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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

Well ana wisely, to win an interna-
tional reputation which no patriotic
American will begrudge him. General
Arthur Macarthur had very strong
views on this subject. and it is quite
probable that Mr.. Taft will be among
the first to admit that in, at least,
some things Macarthur was right and
he was wrong.
Mr.. Taft blames Mr.. Harrison for
adopting too readily the views of
Messrs. Quezon and Osmena, while he
commends one of Mr.. Harrisons acts
in direct opposition to the will of his
Filipino associates. Before Messrs
Quezon and Osmena, Gas a lineal and
inevitable result of Mr.. Taft's own
policy in the Philippines as civil gov
ernor and later at Washington as sec
rotary of war and president, and by
right Of their popularity and the polled
votes of the Filipino people) became
political powers in the islands, the
late Benito Legarda and T. H. Pardo
de Tavera were utilized by Mr.. Taft
and his successors in much the same
way There are numerous incidents
of importance where good and honest
American advice was Overruled or
ignored by Mr.. Taft to placate the self
constituted representatives Of the fed
eral party-men whose title to Fill
ipino leadership was so dubious that
the first political typhoon blew them
into oblivion. At least, Mr.. Harrison's
Filipino associates have the merit of
being representative, according to our
American standards; while in justice
to Mr.. Taft it must be said that he
had to make the most of the most
tractable, available material.
All these charges and counter
charges are susceptible Of analysis
which leads inevitably to the conclu-
sion that much can be said upon both
sides. Our government of the Philip
pines has not been ideal; we have
topped, blandly, from one blunder to
another. We are doomed to go on
laundering, muddling, building and
spelling to build again. until that day
when the American people will surely
force congress to take the Philippines
out of politics. This is as certain to
happen as anything in this most un-
certain world.
A national task which cries out to us
from across the Pacific is being bung-
led and botched because, instead OF
approaching it in national spirit and
applying to it the wisdom, the expert
ence, the imagination, the courage, the
capacity which we possess in abund-
ance, we are discouraging and disgust
ing ourselves and disconcerting and
our Filipino friends
through plumbers born and fostered by
political craftsmanship. Unless we are
willing to open our eyes to the truth,
to see the remedy and to adopt it, the
ambitious undertaking which we
shouldered-largely by accident and
perhaps, too Observation-Disclosures
teen wears ago, is doomed to dismal
failure.
Editorial Seryice.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
WINTERSET TRIAL
HAS BEEN STARTED

Winterset, Dec. 9.-The trial OF
Fred Meyer, charged with the murder
OF his young wife, began here. Wit
nesses told OF the finding of the wife's
body in an upper room Of the Meyer
home. It has always been the con-
tention Of Meyer and his mother, Mrs.
Ida Meyer, that the young wife COM
mitted suicide.
Among the states witnesses was
C. e. Clayton, aged father of the dead
woman. Huge crowds thronged the
courtroom as an intense interest is
being taken In the trial.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
PLENTY OF YOUNG
MEN IN GERMANY

Amsterdam, Dec 9.-Replying to a
statement in the French chamber OF
deputies that Germany last year called
up the recruits Of the class of 1916 and
has now incorporated in the army all
but one section of the class of 1917, a
German official statement received
here from Berlin says:
"This statement Is wrong The
class of 1916 has not even yet been
wholly incorporated and the class Of
1917 has not all been called up
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
Henry Ford's peace party, nov

Henry Ford's peace party, now out
In mid-Atlantic, is much wrought up
because the president of the United
States dared to recommend policy
OF preparedness as means to assure
peace. Probably none Of the peace
party employed watchmen to guard
their property while they are in
Europe; their faith in their fellow
men might well lead them to believe
that unless they wanted some one to
break into their houses, no one would
s1o SO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
Our Philippine Middle
Political Partisanship Bunglng National Task Which
- Should Be Taken Out Of Politics
BY GALLAGHER
Philippine az
BY PATRICK GALLAGHER

We have Just witnessed the unpleas'
ant spectacle OF a distinguished and
unauestionably sincere cabinet off1cer
charging a former president OF the
United States with partisan bias, and
the former presidents plea is 5ustl-
fieation. Other less distinguished, less
sincere political controversiallsts'
damn or defy the acts OF our present
administration in the Philippines; the
bewildered American having no spec
ial means OF information on the sub
ject wonders which side is right,
which side Is telling the truth and
which side is not? The question Is
very easily answered.
Neither side is telling all the truth.
In this matter of our present and past
government of the Philippines both
sides are fundamentally wrong.
For seventeen years, the party out
of power, if not the one in control, has
made a political issue of the Philip
pines. Possibly, at first that could
not be avoided. But it could, and
should have been avoided in the franz
ing or in the amending of the Phil
.ippine organic act. "It is never too
late to mend" We can end our mud
ding, our laundering in the Philip
pines if American disgust over the
present unsavory situation concen-
trates behind a demand that
our national task in the Philip
pines be lifted out OF the Whirlpool Of
politics 10 that we may do the work
that still remains to be done as thor
oughly and as expeditiously as posi-
BILE.
Mr.. Taft speaks with honest pride,
with commendable admission OF his
personal interest in our unfinished
Philippine undertaking. He labored
well for his country, for the Filipinos,
at Manila as the first and only civil
governor-the more imposing title,
governor general he helped bestow
upon his successors-all, without ex-
ception, honorable. able men. Mr..
Taft, General Wright, Judge 1de, Gen
eral Smith, Mr.. Forbes-the nominees
of three successive republican admin
istrations-ga the best that was in
them to the performance of difficult,
sometimes heartbreaking work at the
Ayuntamiento and Malacanang, Man
lila. Francis Burton Harrison is Civ
ing the best that is in him now, as the
democratic appointee at Manila. They
are all sincere, able, honorable men.
But all have made mistakes.
Mr.. Taft very properly blames Mr..
Harrison for not needing sufficiently
the advice of experienced American
officials, long on the ground, and for
TOO summarily lin some cases. and
most unfortunately Tin others) dis
placing able and successful pioneer
civil servants before actual experience
of the Manila governmental atmos-
phere could come to the aid of his bet
ter Judgment and assist him to avoid
mistakes, and injustices. Well, so,
too. did Mr.. Taft err when he first
went to Manila, ultimately to build
Copyright, 1915, by the NJ
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
RATTLEsNAkE HUNTER iNJURn'

Waukon, Dec. 80. M. ParrinEtoE
aged SO years, resident Of Waukol
Junction, died at the Home hospit1SS
here following injuries received thru
weeks ago. harrington has been fol
lowing the avocation Of capturing
mathematics for number Of years.
and while making tour Of the rocky
bluffs along the Mississippi he made
a misstep and fell distance OF thirty
feet. He was alone at the time and
the exposure and serious injuries.
coupled with his age. brought on his
death. iis
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

Secretary McAdoo has little faitn
in the honesty Of tax payers. he
wants a greatly Increased force OF
income tax collectors in order to Ter
ret out the dodgers of whom he says
there are a great number.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
MERIT SYSTEM AT
JOLIET PLANNED

Joliet, ILL.,, Dec. 9.-Michael thinner,
warden of the Illinois state peniten-
tiary here, decided today to go to
Sing Sing prison and study the merit
system established by Warden Thorn
as Mott Osborne, with a view of put
ting into effect q similar system here.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
GEORGE v. CREATH
HAVING BIRTHDAY
PIONEER RESIDENT OBSERVES
SEVENTY. SEVENTH ANNlvER.
SARY AT Ashland.

George w. Creath of Ashland is cele-
brating his seventy-seventh birthday
today. He was born in Madison county.
Ohio. December 9. 1888 and at the age
of twelve moved to Van Buren, county,
Iowa, residing near Milton.
Mr.. Creath was fifteen years of age
when his father passed away leaving
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

Among the most ardent advocates OF
military training for the youth OF the
land will be found numerous school
teachers who assert that boys-and
girls. too-are getting harder to con-
troll each year and that they are COM
ING to resent anything that even
smacks of discipline.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
CLINTON MAN MISSING.

Clinton, Dec. 9.-Michael McNealy
has been missing from his home here
since last Wednesday. 1t is feared
that he may have met with foul play,
as he carried $500 with him, the pro.
ceeds Of the sale Of his Junk business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

ways had it. When was a kid there
was such bunch of us in the family
that there had to be three tables at
meal times. and always got the
third one
What's hard about that?"
why" said the friend, "it was
fifteen years before l ever knew a
chicken had anything but a neck"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

With the development OF accuracy
in long range firing, speed has become
!, big factor in the value Of a Warsnip.
The ship with the longer range ana
the more speed can hammer Its op-
ponent to pieces without being to1ch-
ed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
NElGHsoRs HELP MAN.

GAINESVILLE, Dec. 9.-Owing to- thu
fact that Verne Common received an
injured leg by a fall recently, and
has been confined to his home, about
twenty Of his neighbors picked hta
corn and stacked his fodder They
all took an interest In the work and
every man did big days work.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
% / n n e r
s tor / e 8

While Abdul Hamid was still upon
the throne of Turkey the president
of the American Missionary college
at Tarsus sent to New York for
large consignment of text books. In
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

Don't let this excellent weather
make you forget that Christmas VIII
soon be here. Christmas is December
Is even if the weather is more like
Indian summer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
], Al ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

Atlantic, Dec. 9.-Willian LLOYD,
20 years old, was accidentally snot
and probably fatally injured by Ms ~
boyhood companion, Tom Carey. The
accident occurred near the Lloydn.
farm home. Young Carey has beent
hysterical since the accident and can Y
give no coherent account Of the shoot I
ing. s. u II, 4
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

him in bad financial circumstances. He
made rails for the first money he ever
had and was engaged in different work
until November l, 1857 when he moved
to Ashland where he now resides, Mr..
Creath enlisted in the Fourth Iowa
cavalry at his front gate, October IL,
1861 and was mustered into the serv-
ice at Mt. Pleasant, November 2, 1861.
He reinliSted as veteran December
20, 1853 at Vicksburg and was given his
honorable discharge at Davenport Aug
ust %, 1866. M. j. Myers Creath his
wife, was born February %, 184S in
Wapello county.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
MUNICIPAL JUDGE DIES,

Chicago, Dec. 9.-Joseph E. Ryan,
a Judge Of the municipal court of
Chicago, died today at his home after
a short Illness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

Help keep the city clean during the
holidays. Do not scatter waste paper
about the streets.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

Or 5HALLEI>. !. -, .-e.., ii..gss specia,ty
ne treatment II Chronic aiid Nervous Dsea
ST 9TH .xes. His hospital experience. and ext-n
sive practice. has MADE hiin so proficient thai ne
can successfully ire chronic diseases after
other physicians have fe.iied. This is why he has
continued his visits year after year. while other
physicians have made /; few visits and stopped
You should consult MIN If YOU have any Chronic
Disease. A Specialist wao has made lifetime
st,,dyiof such diseases Is certainly prepared to
give you the best results. and if you are sickyot
need scientific treatment
Or. Shallenp. yer treats Diseases Of the Eye.
Ear, Nose, Throat, Lungs Heart heart. Blood. SKIN.
and Bladder: Ca'arrh. Ringing In Ears, Dear
ness, Paralysis Neuralgia, Epilepsy, Headache.
lioitre. Eczema. Scrofula, Appendicitis, Grave.
and rheumatism.
PILES, FlSTULA. FISSURE, and OTHER
RECTAL DISEASES TREATED
WITHOUT SURGICAL OPERATION,
WOMEN who are WEAK, NERVOUS,
and suffering from the many ailments peculiar
TO their SEX End that his advanced and scientific
methods, save many surgical operations.
PRIVATE DISEASES A SPECIALITY.
Cases Of long. standing especially desired &c an i
often resulted in the worst Affections. 1t ls
highly important that you obtain the services OF
! physician who has established good reputa'
don for treating these diseases
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Are you nervous and despo ident; easily excl
led and irritable; weak AMI debtated; tired
mornings; without ambition. energy OF strength;
Yfeless. easily fatiGued; distrustful and without
confidence In yourself? Have you sunken req
or blurred eyes; pirnples on your face; weak
back, or deposit in uriner -.
Dr. shaleubergcr spares no effort 70 cure MS as
patents. He knows, that good results mean as
much to him as to his patents. Most OF his new
satients come from tn. Recommendation O.
others whom he has trcated.
Special attertion given to Surgical Cases
and Rupture
Consultation and Examination Free ano
Confidential.
DR.. j. r. sHALLEN8ERGER
76s lakewood Blvd. CHICAGO, ILL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11

due time all except the chemistries
came safely. At first the president
could not find out what was the mat
ter, but finally the commissioners of
the port sent for him. ut is not for
you to complain" said the officer,
"but it is for you to give thanks to
Allah that you did not follow your
diabolical books into the flames.
Here is one copy that we saved for a
witness. Not all of its deadly ciph-
ers could we read, but this is plain
even to the eye of babe" Pointing
to the symbol, H2O, he read, with
triumphant air and voice, "Hamid II.
is nothing
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
BIG DEMANDS ON
FEDERAL TREASURY
ESTIMATE SHOWS LAR EST
EVER SUBMITTED BY CABINET
OFFICERS.
AN INCREASE FOR DEFENSE
May Issue Bonds as Estimates Call
For Considerably More Money
Than is In Sight.

Washington.-Th largest estimate
or government expenditures ever sub.
mitted to a secretary of the treasury
VI the united States in time of peace
probably 40,OOO,OO0-wa pre-
sented for the next fiscal year as re-
CURED by law for discussion by con.
gressional committees in advance of
the regular session.
President Wilson and his cabinet
will examine the list in detail this
week.
An estimated increase for national
defense Of about $15O,OOO,OOo over
last year, together with the cost of
new tasks imposed on the state de-
partment and other government
branches because of the European
war. account for the increase, the
estimates for all departments except
ing state, war and navy remaining
practically the same.
II congress agrees to the Admins
tration's program for strengthening
the army and navy, 1t will be Obliged
TO provide for additional revenue by
legislation or the executive branch of
the government must issue bonds.
Although no estimate Of receipts
for the fiscal year beginning July l
1915, in which the increased expen-
dltures will take effect, has been
made by Secretary McAdoo, officials
now are convinced they cannot count
upon more than $750,OOO,OO0 for the
10 months.
Congress will be asked to pass two
revenue measures, one extending the
emergency war tax, which expires
December 81 and the other provid-
Ing for retention of the duty on SUI
gar beyond next May, when it would
go on the free list. Passage of these
measures, however, would not in.
crease the present revenues. With
both in effect at present there has
been deficit Of $35,000,00O.
Additional force in the diplomatic
and consular service and at the state
department and extraordinary ex-
penses abroard in the work being done
by American embassies and legations,
will require an increase of about
$1300.000 for the state department.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
sues cunard Company.

Chicago Charging that as result
of conspiracy between Dudley Field
Malone, collector Of the port at New
York, and Capt. u. IT. Turner, master
of the Lusitania there was large car
go of explosives in the hold OF the
vessel Mrs. Sarah Lund Of Chicago,
whose husband and father we're
drowned by its sinking, sued the Cum
ard Steamship Company, Limited, for
$4,000 damages for injuries sustained
herself in the catastrophe. Her com
plant alleges that she was deceived
into taking passage.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
Five Persons Burn to Death

New York.-Five persons ware
burned to death and three Injured IN
hre In five-story Third avenue
tenement house on the Upper East
Side The injured and remaining
members Of eight families were res.
cued by police and firemen The dead
were three members of one family
MRS. julia Wenz and her two daugh.
ters, l3 and Is years old, and two
members OF another family. Mrs. An.
nette Grochal and her four.year.old
son, Mrs. Wenz and her children died
in their beds
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
cL SALE.

state OF South Carolina,
County of Pickens.
In Court Of Common Pleas.
Emma G. Bowen, Plaintiff
against
John L. Bowen, ct al, Defendants.
IN pursuance of decretal order
made in the above stated case by His
Honor Judge r. w. Memminger, dated
September 80, 1915, l will sell to tho
hlghest bidder on salesday in Noyem..
per- 1915, during the legal hours for,
SAFE, at Pickens @. H., S. c., the fol-
lowing described lot of land, to.wit:
All that piece. parcel or lot OF land
together with the buildings and i'm.
provements thereon, lying and heing
situate IN the State and County afore
sald IN the town Of Norris and known
Us part OF the shop lot, containing
one and 31-1O0 acres, be the same
more or less said lot fronts on one
slde the street leading from the Nor
rls depot by the Bank of Norris to
Catcechee and adjoins the Southern
hallway and others and being tho
same lot of land conveyed to II. r
Bowen by Emma c. Bowen December
20, 1913
Terms cash; purchaser to pay for
papers and stamps and for recordinp
Should the purchaser or purcha sers
fail to comply with the terms of sale
"ithh hVe (5) days the said premises
VIII be resold on some subsequent
salesday at the risk of the former
purchaser or purchasers.
A. j. BOGGS,
Clerk of Court,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
WORLD PEACE is FANTASY.
Count Ckuma Complains of Nations
and Individuals Who Exalt Themselves

Count Ckuma Complains of Nations
and individuals Who Exalt Themselves
San Francisco.-Count Okuma, Jap.
anese Premier, and DR.. Ng Poon
Chew, a Chinese editor of San Fran
cisco, told delegates to the National
Peace Congress that world peace was
yet fantasy and will be until the
militaristic order Of things Is changed
In a message to the congress Count
Okuma said there was no hope for
peace "as long as there exists nations
or individuals who believe or exalt
themselves as absolutely superior to
others and to assert that superiority
do not hesitate to appeal to material
forces"
On behalf OF the congress DR.. Ng
Poon Chew added to Count Okumas
statement:
There will be wars and more wars
just SO long as there are two codes of
laws and two standards Of morality,
one governing nations, the other in.
dividuals."
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
LEVER COTTON BILL VOID
LAW is UNCONSTITUTIONAL SAYS
FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE
HOUGH.
Should Have Come From House.-Has
Tax Feature on Manner of Trans.
action Instead of Action.

New York.-The cotton futures act
OF August 18, 1914, known as the
Lever law, was declared unconstitu.
tlonal by Federal District Judge
Hough because. as revenue measure,
1t originated In the senate instead of
the house of representatives as the
constitution required The decision
was rendered in test case brought
by Samuel Il. Hubbard OF the cotton
brokerage firm Of Hubbard Brothers
and others to recover $1,000 paid un.
der protest to John z. Lowe, Jr., col
lector of internal revenue, under the
provisions Of the law Judgment wae
rendered in favor Of the plaintiffs.
Judge Hough sustained the first
contention, but gave no finding on the
second. He said:N
The bill known as the cotton fu
lures act approved August 18, 1914
never was and is not law of the
United States and therefore as a
proposition 1t is no longer open to
discussion.
This Is one Of the legislative pro
Jects which, to be law must origi.
nate in the lower house. The consti.
tuition provides that all bills for rev
enue must originate in the house OF
representatives.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-10-21
NO CHANGE IN COTTON BILL,

Mr.. Lever Expects Supreme Court 10
Sustain BII-orlglnated in House.
New York.-Owing to the feeling
OF uncertainty among the cotton trad.
e"s as to the attitude the New York
Cotton Exchange would take follow.
Ing the decision that the cotton fu-
lures act was unconstitutional the
board of managers of the exchange is-
sued the following statement
"The board Of managers does not
contemplate any changes in the by
laws or rules of the exchange which
would affect existing contracts"
No confirmation was obtained Of
the report that the government in
tended to appeal from Judge Hough's
decision. In cotton circles it was gen
orally believed the case would be an
pealed