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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
PRACTICAL MEN NEEDED.

The absolute necessity for improved
methods of educating men for foreign
trade is strongly insisted upon by DR..
Edward Ewing Pratt in his first an
nual report as chief Of the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce. There
may be an exception or two. but the
claim is made that most colleges and
universities are doing too little to
train men for this highly important
work. '
Exception is taken to the men with
only theoretical training who are
often put in charge of commerce
classes in schools and colleges. DR..
Pratt says: TT is to be regretted
that the actual work of instruction is
not intrusted to men who have some
practical or personal knowledge of the
subject A mere secondhand &C.
quaintance, mere book knowledge
of foreign trade is inadequate. l do
not mean by this statement to advo-
cate the employment of merely prac-
tical exporters as instructors. But I
do advocate the employment of men
who have gathered their facts and in
formation by personal investigation,
and have thus acquired first-hand
knowledge and have practical con-
tact with the things which they pro-
pose to teach
The country Is slowly learning that
it must be practical. The thing that
is most needed in our state and ma
tional Offices, Is successful and prac-
tical business experience.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

January q
Captain Jaques went to Abba this
morning.
Chris Haw returned yesterday from
Chicago.
Fourth street between Green and
Market is blockaded on account of the
breaking of water main.
Mrs. Calvin Manning and son, Ed
win, went to Keosauqua yesterday to
spend few days. Mr. Manning will
follow tomorrow and the family will
visit over Sunday.
January 8 .,. ..4.... ..
The trains are running nearly on
time again. The main line OF the %"
Is clear. The east bound Rock Island
was few minutes late this morning.
January g. .g-
G. L. Bundell, timekeeper for the
great John Morrell packing house,
was made happy yesterday by the ar
rival Of daughter in his family.
For six or eight months Schwab-
keys orchestra has been discoursing
sweet music at the Ballngall hotel
during the dinner hour on Sunday.
Yesterday Professor Schwabkey was
sick and the guests missed the de-
lightful treat which the management
had so generously provided.
The Misses Madge and Mamie Ma
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

fellow travellers in Pullman. Roller
cils-in fact, everything that is used
and touched in common becomes a
carrier Of disease. A sneeZe pollutes
the air with germs. 1t is quite pos
sible that Christmas presents have
helped to carry the present epidemic.
Grin may develop into nothing more
than a serious cold. or it may be a
prostrating and fatal disease. There
are three principal forms Of the
trouble. Bronchial grip attacks the
tissues of the respiratory tract and
has all the indications of a severe
cold. In nervous grip the toxins gen.
Grated by the disease attack the
nerves and give rise to some very
severe pains; while the gastro-intes-
final form of the disease affects the
digestion.
A great deal of the havoc wrought
by grip. according to the health ex-
perts. is due to the fact that people
do not attach any Importance to it and
fail to consult physician. Whenever
an epidemic occurs the market is
flooded with cures and nostrums, most
of which are quite worthless, while
some of the pain-killers are positively
dangerous because they depress the
heart action. Therefore. II you have
grip it is important that you should
see a physician. The treatment con-
sists in isolating the patient, eliminat-
ing poisons from his body and giving
opiates to relieve the pain when it is
severe Grip is almost invariably fol-
lowed by period of acute depression
and recovery is often very slow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
No Hyphenated American Families
Husband and Wife Must Remain One in Citizenship,
Saws the Supreme Court
BY WALDO G. MORSE
Councillor in the American Academy OF Jurisprudence

his bed and board. could he complain
even should she never return? Would
not his injury, pain and suffering all
be In the interest Of the state and at
tributable to an "act Of God VINO
made her that way. for which in the
interest Of all. the individual must sur
fer unredressed?
The principles announced by the
supreme court pertain to all such
queries. Conceding that every person
born in the United States Is citizen,
the court finds that congress Intended
to place in allegiance the citizenship OF
women married to aliens, and that 1t
possessed the power to do so. Under
che common law citizenship was I'M
mutable. but expatriation ultimately
became recognized right. Plaintiff
insisted that expatriation could be
forced upon citizen only through dis
reimbursement as punishment for
crime .E#
1.-The identity OF husband and wife
is an ancient principle of our jurispru'
dence." ruled the court. 1T was neither
accidental nor arbitrary and worked
in many instances for her protection.
There has been it is true, much relax
alton Of 1t but in its retention as IN
it's origin, it is determined by their in
innate relation and unity Of interests,
and this relation may make 1T OF pub
lie concern in many instances to
merge their identity, and give domln'
ance to the husband. 1t has purpose
if not necessity in purely domestic pol
icy: it has greater purpose and. 1t may
be, necessity, in international policy
And this was the dictate of the act IN
controversy"
'"This "a no arbitrary exercise of gov
eminent. It Is one which regarding
the international aspects, 1udlciai
opinion, has taken for granted would
not only be valid but demanded. 1t Is
the conception Of the legislation under
review that such an act may bring the
government into endorsements and
It may be, into controversies. 1t Is as
voluntary and distinctive as expatria'
tion and it's consequence must be con
sidered az elected"
Quite so. For illustration suppose
that Lord Kitchener should marry IN
this country and his American wire
should be elected president OF the
United States? Any lower power IN
the same problem would differ only in
degree and not in kind. So.
Progress has not yet destr' ed, as
the unit of our society the American
family and home.
ational Editorial Service.) ..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

The supreme court of the United
States, affirming the determination OF
the courts of California, has adjucated
that man and his wife must be one
in citizenship.
A woman born in California married
British subject domiciled in Califor.
mia. The lady desired to vote under the
laws Of California enfranchising wo-
men. In the United States. with
minor exceptions, the residence and al
legiance of the wife follow those OF
the husband. Normally the wife OF a
foreign subject could not vote. How
ever, the hyphenated British-American
would-be votress brought action claim
ing that the constitution of the United
States, read together with the state
statute, gave to native born though
alien wed woman a strangle hold upon
citizenship and votes not to be shaken
loose while she was within the United
States. In other words she claimed
that the family relation had been dis.
rupted as to the franchise.
In the year 1907 and before the
plaintiff married congress had en-.
acted that any American woman who
narries foreigner, shall take the ma
tionality of her husband" being entitl-
ed to resume her citizenship upon the
termination of the marital relation.
The plaintiff commended that the sol
idarity of the family has been ended
by the California law: that man and
wife are not one politically.
In large measure such is the case,
for woman may vote against her hus-
band when he aspires to be alderman
and man may vote against his wife
when she stands for supervisor. They
may pair, and both avoid the trouble
of voting, In favor of some more en-
joyable enterprise, wherein unity OF
sentiment possibly may be found. A
stubborn husband could hang jury
against MS Wlfe and ten Otner men
and women. But by insisting upon a
residence in republican district
where she can run only as a democrat
shall man be able to destroy the le-
ultimate individualistic ambitions OF
his wife for political preferment?
Perish the thought! As a votress
why should not a woman be co-equal
and Independent, free to live for her
destinies in election and politics. at
her choice and for her profit where she
may politically please? And If wo-
man. to realize herself and for the
good of her state, country and sex
should depart from the vicenage of
the home of her husband and abandon
Copyright, 1915, by the N
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
SUNKEN STEAMER
TO BE REFLOATED

New York. Jan. 4.-The work Of
floating the tank steamer Aztec. which
sank in Erie basin after an explosion
as result of which two men are
known to be dead and ten others are
missing, was begun today. The ex.
plosion, which occurred yesterday at.
ternoon. burst open the sides of the
vessel and she filed with water and
sank at the pier. The two men known
to have been killed were blown
through hatchway onto the Aztec
deck 1t is believed that the bodies
Of ten men who were at work in her
hold when the explosion occurred, are
in the submerged wreckage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
Twenty Fine Years Ago
. From The Courier Files :

hon returned to Davenport where they
will again take up their studies In st.
GATHERINGS school. Mrs. Mahon &C
companied them az far as Fairfield.
January g.
The holiday passenger trafIic has
been very heavy on all roads. Nearly
all the trains have been crowded to
their fullest capacity and in most
cases standing room was at pre-
MUM.
One of the most popular men who
retired from Office yesterday was Jus.
tice Buckley. During his two terms
as Justice he made many friends and
during his service he had married
fifty couples. He was rapidly becoin-
ipg popular as conductor Of mar
riages and had he been reelected the
ministers would have suffered keenly.
January 7 IA
The water company wal put In two
new filters at an early date. This
will give the city water as pure and
pleasant as water from any spring.
More than $4,000 has been spent for
improvement Of the water works dur
ing the past year and whom the plans
mapped out for the city are completed
Ottumwa will have the best system
of water in the state and one Of the
best In the United States.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
SOLON ATTACKS
PREPAREDNESS

Washington. D. c.. Jan. 4.-Repre.
sentative Sherwood, democrat, of
Ohio, led off a number Of preparedness
speeches in the house today with an
onslaught on armament makers and
militarists." and proposed reducing
the army to $4,000 mon.
Representative Sherwood said he
had fought in forty-two battles Of the
civil war. left the army general. and
now at 80 years, was ready to enlist
if danger threatened the country, al
though he spoke against preparedness.
He told the house "the people back
home were against the entire prepar-
edness plan.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
LOOK OUT FOR THE GRIP.

!
Beware! Grip is abroad in the land.
Starting in Philadelphia the disease
has spread all over Pennsylvania,
completely subjugated New York, has
/ Chicago in its power and is sending
people to bed in every city, town and
village in the middle west. 1t will
have reached the Pacific coast in a
very short time for it has already at
tanned the stage of widespread cpl
demic and seems due to cover the en-
tire country.
For grip travels by rail and boat
more rapidly than any other known
disease. Crowded cars and state
rooms are the natural habitat Of its
minute organisms. In at least one
case it circled the globe in few
months and set all the world sneez-
ing from Paris to Australia. So there
is not much you can do to prevent
its arrival. But If you will keep out
of crowds, ventilate your rooms we'll
and live. out OF doors as much as pos
sible, you will be reducing your sus-
ceptibility to the minimum. Also, If
you get the grip, for the sake of your
fellowmen keep to yourself and be
careful how you sneeze.
Grip is colloquial term for la
grippe. known to the medical profes-
sion in this country as Influenza. It
has been known to science for long
time, but owing to it's remarkable
facility in travelling it has grown con-
stantly more dangerous and wide
spread as means of communication
have increased. The first recorded
epidemics took place in the sixteenth
century and in 1880 there was pan
demic which set all Europe sneez1ng
A pandemic is an epidemic which en-
braces practically the whole world.
Probably the most complete pan
demic that ever struck this earth took
place in 10000 when the grip made
its appearance in Hongkong. A few
weeks later it had reached Russia
and Petrograd was seriously afflicted.
That was in September, and by De-
cember Germany, France, Switzerland
and most of the other European coun-
tries had the grip, which afflicted
about forty per cent Of the population
wherever it went Both India and Aus
tralia were invaded early in March.
London had caught the disease during
Tile SSCOUu Wcch Ill DoCCAlueI ou0 Ny
the seventeenth Of that month both
Boston and New York had 1t, showing
that the influenza organisms crossed
the ocean in force by the first boat.
From the Atlantic sea ports this re-
markable pandemic swept the whole
of North America wherever railroads
reached. .s@
Grip. or influenza, is a germ disease.
The organism which causes it is one
of the smallest known, but it has
been isolated, stained and studied I'M
der . microscope. 1t will live only
about thirty-six hours outside the hu.
man body, but it Is very easily and
rapidly communicated wherever there
are people in crowds In its early
stages the disease is scarcely notice
able, and a person who thinks he is
perfectly healthy may infect the en-
tire force Of an Office or all Of his
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

"Why this delay? Cannot the pris-
oner speak English?" inquired the
Judge impatiently. ..
NO" answered counsel for the de-
tense, "but have an Irishman here
from the same village who can trans
late his remarks"
well, let us proceed at once, then
What Is the prisoner saying?" he in
quired Of the Interpreter.
Nothing" -..... ........-
"Nonsense.' came the angry answer
Il heard him speak
Yes, but twas nothing to do with
the case at ALL
"Sir, / demand to know what ne
said" Numbered the judge.
"Well pardon, but he wanted TO
know who was the ould woman sitting
80 high and mighty"
Indeed" came the cutting reply.
"And what did you answer?
"Sure, said, Whist ye spalpeen!
That's the ould boy that's going to
hang yez!"
"Well," said the traveller beaming-
Nv, 81 have just sent my daily telegram
to my wife telling her that l am as
fit as a fiddle" ;,
"Thass right - thass right said
the weary gentleman in the corner, Il
wish ya'd do me q favor, m'friend.
JUS send a telegram to my wife fme,
will va - tellin her I'm as bloomin' as
a bass violin!"
mo" said the other. II think ia
better say that you are as tight as a
drum, chi"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
DUTCH MINISTER
OF WAR RESIGNS

London. Jan. 4.-Major General
Nicholas Bosboom, Dutch minister of
war, has rendered his resignation, but
it has not been accepted, according to
the Rotterdam correspondent of the
Daily Mail. Major General Bosboom
has been subjected to serious parlia-
mentary criticism, says the cores.
pondent, because he has been sus-
pected Of desire to make the Dutch
army the instrument of small, aristo-
cratic circle with German sympathies.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
NO PEACE YET IN
PROGRAM OF CAR

London. Jan. 4.-During review of
the Russian army on January 2 EN-.
peror Nicholas delivered an address to
the chevaliers Of the order of ST.
George, according to News Agency
dispatch from Petrograd. The emperor
expressed profound appreciation Of
the service of the troops and said:
- II will not conclude peace till we
have expelled the last enemy from our
territory. / will only conclude it with
the full accord Of our allies"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
AUSTRIAN LEADER
IN TREASON TRIAL

Berlin, Jan. 4.-Private information
has been received here from Vienna
that DR.. Karl Kramarz, who Is promin-
ent in Austrian political affairs as the
leader Of the Young Czech party in
the reichsrath, Is now on trial on q
charge of high treason. DR.. Koerner,
secretary of the Young Czech faction,
and several other Bohemian politici-
ans are being tried at the same time
on similar charges. E
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VETERAN IS DEAD.

Chicago, Jan. Capt William
Perkins Black, noted civil war vet.
eran and attorney died at his home
here yesterday at the age of "a years
He was brother of Gen. John c..
Black, formerly commander of the G..
A. r., and later chairman of the y. s.
civil service commission.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
VALUABLE GIFT FOR
GRINNELL COLLEGE

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. A gift Of
property valued at 100000 to Grinnell
college, Grinnell, Iowa, was announced
today. The donor was DR.. Leroy
Dibble.
The income from the sale or lease
of the property is to be used in estab.
fishing free scholarships.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
ELDON

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Songer and little
SOL, of Ottumwa visited over Sunday
with Miss Ethel Conrad.
Mrs. Chas. Lutz and daughter,
Eloise, of Trenton, Mo-, are visiting
at the parental D. Thompson home
Claude starr went to Kansas City
on business Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Simmons OF Wy
conda, Mo-, are visiting at the home
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

The value OF the porkers raised on
Iowa farms exceeds that of the entire
farm crops in each of the following
twenty states: Maine. New Hamp.
shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey
Maryland, West Virginia, Florida,
Delaware, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
Nevada and Oregon
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
Di n n g r
s tor i e 8

II thought you said this car was a
self starter" said the lady to the
agent from whom she had purchased
her automobile. ->. .,......
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If the old saying dad beginning
good ending has any force, let us
hope 1t applies to this years weather
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

The thing to do is to work out your
problem yourself. Don't trust to luck
or you won't have any luck to trust.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

No man can help make an organi-
zation greater, better, more success.
full and more efficient without making
himself the same-Welsh's Magazine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

After visit to a liquor ruled town,
it is a pleasure to get back again to
a community which has banished
liquor by RELOCATING the drinker to a
position worthy only of pity and con.
tempt
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

Hooray for ottumwa in 1916.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06
Dr.. Burr
EYE. EAR, NJ

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Address (until fun NJ
Graduate Medical schhA
Calf. Office 116 s. NAM
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refill OF glasses and setNysA
counts. W%K
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-01-06

Il did, replied the salesman, "and,
you'll find it just as l represented.
II find that it is nothing of the sort.
I have to push button to make It 90. .
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Copyright 1915 by National Editorial Service)
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
MISSOURI MOTTO WORLDWIDE.
Everybody Believes in the you'll
Have to Show Me" Idea"

The Connecticut youth who bit into
golf ball displayed a thoroughly hu-
man curiosity. He wished to prove
for himself whether what he had
heard about the deadliness of the core
was true. From the time manufac-
turers began making the present style
of ball they have warned people
against its danger.
A boy begins his experiments when
against the admonitions of his par
ents he burns his fingers on a hot
plate. He continues them when he
takes his first watch to pieces to see
how the wheels go round A Cali
fornian, who declared that snake We
nom could not possibly be fatal to
man, recently permitted himself to be
bitten by a newly discovered serpent
scientists declared was deadly. He
succeeded in proving that the snake
expert was right. Many folks have
always mistrusted sea stories about
the man-eating proclivities of the
shark. Before another year has pass
ed there will be those who will insist
on more PROOF imam mas just Deen 1uf-
nished on the Jersey coast.
The motto of Missouri is the motto
not of a state, but of humanity. All
want to be shown. Men undertake
adventures in political, social and bus
mess life, risk their lives in scientific
experiments in unknown, dangerous
lands because they believe that they
can succeed where others have failed
If they did otherwise, they would not
be human.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-08-08
Value CheerfulneSs Above Everything Else

Be sunny has grown to be some
what of catchword, but it certainly
fits this world. The cook may have
gone away in a temper on the very
day OF your party or the dressmaker
may have failed to send home your
new frock in time for Mrs So-and-So's
reception but frowns and grumbling
will not help matters any
If your dinner does not turn out
as well as you wanted it to, just make
joke of it. Your guests will laugh
with you for they have troubles Of
their own and relish any sort of a re-
past that is served with laughter.
There are recipes by the score for
graduating wrinkles and crows feet
but a cheerful smile discounts them
all. 1t isn't easy to be cheerful when
things go wrong you say. No, but it
doesn't help to be grouchy any, does
it? Then forget it,
Cheerfulness is the best little habit