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standing in the darkness, without ).
word shot the woman through w
breast.

Chas. Abel returned yestefaa
from Chicago. H. He was acuog
panied by Mrs Abell's sister. NJ
Weisen, formerly Miss Ruth Phiii'p.'l
OF this city. ..s
MT. and Mrs. A. II. K1epper 81 W. Il,
catine, are in the city to spend rs &.
holidays with the family OF Comm
sioner Thomas p. Gray. Mrs. h''f
per is a sister Of Mr., Gray
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he subdued her and landed her in the
city bastile.
Gas and electric reading lamps
King Plumbing CoAdv.
Ewers- Mccarthy Co., the Christ
mas store for men and boys. ADV
Nicely boxed bright, fresh, snap
py, exclusive designs, in holiday hab.
erdashery, at Internationally Cor
Adv.
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Mrs Harry A frost Of Ottumwa is
home to spend the holidays with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs D. f. Miller,
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(To Be Continued.)
T. r. TURNS A TRICK.

st. Louis lobe.Democrat.-
MI. Mckinley, Taft campaign mana
ger, asked Mr.. Dixon, Roosevelt cam
paign manager, by what authority he
demanded presidential primaries in all
the states, Mr.. Dixon answered that
1t was by authority If Mr.. Rooseyelt's
letter to the seven governors. Mr..
Dixon may not think that this is au-
thority enough, but he doesn't say SO.
He understands that, in states with
presidential primary laws in force, no
action of campaign managers is need
ed to bring the primary on. Equally,
OF course, he understands that, in the
the states where presidential primar-
les are not provided by law, the heavy
expense attendant upon holding them,
to be raised only by the private sub
scription of funds, and involving the
disarrangement and dislocation Of
existing machinery in the districts,
would tend greatly to increase the OPP
portunities of special interests in the
financing of presidential campaigns.
Such primaries being without au-
thority of law, unregulated and uncon-
trolled by statute, the opportunities
for fraudulent voting they would afford
would be enormous. There could be no
penalties imposed for illegal voting.
Democrats might, In many districts,
dictate the selection and instruction
of republican delegates. Apparently 1t
Is enough for Senator Dixon to know
that 1t is Mr.. Roosevelt who proposes
the plan. Law or no law, the fiat has
issued for him. IF the prince at noon
day should swear it is night" says
the grand chamberlain in Lalla Rookh,
vr,iIJ + h1t,
stars" We congratulate Mr.. Roose-
welt on the mobility and adaptability
of his organization. He himself is in
supreme command, and needs no law
but his own will. Four years ago there
was as much law for holding presiden-
tial primaries as there Is now. The
law was in the word Of Teddy" But
the word was not spoken by him then.
He had made his choice And sitting
on the seat of power elevated above
the steam roller, it never occurred to
him that the voice of the people is the
voice Of God He intended making it
the voice of Teddy" He may have
thought that the voice of Teddy" and
the voice Of God are one.
| Nor does it discomfort him now that
/ holding presidential primaries without
force of law behind them would raise a
roar Of ragtag and bobtail which, In its
complete venality and mercenary char
acter would be anything but an echo
of divine voice. This is a de1ice, a
diversion. Mr.. Roosevelt is not h.S'ing
for presidential primaries. The pro-
posal is trick to cover up the EN-.
barrassment of his flounderings in a
quagmire of contradictory AMI incon-
sistent expressions touching his canli.
dacy for third term. 1t is an attaDlp.
to turn the flank, to change tie Issue.
No doubt it Will greatly :ncr sase the
admiration Of such Of his followers as
regard him with reverence as second
edition of Joey Bagstock, who was
Tough, sir; tough, and deyilish sly"
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the laws regulating safety appliances
for the protection of labor; the crea-
ton Of bureau of mines-these anh
similar laws, backed up by executive
action, reflect high credit upon all who
succeeded in putting them in their
present shape and upon the statute
books; they represent an earnest OF
the achievement which is yet to come;
and the beneticence and farreaching
Importance of this work done for the
whole people, measure the credit which
is rightly due the congress and to our
able upright and distinguished presi-
dent, William H. Taft.
During the present campaign Roose-
welt has not ventured into criticism
of President Taft or his administration.
He has confined himself merely to
stating that he wants the Job. re
performed the feat of eating the
words spoken in stating that under no
circumstances would he again be a
candidate for president, but these
words only formed small paragraph
It is doubtful If even Roosevelt feels
his DIGESTION is Equal to the task Of
masticating the volumes in which he
has spoken words Of praise Of Taft and
his administration. So r" I'" FL.
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DIR. d A. LA FORCE.

Death closed an active and fruitful
life when DR.. Daniel A. LaForce was
called to his reward yesterday. For
more than a quarter of a century DR..
LaForce was prominent in the profess
sional, political and social life of the
community. Before coming to Ottum-
wa, and just after his graduation from
medical school, he enlisted for service
in the civil war and served through
out the civil war as an army surgeon
with the rank of major. During his
long residence in Ottumwa DR.. La
Force has held an honored place in
his profession. He was one of the lead
ers in the Wapello County Medical So
ciety and for a period served as it's
president. He was mayor of Ottum-
wa for two terms and served one term
as representative in the house of the
Iowa legislature He has been post
commander of the G.. A. R., a member
of the Loyal Legion and prominent in
the Masonic fraternity and other ira
ternal orders.
Three of the four sons, who, with
the widow, survive, are physicians -
Drs. w: B. and B. D. LaForce of Of
tumwa and DR.. Frank LaForce of Bur-
lington. T. s.
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the Parrish home it was ten minutes

the Parrish home it was ten minutes
after 10.
AS my taxi turned into the street
saw another one stop before the Far
IRISH door. At first l thought 1t must
be the doctor or one Of his assistants,
but as the front door closed behind q
the tall figure of man who had been
admitted to the house I realized that
1t was some one l had seen before.
There was something reminiscent in
the broad shoulders, In the walk. It
was some one knew, or ought to have
recognized, yet who it was or where I
had seen him could not at the mo.
ment reC.el
/ was not three minutes behind him
in reaching the door. Though the 9TH
er visitor had been admitted at once,
there was no immediate response to
my ring. waited while and rang
again. 1t seemed minutes before any
one answered, then one of the maids
opened the door trife and peered
out.
"Mr. Kent to see Miss Louise" I
said
To my great amazement she did not
open the door to me, but still holding
1t just barely enough to enable her
to talk to me, said: I'm sorry, but
have orders to admit no one to the
house."
ITO DO Contirund
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ROOSEVELT IN 1910.

A short time ago the Courier pub
1ished an address given by Theodore
Roosevelt during the time of his oc-
cupancy of the white house in which
he spoke glowing words of praise of
William Howard Taft, who then was
governor Of the Philippines. The
Courier also published on another re-
cent occasion a reproduction of the
whole-souled tribute Roosevelt paid to
Taft in 1908 when Taft was caAee
date for president. Today we present
another tribute paid to Taft in the
speech which Roosevelt gave as chair.
man Of the New York state convention
IN 1910. On that occasion Col, Roose-
velt said: Elk
We come here feeling that we have
the right to appeal to the people from
the standpoint alike of national and
state achievements. In the last eigh-
teen months long list of important
legislation most heartily to be recon-
.mended as combining wisdom with pro-
Eress has been enacted by congress
{ and approved by President Taft. The
amendment to the interstate commerce
law: the beginning of national legis-
lative program for the exercise of the
/. big corporations doing an interstate
business; the appointment Of COM
mission to frame measures that will
do away with the evils of overcapitali-
Eation and improper and excessive is
sues of stocks and bonds; the law pro-
vfding for publicity of campaign ex-
penditures; the establishment Of a
maximum and minimum tariff pro-
vision and the exceedingly able nego-
tiation of the Canadian and other
treaties IN connection herewith; the
Inauguration of the policy of providing
for disinterested revision of the
tariff schedules through a high class
commission of experts which will treat
each schedule purely on it's own merits
with view to protecting the con-
sumner from excessive prices and to
securing to the American producer
and particularly the American wage
worker, what will represent the diff
ference of rs cost of production here
as compared with the cost of produc-
ton in countries where labor is less
literally revised; the extension of
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"Savages do not like an independ-
ent and upright judiciary. They want
the Judge to decide their way and If
he does not they want to behead him"
Theodore Roosevelt. "a.
The Des Moines Capital, in quoting
this utterance of Col. Roosevelt, has
tens to add that Roosevelt 'penned
those words in 1896 when he was lam
basting the wicked democratic party
for breathing word against the
courts. It seems to be quite far cry
from the 1896 letter to the 1912 Colum-
bus speech" the Capital adds.
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Senator Dixon had been counted
upon up 20 tn. time of voting on the
arbitration treaties as friend of the
presidents plan for universal peace be-
tween nations. But the day before the
vote was taken he visited Col. Roose.
welt, of whose campaign Dixon is man
ager, and then came back to Washing
ton and voted against it. BristoW,
Borah and Lorimer also voted against
it. The New York World (Dem.) says
these men by such action, have not
in the least hurt President Taft, but
they have struck a blow at civiliza'
ton"
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The Cedar Rapids Republican serve

The Cedar Rapids Republican serves
notice that if there is south pole con-
troversy and they "try to rob Amund-
sen as they tried to rob DR.. Cook Of
the credit, it is for the man who reach
ed the pole first, even If he is the I'M
der dog in the controversy. Just to
show that it is still for Doc Cook the
Republican adds: "It took some work
to establish the claims of DIR. Cook,
against the powerful naval and news
paper cabal, but he is now generally
given the credit, among men who
ought to know about such things
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CAN WE EXPLAIN 1T?

Sioux City Journal.-How can we
explain to Europe that petty domes-
tic political jealousy has given tenn
porary quietus to President Taft's
broad and beneficent plan for promot-
ing world peace? How can we resent
the scorn that must come if we make
Great Britain and France understand
the actual pusillanimity Of the facts?
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Lincoln refused to recall Grant even
when delegations of people called upon
him daily urging him to do so. Lin
coin was studying the matter and the
people were not-that's the difference.
That is what the people of the country
must do right now. They must give
unprejudiced Investigation and study
to the matters that are now before
them. Thought, not talk, is what is
needed at this time.
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SAFE 70 BET ON IT.

Springfield. Mass, Republicans
the time comes to distinguish, will
name my preference" said Mr.. Bryan,
touching the choice of a democratic
candidate for president. That hour
will arrive.
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MUSIC IN POLITICS.

New York Tribune.-Gov. Harmon's
fayorite hymn, "Blest Be the Tie that
Binds" is all very fine, but it Is the
.,houn' dog" song that Is winning the
delegates
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his taste In dress and his ability to Jolly juicy order
out of customerwho is nursing crouch against all
mankind The only who knows human nature better
than the travelling salesman Ia the driver of ice
wagon. In years past, when trade scarcer than
jabots in the South Sea Islands, some weakminded
punster called the travelling salesman drummer"
and the name has stuck to him since causing him
the loss of considerable pey After the chores DONE
the travelling man usually employs his time trying to
beat the game Of solitaire into insensibe condition
If it not for the travelling salesmen the hotels Of
this country would have to cut out the round steak
put meal mush on the pastry You can al
ways tell the travelling salesman by his grip for he
can ship you the working sign every order on earth
from the A. 0. u w. to the Bufaloes. Society some
times condemns the travelling salesman because he
than one change of hose and shaves every week.
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TRYING TO FOOL THE FARMER.
- 49, hoo dnnQrf tiers IN

The Roosevelt headquarters III
washington and some of the farm
journals are making strenuous AMI ter
rible efforts to prejudice the farmers
against President Taft on account OF
the reciprocity measure. Appeals
are being circulated among the farm'
ers asking them to support Roosevelt
because he did not take up the reci-
procity matter and Taft did.
In this connection the New York
Tribune says: g.
A determined effort will be made, ac-
cordinp to those who claim to be in
touch with the plans of Mr.. Roosevelt
and his lieutenants, to secure delegates
for him in all those sections, includ-
ing Northern New York, North Da-
kota and other boundary states, IN
which President Taft's advocacy OF
Canadian reciprocity proved unporn-
lar. It has been suggested that those
who entertain this hope have prob
ably overlooked Colonel Roosevelts
own advocacy of this policy and his
uneuuivocal statement, made at the
dinner of the Republican club in New
York City, on February 13, 1911, In
which he said: 81 want to say how
glad | am at the way In which
fhe members Of the club here
tonight, responded to the two appeals
made to them to uphold the hands Of
President Taft, both in his effort to
secure reciprocity with Canada and in
his efforts to secure the fertilization
or the Panama canal. And, in add1-
ton to what has been said about reel
procity with Canada, I would like to
make this point: It should always be
a cardinal point in our foreign policy
tn establish the closest and most
friendly relations of equal respect and
advantage with our great neighbor on
the north AND HAIL THE Reel
PROCITY ARRANGEMENT BE-
CAUSE 1T REPRESENTS AN Eff
FORT TO BRING ABOUT A CLOSER,
"A MORE INTIMATE, A MORE
FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIP OF MU-
TUALs ADVANTAGE ON EQUAL
TERMS BETWEEN CANADA AND
THE UNITED STATES" 3.
Thus 1t will be seen that whatever
reason a farmer may have for sup
porting Roosevelt against Taft, the
colonel's position on reciprocity can
not be one Of them in fact. Reciproc-
ity with Canada was an issue during
Roosevelt's administration, but he did
not tackle it. President Taft had the
courage to take it up and get it set
tied and removed as an issue for agita-
ton. President Taft supposed the
farmers OF the middle west wanted
reciprocity, because even here in
Iowa, we elected Cummins governor
and United States senator while he
was talking for reciprocity and at the
same time defeated Hepburn and
Lacey who were and are protectionists
The records indicated that the west
ern farmer was in favor of reciproc-
ity. President Taft had the courage
to take hold of the reciprocity mea-
sure and put it to the test. The man
who is against reciprocity should be
grateful to Taft for getting 1t out Of
the way,
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BUSINESS PICKING UP.

Louisville Courier-Journal.-It be-
gins to look az if Col. Roosevelt will
have to establish bureau Of denial,
explanation, hair splitting and side
stepping, with an alibi department
added. .. ....- -@... .-..t
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ONE CHANCE NEGLECTED.

Washington Post.-The Panama
canal having been nearly completed
by quiet man working without inter-
ference, it's about time for congress
to butt in and snarl things up.
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Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN.


Of
and his ability
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a
Of
citizen ship res to ! 81 a.
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CHAPTER TX.

was up with the dawn the next
morning and down stairs to find q
train schedule. The only thought in
my mind was that must go to Louise
at once. l could not understand her
sudden amazing change of front. Why,
after pledging me to solve the mys-
terry, should she all at once be as in
sistent that should Immediately stop
all inquiry? l had lain awake the
whole night, bordering the situation
and seeking a solution. What reason
could she have? Who could have in.
fluenced her to such action?
The first train, found, left two
minutes before six. I ordered break
fast. though in no mood for eating,
and went to Davis room. felt that
i needed his advice | found him
awake, smoking cigarette in bed.
Briefly related to him the amazing
telephone conversation | had had with
Louise the night before.
What possible reason could have
Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1912-08-30
INDIAN KILLED ON TRACK

4
* Near Rochelle, Ill, an Indian went
to sleep. on a railroad track and was
killed by the fast express. He paid for
his carelessuess with his life. Often it's
that way when people neglect coughs
and colds. Don't risk your life when
prompt use of DR.. Kings New piscov-
cry will cure them and SO prevent a
dangerous throat or lung trouble. 1T
completely cured me, in short time,
Of terrible cough that followed a
severe attack of Grip" writes j., R.
Watts, Floydada, Tex, "and / regain
ed Is pounds in weight that I had
lost" Quick, safe, reliable and guar
anteed. SOC and s1.0O. Trial bottle
free at all Druggists. >'s,,.
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Mountain Tops Me,tIna..

#I The great and continued heat Of this
summer has had a visible effect even
upon the highest mountains in Swift.
zerland, France and Italy. Guides and
5Alpinists report that ice centuries old
and probably never before seen BY
man is now exposed to view and is
being penetrated and melted BY the
SUMS heat for the first time In Alpine
history. Small glaciers have disap-
peared and large ones have shrunk. RI
,s This phenomenon is specially 40.
ticeab1e In the Alps of Savoy, yalois
and parts of che Bernese oberland.
while the level of the summit 81 Mont
Blank 10 lowered several yards. ii the
rock mountains, such as the Matter
horn and the AiguilIes of Mont Blanc.
the melting os the old Ice between sthef
assurss and creyagses Id cauaing dan
gerous ayalanches ZOO atone and bout5
AerE. w
The sSiyers fed by Ga ciess are yesy
hias but the otAsza aso es aa ,,nsss,
saally llsy1 lsyass sssas
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"JOkERS' : HID !.
:. REVISION I UP II
Actual Raising of Duties Effected
/ by Payne Bill (. 4
COTTON AND WOOL sCHEDuL E
Both IndefenslbIe, and Presidene Tafe
>. Knew lt-suppressIon OF Facts by
the Tariff Board-statlstlcs Employ.
ed TO Mlslead the Public.
BY ROBERT KENNETH MAcLEA.
lFormerly consulting expert OF the tariff
board.

BY ROBERT KENNETH MAcLEA. s.
rFormerly consulting expert OF the tarinl
board.
New York, Aug.-On not single
one Of the ninety-f1ve all cotton cam.
pies Of fabric taken as the basis Of the
tariff boards Investigations Of the cot.
ton schedule was there an actual re.
duction Of the tariff by the Payne
Aldrich law.
The samples we're selected with
great care by the combined Judgment
Of the boards experts. indorsed by the
leading jobbers of the United States
az being representative Of all classes
Of fabric In use In this country, each
sample being chosen. because It was
typical Of the most used material OF
It's particular weave or class. Ninety.
f1ve all cotton and five silk and cotton
samples comprise the 100 that appear
in the tariff boards cotton report.
Forty-seven of the ninety-hve In the
all cotton class pay $3.50 per cent
higher duties under the Payne-Al.
drich than they did under the Dinglay
tariff. -, ~,
Payne,Aidrich "Jokers."
OF these forty-seven classe, OF ma.
terial on which the tariff was increas.
ed nine are the fancy weaves made In
three or four New England mills com.
monty grouped as the "Lippitt.
McCo1l interests" This is the CLIQUE
Of New England politi.
clans who were permitted by Senator
Nelson w. Aldr1ch to write the cotton
schedule to suit themselves.
OF the nine Lippitt- -McCon fabrics
the Payne-Aldrlch law lacked UP tbs
average duty from 1857 to e0.8s pe1
cent. In other words, the promised
revision downward" on these goods
was really a revision upward amount.
ing to 84.97 per cent Of the Dinglay
rates.
The remaining thirty-eight classes OF
all cotton fabrics on which the duty
was increased were not generally the
product of the favored New England
ring Under the Dingley law these
thirty eight fabrics were assessed an
average duty of 1886 per cent Under
the Payne-Aldrich law they pay 44.5s
per cent-a revision upward equal ia
26.N per cent Of the former rate as
compared with 64.97 per cent increase
on the manufactures Of the favored
few, p,
On just three among the 100 samples
was there decrease In duty. These
were the silk and cotton fabrics (silh
mills) that pay more than 100 per cent
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N surplice styles are quite fashionable
this season. and for this reason the
dainty waist here shown will tlnd
many admirers. It Is a very attrac.
tive model and one simple to fashion.
The waist closes at the back and can
be made with or without the fichu
The yoke and collar is fashioned Of
3all-over, and the hchu Is trimmed
with insertion. Insertion and edging
8embellishes the three-quarter length
sleeves. Dotted swiss, batiste, fine
lawn and fowered organdy will serve
.splendidly for development. ,s;E iis
81 The pattern 1885, is cut, In sizes 81
TO AZ inches bust measure. Medium
size requires 31s yards Of Ese inch ma,
terial, yards Of insertion, u Of q
yard Of % inch all-oyer and 1 yard
Of edsing. s=a.s 3.Gs3 s5
d. To procure thio pattern, eend 10 cents to
Pattern Department" of this paper. Write
name and Address plainly, and be eure to give
size, and number of pattern. s4t% &;a3! 5s ai} 81 E
Devils Lake inter-ocean., 1912-08-30

This clever little bloomer dress ID
one that any woman can fashion with.
out difficulty. The dress is a slip
over model which may be made with
low square neck and short sleeves, as
Illustrated, or with standing collar
and long sleeves. The bloomers are
the usual design. Washable cham
bray in cadet blue, tan or oxblood will
develop the little garment nicely.
Neck, sleeve trimming and belt are
prettily made of contrasting mate
rial, :.%i.. .s5 ~.
. The pattern (5s19) is cut in sizes q,
4 and 6 years. Medium size requires
az yards of SO inch material with u
yard of 27 inch contrasting goods.
To procure this pattern, send 10. cents to
Pattern Department of this paper. Write
name and address plainly, and be sure to give
sise, and number of pattern. s Me- HI =