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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
ADJUSTMENTS ARE
UP FOR DISCUSSION

Kansas City, Mo-, March 20.-Card
playing. dancing and theatergoing are
among the topics scheduled for discus
sion by the forty-fourth annual meet
ing of the St. Louis conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church which be-
gan here today.
Drop it or enforce it" Is the slogan
of many ministers regarding the Meth
odist discipline against the diversions.
All the Methodist churches Of south
ern Missouri are represented at the
meeting. Bishop William A. Quayle
of Oklahoma, is presiding.
While the Missouri conference is in
session the ffty-seventh annual meet
ing of the Kansas conference of the
Methodist church is, to be held in Kan
sas City, Kan, with the possibility
that a union of northern and southern
Kansas churches divided since civil
war days may the consummated.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
TRAIN ROBBERS
GET BIG | 00T
EXPRESS CAR ON SOUTHERN
ROAD DYNAMlTED; BOOTY
... SAID TO BE $4,000.

+ Corinth, Miss, March 20.--Sherih
McPheters, OF Alcorn county, started
today at the head of posse in pur-
suit OF the robbers who last night
held up north bound Mobile and Ohio
train No. 4, dynamited the safe in
the express car and escaped with
booty, the amount Of which has not
been determined.
The robbery took place seven miles
south of Corinth in the. Tescumbia
river bottoms. an ideal place for
Ihcld-u as that section Is 81 heavils
wooded. 1t is believed the robbers
were the same ones who recently held
up a Rock Island train west of Mem
phis.
Express Messenger Talks.
st. Louis, Mo-, March 2O.-More
than two hours behind its schedule the
Mobile and Ohio passenger train NO.
4. which was held up and robbed near
Corinth, Miss, arrived here today
The express messenger, William
Snoddy, told further details OF the
robbery. He would not say how much much
money the bandits obtained. Passen.
gers quoted Snoddy as saying $60,0OO
was in the safe.
Il had no idea the train was being
robbed when it stopped" he said
"The first knew anything was wrong
was when heard something crash
against the door OF my car.
"Then the door gave way and the
first thing knew a man had jumped
in. He threw a revolver up and order.
ed me to put up my hands. He or
dered me to keep still and then anoth
er man came in.
II was ordered then to leave the
car. Outside one man guarded me
Another was busy in the car for sever
al minutes. Then he, too, came out
A minute later came the explosion as
the safe was forced open.
I have been instructed by the com
pany not to discuss the matter
Passengers Hide ValuabIes.
J. ]. Howell, his wife and their
daughter of Avon, ILL.,, were passen
gers on the train. Howell told how
the passengers hid their money and
valuables when the conductor rushed
through the coaches informing the
people the train was being held up
Women put jewels in their stockings
and hid them in their hair, he said
while the men slipped their purses un
der seats and into every available
niche.
The safe in the express car was
wrecked beyond repair, the whole
front being torn away. Officials pc
Iieve nitroglycerine was used for the
blast. Windows in the car were shot
tered and express packages broken
open by the force of the explosion.
Members of the train crew with the
exception of Snoddy. left the train al
jackson, Tenn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
Heavy Snow In Nebraska. /.

Norfolk, Neb, March 20.-The worst
Of a series of record breaking snow
storms struck North Nebraska and
South Dakota early today. Twelve
inches of snow had fallen by O'Clock
and it was still showing. A high
north wind was blowing and tempera-
ture falling. Train service is paralyz-
ed, many trains being abandoned.
Severe Storm in Sioux City.
Sioux City, March 20.-One of the
severest snow storms of the winter is
raging today. Railroad and street car
traffic is crippled.
Heavy Snow Blankets Iowa.
Des Moines, March 20.-With almost
the proportions Of blizzard heavy
snow storm is prevailing Throughout
central and western Iowa today. In
some places from six inches to foot
OF snow covers the ground. and rail
way traffic is delayed.
Heavy Snow at Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids, March 20.A heavy
snow fall which started about s o'clock
this morning. is causing SERIOUS delay
to street car and railroad traffic.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

New York, March 2O.-Frank c.
Coffyn, the aviator, E. l.. Harvey,
secretary to the water commissioner
of New York, and Albert s. Levine,
Coffyn's press representative, were
hurled from one of the water depart.
ment automobiles in Central park to-
day after it had skidded and crashed
into a bridge.
Coffyn was stunned and it was at
first thought that his skull was
fractured, but an examination showed
that no bones were broken and he
was not seriously injured. Harvey
sustained broken rib and a broken
arm. Levine was uninjured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
Explosion FOLLOWING Mine
Settling Causes Death OF
NineIn Pennsylvania Tom

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-.
explosion caused 1t IS thousn1
killed and two injured 70
families comprising two women anu
blown pieces in the explosion or
followed and destroyed three houses.
+ The dead n.x.,no,,
Cayea and five children Rose aged o.
+ A. William 90 ..rauo,
Summa Mrs Cavelas danfnter ana her t"o
Mary.a 7 ,
@ The b body 1 oosH s's' er mpi the accident
Of the explosion were
Of persons outof their beds and bruised.
neighborhood or ne
Only days ago the cear
side Of the street and several
by two men OF the
!
that from broken main caused poDaDy
its into the cellar or the aVe
gathered dense volume and exploded wnen y
that burning the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21

PRIMARY AT MILWAUKEE INDI.
Gates VICTORY FOR FUSION
cANDIDArEsAT POLLS

Milwaukee, Wis.,, March 20-Dr.
Gerhard A. Bading, republican health
commissioner under the two admins
trations which preceded the socialist
landslide Of 1910, will be the nonparti-
mayor, Emil Seidel, at the election two
weeks from yesterday.
William j. Cary, congressman from
the South Milwaukee district, was
overwhelmed by vote of at least. two
to one as a candidate for mayor in the
primary election yesterday. Cary's
candidacy was the outcome of news.
paper canvass, in which he ltd Bading.
Cary, though republican, entered
the democratic primaries with demo
cratic candidates for treasurer and
controller in an effort to capture the
fusion nomination.
Business Men for Bading.
The candidacy of DR.. Bading is the
result of get-together movement OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers as.
sociation and the democrats and re-
publicans. Bading has as running
mates for treasurer and controller
two democrats, J. I. Carney and Louis
Kotecki, respectively, the three run
ming on the democratic ticket with the
support of the republican city commit
tee.
If the socialist vote was represented
in yesterdays figures, the socialist ad.
ministration Of Milwaukee will end
this spring, for the nonpartisan vote
leads the socialist vote by several
thousands, according to the early re.
turns. @
Defeat Of SeideI Expected.
The result of yesterdays election
means that the old parties will be rep.
resented at the April election by a
single ticket. backed by the business
mems organizations of the city, and
the vote cast at the primary, if re.
peated at the regular election, will
mean the election Of Bading over
Seidel by a safe majority.
II Bading can gain the support OF
both old parties, as represented at the
election two years ago, he will defeat
Seidel by over 10000 and the nonparti
san leaders claim that the republicans
and democrats who supported Seidel
two years ago to oust the old parties
from municipal offices, will be back
in line for non-partisan ticket this
spring. .E
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
IOWA TRAIN WRECK
COSTS MANS LIFE

Charles City, March 20.-1n a coils.
ion between two Illinois Central
freight trains, in which the caboose of
one of them caught fire, Walter Wade,
whose residence is unknown, was
burned to death today.
A north bound freight train ran into
the rear end Of the other train which
was standing on the main line near
the depot the caboose Of the latter
imme ediately caught fire and before
Wade. who was passenger. could be
reached. he had been burned to death.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
GERMANY WILL NOT
ACT AGAINST MEXICO

Berlin, March 2O.-The German
foreign office has decided that there
is no ground for German action in
Mexico which has been demanded
by certain newspapers in consequence
of a cabled report from New York on
March 1S, that some followers Of the
insurgent leader, Emiliano Zapata, had
murdered Mormon woman, a Ger
man.
Investigation by the German al-
thorities has proved the report was
falsa-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
Upton MAN ENDS
LIFE WITH POISON

Upton, March 20.-Harry Parsons
aged 25 years, went to home in the
country where his wife was staying
yesterday afternoon, threatened to kill
her, and when ordered from the place
went out on the porch and drank
poison dying shortly afterwards. Be,
fore leaving town he left note saying
4.e was going to shoot his wife and
then himself.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
SOUTHERN IOWA
HORSE BUYER DEAD

Pennington, March 20 William
Stone, we'll known in Iowa and north.
ern Missouri as a prominent horse
buyer, died here last night at o'clock
of acute indigestion. He was 81 years
old. Surviving are his wife and one
son, Roy. Mr.. Stone had just returned
from st. Louis, where he took large
number of horses to market.
The arrangements for the funeral
have not been completed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
FORMER MEMBER OF
IOWA SENATE DEAD

Dewitt, March 2O.-W. A. Cotton.
former Iowa state senator and a
prominent attorney, died suddenly OF
heart disease last night while on his
way to Masonic lodge. He was taken
ill on the street, carried into a furni-
ture store and died a few minutes
later. He was = years old.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
DRIVER FOR TAXI
ROBBERS SENTENCED

New York. March 20.-Geneo Mon
tani, the chauffeur who drove the taxi
cab in which two bank messengers
were beaten and ROBBED of $4,000 in
cash and who was recently found gull
ty of highway robbery, was sentenced
today from ten years to eighteen years
and two months in the state prison.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
KNOX PLOTTERS
MAY BE EXECUTED

New Orleans, March 20.-As the re-
suit of the alleged discovery by the
government Of Nicaragua of plot to
assassinate Secretary Knox during his
recent visit there, 1t is not improbable
a number of prominent liberals" will
be put to death, according to advices
received hNre today from Bluefields.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21

Senator Gore at Des Moines.
Des Moines, March Ex-senator T.
P. Gore of Oklahoma, arrived here to-
day from Lincoln. Neb., and will ad-
dress democratic mass meeting to-
right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
Seventy Workers
Are Entombed In
Oklahoma Min e
+4++*****+*** + + + + *,+ + !

TT. Smith. Ark, March 20
I 1t is feared that eighty-five men
were killed today when mine
number two of the San Bois
Coal Co., at McCurtain, Okla,
was wrecked by an explo-
sion of gas in the ninth
level. Fire and smoke have
thus far prevented any effec-
tive work Of rescue.
One body brought out was so
badly burned that experienced
miners believe there is little
hope of rescuing alive the other
eighty-four composing the day
shift. ta
A special train left here at
II a. m. carrying all available
y doctors and nurses and with or
ders to pick up other doctors at
intermediate points for services
at the McCurtain mine disaster.
Reports to the mining company
headquarters indicate a heavy
loss of life.
McAlester. OKLA, March 90
Nine men escaped from the Nc
Curtain mine Immediately after
the explosion and seventy men
are still entombed.
Another explosion is mo-
mentarily feared. Air was
forced into the shaft this after
noon despite the fire but 1t is
feared all the men remaining IN
the mine are dead.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
The Cleveland Conference.

Cleveland, O., March 2O.-A differ
ence of twenty cents ton in the wage
sought and that offered, confronts a
Joint conference Of mine operators
and mine workers here today. The
mine workers want $1.O5 ton for coal
they get out, while the operators meet
them with counter proposal that the
payment be but eighty-five cents which
is ten cents less than the miners re-
ceive under the agreement that ex-
pires on March 81.
Sixty-four men, thirty-two operators
and thirty-two mine workers, repre-
senting the bituminous, coal fields of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and ILL
nois are delegates to the conference.
They came to reach an agreement, If
possible but both sides appear deter
mined not to yield upon the major
points involved. A long suspension OF
work, beginning April 1, if not gen.
eral strike is regarded as inevitable.
Announcement was made by the op-
orators last evening, after they had
conferred, that they were unanimously
agreed to stand by their demand of a
ten cents reduction.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21
TODAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE-In session at p. m.
Finance committee held hearing on
chemical tariff reduction bill.

HOUSE-Met at noon.
State department committee began
investigation of Secretary knox's
alleged use Of department employe
as a valet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21

Two and a Half Million Peo-
pie Out Of Employment as
Result of Mine Trouble
and Hunger Prevails.

London, March 20.-The distress
Throughout the industrial districts OF
the United Kingdom because Of the
national coal strike which has thrown
], ,OOO, 900 miners and over 100000
other workmen out of employment. Is
acute. While the delegates of the min
ers and mine owners are discussing
with politicians the minimum wages
bill, women, children and the workers
themselves in many places, are sui
fering extreme poverty and appeals are
constantly reaching London, which ap-
pears to be the least affected of the
large cities, for assistance.
The Earl Of Harrowby, who has just
toured the potter districts in Stafford
shire, is asking for funds, says thou
sands of children in the district are
being fed from charitable funds. In
this region alone 100000 miners are on
strike, and the lack of coal has thrown
out of work 10000 potters, to whose
number must be added thousands OF
general laborers, porters, railroad men
and bargers, whose livelihood depends
on the output of the potteries.
The prevailing conditions in the Er-
wash valley. the great hive of industry
stretching from Nottingham to Ches-
terfield, serve as an example OF the
conditions elsewhere. Here seventy
five per cent Of the workers In all
trades are idle, and unlike the miners
as these men have no strike pay, the
families are thrown on charity. The
mayor of Ilkeston, the largest town in
the valley, yesterday received an ap-
plications from no fewer than 400 fam
lilies for aid and in one Of the elemen-
tary schools out of 600 pupils, four,
and four hundred are being fed by the
tea achers. "
Wales is suffering generally with
England Only three tin plate Mills
Iare working In the whole country and
every other industry is affected. The
cotton mills are closing gradually
throughout Lancashire, and the last
cargo of coal has now been shipped
from New Castle to the south of Eng
land.
What railway traffic returns are
available for the past week show de-
cline of receipts amounting to $780, 900
in addition to $2,500,O00 for the past
week. &E
Scotland Miners to Go to Work.
Glasgow, Scotland, March 20.-The
officials of the Scottish miners unions
this morning received telegraphic In
structions from London to make ar
rangements for having the striking
miners return to work in the pits on
! March rs.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-21

Continued on Page SD
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-14
Stock Holders Meeting

Tuesday night was the date
of the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Meade cleo
trio light company.
The same set of officers was
elected for the ensuing year:
Pres. l. F. Schumacher
Vice Pres. II. B. Phelps
Secretary C. X. Sourbeer
Treasurer f. w. Curl
Manager X. A. Brannan.
All flat rate contracts are to
be cancelled, and in the fuutre it
will be necessary to have a me-
ter.
From now on during the win
ter months, the current will be
turned on an hour earlier than
usual.
A committee was appointed to
negotiate between the City and
the stockholders whereby the
City will take over the plant.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-14

The Farmers Institute met at
the Court House November 9, at
2 p. m. The principal purpose
of the meeting was to award the
prizes offered for this year.
There was nice display in
the contest which was great
gain over last year. There
should have been a big crowd
out, but it is very hard to get
the farmers out to attend any
thing that's of great interest to
them.
K. D. Smith gave us an inter-
esting talk on the samples shown
showing how it ought to enthuse
us to'grade, not only in stock
but also in the products of the
farm. He illustrated how prices
would be better by grading and
giving the market the best.
The judges were as follows;
Farm products, E. D. Smith,
A. II. Borton, and II. N. Holde-
man.
Domestic science, Miss Steven
sou, Mrs. Fee, and Miss Agnes
Wehrle.
School work, Miss Lennen,
Mrs. Backe, and Mrs. Fuhr.
The following prizes we're
awarded:
Mems kaffir corn contest
c M Gates 1st James Smith End
Boys kafir corn contest
Donald Kolb 1st Frank Gates
2nd, Donald Kolb 3rd
Boys corn contest
Lawrence Crawford 1st. Donald
Kolb End.
Best acre maize, Canda Gates
1st. This acre yielded sixty
bushels and "a pounds.
Best loaf of bread baked by
girl under 2l, Helen Borton 1st
Elsie Gamble 2nd, Nellie Smith
3rd.
Best cake Lydia Barker 1st,
Genevieve Haigh 2n1 " elma
Gamble 3rd
Cake Specials Cecil Blair lst
Nellie Smith End.
Best jelley Eta Payton 1st
Best essay on Kansas, Elsie
Gam BILE.
Best drawing in the prospectus
Mildred Haigh
Best exhibit from a single
: school, Fairview school.
Best booklet on the farm,
Chas. Fee.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-14
Died

Mrs. Catherine Murphy,
mother of F. H. Murphy of this
city, died at her home in Liber-
al, Kansas November II, 1912.
The remains we're brought to
to Meade Wednesday. After
a short service at the grave, con-
Quoted by Rev. Sperow, they
we're laid to rest in Graceland
cemetery.
Mrs. Murphy was born in
Nelson county, Kentuckey in
1925. Three children survive
her, F. H, Murphy Of Meade,
D. D. Murphy and Sue F. Rusk,
of Liberal Kansas.
Friends of the family have the
sympathy of friends.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-14
Thanksgiving Proclamation

but rather improved by good
use, to our children and our
chlldren's children for all time
to come, the people of this coun-
try have abounding cause for
contented gratitude.
"Whereof, l, William Howard
Taft, president of the United
States of America in pursuance
of long established usage and in
response to the wish of the Am
erican people invite my country
men wheresoever they may So
journ, to join on Thursday, the
twenty-eighth day of this month
of November in appropriate as
cription of praise and thanks to
God for the good gifts that have
been our portion and in humble
prayer that his great mercies
toward us may endure.
"In witness whereof, | have
hereunto set my hand and caus-
ed the seal of the United States
to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washing
ton this seventh day of Novem-
Der, in the yea of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and
twelve and of the Independence
of the United States of America,
the one hundred and thirty-sev'
enth.
William Howard Taft.
"By the president:
ALVEY A. Adee, Acting Secre
tary of State"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-14
Some School Facts

One can CLEAN some interest
ing and surprising facts from
this weeks, high school notes.
The Meade H. S. enrolment
now reaches sixty two. In other
words, one out of every fifteen
of the residents of Meade is a
hign school student.
The Barnes Law has been
carried by an over whelmlng
majority. This insures the
future of the high school if only
the people of the district will
stand back of it. 1t is especial
ly interesting to note that the
Barnes Law would have carried
had the towns of the county not
voted. The people of Meade
county want high schools and
Meade will furnish one.
We would also call your at
tention to the Meade-Pratt foot
ball game. In this game Meade
will go up against one of the
best teams of the state. What
do you think of the Pratt-Hutch-
inson and Meade triangular de-
bate? Your own school, here in
Meade, will on Januaro 10, 1913,
go into a forensic contest with
the two best schools in the west.
How would you like for Meade
to win both debates?
Six of last years class have
entered the various colleges and
universities of Kansas with ont
an examination. What does it all
mean? Think about it?
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1912-11-14

Washington, D. C.-President
Taft has issued a proclamation
setting aside November 2S, as
Thanksgiving day.
BY the president of the United
States of America.
"a proclamation: AGod-fear-
ing nation, like ours, owes it to
its inborn and sincere sense of
moral duty to testify its devout
gratitude to the All-Giver for
the countless benefits it has en-
joyed. For many years it has
been customary at the close of
the year for the national execu-
tive to call upon his fellow count
rymen to offer praise and thanks
to God for the manifold bless
ings vouchsafed to them in the
past to unite in earnest sup
plIance for their continuance.
"The year now drawing to "a
close has been notibly favorable
to our fortunate land. At peace
within and without, free from
the perturbations and calamities
that have afflicted other peoples,
rich in harvests so abundance
and in industries so productive
that the overflow of our pros
perity has advantaged the whole
world, strong in the steadfast
conservation of the heritage oi
self-government bequeathed tC
us by the wisdom OF our fathers
and firm in the resolve to trans
nit that heritage, unimpairet