gloyd.
:, C!erk.' A:.cciatioa - Mrs. nernice
cos.: :.s Waiter. c. Fields.
: Hieetricians-claud Wolf. 1901 East
ycsr:eynen Darber.-paal Werner.
:. Machinists-C. vanvlack. 354 Frank
Meat Cstter.--s. L. Kaler
Observation-Disclosures Jones,
Painters, Decorators and Pnper.anE-
er:-P: M: kendrick: ais Twelfth.
Ziegler. Hancock street
Printing 'reSsmen-II. L. Workman,
sos Columbia.
financial secretary; c. J. Wiseman. re-
cording secretary.
shipynrd 1.nborers. RigEers nnd Tns-
ttenerr.s-.-sseecretary. L; II; Gorham; dnan-
Val oS> HSo. w. ILlSU l<dDOT
corner Third and Washington.
ShinRlc Viewers - Morton Bssell
care Olympia Single company.
Shipwrixhts. Ship Carpenters and
yOlners &C. -. Adams. secretary, 1913
Ounce street; c. V. Ely. financial sec
rotary.
Stage EmplOyes--Al Galloway, 315
East Fourth.
steam Engineers-A. ]. Stocks. All
Tenth street.
Transfers and Chaufreurs-LottM Nc
Gonigle. 205A Franklin.
Typographical UniOn-Geo. L. Levy,
Recorder building.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
SHIPYARDS ATHLETIC SOCIETY
PLANS SUMMER EVENTS.

Athletic entertainments, picnics,
dances, ct cetera constitute the pro-
gram of the Sloan Shipyards Athletic
Association during the summer.
The association claims as members
pretty close to 100 per cent of the
workers in the yards. and has an
active official force. Superintendent
Peterson is president. c. d. Adams.
secretary of the Ship Carpenters. is
chairman of the board of directors.
Fred Tetsall, Of the office force, Is
Secretary, and l.. c. Bankson, of the
supplies department is manager. The
board of directors is composed of rep
resentatives from all crafts employed
in the yards.
Each Wednesday evening either a
dance or an athletic entertainment
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
ing "a Ku Klux society? No.
Yellow Dog society? No.

ing "a Ku Klux society? No. A
Yellow Dog society? No.
He was organizing farmers So
ciety which already had 10000 men,
bers among the patriotic citizens of
the state; a society composed of men
whose sons are on the way to France.
What do you think about that?
All sorts of secret organizations,
ell sorts of business declarations. in
GLIDING insurance declarations, are or
ganize to control sthe legislation of
our states and nation, and the admin
istration of our laws, in the interests
of the politicians and big business.
But If the farmers want to organ
ize-sedition! Damnation! Ter and
feathers!
No phase of the subtle propaganda
instigating mob law is more illumi-
mating than that which locked the
doors of the high school auditorium
in Butte against Representative
Jeanette Rankain and an audience
of 5000.
Was Jeanette Rankin, who is a
member of our United State congress.
preaching sedition? No. She was to
talk for the Third Liberty Loan-had
come all the way from Washington,
d. c.. to talk for the Third Liberty
Loan.
Let that sink in and hunt your
answer. which Is simple enough.
Jeanette Rankin last fall talked for
the copper miners. Publicly evinced
her sympathy for these miners. She
became thereby persona non grata to
big business. The public school
building was locked against her by
the politicians. who ere owned by the
copper combine, the great "Anacon-
da," which has wound itself about
the state.
So you see the mob spirit is direct
ed even against loyal men and wom-
en- who are supporting the nation, If
they happen to be marked taboo"
because Of their sympathy with labor.
or the farmers.
1t is a program. 1t is backed by
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07

A child labor bill identical with
the act declared unconstitutional by
the supreme court, except that it con-
tains provisions that only congress
and the people shall have authority
to pass on it's validity, was prepared
for Introduction by Senator Owen. of
Oklahoma.
Any Judge denying the bills con-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
MOB RULE CONDEMNED.

Editor Barry Of the San Francisco
Star is another man who is brave
enough to stand for American ideals
and against mobs that mask their
cowardly actions under patriotism.
There is not the slightest excuse"
he says, "for the existence of bands
of lawbreakers who prove their cow
ardliness by operating under cover OF
darkness and conceal their identity
with masks. Lawabiding citizens
should promptly demand Of their local
authorities that every effort be made
to ferret out the miscreants who are
bringing the state into disrepute and
endangering the lives and property OF
all who may come under suspicion
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07

is staged at the hall, 507 Columbia.
On Sunday the members either
attend the baseball game at which
the ball team of the association is
supposed to furnish the pep, or a
picnic at some nearby resort is en-
joyed. Sunday next an all-day picnic
Will occur at Hicks lake. north of
town. Participants will carry their
lunch and the associations commit
tees are at work upon a program of
sports for the day. The band, as
usual, will be the big attraction.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07

At the present time there are over
10000 checks representign awards
which have been returned by post
iffices to the governments war risk
insurance department. while some
wife or other dependtn of soldier
boy is wondering at the negligence"
of Uncle Sam. This is due to poor
writing, failure to give full name and
regiment Of the soldier and absence
Of postoffice address, etc.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07

In some communities the measure
OF mans patriotism is his degree of
subserviency to the ruling clique of
fag-waving lawyers, politicians and
f1nanciers.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-06-07
TAFT APPO|NTEES
ARE ON THE JOB

The child labor law has been COM
PEELED to walk the unconstitutional
plank by the reactiOnary FIVE to four
majority of the supreme court.
The law is one which had long
been advocated by the forces of union
labor and supported by millions of
forward-looking citizens. AS adopt
ed 1t was approved by organized
labor There were no .jokers in the
bill, and the claim to this effect SIM
ply lines up the claimant with the
sinister interests and against human
ity. In this connection we quote
from three newspaper items--an
opinion from the local burro of the
kept press specie, the opinion of the
progressive minority of the supreme
court and the text of a bill now
offered in congress:
The supreme court of the United
States has declared the child labor
law unconstitutional, an event which
the democratic camoufiage artists
who We're seeking votes in the last
election knew, or believed, would
take place. The child labor law as
enacted by the democratic congress
was purely for political purposes. 1t
was joke and a farce and was never
intended to be enforced. The child
labor law contained a joker that
made the act utterly worthless. mas
much as it contlicted with the inter-
.ests of the southern child labor en-
ployers. however. it was taken into
court and plainly proven to be I'M
constitutional"
In the dissenting opinion, in which
Justices .McKenna, Brandies and
Clark concurred. Justice Holmes de-
clared enactment of the law came
clearly within the powers of con-
gress Justice Holmes said:
THE act does not NEEDLE with
anything belonging to the states.
They may regulate their internal at
fairs and their domestic commerce as
they like. But when they seek to
send their products across the state
line they are no longer within their
rights. If there were no Constitu-
ton and no congress, their power to
cross the line would depend upon
their neighbors.
Under the Constitution such COM
merce belongs not to the states bat
to congress to regulate. 1t may
carry out its views Of public policy
whatever indirect effect they may
have upon the activities of the states.
The public policy of the United States
is shaped with view to the benefit
of the nation as a whole.
1.-THE national welfare as under
stood by congress may require diff
ferent attitude within it's sphere from
that of some self-seeking state. It
seems to me entirely constitutional
for congress to enforce its under
standing by all the means at it's COM
mand."
A child labor bill Identical with
the act declared unconstitutional by
the supreme court, except that it con-
tains provisions that only congress
aid the people shall have authority
to pass on it's validity, was prepared
for Introduction by Senator Oven. Of
Oklahoma.
Any Judge denying the bills con-
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-24
Sleepy Hollow
Last eek's items

Last Week's items
The land is again wrapped in
/ bl .nket If snow The tempe
nature waS16o pillow zero Satur
day morning at sunrise.
Health, is po l. in this vicinity.
Al.th Forders, J.. G. Taylor,
Jackson S,o!sdi is child rep and
several cthers'E have measels,
Trellis Tavlur and .]ohni. Du |.
ley's four CHI dr. II have the
VIII 'oping cough. F."
Mrs ". j Rutherford sold
her turkeys Thursday II, PIC per
ID. She received S312 for h l
fl ek. r. D Howari assisted
Mr.. Rutherford in hauling them
off
Mrs, Olive S kes visi:e hel
parents, VIC. Deckard and wife,
last week.
Miss Mile Rushing is staying
with her sister, Mrs Ottie Ded
man.
Clarence Borders. spent one
night last week with the sick a,
Geo. Ipock's.
BROM BONES.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-24
Overheard After the Party

Mrs. Smith: wasn't Mrs
Browns Lees, Salad, and Cakes
simply delicious last EVENING"
Mrs. Jones; Eyes, they were
but do you know l have a most
ttrribl. headache today from eat
ing so much rich fool"
Mrs. Smith: Now, Dear, |
know low YOU feel; | will 10 light
to tie drug store and get a PACK
age of SrA'WEL VEGETABLE
TABLETS; they will relieve you
i'm mediately." M
STA VEL VEGETABLE ia,
BLErS. the modern remedy for
Constipation, Biliousness, Sick
Headache. TorpidLiver, Dizzines SIS,
Indigestion, Loss Of Appetite,
Loss of Energy, and That run
down feeling. Pleasant to take
No gripping. No after affects,
Get a 25c package today, have
them at hand when you need
them. For Sale By
Fuson Drug Co, Mansfield;
Vannoy Drug Co, Norwood; Il.
NJ. Huffman, Norwood adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-24
Square Deal Milling Co.
your cream.-adv.
From Oklahoma
Tonkawa. OKLA Jan. |. 70

Tonkawa. Okla Jan. /, 1913
Dear Mr.. Back: We have
moved here from Wichita and
wish you to lle Sc change the
address of your valuable Mirror
to US at this address We have
mi sed two copies and feel lost
wi bout them, as | am anxious
and interested in the welfare OF
dear old Mansfield and l want 10
keep IN touch as to how they
progress with their mining, etc.,
as we'll as to the changes of al,
the cid friends ard neighborS.
Wen we d cided to move from
,chita, we cane near deciding
20 return tn tn Czarks but at the
last moment W, &C .epted a pump
i ~ station ID ) niles from this
town at SIP 30 per month. We
| We in town. and MIR. Moutray
20 5 TO and fro to his vork in a
uuggy. but has ordered Il new
Ford to US when it comes. When
we make a stake, then we are
comm = hack; tn tina 02a rl-S tn on.
JOY it, ur, rather. live. | had to
give Orie over t. the US Dec II.
he is at TT. Logan, Colo but ex.
poets to be sent firm there soon,
A happy new year to you and
yours and all the old friends and
neighbnrs who chance to read
this. Your we'll wisher, Mrs j
NJ. Moutray.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-24
.IIAsD!:, uaLIj 5Ajt
TEA 70 DaRKitilI Hair
lie mixed Sulphur With it to
Restore Color, Gloss,
Youthiuincss.

Common garden sage brewed into q
heavy tea with sulphur added, Will
urn gray, streaked and faded hair
beautifully dark and luxuriant. Just
n few applications will prove u revela-
ton il your hair is fading, streaked or
gray. Mixing the Sage Tea and Sui
phur recipe at home. though, is trou-
blesome. An easier way is to get a
bottle of Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound at any drug store all ready
for use. This is the old-time recipe
improved by the addition Of other in
gradients. .
While wispy. gray, faded hal. is not
sinful, we all desire to retain our
youthful appearance and attractive
ness. BY darkening your hair with
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound,
no one can tell, because it does it so
naturally, SO evenly. You just dampen
a sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morning
| all gray hairs have disappeared, and.
after another application or two. your
hair becomes beautifully dark, glossy,
| soft and luxuriant.
This preparation Is a delightful toilet
requisite and is not intended for the
cure, mitigation or prevention Of dis
ease.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1918-01-24
CALOMEL DYNAMlTES
A SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes Into Sour Bile,
Making You Sick, and
You Lose a Days Work

Cdomsl S~alivatcs, It's mer
curry. Calomel acts like dyna,
mite ON a sluggish liver. When
cabinet comes into contact with
sour bile i; crashes into it. caus.
ing cranping and nausea.
If you feel bilious, headnchy,
constipatel and all knocked out,
just go to your druggist and get a
bottle al Dodson's Liver Tone for
Il few cents which Is Il harmless
vegetable substitute for d niger.
Gus caiumel Take a spoonful and
if it d"e>n't Start your liver and
sttaight.n you up better. and
quicker ,han nasty cai"mcl and
without making you sick, you
just 60 back an | get your money.
If YOU take calomel today you'll
he sick aud nyanSeated tomnrron
besides it III " sa'igate you, while
j! vnu talk Dodsou's Liver I he
you will wake up feeling gre t,
full of ambition and ready for
work or play It's har nle-s,
pleasant and safe tn give t. child
r. u; they like it.-adv.