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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

alone, with capital Of $3.50, O0o, 900 is
largely German owned German ships
share chiefly with England monopoly
OF the Caribbean trade. The German
dreadnaught feet, second only to the
British, outnumbers that OF the United
States by nearly two to- one. The
population of Germany, with
tremendous birth rate and already
overcrovded, seeks an outlet for Ger
man enterprise and thrift. The United
States now stands at the parting Of the
ways When Germany shall at length
decide to protect her capital, this
country having failed to do so, what
will the outcome be of conflict between
the two? Which will have the canal?
He continues with evidence Of the
need that Germany has for expansion
and with proof that. this expansion is
being directed towards South and Cen
trail America. He draws from this the
fact that Germany will have an added
interest in that section of the western
hemisphere with each succeeding
year Accordingly, he says, beware Of
Germany.
The question of prestige Is then
taken up and facts are related that
are enough to make the blood OF the
average normal American boil. He
points out how this country's desire
for peace has caused it to lose the
wholesome respect which alone makes
nation careful Of it's treatment OF
another.
Following is the illustration used by
Mr.. .Stetson to show what the non
interference" plan gets us:
Recently the United States battle
ship Georgia, followed by the Ne
braska and Vermont, steamed into the
harbor Of Vera Cruz. The captain OF
a Mexican gunboat on being asked
what he would do in the event Of hos
.tilities replied: "The bigger the ship
the better the target. One shot from
my guns, pouf! and the American
ships will follow the Maine to the bot
tom. His reply gave general salts
faction and confirmed the popular
view. AS an example OF American
boasting,'' said another Of the COM
pany. a prominent surgeon in Vera
Cruz, they say they load their guns
with 1900 pound shells. No man
could even lift such a shell"
The ships had been expected to land
a force. They did not. For weeks
they lay half mile or SO outside the
breakwater, where, as matter Of fact,
other ships are now lying. until what
had been g. belief became a conviction
that the Americans were afraid, and
their presence bluff. While Ameri-
cans were stopping bullets in the City
Of Mexico, the bluejackets were for
hidden to land, for fear Of disturbance.
And next, while every American ref,l-
gee brought in new tales Of murder
and pillage, and the daily papers her
aided the burning of Amerfcan-owned
railroad bridges, came the note from
washington declaring the United
States would not intervene. The
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

OF aggression against this country.
Failing In that, as policy of national
defense we should have 30 ordered
a.airs In those states we have taken
under our wing that no European
state could discover just cause OF
offense.
Concerning the navy. look the table
Of warships tonnage over. A year
ago United States tonnage was second
only to that Of England. On April
first Of this year Germany's total
tonnage Is 1,133,S78; that Of the
United States s2e,361. Why this naval
activity on the part Of Germany? Let
us not further delude ourselves that
1t is against the English, who have
little that Germany wants; perhaps
nothing she could take by force.
Germany Is after land, land for her
over-population, land for her emigrants
land, above all, where the inhabitants
would welcome her coming.
The launching Of the first dread.
naugh. by England precipitated q
revolution In naval armament second
only In importance to the invention
Of the Monitor and Merrimac, with
the RELOCATION Of sailing ships to the
scrap-heap. OF the dreadnaughts type
Of ships, ships Of the first class, In
Guiding those authorized, and battle
cruisers, Germany has now twenty
three. with tonnage Of 5ss.074. Op.
posed to this the United States can
muster but thirteen ships OF this
class, with tonnage OF only 307,650
little more than one-half that of
Germany. It Is conceded by all naval
experts that the theater Of the next
naval conflict WILL be the Caribbean
sea, at our very doors, though we are
therein a stranger, where the English
and German trade-routes converge.
Where, finally. possession OF the Pan
anna canal will insure victory to the
victor and defray BY It's revenues for
ever the expense Of the conflict.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

other
"Jerry's worth more money than
I'm paying him." whispered the boss,
but II he falls In love with Mollie he
won't make no kick for higher wages
seer"
John. you are getting to be very
scheming man"
Got to be, dear-got to be. Mol
lie could do great deal better than
marry Jerry"
But suppose Mollie falls in love
with him?"
And the Hon. John knocked the
ashes from his pipe. placed the pipe
on its shelf and then stood before
his wife with fingers in the arm
holes OF his vest and his head held
very high.
"John, something has happened"
rSomething 10 going to happen
Lucy I'm going to- be q candidate
for the assembly in this district ant
il nominated I'm sure OF election.
And II you go TO Albany. John
just what does 1t mean for u.s."
More contracts - more money -
more mower. We shall move into .
better house. We shall dress better
and keep servants"
III "And won't you be called graft
err"
II probably shall be, but no one
thinks the worse of man these
days for what the papers say. Yes
shall 60 to Albany and have Hon.
before my name. That's why can't
let Mollie marry common chap like
Jerry"
"And all you'll have to do, even il
she becomes engaged to Jerry Is tc
tell her to throw him over?" queried
the wife,
That's all. Won't be the Hon
John Drover?"
He was nominated and elected
There wasn't any further talk about
Mollie and Jerry until he came home
month after taking his seat as a
member. Then his foreman, after
making his reports as to the work
don, frankly said:
Boss. there's a private matter
wish to speak about"
eco ahead, jerry. but remember
that am an Hon now"
"It's about Mollie."
"You probably refer to my daugh
ter, Miss Drover?"
81 do. We are in love-"
"You mean that you are?"
II mean that we are not only II
love but engaged to be married, ant
I'm asking your consent"
II cannot give 1t. Jerry. The eagle
cannot mate with the crow. Yor
are fine man on q ladder, Jerry
but you'll never climb in any Other
direction. From this date you,
wages are raised by ten dollars ;
month, but there must be no more
foolishness. Next term l shall prob
ably go to the senate, and furthe1
on hope to sit in the halls of con
gress, as they calls EN-
"The halls Of your grandmother,
replied Jerry as he rose.
Then Mollie was called In and hei
father began:
whats this about you and Jer
ry?"
"We are going to be married"
"Do you realize that am ar
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

Mexicans grew civil. Americans had
been the only foreigners killed; 1t was
clear they were not to be feared, their
money was good. Considering which,
the only point to emphasize Is this:
Should the United States in future UNI
dertake any military operations
be stupefed with Amusement.
It turns out to be the same old story.
Every peasant in Spain, every cabal-
Zero in Madrid was amazed that ma
ton Of "shop-keepers and drummer"
whom their newspapers had described
as pigs" and without honor" should
prevail at Manila and Santiago. The
rule holds good Of greater nations than
Spain, and FOOLS paradise Of fancied
security has generally preceded ma
TONS ruin by some power held previ-
ously In contempt The Russians
cared little in 1898 for the pretensions
of the Japanese, counting confidently
on their vast war chest, the immense
resources Of their country with It's mill
lions of Inhabitants, and an available
army Of more than million men.
Port Arthur, considered by the Rus
SLAMS impregnable, stood for centuries
Of achievement and triumphant pro-
gress toward an open port on the Pa
cific, with the same hold on the Rus
sian as the Panama canal has now on
the American Imagination. The Rus
SLAMS, to repeat, thought themselves
invincible; and dear to the American
heart, ingrained in its very fiber, is the
belief, also, that In war the United
$o~ ao{h Ia "
The writer concludes with the In
formation that our only hope Of pre-
venting the impending war with Ger
many or OF being successful in case
there is war, is to build up our own
naval and military departments until
they are able to compare favorably
with those Of Germany. He draws the
conclusion that under the terms of the
Monroe Doctrine we must preserve
order in the western hemisphere and
that to do so we must have the mailed
fist to back up our demands: He
says Of the Monroe Doctrine:
AS rule OF International law, form
ally recognized by other nations, 1t Is
without effect No nation has ever
acknowledged 1t. Nevertheless. we
Lave proclaimed to the world that we
shall regard any further acquisition OF
American territory by European
state as an unfriendly act. The Inn
plication OF such words is plain. It
is incumbent on us to keep order. 1t
is incumbent on US to see that Eu-
ropean capital, honestly invested shall
receive such fair returns as the
preservation Of order insures. There
is indeed graver obligation than that,
lone involving our existence ma
ton. The Monroe Doctrine is no
stronger than the navy. 1t is SUI
premely incumbent, therefore, on the
Until States to maintain navy the
equal Of that Of any nation except
England who will attempt no acts
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

There Is reason to be suspicious of
the story told by Colonel Mulhall the
same as there would be reason to doubt
the veracity Of any man who turned
honest for q consideration of 10000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

Saving doesn't mean being miser.
On the contrary the habit Of saving
shows generous spirit for it means
that the saver will never become bur
den to others. 1t IL never too late to
start saving, but at the same time you
can never start too early.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

The crops are growing nicely, the
weather Is what Is to be expected at
this time and an In all Iowans have
reason to be thankful.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17
With tho sufYraoette,

WIN kH0 SuHFa9ett0o.
Here are some helpful hints in this
home magazine" said the first mil
liant.
What about?" inquired the second
militant.
Ways Of utilizing left over dyna-
mite"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17
Strategy,

Strategy.
We have a puppy in our fiat
Although the lease says nay.
We named him for the janitor,
So he Is apt to stay.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

Up Against K.
IT does look little coarse to swal-
low sandwich at one gulp," said. the
man at the afternoon tea.
'sWell?"
But what Is fellow to do with a
plate OF cake In one hand and cup
Of chocolate in the other?"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17

Burlington Gazette: A careless
motorist Is AZ dangerous as Q hold-up
man; a 10y rider can be as deadly a.
the most vicious thug.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-17
Press Comment.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Forty-nine
democrats have pledged themselves to
stand pat on the Underwood tariff. But
there is reason to believe that some
of the number are praying that some
thing will happen to relieve them Of
the responsibility involved.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Illness of CoOmbs
Affects His Height

Coombs, one of the star pitchers of
the Philadelphia American League
club, will be one sixteenth of an inch
shorter in stature by reason of the
illness that kept him out of the game
all last season. This fact was es-
tablished when an X ray photograph
of his spine was taken at the Uni
yersity of Pennsylvania.
Coombs is not sitting up a short
time each day and expects soon to be
taken to his farm in Maine. The
doctors say he will gain strength and
that next year he will be as good as
ever as a pitcher
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
GOLF SCHOOLS
A GREAT MD To
EXPERT PLAYER
Evans Tells How Northerners Can
Improve Their Work by
Winter Practice.
BY Chick Evans.

~HICAGO, Nov. Fin spite or
the pleasant weather of the
past few weeks there is feel
ing in the air that prophesies .he fact
that the indoor golf season is at hand.
There are golfers who play outdoors
until the ground sports a wide, deep
carpet of snow, and the nipping air
so chills the fingers that it is i'm
possible to grasp a golf club; others,
on the contrary, fly indoors at the
first suggestion OF cold, but whether
they play early or late a large number
of summer golfers console themselves
In the INDOOR schools.
The name luuoor Golf School struck
us as very peculiar when George
O'Nell and Walter FoNargue started
their little institution of golf learn
ing on Wabash avenue II was really
school for its real object was to
teach golf strokes to the beginner
or Is the seasoned golfer who had
fallen upon unfortunate ways. Pre-
vious TO this school a well known
golfer had a net for driving into, but
do not know how II was proper
toned. George O'Neil and Walter
Fovargue worked away, however,
perfecting their nets until they had
reached their present standard.
These indoor golf schools are ex-
cellent things for the player who is
also business man. Only too fire.
Quently he has taken a lesson OF
so and then carelessly developed a
few bad habits that have carried
him further and further away from
the right IDEAS. The beginner at
golf usually expects to 90 wonders
from the start, especially when he IS
paying for lessons, ami IL is very dis
| coursRing to him to see the results
of his first efforts. The indoor player
escapes in large measure the stun
ming effect Of his misdceGs. TO the
| experienced player there is a certain
feel" that tells him whether lie has
/ sliced or pulled and thus he keeps
/ himself well acquainted with the con-
| dition OF his game.
Some years ago / had an oppor-
/ tunity to so to Pinehurst for spring
/ tournament and l realized that after
/ q winter OF inHction ] could not eX-
| pect TO make a respectable showing,
/ 40 ! went 10 the nets OF the Chicago
/ Athletic Club TO get my hand in. and
/ the result was that 1 found myself
! IN excellent shape i'm The Southern
I tournament
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
G. M. G. Replies to
Riverside's Defy
This letter explains Itself:

Inns IelleT &pialIS llSeJI.
Sporting Editor Atlanta Georgian: N
reply to Riversides challenge to meet
Georgia Military College on neutral
ground and decide the prep champion
ship of Georgia, l wish to say that Geor-
gia Military College has a game sched-
uled with Gordon Institute for Thanks
giving Day and all preparations have
been made for this game.
The public loses interest in football
after Thanksgiving Day and the play
ers usually feel the same way. Post-
season games in the past have been
failures in os far as they go to show the
real merits of the teams The Georgia
Military team, to a man, is in favor Il
playing Riverside Military Academy
again, believing that the Georgia MILF
tary College is the better team.
Riverside Military Academy claims .
have the better team; Georgia Military
Academy makes the same claim. We
leave is 10 the public to compare The
scores of the two teams.
Yours truly,
A. K. MADDOX,
Coach Georgia Military College
MilIedgeville, Ga. Nov. "a, 1915.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Australian Promoter Is Aroused
Baker Answers Moran'S Charges

Moran expressed himself pleased
with the contest and was very
confident of handing a dream
punch to the American boy.
Well, on opening this mornings
papers you can imagine my sur
prise to see that he and his wife
had left for San Francisco by the
Sonoma. Evidently one of the
press men down at the boat saw
him and asked what he was do
ing. Moran said he did not think
there was enough money for him
in Australia, and also that he was
dissatisfied with the decision in
his contest with Wells His ex-
cuse about the money had abso-
lutely no ground, as in his three
contests it is practically certain
that he would at least have dou-
bled his guaranty that he had
asked for himself and which | had
consented to.
The house at the Moran Wells
contest was not a good one, and
the reason was this: ! had fixed
and advertised the prices at S. to
10 cents. A day or so after these
prices had been advertised Moran
held me up and said that unless
the prices were raised to $40 and
s1.25 he would not fight.
Pal Brown Popular Hero.
A nd hot h /
pie who had an idea that Moran
was all in" and would not CON
slider the high prices just kept
away, Moran. however. made a
good impression, and, while a few
of the papers thought that the de-
cision was correct, others held
that Moran should have got II.
But | do not think that his excuse
OF decision against him was at all
the reason for his sudden. unher-
aided and totally unexpected de
parture. He would have been in
for heap of money in his contest
with Brown and would have, as
said before, at least doubled his
guaranty.
In the past certain boxers who
have not been the goods, and con-
eequently have not made muCn
money out here, went back to
American soil and said everything
that is bad about Australia. So
in Justice to the country which
contains some of the best sports
in the world and where big money
is always waiting for good, honest
and clean boxers, send you along
the above in case there is any
kick" coming from Moran.
Pal Brown, as You no doubt
know, made himself very popular
in his contest with Hughie Niche
gan, the Australian champion. He
Is at present the idol Of the box
ing fans in Australia. dare say
there Is not better behaved,
cleaner living boy in the game to-
day, and, besides this. he knows
his business. You may be sure
this boy is going to do we'll down
here
with kind regards. yours sim
CcrelN REG. I. BAKER
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
ODE TO GEORGE ROpEL.

(By Jess Willard0
lOu made me irhdt | am today;
. l hope you're satisfied.
You SmOte me on the mUSh until
The soul t1ithin me died.
You 90 to tight Carl Morris ROlo
ind play the losers part,
And lCheh you do,
The Lord help gOU.
Is the curse Of On aching heart
Willard and RodeI were paid S475
apiece for their work in Milwaukee,
whereas they should have been fined
that much.
willard will live it down." says
Tom Jones, who evidently expects the
said Willard to live 100 years.
Ping Bodie refused point blank to
accompany the world tourists when
he learned that he would have to live
a couple of weeks on water.
1t must arouse a pang of jealousy
in Pings manly bosom to hear that
Orvie Overall has quit baseball to
work for a brewery.
Packey Mcfarland has started East
to begin the annual harvesting of his
lemon crop.
Mr.. Ebbets considers Dahlen a sue
cessful manager, aside from the fact
that he can't produce.
Wilbert Robinson's name was re-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Local Boxers Work
Hard for Bouts in
Athens Turkey Day

Local bpys who box in Athens on
Thanksgiving night are down to hard
work for their fights Kid Young, who
has already Won two fights there, will
make his third appearance when he
meets Meyer Prizes. Meyer has just
returned from Jacksonville, where he
won five straight bouts.
Frank Baker is scheduled to meet Mike
Saul. Frank will be giving away sew
eral pounds, but expects his ceverness
to earn him the decision over Saul.
The other ten-round go viii bring to-
gether Spider Britt and kid" Gold
man. They met here about a year ago,
fighting eight rounds to a draw Fuzzy
Woodruff win referee all the bouts.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Outlaws After Park
In City of Cleveland

CLEVELAND. Nov. PA down
town park within five minutes walk
Of the center of the city, is the pros
pect for which the Federal Baseball
League is negotiating here.
c. y. Zimmerman, of the local club,
said that his organization is trying
to least from the city land on the
lake front at the foot of East Ninth
street. If an agreement can not be
reached two other properties are
under consideration.
Last year the Federal Park was in
the outskirts of the city.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
By w. W. NaughtOn.

n AN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.-In the
~ past good many American
pugilists who visited Australia
returned with narrowing tales of the
unfair treatment they received at the
hands of Hugh .. Mcintosh. Natur-
ally these stories. whether true, false
or merely highly colored, had to go
uncontradicted for a long time. 1t
took a couple of months sometimes
for the newspapers containing the
complaints to reach Australia and as
long for McIntosh's side of the case
to reach here.
This placed Mcintosh in an unen-
viable position, as by the time he was
heard from the charges made against
him had had the effect it was intend
ed they should have.
An Australian sporting man known
as Snowy Baker took over Mcln-
tosh's business and for while no
rumors of unjust treatment of visit
ing boxers were sent broadcast. Re
Gently, however, Baker was placed IN
the same light as Mcintosh by owen
Moran, who arrived in San Francisco
from sydney about a week ago.
Moran said he had been misled in
regard to the financial terms and had
been compelled to box at weight
much bigger than he had agreed to
before he left England for Australia.
What stuck in Moran's craw more
than his other wrongs was the feeling
that he had got the worst of II" when
the referee gave the decision against
him in hts fight with Matt Wells at
Bakers arena near sydney.
Baker Tolls Of Flight.
Moran left sydney without bidding
Baker goodbye, and when Baker
heard of owens going he sat down
and wrote letter to the writer. 1t
will be noticed that Baker does not
touch upon some of the points men
toned by owen Moran in his COM
plant, but this is explainable on the
basis that Baker did not know just
what Moran could have to say when
he reached this side. Here Is Bakers
side OF II:
Sydney, Australia,
October 20. 1918.
Dear Mr.. Naughton: Perhaps
you know that owen Moran. un-
| der contract to me. came out to
Australia for three contests. Mr..
George Dunniug, my London
agent, signed him for three con
| tests at a figure suggested by
Moran, with two round "trip tick
cts, one for self and the other for
his wife. He also received the
privilege of percentage OF the
gross house. which, Of course. is
the case with every boxer under
my management here.
Moran was beaten on points by
Matt Wells. A couple of DAYS
later he arranged TO box Pal
Brown, the clever Minnesota boy.
who recently got himself we'll
into the hearts OF the boxing pub
lie by defeating Hughie Michigan
over distance Of twenty rounds
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-24
Marquard Refuses
Berth With Federals

CHICAGO. Nov. PA special
dispatch from Milwaukee is authority
for the statement that "Rube" Mar
guard, the New York Nationals
pitcher, has refused a berth in the
Federal League. saying he expected
no trouble in reaching terms with the
Giants.