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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09
1HE BASEBALL SITUATION.

The present uncertain condition OF
the future of baseball in Ottumwa, due
largely to the fact that the Central
association salary limit is not suft1c-
iently low to make the sport pay for
itself or be self-supporting, Is some
thing that loyal Ottumwans must rise
to by tomorrow night, and the right
way to rise to the, occasion is by at
tachins signatures to the subscription
lists and thus pledge the required
$1,000. When this is done, the next
step is for the Central association to
80 modify its regulations to prevent
any recurrence of the condition not
only In Ottumwa but In any Of the
other seven cities Of the league. The
way to do this is to reduce the salary
limit to a figure that is not more, or
at least not much more, than the re-
ceipts OF the season. In other words,
the Central association and other lea
que teams In cities the size of Ottum-
wa should be composed of players
who do not demand remuneration that
Is as much in excess of the returns
from attendance as is the present
case. Minor leagues are a school OF
instruction to athletes who aspire to
major league. End it is not unreason.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09
UNDERTAKING. THE LIBERTY
BELL, 4

.Is history to be eventually de-
naturod and stripped Of all Its romance
D by dry-as-dust investigators OF the
modern school!' asks the New YORK
World. Last fall" the World adds
ut was the turn of Captain Parker
and the Lexington minute men, ana
now a Philadelphia historian an
p nounoes that most of the sentiment AZ
tachins to the liberty bell is 'beautl-
ful myth'-that it did not proclaim
liberty throughout the land on July :,
1776. and that no little boy called OUT
to his grandsire in the tower, Rlns'
grandpa, ring.
"Thus passes another of the cher
ished Illusions of history just al tne
time when a boy patriot IN the col
umns of The World was making a
moving plea for the preservation OF
the cracked old bell by putting a goio
band about It
"Are the research historians to
leave any OF the sacred tales untoucn-
ed! Did anything ever happen, IN
their opinion? Did the Iron Duke ever
say, up, guards. and at EN-! la
Lord Hay at Fontenoy politely ask the
gentlemen Of the French guard to IRE
first? Was there ever Horatius at
the bridge or Roland at Ronces'
wales. and did Caesar cross the Rubi-
con? Given the time and the sceptfcai
spirit OF the historian who maintained
that Napoleon was myth. and the
demolition will be complete.
"A public that reads history for en-
tertainment and does not care to be
constantly disillusioned may well ASK
for the revival of the uncritical method
Of history-writing. It would give the
whole crop Of historians whose only
object appears to be to disprove for a
SINGLE sHerodotus, or a PEARSON Weems
with another cherry tree story, or even
another Watson with more beautiful
myths like that about the liberty bell
In his Annals Of Philadelphia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

The Baltimore American declares
that woodrow Wilson, the democratic
nominee has laid the sure ground for
the opposition of the foreign born
voters Of the country. The foreign
born voters, it says, will vote
with ,unanimity against one who
An his published works has spoken so
cavalierly iof the incomers from other
shores and who he's oontrasted some
Of the best stocks with Chinese to the
beneft Of the latter. Professor Will
son. ~ the American adds, will also
have to square his Cleveland advocacy
when he ardently named that demo-
cratic chteftain as the greatest presi-
dent since Lincoln and nailed the
Bryan movements of the times by this
utterance. He will have to explain
how he can now be such an outright
radical. When he has explained this
ha will have explained away the sup
port Of New York and other conserva-
tive states, while in the act he Will
anenate sturdy democratic centers
The weave Of Ill fortune about Wilson
Il that of the ingenuity Of Ill fate"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

Two new stars were added to the
American flag on July A.. following a
custom which rules that the new stars
SHAH be shown first on the flag on
the Fourth of July following the ad-
mission Of states. The stars repre-.
sent the new states of Arizona and
New Mexico, admitted into the union
within the year. The talk of dividing
Texas, right given the state under
the terms of its admission. is not
taken seriously, az Texans are proud
Of the size Of their state, and do not
des;re to lose one Of their chief claims
70 fame. Alaska remains as the next
probable territory upon which state
hood will be conferred, and 1t has been
suggested that the size of that terri
tory will warrant the necessary two
states to bring the number OF stars
up to fifty.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

able to ask these players to work for
a wage that an apprentice would re-
ceive II employed at an occupation
from which he works his way to
higher positions and thereby greater
salary.
While the present crisis In baseball
must be met and will be met by loyal
Ottumwans, the fact remains that base
ball is sport that proves costly for
city the size OF those that now
compose the Central association. That
Ottumwa has weathered the storms Of
eight seasons without staggering as
badly as It Is now, 10 to the credit OF
the loyal citizens. There are only two
other cities in the present makeup Of
the league that have been right along
side Ottumwa in these past eight years
and it Is interesting to j. note that
neither Burlington nor Keokuk has
won as many remnants as Ottumwa
1t is also worthy Of record that enough
Of clubs to form an entire new eight
club league have severed connections
with the Central. At least six Of
these found that the task of support
Ing a team was greater than they
could meet. One was displaced be-
cause of it's remote location and one
outgrew the league. Ottumwa Is to be
twice congratulated-for winning three
remnants and for still being men,
Der of the organization.
Ottumwa won the pennants In the
seasons Of 1904 and 1905 and Burling.
ton and Waterloo alternated in the
four following seasons. Quincy de-
feated Ottumwa for the pennant In
1910 and Ottumwa won the honor
again in 1911. The cities that found
baseball burden that could not be
carried gracefully were Marshalltown;
TT. Dodge. Boone, Oskaloosa. Clinton
and Jacksonville. Waterloo was GUST
ed from the league "for business rea-
sons" and Quincy purchased it's re-
lease.
Ottumwa today is face to face with
the same fate as that of the first six
cities named above. Only liberal dona-
tions from loyal citizens will save 1t
from being set down among the cities
that are not large enough for league
baseball President Nimocks and his
assistants will cheerfully accept all
contributions.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09
FEWER FOURTH CASUALTIES.

Lists of Fourth Of July fatalities
gathered by the newspapers last night
gave the total number of dead as II
and the number Of injured, as 326.
In this list seven were killed by fire.
arms and runaways. which might have
happened on any holiday or any other
day. The figures necessarily are not
complete, hut 1t is believed that the
final results will show that the sane
Fourth" campaign has materially re-
duced the holiday casualties. The
journal of the American Medical as
sociation has published IN August for
several years past list of the Fourth
of July dead and injured. The list
covering the period from 1903 to IL
follows:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09
BRYAN HANGED IN
EFFIGY AT RESORT

washington, D. c.. July 6.-Conflict-
ing stories are being told OF the hanging
in efYigy OF william J. Bryan at Coll
onial Beach, summer resort near here
Wednesday night. The truth seems to
be that the hanging was done by one
man, disappointed over the outcome OF
the Baltimore convention. The residents
Of Colonial Beach, however, resented
the act and by way of showing It, cut
down the effigy and threw 1t into the
Potomac river.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09
pEcALocuE AS PLATFORM.

Knoxville Journal and Tribune: The
ten commandments make an excellent
platform for an Individual. They are
excellent for a party. But 1t will not
do to take one OF the ten and leave
the others out.
It is excellent to say, Thou stalt
not steal" But the decalogue also says
"Thou shalt not bear false witness. :"
It is as bad to tell lies about neigh
Dor. and thus to blacken his reputa-
ton as it Is to steal his money or his
horse.
He who makes profession Of right.
eousness and denounces all those who
do not agree with him as rank sinners,
must know that he il not walking In
the straight and narrow way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

The report OF the Journal on deaths
and injuries this year is awaited with
interest as 1t will give conclusive
proof of the extent to which the sane
Fourth" idea was carried out. The
incomplete reports thus far given in
dictate that another material reduction
in the casualty list will be shown this
year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

Senator Cummins in statement
declares he will have nothing to do
with any new party. Senator Kenyon
and George w. Clark, the republican
gubernatorial candidate, similarly
expressed themselves in recent state
ments. Iowa will stand by Taft and
the republican party,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09
CHAPTER XVII.

Mechanically picked up the money
and counted 1t over. There were ten
bills OF one hundred dollars each, ten
Atty dollar bills and Ave hundred dol
lars in fives, tens and twenties. Two
thousand dollars had dropped from the
skies, as 1t were, into my lap.
"But-but," said, II can not take
all this money. 1t 10 q large sum,
greater than i shall need or can re-
pay
Mr. Ogilby shook his head vigor.
ously. THAT 10 very absurd re-
mark he said. I'm the first place
Il IL hardly q large sum, and In the
second place you can not possibly tell
how much you will need. AS far as re-
paying goes, we can talk about that
when the time comes. am asking
you to give me no note or receipt, 80
you see that, If you wish, you can
repudiate your debt altogether" I
flushed, | suppose, for he added quick
", "Oh, 1 know that you will not. nor
did mean 70 imply any such thing.
simply want you to feel that the
money is yours to use or do with as
you like, and that (although you I'M
derstand this is In conhdence) there
is plenty more where 1t came from. l
have told you, Mr.. Ellsworth, that l
am q student of human nature, but l
am. or want to be, little more than
that. Philosophy. when all Is said
and done, ID pretty cold wand to
touch the world with. 1t is all very
we'll to stand aside and theorize; but
/, for one, can not resist on occasion
plunging my hand into LIES pasty.
This money Is not gift but an invest
ment, and I am imposing one condi-
tion on you in offering It,"
Condition." I asked.
ITO Re Continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

The coalition between the insurgent
and democratic senators, as result
of which the metal tariff bill was
passed, has been broken of by the
insurgents. Probably the fact that the
national conventions have been held
and republican tickets are to be elect
ed had something to do with moving
the insurgents to vote with their
party.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

Some Of the standing news features
that were pushed in the background
by the two big conventions this sum-
mer have broken into print again.
The trial of the Camorrists in Italy
and the trial Of Billy Lorimer in Wash
ington are among them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

The world likes winner, but 1t
also has some admiration for the man
who will abide by the results without
Whimpering.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-09

When the "reformer" quits trying
to get into office, real reform will
have some chance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13
CASCARE rs CLEANSE
LIVER AND BOWELS
No 5iiousness, Headache, Sick, Sour
Stomach, Indigestion, Coated
Tongue or Constipation.

Furred Tongue, Bad Taste, Indiges-
don. Sallow Skin and Miserable Head
iches come from torpid liver and
elogged bowels, which cause your
stomach to become filled with undi-
gested food. which sours and ferments
like garbage in a swill barrel That's
the first step to untold misery-indi-
sestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow
skin, mental fears. everything that is
horrible and. nauseating. a Cascaret
tonight will give YOU a thorough
cleansing inside and straighten you
Dut by morning. They work while YOU
sleep--a Decent box from your drug
gist will keep You feeling good for
months. Millions of men and women
AXE a Cascaret now and then to keep
heir stomach, liver and bowels regu-
ated. and never know miserable
moment. Don't forget the children
their little insides need a good. gentle
cleansing, too.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13
MilI,onaires Begging to Pay.

father KniekerboclSer has had the
prise of his life. A new system
collecting taxes Is working SO well
ii It behooves other cities to give
ention. Millionaires are falling
II each other to be the first to set
up. Contrary to every instance
.etofore they are paying at the
Hest possible moment instead OF
{. very last. Just imagine the
.ctaele of men of gluttonous for
les begging opportunity to dis
arge obligations to the city! And
> plan is so simple, according to
respondent, that it is a wonder il
never been adopted before.
rhe system merely makes all
les payable in two instruments, six
nths apart, with a proviso that
re will be a rebate at the rate of
tr per cent year on the second
fdiIitHl ihbNiuSh ~ 20 P~'. 49,
first. AS this amounts to more
N one per cent. on the whole tax
year, the result is that the
gest propery owners are making
.ry effort to get their money into
hands spfsthe city as rapidly as
ssibie. on the first day Of tax
lections under theassne system 2
nearly a sixth of mile long OBJ
ucted the sidewalk in front of the
lector's office and of the $150.000.-
due it is estimated that more
n twenty million dollars were paid
How different this situation was
m the old one under which delays
regulations until the last mo-
mt were the chief feature is indi-
ed by the fact that in spite OF
Try effort 1t was impossible for the
officials to check up ana deposit
re than one-fourth of this amount
4 million dollars in collections were
eived during the first two hours
err the opening of the Office and sc
at was the rush that the clerical
&c numbering IS was literally
amped.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13
A Little Tin Plate Law.

% make the owner of a building
e healthy interest in his prop
and force him to pay the moral
well as the financial tax which So
~ has a right to assess upon his
nings, is the object of campaign
require every building in New York
TO display conspicuously brass
tie bearing the name and address
the owner. Already an ordinance
accomplish this has been intro
red In the Board of Aldermen.
bbed by Its opponents, In ridieule
contempt, the little Tin Plate
nance, this phrase has now beer
fght up as the slogan Of a cam
gn which promises to yield results
This ordinance. says John Haynes
lines in The Survey. is nothing
re- or less than device TO enable
opponents of unsanitary tene-
nts, Iaw-defying saloons. Raines
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13
LuxuRlEs AND OCEAN TRAVEL
Cafes on Modern Liner Have Atnos-
phere Of Boulevards.

The many cafes aboard modern
liner have the atmosphere of the bouie-
wards. The old, long baronial board
presided over by the captain, to which
~, sseneers were summoned Ey bell OF
trumpet, has given way to sepal ate
Tables at which one is free TO dlne
hnch or sup alone, at any hour, III
anv eeat at any one of hundred small
tables seating Two, or to join party
a a table seating seven, all surrounded
b,- qIecoratfons that rival those of the
hest restaurants ashore. And as III any
6rst class hotel, the guest is not re-
strictel To a table i hote menu, ana
can order from an epicure's bill OF rare
bur on shipboard all meals axe IN
eludea in the price of the passage.
cafes for those who do not smoke, a
new convenience, have the air OF sueh
places in Vienna. These are distinct
from the open-air Yeranda cafes with
their lockwood tables.
Instead of the salt meats of twenty
wears ago, both cabin and steerage pas
sengers have fresh meat daily. Twen-
weight thousand pounds of meat and
10 900 litres of beer were consumed by
the passengers of a single North Ger
man Lloyd liner on one recent voyage,
While on the same ship the cost of set
ting the table for single year was Si,-
900 900.
All, ii is the expense. then. that de-
ters you? This talk of de luxe accom-
modations sounds expensive. But you
do not need to take these expensive
cabins unless you are willing to and
can pay for them. All of the other
comforts. conveniences and Injuries
are as free to the poorest traveller as
to the richest, and not the least inter-
esting fact about ocean travel is that
Its cost is constantly growing less.
The voyage To England now COSTS on
the best ships about half the rate
charged by the Britannia, the first mail
steamer to cross the ocean, seventy
years ago. One can go first class for
cents a mile: second class for half of
that, and third class-with better ac-
than the best in the Bri-
tannia day-for about so cents hun
bred miles, and these rates include
meals Compare them with the stand
ard passenger costs and meals in the
dining cars or station eating houses
extra Hampton Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13
Power of the Humble Beet.

Here is an explanation that we
pass along for what it is worth. Ger
tainly there is nothing to be lost by
considering the logic of it, and while
we. of course. can do nothing in the
way of changing our immigration, we
may profit by the alleged lesson of
Germany. There is much to be
thought of in encouraging the culti-
walton of the humble beet as a
stimulus for districts where agricul-
tural production is declining. Fol-
lowing is the way ANEW York ex-
change treats its e.
The latest tabulation 4of figures at
this port serves sharply to accentuate
one OF the changes. in the vast tide
OF immigration that flows into the
United States from Europe every
year, which has puzzled and alarmed
students of this subject of late.
More than four-ffths of all the inn
migrants arriving here so years ago
came from the countries of northern
Europe with Germany in the lead
whereas at present an equal pre-
ponderance comes from southeastern
Italy supplying fully three-fourths of
the total Many studies have been
voodn Qua ,,,anu tbaariae odvapoad 70
account for the change. The latest
of these is put forward by an expert
who has just returned from a pro-
longed study of economic conditions
in northern Europe. While it seems
somewhat startling at first blush,
agricultural authorities here agree
that It is well founded. This OBJ
server asserts in short that the re-
sponsibility for changing the currents
of European emigration so remark
iably rests with no more formidable an
Iagent than the sugar beet which he
points out has revolutioniZed the
agriculture of Germany and to a
Iereat extent Of all northern Europe
THE reason the Germans and their
lneighbors formerly came fioekine
lover here" he says. was because
their fields couldn't produce enough
to feed them. Since that time the,
have trebled their grain yield pei
lacre through systematic use of tn,
sugar beet in rotation with othei
crops. and, as this enables them t,
live comfortably and even prosper
Iously at home. naturally they hav,
!stopped seeking new countries. TIL
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13
Trust the Public.

In conversation with local gentle
an, reference was made TO the needs
q possibilities OF Augusta in the
~ of cleaning up and identifying
= river banks. the streets and alleys,
& lawns and parks. Our friend re-
arlxed that ii was useless to make
wer beds in the parks or to beauti-
the exposed lawns and sides of the
ads in the suburbs. as such work
suld be destroyed by vandals who
We neither love for the beautiful
r respect for the feelings of other
'eple. We suggested that the mod
sign recently put out by Edward
Box, editor of the Ladies Home
urnal, to guard the galaxy OF
autiful flowers along the hedge out
he his grounds, where nothing sep
ates them from the Immediately
joining highway. According to
lIiers this sign reads:
These flowers are under the pro-
.fion of the public"
we are assured by the editor of our
change that the public accepts the
ist and that not a flower is injured
: also endorse the doctrine of the
4ekly that it is a lesson for those
10 are afraid of the masses.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-13

Law hotels, houses of prostitution,
etc. TO trace back the evil in question
TO its ultimate source of responsible
lily, namely, the owner of the property
concerned.
Simple in the extreme. practically
self-enforcing, rallying automatically
on the side of social health, that uni
versal love of personal reputation
which is an essential part of our hui
man instinct of preservation,
utilizing with astonishing ease and
effectiveness that pitiless light of
publicity which is always the most
effective agent Of social progress. no
more useful ways and means of
cleansing a city of its pest-spots has
ever been suggested. Against it can
be urged nothing but the sheer self
Ishness and lust of the man who is
willing to exploit society endlessly
for his own private profits. In its
favor can be urged every considera-
ton of public decency and order