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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-10-31
CHAIRMAN GARY
DEFENDS STEEL
CHAIRMAN OF U. S. STEEL coRPo
RATION SAYS CONCERN IS
NOT MONOPOLY.

New York, Oct, 28.-The appended
statement was issued today by Ebert
H. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel corporation board:
II think it would be improper for
me at this time to make any comments
concerning the suit which has been
brought by the government against
I the United States Steel corporation,
except to say regret exceedingly that
| the department Of justice felt called
upon to institute proceedings. II any
harm results 1t will fall upon the
stockholders and employees aggre-
eating a large number and any loss
! to them must be deplored. 1t Is time
for everyone to keep cool. with dis
position to patiently await results,
knowing that in the end justice, Will be
done to all interests.
II believe disclosure Of all the
facts applicable to the allegations con,
tanned In the governments bill OF
complaint as q ground for relief will
show that the suit ought to be decided
in favor of the corporation on It's
merits and that the following facts
will be established:
Il. That in the organization OF the
United States Steel corporation those
lin charge had no intention of creating
Ia monopoly or restraining trade.
"2. That the corporation never has
had, or attempted to exercise mo-
nopoly or to restrain trade.
"3. That the conduct Of the affairs
of the corporation has clearly and
positively negatived any effort or in
tention to violate any provision of the
Sherman law
"a. That the existence of the corpor-
alton has been Of benefit and not Of
injury to it's employees, its customers.
its competitors and the general public.
5. That no Misrepresentation was
made to the president relative to the
Tennessee Coal & Iron properties, and
that the motive of those connected
with the purchase was to prevent a
threatened general financial disaster.
which would have adversely affected
the corporation as well as others
Conference With Morgan.
The statement is the result of pro-
tracted conference held earlier in the
day, in ---hich the participants were
Chairman Gary, ]. Pierpont Morgan,
Charles Steele and George F. Baker,
directors of the corporation, as well
as several of the legal representatives.
Other than this. no word came from
Chairman Gary or any other official
Of the corporation.
It was at first the intention of the
heads of the steel corporation to make
no public response to the action Of
The government until Tuesday of next
week, when, at the quarterly meeting
the financial statement Of the corpor-
alton for the third quarter of the year
is to be issued. BY reason of the
shrinkage of the steel stocks in to-
lays market, and because of numerous
inquiries from all parts of the country
and abroad, however, the directors
alter decided to make known their at
.itude without further delay.
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KIL1oURNE

Mrs. c. w. Gilbert and daughter
Bess visited relatives near Agency last
week.
Robert Maxwell and wife entertain
ed large company Of relatives Oct. q
in honor Of their 18th wedding anniver-
sary Those from distance who were
present were: Mrs. Clyde GLASGOW and
children, Glen Kirkwood and Mrs. Lucy
Deford Of Eldon and Miss Onita Roll
and of Ottumwa
Mrs Dora Hanshaw and baby iona
visited recently at the parental Gilbert
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Plowman left
Saturday for Keokuk.
Hampton Watts who teaches nea'
White Elm spent Friday and Saturday
at home.
Mrs. Shrilda SHUTS visited with her
sister Mrs. Herman recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tonne celebrated
their 4Oth weddn,r anniversary Oct. IL
1911 at their home in Kilbourne. They
were married in Carthage, ILL.,, Oct II
1873 and have ever since resided al
this place. About forty enjoyed the
day with them.
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WEST POINT.

Mrs. J. D. Robbins and children are
visiting with relatives in Hillsbore.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Entler spent
Thursday in Burlington, going there IN
Mr.. Gardner's auto
Miss Winona Wilson is visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Torley, at Burlington.
Mrs. j. E. Cantril and daughter,
Leatha, are visiting in FIT. Madison.
Rev. B. X. Brockert, former pastor
of the Presbyterian church at this
place, left Tuesday for Winthrop,
where he and his family will make
their future home. Rev. Brockert has
been pastor here during the past four
years. Mr. Brockert and family nave
made many friends who regret their
departure and hope they may prosper
In their new home.
John Knoll, accompanied by Dr. D.
J. Meents, were Iowa City visitors
recently, consulting specialist re-
garding a growth on Mr.. Krolls neck.
Miss Adeline Whiting visited at the
home of her aunt in Fort Madison dur
ing the week.
Mrs. Henry Hesse and children OF
Dubuque, arrived Tuesday for a visit
with relatives.
Mrs. William Linkse is moving into
the house recently prchased Of Mrs.
Christina Carsten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Metzger left
Friday for visit with their daughter
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PACkWOOD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Davidson OF
Waterloo spent Saturday and Sunday
at the Oscar Steigleder home.
Bert Kraft of Eft. Dodge returned
home Monday evening after pleasant
visit at the c. +. Spencer home
The young folks are planning a mas
querade party halloween night to be
given at the Spencer hotel.
The automobile route from He'd
rick nassing through here to Fairfield
was marked last week by painting
every other telephone pole.
p T. Mitchell left Monday for a trip
to North Dakota.
At the conference meeting Monday
presided over by Superintendent E. j
Shook some changes were made in the
appointments. Heretofore there has
been preaching here every Sunday
morning and evening: hereafter there
will be services each alternate Sunday
morning. There will be no change in
the evening service. The pastor will &c
to Brookville each Sunday afternoon
now instead of alternate Sundays. He
will preach 1t Center church once in
two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Hawthorne OF
Farson visited the E. E. Phelps family
Sunday.
Sheriff Grimes of sigourney was
here Monday on business.
Amos Ruggles returned Tuesday
from business trip to North Dakota.
George Sears is quite i'll.
Miss Tip Harrison is visiting her
daughter Mrs. Mollie Peters at Des
Moines
Miss June Caldwell of Abingdon Wis
tied the latter part of last week with
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bradfed and
Mrs. Marion Tracy of Brookville at
tended conference here Monday
Miss Mabel Conner Of Pittsburg,
Kans., is visiting her aunt Mrs. w.
A. Fleener and other relatives at Abb
ingdon.
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COLUMBIA.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. a. Washington and
children and Mr., and Mrs. VIM. Stew
ents and daughter Tnez and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Stevens and daughter Iva
attended the Waddington reunion Sum
day at the Geo. Bowen home near
Chillciothe
Miss Mary Johnson expects to leave
for Knoxville for visit at the home OF
her brother Hugh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Byrum and chill
dren visited Sunday at the Ed Byrum
home in South Ottumwa.
MIR. and Mrs. Chas Olney and son
Glenn visited Wednesday and Thurs
day at the parental Abegg home OF
Blakesburg.
Mrs. C. H. Apley entertained the
Larkin ladies Of Wilsonville and the
club of this place Wednesday after
noon. also some of the Chtllicothe
ladies. In all about thirty were pres
ent.
Clyde Noe attended the public sale
at Mun.erville Wednesday.
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FARM

Mrs. F. D Carr is visiting with hel
husband In Des Moines.
Ben Newman Of Fairfield was a re-
cent guest of his parents Lewis New
man and wife.
Rev. and Mrs. C. F. McMann were In
Centeryille this week attending tne
Baptist state convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Meek and children
of Bovine Green. Mo-. are visiting
their aunt Mrs. B. F. Ketcham.
Fred Rider of OakGale is the guest 81
his brother Frank Rider and other
relatives.
Miss Jean Therme left Friday for
Keosauaua where she will visit her
niece Mrs. c. j. Manning. Mrs. II. J
Locke has returned from a visit with
her daughters Mrs. G.. W. Van Fleet OF
Peoria. Ill.,. and Mrs. Bernard NeWsk'
Of Chicago
j. r. Strope left Tuesday for Enid,
Okla, where he was called by the ILL
ness Of his son w. f. Strope who has
typhoid fever
Mrs. O. S. Alfrey returned Monday
from visit with Mrs. J. B. Stirling In
Wichita, Kans. and left Wednesday
for Valley junction where she was
called by the serious Illness Of her
nephew
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BRoMpToN.

Raula Lockman and family spent
Sunday at the P. N. Donahoo home.
Mrs. Amos Robinson, Flora Wales.
Misses Effie and Annie Vandorn were
shopping in Ottumwa Saturday.
Frank Hawk and wife visited over
Sunday with friends in Ottumwa.
Ben Coop and wife of Pleasant Hill
spent Saturday and Sunday at the
parental John Donahue home.
Levy Robinson and family visited on
Sunday at the Chas. Robinson home.
Chas. Selby and son Spencer were
in Blakesburg Saturday on business.
s. Bloomer and wife visited Friday
at the Par Donahue home.
Misses Annie and Effie Vandorn
and Mrs. Dora Wales spent Sunday at
the James yandorn home.
Mrs. Flora Wales and children re-
turned home Friday after an extended
visit with relatives near Moravia.
Irwin Smith and family spent Sun
day at. the Lee Long home.
Geneva Srnithburg spent Sunday
with Mabel Thompson
Ronald Robinson spent Sunday with
Oral and Wilbur Robinson.
Blanche Thompson spent Sunday
with home folks
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Nav Meet At keokuk In 1913.

Keokuk, Oct. 2s.-The Upper Mis-
sissippi River Improvement associa-
ton ended it's annual convention at
Alton yesterday after spirited con-
test for the next convention, in which
Burlington, Ia, the home of President
Thomas Wilkinson, won over Hanni
bal, Mo. AS Keokuk will demand the
convention in 1918, when the great
water power daw will be opened, Han.
nibal insisted upon recognition for
next year rather than to wait until
1914 The association reelected Wilkin-
son president, L. B. Boswell of Quincy,
ILL.,, secretary and J. P. Evkert Of Gut
tenberg, Ia, treasurer.
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RUSS ELL.

q. s. Robb and wife who attended
the Iowa synod Of the Presbyterian
church, returned home Friday.
Harry Keller OF Russell attended the
fall meeting Of the Editors association
at Clarinda Thursday and Friday.
Rev P. A. Tinkham and wife who
have been attending the Iowa synod
Of the Presbyterian church returned
home Friday morning.
James Souders died at his home on
Friday evening Oct. 20. The funeral
services were held in the Methodist
church Monday morning at 10 O'Clock.
Mrs. Clinton johnson of Charlton
has been visiting at the home of her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Threlk-
cid.
n. C. Davis held bis closing outsale
on Thursday. Mr.. Davis expects to
move to Oregon in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Hood of Creston
came Thursday for a visit at the
parental II. w. Elliott home.
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AGENCY.

The Ladies Of the NJ. f. church gave
a reception to Mrs. Ed Woodford who
Is going to move to Oskaloosa next
week. The reception was given at the
residence of Mrs. W. F. Foster Thurs
day from to 4 p. m.
Mrs. j. B. Hill is i'll at the residence
of her son Geo. Lang six miles north Of
town.
Mrs. John Dwire is I'LL
John Giltner who has been iii for
some time is getting better.
w. B. HELEN is remodeling his prop
erty that he purchased and will occupy
it as residence in the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Reynolds who
have been visiting in Nebraska. Kan
sas and Missouri are expected home
this week
ing for Kansas for a visit with friends.
Wilbur Newell of Denver is here vis-
iting his father L. F. Newell.
A. J. Reynolds is Ill.
Mrs. z. R. Allen is visiting at Eldon.
The Maccabe orga nized lodge
here Wednesday night with the follow
ing officers:
Junior post commander-Dr. McEl-
derry.
Sir Knight commander Frank
Lieutenant commander-Chas. Meek
er.
Record and finance keeper. B.
Reynolds.
Chaplin-C M. Cory.
Physician-Dr. McEldery.
Sergeant-Harry Nordgren.
Master at arms-E. L. Ray.
First master of guard-Watson Eny-
art
Second master of guards-W. H.
Rodihaugh.
Sentinel-Wm. Heller.
Picket-Homer Reynolds.
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GrinneII to Get Money.

New York. Oct unconditional ap'
preparations aggregating s6S5.ooO were
granted to six colleges and uniyer'
stiles by the board OF trustees OF tne
John D. Rockefeller fund for educa-
ton the general education board
Yesterday. Applications from twenty
four institutions were presented.
From this list the board selected
Six among which is distributed con
ditionally the available fund as fol'
lows:
10 Bucknell university, Lewisburg,
Pa, $4,000 towards $4,000; to Earl r.
ham college, Richmond, Ind, $4,000
towards 100000; to Furman univer-
sity Greenville, S. c., $4,000 towards
SLOT, 900; to Grinnell college, Grinnell,
Ia, 100000 towards $5oo'ooo; 70
smith college, Northampton, Mass,
s2oo, 900 towards 100000: to South
ern Methodist university, DallaI, Tex,
1920 900 towards 100000.
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slGoURNEY.

Miss Pearl Osborn who spent the
past summer in the city with her sis
ter, Mrs. j. G.. Jackson left here Tues
day for her home in Los Angeles. Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa White returned
Tuesday from Moravia where they Wis
tied the latter's father and brother.
Mr.. and Mrs. W.. II. Needham were
passengers for Des Moines Tuesday
morning, where they will visit with
relatives.
Miss Annahelle Needham was pas
senger for Centerville where she will
visit her sister, Mrs. J. M. Beck.
Gus Kracht and Dick Strohman left
here Monday evening for Battle
Greek, Mich.
Isaac Green from What Cheer was
in Sigourney Wednesday looking az
ter business matters.
Rev. Father NJ J.. Peiffer from Buff
falo, was a Sigourney business caller
Tuesday of this week.
Miss Aennlia Bower from Harper
was Sigourney business caller Tues
day
DR.. Milo Fear and family arrived
here the first part of the week to
make their future home. The doctor
bought the office furniture and fixtures
from DR.. L. HI Hinkley who 10 now
the postmaster, and will occupy the
Office formerly occupied by DR.. Htnk-
ley. ".
George S. James met with . serious
accident Monday. Mr.. James acci-
dentally fell while doing some work
about the premises and Ia falling he
broke his knee cap which will leave
him in crippled condition for some
weeks. He is confined to his bed and
no doubt will be for several weeks.
Wade Kirkpatrick of Hedrick wss 2
Sigourney business caller Monday
and Tuesday. sl5s
Dan Hamilton returned from Maren-
70 Tuesday where he had been 1T
tending district court.
Rev. Charles N. Pace from Knox
vile, who was former pastor Of the
M. E. church here, arrived In 6igour-.
ney Monday evening, Tor short stay
with friends. sss-
Clerk Of the district court John r.
Garrett returned Monday evening
from Gregory. s. D., where be regis
tered for the drawing OF the Rosebud
Indian land reservation. Il.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Messenger were
loading their household goods at the
Milwaukee station Tuesday Afternoon
and they expect to leave for North
English Wednesday or Thursday
where they will make their future
home. The Messengers recently sold
their home to James McClenahan from
the north part OF the county.
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RIcHlAND.
The tomato, canning plant at
"a hos closed for the season.

| The tomato canning plant at this
place has closed for the season.
Mrs. R. H. Payne accompanied her
mother to Seaton, ILL.,, Friday after
noon.
| John Kent went to Kirksville Satur-
| day to remain over Sunday with
friends
Mrs. Belle Seaton who attended the
Rebekah assembly last week at Coun-
I Gil Bluffs as a delegate arrived, home
Sunday.
| Mrs. George Dovenspike of Ruthven
who spent couple Of weeks with rel-
atiyes. went to Libertyville to visit a
daughter.
Frank Duke Of Ldcerne Mo-. visited
! here last week with relatives.
! Mrs. NJ. Vail and son V. P. Vail OF
Pasadena. Calf, are guests of Mr.. and
/ Mrs. D. G. Olive.
Mr.. and Mrs Mershon of Lincoln
! Nebr.. are enjoying visit at the par
iental A. c. Brady home.
Joe Bowman has returned from a
visit with his sons in Missouri.
Mrs. F. J. Fearis went to Peoria. Ill.,
| Friday to visit her sister. From there
she will go to Chicago to spend few
weeks with her husbands mother Mrs
Rebekah Fearis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hendron who
have been assisting their son in the
hotel have returned to their home IN
| Stanford, III.
| c. w. Goodrich who was called to
| Almena, Kans., to attend the last ILL
ness and death of his sister Mrs. Viola
| Dixson, has returned home.
Leo Bridger of st. Paul has returned
home after pleasant visit with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Bridger.
Ralph Stone who was once citizen
! of this place was here last week from
Mt. Ayr visiting relatives.
/ Ed Haworth Of Baker. Mimi, is visit
| ing his parents.
| Mrs. Kate Bergh has returned from
| Winterset on account of poor health
She was clerking in department
store.
Mrs. S. E. Carmichael spent last
week in Council Bluffs attending the
state assembly of Rebekahs.
/ r. F. McCarty who went to Council
Bluffs as representative from Kos
suth lodge No. 80 l. O. 0. F. came home
Saturday.
Saturday and Sunday the first quar-
| terly meeting of the new conference
occurred at the NJ. e. church. The new
| ly elected district president was pres
ent and delivered some fine sermons.
| The Royal Neighbors organization
| met Saturday afternoon at the Ed
Swank home.
! Frank Pugh and mother who visited
| friends at Pleasant Plain have return
! ed home.
The pastor of the Friends church,
conducted children's meeting at the
Friends church at Woolson recently.
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REUNITED AFTER
TWENTY YEARS
NEVADA WOMAN FINDS FATHER
At SAN SIMON, ARlz.-
SEARCH LONG ONE. #

Nevada, Oct. 2S.-Reunited after
twenty years, Mrs. Florence King Mel
son and her father, Capt. j. o. Field
ing of the Mexican revolutionary war,
met each other recently at San Simon,
Ariz. a
Mrs. Nelson Is the adopted daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. "A. King of this
city and the story is full OF romance.
a little more than two years ago Mr..
King learned that Mrs. Nelson's own
father had made an effort to md ms
daughter, had expended considerable
money and much time in the search
and had offered large rewards for her
discovery. Being so informed, MI.
King believed 1t to be his duty to find
the father, if possible, that the latter
hight have the satisfaction OF seeing
his daughter again, and he then deter
mined to continue the quest until the
father should be found or proven not
to be alive.
The search was long and tedious
one and without result for many
months. Alter advertising in Iowa and
Colorado newspapers and going to
places where Mrs. Nelson's relatives
were supposed to have lived. he fin
ally discovered the whereabouts Of
some OF her relatives ana learned they
We're residing in Colorado and Cali
fornia. In April of this year she
went to Denver, where All aunt, an
uncle and some other relatives reside.
Later she went to Grand Junction.
Colo. to visit another aunt, and while
there her fathers residence was learn
ed.
Twenty years ago, placed in a small
pox detention camp in Colorado j. =.
Fielding recovered slowly from the
dread disease to learn that his wife
had gone, taking with her the only
child, little girl Of three years. The
only information he was able to OBJ
tain was that the child had been plac-
ed in an orphan home in the state OF
Iowa, and then taken from the home
and adopted into good family in the
state.
The father, broken in health and
fortune, wendell his way to Mexico
with hone that he might forget and
he forgotten. tAimlessly he wandered
from camp to camp in the mining dis
tricts earning q few dollars and de-
parting unannouEced as he has come.
Years rolled by and he settled down
to steady work, first at mining and
then at railroadfng, continuing the lat
ter till the revolution came on. The
discussion of the case of an oppressed
people was the breeze that famed in
to fame the spark of American free
dom in his breast till the Mexican
cause became his own and he raised
q company of Americans and joined
Madero How the American conting-
ent OF Madero's army under Captain
Fielding, impatient and without or
ders from superior officers, opened
the attack that led to the capture OF
the city of Jaurez, which resulted in
the withdrawal CT President Diaz and
the triumph Of the cause of the revolu-
tionists are matters of history.
Mrs. Nelson and her seven months
old daughter, Katheryn, took the first
train for San Simon as socn as Capt.
Fielding's address was learned.
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THIRTY POTATOES
MAKE A BUSHEL

Nashua. Oct. 2S.-An item has been
going the rounds in the state press OF
q Webster City man who brought IN
thirty-three potatoes that weighed just
sivtv nonnds-an even bushel. Nash.
ua can produce better story tnAn
that p. J. Bond, who lives In this
city but still works farm, prought 70
the local newspaper office TINS Weeh
thirty potatoes that weighed just Sixty.
one pounds, one pound more than
bushel, or an average OF better .nan
two pounds each. From patch OF
less than half an acre Mr.. Bond had
a Weld of over 175 bushels OF tupers.
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PAYNE Farm Brings Big Price.

Mt. Pleasant. Oct. 2s.-Sixty-seven
and half acres of Henry county land
sold for 1925 an acre this week. The
tract was the E. M. Payne farm and
was sold to DR.. J. P. Hunt Of Mt. Pleas
ant. The Perrine farm OF 100 acres
two and half miles west OF the city
was sold to Ray Phillpott Of New Lon
don for 1928 an acre. The same man
purchased the Green eighty acres
three miles northeast of Yarmouth for
$145 an acre.
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Fort Madison To Be Shrine Mecca.

Fl Madison, Oct. 3d.. Friday,
November "a, is to be red letter day
in Fort Madison for members of
Kaaba temple, Ancient Arabic Order
Mobiles Mystic Shrine-likewise so for
class of novitiates who wilie1n that
day be introduced into che mysteries
Of that super-mysterious order. The
class is expected to be composed prin-
cipally of Fort Madison men, though
many will be from Keokuk, Burling-
ton, Ottumwa, Fairfield, Mt. Pleasant
and other places in southeastern Iowa.
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low. peer Ruin Farmers, Field.

iowa Deer KUHN FaFmeFs' FIeIds.
Cedar Rapids, Oct. 28.-State Fish
and Game Warden George A. Lincoln
Of this city has returned from Avoca,
where he went in responst to COM
plaint from a number Of farmers, who
claim the wild deed which infest the
country around about Avoca are ruin
ing their fields.
The farmers cannot shoot the deer
because of the state laws and since
the fields and other haunts are bar
rem Of feeding spots, the deer have
descended in large numbers on the
alfalfa and corn fields.
Mr.. Lincoln will attempt to round
up the deer and then will send them
TO parks in Iowa, which have made
requisition for animals.