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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
5000 PARADE
At LAWRENCE
BIG DEMONSTRATION MARKS BE.
GINNING OF NEW WEEK OF
'sTRlFE; WOMAN ARRESTED. !.

Lawrence, Mass, March 11.--A de.
monstration early today in front of the
police station by several hundred
strikers and sympathizers. including
many women threatened for time to
develop into a serious disturbance.
The crowd assembled after the ar
rest OF a woman and the police had to
use their clubs.
The police claim that the woman dis
played a revolver while engaged in
picketing. On the way to the station
house with their captive, the officers
were followed by crowd Of several
hundred persons Just before the sta
tion was reached the crowd surged in
on the police and it seemed for a time
that an attempt to rescue the prisoner
was to be made. The police succeed
ed in driving back the crowds. Six
Of the leaders in the demonstration
were arrested, four Of them were
women.
The strikers today made the biggest
demonstration of picketing since the
strike began. 1t was estimated that
more than 5000 persons paraded The
conference committee of the strikers
expected to go to Boston today for a
conference with the officials of the
American Woolen Co., and the legisla-
tive committee on conciliation. Set
tlement with the American Wooden Co..
was looked on as likely
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
oTTUMWA MARCH 1912
TODAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE-In session at 2 p. m.

. q . f. G Dr.
immigration committee considered
protest Of American Federation OF
Labor against Dillingham; bill for re.
vision of immigration laws.
Senator Works advocated consti-
tutional amendment providing a
single presidential term of six years.
at noon.
Resumed discussion Of agricultural
appropriation bill.
Agriculture department expendi-
lures committee continued Florida
Everglades investigation. Senator
Fletcher testifying what he knew OF
the suppressed report.
Steel trust investigation committee
resumed it's hearing transportation
phase Of steel corporation affairs be-
ing subject to testimony.
Representative Akin apologized for
language used in speech printed in
Congressional Record but not deliv-
cred in house, in which he assailed
President Taft and others.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
" WORLD COAL
STRIKE FEARED
RESULT OF NEGOTIATIONS IN
THIS COUNTRY EXPECTED TO
EXERT AN INFLUENCE

New York, March IA world
wide strike Of coal miners is regarded
by the coal trade as more than like
lihood If the present negotiations now
in progress between the anthracite
and bituminous workers and their en-
ployers in this country do not result
in settlement Of working conditions.
With more than million coal
miners on strike in Great Britain and
100000 miners in Germany voting to
quit work to force higher wages, a
severe coal shortage in Europe IS
faced.
The anthracite coal operators are
drafting their reply to the hard coal
workers here for presentation to the
miners Wednesday, while next week
at Cleveland the bituminous operators
and their employees will confer for the
purpose of trying to bring about an ad-
,Jnatment Of conditions 70 the & soft coal
fields.
1 Meanwhile coal is being loaded on
the Atlantic seaboard for South Ameri-
can and European ports usually sup
piled by English firms. y
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
CONSTITUTION OF
CHINA APPROVED
Supreme Power Placed In Hands Of
National Assembly; Or. Sun to
Turn Over the Relns.

Nanking, March 1.-THE constitu-
tion of the new republic of China, as
finally approved today, places the su-
preme power in the hands of the ma
tional assembly. A notable feature is
that all the acts Of the president re.
quire the approval Of the assembly,
and this body also has complete con-
troll of the cabinet. The assembly
elects the president and vice president
and may pass any law over the execu-
tive's veto at its pleasure.
Dr. Sun Vat Sen will turn over the
great seal of the presidential office to
Tang Shao VI, Yuan's personal repre-
sentative, as soon as the details Of
launching the constitutional govern
ment can be accomplished. Pending
this, DR.. Sun continues to hold office
as actual acting president.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
SCHOOL ELECTION
AT MT. PLEASANT

Mt. Pleasant, March 1.-THE annual
school election is being held here to-
day and hot election is looked for be-
tween the present members and two
other candidates. Former State SEN
ator w. b. Seely and John Jericho are
out for reelection and Orville Beck
with and DIR. H. J. Gilfillan are the
other aspirants. Several changes, in
the school administration are looked
for II the latter two are elected.
Returns With Prisoner.
Mt. Pleasant, March 11.-Sheriff G..
P. Goe returned this morning from
New London with Leroy Whitman
who. As charged Of being toae OF two
men who entered the New london
depot last Friday evening and securing
33S in currency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
SUGAR OFFICIAL IS
PLACED ON TRIAL
Task Of Selecting Jury to Try Officers
of American Refining Co., Begins
r.. s.a. In New York.

New York, March 1.-THE trial Of
five officials of the American Sugar
Refining Co., charged with conspiracy
to violate the Sherman law through
the acquisition OF the Pennsyivanfa
Sugar Refining Co., begins here In the
United States district court with the
prospect that the selection of a jury
will take up most of the day. The de-
PENDANTS are Washington B. Thomas,
former president and now chairman of
the American Sugar Refining Co.;
John e. Parsons, former counsel and
member of the executive committee;
Arthur Donor, former director;
George H. Frasir, director. and
Thomas B. Harmed, a Philadelphia law
yer. There are fourteen counts in the
Indictment and the maximum penalty
is one years imprisonment and fine
Of $4,000 on each count.
John Mayer, former director, was
unable to appear because Of illness,
and in his case te court ordered a
!, .ance Of the indictments from the
lining defendants, necessitating
his separate trial
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
FREED OF MURDER;
WOULD BREAK WILL
Mrs. Caroline Ford Of Los Angeles Not
Left Anything by Man She Was
Accused Of Killing.

Los Angeles, Cal, March 11.-Mrs.
Caroline Ford who was acquitted Of
the murder of her husband, A. P. Ford,
several months ago and who tried to
commit suicide week ago will take
steps to break the will left by her hus-
land. The will was made a few days
before Ford was killed by his wife and
expressly states that "no provision is
to be made for my wife" Most of the
estate valued at about $4,000 was be-
queathed to business partners of Ford
Lack of funds and the struggle for
evidence that compelled her to
seek employment as domestic were
given by Mrs. Ford as her reasons for
trying to commit suicide.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
BOSTON BROKER is
WOUNDED BY CLIENT
Spencer Hill Shot by Man Whose Mind
Was Deranged by Market
Losses.

Boston, Mass, March 11.-Spencer
R. Hill, a we'll known stock broker,
was seriously wounded in his Office
here today, by a customer. Mr.. Hill
Is a member of the brokerage firm OF
RICHARDSON, Hill & Co., and is vice pres
ident of the Kewenaw Central Rail.
road Co., and the Kewenaw Copper
Co.
The customer H. Lweinski was over
powered by clerks in the Office and
handed over to the police. The police
decided that stock market losses had
Leweinskrs mind.
The bullet struck Mr.. Hill in the
right breast and ranged upwards to-
ward the shoulder.
Mr.. Hill was able to walk to the
ambulance which came from the relief
hospital
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WOMAN JUDGE TO
TRY BOOTLEGGERS

Glenwood Springs, Colo, March IL
Several mon charged with bootlegging
in Eagle county have additional
anxiety as to the outcome Of their case
because they will be tried before a
woman Judge and their fates from all
indications rest with jury composed
partly of women.
Mrs. L. M. Tague, the only woman
judge in Colorado, will preside In the
court Of Eagle county, where the boot
logging cases will be tried. Nearly half
of the venire summoned FOR the pres
ent term of court, which began today,
are women.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
MOVE TO RECALL
OAKLAND'S MAYOR
Socialists Start Fight to Remove
California Executive and Other ~ysI
Officers. ,,.N

Oakland, Cal, March l1sS sl.i.
tons demanding the reca - Mayor
Mott and the entire city administra-
tion were endorsed at socialist meet
ing here today.
Socialists OF Oakland, Alamenda ana
Berkeley attended the gathering. Selig
Schulberg represented the socialists OF
San Francisco and the San Francisco
labor council and J. s. Wilson social.
ist mayor of Berkeley led the attack
on the Mott administration. Recall
petitions, it was announced, would be
started Immediately.
Seven reasons were stated in the
petition for the recall of Mott and his
subordinates. Among them were
charges that the water front had been
turned over to corporate interests and
that contracts for work on the new
city hall, amounting to 100000 had
been let illegally. :s.E
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-12
MISSOURI MARSHAL
KILLS A BURGLAR

Osborn, Mo-, March lin a pistol
fight with two burglars who had been
robbing stores here, Marshal M. D.
Ford killed one of the thieves early to-
day, while the other escaped. The
dead burglar has not been identified.
A burglar killed by Ford three years
ago was never identified.
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Primaries at Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids, March 11.-Primary
elections for mayor and council under
the commission form Of government
are in progress here today. There are
many candidates for mayor and four
teen for councilman. A light vote is
being polled,
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Seven Candidates at Mason City.

Mason City. March 11.-Seven candi-
dates are contesting for two Offices on
the school board, in the election here
today. The socialists have two of the
candidates and are making vigorous
effort to elect them. Women are vot-
ing on bond issue for new school
building.
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The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08
a DON'T ASK TT. . DEMAND IT
 -ccNSEESSNAN cONNEll.

CoGE0c@Sla- EiJha0l E. CoDCel, O. New York 5- his SHeeoh oa the AZ SSka Home Ru1c Nsu showed by his rema-Ss Jhas he IS ot yhe American fighting SsccG and Nelseves sha, alI ADe1oaGs l5vtas under the p0oJeSt. ion os the Sta-s and Sc1Pes are e0- titled to ;Ae -isAt os Selt-Sove-ament
 He shows htS t5ea o5 7eal Amo-- Ca-aS1 i1 iAe following.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08

sources would be opened. and 1t would be among uhe greatest wealth pro ducers Of this continent
 Everyone in Alaska knows that fl i. were under Canadian rule il would have local self-government st once, and that every encouragement would be lent to the development ot the country and the utilization Of is rcsourCos. Everyone who has looked into the situation at all knows furh- CT that the wrongs of the Thirteen Original Colonies. which led to the Revolutionary War, were petty. ia- deed. beside the wrongs Of the peo- Hle Of Alaska. but save on this coast, no one in the whole country seems to coas5de- that this amounts to any tA}nr
The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08
GREAT C. ARRANGE SALE

Sold at a Lossl Malt Rainier, 20 cents per bottle, Especially prepared for sick people and invslids, and eI- oellent for nursing mothers. Only two barrels left After that price vii be S5 ceuAs per bottle.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08

Henry Friedenthsl Phone 76. Quick delivery. Baggage and expressing on short notice, day or night
The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08

'Ae-SN eN Nl-N H--.N Ns s.-.t ~. " Ns ---N
 He shows htS t8ea o5 0eal Amo-. CAa.S1 ja ;he following.
 I; woa35 >eeu uaaoSeSSa-y tor any NemHe7 a, 7.aaa with hss House in Nesagi os Se,s-goyc-aDea, in say Elsoe ua5e- the Ame-saD las In. dee5. I vsa ao, plead. 0u, fee, that I exT7@S Do ozv ny own Sent mezl Ng> tAe seaamea; of every Aue-oaa h sA5s House o7 out os it. when demand s1a, the Feorle ot Alsssa He gwen the -tsA, yo gove-n themselves ua5s7 a measure o5 Iooa, so,eva@ea, -ea&E ana p7om7Ly TaSscl sy ;aaS Coas-ess
 Tax Jse7e are conditions in Alas, ka vA,sa ,-y oas so- -aaes there is Do 5oage- aoa5. and lh.s ir spite Of all saa, ,se Goye-rwea, has done ths7o Iaaee5 !, eao be claimed Csat sve7 Ru~Ss has ~anvu mo7S ooace- for her su5,esss :o desolu,e Si6e-ia C5aa og- Govenuea, hNs shown 5ov ls r,o7,s os Masks
 
 Tae a7s, os a- T7aaleas io any 1aaa rs ,aa; os humanity. and ,, 4s 5o tAe ooaa.uoas os humanity ia Al sska iAu ! vosH gaU -he attention ot tae House. beeau=e u-e beHeve ;Aa, tae uaAa77y >iaaaoa oonH.a5a, eS q oaa ssS; ae -easaeG and rene dted under tae legislation 77oToSel in lhis bill h .a.~ ooa7ezuoa. N-. CAai-nal ! as>-y 30 saoo-To-aee n zy 7eua-ss Ta-. os az edsao-tal Tv.a.- e5 n the Sea@1s PoStIaseIltgeaoe-
 ALASKA AND CANADA
 tSea;ue Pos,Eu-e. ic,uce-. Az. IN1u
 Ws3s yAe ta-k Of tae rossl51s ao- neza0oa os Alaska by CaBada fs too A7-l l> 1911. as aolovs:
 absurd tr~ se1ogs conSs5erat5on a,
 ats une. gae fac, 7emaius ,ha; al vao are iuse7ssre5 aa Alaska are co@Tegged 10 7esls7e tAa, the Alas Ssas themselves would he ia Eesae- Of under such aa admin .suauon as Canada voOl5 z5ve them and tha Ae Te-1-o-v would develop m0m,e- ly saste7 haa ], can 0y aEy Toss,- Nsl5yy 5t ,ae noE5fes which have been ia So7oe for -ae 2aSs sen vea-s con Cage uaN0oSe1
 The gooubSe with Alaska Is two fold I; 5s 5e7e75eat upon the Na- ;soaN Congress So- eve-y particle o' ies leSfSlstSo1- and CoaEress hSS such sa infinite amount of national work to Pevfo-m tha; fe has no tme co spa-e to coaside- tae loSa afsai-s ot remote Te--i7ory. about which the average NenEo7 ot Congress knows nothing. FurtAe- and even move in- .u1OGs so the ia-e7escs ot the Ter -5ao-y. the one Ja5aS uatca Of al C,Ae- has operated to arrest its deveolpmeaL d.sooa-ase investment sad drive out os -ae g-un,y those vho have Sooe JAe-e 5u the hope oi sesuaE an orPo-eu5-y oo develop the oowe-y. is tha, the faidiSss have Nee1 given a free hand and the Ter rioo-y has ben tied up n eve-y con Oe5vahle way to meet the demands e a reservation the only object Ot which Seems to be to prevent the PCese0S utliEaGol of any os the nat u-Sl reSoG7oes q the great Te-rito~y
 1T the siSaasj0s could be S77Voa h. cd wiA aly so-t of common sense; fl Alaska cozl5 bs seoo-5ed now pre- sEsely the sane treatment as that aocor5ed other Territories in the past and that was none too gco5. Alaska voGId develop as other Ter. rsso1es develoPed; ii would receive a great influx os population; its ue-
The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08

While Gov. Walter E. Clark. of Al
 aska. seems Jess enthusiastic than others bo7 a local government in that
 Territory. desire to quote from the
 hes-iag on conditions in Alaska held
 by the Committee on the Territories
 Feh-Ua-y s. lSl2. l quote from page = og the report of the hearing in question whe7a GOV. Clark is quoted thus.
 But co return to matters in my re port after leaving these great Ques-
 tons Of coal and fuel and transpo7- tauou. [ want 10 urge some Of the
 mi1o- needs Of the Territory. They
 are only relatively less important than these other things, and are in themselves absolutely important have groupei a number Of them there under the head o5 Six minor laws. ." Quarantine. sanitation and public l 0healcA. registration oi vital statistics, supervision oi banks. compulsory school attendance. and relief Of des- "cute white persons.
 Nov. those are provisions that are entirely lacking in Alaska which I . suppose are afforded lo every other . pa-t Of the civilized world. not only every part under American jurisdict, Ton. but everywhere in the world
 where civilized people live. We don't have these facilities 1T We had & JNoal legislative body-whatever kind ot legislative body ii might be-some of these things could be supplied; a great many ot the more important things could nos be. because the Ter -iyo-5al legislature would never have .ahe power Q pass that sort of law.
 Behind all these political consider aEoas lie the conditions which can be bes, reached. as believe. by a l0cal government Important. indeed, are quarantine. sanitation viglant proteCuon ot the public health, school attendance. and the keeping of vital statistics. That these necessary duCes have been unperformed in Al
The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08

aska IS proved by the tact that Nhaj country and its people are suffering from negligence in these necessary services.
 wish every Member of this House, and indeed every citizen of this coun- try. would read the testimony Of Bishop Peter T. Rowe, of the Episco, pal Church. who is devoting his life to the work of relief for the sufferers in Alaska. whose testimony was siv- eu at the hearings before the Com mittee on The Territories January l6. 1912. Bishop Rowe told of the hard ships endured by certain human be iugs. Indians and others. in Alaska. and of his efforts to raise funds for the establishment of hospitals in which to do the work Of common civ iizatiou. as against leaving Gods at- tltcted creatures to die from loa.h- some disease, neglect and abjeCt poverty. Remembering that such con ditions are appealing for alleyiatiou under the Stars and Stripes. can not imagine this House hesitadng for a moment 10 extend help.
 shall not go into the details Of the bishops testimony: they are too awful.
 
 Give Alaska this measure of local government. I can not conceive of an agency better calculated to in terest all the people of Alaska in their Territory than local ro,e-n- ment Give the people there eos- ernment of their own. within Fe3- eral possibilities in a Te~ritory. and you will do nations duty toward one of its integral parts.
 I can readily see how 8 loyal Eov- ernment, representing the will aS well as the patriotism Of tho peo- pie. shall become its most vigi'aut watcher. lest the Territory he eN. plotted and, above all, lest the hu. man being whose lot is cast there shall suffer neglect, to tho shame Of Christian nation.
 shall not discuss the details Of the bill. these having been so well presented, both in the bill itself and during this debate. shall vote for the passage of the measure. and earnestly plead with the House To pass the bill as it is.
The daily Alaskan., 1912-05-08

Pack Train Bar
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-27
NOTICE OF INFECTION.
Opening Convery Place from Sayr'
avenue to Smith Street.

Public Notice is hereby given that
pursuant to a resolution of the
Council of the City of Perth Amboy
passed on the 18th day of April,
nineteen hundred and twelve, and
approved by the Acting Mayor of
said city on the 10th day of April,
nineteen hundred and twelve, that
1t is the intention of the said Coun-
ell to cause Convery Place to be laid
out and opened from the %southerly
side of Sayre Avenue through and
across the lands formerly of the
Stanford Heights Land Company.
and the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company of New Jersey, and the G..
Pardee Works, to the n~ortherly line
of Smith street, the center line of
which proposed street Is described
as follows:
Beginning at a point IN the south
erly side of Sayre Avenue where the
center line OF Conyery Place from
New Brunswick Avenue to Sayre
Avenue, produced southerly, would
intersect the same, and from said
beginning point running on a course
of South forty-three degrees twenty
minutes west on a continuation of
the center line of Convery Place
through lands formerly of the Stan
ford Heights Land Company and
across the right of way and tracks
of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany of New Jersey and lands of the
G. Pardee Works Tor a distance of
six hundred and thirty feet and
from thence on a course of south
1 DrAn tN-nl oh ufsE 40 five Flinrtta .
west at right angles with Smith
Street eight hundred and fifty feet,
more or less, to the intersection Of
said line with the easterly line of
the Fox Hill Road as at present
opened and used. and thence contin-
uing on the same course a distance
OF two hundred and ninety feet to
the northerIy side Of Smith Street
to a point distant thirty feet east
erIy from the northwest corner of
Smith Street and Fox Hill Road; the
above described line being the cen-
ter line of said street and said street
to be laid out thirty feet wide on
either side of said ENTER line.
And that it is the intention Of
the City Of Perth Amboy to take a
strip of land through and acros the
lands of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road Company Of New Jersey, three
hundred and eighty-one feet in
length by sixty feet in width and a
strip OF land through the c. Pardee
Works sixty feet in width until it
strikes the easterly line of the Fox
Hill Road. and thence a strip Of
land lying between the easterly side
of Fox Hill Road and the easterly
line of the proposed extension Of
ConVery Place.
And that an ordinance TO lay out
said street and take said lands will
be introduced at the regular meet
ing the said Council of Perth Am
boy to be held at the Council Cham
Der In the City Hall in the City of
Perth Amboy, on Monday, the sixth
day of May next at h%alf-past eight
o'clock in the evening, and that said
ordinance will be passed on the goth
day of May, ninteen hundred and
twelve.
WILBUR LA ROE,
City Clerk.
Dated, April 10, 1912.
1887 6458-4-20-27
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-27
School Sports

He worked each night till his aver
ages were fat,
He knew so much he couldn't fit a
hat,
His teachers thought he was best on
this shore,
But he never soused a single when a
hit would tie the score.
Metuchen high school expects to
keep the crimson and white baseball
nine on It's slump this afternoon.
+
"viva lie Captain joint" RED"
Toolan has already called practice
for the track team and everybody 1t
at work.
Dug" Couden, the premier high
jumper of New Jersey expects to do
his. best at the Pingry meet Lex
Saturday. Spike" may clear the bar
at five feet nine or more.
Although without any outdoor
practice, Couden did Ave feet and
seven inches last Saturday In the
New York University games.
Tennis is the popular cry at school
now! An inter-class series MAY
soon be started.
The South Amboy high school nine
and It's rooters believe the pennant
is won already. Go easy boys, the
crimson and white crew, once start
ed, will make the county teams cry
for help, the local boys state.
ICY" Schilke. the southpaw slab
artist of the locals. will not play at
Metuchen today ICY" will be on the
mound Monday afternoon against
Woodbridge high school.
Methinks 1t Is time for that inter
GLASS debate to take place. Where's
the hftch7 The Lincoln Society de-
cided to challenge and since then
nothing's been heard.
AS a gentle reminder. suggestions
come that the officials be aroused
from slumber,
"Rube" Spencer pitched a star
game Thursday and should have won
with ordinary support. RUDE also
batted 1000. making four singles
out OF as many times at bat.
Bones Browning also deserves
a hand "Bones" playing was re-
sponsible for the Jersey City victory.
His base stealing and smuggling at
.opportune times did the trick.
The Franklin Walking Club sal
lies forth into the meadows Monday
afternoon.
Seniors and juniors will enjoy
a calico Hop" Friday night in the
auditorium of the school.
The High School Glee Club will
soon give a recital and will have
some noted singer on hand to help
along in the entertainment. Sorry
to say, the membership of the So
clety has no male members.
Suggestion: Combine the Orpheus
Glee Club and the High School Glee
Club.