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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
900 HARDWARE MEN
], REGISTERED TO-DAY

Des Moines Feb. 22.-The Iowa
Hardware Mutual association held its
annual meeting today in connection
with the state convention Of the retail
dealers, which is in progress. This
is a meeting of the stockhold ers of the
association and reports of the years
business were to be read. The pro-
gram included an address by President
L. c. Abbott and the election of off1c-
ers for the ensuing year. Mr.. Abbott
was scheduled for reelection. z f7S&
The feature Of today's program of
the retail dealers was an address by
Hubert Sheets of Argos, Ind, Of the
national association who was to talk
on advertising. rlr
ii The conv vention will close tomorrow
afternoon, the annual election of Of
fcers to be held at the morning ses-
sion. -.
( More than six hundred delegates had
registered early today 10 - T.. IL ...sA
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A. WILLIAMSBURG Y .
:. LAD AN ORATOR. Z 4
FRED BLYTHE CAPTURES s. FIRST
I PRIZE, WINNING OVER SIX xH2s-.t1 gs.s.
" .:..~@5 COMPETITORS. '*57eos'..

Iowa City, Feb. 22.-Fred Blythe of
Williamsburg has just won the high
est oratorical honor which may be-
won at the University of Iowa. He is
to represent the university against
orators from the universities OF 1lli-
nois, Michigan, Minnesota, North
western and Oberlin college, in the
annual contest OF the Northern Ora
torical League to be held ut Evanston,
ILL.,. in May. He won this honor by
defeating six other competitors in the
preliminary contest held here last
night. Leon w. Powers of Tara, was
second, and will represent, Iowa AZ a
delegate at the business meeting Of
the league Robert L. Mason OF
Washington was third, and gets hon
orable mention. .Sg 4
Blythe secured his victory in one of
the closest contests of recent years.
The orations of all the competitors
were unusually strong. The subject of
Blythe's Grafton was THE Cry OF, HUI
manity,", and his superior delivery
and ease in presentation, helped him
to win. Blythe has had considerable
experience in oratory and debate. He
won the sophomore oratorical contest
as "a member Of Irving Institute last
year. At the present time he is q
member of the Irving team, which
meets the Zetagathaians in the finals
for the debating championship of the
university. 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
go through all kinds Of weather to lit

90 throuph ali lli,sslS k;na. :, va..na,- ). !.
|themselves for tlIa ha+t,as - 1isa me-, ~ =,
have no s;dewalLs M oithsr ] ~ :. ahurah n ney 6.
school 9hnt ar. nh1ipad - .,a ~ ly,.A1,, Z.
one.fourth to two nilas ~ aa+ +ba
They fnif,d aim. thrnnoh the bea+ B;
summer and cofa hlasts ~ w;rter r. ~. 4
fiI fhev hecone vo,,na n,er .nd 'ra,,
| on ana nerhans aftnr +hav haua Saona
through vour high school or ~, asa
college Won want these yerv same hoys
and eirls for rea sons no+ necaaaarv T.,
discuss here Yon want than n youT
ghons svoIr h,Isinasa hnnaes vonrs
banks vonr of7ces Tbev come - vo,, @
"a r,lla innocent .ndS;ust o+ ~ oo,e
when easily led astrav and now nv nv
city brother what dn VIZ, A. +o sLaa,,
them an the straight ana M rrow nstb
ana Ehelp them IA tfeir. struggle to he.
come upright. honest moral law ahi1.s
! Ing citizen? IT'S true there is tie "
M. e. IA. and the Y. ". q. a.. but let
me tell YOU that when you vote to
have the saloons In your town, YOU
vote to open up every avenue Of vice
known to depraVed man and subject
our boys and girls to all the tempta-.
tions on the calendar of vice because
the liouor traffic. the gambling den the
house of iii repllte are So closely inter
woven that it is hard to draw the line
-one is an adjunct Of the other.
Have you forgotten the conditions
that existed in your town 4 few years
ago? Is it necessary for me to dwell
on that point here? But YOU say. "Am
my brothers. keeper?" Shame shame
that for q few dirty dollars You will
subject your own and YOUR neiehbor's
boys and girls TO the dangers or wide
open town sav NOTHING about the mis-
cry that a drunkard can bring On his
family and by vonr vote Won ares reapon-
lsible for ali the misery that ff,olows in
the walk Of the saloon It is not the
saloon keeper tnat IS guilty Tor ne
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24

Il, rss .st. slra Y
callers at the Geo. Sheppard home on
Thursday afternooppyys ppyys,s ~
The members Of the White Grange
met Thursday afternoon at the sPresby-
terian church. ".
:. Miss Pearl Grant, ,#H;sB AlicezShep
and Mrs. E. E. Gilyeart and daughter
Alta were callers. at the J. NJ. Wtlford
home Thursday. -. t.gt sS -
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E.
church entertained their husbands and
families Friday. evening at the new
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Arnold.
They served oysters TO- about seventy
guests. .ggs, ..zTa ,r,rr ss5i. sy .,.st! ..%..
Mrs. Rollin Shaw and daughter
Maude spent Friday afternoon at the
E. E Gilyeart home.
Margaret Chandler was out of school
a few days on account@of sickness.
Mrs e. E. Moore, and MIS- Homer
Chandler visited with Mrs. sii Jennie
SHEPPARD Sunday afternoon.
Mr., and Mrs Bennie Rocker and chill
dren.. Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Wilford and
Mr.. and rms. Bennie Rocker and chill
dren spent Sunday atEthe PARENTAL. B.
Wilford home. s4 ..3
Mrs. Rollin Shaw and children spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Lyman at
n. II. Davis home. 80 ~ n arg
J. B. Gilyeart of Kirkville was call :
er at the E. E. Gilyeart home Sunday
: Mrs Eva Citizens and son Kenneth Of
South Ottumwa returned home Mon
day after a few days pleasantly spent
at the parental James Galley home.
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DUDLEY.

Mrs. Frank Seaburg has been quite
i'll the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Purdue were busi4'
ness visitors in ChilIicothe Thursday
Mrs. Anton Honson was a recent
rOttumwa visitor. III
Mr. and, Mrs. Henry Burgason.St Of
Chillicothe spent Sunday -at the par
entail John Burgason home.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert .Gustavison Of
Ottumwa and Mrs. Alfred Peterson and
children Of Chillicothe visited Thurs.
day and Friday ut me Jonn Peterson
home. Efk
Elmer Seaburg and wife of near Ora
manville visited Saturday and Sunday
at the parental Frank Seaburg home. 4
Mrs Andrew Johnson and Miss DeI-
la Keller#were Ottumwa visitors on
Saturday.
q Mrs Charsss~ Wallace and son John
spent "a few days with friends in OF
tumwa the past week, .s
ot1,n,m. James stsdghill srigsI was passenger to
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew johnson and
daughter Irene and Mr.. and Mrs,
Frans Peterson and daughter Martha
were entertained at the Roe Venator
home Friday evening.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
SiGOURNEY.5

Several loads of the members of the.
Odd Fellows lodge from here drove to
Keswick Wednesday evening to attend
the lodge there. The Siogurney team
did the work in the first and second
degrees. t'=9 ~ a'as ~
The annual banquet given by the
Masonic lodge will occur this evening
1t has been the custom fora number
of years last past to celebrate Wash
ington's birthday with banquet.
z J. S. McCreery received word We'd
nesday morning of the death of Lula
McCreery 5at Packwood.
. John Baty. A. M. Meas, J. r. Mackey
and H. G., Brown returned home Tues
day from their Texas trip.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
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SOAP CIR EEK.

: Mr.. Overturf was in Belknap Tues
day on business. -at,sg ~
3 william Bradberry is still on the sick
list. Is EEf - ~. ! ,s,,yrt l4s \,
Mrs Minerva Bradberry was caller
at the r. T. Sample home recently.
. Henry Rankin of Harden, Mont, is
here visiting relatives and friends.
[ Thomp Sample Is suffering with the
grip this week. - s''.SS
Jack Heckart was in Ottumwa Nom
day on business. ~, 80 fs2
John Shepherd was in Belknap Sat.
urday. grfAa ~ - ~
+ Martha Pugh was in Belknap Satur-
Sample. ,;f..s & IL :.
Mrs. VIM. Dodd died at her home on
Monday, death being caused by penu-
monia.
z Mrs William Bradberry called on
Mrs. Mary Crist Monday morning. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24

uo}BdsIp sseId psluIoossv uB uMoqs
telling of the proposed division of the
Oklahoma delegation between himself
and Speaker Clark, Wilson said: s
Is Il prefer to make no statement con-
corning a matter of that kind in which
I myself am so delicately concerned.
Wait until Oklahoma has decided" ls
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
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DEATHS. !

ednesda Feb. %,
I 1912, at the Ottumwa hospital, the
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry B. ,Skellinger. Funeral serv-
/ ices at $3.50 this afternoon. Inter
I ment was made in the Otuumwa
cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
a..a5 SALEM CHAPEL.

Miss Payne and Miss sontag, teach :
erss Of Center School gave "a program
and Valentine box for their pupils on
wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. George Hoekersmith. Mrs. E. L
Giiyeart and Crystal and Alta Gilyeart
visited Center school Wednesday.
: Mrs, samuel Dehart visited Wednes-
day with Mrs. Rol1in Shaw.
Rev. Horn and wife Of kirkville were
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
President Said to be Plan
ming Answer to Predeces-
sor's Speech; Will Make
Many Speeches on Trip.
ROOSEVELT SAYS
''HAT IS IN RING"
Colonel, in Answer to Cues
tion Practically !. Declares
That He is a Candidate for
Presidential Nomination.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 22.-Presi-
dent Taft will reply to Col Theodore
Roosevelt's Columbus speech Al
though the president will make no di-
rect attack on Mr.. Roosevelt and al
though administration officials refused
to discuss the latter's Columbus
speech, it became known today that
the president would answer the speech
and present a clear cut issue between
his political creed and, that Of his
predecessor. Mr.4sTaft's answer will
not be made all in one speech, but be-
tween the present time and the last Of
March he has many speaking engage
ments that will be utilized for this
purpose ~.
President Taft it was said, felt that
Col. Roosevelt had at last given him
an opportunity to make his position
clear without indulging in any personal
attack. With many Of the doctrines
the former president enunciated at
Columbus, President Taft is In agree
ment; to others he is known to be un-
alterably opposed. Among those are
the initiative and referendum, the re-
call of judges and the recall Of judicial
decisions. "@ 't ~
The president has speaking engage
ments in New York, Ohio, Chicago and
New England and. it is possible that
others will be made for him.
The president today extended his
forthcoming trip to Chicago. He will
stop in Toledo, Ohio, and speak at the
chamber of commerce there the night
of March 8. In Toledo he will prob
ably make the first speech of series
that will reply to Mr.. Roosevelt. 70
Rooseveit's "Hat is In Ring"
Cleveland, O., Feb. 22,-"My hat is
in the ring 4
That is what Theodore Roosevelt
said here last night when an admiring
Cleveland friend sought to learn
whether he was a candidate for the
republican nomination for the presl-
dency.
During the brief stay Of Col Roose-
welt in Cleveland, w. F. Elrick, we'll
known locally in politics, greeted the
former president, whom he knew we'll.
Il want direct answer, Colonel"
said Mr.. Elrick. "All your friends want
to know and want to know now
whether you are to be candidate"
MY hat is in the ring" replied Col.
Roosevelt. You will have my answer
Monday"
Wilson's Head in Ring.
- Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 22.-'My hat
was in the ring first and my head was
IN it, said Governor Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey here today when his at
tention was called to Theodore Roose-
velt's statement made last night to- w.
F. Elrick at Cleveland s4.
Gov. Wilson laughed heartily at his
own epigram and was cheered effusive-
ly by a group Of members of the Will
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
Frisco Woman Loses Jewels,

lection of diamonds and pearls, valued.
at $4,000 was stolen from Mrs. Eugene
De Saba, at her apartments in local
hotel here early yesterday morning.
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FUNERALS.

Private funeral services were held
over the remains of the infant daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest l.. Smith,
of Grand avenue, yesterday afternoon.
Interment took place in the Shaul
day. sig q - aai5 -t55 ssi s%a4a.i s1
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24

Funeral services sover the remains
of julius Adolphus Schworm. who de-
parted this life at the Ottumwa hos.
pital Monday evening. will be held
Friday morning at S:15 O'Clock at the
residence OF John Dittman. 17O1 East
Main street. and at 9 O'Clock at the
Sacred Heart Catholic church. con.
Quoted by Rev. Father James Foley.
Mrs Schworm arrived from Salt Lake
City at midnight last night. The re-
mains will be inferred in the family
lot in the Ottumwa cemetery. The
pall bearers will be John Morris. Will
liam Dunning, John Shindley, Louis
Schaub. Fred Hahn and Gerhart Am
menhauser. za @r~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24

Funeral services over the remains
of Mrs. A. E. Collin were held this
morning at $50 o'clock at St. Mary's
Catholic church, in charge of Rev.
Father F. W. Hoppmann. Requiem
mass was celebrated. Miss Caroline
Haslach rendered special music. In
terment was made In Calvary Gem
etery The pail bearers were James
Beatty, Henry Glenn, John Zaffle,
Josiah Rogers. Tom Fitzgerald and
Mike Schwartz.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
PEOPLES PULPIT
The Courier will publish in. this
column articles contributed by
its readers. The contnunle ations
should be typewritten or In
plain hand, on one side Of the
paper, and signed.

f. Editor Courier Il note that a gen.
tleman in Centerville states that bill
liards is not nearly as scientific as the
rame of chess. The article which
stated that billiards is the most scien-
tifc of all amusement games is cor
rect. | note that the ~Centerville man
states that the intellectual lights of
past generations played chess. l. be-
! lieve that if those same men could
have had enjoyed in their day, the
same facilities and equipment. for
playing billiards that We have today
they would have taken to billiards In
stead of chess. E'" >t@
I'm playing. chess the gentleman
from Centerville says. EVERY move
made is answered by the move which
lee mbats it, % e- =, ~
This is true, but does not require
any muscular control or science to
make that n1ove-only brain work. &
Billiards requires the scientific com.
iblnif1g of an effort OF the brain ]. the
! eye and the muscles. Billiards re-
lq,lires the mind, eye and muscles all
to work in unison and to be practically
under the control of each scther. A
machine cannot play billiards. No two
strokes are alike In distance, nj force,
angle or effort Every muscle Eof the
body as we'll as the eye and mind is
developed by billiards. Chess can be
played by correspondence. A man can
learn to swim by correspondence as
easy as he can learn to play billiards
by! correspondence. @'R7F
Taken all in all billiards is as far
ahead of chess as hasehalltis ahead of
roller skating @.}
& 4 Respectfully, @tgg a
755s:t:sgtfsa4 bii l.,sasJ. J. S.
To the Editcr:--Owing to the fact
that the voters of Ottumwa are about
to decide by petition whether or not
/, to keep out the saloon, and everything
that tends to demoralize our youth, it
might not be amiss to hear frcm an
out slider on this all-important ques-
ton. -r ..5,sas
Now somebody will say, Its none of
your business whatswef do here in
town: tins is our own4familyt sFow.
lFasy there, my brother. Let's see
about that. want you to take trip
into the country. Go ii you please,
cast. west, north or south and you will
find every little ways country church
about every two miles "a little school
house, where our little boys and girls
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-02-24
x II EU M ATS NJ
Don't Invite Torture BY HsglsctinR
Natures WarningS-Tfy
rg Ky DraffS ...' r

Coupon Brings Them to Try FREE
Don't let that Rheumatism gain an
other inch. Sign and mail my coupon
and you'll get by return post, prepaid
a regular Dollar pair-~of Magic Foot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-04

Georgetown the general standing of the
institution Is taken into consideration
In matters Affecting q man entering
from another university and then be-
coming member of a team
That the loss Of the annual football
game would be staggering blow to
the athletic interests at both univer-
stiles caLnot be gainsaid. Year Ivy year
this contest has grown In Importance
both as sporting and financial affair.
Georgetown has won the last two -au-
tumns, and the crowds have continued
to increase to such an extent that the
receipts make up by far the largest
single item on the credit side of each
athletic association. =
Lose Best Attraction.
The calling of of this fixture would
mean that not only would local football
lie deprived Of its most interesting at
fair. but the other branches of athletics
at both Georgetown and Virginia would
have to be conducted on n more econo-
mic basis. That there are enough SEN
sible persons at both places to avert a
rupture Is a feeling that Is widespread
among those most interested in the COL
leges.
That the graduate coaching system is
report that is given but little credence
bv Virginia alumni in Washington. They
point to the fact that there is a stipula-
ton In the faculty rules governing ath-
)etics prohibiting the engagement OF a
regular professional coach. the result
being that Virginia teams are coached
by Virginia men.
In the five years since the Inaugural
ton Of the graduate coaching board,
Virginia has won three games to
Georgetown's two, although the men
from Charlottesville have been unable
tn score in two years. while Georgetown
has made two touchdown in the same
time.
Next to Georgetown. North Carolina
Is Virginia's most important rival. and
"a team from the Old Dominion has
never suffered defeat at the hands of
the Tar Heels since the coaching at
Charlottesville has been in the hands
of the graduates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-04
Law on Licenses, Confusing
to Drivers. Reviewed BY
Charles T. Terry.
QUESTION OF "fiIRE"
DETERMINES STATUS
Interpretation Of New York Law
Given BY Expert Of Amer
lean Association.
By HARRY WARD.

The question Of what constitutes :
cnauneur" IL one that has long both.
cred motorists. particularly those who
live In New York. and are bound by the
terms OF the Calian automobile law en-
acted ne arly two years ago. The ut,es-
ton arose again the other day when
shipping clerk for one OF the New
York automobile companies was arrest
ed for driving car without a license.
When he was brought before a magis-
trate he was released on the ground
that 1t was not necessary for him to
have a chauffeur's license, as he was
not a chauffeur,
The matter is reviewed BY Charles
Thaddeus Terry, chairman of the legis-
latiyc board Of the American Automo-
bile Association, who gives the follow
ing views on the subject:
THE provision of the New York stat
ute is that the term chauffeur shall
mean any person operating or driving
O motor vehicle as an employee or for
hire" 1t IL to be borne in mimi that
no one other than the chauffeur as %
defined, il obliged to have an operating
license. As SO defined. the chauffeur Is
one who is paid wages or compensation
for operating an automobile. II does
not include one who is paid wages ~
q bookkeeper or as q salesman or as q
mechanic, who, on some rare occasion,
is induced to drop his regular employ
ment in order to drive a motor vehicle
on some particular errand. Such per
son is paid his wages or compensation
for keeping books or for acting as
mechanic or for performing services 80
salesman and does not operate q
motor vehicle for hire as the language
Of the statute Is. In other words. the
precise question is-what IL the man
paid for? II he Is paid for operating 9
motor vehicle, he Is q chauffeur ana
must be licensed. II he is hired and
paid for doing something else and OPP
crates an automobile only occasionally
and out Of an obliging disposition for
his employer, he does not require .
chauffeur's license. because he does not
come within the definition provided IN
the statute"
In other words, It is to be observed
that, II the wages or compensation OF Y
man are In any respect or degree paid
him for doing several things. one VI
which il the driving Of a motor We
nicie, ne would then come within the
definition Of Chauffeur" because he
would then be hired in part to drive
the motor vehicle; but on the other
hand, II the driving of the motor We
hicle is outside the regular scope OF MS
employment, and he does It only casual
~, he does not come within the prohibt-
ton OF the statute.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-04
HOLY CROSS MAY Be
HOLIDAY OPPONENT
OF BLUE AND GRAY
Efforts Being Made to Bring
Worcester Eleven
Here.

WORCESTER. Mass, Jan. 4.-Holy
Cross may supplant Lehigh as the
football attraction at Georgetown Uni
versity, Washington, d. c., next
Thanksgiving Day. Negotiations are
about concluded for this big game,
which will be the biggest among the
Catholic universities of the country.
According to the present plan. Holy
Cross will give Georgetown a baseball
date on either Patriots Day. April ls.
or Decoration Day here in return for
the football date in Washington.
The undergraduates at Holy Cross
are very DESTROYS of the big game
Thanksgiving Day, and 1t will. un-
doubtedly attract large crowd OF
alumni from New York and Philadel-
phia, not to speak Of many living here.
holy cross had suceesstul season IN
strongest among the second -class col
leges In New England. playing strong
games against Princeton, Yale and
Harvard,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-04
Ell IGIBu- ITY WILL !.
BE THRESHED OUT
Georgetown and Virginia Hope to Get Together Quail
i6cations Before Baseball Season Opens-Ex- ~
pect Decision.
BY THOMAS KIRBY.

Virginia's suggestions to Georgetown
relative to changes in the interpreta-
ton of certain rules governing the
eligibility of participants in athletic
contests between the two universities
in the future, are likely to be known
within the next two weeks.
1t was learned today that meeting
of the committee at Charlottesville will
be held within the next ten days. and
one of the subjects scheduled for dis
cussion will be the question of future
relations with Georgetown. Before the
game in November the Virginia board
considered the situation and, although
It was talked of Informally later, the
understanding was that the final de-
cision would be left until after the
holidays.
That there will be any serious dis
agreement is a feeling that is not en-
tertained by those high in the athletic
councils at either place. There Is no
intention on either side. SO far as Is
known, to ask for a change In the
rules, but Virginia will probably ask
that a mutual understanding be reached
in regard to the construction that Is
to be placed on specific clauses.
Professionalism Not There.
The question of professionalism EVIL
IDENTIFY does not enter into the situa-
ton, but the other three general rules
scholastic requirement, term Of resi-
dence of athletes coming from other
colleges. and the four-year limitation
are the ones that Virginia is expected
to request to have some definite in
depreciation placed upon.
The question, what is a college, in
SO far es 1t affects the eligibility of an
athlete, has long been a much-mooted
one between Georgetown and Virginia.
At Charlottesville college, SO far as
its use in determining a mans status
in sports is concerned, Is one which
numbers $50 or more students, while at
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-04
CHAMPION
IS READY TO SIGN
FOR FLYNN BAT Tie
Latter Has Only to Post
Forfeit and Name
Date.

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Articles of axree-
ment are ready for the signature Of
Jack johnson for battle with Jim
Flynn. 1t remains only for tho hackers
Of Jack Curley. promoter Of the mill
to put up the forfeit money and name
the date when the black champion will
sign the papers.
Articles Tor another bout are being
drawn UP today by Tom Andrews, Of
Milwaukee. representing Hugh McIn-
tosh. johnson declared today that there
Is no obstacle In the way of either
match.
Ihe Flynn affair will lie held i'm Ne
vada some time in May. johnson will
then rush to Paris to condition himself
to meet McVey some time in July.