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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-15

returned home after visit here with
the VIM. Thornburg family.
Miss Merle Fearis is at home from
VALPARAISO, Ind. where she attended
school.
Otto Fearis of Chicago is visiting the
parental F. J. Fearis home.
Mrs. ]. w. Fuller Of Davenport is a
guest Of the Macy Mills family.
Miss Martha Meachem who has been
teaching school at Correctionville is
at home for the summer vacation. r
Timothy Spence of Knoxville Is VS.
iting old school friends and comrades
Of the civil war.
Miss Elsie Wood who taught in the
school the past year went to her home
in Wisconsin this week.
Miss Winnifred Stalker of Sigourney
is visiting her grandparents Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Holingsworth north OF
town.
Samuel Coffman Of Rubio has pur-
chased properly here with view of
moving to this city.
The Children's Day program has been
postponed until Sunday June 16 at the
Christian church.
P. L. Hinson and family have re-
turned from a visit near Ottumwa
with relatives.
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CHARLTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Madison have
gone from Ottercreek township to Den
yer, Colo, where they will spend the
summer with their daughter who is
teaching there.
Miss Jennie Courier who is employed
in Atlantic as a stenographer is spend
ing a few days here with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. T. Courier and numerous
friends.
Mrs. e. M. Rosenberg has gone &c
Des Moines to spend a few days with
her son Marcus Rosenberg.
Mrs. Cora Thompson Of Harvey Is
visiting in Pleasant township with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Bingaman
Mrs. T. J. Clevenger of Warren
township and Mrs. Frank Byrum OF
English township have been called to
their sister Mrs. Chas. Shroyer.
Thos. Teas the singing evangelist
has gone to Oskaloosa to assist in q
series of meetings.
Mrs. John Hollingshead and daughter
Pearl who had been visiting here with
the formers sister Mrs. l. S. Buzard re-
turned home yesterday. Miss Pearl
graduated from the Charlton high
school few weeks ago.
ed home after an extended visit in Lin
coin township with Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Williamson.
Mrs. T. J. Murphy and Miss Maude
Martz have gone to Des Moines ia
visit the formers sister Mrs. Houck
Mrs. Murphy will visit relatives at
Eagle Grove before returning home.
Mrs. Carl Steingraber and children
Of Dallas City, Ill.,. who had ben visit
ing at the home Of her uncle P. v. Van
Arsdale left last evening for visit IN
Des Moines.
Mrs. F. A. Saum has gone to Adair
to spend a week with her son J. A.
Saum and family.
Mrs. Todd Lane has been called to
Somerset by the serious illness Of her
grandmother Mrs. Sarah Taylor.
Miss Jeanette Ostring Is spending
the week near Abba with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Froggatt and
daughters of Knoxville have returned
home after a brief visit with the form
er's brother c. e. Frogatt and fam
lily.
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WILLIAMSBURG.

! Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. James and daugh-
ter Of Chicago and Clyde James OF
Minneapolis who have been here for q
visit at the J. J. Hughes home have
returned.
Mrs. ]. M. Thomas Of Cedar Rapids
Is here this week visiting at the home
! Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Yates.
Rev. Henry Koenig of the German
Lutheran church Is away this week as
sisting in the exercises Of the ANNUAL
mission festival at Ida Grove.
Mrs. A. c. Stott and daughter OF
Chicago are here for an extended visit
at the home of her father and with her
sister Miss Anna Stephens.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Ballinger of Cedar
Of the latters mother Mrs. T. Keegan
and her brother James Keegan.
w. w. Harris, student at the Cedar
Rapids business college, is here this
week visiting at the home of his mother
and other relatives.
Attorney r. w. Pugh who has been
away on business at Sigourney. return
ed Wednesday.
James Gallagher Of East Troy trans
acted business here Wednesday and
visited with friends.
George Blythe and Meredith Lloyd,
students at Ames college, are spending
their vacation week at the homes Of
their respective parents.
W. T. Jones of Cedar Rapids was
with his sons r. E. and David and
his daughters Mrs. d. M. and Mrs.
Fred Jones.
Mrs. Marcus Evans is away for a
few days visit with relatives at Win
ona, Ill.
Msr. Margaret Hyter Of Manly Is here
for an extended visit at the home Of
relatives of this vicinity.
F. w. Market and wife Of Wildwood,
Fla, are here this week visiting at the
home of the latter's brother F.. w.
Tomasek.
r. w. Yoss, ST., who has been for
several days at the home Of his son r.
w. Yoss, Jr., left this week for Excel
sior Springs, Mo. ..
Dan Collingwood and wife Of Pilot
at the home Of the formers brother s.
s. Collingwood.
Miss Anna Jones Of Chicago is here
during vacation visiting at the home Of
her uncle O. G. Jones.
John Evans Of Minneapolis Is here
this week visiting at the home Of his
mother and brother Albert, sister Miss
Jr.
Mrs. e. G. Long who has been away
for visit at the B. F. Richmond home
at Webster. Is now at home.
Miss Nell Jones a teacher in the
high school at Marathon came in Mon
day and will spend her summer vaca-
ton in the city at the homes Of her
sister and brothers r. E. and David.
Emil and Jacob Furler Of Hilton
township were in Thursday transacting
business and visiting with friends.
Miss Miriam Evans, graduate this
year Of the local high school, won the
S. U. l. scholarship awarded to the
graduate who made the highest general
average.
Rev. John Roberts of the Congrega-
tional church who has been away at
tending the state Congregational con-
ference at Charles City, has returned.
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TAFT SAYS he
WILL Be NOMINEE
PRESIDENT CONFIDENT OF VIC
TORY AND THAT COLONEL
WILL STAY in PARTY.

Washington, d. c., June 14.-Presi
dent Taft is confident he will be nom
mated on the first ballot, and that when
the votes are counted on the convention
floor they will numbre close to 577.
While the president believes he Will
be nominated he Is not so sure that
Colonel Roosevelt will bolt the party
and run Independently as he was a
week or ten days ago.
there are too many difficulties IN the
path Of bolt on the part of Colonel
Roosevelt. The difficulties as the adj
ministration views them are these:
l. A determined stand on the part OF
a majority Of the leaders In the repub-
lican party and this includes both Taft
and Roosevelt supporters, against
breaking up the republican party to
further cause or defeat the
ambitions of any one man or clique, be
1t either Taft or Roosevelt heading tina I
clique.
2. The financing of an independent
campaign in the election. 1t Is admitted
that Roosevelt has been backed In his
fight for the nomination by Perkins,
Gary and few other millionaires to the
extent Of between $2,000,000 and $3,0O0,-
900. 1t is pointed out that these men are
practical business men, and that II
Roosevelt would bolt he could carry
but small part Of the party with him,
and 1t would mean defeat for both re-
publican candidates and that the money
II spent, would be wasted.
3. Hopes for 1915.
4. Some of the men who are backing
Roosevelt and whom the latter would
expect to stand by him cannot do so
because defeat at home confronts them.
Root Talks Over Speech.
Senator Root, who is slated by the
Taft forces at Chicago for temporary
vention, left Washington last night for
Chicago. He called on the president
yesterday and for more than an hour
the two were in conference, going over
the senator's speech which he will de-
liver at the opening Of the convention.
In this Senator Root will confine
himself to review Of the Taft admin
istration. He will make no suggestions
as to the platform.
Senator Root will name as distinctly
Taft achievements the postal savings
bank. corporation tax, shortening Of
mode Of procedure in United States
courts, reports Of the tariff commission.
prosecution Of trusts and enforcement
of the Sherman antitrust law. en-
ployers' liability, economy in the ex-
ecutive departments. progress on the
construction OF tn6 Panama canai, OPP
GRAFTON of dollar diplomacy" creation
of q children's bureau and establish
ment Of q bureau Of mines.
He will deal also with legislation not
claimed to be entirely pro-administra-
ton, such a. the issuance of $30,000,0 900
bonds for irrigation in the northwest.
Senator Borah is father Of this legisla-
ton, but he had the presidents back
Ing
When leaving the white house Sem
ator Root said he felt absolutely certain
that he would be elected temporary
chairman, and added that he thought
the program to make him permanent
chairman would go through.
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PLAN TO Make
new HIGHWAY
GOOD ROAD BETWEEN OTTUMWA
AND BLOOMFIELD IS NOW
BEING PLANNED.

Postmaster Frank A. Nimocks was
in Bloomfield yesterday and met with
an enthusiastic bunch of autoists who
are keen for an Ottumwa-Bloomfield
good road that will rival the Blue
Grass road and some of the other
we'll known highways across state.
While in the capital of old Davis
Postmaster Nimocks met with Messrs.
Lorenz, Steckel, H. Taylor, King and
a host of others who are very enthus-
iastic for the making Of the proposed
road. This was music to the ears OF
and the new road is in the making al
ready SO far as plans go. The pres
ent road was said by Mr.. Nimocks to
be in such condition as to spoil any
ones good disposition and badly in
need of dragging and general improve
ment New concrete bridges and c,ll-
verts were said to be dire necessity
along the road proposed, which runs
straight through Belknap.
4 A meeting of those interested In
both cities and intermediate points Is
planned for the near future when 1t
is expected to have the supervisors of
both counties present as we'll as the
trustees along the route. Mr.. Nimocks
said the road Is about equally wretch
ed in both counties and appeared to
have not been dragged this year. The
men are enthusiastic about
the matter as we'll as some Of the To-
raj good roads boosters and 1t Ia in
tended to work up more sentiment In
favor of the new road. A great many
would like to 60 to Bloom.
field just as readily as to Oskaloosa
and Eddyville, and the new road Is q
possibility with this in view.
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PULASKI.

Mrs. w. H. Shelton visited her
daughter Mrs. Beauchamp Of Bloom
field Monday.
c. W. Ramseyer Of Bloomfield visit
ed his brother S. F. Ramseyer and fam
lily Sunday. going to Stiles In the after
noon where he delivered the memorial
Prof. D. J. Perdue visited friends
here the last Of the week returning
home Sunday. $780,.
Misses Florence and Maude Corrick
of Bloomfield spent Saturday night and
Sunday with friends here.
DR.. II. G. Finch Of Hit, Mo-, and
daughter Mrs. Ethel Wagler and son
Chris left Tuesday evening for FIT.
Madison where they will visit few
days.
Miss Fay Beauchamp OF Bloomfield
visited her grandparents Mr.. and Mrs.
w. II. Shelton over Sunday. s...
Miss Maude Milliken returned to her
home in Numa last Monday after an
extended visit with her grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Milliken.
Miss Abbie Brown of Bloomfield
spent Sunday at the A. J. Hartzler
home. ...-.,.
Pulaski will celebrate the Fourth of
Jlfly
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week from Oskaloosa after visiting
there with her daughter.
Mrs. James Logue is visiting in Des
Moines this week. I
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Hayden gave
6 o'clock dinner at their home Satur-
day evening June in honor of Ed
Friend. About twenty-five guests were
present. &ssa ts ass
Mrs. H. Marshall and little SON is
visiting in Knoxville this week with
her sister Mrs. Thomas Crane.
Ralph Conrad Of Chickaska, Okla,
came this week to spend the summer
with his grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. A.
D. Conrad.
The Ottumwa district conference was
held in the Methodist Episcopal church
Of Eldon last week. Rev. E. j. Shook,
D. D. of Ottumwa is the district ST.
perintendent Twenty seven OF the
thirty-seven pastors of the district
were present. With these were othdrs
clergymen representing various inter
ests of church work in the district MAX
ing a total attendance of thirty-six.
Neil Of Abba, B. G. Hankins Of Agency,
o. G. circuit Of Milton and j. H. Koch
of Lovilia- DR.. T. w. Jeffrey OF OF
tumwa read a paper on THE Christian
Science Heresy." Rev. p. M. Conant Of
Moravia read a paper on THE Millen-
mum Dawn Heresy.'' Rev j. S. Decker
of Richland gave resume of the
Methodist general conference Girls
Haw Of Ottumwa read a paper on
church finances and Mr.. Harm Of Mo-
ravia gave talk on the organized
Sunday school class. The conference
closed Wednesday evening with an
address from Dr. C. L. Tenant Of Mt.
Pleasant, on the rural church.
The Bay View club and few guests
were delightfully."- entertained at the
home Of Mrs. Frank Shore. A trip to
foreign lands, ably conducted by Mrs.
N. l. Wilson, proved both instructive
and entertaining. The unique manner
in which the illustrated scenes were
thrown on the screen caused much mer-
riment. Mesdames Bundy and Stanton
rendered several appropriate vocal
selections and upon the return to the
United States the club sang America"
Mrs. Geo. Myers read a splendid paper
on the women of Australia and Africa.
This was followed by tableau The
Yelled Women Of Algiers." Several con-
tests were enjoyed by those present.
Delicious two course refreshments were
served by the following hostesses:
Mesdames Frank Shore. S. L. Murray.
]. A. Bundy, c. N. Stanton, N. I. VIII
son, Geo. Myers and H. L. Cross. The
guests were Mesdames L. G. Cunanins,
]. H. Skiles, Geo. Roberts. H. e. Ritz.
Clara Heing A. Rapp. o. Cresap, e. E.
Barger, Chas. Needham, Edward Eas-
ton, Breen Yates and Harwick.
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FARM TRAINS
APPRECIATED.
THOUSANDS OF FARMERS At.
TENDED THE LECTURES ON
AGRICULTURAL SPECIALS

That the farmers take advantage Of
the educational enterprises under
taken by the railroads for the Inn
provement of the farms and the in-,
crease of the farms productiveness, IL
easily seen when the results Of the
farm trains are compiled by the agri.
cultural departments Of the various
lines. The seed corn specials and the
campaign of education carried on By
the Rock Island road during edrly
spring Is related in the following man.
ner in the current issue OF the Rock
Island Employees magazine.
One of the most important undertake.
ings in the history Of the Rock Island
lines agricultural department was the
campaign made this spring for the test
Ing of seed corn. Because of unfavor-
able conditions last fall in the corn belt
"a large percentage of the seed corn lost
its terminating powers and It was es.
sential that every ear for planting this
spring be tested. Agricultural Com.
missioner Cottrell concentrated his ef-
forts upon Iowa, and supervised the
running OF five seed corn trains in that
state. Three Of these trains were run
simultaneously, and from April to
9 inclusive there was also operated
over the company's Louisiana lines 4
farm demonstration train, making four
trains simultaneously over one rail-
road. This record has probably never
been equalled in the history Of farm
education on wheels. The commission
er's report for April shows that 26,435
farmers attended lectures on the Iowa
seed corn trains, stops being made at
246 stations, the trains covering 2,262
miles. The campaign in Louisiana was
Of different sort, that being an exhi-
bition and demonstration train, man.
aged by the agricultural department.
Of Louisiana university, and operated
over all Louisiana railroads, each
company contributing its quota OF
equipment and operating the train
free. 1t was on the Rock Island lines
four days, during which time over
5000 persons viewed the exhibits and
heard the lectures. During March the
Rock Island, under Commissioner
Cottrells direction, operated diversi.
fled farming train over the Arkansas
lines, making nearly forty stops and
reaching s,395 persons.
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EDDYvILLE.

A. G. Chancey Of Ollie arrived IN
Eddyville Thursday to spend the sum.
mer with his daughter Mrs. G. H
Stuber.
Loven Albaugh has been seriously
iii this week. Mrs. VIM. Berry who
has been ill for some time is reported
slightly improved.
Miss Fern Lewis was given a mis-.
cellaneous shower on Friday afternoon
at the home of her friend Miss Pearl
Whiteman. Twenty young ladies were
present each young lady brought q
favorite recipe also comic recipe
Refreshm ents were served.
Miss Edna Saunders who has been IN
New York City the past two months
returned home Thursday. Miss Saun.
ders will be in Eddyville part\of the
summer.
Miss Catherine Gallagher who re-
Gently underwent an operation for ap-
pendicitis at the Ottumwa hospital was
oble to return to Eldyville Friday.
Miss Grace McElroy Of Mt. Pleasant
is the guest Of relatives in Eddyville
this week.
Mrs. Charles Turner who has been
seriously i'll for some time was taken
to the Ottumwa hospital Friday for an
operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Harshman of
Beardstown. Ill.,, are in Eddyville this
week visiting old friends.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. J. Davis Fri
day June Z, daughter.
Mrs. Emma Linderman who has
been visiting her sister Mrs. J. r.
Barnett for the past two weeks re.
turned to Des Moines Friday.
H. B. Lucas went to Centervllle
Friday where he will undergo an
oneratiOn A.
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ALB

The NJ. w. A. held memorial services
at Oak View cemetery Sunday after
noon June 8. The band Of the local
fraternity furnished music and some
visiting lodges were present.
The county board met In regular
session Monday A bridge near Hite-
man was visited and the damage done
by the floods earlier in the sea son esti-
mated and needed repairs noted. The
board began canvassing the county
votes yesterday As
Miss Abbie Stevens was at CharitQn
Sunday to be with her grandmother
who is in a serious condition on ac-
count Of a fractured hip. .r
County Superintendent Myrta Har-
low was in Charlton Monday looking
after professional business
Mrs. G. A. Brandingham Of Lockman
was an Abba visitor Monday.
J. B. Johnson and Geo. Hester re-
turned to Centerville Monday.
Miss Helen Rice and brother William
will deturn from Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania this week where they have been
in school,
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HIGHLAND.

A meeting of the city council was
held Monday evening for the transac-
ton Of business.
Notwithstanding the threatening
weather Wednesday night the Richland
cornet band gave a concert.
Sunday June I'd occurred the mar
riage Of Miss Beulah Mendenhall t.
Rev Spencer Baker of Millersburg
Ill., The ceremony was performed al
high noon at the Woolson Friends
church south Of town. Rev. Walter
Baker Of Chicago officiated. A large
number Of visitors witnessed the cere-
mony.
Mrs. r. H. Payne is visiting a broth
er In Keithsburg, Ill. Miss Ruth Lock
yer accompanied Mrs. Payne and will
remain during the summer visiting rel
atives.
John Teeters Of washington has
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ELDON,

Miss Pearl Fancolly of Muscatips
was a visitor at the Nick Lutz home
over Sunday.
Miss Minnie Shields of ~Ottumwa
spent Sunday in the city.
Katherine Barley and Kelsie Finney
went overland 10 Oskaloosa Sunday
They were accompanied home by Mrs.
Vinie Robinson and Mrs. Clarence Yer
Million.
Eugene Stilfeld of Peoria, ILL.,, spent
Sunday at the Frank Devore home.
o. P. Dotson and family were Sunday
visitors in Wapello
Mrs. Edith Fendrich and little baby
of New York City came Sunday for a
visit with her father F. U. Norton and
with friends.
Mrs ]. Shives returned home this
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CENSUS SHOWS
VOT|NCSTRENCTH
FIGURES GIVEN OUT BY BUREAU
TELL The NUMBER OF MALES
ABOVE AGE LIMIT.
BIG VOTE IN CITIES
New York City Has 1,4ss,749 ana
Illinois Makes Total Of 1,743,1s2;
One-third Of tho Male
Voters.

washington, D. c., June 1.-THE
census bureau has just completed q
compilation of statistics Of the varl
GUS classes of the male population OF
the United States proper of voting
age. It Is found that on the last cen
sus. as taken on April Is, 1910, there
were in 229 cities which had more
than $4,000 inhabitants, total OF ~
OO4.422 males of voting age.
These males constituted 31.5 per
cent. or nearly one-third Of the com
bined population of all the cities
which aggregated 2S,54S,s16. The list
is classified according to color, nattv.
ity. and parentage. It was also found
that the males of voting age In all the
cities Of more than $4,000 represent
almost exactly one-third of the entire
number of males of age in the United
States.
Distinction is made between white
males OF native and foreign birth ana
also for the native white in respect to
parentage Those having both par
ents native Of the United States are
clessed as of native parentage; those
having either both parents born
abroad or one parent native and the
other born abroad are classed as OF
foreign or mixed parentage.
Age Only Is Concerned.
The potential voting strength OF
each state and city is expressed by
the number Of It's males Fl years OF
age and over, excluding the foreign
born who have not become natural1z-
ed. But this does not mean the actual
number of voters it represents-rather
that number Of males who, from the
standpoint of age alone, are eligible to
vote, aside from any other qual1f1ca'
tons.
The table, as issued by the census
bureau, shows that the twenty-five
principal cities of Massachusetts, have
q total of 646,7S3 males of age out OF
q total population in the whole state
of 1927, $780, the twenty-one principal
cities in New York have total of l.
922,50O males of age out of a total
population of 2,S36,778. OF these l.
4SS,749 are in New York City alone.
OF the other large cities Chicago
has 7OO, 500 males of voting age; Phil
adelhpia, ASSETS; st. Louis, 221,91S;
Boston, 2OS,221; Cleveland, 1883:
Pittsburg, 166,424; Baltimore, 1885
Cincinnati. 1892; Minneapolis, 1885,
sos; Milwaukee, 113,106; Atlanta, A.
$40; New Orleans, 96,967.
Total Strength Of States.
The total Of the various states Is
given as follows:
Alabama ........ $500. -. 5l3,lll
California ........ .......... 92O,397
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MRS. SAUDERS DIED
AT MT. PLEASANT

Abba, June 11.-Funeral services
over the remains of Mrs. William
Saunders was held from her late home,
Monday morning conducted by Rev.
Burns, pastor of the Christian church.
Mrs. Saunders has been at the sani-
tarium at Mt. Pleasant for several
months. Last Friday she suffered a
stroke of paralysis from the effects Of
which she died Sunday morning. The
remains were brought to Abba for in
terment.
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VILLAGE CREEK.

Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mitchell and
daughter jeanette Of Ottumwa, Mr..
and Mrs. j. NJ. Arnold and Mrs. E. b.
White, also Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Rater
were callers Sunday at the F. l.. Dexter
home.
Mrs. Jerome Tillotson, rs. Carrie
Baughman and daughter Leta and
son Willie of South Ottumwa, Mrs.
]. A. Graham and daughter Doris Of
Granger and Mrs. F. L. Dexter and
daughter Irene spent last Thursday at
the w. T. Dexter home.
Miss Eva Harsch spent Wednesday
at the home Of her grandparents Mr..
and Mrs. J. F. Hill.
Mrs J. A. Graham and baby OF
Granger returned home Thursday after
visiting with her sister Mrs. F. L. Dex-
ter.