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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
GRINNELL STUDENTS
ON MILITARY BASIS

Grlnnell. Feb. 27.-That all Grin.
nell COLLEGE men will be expected to
WEIR their new uniforms all day on
each drill day and as much at other
times as they wish is the announce
ment made by Commandant Hart
Vance. director of the college military
training
The uniforms have heen ordered for
some time and are expected to arrive
in few days. Soon after they come
a day will be set when all men will be
expected to appear in their uniforms.
II is thoucht that this viii! eliminate
all Embarrassment which might be ex-
perienccd at the first appearance.
The question of saluting the officers
of the cGllere battalion has also been
placed on definite basis The rul-
ing is that all men will be expected
to salrfe an officer when they are both
i" ''r:f"~m except in the college dor
m.tories.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
COMPELS DAD
TO SIGN PAPER
GAINS PARENTS CONSENT Al
POINT OF GUN TO ENTER
NAVY, BUT IS REFUSED.

Sioux City. FEB 27-Because his
father refused to sign an age certifi.
cate stating that he was Is years old
and consequently eligible to join the
navy, Albert Fl. Kelley, Syrian boy
living at All Chambers street, forced
him to sign the document at the point
q: a gun, according to witnesses who
accompanied the boy and his mother
to the recruiting station to explain
matters.
Young Kelley applied to the recruit
ing station Tuesday morning and stat
Cd that he was IS years old He was
toll to get an age certificate signed
ing. his father. who says he is 70 years
old. entered the station and said the
boy was only IA years old and that he
needed him at home. as he was the
only support of the family The boy
called his father a Stacker and declar-
ed that he would have the paper signed
by his mother. When she refused, he
determined that he would resort to
more drastic means, it is alleged
The exhibition Of rusty firearms OBJ
tanned from a second hand store prov
ed to be too strong an argument for
the father, who unwillingly signed the
paper stating that his son was IS. Thus
far the young patriot" had his own
way in the matter and was happy in
the thought that he could now join
the navy. When the paper was exhib-
tied at the recruiting station young
Kelley was informed that the paper
must bear the seal of notary public
who witnessed the signing He was
advised not to use the same means be-
fore such an official.
Frustrated in his attempt to enter
the service of his country, the boy
swore that he would get into the navy
some way sooner or later and walked
out of the station
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
MICH COWS
HIGHER PRICED
DEMAND FOR CATTLE BECOMING
LARGER AS MONEY SHOWS IN
DAIRY PRODUCTS

Des Moines, Feb. 27.-Ordinary
grade mich cows are selling at farm
sales at from $125 to $175 each, &C
cording to reports which have come
to the state food and dairy Office.
With spring coming on the demand
for dairy COWS is becoming more gen
eral as people who can find pasture
to run their COWS on when grass
comes prefer to own their own COW
to buying milk at present prices.
The pure bred Jersey cattle men
are planning sale to be put on at the
Iowa state fair ground in Des Moines
on March &c, at which some seventy
five to one hundred head of pure bred
Jerseys will be offered. On March 81
and % the Holstein.Friesian associa-
ton will have sale at the fair
ground. Some $50 head have already
been consigned to this sale. F. c..
Barney of Hampton, son Of Dairy
Commissioner Barney, will be in
charge Of this sale.
The Holstein-Friesian association
has started its work to develop the
dairy industry in Iowa, Illinois and
Minnesota and has put F. c. Court Of
Ames out as field man. He is expect
ed to boost dairying in every possible
way, by organizing and assisting dairy
COW test associations, holding dairy
booster meetings, visiting dairy dis
tricts and through other methods. He
is also to advance the Holstein-Frie-
sian breed as much as possible.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
LAW BREAKER
INJURIES MAN
IOES MONIES MAN SERIOUSLY
INJURED WHILE FLEEING
FROM SHERIFF.

Des Moines, Feb 27.-George Mer.
Ger, who was seriously injured Satur-
day night when Morrison taxi, flee
ing from the deputy sheriff, crashed
into his car at Forty-second street and
kingman boulevard, will live. Mercer
Is manager for Nicoll, the tailor.
Mercer is still in semi-conscious
condition at Methodist hospital His
skull is not fractured, as at first re-
ported.
Verne Newman, driver Of the taxi
cab, captured Immediately after the
crash, was in police court on a charge
OF Illegally transporting liquor"
LEAD sTo CAPTURE
Nine suitcases of whisky were found
in his car.
The Kingman boulevard auto COLI
sion was the elimination of a wild
wenty-mile chase, in which deputy
sheriffs fired fusillade of shots in an
effort to capture two auto loads of
liquor headed for Des Moines.
Deputies encountered the smugglers
near Orilla. The drivers refused to
stop when ordered to do so and the
authorities gave chase, unlimbering
their artillery.
One car skidded and went into a
ditch. The driver, Harry Sorensen,
started across a corn field and was
captured. He is in the county Jail.
Four suitcases of whisky were found
in his machine.
BULLETS HIT CAR
The other car, driven by Newman,
evaded the authorities, although sew
eral bullets lodged in the windshield
and body, and one leaden pellet whis-
tied through the chauffeurs hatband.
Charles Morrison, owner of the taxi,
requested that Newman be kept in Jail.
He said Newman had been missing all
of Saturday afternoon
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
Independence Citizens, At
Mass Meeting, Denounce
Chairman of County De-
Tense Council For Aiding
Farmer to Escape Service.
AMANA SOCIETY
PROTESTS LOYALTY

Cedar Rapids, Feb. PA mass
meeting of business men was held at
Independence last night in which 1t
was decided to circulate petition
calling for the resignation of r. B..
Rains, president of the First National
bank of that city and chairman Of the
county defense council. Rains is one
of the men who signed the exemption
affidavit for Hugheslder Wilson, poll
tjcian and farmer, who so far has
been able to keep out of the army.
SOLDIERS ARE INDIGNANT.
The meeting was called after tele-
gram from twenty Independence SOL
!diers at Camp Cody had been received
denouncing the men who signed the
affidavit and also attacking Wilson
as Stacker. Rains says he did not
know the full contents Of the affidavit
when he signed it.
Wilson, who recently retired as
deputy county clerk, bought farm
last May and recently he has been en-
deavoring to obtain exemption from
the draft The local board placed
him in class one. Wilson then took
the matter up with the district board
and was able to be placed in a de-
lCIECO CloSSAlASdllOu. IL 40 oo1O tAV'
district board will be asked to reopen
the case and place the man in class
one
PAINTED HOUSE YELLOW.
Two weeks ago irate citizens Of
Buchanan county painted Wilson's
house yellow and his fence black. He
is an unmarried man and comes of a
wealthy family The feeling against
him is high. In defense of himself
Wilson asserts his farm needs him
and that to join the army would cost
him $4,000 a year.
AMANA'S LOYALTY DEFENDED
An official of the Amana society to-
day gave out statement in defense
Of the society's attitude toward the
draft He declared the members of
the community are patriotic and loyal
Americans and were ready to fight for
their country If the government rules
against their appeal for exemption.
He said the religious belief Of the So
ciety is opposed to war, and that in
addition the shortage of labor has
made it necessary for the young men
to remain at home and work on the
farms. He added that II the govern
meent calls the seventy-seven young
men who have been drafted they win
go without whimper. Petitions are
being circulated in Marengo and other
towns in Iowa county calling on the
war department to refuse to exempt
the young men.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
JUNIOR GARDENERS
MEET AT ALBA

Abba. Feb. PA meeting in the
interest OF the Junior Gardening was
held at the Business Mems rooms
Monday evening with a good attend.
ance. Prof. Farrar Of Ames gave a
good talk and the meeting resulted in
committee, being appointed consisting
of Rev. J. P. White, Prof. H. d. Kies,
W. T. Hickey. Fred Townsend as an
advisory board. They are given the
power to appoint
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
REoulslTloNEp FOR WAR

New York, Feb. q. The tug
Cherokee formerly was known as the
Edgar F. Luckenbach and was requisi-
toned by the government in October,
1917. She was built in 1891 at Cam.
den, N. j., and registered 273 tons
gross. The tug prior to being taken
over for government use was engaged
in towing barges between North At
lantic coast ports.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
mVAR soEEc3, II VERDICT

The Consensus O opinion in official
and Diplomatic ci c'es concerning
Count Won He things speech is that it
Is war speech and no. a peace
speech"
A high official Of the 70 eign office
Informs tho Associat I'd Press that the
aims of Won Hertling's o1ation were
the efold
Z First he desired TO create a division
between the allies. especially the An
Elo.SaXor group ana the Latin group.
Second he wanted to stimulate peace
talk in allied and neut. al countries in
an effort to brine about another
'3rest-Litovsk. Third the chancel-
Dr's r.aHcuver was expected to i'm
press public opinion in Germany and
abroad that military officials do not
ule in Germany, but that the diDlom-
ITS and politicians have the upper
hand
BELGIUM TO GLAND FIRM
The imperial chancellor. ii was add
I'd. also wished to minimize the unfav.
orable impression abroad and at home
that the military leaders rule Ger.
many, and to create following that
the: military had been relegated to a
secondary, position and that Germany
Cow was willing to meet the allies in
the diplomatic Nd political field. The
official concluded.
1t seems ~ a tee che"OuS move
on the part OF Won Vc:tling to secure
a respite in the west and give the mil
itary leaders sufficient time to consoli.
date the ephemeral success in Russia. =
A Belgian diplomatic official told
the Associated Press that Belgium
probably would not deign to rcsrond
to Won Heltling's brutal and undiplo.
matte request. He said it was Bel
gums unalterablo intention to remain
staunch to its allies, friends and pro-
tectors.
FRENCH SEE THROUGH PLOT
FariS. Feb. 26-(Delayed) The
French press generally considers
Chancellor Won Hertling's speech as
simply continuation of Germany's eff.
forts to create differences between the
allies
Won Hertlins talks hypocritically
about peace" SAYS the Petit Journal
1.-THE speech is monument of
hypocrisy" La LibeTte exclaia:s.
Marcel Sembat in l. Heur finds the
chancellor's tone changed and attri.
butes the modification to the influence
of President Wilson's message. That
the chancellor finds it opportune to
rally publicly to President Wilson's
policy he says, indicates that the
presidents message must have moved
German opinion profoundly"
WILSON TO REPLY
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
HERTL|NG'S
PEACE TALK
FALLS FLAT
Mild Words of German
Chancellor Find Their De-
NAL, Britons Say, In Kais-
er's Present War Against
Helpless Russia.
SEE PRUSSIAN PLOT
TO THROTTLE WORLD

London, Feb. 27.-As far as the Brit
lsh public is concerned the mild words
of Count Won Hertling concerning Ger
many's pacific intentions and his par
tial acceptance of President Wilson's
basis for lasting world peace fell upon
Almost deaf ears A few weeks, even
! few days ago their reception would
have been different. but German
speech is judged here by German acts.
All details of the new war against
helpless Russia rob German statesmen
of their stock in trade--the plea that
Germany is wasing a war Of self de-
!cnse.
VAST GERMAN PLOT
The British press is virtually unani-
nous in the belief that the whole east
arn situation has been cleverly ar
ranged and plotted with view to
o;.n:,..ng eastern and central Europe
,nfer German domination, and for
he vital im!&ed ate purpo5, Of getting
.o,tl from the Ukraine
The most important newspapers
6 HIGH lean toward peace by negotia-
ton, notably the Westminster Gazette
and the Name chester Guardian. seem to
have undergone q change OF outlook
as the result Of the events Of the past
week. The Daily News saws no hone
ran be drawn from the chanCellor's
speech an6 adds:
ACTIONS BELLE WORDS
"When we turn from his words to
his acts in Russia, we see his profess
sions have no meaning. German
craftsmanship, which plumbers an in
vaded country with which it has just
made peace at the same moment
utters sham phrases about i2depend-
ence and self government
The Daily Chronicle says "inconsis-
tency between words and deeds surely
seldom has been carried further than
In the contrast between Won IIertlings
professions and TIE actions Of his gov
eminent in Russia.
THREAT FoE SWITZERLAND
"He blandly agrees to President
Wilson's propositions and all the time
Is carrying out by brute force the
most gigantic scheme of annexation
modern Europe ever has know-."
1.-THE speciousness of the speech
only makes its hypocrisy more con-
spicuous and detestable,'' saws the
Daily Mail, which remarks inciden-
tally that the chancellor's declaration
that Germany nevo! thought Of assail-
Ing Swiss neutrality is gravely ON
nous. 1t adds:
when Germany announces gratu
tously that it is not going to do a GER
tain thing, it is time for those con-
cerned to look for trouble"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
u. s. NAVAL
TUG SINKS:
80 men DIE
Cherokee Founders in Storm
Off Delaware Capes; Brit
ish Vessel Brings Sur
vivors to Philadelphia !;
Patrols Search Futile.
WOULD-BE RESCUERS
BAFFLED BY GALE

Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-Thirty
officers and enlisted men Of the naval
tug Cherokee are believed to have
been lost when the vessel foundered
yesterday morning in fierce gale
off Fenwick lightship, twenty-five
miles off the Delaware capes.
Ten survivors who got away on the
first life raft were landed safely; four
other men got away on another raft
but two were washed overheard and
drowned and the other two died, prob
ably from exposure.
TEN KNOWN SURVIVORS
The four bodies were taken into
Philadelphia.
Following are the names of the ten
known survivors:
Boatswain E. M. Sennett, U. s. N.
r. F. Boston.
L. P. Alderman, seaman.
H. P. POINTER, fireman.
r. J. Hall, seaman.
c. E. Barker, chief machinist's
mate
r. A. Kozock, fireman.
P. H. Warmack, fireman.
A. w. Wailim, oiler.
E. l.. Gudgel, fireman.
B. F. Brumfield, radio electrician
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Will SON TO REpIy

Washington, d. c.. Feb. 27.-Presi-
dent Wilson will reply to the German
chancellor's speech, but the answer,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01

CARL JOHNSTON INSTRUCTOR
Abba. Feb. 27.-Carl Johnston has
been elected by the board of educa-
ton as instructor in science in the
Abba high school to fill the vacancy
made by the resignation Of Leslie
Thompson called to his country's ser.
vice.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
SURVIVORS At PHILADELPHIA

SURVIVORS AT PhIlAOELPHIA
Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. pa Brit
ish steamship anchored in the Della
ware off the League Island navy yard
this morning. The state quarantine
station at Marcus Hook, Pa, seven
teen miles below Philadelphia. report
ed over the telephone that the vessel
had signalled as she passed that she
had on board ten survivors and the
bodies Of ten OF the crew of the Chero-
kee.
A wireless call for help from the
Cherokee was received yesterday
morning and a naval coast patrol
searched all day in f1fty-mile gale
for the distressed tug. It was sup
posed that passing vessels had picked
up the survivors. No trace Of the
tug was seen.
EXPOSURE KILLS TWO
The Cherokee was 120 feet long
and was taken over by the govern
ment last October.
Two Of eleven members of the
Cherokee's crew died soon after being
taken aboard a British tank steamer
which responded to the sinking
ships S. o. S. call. according to off,
GERS of an American steamship which
arrived at New York today.
These officers said they picked up
the Cherokee's distress signal early
yesterday and headed toward the
northeast end light ship on the Della
ware capes where they sighted the
British tanker Officers aboard the
British vessel signalled that they had
picked up eleven men, part Of the
Cherokees crew whom they had
found on a raft an hour previously.
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Kaiser To Take
Lithuania For
Vassal Kingdom

y URlCH, Feb. 27.-Negotia.
=. tons are in progress for
the union Of lithuania and
Saxony, according to dispatch
from Dresden, with Prince Fred
erick Christian, second son Of the
king Of Saxony as king Of Lith-
uania. The pourparlers indicate
that the wishes Of the Poles for a
renewal Of the old union between
Poland and Lithuania will not be
fulfilled.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-18
YOUR RED CROSS
An Army without a Gun
THE Red Cross is the greatest instrumen
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON
OF the VigilantcS

Red Cross is the greatest instrument Of
L mercy the world has ever seen. Noble as the
service of mercy and helpfulness was in Civil war
days, the Red Cross surpasses it UNNECESSARILY not
only in the range and variety of it's effort, but in
efficiency and effectiveness.
Inc Red Cross is, we may say, the arms OF the
mothers of the world reached out to their sons to
bind up their wounds and comfort them. The Red
Cross is an army without a gun that wages war only
upon suffering and heartache. Where the flag Of
the stars goes there the banner Of the Red Cross
must fly beside it. We watch our boys go forth to
wan with a spirit of hopefulness because we know
that this great agency of humanity presses close be
hind them; that its work is not incidental, but the
intelligent directed effort of one of the most marvel
GUS organizations ever contrived by American
genius.
We have all contributed to the Red Cross; we
shall be called upon again to contribute to its funds,
again and perhaps again. And we will respond
again and yet again! For this is a war for the de
Tense OF civilization, and we of great, free, splendid,
glorious America, have every intention that it shall
be fought with the army of the Red Cross solidly
supporting our soldiers.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-18

mines. the crash ~ fallen cities and the
cries of tortured humanity, the voice of
the Red Cross carries clear and strong the
one message of hope 10 Our war. 5urdcncd
world.
The black horror of this world crisis
would be rnhcarable were it not for tho
spirit ard work Of this mighty force, The
normal mind refuses to contemplate the
situation without this saving power.
II is the knowledge that in every city,
town and hamlet, men. women, and chill
drcn arc united in This work of declaring
10 the world, through the Red Cross. our
message of mercy and brotherhood, that
keeps our hearts from sinking under the
burden Of woe and S%ustain> oar faith in
human kind. II is On, constant daily, al
most hourly touch with the Rcd Cross
work that is foli by every citizen in the
land, thai inspires us with courage and
hope.
Out of thi, he'll of slaughter the Red
Cross will guide the warning nations 90 Il
heaven of world Wide pcac, and brother
hood.
Because it is the living oppression of
those ideals and principles iu J,..u,r o.
which We are giving our AN m live, aHd
matcrinl wealth hccau>r ON every field ll
death It is proclaim.Gc It's mcs,lp. oi li.,
because it Keeps ever before IT'S and 'h.
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iur into switzerland and then into
Hauto SnyoIc Prom there they went
To Lorraine Niue. pcllicr hoped h
even though her village had been
homhurdcd. her home might have cs-
capped Shr found nothing except her
bare fields.
You changed that picture. YOU
Americans. who can never b" bonn
birdcd. who can never lose through
war fi,c out OF the seven dearest q"
You II was not our husband and
children who died not your wife who
was widowed not your little ones
who came back. bony and tubercular,
To- 4, home that had vanished. Not
YOURS. uut oulv the grace ~ accident
sawed sau mott yours but % might
h.,, DO, DO .uu $40 YOU changed thc
picture Nou could not huild up with
uuur own hands that heap ef stones
into 90 nu.Ho nor ill the Fields. nor
bring Nm, Pclli'i bach to hop" and
th, children hupk q" health l'ui
through the Red cross yuu saNol th"
remnants of 'htt fJwil, ih't hud sui.
forced ua ,ou might have suffered
I Things the I,'SI Gross Did.
You took thr mother of MIMI" pei
urr O." , Rcd cross hospital To NJ"
ircitc, for tuJomiJ. You took the
Ettl, girl who Wss iu the first STAGES
o. tuberculosis. tu 90 l:cd Cross srni.
ilrIuu. Nou found t plac" which
could Ice made hutitlhjo for Nine"
! ivllIcr near h'r fields which she W.,
auNtou. 20 tilI You save her clothes
and furniture YOU got h'r seeds YOU
l.ui h'I l~.uplcu,nt~. You sent 10 Wis
itiuc du,'or to watch over hHr health
amt that uf her nttlc ho, YOU sent
NURSES wnu achieved On, mighty yiD.
tory oi H.li,inr her and tho child tIEc
bath. later YOU persuaded her 10
lcf HIM age tu % refuge NOT flr away
q vh,r. no might attend school and
Whor, she coulh often visit him
. Through the holm of YOU Red Cross
nopo and ouraR and ambition have
come h.ck 20 that wuwIu and sh"
rebuilding hcr f'uYliy tii, The
biggest thiuE one human hninr can
40 for another yoi. II you Ir" % h"p-
or uf the I,"d cross have done .or
that muthcI
Rri Curs. ] ~nw IL. work every.
vlicur Ia Euin,c-in f'ld~ aud ia
blasted Villages; IN hospitals and
.,hunlS and clinic; IN ivrugc~ aud
Nc-tiarlo~ Tor widow uul orphans aud
tur The SIGH children ~ ~uidicr~ tight
ing 10 keep Nou safe from the enemy.
TN, symbol Of help hn- t double
meaning now fof Americans who
have alvly. taken for GRANTED a.,
blessing of safety, n stands for vour
~williuruc.- to pee, me price ~ ovemp.
ton u' pin, Of sympathy s. hIt'or.
IlIrl ItlI fb|. IttI %. WYY Iut
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-18

and snr sons o., a aud s,o If
th, sunshine isn't brighter
IN recognition Of the value ol music
the government has appointed musical
directors pt AN military camrs lu iN,
war zouc. tho musical concerts ar, tho
means of rcliv,iug tho tension OF t1o
nerve strain and save the reason oft
many lighters aud OF Rcd Cross nurses.
\ traveller across the plains OF
northern Sew McAi.o tells ct un l,-
cidcni to his car that made u nCCDs-
sarN tor him 10 walk 0ttc,u mllus
10 get assistance. lie was stili walk
iuR ~ o O'Clock az night. ana saw No
house, but heard voices singing "la'
palnmp." Tie soon located the abode
house by the sounds
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-18

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