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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-04
FOODHOARDERS
LISTED in IOWA
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES WILL
DESCEND ON ViOlATORS
SOON

Des Moines, Jan. 3-Federal author
tiles are about to descend upon food
hoarders" in Des Moines and Iowa.
Acting upon instructions from State
Administrator Deems, government in
vestigators have for several weeks
been engaged in gathering evidence
Much Of the work has been directed
by U. S. Marshal Reed.
Not only grocers but private fam
lilies as well. will be prosecuted. Mr..
Reed said today. The United States
food administration has decreed only
thirty days supply of sugar. -four
and certain other commodities may be
kept on hand by business houses and
individuals.
Penalties vary with the nature OF
the offense, but in most cases repre-
sent stiff fines.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-04
YAQUlS SLAY
36 in MEXICO
TWO AMERICANS ARE AMONG
VICTIMS WHEN TRAIN
is ATTACKED.

Tucson. Ariz., Jan. 3.-H. ]. Poe OF
Los Angeles and Miguel Martinez OF
Nogales, Arizona, Americans. were
among thirty-six persons killed yester-
day when Yauui Indians attacked a
Southern Pacific of Mexico train
south of Empalme. Sonora, according
to messages reaching the railroads
Offices here today. Poe previously was
reported among the dead.
Travelling Auditor Ralph Shovel, an
American with headquarters at Mazat-
Ian, was wounded. Alberto Joffroy,
another American Of the Border Trad
ing company at Nogales, was shot
three times but will recover. Among
the trainmen killed were Conductor
Parades and an express messenger.
The railroad reports say Mexican
federal troops in pursuit OF the
Yaquis encountered a party OF raiders
near Quero de Babi last night and lost
five killed. The Yaqui losses were
not given.
A relief train which went out from
Guayamas. returned this morning with
the bodies of the dead The number
killed is placed at thirty-siX in the
latest reports.
PASSENGERS MASSAcRED.
The attacks occurred between Ma
poll and Lencho about forty miles
from Guayamas. Encountering ar
obstruction on the track the engineer
Raffel Gutierrez. stopped the train
when the Indians, who were hiding in
the brush, attacked the train from
the rear. 1t was in the rear coach
that the massacre of the passengers
occurred.
The Indians fired through the win
dows and doors until every man. wo
man and child had been killed or
wounded. The military escort of about
seventy men on the train was dis
persed.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-04
DENOUNClNG GERMAN PEACE,
SLAVS THREATEN TO RESUME
WAR WITH ARMY OF 5000, 600
3OO,OOOARE
ENSLAVED
BYKAISER

Petro9rad, Jan. 2.-(DeIayed)-
The Germans are reported to have
transferred 100000 civilian Poles
and Lithuanians foreibIy to Ger
many.
A dispatch from kiev reports
that the Ukrainian government has
sent an uItimatum to the bolsheviki
demanding that they withdraw their
troops within t~enty-four hours and
state whether they consider them
selves at war or at peace with
Ukraine.
Shipments Of sugar and grain to
northern Russia have been cut off.
The members Of former Russian
governments who are under arrest
in the fortress Of St. Peter and st.
Paul, have abandoned their hunger
strike.
The strike was undertaken as
protest against the confinement in
a dungeon Of N. kartasheff, former
minister Of religious affairs, in con-
sequence Of a passage in a letter to
his sister in which he said it was
depIorable that the Russian people
were falling into German servitude.
General korniIoff, former COM
mander in chief, and one Of the
leaders in the movement against
the boIsheviki, has arrived at the
district Of the Don eosiacks.
[Ths death Of General korniloH
was reported unofficially on Tues
.day.1
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MAY RESUME FIGHTING.
IBy Associated Press Sta


Petrugrad Jan. 2.-(Delayed)- The
Russian peace delegation officially has
suggested to the central powers that
the meeting place Of the peace dele
gates be transferred to neutral SON
and has protested against certain ar
ticles in the AustroGerman terms AZ.
ready submitted. The halt IN the
Russo-G German negotiations and fndE
cations of German refusal to remove
the conference to Stockholm have
revived universal discussion in PetrO-
grad of resumption Of fighting with
a greatly reduced army, probably 3-
600 900 men.
soLlDIFlEs sLAv FACTIONS.
Even the most radical bolsheviki
and the most ardent peace advocates
have been aroused by the German
position. They declare that re-
SUMPTION of hostilities is imminent
and accept the belief that it is pos
sible to organize and make effective q
small army. Indications are the Ger
man attitude is harmonizing domestic
differences and is convincing Rus.
slams that they must fight to save
their revolutionary principles.
DEMAND SELF DEFINITION.
Chairman Joffe of the Russia9
peace delegation today sent an official
telegram to the chairman of the Ger
man Austrian, Bulgarian and Turkish
delegations, saying the Russian re-
public deems it necessary to conducf
4, further peace negotiations on neutral
soil and suggesting transfer OF the
conference to Stockholm. The tele-
gram declares that replies to the
message are expected by Russia IN.
Petrograd
Articles one and two OF the ,trustro-
German terms submitted December
%, the message says. are in direct
conflict with the principles of self
definition of nations insisted upon by
the Russian peace delegation and
supported by the Russian republic and
the central executive COMMITTEES OF
the congress of workmen and sol
diers' delegates.
ARTICLES / and . of the Austro-Ger.
man terms as cabled under a Brest-
litovsk date by way OF Berlin last
Sunday covered the ending Of state
of war and evacuation OF occupied
territory. In article ., however. II
+; was declared that the people OF POI
and. I.ithunia. Courland and portions
| of Esthonia and Livonia demand in
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-04
MAKE MINISTER
FLY FLAG ROM
HIS RESIDENCE.
Muscatine People Present
Rev. John Haefner With
Stars and Stripes.
REFUSES TO JOIN
RED CROSS CHAPTER

Rev. John Haefner former pastor
of St. Paul's German Lutheran church
in Ottumwa but at present pastor OF
the German Lutheran Zion church at
Muscatine, is now flying an American
nag from his residence. He has re-
fused, however. to join the Red Cross
saying, There is no law compelling
me to wear Red Cross button"
The former local pastor was visited
by more than 100 irate business men
and citizens of Muscatine yesterday
and presented with flag with the re.
quest to fly 1t from his home.
QUESTIONS MINISTER'S LOYALTY
The action of the citizens followed
the noon day luncheon of business
men at the Hotel Muscatine where
the regular speaking program pre-
ceded a loyalty meeting at which the
patriotism of a number of Muscaune
residents was questioned. One speak.
er said that the absence of the Ameri-
can flag in some Muscatine homes in
cicated more than carelessness and
then directly referred by name to the
Rev. Mr.. Haefner. He suggested that
a committee call on the minister and
present him with nag with the re-
quest that he fly it from his house.
Lets all 60" shouted someone in
the crowd and the spontaneous reply
left no room for doubt as to the feel.
ing of the men present. Attorney e
presentation speech.
CROWD GATHERS ABOUT HOME.
The march was taken up and the
number of markers addeds to- block
after block on the way to the Haefnel
home until more than 100 men were
in the procession. A small army ol
high school students joined the throne
that soon collected about the min.
isters home to witness the ceremony
The minister came to the door when
the crowd arrived and listened quietly
to the presentation speech. He then
accepted the flag and asked the com
nittee to listen while he read letter
he had just received from the Ameri-
can Red Cross acknowledging dona-
tion Of $10462 from his parish for the
war fund. He also explained that he
had forwarded nearly $1,000 for the
state synod of his church of which he
lis treasurer, to the American Red
Cross
The applause that followed the
reading Of the letter was short lived
for in response to the request that he
join the Muscatine chapter Of the Red
Cross, the minister refused on the
grounds Of local prejudice against him
and because mo law compelled him ia
wear the Red Cross button
The spokesman did not insist upon
the minister taking out the member.
ship and having received Mr.. Haef
ner's promise to keep the flag flying
the committee left the premises
Later in the day Mr.. Haefner had the
following communication published in
the Muscatine Journal:
Editor Journal, City:
"The undersigned takes this means
Of expressing publicly his thanks and
deep appreciation to all those gentle
men who on January 2, 1918, appeared
at my door and presented me with a
beautiful American flag. the sign ol
true patriotism.
Sincerely.
John Haefner,
Pastor Zion Lutheran church
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Bolsheviki Refuse
ToLend Support
To ToAnnexation
: Program
ADD PROTEST

Petrograd, Jan. 2.-(Delayed)-The
bolsheviki foreign minister Leon
Trotzky, declared today that the gov
ernment of the Russian workers
would not consent to the German
peace proposals.
NJ. Trotzky's declaration was made
before the central committee Of the
council of soldiers and workmen dele.
gates, during an address in which he
denounced in scathing terms Ger.
msny's hypocritical peace proposal
TROOPS NEED SUPPLIES.
Asserting that the government OF
Russian workers would not consent to
such conditions, he said that If the
central powers do not agree to free
disposal of the destiny Of the Polish
and Lettish nations, it will be urgent.
ly necessary to defend the Russian
revolution. He said the needs at the
front would be satisfied with what
ever Of efforts might be necessary.
Representatives from all the fronts
who attended the meeting declared
the troops would defend the revolu-
tion but said bread and boots were
necessary.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-04
JAPANESE STEAMER
is ABLAZE AT SEA

A Pacific Port, Jan. "a warship
was rushed today to the aid Of the
Japanese freight ship Shinyo Maru No.
2, which was racing toward Pacific
port with fire raging in her hold. The
Shiny expects to reach port tomorrow,
according to the message and is pro-
ceeding under full steam. The fire
was said to be about under control OF
the ships crew Of fifty.
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1Asaoc;a4ad p-... srmm,rv1

ASSOCIATED Press Summary
A crisis is snearing the Russo Ger
man peace negotiations and indies
tions are that definite break is mot
far OF. The Russian government has
demanded that the conference which
was to have reconvened on January
4, be transferred from Brest-L Litovsk
to Stockholm and has protested
against the German attitude regard
ing occupied territory. A resumption
of hostiliies is not improbable shoulo
the Germans decline to meet the Rus:
sian demands.
HUN WAR LORDS ANXIOUS.
Emperor William and the rulers OF
Germany apparently are aroused over
the sudden change in the situation and
the German and Austrian foreign Sec
retaries are reported hurrying back to
Brest-Ltovsk with new instructions.
German military and political leaders
conferred yesterday with the em-
peror and there is widespread de-
mand throughout Germany that tie
reichstag be convened immediAt0lY
1s 40 TO FR =:
/ Reithstag. leaders at 4 c0nfe.Ance'
with Foreign Secretary Won Kuehi
leaders Of the regular and independP
ent socialists are reported to have
expressed dissatisfaction with the
German attitude concerning occupied
territory.
Confidence is expressed in Pctro
grad that the Russian government
might put an army Of 100000 men
in the field and the bolsheviki red
guard. made up of armed Russian
workmen, already has started to tho
fighting front.
MAY MEAN ARMY SHIFT.
A complete break undoubtedly
would compel the Germans to return
to the eastern front the troops they
have taken away within the past si1s
weeks and would make it impossible
for the Germans to renew trade rela-
tons with Russia in order to obtain
much needed food stuffs.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-04
MENINGITIS KILLS
TWO AT CAMP DODGE

Camp Dodge Jan. 3.-Death OF
negro soldier from spinal meningitis,
the second this week, caused the es-
tablishment Of an isolation hospital for
the negroes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-04
KAISER'S GREED MAY RE-UNITE RUSSIA
HUNGARYS
WAR LOAN
A FAILURE

7 ON0ON, Jan. 3.-Subscrip-
tions to Hunsary's seventh
war loan totaled about 3,00O,-
100000 kronen $500, 900, ,0o0)
whereas the government expected
5000, 900, 900 kronen, teIegraphed
the correspondent at Amsterdam
Of the Exchange Telegraph COM
pany. Most Of the subscriptions
were forced on the leading banks,
the message adds, only an insig-
nificant share being taken by the
popuIace.
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Emperor, Anxious,
Sends Envoy
With New
Proffer
.REICHSTAG MAY MEET

Petroarad, Jan. 2-Deiayed)-
Eleven hundred airpiane machine
guns and a quantity Of ammuni-
tion we're destroyed and approxi-
mately twenty persons were killed
as result Of the mysterious hfe
and explosion today in military
depot In the Gutuyevsky basin In
PetroQrad.
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others adjoining or connecting are
about normal, was reported today to
Director General McAdoo by Interstate
Commerce Commissioner McChord, in
charge of the commissions inspectors.
"The worst conditions reported thus
far" said the report, "are on the New
Haven, the Pennsylvania lines west
of Pittsburgh, the Baltimore & Ohio,
Western Maryland and Cumberland
Valley railroads"
TO RE.RouTE- --ERE4ot+J!sri-
k These reports were forwarded i'm.
mediately to A. H. Smith. assistant
director general at New York. with
instructions to re-route traffic from the
heavily burdened roads to those op
Grating normally.
A general readjustment Of passen
ger schedules involving general cur
tailment of traffic is now considered
certain. The question was discussed
today between Director McAdoo and
passenger traffic representatives oi
eastern roads. Later the question
was referred to the advisory council
which will report recommendations to
Mr. McAdoo probably tomorrow.
Railroad labor and finance ques-
tions engaged the attention Of Direc.
tor General McAdoo and his staff to-
day. along with the movement Of coal
to New England and the east.
Heads of the four railway brother
hoods were called into conference to
discuss the general employment situa-
ton under government operation.
GENERAL INCREASE PROBABLE.
Many railroad executives are pre-.
pared to recommend general in.
crease in wages, especially for unor.
ganized labor, to prevent the men from
going to other industries where wages
are better.
The brotherhood chiefs assured the
director general of the cooperation oi
their unions and 1t was said there was
no danger of any general strike. De
tails Of the brotherhoods' demands On
railway arrangements before the gov
eminent assumed control, including a
40 per cent wage increase, were dis
cussed at length and will be gone into
further at the conference tomorrow.
Some readjustments of wages and
probably a general increase Is consid
eTeu, NlSttuto lOudy
no basis OF any such action has YET
been determined.
John Shelton Williams. the director
generals adviser on railroad financial
questions, discussed with Mr.. McAdoo
the situation which will develop soon
when railroad companies bonds and
other obligations fall due. A plan
will be worked out by which the debts
may be either refunded with other
securities which the government may
buy or met with funds already re
served.
WEEK HAS SEEN PROGRESS.
Since Director General McAdoo be
came head of unified and govern
ment controlled system a week ago
the main tangible result has been the
acceleration of coal shipments and q
beginning of the tearing up of con
gestion in railroad yards by abolition
of all priority orders. Surveys also
are under way looking to practical
pooling arrangement.
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CUT WESTERN SERVICE.

Chicago. Jan 3.--Fifty per cent OF
passenger trains operating west.
northwest and southwest out Of Chi
cago will be eliminated if tentative
plans made by railroad committees
are put into effect. it was announced
today. Definite announcement as to
what course the railroads will take
VIII be made known in a few days it
was said.
B. w. Winchell, director of traffic
for the Union Pacific railroad and
chairman of the committee on pas
senger train reduction. said today that
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CRITICISM Is BOLD.

London. Jan. 3.-The Leipsic Volks
Zeitung, the leading independent so
cialist newspaper, commenting on the
Brest-Litovsk situation and the activi-
ties Of Won Kuehlmaln and the gov
ernment says:
Germany now reveals her eastern
peace aims. Everybody in Germany.
Russia and entente countries now
knows that she is not aiming at a
Just peace without annexations and
indemnities such as Won kuehlmann
depicted, but as a peace providing Tor
an enormous increase in German
military, political and economic
strength.
GOVERNMENTS CLAIM REFuTED.
"These Intentions must strengthen
the war viii OF the entente. Germany
intends generally to annex all terri
tories she now holds. Her excuse
that the populations of these terrific
ries have declared their willingness
to be severed from Russia is untrue.
Individuals may have done so but they
always have been irresponsible. act
ing on some German suggestion
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kAIsER's GREED REVEALED.

Petrograd, Jan. 2. (Delayed) -
Petrograd newspapers are unanimous
in declaring that the Germans and Aus
, trians have. after one week, thrown
! off the mask and made 1t clear that
the central powers do not want real
democratic peace The Prayda says.
German Imperialism is again be-
ginning to show its claws.
HITS REVOLUTIONS SPIRIT.
"Germany's apparent unwillingness
to give Poland, Lithuania, Livonia,
Courland and Esthonia the privilege
of free self-definition is the rock upon
which the negotiations have split 9th
er peace conditions are ignored by the
bolsheviki leaders, who say that Ger.
many opposes the most vital principle
underlying the Russian revolution.
In an interview with newspaper men
Foreign Minister Trotzky said that
peace negotiations probably would not
be resumed at Brest-Litovsk. as the
Russians oppose stoutly the principle
of annexation.
rEUToN AIMS DENOUNCED.
On Tuesday evening at joint meeting
Of the central executive committee OF
the congress OF soldiers and work
mems delegates, representative Of the
workmen deputies, the Petrograd
workmen's and soldiers council and
representatives of the general army
congress for the rehabilitation Of the
army, a resolution was adopted unani.
mously declaring that the German
peac eterms were unjust. 1t denounced
Germanys attitude toward the Baltic
provinces as tyrannical and authorized
the government to take steps to trans
, fer future peace negotiations to neu-
trail country.
PARLEY PLANS UNCERTAIN.
Russians generally favor Stockholm
as the place for the peace conference
but it is said the Germans are not will
ing to go to Sweden.
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RAILWAY POOL
HEAD ATTACKS.
FREIGHT T|E-UP
Some Roads Are Overbur'
dened While Connecting
Lines Are Normal.
WAGE INCREASES
BELIEVED CERTAIN

Washington, D. c., Jan. a.
President Wilson today finished
the address he will deliver to con.
gress tomorrow on the railroad
situation.
II is understood to be about
1000 words long and, according
to present plans. it will not be
confided to newspapers and press
association in advance Of deIiv-
cry.
The president will make speei-
fc recommendation for ieoisia-
tion to carry out government
operation Of railroads.
After his conference today
with heads Of the four railway
brotherhoods, Director General
McAdoo said that some definite
agreement on all relations Of rail-
road labor to the government man
agement will be made soon. The
conference will continue tomor-
row.
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Continued on Page :, Col. a,
Gilpin observer., 1918-12-26
REDS TO HELP
SOCIAL REVOLT
-.
LARGE ARMY, CONCENTRATED BY
Won HiNDENBURG AT PoSEN,
cERMANPoLANo.
KILL 7,9O9,768 IN WAR
ESTIMATED CASUALTIES PLACED
AT 1,75s-FlGURE FOR
SEVEN GREAT POWERS.
western Newspaper Union News service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, Dec. PA Bolshevik army
lie advancing toward Germany in the
region of Mitau, according to the Ber-
lin Lokal Anzeiger. as quoted in a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Times.
The Bolsheviki are said to be plan
ming to encourage the German rad
icals with view to unloosing a great
social revolution throughout central
Europe.
zurich-Field Marshal Won linden
burg. according to reports received
here from Germany, has concentrated
large force of soldiers in Posen.
The Ebert government In Berlin is
reported to be faced with another
crisis through the resignation of the
minority members of the cabinet.
Political circles in Berlin, another
report says, are agitated by rumor
that Gen. Groener, who succeeded
Gen. Ludendorf as chief Quartermas-
ter general, has threatened to seize
Berlin with troops that have remained
faithful If order is not re-established
there shortly.
Cologne.-Casualties in the great
war may pass the staggering total of
31,591,75S, of which 7,909,76S were
deaths in battle, from wounds Or from
disease, according to rough estimate
compiled from authentic (mostly Off
ciaD sources.
The total losses of seven of the first
class powers from death in battle or
disease and accident and in wounded
and missing were listed as follows:
Germany. 6.066.769 (2.OOO,00O dead)
Austria, 100000 100000 deadD.
Russia, 9,150,0OO Q.700.00O dead).
France (estimated), 4,250,O0O Q,400.-
900 dead).
Great Britain, 3,O4s,991 (65s.OOO
dead).
Italy, 1900 600 100000 dead).
America, 264,99S (72,76S deadD.
Americas casualty lists still are
coming in, while the Austrian losses
were compiled only up to the end of
last May. Others had to be estimated,
as France, for instance, has never
given out an official list of losses.
Gilpin observer., 1918-12-26

the end of the pier was the gallant old
Vindictive, after its magnificent part
in the Zeebrugge bottling-up exploit
where she served as boarding ship
and carried the great superstructure to
permit British marines to climb on the
Zeebrugge mole, had been filled with
concrete and sent in to block Ostend
as U-boat and destroyer base. The
Vindictive made it impossible for siz-
able ships to get into Ostend, and the
Germans, just before the retreat, tried
to complete the work by sinking a
mail ship alongside the Vindictive.
However, there is Still room at high
tide for small relief ships and barges.
In fact, we saw converted trawler
of the American Red Cross already in
the harbor, us well as many similar
British Ships
Gilpin observer., 1918-12-26
LIBERTY FUEL GIVEN OK.

no change in the carbureter 1t never
theless develops a greater thermal ef-
ficiency than the best gasoline"
The new fuel can be produced in
varying grades to meet the require
ments of the several types of gasoline
motors. Unlike gasoline, which is
largely all Of one grade, the new fuel
can be manufactured specially for
motorcycles, trucks. tractors, alrplane
engines or any other type Of gas en-.
glne. ,F
ut will be possible In the future for
n person to drive up to filling sta
ton and secure exactly the grade Of
fuel required for his particular ma
chine. This will result In more satis-
factory service from every gasoline
machine in the market and give the
motor owner a maximum of efficiency
for minimum Of outlay"
Other government experts who have
witnessed tests of the new fuel are
highly enthusiastic regarding its fu-
ture possibilities.