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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-11-19
The Courier Junior
Published BY
THE couR,EE PRINTING &C.
oTTuMwA, IOWA.
MATILDA pEvEREAUk.
EDITOR.
THE THANKSGIVING CONTEST.

Dear Juniors-The Thanksgiving
contest is proving to be splendid one
and Is we want all the Juniors to work
- the contest, we will reprint the rules
md subjects of the contest.
Thanksgiving day will be celebrated
Thursday, November "a, consequently
We want some splendid stories in TINS
contest. We want the Juniors to all
work in this contest because for re-
ward we will give beautiful sofa Pill
low already stamped, with silks 70
work it. This will make nice. Christ
mas rift for some Juniors mother. II
boy wins the prize, we will let MIN
select his own gift. II you cannot think
81 Thanksgiving subject, write on
one Of the following.
a PURITAN THANKSGIVING.
MlLpREp's THANKSGIVING.
THANKSGIVING AT GRAND-
MOTHERS.
/ AouR THANKSGIVING DINNER"
This contest closes Monday, Novem-
Der 81.
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enjoy gathering. The howl of the wind
brings back sad thoughts to us OF our
dear ones who have persisted with the
flowers. Our parents prepare for the
colder days and In q short time we
children awaken from our slumbers
and find the. ground white with beauti-
ful snow and ringing Of the merry
sleigh bells and thoughts Of coasting.
We think our saddest days have past
and we begin to think of Christmas
and Santa Claus.
Bertha Ruark, age II.
Pennington, Ia, r. No. 3.
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NoRA's HOME WAS QUARAN
TINED.

Dear Editor:
AS / have written to the Junior
page before, though would write
again. I received my card from You
and wish to thank you for it. 1t was
the picture Of Robert Burns birth
place. My papa has taken the Tri-
weekly Courier two years. I enjoy
reading the Junior page very much.
Today is my birthday. l have re-
ceived four birthday cards and / am
Ia years old. We have been quaran-
tined for three weeks on account Of
diphtheria, but we are out now.
Nora Dyer, age IA,
FlOriS Ia r No g
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HELEN's PAPA is a DAIRYMAN.

Dear Editor:
May join your merry circle? have
never written before 80 thought
would write. My papa Is a dairyman
We milk fifteen cows. am years old.
I go to school, My studies are reading
arithmetic, geography, language and
1. I am in the fourth grade. ] like my
teacher real well. We had post card
shower for her last birthday. My birth
day Is In January.
Helen Louise. Larkin,
Charlton, Ia. r. No. 6. .
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SEVEN RULES FoR THE JUNIORS

4. Use one side Of the paper only.
4 Write neatly and legibly, using
Ink or sharp lead pencil.
8. Always sign your name in full
and state your age.
4 Number your pages.
6.Do not copy stories or poetry and
send to US as your own work.
6. Always state choice of prize on
separate piece of paper, with name
and address in full.
4. Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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MY SCHOOL ROOM.

My school is taught by Miss Leta
Price of Eldon. who boards with US.
There are eight windows and one door
for the school house is small, with one
room. 1t is heated by large stove. We
have not any drawings yet but we
are going to. There are Is or Is seats
and about twenty scholars go to
school. There are seven black board
slates with Ave all in row in the
front of the school room and one on
each side Of the school room.
Anna loops, age IL,
Agency Ia, r. No /. y
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and like to 60 to her very much.
have never received any prizes in thu
Junior page but post cards, as newell
tried for any others. am twelve years
old. My birthday IL Sept. 49, would
like for you to answer this In the
Junior.
Blanche Sullivan. age H.
Bloomfield, Iowa.
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Bertha Ruark, age II,
Pennington, Ia, r. No. 3.
WlLDA'S PAPA HAS TAKEN coUR
TER IS YEARS.

Dear Editor:
i am a little girl nine years old. My
papa has taken the Courier for over
twenty-five years. love to read the
Junior page. have a little sister. She
Is seven years old. Her name is Verda.
We both. love to go to, school, Our
.teacher'S name Is Miss Selma Olson of
Ottumwa. am in the fourth grade.
My studies are reading, language.
arithmetic, geography, spelling. writ
ing and drawing had to miss the last
two weeks of my school on account Of
being sick.
Vida Chapman.
EddYvillA Ia n M L -
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NY SCHOOL,.
Dear Editor:

DeAr Editor: ~ 3 81
go to school. My school will be out
next Friday. We have some pieces to
speak. My studies are arithmetic, read
ing, language, writing, physiology.
geography and spelling. There are 1 !
scholars in the school. Their names
are Nellie Sorden. Annie Myers, Ruth
Franklin, Lille Myers, Cora Blair,
Nita Smothers, Lottie Bair, Leland
Sorden. Arden Smothers, Warren
Smothers, David Franklin Clemett
Smothers. Emmett Smothers, Charley
Myers and Willie Myers, Wesley
White and myself. My teachers name
is Ada A. Morgan. / am 10 years old.
month but one. We are building hen.
house now. We have it nearly done.
We have mile and a half to walk to
school.
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Dear Editor:
/ have a cat. She is gray. She is !
years old. Her mother. was a matte
cat. She got down to neighboi1
some way and then they took Ia
some where. Then he took her Z
Then party was going by. The,
threw her over the hedge. Then at
she returned home. She is the mott
of 5 cats. She is a grandma to a liz
ten.
Anna Palfreynnan.
Lucas, Ia. r, No. j.
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AUTUMN DAYS.

Autumn days consider as the sad
dest of the year. When autumn comes
the melancholy days have come as
William Cullen Bryant says in his
poem (The death Of the f1owers.) The
flowers are all in their graves, the
beautiful flowers which we children
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SOME SOUVENIR ALBUMS.

For the next week We will give away
some souvenir albums to the Juniors
having nifty cards from the Junior,
providing they write q nice letter or
postal card story.
We will still send souvenir cards for
all letters and stories appearing in the
Junior.
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,LANcHE WRITES TO HEN.
RIETTA.
Miss Henrietta Plaster.

Miss Henrietta Plaster.
Dear Junior Friend I received
your letter through the Junior page
and was very glad to receive 1t. have
been going to school and have gone
nine weeks We have had vacation
since Tuesday. We had too have two
days on account Of dismissing for the
fair. MY teachers name is Miss Jes-
sic Allen. She Is a very good teacher
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JoE's FIRST LETTER.

Dear Editor:
This Is my first letter to the Junior.
am IL years old. My birthday is the
25th Of March. get the colts from the
pasture every day and feed them, and
shell corn for the chickens. Fol-
pets have two dogs. Their names are
Sport and Cute. My sister is writing
this for me.
Joe Dyer. age II.
F1or1s. Ia, r. No. Q.
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THE AUTHORS CONTEST.

The winner in the authors con-
test will be announced next week, as
well as new contest.
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WINNER IN THE CAT CONTEST.

Mabel Root is the prize winner in
the cat contest.
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and I have just been late once.
received the card the editor sent
me and hope to receive another.
Dora Cobler.
r. r. No. 8, Ottumwa. Iowa.
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NY CAT.

Ella White, age 10,
South English, Ia, r. No.
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CEDAR GROVE is RUTH's SCHOOL

Fly 0NHVIH, dBC
F1oris, Ia. r. ]
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CARRIES BIRTHDAY IN JUNS.

Joe Dyer, age II,
For1s, Ia, r. No. 2
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Fern Stark, age 10.
Floris, Iowa, Box AZ.
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LOUISA MAY ALcoTT.

Louisa May Allcott was the second
daughter Of four girls, and she was
born on her fathers birthday, Nov.
20, 1882 at Germantown where her
father had charge Of school, When
Just q little girl she liked to act in
plays. When the plays In the barn
failed or when the day was rainy,
Louisa would gather her sisters
around her and tell them beautiful
fairy tales. .#
The Alcott family had many homes
during the early years Of Louisa, and
consequently she didn't have good
education.
Almost all the instruction she ever
received was from her father or from
the different tutors who lodged now
and then In the family
In 1894, the family moved to Bos.
ton, where Mr.. Alcott opened his
famous temple school. Here Louisa
enjoyed running in the common and
making friends with all sorts OF
children.
Once she was lost, and found fast
asleep by the town crier. Another
time she fell into frog pond, but was
rescued more frightened than hurt,
by little colored boy.
The school failed however, so the
family moved to Concord In 1910, and
there occupied the cottage described
in Little Women" as Megs home.
Anna and Louisa, the eldest Of the
children early felt the pinch Of pow
erty and saw how 1t was wearing on
their mother, who could do 50 little to
Tighten the burden, so they went to
The Detroit times., 1910-05-11
WANT POSITIONS
ON SALARY BASIS
School Board "Antis" To Fight Re.
appointment Of Architects and En-
gineers on Commission Plan.

Determined opposition to the reap
pointment OF Malcomson & Higgin-
botham as architects for the board Of
education, and Smith. Hinchman &
Grylls as It's consulting engineers, on
a commission basis. will be offered
by the anti-administration faction OF
the board when the matter comes up
In the regular board meeting, Thurs
day night.
The re-appointment Of both firms on
the same old terms will be recon-
mended by the real estate commit
tee, hut Inspector Burton served no
tice In meeting OF the committee
Tuesday afternoon that he would op
pose any such action and refused to
iadorse the committees Recommending
ton.
Mr.. Burton believes that the archi
tects and engineers should be en-
ployed by the board on regular sal.
airy and give their entire attention to
school board work. In this stand he
has the solid backing Of the ANTS
and particularly Inspector Herman
Schultz, OF the Seventeenth ward.
Inspector Schultz has been looking
into the question on his own account,
and has planned to introduce resolu-
tion in the board, Thursday night,
placing these Offices on salary basis.
He is in the possession OF figures
from other cities where the salary
plan is in force. which show a great
saving over the Detroit plan.
TN Cleveland" said Schultz, the
architects and engineers department
costs $4,000 year, and this includes
the salaries Of several clerks,
draughtsmen and inspectors. For
architects and engineers alone we
have paid out In commissions In the
last two and one-haf years $4,000.
and they have given but a part Of
their time to the board. believe It
is time we had change and shall
certainly do my best to bring 1t
about"
The Detroit times., 1910-05-11
JURY WILL HAVE CASE
OF DIR. HYDE FRIDAY NIGHT
Prosecution Expects to Finish Its Re-
buttai Today-Prlsoner's Friends
Confident.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 1.-THE
jury that has In it's hands the fate OF
DR.. b. c. Hyde will soon decide
whether or not the defendant poison
ed Col. Thomas II. Swope. The jurors
will probably get the case by Friday
night. The defense has closed its
case and the prosecution expects to
finish its rebuttal today. Two days
are estimated as sufficient time for
the arguments.
DR.. Hyde's friends are confident OF
acquIttal or mistrial. They don't be-
lleve the state will further prosecute
him. DR.. Hyde declares he will re-
main in Kansas City II acquitted and
practice medicine.
With 100000 of her uncle's estate
at his command and the remainder oil
the estate pitted against her 1t Ii said
Mrs. Hyde has spent large portion
of her legacy in defense of her hus
band.
Today's evidence consisted OF
denials by the nurses OF the main
points in the testimony OF the Hydes
and reports by the chemists OF the
Kansas and Missouri Universities con
corning their experiments with cyan
ide OF potassium.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-11
ENGINEERS MEET
. TO HAVE THRILLER
Trains VIII Dash Toward Each
Other at Mile-a- Minute To Demon
strate New Stopping Device.

The spectacle of two trains dashlne
toward each other at the rate Of q
mile-a-minute on single stretch OF
track, will be one OF the thrilling
sensations arranged for the benefit OF
the delegates and visitors to the con
vention of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers, which formally op
ened it's session in the Wayne Gar
dens. Wednesday evening All too Of
ten, engineers find themselves in q
situation more or less like this. The
difference In this case will be that
the flying trains will be automatically
stopped when within short distance
OF each other by new safety device
But II will certainly be lively sight
to witness, and there will always be
the chance that something might 60
wrong with the safety device. This
test will take place May II. Is and 19
OH a stretch OF the Pere Marquette
tracks out Michigan-ave. John La
Barre, electrical engineer Of the Rail
way Automatic Safety Appliance Co.,
Is arranging the test His device Is
an electrical one so arranged that,
when two trains get on the same cleo
trical block Of track, the brakes are
automatically set and the whistles
blown.
There IL a great crush of stout,
serious-faced men about the Wayne
hotel and the Wayne Gardens at the
present time. Just how many en-
gineers are In town even the people
at the registration booth cannot say.
They figure II at somewhere between
10000 and 10000 and let II go at that.
Secret sessions are held daily In the
Wayne Gardens. the FIRST starting at
8 o'clock, Wednesday morning. These
sessions will last for almost month.
incidentally, there will be side
trips to Cleveland. Niagara Falls and
Jackson. Visiting delegations of en-
gineers will drop in from time to time
and so away again when their matters
have been presented TO the conven-
tion.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, II has
been announced. Is likely to come
here. None of the engineers who
were about headquarters, Wednesday
morning. seemed to know anything
about Gompers coming or OF any
plans to receive him. There was that
In their remarks, moreover, which in
(Contfnued on PAGE TSsOl
The Detroit times., 1910-05-11
TWO DALLOON|sTs
PLUNGE TO EARTH
A. Holland Forbes Raves as He Tries
To Describe Accident Companion
May Die.

GLASGOW, KY, May 11.--Accord-
ing to DR.. ]. N. Page, the physician at
tending A. Holland Forbes and J. q.
Yates, Of New York, who were found
unconscious In the wreckage OF their
dirigible balloon viking at, Center. 80
miles from here last night, both men
are too badly injured to be moved and
Yates recovery is doubtful. It is
feared Yates is internally injured
while Forbes is cut and bruised from
head to foot.
Center Is 80 miIea from q railroad
without telephone connections and
news Of the accident is difficult to OBJ.
tain. Cards found in their pockets
identified the two men when picked
up on the farm Of Tilford Boston, and
although they have recovered con-
seriousness neither is able To describe
the accident
Those who sighted the big balloon
before II fell say the dirigible, which
has gas capacity OF $1,000 cubic feet,
staggered rs though by heavy blow
and then feh swiftly to the earth, a
mass of wreckage.
The men were carried unconscious
to the home OF Tilford Boston, while
DR.. Page was summoned by q mounted
messenger.
Farmers who witnessed the fall OF
the Viking assert that second and
slightly smaller balloon fell In the
same vicinity shortly after, and search
ing parties are now securing the
woods for traces OF the wrecked air
craft or Its injured occupants.
In At of delirium Forbes this after
noon gave a disconnected version OF
what must have been the cause OF the
accident TO the Viking. To the group
Of farmers and physician about his
bedside, his incoherent talk was pa
thetic.
That's about the Connecticut line"
he raved. There's Missouri, there's
Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee, and
Illinois again" Suddenly he shrieked
out the sentences believed to explain
the accident.
Yates" he cried, "The gas is leak.
ing; I've lost control; we've got to
lightener. I'm about gone; can't get
by breath; the gas"
At intervals he told in broken SEN
fences how drag rope, dropped
when an accident was feared, had in
some manner torn the silk bag, per.
hitting the gas to escape and suffo-
cate the men before the balloon drop
ped. The man Identified as Yates in
sisted that he Is William A. Hall, of
New York, despite the presence OF
cards and other papers In his pockets
bearing the name Of Yates.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-11
JUDGE DONOVAN AND SHERIFF
CASTOR HAVE TIFF IN CoUz1
Latter Questions Courts Right q
Withdraw Caplas and 9quabhle

IA wordy clash between Judge Don
ovan and sheriff CASTOR enlivened pro-
ceedings in the circuit court Wed.
nesday morning.
Late Tuesday afternoon Judge Dom
oyan issued capias for the arrest OF
Attorney William l.. Kelly In q suit
brought against him by 8. J. Ruklich,
and Wednesday morning sent letter
to the sheriff ordering him not to
make the arrest. The sheriff Quee-
toned the right OF the Judge to Issue
such a letter and the judge talked
back sharply. -
al wasn't told the capias was for an
attorney or wouldn't have issued ~
the Judge said. "Capiases are relic
OF barbarism, anyway
In his declaration on which the
capias was issued Ruklich claims that
he made known to Kelly his desire
to erect a building, and wanted To-
know the name OF q good contractor
Kelly, he says, introduced him TO
Frank Barnes, and the latter took him
to a contractor named Beaton- Ruk-
Itch employed Kelly to look after his
interest, and the attorney stated that
Beaton had given a proper bond, 90
Ruklich turned over $4.100 and or
dered work to begin. Then liens
started to pour In and Beaton quit the
Job. Ruklich then started an investi-
CATION, and learned. he declares, that
Kelly had obtained no bond AZ all. He
now has a partially completed build
ing on his hands, his $4,100 10 gone.
and a number Of mechanic Hen cano4
have been fled against him.
Kelly Is engaged on a case in Ann
Arbor and could not be reached.
The Detroit times., 1910-05-11
KOSHER BUTCHERS
TO SEEK COPS AID
Say If Police Won't Furnish Protec-
ton They'll Clean Out Socialist
Disturbers" Themselves.

The Ghetto butchers rallied in the
shop OF Joe" Ratkovsky. No. 462
Hastings-st., Wednesday noon, to In.
dignantly and vocifercusly deny a
rumor that in a meeting they will
hold this afternoon, In the shop ot
Louis Applebaum, they will lower the
price OF all meat two cents per pound,
Immediately, and deposit a bond, 10
be forfeited IL the price is again
raised.
The rnmor was circulated by Attor-
ney Sidney Alexander, who struck n
popular chord In the riotous mass
meeting, Tuesday night In Samter,s
hall by insisting that the boycott con-
tinue. The butchers declared that
Alexander had no authority To circu.
late such a rumor.
we can't drop the price OF meat
until the market falls, as we tried
to explain TO that mob Tuesday night.
said Charlie Pragg, one OF the butch
ers. Were going TO hold q meeting,
hut we are going to discuss vastly diff
ferent things than surrender to the
lSocialinstic mob that In stirring IN
all OF this trouble We are going "a
consult with Mayor Breitmeyer and
Police Commissioner Croul and ask,
as taxpayers, that we be allowed to
operate our shops without interference
from these Socialists We're going 10
ask that those who want to buy meat
from us will also receive protection,
and II the city won't furnish protec-
ton, we will take the law into our
own hands. We are about 30 strong,
and IL we can't get police protection,
we will carry the war into the camp
Of these Socialist disturbers. And we
will clean them out"
Joe" Ratkovsky, Jacob Coos, Ike
Kaufman, II. Silberman, and Joe"
Klein. who were present, echoed
Pragg's sentiments, and said they
spoke for all Of the other butchers.
Ratkovsky produced his bills from
the Sullivan Beef Co., to prove that
he was paying IL IL cents a pound
on whole carcasses OF beef. He cut
up shoulder of beef to illustrate the
butchers profit and loss. The piece
weighed l6 pounds. There was LIZ
pounds OF 1S-cent meat; "a pounds
(COntinued on PAGE Two.l
The Detroit times., 1910-05-11
RENEW NEW ORLEANS MEET.
Native Sons" Take Up Task Of Re-
vlvina Racing In Louisiana.

NEW ORLEANS, May lift neces-
sary, native sons" will buy the hold
ing of the two tracks, City Park and
the Fair Grounds. where thorough
bred sport fiourished prior to the In
vasion of foreign capital. This de-
veloped today through definite move
the first made since the anti-betting
laws killed racing In Louisiana
Peter Fabacher. q member Of one
of the Oldest families In Louisiana, is
at the head OF the movement. to re-
store the usual hundred-day winter
grind to New Orleans. He claims he
has money sufficiently pledged from
Canal.st and downtown merchants to
buy the stock OF FIVE tracks.
Today 200 members sent petition
to the Progressive Union, the repre-
sentative business mems club of New
Orleans, pleading for a meeting to be
called to discuss the matter. and
President Werlein, although opposed
to racing with betting, has called the
meeting for Tuesday night. The pur-
pose is to send a living petition In:
stead OF signed statements to the
state Legislators to repeal or modify
racing laws so that the usual winter
game may be restored to New Or.
leans.