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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-04
PARKER
is IN TROUBLE

Des Moines, May ALFRED Tappan.
who has been reported court martialed
and sentenced to death In Yucatan-
whom the state department at Wash
ington ID trying to save by the inter
vention Of Consul Silliman at Vera
Cruz and the American consul at Pro.
greso-is well remembered In High
land Park.
He entered Highland Park college
In 1907 and graduated as . mechanical
engineer In 1911.
His brother, Henry A. Tappen OF
New York has written President Geo.
P. Magill asking the assistance Of the
latter with Secretary Bryan. Presi-
dent Magill has taken up the matter
with Washington. The latest word re-
ceiyed about Happen 10 that the Mexi.
cans have COMMITTED his sentence OF
death to imprisonment
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WOMEN AND GIRLS
GET CASH FOR POOR

New York, May Three thousand
women and girls, aided by boy scouts,
armed with coin boxes and bundles Of
small American flags, stationed them
selves on street corners and all public
places today to collect funds for the
poor and unemployed OF the city. The
flags were given as receipts to oil per.
sons who dropped coins in the boxes.
The campaign was organized by Z
committee of prominent women, head
ed by Mrs. M. Dryden Brewer. They
called the day alag day" and at the
request Of the committee many hotels
and business place throughout the city
displayed the stars and stripes.
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|MAHASKA COUNTY
PIONEER IS DEAD

Oskaloosa, May Mrs. Lois e. Os
borne. one Of the Oldest settlers in Ma
,haska county and the oldest resident
of Richland township, died at the
home of her son, Frank j. Osborne,
near Peoria, Mrs Osborne, who Is
the grandmother of Postmaster T. r,
Osborne of New Sharon and widow OF
Loren Osborne, was born in Connect.
cut, December 81, 1920, being IS years
and 4 months of age. She came to
Iowa in 1916 and has been resident
of Richland township about seventy
years The funeral was held at the
home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and interment was made in the Bald.
win cemetery.
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LlNCOlN'S COURSE,

What Lincoln would have done" Is
the topic of special editorial feature
on this page today. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd
Jones Is the author and as student
of Lincoln's career, he is probably as
near in his estimation Of what the
great martyr would have done II con
fronted by present day trials, as any
one now living could come. The
article is worth reading because II
gives an insight into what the prob
lens of today are and how some OF
them at least were foreseen by Lin
coin,
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BIRMINGHAM.

Prof. W. Gregg was at Hedrick the
latter part Of last week on business.
The Parsons glee club OF Fairfield
will give an entertainment at the opera
house Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Harness are the
parents of son born April %.
Rollo Wells has accepted a position
with the Moline Plow Co.. at Des
Moines as representative on the
road and will begin in short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Lundin are the
parents OF daughter born Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Funk were In Bur
lington the first Of the week on busi-
ness
Rev. J. w Lambert was called to
Danville, Saturday to preach the fun-
eral sermon OF one Of his former par
ishoners. v
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AFTER THE WAR PREPARE FOR
MORE IMMIGRANTS.

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside, the national farm paper pub
lished at Springfield Ohio, appears a
). very interesting article about immi-
/ grants, in which the definite prediction
is made that after the present war i'm
migration to this country will greatly
increase. The article includes stories
of remarkable immigrant farmers, now
in this country, and 1t also includes
many highly interesting facts about
immigrants For example: in the
three states - Wisconsin, Minnesota,
and North Dakota - $4,000 farms out
of 100000 farms are owned, operated,
or managed by foreign born whites. OF
these foreigners none are more pros
porous than the Norwegians. In North
Dakota alone, Norwegians own 8,O00,-
900 acres of land, valued for taxation
at 100000. Following is an extract
taken from the article:
Here in the United States greater
proportion OF foreign born farmers own
their farm homes than do native born
farmers. At the time of the last cen
sus 81 out of every 100 immigrant far
mers owned their places, while only sc
out of every 100 native born farmers
owned theirs.
when the men who are now fight
Ing in Europe lay down their arms, 1t
VIII! be natural for them, gathering the
remnant of their families about them,
to take the pittance left from their SER
vice pay and turn their faces westward
to the land of promise, where wars are
few, where compulsory military SER
vice is unknown, and every man is as
good as his neighbor and has chance
to get ahead in the world"
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TO THE oTTUMwA COURIER.

We thank you in behalf of the stu
dents Of 0. Fl. S. for the hearty and
generous support you have given us
through the columns of your fine
paper. II we of Ottumwa could ALL
learn to cooperate as well and unset
f1shly for the support of those things
which we as city possess; then we
could hope to have an ideal home. AT
fairs are turning in this direction and
The Courier has been one of the main
instruments in bringing this about
You have generously supported all
of our activities, our newspaper, our
teams and our school - for which we
extend you, our friend, our hand for a
good hearty shake - The o. H. S.
Argus-News
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w. C. T. u. MEETING
is POSTPONED NOW

Des Moines, May lon account OF
the critical illness of Malcolm Smith,
husband of Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith OF
Cedar Rapids, president of the Iowa
w. C. T. u, the poster party which
was announced for May has been
postponed to later date by the Des
MONIES union. It is likely that similar
action will be taken throughout the
state. Physicians stated that Mr..
Smith has hemhorrhage of the brain
and that he has slight chance to re-
cover.
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AID THE Y. N. c. A.

The Young Mems Christian associa'
ton of Ottumwa, will shortly inaugur'
ate a brief campaign for the purpose
of raising money to cover the dlHer'
ence between the receipts and the ex-
penditures. The Y. NJ. G. A. does not
never was intended to, and probably
never will be on self sustaining basis.
If IL were, the membership fees Would
be 90 high that many of those to whom
It means the most, would be unable TO
ioin 1t or retain membership IN II.
Therefore the Y. M G. A. must look TO
those who are able and who appreciate
the great good it does, to make up the
deficit which occurs each year.
Ottumwa boasts of an excellent 7.
NJ. C, A. building, containing practlc-
ally all up to date advantages and IS
eficiently managed. tits center for
boys and men OF all ages. 1t offers
them meeting place where they can
rest, talk. play checkers or similar
gaa.es, or indulge in more strenuous
sports such as gymnastics, basketball,
hand ball, volley ball, tennis, or swim
ming. It facilitates learning along re-
,ligious, commercial and hygienic lines;
1t is a power for better morals. 1t
ulStkcS IL lIupOSolUlc lOl tAS JOutAA "
man to assert that he "had no place to
CO." 1t is splendid institution ensag-
ing In a splendid work. 1t deserves
the support of every '+izen who has
the good of the comm, lily at heart
The Ottumwa Y M. c. A. gives more
for its per capita cost than any other
Y. M. C. A. in the country. considering
the advantages offered. The local as
ISOLATION is run at an annual expendi-
ture of 500 per member. Scarce an
other association runs below $50 for
similar advantages and many run $40
and $50 per member and even higher.
But the Ottumwa association Is not
self sustaining. The advantages it has
placed in the reach of the young men
- and the old ones too for that matter
- are costly. It takes money to keep
the Y. M. G.. A. going and the public
is to be asked to furnish enough to
meet the difference between the re-
ceipts and expenditures. Bear in mind
the work that the institution is doing,
and be guided accordingly in making
your donation.
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your chair. madam? The sunlight Is
so very strong todayo"
The guests were very much interest
ed and entertained and asked Helen to
do some more The little girl, backing
away from her father. who sat, de-
lighted spectator, exclaimed In terri
fed tone:
"Oh, sir, let me go! Don't touch me,
sir! Give you hug and kiss, indeed!
Surprising the missus was to hear
your"
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AUTOPSY PROVES
USE OF STRYCHNINE

Chicago, May Miss Katherine
Roller, II years old, Of Broadwell. Ill.
who died suddenly last Saturday while
riding with her fance, Daniel Hurley.
Jr., succumbed to strychnine poison
Ing, according to report made BY
DR.. w. D. Mentally, coroner's chemist,
and forwarded to William Ryan, cor.
oner OF Logan county. today.
Hurley. who has been arrested. is
alleged to have confessed that he pur-
chased the poison for Miss Roller at
her request.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-04

exports were 2O,534,9S2 bushels in
March, 1915, and 3,456,895 bushels IN
March, 1914. Flour showed l,684,524
barrels sent out in March of this year,
and 769,248 barrels in the previous
March.
Canned beef exports have risen in
the export list from 265,376 pounds in
March, 1914, to 6,930,112 pounds last
month. Fresh beef has gone up In ex-
port totals from 506,722 pounds to ID
334,3SO pounds. Bacon exports went
up from 13,6O6,305 pounds to 66,S20,-
754 pounds. Other meats and meat
products gained in proportion.
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ITALIAN WORKERS
TO REST FOR DAY

Rome, May members Of al
workjngmen's organizations have de
cided to unite in observing today (May
II as a day of rest. Even the street
railway companies have given theil
employees permission to abstain from
work. No papers will be published
except the Popolo Romano, the con
servative organ, which employs non
union workmen.
Meetings will be held in all the large
towns and troops will be held IN readi'
nass to prevent disorders. The author
tiles fear there may be clasnes pc
tween workmen favoring ltaly's inter
yention in the war and those VINO
hone for continuation OF neutrality.
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IF Lincoln Were President NOD
sY REV. JENkiN LLOYD JONES.
Director Abra Lincoln Center, Chicago.

breech clout and blanket and live In
a tent" That they are all foreigners
OF recent date They would again re-
mind him Of the Irishman who said,
wanted to be born in America but his
mother would not let him.
If Lincoln were president now he
would stand for internal improvements
on large scale. In his first speech as
candidate for the legislature, when
only % years Of age, he pleaded for
good roads. He discussed railroads,
urged the improvement of the Sangam.
mon river, claimed his right to speak
as che built and took out the first fiat
boat" He pledged himself in this
speech to curb exorbitant interest on
money and to develop an educational
system for Illinois, He felt that every
man should receive an education -
notc the reason why! Not that he
might better keep his accounts, to sum
up interest, or that he might better ad
minister his means, but that "he might
read the history of his own and other
countries. Because it is only by the
study of this history that we can lay
the foundation of a state devoted to
morality, sobriety, enterprise and in
dustry.''
If Lincoln were president now he
would be a pacifist, unterrorized by
these prophets of evil who cannot
sleep we'll O. nights for fear of invad
ers. When but 20 years of age he
spoke before the Young Mems Lyceum
at Springfield on "The Perpetuation OF
Our Political Institutions" in which he
discussed at length the possibility OF
foreign invasion. He said:
Shall we expect some TRANSATLANTIC
military giant to step the ocean and
crush us at blow? Never! All the
armies of Europe, Asia and Africa
combined, with all the treasures of the
earth (our own excepted) in their mill
tary chest, with Bonaparte for com.
mander, could not by force take drink
from the Ohio or make track on the
Blue Ridge in a trial of thousand
years.
There is much tactical sagacity in
this eloquence, as shown by the expert
ence of the British army in South
Africa, our own lamentable experience
in the Philippines, and the invasions
with the most perfect military engines
ever perfected now being attempted.
He would reiterate now, eff as a ma
ton we die, we die by suicide" Then
followed the much neglected passage
that almost deserves place alongside
the Gettysburg address, delivered 46
years afterward, on obedience to and
the enforcement of law.
If Lincoln were president now he
would have q fatherly tenderness for
the underfed children and the over.
worked women He would now and
then gather about him the more benig.
nant and potent elements of the coun.
try. He would shame selfishness in
high places. He would befriend the
friendless, and seek justice to high and
low, rich and poor, black and white.
President" Lincoln today would by
the charm of his personality, the purity
of his purpose, the penetrating power
of his intellect, and his answering
conscience become again the Father
Abraham" beloved of America and
honored throughout the world.
ional Editorial Service.)
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kAuEE TuRNEp DOWN.

kAUFF TURNED DOWN. &
Cincinnati, o., May 1.-The national
baseball commission today refused the
application for reinstatement Of Benny
Kauff, Brooklyn Federal league play
ar. who signed a New York National
league contract on last Thursday.
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reports Of work done, or started or
contemplated. And they are not work
Ing for their personal interests except
insofar as their own interests are con.
nected with the interests of Ottumwa.
Unselfishly they are working away
striving to make Ottumwa bigger, bet.
ter and buster and with no thought OF
reward other than the satisfaction
that comes with accomplishments.
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Rle HOUR PLANT TREES.

Eldon, May 1.-The officers of the
Big Four Fair association planted thir-
ty young trees on their fine grounds
Tuesday. Already there is more shade
on the Big Four's property than on
most fair grounds. but the officers and
directors of the Big Four association
never let an opportunity pass where
their grounds or entertainment can
be bettered.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-04

California experienced record break
ing cold weather along the Pacific
coast and great damage done to the
fruit orchards of California. Washing
ton and Oregon. Iowa reports bene-
fetal rains that are getting the ground
ready for record breaking crops.
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The action of the Ottumwa school
board in adding the study of Spanish
to the high school course has met with
favorable comment on the ground that
If this nation wants to engage in extern
sive business relations with the repub-
lies of South America, a knowledge
of the language Of the southern repub.
lies is necessary. This is true to a
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See that the next wagon you pur
chase has wide tires. Wide tires last
longer and are not hard on paving. AS
a taxpayer you are interested in keep
ing down the cost of paving repairs.
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Don't let anything interrupt your
campaign against the fly. Swat every.
one you see. Get your screens up early
and keep flies out of the house. Dis.
pose of the garbage so that it will not
furnish the pests with food. Fight the
fly tooth and nail because it is a foe
that can do you great injury.
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HOMEOPATHS WILL
MEET MAY 4 AND 5

Des Moines, May 1.-The annual
meeting of the Iowa Homeopathic
Medical society will be held in Des
Moines May and s. The sessions will
be held in the Chamberlain hotel. On
Tuesday evening there will be a ban
auet for the physicians and their
friends. Many prominent physicians
from over the state are expected.
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great extent but the real solution OF
the problem is to encourage the people
of the southern republics to study Eng
fish. English Is the tongue of three
fourths of the people in the western
hemisphere and of the two more impor-
tant countries - United States and
Canada = in the western world. The
minority should learn the tongue of the
majority.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-04

People along the Red Ball route are
planning a picnic 10 be held at Mt.
Pleasant, May 81 a program of speak
ing and motor races is being prepared.
Blue Grass Road people also have pic
mic plans in contemplation.
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Of the United States today he would
IL we may judge from his words and
acts, be deeply interested In and
strongly partisan in many questions
that are now insistenuy before our
people. He would be uncompromising-
ly on the side of temperance. Way back
In 1912, in one of the earliest speeches
preserved, he predicted the time when
there should be neither slave nor
drunkard on the earth, and foretold
the glory of that people that would
plant and nurture to maturity the poll
tical and moral freedom of their
species.
If Lincoln were president now, he
would be unequivocally in favor of wo.
men suffrage. In the first political
platform he ever formulated, in 1888,
when running for the state legislature,
he declared for equal suffrage for all
white citizensS ending with the emphat-
ic remark, by no means excluding
females
If Lincoln were president now he
would have great interest in the strug-
gle between labor and capital, and his
sympathies would surely go with the
laborer In 1859 at the annual state
fair of Wisconsin, in an address which
would have become classic of the la
borer had 1t not been overshadowed
by the tempest that followed, he urged
that free labor insists upon universal
education" that capital is the fruit
of labor. and could never have existed
if labor had not first existed" In 1860
he said, Thank God, that we have a
system of labor where there can be
strikes"
If Lincoln were president today he
would be for civil service. Before the
phrase was invented he saw the men
ace. With infinite pathos he charac-
terized his early situation at the white
house as a householder whose house
was on fire at one end while robbers
were trying to enter at the other. per
haps might do something to save the
union if could only escape from this
greedy horde of of1iceseekers who be-
set me night and day" Now as then
he would rejoice over an attack of vari
oloid because he had something to
give that the officeseekers did not
want.
Perhaps his last serious comment on
statecraft was made on board the boat
on his way to Richmond to receive the
plaudits of the black men he had freed
when he predicted that the next great
danger of the nation was to come from
what was then called patronage" a
mild name for graft and Doodle"
softer words for stealing and robbery
If Lincoln were president now he
would rejoice in independently and
would struggle against partisan letters
and prejudices His early hero was
Henry Clay His party fealty was to
the wings. The republican party re-
ceived its baptism of power from the
famous lost speech" by the great
"bol,er" delivered at Bloomington.
Lincoln dared construct cabinet out
of rivals and political enemies. He re-
fused to dismiss competent men for
-orcopol COMMUNICATIONS
II Lincoln were president now he
would, like the next in the line, veto
the literacy test. He would remind the
timid congressman that the only "pure
copyright, 1915, by Ma
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Don't lose sight of the clean up and
paint up movement. If every one does
his share the city will be better
place to live in and in better position
to grow
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England hasn't quite reached the
point where it is tor prohibition. but 1t
has taken some long strides, in the di
rection of temperance.
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AUTO KILLS YOUTH

AUTO KILLS YOUTH.
Ottawa, ILL.,, May LEO Mehaffy,
the IL year old son Of a wealthy farm
er, was killed last night near kins-
man when a tire exploded and an auto
mobile In which he was riding with his
brother turned over.
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'D1 n n Err
S tOrier

A student in the aeroplane schoo
was out for spin in his biplane ant
in attempting a dip got caught in :
tall tree.
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~AS -
/ it about, exclaiming:
Never will I forget the day l drew
this blade for the first time
Where did you draw it, sir?" an
awestruck freshman asked.
"At a rattle" said the professor
Halt! Who goes there?" came the
sharp challenge of the border patrol.
A poorly dressed man with strange
twinkling eyes crept up. He carried
either. "a friend he said. ALSO an
actor
How did you get through the Car
pathians?" demanded the patrol, his
bayonet the while pressing the actors
breast.
ION a pass" replied the actor.
The cold steel was lifted, and in
gratitude the actor played the names
'of the border towns on his either.
The governors wife was telling
Bridget about her husband.
my husband, Bridget she said,
proudly, is the head of the state mill.
tia
"Oi fought as much, ma'am,' said
Bridget, cheerfully. "Ain't he got the
foine malicious look?''
''Are all these things injurious to my
health?" asked the patient after he had
inspected the list Of things he must not
eat
mo" said the doctor, "but you've
got to economic somehow If you're
going to pay my bill.'
Little Helen was very bright child,
and her mother was very proud of her
and very fond of exhibiting her when
there were guests present. One after
noon the mother was giving a little
party, and called for the little girl to
do some limitations.
"She is SO very clever beamed the
mother as the child appeared, "she can
initiate anyone"
The father, who was present, was
also very proud OF the .child's accom-
plishments, and echoed:
Indeed she can! Now, Helen,
dear, pretend to be the housemaid."
Helen came forward, bowling in front
lot one of the guests.
"Will you have some more tea, mad
am?'' she asked politely, In an exact
imitation of maid then, turning to
another guest, she said: May move
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A fast horse can't keep up its gait
very long. Neither can fast man.
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A professor OF Illinois university
who is very popular among the stu
dents, was entertaining group of
them at his residence one night. TAX
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Copyright 1915, by tional serviceo
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