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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23

The county convention of the NJ. W.
4. will be held in West Point April B.,
All. There are number. of camps in
7 Q county and a good attendance IS
r"ted. Mohawk camp 500 will have
CT "r.se OF the arrangements and active
preparations are now under way, 70
assure it success.
Mrs. .Theo. Cloud is in Donnellson
this week, called there by the illness
Of Il daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Weber of F't. Mad
ison visited the lattcr's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ". J. I<iener on Thurs
day. Mrs. w. J. Kicner and children re-
turned t their home in Fort Madison
after visit with relative; here. Miss
Appleton Geers accompanied her 20
her home.
D. Cal ten and daughter Miss Ona
attended the funeral services of =, J..
Voter 1T Fort Madison Wednesday,.
Miss Cecilia Vonderhaar left We'd
nesday for a visit with friends in Keo
kuk.
Mrs Richard sshadwel and Miss
Maggie Butkc recently spent the day
in TT. Madison.
Miss Josephine Baxter Of ST. Louis
is visiting at the T. j. BergthOld home.
Homer Hall has returned from a
visit with his brother, at Houston,
Texas.
Mrs. Crd Lee who recently under
went an operation at Iowa City was
able to return home Wednesday. "a
.Ictn Goodv returned from Argen-
tina S. A where he has been for sew
eral months on business.
Mrs. II. D. Wilson is in Quincy this
week. purchasing her spring stock OF
millinery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
RUSSELL.

Miss Estella Wood, a teacher in the
public schools of Des Moines spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Wood.
Clarence Slater who is ATTENDING
Parsons college at Fairfield returned
t. college Monday evening after a
short visit with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. O. Slater.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fern Jennings left on
Monday for Hartville Junction, Wyo,
where Mr.. Jennings has position.
Rev Johnston of Monroe, Iowa.
spoke at the Baptist church both
morning and evening.
Mrs w. T. Curtis spent the first part
of the week with her daughter Mrs. o
G. Werts of near Charlton.
Mrs. Harry Keller returned home on
Monday of last week from visit with
relatives at Runnells, Ia.
Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Plots returned
home Tuesday from Hampton Nebr
where they have been visiting his
brother G. E. Plots and family
Robert Dixon left Tuesday for Chi
cago with shipment of stock of his
own feeding.
The Presbyterian Aid society was
pleasantly entertained Wednesday,
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Albert
Werts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
WEST. POINT.

Geo. Billman Of West Point and Miss
Anna Schubert of Weaver were mar
ried at Fort Madison Wednesday FEB.
Is, 1911. The ceremony took place at
the Presbyterian manSe, Rev. H. A..
Gageby officiating. Roy Bi!ln1an 4
brother CT the groom and Miss Callie
Schubert sister Of the bride attend
cd them. The newly married couple ar
rived on the afternoon train and drove
to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Allison
Billman, where they will remain until
March I, when they viii. move to
Regent, n. D., where Mr.. Billman has
q farm and where they will make their
future home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
Announcement

Phoenix Trust company has secured
services of Mr.. Frank A. Hilliard to
take charge of it's local loan business.
Mr.. Hilliard is an experienced farm
loan man and will be pleased to have
those in need of farm loans commune.
icate with him..
The addition of Mr.. Hilliard to the
force of the Phoenix Trust company
will result in large increase in the
already large business of the company
in Wapello and adjoining counties.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
HOBSON PREDICTS
WAR WITH JAPAN
CONGRESSMAN URGES CONSTRUc-
TON OF FOUR WARSHIPS, IN
STEAD OF TWO. NOW.

Washington, Feb. 21.-During an i'm
passioned speech in the house in advo
cacy of an authorization of four bat
tleships instead of two, Representa-
tive Richmond Pearson Hobson pre-
dicted this country would be at wal
with Japan In ten months and that the
war would last six years, or perhaps 8
decade.
''The nations OF the world and oul
own flnanciers will be petitioning the
government to end what will prove fol
us at first disastrous conflict, but
we will fight on after humiliation until
we conquer" said Hobson
do you think Japan could finance
a war with the United States?" asked
Gaines of West Virginia.
Japan Is the only country clever
enough to finance a war before be-
ginning it, answered Hobson. "She
has gone broke preparing for her
war with this country. 1t is time our
people should take notice of the trend
of events in the Pacific.
Japan Preparing for War.
Ever since we took possession Of
Hawaii, and the Philippines and re-
fused to permit Japan to enter with
us, and because of our treatment of
the Japanese. that country has been
preparing for war with us. Their
people in this country and in our pos
sessions are helping to prepare. We
have every proof of this"
Then Captain Hobson told of the
difficulties confronting this country in
conflict with Japan. The Panama
canal will not have been built and
Japan, after taking the Philippines
Guam and Hawaii, could occupy
Panama to prevent completion of the
canal
eve could not send our fleet around
the horn" said Captain Hobson, land
have the ships in shape to fight the
Japanese fleet fresh from its base at
Hawaii.
"a great battle would be fought on
country could complete the canal.
Then the battleships could be sent
for naval fight with the
Japanese. If defeated or badly dis
abled In that fight this country would
have to wait until it could rebuild it's
fleet before resuming the conflict
. Loses for United States Predicted.
"If successful. the japanese would
have to be driven from their base at
Hawaii. which would be fortified as
strongly as Gibraltar"
Under the most favorable. .circum-
stances, argued Captain Hobson, it
would be six years before this country
could drive the Japanese off this con-
tinent Off the Pacific and cOnfine
them to their own islands. Then the
war would be only fairly ytarted, ue-
cause this country would have an op-
portunity for the first time for striking
effectively at Japan's own territory.
Captain Hobson predicted great loss
to this country in treasure and life,
because of unpreparedness for the
coming conflict, and urged immediate
authorization for four battleships, with
necessary transports and GOLFERS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
LiBER1YViLLE.

Miss Bella Boyd visited last week
with friends in Fairfield. r.
Mr.. Shenick of Pennsylvania is a
guest at the r. o. Shenick home.
Mrs. Charles Webb is Ill at her
home with the grip.
Mrs. Hanev of Floris is here with
her sister, Mrs. c. l.. Green.
Mrs. Emma Lewis OF South Dakota
is visiting relative here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Green are the
parents Of baby girl born on Feb. 8.
C. Y. Smith OF Ottumwa spent Sun
day in Libertyville.
Mrs. C. l.. Green who has been so
seriously ill is improving slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver of Missouri,
have moved into the Crawford prop
erty. Mr.. oliver is the new operator
for the c. r. |. 10. P.
Leaper Yeager and son, who have
been visiting relatives and friends for
the last two weeks left Wednesday for
their home in Montana.
Mrs Willie Tullis and son spent last
Saturday visiting relatives in Batavia
Mrs. Thompkins and son returned
to their home last week in Bloomfield.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fulton spent last
week visiting in Nebraska.
Word has been received here of the
birth of daughter to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Coleman at Richland. Mrs. Cole
man will be remembered here as Miss
Lulu Riggs. .n'..a
The Epworth league gave Valen-
tine social at the M. E. parsonage
Tuesday evening. Light refreshments
were served and all report fine time.
Mrs. George Raines, who has been
III at the home of her brother, Will
Lewis for several weeks has returned
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
TEXAN SATIRIzES
COP. IN HOUSE
REPRESENTATIVE SHEPPARD IN
DEMOCRATIC SPEECH ALSO
cRITIcIsES r. r.

Washington, d. c., Feb. 21.-Rep
resentative Sheppard of Texas "let
himself out" in the house late yester.
day afternoon and incidentally expelled
from his system an oldt1me demo
cratic speech that kept the members
OF both parties in roar. The speech
was delivered while the naval appro-
priation bill was under consideration.
His greatest hit was the coming of
a new appellation for Col. Roosevelt,
whom he termed human seidlitz
powder He described his remarks
a congratulatton to the triumphant
democracy and a message of condo
lence to the republicans.
Mr.. Sheppard declared the republi-
can party was never SO arrogant, so
insolent. as at the close of the cam.
paign of 1908.
Party Now Incoherent Wreckage.
Today he continued, "a little more
than two years later, the republican
party is mass of incoherent wreck.
age. Unity of action and harmony of
belief have been supplanted by uproar
and dissension. 1t has divided into
two warning groups. insurgents and
marked by mutual
hatred that battles measurement.
ITO an insurgent standpatter Is a
veritable prince of darkness, votary
Of oppression, tyrant with heart Of
flint, with hand of iron, and lip of
brass; while the most complimentary
thing standpatter can say of an in
surgent is that he should be shot as
a traitor, burned at the stake, burned
in oil--all three at once.
THE Only conclusion that the Ameri-
can people may deduce from the whole
imbrogIio is that long acquaintance
and intimate association qualify each
of the republican party to des-
cribe the other with entire accuracy
and authority
Colonel "Human Seidlitz Powder"
Even Roosevelt, the human seid-
litz powder who for seven years held
his party in an undivided and resist
less mass, who whole president evaded
the revision Of the tariff with q skill
that made him the noblest standpatter
Of them all, ceased to hunt wild beasts
in Africt to hunt standpatters in the
United States"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
NEW MINISTER At cENTERViLLE

Pastor Chantley breaches His First
Sermons Sunday at the Christian
Church.
CeDterville, Feb. 21.--Rev. NJ. E..
Chatley who is to be the new pastor
Of the Central Church Of Christ, has ar
rived in the city from Bowling Green,
KY, and Sunday occupied the pulpit
for the first time. Mrs. Chatley is Wis
iting in the east. but will arrive some
time within the next few weeks, after
arrangements have been made for
their residence
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
PEOPLES PULPIT

The Courier will publish in
this column articles contributed
by ito readers. The communion
lions should BE- typswritten, Or
In plain hand on one side Of the
paper, and signed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23
PLANT WILL BE WRECKED.
M. v. Company Now Owned by Iowa
Telephone Co., Dangerous; Poles
and Wires 70 he Eenoued


Fl. Madison, Feb. 21.-For some time
many OF the poles and wires of the Mis-.
sissippi Valley Telephone Co. in Fort
Madison and vicinity have been in ex-
tremely bad and more or less danger
Gus condition. From a letter received
by Mayor Johns from an official of the
Iowa Telephone Co., it is learned that
the latter company has bought up the
former and promises to wreck the
plant.
The Iowa company's idea Of taking
down the mixed up and broken wires
and old and leaning poles of the NJ. ".
company in Fort Madison and, it is to
be hoped. on several highways leading
out of the city. will be generally in
dorsed by the people. 1t is move nee
essary to safety and comfort.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-02-23

to her home in Goodland. Kas.
Will Fulton spent few days last
week in Ottumwa.
E. r. Bennett visited Sunday at
Pleasant Plain. ->
Saturday evening forty young peo-
pie were very pleasantly entertained
at the home Of I. NJ. Bowers. Ice
cream and cake were served and a
very enjoyable time was had.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14
SECRETARY FISHER CALLS alaska
THE SWITZERLAND Of AMERICA

ence that he was glad the secretary Of
the interior was present because he
liked the way he talked This portion
of the senator's speech was omitted
from some of the press reports, as it
would have spoiled the story of the
senator's resentment of my remarks.
Personally, was as much pleased
with the senator's remarks about con-
ceding honest differences of opinion as
he said he was with mine about pro-
gressives. A little mutual recognition
OF the honesty of some such differ
ences may bring all real progressives
together in the middle of the road"
"switzerland of America"
What of Alaskan" Mr.. Fisher was
asked.
1T is the Switzerland of America,
with attractions for tourists, hunters
and sportsmen which are undreamed
Of" he declared. Alaska, however,
was only small portion of my trip,
only 1000 out of the 10000 miles. Its
agriculture, mineral and similar re.
sources are immense and undevel-
oped. 1t will be a great farming coun-
try surprising as that may seem to
most people. 1t is by no means arc
tic. In the summer it has eighteen
hours a day of warm sunshine. The
10 hD
son is short and we must experiment
in finding something which will be
productive, as Siberian wheat
Other portions of it are overestl-
mated, as the Boring coal fields, which
lie nearest to Controller Bay, over
which there has been so much discus
sion. They are not nearly as valuable
as claimed"
BeittIes Marrow Escape"
you had a narrow escape there?"
was suggested.
That was another clover news
paper story" he replied. There was
a storm and we couldn't get out in
the launch and had to send some Of
the men around another way to Ka-
ITALIA. But didn't even get wet
THAT was the only unpleasant half
day while I was in Alaska. Such a
record of good weather will become
historical. The usual experience is
one good day instead of one bad one.
Mr.. Fisher said that almost all Of
his time on the trip was taken up in
Indian reservations and
reclamation projects. At Yellow
stone Park he attended the first con-
vention ever held of men in charge of
the government parks.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14
Melville {. STONE DON'T
WRITE THAT STORY AFTER ALL

Some months ago the Star published
an article by Melville f. Stone on
Race Prejudice" from the National
Geographic Magazine. The article
made a commotion in Japan, with re-
suits as follows:
New York World: The controversy
between Melville E. Stone, general
manager of the Associated Press, and
the foreign residents of Japan, repre-
scented by the Yokohama Board of
Trade, the American Peace Society Of
Yokohama and the American Asiatic
Society of Japan, over an article en-
titled Race Prejudice in the Far
East" printed in the December num-
Der of the National Geographical
Magazine, to which the name of
Melville e. Stone was attached, is
still unsettled, and the English news
papers in Japan are discussing the
matter again in their editorial col
umns, as the reply Mr.. Stone made 20
the President of the American Peace
Society of Yokohama and Hon. Secre-
tary of the American Asiatic Society
of Japan failed to satisfy the Ameri-
can and other foreign residents in
Japan.
Peace Societys Protest
On April 4, at the meeting of the
Yokohama Board of Trade, V. R. Bow
den made a lengthy speech on this
article of Stones and he dealt with
his inaccuracies. The following RESP
luton was passed unanimously:
81. That we, the members of the
Yokohama Foreign Board of Trade,
representing all foreign nationalities
interested in the foreign trade of the
Japanese Empire, residing in Yoko-
hama, desire to place upon record our
dissent from and emphatic protest
against the misstatements contained
in an article which appeared in the
National Geographical Magazine of
December, 1910, under the name of
Mr.. Melville E. Stone.
20. That a copy of this resolution
be forwarded to Mr.. Stone and to the
National Geographical Society, Wash
ington, the publishers of the National
Geographical Magazine, and to all the
newspapers and magazines known to
have copied the article"
The executive committee of the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14

American Peace Society of Japan also
had a resolution on this matter on
March 8, and d. H. Blake, president
of the society," wrote a letter to Mr..
Stone quoting various misstatements
and inaccuracies. The letter says in
part:
Your remarks with reference to the
integrity of the Asiatic, while difficult
of refutation on account of insufficient
detail on your part still appear 4
gratuitous insult to foreigners in this
and other Asiatic countries, and the
same remarks will apply equally to
your statement regarding Oriental pc.
likeness.
you next touch on the observance
of the law, and mere again you are
wide of the mark, SO far as Japan is
concerned. 1t is true that, generally
speaking, the Japanese are a law-abid-
ing people, but when you say that
there are cities of from 1000 to /,
100000 inhabitants where there is
scarcely the semblance of police con-
troll and where crime is hardly known,
you are speaking without proper
knowledge of the facts. One has only
to read the daily newspapers in Japan
to find record of some of the most
revolving murders perpetrated any
where in the world, and as far as pet
ty crimes are concerned, Japan will
probably rank well up with any Occi-
dental country.
"As regards bribery and corruption,
both in official and mercantile circles,
it is quite as prevalent in Japan as in
any other country. AS an instance in
point, it may be mentioned that only
a few months ago the daily papers re-
corded that certain of the junior Of
ficials in the Shimbashi Railway Sta
ton were allowing a gang of profess
sional pickpockets to ply their trade
in the principal railway stations in
the country in return for brides which
they were receiving.
"The most remarkable part of your
article, and at the same time the most
incomprehensible, is the story you had
from "A Harvard Graduate who is
now a Minister of the Japanese
Crown 1t is difficult to find any ade-
Continued on page siXteeE.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14
ARMY AND NAVY

Island, Chesapeake bay, which is ex.
pected to demonstrate the relative eff
ficiency of the Whitehead torpedo,
now used in every navy, and of the
newly designed torpedo gun which is
the idea of Lieut.. Commander Cleland
Davis, one of the most expert ordnance
officers of the navy. The novel feat
ure of the last named device is that
the dirigible torpedo incloses a short
but exceedingly powerful gun of
large caliber, which discharges a high
explosive shell into the vitals of any
ship it may strike. The Whitehead
only explodes a charge of gun cotton
outside the hull.
A caisson has been constructed at
the Norfolk navy yard, one side heav-
lily armored to represent the side of
one of the latest battleships, and the
other Stimulating the side of one of
the naval cruisers below the water
line. The Whitehead and the Davis
torpedoes will be fired against this
caisson, and to insure their hitting the
mark fairly they will be run along Il
wire cable attached to the caisson at
one end and to the vessel which dis
charges the torpedo at the oth.r.
Experts from both the navy and
army ordnance bureaus have been Or
dered to witness the tests, which we're
to have taken place this week, but
have been slightly delayed owing to
the discovery of leaks in the caisson.
Economy in Uniforms.
Washington Star: If the United
States Army is piebald and as varied
as Falstaffs squad in the matter of
uniform for some time to come il
must be set down to a desire of the
War Department to practice real
economy. An order has just been is
sued providing that hereafter when.
ever any article of uniform or equip
age is changed, the old articles shall
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14
SHORT LIVED STRIKE.


HILO, October 13.-Hilo has had its
first strike in the recent epidemic of
unionism and as a matter of fact it
was hardly enough to cause even a
furry around town and very few knew
that there was anything out of the
ordinary going on. David Ewaliko,
whose organization had nothing to do
with the Iilikia, by the way, stood on
one side and laughed at what he
thought was a joke. The men struck,
were fired and new men put in their
places.
All this happened on the Hilo Rail
road Wednesday morning and it was
all over but a few hours after it
started The brakemen on the road
are paid S45 per month but they
heard that a man who handled freight
in the Hilo station received two dol
lars per day, so they decided to strike
for $50 per month. They struck early
in the morning and the usual rock
train did not leave for Puma, nor was
the switching engine available for
work. BY noon, however, the places
of the strikers had all been filled and
there was no delay whatever in the
usual train schedules,
There were eight brakemen con-
cerned in the strike, according to the
statements made by one of their lead
ers, while one conductor was also out
on a private strike. He had been cut
from SIS to $40 a month on a run
where the conductor before him re-
ceived 800
Belt Road Engineer.
Belt Road Engineer Hubert K.
Bishop has taken his Office in two
rooms on the makai side of the Pea
cock building. He has had some trou-
BILE in getting just the fittings that
are needed for his work and most of
these will have to be made to order.
Mr.. Bishop is looking around for
competent assistants and expects to
have a certain amount of work in the
surveying line done in the very near
future by Surveyor Tom Cooke. In
the meantime, arrangements have
been made for one engineer to come
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-10-14
INpBR-LSbAUD HAPPENINGS

here from the East. Others will be
picked up here if possible, though eX-
perienced men who have the needed
qualifications are extremely hard to
get hold of at present, as the many
big jobs in the Territory, especially of
road work, are keeping all busy. H.
E. Burke, the new man who has been
cabled for, will sail for Hawaii by
the Sierra leaving San Francisco on
October IA and should reach here on
October %. He is a young man who
has had considerable practical eX-
perience and is a graduate of Syracuse
University.
One of the first pieces of work
which will be started by the Belt Road
Commissioners will be the bad stretch
between Hilo and Papaikou.
The License Inspectorship.
It is reported on good authority
that Harry Overend, formerly deputy
sheriff of Hamakua district and at
present in the employ of the Board
of Health in that section, will be the
new liquor inspector. He will take
the place of Captain Fetter, who re-
Gently handed in his resignation to
the board as the result of complaints
to the effect that he could not han
die two positions at once.
National Guard Camp.
Under the guidance of Captains
Tillotson and Shuttleworth, of the
regular service, and Captain Nicely,
of the Honolulu National Guard
forces, the local company of militia
is being put through a series of
sprouts in the mimic warfare line.
Reveille sounds at 5:45, and from
that time till Lights Out" at ten
o'clock in the evening, there is some
thing doing all the time. The camp
is located at the local race track and
nine pyramid tents, each built for
twelve men, seven officers wall tents
and five hospital flies have formed
miniature city.
The officers and non-coms are be-
ing given the benefit of a week of
evening lectures, by the two regular
Continued on page siXteen.)