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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26

Beverly, Mass, Oct. 25.-President
Taft last night made public special
appeal to farmers Of Minnesota ana
the northwest to remain true to their
republican beliefs Of past campaigns.
The political arguments submitted for
consideration Of rural voters were ad-
vanced in letter which the president
sent to Governor Eberhart, Of Mime
sofa, stating that while the republican
party had not made the sun to shine
or the crops to grow, it had been re-
sponsible for the prevailing good mar
kets. He. declared that the contest
was between the republican and dem
ocratic parties. The letter says IN
part: ..'.
"The people Of your state are vitality
interested in the maintenance OF our
present economic system. Their well
fare is dependent upon the continu-
ance of protective tariff and al
thought at times my appeal to their
prejudice, they may be diverted from
clear perception Of their interest,
I am confident that in the end their
common sense will enable them to see
the fallacy Of newly dressed nostrums
which in the past they have rejected.
I am sure they must realize that this
contest is between the republican and
democratic parties.
Makes American Market.
"The men and women of the north
west country have special interest
in republican success this year. They
are sharing in the general prosperity
of the nation and the continuance Of
growth of this prosperity are in large
degree dependent upon republican
success next month. The republican
party is not responsible for good
crops It does not make the sun to
shine or the grass to grow. but it is
for the enactment Of laws
which make it possible if the, crops
are good, that there shall be an Amer
lean market for them and that they
shall be sold at good prices to those
who have the means to buy them.
There has never been time in our
history when the farm products of the
northwest would purchase as much as
they do today Prosperity is just at
our door. The republican party bids it
welcome, with the promise that the
economic basis. which has brought
about our wonderful industrial devel
opment. giving steady employment at
higher wages to our mechanics and
artisans shall be maintained. The
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
President Taft Seeks Vote
of the Farmers in Speech;
Saws Protection is Needed

democratic platform promises change
in our tariff system, whose effect would
be to halt manufacturing enterprise,
throw out of employment thousands of
wage earners and destroy the home
markets now enjoyed by the American
farmer. No reforming legislation could
neutraliZe or mitigate the paralysis
which would follow.
"The welfare Of the farmer is vital
to the whole country. Republican
policies cannot fail to commend them
selves to the farmer Of the northwest.
It is difficult to see how, with the
threat to business prosperity involved
in democratic success at the polls, he
who lives by the soil can do otherwise
than give his full and hearty support
to the continuation of the protective
system under which he has prospered
and enjoyed the blessings of govern
ment which safeguards him in his life,
liberty and prosperity.
"The republican party is responsible
for the organization and growth Of our
splendid department Of agriculture.
The power of the man and the acre to
produce is being increased all over the
land. The soils, our roads, the weather,
the animals. the plants, the forests, our
foods, our insect friends and enemies
are being studied from the farmers
lists in the department Of agriculture,
which has grown in helpfulness every
day since 1898.
What Closed Factories Mean.
TT does not require the eye of a
witch to see that closed factories in
Massachusetts and Ohio mean a di-
minished demand for the farm products
Of the northwest. We cannot strike
down the industries Of one section
without bringing disaster to all the
people. It Is not a progressive policy
in any true sense to be hostile to the
prosperity Of any part Of the country,
What makes men happy? What
furnishes shoes and clothes and good
wholesome food to the family Of father
and mother and children but prosper
Gus times, in which labor is in high
demand, wages are good. sales are
plenty, prices are normal and every
body is sharing in the good times? Re-
publican success means that our peo-
pie will come together in amity and
make the best use of the enormous re-
sources we have in this country for the
promotion Of general prosperity and
the securing and encouragement Of in
dividual happiness"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
EDITORIAL WRITER
HELD NOT GUILTY

Peoria. ILL.,, Oct. 25.-The jury in the
cast of Myron Jordan of Rock Island,
ILL.,, indicted by the federal grand Jury
on the charge of sending obscene lit
erature through the mails, returned a
verdict Of not guilty this morning in
the federal court.
Jordan, who is employed as staff
editorial writer on the Rock Island
News, was indicted together with John
Looney, editor and publisher of the
paper, following an attack on Mayor
Schriever of that city depicting an al
legged debauch Of the mayor while on
a visit to Peoria with a party OF
friends.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
HALF MILLION IS
GIFT TO HOSPITAL

Baltimore, Nd, Oct. 25.-James b.
Brady OF New York, financier and
horseman, who was recent patient at
Johns Hopkins hospital in this city,
has presented that institution with
half a million dollars in appreciation
OF its work and for the extension OF
it's activities. Announcement Of tho
gift was made by DR.. Hugh Young this
morning after the terms upon which 1t
was made had been favorably acted
upon by the trustees Of the institution.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
PRESIDENT TAFT'S
VACATION ENDS

Poland Springs, Me-, Oct. 25.-Presi-
dent Taft's vacation ended today
with the completion Of his Maine trip.
Accompanied by Mrs Taft and Miss
Helen Taft he went to Danville juno
tion and boarded private car at
tached to a train which left for Bos-
ton.
The president is to speak tomorrow
at the dedication of Polish college
at Cambridge Springs, Pa. and will
leave in the afternoon for Washing
ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
NATIONAL GUARD
DID NOT FIRE SHOT

Salem, Mass, Oct. 25.-Testimony
heard today in the superior court try
ing Ettor Giovannitu and Caruso for
the alleged murder Of Anna Lopizzo
was to establish the prosecutions con-
tention that the shots fired at that time
were not discharged by members of the
state militia.
Officers of the national guard testi-
fed that while the men were armed
none of them c1sd upon the mob.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
NEWS OF CROWN .-...
PRINCE NOT GIVEN

st. Petersburg, Oct. 25.-No news
was published today as to the condi-
ition of the Russian crown prince and
as consequence Alexander Stolypin,
in an article in the Novoe Vremya,
voices the demand of the public for in
formation regarding his illness.
Religious services were celebrated
in the opera house yesterday for his
recovery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
MORGAN COMPANY
RECEIVED SHARES

New York, Oct. 25.--The firm of J..
P. Morgan & Co., received $4,000, 900
in International Harvester stock as q
commission for the sale Of D. M. Os-
born & Co.'s, plant to the so-called
trust. This was testified today by
VIM. Htmilton of the Morgan firm at
the hearing in the government pro-
ceeding against the International COM
pany.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
PEEL
DEAD IN LONDON

London, Oct. 25.-Viscount Peel,
who was speaker of the house Of com
mons from 1884 to 1885, died yester.
day at the age of S3 years. He was
created viscount on his retirement
from the speakership. He was known
in the United States as chairman OF
the British commission to the St.
Louis exposition.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
Attempt to Obtain
Money From Anna
Gould is Extorti0n
j. + + + i. T. + !. :. i + + + + +

. Leipsic, Germany, Oct. 20
: An attempt to obtain from the
. Duchess de Talleyrand Gamma
. Gould) the sum of $106,500 was
. declared yesterday to be
. founded on extortion and usury
. by the imperial supreme court
; here.
; A real estate company hav-
; ing claims against the Duchess
; de Talleyrand sent represen-
; tative to the duke and duchess
. when they were staying at a
, Berlin hotel in 1911 and forced
) the duchess to sign note for
) the amount by threatening her
; with arrest. The court de-
) cided that the note was not
) valid. ...
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-26
Man Burned to Death.

Eldorado Springs, Mo-. Oct. 25.-
Richard Cruce was burned to death
and property damage of 100000 done
by fire that destroyed seven brick
buildings here early today. The blaze
started in a theater building from an
unknown cause.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
WE'D WHEN YOUNG
IS DOCTORS RULE
Take Advantage Of Health of
Youth, Harvard Medical
Expert Advises.
Sees in Early Unions Better
Conditions For All
Of Race.

Early marriages will not only re-
suit in untold benefits 10 those who
are thus united, but the offspring of
these marriages will inherit greater
mental and physical wellbeing than
those of late marriages, according
to DR. William F. Boos, Harvard
medical school expert of the Massa-
causetts general hospital
Years of close observation both in
this country and in Europe have
| caused DR. Boos to favor strongly
marriages before the contracting
parties have passed their twenty-fifth
year.
Men and women should marry
young, said DR.. Boos Statistics
show clearly the great benefit of an
early union. An important feature.
or course, is the better health, as a
general rule, at the earlier age
It must be remembered that home
i3 the most potent factor in the SOL
idarity of society The sooner a
man and young woman found home
the better for them and the race to
come.
Our ideas on the subject of the
manageable age and the require
ments. for the union are all wrong
The average self-made American
father Is only too apt to tell his son
to put all ideas OF marriage out of
is head until he is able entirely by
his own efforts to support a wife and
children. Instead Of that, he should
do all in his power to encourage the
boy to marry young. II he thinks
the boy has chosen wisely, he should
offer tc help him establish home
and defray the expenses Of that home
Under the conditions of today few
young men can make 1t possible en-
tirely by their own efforts to found
a home before they are 80 years old
Some have advanced the argu-
ment that early marriages are not
best. A study of the divorce stats
| tics shows the fallacy Of such an
argument. for the marriages that
usually end in divorce are those con-
tracted byS persons more than 30
years old On the other hand, the
marriages of persons under 25 are
apt to be the best from every stand
point =
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21

MATEWAN NEWS.

Miss Shein, of Thacker, is visiting
relatives here this week
We are glad to note that Edgar
Chambers, who has been so serious
ly i'll, seems much improved.
DR.. T. p. Burgess of Louisa, was
here on professional business this
week. The Doctor reports that
Matewan presents quite a prosper
GUS appearance.
Mrs Hoskins has received word
to come to her home in Kentucky at
once, as her sister is very low. Mrs.
Hoskins expects to leave just as soon
as her little daughter, Okey, who has
been i'll, can be left. We sympa-
thize with Mrs. Hoskins very much
in her sorrow.
Sam Arts. of Auxier, Kentucky,
spent Sunday with home folks here.
Mrs. H. M. Coleman has returned
to her home after visit with home
folks in Williamson.
The furniture for the new Bus
kirk Building has arrived, the in
side of the building is complete, but
the painters still have about two
weeks work on the outside. The con-
tinuous rain has kept them back, as
they intended finishing all by March
first.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
Rock House News.

Rev. Miles Diamond, of Oilyille,
has organized a singing school at the
Chain school house. He has large
girls and will do great good in our
community.
Quite crowd OF our people went
to church on Elk Creek Sunday.
Claybourne Justice is the fond
father of two big boy babies, John
p. and James H. are their names
James Farley, one of Bias indus
trious young men, and Miss Parlee
Justice were united in the holy bonds
of matrimony Thursday, Rev. p H.
s Curry officiating
The happy couple, after most
started to Mr. Farley's home on Elk
! Creek. Quite crowd of their most
/ intimate friends accompanied them
home. May there never be n dark
cloud across their path.
Mr. Silas Browning, one of oru
most Industrious young men, made a
call on Miss Ressa Curry Sunday.
Silas ought to know this is leap
year.
We are sorry to learn that Miss
Susie White is going West Wonder
what Henry will do?
Misses Ida, ETA and Allie Chain
went over to Elk today.
Mrs. j. J. Tiller spent Sunday with
relatives on Elk Creek
i Mr.. U. G. Browning went to Dun
low to visit home folks this week.
Miss Edna Varney was visiting her
grandmother Sunday.
Mr.. Rush Mahon joined the Holy
Rollers last week That's good, Rush.
Mr.. P. B. Browning was a business
4 visitor on our creek last week
Most all Of our good old farmers
are preparing to plant potatoes.
4 That's just what's needed.
Uncle Tom McNeely visited his
grandson, Henry Chain, Sunday
i, Lace Chain was the guest of Lucy
Farley Thursday
Mr.. Ance Curry was sojourning
on our creek this week
Rock House High School is pro-
crossing rapidly now.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21

The Parkersburg state Journal Is
doing valiant service these days for
the old. broken-down Republican
machine, which H. c. Ogden, Nathan
B. Scott, and other worthless are en-
deavoring to resuscitate. See what
our Parkershurg friend has to say
about the people VIII are clamoring
for the nomination of Theodore
Roosevelt. among many other
things, the State Journal says:
There never was as much dem
agoguery and political blasphemy
abroad in this land before In the
name of the people as there now
is. All the soreheads, political
tricksters and party assassins are
screaming for the rule OF. the peo-
pie
That's the idea, make real hot
stuff. and Keep 1t up. The end OF
machine rule draws nigh. The gang
has fallen out and are separating, all
of which will be for the good of the
State.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
Devon Items.
Business is progressing fine in our

Business is progressing fine in our
city.
Most OF the farmers on Beech
Creek are fixing up to garden this
summer.
It looks like summer is here for
the girls are wearing ribbons on
their hair
Uncle Joe Simpkins, who has been
very i'll, Is somewhat better
DR.. Ellison Hatfield is doing good
business now. He has just recently
built new Office and is ready to pull
teeth. Anyone wanting dental work
done, call on DR. Hatfield.
s. E. Steele Is doing hustling
business in the goods line.
Mr. Jno Brundell and Elias Simp-
kins were sadly disappointed the
other day. They went out hunting
and their dogs holed what they
thought was coon, and worked all
day and night, and when they
taught it, it proved to be o possum.
Mrs Dock Kennedy is very Ill at
present We wish her speedy re-
covery
Uncle Alex Varney will preach for
the people on Beech Creek first Sun
day in April.
Mr.. Toler Sipple was the guest OF
Miss Mary Hatfield Sunday and re-
PORTS pleasant trip.
Mr.. Billion Sipple made business
triD to Williamson last week.
Easter Sunday is coming but the
girls are scarce as hens teeth.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
DAWSON MEANS BUSINESS.
Must Have Presidential Primary In
West Virginia.


West Virginia.
The extract from ex-governor
Dawson's interview, published below
is significant and means business
Note What4he says:
From three to FIVE congressional
committees and probably a dozen
county committees have passed reso-
lutions urging the state committee to
put the presidential candidates on
the ballots. If the committee refuses
the conclusion will be drawn that
they want to stifle and thwart senti-
ment. think 1t is bad thing and
unjustifiable. 1t seemed to me to
be such prudent and proper thing
to do that 4 had hoped the committee
would do it. If they did turn it
down we propose to. ask the congress
sonal and county committees to put
the names on the ballots.
81 think there is no question that
sentiment throughout the state is
largely in favor of Colonel Roose-
velt 1t ranges anywhere from 2 to
1, up to more than 80 per cent of the
total number of voters | have let
ter from man thoroughly familiar
with conditions obtaining in one
county in which he says there are not
one hundred Republicans in his en-
tire county who are not for the col
cnel."
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
DRASTIC MEASJ RE. REQUIRED
TO CURE!
Evils OF Printing Industry Can Be
Rooted Out With Cost system


Rooted Out With Cost system
In prefacing his remarks on the
Advantages and Necessities of the
Cost System in the Country Office,
before the master printers of Wis
consin, assembled at Milwaukee,
on March s, and 8, r. e. Lee of
Tomahawk showed sample of work
that was set in twelve-point and
printed in two colors, and stated that
500 copies cost the consumer $275.
Mr.. Lee stated that no other eXplana-
ton of the price could be given than
that the printer who made ii did not
know his costs He stated that the
price was not made in competition
and that he had been approached la
ter by the customer and asked what
he would consider fair price for
the work. His mead almost hit the
ceiling" said Mr.. Lee, when we gave
him price Of 500 for 500 in one
color, However, before he left, the
customer was convinced that we
knew what our costs We're and went
away, hope, with higher opinion
of the business ability Of printers in
general although he did not give us
an order.
Il have related this incident mere
ly to show what is ahead of the mas
ter printer who is doing his business
in city where his competitors have
not been converted to the advantages
of cost finding system. The print
ing industry has fallen into evil ways
and no evil condition was ever rem
edied without drastic medicine One
man can do much to keep the great
printing Industry from claiming its
own, but he availeth nothing against
the efforts OF a determined majority
who plainly see the path that must
be travelled and push onward and
upward in the faith that virtue
should be its own reward
II want to urge my fellow master
printers to do some sober thinking
about the necessity or the cost sys-
tenn. Go home md get busy; put
cost finding into operation, So that
the next price you are called on to
quote will be made on a basis OF
profit to you"
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
GROWS PESS|M|ST|C
AS VICTORY COMES
Leader Of California Body Says
Women's Votes. Wont
Help State.
Sees No Hope of Beating Machine
Long Intrenched.

Gratitied as she, is at the passing
in California, Mrs. Thomas j. Vivian,
president of the Daughters of Cali
fornia in New York says that she
does not think that tne granting of
suffrage to women will have any
great effect upon the great political
machine in California
The machine is too strongly in
| trenched and the interests behind it
are too powerful to be overcome at
once just because women can vote"
said Mrs. Vivian. Il do believe how
ever, that her influence and ballots
will benefit mankind That is why |
am lsutfragist. | am not a rabid
one; neither are most of the women
| in California. Our society does not
stand for suffrage; some of it's memA
E8bers are in favor of it, some opposed
and some indifferent, but we all took
notice of it when the women won
their night and We're proud OF what
they had been able to do There are
many women property owners in Cal
itofnia; some Of them own large
ranches. Surely 1t is only reasonable
that they should have vote tor the
protection of their interests And for
MoAlen VINO do not own real es-
tate, but who are interested in civic
betterment and the general welfare
it is no less important that they
should have the franchise.
MrG ba
ment that the work of the eastern
saffragists had turned the tide in
California. The woman suffrage
party sent out two speakers, she
admitted, and very good ones, too,
| think. and Mrs. Laidlaw sent ano-
ther, and, of course, the California
suffragists We're grateful for all the.
help they received, but they have
been at work for years and were
splendidly organized, The women's
clubs Of California are very strong
They have a large membership and
are active in civic work. Many of
them own their club house and are
extremely prosperous. The training
which the women received in their
IIuUo w dS uSelul " Lucu III tuGlT
work for suffrage.
Il do not think the women will at
once try to be elected to important
Offices or take rabid part in politics.
| think they will rather hold them
selves as reserve power to be util-
lied when questions Of very great
Importance are before the people.
The men in California are very
liberal, too, added Mrs Vivian. I'VE
must not overlook the fact that so
many of them worked hard for the
suffrage amendment and that with
out their help it could not have
passed.
Mrs. Vivian does not look for do
mestic or any other trouble as re-
suit Of the comforting of the fran
chise. She believes that both men and
women are too sensible for that;
that their outlook is too broad.
"Of course there are good and bad
women, just as there are good and
bad men in California, and both will
vote" she argued but / can't help
| feeling that the total result will be
beneficial when both sexes can vote
on subjects of Importance to both.
Women will be able to serve in any
way that public interest demands,
but do not think they will be Wild
| ly eager for office
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
Taking No Chances.

Senator Bacon, of Georgia, piloted
constituent around the Capitol for
a while and then, having work do to
on the floor, conducted his visitor to
the Senate gallery After an hour or
SO the visitor approached a gallery
deorkeeper and said:
Ny name Is Swate. / am a friend
of Senator Bacon. He brought me
here, and ! want to go out and look
around bit | thought that would
tell you so | can get back in
That's all right, said the door
keeper, but may not be here when
you return. In order to prevent any
mistake, ! will give you the pass
word SO you can get your seat again /"
What's the word?" Mr.. Swate
asked
Idiosyncrasy
WHAT"
Idiosyncrasy
i guess III stay in,' said Swate.
Washington Correspondence.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
Enlightenment.

Whenever prominent standpatter
is asked by some ultimate consumer
to explain his attitude on the tariff,
he enters into long involved argu-
ment to prove that the overproduc-
ton of gold is solely responsible for
the high cost of living State
Journal.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21

New goods arriving daily at the
Levine Department Store. Every
department in the big store is filling
up with the finest lines of Spring and
Summer goods from New York, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Boston, Cincin-
natl and other leading markets. Your
inspection in requested.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21
Easier.

The Italian historian, Ferrero says
that when a Roman wanted to get a
divorce from his wife he had only to
write her letter Easy. but an
American has only to get letter
from his affinity and leave it in his
coat pocket-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-03-21

And now a Japanese is said to
have also found the Pole. There must
have been a regular old home week
down there.-Boston Hrald.