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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-11
WALTON DRAGGED
BY NIGHT Train
MYSTIC MINER WAS THOUGHT
TO BE BADLY INJURED BUT
WAS JUST BADLY PlckLED.

William Walton, Mystic miner,
narrowly escaped death beneath the
wheels of Milwaukee passenger train
at 2 o'clock this morning. He fell of
the train on which he was stealing a
ride and it is thought his foot was
caught. He was bumped along over
the ties AMI cinders. His cries caused
the train crew to stop at the foot Of
Mclean street. Found in an uncon-
scious condition, it was thought that
he was badly injured. Medical in
vestigation showed 1t to be plain
case Of too much booze.
The train was the one that carries
Southwest Limited passengers from
the Ottumwa Junction to the Milwau-
kee depot. Where or how Walton got
on is not known. 1t is also impossible
to find out where he was riding. Wal.
ton does not know. He cannot REM
|ember anything that happened last
night for the reason Of his condition.
1t is thought, however, that he was
riding the bumpers" and that his be-
ing pinched there caused him to yell
with pain. BY the time the trainmen
stopped at Mclean street, Walton had
managed to fall off. It is thought
that the mans foot caught somewhere
on the train which was not making
very good time, and that he was drag
ged along for some distance as the
back Of his clothing showed the re-
suits of contact with cinders.
When found Walton was unconsci-
&C.. He was thought to be dangerous
y ajured. Physicians were summoned
and the ambulance called. Driver
Ryttenburg raced his horses to the
scene. physician made an investi-
cation. No bones were broken but the
skin was lacerated on the left leg OF
the man. Further examination showed
that the condition Of Walton was due
to too much booze and that he had
suffered what is called a "paralyzing
drunk" when he rolled from the train.
4e was placed in the city Jail.
In police court this morning he de-
clared himself to be unhurt with he
exception of morning after" head
ache. He was fined SIS for intoxica-
ton.
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GIRLS NAMES
What They Mountainous People That Bore the
Name-The Name In History Literature Etc.
Copyright w. FIscherl
GLEN ENTIN e.

Clementine is one of the most
Womanly of Names being derived from
Latin word denoting mercy.
The correct English version is Glenn
entina-hence Tina" pronounced
Teena.
The Name In Religious History.
The male name, Clemens, is one Of
the most illustrious In religious mis-
tory, being first mentioned by st. Paul
Another early Clemens was among the
successors of st. Peter in Rome and
there were sixteen other popes named
Clemens or Clemant.
elemental Mercy was worshipped
as goddess by the ancient Romans.
She had a cup in one hand, a sceptre
in the other.
st. Clementina was Danish lady.
She Is represented carrying jug
her name day Is November %, when
the ancient Danes went about begging
for ale, as American children go about
begging for apples and nuts on
Halloween.
The Name on the Tongue Of Nations.
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The Italians retained the ancient
Roman version, but spell the name
now Clemenza. In the higher society
of France, Clemence pronounced
Klamaangz) Is much used.
The Russians call their girls XIII
memeta, the Slavs, Lemeta.
Lemeta became Meta when our Eng
lish forefathers heard of 1t, but the
Germans recognize Meta as a contrac-
ton Of Margaret or even Mechtild.
Americans have way Of abbreviat-
ing Clementina or Clementine, by
retaining only the first syllable. Any
of the synonyms named would seem
to be preferable to "Clene."
Clementine In Literature.
Lady Clementina" is the unhappy
heroine of "Sir Charles Grandson"
one of the earlier works of Samuel
Richardson, called the Father of the
English Novel,
Princess Clementine of Belgium,
aff1anced to Prince Victor Napoleon, is
the only royal lady remembered as
having borne the name.
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milling. This Is pronigate waste of
capital and labor. If we have sur
plus we should export only the -four,
and retain the foodstuffs, fertility and
labor for the enrichment of our own
land" ,
While Iowa is doing much at the
present time, he pointed out, 1t Is only
touching the borders Of the problem.
1--WE have over 1000 students taking
COLLEGIATE work in agriculture and
home economics at the Iowa state col
lege,' he said 1--WE reach about
10000 annually with our short course
work, we conduct county farm demon
STATIONS on dozen farms and soon
we will have rs, 900 boys and girls en-
rolled in our boys and girls study
clubs. vet If we were to double this,
or even to reach every county with
short course, we would scarcely reach
over 5 or 10 per cent of the people OF
the state engaged in the agricultural
production. Besides that, the educa-
ttonal work that is to be of real serv-
ice must reach the population OF
school age. You cannot educate an old
man. Men and women can be reached
hest through boys and girls
Dean Curtiss declared that no aqua,
ton that merely stimulates agrlcui'
tural production will ever offer an aoe-
ouate solution of these great problems,
"While extension work is all practical
and of immediate benefit; while plans
to put a good teacher and demonstrat-
or in each county to promote better
agriculture will help, yet" ne sala
nothing short of an adequate ana
complete system of vocational educa-
ton including the trades Will ever
solve this problem" He urged not only
the teaching of agriculture and home
economics in the public schools, Dut
the establishment of extension WORK
by engineering schools for the promo
ton of trades and industries ana the
teaching Of trades and industrial voca'
lions in the public schools.
1.-THE establishment OF vocatlonai
schools" declared Dean Curt1ss,
would stop rural depopulation and re-
verse the tide from the country to the
city. They would put our crop yield
on a par with those Of foreign coun-
tries, from Is to so per cent above the
present yields. They would check the
decline in soil fertility and help to
keep American farms for American
boys and girls instead OF for foreign
tenants. They would become centers
for rural social life and organization.
They would contribute to the content.
ment of rural life and thereby give
stability to the nations best citizen
ship"
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OBITUARY..
chett Cole Chew.

Concerning the death of Chett Chew
the Covina Cal, Argus Of June said:
After lingering illness, the death
occurred on Thursday Of Chett
Cole Chew, at the residence Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Chew, ST..
on Lark Ellen street. The remains
were shipped to Los Angeles yester-
day afternoon.
The funeral services will be held
this afternoon at o'clock at the AS
bury Methodist Episcopal church. cor
ner of Broadway and Workman
streets, of which church the deceased
was a member for several years. The
services will be conducted by the Rev,
G. B. Cowan, pastor Of the church, as
sisted by Rev. Bede A. Johnson OF
Covina.
The death OF this young man was
due to lingering decline. following a
severe attack of typhoid pneumonia
in 1909 Mr.. Chew was born at What
Cheer, January, 1885, and at the time
Of his death was 26 years old. He mar.
ried Miss Bessie Noel, September Z,
1904, at Ottumwa, Iowa, where the
greater portion Of his life was spent,
prior to moving to California on ac-
count of his health In 1910. He resid-
ed at first in Los Angeles. He was In
the employ Of the Edison Electric
Co. as a steam engineer His
declining health compelled him to re.
move to the home of his father in
Covina last July, where he remained
until his death.
He leaves widow and two children,
Thornton W. Chew, aged 6, and Mary
eta May Chew, aged A.. The family
has been peculiarly afflicted in the
loss Of four children, only one son
now remaining, who is Randall Chew,
now connected with the Charter Oak
Citrus association as bookkeeper The
funeral obsequies were conducted by
e. C. Siewert of Los Angeles, formerly
with Covina business firm.
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TROY.

a.
Mrs. F. M. Ross and Mrs. Barns re-
turned Wednesday from Columbia Mo.
T. F. Law was in Bloomfield Monday.
Rev. Carroll Of Bloomfield was bur-
led in the Troy cemetery Saturday.
Stan Casady and Frank Feruiche
were in Chicago last Monday.
Charlie Parks and wife and daugh-
ter Ethel Of Milton and H. c. Parks and
son Hubert of Cantril attended the
funeral of their uncle Saturday.
Harry Weyer and son Harlem were in
Bloomfield Tuesday.
Frank Parks and son Guy were in
town Saturday.
Darr Sullivan and family are guests
at the Ross Sullivan home Sunday.
Jess Lasley and family of Cantril
visited at the parental Pearsol home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray of Milton attend
ed church here Sunday and took din
ner with the Noel sisters.
Jay Wescott of Chicago visited his
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FLoRIs.

Mrs. N. G. Hale and two children OF
Des Moines are visiting at the home
of Mrs. .Hale's parents Mr.. and Mrs.
r. G.. Gibbs. ~
Pete Henderson is critically Ill at
hospital in Centerville, having suf-
fered an operation last week for can
Ger of the stomach.
John Withrow left Sunday for a
short visit at Exline.
Messrs P T. Grimes, James Dunn
and D. M. Wise of Bloomfield were in
town Tuesday
Geo. F. Carson left Tuesday even
ing for Cedar Rapids to attend the
state convention of the Iowa Bankers
association.
good crowd attended the memoir
ial services held at the Christian
church, which were conducted by
Rev. D. w. Hastings and Rev. e. A.
Hastings, brothers, Of Floris. The civil
war veterans present were H. K. Nc
Vey, Isaac Hart, Ed Wilkinson, G. r.
Wilson and J. M. Lepper. Spanish
American soldiers present were d.
H. Chickering and Geo. F. Carson.
Miss Selma Harvard, who has just
closed nine months term of school
at Waukee, is home to spend vacation.
Rev. w. e. Overturff will preach
both morning and evening at Dunn
Vile next Sunday.
A. P. Hudson went to Trenton Sat
urday.
Miss Mary Tumble Of Kansas City
arrived Monday evening for visit
with relatives.
"A Children's day program will be
given at the Baptist church Sunday
evening.
Several members of the M. f.
church attended the Tuesday evening
session Of the district conference at
Eldon.
Geo. F. Carson of this place was
nominated for state representative in
Davis county on the republican ticket
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THE USE OF PRINT.

IEE USE sOF FHlNl.
Abimelech Easterby never had time
To look at paper or book in his climb.
His parents had taught him, IF swift you would
RISE
Be honest, Industrious, frugal and wise"
He was truthful, digger, and saving, indeed,
But wise he was not, for he never would read.
While others were glad to be guided and taught
BY masterful minds in the kingdom Of thought;
While quickly they settled their problems and needs
BY keeping informed of the world and its deeds,
Abimelech Easterby toi]ed in the rear
Too busy to reach for the help that was near
An hour with book would have brought to his mind
The secret that took him whole year to find
The facts that he learned at enormous expense
Were all on library shelf to commence.
Alas for our hero! Too busy to read,
He was also too busy, it proved, to succeed.
We may win without credit or backing or style,
We may win without energy, SKILL or smile
Without patience aptitude purpose or wit
We may even succeed if we're lacking in grit;
But take it from me as mighty safe hint
civilized man cannot win without print.
L. H. Robbins in the NeWarker
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MARY E.LOVELESS,
PIONEER, IS DEAD.
ONE OF EARLIEST SETTLERS OF
COUNTY DIED THURSDAY
AFTERNOON At HOME

Death summoned another of Wapel-
10 county's earliest pioneers Thursday
afternoon at 2:45 o'clock when Mrs.
Mary Il. Loveless died at her home,
eleven miles southwest of the city.
She had been Ill for one year.
Mrs. Loveless was seventy-eight
years of age and had resided in Wa
pello county the greater part Of her
life. She came here when little girl,
coming across the Mississippi at
Nauvoo, ILL.,, making the rest of the
journey with Indians. She had spent
all her life upon the farm and is wide
ly known throughout the country.
She leaves four sons and one daugh-
ter, Mace, Sidney, George w. and
Thomas and Mrs. Louisa Mcconnell.
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Col. H. o. S. Heistond Of the United
States army, after returning from q
period of service in the Philippines,
said:
If the United States had accomp-
lished nothing since the Declaration
of Independence except what has been
done in the Philippines, that accomp-
lishment alone would be Justification
for the nations century and half Of
existence. Everywhere and on every
hand, in city and provinces, there was
something being done for the uplift
of the country's people. New roads.
new bridges, great irrigating projects.
new school houses, new municipal
buildings, new hospitals, railroads ex-
tending in all directions, water and
electric light and power plants under
construction and machinery taking the
place of the slow hand labor. This
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CONTESTS NOT IN GOOD FAITH.

CONTESTS NOT IN GOOD FAITH.
The outcome Of the first contests
brought by Mr.. Roosevelt against the
Taft delegates in Alabama and Ark
ansae gives ample proof that these
contests were not brought IN gooo
faith and were only for the purpose
OF muddying the waters. No matter
what evidence may be submitted IN
substantiation of other contests to pc
brought before the committee, the
record shows that there was absolute
IL no evidence to support the contests
brought before the committee yester-
day, and the Roosevelt men admitted
this by their votes.
Contests involving the seats OF
twenty-four delegates from Alabama
and Arkansas were decided yesterday
in favor of the Taft delegates. The
entire national committee, the TAFT
supporters as we'll as the Roosevelt
supporters on the committee, voted
unanimously to seat twenty-five OF
these twenty-four delegates. There
was division in one contest and
fifteen Roosevelt men voted against
seating the delegates in the ninth
Alabama district.
With a unanimity that smacks OF
carrying out preconcerted plan, Sen
ator Dixon raises a cry of fraud IN
the settlement of the ninth Alabama
contest A few hours later Col. Roose-
welt declared that the result In the
ninth Alabama district was naked
theft"
Both Col. Roosevelt and his man
ager are silent on the other contests.
tacitly admitting by their silence that
they did not bring these contests
with any hope of unseating the dele
gates regularly elected. They have
nothing to say of the refusal OF the
Roosevelt men on the national COM
mittee to vote in the Roosevelt dele
gate claimants when there was no
legal justification whatever for these
contests.
Il Col. Roosevelt and Senator Dixon
can only see fraud in the seating OF
two delegates out of twenty-four, why
did they bring contests against the
TWENTY-FIVE they now admit were en-.
titled to their seats? It has been
patent from the start that these con-
tests were only brought to give the
Roosevelt managers basis Of claims
for delegates, and to have list OF
delegates handy that might be seated
In q regular convention II the nation
al committee could be bluffed, or IN
rump convention, If such Is to be held.
II there is any fraud in these trans
actions 1t was in the bringing of con.
tests without any justification for
such action by the Roosevelt man
ayers
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FARM TRAINING NEEDED.

Avn argument for the establishment
of a complete system of vocational
education In the public schools or in
special schools was made by Dean
Charles F. Curtiss of the Iowa State
college In addressing the State Bank
ers' convention in Cedar Rapids. THE
United States will not be able to hold
it's place among the Industrial nations
Of the world with anything short of
q complete educational system of agri-
cultural and industrial education" he
said.
Continuing Dean Curtiss said:
"Most of the agricultural states OF
the middle west have lost population
during the last ten years, leaving out
of account the large cities. This is not
particularly alarming, but the great
decline of school population in both
rural and city schools Is more signl-
ficant and more alarming. Our public
school system and policies are largely
responsible for this loss. Senator Bur
ton Of Ohio, who has the reputation
OF having more knowledge of the pres
emit. condition of high prices of the
necessities now prevalent than any
other man In America, is quoted as
saving that one of the chief reasons
IL the over production of non-produc.
ing citizens, and the tendency of peo-
ME to become lazier and more waste
ful.' So far as agriculture is concern.
ed. we shall probably have relatively
fewer citizens engaged in agricultural
production ten years from now, and
still fewer twenty years from now,
than we have today.
"One hundred years ago, ninety per
cent of the population of the United
States lived on the farms. Fifty years
ago, two-thirds of the population was
IN the country. Today we have scarce
" one-third Of our population living
on the farms. AS our manufacturing
and commercial enterprises expand,
the proportion of people IN the cities
in relation to those in the country will
increase still more. This is in itself
not alarming, provided the farming is
OF the right kind and the land holders
heritage Is not destroyed.
..But this is not all of the problem.
We have INDUCED in too much sense
less talk about the ability of the
United States to feed the world. We
will be put to the test to feed our own
people within the next ten or twenty
years. Indeed, the cry of distress has
already gone up, and we are even now
importing foodstuffs. We have done
too much exporting of raw material al
ready. With every 150,000,000 bushels
Of wheat that we export, we give to
foreign countries $20,000,000 worth OF
foodstuffs, $15,000,000 worth of fertil-
ity, and SS.00S.0o0 worth OF labor In
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From The Stump.

Chicago Record-Herald: Once more
the farmer hears that he's the back
bone of his native land, and men in
SLOUGH hats loudly praise the hardness
of his horny hand; the worker in the
shop is told that he deserves the best
there is; as for the soldier. bent and
old, priceless heritage is his; the
humble toiler in the ditch Is lauded for
his sterling worth, but everybody
hates the rich and wants to chase
them off the earth.
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Elihu Root was Theodore Roose-
velt's secretary of war. Then he was
Theodore Roosevelt's chairman Of the
republican nationol convention. Then
he was Theodore Roosevelt's secretary
of state. Then he was elected to the
the United States senate through the
political influence of Theodore Roose-
welt. Theodore Roosevelt described
him as "the ablest man In the public
life of this or any other country"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-11

Louisville Courier-Journal.-f you
are going to the Baltimore convention
f. may pay you to buy suburban lot
and ship portable house tnere.
Leave the house. 1t Will satisfy the
owner of the lot to get that and a
first payment on the lot. You Will
avoid buying on interest IN a Baltl-
more hotel and getting no deed to It..
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Some men are charitable enough
but they say they know where charity
should begin and end, and they carry
both in the same pocket. When you
90 to solicit donation, these men
reach in their pockets but the trouble
is they always pull out the ending In
stead of the beginning.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-11

Col. Bill Finn, comes into Chicago
from Oyster Bay and assures the Cnl-
cago reporters that he has no lnten'
ton of starting rough house IN the
national committee meeting. Perhaps
Col, Finn got hint at oyster bay
that there was another colonel VINO
would take the lead In all the rough
house tactics necessary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-11

Which is doing the most for the
people, the men who invest money In
an enterprise that furnishes employ
ment to others, or the mon who storm
around the country attempting to
make every one discontented?
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has been brought about by complete
change in the mental attitude OF the
Filipinos. Formerly they sought to
become clerks, but now they have
come to regard labor as dignified.
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any portion Of his person happens to get in the
way. The best shortstops are those which have been
equipped by nature with metal shins and per cent
solution of gray m after The od-fashioned sx-foot
shorstop with a full complement Of legs which bowed
out angle of As Degrees and could be folded up
like pocket rule not in use, has become merely
the Pigment of dream. The modern shortstop is
short squat individual, with about much clearance
as a setting hen, and cover more ground than a
sprinkler In addition to catching everything
that comes his from Texas Lacquer to the ton
silitis he supposed able to throw the ball from
sitting posture without killing anybody In the bleach,
ers. shortstop is said to boot" the ball when he
mslays it under Of his feet and executes neat
piroutte on it's remains After this has happened
four or five times game the bootee is generally
led home in hack and treated mental strabismus
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longer should be effective. They de-
clare that the very least for which
they can conduct campaign under
the primary law is $500 and that
unless the greatest care Is taken 1t
will run up to $1,000. AS matter
of fact the campaign expenses Of any
candidate for county office should
not be in excess of 500. 1t Is not
at all likely that the time will ever
come when it will be possible to re-
duce expenses to such figure. But
nevertheless conditions which SEEM
ingly make 1t necessary to spend
approximately half of the first years
salary are far from desirable.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The prop
osition for the city treasury to attach
the boulevard lights is reasonable
one Sooner or later that will be done.
The city needs the lighting that Is pro-
vided by the new system. The old sys-
tenn of an ugly arc light swung over
the streets at the intersections was
wholly inadequate as we'll as an
abomination so far as looks are con-
cerned. The modern business city can
not be lighted in that way. 1t Is the
duty of city to be we'll lighted and
the boulevard lighting system stands
for good lighting nowadays. However,
the city council feels that 1t can not
assume such an expense without ask
ing permission of the people. That Is
the referendum. But II we are to vote
on it, let us not waste time and money
for an extra election. Next fall IN the
regular election we can have a few
separate ballot boxes in which the
voters may deposit their opinions OF
such a change in the city policy.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Some way
ought to be found to put a stop to
the throwing of glass in the streets
The owners of vehicles deserve pro-
lection from the glass fiends. And
if any Of the culprits are JOY riders
who carry beer in autos and throw
the empty bottles on the paving, the
PENALTY ought to be trebled.
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clearing house association OF
New York will be Investigated. That
sounds real familiar again. The
country almost overlooked the investi-
cation business in the blur that has
been raised in presidential squabble.
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Taft, says the Chicago Record
Herald, can point with pride to the
fact that it was during his admins
tration that the Washington baseball
team succeeded in breaking away
FROM the tali-end.