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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
LITTLE BENNY'S
n O T E B o K
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

THE PARK AVE NEWS.
Weather. The shorter the days the
longer the mites.
Sissiety Notes. Mr.. Pubs Simkins
had his parler papered all day Theirs
day by paperhangers, one being a
little tat one with red nose and the
uther being a long thin one with a
redder nose, both being attired in wife
with derty spots. Among those pres.
ent In the aftirnoon till the paper
hangers chased them out was Mr.
Benny Potts, Mr.. Algernon Skinny
Martin. Mr.. Sid Hunt and Mr.. F.
Wernick. The new wall paper is pink
with things like asparrowgriss on It.
Bold Robbery. Last Friday little
nevis attached to ash wagon went
down Broad street in back OF hay
Vaughn eating the hay. the man driv'
ing the hay waggin not knowing the
diffrents.
THE REASON WY.
POME BY SKINNY MARTIN.
I know a little dawg
And he Wages his little tale.
And his name is Alexander
Because he is a male.
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Sid Hunts mother has a cerl
of of his he'd frum wen he was baby
witch II you wunt to see it she will
show it to you sum time wen Sid aint
Ground.
Everybody shood reed a newspaper
every day to have sumthing to tawE
about. Ed Wernick will put you OF
his route without extra charge.-AV'
vertizement.
Wy not have your fotograff tooh
with Lew Davises 81 camera? II
sents apeece and enybcdy can tell
who it is.-Avvertizement.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
AGAINST THE WORLD.

1--WE are against the whole world.
savs the commander of the bolshevik
armies: I'VE shall fight for the revo-
luton and for the revolution alone.
This is a part of his statement ex-
planning that the army he Is reorgan-
izing IS not being raised to put Rus
STA back into the war, but presum'
ably, to enforce the rule Of the Lenln-
lists on the rest of the Russian peo-
pie.
It is a little difficult to determine
the particular revolution to which
Ensign Krylenko refers. IN a coun-
try where there have been 50 many
revolutions as Russia has seen IN a
period Of ten months it is asking a
little too much of minds already over
burdened to. demand that they know
right of the bat what is meant py
'the revolution"
To be sure, Russia has distinguished
with that name the revolution which
overthrow the Romanoffs. But that
was the revolution which put Prince
Lvoff in the shaky seat Of the provl-
sional premier Since then there must
have been revolutions galore, and to-
day it is an unprogressive province
indeed in Russia which can not point
to its own homemade revolution.
Journeyman revolutionists are as
numerous in Russia as inventors OF
schemes for putting the U-boat out OF
business are in America.
Whatever he may mean. Ensign
Krylenko makes it definite enough
that he does not intend to raise an
army for a continuation OF that war in
which the Russia of the cxars played
so prominent q role at the beginning.
There is no help for us except
from ourselves" he declares. This is
getting down to the very last ex-
tremity. certainly, for since the Dol
sheviki took charge in Russia things
have been going from bad to worse SO
rapidly that the northern portion OF
the country promises to establish
worlds record for famines.
Since. the wonderful benefits Of So
cialism were bestowed upon Russia it
has run through practically all the
various stages and degrees. each one
developing some new horrors which
distinguished it from its predeces-
sors It Is impossible to imagine a
more lawless set than those who
have the upper hand now, but there
may be still another downward step
in ruinous mismanagement which so
cialism. left to its own devices. will be
able to develop. Russia may be de-
pended upon to exhibit that step to
the world, probably in the near f,l-
ture for certainly the people can not
long undergo the hardships which the
Leninists seem unable to lessen.
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these men been taken Ill while at
home they would have been cared
for in most cases by their moth
ers, sisters or wives. At the
camps they had to be taken care
of by employees.
This must be remembered:
That the army had to get nurses
and hospital attendants without
stripping the regular hospit-
ais. It has been difficult for even
the regular institutions to get
help.
But in each case where there
has been obvious neglect OF pa
tents there will be. as there has
been, rigid Investigation.
Last August the members OF Red
Cross hospital Unit R, including doc
tors. orderlies and nurses living In
Ottumwa, were ready to mobilize and
enter the nations service on a few
hours notice. For months they wait
ed, continuing their normal tasks from
day to day in the belief that the,
would be called soon. Finally, shortly
before Christmas, they were sum
They could have been at
tached to hospitals at army camps fol
the four months or more which they
spent in idleness as far as the gov
eminent and its service were con
cerned. The same is true Of the unit
at Council Bluffs.
Just how many other units OF the
same sort were marking time else
where in the United States while sol
diers died in camps for lack Of proper
attention is question. But there can
be little doubt that thore were several
Of them. Nor can 1t be doubted that
bad they been called into the nations
service last Summer instead OF last
month they would have been able to
ave some lives at least.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
A CASE IN POINT.

(From Thursdays Daily)
One of the circumstances which go
to prove that a war cabinet should be
in existence In Washington and should
have been in existence for months was
yesterdays conference between Fuel
Administrator Garfield and Director
General McAdoo of the railways.
They decided in favor of adopting
the coming system for shipping coal as
a means of speeding the solution of
the coal problem This means that
markets VIII be supplied with coal
from the nearest and most accessible
field instead Of the product of some
particular mine or vein at "a distance.
This will mean that some boilers
and furnaces will register losses in
efficiency, perhaps, but the resulting
loss of coal will be small compared
within the proportion Of the yield
which can be saved by eliminating
long hauls in which coal consignments
from one field met aud passed similar
consignments from other fields. With
the shorter hauls in practice equip
ment can be conserved and cars can
be used to much greater advantage
than under the old plan.
Mr.. Peabody Of Chicago, coal
operator who has been chairman of
the coal committee of the council Of
defense for long time and who nc
gotiated with Secretary Lane the first
agreement between the coal industry
and the government as to prices and
production of coal, suggested the zon-
ing system months ago. His idea was
~ f1l 70 h1 los h~o NOD
which was in existence then, and
promptly it was approved.
But meanwhile Secretary Baker had
issued his famous denunciation Of the
Peabody-Lane agreement in which he
declared the prices quoted were out
rageous. So Mr.. Peabody's plan went
into the waste basket because the rail
roads war board could not make it
effective and neither that body nor
Mr.. Peabody could find anyone in
Washington short of the president
who possessed the proper authority to
order 1t and make the order stick.
No, when the suggestion is months
old and when vast losses and interrur-
ton to war business and other indus
Try has resulted from grievous coal
sortage, Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.. Garfield
find time to get together and arrive at
the same plan which has been before
the government since early in the fall.
Had there been central body-a
war cabinet-the plan could and
doubtless would have been presented
to its members and considered If it
is good thing now, certainly it was
not bad thing few months ago, for
prevention is much more to be desired
than cure.
To be sure, the coming system might
not have Tended Of the heatless period
order, but it might have operated to
postpone Mr.. Garfield's edict or to re-
duce the stringent coal shortage
throughout the east which brought
forth the order
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
liam Johnson, Mr4 II. D. Whfppe a11
". II. Reynolds.
J. e. Clark.

}. z. CLARK.
James Edward Clark WIS born h
Ottumwa, Iowa, February II. 1881. and
departed this life January is, 1918, a
the age of IS years, II months and 4
days. He was married 10 Clara Phi
lips July 8, 1900, and 10 this union
were born four children, Elizabeth,
Harry. Lenore and Evelyn. The httar
died IN infancy.
Besides his wife and children, he
Is mourned by four brothers and ono
sister, Wesley and Fred Clark Of Des
Moines, Arthur Clark Of Colorado.
Riley W. Hudson, who Is with Co. q.
168th q. S. Infantry IN France, anA
Mrs. Myrtle Henley Of Bear Creek,
Montana
He had been atlfng for he last four
years, but not belfast. Tuesday, Ia
Is, he got up as usual, took his dinner
bucket and. bidding his family good
by, started to work. It was while run
ming to catch a car that death oveE.
took him He died Of heart trouble.
He had host of friends, for to
know him was 20 respect him. He va
in particular very good to his el1ildA
and always tried to do what he cuMDd
for his family.
Funeral services were held at the
home Of his vife's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Matt Philips, 457 South WILLARD
street, conducted By Rev. w. III
Reaves Of the Christian church. In
torment followed in Sham cemetery.-
Contributed.
Mr.. Ella wilkins.
Mn. EI1a wilkins, wife OF James
wilkins, passed away at the home ct
her parents Wednesday morning. Jan
uary is, at s O'Clock, after an illness
of several weeks.
Mrs. wilkins was born in Wapelo
county, March 4. 1894. She was 3
years, 10 months and IL days old At
the time of her death. On December
q, 1910, she was united tn marriage
to James Wilkins.
She Is survived by her husband and
four children, Irwin. Vera, Charlie and
Marie. She also leaves her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. A. Thomas, and thEoo
sisters and five brothers: MIS- seeah
Cruel, near Ottumws; Mrs. Amos
Brooks, near F1oris; Mrs. Cecn Brooks
Of Abbott, Colo; Calvin Thomns.
Grant Thomas, Frank Thomas, Smith
Thomas, all of Wapello county,
Charlie Thomas Of Brush, Colo.
She passed away leaving Evidence
that she had epne 10 reEt-Cou6io.
uted.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
GOOD RjDDANCE.

The mistake of the British govern
ment which it has taken longest TO
rectify was the appointment of Sir
Edward Carson to the cabinet as a
minister without portfolio. Mistakes
have not been infrequent with the
British government, particularly in the
earlier stages of the war. 1t fell into
an Of the errors of red tape and in
competency and of course into the
snaelstrom of the overwhelming nature
II thu emergency from which the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
STAND By THE GOVERNMENT.
(From Fridays Daily.)

Americas participation in the world
war has brought forth many events OF
experimenting character. but it re-
NAMED for Senator Chamberlain, in
his speech before the senate yester-
in American history. Within a few
ington and throughout the country, a
remarkable revulsion of feeling with
regard to the war and its problems and
with regard also to the administra-
tons conduct of war affairs. On
Monday Senator Stone launched his
baseless charges of partsanship
against the republicans and Colonel
Roosevelt. Two days before that Sen
ator Chamberlain, democrat high in
the party's councils and for years close
to the president, had uttered the first
real public criticism Of the war admin
isration to be heard from a member
of the legislative branch Of the gov
eminent.
Then came President Wilson's re-
buke to Senator Chamberlain, state
ment remarkable for its display of
anger, for its unlimited approval of
Secretary Baker and his every official
act and omission, and for its weakness
in defending the secretary's course.
1t was remarkable, too. for its un-
equivocal declaration that Senator
Chamberlain, when he declared the
war department had failed utterly to
measure up to its duties and respon-
sibilities, had been guilty of "distor-
ton of the truth" 1t is only necessary
to read other productions from the
Wilson pen to realize how deeply
angry the president must have been
to indulge in such extreme language.
Yesterday Senator Chamberlain re-
piled to Mr.. Wilson, reiterating his dec
laration that the war department had
broken down completely and adding.
in support of that assertion, specific
charges which, if they are true, can
leave no doubt in any fair mind.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
sRYAn's STATEMENT.

VIM. ]. Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska,
former secretary Of state, sent a state
ment to the press yesterday. The fol-
lowing is
Oh, what's the use? There are too
many important things to print now.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29

In the event that he remains stead
fast in his determination to fight the
Chamberlain legislation to finish and
to veto It If it should 60 through con-
gress in spite of his opposition, there
will be no reason nor excuse for any
slightest diminution in the war spirit
in America nor In the determination
of our people to win over the kaiser.
Indeed, there will be more reason for
Tightening our belts another notch.
waiting ro-Germanism 80 much hard
er, making up our minds to see the
war through even though it lasts sew
eral years instead Of several months.
It Will be necessary only to- adopt
the slogan, stand by the govern
ment," instead Of stand by the presi-
dent" The president, after al, Is but
the concrete figure representing the
abstract government Presidents come
and 20 but the government lives. 1t
has survived other errors. 1t will sur
vive more in the future. Whatever
may be the fate Of Mr.. Wilson's per
sonA fortunes, America must win the
war. We must bring new JUNCTION and
new enthusiasm of patriotism into the
CRY, stand by the government
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29
DINNER STORIES
The Judge (who have retired sew
eral times without agreeing)-I under
stand that one juryman prevents your
coming to verdict. In my summing

up have clearly stated the Law, and
any jryman who obstinately sets his
individual opinion against the 70
manning eleven is totally united foc
his duties.
The Solitary ObjectU
m '1ud. I'm the only man who agrees
with you!
The suggestion Of tho food conserv'
ers that we eat whale recalls the
story Of the school boy who was being
questioned by the examiner. Said the
latter, do we eat the flesh. OF the
whale?"
"Y-y-yes, sir" faltered the young
ster.
"And what pursued his questiones
do We do with the bones?
"P-please, SIR responded the boy,
who knew his table manners, I'VE
Heave them on the s-s-sides of our
plates"
Robert Mantell teYls Of barnstorm.
ing company in the west In the old
days that made a try at Shakespeare.
Considerable complaint was heard
relative to the efforts Of the man who
essayed to do the ghost in Hamlet"
One day a dramatic man on a local
paper said to the leading man:
That fellow who plays the ghost
does not suggest the supernatural
II should say not" replied the lead
ing man with alacrity. but he does
the natural SUPER
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One point Of strength in Senator
Chamberlain position lies in the char
ity with which he treated the man
who, from the eminence of the most
prominent and influential position in
America, impugned the senator's YER
acity. There was no bitterness for
the president in Mr.. Chamberlain's
speech. There was little reference to
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29

president may take one or the other of
these courses. Nothing that could
transpire now could mean sc much for
America and for the fruitton of our de-
sires for an early victory. 1t Is true
that this hope cannot be based on any
thing Mr. Wilson has said; it is based,
instead, on the belief that his sober
Judgment will compel him to do the
patriotic act rather than the partisan
one.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-29

him except in the senator's remarks
Of explanation when he rose to point
Of personal privilege. He did not de-
scend to the level of unrestrained
anger which was evidenced In the pres
ident's accusing statement; he did not
shout, You're another" Instead, he
gave Mr. Wilson an opportunity to set
himself right before the jury of the
American people when he refused to
hold the president responsible for the
war departments ineficiencfes. He
said:
The president did not know the
truth and / did. He must have
gotten his facts from the secre-
tary, who in turn got them from
somebody else, and somebody else
must have lied.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
Real Pastors.

come from Il work among men who
are doing the lOwlier tasks vt the min
istry in small towns and rural COM
munities, amid every possible disc6ur-
agement. I find there many n tragic
failure; but over and again I meet
men who do their work with such
ready cheerfulness and with so glad
a heart that 1t all humblcs me to the
dust. I leave them. ashamed that 1
ever thought of the Encouragement.
These are the men who are real pns-
tors of their people. true shepherds Of
souls: and their every service meets
with such ready response. their lives
are filled with such simple friendliness,
they are blessed with such gratitude
and affection. that one begins to under
stand the cOml,ensations Of service.
Not always do reticcnt village folk
express their affection in words; but
friendship always begets friendship,
and one can feel that which is rarely
openly expressed. One sees 1t best as
1t is reflected in the faces and echoes
in the kindly hearts of the clergy
MISUNDERSTANDING Fiske.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
LOVE AS A GUEST.
With Him Within There Is No Room
for Envy, Anger, Etc.

Shall we not choose Love, the beaut!-
full guest. to come and live with us,
and say to Envy and Anger and Evil
Speaking, and Impaticnce, that We
have no room for them? For Love
will not live with had companions. and
If we think unkind thoughts, and say
unkind words of others, she will not
stay with us. And we must be ready
to listen when she speaks to lis. If we
are tempted to be angry or impatient,
Love will say: stop! Remember |!
Think how patient God is with you,
though YOU often do wrong" = Read
ing the Bible, and praying and going
to church, and giving money',to The
poor, are all good. if We '!Gtve love
also, but they are worth little without
love. glove is the fulfilling of the
law" Paul and James and John all
wrote great deal of this lovr. hut
perhaps John said the most beautiful
thing of all when he wrote: "God
is love. and he that dwellnth in love
dwellcth in God, and God in him.
Emily Huntington Miller. e.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
164th u. S. INFANTRY
IN FRANCE

North Dakota former guard,
men, members of the 164th U. S.
Infantry are training in the hills
at an undisclosed point in France.
according to letters received ill
Fargo and elsewhere in Nor'' II
Dakota within the past two days.
Indications are that the North
Dakota troops still are in thei:'
training camp despite the fa'i
that casualty lists within the pas
week have carried the names 81
five men from this state.
Explanation of the fact that tl
men were listed as being killr'l
or wounded "in action" is givc''
by Adiutant General Angus Fra
err, of North Dakota. who says thai
men killed or wounded in an al
raid would he listed as being in ac-
ton.
Letters 50 far received from
Franc" indicate that the men hav"
comfortable barracks and are get
ting strenuous training.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
The VOICE OF GOD
How He Expresses His viii and
Purpose Through the
Common People,.

1t has long been acknowledged that
the voice Of the people is the voice Of
Cod" The undiscerning may hear in
the peoples voice only a great roar of
discomfort, or the mutterings Of the
misguided mass. But he who has under
standing will hear the "still. small
voice." which speaks the will Of God.
The statesmen in every age who
have accomplished the things which
have produced the greatest good for all
the people got their inspiration be-
cause they kept close to the masses.
Rarely does the vision come to the
man who spends all of his time in the
seclusion of the study. His touch on
life is so slight, and his understanding
OF the needs of men SO inadequate, that
his outlook extends only to the limits
OF his own life and his own narrow ex-
perience. 1t is only as a man comes
into contact with others that his own
life becomes larger and fuller, and 1t
Is out Of this fullness that he is en-
abled to speak concerning the greater
problems of life.
No class of men has broader ex-
perience than the common people,
no class knows quite SO we'll what 1t
means to toll and to suffer and to sac
rifice. None has higher aspirations and
none exhibits deeper conservation. 1t
is because of this that God speaks
through them.
Sometimes the peoples expression of
Gods will is crude. Sometimes 1t
comes as a shock to men who have be-
come accustomed to things as they are,
who, quite satisfied with present con-
ditions, are unwilling to be made I'M
comfortable by change which may
mean REIMBURSEMENT in their method
Of living and in their way. Of doing
business. But to stand in the way of
progress is futile. 1t may be that it is
necessary to oppose certain features
man-made and man-inspiretl-whicf,
have crept into the plans which the
people present. but back of them all
and beneath them all will he found
the hand of God.
This has been proved In history. As
Gladstone once said. "In the beginning
"f every great fight for the right and
for progress the leisure classes, the so.
called upper classes, have been on tka
wrong side of the battlefield" The
common people-the men of uncommon
sense-to these the world owes debt
of gratitude.
If you would hear the voice Of God
keep close to the pcople.-Charles
Stelze, in Chicago Baptist Standard.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-02-14
When Christ Lifts the Load.

When God lifts our loads he lifts us
along with them. Years ago in Cleve-
land, o., shipchandler's little bow
was carrying in big arr,ful of wood,
the burden of which was growing
heavier every moment. AS he Heared
the steep back steps. he appealed to his
father: Father, can't get up the
steps with my load" The father
picked up his toiling little son. wood
and all, and set him safely on the
porch. AS he did SO the thought flashed
into his mind: Cast thy burden on
the Lord. and he will sustain thee. "
And 80 the Lord Christ not only bears
our griefs and carries our sorrows. hut
- lifts and carries us along with Ill
ou1 burdens.