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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
Missouri In Throes
of Severe Storm

Kansas City, Jan. 16-The most
severe sleet storm in twenty years pre-
vailed last night and today in the
middle and northern portions of Mis-
souri,, southern Kansas and northern
Oklahoma. Wires are down and train
are late.
st. Louis Isolated.
st. Louis, Jan. 16.-The worst sleet
ST. Louis and vicinity. The electric
wires are down all over the city.
Trains are delayed, street cars traffic
was badly interrupted during the day.
The city is practically cut off from
communication with the outside world
In Ottumwa.
Ottumwa was visited last night by a
second snow storm, almc st as much of
the feathery element falling as that
which marked the first fall Monday
night. During the evening and night
four and one-half inches of snow fell
The local street car traffic while de.
layed at times, was not seriously ham.
pered. The temperature this after
noon is much higher than that of yes.
terday.
Considering the fact that the snow
is so unusually heavy, the railroads
have suffered comparatively little SO
far. No serious mishaps have result
ed on any Of the local divisions of any
road. The passenger trains are run
ming from 15 minutes to / hour and
80 minutes late, but other than the
loss of time, no damage whatever has
been reported up to the present time
Last nights storm extended west as
far as Pacific Junction, east beyond
Galesburg and south as far as Keosau
qua. The snow fall averages practi
cally the same over this entire terri
tory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
Allison The Most
Sought of Senator'S
Upper House of Congress
Missed IoWan When He
Did Not appear at
Opening Session
Washington Bureau of
OttumWa Courier

Washington, D. G. Jan. 16.
Never before was the wisdom of the
old saw: 1--WE never miss the water
till the well runs dry more forcibly
illustrated than during the first few
weeks of this session of congress be-
fore the arrival of Senator Allison.
That was the first time during his
"a years in the United States senate
that Senator Allison has not been nn
hand the first day Of the. session; and
usually several days in advance of the
convening of congress.
Senator Alison was sorely missed;
not so much because of conditions in
the committee on appropriations, Of
which he is chairman, because the
work of that committee is divided
among subcommittee which do prac-
tically all the work upon the great bills
and then report to the full committee;
but he was needed in the senate and
in Washington.
Usually a day or two before the con-
vening Of congress the leaders in the
senate have been accustomed to call
at Senator Allison's rooms at the ho-
tel and go over matters and frame up
in general way program for the
session. Inc Dusy men OF the senate
come to Senator Allison with matters
in chaotic and confused condition in
their heads and go away with we'll
defined idea of what is best to be done
This does not means that Senator AL
lison says, "now, think we should do
this and we must do that and shall
insist on something else." Senator
Allison does not exercise his leader
ship and manifest his great poewr in
that manner. Senators come to him
and state their views. He asks some
questions about this and that: says
perhaps it would be wise to do so
and SO: don't you ,nink we ought to
do this and that" with the ultimate
result that in nine cases out of ten
senators will say that is just what
should pe done and it is done.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
UNITED FOR
FEDERAL
COURT
Bar Association Appoints
Committee to Wait
on DoIIiver.

The members of the Wapello Coun-
ty Bar association will do all that is
in their power to secure the passage
by the senate of the bill establishing
new division of the federal court in
the southern district of Iowa with ses.
sions at Ottumwa. This bill was re-
Gently passed by the house Of repre-.
sentatives and has now to be acted
upon by the senate.
A meeting of the bar association
was held in the court oom at the court
house this morning with Judge M A.
Roberts presiding. A committee of
three comprising Hon. William Nc
Nett and Captain w. H. G. Juques
and A. w. Lee was appointed to 20 to
Des Moines to interest Senator Dol
liver in the securing of the passage of
the bill. A number of members of
the bar association and other citizens
who are personally acquainted with
Senator Allison will write to that vet.
eran legislator in the interests of the
measure.
The bar expressed itself as unquali.
fiedly desiring the establishment of
the new federal, court in Ottumwa.
Much enthusiasm was felt over the
action of the house Of representatives
in passing the bill. Every possible
effort will be made by the bar asso.
citation to secure favorable action by
the senate.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
TWO 2-CENT 7
FARE BILLS
READY
One is to BE- introduced
in Iowa Senate The
Other in House

Des Moines. Jan. 1.-two 2-cent
fare bills have been prepared by mem
bers of the legislature and will be Of
fered on the first day after the com
mittees have been announced, it be-
ing the rule to postpone introduction
of bills until after that date.
Senator Dan Turner of Adams coun-
ty will offer one bill in the senate and
Representative f. F. Jones of Mont
gomery county will offer one in the
house.
These gentlemen had prepared their
bills without information as to the in
tention of the other and their meas
ures will differ slightly.
Senator Turner proposes 20 fix the
maximum charge for passenger fares
in Iowa at cents mile for class A
roads, 21a cents for class B and &c for
class G.
Representative Jones proposes to
fix fiat 2 cent fare for class A roads
and leave the present statutory maxi
mum for class B and class G roads
that is 3.5 and 4 cents respectively.
The Point of Divergence.
The Turner bill is one to which he
has given considerable deliberation,
while Representative Jones also has
carefully considered the proposition.
1t has occurred to the latter, however,
that the little roads of the state may
| find it essential to charge the 8 and
cent rates provided by the law, on ac-
count of their meager income. They
are the crossroads of the state and,
generally speaking, are new. On the
other hand, Senator Turner's idea is
that the crossroads do SO little bust
ness. compared with the east and west
through lines, that the reduction will
amount to very little.
Representative Jones does not in
tend that his bill will permit the
branch lines or feeders of the trunk
lines of the state to charge the 3 and
A cent rate. If they are actually part
of the system they must charge the
uniform rate of 2 cents mile
1t is not unlikely that other mem.
bers of the assembly besides Senator
Turner and Representative Jones have
| it in mind to introduce bills along this
| line, but SO far as can be discovered
| they are the only ones who have ac.
| tually prepared their measures.
1t is interesting to note that a
change of two words in the present
law would effect the change that Rep.
resentative Jones proposes and put
the passenger rate in Iowa to cents;
while the bill of Senator Turner
| would take but a few words more to
make the change.
The present law classifying railroads
and fixing the passenger fares is as
| follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
MINERS MUST
PAY Up DUES
DELEGATES TO U. M. w. A. CON-
vENTIoN ARE SEATED UPON
PROMISE TO MAKE GOOD

indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 1e.-The
convention of the United Mine Work
ers of America today seated all the
delegations under a provisional ar
rangement that the delegates guaran-
tee unpaid dues owed by locals they
represent. They are to be paid by
April 1.
The entire session yesterday after
noon was devoted to a discussion of
the right of delegates representing
unions which had failed to pay the ex-
ira strike assessment of so cents per
week to be seated, and to hearing the
reports of the general officers of the
organization. The matter of seating
the delegates whose seats were con-
tested was referred back to the Gre
dentials committee.
According to the report Of the Gre
dentials committee, at least half of
the locals of the three anthracite dis
tricts failed to pay the strike assess
ment. The best showing was made by
Illinois where only one local was back
in its dues.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
LYNcHERs STILL UNKNOWN.

Charles City, Jan. 16.-There are
practically no developments in the in.
vestigation to ascertain the identity OF
the lynchers of James Cullen, murderer
of his wife and stepson The grand
jury has resumed it's labors, but it is
going to lie difficult to secure evidence
upon which to tase indictments. Pub.
lie sentiment seems to be that 10 good
could come from bringing in grist of
indictments for the reason that con.
viction would not likely follow an in.
dictment. With this staring the grand
jury IL the face it is claimed that it
is Like cropping in the dark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
Senator kittredge in Ar.
raignment of Monopoly
S ays it is tn e
Worst of all
DICTATES RETAIL AND
WHOLESALE PRICES
0Favors AboIishing of Tariff
on Lumber as Remedy

Washington, Jan 16.-Addressing
the senate today on the Lumber
Trust" Senator Kittredge declared it
to be the king of trusts in restraint
OF trade"
Continuing he said: "The consumer
not only bears the burden of its ag-
gressive policy in advancing prices,
but also of the profits of intervening
agencies. The trust has become so
bold in It's operations that within the
last year or two it has eliminated In
many localities all semblance Of com.
petition and from 9. central point con
trolls both the wholesale and retail
trade and fixes prices to the consum.
er." Kittredge favored theabolition
Of duty on lumber as there is no long
er any necessity or excuse for Its con
tinuance.
carmack Sarcastic.
In . speech in the senate today, Sen
ator Carmack endorsed the action of
the President in discharging the negro
troops on account Of the Brownsville
riot, saying he would give an unpreju-
,dieaaaGenside to the Presidents s
course Notwithstanding that the latter
had said he will see him (Carmack) in
hades before he would do anything for
him.
ii Appropriation Bill.
The house today passed the fortif-
cations appropriation bill without
amendment. The measure carries
$5,412,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
BROWN v AN IS
DIRECT VOTE
NEW SENATOR FROM NEBRASKA
OUT OPENLY FOR POPULAR
CHOICE FOR OFFICE

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 1e.-Norris
Brown, senator-elect, in his speech of
acceptance, came out openly for the
selection of United States senators by
direct vote of the people. He said he
believed the present industrial sys-
TENS should be maintained, that the
protective principle should be aban-
doned or impaired and that legisla-
ton should be adopted to make rail-
road owners treat the people right.
He pledged his support to Rooseyslt's
administration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
Ottumwa People on
Isle of Pines Safe

: = : = = {
Cable advices received from the !
Isle Of Pines state that no damage
whatever occurred at that place as
a result of the Jamaica quake.
The Isle of Pines is over 400 miles !
northwest of Jamaica, and no eff
fects were felt from the recent !
shock. There are many ottum- !
vans located at this time on the !
= Isle, and their friends and relatives
. in this vicinity will be pleased to
!. learn that none other than lmnne-
diate local damage resulted from
= the catastrophe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
TRUE BILL FOR WALSH.

Chicago, Jan. 16.-A true bill, charg
ing John R. Walsh in thirty-five counts
with misapplication of the funds of the
Chicago National bank, was voted by
the special federal grand jury yoster
day afternoon.
Judge A. B. Anderson of Indianap
oils, before whom the jury was sworn
in at the request of Judge K. M. Ian.
dis, has been apprised of this action
and will be here tomorrow or Friday
SO that the Indictment may be return.
ed before him in open court.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
EVERY MAN
HIS OWN MINT
oskALoosA RuNko ARTIST IS
CAUGHT WITH CONTINUANCE
FOR COMING MONEY

Oskaloosa. Jan. -(SpeciaD.- "A
peculiar machine was found by the po-
lice today in the room of a stranger
giveing the name of Charles Dixon.
1t seemed to coin silver dollars, but in
reality was a fake. The metal was
poured in and real silver dollars were
taken out, but the coins were genuine
and were hidden in the machine by
the man trying to sell the contrivance.
It was advertised as a stock food
cooker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
WALKED TRACK; KILLED.
Canine chtistiansen, Prominent Clinton
County Farmer, Dead.

Clinton, Jan. 16-Cahne Christian
sen, aged 6s years. well to do farmer,
living near Charlotte. was struck by a
work train and instant
ly killed while walking from Char.
lotte to his fenle He leaves wife
and wo children. He had lived in the
county for forty years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
CONGRESSMAN MARRlEs.

London, Jan. 16.-The marriage of
Congressman Francis Burton Harrison
of New York and Mrs. Mabel Judson
Cox, the divorced wife of DR.. Roland
Cox, Jr., of New York. occurred here
today at All Souls church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
KNOWN DETAILS OF
KINGSToN's DISASTER,

THE DEAD-Thirty citizens re-
ported killed: 40 soldiers in bar
racks at Newcastle said to have
perished under falling walls
THE INJURED-Three hundred
injured cared for in the General
hospital and other places.
BUILDINGS DESTROYED -
Military barracks and hospital;
Myrtle Park hotel; many bust
ness houses; Gable office de-
stroyed.
FIRE-Flames followed earth
quake quickly; entire harbor
front with great commercial
warehouses destroyed. Fire
burned all Monday afternoon
and Tuesday night,
PEOPLE HOMELESS - Entire
population said to be camping
out Of doors.
SHOCK-First shock continued
for Z seconds, doing most of the
damage. Shocks still continue.
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Continued On Page g.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-17
FOUND DEAD NEAR ROCKFORD.
George MCGEE Discovered With Bullet
Hole in Right Temple.

Marble Rock, Jan. 16.-George Nc
Gee was found dead three miles north
of Rockford. The right glove was off,
with a revolver in his hand. He was
shot in the right temple. He evidently
committed suicide. He leaves a wife
and one child at Green The cause is
unknown.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-14
STRIKE PAYS.
Jim Farley Has Country Home and
Fortune of 100000.
New York World.)

Strikebreaker Jim" Farley has made
his fortune and is paving the settled way
for life Of ease. He is a horse lover
and spends most Of his time these DAYS
at his breeding farm at Plattsburg, N.
Y, and makes occasional trips to Ken
lucky In search Of fine stock. Farley is
still a strike breaker, but he has shifted
the personally hazardous part of the bus
mess to the hands of trusted lieutenants.
He is a sort of board of strategy all by
himself, is Farley, and he will probably
be breaking strikes until he dies.
Harry H. Bowen, strike breaker, has
made his thousands by fighting all over
the country for corporations against
unions. He served the beef trust In Chi
cago; his recent campaign against the
warning longshoremen on the docks of
New York netted him a tidy fortune
Bowen faced shots in the famous collar
and cuff strike at Troy.
Like Farley, he has a beautiful country
home. 1t is on the Jersey Highlands and
his city apartments on Central Park West
are as luxuTiously fitted out as those of
multimilliOnaire. He owns tenement
houses in New York and Brooklyn.
Farley and Bowen hold special insur-
ance policies on their lives for $100 900
each.
Strikebreaking has become TO chiefs of
corporations recognized business, and
they are in constant touch with men like
Farley and Bowen Railroads. street car
companies, machine works and institutions
employing large bodies of workmen keep
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-14
pETs AND CIRCULATION.

Several days ago the Republican of
this city challenged the other morning
papers to furnish figures showing their
circulation for comparison. The Her
aid, as is it's wont, furnished the fig
ures in detail for a year, and the Re-
publican published them with some
very creditable figures of its own.
Then the Republican suggested that a
committee of local advertisers make
an examination of ali the morning
newspapers circulation, the idea be-
ing to secure a disinterested report for
the guidance of men who buy circula-
ton for advertising purposes. The idea
seemed to be a good one, and The Her
aid Endorsed it.
So far everything was lovely. The
outcome of the proposal promised to
be most interesting, and The Herald
supposed it would be welcomed by the
Tribune which has always claimed to
have more circulation than any other
daily here. Imagine the establishment,
not TO say pain, they caused when they
side-stepped the perfectly simple pro-
rosal for an examination by advertis-
ers and, instead, offered to bet $500 for
charity, that The Herald has not by
10 per cent the bona fide circulation of
the Tribune in Salt Lake and environs.
and that The Herald has repeatedly
misstated it's circulation. The bet is
conditioned on the privilege of exam
ming The Herald'S advertising con-
tracts and other business not related
to circulation.
Since the only question of public con-
Germ, the only thing involved in the
discussion begun by the Republican is
the circulation of Salt Lake news
papers, this betting game savors just
a little of the McWhirter administra-
ton. The Herald is not betting, and
no one has to post bet to see its cir
culation books, it's carriers lists, its
paper bills, postage and express re-
ceipts. its newsdealers' list and every
other factor in circulation verification.
1t not only keeps these circulation ac-
counts open to advertisers, it not only
would welcome an investigation, but it
stands ready to pay its pro rata share
of any expense involved in such an in
vestigation. If the Tribune objects to
such an investigation, that is its own
affair and it's advertisers. But if it
really wants a chance to prove its cir
eulation claims, this is its golden OPP
portunity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-14

instance, when the subway tie-up began
twenty months ago, the mOtOrman's pay
was $325 a day, and the guards and train
hands got from SIZE to 1925 a day When
breaking the strike Farley received s. a
day for each man he furnished, in addi-
ton to $1,000 a day for personally SUPER
wishing and commanding the strikebreak-
ing force He paid his men $3.50 a dav
Farley says strikebreakers as a rule are
men of good character, and join his ranks
because they are hard up for work. Bow
en- is reported to have 1900 men in all
parts of the country ready to serve him
at moments notice. Bowen's list in
ciudes 20 women, who were used in the
shirt factory strike at Troy, N. Y
In women I find a passion for strike
breaking" said Bowen, land some would
rather work for 81 a day breaking a strike
than get a steady job at 50 a day"
Farley got into the strikebreakine brsi-
ness in peculiar way. He ran a small
motel at Plattsburg, and while Ill with ty-
phoid fever he wandered off in a delirium
and got rid of all his money. When he re-
covered he found himself i'm BROOKLYN.
broke, while the B. r. 7. strike was on.
He got job as motorman, and that sue-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-14
FINANCIAL CLOUDS.

Since the middle of March there has
been a steady decline in the value of
stocks and bonds and other listed Sc
international finance. and within the
past ten days the decline has assumed
the proportions of a landslide. Stocks
that have increased their dividend rate
and show increased earnings to justify
the larger rate, have suffered almost
as much as the old. conservative secur-
tiles that have plodded along on low
er basis and laid aside reserves against
the day of tribulation. Industrials,
railroads, governments to a small de-
gree, British consuls, supposedly
among the bedrock investments-all
have tobogganed. 1t has been a jubilee
season for the bears, a veritable day
of terror for bulls.
Yet there has been no tangible, spe-
cific reason for this condition. Like
the panic-stricken fright of a mob, in
spired by an unseen fear and led by
men who have lost reason. the specu-
lating and investing public has stam-
peded to get under cover of some sort.
Crops are good, prices of commodities
well maintained, the steel production
which used to be thought an infallible
sign, is at the top, railroads are still
unable to handle their traffic, farmers
are prosperous, sound commercial pa
per, particularly in the west, is in de-
mand at reasonable rates. Legitimate
business has apparently never been on
a firmer foundation
One explanation which is only fairly
plausible is that the corporations
which are threatened with legal attack
and the men who control their desti-
MES have started the trouble to COM
Del a reversal of administration policy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-14

strikebreaker bosses on the payroll even
in time of peace. The instant the sUgges-
ton of a strike is made the strikebreaker
boss is notified and sends his secret agents
among the dissatisfied workmen. Then
he begins to enlist men capable of working
at this particular trade and holds them in
readiness for a call. They are under pay
while awaiting orders.
The handling of strikes is not planned
in tho offices of the CORPORATION. Farley
and Bowen both have offices in big build
l.4ss upper broadway. Farley is con-
tent with q little brass sign, having on ii
James Farley, Detective" Bowen
screens his identity by the name 1.-The
Bowen-Post Company" Strikebreaxing
bosses, for obvious reasons, are not anx-
tous to be conspicuous.
I'm the last year L have received 5000
threatening letters" said Farley to a
friend. eff they should stop coming now
/ would feel lonesome. The great dan
ger in our business is when the actual
strike is on. 1 have been shot at about
twenty-five times, but only one shot
struck me-
The profits of Farley and Bowen come
mainly from the increased wage paid per
man furnished to break the strike. For