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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Scotch comedian has an endless fund
Of stories
"A Dundee farmer who lived not
far from my old home in bonnie Scot
land" Lauder told his friends, employ
ed farm hand named Sandy.
"'Here, Sandy said he one day,
gang room min We gle the biggest to
the COO that gies the maist milk
Sandy departed to do his masters
bidding. Upon his return the old far
mer asked him II he had done as he
was told and had divided out the cab
bages according to merit.
"'Aye MASTER replied the ladies.
7 gied EN- "a a cabbage head. and
hung tn biggest on the pump handle :
There had been missionary sermon
and collection at certain church
and little girl who accompanied her
father to the service seemed perpiexed
and meditative.
When she reached home she asked
Ter mother whether the natives of
Africa, of whom they had heard wore
clothes.
No" replied the mother. they
don't"
Then retorted the observant
young lady, what was the use of the
button that father gave to the collec-
tion:"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
BARNES FUNERAL AT
FAIRVIEW CHURCH

Oskaloosa. Nov 14-Funeral serv-
Ices for Mrs. Velma A. Barnes, wife
Of Mark W. Barnes, killed in a run
away accident Thursday, will be held
from Fairview church in Harrison
township near the family residence
Sunday, November Is, 1914, at 1870
o'clock p. m. Prayer service will be
held at the residence at 1 o'clock
Deceased has lived in Iowa and Ma
haska county all her life. She was a
daughter of William c.. Campbell and
Sarah A. Dunbar pioneer residents of
Mahaska county and was born in
Spring Creek township on January 7,
1851. She was SO years. ten months
and five days of age at date of death.
In the immediate family deceased
leaves husband and family of five
sons, F. c. Barnes, Harry NJ, William
r., Glenn A., and Chester M. There
are also surviving three brothers,
Charles v. Campbell of Wagner, s. D.,
Walter l.. Campbell of Glendora, Cal,
and William L. Campbell OF Oskaloosa,
and one sister. Mrs. Minnie A. Rice,
wife of W. I. Rice.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
BACK TO The SOIL.

Day after day the exhortation is
rung in our ears, back to the soil"
Ninety-nine times out of a hundred,
men are advised to buy a small farm
and become a producer. This back
to the farm propaganda is held up as
the remedy for most of the country's
economical and social evils. The idea
is fine one except that it don't work.
The average man is not in position to
buy a small farm and become a pro-
Queer. The man who is in mood to
quit city life and return to the soil is
more often looking for chance to
earn money than for chance to in
vest it in land Telling men to buy
farm" will not result in many Of
them returning to the pursuit of agri-
culture.
But nevertheless the back to the
seir idea is fine one, if instead of
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
MEMORIAL PLANNED,

AS a memorial to Mrs. Woodrow
Wilson, whose death bed wish was for
an improvement of the capitals slums,
block of model houses is being
planned by number of women, lead
ers in the official set headed by Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins, chairman of the
Washington section of the National
Civic Federation. President Wilson
has approved the project, which will
cost about s250,000. A municipal wash
house and a creche for children of
working women are included in the
plans. Certificates will be issued to
all who participate in the memorial to
the extent of 500 or more.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
National Political NeDS

Washington, d. c.. Nov. 14.--Out Of
16S,527 men who applied for enlist
ment In the regular RAINY of the Unit
ed States during the past fiscal year,
1887 were rejected and only 41,210
were accepted, according to the re.
port just made by Brigadier General
George Andrews, the adjutant general
of the force. While the percentage
OF reflections appears at first glance
to be too large. the adjutant general
declares that less and less difficulty
is being met In securing recruits. He
believes that next year the cost of
recruiting will be still further re-
duced.
Not only are the men coming into
the service, but the war department
is perfecting a means of keeping them
in, for the term of their enlistment
at least, This means of detention is
the finger-print Identification record.
Each recruit has his fingertips print.
ed" On a card, and the fact Is called
to his attention that should he desert
his chances of avoiding detection per.
manently would be very slender. The
result is that the new enlistments are
showing every sign of determination
to stay out their term of service with
the army.
The statement that 41,210 appli
cants were accepted applies only to
the recruiting stations, scattered
throughout the country. The accept
ed men had still to be examined at de-
pots and depot posts, where 5,30S Of
| them, or nearly Is per cent, were re
jected for various reasons. Last year
the men accepted at recruiting sta
tions were 20 per cent of the appli
cants, as compared with "a per cen,
this year, while the percentage Of &C
cepted applicants who were last year
rejected at depots and depot posts
was Il.
| General Andrews Is proud of the
number of native Americans who are
going into the service. OF the white
soldiers enlisting during the past
year. the native-born were "a per cent
| What effect upon the treatment Of
enlisted men by their officers has
been made by recent magazine at
lacks upon the latter is not related
but the report shows clearly through
its statistics. that re-enlistments are
now steadily increasing. Not only is
this true in such specialized branches
as the coast artillery and the cavalry
but it is true in the infantry regi
ments
Opinion in Washington is divided
Just now, as to whether Representa-
tive Gardner Of Massachusetts will be
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
REcoME MORE DEvoUT.

= The cathedrals Of Paris are crowded
each Sunday with persons who have
been awakened to new devoutness by
the war. Every day there is con-
tinuous file of faithful in the churches
of every parish in Paris burning
candles to their patron saints. They
are mostly women, but the men are in
far greater proportion than has been
seen in the churches in many years.
Among these men are many wounded,
who make their way painfully to the
affairs on crutches in order to perform
their devotiOns.
In the improvised chapel at the
Pasteur Lyceum building, where the
American military hospital is located,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

an altar, was provided at one end for
the Catholics and at the other end for
members of the Church of England,
while place was made in the center
for the Protestant non-conformist
services.
Among the large corporations which
have recently announced their deter
mination to war against the cigaret
and to reject all applications for en-
ployment of cigaret smokers are: The
Ford Motor Co., the Cadillac Motor
Co., the Burrough Adding Machine
Co.. Marshall Field, John Wanamaker
Co., of Buffalo, and George w. Alden,
large merchandising house of Brock
ton, Mass.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

able to secure right away the general
inquiry into the military preparedness
Of the United States, which he de-
manded last month. President Wilson
remains stubbornly opposed to the
stirring.up of discussion Of war prepa-
rations in this country. Secretary Of
War Garrison has always been more
belligerent of mood, and recently Sec
rotary of the Navy Daniels became
converted from little navy" to a
bigger navy" program. Both Of these
members of the cabinet will probably
advise that the inquiry asked by Rep
resentative Gardner can do no harm.
and that it will stimulate the service
to better showing than it has ever
thus far made.
The seven-day week is going out Of
fashion in the steel industry accord
ing to report on the wages and
hours of labor Of the steel workers
that has been prepared by the bureau
of labor statistics. The scheme adopt
ed for getting away from this re-
proach to the business has in most
plants been the giving of one day off,
each week, to each man, but so ar
ranging the days as to allow the sew
en-day schedule Of the plant to con-
tinue The payroll and timesheet of
representative concerns in both steel
and iron, for the years 1907 to 1912
shows notable improvement In this
regard.
In the blast furnaces the seven-day
workers were 972 per cent of the
whole force in 1907, but in 1912, there
! were only 80 per cent. In the BESSIE
mer converters the decrease was from
24.1 per cent in 1907 to 14.9 per cent
in 1912, while in bar mills the proper.
ton came down from IL per cent to
a per cent In standard-rail mills the
shrinkage in seven-day workers was
| from 80 to only 81 per cent; in bloom,
ing mills 1t was from 17.5 to 1868 per
cent-the least change of any in the
list
Hours of labor per week were 80
per cent lower in 1912 than in 1907
| in the blast furnaces; in Bessemer
converters they were 90 per cent low
er. In plate mills the full-time hours
we're 3 per cent higher in 1912 than
in 1910.
! The average wages per hour and
the average full-time weekly wages OF
employees in three departments for the
years 1907 to 1912, and in six other
departments from 1910 to 1912. were
generally higher in 1912 than in any
preceding year. In blast furnaces, the
full-time weekly earnings in 1912
we're IL per cent above those for
! 1907.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

dietary. II this is impracticable, then
the judges should be appointive. AS it
is now, the minority Of the voters Of
Iowa have selected the judges OF the
supreme court-which is an anachron.
ism in popular government by MAORI
ties.
There is such general complaint Of
present judicial election law that there
is probability Of serious effort to
amend it in the next general assembly.
It is a theme worthy of the attention
Of Governor Clarke in his annual mes
sage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

men being told to buy farm, they are
advised to get work on farm. What
the country needs is more farm Work
ers. not more farm owners. 1t is not
the ownership of the land that makes
the difference, it is the working of 1t
that counts.
Farm owners are nearly always IN
need of men. When idleness IN the
cities is greatest, there is generally a
scarcity of farm labor. This is be-
cause the men who are the proper
ones to 20 back to the farms have had
it drummed into their heads that they
must buy a farm in order to De a
farmer and a producer. They cant
buy and so they don't go.
Nevertheless, the farm is calling Tor
men. Men who are willing to work
TO-. their living, men who are not
merely trying to get by from day TO
day with enough to eat and to wear
with the least possible labor, have a
future on the farm that compares very
fayorably with any other future they
NAV achieve in the city. Let them
cast off the nonsensical idea that they
have to buy a farm; let them go out
to the farmer who already owns lano
and who needs employees and get a
lob. There is no place in the world
that compares with farm for enaol-
ing man to save money and at the
same time preserve good health ana
get enjoyment out Of life. With good
health. a thorough knowledge OF farm
ing. and some savings, it doesn't take
a man long to become a land owner
if he wants to and because for time
at least he must needs be a working
farmer. he is the very best kind OF
agriculturist there is. me man VINO
is working his own small 1ar1n, IS w
ing more to produce prosperity tnan
he could at any other task.
Back to the farm is all right IL IL
means black to work on the farm.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
STOCK EXCHANGE 70 OPEN,

The New York stock exchange will
resume regular business with the be-
ginning of the new year unless I'M
expected obstacles are encountered.
1t appears to be the unanimous opin-
ion of the financial community that
nearly all of the difficulties in do
nestle situation have been overcome
and the recent decline of exchange on
London with easier discounts there in
dicates greater confidence in that
quarter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
D. A. JAY PRESIDENT
OF BIG FOUR FAIR

Eldon, Nov 1.-THE annual meet.
ing of the stockholders of the Big
Four fair was held Thursday after.
noon The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President-D. A. Jay.
Vice president-W F. Haywood.
Secretary--H. r. Baker.
Treasurer. w. Hall
Directors-S Hollenbeck. j Thomp-
son, E. N. Sterner, G.. A. Moore, w. II.
Stauffer and z. f. Knight,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Have you seen the ballots of west.
ern states that have the initiative and
referendum? The ballot voted on by
the citizens of Oregon at the recent
election had on them more printed
matter than man could read in TWEEN
ty minutes and more problems than he
could digest and analyze in a years
study
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
DRAG THE ROADS NOW.

0OOu TOtAOS dUVOCAlcS may hOS OIL
agree as to whether permanent hard
roads or smooth dirt roads are better,
but they must agree on one thing and
that is that start must be made
which ever kind is Endorsed. And the
start is just about the same no matter
whether the road is to be Kept dirt
road or be made into hard road. The
first thing to be done in any case is
to make the present roads smooth and
passable. The best way to do that is
to drag them and the best time to
drag them is right now before winter
sets in and the ground freezes up.
By dragging the highways now, get
ting all the r1lts out of them, crown
ing them so that the fall rains and
the winter slush will run off freely and
evenly, good roads can be assured for
the entire period of cold weather
Once the roads are frozen up, they do
not change very much until the final
spring thaws. If the first freezing
weather finds them rough, rutted, i'm
properly drained, and generally run
down, that is the way they will re-
main all winter. On the other hand
few days dragging before they
freeze, means that the roads will be
almost as good as paved streets from
the time they freeze up until the
ground thaws. And when the spring
thaw does come, much less work and
money will be required to keep the
roads in condition than if they were
in bad shape during the winter
months.
Road dragging is right in line with
the ideas of the most conservative as
well as the most radical good roads
enthusiast. Dragging is the logical
start for any kind of road improve
ment It behooves every man who is
a good roads booster to see that the
first step is taken. The nature of the
next step can be discussed during the
winter months. But the first thing to
do is to use the road drags before the
cold weather comes and the time that
is available is none to long. Now Us
the time to make real start toward
better roads.
FROM A SMALL BEGINNING.
Just like the mighty oak grows from
the little acorn, so do many big things
have their beginnings in very small
ones. This is aptly illustrated by
figures compiled as the result of a
playful offer by local bank to give
a prize of 500 to anyone who will
make desposit of one cent and then
on each of the succeeding twenty
nine days make deposit double that
of the day before. In other words
the second days deposit would be two
cents, the third days four cents, the
fourth days eight cents, the fifth
days sixteen cents and so on. At
first glance it would seem that the
bank was due to pay out large num-
Der of 800 prizes, but by carrying the
figuring along further it looks other
wise. Here is the way the deposits
would climb.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
EDDYVILLE AGENT
GOES TO KNOXVILLE

Eddyville Nov 14.-Mr. Mergen-
thaler. who has been agent for the
Rock Island at Eddyville for the past
four months, left Friday for Knox
vile where he has accepted a position
as agent for the Rock Island.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

At the end of thirty days, the total
amount on deposit would be the
tremendous amount of $1O,7S7,41S.23.
There is lesson in this that applies
to every man who is ambitious. No
matter how small your start may be,
steady increase will make its growth
tremendous.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Smile, you grouches. Fool your
friends for awhile. Even if you don't
mean it. You might get the habit and
become real.-The Moon Way.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Gov. Byrne of South Dakota, wants
to do away with secret
caucuses in connection with law MAX
ing. He is absolutely right.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

to flag. She was racking her brain
in an effort to provide some diver
sion for her guests, and at last an
idea struck her. Turning to the dull,
rotund, newly rich gentleman beside
her, she asked: Would you like a
sonata before tea?" Thanks. thanks,
awfully," was the reply. "i've had
two on my way here, but l don't mind
if I have another"
On one occasion while crossing the
ocean David Bispham, in addition to
his contribution to the usual con-
cert program given for the benefit Of
the Sailors Widows and Children
fund, offered to auction program
which had been autographed by all
the distinguished people on board. He
actually secured $500 for the program,
which was added to the receipts from
the tickets After it was all over a
gentleman approached Mr. Bispham
and said, with all due admiration and
enthusiasm: Say, I'm New York
auctioneer and want to tell you that
was great work you did tonight Here
is my card and whenever you want
to give up singing you just come down
to me and I'll give you $4,000 year
to sell our stuff"
willie" said the teacher, "can
you tell me what is one of the prin-
cipal products of the West Indies?'
mo, ma'am," answered Willie, after
moments hesitation.
Just think bit,' encouragingly re-
turned the teacher; "where does the
sugar come from that you use in your
house."
Sometimes from the store" an
swered Willie land sometimes we
borrow it from the next-door neigh
bor."
On one occasion census clerk, in
scanning one of the forms to see If it
had been properly filled up, noticed the
figures 100 and 112 under the headings,
age of father, if living" and age of
mother, if living"
"But your parents were never so
old, we're they?" asked the astonished
clerk.
mo" was the reply, but they would
have been if Twin"
Harry Lauder was being dined by
friends at the Lambs club, New York,
one evening, and of course reciprocal
ed by entertaining his hosts. The
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

What relief it would be If SOM
one would steer Villa and Caranz;
against a mine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

When the big shell exploded in the
street in front Of the American con-
sulate at Rheims, the consul was not
the least bit frightened. He had been
gone three weeks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

A Kansas editor expresses the con.
viction that man who trades his
home for an automobile has nothing
on Esau who gave Jacob his brthright
for a moss of pottage
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

There are two kinds of clock
watchers: One sees how much longer
he must work before he can go home
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
D1 n ne r
s tories

1t was her "At home" day, and in
the awkward interval just before tea
was served the conversation began
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Meredith got big job out of the
senatorial fight, but what did his sue
cessful opponent Connolly get?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

the other sees how much longer he
can work before he must go home.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

You would be mighty good man If
you were half as good as you want
your neighbor to be.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Harry Lauder was being dined by
friends at the Lambs club, New York
one evening, and of course reciprocal
ed by entertaining his hosts. The
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Mr.. Farmer
gets something over five and one-half
billions of dollars for his crops this
fall. And only short time ago they
ere calling him "a rube.' Here's wish
ing that "rubes" predominated in every
community.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Waterloo Courier: When Tammany
hall fails to beat republican reformers
with a bull moose candidate also tug
ging at the G. O. r. majority, some
thing must be the matter either with
the tiger or the moose.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Burlington Gazette: That French
soldier who boasted of Staying seven
German soldiers with blacksmith
knife puts himself under the suspicion
that his victims we're wounded and un-
able to help themselves.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Secretary
Bryan is optimistic, regardless of the
defeat of SO many democratic con-
gressional candidates. But why should
he worry? Twelve thousand a year
should continue to produce self-satis-
faction in the face of many Universities.
And then there's always that oft
mentioned chautauQua.
The Washington times., 1914-04-14
THAW Wins WRIT
OF HABEAS CORPUS
Judge AIdrich Allows Application
But Gives Time for New
York to Perfect Appeal.

CONCORD. n. H, April 1.-THE de
mand for a writ of habeas corpus by
Harry K. Thaw, millionaire fugitive
from Matteawan Hospital for the In
sane. was upheld today by Judge Edgar
J. Aldrich in a thirty-one page opinion
devoted to a discussion of whether or
not New York State took the proper
courst in seeking the return of Thaw
by tine process OF cxtraditol.
The court holds that the constitu-
tional right of extradition for crime
does not reasonably apply itself to such
a case as this, where the right con-
tended for by the demanding State re-
sides In a decree Of custody based on
insanity. and where its papers upon
their face negative the lea of personal
criminal responsibility.
The court made no formal order TO
discharge the prisoner but will give
New York State ample time to perfect
its appeal to the United states Supreme
Court.
When the appeal is ready an order
for discharge will be made and then
suspended bv some appropriate method.
The Washington times., 1914-04-14
WINNING PRIZE EASY
AS FALLING OFF LOG
Ball Teams Already Forming All
Over City. But There Are
Plenty of Outfits.
BY THE PRIZE EDITOR

Each mail brings numerous REQUESTS
TO the office for information regarding
she offer 10 equip and uniform baseball
teams of the District and vicinity. Al
ready there are several teams in process
OF formation, and from the way the
ilehnners appear 10 be scratching gravel
II VIII not be long ere the uniforms are
IL is just as easy as falling or q log
10 get these equipments. Each man
makes list of the probable persons
VINO VINO VIII take a subscription-only ONE
MoNIH each, 30 CENTS-then goes
aIter them. After that. the team cap
tam tam assigns a certain number of streets
iot few blocks, to each man, and the
Ists VIII be completed within a very
snort time. Tell them what YOU want
and what their subscriptions will bring
you-the uniforms-as well as what
havlng The Times delivered to them
VIII mean. They all read the paper
aany~ay' al so most of them will be glad
10 nave it left at their home.
Here Is what you get: To anv te,-
members who will send to the Prjza
EDITOR the required number OF naw,
dally and SUNDAY subscriptions 70 Tba
WaShin gton Times, in accordancs
with the conditions as given. we will
give outfits according to the follow
ing schedule: i0io"-