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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-11
P ARKER WILL
CLIMB MOUNT AIN
EXPEDITION PLANNED TO START
SOON FOR TOP OF MOUNTAIN S
HOPE FOR SUCCESS.

New York, Jan. 10.-With the sum-
NIT Of Mount Mckinley as its goal, an
expedition headed by Prof. Herschel
G.. Parker will leave New York within
the next few days-possibly tomorrow.
The expedition will have as its sta.
ton for supplies a trading post on the
Sustain river about $50 miles from the
base of the mountain. Five hundred
pounds of pemmican, fifty pounds OF
alcohol for fuel above the timber line,
tea, sugar, raisins, dried fish, bacon
and rice will be taken into the wilder.
ness. The party will be clad in wolf
skins and soft smoketanned mecca
sins with spiked ice creepers. So in.
tense is the cold that mercury freezes
and to take. the altitude, Prof Parker
will carry a hypsometer by which he
hopes to be able to determine the
atmospheric pressure at the boiling
point. s<..
!. Prof. Parkep Will be accompanied By
Belmore Browne OF the Parker Browne
expedition Of 1910, Merl Lavoy of
Seattle and Arthur Aten OF Valdez,
Alaska, both experts in handling dog
teams, will also accompany the party.
They will take two dog teams on the
final DASH One of these teams has
been under Mr.. Aten's training for a
year and is composed Of the pick of
the northern country. .r .,t
II expect to be in the snow three or
four months" Prof. Parker said today.
After leaving Talkeetus, an Indian
camp not far from our base of sup.
plies, we expect to make thirty miles
day for the first 100 miles. The final
dash to the base of Mount Mckinley
will be harder and ten miles will be
about the average. It is a hard trip
but l think that there is chance that
we will reach the summit" e.
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WATER SHUT OFF IN
ST. LOUIS SCHOOLS
This Step is Taken Because Product
is UnFlItered; Water Famine
.. Condition Better. - 4

st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 10.-An order
to school principals to shut of all
drinking fountains at the city schools
except for emergency use, was issued
today by Superintendent Ben Blewett
This action followed a warning Of the
health commissioner against drinking
Of the water, which is now unfiltered
without boiling. ...'
Because the danger, not yet past, OF
water famine. the water department
has ceased filtering the water. An
ice gorge below the city raised the
Mississippi river to level where five
pumps work at the waterworks. This
will Gamble the city to accumulate a
limited supply. .....
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WYOMING TRAIN
DUG OUT OF SNOW

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 10.-Railroad
traffic in Wyoming is improved today.
A passenger train Of the Colorado e
Southern railway which became snow
bound yesterday, was dug cut today.
It returned to Cheyenne, a distance of
seventy miles.
A passenger train on the same line
is showed in twelve miles north OF
Saratoga, but the passengers and crew
have been taken to Saratoga
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HeoerIa Case to Federal Court.

Fort Madison, Jan. 1O.-The petition
for the removal of the case of Albert
Hegerla vs.. the Mississippi River
Power Co. to the federal court has
been sustained by Judge Hamilton,
according to an announcement made
here.
The Hegerla farm was made tie OBJ.
ject of condemnation proceedings by
the power company under the right of
eminent domain and the outcome of
the case is one of vital interest to all
land owners affected by the construc-
ton of the dam across the river at
Keokuk. The case will be tried in
the federal court at Keokuk.
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NEW BABY THREE
CONSECUTIVE DAYS

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 10.-Mrs. Her.
man Carlson gave birth to one baby
each day for three consecutive days.
The third youngster, girl, was
born today. The other two, boys,
came one on each of the two preced-
ing days. All three are apparently
healthy. s. @ ,.s ~. H..
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UNTITLED TONNAGE
OF STEEL LARGER

New York, Jan. 10.-Announcement
was made today by the United States
steel corporation that the untitled ton
mage on its books for the months end
ing December 81, 1911, was 5,084,761
tons. The untitled tonnage on the
books of the company for the months
ending November 80 last, was 4,141,-
I955 tons
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WATERLOO PLANT
BURNED TO GROUND

Waterloo, Jan. 10.-Fire of unknown
origin, last night totally destroyed the
big manufacturing plant of the Peer
less Cream Separator Co. Nothing is
left of the building but portion Of
the walls and the loss is placed at
500, 900, with insurance at $4,000:
A stiff wind was blowing and with
the thermometer at 10 below zero
made 1t difficult for the firemen to get
the flames under control.
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TO-DAY IN CONGRESS

SENATE-Not in session. Nets at 2
p. m. tomorrow. r. Il.
Senator Lorimer resumed his de-
tense before the investigating COM
mittee and dealt at length with ILL
nois politics. "a.
Foreign relations committee refer.
red the Cummins' general arbitra-
tion bill to subcommittee for con-
sideration. . -..
at noon. -
Routine legislation considered. An
drew Carnegie discussed his steel
career before the steel investigat'
ing committee and denounced pres
ent> banking conditions as a disgrace
to civilization. He argued before
the ways and means committee the
dangers of the manufacture Of white
phosphorus matches.
Beet sugar farmers testified before
sugar investigating committee, con-
tradicting stories of hardships In
the beet fields. ~ +
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Tripp Heads Westinqhouse

New York, Jan. 1O.-Guy E. Trip of
Boston, was today elected chairman Of
the board Of directors of the Westing.
house Electric & Manufacturing Co.,
succeeding the late Robert Mather.
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Meningitis Epidemic In
T. Texas Causes Harm; State
Health Board Investigates

10nvesigaion meningitis epidemic in
continue spreading
800 OF
the disease with high death has been officially reported
from several Texas cities .8
Dr. Abraham sophn New expert in the application Of
Is said
Shreveport the cities of
Worth Dallas has raised the embargo
Austin Tex 1oFifty mostly children
seeking epidemic here today
number families is said have
peared. Z . Ia
- = = = 4 = = 4 4 Il 4
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Continued on Page A.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
BLIGHT OF The
LORIMER VOTE
Senator's Who Favored HIN on
First Test Defeated, Re-
tired or Dead

Washington, April 12-The defeat Of
Senator Cullom in the Illinois pri-
maries on Tuesday calls attention to
the extraordinary fatality that has
befallen the members of the Senate
who voted last year for Mr.. Cullon's
colleague, Senator Lorimer, to retain
his seat when the case was first tried
in the Senate. Everyone who voted
reelection has either been defeated
or previously announced his retire.
ment from the race.
Ten Of the Senators who voted for
Mr.. Lorimer retired from the Senate
for good three days later, and one Of
them-Mr. Carter of Montana is
dead. Five others have either with
drawn from politics or been defeated.
Mr.. Frye of Maine did not come up
for reelection, but he is dead. OF
the five Senators who did not vote
one way or the other, Mr.. Lorimer
alone remains member Of the Sem
ate, though still under charges land
one of the five has since died.
The ten Senators who retired indefi-
nitely from public life three days af-
ter casting their votes for Mr.. Lorim-
er were Mr.. Hale of Maine, Mr.. Scott
of West Virginia, Mr.. Kean of New
Jersey, Mr.. Bulkeley of Connecticut.
MT. DepeW OF New YORK, Mr.. Piles
of Washington. Mr. Dick of Ohio, Mr..
Burrows, of Michigan, Mr.. Carter OF
Montana, and Mr.. Flint of California.
The two who have actually been de-
feated in primaries for reelection
are Mr.. Cullom of Illinois and Mr..
Foster of Louisiana. The three who
have withdrawn in face of opposition
are Mr.. Paynter of Kentucky, Mr..
Bailey of Texas and Mr.. Guggenheim
of Colorado.
The five Senators who did not vote
were Mr.. Aldrich of Rhode Island,
Frazier of Tennessee, Mr.. Lorimer,
Mr.. Taliaferro of Florida, and Mr..
Terrell. Of these Mr. Aldrich's term
expired three days after the vote. Mr..
Frazier was paired against Mr.. Lori
mer: he has since died. Mr.. Talia-
ferro's position was not explained and
he was defeated. Mr.. Terrell of Geor>
gia was paired against Mr.. Lorimer:
he was defeated by Hoke Smith.
OF the Senators who voted to un-
seat Mr.. Lorimer only five have been
defeated. They are Mr.. Beverage of
Indiana, Mr.. Rurkett of Nebraska,
Mr.. Young of Iowa, Mr.. Warner of
Missouri and Mr.. Percy of MISSISSIPPI
pi.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
PERlLoUs POSING.
Getting "Human Interest" In the Cam
era Mans Pictures.

Getting "Human Interest" In tho Cam.
era Mans Pictures.
A. w. l1imock in Outing tells Of his
engagement as professional disturber
of snakes, lynx. alligators, tarpon. etc.
for his camera man and of partial
drowning necessary to supply the "hu-
man interest" To quote him:
"When a coiled rattiesnake needed
stirring up shook a short stick in his
1ace. If we caught a big gator or
crocodile on a bank was the one to
keep between 1t and its home, in river
or bay. and discourage with club its
advance. When our captive lynx was
let out Of his cage to pose it was my
business to keep him busy with fish or
otherwise lest he, eat the camera man.
/ was expected to hypnotic any bird,
from a tern to turkey buzzard. while
the camera man got in his work.
Gwen tarpon fishing was made ad-
venturous, and half dozen times
day l heard the shout:
"'Can't you pull your canoe nearer
the fish? I must have human inter
est
'Then I dragged on the line till the
canoe was over q fish that was bigger
than I, which often shot ten feet over
my head, sometimes crashing into the
canoe, when instead of being prompt
" rescued l was likely to hear the
call:
"'Swim farther out. where the light
is betterv"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
Boots and Spurs.

A contemporary manuscript account
of the diet Of Ratisbon, held In 1870 by
the Emperor Ferdinand ii. on the oc-
casion of the landing OF Gustavus
Adolphus of Sweden in Germany, men
lions as a remarkable fact that the
Hungarian cavalry who rode through
the streets to the ceremonial wore
their spurs on their boot soles. 1t Ia
difficult to credit that these spurs were
fixed on the fat of the boot, for thus
shod the horsemen could neither walk
nor stand, especially when the large
size of the spurs worn at the period Is
considered Probably the writer In
tended to indicate that instead OF be-
ing fastened to the heel in the usual
fashion they were made to project
from the fore part Of the military boot,
which is a portion Of the sole. The
same manuscript adds that the Hun
garian horses had their names, tails
and feet painted red.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
A POOR TYPE OF CITIZEN.

The Good Man Who Lives by and Ex.
cIusively For Himself.
know a certain type Of man who
poses as good citizen. says Bert
Walker. He breaks no laws. lives
morally. pays his honest debts and is
never tangled up in lawsuits. But he
lives Of himself, by himself and for
himself only.
When a call is issued for volunteers
to take hold Of the car of progress and
give lift he never answers. When
calamity has befallen people in GER
tain locality and charitable hum anity
flies to their rescue he is never one of
their number. When money is needed
to gid the spire of public enterprise
his name is never on the list. When
he sees some neighbor stuck in the
mud he goes around to avoid him. In
fact, were he standing on the shore
and should observe the ship of state
fast sinking in the surf, never a life
line would he throw. He didn't bore
the hole in the side of the vessel that
lets in the water. so 1t is none Of his
concern what happens.
But were all mankind made of this
kind Of clay have you ever thought
what would happen? There would be
no churches. no hospitals for the sick.
no institutions for the unfortunate nor
rest rooms for the weary. Civilization
would roam in jungles and the strong
est would rule. He is not good citi-
zen. but gets mad if you say so.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
LABOUCHERE'S COPY.
After It Was Finished He Lost All In
terest In Its Fate.

After II Was Finished He Lost All In
terest In Its Fate.
It was O matter Of absolute indiffer-
ence to Labouchere what became of
anything he wrote after he had writ
ten it. When he had corrected the
proof or II he was away from Eng
land when he sent his copy to the post
he took no further interest in it what
ever
Before had discovered this trait in
his character l used to write and apol-
ogize for cutting, perhaps six columns
down to two or sometimes offer an ex
cuse for not using any of it at all. At
last he wrote to me: You need not
sentimentalize about my stuff. l send
it to you to do what you like with
But one felt lingering compunction
long afterward about consigning the
fruits of so much labor to the waste
paper basket. and. after all, La
bouchere was the proprietor of the pa
per. Once or twice. therefore, 1 have
excused myself for mot sentimental
ling about some article that he had
sent
One such occasion he writes: Dear
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
RILED THE ART STUDENT.
He Resented at First the Comments 9
His Unknown Critic.

He Resented at First the Comments Of
His Unknown Critic.
An art student was copying one of
ABBOTT S. Thayer's paintings at the Met
ropolitan Museum Of Art in New York
one day when a plainly dressed man
who looked as If he might be me-
chanic approached and. posting himself
at the young mans elbow, watched
him as he labored over his subject.
you've got the angle Of the mouth
wrong. and the left eye is too oblique."
remarked the man decidedly.
The student blinked angrily. and the
hand that welded the brush trembled
slightly, but he took no notice of tn"
unsolicited criticism.
There is too much yellow in your
flesh tint" continued the man.
Still no reply from the student, who
ostente.iously slapped on more yellow
in the high light on the nose.
"Did you hear what I said?' unes-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
ENLIvENED THE PLAY.
9ullet Wanted LimeIighp and Got More
Than She Expected.

2uliet Wanted LimeIighe and Got More
!: Than She Expected.
!! At small seaport town in England
lady star actress OF, the third mag
nitrde appeared as Juliet. 81 cannot
DO justice to. myself" she said to the
manager, who combined theatrical en-
terprise with the conduct of a row of
bathing machines. If l do not have
lime Qimelight) thrown on me when
I appear on the balcony"
| I'VE amt got no limelight, miss, but
! think we could get you ships blue
light" replied the obliging manager.
and to this the lady agreed. The lad
who went to the shop to buy the blue
light brought back a signal rocket
which was given him by mistake. The
prompter was her own man, and in his
ignorance took the rocket in good faith.
Romeo-He jests at scars who never felt
outlet appears. Prompter lights tho
! But soft! What light through yonder
window breaks?
+ This was the match lighting the fuse.)
I Arise, fair sun!
The sun. or rather the rocket, did
rise with hiss that sounded far loud
or In a theater than 1t does in the open
air. Juliet was knocked OF the bal
eony. the fly borders were set on fire
and the theater was filed with sui
phurous smoke, while the audience,
which was fortunately a small one.
made a stampede to the doors.-Ex-
change
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
juourD His MEMORY.
\ Bit Of humor That Brought Phil May
to His Senses.

\ Bit Of Humor That Brought Phil May
7 to His Senses.
/ The most refractory among dumb
beasts mhy sometimes be won by per-
Gstent kindness. 1t is also evident
that the obstinate of the human spe-
cies may be Influenced by an assault
of humor.
Phil May. the English artist 'of most
dear memoir" had promised to do
eolored design for the Christmas num-
Der Of an Illustrated weekly publica-
tion. The date fixed Oh for it's deliv-
cry passed by, and no design had been
fort hcoming
Letters and kilograms were unan-
swered. and when a messenger was
sent to Mays house it appeared that
he had gone TO Paris without leaving
any address. This. according TO Lon
don NJ. A. T.. is what happened next:
The publishers were at their wits
end. but ore OF them. paying days
visit TO Margate. was over:.oyed to see
May basking i, the sunshine by the
water. The publisher did not make
himself known. but cannily ascertain
ed where May was staying. Then lie
hired six sandwich men to parade up
and down before the artists window
with boards bearing different legends.
This was their tenor:
"What about our Christmas Govern
] I'VE are waiting for that cover"
! 1t was a delightful reminder. and in
u few days the publishers received one
Of the most brilliant designs May had
over executed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
Letters of Maroue.

Letters of marque and reprfsal. as
they were called. were first issued In
the time Of Edward l. to give leave to
retaliate beyond the marches or limits
of country for wrongs suffered at
the hands Of a power nominally at
peace. In this first instance they were
aimed at Portugal. About 100 years
later two Hanse towns in Mecklenburg.
wishing to relieve their prince. who
was beleaguered in Stockholm. Issued
letters of marque-thieves' letters. as
the sufferers called them-to all the
rascals of the Baltic authorizing them
to victual the besieged city. This done,
they turned themselves into confed-
eracy of sea robbers known as Victuai-
ing brothers, or st. Vitalfus' brothers,
and rendered the Scandinavian seas
unsafe for half century.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
POINTS OF INTEREST.
Family Supplies.

Meat specials for Saturday: Choice
chuck rib roasts beef, fresh shoulders,
fresh pork, legs of yearling lamb, legs
of mutton, forequarters lamb. rib
roasts beef, pot roasts beef. All the
fresh pork products: sausage, ribs,
feet, hooks, heads, leaf lard. Calves
liver, fries, etc. Fresh dressed ma
tive milk fed veals at special low
prices. Legs of veal. rumps veal,
shoulders of veal Poultry specials:
stewing fowls, choice fowls, fancy
FASTING chickens, turkeys, guinea
hens, guinea chickens. Fresh crisp
vegetables: An assortment of the fin
est fresh vegetables at very low prices.
Grocery bulletin: large queen olives,
stuffed olives, walnut meats halves,
walnut meats pieces, E. c. oats, pam
cake syrup. Bakery bulletin: B. P.
M. broad fresh every morning from
our ovens, easily the best bread made
in Bridgeport; Boston brown bread,
coffee rings, whipped cream delicacies,
loaf cakes, rolls, pies, etc. Fish sre-
cial: fancy roe, buoy and cut shad,
fresh caught. Bridgeport Public Mar
ket and Branch, State and Bank
streets East Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
Hiharnation of Mosquitoes.

That cosmopolitan pest. the mosqui-
to. does not necessarily perish with the
coming of winter. On the contrary,
mosquitoes have been observed to hi
bernate. adul. specimens living from
November until the succeeding April
or May with all their powers OF tor
ment unimpaired, although their activ-
ity is suspended in winter. The mos
quito needs but little food, and it is
the female that thirsts for blood. the
males contenting themselves with wa
ter and vegetable fluids. The fact that
mosquitoes are often found upon dry
prairies many miles from water is as
cribed to the longevity of the adults of
certain species which enables them to
survive seasons of drought. Railroads
have been responsible for the transmits
sion of mosquitoes into regions where
they were previously rare.-Harper's.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
ANIMAL SUPERSTITIONS.
Chief Among Them In Japan Is the
Fear Of the Fox.

Chief Among Thorn In Japan Is the
Fear Of the Fox.
Chief among japanese animal super
ssltions is the fear of the fox, which
Is believed to have supernatural pow
or. Shrines called 'Tnari Jinsha," in
which the fox is enshrined as a deity.
are numberless. The name Of the de-
ity written in Chinese characters signi-
aes fox, and from this it came to be
generally accepted that the god was
really q fox. Its natural cunning is
greatly enlarged upon, and it is be-
1ieved to be capable OF misleading and
deceiving human beings. which causes
many to pray to placate the fox god.
The badger is the next most dreaded
animal in the superstitious mind. It
is believed to have power to annoy
people. its particular habit being a
transformation into Buddhist priest.
in which disguise it is guilty of various
receptions and fmpositions. The cry
ing Of weasels and the baying of dogs
are considered evil omens, and such
insignificant happenings send a shud-
der over the believers.
On the other hand. light colored
mouse In the house is a sign Of happi-
ness. good omens are presaged by what
are considered be pleasant cries Of
crows in the morning. while the so
called unpleasant notes forecast death
and other dire disasters. If spider
falls from the ceiling in the morning
he brings pleasure. but If at night it
is thought reverses will follow. To
see a centipede at night means happi-
ness.-PearsOn's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12

Expert a1enta That Seem to Prove the
insects Have Memory.

Experiments That Seem to Prove the
insects Have Memory.
Experiments are continually being
mace 10 test the memory Of animals.
such az the elephant, the dog, the bull.
but it would seem thankless under
taking to ascertain whether the ant has
a memory. Nevertheless scientist In
South America thinks he has succeed
I'd.
Isolating two Of the largest speci-
mems of tropical ants he could find, he
SO arranged their receptacle that they
could get no food without climbing
over circular slant into another COM
partment. Over this slant when the
food was not there he placed a crimson
cord, and the ants very soon learned to
interpret the signal and never attempt
ed to climb over 1t.
Thinking after time that there
might he something in the color that
repealed them automatically, as the
bull is affected unpleasantly by red, he
replaced the red cord by cords of vary
ing coiors. always with the same result
after the ants had made a few eXcur-
sions over the slant and come back
hungry. Then he tried plain cloth and
even paper. but the result was invari-
ably the same. After a number Of
trials the ants refused to climb the
slant when there was any sort Of "sig-
nal"
Finally the scientist reversed the sig
nal. having food beyond the slant only
when it was visible. and after an inf
mite number Of trials the ants accom-
modated themselves to the change
Harpers Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-12
A SURPRISED Ventriloouist.

'The biggest surprise l ever got in
my business" said a ventrioquist.
twas in England when playing at a
little theater in the outskirts of Lon
don.
when I came on the stage threw
my voice up in the rafters and inquired
what are you doing up there? To
my surprise a small voice answered.
4 came here to see the people and hear
the music Very well,' said 1; stay
there and don't let any one see you. "
Then l bowed to the audience amid
thunderous app,s Dis
patch.