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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
Tv|ETM0E SAYS
He ). IS INNOCENT
II -
CALIFORNIA LABOR LEADER IN
ANNUAL REPORT DENIES PART
IN DYNAMlTING. s.

Fresno, CAL, Jan. $50. A. Tveit.
moe, secretary-treasurer of the state
building trades council, declared MS
innocence Of completely In national
dynamite conspiracy, in his annual re-
port, read before the eleventh annual
convention of the council here today.
Tveitmoe, with Antoine Johannsen or
ganizer of the state building trades
and j. e. Munsey, secretary of the Salt
Lake City local of the international
Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron workers was indicted by federal
grand jury in Los Angeles Dec 30 for
conspiracy to transport dynamite un-
lawfully.
"There will be no plea Of guilty" he
said in his report, because the men
accused are not guilty and they refuse
to serve as stepping stones either Tor
Mr.. Fredericks, who has his eye on the
governors chair or for Mr. Lawlers
judgship or for Mr.. Hearst's presi'
tdency. .s-it.. t u .e5ssss'
8 John D, Fredericks is county dis.
ttrict attorney at Los Angeles. Oslar
Lewler was appointed assistant at
torney general of the United states
and was put in charge OF the investl.
cation which eliminated In the lndlct'
ments OF the labor leaders. .r.s.
While not defending the McNamaras
Tvietmore denounced the prosecuting
officials who conducted the Mcnamara
case and characterized the proceedings
as "a blow aimed at union labor q.
"Union men and women the report
continues "believe that murder is the
most horrible of all crimes and that
the taking of human lives, whether
committed by individuals, society, state
or nation in an ordinary brawl, an IN
dustrial struggle or, so-called CIVIL
lied war is murder"
OF Asiatic exclusion, Mr.. Tveitmoe
said:
"The present Chinese exclusion act
has proved wholly Inadequate and the
gentieman's agreement with Japan Is
anything but satisfactory He recon-
mended that the convention endorse
the Becker bill, now pending before
congress" tI" ..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
K30IoOS IHo
is CHARGED TO
+. THE ? ACkER RS
Government Claims Allow
ances Made for By-Prod-
ucts Were Held Low to
J Increase Cost of Beef.

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Counsel for the
government today continued the tedi-
GUS task of reading to the jury in the
trial of the Chicago packers, charged
with maintaining a combination in
restraint of trade, entries from the
books Of Morris & Co., in an effort to
show that the accounting system of
the corporation controlled by the de.
PENDANTS are practically the same and
placed an important part in the al
legged plan of cooperation. ag r
Allowances made by the packers for
hides, oleo fat and other by1products
were traced through the different
books of account by months in an ef-
fort to show that the amounts credited
were less than the market value.
The government contends that the
packers by this system were enabled
materially to increase the test cost Of
beef and thereby raise the price of
fresh meat to the consumer without
showing an exorbitant percentage of
profits on their books. .>-t
The byproducts it is charged were
in several instances sold to subsidiary
companies controlled by the packers
at 1858 Ludu lUC ludIhcL pllCS WuCI =
they were manufactured and sold at
a large profit. w. ..s'
One of these subsidiary companies
organized by the packers with a capi-
tai of $4,000 to handle ole oils is re-
ported to have earned $S,000,000 in one
year.
The government will endeacor to
prove that the packers in figuring the
test cost Of fresh meat allowed only
three to six cents a pound for hides
when the market price was nine to
eighteen cents and that oleo fat was
disposed of on the books. for three
cents pound when the market price
was six cents a pound.
Although the books showed Morris
& Co., slaughtered from $4,000 to 25,O00
cattle each month from November 1907
to April, 1909, the allowances for hides
averaged from 5000 to $500. s...7
The government argues that these
small credits were for salt and twine
obtained in other departments and that
no allowances were really made for
hides during the period mentioned. o.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
MURDER FOLLOWS
~, WIFE'S ELOPEMENT
J. 3. snead Of Texas, Shoots and Kills
Father Of Youth Who Ran Away
With His Wife.

Ft. Worth, Tex, Jan. ia. G.
Boyce, father of the man who was re-
Gently arrested in Winnipeg, Man..
charged with abducting Mrs. ]. B
Snead from a hospital In Ft. Worth
Saturday night was shot and killed by
J. B. Snead, banker, of Amarillo
Tex, husband of the woman WITH
whom young Boyce is said to have
eloped. .
Boyce, who was 70 years old, was
sitting in the lobby of local hotel
when Snead walked in. According to
witnesses, Snead walked up to the
elder man, who turned and looked at
Snead and asked, bystanders declared,
well, what are you going to do about
it," .1%
Snead muttered something in reply
and then, drawing his revolver, fired
two shots. He hesitated an instant as
the old man fell forward and then
fired three shots into Boyce's side.
Boyce was dying when others in the
lobby, which was filled with people,
reached him. "'@
o, ..-+ Snead is Under Arrest. -,-
Snead was arrested, but refused to
make statement. ~ +
The younger Boyce was arrested
several weeks ago in Winnipeg. Mrs.
Snead, who disappeared from a Fcrt
Worth sanitarium, was with him and
was also detained. Mr.. and Mrs.
Snead were reconciled some days ago
and returned to Texas. After the de-
parture Of Snead and his wife from
Winnipeg, Boyce was released from
custody and the local indictment,
charging the young man with abduc-
ton was ordered dismissed by County
Attorney Baskin. because of in
suhiciency in evidence. Boyce still is
in Canada, it is said. I.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
MEET DEATH
IN JOPLIN MINE

Joplin, Mo-, Jan. 15.-The explosion
of a boiler at mine near this city
caused the death of three workmen
and the serious injury Of fourth. The
buildings at the mine were wrecked.
The dead are:
FRANK ALLEN, aged SO.
JAMES HEATHCOCK. aged %.
RALPH ALLEN, aged 13, son of
Frank.
Clyde Allen, another son of Frank,
was blown fifty feet, and 1t is believed
fatally injured. The cause Of the ex-
plosions of the boiler is not known.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
IRRITATION IS
. DISPLAYED BY
MR.. [0R|MER
Senator Defending Self
Against Charges Takes
Exception to Question by
Kern Of Indiana,

Washington, D. c., Jan. 15.-Sena,
tor Lorimers continued before the sen,
ate investigating committee his story
of motives which caused fifty-three
democrats to break deadlock and
vote for him for senator. When the
committee took recess on Friday,
Senator Lorimer had got about hall
way down the list of the 108 legis.
lators who cast ballots for him.
Today he repeated his declaration
that every man who voted for him did
so for personal friendship, to break
the deadlock or to beat former Senator
Albert J. Hopkins, and that no one
had been paid any money or promised
anything Of value to vote for him.
Judge Hanecy, Senator Lorimer's
counsel, may finish with his direct ex-
animation late today or tomorrow and
the senator will then undergo a cross
examination. ~. e. "
Senator Lorimer and Senator Kern
engaged in colloquy which developed
the first signs of irritation which Mr..
Lorimer has shown in the. witness
chair. Mr.. Kern asked If the voters In
Illinois had been for Lorimer.
ut would be egotism for me to say,
replied Lorimer.
"The voters were responsible In the
end, weren't they"
"Oh, the voters the voters. That's
the way men talk when they get up In
the clouds-always the voters. OF
course they are responsible, but the
voters are human beings"
Il don't know that they always are, y
suggested Mr.. Kern.
"That may be the way it strikes
YOU. but my friends -. the men who
have befriended me-have good deal
Of influence as far as am concerned.
Such men often get me to Influence
men who have been personally antag-
onistic to me, but don't think am
owned body and soul by the men who
inform me. I am just human being,
too" .-
The incident ended there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
BOATS RELEASED
FROM ICE FLOES

Chicago, Jan. 15.-For the first time
since last Friday morning, today there
are no boats stuck in ice foes in the
vicinity of Chicago. The Indiana and
Kansas, Chicago bound, and the Iowa
and Georgia, Milwaukee bound, clear
ed early last night and later the Main
stee also Milwaukee bound, was re.
leased by tugs. A favorable wind has
driven the ice away from the shore
here and today several combination
passenger and freight boats prepared
to put out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
TODAY IN CONGRESS

session at 2 p. m. y
Senator Lorimer continued his de-
tense before election inquiry com
mittee and had sharp exchange
with Senator Kern over political
ethics. T..
Industrial expositions committee
postponed until next Monday hear
ing of Californians on measures Tor
government participation in San
Francisco and San Diego exposition
in 1915. . II
Pensions committee considered
without action Sherwood and other
general pensions bills.
at noon.
Interstate commerce committee held
q hearing on Panama canal tolls.
'Sugar trust committee heard
further testimony from beet sugar
farmers.
Rules committee gave hearing on
proposed investigation Of so-called
money, shipping and harvester trust.
Secretary Knox discussed diplo-
matte and consular appropriation
bill before foreign affairs committee.
Apologies offered by Representa-
tives Johnson of Kentucky, and Mad
den of Illinois, for their wcrdy alter
cation in the house Saturday.
Republican Leader Mann began fight
for immediate action on Madden
bill for physical valuation OF all
railroad companies. .. j..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
BABY ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT BY BROTHER
Discharge Of Shot Gu. in Hands Of
Oskaloosa Lad May Cause Death
r.. Of Louis kentfieId.

Oskaloosa, Jan. 15.-(Special. y
Louise Kentfield, the sixteen months
old laughter of j, w. Kentfield, was
probably fatally shot by the accidental
discharge of a shot gun in the hands
of her brother, aged Is. The muzzle
was less than foot from the baby's
leg when the gun was discharged and
the leg was practically carried away.
The baby rallied from the knife in the
hospital, but there is small chance of
Its life.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
FISHING VESSELS
IMPRISONED BY ICE

Washington, D. c., Jan. 15.-Thirty
American fishing vessels with cargoes
of frozen herring valued at $500,000
are imprisoned in the ice foes off the
coast Of New Foundland and threat
ened with destruction. In response to
an appeal from Collector of Customs
Jordan Of Gloucester, Mass, Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Bailey
today ordered the revenue cutter
Androscoggin and Gresham to their
assistance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
BREWERS TO PLANT
THEIR OWN HOP CROP

Salem, Ore, Jan. 15.--Accordi1g to
information given out here by the rep
resentatives of large California Hop
buyer, eastern brewery interests have
pooled interests and will plant 1,400
acres of hops in Oregon and California
this season. The action of the brew
ers in planting their own hops is said
to be the high price that prevailed in
1911.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
DALLAS COUNTY MAN
KILLED BY CARS

Perry, Jan. 15.-Willianl Kirgis, go
years old, prominent farmer Of
Dallas county, was instantly killed to-
day by an interurban car en- route
from Perry to Des Moines, at Kirgis
crossing, where he attempted to board
the car to Des Moines.' He attempted
to cross in front of the car in order
to board it and was struck.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
IH@IubJ 0*oFo
k1oloOS IRolIO}SEH elBlS
- -" -
Promised To Plant Widows
Money And Make It GroW
To Million; Medium Held
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+ = = = + + = + = 4 + ! ~ 4 + = ~
Mones 15-Mrs Anna Webster caryoyan today
that had feeced
Aschan widow Of s5o the retense that she wo
plant million dollars Mrs webster was
after Mrs Aschan had made frantic
the spell might not oe
broken .'s.
had obtained $500
would invest
it in a wh would
Webster wanted In other cities par
arraigned separate
this
to the grand jury. o..
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16
Governor is Inaugurated.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Jan. 15.-W. C. Nc
Donald, democrat. was inaugurated
governor of New Mexico today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1912-01-16

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ground.
Il intend to be Beth's brother-in-
law, so you may as we'll start in"
He was loosening the girShs on the
horse, and spoke with decision. Nita's
eyes sparkled with amusement.
She seated herself on the ground.
and studied the contour of his head.
AT Is every poinS in q man tells its
own story. She was not a girl like
Beth, full of sentiment and fond of ed
miration. The man she loved must be
a good pal, comrade true, as we'll as
husband and sweetheart. The Grail was
long one, she knew, with many turn
ings. Somehow she had thought Paul
Howell was splendidly fitted to be a
trial mate.
NOT half an hour ago you intended
TO be my brother-in-law," she said
naively.
You have grown UP in that half
hour from little girl to a woman /:
don't you realize that? / do" He left
che horse and tire himself down be-
side her.
when that pony broke away and
ran with you and death was a posi-
Dlllty-Nita, look at mel knew that
u should follow you to the end of The
new trail, no matter where it led. And
II has led us-here."
he waited for an answer. Nita
looked past him, out az the splendid
panorama or mountains that spread
peloW them. The Crittenden ranch
looked like toy block house far down
IN the valley. The cattle on the broad
plateau across the valley were like
Noah's ark animals.
She turned her head after a long
pause and smiled down at him.
Are you really making love to me.
Mr.. Howell?"
i ask you to be my wife, Nita." he
answered, steadily. 20, know /.
seems queer to you Eeastern girls. the
swift courtship of us men who have
llVed out here beating success out of
newly opened lands. Some day, some
nour, there comes along the girl who
is olHerenS from all other girls in the
world, and we know her then when We
see her.
Cant you understand? Beth did at
tract me. l met her up in town and
ADMIRED her; but this is different I
oont want pretty goddess to sit M
on pedestal and keep the dust of. I
vans a sweetheart pal who will fight
with me, side by side, out here to win
out. l want a girl with nerve and
pluck and a happy heart. l just want
you.'
Down the trail Shere came a long
nail. The party had missed them and
retracted it's way.
Howell gripped both her hands in
mis- and helped her to rise. They look
ed at each other in dead silence, won
dering at this miracle that had chang
ca the world in half an hour. Then
Mia lifted her face to his.
II stay with YOU" she said, simply.
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Aiilady'S Mirror.

Washing combs in water soon
causes them TO warp and break. A
stiff. dry nail-brush is a good cleans
ing agent.
When washing your powder chamois
DO not rinse out all the soap or il
VIII dry hard and harsh. Use a good
SOFT soap and do not wiring il out in
clear water. This will bring forward
the natural oils in the leather and it
will be soft and plia bic as new.
While the effect of the constant use
or liquid powder is often extremely
unpleasant, il may be used at inter-
walls without fear Of injury to the
skin. One of the best pearl white
liquids IS made by combining -
ounces of bismuth subcarbonate with
enough water to make six ounces i'm
all. Rain water should be used if
possible The bottle must always be
shaken well before applying the
powder. Be careful not to apply il
too generously or it will give the
effect Of facial enamel.
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Wonaar1'S Department

on around the whole circumference.
but the other is left open on one side.
SO that coin may be slipped under
the rose, and on the loose edge In
worked buttonhole loop, to fasteu
over tiny lace wash button, and Sc
cure the contents of the wee pocket
from slipping out. Any woman who
is deft with a needle may evolve new
applications of this idea, as the me-
Gallons can be made OF any sort OF
lace.
To Remove Iron Marks From Linen.
To remove iron rust from your fiuO
table linen without causing any injury
TO the fabric, moisten the spots with
little hot water. then stretch the
linen over a hot plate and apply salt
and lemon juice rather thickly. rub
bling II into the fabric with the warm
bowl OF bone saltspoon or a vhIts
metal spoon. The treatment may have
10 be repeated. but with a little pa
thence il Will effectually remove all
traces OF the disfiguring yellow marka
and cause not the slightest injury 60
the linen. Salts OF lemon as put uu
and sold by the druggist will pro-
duce the same results. but as the
strength of the acid salts is some
times considerable it must be very
carefully applied or it may weaken
the fabric.
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INTIMIDATE AN
- -. OFFICER; TO JAIL
Justice Crutchfield Issues Warn
ing-Berger Accuses Sims of
Making q Threat.

X l G II Nj . ND, VA.-Special.-
Anyone who goes after an officer
for what he conceives to be his duty
is liable to go TO jail" Justice Crutch-
field told w. S. Sims in Police Court
Friday morning.
Michael Berger, a magistrate, had
Sims arrested for interfering with
him in the discharge of his duty and
also with threatening him. In re-
taliation, Sims charges that Berger
gave him q "genteel cussing."
Sims is alleged to have remon-
strated with Berger about the issu-
ance of a warrant. He commended in
court this morning that this was his
privilege. Justice Crutchfield told
him that such was not his privilege.
Berger charges that Sims told him
that If he took his badge off he would
beat the hell out of him" Sims did
not deny this; in fact, he told Justice
Crutchfeld that If Patrolman Lear,
perhaps the largest member of the
police force. would take his badge
off he'd lick him, too.
The Justice sharply took Sims to
account for his language.
1t developed that A. D. Smith is a
material witness for the prosecution.
In order that he might be summoned,
Justice CrutchfieId continued the case
until Saturday.
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Some Untidy New Hats


Ihere is pronounced air of un-
tloiness about the hats OF the mo-
ment-that is to say. the really new
models. Happily, the neat little hats
OF last season have been adapted and
brought up TO the correct line without
losing any of their tauntness. Never
theless Paris is cultivating with en-
lthuslaSm-aS she cultiVates every
Ithlng-a certain ragginess which
might be described rather unkindly
as embodying some of the less com
mendable characteristics of the Eng
fish school of dress.
There is a vaguenesS about the lines
OF brim, crown and feather, and one
hnds II difficult to decide the cate
CORY in which to place the model.
There is, for example, a weird
specimen in black chip straw, with
Tam o Shanter crown as fioppy as
the black chip straw will permit il to
be, clumsily plated into a brim which
appears TO be quite undecided as to
the direction il wishes to take. 1t at
tects compromise by commencing
to turn down at the crown, but sud
denly curling up at the edge, the
curl being wider at one side and to-
ward the back.
This brim is outlined with grayish
brown edging of ostrich feather; a
long plume OF the same rears itself
wildly toward the back. The model.
aONSNSI' HaItenS upon the head as
though promising hat had met with
an untimely end in a storm or be-
meath the weight of an unexpected
missile.
There are quaint little bonnet-like
toques with Vague-looking feathers"
IN gathered and corded taffetas twist
ed round them. One was rather anus
Ing in fine white straw, with mar
row brim which turned up back and
front and was bound at the edge with
the narrowest possible piping of Dale
green. AT one side of the rounded
crown was large silk arrangement.
which anyone might have been for
given for mistaking for a large green
ortichoke.
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MAY BE DARK HORSE
F. FOR REPUBLICANS

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
While the Taft forces profess entire
confidence in their ability TO pick the
denomination plum for President Taft
there developed today a strong belief
that only the selection Of another can
didate will promise success TO the Re
publican national ticket this fall.
The grooming of dark horses has
already begun. Two most prominently
mentioned are Senator Cummins, of
Iowa. and Justice Hughes, of the
United States Supreme Court
There is no expectation that the
Chicago convention can be stampeded
to either of these men, but those who
believe that the party would be hope
lessly split, If either Taft or Roose-
welt were nominated, hope that com
promise can be reached.
Ii is believed that the selection of
dark horse. who will be favora Bile
to both wings OF the party, can be
reached in the event that President
TART voluntarily retires in the interest
OF harmony. and pressure will be
brought upon the President before the
national convention TO take this &C
ton.
With the Republicans split into
three divisions, one favoring Presi-
dent Taft, another following Senator
La Toilette and the third clinging to
the Roosevelt band-wagon, the pros
even after a long, hard fight. is be-
coming more and more remote, &C
cording TO the national leaders.
Those who favor compromise are
seeking a candidate who blends the
principles OF progressiveness with
those of conservatism in a degree
which will appease voters of all fac
tons
There are a number of leaders.
however who fear that this is next
to impossible.
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The Coin Handkerchief.

The coin handkerchief is an at
tractve little novelty so invalua bic
mat 1t seems difficult to explain why
II was never thought of before. 1t is
arranged for safety i'm carr1ine az
DTS OF silver for collection at church
or Tor street car fare, at a time when
one would wish to dispense with the
necessity OF carrying n purse.
one OF these handkerchiefs in a
nlhe-lncn square of fine linen lawn.
hemstitched by hand and edged viii
q narrow baby Irish edge. crocheted
on the fabric. Two baby Irish roses.
wrought in No. 100 cotton, with a
row or openwork or two around them
10 bring 1t TO diameter rather larger
IMAM half dollar, are set back to
back in one corner Of the handker-
chief.
They are arranged exactly together,
put without the fabric being cut be-
tween them One is firmly stitched