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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-17

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American troops would be ordered to
return the fire.
The reinforcements are being sent
to Naco in response to the request of
General Bliss as precautionary meas
ure. The troops are the 18th, 18th and
22nd infantry from Texas City and
three batteries of artillery from Fort
Sill, Okla. With the reinforcements
the American forces at Naco would
be brought up to approximately 5000
men including eleven troops Of cav
airy, three regiments of infantry and
six batteries of artillery with twenty
four guns.
Troops Hurry to Border.
Texas City, Texas, Dec. 16.--After a
night of busting activity preparations
for the departure of the sixth brigade
of infantry for Naco, AriZ.. to aid in
enforcing President Wilson's demands
that firing across the line by Mexicans
cease were virtually complete today.
1t was expected the three regiments,
the 18th, 18th and 22nd infantry, under
command Of Brigadier General Thos.
+. Davis would leave by noon at the
latest.
The troops will carry provisions for
ten days. One commissioned officer
and enough enlisted men to compose
a guard for the permanent camp here
will be left behind.
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MEXICANS FEAR
SOLDIERS OF U. S

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.iohn Rot.nrff.

The remains of John Bottorff who
passed away at his home in Hedrick
Sunday morning we're brought to OF
tumwa Tuesday morning over the Mil
waukee and inferred in the Ottumwa
cemetery at 1880. There was no
funeral service held here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-17
Obituary
Charles Bills.

News has been received here of the
death at Denver of Charles Bills, a
former resident of OttumWa. Mr.
Bills died Sunday, December 10, and
the funeral services will be held Thurs
day. Burial at Denver. Besides his
wife and two daughters, two brothers
Fred and Bert Bills Of Ottumwa, sur.
yive. The decedent left Ottumwa
twenty-nine years ago..
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Mrs, Martha A. Robinson.

WFS. MARINA a. HoutNSUH.
The funeral Of Mrs. Martha A. Rob-
inson will be held from the residence,
3O5 North Sheridan avenue, Thursday
morning at II o'clock, conducted by
Rev Z, NJ. LETTERS. Interment will be
made in the McIntire cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-17

O'Clock, conducted by Rev. Nj. p.
Reusch of the Willard Street Nj. p.
church. Interment will be made in
the Shaul cemetery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-17
Florence Pirtle.

Florence Pirtle, infant daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pirtle, 814 Wa
bash avenue, died Tuesday at 8 a. m.
The funeral services will be held from
the residence Thursday afternoon at
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-17
2001 East Main street, have gone t.
Des Moines to visit relatives.

Mrs. Eleanor McComas Of Osceola,
has returned home after visiting at the
home OF G. D. Pierce, 554 West Fourth
street.
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DRAIN TILE
IL: Ir;ee: ard Information writ,
h'0rey Clay Products Go
CTTUMWA. IOWA
ri-W eek!y Courier
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

Subscribers wishing their address
changed will please give the name OF
the pcstoffice to which the paper has
Been sent as well as the postoffice
Were they desire it to be changed to.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
HAD TO PROVE THE HABIT
Man Who Had Allowed Himself the
Practice Of Keeping Left Eye
Closed, Got in Much Trouble.

Physicians of Birmingham, Ala, re-
Gently called attention to the case Of
Thomas Armstrong, boy of twelve
years, who uses his hands as well as
his feet for locomotion instead Of
walking erect. He has never known
any other way OF getting about The
juvenile court took the boy in charge
in the hope OF teaching him normal
walking methods.
Charles Appleton OF New Orleans
was the subject OF illustration at a
lecture given by a physician in that
city not long ago. He had contracted
the habit of closing his left eye. He
said 1t rested his sight, he fancied,
the left eye being the weaker OF the
two. The habit grew until he was
not using 1t for reading purposes
At the lecture it was recited that
everything had been done to break him
Of the habit, but without success, un-
til he met with an adventure on
street car that ruffled him considera-
bly, A woman boarded the car on
which he was a passenger He had
his left eye closed as usual She cas-
ually glanced at Appleton and re-
marked the closed eye without there
seeming to be any cause for an APP
parent affection. She looked once or
twice again and made such an impress
sion on Appleton that he was startled
out Of his habit and opened his eye
The woman looked, started, denounced
him as tii"ter, complained to the
conductor, waXed angrier the more she
thought Of the affair and finally had
Appleton arrested. He had to prove
his peculiar habit in order to escape
a fine
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
GOV. MAJOR IN OVERALLS
Missouri Executive Heads State High
way Work on Second Annual
Goods Roads Day

Jefferson. Mo.-Armed with pick and
shovel, Governor Major for the second
time led Missouri men in the better
ment of the states highways. Major
inaugurated good roads plan last
year, and 100000 men in the two days
donated work and material estimated
to be worth S1.500,000. Greater re-
suits are expected this year
The results obtained last year in
Missouri stood out SO favorably and
the plan proved so popular that many
other states took up the idea, while
more are preparing to follow the move
of Missouri this year. August dates
were selected because the season is
most favorable for road improvements
and because the farmers have more
spare time at this particular season.
Thousands of Missouri chickens
were sacrificed to the cause. The
good wives, knowing we'll the appe-
tites Of road workers, selected shady
spots near where the various gangs
were at work and served real feeds
for the volunteers, which turned the
noon hour into picnic.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
FRESH BEYOND ALL DOUBT
Angler Tells Of Fish That Was Cooked
In What Might Be Called
Record Time.

Positively the freshest caught fish
I ever ate" said an ardent fisherman,
was one | caught in the wilds Of Can
ada. A friend of mine and l were out
with a canoe and a light outfit for
two weeks trout fishing. Along late
one afternoon we struck a hkely-look-
ing stream, made camp for the night,
and went to fishing. In half an hour
we had our pockets full of trout.
Then we rolled a couple of stones
together, started a fire and put on the
frying pan. While my friend was busy
with that l said to him l guessed I'd
catch fish or two more while he was
cooking.
In half minute had a half-pound
trout. l swung this fish out and over
him, where he stood by the fire, for
him to look at.
Hold him so for a minute my
friend says to me, and did, just over
his head.
you know there's a way of clean
ing fish by which YOU remove It's
head and viscera practically at touch
and my friend knew how. He reached
up with his knife to that fish dang
ling over his head and nicked 1t in the
right spot at the back of it's head
and then in front at the gills and then
he just drew the head and interior fit
ting away all at once, leaving the fish
perfectly cleaned. and then, while it
was still dripping with the water from
which I had caught it, he dropped this
trout in the frying pan.
You couldn't nave fish much fresh
er caught than that. do you think?"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
ALL IN REALITY TEUTONS
Great NatIons Of the Present Got Then
Ideals From 0ermanic
Sources.

Teutonic civilization crossed the
channel and laid the foundation OF
England. There 1t has been preserved
In purer state than in any other part
OF the globe, except in Scandinavia
The free ideals which England has
spread broadcast throughout the world
are her heritage from the Saxon free
men who founded new Germany in
Britain. while military despots did vio-
lence to German ideals in central
Europe
There is no civilization worthy the
name except Teutonic civilization. 1t
fills Europe and America it dominates
Asia and Africa It's seat is In London
and Paris, and Rome and Brussels,
and Copenhagen and Stockholm, and
New York and Philadelphia, no less
Ihan in Berlin and Vienna.
Because We inherit the blood Of the
SaXons or the Normans or the Franks
Or the Longobards we are all Ger
mans; but more especially are We Ger
mans because our most priceless herit-
age is the free ideals OF those free
men.
1t is idle, therefore, to talk Of preju-
dice against Germans in this conflict.
And it is equally futile to argue that
Teutonic civilization is at stake in a
war in which the most potent factors
on either side are themselves the ripest
product of that civilization watered
by the most ancient German blood
Philadelphia North American.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
KEEP UP THE OLD CUSTOMS
Prevailed In Two AristocratIc
London Banks.

New York banker who spends
much time abroad and has recently re-
turned was speaking the other day
about the amalgamation of the two old
private banking houses of London,
Coutts and RObarts, and of some OF
the queer customs which still prevail
in them and doubtless will be carried
over to the merged institution.
From time immemorial the owners
CT Coutts's bank have insisted that
mustaches and boards must be taboo
to all employees and also as far as
possible to its customers. The found
er of the bank was a firm believer in
character reading from the formation
of the mouth and always insisted that
he must have a free and unobstructed
opportunity to study the mouth Of
either customer or employee and this
has been carried on down to the pres
ent day. Moreover, it is an unwritten
rule that every official of Coutt's must
wear a black frock coat and white tie
and it is said that the procession
from the bank at closing time appears
like delegation of Non-C onformist
clergymen
In the Offices of Robarts', antique
little lamps, like those pictured in in
teriors of the olden time, are used
for light ard for sealing purposes.
These lamps are always kept filled
with specially made brand of oil
and gas or electric light has never
been able to Danish these old style
lamps from Robarts'. The merger of
these two banks was described by the
American banker as a wedding OF the
two aristocrats of the English bank
ing world.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
Centurv-Endurjno BRIDGES.

If the United States has vanished
like the Roman empire FIVE centuries
OF ten centuries hence. any Chinese or
other yellow antiquarians digging into
the ruins of this city can find remark
able evidence of a golden age OF monu-
mental bridge builders right in Phila-
delphia, asserted Chief Engineer
George S. Webster Of that city He
issued a description Of some com
ments on 90 such bridges constructed
in recent years which will endure for
centuries. The same comments ap-
ply 10 sewers. He said
The construction employed today,
at reasonable increase in first cost
adds far more than proportionately to
the beauty, permanence and final econ
omv of the bridge
Where the head room and founda-
lions permit, an arch bridge of con-
crete is built and this should last at
least five centuries, with possibly re-
pairs to the lighter and more orna-
mental portions, such as the open bal
ustrades after, say, a century. Bare
steel is now used only where the
weight of concrete is prohibitive."
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
BULL GOES TO THIRD STORY
San Francisco Flat OwelIers Terror
ICED by Animal Who Smashes
Many Doors.

San FrancisCo.-An unruly bull
broke loose from a bunch of cattle
here and, dashing through the down
town business district with a vaquero
in full chase, galloped up Mob Hill
and butted into a fashionable apart
ment house hallway, shvering the door
with his head.
To the terror of the teuants. he kept
on up three flights of stairs. butting in
doors whenever the turns were too
sharp. On the fourth floor the vaQuero
cornered him, but it was necessary to
back him into a woman's bedroom be.
fore he could be turned around and led
downstairs.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
KIND OF A FAN TO ENVY
He sits Through the Game Silently,
Though All the Time Enjoy
ING IL Hugely.

He is young, tall, slender, wears
blue serge, and even on very cool days
in the early spring he goes without
an overcoat, Simeon Strungky writes
In the Atlantic. He sits out the game
with folded arms, very erect, thin
Tipped and with just the break OF a
smile around the eyes. He usually
comes alone and has little to say. He
is not a snob; he will respond to his
neighbours comments in moments Of
exceptional emotional stress, but he
does not wear his heart on his sleeve.
] imagine him sitting, in very much
the same attitude, in college lecture
rooms, or taking Instructions from
the head of the Office. Complete alb
sorption un|er complete Control-he
fascinates me. While the stout young
man behind me chatters on for his
own qualification, forgetting one mo-
ment what he said the moment before
an empty headed young man with a
tendency to profanity as the game
goes on-this other trim young figure
in blue serge, with folded arms, sits
immobile, watching, watching with a
calm that must come out of real
knowledge and experience, enjoying
the thing immensely, but giving no
other sign than sharper CLINT of the
eve, a slight opening of the lips.
In a moment of crisis, being only
human. he rises with the rest of us,
but deliberately, to follow the course
of a high fly down the foul line far
toward the bleachers. When the ball
is caught he smiles and sits down and
folds his arms. | envy him his ca
pacity for drinking in enjoyment with
out display, This is the kind of a fan
] should like to be.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25

One hundred years ago the inhabi-
tants Of Nantucket declared them.
selves neutral in the war between the
United States and Great Britain. Nan
tucket is an island off the south coast
of Massachusetts, and has an area OF
about sixty square miles In earlier
days it was famous for its skilled sea
men and large business in whale fish
cry. 1t was probably with view to
protecting the last-named that the
shrewd Nantucketers declared their
neutrality in the war of 1912. During
the war the Nantucket whaling fleet
was the only one active. But soon
after 1t lost its supremacy to New Bed.
ford, and the year 1869 saw the sail,
ing Of the last Whaler from Nantucket.
Today the picturesque little island is
known prir cipally as a summer resort,
with its shores dotted with hotels and
handsome summer villas
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
Great Salt Production.

The marketed production of salt in
the United States. including Hawaii
ana Porto Rico, in 1913 reached the
record-breaking total of 34,399.29S bar,
rels of 2S0 pounds each, or 4,S15 ,9O2
short tons. The value of the product
was $10123t39. These figures are
the greatest yet recorded by the Uni.
ted States geological survey for the
salt industry in the United States.
ARD they represent an increase of 3
per cent in quantity produced aud of
ne ~ 0er cent IN value compared
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
People of Early Egypt.

Examination of Egyptian skeletons
found in a cemetery a short distance
TO the north of the pyramids of SAP
CARA, and including the tomb of Hesy.
have convinced Prof. Elliot Smith that
the people who developed the wonder
Eul and precocious civilization of
Egypt were not pure aboriginal Egyp-
tians. The dynastic period reveals
skeletons deeply contrasting with
hose of early Egypt, and showing dis
tinctly western Asiatic features. 1t
was not until the proto-Egyptians
came in contact with peoples of di-
verse origin in lower Egypt that new
IDEAS and new manners of thought
served TO stimulate and help in the de-
Velopment of the Egyptian civilization.
Hut among the early race Professor
Smith finds "a surprising absence of
the more obtrusive negro features"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
The Only Condition.

Bernard Shaw, who, with characc.
terist1c impetuosity, has jumped into
the music hall discussion, was once
asked by an American impresario to
go no a lecturing tour in the United
States.
There are" the impressario as
sured him. only two great lecture ct
fractions remaining to be exploited in
the United States. You are one of
them"
And who is the other?" Mr.. Shaw
asked.
The German emperor" was the re-
ply of the impresario, who was en-
gagged on the process known as but.
tering."
Then" said Mr.. Shaw, I'm go on
this lecturing tour you suggest on one
condition"
And that is?" asked the imnres.
sario eagerly.
That l appear on the same plat.
form with his majesty" replied Mr.
Shaw firmly
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
MENACE IN HIGH BUILDINGS
Man Who Should Know Declares That
City's Chief Peril is In
Its Skyscrapers.

Quit building 'skyscrapers, was
the advice given to the convention of
the National Association of Building
Owners and Managers by Franklin n.
Wentworth of Boston.
MI Wentworth, who is secretary of
the National Fire Protection associa-
ton, declared that excessively high
buildings are becoming a menace to
the larger cities of the country.
1T is said that the up and down
traffic on the elevators of New York
city is almost as great as the hori-
zontal traffic" said he. New York
city has been very fortunate. No dis
aster more horrifying could be ina
gined than that which would occur II
New York city should have an earth
quake; just enough of a shock to
break water mains and gas mains and
to snap electric leads. The loss Of
life would be appalling.
Imagine the panic that would occur
If such a disaster came during the
rush hours when 100000 persons
would be in the subways or when pan
ic-stricken occupants of great build
ings were attempting to make their
way down to the ground
The skyscrapers have made the
subway a necessity. A great confia
grafton, such as is possible in New
York would bring the same disastrous
results as an earthquake and choke
the subways.
New York is beginning to realize
the menace and steps are being taken
to limit the height of buildings. Other
cities not limited in space as New
York is should set a limit on the
height of buildings. 1t does not make
city any greater to have high build
ings."
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
THIS GOAT WAS ON THE JOB
Burglar Laughed at Watchdog, but
Pusnacious Billy Spilled His
Blood.

After very carefully avoiding a saw
age watchdog, chained to the rear of
the house he was about to enter. a
porch climber came to grief, and mar
rowly escaped being captured by a
pet billy goat in the front yard of the
Italian club, says San Francisco dis
patch.
Calming entrance to the second story
by means of ladder, the burglar col
lected together $3.50 in coin. q few
gold rings, and odd trinkets, and slid
down porch post to the ground. AS
his feet touched terra firma, the
goat, whose private grazing patch had
been invaded, spied the intruder.
Also the intruder spied Billy. Then
started an unequal foot race for the
nearest fence.
The burglar lost-lost the race,
great patches of cuticle. the major por-
ton of his clothing, and several tea
cupfuls Of blood. He finally managed
to scale the fence, and disappear in the
darkness with the loot, which was the
property of John Regalia, Antoine Ram
bonio, and Tony Vanoli.
Mrs. E. B. Pond, daughter-in-Iaw Of
former mayor Pond, of San Francisco,
whose local home has been invaded
by burglars twice during the past
fortnight, attempted to buy the goat
from the Italians. He is not for sale.
however, although the savage watch
dog, which slept through the entire
confusion, can be had for the asking.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
Killed Snake: Found Gold

W. E. Noble, a pioneer desert team
ster, took a shot at a rattlesnake
coiled up close to the road in the Cali
co country, near Sodaville, New, SAYS
the Los Angeles Times. Immediately
after the shot his curiosity prompted
the marksman to look at a rock which
had been broken by the bullet after
it had passed through the snakes
head, and the assay of the rock runs
upward of $3.50 a ton in gold and 900
ounces of silver. At the present time
there are $500 tons of ore in sight pro-
jecting about the surface of the sur
rounding country, which is included in
the claim staked out by Noble.
Fishing for rattlers in the mountains
near San Bernardino Cal. is good
Two anglers fishing along a stream in
the region of Big Bear lake disturbed
two rattlers in a hole in the rocks
along the waters edge Being unable
to get at them in any other way. the
anglers fastened hooks to the ends Of
their poles, and after prodding the
snakes for awhile the reptiles became
mad and struck at their tormentors,
Whereupon they were caught on the
hooks and drawn cut Of the hole.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
Was Noted Catholic Prelate

James Roosevelt Bayley, the pred
ecessor of Cardinal Gibbons as arch
bishop of Baltimore, was born 100
years ago in Rye, N, Y He originally
intended tc make medicine his voca-
ton. but abandoned the study at the
end of one year, and in IS40 was or
dained a priest of the Protestant Epis.
copal church. Assailed by religious
doubts, he visited Rome in 1871 and
was received into the Roman Catholic
church. Several years after his return
to America he became president of St.
Johns college, Fordham. n. Y. In
1853 he became first bishop of New
ark, N. J, Here he founded Seton Hall
college and translated to the archie,
piscopal see of Baltimore, the highest
honor the church had TO offer in the
United States.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-09-25
MINERAL WEALTH IN BOLIVIA
United States. Now In PoSitIon to De
Velop Natural Resources
Of the Country.

The opening OF the Panama canal
will bring all the South American
countries in closer touch with the
United States, and is bound to result
In mutual profit" said j. H. Hobart
of New York in an interview at Wash
tngton Bolivia is one OF the coun-
tries in South America of which little
is known here, but which Is sure to
be developed through being in closer
touch with this country. There is no
doubt that among the many industries
TO be established in Bolivia, gold min
ing is one that will be among the most
lucrative. 1t was only a short time
ago that Bolivia, ignorant of the gold
that lay hidden, started her efforts to
develop her mines of tin, copper, sill
yer. bismuth and tungsten, paying no
attention to the more precious metal.
Years ago, during the Spanish
regime, the Spaniards took many thou
sands Of dollars worth of gold from
the Bolivian mines. The fleet of Spain
carried to Europe caTgoes of gold,
which historians enormously recorded
as the product Of Peru. The error was
due to the fact that almost everything
sent from the American continent to
Spain had to pass through and be re-
corded in the office of the viceroy, who
resided in Lima, and the error was
the less noticeable because, under the
reign OF the Spaniards, the territory
now known as Bolivia was called up
per Peru.
The day following the proclamation
of independence, when the Spaniards
took their departure, they took the
precaution to close the entrances to
all the mines, hoping to find them as
they left them on their return. But
the Spaniards never came back, and
for century the rich veins of gold,
1T Ia said have been lost to mankind