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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07

Abba left last night for Chicago. Mr.
Darby who is travelling salesman, has
been making his headquarters in Cali
fornia, but will travel now in northern
Iowa.
G. E. Clemmy Of Centerville was a
recent business visitor at Abba.
Mrs. John r. Duncan left Friday for
California where she will spend the
remainder Of the winter.
Louis Burlingame expects to return
to Boone this week. She is holiday
visitor at the parental Burlingame
home.
The Standard Bearers held a social
at the home of the pastor Rev. Neil on
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Bertha Everett of Bloomfield is
the guest Of her son F. D. Everett and
her brother John Demuth.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Prizer left Thurs
day for two months stay In Califor-
MIA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
kEOSAUQUA.

Miss Lulu Goldfish missionary or
Cheu Tu China is guest at the |. b.
Day nome. She is particularly a well
come one because she is friend OF
Miss Georgia Day, their youngest
daughter who is also a missionary and
from Cheu Tu. During the rebellion
they were compelled to flee from West
China to save their lives and none of
the lady missionaries have yet return
ed to that district. Miss Goldfish has
been returned to America for a years
rest. On Friday afternoon Mrs. Day
and her daughters who are visiting at
home entertained the Woman's Foreign
Missionary society and the Standard
Bearers. Miss day was a member of
both and was sent out by the W..
F. M. society. Miss Goldfish delighted
the ladies with her earnestness and
enthusiasm. She had SO many interest
ing things to tell about the awakened
people and many interesting things to
show which she had brought home
with her. She has been in America only
four or five weeks. Miss Day is begin
ming her third years work in China.
Mrs. c. A. Field and son Chas. Wes
ley spent New Years day in Kohoka,
Mo-, with her parents.
The night watch service at the NJ. E..
church was largely attended and in
every way pronounced a success. A
splendid program was carried out and
at II o'clock the gentlemen served de-
lightful refreshments. At the midnight
hour as the bells ceased ringing In the
New Year the Christian people led by
Rev. c.. A. Field renewed their vows
and opened the glad new year Of 1913.
Ed Hargrove Of Milton was in town
on business Wednesday morning.
Mrs ]. W. Elerick of Ottumwa has
been in town several days the guests of
her sister Mrs. G.. A. Connell
Howard Holbert has accented DO
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
CLAWS CHARGES
ARE MADE PUBLIC

Sacramento, Cal, Jan. 6.-Surveyor-
General Kingsbury made public his
charges against Louis r. CLAWS, form
erly secretary of the state conserva-
ton and water commissions, who
resigned both Offices while Governor
Johnson was conducting an executive
investigation.
Kingsbury alleges that CLAWS was
employed by two big lumber companies
to forward their interests before the
United States land Office at Washing
ton while he was on the payroll Of the
state and that acting as the repres' "
tative of these companies. CLAWS =
ployed Milton T. U'Ren, private secre-
tary to Representative Kent of Cali
fornia. and B. Marshall at tie same
time placing both men upon the pay
sion as we'll.
of the governors investigation had
been made public. 1t was begun on
December 20 and was to have been
resumed next week. Claws resigna-
ton was filed with the commission,
however, on December 81.
Government Sues CLAWS.
ne united otdtes government Hleo
suit in the United States district court
against Louis R. CLAWS, who resigned
as secretary Of the state conservation
commission on Tuesday to collect
s322S2 said to have been withheld by
CLAWS from government funds given
him when he was special agent for the
department of the interior in the for
estry service. 1t is charged that the
money has been held since December
18 1907
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
NOT WORRIED OVER
THE REPAIR SHIP

Washington, D. c.. Jan. 6--Navy Of.
ficers are not disturbed at reports
that the repair ship Panther. sailing
from Hampton Roads for Guantanamo
last Thursday may have been caught
in the gale which swept the Atlantic
coast. 1t is not customary for re-
pair ship to report between sailing and
arrival. The Panther is equipped with
wireless and would have been heard
from had she been in trouble. they
say.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM SUFFOCATION

Davenport. Jan. 6.-Thirty-two Sis
tiers Of Charity narrowly escaped
death by suffocation in their convent
at the Immaculate Conception academy
early Sunday morning. when fire
started in the basement and all but
cut off means of egress before it was
discovered AS it was several We're
nearly suffocated by smoke. ,..
The convent building, where the
sisters sleep, is an old frame struc-
ture near the modern fire proof
school and dormitory buildings
where the students live.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
DELTA.

Bunk Arnold and wife Mary Were
indicted by the grand jury in SigOur-
ney Tuesday. They were bound over tc
the grand jury by Justice j. sUhlin last
Friday on the charge of stealing chick
ems and the grand jury found a true
bill They are under bond to appear for
trial later
]. r. Dunn and Joe Utterback have
spent their holiday vacation in Texas
returning Wednesday.
The high school enjoyed weeks
Christmas vacation.
The remains Of A. Bowen were bur
led Dec 20. The services were in charge
of his comrades of the G. A. r.
and brother Odd Fellows, Of which
lodge he was a member. He leaves a
wife and two sons, William, who lives
on the home farm and Frank, who
lives in What Cheer.
The M. T.. protracted meeting COM
menced Sunday evening. A. A. Heath
the pastor, has charge Of the evange-
listic work. rs g..-
The electric light service is excellent
and the citizens are pleased over the
change In service and cost.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
JOHN STARKMAN WAS
LOCATED IN CRESTON

John Starkman, who has been miss
ing from his home in east Ottumwa
for the past two weeks, was located ID
Creston, Saturday. uis mother went to
Creston yesterday morning on No. s
and located the lad in a restaurant
where he had found employment. He
returned home last evening on No. a
at o'clock in company with his
mother. Starkman stated today that
he had intended to go as far as Omaha,
Neb., but was unable to travel that
far.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
Failed to File Petition.

Iowa City, Jan. 6.-Johnson county
remains dry. Circulators of the petit
ton decided not to file. though it con-
tains over sixty-flve per cent. 1t had
q margin of sixty names but it was
considered Withdrawals practically
were certain to invalidate it.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
IN SHIP BUILDING

Washington, D. c.. Jan. 6.-Ship
building in the United States during
the last six months of 1912 amounted
to 791 vessels aggregating 163,5S4
TONS This was an increase Of $4,000
tons and seven vessels over the cor
responding period Of 1911. Seventy
three vessels were steel and the re-
mainder Of wooden construction. The
total steel tonnage was 9S,109
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
THIRD WARD HAS
HEAVIEST VOTE

The third ward has cast the largest
vote in the commission plan election
up to o'clock. when 21S votes had
been cast Nearly one thousand have
voted up to this time in the seven
wards.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
Morris William
HORSE MARKET
HORSE SALE THURSDAY JAN. g.

HORSE SALE THURSDAY JAN. g..
A much larger sale this week than
last. Several shipments of good horses
will be here
Have some new buyers on the string
wanting farm mares and one, Mil
waukee buyer, who wants the very best
of draft stuff. l look for decent sale
this week. Thursday now, not Friday.
MORRIS WILLIAMS, .E
Ottumwa, Iowa.
P. ST am billed to buy at Abba on
Wednesday the sth and l particularly
want mares, including young draft
mares from two years old up and big
mares in foal. Will buy all other
classes, but mares suit me best. F'leen-
err will buy at Centeryille on Tuesday
the It'll and at Seymour Wednesday
the Sth.-M. H. W.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
Ministers Denounced Celebration.

Des Moines. Jan. 6.--Local pastors
almost with one accord. denounced the
New Years hilarity of last Tuesday as
q black mark upon the life Of the city.
A half dozen made the night the sub.
ject of their sermons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
Chronic Constipation Cured.

Five years ago had the worst case
of chronic constipation ever knew Of,
anC Cha mberlain's Tablets cured me"
writes s. F. Fish, Brooklyn, Mich. For
sale by all druggists.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
ALBA.

William Darbey who spent the holt
days at the home of his parents near
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
Fewer Miners
Killed in Mines

and other mineral mines as well as
coal mines. DIR. Holmes shows that
whereas there was an average of
6.93 men killed for every 1000, 900
tons of coal mined in 1907, this
number decreased steadily to 600
in 1908, to 5,7s. the next year. 5.66
in 1910 and 5.4s in the calendar
year 1911. The figures for the year
just closed, it is estimated, will
show further decrease in the death
rate.
The death rate in the metal mines
OF the country is nearly as high, he
declares, as in the coal fields, aver
aging more than three men per
thousand employed: the death rate
in the quarries is larger than 1t
should be. averaging far more than
that in foreign quarries; and the
same is true in metallurgical plants
He recommends, therefore, that the
bureau be given money to carry its
mine-accident investigation into
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
ON THEIR WAY
Three Men Are Sent BY
Mayor Moore in Police
Court.

Thomas Lacy, who had just FIN
ished ten days sentence in Jail,
which ne received in police court,
was defendant there again at this
mornings usual session of the trfbu-
nal over which Mayor Frank R,
Moore presided. Street drunkenness
was the charge against him this time
and it was sustained, The mayor de-
cided to send him out of town and in
structed policeman to put him on
a railroad train.
Two other fellows who had before
been in the court, were convicted of
drunkenness and were sentenced to
Fairmont. Policemen put them on a
trolley car with tickets for that desL
tination.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
Since the Federal Bureau Of
Mines Was Created ~
the Congress.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 10
One miners life is snuffed out with
every 1873, 1000 tons OF coal mined in
the United States In 1907 when the
federal bureau of mines was begin
ming its work the ratio was greater.
One life was given with every 144.-
900 tons. DR.. Joseph A. Holmes.
director of the United States Blu
reau Of. Mines, in his annual report
to Secretary Fisher attributes the
decrease in the mortality to the fed
eral governments work in the min
ing fields, and points out how the
enormous death list may be still
further reduced.
Very much remains to be done
including broad extension of the
investigation of acc dent and rescue
work SO that 1t will include metal
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

tric light bulb.
The director dEeils on the necss-
.sity Of trylng to prevent explosions
rather than check them after they
are started. IN this connectiOn ne
calls attention to the fact that there
has been revolution in the use OF
explosives in coal mining" and the
work Of the bureau Sin Investigating
explosives has alone value far
greater than the entire cost OF
maintaining the bureau since ia -
Enlistment" He says that more
than $4,000. 900 pounds a year are
being used Of permissible explo-
sives." whereas a few years ago
practically none was used. Much
can still be done in this direction.
he adds, nand it is of great import
ance that Investigations should be
conducted with explosives for use in
the metal mines and quarries Of the
country"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15


these other fields in larger measure
than the limited appropriations SC
far granted have allowed.
The enormous annual loss in min.
ing and preparing coal for market,
the huge waste of natural gas, as
we'll as lack of efficiency and waste
in the metal mining industries are
mentioned by DR.. Holmes. This ex-
travagsnce of natural resources, he
asserts, should be checked.
Pioneer educational work, tenn
'porary in character" is the way IN
which the director refers to the
mine rescue and arst aid work
among the more than 100000 miners
n the $1,000 mines of the country.
ultimately this must be taken care
of, he says, by the coal mining com.
panies through the training and or
ganization of Miners at each of the
large mines or group of mines. He
states that already a number OF
companies maintain rescue stations
at their own expense. The chief
purpose of the bureau of mines is
to train miners in frst+aid, mine.
rescue and hre-fghting methods:
and he adds that during the year
more than 10000 miners have at.
tended the lectures and demonstra-
items given from the mine safety
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
.IA[l(
Are Learning to Speak Eng
fish and to Work on the
Railroads.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Jan. 1b
Teaching English to Japanese work
men is one OF the tasks of the edu-
eational bureau OF the Union Pacific
Railroad Company, according to in
formation received at the United
States Bureau of Indication. More
than 500 Japanese section foremen
and trackmen are employed, by the
railroad. and for the y benehtS oil
these men instruction hooks are is
sued in Japanese and English. It is
believed that by handling practical
problems of railroadng in both
languages the Japanese workers
will not only gain the necessary
technical information but also in
crease their knowledge OF English.
This is but one of many interest
ing phases Of the Union iPacifc's ed
ucational' work. The educational
bureau of the railroad virtually con-
ducts a complete correspondence
school for employees. The instruc-
ton is offered to any worker whose
desire to better himself is strong
enough to make him willing to
study. The lessons are carefully
corrected and graded by officials Of
the railroad and returned to the
men. Record sheets are also fur
nished in order that the men may
keep an account OF the work done
and the percentages received.
The lessons are entirely practical
in subject matter and method. No
attempt is made to mark anything
but substance. Writing, spelling,
grammar and punctuation are not
taken into consideration in assign
ing per cents. but It is the ex-
perience OF the bureau that em''
ployees who have carried on the
work are aided materially in these
The instruction books Issued by
the railway cover number of sub
iects. Many deal with technical
problems of railroading: Track
work, compound locomotives. con-
crete construction, refrigerator traf-
fic, locomotive firing. block and in
terlocking signals, etc. There are
pamphlets containing "Don'ts" for
the various divisions of the service;
Others describe 1.-THE Value OF
Courtesy" inculcate the principle Of
Safety First" or tell How to
Study" Several admirable books
comprise a history OF transportation;
general information about the
Union Pacific; history of the rail-
road; and Biographies if individual
states through which the railroad
Nebraska, Wyoming. Utah,
Colorado and Kansas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15
BOY RoBBER.

,FAERMoNT. Jan. 15-Lawrence
Murray IA, son of NJ. 4. Murray. a
liyeryma1, has confessed to post
Office officials here to robbing lock
boxes OF mail packages and letters
the last two weeks. His undoing
came about when he attempted to
cash a check in favor of F. H. Mich
OILS for S31.50,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

cars; more than 1000 additional
miners received training sufficient to
enable them to participate in actual
m1ne rescue work, and more than
twice that number have been added
Q the list of minerg trained in first
aid practice"
Health conditions in and about
the mines should lbe investigated, in
che opinion of DR.. Holmes. Prelim-
nary inquiries, he says, "have 1di-
Gated the prevalence of tuberculosis
and the presence of hookworm as
miners diseases In several different
localities in the United States. 1t is
Important that this work should be
extended rapidly, because of the
fact that the health conditions, as
we'll as the risk OF accidents, may
be influenced by conditions suscepti-
BILE of easy improvement,
The large and continuous Influx
Of foreigners into the inning regions
of the United States may bring to
an increasing extent the hookworm
and other diseases that exist in
m mes in parts of certain European
countries. Various questions that
concern the health Of workers in
mines, .quarries and metalIurgical
plants can not be answered finally
without investigation and inquiries
that are national in scope. Among
such questions are the most efficient
methods of preventing the diseases
peculiar to mining and metal
lurgtcal industries, and the most
efficient sanitary precautions to be
observed in and about mines and in
the various metallurgical oecupa.
tions.2
Especial attention is called to
some of the benefits derived, both by
the government and individuals.
from the bureaus uel investigation.
A saving of money and the delivery
.of a better grade Of ocal than would
have been obtained otherwise, are
mentioned in this connection. More
than $5,OOO,OOO worth of coal is
bought annually by the government
under specifications prepared by the
bureau of mines; and additional fuel
to the value of s3.OOO,OOO is bought
by it under the general advice of the
bureau. The benefits have been
both general and special, the real
saving being severn times as great
as the actual money saved because
Of the securing Of better coal.
During the year every mine in the
United States at which an explo-
sion or FIRE OF any note occurred
was visited by one or more engineers
OF the bureau, says Director
Holmes, who in cooperation with or
with the approval of the state or
mine officials, investigated the cause
Of the disaster and gave such aid as
was possible in preventing further
loss of life and resources. Many
other mines were investigated.
in all but two of the mines where
large disastrous explosions have
taken place during the last few
years open lights we're used, he says
and il safety conditions are to be
improved, it seems probable that
the use of electric lamps will BIZ
widely extended. The bureau has
made tests showing how electric mo
tors should be incased to render
safer their operation in gaseous Goa
mines. It has shown that explosiy,
mixtures of mine gases may b
fignited nv fhe breakfne ~ an cleo
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-01-15

Another effort is being made to Sc
cure freedom for Foulke %. Brandt.
Nearly six years ago he was aer-
fenced to term OF 30 years In prison
for committing burglary. in the home
OF Mortimer Z. Sehlft o4 New York. !
Brandt pleaded guilty on the unsier5
standing that by 80 doing he would 81
given a light sentence. Instead, nd
was given themaximum penalty. nd
afterwards declared that no was ind
nocent Of the crlmerehargeds. Isvag
his drst offenaaS y go "a = :. ''-E---
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-22
SEVEN miners Saved
RESCUED AFTER FIVE DAYS EN-
TOMBED IN NINE.
Rescued Men We're Barely Alive WINE
Two Others Are Known 10
BE Dead.

ROCKDALE, Tex oct 2l.-Seven
miners, entombed since last Thursday
in the Vogel and Lawrence Ignite
workings here. were found alive to-
night when rescuers gained the mine
interior through a new ninety foot
shaft. The men were imprisoned by a
cave in following a cloud burst which
flooded the mine.
Two other men, entombed in an
other part Of the mine are believed to
be dead. One is known to have
drowned when the mine was flooded.
Fifty miners, all Mexicans were in the
workings at the time of the flood, but
the others made their escape before
the cave in blocked the tunnel.
The rescued men were unconscious
and barely alive when found but physl-
clans expressed hopes for their recov-
cry. They had retreated before the
advancing water to the highest point
OF the workings Knowing this was
their only hope OF life, rescuers de-
termined this point by a survey Of tho
mine exterior and the shaft through
which the men were reached, entered
the tunnel short distance from
where they collapsed after more than
five days imprisonment. Air was let
into the mine Monday
Lying near the men was their mule,
still alive The animal was given at
tention and win be taken from the
mine as soon as possible.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-22
OREGON TO LEAD WAY
WILL BIZ THE FIRST BATTLESHIP
THROUGH THE CANAL.
England Has Accepted Invitation to
send n Fleet 10 the Opening
Ceremonies.

WASHINGTON, oct 2l.- Secretary
Daniels formally announced today
that the historic battleship Oregon.
which made the famous trip around
Cape Horn in tho early days Of the
Spanish war, will lead the great in
tcrnational fleet through the canal,
when the waterway is opened in 1915.
While plans for tho event have not
been formulated, Secretary Daniels
will be abroad, and in all probability
President Wilson. Also it has been
suggested that an the surviving Of
ficers who served on the Oregon VIII
be again at their posts Of duty when
the battleshlp heads the procession
through the canal. In this event, the
oregon will be commanded by Rear
Admiral Charles Z. Clark. retired,
now living in Washington
The acceptance by the British for
cign office or the invitation from tho
'Hited States to send a squadron ~
warsh!ps 10 go through the canal with
the international fleet, was conveyed
today to Secretary Bryan through
Ambassador Page Great Britain IL
the first Of the nations to accept the
invitation to participate in a molliza-
ton which will ring together at
Hampton Roads the greatest fleet
ever assembled I'm American waters
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-10-22
WAR SECRETARY TO PANAMA
VIII Upset the Work and Make Plans
for Permanent Government
of the Zone.

WASHINGTON, oct. Secretary
Of War Garrison left tonight for New
York to sail tomorrow for the Panama
canal where he will inspect the con-
struction work and confer with off
cials over plans for a permanent gov
ernment for the canal zone.
With Mr. Garrison were Mrs. Garri-
son, Walter h. Redigo, his secretary
and Brig. General Erasmus NJ. Weaver
chief of coast artillery. at Colon the
party will be joined by Majors Geo.
Blakely and william Chamberlain,
both Of the coast artillery corps, who
are experts on defense. The officers
have been going over the fortifica-
tions and proposed defenses in the
canal zone and are prepared To- lay
the various problems Of defense be-
fore Mr.. Garrison.