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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
'CUTPRICES UPHELD
ON PATENTED WARES

Washington, D. c., March 4.-De
crees limiting the rights of patentee
under the patent laws to control the
resale price Of an article was rem:
dered today by the supreme court.
A patentee. the court held, in sell
ing his article to another, can not re.
serve the right by contract to fix the
price at which it is later to be re-soh
This Interpretation Of the patent
laws was made by the court in an.
swering questions certified by the
lower courts in injunction proceedings
restraining the Boston Store of Chi
cago from selling records in violation
of contract made with the American
Graphaphone for less than official list
prices.
The opinion is Of vital importance
affecting not only five thousand deal
ers in graphaphone records, bound by
similar contracts, but also thousands
of dealers in many other articles, the
resale prices Of which are fixed by the
manufacturers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
MORE TREATIES SIGNED

London, March 4.-Supplementary
treaties between the central powers
and the bolsheviki government were
signed at Brest-Litovsk in addition to
the main peace treaty, according to a
telegram from Brest-Litovsk by way
of Vienna and Amsterdam, which
gives no details of the treaties.
Formal official announcement of the
signing has not yet been received
from the Russian side but a late
radiogram from Petrograd said the
treaty would be signed Sunday.
AS the German official statement of
Sunday night mentions only the
cessation of operations in great Rus
STA, 1t is inferred in some quarters
here that the German advance in the
Ukraine and Finland will continue
while the Germans reserve for them
selves a free hand outside the limits
Of great Russia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
IMMENSE CAVE
SOLDIERS HOME
AMERICANS LIVE FAR UNDER.
GROUND IN CAPTURED
POSITIONS.
by The Associated Press


With the American Army in France
March Observation-Disclosures Of the
American troops in the Chemin des
DANES sector are having an experience
Of cave life behind the front trenches
their billets being deep underground
1uarries and natural recesses beneath
the surface. The correspondent on
visit to this sector found them thus
luartered, occupying positions held by
he Germans less than year ago.
Most Of the Americans, however, are
living in the trenches and nearby dug
Z puts. The front line trenches here
have been cleaned, strengthened and
improved and are well protected with
barbed wire entanglements.
cAVERNS ARE SPACIOUS
The underground billets, some Of
them old limestone quarries and others
partly natural in formation and i'm
proved through blasting operations by
! the Germans, who occupied them for
nearly three years, are variously nam.
ed. One of them is called the Pan.
Z theon." 1t accommodates LOCO men
The correspondent found French and
american soldiers living there in per.
Iect harmony.
The living quarters of the Americans
In this cave are seventytwo feet un-
foreground. The cave consists of long
galleries with cement ceilings Fresh
air Is supplied by large air pumps.
The cave is in part electrically lighted.
Elsewhere acetylene lamps and oil Ian
terms are employed. The men usually
remain in this cavern four to six days,
companies being assigned portion of
he excavation. The men are not per-
mitted to roam about at will for fear of
being lost, or to go outside except on
luty, lest they be detected by enemy
airmen.
RAILWAY IN CAVE
The troops here sleep on low, double
TERED wooden hunks covered with
straw. The company officers are pro-
vided with small rooms with wooden
partitions. A small railway for carry
Ing supplies runs through the cave. A
sign over one entrance reads: East
Boston Tunnel" and one Of the men
standing near it remarked, "That re-
minds me of home"
At another point the correspondent
saw some men who had just completed
their round Of trench duty. The gen.
eral in command said they had begged
to be allowed to stay in the line a few
more days.
''Why, they took us out before we
sven had decent scrap" said ma
chine gunner.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
CALL RULE UPHELD
FOR CHICAGO TRADERS

Washington, D. c., March 4.-The
"call rule" for grain to arrive. estab
lished in 1906 by the Chicago board OF
trade, was held by the supreme court
today not to be in restraint of trade
under the antitrust law.
Injunctions issued by federal Dis
trict Judge Lands restraining the
rules operations were set aside
Board Off Gals contended the rule in
creased instead of decreased competi
ton and prevented monopoly. but II
was abrogated after the governments
suit was filed in 1913.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
POWDER MILL BLAST
WRECKS BUILDINGS

Peoria, ILL.,, March 4.-The explosion
Of small quantity Of blasting powder
at 4:50 o'clock this morning wrecked
wheel mill No. 2 Of the Western Powder
Manufacturing company's plant at Ed.
wards station, sixteen miles west Of
here. The report of the explosion
awakened many people In Peoria.
No one was injured in the blast, the
cause Of which is unknown. Work al
the mill will be tied up for about forty
Eight hours as result of the explosion,
Officials said this morning.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
IRELAND IS QUIET,
REPORTSNDICATE

London, March 4. -Nothing has been
reported from Ireland in the last few
days which would suggest that the
visit of Viscount French commander
Of the home forces, to County Glare, is
due to any increase in the trouble in
County Glare or elsewhere. On the
contrary recent reports have been that
the special measures taken in County
Clare had remarkably calming effect
and although the causes Of the trouble
have not disappeared, the disturbing
elements have been unusually quiet
since the troops were called out to as
sist the police.
Some arrests and other repressive
measures last week did not excite dis
order anywhere as far as has been re-
ported.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
Tax Hits Poker
Players, Losers
And Lucky Ones

EYYASHINGTON, D. c., March
w 4.-Poker profiteers were
~ hit today by the internal
revenue bureaus informal ruling
that earnings from the game were
subject to the income tax but
losses could not be deducted from
income in figuring the tax. Thus
there is a tax for the winner and
no relief for the loser. The ruling
was given in answer to the follow
ing letter of inquiry:
"kindIy tell me whether poker
losses are deductable from net in
come in figuring income taxes. ]
have lost large sums in the past
year and the question with
me is vital. For the information Of
a friend who has had good poker
profits, please tell me whether
these are to be included as in
come"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05

| Continued From Page -.
out a small party and set out again
They were forced to return, however
when the German fire became increas
ingly heavy. The lieutenant and a de-
tail made a third search just before
down, but without success. All the
missing came. from New England.
1.-THE German war office bulletin last
Friday said that near Chavignon or
the western sector of the Aisne front
German troops had forced their way
into the French American trenches and
captured ten American and a few
French prisoners. The French official
statement of the same day, in report
ing the attack which occurred Thurs
day night, said that two columns of the
enemy had been thrown back with
heavy losses. German prisoners were
taken by the French.1
EAGER TO FIGHT
The American general commanding
the unit on this front said the men
were eager for action and were con-
tinually asking permission to remain
in the front line longer than the allot-
ted period. 1t has been found neces-
sary to caution them frequently
against exposing themselves, they are
so anxious to get crack at the enemy.
They are tented to peer over the top
in the day time and go over at night
in the hope Of Starting something"
The French general who trained
these troops is proud of the showing
they are making while completing
lean captain said:
"They called us tin soldiers in
America less than year ago, but
guess we are delivering the goods just
the same
GAS ATTACKS COMMON
Between 500 and $500 gas shells
are thrown into the American posi-
tions on the Chemin des Danes front
each day, but there have been no SER
ious gas casualties there. The men
have been trained thoroughly in the
use OF gas masks and the necessity of
putting them on before going into the
trenches. They do not find it incon-
venient to work and fight like divers"
as they say. A few men have been
gassed slightly while adjusting their
helmets but this is inevitable when gas
shells are thrown a long distance be-
hind the lines.
A brigadier general and major
who were riding in an automobile on
tour of inspection few days ago were
gassed slightly when shell burst
within hundred yard Of their car.
They suffered headache and slight
nausea but otherwise there was no
i'll effects.
HoNoRs FOR TWENTY-slx
An American brigadier general said
today he had asked for an American
divisional citation for each member Of
the raiding party of twenty-six of his
men which assisted the French in the
raid on February in which two German
officers and twenty-one men were cap
tured. Two officers and two men of
the raiding party already have been
decorated by the French with war
crosses. This is the first request for
honors which has been made for Amer
leans in this sector.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
MANY AlRPLANE
TINKERSCALLED
IOWA MUST FURNISH $50 OF
QUOTA T0TALING 10000
MEN.

Washington, D. c., March IA cafl
was issued today for 10000 machin-
lists, mechanics, chauffeurs and other
skilled workmen needed at once by
the aviation section of the signal
corps, and announcement was made
that additional increments must be
obtained from the same classes in the
near future.
The degree to which the aviation
program of the army depends upon
highly skilled labor is shown by the
statement that "ninety-eight Of every
100 men in the aviation section must
be skilled in some branch of work."
"Men registered in the draft" said
the announcement, may be indicted
into this service by applying to their
local draft board Men not registered
may enlist at the recruiting Office.
They will be sent to San Antonio,
Texas, for segregation by trades. fol-
lowed by a brief course OF instruction
at the flying fields or at various fac
tories and organized into squadrons
mostly for service overseas"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
ARMY'S FEBRUARY
CHECKS DELAYED

Washington, D., c., March 4.-The
first of the February checks for pay
allotments and government allowances
to dependents of soldiers and sailors
have just been placed in the mails
and probably two weeks more will be
required to complete the preparation
and distribution of the remittance, it
was announced today by the war risk
insurance bureau.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
$50 FROM IOWA

Des Moines, March 4.-Iowa's share
Of the 10000 machinists and other
skilled worllmen for the aviation Sec
ton of the signal corps is $50, ac-
cording to announcement made at the
Office Of Adjutant General. Guy E.
Logan here.
It is apparent that 1owa's share is
lower than that of many states, un-
doubleday for the reason that this is
primarily an agricultural state and
there are not as many of the class de-
sired here as there are in some Of the
eastern staten.
The announcement made by Adju-
tant General Logan said the men
needed in this state will be sought
through voluntary enlistment but if
they are not Forthcoming by March
10. tho draft will ha resorted to.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
ONE IoWAN KILLED

Washington, D. c., March 4.-Five
Americans, including Second Lieu
tenant Harold F. Eadie Of Tilton, N.
H.. were killed, five were severely
wounded and four slightly wounded in
the fight with the Germans north OF
Toul March /.
Those killed besides the lieutenant
were:
Hugh Weatherman, private, Bea.
man, Iowa.
Anthony Amodei, sergeant, lat
North Linwood avenue, Baltimore, Nd.
Edgar Parsons, private, Obids, N. c.
Harry J. Henry, private, Logans.
port, Ind.
Mathew Brew, private, Fayette, N.
D.
Those slightly wounded March I
include:
Edward J. Turner, private, Lake
Mills, Iowa.
The department announced that
Alfred H. Clapp Of West Union, Iowa,
has succumbed to tuberculosis in a
French hospital.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-05
NO mo MAN'SLAND"
WHERE YANKEES ARE

Continued From Page -.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
FINEST WEATHER IN TROPICS
Climate So Delightful That the Aver.
age Person Would Soon Tire
of the Monotony.

The days were wonderful, and the
alterations of sun and wind were as
exciting as the discovery of the
strange Malayan beasts and birds. The
sun rose softly-no breeze moved
cloud or leaf, and even the light came
at first moderately, indirectly, reflect
ed from the higher peaks, or hello
graphed from the mirror of a half-hid-
den, distant waterfall. In early after
noon-One never knew just when-the
faintest of breezes sifted down and
blurred the lacery of tree-fern shad-
ows. The wind was cool and soon
strengthened, and by night the air was
surging violently through the gap, ST.
phoned from the cold SUBMITS down
10 the hot humid valleys. Day after
day one reawakened TO the sense of
tropical surroundings from a convic-
ton of a northern autumn. with the
wind full of swirling leaves and the
frOnds Soughing with the same sad
cadence as the needles of scented
pines of the northland.-William Bee
be, in The Atlantic.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

my. I was tired out. and using my
shrapneI-proof helmet lsnrapnel proof
until a piece Of shrapnel hits it), or
tin hat, for a pillow, lay down in the
straw, and was soon fast asleep. /
must have slept about two hours, when
awoke with a prickling sensation all
over me. AS thought, the straw had
worked through my uniform. / woke
up the fellow lying on my left, who had
been up the line before, and asked
him:
"Does the straw bother you, mater
It's worked through my uniform and
can't Sleep"
In a sleepy voice he answered,
''That amt straw, them's cooties.".
From that time on my friends the
"cooties" were constantly with me.
"Cooties," or body lice, are the bane
of Tommy's existence.
The aristocracy of the trenches very
seldom call them Coolies" they speak
of them as feas.
To an American flea means a small
insect armed with a bayonet, who Is
wont to jab it into you and then hop
skip and jump to the next place to be
attacked. There is an advantage in
having fieas on you instead of "cooties"
in that in one of his extended jumps
said flea is liable to land on the fell
low next to you; he has the typical
energy and push of the American,
while the "cootie" has the bulldog
tenacity Of the Englishman; he holds
on and consoIidates or digs In until
his meal is finished.
There is no way to get rid of them
permanently. No matter how often
you battle, and that is not very often,
or how many times you change your
underwear, your friends the coolies
are always in evidence. The billets are
infested with them, especially so II
there is straw on the floor.
have taken a bath and put on
brand-new underwear; in fact, a com.
plete change of uniform, and then
turned in for the night. The next morn.
ing my shirt would be full of them. II
is common sight to see eight or ten
soldiers sitting under tree with their
shirts over their knees engaging in a
shirt hunt"
At night about half an hour before
flights out" you can see the TOmmies
grouped around a candle, trying, in its
dim light, to rid their underwear OF
the vermin. A popular and very quick
method is to take your shirt and draw
ers, and run the seams back and for
ward in the flame from a candle and
burn them out. This practice is dan
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
The Authors Identification Disk,

gerous, because you are liable to burn
holes in the garments if you are not
careful.
Recruits generally sent to Blighty
for brand of insect powder adver-
tised as Good for body lice" The ad-
vertisement is quite right; the powder
is good for "cooties;" they simply
thrive on it.
The older men of our battalion were
wiser and made scratchers out of
wood. These were rubbed smooth with
a bit of stone or sand to prevent splin-
tiers. They were about eighteen inches
long, and Tommy guarantees that a
scratcher of this length will reach
any part Of the body which may be at
tucked. Some of the fellows were lazy
and only made their scratchers twelve
inches, but many a night when on
guard, looking over the top from the
fire step of the front-line trench, they
would have given a thousand "quid"
for the other six inches.
Once while we were in rest billets an
Irish HuSSar regiment camped in an
open field opposite our billet. After
they had picketed and fed their horses.
a general shirt hunt took place. The
troopers ignored the call DINNER up"
and kept on with their search for big
zane. They had a curious method Of
procedure. They hung their shirts over
a hedge and beat them with their en-
frnup hSnrr FoOT bor1Yns
asked one of them why ley didn't
pick them off by hand, aIi he an
swered, I'VE haven't had bath for
nine weeks or a change of clabber. If
tried to pick the coolies OFF my shirt,
would be here for duration of war"
After taking close look at his shirt,
agreed with him; it was alive.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
Exact Copy of Wrapper.
The cockney's Tact.

Watkins, cockney private, was lee
turing his mates one day ON the need
of employing tact in their dealings with
the French people.
Nov, got in bit of fix the other
day" said Watkins. 81 was billeted
with French family, and after I'd
been shown to my room 1 started out
for walk. Well, 1 'appened to open
the wrong door. 1t was a bathroom
and there was lady in the tub. She
let out a scream, and it might ave been
a deucedly embarrassing situation, but
my tact saved the day."
''Well, wot did va do?'
Il jes' backed out an said: Par
dong, monsieur New York Tribune.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
Knows Mother Now as Heroine.

The woman who plows is not new
woman, according to the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
My mother had Is children" said
a prosperous shipbuilder. 'She plow'
ed-and she didn't have one of these
u horsepower, three-plow, ten-acres
a-day tractors, either. She had tC
cleave n straight furrow among the
rocks and stumps behind the horses.
"She never pretended it was easy
work, for it wasn't. But she was q
heroine, and she did not complain.
know now, in the perspective of the
years. the woman that she was
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
npoctorinup HeIlctrope.

The delicate heliotrope is scarce and
improbable TO the perfumer. He de-
tects in its odor, however. the aroma
of vanilla combined with the sharper
scent of bitter almonds. Therefore, he
adds TO tinctuTe of vanilla small
quantity of the otto Of bitter almonds
and rose and orange flower essence,
and thus easily makes extract of hello
trOpe.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
Palestine Vegetation.

Some Of the vegetation Of Palestine
Is plainly listed in the Scriptures, thus:
go forth unto the mount, and fetch
olive branches. and pine branches and
myrtle branches" This found in Nehe-
u,iah TN
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
First and LAST STAGES.

How long have you been married,
old manT'
Long enough to pity bachelors. How
long have your
Long enough to envy them. '-Bos-
ton Evening Transcript.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
Helninn the Country.

Bill-He's always Dragging about his
ancestors.
JILL know II.
"'But they never did anything for
the good of the country, theyT
"Sure They died"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
A Sure One

"Can you furnish me with any knock
down argument about your capacity to
do the family sewing?"
"CouId 1? Just watch me fell this
senIn
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

Just because a man is all right to-
day it isn't safe bet that he will be
all wrong tomorrow.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
consoIina Him.

Clerk-"I cannot live on my salary,
sir" Boss-"rhen I'll try to be patient
and wait, instead of firing you.''
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

Most people would rather blame a
man for what he doesn't than give him
credit for what he does.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
A Minor Role.

''Were you ever patroness at a soci
ETY. AFFAIR."" mo; I'm always one o.
the patronized."
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

Do not be a derelict and drift aim
lessly on the Ocean of Life.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29

In the next instailment Ser
geant Empey tell Of the realiza-
ton of his ambition-his ar
rival in a first line treneh-and
Of how he wished he were back
in Jersey City.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-03-29
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE" EMPEY FIRST HEARS THE BIG
GUNS BOOMING.

sinking Lusitania of
American lives Arthur Guy Empey
to England enists private army
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-09-07
CUBS VANQUISH
AMERICAN CHAMPS
Take Second Game of Worlds Series
8 to Tyler and Killifer Supply
Needed Wallops.

Over a span of four years, George
Tyler has yearned to clear up some I'M
finished business and yesterday he had
his opportunity and made good when he
the Red Sox. 3 to |, evening
up the series. He behaved like a regular
ace, his ability to hit the apple, as well as
his pitching. contributing in the downfall
of the American league champions.
In the second inning Merkle walked
and advanced on Picks bunt. Deal
popped ont and then Killifer dropped a
two -bagger into right field, scoring
Mer<le. Tyler singled over second, scor-
ing Pick and Killifer, but was caught at
second Flack singled, but was caught
stealing.
Bostons run in the ninth was made
thus: Strunk hit to right for three
bases. Whiteman duplicated the feat, his
triple sending Strunk home MeInnis
went out, Tyler to Merkle. Scott walked
Dubuc batted for Thomas and famed
Schang popped out The score: