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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

Washington, d. G., April 4.-sena.
tor CUMMING difficulties In his home
state, where to date he has secured but
two delegates, have gotten him into
more difficulties down east. While no
one ever counted upon tho senator as
much Of factor in the Chicago con-
vention his showing 80 far has proved
more dismal than even his gloomiest
supporters expected. On Tuesday
evening Of this week the Washington
Star carried a cartoon in imitation OF
the immortal picture The Spirit OF
'76"-entitled "The Spirit of Two"
Senator Cummins was represented as
leading his little band Of two dele
gates on to Chicago. Further COM
ment was unnecessary % It was one
OF tho best Bergman has produced
this year.
Few washington newSpapsr men
are more popular among their asso-
ciates than Irvine G. Norwood, tho big
dark fellow Of the press gallery" who
has Just been elected secretary OF the
Greater Davenport committee and the
Davenport Commercial club. Mr.. Nor
wood goes TO Davenport to succeed an
other former Washington correspond
emit, Mr.. Clum,. also very well liked
here.
The new secretary has received let
tiers of regret at his departure from all
of the leaders of the political and
newspaper circles Of tho capital. All
extend their best wishes for his sue
cess In his new field. President Taft
wrote q personal note as did Speaker
Clark. Minority Leader Mann and
many other men prominent In the af-
fairs Of the nation.
REPRESENTATIVE Cox Of Indiana, has
introduced . bill which If passed, will
do away with the mileage graft" of
members and senators. At the pres
emit time the lawmakers receive forty
cents q mile for each session OF con-
gress. This is far in excess OF their
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
REAL PROGRESS.

A message to congress polntlns o4'
means Of saving .1oooo,ooo every year
:, the peoples money should be ha'lea
nv all citizens, regardless OF political
faiths AZ a matter OF the gravest I'M
nortance. Such message was transmit
+.d TO congress today by President Iai'
The president recommended concrete
re,orma including the placing OF post
ras+ers Of the first and second class
.mces in the classified service, at re-
,,r.ed salaries: abolishing the office OF
assistant postmaster; abolishing scat
tering pension agencies, and paying ou'
pension money from the pension pension once
II washington, and placing local. ON
GERS Of the other governmental de-
partments in the classified service 80
that two men may no longer be PAID
for doing the work Of one.
Mo-
The recommendations made by the
president we're based on the report OF
+he economy and efficiency commission
.n,,ointed under authority given by
congress. ..... ....'..|a
The changes recommended by the
commission and approved by the presi.
dent are strong. They propose to take
the federal patronage question out
Of American politics by placing the
federal officers on the civil service
not where their positions will not be
subject to the turn Of the political
wheel, but will depend solely on the
merit Of the officers.
Col Roosevelt, who has had much to
say about the activity Of federal Of
Ace holders in the present campaign,
should be in favor of this reform. al
though he never was III IdVoi VI oAo-
banding this federal Office holding or
sanitation when he was using it to Sc
cure his own nomination or in dictat-
ing the nomination four years ago. Mr..
Roosevelt has had much to say about
progressiveness. Here is a progress
sive measure. more progressive mea-
sure than any ever fathered by Roose-
yelt, for it not only guarantees saw
ing of the peoples money, but it means
the disruption of the only political or
ganization that can be controlled by
m occupant Of the presidents chair.
This question of federal patronage
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

There is one engraving Of female
face that all men and women too,
never get as many copies of as they
want. It is on the silver dollar.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

p. l.. Baker, Waterloo. Iowa, says,
"Several months ago I had severe
attack Of kidney trouble. had intense
mains across my back and the kidney
action was painful and very irregular.
I took Foley Kidney Pills and In q
ahort time the pains left my back and
NV kidneys became normal. Foley
Kidney Pills cured me and will cure
others."-Clark Drug Store; Owl Drug
Store.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
not know he was on the map and
squealing fraud does not help.
Teddy is a tin horn sport.

A Chicago attorney told the judge
that the young lady defendant f1irted
with the Jurors. If that attorney wanted
to start a real scene he should have
told the jurors wives. .,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04


deal of mud manufactured for political purposes When
ever yirtuous electorate is about to hoist somebody
into the white house against his WILL and of it
sticks the person of the hoistee with discouraging
results Mudslnging is genteel occupation whose
purpose it Is to make candidate for office wish he
had stayed on the farm. The other kind Of mud is
is more common and does not pursue man to the
mouth of the grave in whisper. One Of the most
popular brands Of mud on the market has for it's
motto-"where there's so much smoke there must be
sayings found in the annals of people Many
a man has been overtaken by this motto and request
ed to retire the Y NJ c. A. just after paying his
annual dues, thereby being defrauded of public CON
fdence and several free baths. Agricultural mud is
most common in the spring of the year. and Is fire.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

Crack Bicycle Man Found Dead.
New York, April 4.-Joseph Orlando,
q crack quarter mile bicycle rider,
who had hopes OF going to Sweden
with the American Olympic team, was
found dead in bath tub today, it Is
took cold bath and died of heart
shock. He was 30 years old.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

It looks as If Roosevelt will not ge
better than third money in the race.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

Oh yes, Italy and Turkey are still
having war.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

II you wish to succeed, write more
deposit slips than you do checks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04


others citizens
without aid
hound Mud generally quality which should
collects
nterlockng and therefore
great
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04

neud despono
losnx the needed make strength
Such man shoud P7erce's Golden MeolcaI
II cures of the stomach ana 0tner
nutrition II enriches fhe 0ood
Kidneys noHrSaes
~ .eryes. snd 90 GIVES AND STRENGTH TO
sF THE WHOLE BODY
You nostu substitute Tor TINS 81
though oes
thereby pro6t afsdients printed ON wfao0es
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-04-04
Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard l.. Ram
MUD.


defense
and There is good
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
WALTER JOHNSON
BETTER HEAVIER
THAN WOOD

Although Pitcher Joe Wood. who
put a erimp In New York's world's
series ambitions, has q fatter figure
In the percentage column than
Pitcher Walter johnson Of the
Washington club. Johnson really ap.
pears 10 be the greatest tsirier IN
the American league. johnson
pitched greater number Of Innings
thar Wood. pitching 3gs innings 10
Woods 3s4; 1921 batsmsn faced
Johnson against ] .234 who faced
the Boston HEAVIER: Wood was found
for 2s7 hits. while johnson allowed
go safe pokss. johnson also IN a
better strike-out pitcher than Wood.
503 faced Johnson during the sea,
son 10 be whitfield. while 2ss were
killed off al the plate by Little
Joe" Woods percentage for the
season. aa complied by Irwin NJ.
Howe. American league statistician.
In .s72. Johnson's percentage ix 1871.
Plank. the Phlilie twlrlsr. Ia In sec.
ond place on the list. Out Of the
10 leading pitchers. -four are Boston
performers. Washington has three
twirfers among the 10.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
RWA|! ''s MAX $AINS Sgs7
SATURDAY

In the opinion of a number OF ex'
rerts. a Washington victory on Den
ny field Saturday In the game with
the University OF Oregon depends
upon weather and field conditions,
the advantage being greatly with
the southerners Ia the event the
grounds are muddy and there Ia q
downpour.
The "W'' team has been greatly
hampered In practice during the
past two weeks. with the result that
there is a large sixcd sour-ball float
ing around In interested circles. and
fear Is prevalent that unless
weather conditions change. the Ore
gon Varsity may partly even up the
score OF four straight defeats BY
coping the game.
This Is not TO be- understood that
hope IL abandoned. or anything like
that. Under normal conditions
Washington should play circles
around the visitors. and comparing
the scores made against tho same
opponents. Washington will win on
form eighty ways Rain and a wet
field will reduce II 10 al least forty
ways. and then some
For the first time In several days
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
DUG BUYS TWO
YOUNG HURLERS
FROM c. MACK

When the Seattle Giants line out
for early practice next year. Gipe
and barry. two young twirlers pur.
chased In Milwaukee yesterday by
ID. 4. Dugdale from Connie Mack OF
tho Philadelphia AthleticF. will be
among those present. Connie Mack.
who In some nudge Of twirilng tim.
Der. assures Dug that both OF the
lads have the stuff In them. and
that they can lnpart IL 10 the pill.
and states that his only reason for
selling them IL the fact that his
pitching squad IL already ioIrheavy,
and that he viii not have the time
10 develop the two youngsters.
Mack saw the two hurleru nj work
several weeks ago. and they took
hia eye. and he closed for them on
the spot. later deciding that he
could do neither himself nor them
full Justice by keeping thsm ON his
staff. lie predicts that when the
corners are smoothed off them. that
Glpe and Barry viii compare favor
ably with minor league twlrlers,
and that II may be mp 10 Dug TO de.
yolop another Bili James from one
Of thom.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. i3.--Ad
woIasss. lightweight champion Of
tho world. BY his manager. Tom
Jones. and willie Richie. for him
self, late yesterday, signed articles
here calling for 2o-round match
NJ Jas w. coffrcth's DAILY City
arena Thanksgiving afternoon.
Nov. 20.
All arrangements were completed
earlier In tho day. and when the
principals met with cosfroth In the
afternoon no delays were caused.
Only the name Of the referee 10 un-
decided, ard he probably will not
be chosen for some days. II 10
limited that Eddie Smith OF Chicago
may be imported for the event, the
most important fistsc affair on the
coast calendar for the season.
Tho articles are brief. containing
leaa than 100 words. Tho agree
nent calls for i33 pounds ringside
weight. permits the wearing OF ban
daxes subject 10 the approval of
the referee, calls for the posting
Of 81 900 by each side 90 bind com
pliance with tho articles. and for
the selection Of referee on or boz
foro November Is.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
WOLF IS LATEST
AUTO VICTIM

DULUTH. Minn.. Nov. i5.-An
previous stories OF automobile ad.
venture arv discounted by that of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. q. Frerker. Lewis
Anderson and wau.n Cain. who
acre driving from Duluth 10 Pike
Lake when they saw n wolf In the
road ahead.
II was night and tho animal at
first appeared bcwildcred BY the
strong ilght thrown ahead Quickly
recovering he started 10 run
straight forward. The road being
vide and smooth. Cain also turned
In tho same direction aud struck
tho wolf fairly.
cor rs rsss~ ueAnACuE SD GRIP
t.aNATAEM nttuH0 2ofntns resness~ TIE
ranss 1tpr~ IL easr enc iroune ssuiaans
Lauh TO- slauatafe ~ x. w. GROVE No
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
WHAT'S DOING ON
SOCCER FIELDS


The Soccer league season would
have had a splendid opening Sun
day. and the games would have
started on time. II some OF the
wise AIecs- hadn't intcrfercd and
caused a discussion about the
grounds. II IL too bad that these
Interested" people can't make II
their business 10 represent their
teams at the league meetings and
then everything would 20 along
nicely. Yes II would--not. Sunday
afternoon nj 2:3o 10 n mighty nice
time 20 make complaint. When n
team sends delegate to a meeting.
surely. II ought TO place enough con
fidence Ia him TO see that business
In conducted In proper manner.
Evidently this In not the case. 20
Tar as the Ceifics and Black Dia-
mond are concerned.
My idea OF nothing at all Ia tho
enthusiastic way these wise
Alecs" have Of boosting soccer foot
ball with apologies to Kaybee
SMITH.
The results OF games played In
the old country last Saturday. No
vember .. follow:
English League.
blackburn Royers 2. Newcastle
United 0.
Derby County 8. Sheffield
United 1.
Evcrton I. Chelsea o.
Manchester City /. Bradford
City 3.
Middlesborough 3. Liverpool 4.
Motifs County 1. Aston villa 1.
Sheffield "Wednesday s. Oldham
Athletic 0.
Sunderland >. Manchester Unit.
ed 1.
Tottcnham Hotspur 0. Bolton
Wanderers /.
West fromwich Albion 2. Wool
wich Arsenal I.
Southern League.
Queens Park Rangers 2. Exeter
City /.
Brcntford /. Portsmouth o.
Gillingham 0. Brighton and Hove
Albion o.
Northampton 4. West Ham Unit
ed 3.
Reading 2, Waterford 0.
Southampton 3, Merthyr Town O
Stoke 2, Bristol Rovers I.
Norwich City 0, Coventry City 3.
Plymouth Argyle 0. Crystal Pal
ace 0.
Mnlwall Athletic 0. swindou
Town 1.
| Scottish League.
Aberdeen 0. Kilmarnock 0.
st. Mirren 1. Airdriconians 0.
| Celtic 1. Hearts 0.
Patrick Thistle 2. Clyde 9.
Dundee l, Raith Rovers o.
| Hibernians 3, Falkirk 3.
Hamilton Academicals 0, Third
Lanark 8.
Morton 2, Motherwell 2.
| Queens Park 2, Rangers 3.
Cullen, Upton and 'Bobhie" work
ed hard for Black Diamond Sunday
Tho latter was evidently given or
ders to keep sharp lookout for Nc
Kinley. He certainly did It.
Billy Bloomen played a grand
game for the Spartas. and his coach
Ing did a lot to keep the Dutch.
men" playing their best all tho time
With one or two men of Billy's call
Der in the lineup. the Sparta team
will be hard 10 beat.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
MORRIS PUTS THE
CANADIAN TO BAD

w NHltfH Ffr<s IFSs~d WIZ
ATLANTA. Ga. Nov. I3.--Jack
Heating. Canadian heavyweight
champion. 10 In the discard today,
having been knocked out here las,
night by Carl Morris In the second
round OF scheduled ie-round bout
Three right uppercuts TO the Jaw
sent Heating down for tho count
and a hard right 10 the body put
him out Heating did not regain
consciousness until after his re.
moyal to a dressing room.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
SOUTHERN YACHT
CLUBS MAY JOIN
ASSOCIATION

Miller Freeman. OF Seattle. $. A.
Perkins. OF Tacoma. and Eiwood
wilea. % Portland. VIII leave short
~ for San Franciaco 20 represent
the Pacific International Power
Boat Association Al the conference
OF Pacific Coast yaohtEmen, called
for the purpose of making plans for
an International regatta In San
Francisco during the 1915 esposi'
ton.
These gentlemen will bear an In
vitation TO all California yacht clubs
to affiliate with the Power Boat
association and 20 organize a Cali
fornla chapter. thus broadening the
scope of the association over the
entire Pacific Coast.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
HAS FIRST BALL
HURLED IN WORLDS
SERIES BY MATTY

4 BERKELEY. CAL Nov. Ia 4
4 Bin Forkcr, pitcher Of tho Uni 4
4 verslty Of California baseball I
4 nine. 10 In possession today OF
4 q relic that he prizes greatly. I
q n 10 the frat ball pitched 4
4 during the worlds series 4
q pames by the great chris'y Z
q Msthewson. ard on the cover Z
q tho famous fsirier has In !
4 scribsd HE name. Forser and
y Mzshewsen are Old friends.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
90 MWNzM "a


The Wonders celebrated the op-
'ening of the CITY league season on
the Imperial alleys last night By
handing out a best two-out-of.three
drubbing 10 the Milwankees. Fow-
Ter Of the Mllwaukees made high
score with zis. while Webster OF
the same team rolled the high aver.
age Of 1856. Smiths Hopes and the
impcrials will clash In the next
league games tomorrow night The
score.
MiIwaukees .sss 300 7ss-s .5si
Wonders $3.50. S3s SNs sss 1881
conover rolled the single high
score OF 227 for the Owls In last
nights league game on the s. A.
G. alleys. while Galbraith of the
phaaganis had the high average OF
1874 IS. Capt. Dwan's Pbeasanis
grabbed two out 81 the three games
from Capt. Van Swearingen's Owls
by the following score:
Phea9ants ....s29 85& SIS z,5si
Owls ...sos sI9 sz7-z.5J
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
JAPANESE DEFEATED

NEW YORK, Nov. f3.--Yamada,
the Japanese cue wizard, was easily
defeated here last night IN the 1872
balk line championship tournament
by Calvin Demarest of Chicago,
who beat him 500 to $50 points IN
30 innings of play. George Sutton
Of Chicago beat Al Taylor OF Mil
waukee 500 to 2oi. play lasting "a
innings.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
oLpFIELD BREAKS RECORD

SAN JOSE, CAL, Nov. t3.--Driv-
Ing his 300 horsepower car on n cir
cular dirt track here yesterday,
Barney Oldfield covered the mile
In ~ SO seconds. which is believed
to be a new worlds mark. but the
time is unofficial on account OF the
absence of an electrical timing de.
vice.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
MERRicK AFTER BOUTS.

After having been out of the
game for several months. while TO
covering from fractured bone In
his hand. Harry Merrick. the feath-
erweight. 10 preparing TO enter the
lists again as a contestant In the
fourround bouts. and In looking for
matches. He In working out daily
at the Rosiyn A. G. and claims 10
be as good rs ever after his long
rnst
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
OFF THE WIRE
WALES GOOD RECORD

NEW HAVEN, Nov. f3.--In 22o
football games played from 1884 TO
1892 Yale was defeated but 10 times.
and In the same games scored 9.2Ti
points, as against 479 for her oppo-
nents, Is the statement issued here
today by college statistician who
has been delving into ancient his
tory.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
JONES IS AFTER
"A" CLASSIFICATION
FOR N. w. LEAGUE

4 MILWAUKEE,. Nov. Ia 4
= Baseball men from all corners 4
= Of the country met here today 4
4 for tho annual convention Of 4
4 the National Association of 4
4 Minor Leaouea Fielder Jones' 4
= Of Portland. president OF the 4
4 Northwestern league, snnounc- 4
4 ed his determination 20 de- 4
4 mand that the cisssific alton OF 4
= his organization BY changed to =
4 class A. 4
4 Most Of today's session was 4
4 devoted to the report Of Sec
4 Rotary Farrell. This report 4
4 showed that the association 4
4 was composed Of AZ minor 4
4 leagues. The amounts reeeiv-
4 ed by the association for draft
4 ed players including money re-
r funded by the association on 4
+ dissiIowed drafts follow: 4
4 From the National league,
+ $4,000; American league,
4 $eo.foo. 4
* The meeting 10 attended by
4 200 baseball managers. mag
4 mates and newspaper men.
a a a a a A a a A
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13

IA the Leaders contest Monday
night Neandera bunch won the Is.
yard dash By a score Of 1 to ? while
Price and hts indians won tho bas.
ketbaii game To 4 In the score
on attendance Nennder made a gain
OF eleven. The total score now
stands. Price AL. NoanGar so7.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13

t'shs~eishs Champion Of Canada.
One Of three Seattle boxers will
be- elected to so against Joe naylsy.
iha lightweight champion Of rsn.
ada. M the ureamlhnd rink on No.
ycmbcr ~ The trinmvirase n
composed OF Mickey O'Brirn.
Danny O'nricn and Eddie shannon
nayiey. who rose 20 fame In Can.
ada By his decisive Victories over
nllly Allen and Pat Scott. has dc
clded 20 invade Seattle and see
what he can clean MP over the
short bout route. and tho boxing
talcnt of Seattle. In his weight 10
collectively aHxioaB 10 see the eRa.
adam coiorw lowered. and tnfiyti.
uslly anxious TO be the one % do H.
The thrve boxers mentioned are
considered 10 be- the best N The
clama Seattle has on tap and the
promoters of the Drcamland show
will later decide which of the three
they will asnd against finyirTs
Dance at prcaminnd ,onlghi. 80
flnoleumn. sec. ais Pike At
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13

Mr.. Vim. ~. Lewis gave . talk
TO the Leaders class Monday night.
Mr.. Lewis was NJ one time very
closely associated with the athletics
OF tho association. managed the
baseball. basketball and football
teams In the early days. lie IL attn
an enthusiast over athletics. play.
ins tsnnia and golf. and It Ia said
that be still plays football.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13

Paul Heudepohi and Dob parsus
are new members Of the Leaders
class. Both are good men and will
add much 10 the success OF the
class.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
SPORTS
ar TIE
yff(A

G. w. Anes was taking whaek
NJ basketball again Monday night.
Having laid OF for several yearn. he
had difficulty In locating the has
kes but he thinks with little prac-
tice he viii be back to form again.
Every time tho Education class
plays Niger baby" tho bunch pick
Maggie Rood for an easy thing and
nine times out % ten he goes down.
The fellows say ia shooting at
Rood they have plenty of lecway up
and down. but very little sldewayA-
In fact u Is Ike shooting at a
line.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-13
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The Ordway new era., 1912-03-08
A Beautiful Decline.

Ollie James. the gigantic and genial
congressman and senator.elect from
Kentucky, was In conversation the
other day with n Washingtonian when
the latter made certain inquiries with
reference to a mutual friend from he
had not seen for a number OF years.
And how does Colonel Prescott
spend his declining years." he asked.
beautifully. sir: beautifully" an
swered James. He has n fine farm.
sir. A string Of trotters. sir. And n
barrel OF whisky 16 years old-and q
wife of the same age. sir!"