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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
COMPERS DENIES
INSULT TO FLAG
PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING LABOR
LEADER STANDING ON STARS
AND STRIPES EXPLAINED.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 3.-Samuel
Gompers, who was accused Of tramp
ling the American flag while making a
speech in Oakland, Cal, In September.
has made q vigorous denial Of any In
tent to insult the flag or OF standing
upon 1t, and explained the incident
from his viewpoint
The accusation was made In reports
to the war department from officers in
San Francisco and Los Angeles. The
most direct evidence appears in pho
tographs received by Major General
Wood. chief off staff Of the army, and
by Maj. Gen. Ainsworth, adjutant gem
eral Of the army. s9
These photographs show Samuel
flag at meeting OF laboring men
which he was addressing. 4&
Another photograph Is that Of John
A. Kelly. president OF the Building
Trades council Of San Francisco, also
standing on the flag and making a
speech at labor meeting. {
II would as soon insult the memory
Of my revered mother as insult the
flag OF my country" declared Mrs
GompArs. III 5s,sss n \. &
1sOf lths. two addresses III mads III
Oakland. Calf, one was on Labor Day
In connection with the San Francisco
demonstration and mass meeting, and
the other was some days later.
my recollection OF the meeting at
Shell Mound Park, Oakland, was that
it was park for athletics. There was
a grand stand and q large field. A
temporary stand was erected in ths
middle Of the grounds, the speakers
facing the grand stand. and in this in
stance there were thousands Of men
and women standing between the
speakers temporary stand and the
grand stand.
Speakers Forced to Get on Table.
The crowd was SO great that many
of them overflowed and stood on the
temporary stand, so that the speakers
could not have seen any one other than
those on the Temporary speakers
stand. There was table on this stand
intended for the speakers notes. The
table was festooned by an American
flag. No part of 1t, except possibly on
inch, was overlapping the table, and
this simply for the purpose Of holding
it in position. A table was furnished
and we stood on the table. They did
not one Of them, nor did I, stand upon
the American flag"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
ORDER REDUCTION
IN FREIGHT RATES
COMMISSION DECLARES TARIFFS
ON LIVE STOCK in SOUTH
WEST ARE TOO HIGH

Washington, D. c., Jan. 3.-Radical
reductions Of freight rates on live
stock, packing house products and salt
today were prescribed by the inter
state commerce commission to apply
to all western and southwestern rail
roads, .:ge sss- 4,5
The commission holds that present
rates on live stock from points In New
Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, to Fort
Worth, Texas, Oklahoma City, Okla,
and Wichita, Kas., are unreasonable
that existing rates on fresh meats and
other packing house products from
Fort Worth, Oklahoma City and
Wichita to points in other states also
are nnreasonabl BILE and that the rates on
salt from the Kansas field to Okla.
,boma City are unjust.
Il The finding Of the commission pre-,
pared by Commissioner Prouty, are
the result OF an exhaustive investiga.
ton and affect the rates to all points
east. I'm. %.5: s;s.
Mileage rates on all the com.
modities are prescribed by the COM
mission, the reductions amounting to
an average of approximately eight. per
cent. No order Is issued at this time
by the commission but the railroads
are given until February 1, 1912. to
put into effect the rates suggested. If
they shall not have done SO by that
date. the mandatory order will be Is.
sued to compel them to make the pre-
scribed rates effective It is expected
that the carriers will acquiesce.
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lAFO[[ETTE TO |
CONTINUE FIGHT |
" x3eloos lpolIoas!H e'e'
|VlAilHuLno 0AI
Senator's Headquarters Is
sues Statement That Can
didate Will Not With
draw; Railroads Hit.

Chicago, Jan. s.-Without referring
to Governor Chase S. Osborne's sug-
gestion in speech at Lansing, Mich,
that Senator Robert M. LaFollette
withdraw from the presidential race.
the LaFollette national headquarters
hetre today issued statement declar-
ing that Mr.. LaFollette had no inten-
ton Of withdrawing.
The statement was given out by
Walter L. Houser. chairman Of the Ma
tional progressive republican cam
paign committee, and was as follows:
"The campaign for Senator LaFol-
lette's nomination will continue until
the gavel falls, declaring who is the
nominee Of the republican convention
for president.
There need be no speculation in
dulged In In regard to this fact. Mr..
LaFollettes headquarters here made
effort to talk to Mr.. LaFollette over
the long distance telephone to Kala-
mazoo, Mich, before the statement was
issued. but it was not stated that the
senator personally had issued the
statement. .
LaFoIette Hits Michigan Roads.
Kalamazoo. Mich. Jan. 3.-Michigan
railways in general were most scath-
ingly attacked by Senator Robert M.
LaFollette in his address before a.
large crowd here today.
you are getting the worst service In
Michigan of any place know OF" he
declared. s.Ea
He said the control Of practically all
things industrial in the United States
had been usurped by a handful Of
capitalists and that they had become
formidable adversaries Of the masses.
He spoke Of the "unscientific" man
ner in which the Mckinley tariff bill
was drafted and continued with
statement that the Dingley tariff bill
which followed did much to deteriorate
the condition of the masses, opposing
importation and aiding In the estab-
lishment Of stronger monopolies
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| SETS AT
REST REPORTS
.0FV|l|||'T'|H|D|||R|iA|!|'W||A|.L ! | I | | { A
President is Quoted as Say
ing That Nothing But
Death Will Keep Him Out
Of the Fight"

Washington, d. c., Jan. S-'Notn-
ing but death can keep me out OF the
tight now" President Taft is reported
to have made this statement to wnlte
house callers today and to have ADDED
that he had no objection to the state
ment being made public.
It undoubtedly was intended 10 SET
at.rest all reports that Mr.. Tart mlgnt
withdraw from the race for the repuo'
lican nomination for president IN favor
Of Col. Roosevelt.
The president is said to be thor
oughly aroused to the gravity OF tne
situation in the republican party ana
ts determined to let his attitude pc
understood. He has declared that un'
der no circumstances will he withdraw
his name from consideration by the
Chicago convention next June and
has asserted that his position Win
respect to the nomination mas not
changed in any particular since he
first entered the white house.
viii Not Cult Race.
Is Mr.. Taft has told his friends and
party leaders from the first that II Le
should be called upon to stand Tor re-
election he would ne glad to DO 50;
that he felt under obligations to the
party for having made him president,
and was willing to abide by it's de-
cision in the convention. He adheres
to this position, according to an
nouncements today and will not quit
the race until the nominating ballots
are cast at Chicago.
Tho president was urged ry num-
Der of his closest friends to make
definite statement rs to his position
and attended to 1t in the language
quoted above. With this statement as
their inspiration 1t Is said President
Taft's supporters will at once begin
an active campaign in his behalf. i
was stated that some Of President
Taft4 friend have gone 80 FAR latefy
aas to advise him to openly break with
Col. Roosevelt and to challenge tho
latter to make plain his Intentions.
The president has declined to do this.
I, TAFT Willing Friends Should Act.
It also has been reported to the
white house that Col. Roosevelt be-
lieyes an organized effort Is being
made to ssmoke him out" and that he
declines to be Smoked" either by the
Taft or LaFollette forces. The presi-
dent has listened to all of these re-
ports with an indulgent smile but has
refused to indicate whether or not he
believed them. 1t is vehemently denied
at the white house, however, that Mr.
Taft has sent any messengers TO
Mr.. Roosevelt "on any subject what
soever."
The president has been urged for
weeks to make more progressive
campaign in his own behalf. He has
replied that he did not think political
activity comported with presidential
dignity. He now has consented that his
friends carry forth the fight as vigor-
ously as they desire and he will lend
what assistance he properly can.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04

Florence, N. j., and active in the ma
|tional Congress of Mothers"
She holds responsible position as
auditor of this movement founded by
Mrs, Theodore W. Birney of Washing
ton, D. c., and by Mrs. Phoebe A..
Hearst. She has been active all of
her life in such work as would help or
children, and in thus having the OF
portunity of studying at first hand
conditions over the world she accom-
|plishes one of her greatest desires, and
it is her express hope thar after she
returns to New York she will be able
to have gathered many new ideas
which will be of help in thiscountry.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
SON OF NOVELIST
DICKENS is DEAD
Expires In New York While on 4 Lee
ture Tour Of This Country; Was
Z. q, 67 Years Old. n

New York, Jan. 3.-Alfred Tennyson
Dickens, eldest surviving son of
Charles Dickens, the novelist, died sud-
denly Of acute indigestion at the Hotel
Astor here late yesterday. Mr.. Dickens
was in this country on lecture tour.
He was godson Of the poet, Tenny-
son, and was in his 67th year.
Alfred Dickens home was in Mel
bourne, Australia. No arrangements
will be made for his funeral until word
has been received from his children
there His wife died q. number Of years
ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
EMMETT FLOOD,
.0RGhN|zER0F
unions. HELD I
American Federation Of La
Dor Official Arrested on
Indictment at Muscatine
On Arrival From Chicago

Muscatine, Jan. B. Emmett T.
Flood. organizer of the American Fed.
Grafton Of Labor, arrived from Chicago
at 2 o'clock this afternoon and was al.
most Immediately placed under ar
rest. Fully 200 people were at the
train when Flood accompanied by his
Attorney, Daniel Cruise of Chicago,
alighted. Followed by the crowd Flood
went to the court house where just
as he was ascending the steps he was
placed under arrest by an officer. The
nature of the charge against Flood nor
the amount Of his bond has not yet
been revealed.
arrested this morning on indictments
returned by the grand jury, the indict-
ments charging malicious injury to
buildings. The exact nature Of the Of
tense charged is not known as the
county authorities have as yet refused
to divulge the sensational disclosures
presumed to lay behind the returning
OF the wholesale indictments.
Wilson In jail This Morning.
With 0. c.. Wilson, the socialist
member of the city council and busi-
ness agent of the local button work
ers' union. in Jail, following his arrest
yesterday on charges of maliciously in.
1uring button factory buildings and
throwing acid bombs, interest today
shifted to other probable develop
ments.
Other labor leaders are expected to
be arrested as soon as they can be
found.
Wilson yesterday failed to make
good his promise to obtain bond in the
sum Of $4,000 and last night occupied
q cell in the county Jail. He g one Of
the most prominent OF the socialist
leaders In the state of Iowa, end as q
member OF the city council has always
been most actiya..in the affairs Nf .th0
city. He was confident he would find
bail today and secure his release.
Warrants on twenty-six of the thirty
indictments return by the grand fury
Saturday, remain to be served Though
the utmost secrecy is observed con-
corning these indictments by the
authorities, it was learned that the
majority Of them charge offenses al
legged to have been committed last
spring In the early stages OF the but
ton workers strike, with acid bomb
throwing cases predominating.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04

New York, Jan. 3.-Quietly and un.
heralded, Mrs. Ellen Eoover Thatcher
started on her trip around the world On
what is to be worldwide movemen'
fraught with the greatest possibilities
of good to American children.
She is going out in the interest of
child welfare and before she returns
will have visited practically all OF the
important cities of the globe. studying
conditions and offering suggestions
where possible.
Her trip will take her through Eng
land, touching France, Germany, Bel
GUM, Russia, China, Japan, India,
Australia and back to San Francisco.
Mrs. Thatcher is resident of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
FAMILY IMPERILED
BY GAS EXPLOSION

Dewitt, Jan. 3.A gas lighting plant
In the basement Of the residence of DR..
NJ. Scanlan prominent physician
here, exploded at 1:1O o'clock this
morning. The entire rear end of the
house was blown out and the fire
which followed the explosion practi.
cally destroyed the remainder of the
premises. DR.. and Mrs. Scanlan were
sleeping in a front on the second floor
and escaped injury.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
Missouri Newspaper Man Dead.

st. Joseph, Mo-, Jan. 3.-W. F. Bas-
sett, GA years old, a newspaper man
who for many years was connected
with st. Joseph, Kansas City, st. Louis
and Plattsburg, Mo-, papers was found
dead in a rooming house here today.
Death supposedly accidental, resulted
from inhaling fumes from a gas stove.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
IMPORTANT MATTERS
IN THE DAYS NEWS

LOS ANGELES-The arraignment Of
Bert H. Franklin, the detective EN-.
ployed by the Mcnamara defense,
on two charges Of bribery, today
was set for January 5.
BURLINGTON.-F lunch has been
eliminated by the twenty-four sur.
viyors Of the Moon law in Burling-
ton. They say it's too expensive.
It is said $4,000 a year was experd-
ed by the Burlington saloons for
lunch.
RENO, OKLA James Potter Of
Chickasaw, Okla, engineer on the
Rock Island Firefly, was killed and
twenty injured in a wreck today.
PAR1s.-Lina Cavaliera, the opera
singer, was today granted a divorce
from Robert Winthrop Chanler of
New York, by the divorce court OF
the department of the Seine. Il
WASHINGTON.-Both houses OF con-
gress reassembled at noon today al.
ter recess for the Christmas holf-
days which began December 81.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
Poultry Faneiers At Cedar Rapids.

Cedar Rapids, Jan. 3.-The seven
teentf annual exhibition Of the West
ern Poultry Fanciers association is in
proeress here with more than 500 en-
trise, many OF them from other states.
show
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
Charles City 10 Entertain Lodge.

Charles City, Iowa, Jan. 3.-The local
Knights Of Pythias lodge will entertain
the 1912 district convention the date Of
which has been set for January 12 The
district consists of six counties, How
ard, Chicasaw, Mitchell, Cerro Gordo,
Floyd and Worth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
Man pa.hes THROUGH a Window.

Mason City, Jam. 2.--Frightened or
demented, John Norris dashed head
long through the window at the G. A..
Wilhite residence yesterday, causing a
panic among members Of the family.
Morris was unable to give "a reason for
his actions. He was sent to Jail.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
oTTUMwA WAPEILo THURSDAY, JANUARY4 1912
Thirty-four Below
III South Dakota;
Warmer In Iona

o. . + u
Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. 81
A light snow fell today in Iowa
the eastern half of Kansas,
/ the western half of Missouri
(. and in the Texas panhandle.
Temperatures were higher than
yesterday morning in Nebraska,
Iowa, Missouri and the south
west, but showed decided in
crease in South Dakota and
Colorado. In Huron s. d., the
mercury registered "a degrees
( below zero. At Des Moines 4
N below, at North Platte, Neb., II
below, at Omaha zero, at
Wichita 20 and at Oklahoma
City "a.
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poo Wa. Beside Body.

Cedar Rapids, Jan. 3.-With rats
gnawing at his body and his only
companion a little dog, the dead body
Of John F. Key was found in his home
here yesterday afternoon. He had been
frozen to death. Key is said to have
been hard drinker and 1t is supposed
he died whiel under the influence Of
atquor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
German Historian Dead.

Breslaw, Germany, Jan. 3.-Prof.
Felix S. Dahn, the we'll known histor.
ial writer, novelist and poet, died here
today at the age of II.
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PUBLICITY MEN CONVENE.

Toledo. O., June l3.--Cenfral div!-
sien. Associated Advertisin. clubs OF
America. convened here today with
scores Of prominent publicity experts
in attendance. The entire country
east of the Mississippi and north of
the Ohio is represented in the conven.
ton. which will extend through to-
morrow. An,crs the speakers will be
~. Harvey w Wiley. former chief
chemist OF he government: John Rar
ret. head Of TIE Rursan CT Amer;car
Republics AZ Washington. ard Gecrs
Coleman Of Roetcn president Of 'he
Netioral ,srooia'i-" &C Advertising
o',,h- "h'eh ~ocen.ly II haIa IS meeting
II Dallas. Teyas.
s'ever rrand Wi l~ea e ~elcd0
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We will this week load Of the we'll MOUNTAIN
BUGGES and will offer themo sale usshe ]ev

liot ranch where they found the Epis-
lopal minister from Roundup await.
ing them. lie performed the cere.
mony after which a dainty lunch was
served by Mrs. Elliot. They then au.
toed to Roundup where they took the
evening train for few weeks so.
journ in eastern cities.
Mr. Gee is very sick at the Jimer-
field ranch.
II. Weed and Ray Shifflett went to
Roundup after a load OF supplies last
Friday.
The people of Pine Grove are going
to have Fourth of July picnic near
the Block cabin.
G. 4. Woodcock is at Lewistown
taking in the sights.
G. E. Shifflett and Ralph Dicker-
son went down to Glendale Friday to
work with a steam plOw.
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the plOw. While many women are
today filling positions more adapted
to men, few would undertake the task,
with apparent pleasure, to drive A.
horse breaking team. But such how
ever is the exception in this locality.
Mrs. Cora Hassen, whose husband is
an invalid, has taken the initiative.
She is breaking up their farm and de-
clares she enjoys the work. She has
already made good start and is suc-
ceeding with admirable skill. In fact
few men in this section are better
teamsters or making greater progress
at developing a farm. Hats off gen.
tlemen to the lady farmer.
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A PREMoNlrloN OF DEATH.
Contributed.


--- Contributed,
Abram Jones, who los, his life by
drowning in the Musselshell river
near Gage on the 23d OF last month.
as recorded in these columns, re-
marked to his wife few days before
his death that he did not believe he
would live much longer for the words
of an old Welsh hymn constantly
came to his mind. and he found him.
self constantly humming it involun-
tarily. The following is free trans
lation of the verse:
| must forsake the dwelling
In which l live today,
Must bid farewell to scenes of earth
And leave this house of clay.
All sin shall be remitted,
And I from guilt be free;
sing as remember
The glorious victory.
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Especial Correspondence
Maude Unger is spending the week
at her brothers, Fred Firehammer
who lives near Ryegate.
Grace Fitch of Roundup is spending
a few weeks vacation in Burgoyne.
Frank Eickert was in Ryegate Sun
day where he was to join the ball
team in game against Shawmut
The game was postponed on account
of the rain.
George Unger received news last
week of the death of his father in
Grand Rapids, Mich. He was a sol.
dier of the Civil war and had been an
invalid for several years.
Thomas Fitch went to Hedgesville
last Monday. - -.s.%r~..,.... ss'
Relic Saunders is working in Rye
gate, doing carpenter work on the
elevator.
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interest OF Johnny Lacey's case.
G. A. Bailey has moved into House
No. 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen OF Dietz, Wyo.,
are visiting their daughters, Mesdames
Spanogle and Cammock.
Heinie Fletcher and Jack Bever
have been on the sick list this week.
Mike Banks received his motorcycle
this week. Mike hopes to see some
OF the country now.
H. G. Drennen, district president of
the U. NJ. w. of A., and Thomas
Burke, operators commissioner, were
here Wednesday settling few griev.
ancs at the mine.
The first baseball team will play
the Boston Bloomer girls on the local
diamond Saturday afternoon. Game
called at 400 o'clock.
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Sherman Britton will soon 60 east
to make a two weeks visit at his
old home.
Bernard c. Hjelle made final COM
mutation proof last Monday. Jerry
Brayman and Oscar Olson went in
as witnesses. 80. -
Roscoe Jones is assisting Honiec:: e.
Johnson this week digging we'll.
Lee Cockrell's brother is here max
ing him a visit. He will stay till fall.
E. s. Nichols has an Indian Runner
duck that laid two eggs in one day.
Miss Selma Peterson has returned
from Roundup and is living on her
homestead again.
Tom Freohlich is hauling lumber
from the Johnston mill for his new
house. - -
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Miss Selma Peterson is working N
Roundup,
Arthur Smirl is doing some break.
ing for Mr.. Mullen.
Miss Eva Hunt made round trip
to the city last week with Fred
Bicksler.
Roscoe Jones and Homer Johnson
curbed Mr. Jones' we'll with rock the
past week. 1880
Joe Roscoe is building new barn
Miss Selma Peterson is having her
place fenced. Oscar Olson is doing
the work.
Arthur Smirl has been on the sieA
, list for couple of weeks,
The Ashbridge professionals" viii
be in shape to challenge anything
that comes along in the shape of
baseball team.
Mrs. E. l.. Nicols had the misfortune
to crack couple of ribs. caused b,
chair that she was standing on tip
ping with her.
The whooping cough has kept /
number of children out OF school il
district No. . this spring.
Mrs. Marie Bicksler and son tool
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Mich
OILS last Sunday.
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(Musselshell Advocate)

NMOSSVA0AVAA SAN'SS~S~k
w. A. Hostetler came down from
Flatwillow Monday, bringing with him
Lester Bogges, lad about II years
old, who, while playing with cherry
pit about a month ago, slipped it in
his ear. DR.. Hayerfield succeeded in
removing the pit which had got quite
firmly fast clear back against the ear.
drum, and Notwithstanding the singu-
lar accident, the boys hearing was
not impaired, neither had the pit
given him any serious trouble. The
only excuse the boy gave for putting
the pit in his ear was that he came
from Missouri.
John r. Cooley left yesterday for
Portland. Oregon, on a business trip
that will consume several days time,
and while absent will attend meet
ing of the stockholders and directors
OF the American Cashier company. in
which he is quite heavily interested
financially with other Montana capi-
ldllStS dllu Is tiSO uliSNtoi III NiiS
company. The American Cashier
company is a new concern, composed
mostly of western men who will
manufacture newly patented cash
changing and registering device that
it is claimed will surpass in accuracy
and the expediting Of business sim
plicity anything heretofore put on the
market. The company has just com
pleted an immense factory and office
building at Portland and the meeting
there next week is the first genera
gathering of the men who are inter
ested in the company.
Lady farmers are not altogether the
exception in Montana, although fe"
perhaps hold both the reins and guide