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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-11
MARS HILL.

Mars Hill.--T. Y. White of Ottum-
wa spent Saturday night and Sunday
at the Mowrey home
Mrs. Buchanan is staying this week
with her daughter, Mrs. VIII Shank
who is sick with the grip.
Mrs. Mowery was Floris caller
Saturday.
Miss Mile Turner went to High
land Center Saturday to spend few
week at the home Of her brother
Harve Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. George Crawley made
a trip to Selman Monday for short
visit with Mr.. Crawley's parents. Mr..
Crawley's son spent Sunday with
them and returned to Selma Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robertson visited Sun
day afternoon with Mr. and Mrs.
Deiters.
Several from this place attended
the dancing party given at the home
of Dave Rater of Bean Ridge Saturday
evening, and all had an enjoyable
time.
Julius Lowe and George Robertson
were in Ottumwa Tuesday on bust
ness.
Thayer Rupe was Florls caller
Saturday.
Mrs. Mowery and daughter, Miss
Minnie spent Wednesday with Mrs.
Thomas Teesdale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Deiters were Ottun-
wa visitors Tuesday.
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AMADOR.

Amador.-Mr. and Mrs. John Seth
were Ottumwa visitors Friday.
Rev. E. A. Hastings filled his regu-
lar appointment at Russell Chapel
Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. Haning called at
Ira Haning's Sunday.
Grandmother Day Is on the sick
list.
Mesdames Carl Schwartz and EN-
nett Smith were Blakesburg visitors
Monday.
Little Erville Smith is very sick
with rheumatism.
Mrs. John Phillips and daughter.
Minnie, Misses Achsa Day, Grace and
Stella Myers attended church at Rus
sell Sunday and spent the remainder
of the day at Bert Hendrickson's
Mrs. Edna Myers and daughters,
Stella of Ottumwa visited relatives
and friends in this vicinity few days
last week.
Roy Anawalt, Roy Koontz, Ray
Jones visited with Leland Baker Sun
day.
Frank Hancock of Albert Lee,
Mimi, is visiting at the home of Fred
Hancock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Arnold were bust
ness visitors in Ottumwa Friday.
DR.. Terrence Of Blakesburg called
at the A. w. Smith home Tuesday
morning.
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cANTRIL

Cantril-Drectors met and elected
three of the teachers for the coming
year. The grammar grade teacher has
not yet been selected and Miss Norris,
the primary teacher may not accept
Chas. Jones was hired as principal and
Miss Josie Pittman as intermediate.
lisa r. Jones, wife and baby Eliza
beth of Des Moines are visiting DR.
Jones and family
Miss Blanche Casady is teaching q
spring term of school near Bentons-
port. Miss Casady was successful
teacher in the grammar grade in the
school the past year.
Archie Silver visited his brother
Frank at Ames.
yileys Wellborn is in Des Moines,
where he has q position.
H. j. Cassidy and family are visiting
in La Grange and Kirksvile.
Mrs. Isaac Warmers new house Is
about completed and she will move
into 1t soon.
John Cretcher's new residence ia
about ready for the plasterers.
Rilla Saar is clerking in the A. Knox
store.
The M. e. church is much improved
with electric lights. The Ladies' Aid
society donated a beautiful 24-light
chandelier for the center and three
other lights. John Gretchen donated
four light chandelier for the pulpit and
r. Z. Mckee light for the choir.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-11
IOWA STATE NEWS
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

Des Moines. May S.-The supreme
court has rendered the following de-
cisions:
Helena Kwentsky, formerly Helena
Shunka. VS.. Frank Sirovy and Frank
Shunka, appellants; Linn county.
Judge F. o. Ellison. Action for parti-
ton of land; affirmed on defendant
siroyy's appeal and reversed and re-
mand Of defendant Shunka's appeal.
Opinion by Deemer. Chief Justice
Evans dissents.
]. F. Livingston vs. Chicago &
Northwestern Railway company, APP
'pellant. Jones county, Judge b. II.
Miller; suit to recover for cattle killed
at private crossing Affirmed Opinion
by Sherwin.
c.. r. Steele VS.. M. e. Andrews &
Sons, appellants, Marshall county,
Judge C. B. Bradshaw Action for dam
ages for breach of warranty in sale of
cows. Affirmed. Opinion by Evans.
State Of Iowa VS.. George Matheson,
appellant Pottawattamie county,
Judge 0. D. Wheeler; appeal from
sentence FOR assault to commit great
bodily injury. Reversed. Opinion by
McClain
Aultman Engine and Thresher Co.
VS.. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Railway company, appellant; Linn
county, Judge Milo P. Smith, Action
for damages. Reversed. Opinion by
Ladd.
In the matter Of the admission to
probate of the last will and testament
of Sarah Overpeck, deceased: Hardin
county, Judge r. M. Wright. Contest
as to admission to probate of alleged
will: Reversed. Opinion by McClain.
Dunbarton Realty company. appel
liant, VS.. E. Erickson ct al: Woodbury.
county. Judge f. R. Gaynor Action In
equity to quiet title. Reversed. Opin-
Ion by Weaver.
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WAGE Scale to Be Fixed.

Des Moines, May Pursuant to a
resolution adopted yesterday, the
council at 8 o'clock this morning took
up the proposition of increasing the
pay of every common laborer in the
employ of the city from 50 to SIPS a
day. The meeting is the result Of a
resolution introduced by Councilman
Ash to increase the wages of men in
his department.
Councilman MacVicar contends that
the pay for the same class of work
should be the same in all departments,
and he does not favor making the in
crease unless it will mean general
betterment Of conditions for the labor
ing men throughout the city. He says
it means contractors and other en-
ployes of common labor VIII make the
increase, too, he favors 1t. Mr.. Mac
Vicar says the city is now paying from
25 to 80 per cent more than other
employers.
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FosT ER's WEATHER
Bull ETIN
Copyrighted 1909 by w. T.
Foster.)

Washington, D. c., May 8.-Last
bulletin gave forecasts of disturbance
to cross continent to II, warm wave
6 to 10, cool wave 9 to 10. This dis
turbance was expected to cause a
great rise in temperatures and to in
augurate a two weeks period OF
storms Of greater than usual force.
The cool wave is expected to in
augurate the blackberry winter and
carry frosts further south than is usual
for the season.
Next disturbance will reach Pacific
coast about II, cross Pacific slope by
close of IL, great central valleys Is
to Is, eastern states 16. Warm wave
will cross Pacific slope about II, great
central valleys 10, eastern states Is.
Cool wave will cross Pacific slope
about IA, great central valleys l6.
eastern states 10.
This disturbance will be notable be.
cause of it's unusually cool weather.
The seven days centering on May 16
are expected to average cooler than
any other seven days of the week. A
great fall in temperature is expected
from May 10 to 16 and during that fall
the heaviest rains of the month are ex.
pected. But not much rain is expect
ed from the lakes westward. nor in
the Ohio valleys, nor in the lower Mis-.
sissippi valleys. Most rain of May is
expected from the lakes eastward, in
Florida, in southwestern Texas and
within 100 miles of st. Joseph, Mo.
am of the opinion that we are to
have rather poor crop weather during
May as a general average, and rnar,
If the weather has any control, prices
of farm and garden products will be
firm throughout the month.
Fourth disturbance Of May will
reach Pacific coast about 49, cross
Pacific slope by close of II, great cen
trail valleys IS to 20, eastern states 21
Warm wave will cross Pacific slope
about 16, great central valleys 49,
eastern states 20. Cool wave will
cross Pacific solpe about 10, great cen
trail valleys 81, eastern states 23
This disturbance will bring a recovery
from the unusually cool period and
will bring the most severe storms of
the month. While the chances are
very largely against these dangerous
storms visiting your locality the best
way is to be on the outlook for them. !
am not yet ready to undertake the 10.
cation of dangerous storms. | dc
definitely locate nine-tenths of the
weather changes | forecast but dan.
gerous storms are exceedingly diff.
ficult to locate. | advise all to be on
guard for bad storms May 10 to 81 and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-11
MINERS WIN A
NOTABLE FIGHT
ARBITRAToRs GRANT INCREASE
in WAGES TO LEADERS IN
cENTERvILLE DISTRICT.

Des Motnes, May SINNERS in the
southern Iowa district won a notable
VICTORY Thursday when the arbitra-
ton board, after an all day session in
Judge McHenry's court room, granted
them substantial increases on the ma
chine mining wage scale. Judge w.
H. McHenry Of Des Moines, w. D. It's
dale of Ottumwa and L. 7. Richmond
of Abba comprised the arbitration
board.
The machine miners in the past
have been paid considerable less for
their labor than the pick miners. The
difference in the work did not war
rant the big difference in salary, so
the miners claim, and for that reason
the complaint and demand for more
money for machine miners was made.
Different wage schedules were made
by the arbitrators for miners working
with the two types of coal mining
machines used in the district Where
the Lee machine Is used the wage was
increased for car leaders from 55A
cents per ton to 81 1-3 cents; and
where the Legg machine Is used the
increase for leaders is from 49& cents
to So 1-3 cents.
The complete order of the arbitrat-
ors appointed to determine the issue
raised between the coal operators and
the miners as to the scale of wages
for machine mining in the First dis
trict find the following as our conclu-
sion upon the issues this day submit
ted to us:
First-We raise the price Of loading
per ton from 55A cents to 81 1-3
cents, where the Legg machine is
used. =
Second-We raise the price for
loading per ton from 49A cents to
So 1-3 cents, where the Lebb machine
is used =
Third-We find that in all other re-
spects the present schedule is equita-
BILE and it is not disturbed.
w. H. McHenry,
w. d. Tisdale,
l.. T. Richmond
Arbitrators.
Dated this 9Th day of May, A. D.,
1909.
Both Well Represented at Meeting.
The wage controversy was submit
ted to these arbitrators only after
the miners and the operators had
failed, after many efforts, to reach an
agreement. The operators opposed any
increase and to the arbitrators yester-
day declared that if any change
should be made In the schedule, in JUS
tice, be made downward.
But the miners and the coal oper.
ators were we'll represented at the
hearing, both by members of the
committee appointed to appear before
the arbitrators, and by others. Presi
dent John P. White acted as spokes
man for the miners and John P
Reese for the operators
After the decision Of the arbitrator
had been made both the miners and
the operators expressed themselves
as satisfied
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BLOOMFIELD.

Bioomfield-At the spacious home OF
N. S. Johnson, in the north part Of the
city, the Rebekahs gave q three course
May luncheon Thursday evening. In
the large parlor small May bonnets,
made Of green and pink crepe paper,
the colors of the order, filled with APP
pie blossoms and containing. a card
bearing the word welcome were
strung on pink ropes which hung from
the four corners crossing In the CEN
ter of the room. The effect was beau
tiful., On large library table in the
center of the living room Were seen
large punches of violets. resting in cut
glass bowls and large bouquets of pink
and white carnations were also deco
rations Of this table. In the dining
room, standing on base Of ferns stood
May pole, strung with pink and
green ribbons. The prizes. four
small table ferns given to the winners
of interesting contests and the May
bonnets and welcome cards were gifts
of the Noble Grand, Mrs. James Nc
Gowen. The occasion was most en-
joyable one.
Mrs. May Caldwell Is improving her
residence property west of the square,
putting in a new cement foundation
and building an addition of two rooms
and a porch. She will also remodel the
interior.
Miss Sarah Redman OF OttumWa
visited in Bloomfield Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Graham will
move to Savannah the first Of next
week and live with their son James.
Chas. Bullock has rented their prop
erty and will move In as soon as Mr..
Graham vacates.
Miss Mabel Hall Of Stockport, who
has been attending Miss Ada Brewer,
during her illness, was called home by
4, ,i,Jr >f Inr Ppf
While N. S. Johnson was going into
the back room of his store, he fell
over truck breaking the large bone
Of his left wrist.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-11
BLAkEs BURG.

Blakesburg- Clara Gamble is
visiting her parents Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Alternately.
Eliza Snow is visiting with relatives
near Union Chapel.
II. J. Cohapan Is moving into his
property recently purchased of w. S.
Cash.
Dolf Ward and family Of Jerome are
moving to Blakesburg and will occupy
the residence lately vacated by Mr..
Rogers.
Geo. Reading is visiting with his
parents.
Grace williams is visiting in the
country at the John Ross home.
VIM. Chisman and wife of Indiana
and Mrs. Effie Miller Of Dudley Wis
tied recently with their parents.
Mrs. Melvin Peck Of Ottumwa Wis
tied recently with friends here.
Mrs. VIM. Shea returned from visit
at Eddyville Thursday.
Wednesday. May 5, being Mrs.
Carey's sSth birthday anniversary, a
number of relatives spent the day
with her at the Calvin Smith home, a
post card shower being given her.
VIM. Trussel of Beatrice Neb., who
was called here by the death of his
sister-in law. Mrs. Anna Trussel, has
returned home.
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Preparing for Northwestern.

Iowa City, May 7. Especially =
Captain Stutsman has his track men
hard at work this week getting ready
for the dual meet with Northwestern
university, which will be held on
Iowa Field tomorrow. 1t is known that
Northwestern is unusually strong this
year, but the Hawkeyes have been
showing up well in practice, and if the
good weather keeps up today and to-
morrow the men will be in much bet
ter condition than when they tied Min
nesota a. week ago.
Today the varsity and freshmen
baseball teams will meet on varsity
diamond and a spirited contest is ex-
pected as the first year men have a
good team and play the game we'll
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-11
NEW DEPARTMENT
MAY Be FORCED.
GROWING RELATION OF GOVERN
MENT TO BUSINESS MAY
DEMAND 1T.
Washington Bureau of
The OttumMa Courier
Washington D. c., May s.

washington -. ", May o.
That new department of the gov
ernment-the Department of Com
merce-will In the not distant future
be developed out Of the necessities of
the growing supervisory relation Of
the government to business, is the sug-
gestion which Senator Aldrich recent
ly planted in the minds of group OF
his callers.
They had come to talk about the
tariff bill, and they represented the
National Association of Manufacture
ers. That organization has been
strongly committed to the idea of a
tariff commission, and 1t had been
pressed upon the general manager of
the senate with good deal Of earnest
ness. AS result, Mr.. Aldrich indicat-
ed his idea that sometime or other a
department Of commerce, entirely dis
tinct from the department of COM
merce and labor, would grow up.
This is another way of pointing out
that the latter department has not ex-
actly fulfilled expectations. There is
no doubt that this Is true. When it
was established there was high antici-
patton that it would prove a meeting
point for the minds of the business in
terests and the governmental super
vising agencies. 1t has not accom-
plished that purpose. After an expert
ment Of number of years, the people
who still want the department to dem
monstrate It's excuse for existence are
still casting about for new functions
to be added unto it. One proposal is to
give it the Interstate commerce COM
mission; another to put the tariff COM
mission under it; third is to make the
bureau of corporations a great center
Of activity In the direction of the gov
ernment's supervising functions.
Senator Aldrich's general notion, as
simply outlined by those who heard
him, seems to be to bring together the
bureau of foreign trade relations, the
bureau of manufacturers, the tariff
commission. and other related estab-
lishments and establish new depart
ment, to be represented in the cabinet
by new secretary. This department
would have to do Immediately with
strumentalities of commerce. 1t would
not logically include the interstate
commerce commission, which has to
do with carriers, not commerce Haul
ing freight is very important Incl
dent to commerce; but it is not COM
merce.
The Aldrich proposal for a tariff
commission is not regarded as a long
step toward such an expansion of ac-
Ittivities as soon to justify expectation
Iof new department. In fact, the
Aldrich plan, as it has just been re-
ported, would make the tariff COM
missioners rather personal aides to
the president than an independent
commission. The word commission is
not used. But it is looked upon as
about all the commission advocates
are likely to get at this time, and
therefore, with some protest and a
good deal of grumbling, it will be &C
cepted on the theory that half a loaf
is better than no bread
+ G., Welliyer.
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MODERN WAR.

Inc New York Evening Post calls
attention to the battle in the streets
OF Constantinople as an evidence that
little is left of the glamor of war, and
what little is left keeps shrinking
day by day. The post gives this
description of the affair:
The fight began in the silent
watches Of the night 1t grew hotter
with sunrise. Surely war, if impress
sive at all, must be impressive now
or never. But we read that while
the guns were at their loudest Con
stantinople's inhabitants came swarm
ing out to watch the fighting as
though 1t were treat gotten I'D for
their personal delectation. They
crowded upon the combatants as an
American mob surges against the
SIDE lines in the last half of the ninth
inning when the score is "a tie and the
bases are full. They offered advice to
the attacking officers, just as they
would proffer counsel to the umpire,
and we have no doubt that they an
plauded a good bit at Yildiz as they
would at the Polo grounds. American
tourists took in the scene as cheer.
fully as If the event had been starred
In Baedeker. Newspaper correspon-
dents ran about with their cameras
and it is not impossible that here and
there. an obliging officer held his men
back for a, moment while the photo.
grapher got his focus
That amid such commonplace cir.
cumstances, the Post concludes, a
couple of thousand soldiers should
have fallen, robs war, even. Of that
last shred of dignity which we are &C.
customed to think is inseparable from
death.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-11
Iowa Mine Workers Pay.

Oskaloosa, May Seventeen death
claims were paid by the Iowa Nine
workers, District No. 10, for the month
of April. Seven of them were for wom-
en- and ten for men. The names and
the local to which they belonged are
as follows:
Mrs. Harold Davis, uuionville, Mo-;
Mrs. Swan Johnson. Bloomfleld; Mrs.
James Finney, Norwoodville; Chris
TOPPER Richards. Centerville; Frank
DeTumble, Jr, Blyth; John Robinson,
Mystic; Hugh Robson, Mystic; Hugh
Givens, Frasier; William Veach. Gem
terville; Mrs. Robert Vincent, Mem
dota, Mo-. Mrs. Jacob Herderschott,
Centerville; Benjamin Root, Center
Vile; John Norris, Hickory; Mrs. An
ma Sibak, Buxton; Mrs. w. p. Jackson,
Buxton; Francis Malcombe, ST., Fras-
Ter; William Robinson, Mystic; A. L.
Garrison. Centeryille.
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TO THE MERCHANT,

Tho Courier in this issue publishes
tho frst of a series of articles on aa-
syertising, by Theodore McManus' one
Of the leading authorities on TINS I'M
nortant question. Mr.. McManus IS 9
big business man as we'll as q Writer
Of advertisements. For years ne per
sonally directed the advertising cam
naigns of one of the leading eastern
metropolitan retail establishments. He
is now a member of a leading firm IN
one of the large Ohio cities. His eA,
nerience as an advertising specialist
and also as business man, places
him in a position to speak authorl-
tatively on the question from the two
standpoints.
The Chicago Tribune paid Mr.. NC.
Manns $1,000 to write this series OF
articles The Courier has secured
from the Tribune the privilege of re-
producing these articles believing
that If they are instructive for the
Chicago Tribune and Chicago mer,
chants and Chicago people. they will
be equally instructive to the Ottumwa
Courier, the Ottumwa merchant and
the Ottumwa people.
These articles. are the most in.
structive and valuable articles on ad.
vertising ever written and they will
well repay careful perusal. The first
of the series is published today on
page s.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-05-11

Hiram G. Wheeler, the Republican
candidate for governor In 1891, and at
one time one of Iowa's wealthiest
land owners, is bankrupt and ill at
a Chicago hospital. An appeal has
been sent to his Masonic friends for
aid. Wheeler sold his holdings in Iowa,
which are now worth hundreds of
thousands, and invested in southern
lands. His experience should be les
son to the man who is being tempted
by the promises of cheaper land in the
west and south.
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enat Gets in Presidents Eve.

Washington, D. c., May S.-Presi-
dent Taft was compelled to abandon
the idea of attending the unwilling OF
the Longfellow statue in this city to-
day owing to a badly in1amed eve
over which he Is wearing light
bandage. A gnat or some other small
insect flew into Taft's eye while he
was horseback riding Wednesday.
The president attended to business as
usual today, sitting for two hours
with his cabinet