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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
AFRAID OF THE FoRElcNERs7

Ar NNlO VT 49,. - E.
President Wilson, who will hang the
first man to cry panic, and who Is 60.
ing to cram the Underwood tariff bill
down the throats of the manufacturers
who oppose it, and who is apparently
fearless of the big interests" of THIS
country, has bowed to the dictates OF
foreign powers and authorized the
elimination from his pet bill OF one OF
the very clauses which he advocated
for wears before he entered politics,
and which he elaborated on IN his cam
paign for the highest office in the gift
Of the people. He is willing to cut out
the five per cent subsidy clause which
other nations objected to because II
would give American built and Amer-
can owned ships an advantage over
their foreign competitors.
Wilson's action is, to say the least
surprising in the face of his Oft re-
heated statements favoring a ship sui
sidy which would work toward build
ing up the American merchant marine.
It is hardly probable that he has ex-
perienced a change Of heart in the past
few weeks, and that puts his action
up to Just one thing-fear OF foreign
c0untrieS ta
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
Sidewalk Sketches
Ey Howard L. Ram
LIGHTNING.

ing which is insured for four times
the value of the house and lot. Every
year hundreds Of aged barns are de-
stroyed by lightning on bright moon
light nights, yielding enough revenue
to put up new structure and cement
the cellar.
Lightning is always followed by a
deep, rumbling noise, which informs
people who have their heads under
the bedclothes that they are safe
until the next collision. This noise
is caused by water-logged clouds try
ing to buck each other of the right
of way, and is very depressing to peo-
pie whose accident insurance has. ex-
pired.
The lightning rod is an ornamental
spire which is attached to house
in the hope that lightning will find
it before it gets to any OF the imme-
date family. AS this happens about
once in twelve million times, people
who put their trust in the lightning
rod would do better to climb into the
coal bin and try to think Of some good
deed done
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
PROTECT THE MURDERED ALSO.

PROTECT THE MURDERED ALSO.
without dogmatically asserting that
the repeal Of the death penalty will re.
move a powerful deterrent to the crime
~ murder. we cannot help noticing the
strength that accrues to sentimental
measures OF doubtful value compared
Is the movement for undoubted con-
Instructive reform.
II the bill to save murderers from
the fate which they maliciously
brought to others does not pass the
General assembly, it will not be for
Tack OF enthusiastic supporters.
\ These supporters, so anxious to pre-.
serve the lives Of nurderers, extend
little or no effort to make murders
Hess common and less safe. They do
mot labor to increase the efficiency OF
the police in the eradication OF crime
or to increase the swiftness and cer>
tainty Of the course Of justice.
It ID timely to remind the American
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
Press Comment.
REMARKABLE MEMORY.

Clinton Herald: Whatever else may
be said about the libel suit brought by
Former President Theodore Roosevelt
against the Michigan editor who
charged he was In the habit Of getting
drunk, We think the entire country
will be agreed upon one point. When
any man can 60 back through fifteen
or twenty years of an active life and
tell to the fraction of an ounce the
amount OF whisky, brandy. wines and
beer, he has taken, together with the
manner In which each drink was
prepared. and all the attendant cir
cumstances, he has most remarka-
BILE memory. We doubt whether there
is another man in the country, unless
he ID an abstainer, who can do the
same thing
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
THE HORSES VACATION


I'm going to have vacation;
don't know where it will be;
know it's away from the city,
And that is enough for me.
They say shall roam in pastures,
And roll in the fresh green grass;
Where neither street cars nor autos
Can terrify me as they pass.
I'm going to leave off my harness;
I'm going to caper and run;
Perhaps I shall have companions
To Join with me in my fun.
! shall dip my nose in the water
OF a brook that sings its way
Through this wonderful sweet, green
pasture
Where for time shall stay.
There are trees with wide-spreading
branches af
To shelter me from the sun;
Rushes that can nibble
When weary of frolic and fun.
I shall sleep at night in the open,
With stars shining over my head;
The air blowing fresh in my nostrils,
And the soft grass for my bed.
Good-by to the hard city pavements,
Where the scorching sun beats
down;
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
CHAPTER XIV.

What Happened Aftsr~ard.
There remains only to tell what De.
came Of the various characters Of the
tale.
Mccarthy. on whom the action
started, returned, but never regained
his political hold. barrow always
maintained that this was only the
most obvious result OF his policy OF
delaying the denouement. People had
been forced to think seriously OF such
matters; and, when aroused, the pub
lie conscience is right.
Torrow demanded, and received,
the large money reward for his Ger.
vices In the matter. Pocketing what.
ever blame the public and his fellow
scientists saw ht to hand out to him.
he and Jack Worfard disappeared In
command at small schooner The
purpose of the expedition was kept
secret; Its direction was known only to
those most intimately concerned. III
1t ever returns, We may know more
|of 1t.
Eldridge went on being scientist,
exactly as before.
Simmons received a gold melad, q
large cash sum, any amount Of news
paper space, and an excellent oppor
tunity to go on vaudeville circuit.
Hallowell had his salary raised and
received in addition that rather vague
brevet title of star reporter"
Helen Warford Is still attractive and
unmarried. Whether the latter condi-
ton is only pending the return ofsthe
expedition is not known.
AS for the city, 1t has gone back
to It's everyday life, and the RIFLES on
the surface have smoothed themselves
away. In outside appearances every
thing is as before. Yet for the pros.
|ent generation, at last, the persistencs
OF the old Independent self-reliance
OF the people is assured. They have
been tested, and they have been made
to think Of elemental things seriously.
For som time to come the slow proceSs
OF standardization has been arrested.
THE END.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

Pennsylvania farmers declare that
blacksnake swallowed an ornamental
iron rabbit that was painted In natur-
al colors We recommend good black
cOffee-strong.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

Prof. Edward T. Reichert OF the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania tells us that
the bear is of kin to the sea
lion and that the guinea hen is rela-
tive of the ostrich. Very interesting,
indeed but that doesn't show the rela-
tionship between a cold storage fowl
and real one.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

It appears to US that If the capitol
grounds extension bill Is declared
valid, that any legislature can in this
manner evade the constitutional limit
to which the state may be obligated
and place upon the tax payers of the
state any amount of obligation that 1t
might want to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
The Reason.

The Reason.
The poor old deliquent was dragged
up before His Honor again. And when
the Judge looked at him he shook his
head pityingly.
what am I going to do with you
this timer" he unused.
'Lemme of, Your Honor" begged
the prisoner.
"Let you OF? Why, ought to give
you life sentence. You are up before
this court about once month, as re-
member it,
mo, sir. l amt been up before Your
Honor for more thin year,"
''If that Is true, I'll be easy with you.
How did you manage to keep away
from here for whole year,"
'Your Honor gimme 10 months the
last time"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

people that in their very exceiien'
sentimentality they ignore to dan
gerous degree the practical adminlstra'
ton of public affairs, and that 1t Is 70
this lack of common sense that large
part of our evils is due chicago
Tribune ga. r.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

Monsieur X read It. and knew exactly
what was up"
How do you know" &
because ! read the extra myself"
But even then?"
Then he began to pay more atten.
ton. 1t was easy enough to fake when
he knew what was doing. For all I
knew. he could hear Eldridge giving
mis- directions"
The company present ruminsted
over the disclosures thur far made.
About the City Hall AFFAIR." asked
Helen finally.
II used to sit where could COM
mand the hail." said DarrowA "and,
therefore, was aware that Monsieur
x never left his room. To make the
matter certain. I powdered the sill OF
the door with talcum, which renewed
every day after the cleaners. You
remember we got to talking very
earnestly In the hall, 20 earnestly that
l, for one,forgot to watch. When I
realized my remissness, saw that the
powder on the sill had been disturbed.
that Monsieur X had gone out.
my first thought then was to warn
the people. To that end was on my
way to the Despatch once when sheer
chance switched me into the City Hall
tragedy. ! possessed myself Of the
apparatus" N.
That was the square black bag!-
cried Jack.
"Of course--and hustled back to
the Atlas Building. You can bet was
relieved when found that Monsieur
TX had returned to his lair"
"Talcum disturbed again." asked
Jack. 0S
Precisely" lg
And the black bag?"
Contained merely q model wireless
apparatus with q clockwork arrange
ment set to close the circuit at a GER
tain time. That Ia why Monsieur x
was not involved In his own catastro-
lphe."
II see!" .a,t
"Then all had to do was to sit
still and wait for him to become dan
gerous."
How did you dare to take such
chances?" cried Helen.
II took no chances" answered Oar.
row. Don't you see? II he were to
attempt to destroy the city, he must
either involve himself In the tlestruc-
tlOn, or ne must set another bit yof
clockwork. II he had left his once
again I should have seized him, broken
into the once, and smashed the ap-
paratus.''
But he was crazy" spoke up Mrs.
Warford. How could you rely on his
not involving himself In the general
destruction ~.
"Yes, why did you act when you
did," seconded Helen.
"As long as he held to his notion. OF
getting hold Of Mccarthy" explained
barrow, "he had definite object In
life, his madness had a definite out
let-he was harmless. But the last
message showed that his disease had
progressed to the point where Nc
Carthy was forgotten. His mind had
risen to genuine frenzy. He talked
Of general punishments, great things.
At last he was In the state Of mind
Of the religious fanatic who lacenfes
his flesh and does not feel the wound.
When ne forgot Mccarthy, Il knew III
4 was time to act. Long since had
|provded myself with tho requisite
key. You know the rest
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

Mother of seventeen, although still
in her twenties, in Aurora, ILL.,, gets
divorce. Wonder il they will contest
the custody of the children?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

In Wisconsin they had race around
half-mile track between a pacing
horse and a plain cow. Wonder how
the betting stood? @
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

A Passaic, N. J., man dreamed that
both his store and home were being
robbed. When he woke up, he found
that his dream had been true.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
Sympathy.

MADAM" said Flooding Pete, II
once had wife and family, but !
couldn't be contented, so left home. :
well, here's q chicken sandwich for
you. Mighty few husbands are SO
considerate."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
"A Few Laughs.
Different Makeups.

'A1l the worlds a STAGE" said Mr..
Stormington Barnes.
Eyes" replied Senator Sorghum
about the only important distinction
to be noted Is that some OF us have
to make up our minds instead OF our
faces
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
B,,.Inass Cares,

Counsel. What is wour business?
Witness (vaguely). My business ?
(pause). My wife's washer woman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
Proof.

Marie. Are they in love?
Maize. They must be; she listens to
him describe ball game and he lis
tens to her describe q gown.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

To feed bags and stuffy stable
I'm going away from town.
I'm going to have a vacation,
The first one I've ever had.
Out in the country I'm going;
Do you wonder that am glad?
Helen M. Richardson
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

Height Of creduilty.
"You say he Is credulous.
Very. He honestly thinks he can
Judge a summer resort by the picture
on the postcard"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
Auto Got There First.

Judge. The prisoner claims that he
footed his horn before he ran over
you.
Complainant (much damaged). May
be he did, Your Honor; but what good
is that when a car is travelling raster
than sound?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
Trespassina.

"Ma, maj" sobbed Willie, do my
ears belong to my neck or my face?"
''Why, what is the natter" was the
temporizing reply.
"Well, you told Mary to wash my
face, and she's washing my ears, too!'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03

There is a move on foot to change
the peace center from the Hague to
Berlin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
N. 0ftan Hanpena.

! 81 wonder why Bob doesn't marry? =
"He hasn's met the wrong girl yet,
proba bly,"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-06-03
How Il Was.

"Is your wife going away this sum.
mer?'
"No-I'm sending her."
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-07
100 SPECIAL JURORS
FOR Reuter- Case
JUDGE RELIEVES DIFFICULTY
WILL BE EXPERIENCED
IN GETTING JURY.

BAETLESNILLE. sept 6.-Belicv-
.ug that difficulty VIII o. encountered
boz the selection " jury iu tho Reu-
t.r case District JudE. q. u. Hudson
today ordered Doe calling Of spec
aI Ugrir, of loo jurors 90 report on
th, day uf The opening uf the trial
september -. from whom IL is hoped
that jury of twelve men Will Doe
elected te 10 th. widow OF the slain
Tulsa attorney Mrs Reuter- recently
oppressed desire to go 90 trial Her
attorneys have stated that they are
ready t.t trial as has also the state
IHl-. Hudson a-.iu impressed
upon the public today th1. the case
Wu.lI not resolve itself into ,au-
@ willie affair ANY attempt ora the
part 90 moving picture mon 90 take
views - tie trial or ans lauor-.ra-
ions II that kind viii result nd the
arrest of the huiitv parties. Judce
Hudson said. lie also let 1t be known
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-07

on the school groun~, grow catalpa
trees for future uansplanung, study
bird whistles and notes as they hear
them i'm the orchard an incidentally
acquire valuable insight into the
main principles of forestry.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-07

Boys in fresh air school in Buff
falo y. y, prune the orchard trees
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-28
GIVES RULES FOR BEING
HAPPY THOUGH MARRIED

Chicago, Jan. 2S.-Five suggestions
to insure a happy marriage we're CIV
en- to a congregation of young people
in the Crerar Presbyterian church,
East Fifty-seventh street and Prairie
avenue, by the pastor, Rev. John w.
Nicely, in his sermon After Marriage
The suggestions given newlyweds
were as follows:
To recognize their first duty to
be to each other.
To establish a home of their
own.
To be insured against disap-
pointment-
To keep up honeymoon courtesy.
To maintain a family altar.
"The most sacred moment of a per.
sons life is when he hears the minis
ter say Z pronounce you man and
wife," said DR.. Nicely. From that
instant a new and unique relationship
is established, and the husbands first
duty is to his wife and a wife's first
duty is to her husband"
BE it ever so humble continued
DR.. Nicely, "a home of their owl
should be the fixed purpose of every
young couple after marriage.
"The first weeks Of their welded re,
lationship are the most critical in their
lives and should not be spent in hotels
or boarding houses or in the home of
mother.
'No third party should enter into
the sanctuary of their home When
overzealous friends and alltoo-willing
to-adyise relatives force their way in.
to this holy of holies, clouds appear
and storms threaten"
After marriage disappointments are
sure TO be experienced, according tc
Dr. Nicely.
Then you will discover that your
loved one is neither a perfect man mol
an ideal woman," he said This dis
covery skaters many day dreams, bu
should not discourage, much less dis
hearten young people and send then
appealing to the court Then is tbs
time to beware Of impatience.
Remember the love that will no
stand some shocks is not very deep
and by 40 means constant
i Rudeness and incivility toward OnC
another are quite objectionable. The
husband should receive the love wei
come when he crosses the threshold
of his home at the close of his days
work
"a smile, a kind look a meaningfu
! glance. a heartfelt compliment, are The
daily bread Of a happy married life.
"A family altar is the final and bes'
equipment Of happy home" conclud
ed DR.. Nicely "Fault-dnding unkiRC
looks. harsh words and misunderstood
ings viii instantly disappear al tht
family altar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-28
WOODS Will NOT
SIT WITH BAILEY

Springfield, III, Jan. 2S.-Secretary
OF State-elect Harry Woods has de-
clined an invitation to attend the Lin
coin Centennial associations Lincoln
day banquet because the erstwhile
United States Senator Joseph Bailey is
to be one of the speakers
In a caustic letter addressed to the
Springfield Commercial association,
whose guest he was invited to be at
the banquet Mr.. Woods makes his at
titude as clear as the English Ian
guage permits. This is what he wrote:
Your kind invitation to attend a
banquet in honor of Lincolns birth
day received.
1T is not for me to criticize your
committee on speakers; but to listen
to Joe Bailey (of Standard Oil notori-
ety. eulogize Lincoln would be intol-
cradle.
Others may enjoy such a mockery,
but beg to be excused"
81 think that letter speaks for it
self" said Mr.. Woods last night at his
home, 5000 Warren avenue. 81 know
that Bailey was a United States sena-
tor. know that he recently resigned
his seat in the senate. ] know that
his resignation came from him under
pressure. I believe that the Examiner
and the rest Of the Hearst papers were
the chief factors in exposing the facts
which brought forth the resignation
facts showing his connection with the
Standard Oil interests.
THAT is why ! have declined this
Invitation. And that is the only rea-
son. AS have stated in my letter. it
would be intclePable tohear Joe Bailey
doling out praise Of Abraham Lincoln.
'Tf It we're not for Bailey l should
be more than glad to attend the ban
quet. But as 1t stands it is a mOckery
and / want none of It,"
The Lincoln Centennial association
has been severely criticized by citizens
/ OF Springfield and by citizens in other
parts Of the state for giving Bailey a
place on the program. Many have held
| that Bailey should not have been in
vited even to be present at any func-
| ton in honor of Lincoln.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-28
FIND KIMMEL IN
A MISSOURI JAIL

Bowling Green, Mo, Jan. 28.-A
man in the county Jail here on forg-
cry charge who asserted in a lucid in
terval he was George Kimmel. man
of mystery" was Identified today as
one who recently figured in the famous
identity case in St Louis. The sherif
received photograph Of Kimmel
from DR.. Wood of St Joseph, Mich.
who once attended Kimmel at Niles.
Mich. The photograph. says the sher-
in, is undoubtedly the picture Of the
man now in prison.
The sheriff also received a letter
from Mrs. Frances Fox Of Niles, a cousin
Of Kimmel, in which she said from de-
soriptions sent her by the sheriff, she
was sure the prisoner was her cousin
The man was arrested Jan. 3,
charged with passing a forged check
on a Louisiana, No. mercha-t The
prisoner is seriously i'll and most of
the time his memory wanders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-28

Washington, Jan. 25.-The happiest
little girl in America is Viola Lewis,
farmer lass from Arkansas. For has
MT she just been to the national cap
ital and received from the hands Of
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson him
self a diploma certifying to the won
derful things that she did 0n her faith
ers farm last year? That surely is
enough to make any girl happy.
Last year a number of industrious
farmer girls entered a contest to see
who could make the most money off
a tenth of an acre plot of land. Some
of the girls raised tomatoes, some
beans, some other crops. They all did
well, but Viola outdistanced them be-
cause Oh her. plot she raised a sue
cession Of crops-tomatoes. beans and
turnips. She sold some of her produce
fresh and canned the rest From her
little tenth of an acre she took just
S53 worth of produce.
There came to Washington at the
same time Viola did 35 bright farmer
boys from various sections Of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-28
THORPE RETURNS
PRIZES; INQUIRY

New York, Jan. 2S.-The confes-
sion of James Thorpe, worlds great
est athlete" that he played base
ball as a professional in 1909 and
1910, will result in a sweeping inves-
tigation of the standing of several
other college men from the north"
who, Thorpe says, played in the same
league. Secretary Sullivan of the
Amateur Athletic union so announced
today. Sullivan has written to Thorpe
asking him to name the men referred
to in his confession. Trophies Thorpe
brought back from the Olympic games
will be returned
Tokens of ThoTpe's glory on the
Olympic field which are thus to be
stripped from him and be returned to
Sv eden are a bronze bust of the king
cf Sweden, which Thorpe won, with
the pentathlon and decathlon cup, a
mo gnificent model of an ancient Viking
ship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-28

south who had won prizes for growing
the biggest corn crops in their respec-
tive localities. To eacS Of these boys
also Secretary Wilson gave a certifi-
cate. signed by himself, certifying the
yield made by the young corn grower.
This is a much more important
event than the Inauguration of a new
president of the United States said
the secretary as he passed out the
certificates to the 35 boys and Viola.
The secretary then gave a speech,
pointing out to the young farmers the
Importance Of their work and the get
ting in actual touch with the work OF
feeding the world in which they were
already taking an appreciable part.
This was a good year for corn
throughout the country. but the high
score of 207 bushels did, not quite
reach the boys record for the depart
ment The 207-bushel yield was made
by Ernest, NJ. Joyce of Venters, s. c.
He was closely pushed by Ernest Red
lock of SummerIand, Miss, who raised
206 bushels. But the general average
was higher than ever before.