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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-20
PROBABILITY
OF BOLT SLIGHT
(Continued From Page ~

tunity to make an effective demon
stration, and also place man in the
Craftsmanship who could be expected
to accept the Roosevelt roll Of dele
gates presented by Gov. hadley, I'M
seating the seventy or eighty Taft
delegates Roosevelt claims were stol'
en- from him in the contests. On
paper the plan of action prepared by
the Roosevelt leaders looked good.
The thirty-six LaFollette delegates
from wisconsin and North Dakota
were expected to vote for Governor
McGovern OF Wisconsin, as temporary
chairman The Roosevelt program
vas to nominate Borah. The coup was
for the Roosevelt people to concen,
trate on McGovern and allow Wiscon'
sin to nominate their governor for
the temporary craftsmanship. Henry
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-20
Accuses Doctor of Assault.

Iowa City, June 19.-Mrs. James
Taylor accuses DR.. Gilbert I. Hoser, a
member Of the university faculty, of
assaulting her four-year-old son, throw
ing him down an embankment to a
cement walk. She alleges the child
will be crippled The county attorney
is investigating the complaint.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-20

ent campaign and could, they say, unite
the party for the November election.
The situation is viewed as critical
in all the presidential camps. All ex-
press conference, but thera is so much
uncertainty in the situation that most
of the convention goers have stopped
'venturing predictions as to the out
leone and are sitting back to await
Ieventualities.
There were plenty of noisy demon.
strations staged in the hotels ana
streets last night, but the political
Headers were not in the crowds. me
LEADERS of all the presidential camps
were in conference Tightening the lines
for the continuance of the fight today.
The delay in the opening session,
caused by the necessity of calling the
roll Of delegates by states, task that
consumed nearly four hours, prevented
the appointment of committees the
opening day, as is usually the case at
national conventions. The commit
tees were appointed this morning and
| the credentials committee retired to
hear the contests again brought up by
the Roosevelt leaders. The report or
this committee is expected to precipi-
tate one of the critical situations of the
convention. The balloting on president
usually comes on Thursday of conven-
| ton week. but there is a possibility OF
a delay until Friday this year, which
would probably result in delaying ad-
journment Of the convention until
Saturday.
Notes Of the Convention.
| HI ;c
reporting the convention for syndi-
cate of newspapers, attracted great at
tention the opening day. He sits in the
press seats and swaps newspaper yarns
with the men sitting near him as unaf-
fectedly as If he had not been in the
habit Of engaging in presidential poll
tics from another angle.
Chauncey Depew delivered an i'm
promptu address in the Taft head
quarters tonight drawing an audience
Of Iowans from their headquarters.
There has been program Of some
kind every night in the joint head
quarters of the Taftites and the Iowans
and no place has been more popular
with the convention crowds.
Throngs of former Iowans now liv-
ing in Chicago have renewed acquaint-
anceship with the hundreds Of Iowans
attending the convention. The regis
ter kept at the Iowa and Cummins |
headquarters give the home address
and hotel address of the visitors, and |
convention reunions have been the
rule.
George Fitch, the humorist, whose
Siwash stories have brought him into
prominence, has been constant visit
or with the Iowans. Fitch first broke
into the newspaper game as a humor-
list on the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
He says he is still an Iowan at heart
although his work has called him else
where.
Congressman Nick Longworth and
his wife, Princess Alice" sat just in
the rear Of the press section in ordi-
nary seats. They scorned the boxes
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-20

Congressman Nick Longworth and
his wife, Princess Alice sat just in
the rear Of the press section in ordi-
nary seats They scorned the boxes
that were filed with a fashionable
crowd and seemed to be enjoying the
proceedings.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-12
STATE GAME LAW
TO Be CONSIDERED
BY WAROENs, LEGISLATORS AND
OTHERS INTERESTED AT
WAYCROss MEETING.

State Game Warden Jesse +. Mer-
Ger is seeking to work up interest in
a convention to be held s;Taycross
on The 18th inst, to consider the new
state game law. The meeting may
continue into the 18th, should more
business appear than can be disposed
Of in one day.
In letter which the state game
warden is sending out, he states that
'Waruens, deputy Wardens. members
OF the legislature and others inter-
ested' will take part in the conven-
tlon, which VII be under the auspices
OF temporary organization effected
at Macon last October. The present
law, its effect and its defects, will be
discussed, and such recommendations
as may be deemed advisable will be
made to the legislature.
The new Georgia game raw mas in
large measure met a long-felt want.
1t is not perfect, by any means, but
it is doing something tangible for the
protection of game in the state. Dur
ing the past open season, game en-
Joyed better protection than it ever
received before, and as a result more
game remained at the end of the sea-
son than has been left for seed at
the wind-up of any open period in a
number of years.
1t should be an easy matter to rem
edy the existing defects in the game
law, and make it even better suited
to the needs of the state. 1t seemA
that in the rush of legislative bust.
ness tending at the time of passage,
the existing ttatute was hurried
through without mature cons:i .ra-
tion, and many mistakes-soms OF
them purely clerical-was the result.
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Theater Boats are Busy.

Vicksburg, Miss, April 11.-That it
is AN i'll wind that blows nobody
good is shown by the enterprise of
thea 9r boat proprietors who have be-
gun campaign in the flooded Yazoo
valley towns and hamlets never be-
fore reached by these travelling water
shows.
The boats run through the inundat-
ed districts, sending skiffs to persons
marOoned on RATS or in the high
lands. AS soon as an audience has
been collected the performance pro-
ceeds, and by this means flood suf-
ferers hear songs and skits of vau-
deVille, and burlesque their tempor-
ary Inconvenience.
The six hundred state convicts at
work on the levees along the Green
vile district take the situation with
a show of delight. Their work is
hard, but it gives them a taste of
liberty otherwise unattainable with
! them. The convicts have proved good
workers, too. None of them has made
a break for liberty. The only trouble
reported among them occurred last
night, Some Of the government engi-
neeraw"ere throwing coins among the
negroes. The contest for the 2Opp5rs
grew into an incipient row, and the
penny pitching was halted by the en-
| gineers. A few minutes later the nt-
groes, to decide rightful ownership Of
four or five pennies, decided to sCran,-
BILE for them under their owl aus"
pices. This time the resulting fight
was serious. "trustie" aimed shot
into the crowd. The bullet hit l il
nocent bystander, a negro WoTah'
The wound was not fatal.
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OFFICIALS D F
c. c. 8 P. NOW
IN 7 He CITY
PRESIDENT LISMAN AND OTHERS
HERE ON AN IMPOR-
TANT VISIT.
Believed That Some Definite An
nouncement Will Be Made During
Next Few Days as to Extension of
the Line.

Officials of the Georgia Coast anu
Piedmont railroad are spending a few
days in Brunswick, and while nothing
is yet ready to be announced, it is
known by those who are in touch with
the situation that the coming of these
usual Importance and that before
they finally leave final announcecent
may be made that the work of ex-
tending the road to Brunswick will
begin shortly.
Included in the party are President
F. ]. Lisman, General Manager A. de
Sola Mendes, Engineer ]. H. Gran
berry, and B. Peittyman, of New
York.
This is the first trip that President
Lisman has made to Brunswick in
some time, and before his departure
it is expected that a meeting will be
held by the local committee, which
has the matter of extension in charge,
as IS far as Brunswick is con-
cerned and the entire situ-
alton will be gone over.
That it is the intention OF the own
ers to extend the line to Brunswick
there is no doubt; in fact that has
been the plan of the stockholders for
the past two OF three years and no
doubt the line would have been into
Brunswick long before this had not
there been several unavoidable delays
in the necessary arrangements. -
1t is understood that the original
proposition submitted by the people
and accepted by the railroad owner.
is still in effect and for the past year
President Lisman and others connect
ed with the line have been abroad
making the necessary financial ar
rangements.
Before the departure of the Off
cials, some announcement of much in
terest to the people of Brunswick will
probably be made.
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DYKES are HoIdinn.

Vicksburg, Miss, April 11.-At
o'clock this afternoon dykes at the
most menaced points in the Missis-
sippi flood zone were holding strong
against the rapidly descending tide.
The Vicksburg gauge at Z o'clock
was Sill, a rise of six inches in twen-
ty-folr hours. The rise at Matches,
down the river, was slightly more,
while at Greenyille, ABOVE here, it was
slightly less, indicating the tides
southwark trend
Reports reached here early today
that a break was threatened in the
le'ee protecting Chicot county. Ark.
Investigation showed that hundreds Of
men worked ait night on the Arkan-
sas lCNee at Miller's Bend. 1t is de-
clared the dyke was strengthened and
that Chicot county is safe.
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NORTH LOOKING
TO UNDERWOOD
JUDGE MAX, ISAAC SAYS SOUTH.
E7NER STRONG WITH PEO-
PIE OF NEW YORK,

Judge Max Isaac, referee of the
United States bankruptcy court for
this district, returned yesterday from
a three weeks visit to New York,
where he went on a trip combining
business and pleasure.
When questioned yesterday as to
the political situation in Gotham,
Judge Isaac talked very Interestingly
of the conditions at present. He said
that politics was quite active and the
big Interests are looking forward to
the approaching election with great
anxiety.
Two things which 1 learned while
there are proving to be the case in
all sections Of the country" said the
judge. "In the first place it is plain
ly evident that the business people
do not want Roosevelt again and they
have shown that right there in his
own state. Again, and I was much
surprised, too, is the feeling existing
in New York in favor of Congress-
man Oscar w. Underwood of Ala
bama, for the democratic nomination
for president. l realized, before l
left he city, that the Underwood SEN
timent was growing in this section,
but was surprised at the feeling in
his favor in New York. It seems
that the big business men of the
country have closely followed his
course as leader of the majority in
congress and they have learned that
he is a safe, sound business man., a
deep thinker and able in every re-
spect to fill the high office of chief
executive of the country"
Ju1ge Isaac said that he talked
with many Of the leading business
men of the big city, and great ma
jority of them, who were democrats,
We're of the opinion that he was un-
ques5ionably one of the strongest men
within the ranks of the democratic
party and would make a most formid-
able candidate against the republi-
cans.
AS to the election itself, Judge Isaac
said that but few of those with whom
he discussed the situation would ven
ture a prediction as to the final re-
suit, but that a general feeling of
democratic success seems to exist.
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U. S. STEEL PLANTS ARE
ROASTED IN REPORTS

Washington, April 11.-Labor con-
ditions in plants of the United States
Steel Corporations were denounced as
"a brutal system of industrial slaV-
ery'' in the report of labor and ed
ucation committee of the senate on
the proposed eight-nour law for gov
ernment contract labor, submitted to-
day.
This government is bound in its
own defense, for its citizenship, its
life, to interpose between the strong
and the weak" the report declares.
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CREST OFFLOOD
. TO SOON REACH
NATCHEz, MISS.
STAGE OF FIFTY-THREE FEET is
EXPECTED BY NEXT
THURSDAY.
Opt site Reports Came in Yesterday
ARE Being Given to the Many
Refugees.

Vicksburg, Miss, April 11.-An ef-
ilcial forecast by the federal bureau
issued at noon today indicates that
the crest of the flood is expected
along the Tensas and lower Yazoo
basins by April is. A stage of 53.5
is expected here.
However, within a fraction of this
crest should be attained within the
next three days here. After Sunday or
Monday the tide will creep slowly up
to the new record forecast for it.
AS levees in the river stretches be-
tween here and Helena continued to
hold this forenoon, the territory of
anxiety began to shift down stream
to Natchez and points to the south
ward.
The first Of the Mississippi flood
condition bulletins ordered from the
United States engineers headquarters
in Vicksburg for the personaf use OF
President Taft was wired to Washing
ton this noon. The bulletin is tech
nical explanation of the work under
way to strengthen the lower river
stretches against the southwark NOV
ing flood crest.
The official opinion is expressed
we believe we will hold the levees.'
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WILSON FIXES DATE.

Trenton, N. j., April 11.-Tuesday,
the Goth of April was fixed Oy Gover-
nor Woodrow Wilson today as the
date on which he will give hearing
on the application for the extradition
from Illinois of a number Of beef
packers who were indicted in Hudson
county several years ago on a charge
of conspiracy &C restrict trade and
boost prices of meat and other food
products.
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INVESTIGATION BEGINS.

Washington, D. c., April IL
Charges that Wall street influences
were blocking the committee on bank
ing and currency of the house of rep
resentatives resulted in an announce
ment today that the money trust"
inquiry would begin on the 18th of
April. The inquiry will be pressed
also by three other committees of the
house simultaneously.
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BIDS TO BE OPENED MONDAY.
Contract to Be Awarded for Paving
of Business District.

Several bids have been received
from various paving concerns in the
South by city council on the paving
to be done in this city, as provided in
an ordinance passed by council some
time ago. In all there are about a
dozen blocks IN the business section
of the city to he paved.
The bids will be opened on Non
day by the committee on public works
and it is expected that representa-
tives of two or three of the bidding
companies will be in the city. The
committee will carefully consider the
bids and will at once award the con-
tract and the work will be started as
soon as possible.
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FRANCE TO CHANGE CLOCK.

New York, April 11.-Beginning on
June 1, the hours of the day will be
numbered from 1 to "a, from midnight
to midnight, on all French railways
and in the French postal and tele
graph service The new arrangement
is intended to replace the awkward
"a. M and "p. M designations. A
partial test in the telegraph service
is said to have given satisfactory re-
suits a.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-12
ROME IS QUICK !
TO DENY DEATH
OF POPE Plus
CATHOLIC WORLD MUCH Ex-
CITED OVER REPORT SENT
OUT FROM SPAIN.
Dispatches from Madrid Officially
Contradicted by Church Authorities
in Message From Vatican to Paris
After Inquiries Had Been Made.

home, April II. = Reports spread
throughout the world to the effect
that the pope is dead are untrue.
The pope continues his daily audi
ences. He received today Cardinal
Della Volpe, Prince Borghese, Senor
de Estrada, the Argentine minister
at The vatican, and his family, and
Count and Countess Jonghe.
Afterwards the pontiff greeted a
number of Italian foreign personali-
ties.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-12
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT DELE
GATES BOTH KEPT OUT
OF MEETING PLACE.
Delegates Engage in a Lively Battle,
One Being Hurled from the Stage
as He Attempted to Make An Ad-
dress to Convention.
; 4 \ \ 4 = 4 \ 4 + + 4
SOLDIERS IN CHARGE
OF G. o. P. CONVENTION.

= Bay City, Mich, April 11.-A I
= company of state militia took I
= charge of the republican state :
= convention hall before the time (
= scheduled for the opening of the (
= convention today. Both Roose- 4
= welt and Taft delegations from (
+ Detroit were kept outside the :
= building. Up until IL o'clock 1
= there was no disorder, although :
= the waiting delegates expressed :
+ impatience.
y This action formed a sequel to =
+ the bitter wrangle between the
= Taft and Roosevelt delegates.
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Knox Noted Down.

Knox at once entered emphatic pro-
tests against the action of his COM
mittee members, but despite his pro-
tests he was voted down.
The committee then proceeded to
choose Robt. II. Shields as temporary
chairman and went ahead with seat
ing 2rrangements for the delegates
waiting impatientIy outside IN the
street Shields said he expected 10
call the convention to order by
o'clock, but at that hour order had
not been restored.
While the Taft forces held the ar
morv in this manner, Roosevelt leao-
ere conferred at a downtown hotel
several squares distant and prepared
to 90 +o the convention and seat their
temporary chairman, former Secretary
n fbe Navy Truman Newberry OF DE"
troit
While Secretary King attempted TO
get 2 vote on the question of tempo
rarv chairman, Gordon resumed MS
spearh amid wild confusion. More
Roosevelt delegates entered the hall
through transoms over doors. Police
fought and elected some Of them.
Finally. Secretary King announced
that Grant Fellows of Hudson. Tart
delegate. had been elected temporary
chairman. )
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-12
DROPS DEAD MOVING BODY.

Rockville, Conn.,, April 11.-While
Andrew Cavanaugh, local undertak-
er, vas lifting the body of Geo ,ge Fo-
ley, who was hit by train at Yer
non last night, into his wagon, he was
stricken with apoplexy and died in
stantly. Foley and friend, Fred
Holden, were crossing the railroad
tracks when the train hit them, kill
ing 10th men.
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WILSON NOT DisPLEAsED.

Trenton, N. j., April 11.-Governor
Woodrow Wilson upon his return to
this city today from Pittsburg, where
he spoke last night, said that the re
suit of the primary in Illinois spoke
for itself, and that he accepted it be-
cause he believed 'the people have
the right to express themselves in
matters of this kind
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REPORTS are Optimistic.

( Memphis, Tenn, April 11.-With the
upper rivers falling this morning op-
timistic reports come from all except
une Of the flood menaced points along
the Mississippi river north of Mem
phis. ..-.
At Luxora, Ark, the situation is
desperate. The base of the levee is
weakening, and those who know the
waterway say the chances for holding
the embankment are slim. But the
residents of the village and farmers
of the countryside are fighting dog
gedly and have not given up hope by
any means.
At Barfield, directly to the north Of
LuXOra, and Osceola, several miles
south, the situation is still serious,
but not so acute.
The gauge reading at o'clock this
morning showed a stage of 42.7 at
Memphis, a fall of tWo-tenths since
o'clock last night.
To simplify the distribution of re-
lief, Major j. f Normoyle, cepor
quartermaster of the United States
army at st. Louis, has temporarily
transferred his headquarters 70 Mem
phis. Under his direction a number
of small boats joined the fleet search
rooned residents today One negro,
an aged man, was saved and then was
drowned this morning. He was on
board a government boat, enroute to
a refugee camp, after being taken
from his half submerged cabin at Ed
mondson, Ark. While the boat was
under way the negro decided to eX-
O"0ore his new surroundings. He walk
= 90 near the edge of the deck and
sGHTFtS ed, and in another moment was
in y, qwater. Efforts to rescue him
for fhe second time failed.
y Refugees Being Fed.
The distribution of army supplies
has relieved conditions at the several
refugee camps.
At Hickman, KY, W. ere three thou
sand persons are being cared for, ra-
tions sufficieat for four days arrived
last night.
A relief expedition reached Rodge-
ly, Tenn, yesterday. Half Of the
residents of the little city, driven
from their homes by the waters from
the Reel Foot levee crevasse, were
without shelter, and the meat supply
had been exhausted.
Another relief party rescued forty
three persons marooned in the uppe~
story of a log house near Tiptonville.
Before the boat with the refugees was
out pf sight the house fioated away.
Search for another house, where a
farmer. with his wife and two chill
dren are known to have sought ref
uge, was without result. Presumably
all were drowned when the house
drift I'd from it's foundation.
Fifteen families were found cling
ing % the rafters and tops Of their
houses near New Madrid, Mo, yes
terday.
Several thousand refugees are be-
ing ca: ed for in Memphis at the Tri-
State Fair grounds. A kitchen has
been set up in the space used as &
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F. 0. BEACH WRITES LETTER.

Paris, April 11.-F'rederick Beach,
the Wall street broker against whom
the Aiken, S. c., authorities issued a
warrant, charging assault with intent
to kill his wife, wrote a letter this
morning declaring he still had no
statement to make in connection with
the charge, and pointed out that the
affair was in the hands of his law
yers in New York.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-04-12
MAY FORM A GETTY LEAGUE.
This Seems to Be Brunswick's Only
Chance for Baseball This Summer.

Realizing that professional ball
is practically out of the question, and
that there's no likelihood of forming an
amateur club to meet all rivals, the
baseball fans of Brunswick are now
advocating the formation of city
league, which seems to be the only
chance for baseball in the city this
year.
1t is proposed to organize about
four clubs and play two games each
week. 1t is pointed out that there is
plenty of material with which to form
the clubs and that after one or two
games are played and rivalry is
aroused between the teams, the in
terest will become intense, and, as a
result, there will be large atten'
dance at each of the games.
1t is probable that a meeting will
be held in the near future and the
matter will be taken up and dis
cussed.
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"TOO HAPPY TO TALK"-TEDDY

Philadelphia, April 11.-Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt started out fresh today
for the last leg of his present speak
ing tour. Il am too happy to talk, y
was all he had to say in the way of
an interview before he left.
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SANDERS SWORN IN.

Washington, April 11.-Newell San
ders of Tennessee, was sworn into
office today as United States senator
of Tennessee to succeed the late Rob-
ert L. Taylor
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PRESIDENT PARpoNs BANKER.

Washington, April 11.-President
Taft today pardoned John R. Wilkes,
convicted CT making false entries in
the books of the First National Bank
at Brantley, Ala, Of which he was
cashier.