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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-02-19
ALLIES RAID HUN LINES

ASSOCIATED Press Summary
On the northern end of the western
front Canadian troops again have
been successful in raid into the Ger
man lines. The latest incursion was
made north of Lens and few prison.
ers and two machine guns were cap
tured.
French troops continue their raids
in the Champagne and have brought
back prisoners, from the German
trenches northwest and east Of
Rheims. ~
In the region Of the Butte du Mesnil,
east of Rheims, American and French
artillerymen are engaging the Ger
mans in violent exchanges. South of
La Dormoise, French batteries dis.
persed a strong concentration Of Ger.
man troops. On the Italian front, and
especially between Lake Garde and
the Pave the artillery activity has in.
creased but the infantry operations
have been conhhed to small raids.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-02-19
FRENCH PIERCE LINE

Paris, Feb. 15.-French troops last
night penetrated the German lines
northeast Of Courcy on the Aisne front
and returned with number Of pris-
oners, the French war Office announced
today.
A lively artillery duel was main.
tanned in the Champagne, notably in
the sector of Butte de Mesnil. where
American batteries are stationed.
The night was marked by violent
bombardments ON the right bank of
the river Mouse and in the Woevre
region, the statement adds. In Upper
Alsace the French repulsed . German
rain in the district south of Seppois.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-02-19
vernon CASTLE
KILLED by FALL
Characterization, Instructor
at Fort Worth Field, Is
Accident Victim.

Fort Worth, Tex, Feb. 15.-Captain
Vernon Castle Of the English Royal
Flying corps, was killed this morning
while flying fifteen miles west Of
Forth Worth.
Castle had made, over $50 flights
over the German lines and was the
hero of many exploits in the war zone.
His work had been specially on the
Flanders front and covered a period
of nine months He came to Fort
Worth last October along with Lord
WELLESLEY.
DIED TO AVOID COLLISION
In trying to avoid cadet Castle
swerved his machine beyond his con-
troll and was unable to right himself.
The cadet was an American but was
being instructed by the British. The
accident happened close by the Ben
brook field. The cadet was uninjured.
Castles plane was near the ground
and he was in the front seat, instruct
ing a cadet instead of in the rear,
where the instructor usually rides.
Had he occupied the rear seat he
would not have been injured. When
he saw the danger Of a collision with
the approaching plane Castle under.
took what aviators know as an 1mmel-
man turn. The plane failed to re-
spond
COMPANION NOT INJURED
The cadet with Captain Castle was
r. Peters. His only injury is black
eye. Castle never regained conscious.
ness but died in the field hospital
twenty minutes after his fall.
Castle belonged to the eighty
fourth Royal Flying Corps squadron.
The plane was only fifty feet above
the ground and was going rapidly. The
plane with which the collision was
threatened was just rising.
TRIED DARING MANEUvER
The 1mmelman turn, in which Cap
tain Castle met death, was named
after Lieutenant Immelman, the Ger
man flier who downed many allied
airplanes before being shot down him
self, according to flying officers.
ut is a combination turn and a
twist while diving" said an aviation
officer. Captain Castle evidently
tried to dive under and around the
other machine but was too close to
clear his own"
Castle was wounded but once in the
allied service and then but Slightly.
He was an advocate Of the air SER
vice as the means of winning the war
but always doubted the possibility Of
from Berlin in safety in
the event of raiding that city. His
flying in and about Fort Worth was
as famed as his dancing, for his stunts
in the air had held thousands o. sol
diers and civilians spell bound day
after day
CHOSE DANGEROUS SEAT
Castle was one Of the most popular !
aviators ever here.
Discussing his death, officers of both |
the British and American forces COM !
mented on the fact that he occupied
the front seat Of the plane, which is |
unusual for an instructor.
Ordinarily the teacher is in the rear
seat where he can watch the cadet |
better and where he is in less danger
from fall. He also can control the
machine better from that position and
can control the cadet in the event he
gets excited and threatens to wreck |
the plane. Why Captain Castle was
seated in front today is not known.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-02-19
TWO SLAYERS
PUT TO DEATH
GOVERNOR LoWDEN REPRlEvES
THIRD ILLINOIS CONVICT
At LAST MOMENT

Chicago, Feb. 15.-Edward "Ammu
milton" Wheed, slayer Of two persons
In the Winslow Bros. payroll robbery
last summer and Harry Lindrum
slayer Of Patrolman Herman, were
hanged from the same scaffold here to-
day. Tho men spent their last hours
IN widely contrasting ways.
Wheed read the bible and prayed
and declined breakfast after a sleep
less night Lindrum snored Justify for
six hours, played cards with his guest
and, remarking that his last breakfast
ought to be good one, ordered steak,
pie, fruit, French fried potatoes and
coffee.
LINDRUM DENIES GUILT
Death in both cases was by strangu.
htion, each dying in seven minutes.
Wheels last words were: IT beg par.
don for my sins. God bless you ALL"
Lindrum in clear voice said: ri
am innocent"
Later as the moose was being adjust.
ed he enjoined the hangman to make
It tight; fix it right"
Only witnesses required by law were
present.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-02-19
Trotzky, Disdaining Treaty,
Must Accept Renewal of
War; Germans Fix Petro-
grad as Ultimate Goal of
Invading Armies.
WILL HELP UKRAINE
FIGHT BOLSHEVIKI

Amsterdam, Feb. 15-Berlin
newspapers Of Thursday evening
intimate that peace negotiations
with Rumania are about to be
opened. They say, although no
official communication has been
issued, it may be assumed that
Rumanian negotiators, who will
first discuss prolongation Of the
armistice, have arrived at place
agreed upon.
London, Feb. 15.-Germany has r.,
solved to renew military activitie:
against northern Russia. This decision
is said to have been reached at a con
ference at imperial headquarters
special dispatches from Holland says
The conference was attended by
Emperor William, Chancellor vor
Hertling, Field Marshal Won linden
burg, General Won Ludendorf. Foreign
Secretary Won Kuehlman and others.
ION TO PETRoGRAp"
The mo war, but peace" plan OF
Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik foreign
minister, was rejected at the confer.
ence, according to the Amsterdam cor
respondent of the Daily Express, and
rs Trotzky does not want peace he
will get war.
Invasion of Great Russia, it is added
will continue. at any rate until Petro.
grad is occupied by German troops.
GERMANS HAVE FREE HAND.
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Rotterdam says that the Germans
take the view that Trotzky's declara-
ton, though 1t did not end the war,
automatically, ended the armistice,
which expired February IA. The
Germans now consider that they have
a free hand and mean to use the op-
portunity.
This, according to the correspon.
dent, does not mean necessarily that
the Germans will Immediately try to
reach Petrograd, but more probably
that they will support the Ukraine by
force of arms. The Germans he says,
are carrying on an active propaganda
in the Ukraine for the purpose of sug-
costing to. the rada that the new state
Is endangered by the bolsheviki.
1t is declared that this is all part
OF Germany's scheme for breaking up
the former Russian empire and ex-
tending her own power and influence
over the new states, of whom It is
posing as protector.
TO "PROTEcT" UKRAINE.
II is certain that the bolsheviki arc
now moving troops against the
Ukraine, Berlin dispatch to the
Koelnische Volkszeitung says, and the
central powers do not intend to allow
themselves thus to be robbed OF the
fruits of their lately concluded peace.
The newspaper adds that it probably
has been decided at the conference st
imperial headquarters to resume
operations on the northern Russian
front for the protection of thu
Ukraine
Dy aiding the Ukraine Germany
probably would not have to bring
back from the western front more
than few of the divisions moved
there recently from the east.
Evening journal., 1918-09-27
Rheumatism Goes
Toriuring Pains and Swollen Joints
Vanish When Rheuma Is Used.

AT last a real remedy for rheumatism
And good one Il must be when y. b
Danforth and good druggists everywhere
sell u on the no-cure. n0-pay basis.
Rheumatics should hail the news with
great rejoicing, for II - surely a remark
able remedy and has a record OF almost un-
believable cures Read what j. 4. Oliver
OF Albany. Ga, says about Il:
Il had sciatic rheumatism for two years
and tried every medicine offered for rheu-
matism. Tried many doctors. was treated
at one Of the best southern sanatoriume.
and II improved any I did not realize Il.
] am conductor on the Central Of Georgia
Railroad, and had secured n pass TO Hot
Springs, Ark. 10 take treatment About
that time I saw Rheumn advertised and
concluded 10 try Il. I abandoned my trip,
took three bottles and now feel as well as
ever am going to make everybody I
see who has rheumatism try u. / would
not take n hundred thousand dollars for
what Rheuma has done for me I would
rather be dead than live as ! was before
the use OF Rheuma"
II you have rheumatism IN any form
don't delay-try Rheuma today. A large
bottle, sufficient for two weeks treatment
n not expensive. and your money back n
Il does not give you quick and joyful relief
Evening journal., 1918-09-27

| oath. / did on the Holy Bible" That
blessed Book which Is so precious 10
me; which tells me Of eternal life" II
| only comply with its laws. Had / re-
manned a Roman Catholic could never
have taken the same oath on my
| Prayer Book" Lawyers. get wise.
Try a Chlnaman with the Bible and
! get him 30 take the same oath and
break saucer Get me2 know !
/ am making serious statements which
will be denied by my Roman Catholic
| friends; even my cousin, Anna Jo-
sephine Dorsch, who took the veil a
few weeks ago with the late Judge
Lorc's daughter, at Washington. But
they cannot deny the statement OF late
Cardinal Manning in his Essays on
Religion and Literature" pp. 6O-6i,
second series 1861: III the deposition
OF the civil magistrate be a means
necessary TO the end namely, the
spiritual safety Of those subject 10 him,
such deposition on the part OF the
spiritual power Is simply an exercise
Of the supreme sovereignty with which
IL was endowed by Christ. n
his apostasy endanger the salvation OF
his subjects, for whose souls the
church Is responsible TO God, the Pope,
as the vicegerent Of Christ upon the
earth, cut of. not only from the Com
munion OF the Church, but excludes
him from the Christian community,
and absolves his subjects from the oath
OF allegiance as no longer binding on
the conscience" When Lord Acton. a
devOut Roman Catholic, was appealed
-. - -. J. d.
in the London Times, November 9.
1874: "The Pope had the same right
and power 10 excommunlcate those
who denied his authority 10 depose
princes that he possesses now" And |
the writers most esteemed at Rome |
held that doctrine as an article Of faith |
America, wake up
When a boy. / remember hearing my /
father say that ireland would never |
come back 10 the Mother Church" /
until she got Home Rule" Consider I
that statement with the report Of Lord |
Curzon in the House OF Commons only |
lately In the "Sinn Fem movement. 1
Why are the priests Of Ireland so BIT /
ter against England? The words OF .
Cardinal Manning at the Westminster
Synod in 1870, will answer that ques-
iion. ut is good for us to be here in
England. Il IS yours TO subjugate and
subdue, 10 bend and TO break, the will /
1f an imperial race-the will which. as
he will Of Rome Of old, rules over ma
lions and peoples, invincible and in
lexable. England is the head Of Protes-
antism, the centre OF its movements,
md the stronghold Of its powers.
Weakened in England, Il is weakened
conquered in England, II
s conquered throughout the world.
lnce overthrown here. all is but a war
Il detail Yes? Shane Leslie is right
read his statement quoted in Lit
rary Digest" February 3rd or 10th,
9is. The Pope is waiting his hour
when peace shall be declared, but, any
aan who strikes at the Pope, strikes
I the heart Of every Roman Catholic
Evening journal., 1918-09-27
PEOPLES COLUMN

A. ]. Balfour passed that iniquitoui
Education Bill" which caused th'
Baptists Of England TO start (under IN,
leadership OF that brave and GOd-fear.
ing man. DR.. Clifford) the PASSIVE
Resistance" movement, which stirred
all England.
The cry Of the Jesults was. "Why
don't the Baptists wait until the coun-
try gets settled from the war. IL they
Will not comply with the law. put
them in jail Dr. Clifford and his par
rot-llke cry OF Passive Resistance" he
ought to be in Jail anyhow But what
a difference in 1906. when the members
OF the House OF Commons tried 10 pass
the Secular Education Bill" doing
away with religious teaching in school
hours. At the Trade Union Congress,
held in Cardiff, Wales, there was a
split and a Catholic Labor Party
started TO resist the bill. Cardinal
Logue. Of Ireland, issued pastoral let
ter, stating that any man who voted
for secular Education" was damning
his soul. He also said II the bill pass
ed, the passive Resistance" movement
Of the Baptist would be a small affair
in comparison 10 the movement they
would start. You see, they plead for
tolerance, and were striving for isu-
premacy. Mr.. Editor, you know this
70 be fact as well as / do. So | Will
leave my IT. 0lerant" Methodist
friend and get after bigger game.
Strange | should read a letter from a
man the name Of Preston What
thoughts come in my mind at this time,
because IL was from a little town
called Preston Lane, England. that
was driven in 1898. because I refused
to go TO Stonyhurst College 10 study
for the Jesuit priesthood. told my
dear mother, OF blessed memory" that
would never return. and ! never did
except TO see her in her casbet From
that time never felt safe until stood
before Judge Bradford, God bless
him." and he granted me citizenship to
this mo mean country" whose flag
means Freedom, Peace and Liberty TO
all who live beneath its folds and are
willing 10 come and live beneath its
folds and comply with its laws. Mr..
Preston starts his letter with: Il am
an American Catholic" Now, / never |
like to tell a man what he means; like /
to ask him. Why did he not say: |
II am an American citizen. and a RO-
man Catholic" Maybe he had In |
mind the quotation from the late w. E. /
Vatican DEGREES, PIP. CPS:
NO man can become a convert to
Rome without renouncing his moral
and mental freedom and placing his
,lvil loyalty and duty at the mercy OF
another; and such a man." he says,
intends. in case Of conflict between
he Queen and the Pope, TO follow the
Pope and let the Queen shift for ber-
ielf." Does that not sound a little
Ike Mr.. Phelan, OF Kansas, in 1912: II
his country was at war with the
Pope, this country could go TO h"
hate to raise a discussion at this time.
'ut, ''Ie shall know the truth. and the
ruth shall make you free" When
pplied for citizenship and took the
Evening journal., 1918-09-27

Bay VIII show. but as a sea route moth
ing
Now that Baltimore has the great
Mr.. Schwab with his many millions TO
invest IN new industries, why not con
slider his and other commercial inter
ests, namely, the Curtis Bay Coal Trade.
\ py widening up the lowlands along the
Sassafrass River on the Chesapeake
side, to or about It's connection with
Bombay Hook Greek on the Delaware
Bay side. which is Natural Water
Line Such a route would be shorter
and cheaper dredged, as the pumping.
instead OF the expensive scoop dredg-
ing, would be used, thereby filling in
the marshy or lowands along its
route, thus making new land for com
mercial purposes, which will soon de-
velop as are the New Jersey marches
What advantage has the Sassafrass
route over the Delaware and Chesa-
peake Canalg
1. As can be measured on a marine
chart OF the Chesapeake Bay. the route
via the Sassafrass Will place Baltimore
within ninety miles OF the sea, by way
OF the Capes OF Delaware. whilst via
the now Capes OF Virginia we are one
hundred and eighty miles from the sea.
In plain words. via this canal Il is one
half the distance.
?. II will save northbound shipping
New York and Boston,, coastwise
trade, coal and merchandise vessels
lsail and steam, the necessity OF max
ing the two sides OF the triangle via
Cape Henry and then back again by
sea, one hundred and twenty-five miles
to the Capes OF Delaware. which Dela-I
ware Capes would be the Sassafrass
routes starting or entering point TO
Continued on Page Six.
Evening journal., 1918-09-27

soldier In the American army. Sup.
pose the Pope were 10 say to the Ger.
man Roman Catholics, which friend
Preston loves, lay down your arms
ana in Ike manner to every other sol.
dier lighting in the war. Could anyone
answer this from Rev. 1874, who is
able TO make war with him.
Read the "PiOr' OF Boston. February
2lst. 1918, on the question OF Religious
Liberty and Freedom OF Conscience for
the individual. No wonder Boston is
aroused and has started a great patri-
otlc movement. When the Catholics OF
Boston sent my old friend r. z. smith
back to England. Him who sent the
traitor Easement TO his death. they did
not know what they were doing. Be
Tore our friend speaks about Belgium
let MIN remember the Congo. The mills
OF God grind slow but sure. and they
grind exceedingly small. If'he doubts
my statement ist him read the .report
or the Congo atrocities and compare IL
win the Bible and see il il is net the
uuth what / say. Austria wants peace
no, the Pope wants peace so that ne
will not be deprived OF the great reve-
nues he is receiving from Austria
Thank God our beloved President has
backbone enough TO reject the peace"
offer.
Methinks he must have been reading
Deuteronomy 4:5-9 through the ewes
OF George Washington. / could go on
and say much more but have said
enough 20 incur the wrath OF those
who would undermine our beloved
country. 7 know what this letter will
mean, but though my body be killed.
thank God my soul cannot. because,
l feel a blessed presence near.
Which makes my aching heart re-
ioice,
listen for His words OF cheer.
And recognize my SaviOur's voice
Jesus, now walks with me,
Jesus, now talks with me-
Him only would I see
Jesus, my guide
Yours respectfully.
W. A. GALLAGHER.
No. 1000 shsllcross Ave, Wilmington. I
Del.
Evening journal., 1918-09-27
THE LOGICAL INLAND WATERWAY

IHE LOGICAL INLAND WATERWAY.
To the Editor OF The Evening Journal.
Sr-The Delaware and Chesapeake
Canal route, ] as a waterman claim Is
not the proper canal route 20 serve
Baltimore or the Lower Chesapeake
Bay. either as an inland waterway or
as a route TO the sea: besides IL will
require expensive dredging 10 open up
this route. as the high land largely
through which It passes is OF gravel
soil, whilst the Sassafrass River route
is along lowlands.
The Chesapeake Canal has but one
advantage which Is to open I'D the en-
tire Chesapeake Bay TO Philadelphia. as
any marine chart OF the Chesapeake
Evening journal., 1918-09-27
THE VATICAN AND The WAR.

To the Editor OF The Evening journal.
Sir Two letters appear In your
peoples Column" in which ! am very
much interested. Namely, Isn't II time
10 stop" and "The Pope and the war.
I would like 10 deal with both at
length. but, not wishing TO take up too
much space in your valuable paper.
will be brief. To the former would
says: T. Olerant, Methodist. reminds
me OF the Jesutical cry Of 1902, when
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-16
WAITSFIELD

Mrs. George Pierce is spending the
week with her daughter in Middlesex.
Alton t. Farr has bought out the Peo-
pies telephone line and connected it with
the New England line.
Next June, July 81, ehildren's day
will be observed at the M. E. church
Joseph Chattin has moved his house
hold goods to Cady's Falls, where he
has bought farm.
A farewell reception was held in the
high school hall in honor of the boys
going into the service, last Friday even
ing. A large number Of people gathered.
An interesting program OF vocal and in
strumental music was given by BuzzelPs
orchestra, with vocal solos by Miss Irene
Cousey, Charles A. Bingham and Mrs.
GUY Hunt. A touch of fun was intro
duced into the evening by a Kazoo comic
orchestra with Ferd Newcomb leader,
with the following: Carl W. Long, Earl
A. Jones, Jean Bisbee, Clarence Bisbee,
Esther Skinner, Vone skinner, Charles
A. Bingham, Everett Wallis, Dorothy
Savage and Dwight Joslyn. The friends
were welcomed by brief word by Rev
w. A. Remele, and Rev, Mr.. kirkness
also gave short address. Refreshments
Of ice cream and Hoover waters were
served. 1t is estimated that about 250
people were present.
Harold B. Wallis, Herbert Smith, W.
H. Vensble, Casper Smith and Clyde
Baird all went Monday into the service.
Elmer Ryder Of Morrisyille was in
town Sunday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-16
WEAK, WEARY WOMEN
Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and
End Them.

When the back aches and
throbs,
When homework is torture,
When night brings no rest nor
sleep,
When urinary disorders set in,
Women's lot is a weary one.
Doan's Kidney. Pills are for
weak kidneys.
Have proved their worth in
Barre.
This is one Barre woman's
testimony.
Mrs. F. Cassiva, "a Farewell street,
says; Sometimes my kidneys act I'M
naturally. ! suffer quite bit from
heavy pains across my back, and they
bother me when | bend. Doan's Kidney
Pills, which l have bought ar Cummings
& Lewis drug store at these times al
ways relieve me-"
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills--the same that Mrs. Cas-
silva had. Foster Milburn Co, Mfrs,
Buffalo, N Y.--Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-16
CRIMINAL SAPPENC OF
GERMANY'S STRENGTH
Revealed by Labor Inspectorate for
Prussia" According to the Berlin vor-
waerts-Increased Use of Labor
of Women and Children.

Amsterdam, July l6 correspondence
of The Associated Press. - What the
Berlin Vorwaerts terms criminal sap.
ping of the nations strength" is revealed
by the returns of the labor inspectorate
for Prussia for 1917.
These statistics have not appeared dur
ing war time and socialists have long
and vainly urged their reinsurance. The
Prussian board of trade finally yielded,
and last years figures have just been
made public Issued without text, they
are eloquent in themselves, as they show
increased use of the labor of women and
children, which, Vorwaerts says, "will
exact fearful revenge on the future
race"
Compared with pre-war statistics, male
employees over Is decreased from 1862.
l52 to l,956,202, but women employees
increased from 6s7,734 to l,240,593. En-.
ployes IA to l6 years old increased $780,
las to 1927 1904, and children under d.
1854 to 6,0l2.
In engineering workshops alone, the
number of women increased from 81 ,5l3
to 1927 ,512.
Cases of infractions of the workmens
protection act have grown alarmingly
BY the emergency law of 1914, employers
were granted exemptions which have
been scandalously abused Cases Of ex-
ceeding the l0-hour working day rule for
women rose from $500 to clos; sup
pressions of the legal lunch interval from
1888 to 9,292; non-observance of the
prohibition of night work 727 to 1898;
and non-observance of the prohibition Of
juvenile labor 1872 to 1909.
"The number of official inspections of
factories having notably decreased, it is
safe to say" adds Vorwaerts, that law
breaking in this respect has assumed gi-
gantic proportions" and the paper vehe-
mently complains of the excessive indul-
gence shown to employers by the author
tiles, who, for instance, granted permits
sion for overwork by women to the ex.
tent of 100000 hours, compared with
100000 in 1916, and for nightwork by
women to the total of 100000 hours,
compared with 25,oo0,o00.
The two-shift system is still preva-
lent, while three shifts are comparative
ly rare.
Vorwaerts demands instant measures
to counterfeit these abuses, and the abo-
lition of the exemption law.