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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-02-08

spection and other matters. Inspec
tors would not have to confine them
selves to any one thing.
The Wrightman bill, as introduced
abolishes the fellow servant rule, the
of contributory negligence, and places
the burden Of proof on the employer.
It is made to specifically not apply
to any household servant, or to any
farm or other laborer in agricultural
pursuits, nor to persons whose EN-.
ployment is of casual nature. 1t re-
serves the right of an. employer to
carry liability insurance and does not
interfere with the mutual insurance
company formed in the state.
! Compensation for death or total
disability is limited to $4,000. The
compensation for temporary disability
; is so per cent of the wage of the en-
ploye, subject to a maximum of $40
| per week and minimum of IS. For
loss of a major arm the compensation
! for disability is limited to continuance
for $50 weeks; for minor arm, 1876
weeks: for major hand, 1875 weeks:
| for minor hand, 10 weeks; leg, 1875
weeks: foot 100 weeks; one eye, 60
weeks: thumb, 80 weeks; first finger,
25 weeks; second, finger 20 weeks:
third finger Is weeks: fourth finger 10
weeks.
The loss falls upon the immediate
employer and is not distributed among
all of a class or among all employers.
Not Seeking Sensation.
The committee on retrenchment and
reform, consisting of three senators
and three representatives, with Sena-
tors Joe Allen at the head, will get
to work next week on an investigation
of the business administration Of the
state offices with a view to determin-
ing what economies can be made by
reduction of the number of employees,
avoidance Of duplication of work, cut
ting out needless work, or the con-
solidation of departments. 1t is stat
ed by the members that if the idea
has gone forth that the committee is
planning on turning up some big SEN
sation it is all wrong for nothing Of
the sort is in mind
1--WE have had it in mind he said.
that in some way we can suggest
economies that will gradually work out
for the benefit of the state. That is
why it was provided in the law that
this committee should be formed. We
do not believe there is any graft or
any great leakage or that we can ef-
feet any revolution. On the contrary
we recognize that the state of Iowa
has in the past dozen years made a
splendid progress in the betterment
of the business affairs and manage
ment of the state, but we want to con-
tinue that good work" The commit
tee has employed experts who have
been engaged in this sort of work all
over the country. The investigation
will be impartial. The suggestion
that the affairs of the board of agricul.
ture be included was accepted at once
as an excellent one and will be acted
on. There Is on file in every one,sof
these departments, the agricultural de-
partment included, complete records
of all expenditures, so that the state
accountant each and every year makes
complete checking Of the entire &C.
counts of the state and report that
is on file. 1t will therefore be an
easy matter to find out exactly where
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every dollar goes to.
Primary Amendment.

| Election of national committeeman
for each and every political party by
vote of the party members at the June
primary, is proposal embodied in "a
substitute bill reported to the house
this morning from the committee on
elections. 1t takes the place of sew
eral bills offered for presidential
preference primary. The bill as report
ed provides that the national commit
teemen elected in June shall take his
Office at once. The preference part of
the bill is simple and direct. The
names Of candidates for president and
vice president are to be placed on the
ballots and voters express their choice
which expression is to be certified up
! to the secretary of state and to the
party committees. 1t is not attempted
to make this binding on anybody nor
| is there an provision for the election
of delegates to the national conven-
ton.
College Hearing Thursday.
Next Thursday the legislature will
meet virtually as a committee of the
whole to hear all about the troubles
over the colleges and the commercial
clubs at the various cities affected. 1t
will be an executive session, or in 9TH
err words, it will be a session entirely
under the control of the legislature it.
self with no possibility Of packing the
gallery and creating storm. The
purpose of this as stated by mem ers
is to permit the legislature to hear
the arguments pro and con presented
fairly and calmly and to allow of con-
sideration of the whole matter on its
merits. There is no intent to have a
secret session, nor to shut out legiti-
mate visitors. 1t probably will be the
only general hearing on the subject.
Every member has heard already a
great many times from the lobby.
Would Tax Slot Scales.
revenues Of the state and at the same
time doing good turn to the people is
to be embodied in bill, responsibility
for which may as we'll be fixed on the
irresponsible Mike Flynn of Burling-
ton, who travels about good deal as
Ia state food inspector It>~is to COM
pei the taking out of license for
each slot weighing machine exposed
for the use of the public in the>state
Mike says there are 500 of them in
Des Moines and at least 10000 in
Iowa. At least quarter of them
won't work and of the others not
many weigh correctly. The state in
spectors ought to be required to in
spect them and order them out of COM
mission if they do not weight correct
ly. A So year license would bring
the state quite fine sum to help pay
for the enforcement of the weights and
measures law of the state
Senator Schrup hardly expects to
get through his amendment to the
Moon law. But" he says, the prin-
ciple is right. 1t is based on the law
Of supply and demand. If there is
larger number of signers to a saloon
petition 1t would indicate a larger
number of probable customers. Hence
the number of saloons ought to be
based on the showing as to how many
would like to have them
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RICHLANO.

w. C. Jones of Clay was in town on
Thursday accompanied by his guest
DR.. Andrews of Chicago, to visit the
H. M. Allerdice family, who were his
youthful friends years ago. @n.
Mrs. Lula Harkins McCarty of Mar
shalltown visited her parents and 9TH
err relatives Thursday and Friday. She
returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Samuel Lewis went over near
West Chester Friday evening to spend
a few days with her daughter Mrs
Lilly Simmernan and family.
F.. w. Barnett returned from bust
ness visit to Wayland Friday night.
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BRONDELL AND "
j. HARTMAN MATCHED

Rock Island, ILL.,, Feb. Harry
Brondell of Davenport, and Harry
hartmann of Burlington, Ia, have
been matched to meet in finish
wrestling match at the Illinois theater
Wednesday, Feb. IL. The winner will
be sent against Carl Brown Of Water
loo, for the middlewest middlaweieht
title.
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RUBBER TRUST HAS
SLAVES IN PUTOMAYO

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sion,' which was greatly appreciated.
Musical selections were given by Mrs.
i. E. Vance, 'Thelma Wilcox and James
Lewis.
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to surrender title to the government
land buy back the land at $3.50 per
acre.
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COUPON FROM AGE-HERALD

clothes The chancellor of the, ex-
chequer would not like me to- You
should have seen the young woman
face. Make me coat for five pounds:
that is all ever pay for a wrap"
She is quite fond of some of the
other wives of cabinet ministers, but
they are much too swagger" for her.
she says. Everybody knows who meets
them that the Lloyd-Georges are DEM
ocrats to the backbone. 1t is a boast
OF the chancellor that his wife won t
let him Sgive her. a penny more than
f100 a year for her clothes She likes
American women when they are brainy
but the typical fashionable, ambitious
social climber she regards as a carica-
ture on womanhood. She met the Pages
ard has discussed social problems with
them all. II may yet open a school to
tcacn women good sense and show them
the real value of money and its uses
Mrs. Lloyd George told them.
To Honor Lord Kelso's Memory
Mr. Robert Goelet and his wife and va
rious other members of the Duchess of
Roxburghes family are to be at Floors
for the celebrations in honor of the birth
of Lord Kelso. The tenants intend to
burn all the heather on the mountains
as one of the bonfires. Every day brings
his lordship presents, which will eventu-
ally be displayed at his Christening Mrs
Robert Goelet has just sent his nephew a
box of infant jewelry from a shop in the
Rue de Rivoli. The Goelets are making
their chateau outside Paris their head
quarters. but they have been travelling
far and wide. Somebody who knows
them we'll says Mrs. Robert learned to
speak Parisienne French in less than
three months. She has been trying to
trace her Irish relations. her people be-
Ing true Hfbernians. but ] do not know
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Of Lady Hamilton of Delzell, who has
quite re-established herself Mrs. Lay
cock the first wife of the present Marquis
of Downshire, is also being received. The
venerable Prince Christian has always
been a great friend of the Laycocks and
at first, when she was very much taboo
he helped them along. Now they are
going everywhere except to court.
g Some years ago she had a most appall-
ing motor accident, Major Laycock him
self quite the finest amateur driver In
society, being at the wheel. She lost a
leg and the shock and subsequent Illness
left her a wreck for years.
A few young recently married prospec-
tive peeresses are talking about separa-
lions. One of these confided to me that
she had to sell her dresses to wardrobe
dealers instead of giving them as per-
quisites to her maid. II get for a hun
bred guinea gown 10 pounds she said,
land you don't know, my dear, what an
absolute life saver it often is to me. The
only thing to do with a husband like mine
is to divorce him or get a separation
and then one may be able to get little
money out of him.
Cares Little for Dress
Mrs. David Lloyd George cares loss
about dress than any other woman in
the cabinet | was in shop short
time ago when she was purchasing a
motoring coat 81 want something old
h'oned and comfortable" she said
with plenty of width
Madame replied the assistant, 1--WE
Keep nothing old -fashioned. Our coats
are quito narrow and grip at the
knees. Ladies' don't ask for the kind
of garment you describe
Perhaps ladies DON'T replied Mrs.
Lloyd George, but / am Just a woman
and like comfort I can't wear freak
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Money Situation Unchanged

The money situation has not under
gone important changes lately, except
ing that the banks are continuously
putting themselves in a stronger posi-
ton. They are not encouraging bor-
rowing for business expansion and for
that matter very few of them will hold
the friendly hand out, excepting in UNI
usual cases. Most of the banking CEN
tiers are calling in loans and increasing
reserves. The complexities of interna-
tional finances add to the uncertainties
of the American situation. while Mex
leo and the fsthmian and South Ameri-
can countries are restlessly awaiting
the opening of the ship canal. Wall
street shares with Washington the
nervousness caused by the revolutional
mix-ups in Mexico and other volcanic
countries.
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Island Leased for Fox Raising

ngton.-Announcement has been
made by the Secretary of Commerce of
his intention to lease 70 islands on the
coast of Alaska to persons who wish to
engage in the business of raising foxes.
The islands will be leased for period
of FIVE years to the highest responsible
bidders.
Recently the rearing of foxes for their
furs has attracted great deal of atten-
ton. Public interest has been aroused
by the remarkable results achieved in
this industry in the eastern part of Cam
ada. The prices reported to have been
paid for silver foxes and other valuable
varieties are almost fabulous The de-
mand for foxes by breeders has been so
greatly in excess of the supply that live
foxes of the desired varieties bring many
times the amount which could be secured
for their pelts, says the Detroit Free
Press.
While the breeding of foxes in Alaska
has attracted but little public atten-
ton. the business has been going on for
number of years. and the requests made
to the department of commerce for per-
mits to take wild stock for the purpose
of domestication have been steadily in
creasing. On the Pribilof Islands the
practice of taking the Arctic blue fox
has been pursued for many years. In
1912 the sale In London of the 391 blue
and white fox skins taken. on those is
lands during the winter of 1901 netted
the United States government $15,096.5S.
The London sale in 1913 of the Alb skins
taken in the winter of 1912 netted the
government $20506.17. At this sale ono
lot of 2S skins was sold for $3.675, or more
than s131 per skin. 1t is thus seen that
the blue foxes in the government herds
on the Pribilof Islands produce excep-
tionally fine pelts and are therefore very
desirable breeding stock. The Secretary
of Commerce will undertake to furnish,
under competitive bids, live blue foxes
from the Pribilof Islands to those who
desire choice breeding stock.
|. There is little doubt that the various
species of foxes can be improved by the
application of methods of animal breed
ing used by up-to-date breeders of live
stock.
The Commissioner of Fisheries. in his
annual report to the Secretary of Com
merce and Labor for the fiscal year 1912,
in speaking of the special efforts being
made to improve the stock of foxes on
the Pribilof Islands and the methods OF
handling the herds, states:
"The resul,r of experiments in feeding
and selective breeding that are now in
progress give reason to believe that the
output can be greatly increased and the
quality of the fur enhanced
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Conservative Observers Are
Inclined to Hedge in Civ
ing Opinions of Future
MARKET FACTORS IN
CONSTANT CHANGE
Coming Rate Decision Still Looked
Upon as Having Most Far
Reaching Consequences on
the Future
nv W. G. NICHOLAS

New York. October 1s.-(Speciall
Traders are growing and gnawtng
their teeth ,over stock market eondi7
lions Every bill of fare is full OF
disappointments and trouble. Bull spec
ulators refrain from buying until prices
nearly reach the top and then they
plunge on the buying side, only to get
stuck and undergo the stereotyped dis
cipline No traders ever take punish
ment with more grievous lamentation
than the earnest and fearless 1913 bulls
who make a practice of buying at the
top and selling at the abyss of loss
The process is almost automatic in sac
rificial results The chart shows a
broad surface decorated with the grue-
some remains of luckless victims. Bull
gan battle scenes were never more
merciless in spirit The why's and
wherefores afford excuse for endless
discussion among the survivors, and
every debate leaves the vital issues
undecided. 1t is like tearing up dupll-
Gated leaves of reading matter to pro-
long the dialogue. The several notice.
able recent bulges and breaks have left
quotations about on the dead level of a
slight recovery from the bottom Meas
ured from strictly mathematic stan
dard dhe year has been Improbable
as an investment proposition. Stock s
and bonds classed as safe are not
now considered desirable unless they
can be bought on basis of full 5 " to
per cent, and The supply at these
terms seems to be inexhaustible. Stall
wart holders of securities of the inter
est and dividend class will not sell at
quoted prices and bidders are none too
anxious to acquire safe investments at
recognized bargain prices The market
in its present moods spells disappoint-
lnent
Hedge in Giving Opinions
Conservative bankers and business
men of judgment and ripe experience
usually hedge when asked for an opin-
ion. on the long recovery from the
low prices of midsummer sentiment
that was quite bullish developed and
the bulk of talk was for protracted
further Improvement. Everybody with
half head could sec a prolongation
OF good times. All the possible Sc
rious features of free trade were dis
counted. the crop outlook was favor
able Excepting corn and cotton), in
dustrial production was only a shade
less than the previous high record
month by month the freight tonnage
registered increasing totals. Banks
We're neither mlserly nor liberal Con.
versationally the men of high standing
In practical business intercourse with
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outsiders prophecy was bright and ad-
vice pregnant with courage and hope.
And then what really happened? Ad-
verse weather set back corn, cotton,
potatoes and some of the minor crops.
and a period of agricultural depression
developed. Discussion of the tariff
bill continued tiresomely for six months
and longer. instead of going to a
quick and peaeeable finish in 80 days.
The supreme court unexpectedly legal
lied the income tax law and thereby
adds an annual revenue estimated at
$50,000,000 to $65.000,00 The help of
this tremendous financial reinforce
ment in Fastening action on tariff leg
islation was hardly perceptible. Tt was
grateful force, however. and inspired
the Washington administration with Il
virile ambition to plunge ahead. The
White House made It plain that moth
ing short of an assessment on private
and corporate accretion would satisfy
the true patriots The statesmen were
tipped to hurry through, take re-
cess and treat themselves and the
country to rest until the regular De-
cember session Not by long shot!
new courrency law was a vital es-
sential to the financial machinery.
Kings and soldiery of money and
scholastic highbrows became involved
In sensational country wide battle
which Is enveloping the landscape with
scenic life. Expectation of LIGHTNING
rapidity was chilled. however. and it
begins to look as though the Wilson
hosts might have to be satisfied with a
stage effect this time. The stern fea-
lures will be tackled by the veterans.
who believe in making haste slowly in
framing important legislation.
Trust Agitation
Admitting that the sunny hopes for
effective quick work may fail to even
tuate, there remains very large bud
get of other issues to take up, such as
the drastic further regulation of cor
porations and if necessary the revis-
ion of previous dissolutions, such as to-
bacco oil and latest, but unfortunately
not last, various coal. railroad, sugar
Harvester and dozen other offensive
trusts. Clearly there Is no rest for
the wicked. None of the aforemen-
toned Industrial combinations can be
allowed to rest in peace, and the mill
ions of brow sweaters need not hope
for political, mercantile, financial, in
progressives are in full and undis-
turbed possession.
The deplorable bearishness that was
the ruling feature of the market for a
full month became so unanimous thai
an upward turn in the tide may be i'm
minenti Traders no longer pretend te
! be able to form sane Judgment on neal
! future action. Many of the strictly
| speculative operators entertain the in.
| teresting theory that every artificial
movement ono matter whether up OF
DOWN is fntallibly certain to be fol
lowed by vivid reversal of play. Pro
| tracted lethargy becomes intolerable
! but men of sane Judgment advise
against speculation for the advance OF
decline. Banks have plenty of money
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ROYAL RESIDENCE
MAY Be RENTED BY
THE WANAMAKERS
American Millionaire Has
Already Taken TaplOw
Court for Season
PEARL NECKLACE
AGITATES SOCIETY
Is Perfect Facsimile of Duchess of
Marlborough's Famous Set-Van-
derbilt's Daughter Would
Like to Own 1t
xIanY MARY

London, October 1S-(Special.)-Rod
man Wanamaker of Philadelphia went
to inspect white Lodge Richmond
Park, before he rented Taplow Court,
Lord Desbroughs beautiful place on the
Thames. I hear he still. thinks serious
ly of taking the royal residence which,
by the way, the King and Queen would
be very glad to get rid of temporarily.
1t Is an absolute white elephant and
very expensive to keep up So far 1t
has never been let, but both the King
and Queen are practical and don't see
and reason why it should not be.
When wanamaker visited it he said
it would take a fortune to put the place
In repair and much too long a time,
as he had to get fixed up at once for
his present stay in London. The Amer
lean Is very proud of the fact that he
secured Taplow Court, as it has never
before been let by the Desboroughs. but
he is paying through the nose for the
privilege. 1t has been explained it is
because of Mrs. Wanamaker's health
that he is renting it, Certainly she is
not a robust woman, but that really
has nothing to do with 1t. They like.
the luxury and the associations of the
place. Nobody In poor health would;
ever think of going to live on the
Thames, for the whole country round Is
low and depressing.
hear the new tenants have already
added a magnificent shower bath. This
1t seems is one of the things Mrs
wanamaker cannot do without. The
Desboroughs did not want any innova
tions, but the Americans held their
own.
Society Agitated Over Necklace
Society Is still greatly agitated over
the drama of the pearl necklace. A
pearl expert told me the other day that
they are a perfect facsimile of the
Duchess of Marlborough's famous Ones
II they were both mixed up, even he.
| he said, could not tell one from the
other. On this account the duchess
would Ike them but as she has so many
new phi1anthropic schemes on hand. she
| says she cannot afford to look at them,
| and her father, who was approached,
insists she has quite enough pearls and
to spare. MY daughter is a very ex-
| pensive duchess; she needs a lot of
| financing W. K. Vanderbilt said.
| Then there is mention of Mrs. Robert
Goelet being keen on them. However, L
heard at a theatrical supper party the
| other night, that the one who will eventu-
ally possess them is Gaby Deslys. She
| could have the stars If she really wanted
| them. Lucky Gaby, She has but to ex-
press a wish and the magician's wand is
at hand. London is more In love with
| her than ever
| Divorced Women "Come Back"
! Although the king and queen taboo as
much as ever the divorced woman she is
| feeling her way back to society A notable
example of this is furnished in the case
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GRAY HAIR
now 10 panKlN II SUCCESSFULLY

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Perfect Hair which explains how
white or gray hair may be gradually
iarkened to natural shade. No quick
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new, luxuriant hair. banishinR dand-
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now she has succeeded. She is uutA
proud of her touch OF brogue learned
from an old Irish nurse
Some years ago Mrs. Goelet lost a lot
OF valuable luggage in Europe. which in
Guided furs and gowns. Ever since hsf
baggage has Travelled in charge of two
servants after the style of royalties, and
special railway van is engaged for it.