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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
STEEL HEARING \.
RESUMED TODAY
STANLEY COMMITTEE BEGINS
SESSIONS THAT WILL LAST
f@ At LEAST A MONTH. H.

Washington, Nov. 2O.-Resuming
hearings of the affairs of the United
States steel corporation today, the
house special committee of inquiry
began at least another month OF in.
vestigation. Representative Stanley,
chairman of the committee, declared
that the work already outlined would
not be concluded until the Christmas
holidays at the earliest. ...,e
The line Of inquiry taken UP at this
time, the alleged transportation facil.
tiles of the steel trust. were more
lightly touched on In the inqiry last
summer, which had its climax In the
testimony Of former President Roose.
Welt. who then defended his action in
approving the1asorntion of. the Ten
nessee Coal & Iron CO., by the Steel
corporation in much the same manner
he did more recently editorially
Members Of the committee le: it be
known that shippers and independent
ore owners will be called to testify
that the charge of eighty cents a ton
made until recently for shipping ore
from the Minnesota ore region TO the
lake over the steel trust railroads was
q hardship.
* This rate has now been reduced by
the steel corporation officials IN con.
troll of the Duluth & Iron Range, and
Duluth, Mesaba and Northern rail-
roads to sixty cents q ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
BONAPARTE'S WIDOW
DEAD AT WASHINGTON
Late Husband Was Grandson Of First
Napoleon's Brother; Descendant
Il Of Daniel Webster. e

Il. Washington, D., c., Nov. 20.-Mme.
Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, widow OF
q grandson of Jerome Bonaparte,
brother of the first Napoleon, and
granddaughter Of Daniel Webster,
died at her home here Sunday after a
long illness, Nine. Bonaparte was
first striken at her summer home In
Bar Harbor, Maine, and was brought
to this city in September, since which
time she had gradually failed.
She was u years old and was born
in Boston, her maiden name being
Caroline Leroy Appleton. Nine. Bon
aparte's mother was a daughter OF
Daniel Webster. She was married
first to Newbold Edgar of New York
and after his death became the wife
Of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte OF
Baltimore. H.
{ She is survived by five children,
Newbold Leroy Edgar Of New York,
Commander Webster A. Edgar of the
United States navy, Sister Mary de
Sales Edgar of the Convent Of the
Visitation, Baltimore; Jerome Ma
poleon Bonaparte and the Countess
Won Moltke-Huitfeldt Of Denmark.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
SASH PULLEY
BUSINESS TO
LEAVE CITY
Johnston & Sharpe Manu-
featuring Co. Dispose of
Part of Their Plant to
Michigan Men.

The sash pulley business of the
Johnston & Sharpe Manufacturing Co.
will this week become the property
OF some Grand Rapids, Mich, parties,
who thirty days ago secured an option
on this feature Of the manufactu
OF the local company. Two representa-
tives OF the new owners are here to-
day, and early this week an invoice OF
the business will be made, and the
deal completed. The consideration
will depend somewhat on the invoice,
and it is known that the purchase
price was perfectly satisfactory to all
concerned. The purchasers are men
interested in the largest sash pulley
factory in the world. The sale covers
only the sash pulley part of the john
ston & Sharpe Co., not interrupting
the making of the various other pro-
ducts Of the concern. 1t is the hope
of the sellers that the new owners
will continue the manufacture OF pull
leys in Ottumwa until next spring, in
order that the eighty men employed
in this department of the plant Will
not be deprived Of work at this time.
The new purchasers will take over all
the patents covering sash pulleys and
all the machinery and materials now
used In making the product. The
sale does not include the power plant
Of the factory nor any Of the build
ings. The sash pulleys are patents OF
Allen Johnston of the firm, and they
have been manufactured here for
period OF nearly ten years.
The Johnston & Sharpe Co., will
continue the manufacture of show
case sheaves, ball bearing washers,
It's general line Of hollow balls and
steel marbles and other products In
view that they hope In time will fill
the place Of the sash pulley business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
J.J. HILLS NEPHEW
DEAD AT BURLINGTON
Wiifred n. Hill, Assistant to President
Miller Of the "a" 10 Victim
Of Pneumonia.

Burlington, Nov. 20.-Wilfred H.
HILL aged AZ, nephew Of j. ]. Hill,
chairman of the board Of directors Of
the Northern Pacific, and assistant to
President Darius Miller OF the Bur
lington route, succumbed to an attack
of pneumonia at Mercy hospital in
this city at 10 o'clock last night. Mr..
Hill came originally from st. Paul to
Burlington where he served for sever
al years as general agent Of the Iowa
district. He was later promoted to
assistant general manager freight
agent Of the system with headquarters
in Kansas City. His promotion to the
position OF assistant to President Mil
Ter came within the last two weeks.
A week ago Saturday he was taken
sick in Chicago and insisted on being
brought to Burlington for treatment.
He was unmarried.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
NO WITNESSES
IN COURT ROOM
At HYDE TRIAL
Rule Announced by Court
Over Protest of Defend
ants Counsel; Opening
Arguments Made Today.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov. 20.-By a
rule sought by the state all witnesses
but the defendant in the DR.. B. Clyde
Hyde murder case, were excused from
the court room today. Thus for the
first time since DR.. Hyde was brought
to trial, he faced his accusers alone.
The seat beside him usually occupied
by his wife was vacant.
Shortly before Senator James A.
Reed began the opening statement for
the prosecution, Prosecutor Conkling
asked for the ruling regarding wit
nesses. It was opposed bitterly by at
torneys for the defendant. At length
the Jury was removed from the room
and Prosecutor Conkling put his re-
quest in the shape Of formal motion.
The judges ruling was favorable to
the state. All witnesses were asked TO
come forward. .-..-. cs... e. .s.E p
The only witnesses present were
members Of the Swope and Hyde fam
ilies The state witnesses in the court
room were Mrs. Logan o. Swope and
her three children, Thos. H. Swope,
Jr., Mrs. Lucy Lee Byrne and Mar
garet Swope. Dr. Hyde and Mrs. Hyde
were the only witnesses for the de-
fense. All the witnesses were sworn.
They left the, court room by different
exits.
DR.. Hyde escorted his wife to the
door of the clerks office, where he
kissed her goodbye. Judge Porterfield
said today that Mrs. Hyde would not
be permitted to return to the court
room until after she had testified and
that it was possible the rule night be
made broader so as to exclude her on
the final arguments. This, he said,
would depend solely upon whether the
defense intended to call her to the
stand more than once.
Immediately after the witnesses de-
parted Senator Reed began his open.
Ing statement. The court room was
filled with spectators.
Attorneys for the prosecution today
denied the rumor that testimony re.
garding syanide would not be used in
the trial. -. .s1 -
County Prosecutor Conkling said at
the opening Of court today that he be,
lieved the state would not require
more than two hours to outline Its
case. The state will contend that DR..
Hyde caused the death Of Col. Swope
by administering strychnine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
O'CONNOR IN RACE
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
New Hampton Democrat Is Candidate; !;
His Name IL Linked With That
Of Woodrow Wilson. s ?

Sioux City, Nov. 20.-With the an.
nouncement of Frank A. O'Connor OF
New Hampton that he will run for the
democratic nomination for governor
has developed the prospect that Gov.
Woodrow Wilson's chances for win
ming this state are linked with O'Con.
nor's fate.
Mr. O'Connor has been prominent in
the organization of Woodrow Wilson
clubs throughout the state, and his
own principal hackers are Woodrow
Wilson men. He came into brief ma.
tional prominence recently when, upon
receiving the unanimous Endorsement
of the democratic caucus for United
States senator to succeed the late
Jonathan P. Dolliver, he wired his
views on Wilson's candidacy to New
York.
The Wilson organization head
quarters in New York had issued a
call for expression from prominent
men and O'Connor's answer was one
Of the heartiest pledges of support.
The Iowa men eulogized Gov. Wilson
for his mastery college text book on
politics and for his capable activity
in the application of that science in
public life. E-r
The latest candidate for nomination
on the democratic ticket for governor
adds in his announcement that he will
actively take the stump in his own be.
half. It is presumed from this that
Mr.. O'Connor will carry out an Incl.
dentally hard campaign for Gov. Wood.
row Wilson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
PACKERS CASE
UP WEDNESDAY
JUDGE CARPENTER GRANTS POST
PoNMENT FOLLOWING KOHL.
~ sAAT's ACTION. rf. 4

! Chicago. Nov. 20.-Judge Geo. A.
CARPENTER of the United States district
court today postponed until Wednesday
morning the trial of J. Ogden Armour
and nine other packers charged with
violating the criminal provisions OF the
Sherman antitrust act.
The postponement was in cogni-
zance Of the action Of Judge G. G.
Kohlsaat of the United States circuit
court, who after quashing the writ Of
habeas corpus previously granted the
packers, withheld the entry OF the
order until Wednesday. 1885
j. Ogden Armour, the only defend
ant not directly concerned in the ha-
beas corpus proceedings might have
been placed on trial, but Judge. Car
penter announced that he was not dis.
posed to try his case separately. Dis
tract Attorney Wilkerson asked for
q stipulation that when the order Is
entered by Judge Kohlsaat Wednesday
morning the defendants must give bail
in the district court. Attorneys for the
packers made no objections. Counsel
for the packers refused to intimate
what their next move would be.
Should separate trials be granted, 1t
is said. it will have the same effect as
the appeal to the supreme court as
far as delay Is concerned. If one pack
er is placed on trial, it was explained
the counsel may take advantage Of the
time to take action In the supreme
court. .5t.-
After the court proceedings termin-
ated, the roll Of $50 veniremep was
called and the court listened to excuses
and pleas for non-service.
No Stay Secured In High Court.
Washington, D. c., Nov. 2O.-The su.
preme court of the United States to-.
day adjourned until Monday, Dec. 4,
without attorneys for the indicted
packers in Chicago making any at
tempt before the tribunal to stay the
packers trial on charges of criminal
Of the Sherman antitrust
law. ~. t%
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
HARvESTERC0.
WILL RESIST
$4,000 FINE
Company Petitioning for
Rehearing Of Missouri
Case Quotes Roosevelt's
Declaration in Defense.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Nov. 2O.-Quot-
ing Col. Roosevelt's recent declaration
for square DEAF for both the cor
porations and the public, the Interna-
tional Harvester Co.. today filed in
the supreme court Of Missouri a mo-
ton for a rehearing in the recent
case in which it was conditionally
ousted from the state and fined $780,
900 on charges of violating the state
antitrust law.
The gist of the motion is that the
harvester company ought not to be
punished for the mere possession OF
power, and it announced Its 'inten-
tion of vigorously resisting the fine."
The brief quotes this language from
the courts opinion, by Chief Justice
Valiant: ,<
ION the whole, the evidence shows
that the International Harvester Co.,
has not used its power to oppress or
injure the farmer" who are it's GUS
toner's" ,,~ taEs
Claims Corporation 10 Beneficial.
Also from separate opinion OF
Judge Franklin Ferriss Of st. Louis,
as follows: &
I'm this case the court is required
by the statute to pronounce a judg-
ment of condemnation upon COM
bination which is proved by the facts
in this record to have been SO far
beneficial to the community that the
price of mowers and reapers has not
been raised in proportion to the in
creased cost of materials and labor,
and that otherwise incidental benefits
have accrued to the consumers and
furthermore, that independent manu-
facturers have not suffered by rea-
son of the combination" t.,... ..
Referring to the fine, the company
says it will oppose it, mot so much
because of its amount as because OF
the fact, as Is commended, that SO large
q fine will create the impression that
the company has been unfair or op.
pressive In its dealings, and therefore,
deserved 80 severe a punishment,
while the language Of the courts opin-
ion is to the contrary"
The Quotation From Roosevelt.
The brief quotes ex-President
Roosevelt as follows: Fs.
eve demand that big business must
give the people square deal; in re-
turn, we must insist that when any
one engaged in big business honestly
endeavors to do right, he shall, him
self, be given square deal.
1--WE need to formulate immediate
ly and definitely a policy which, in
dealing with big corporations that be-
have themselves and which contain no
menace save what Is necessarily p0-
tential in any corporation which Is Of
great size and very well managed,
shall aim, not at their destruction,
vision" %
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
PRESIDENT OF SAN
DOMINGO IS KILLED
Ramon caeeres Victim Of Assassins a.
s.. Result Of Political Plot; No
Uprising Follows.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 20.-Ramon
Caceres, president of San Domingo,
was assassinated by political malcon.
tents in Santo Domingo City yesterday
afternoon, according to reports to the
state department today. No uprising
has yet followed. Cablegrams convey
ing the news of the assassination, filed
last night, were delayed in transmits
sion. ""a -.
Lacking further information it is
presumed here that Caceres has fallen
a victim to one of the characteristic
Dominican plots. 1t is known that
Caceres' administration, which has
lasted fourteen years, an almost un.
precedented period in Dominican his
tory has very recently been disturbed
by several vell-defined revolutionary
plots. tr-' a.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
BLACK HAND MAN d.
SUFFERS FITS

..Solon, Nov. 20.-Josephr Dvorak,
who with Harley Miller was arrested
Saturday charged with having writ
ten "blackhand letters" to John L..
Adams, a wealthy farmer, had three
severe epileptic fits early today and
1t was thought for time ne would
die.
Both Dvorak and Miller deny that
they wrote "blackhand letters" to
Adams. Miller is the scion of a
prominent family, who several years
ago received a large inheritance from
his grandfather. 5s
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
KILLS HIS WIFE AND
COMMITS SUICIDE

Nevada, Mo-, Nov. 2O.-While his
five children, the eldest aged II years,
lay asleep in an adjoining room, o, C.
Ellison, a wealthy farmer. early today
shot and killed his wife, then shot him.
self to death in his home near this
city. The couple quarreled yesterday,
it is said.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
Methodist Church
Depotes Money To
Foreign Missions

"a Denver, Nov. 20.-The gen.
eral committee Of foreign mis-
sions of the Methodist Episco-
pal church devoted it's time to-
day to the distribution of the
various amounts which We're
decided on last Saturday as be-
ing available for use in the
general division of the mission
fields. "A /.
Eastern Asia, including
China, Japan and Korea, was
given q lump sum of $267 1887;
Southern Asia, including India,
Malaysia and the Philippine
Islands, $233,561; Africa, $45,-
851; South America, $97,S35;
! Mexico, $58,672; Europe, in
cluding France, Italy, Germany,
Sweden, Norway, Denmark,
Switzerland, $154,744. These
figures may be subjected to
some variation before the COM
mittee adjourns, which it ex-
poets to do this evening. The
figures show a cut Of a little
more than 3 per cent over last
year, which is equally dis
tributed over all the fields.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
KANSAS WOMEN TO
FIGHT FOR BALLOT

Topeka, Kas., Nov. 20.-Mrs. Helen
Brewster Owen of Ithaca, N. Y, ar
rived here today to aid Kansas women
in their campaign for suffrage. After
addressing several meetings in this
city Mrs. Owens will 90 to Kingman,
Kas., and will spend several weeks
talking suffrage in the seventh Kansas
district, where an election for congress-
man to succeed E. H. Madison Is to
take place next January.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
SPEEDER tM'NAY
( KILLED in SOUTH

Savannah, Ga, Nov. 20.-One auto.
mobile driver WAS killed and another
seriously hurt this afternoonin asmash
up over the grand prize course here.
Joe Dawson, the Marmon driver was
hurt, and McNay, Case pilot, was
killed rr.I
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
lIOWAN KILLED IN
ELEVATOR FALL

Chicago, Nov. 2O.- ]. T. Nickel Of
Charlton, Iowa, was killed when an
elevator fell in the Chicago Veterinary
college building here today. Nickel,
who was student at the college, suf-
fered fractured skull. Three other
students were injured. The accident
resulted when a cable parted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
Three MurdererS Die In
Electric Chair At Sing Sing
Prison At Damn Today

ossinang NJ Y Nov 2Three death by
Sing dawn today They Petro Fa
Of Pough-
keepsie and Bert They chair in
that order
: twentythree minutes.
superseded galows in New York Twenty years
death hanging
expaed today schemerhorns attracted the
49, 1870 Sarah Brymer
Barnes Compton at Mbok found dead IN
which
Schemerhorn the family
arrested suspicion
andsu circumsanta evidence.
Bert William his halfbrother,
in The village May 21, 1870
Lvnes throat in Levines for the
robbery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
Dauqhter Of c. e. Perkins Weds.

Burlington, Nov. 2o-The marriage
Of Miss Mary r. Perkins, daughter Of
the late G. e. Perkins, president Of
the Burlington road, was solemnized
today to John G.. McIllvain, q rancher,
OF Manchester, Wyo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
MORGAN HAS FALL.
Financier StumbIes Over Pew cush.
lon While Passing Plate In Church.;
Not Injured.

NOI IUJVT 0U'
New York, Nov. 20.-J. Pierpont
Morgan tripped In church Sunday and.
falling to the floor, spilled the con.
tents of the collection plate, which
was piled high with money.
The banker was unfnjured.
Mr.. Morgan, who is senior warden
Of st. Georges Protestant Episcopal
church, was about to pass the plate
to Bishop Greer for the offertory bene-
diction when he stubbed his toe over
q misplaced pew cushion on the floor
just behind the chancel rail and fell
on his hands and knees. %,1
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
Bath Tub Case Jan. so.

batH I'D Ca8e Jan. 50. : y
Detroit, Mich, Nov 20.-The gov
ernment's criminal case against the
firms and individuals in the bath tub
trust will begin in the federal court
here January 80. it was announced to-
day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
Mrs. Samuel Work Dead

birmingham, Nov. 20.-Mrs. Samuel
Tx, pioneer, died suddenly at her
SIC here Sunday morning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21
Another SUGAR Reduction.

New York, Nov. 20.-All grades Of
refined sugar were reduced ten cents
a hundred pounds today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-11-21

Continued on Page 81
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-14
NEWS ABOUT CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS

;
Of course it is good thing for
all concerned, for Christmas
shoppers to do their shopping
early, but the sham sympathy of
the daily newspapers for the tired
salesgirls and other employees of
the big stores during the holiday
season is rank hypocrisy.
If these subsidized advertising
handbills had any real sympathy
for salesgirls they would show it
all the year around instead of just
before Christmas, when their ad-
vertising patrons want people to
shop early and often so the clerks
can keep busy for weeks selling
goods.
There are other days in the
year when employees are tired.
There isn't working: day in the
year, or a Sunday either, that
hundreds of girls are not mentally
tired out trying to figure out how
to live and maintain their self re-
spect in a big city on the beggarly
wages paid them by the big
stores.
And if the newspapers had real
sympathy, and showed it, every
clerk in every store in Chicago
would receive a living wage.
All the newspapers need do is
to publish the truth. An aroused
public conscience would do the
rest.
There's Victor F. Lawson, who
has been made a multi-millionaire
by the Chicago Daily News. 1t
was the working people of Chi
cago who gave him his millions.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-14

scribers?
Mighty little. His gratitude is
shown mostly to the advertisers.
Hearst climbed ito success in
Chicago on the willing back of
labor, only to kick labor in the
face when he got on top, and got
circulation that brought big adj
vertising rates.
The News and American, more
than all other Chicago dailies,
owe their success to the people;
yet they worship at the shrine of
the merchant princes who adver-
tise big, and grind up the souls
and bodies of men, women and
children in order to pile up colos-
sal fortunes.
If justice were really done, the
wages Marshal Field paid his
employees would be painted in red
letters ten feet high all over the
front of the Field Art Museum.
And if Lawson and Hearst had
any sense of gratitude they would
print on the first pages of their
respective papers these same
shameful figures every day until
every employee in big store or
mercantile establishment in Chi
cago received living wage.
The Chicago Vice Commission
investigated the connection be-
tween low wages in department
stores and the Social Evil, but
you can bet your last dollar that
part of the vice report wasn't
published in the newspapers that
carry page advertisements.
There is no such thing as free
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-03-09
ODD VOLUMES.
They Are Members of a Unique Dining
Club In London.

They Are Members of a Unique Dining
Club In London.
One Of the most unique dining clubs
in London is that known as the Settle
OF Odd Volumes, which was founded
in 1873 and meets once 4 month from
October 10 June. II consists of TWEEN
ty.one volumes, or members, that be
inc the number Of the volumes or the
Variorium Shakespeare published in
1921. There are also twenty-one sup
Elementary members, who succeed Ia
full membership as vacancies occur.
The twenty-one rules Of the club in
Glide the following:
Any Odd Volume losing his temper
anu failing 70 recover 1t shall be lined
BY the president the sum OF . shililnSs.
Discussions about anthropology. re
ligiou and politics shall be put down
hy the president.
ANY odd Volume giving Ia another
Odd Volume unasl;ed advice shall De
fined by the president,
No odd Volume shall talk unaskea
on any subject he understands.
No Odd Volumes speech snail ias'
LONGER than three minutes, II, hoWeS
er, the inspired Odd Volume has any
more to say he may proceed until his
7o;ca is drowned il the general ap
piause,
Volumes have 10 address each o1nsi
as Your Odd5nip "-ArEonauI,