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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15
EDDYvILLE

Misses Bernice McMahan and Doris
Carson returned from Davenport Mon
day. where they had been visiting the
latter's sister, Sylvia Carson.
Charles Norman and son Paul were
Ottumwa passengers Tuesday.
Peter Miller of Frederic was here
Tuesday looking after business and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15

China has joined the ranks of the
republics just In time to pull off a fall
election this year. The Chinese demo
Gratis should get in communication
with Mr.. Bryan and find what candi-
dates for the Job meet with Bryan's
approval. q. ..rr..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15
LOVE ON AN EMPTY STOMACH:

q few weeks ago there was much
in the papers concerning the affairs
Of Upton Sinclair, Mrs. Upton Sinclair
and "Poet" Harry Kemp. Upton, you
will remember, once wrote BOOK anu
he has been living ever since on what
ever reputation that brought him. Up
ton also fed on several theories, one
OF which was that the laws governing
marriage were all wrong. No legal
ceremony should be necessary, ne nelu
to ioin man and woman in wedlock.
A short time ago Upton received
something of shock when his wire,
Meta, became converted to his theor-
les and took occasion to foresake her
home and run away with party oy
the name of Kemp, who lays some
claim to being poet, although none
Of his written works seem to pc AZ
large. This Kemp person also had
theories. One theory was that ne
shouldn't work. Why should he be
ground down by labor while some 9TH
er man profited by his labor? why,
indeed.
The poet and the other mans wife
gave out columns of slush to the in
reviewers justifying the way they had
outraged the conventions. Then they
were silent for time, and the report
ers forgot them.
Now they are back in the public
prints again It seems that Meta still
retains her appetite. Harry retains
his views concerning work. He was
perfectly willing to write a dream OF
poem for his lady's breakfast, but
she yearned for ham and eggs and
other prosaic edibles.
Meta has returned to her parents.
Her father seems to be one of the old
fashioned kind of man who works for
living and earns something to stock
up the. house with eatables. He was
willing his daughter should come back
home, but drew the line at an alleged
poet who would steal another mans
wife and wouldn't work to support her.
You can draw, your own moral from
this incident.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15

Miss Goldie Mater arrived home
from Des Moines Friday where she
has been attending an S. D. a. confer
ence.
Mrs. Chal Sturgeon went to Oska-
loosa Friday to look after business
affairs.
Rev. w. Williams went to Hiteman,
Friday to visit with relatives few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Lee were business
callers In Oskaloosa Thursday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15

zine weather for next ten days
weather forecast issued yesterday
And the next day it showed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15
"SO-CALLED."

Chicago Tribune: That was a deli
cate reference of counsel for the
American Sugar Refining Co. to the
"so-called customs frauds"
Our readers will recall without eff
fort these "so-called frauds" They will
recall the neat little so-called wire by
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successful that a n


a is life
humble
his who
in
that makes her dizzy.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15

issue for campaign orators Tor the
next seven years, as 1t has been IN the
past. The president acted IN this
matter as he acted in other govern
mental matters that have been put up
to him. The tariff question, thestrust
question, the reciprocity question and
the other big matters that FACED him
when his administration began have
been promptly taken up and acted up
on. In all these matters he has acted
courageously and honestly and With
true craftsmanship. That he has act
ed as he thought to be right regard
less Of the effect his action would
have on his political future stamps
him as one of the greatest men who
has ever occupied the executive CHAIR
In the matter of reciprocity the
president was led to believe That the
sentiment of the middle west was ia
sorable to this issue. The agitation
for reciprocity began in the middle
west and the president had every .rea-
son to conclude that this section
wanted reciprocity. When it came to
show down it was found that some
of the campaign orators only wanted
reciprocity as campaign issue, and
not as a settled economic policy, and
when they voted, not for reciprocity
as they talked, but against reciprocity
as their constituents demanded, 1t
must have been enlightening to the
president as showing that the cam
paign speeches he had heard from
the speakers from the middle west
did not represent the sentiment Of
these sections. q
If the people of the middle west
have any one to blame for the reel
.procity matter it is the campaign ora
tors who went over the country de-
handing it. President Taft should be
given vote of thanks for settling this
issue so effectua1ly that it will not
come to life again in many years.
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ELDoN.

Mrs. E. T. Roland has received the
sad news of the death of her cousin
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard Z. Ram
THE ORES SHAKER.

ar Of fashion changes the styles when
thirty getting
weeks The
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~ = ~ q ---"- - IUtsIE TT
c. f. FRANKIE,
Chairman.
l.. B. WHITNEY, Secretary.
Des Moines, Iowa, January II, 1912.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-15

read your ad sir, and am here to de-
mand an apology. am being twitted
by all my friends with being an UNI
brella thief. l can prove that bought
this at A. & G.'s, sir" "
The colonel wouldn't apologize.
The best he would do was to dis
charge the cook again and try to make
himself believe that both men were
liars Next day third man appeared.
He had rolled umbrella in his hand.
He was about the colonel's age, and he
was also a man who had tantrums.
"Sixty-five years Of record in Of
flee and out that cannot be i'm
peached!" he shouted. "and yet the
day has come when I am charged
with stealing an umbrella! There it
is, sir! Look at it! Look at my in
itials! Look at this ticket to see that
it came from A. & G.'s! Apologize,
sir-apoligize at once! My name, sir,
is Clarence Georges. ~ ~
There were some hot words and
threats were made, but the colonel
finally cooled down and hired the
cook over again. Having discharged
her but few hours before, he must
rehire her before he could hand out
any more walking papers.
And fourth man came and talked
about, arrest and prosecution, and he
and the colonel called each other liars.
Then the latter fearing that a fifth
man might arrive went off to his club
to play dominoes.
The fifth man came with rolled
umbrella and the initials &c. G." on
the handle. He was young man and
he had his interview with Miss Maude
lust after an exciting episode.
T saw Col Graham's advertise
ment," he said, "and have called to
restore his property. must have
taken it quite by mistake"
"But you didn't she replied.
"You couldn't, you see, for here is
his. Just found it in his room. He
didn't have it with him at all that
day."
Then they both smiled. Then they both
laughed. Then the colonel appeared
and said it was funny and the cook
must be discharged, and-and---"
If frequent calls at the colonels
residence by Mr.. Claude Gorham mean
anything. they mean that Miss Maude
favored him as caller.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
CIRCULATED $1,000
IN BOGUS MONEY
Man and Woman Passed COun-
terieit in Allentown.

Between $1,000 and $4,000 in coun
terfeit IS bills is believed to have been
circulated in Allentown, Pa. by pair
Of clever swindlers, according to the
statements made by the police.
Conductors of the Lehigh VALLEY
Transit company alone took in fifty
two of the bogus bills, the counterfeits
being discovered when the cashier
counted the money. The rest Of the
bills were passed among merchants,
who accepted them in the payment of
small purchases, rarely exceeding 25
cents in each case.
The swindlers, the police say, were
a man and an attractively dressed
young woman, who came from Bethle-
hem, one working one side of the
city's main business street, the other
the other side. Secret service men
have been summoned.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Missing Man In Jail.

John D. S. Ackenheil, thirty-three
years old, of Pittsburg, a salesman for
the MonoIithic Paint company, of Gin
Cinnati, who had been missing since
Dec Z, was found in the county Jail
in Camden, N. J., by Detective Schreg-
ler.
He is serving twenty days for being
drunk A reward of s25OO was offered
by his brother, Alfred Ackenheil, a
civil engineer of Palmyra, N. Y.
John registered at the Bellevue
Stratford in Philadelphia on Dec. and
wired his house that he would go to
New York on Dec s, and to send his
mail to the Waldorf. He came to
Camden instead and got drunk. He
was arrested and fined and then re-
and sentenced to twenty
days. If his brother comes to claim
him the police will have him released.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Woman Hanns Herself.

Mrs. Annie Patterson, who attempt
ed suicide in Atlantic City, n. j., sew
eral months ago, was found hanging
in the barn of her father Cyrus Rail-
ing, near Shippensburg, Pa.
Mrs. Patterson was found almost as
phyXiated in Atlantic City with her
two children. When she recovered she
was taken home to her fathers farm.
Her attempt to end her life at Atlantic
City was said to have been due to do
mestic troubles.
Mrs. Patterson was about thirty-ive
years oh, and before her marriage was
a teacher She was a graduate of the
Shippensburg Normal school.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Wilson Gets HaIf Oklahoma Delegates.

Wilson Gets Half Oklahoma Delegates.
Contest for control of the Oklahoma
delegates to the Democratic national
convention, waged between Champ
Clark and Woodrow Wilson campaign
ers, resulted in a compromise agree
ment whereby a split delegation will
be sent to Baltimore.
The compromise was reached aft er
an all-night contest. State politics, at
times, obstructed the way to a de
cision. The turning point came when
an amendment authorizing indorse
ment of Champ Clark for president
was offered to a resolution which pro
vided for a divided delegation, ten del.
egates for Clark and ten delegates for
Wilson.
The amendment was lost by a vote
of 3141a to 289. This vote showed
plainly to the Clark adherents that
nothing remained but compromise.
the resolution for a divid-
ed delegation was adopted
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Hearty LAUGH Kills Man.

Edward Davis, a house painter. age,
forty-fve years, died in a vaudevill,
theater in Lancaster, Pa.
Davis, who was apparently in per
feet health, seemed to enjoy the per
formance immensely. He was laughins
heartily over a comedians joke, whei
suddenly he slipped to the floor life
less.
A physician pronounced death due
to heart failure, caused by his heart,
laughter.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
TROLLEY ROPE CAUGHT HIM
Policeman's Quick Action Saves Life
of Man In Accident.


John c. Shantz, thirty years old, OF
"A North Ninth street, was saved from
strangulation by Reserve Policeman
Brendlinger when his neck was caught
i nthe trolley rope of a car at Ninth
and Market streets, Philadelphia, and
he was dragged fully fifty feet be ore
the policeman freed him.
The unusual accident was witnessed
by hundreds Of people, who applauded
Brendlinger's quick action.
Shantz was crossing Market street
behind a westbound car. when the
waving rope formed a lasso about his
neck. The man was thrown from his
feet and dragged short distance b.
the car, which was. rendered powerless
when the mans weight pulled the pole
from the trolley wire.
The taut rope was strangling him
when the policeman ran up and un
wound the rope from his neck.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
WARSHIPS BACK UP
DEMAND BY CHINA
Dutch Must Pay Indemnity For
killing Chinese.

Chinese warships have been ordered
10 Java under instructions to lombard
Batavia if the Dutch government does
not pay an indemnity demanded for the
killing of Chinese said to have been
attacked by Dutch soldiers.
In an ultimatum sent to the Dutch
government, provisional President Sun
Vat Sen said that an attack on Java
would be begun if the indemnity were
not paid within a week.
This information was received in
San Francisco in private dispatch
from DR.. Suns private secretary TO
Tong King Chong, editor of the Chi
nese Free Press"
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Border City Falls with Slight
Resistance.
U. S. TROOPS WATCH EVENT
Fearing Intervention, Garrison Of 5or-
der Town Decided Not to Make Re-
sistance.

Juarez, the Mexican town opposite
FL PasO, Tex, is now in possession OF
the Vaquista rebels.
Firing but one or two vOlleys, and
meeting no resistance, except a few
scattering shots in reply to their first
volley, the rebels marched into town,
capturing the machine guns that had
been bought to repel them, took
charge of the municipal offices, the
customs house, the barracks, the jail
and other public buildings.
The rebels made the assault at 10
o'clock, entering the outskirts from
the northwest, and firing as they en-
tered, using rifles and one cannon.
The few hundred men in Juarez as
defenders fired but a few shots from
points of vantage and then were or
dered by their officers to cease. The
Mexican consul at El Paso, E. Q. Flor
ente, afterward said that the officers
decided not to make a resistance to
avoid complications with the United
States.
United States troops patrolled the
border at the time the attack was
made, apparently ready to enter Juarez
if FL Paso should be endangered.
AS the rebels marched into Juarez
they found all the houses closed. Only
one man, Captain Romero, of the de-
tenders. was wounded, and he acci-
dentally.
All night the rebels spent in camp
outside of Juarez after moving around
from the south to the northwest They /
attacked from the northwest par
TALLY using the banks of an irrigation. |
ditch for protection. The fire was di- |
rected so that bullets of the defenders !
and assailants did not fall on Amer |
can soil.
The rebels advanced in considerable
order and appeared to be under per
feet control Of their officers. Emilio
Campo was in command of the attach
Ing party. The rebels say they will
maintain order, and arrangements are
being made to restore communication
between Ell Paso and Juarez if the
United States troops will permit No
ooting accompanied the taking of the
,ity
The rebels carried a red flag be-
heath the Mexican tri-color.
Colonel Steever stated that he has
10 instructions to do other than pro-
est should Mexican bullets be fret
ntO American territory.
Americans in Juarez responded
to the warning issued by the
United States consul, Mr.. Edwards.
md crossed the Rio Grande to E,
'aso, together with hundreds Of Mexi-
an non-combatants.
Seven armed and mounted Ameri
ans, who, it was alleged by Mexican
Ulcers, were o ntheir way to Mexico
o join the rebels. were arrested neal
he border line at Fronteras.
A small detachment of Texas mill
Ia guarding the FL Paso electric light
liant were fired upon during the night
y parties concealed behind box cars
nd said to be MexiCans. Maxim s.
sncers were used on the guns ant y
lore than twenty shots were fred, one =
ullet passing through the hat of one =
the guardsmen. IL
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
House Passes chemioal RilI.

For the first time since the insur-
gent Republicans broke away from the
regulars in the fight on the petroleum
duty in the Payne tariff bill in 1909.
the Republicans of the house preseD. =
ed practically a solid front against the
passage of a tariff revision measure.
All insurgents voted with ting regu
lar Republican forces against the I'm
derwood chemical tariff which wa
passed, however, by a vote of 17S t.
127.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
VANAMAN PAYS PENALTY

Wife Murderer Executed in Prison
Yard in Reading, Pa.
Matthew E. Vanaman was hangeG
in Reading, Pa, for the murder of s
wife. He strangled to death.
Il am glad l am going to die on a
bright sunshiny morning" he declared
when he arose.
Before going to his death Vanama
made this brief statement which war
den, De Turk, gave to the press afte.
his death: Il am not afraid to die
was a weak, miserable boy and an
ready to pay the penalty for my crime
NY fate may warn others who are go
ing the pace that kills"
Vanaman shot his wife in their bei.
room and then set fire to the house
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Woman Vim s1zo.ooo verdIot.

Mrs. Alice c. Rycroft won a verdict
Of $4,000 against Henry Clay Pierce,
the oil magnate, by a jury in the su
preme court in New York. She charg
ed that Pierce had obtained posses
sion Of her securities valued at the
amount sued for and had converted
them to his own use. Pierce viii ap-
peal.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Nem pnhllo Iand oneninn-

The 127500 acres Of land eliminated
from the Mospa National forest in
Nevada by President Taft on Dec. 8.
1911, will be thrown open to settle
ment on May Z, 1912. The land is 10
Gated in Lincoln county, New.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
70 Lashes and "A Years For Burglar.

20 Lashes and "A Years For Burglar.
Seventy lashes on his bare back,
probably the heaviest sentence ever
imposed on a white man in Dover.
Del, twenty being the usual number.
together with fourteen years impris
onment at hard labor, was the sen
tee g received by Charles P Wright,
ahas Dick" Wright, a member of
well known family, who had turne.i
burglar.
His heavy sentence was for robbinr
a young woman, stealing a horse and
buggy and rObbing a Camden store.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
DIED AS FRIEND DID
Dream Is Fulfilled When He Expired
In Same Manner.

A dream that Frank Hartman, a
farmer, of Alburtis, near Allentown
Pa, had several nights after the
death of his lifelong friend and neig
Dor, Henry Butz, two weeks ago, la
its fulfllment Tuesday night, whel
Hartman died suddenly in a chair al
his home
The two men died in exactly tn
same manner and at the same hou
Of the day. They were the same age
Butz owned the farm upon which hi
friend Hartman lived.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
ReverIdaa on Petition.

A petition placinb the name Of A,
bert J. Beverdige on the Republica
preferential ballot for vice presiden
was filed in Lincoln, Neb. The petitio
is signed by Republicans who ar
known supporters of Colonel Roosevelt
for the presidential nomination.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
nreat Lawver on Work.

Rufus Choate believed in hard worb
and struggle When some one sale
to him that a certain fine achieve
ment was the result Of accident he
exclaimed: Nonsense! You might
as well drop the Greek alphabet on
the ground and expect to pick up the
Iliad"
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
The puzzlino Sex.

Wimmin is the limit, with the hd
on The feller that said you never
can tell what a woman is goin' to 40
next had misft works in his thought
plant You can alwus tell what
woman is goin' to do next Shes
gcin' to do somethin' crazy.-Populaf
Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
chinese Aviator Fatally Hurt.

Tom Gum, the Chinese aviator, was
probably fatally injured by a fall Of
100 feet at the aviation meet in Oak
land, Cal
He landed 200 yards outside tho
aviation field. falling on a pumpinp
station. He is believed to be dying a.
B hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1912-03-01
Two Killed Near Harrlsburq.

Two men were killed within a few
miles Of Harrisburg, Pa. Miles Cokert
was struck by a shifting engine or
the Reading railroad near Derr
church and almost instantly killed. A
about the same time an unidentife
man was killed at Marysville.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-27
Fourth Glass Postmaster Exam
nation

The United States Civil Service com
October 10, an examination will be held
at Whiting, VT, as a result of which
it is expected to make certification to
fill contemplated vacancy in the
position of fourth-class postmaster at
Shoreham, Vt, and other vacancies as
they may occur at that office, unless it
shall be decided in the interests of the
service to fill the vacancy by reinstate-
ment. The compensation of the post
master at the Office was 1869 for the
last fiscal year.
Age limit Fl years and over on the
date of the examination, with the ex-
ception that in a State where women
are declared by statute to be of full age
for all purposes at Is years, women Is
years of age on the date of the exami-
nation will be admitted.
Applicants must reside within the
territory supplied by the post office foi
which the examination is announced.
The examination open to all citizens
of the United States who can comply
with the requirements.
Application forms and full informa
ton concerning the requirements of the
examination can be secured from the
postmaster at Shoreham or from the
u. S. Civil Service commission, Wash
ington. d. c.
Applications should be properly exc
cuted and filed with the Commission a
Washington within 7 days before thu
date of the examination, otherwise i
may be impracticable to examine tn,
applicants.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-27
"A K. MOORE,
Estate of william Con ant
of Salisbury

Share of Edward Conant, Absent 25 years
CTATE OF VERMONT,
0DISTRICT OF ADDISON. IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate Of Will
liam Conant, late of Salisbury in said district,
deceased. and in Edward Conant. his
GREETING:
Whereas, said court has assigned the 14th day
of October, next, at 10 o'clock a m. for showing
cause why the share of said estate that Edward
Conant. son of the deceased, and absent and I'M
heard of more than rs years, two years of which
are after the death of said William Conant. should
not be distributed among the other heirs of said
William Conant according to P. S. 1885, and order
ed that public notice thereof be given to all per-
sons interested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully previous to the
day assigned in the Middlebury Register. news
paper published at Middlebury In said district
Therefore. you hereby notified to appear
at the Probate Office in Middlebury. in said dis
trict, on the day assigned then and there to show
cause if any you have why said share should not
be distributed and establish your right as heirs,
leRatees and lawful claimants to said share
Given under my hand this oath day of Septem-
| Der, 1912.
SO Charles l. Button. Judge of Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-09-27
Merchants Week in BURLINGTON.

The merchants of Burlington announce
another trade week which will be held
from Sept. 90 to Oct. 5, inclusive. The
value of the Register as an advertising
medium is recognized in the advertising
that is sent out. The Burlington mer-
chants have experimental with several
forms of advertising to promote the ir
trade weeks and have found the news
papers not only the most profitable but
the most economical. 1t is commendable
that the business men of any town pull
together and the co operation among the
merchants acts good example for many
otherpaces to follow. Special attrac-
tions are advertised and round trip car
fares are paid on purchase of $25 OO
or over from distance CT 100 miles
Then in addition to the car fare dinner
entertainment is given on all purchases
of $1,000 at any hotel or restaurant in
the city. With the plain announcement
which is made il is doubtful if any one
can visit Burlington during its Mer
chants Week under any false impress
sion.