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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Washington, D. c., Nov. 24.--Adop-
ton by the American Federation Of
Labor, in convention at Philadelphia,
OF resolution proposed by the Mine
Workers demanding that the Colorado
coal mines be seized and run by the
federal government until the owners
shall come to terms, is considered in
Washington to be most embarrassing
! to President Wilson. He received a
delegation of the Mine Workers on
Thursday, in company with Secretary
of Labor Wilson, and heard them ex-
plain why they considered federal &C
| beyond assuring them that the troops
moved just now.
The awkward part of the affair is
the fact thatlthe white house gave out
word, just before the election, that the
! question of seizure of the mines had
been put up by the president to Attor-
ney General Gregory for legal opin-
ion. Immediately the conservative
element in his party began to let the
president know that public operation
of mines was not in the platform
They protested against any such radi-
calism. The idea was dropped from
! discussion.
| But now that the labor movement
has formally called upon the president
| to show where he stands, he is under
stood to feel that he must plead that
seizure is wholly unconstitutional, as
not being a measure to protect the
public peace and welfare. Otherwise
he will have to explain why he gave
the impression that he considered the
move desirable if legal. If he removes
the federal troops from Colorado,
against the miners protest, and dis
order follows. he will be reproached
for neither protecting the miners
| lives nor removing the source of their
trouble by running the mines.
This is one of the problems that the
chief executive will take with him to
WiIliamstown, Mass, when he goes to
| take his Thanksgiving dinner with his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis B. Sayre.
Congressional inquiry into the rea-
sons why the inspectors employed by
| the bureau of animal industry did not
detect the presence of the foot and
mouth disease in this country until it
had been spread broadcast is likely
to be ordered as soon as the winter
session is begun. From all over the
central states and the west have come
protests and denunciation of the
bureau for its failure to stop the cpl
demic. AS the blight spreads, and
added millions of loss to farmers be-
come apparent each week, the federal
officials who are held responsible see
more trouble ahead for themselves.
! 1t appears certain that a number OF
inspectors will lose their jobs, and
that shakeup in various directions
will be required of the department OF
agriculture.
The fact that the chief source OF
loss to farmers in the quarantined dis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
HONOR THE MILITARY.

In delivering sermon at Cover
nors Island, Rev. William I. Man
ming, rector of Trinity church, New
York. said: IT disapprove wholly OF
that sort of sentiment which con-
dennis the naval and the military OF
this country. They are the guardians
of our lands and our homes. devot-
ing and risking their lives that we
may live with those we love, undis-
turbed by fear of the invader All
honor to the brave men who have CIV
en- their lives to the military cause.
We should have more of them. Our
soldiers are not men of blood and de-
struction. They are the guardians
and maintainers of our national
peace"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
% 1 n ne T.
s tort e s
A New York salesman tells Of stay
made by him at a western hotel

where he observed an old-fashioned
roller towel.
Say" asked the Gothamite Of a
man in the Mushroom, don't the own
er of this hotel know that it's against
the law of the state of Illinois to use
roller towels now?'
"He knows it right enough" said
the man addressed, "but the law
wasn't passed when this towel was put
up"
Terrible times these! The other day
an innocent-eyed young lady, whose
demeanor has always been sweet and
gentle, vent to a bookstore and re-
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
OUR RIGHT TO SELL MUNITIONS
OF WAR

l.
eador to the American secretary OF
state against the shipment from this
country to Great Britain of munitions
of war is matter for grave consider
alton by the government. Trade with
all the belligerents deserves to be en-
couraged and fostered SO long as it
keeps within the line of safety. There
is, however, always the possibility or
bill for damages after the war and
we should avoid mourning any liabil-
ity that we cannot make detense
against under neutral rights as deffn-
ed by international law and treaties
now in force.
The German ambassador claims to
have knowledge that twenty submar-
ines are under contract in this country
for the use of Great Britain. During
the civil war we took very positive
ground against Great Britain supply
ing ships of war to the confederacy.
The American position which was lat
er accepted by Great Britain is that
"a neutral government is bound to use
due diligence to prevent the hitting
and arlning or equipping within It's
jurisdiction of any vessel which it has
reasonable grounds to believe, is in
tended to cruise or carry on war
against power with which it is at
peace" Because Great Britain in the
case of the Alabama and other vessels
did not do this she had to pay as dam
age to the United States $15,50O,ooO.
The building of submarines, even If
thew are not entirely finished and
fitted in this country, comes periloIs-
ly near offending against the rule we
enforced against Great Britain in the
Alabama case. 1t is further complain
ed by the German ambassador that
munitions of war" are under contract
in this country to the amount OF 500 :
OOO. 900 for Great Britain. Armor plate
and other munitions of war are by US
age and treaty governed by different
rule than the fitting out of ships OF
war. Provided these munitions of war
may be obtained impartially by either
or any of the belligerents they may be
sold subject to the risk of their cap
ture and confscation on the high sea.
The Hague convention lays down the
rule that "a neutral power is not cali
ed upon to prevent the export or trans
port on behalf of one or other OF the
belligerents of arms or munitions OF
war or in general of anything which
can be of use to an army or fleet.
Germany, Great Britain and the Uni
ted States are all signatories to that
convention under which our commerce
with the belligerents is now con-
Quoted.
OF course, Germany is at great
disadvantage at present in trading
with this country. She is allowed to
receive cotton and some other things,
but so long as the English ships of war
are able to dominate the Atlantic and
the North sea it will be very diff cult
for her to acquire in this country that
which would be of direct assistance to
her in the war she is conducting. Our
neutrality is maintained in being will
ing and ready to sell Germany every
thing we sell to her opponents if she
will send for them or in any way make
it possible for us to deliver the goods.
Philadelphia Press.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

An exhibit of Iowa live stock at the
Panama exposition at San Francisco
is assured, which will be credit to
the state. Some 200 head of cattle,
200 swine, 100 horses and train load
or so of sheep were pledged at meet.
ing held during the state fair by the
Greater Iowa commission at the fair
grounds at which about 100 owners of
pure bred live stock were in attend
ance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
WHAT WAS THE IDEA?

II would now seem to be the proper
thing for the administration to explain
why troops of the United States seized
the Mexican port Of Vera Cruz and
held it for seven months. There
seemed to be several things that would
Justify this action but the administra-
ton has been SO inconsistent that now
# is a question as to what was the real
reason for the expedition When
American marines, bluejackets and
soldiers took the city at cost OF more
than a score of lives, it was generally
presumed that the action was the re-
suit of the refusal of the Mexican
president, Huerta, to make proper
amends for an insult offered to the
American flag. But the apology and
salute of the flag demanded by Wilson,
was never made by Huerta and the
latter was permitted to escape from
Mexico when his regime fell through.
Next it was supposed that Vera Cruz
was being held to assure protection for
Americans and other foreigners in the
war ridden land of Mexico. Americans
were willing that their troops should
be employed for such purpose be-
cause they knew that some such ref
uge was absolutely needed. Now
right on the eve of what is heralded
as the most bloody revolt Mexico has
ever had, the administration with
draws the forces that have made Vera
Cruz haven Of refuge for thousands
and Mexican soldiers are again in
charge while the Americans are going
home.
In view of the fact that the seizure
and occupation of Vera Cruz cost the
United States the lives of twenty one
young men and ten million dollars in
gold, there is now some reason TO
wonder as to what caused it all.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
LINN co. RESIDENT
DIES AT KEOSAUQUA

Keosauqua, Nov. 23.-Mrs. Palmer,
sister of M l. Burkett, who came here
several weeks ago for visit and was
taken sick soon after passed away at
the home of her brother. A short
funeral service was held at the Burkett
home The funeral party which was
composed of her two sons, her brother
and wife accompanied the remains to
Linn Co., near Cedar Rapids for
burial.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
POSSIBILITIES OF GOOD ROADS,

POSSIBILITIES OF GOOD ROADS.
A good roads enthusiast at Fort
Dodge is telling about how he saw a
single traction engine hauling long
line Of wagons, scrapers and road
building machinery over newly i'm
proved road in Webster county On
ordinary roads the engine would have
found the feat impossible but over
the improved road the task was not
a difficult one for the motor Another
road builder knows a farmer who
owns a three ton truck and who is
able, because Of good roads where he
lives, to haul several loaded wagons
to town behind the loaded truck
These two incidents just attract at
tention to another advantage to grow
out of road Improvement. Good roads
will not only assure traffic between
the farm and the city, but will make
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

vention at the league in Baltimore this
week that out of 50 cOmmissiOn-gov-
erned cities, 81 were found to be rum
ming at less per capita than the aver
age head expense Of the 1876 cities of
all classes considered
And by the way, nine Iowa cities
operating under the commission form
of government lived within their in
come for the first time in 1913.
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The lat
est dance, or one of them, is called
the Lulu Fado" Every trifing per-
son who carries his brains in his heels
is now devoting his time to inventing
new dances. A dance is old in few
weeks and in month more it is
tabooed. But if it adds anything to
anyone's pleasure, dance on and let
the rest of us not complain.
Kansas City Journal: Despite our
national reluctance to accept it, the
conclusion is forced upon the Ameri-
can people that the era of universal
peace and disarmament is still long
way off. The great lesson of the
European war that comes home to
every neutral country is that inde-
pendent disarmament and military
neglect are rank folly. For years
Americans have basked in the gentle
delusion that they will never have
need of larger standing army. The
advocates of peace have spread the
notion that we as nation may rest
in sense of security, having no fear
of war or wars alarms. But the time
has come for an awakening. No one
can be open to the charge Of lingo
ism who faces plain facts squarely and
honestly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Many cities throughout the, country
are building incineration plants to dis
pose of garbage. Others are discuss
ing sewage disposal plants in case the
government stops cities from empty
ing sewers into the rivers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

business will soon revive due to the
fact that farmers are planting larger
grain acreages to make up for the
losses in Europe. Yet some people
say the war has been a bad thing for
the administration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

President Wilson has agreed to give
the suffragists another hearing in
December. A delegation of demo-
cratic women are going to press him
to favor a constitutional amendment
for woman suffrage. The president
has already declined to take any such
action on the ground that it is mat
ter for states to decide.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Steel mills are starting up again to
fill war orders, shoe factories are
working overtime to fill war orders,
packing plants are busy day and night
sending meat to the struggling armies,
farm implement factories report that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
ACT QUICKLY.

Almost all people intend to make
q contribution to the Iowa Belgian
Relief fund, yet many OF them pro-
crastinate for one reason or another.
This is lamentable for the fund must
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

The government of the Bahama is.
lands is trying to revive the produc !.
ton of sea island cotton, once a -four
ishing industry there.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

To protect automobiles from theft
there has been invented combina-
ton lock controlled device to cut of
the supply of gasoline.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Which would you rather be-a man
with purple past, gray present or
rosy future? The color scheme OF
life is. up to you Facts and Fancies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Resembling an ordinary gasoline
car, recently invented automobile
is propelled by electricity generated
by a gasoline motor
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

1t is hard to be at peace with the
man who is more concerned about his
rights than the rights of other peo-
ple.-Drew's Imprint.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Two London chauffeurs have patent
ed a brush to be suspended on the
outside of an automobile wheel to pre-
vent it splashing mud.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

"Education'' means ito lead out;
and the higher education is also ITO
lead up inspiring man with the fear
of the Lord, which is the beginning
of wisdom We have not learned life
until we have learned God.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

1t is estimated that three-fourths
of the money spent on a modern
battleship is distributed in the shape
of wages.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Have you added your mite to the
fund being collected by the Iowa Bel
gian Relief association?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Dragging the roads before winte
sets in will mean good roads all tn
time the ground remains frozen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Read Little Benny's note book in
today's paper.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Men who never admit they make
mistakes, should not be trusted with
any job of great importance.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Quincy Herald: The victory along
the western battle line seems to de-
pend, to a great extent. on the cor
respondent that sends the news,
When one ship goes down, however,
and the other is still afoat, the cor
respondent can't do very much about
il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Kansas City Journal: The republi-
cans who went into the progressive
party did so with the expectation of
downing both the old parties. When
they found they were downing only
one of them and elevating the other
the one least worthy of elevation
they quit, and set about doing all they
could to undo the mischief they had
wrought
Cedar Rapids Republican: If you
have to eat little less for your own
Thanksgiving dinner in order to give
something to those who have little or
nothing left in Europe, even that will
not hurt you. One half Of what some
persons eat on Thanksgiving is worse
than wasted, it helps to break down
their own stomachs.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Optimism
is a great virtue. How nice it is that
Uncle Sam chooses to think the
Turks shot at the Tennessee's launch
as a favor rather than as an insult.
| It's funny the men with the baggy
trousers didn't sink the launch to
prevent it from hitting one of those
sunken mines.
Davenport Times: If Japan sue
ceeds in forcing her way into the
. councils of the European nations, from
which the United States as matter
of broad policy has held aloof, Japan
may be in better position to en-
force certain demands upon the Unit
ed States with reference to alien own
| ership of lands which is now source
of controversy between this country
and Japan because of certain Califor-
MIA laws.
Sioux City Journal: Although born
in India, the late Lord Roberts was of
Irish parentage. The Duke of Yelling
ton, who saved England 100 years ago,
was an Irishman from the county
Meath. With the death of Lord Rob-
erts, Great Britain looks to the man
from Galway Sir John French, and the
man from Kerry, Lord Kitchener to
pull her through this, her supreme
crisis. What would Great Britain do
without the Irish? After all, it isn't
such a long, long way to Tipperary.
| Waterloo Courier: Clinton Rogers
Woodruff, secretary of the National
Municipal league, repaired 10 the co1r
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26
Press Comment

Des Moines Capital There are
nearly 10000 pupils enrolled in the
Des Moines public schools. That is
fine showing but there ought to be
more than that. We have too many
boys shooting craps and smoking
cigarettes who ought to have their
noses stuck into mental arithmetic.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-26

Woodruff, secretary of the National
Municipal league, repaired 10 the cofr
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-27

pensive clothing. The more expensive
home will come later If you first
make good" by adjusting your de-
mands to your abilities, and exercising
patience. In the meantime, remember
that you are saving the landlords prof
1t. You are also reaping the "unearned
Increment" of increased valuation on
your property, and 1t is a fact that In
any live, growing city or town the ap-
probation In value of property will
more than Offset depreciation and cost
of upkeep on the improvements there
on. Then, again, there is the great
satisfaction and pride of being under
your own roof which cannot be sold
over your head. and the delight of be-
ing able to potter around" and fix
things up according to your own fancy,
knowing all the while that everything
added in the way of convenience or
improvement is so much added in dol.
lars and cents to the value Of the
property.
That this is no dream is strikingly
demonstrated hv the prevailing popu.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-27
VARIOUS EMOTIONS OF LOVE
Always at First General and Vague II
Sometimes Remains Impersonal
Through Life.

Swedenborg says that in its early
and elemental forms our love is at
tached by sex, not yet by one of the
sex. Even in babyhood girls may show
a decided preference for men. Love
of whole sex is already awake in
them, but they are rarely devoted to
one man to the exclusion OF all othern,
writes Richard G. Cabot in the Allan
tic. A newcomer Is especially well
coined. This means that their love is
at first general and vague, though later
IL may attach itself to one individual
and cleave TO him, forsaking all others.
This lesson we sometimes fail to learn.
We then remain impersonal and desire
the emotions of love, as many people
desire the emotions of music, without
any awareness of an individual or of
the meaning of the piece. To yield to
such a desire is yillainy in case we
really know better las we usually do
but not otherwise. When we listen to
good music we are actually listening
to the outpourings of the composers
heart He is speaking to us earnestly
and intensely, and we are listening to
him, not to II. And yet it is often no
crime TO drink in music merely as
pleasure indeed, for most people II
cannot be a crime because they know
no better. But 1t Is always a CHASTITY
mistake, for it is treating music,
which is bit of persons life, as a
means of sensual qualification.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-27
At the Play.

A young lady went to see play one
evening. She was separated from her
companion, another young lady, by two
rows, and, thinking that the man next
to her was alone, she decided to ask
him to change seats with her friend,
so that they would not be separated.
With a sweet, demure smile. there
fore, she laid her hand lightly on the
mans arm and said.
i beg your pardon, but you are
alone, are you not?"
The man, stout, red faced chap,
put his hand up to his mustache and
whispered, out of the corner of his
mouth:
Not word, kid; the wife's next to
me here"
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-27
TO START SWEET POTATOES
Propagated From Sets or Shoots
Which Spring From Tubers and
Form Tips of the Runners.

Sweet potatoes are propagated from
sets or shoots which spring from the
tubers when they are planted and
form the tips of the runners. The
sets are obtained by planting the pc.
tatoes in a hotbed. The roots should
be bedded five or six weeks before
the sets are wanted for planting out.
The sets are broken from the potatoes
for transplanting when they are three
or four inches high and others form
in their place, so that, in all, two to
four crops are obtained.
For the late planting cuttings ~ to
II inches long may be taken from the
young vines after they have started
growth
Sets or cuttings are put out in rows
about three feet apart and the plants
spaced Is inches in the row. Most
growers plant sweet potatoes on
ridges to IL inches high. The ridges
warm up sooner than the Nat earth.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-02-27
MISTAKES OF THE CITY MAN
inexperienced Men Should Work for
Successful Farmer or Take
Course at Agricultural College.

While II is desirable for men to get
back to the farm who find city life
does not meet with their desires, and
who love the country and the farm,
IL is not desirable for inexperienced
men TO expend their means for q
piece of land and fail in its cultiva
ton from lack of knowledge and ex
,perience.
a young man who has some means
should, before investing his money in
land. go to work for successful
farmer or take short course at one
of the agricultural colleges.
Then let him avoid the common
mistake of the city man who figures
out on paper the most wonderful
profits from poultry and goes to work
to make a fortune growing chickens.
Around all our large cities the
country Is dotted over with the wrecks
of chicken farms, where city men
have spent their all and failed
If a city man goes on a farm, let
crops of the section. keeping some
poultry as matter of course, but
more as an incident to his farming
than a specially.
The city man seldom finds that a
poultry farm pans out in practice
what he has figured out on paper
The average man may make a few
hens a profitable part of his farming
but let him increase to hundreds and
failure Is soon the result.