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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
WHITE rs BEFORE
LORIMER HEARING

Washington. b. O. August 81 Chas
"A. White, the former Illinois legislator,
while telling the senate Lorimer com.
mittee today about how he spent the
$1,000 he claims to have received to
vote for William Lorimer for senator,
was subjected to an importune cross.
examination as to his reform motive
In accepting the bribe.
"How much of the money you re.
ceived did you turn over to the labor
organizations?
II don't know"
Z did you take trips Of riotous liv.
ing, spending the money you received,
for tie good of the public?' 1
II took them to get data"
III you wanted to make an expose
why were you so afraid of a 800 bill
being marked?" asked Senator
Fletcher.
Il didn't want to raise suspicion at
that time"
White said Jas. j. Keeley, editor
Of the Chicago Tribune. was mistaken
when he testified White had received
$4,000 for his so-called confession.
White explained in a statement to-
day that he did not mean to say yes
terday that Thomas Tipet had any
thing to do with the 5000 Chas. s.
Luke said he had been offered for the
Jackpot.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
GRANGE WILL NOT
WELCOME PRESIDENT

Hartford, Conn, Aug. 2.-The
Times this afternoon says that the
Connecticut State Grange has notified
the Connecticut Fair association that
It cannot participate in the reception
to be rendered President Taft when he
comes to the fair in Charter Oak park
early IN September as q guest Of the
Connecticut Fair association.
The Times also prints interviews
with F. T.. Duffy Of West Hartford and
State Commissioner John H. Hale both
executive officers Of the state grange.
endorsing the attitude of the grange.
The attitude OF the grange In
attributed entirely to the president
advocating OF reciprocity with Canada.
Mr. Duffy whose protests In Washing
ton at the time Of tho reciprocity hear
ings created widespread comment has
charge Of the live stock at the Connec-
ticut fair. In the interview he says:
Some time ago the manager Of the
fair invited tho grange to participate
as the usual grange day was to be OBJ
served. This week, when 1t was learn
cd that President Taft had accepted an
invitation to attend the fair the situa-
tion changed. The fair authorities have
been notified that the grange will not
take part in the fair this year, for the
reason that tho grunge Is opposed 10
the reciprocity idea in all respects and
as President Taft has been the leader IN
that movement, the grange does not
care to take part in any events at
which he is a guest
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
WILL
! vEPOSTAL
SAVINGS | BANK
Unofficial Announcement is
Made Through Local Bond
House That New Depart
ment Will be Installed.

A postal savings bank for Ottumwa
is the latest. Just when it Is to be
started is not yet known. Announce.
ment of the action of the postoflice de.
partment In selecting Ottumwa came
unofhcially, but none the less authen-
tic. A local bonding concern affiliated
with large bonding interests has been
notified in connection with bonds for
the local postmaster, which will be
increased when the savings bank de-
partment becomes effective. The de-
partment at Washington has given no
notice to Postmaster F. A. Nimocks,
although the local bond concern has
received the news, but the time of it's
effectiveness is not given. 1t is not
the custom Of the postof1ice depart
ment to give Official notice Of such un
til all is In readiness to complete ar
rangements within few days, hence
the failure to receive onicial notice
By Postmaster Nimocks. When ef
tective his bonds will be Increased and
he will probably be instructed to 20
ct once to some nearby place where
the system is installed and get in
touch with the plans. 1t is also like
~ that an inspector in that depart
ment will be sent here to install the
banking service at the local post
once.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
STRIKE IS LIKELY
ON LONDON DOCKS
Failure to Increase Pay Of Workmea
Causes Them to Consider Quit
tIno Work.

London, Aug. 2.--The meat trade OF
England is seriously threatened By q
strike OF 10000 dock laborers at tho
London docks today, growing out Of q
dispute over wages. The men claim
that their employers promised an In
crease commencing July 81. but their
pay envelopes failed to contain the
advance. Separate meeting Of tho
strikers and the employers were held
to discuss the situation.
At least twenty steamers including
the Minnehaha, which has Just arrived
at Tilbury with q cargo OF dressed
beef from America. the Anglian from
Hoston with boxed meats and other
American freighters are unable to dis
charge.
Many other vessels are loaded with
meat from Australia. New Zealand and
Argentina.
The meat and other perishable goods
are being taken care of in refrigerat-
ors aboard the steamers but II the
strike continues there will be short
age in the London provinces. Police
reserves were sent to the docks but
their services were not required. Tho
men went quietly from steamer to
steamer calling on their fellow work.
ers to join In the movement and In
every case were successful.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
UNDERWOOD
" BITTER CHARGE

Washington, D. c.. Aug, 2.De
nouncing as absolutely false the charge
of William jennings Bryan that he
blocked the efforts of Speaker CLARK
and others to revise the iron and steel
tariff schedules, Democratic Leader
Underwood, amid uproartous demo
cratic applause, spoke in the house to
day in defense OF his position and that
Of the dem ocratic house.
Mr.. Underwood had read the pub
lished Bryan statement.
Mr.. Underwood said the tariff On
iron and steel need further revision
and would get It; that when the ways
and means committee organized he told
the committee that as everything he
had was invested In the iron industry
1t would relieve him Of embarrasse
ment IL 1t undertook iron and steel
revision first.
"That interview" continued Mr.. Un
derwood, referring to Bryan. Charges
that there Is difference between the
speaker of this house and myself as to
legislation in this house." That state
ment is absolutely false. We have
been together, we are together nov
and | predict that we will be together,
to the end"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
BILL SENT
TO CONFERENCE

Washington, D. c.. Aug, 2.-The
wool tariff bill was formally sent to
conference today when the following
senate conferees were named:
Messrs: Penrose and Cullom, regu.
lar republicans; LaFollette insurgent
republican, Bailey and Simons, demo.
Gratis.
The house conference committee ap-
pointed yesterday is composed OF
Representative Underwood OF Ala.
bama; Randall OF Texas: Harris n OF
N. Y; democrats; and Payne Of N. Y.
and Dalzell of Penn, republicans.
The conferees of the two houses on
the wool bill will hold their first meet
ing Friday morning. Members Of the
conference expressed confidence OF
agreemsa. without prolonged meet
|ings.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
FREE LIST BILL TO
GO TO CONFERENCE

Washington, D. C., Aug, 2-The
free list tariff bill as passed by the
senate yesterday was returned to the
house today 1t has been practically
agreed in the house that the bill shall
be sent to conference committee I'm
mediately. Democratic Leader TN
derwood predicted again today that
the bill speedily would be agreed to
and sent to the president 6 e
The ways and means committee with
a special meeting called by Chairman
Underwood will consider the proposi.
ton to have the house accept all the
senate amendments without confer.
ence. The indications were, however
that such a plan would not be agreed
to on the house side. The fact that the
original house bill was lost by a tie
vote in the senate gave the house lead.
ers hope today that by insisting on a
conference they might be able to force
the senate to give up the Kern com.
promise Amendments.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
.tDEAD" MAN TURNS
Up VERY MUCH ALIVE

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 2.-When
checks signed in due and proper form
BY the hand of a dead" man began
to arrive at local bank an investiga.
ton was started that yesterday re-
suited In the arrival here OF Joseph
Grey, Of Chelan, Wash, who, accord
ing to court records, died In hospital
here on December %, 1910, and whose
estate was on the point OF being closed
up by an attorney appointed admins
traitor. A bank book and some legal
papers, lost by Grey and found by an
unidentified man who later gave
Grey's name at the hospital where he
died. were responsible for the error,
no inkling of which occurred to any OF
the persons concerned until Grey, hav-
Ing occasion to draw against seldom
used bank account here, sent in checks
corresponding in every way with those
drawn by him, when he was "alive."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
SCHOONER IS RUN
DOWN BY STEAMER

New York, Aug. 2.During heavy
fog last night the three-masted
.choonar Susan N. Pickering. while
proceeding through Vineyard sound.
was run down BY the Boston hne
steamer Massachusetts, bound from
Boston to this city. Captain HasKeil
and crew of four men OF the Fcker.
ing were rescued. The PickerlnS
loaded with granite began to settle,
The Massachusetts was uninjured,
and her captain gave orders to circle
about In the fog to pick up the ship
wrecked sailors OF the schooner who
were finally located by their cries TOR
help. The Pickering drifted aground
at Cedar Tree Neck.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
OHIO GAS COMPANY
MAY BE IN TROUBLE

Cleveland, o., Aug, As 9 result
OF the raids made BY city onicials last
nixht on the artificial gas plants OF the
East Ohio Gas Co., a Standard OIL sub
sidiary which supplies the city with
artificial and natural gas, they laid
part Of their alleged evidence before
County Prosecutor Kline today with
a view to possible grand jury invests
cation The raiders, who were aided by
CITY police. obtained samples Of pro
duct they claim the company has been
MIXING with so-called artificial gas and
which they assert Is natural gas.
These samples will be analyzed at
once. The public pays 80 cents q
thousand feet for artificial gas and 30
cents for natural.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
.SCHLEY Tells
OF MANYL0ANS
FIRM SOUGHT
Former Syndicate Manager
Of Tennessee Coal & Iron
Co. Gives Committee Data
on Many Loans.

New York, Aug. 2.-Grant B. Schley
Of the Arm of Moore & Schley, and
former syndicate manager of the Ten.
nessee Coal & Iron Co., told the Stan
ley steel trust committee today that
during the panic of 1907, the loans OF
his brokerage firm from the banks
were none Of them supported by Ten
nessee Coal & Iron stock exclusive.
ly as collateral.
He explained that Tennessee Coal
and Iron stock entered into the loans
which involved the brokerage firm OF
Moore & Schley in financial difficulties
in 1907 only q small percentage, all
loans being covered also by railroad
stocks and other industrial stocks.
How much had Moore & Schley
borrowed?" asked Representative Lit
tleton, which Tennessee Coal & Iron
stock was given to support IN part?'
eve had loans from twenty-five to
forty millions" said Mr.. Schley. I'VE
got no loans on Tennessee Coal &
Iron stock exclusively The stock had
no force with the bankers, on account
of irregular fiuctuation, Mr.. Kessler's
connection with It and other reasons.
The bankers would not take Tennes-
see stock along. l was borrowing
large sums, q hundred thousand here,
five hundred thousand there and these
were secured by high grade railroad
stocks and from thirty to eighty-fve
per cent OF industrial stocks mixed In
with It. Tennessee Coal & Iron was
q part Of the industrial stock"
..'How much was your loan from ].
p. Morgan & Coz"
About q million and half"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
SINCLAIR IS
IN STRIPES IN
WORKH0USE
Author and Some Of His
Colony Elect to Serve
Time Instead Of Paying
Their Fines.

Wilmington, Del, Aug. I'm addi-
ton to carrying out his announced in.
tention OF fasting during MS DrieI
term of imprisonment, Upton Sinclair,
socialist and author. is breaking stone
at the Newcastle county work house
today. His nine asso ociates o. !no
Arden colony Of socialists are nKe.
wise occupied. Yesterday the Ardenlsts
expected holiday when they deciafeu
In favor of spending eighteen nours ~
the work instead of paying the nnes
of 81 each imposed upon them ~
Magistrate Robertson last night, IN the
actions for breaking the Sunday laws
In playing baseball and tennis, tney
met disappointment. On arriving ~
the work house last night they were
Immediately put to bed, and BY morn.
ing they were given q. shower Datn,
dressed in prison stripes and aftel
breakfast, which Sinclair declined. put
to work on the stone pile. Their I'M
prisonnlent will terminate at O'CLOCK
this afternoon.
The action against Sinclair and Ms
associates was brought by George
Brown who calls himself "philo-
sophical anarchist and who last
week served five days for insistlne
upon speaking at meeting OF the AT.
den club in the colony. sinclair
threatens to invoke the Sunday law
against members OF the Wilmington
country club and others who indulge
in amusements on Sunday In order,
he says, to demonstrate the absurdity
OF such blue laws In these times.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
HIGH AR IFf
DEALT BLOW
BY SPE AXE R
Representative Witherspoon
Of Mississippi Addresses
the House on the Cotton
Revision Bill.
House met at IL a. m.
Cntfon fariff hill nendin1 q

Washington, D. c., July 81. Repre-.
sentative Witherspoon of Mississippi,
speaking today on the cotton tariff
revision bill, characterized as legal
robbery" tariff which raises more
revenues than are necessary to defray
the public expenses. The tariff. he de-
clared, greatly increases the cost OF
production.
'..The only sensible, logical deduc-
ton from this" he continued. ''is that
all the taxes on what the mills buy
and on what it's laborers consume
should be abolished. II the purpose il
to benefit and foster the cotton mills.
If we could mot only reduce one-half
of the Cost of cotton cloth production
but In some way gather up all the
wealth and redistribute 1t among the
people who produced 1t, every cotton
mill in America would be able to run
on full time, to pay It's laborers living
wages, and to sell ita product at such
prices as would produce fair profits. !"
Mr.. Witherspoon declared the the
ory of protection was to increase the
cost of production by levytng enor.
nous taxes on all that cotton mills
bought and on all that its operatives
consumed.
Then" he charges, "as compensa-
tion to the overburdened mill. II pro-
poses to rob the American laborer,
professional men and other classes
Of the consuming public to the extent
of making the cotton mills profits a.
large or larger"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
FAIL TO FIND
CUBAN AND PARTY

Havana, Cuba, Aug. 1.-The gov
ernment had no trace this morning Of
Gen. Acevedo and his party, who, after
starting an uprising at Regla Monday
night set out supposedly for Pinar
del Rio. It is believed the men are in
hiding in the woods or have disbanded.
Reports from every township In the
island fail to show the least sugges-
tion OF disorder and all indications are
that the movement is Insignificant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
COMMISSION DENIES
MUCH SOUGHT RELIEF

Washington. d. c., Aug. IA gen.
eral denial Of all applications by ex.
press companies for relief under the
long and short haul provision Of The
law, was entered today by the inter
state commerce commission in cases
where commidities are shipped from
points Of production to points of CON
sumption, the same or similar rates
not being applicable to or from inter.
mediate points.
1t is not shown by the applicant ,ns
what particular rates they wers inten-
ded to cover and the commission de.
clines fatty to grant any general per
mission under the law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
STRIKE OF CAR
| men PROVED
BY HIGH BOARD.
Des Moines Railway En-
ployes Expected. to Quit
Work Before Night -
Strike Breakers in City.

Detroit. Mich. Aug. 2.-William d.
Mahon, president Of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric
Hailway Employees OF America, an
nounced today that the international
board OF the association has approved
strike OF the street railway employees
IN Des Moines. la. Fred Fay Of Ypsi.
!anti, Mich, q member OF the board.
is IN charge OF the situation at Des
MONIES and will order strike when
ne deems 1t advisable,
1s understood that the contro.
Versy arose over the alleged violation
OF contracts with Its employees by the
Des Molnes street railway company.
May ArbItrate.
Des Moines, Aug 2-The contro.
versy between the Des Moines city
railway and its union employees
changed aspect at noon today when 1t
became apparent that the union lead
ers We're delaying the actual calling OF
9 strike as long as possible, in tho
hope that an arbitration Of the cause
OF the present difficulty might be
agreed to BY the company.
On tho other hand. the comnany.
through ite general manager, j. r.
Harrigan, assumed defiant attitude.
and refused finally to agree to arbitra.
ton. Mr.. Harrigan declared in an inter.
view that he had nearly 200 strike
breakers here ready to take the union
mems places at moments notice. and
that SO far as he was concerned, tho
strike was now on. He said that other
strike breakers wero In waiting at Chi
cagO.
Fred Fay. member Of the Interna-
tional board OF the street car unton.
who Is supervising negotiations with
the company, declared that ths COM
pary was planning to lock ont ito en-.
ployess He said that tho last possible
resource to secure q ssttlem mt would
be exhausted bsforO ho would call out
the men and that II there Is Is "a a
strike. 1t Will not come until there ID
no other alternative.
Mayor Hanna took q hand In the
controversy this afternoon, but failed
to obtain an agreement to arbitra:e 9
from Mr.. Harrigan. Tho commercial or.
ganiZa'.l0ns and the minister!,.l ASSOC
Citations also are trying mediation.
President Leonard OF the street car
that one more attempt would be made
W oSS LILO COMPANY W 06I0c " 6IUIs
trate the case Of the conductor
whose recent discharge led to the
present dificulty. President Urick OF
the State Federation OF Labor is to
participate in the conference.
President Leonard said the attitude
OF the company management against
arbitration made q general strike in
ev1tRble.
Walters shun Strike.Brsakers
The first effect of the arrival OF the
strike breakers was to cause, a walk.
out Of the waters and cooks at one or
the hotels. Seventy-four OF the I'M
ported men went into the dining room
for breakfast. AS soon as the wait
ers learned they were strike breakers
they threw off their aprons and refus.
ed to work.
The strike breakers were required to
leave the hotel by the management,
and found quarters elsewhere
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
VARDAMAN IN
LEAD FOR SENATOR

Jackson, Miss, Aug. 2-That Form.
er Governor James x. Vardaman re.
ceived q sufficient number OF votes in
yesterdays democratic primary to In
sure his election to the United States
senate was practically conceded this
afternoon By all factions. At noon
Vardaman was ahead OF the combined
vote Of G. H. Alexander and Senator
Leroy Percy by $4,000, with indica-
tions that further returns would add
to this lead
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03

TREATY TO BE SIGNED

Paris, Aug. Pit is announced that
the Franco-American arbitration
treaty will be signed at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon, Paris time, at the
foreign Office, by Jean J. Jusserand,
the French ambassador to the United
States, on behalf Of France. Two
copies, each containing the text In
English and French, will be signed.
One will be retained here and the
others sent to Washington to receive
the signature OF p. G. Knox, the Ameri-
can secretary OF state.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
URGE SIMON
TO LEAVE POST,
REBELS NEAR
Revolutionists Have Port Au
Prince Surrounded and
Have Shown Strength -
Foreign Ships to Protect.

Port Al Prince, Aug. 2.-
President Simon embarked this
afternoon without the protection
Of foreign flags and accompanied
by a detachment from the army
still faithful to him, commanded
by Gen. MonpIaisir, the minister
Of war.
Washington, d. c.. Aug. IA three
days armistice has been agreed to In
Haiti by President Simon and the
leaders of the revolutionists now In.
vesting Port Au Prince. The temper
ary suspension Of hositilities was ar.
ranged by the diplomatic corps in the
Haitian capital at the request of Pres
ident Simon, who 1t is said now will
resign.
Urged Simon to Resign.
Port Au Prince, Aug. 2The com
mittee OF foreign diplomats which Wis
tied the revolutionary camps yester-
day for the purpose of arranging a
truce returned last night, having been
at least partly successful in their mis-
sions.
When the ministers decided that
President SimOn's cause was hope
less and that If he continued to defy
the enemy, the occupation of the cap
ftal was almost certain to be followed
by lawlessness and pillage, in which
foreign interests might suffer, they
urged Simon to resign. This he said
he would do If truce of three days,
in which the security of the city could
be arranged. as agreed upon.
The revolutiOnists demanded that
Simon leave the capital at once upon
receipt Of their answer threatening
that otherwise they would attack the
city without further delay.
The diplomats warned the reyolu-
tionists that disorders within the cap
ital would be suppressed IL necessary
by the Americ can, British and German
forces on the scene. The American
cruiser Des Moines in the 5harbor ana
the Chester II expected hourly from
Cape Haitian, the British cruiser Mel
pomene arriving yesterday and the
German cruiser Bremen was due to-
day.
President Simon Is preparing to
laeve the city. Madame Simon, their
children and many of the presidents
followers already have embarked on
the Decembre and will trans.ship to
the Atlas line steamer Allemania
as soon as she arrives The revolu-
tionists have cut the mains and shut
OF the city's water supply. Followers
Of Gen. Firmin, one OF the revolution
ary leaders, occupy all the important
positions In the capital.
Port Au Price, Aug. "A commit
tee Of safety hpa heen nrranizod fo
maintain order The populace is great
" excited Chief of Police Saint Lo,
with an escort Of police. attempted to
board steamer at the wharf when
the party was attacked by mob. Fir
ng was heard from the pier but the re-
suit OF the fight is not known.
Port Au Price, Aug. 2, 1885 a. M
Five persons we're killed and six 9TH
ers wounded In the fighting at the
water front. The firing continues.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
DAVENPORT MAN
SINKS IN RIVER

davenport, Aug. 2-Harold Madsen,
: clammer. sank to his death here In
the Mississippi last night, as he and
q companion were moving their
equipment and 800 pounds OF shells to
Z location below the city In q skin.
The overloaded boat sank in front OF
the city, leaving both men struggling
In the water. Rescuers saved the
second m&r. Both were Danes, un-
able to yooo1 English.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-03
President is Expected to
Veto All Bills That
Repise Any Schedules

It was said today that the president
might be expected to veto practically
any bill revising the tariff at this
time.
It further was reiterated that he
would take the position that no
schedules should be revised until the
tariff board created to secure scien-
tiic data, has had an opportunity to
perform that service.