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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
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Distinction or Dlffsrence7
A group Of New Workers were
lounging on the piazza Of nearby
shore hotel last Sunday when a
young man, wearing exquisite clothes
and a vacant stare, passed by on his
way to the beach with young woman
on either arm.
"You know who that is. suppose?'
remarked one Of the party.
"Oh, yes" was the reply. Got a
couple OF millions, l understand. Just
out OF college. He was educated at
Harvard university, was he not?"
"Oh, no." said the first speaker. He
wasn't educated at Harvard. He went
to school there."--New York Globe.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

anly charms for the purpose of play.
Ing for masculine sympathy
1t has been suggested that q WON.
ems jury for women would dispense
with the distortion of justice which
we'll tailored suit, the latest and
most becoming millinery and similar
conscious appeals to admiration some.
times effect.
1t Is also true that feminine in.
tuition would the more readily detect
genuine distress, or innocence under
an unlovely exterior. 1t frequently
takes woman to comprehend the
heights as we'll as the depths of a
won1an's nature.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
PRESS COMMENT.
SUCH INNOCENCE!

New York Evening Post: The col
onel is really too innocent for this
wicked world. He had never heard
before this year, of any steam-roller
methods in republican convention.
He writes:
I'm 1908, when Mr.. Taft was fairly
nominated, there we're no 'steam-roller'
methods, as far as know, and II any
thing dishonest or improper was done
in the effort to nominate him, 1t was
without my knowledge, and If 1t had
been brought to my attention and had
had any power In the matter would
have interfered with it"
There is much virtue in all these
IFS" and another one is suggested by
turning back to Washington dispatches
in 1908. II they did not greatly mis-
represent President Roosevelt, he was
chuckling over the way in which his
steam-roller was day after day crush
ing the anti-Taft forces fat. And he
must have been the least informed of
men IL he did not know that a number
of contests, almost as great as this
year, were ironed out by his own
steam-roller four years ago. Last
month, the number was 262, and In
1908 1t was ZIG. Mr.. Victor Rose.
water, who sat with the national com.
mittee on both occasions, writes In
this weeks Independent:
-Four years ago the fact soon de-
veloped that Of the ZIG contests pre-
scented to the national committee. the
vast majority Of them--I should say
nine-tenths Of them-were absolutely
fictitious and trumped up by inspira-
ton OF trouble-breeders: That the
same was true to almost as great an
extent this year, when the number OF
contests totalled 262, likewise, quickly
became apparent"
But, of course, the colonel knew
nothing Of all this. He Is not even so
we'll aware Of the facts as foreigner,
the editor Of the Economistic Fran
Gals, who declares Of these contests
in the republican party that they con-
stitute a sort of "fraude chronique."
AS another bit of opposite French
opinion, we may cite the conclusion
Of the Paris Temps that the nomina-
ton of Wilson was FUN coup terrible"
to Mr.. Roosevelt. Americans had
guessed that.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
The COMMISSION PLAN OF GOV
ERNMENr FOR oTTUMWA.

EMINENT FOR oTTUMWA.
The board Of directors OF the "
<nmwa Commercial association at
m~ekfnz Tuesday will definitely de.
ci6e whether it shall give Its approval
10 . proposition to place the matter
az adopting the commission form OF
snvernment before the people of OF
tumwa. This is the first organized
movement to bring this question up
20 the people Of this city for their
decision.
The Courier Is In favor Of OttumWa
adopting the commission form OF gov
eminent. It does not believe that II ls
I nanacea for all ills. but 1t does be-
lfeye that II good, substantial men
are elected, the commission form Is
! stan In the right direction IN city
government.
This n not an invitation, however,
for All chronic once seekers to rush
forward In a wild scramble to win the
nfaces under the commission form.
Tha Courier will fight such an at
tempt. and It believes that In 80 ngnt-
ing Il VIII have the support OF all CIT.
inen who are earnestly DESTROYS OF
aecmf4nr the best possible city admin
istration.
II Ottumva adopts the new form OF
~ovarnment. it viii be done for the
benefit Of the city and not for me Of
f,ceeeekers. Men OF business aDlllty
and experience must be selected anu
elected. Men who have had no pusl,
ness experience must not be allowed
to impose themselves upon the peo-
pie. , 40
f,rst year of municipal ownership OF
our water works Is proof that me
commission plan Is q success wnen
properly applied. Three men ACT as
frustees of the water plant ana nave
- wide powers In conducting tnat
,,tility a. the commissioners nave IN
directing the business OF the CITY gov
eminent. Messrs. Waterman, Wllllams
nd Morey have rendered able ana
naariotic service In their management
of the water plant. They were the
rfkht men for the place and the CITY
3has benefited BY their business ex'
nerienoe and administrative ability,
where in less experienced hands the
city might have suffered serious loss
with men OF business experience
chosen as commissioners under the
commission plan, OttumWas muhlca
MI affairs would be wisely and eco
nomically administered. There is no
nneation that the concentration Of
power In the hands Of few men, II
those men are able to perform the
duties devolving upon them. with the
erasure of ward lines, makes for a
moro business-like city administra-
ton. Such commissioners can save
the taxpayers money, while giving a
greater measure Of efficiency to the
city government because Of the fact
that each has department OF the
oity's work to look after and each
eiyas his whole time to the citys
business.
The Courier is in favor Of pfacine
the question of adopting the commits us
sion form before the people OF "
tnmwa for their decision at the polls.
Il believes the time is now here for
Ottnmwa to try the commission
form. and that If the plan is adopted
the best available men In the city
for the commission should be named.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

those applying for work could only get
two days week.
It is not possible that the people
who went through that period of dis
tress have forgotten it and Mr.. Under
wood and Mr.. Wilson are simply
preaching exactly the same doctrine
in 1912 that brought on the above
condition in 1893.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
a Few More Of the Boys.

"They (the opposition to Roosevelt
are united by the cohesive power Of
public plumber and they are all fight
ing Roosevelt. Sioux City Tribune.
All but Gary, Perkins, "Bill Finn,
Timothy Woodruff, "Gas" Addicks,
Powder Trust du Pont and a few
more of the boys.-Dubuque Tele-
graph-Herald.
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chlblaned mlkman
irrgates with hand Il q
mixes his without white
off enough hair bring back
sheep which has lived past the allotted Of
until
it. ~ =
pair in
eye T@--a
choice
Of
irr o
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

Alexander Revell of Chicago. who
has just returned from a trip to
Europe, says Roosevelt will be elected,
Mr.. Revell must have found lot az
favorable Roosevelt sentiment over in
the European monarchies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

The rural mail carriers have heen
given ten per cent increase in wages
This Is an indication that the
economies In the postal department
during the Taft administration which
turned a big deficit into surnjua
were not brought about at the expense
Of the employees.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

lin It. His curiosity got the best of
him finally.
"Boss." he began, please. sub.
scuse mo but mout Ak you a
question:"
go ahead and ask" said Mr..
Hull.
"Whut kind Of lodge Ia you in
stitutin ?"-Saturday Evening Post.
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Manson Journal: II there is one
thing that ought to make Iowa stand
by Taft it is the attempt of Roosevelt
to place third party ticket in the
field that will, of necessity make Iowa
democratic and defeat Senator Ken
yon. 1t ought to be an impulse for
every republican to rally around the
republican party and tell outsiders to
keep hands of.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

Roosevelt requires $4,000 words to
deny what Penrose and Archbold said
about him. That certainly is a lot
of words to use to simply say not
guilty. If he was innocent why did
It take eighteen columns to say SO?
who was it that spoke about the cut
fetish muddying the water?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
A Jury For Women.

Des Moines Tribune: That wom-
an who murders is as guilty. morally,
as a man who commits the same crime
is generally admitted, but the fact
that she stands better chance OF
escaping punishment before a jury Of
men is equally evident. And 1t is often
true that the criminal uses her wom-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
He Knew the Signs.

Bob Hull, the champion story
teller Of Savannah, had occasion to
take business trip into Interior
Georgia. He took his golf clubs
with him, intending to stop on his
way back for match on the famous
links at Augusta.
He dropped off the train at his
business destination small town
on branch road and carrying his
luggage climbed into an ancient
hack and babe the driver, who was
an old negro man, take him to the
local hotel.
The negro eyed the queer looking
leather bag that his passenger car.
RED with the peculiar looking sticks
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
Complaining Of Bosses Already.

Sheldon Sun: The leading progress
sives of Iowa are opposed to placing
a third ticket in the field, but the
bosses Of the party, and there are a
few Of them outside the state. seem to
think that 1t Is necessary to make a
straight fight in order to get the voters
in line for Roosevelt.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

Some Of these tickles are more expensive than
others and result in remarks by the grand
jury.
The CRATER generally pays good deal of pew
rent and holds life membership In the Y. M. c. A.
He Is also accompanied by watery blue eye and
set of dispirted chin whskers When man has all
of these qualifications he is harder to convict than
police pet with alib
Graft can be Just mean as the people 1t asso.
ciates with. For instance, there Is
The retail grocer who sets you back "a cents a
dozen for eggs which he paid the farmer 16 cents for
The coal man who cuts 200 pounds out OF ton
and gets with it on the strength Of being life
long member Of the church.
The remote garage proprietor who collects 25 cents
gallon for freproof gasoline, when can buy 1t
tho VT fou.p for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

MR.. UNDERwooD's SPEECH IN
1912.
Washington, D. c.. Aug. 22.-Major
ity Leader Oscar w. Underwood. re-
viewing the achievements of the dem
ocratic house in the Congressional
Record, today set forth, as he sees it.
the situation before American consul
mers, under the present tariff system
In this fashion:
Under the present oppressive tar.
III law the laboring man returns at
night from his toll clad in q wooden
per cent, stockings and underwear II
per cent, a cotton shirt taxed so per
cent, wool hat and wooden gloves
taxed 7S per cent. He carries a din
ner pail taxed 45 per cent and greets
his wife as she looks through win
dow pane taxed 81 per cent, with q
curtain taxed AZ per cent.
After scraping his shoes on an iron
scraper taxed Is per cent, he wipes
them on a mat taxed so per cent He
lifts the door latch taxed AZ per cent
steps on carpet taxed 81 per cent
and kisses his wife, clad in a WOODEN
dress taxed rs per cent. She Is mend
ing an umbrella taxed so per cent,
with thread taxed 80 per cent.
"The house Is made of brick taxed
rs per cent and lumber taxed per
cent, with paint taxed 80 per cent
Their wall paper was taxed 25 per
cent and plain furniture 35 per cent;
he hangs his pail on steel pin taxed
As per cent, using soap taxed 20 per
cent. His looking glass Is taxed 45
per cent and he combs his hair with
q rubber comb taxed IS per cent.
HE proceeds to eat his supper,
which was cooked on stove taxed
As per cent, for which his wife used
pots and kettles taxed As per cent. On
their table is common crockery taxed
IS per cent and cheap glass tumblers
taxed As per cent. The sugar he puts
In his tea is taxed 81 per cent, which
he stirs with spoon taxed As per
cent. His meal is frugal one because
the cost of living Is high.
"He uses knife and fork taxed
so per cent, in eating salt fish taxed
10 per cent, bread 20 per cent, pota-
toes % per cent, salt 80 per cent, but
ter "a per cent and rice 62 per cent.
He proceeds to read a book taxed rs
per cent and at the close of the day
reclines in an iron frame bed taxed
As per cent, with mattress taxed 20
per cent, sheets taxed IS per cent,
wooden blankets taxed Is per cent and
a cotton spread Is per cent
HE is taken Ill and the doctor pre-
scribes medicine taxed Is per cent,
which, being ineffective, he passes
from this active sphere of life and his
remains are deposited In coffin taxed
IS per cent, which is conveyed to a
cemetery in wagon taxed IS per
cent, deposited in It's resting place in
mother earth, and the grave filled in
by use of a spade taxed IS per cent
while over his grave is raised a mon
ument taxed so per cent"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
DEMOCRATIC BILL BOARD ARGU.
MENT IN 1892.

IN the campaign Oh 1859 ING uoiAio'
Gratis repeated over and over that the
tariff was tax. They shouted from
one end Of the country to the other
that II we would abolish protection
it would make living a great deal
cheaper, lower the price of the arti.
cles we have to buy but would not
lower wages or throw anyone out Of
employment. They did just what
Woodrow Wilson and Congressman
Underwood are doing today-they
said the tariff was robbing the people.
They tried to convince the people Of
1t by repeating it over and over and
by printing it in the free trade news
papers and talking 1t from the stump.
They covered the bill boards of the
country with posters which contained
the following.
"The family arises In the morning
from beds supplied with WOODEN blank
cts taxed at 60 per cent and sheets
taxed at so per cent. Breakfast Is
served on table taxed at rs per cent
and eaten from dishes taxed at IS per
cent with knives and forks taxed at
40 per cent. They use salt taxed at
~ cents a hundred upon potatoes
taxed at rs cents a bushel. The
mother rocks a cradle taxed at rs
per cent. After breakfast the father
puts on his hat taxed at so per cent
and goes to his daily task with his
hoe, shovel, plow, or pick, each taxed
at rs per cent. At night the family
reads the scriptures from bible
taxed at rs per cent and finally are
buried in collins taxed at IS per cent,
under tombstones taxed at 40 per
cent
They told US through the eye and
ear appealing TO our prejudices
through both that from the cradle to
the grave we we're taxed! taxed!
taxed! They told us that not only our
living expenses were excessive but
that our dying expenses were just
as much so. They promised that II
they were put into power they would
give us cheap things to buy, by reduc-
ing the tariff.
They did reduce the tariff. They
shut the. factories of the country
down, they threw millions out of en-
ployment, they allowed the foreign
manufacturer to fill our markets with
foreign made goods, thus closing the
factory in this country that made the
same goods They caused soup houses
to be opened and Kelley's and Coxey's
armies to be formed. The condition
right here in Ottumwa was deplor-
able and skilled mechanics pleaded
for work of any kind at any wages.
They did not expect to get enough
for their days labor to enable
them to live. They were glad to get
enough upon which to simply exist
Public subscriptions were raised In
this city and committees appointed to
distribute the money. Wholesale
hardware houses anticipated their
demands for screen doors in order to
give orders to the local factories to
make them 50 that men might have
employment. The city council CO.
operated with citizen committees to
the extent that men were given EN-.
ployment crushing rock at about q
dollar day and the number seeking
that employment was 80 great that
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The railroad company announces
that Col Roosevelt will not speak in
Ottumwa. as he wishes to save his
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voice The colonel has the situation
sized up just about right. It would
be q wasted effort.
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Excuses are used, says a political
writer, when explanations are not to
be had
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
Prosperity In Iowa.

f @ II
Cedar Rapids Gazette: AS an in.
dication OF the prosperity which Iowa
Is enjoying right now, w. M. Whiten.
ton, general manager OF the Rock
Island railroad in Iowa says he can
give employment Immediately to 1000
men II he can get them. Mr.. Whiten-
ton has just completed a 1000 mile
trip through Iowa by auto and in an
interview upon his return to Des
Moines is quoted as saying:
II never saw labor so scarce. It
Is difficult to get men. One reason
for the shortage at this particular
time Is the great demand for harvest
hands. They are paying from 81 up
with board for help in the field. Az
high as So 10 paid. Naturally these
wages prove alluring and the men are
drawn away from the railroads. Again
an enormous amount of railroad work
is being done all over the west aside
from the ordinary repair work. A
great deal of double tracking Is be-
ing done and new lines being built.
In former years the railroads used
to tide over the rush periods with
Japanese labor. Japs have been
SCdICc SluCe JQlS CLASS OF LABOR was
excluded from the United States. The
government does not permit coolie
labor to come to our shores any more.
All this helps to shorten help. have
men on the lookout for help, as far
south as Ell Paso, Texas, and as far
as the northern boundaries of our
lines, but we can't get It, The big
city employment agencies are not
able to supply laborers They have
exhausted their supply"
Getting Tired Of Their Governor?
Clinton Herald: Whatever opinion
the rest of the country may have
formed of Governor Hiram johnson 1t
is noticed that the people OF Cali.
fornia are growing pretty tired of him.
Complaint is made that he has spent
eight of the past ten months in chas.
ing around the country, leaving the
affairs of the state in the hands OF
a couple of cheap politicians. And
now he has started on another tour
that will keep him out Of the state
for a couple Of months. It is not
recorded, however, that he has failed
to draw his salary
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05

TWO SPECIAL EDITIONS.
The Lacrosse, (Wis.) Tribune and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-09-05
Sidewalk Sketches
BY Howard L. Ram
GRAFT.

a
ceptt the m
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-31
HAS A
GREEK WEDDING
Miss Kutrumbus Bride of a
Boston Man.
snecin1 to the EVENING NEWS.

SDecfdI 10 tH6 1FHHANV
Newport, Aug. 31:-Miss Bertha Kut-
rumbus, daughter of Kust and Aggelie
Kutrumbus, Of Front street, and owners
of the Sugar Bowl Company of this
place, was married to Harry H. Hellotis,
of Boston, at a O'Clock thursday after
noon, in Keough S Hall, in Front street.
The marriage ceremony was strictly ac-
cording to the Greek custom, requiring
nearly an hour, and was performed by
Rev. Thomas Papageorge, rector of the
Hellenic Orthodox Church of Newark.
A large number Of guests from Low
ell, Mass, and Boston, Newark, New
York, Hoboken, and of this place were
present. The hall was deliberately deco
rated with American and Greek en-
blems and palms and flowers. Previous
to the ceremony there was feasting,
music and much merry making, and af-
ter the wedding an elaborate banquet
was served by caterers Charles Paras,
Of Newark, and John Oretos, Of New
York City. The merry making and re-
eeption was kept up until late in the
evening.
Besides vocal music, musical select.
ions were played by an orchestra Of
three pieces, and dancing was enjoyed
by all. Mr.. and Mrs. Hellotis left yes
terday afternoon for Boston, where they
will make their home. The bridegroom
Is proprietor Of a restaurant in Boston,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-31
EIGHT BURNED
IN THEIR HOME
Two Fatal Fires In tho
Same Vicinity.

Hoboken, n. j., Aug. 31.-Eight per-
burned to death In two fires within a
few miles Of each other, one In this
city and the other in Kingsland, N. J.
While firemen were vainly trying to
fight their way through the flames that
wrapped the two story frame building
at K%ingsland. the wife and six chill
dren of Emile Dardare, a baker, were
burned to death. Dardare hurled his
fourteen-year-old son Joseph from a
second story window and jumped after
him when he had been driven back
by the flames from a futile attempt to
save the others of his household. The
boy was caught by Patrolman Ring
wood and saved from serious injury.
The firse started in Dardare's bake
shop below the living rooms. The
flames a swept - the stairway and
cut off escape before the baker was
aroused from sleep. His cries were
heard by Patrolman Stemn just after
the policeman had noticed the blaze.
Stemn turned in an alarm and rushed
back to the building. Failing to mount
to the second f1oor by the stairway,
he tried to get up outside, but was I'M
able TO do so without a ladder.
By the time that the fremen had
reached the scene and had slung lad
ders to the second story windows the
building was all ablaZe. Several of
the 1remen tried to make their way
7" through the windows, but were
driven back by the flames. Dardare's
wife, Rose, had died while trying to
shield from the flames her iye-months-
old baby, who was found dead In the
mothers arms.
Another Fatal Blaze.
Another fire cost one life and en-
dangered many others In a four story
tenement in this city. st. Mary's hos
pital Is directly across the street from
the scene Of the fire. The creams of
the entrapped tenants and the noise
incident to their rescue aroused all the
hospital patients and caused much ex-
element In the various wards, which
the sisters in charge had trouble in
quieting. The victim is Edward Lyn-
guist, seven years old.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-31
JAMES SMITH NOT TO RUN.
Doesn't Want to 30 Senator Again.
Says Wilson Will Win.

Doesn't Want to Be Senator Again.
Says Wilson Will Win.
Newark, N. j., Aug. 81 Former
United States Senator James Smith de-
MED in an interview that he proposed
to get Into another senatorial fight.
"Never gave the United States SEN
atorship nomination a single thought"
said Mr.. Smith. MY ambition aims
higher than that. 1 want to be presi-
dent. That's the office l am seeking
and that Is the only one I would CON
sent to consider. I haven't made up
nov mind Just when I'll make my
align. Wilson will surely be elect
ed this year and my time will come
along some time later.
'Now, to prove that I am in earnest
about the presidency I will state that I
have my platform already prepared.
There Is only one plank to 1t. and 1t Is
simple, 1t provided that all who toll
or are dependent upHn industry for a
livelihood snail come into a pension at
the age of fifty years, the annual ap-
~portionment to each person to be bas-
ed upon his or her ,arnlng capacity at
the prime Of hfe."