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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
OFFICERS EvADE
QUESTION OF Gun
WITNESSES IN SUTTON DEATH
INQUIRY DO NOT WANT TO
TELL ABOUT FATAL WEAPON

Annapolis, Md, July 23.-The fifth
day of the inquiry into the cause Of
the death of Lieutenant James NJ.
Sutton opened with Sergeant Of Ma
rines James DeHart, whose cross ex-
animation continued from yesterday
on the witness stand.
Mr.. Davis tried to find out from all
the witnesses what became Of SUIT
shooting.
Colonel Doyen testified that he saw
them and ordered Lieutenant Willing
to take charge of them, but he did not
know what became of them until they
finally got into his hands at the In
quest.
1t was apparent no one of the Off
GERS wanted to assume the RESPONSE
bility of having the weapons about
him Immediately after the shooting.
De Hart today testified that some Off
Ger at the scene of the shooting hand
ed him a revolver with the curt COM
mand, "Take this"
1t was dark and he could not see
who the officer was De Hart soon
afterward threw the revolver into the
bushes on his way to the barracks,
and on going out to look for 1t next
morning could not find IT, he testi.
fed
peHart Was Drunk.
De Hart is a bright appearing young
officer, hardly more than boy, and
he created considerable amusement in
court by frankly admitting he had
been out with friends the night In
question and was Slightly under the
influence of liquor" He said, how
ever, he knew what was going Gu
around him.
De Hart was making his way to
camp by "a back entrance when he
met Sutton prior to the shooting. De
Hart said that Sutton carried two re-
volvers," and that he Ode Hart) did
not stop to talk with him long. rhe
witness did not know abou. the trou-
BILE Sutton had had in camp, but
thought something was up when he
saw the two guns. Soon afterwards
De Hart heard the shots and ran back
to the scene of the shooting. He could
not remember recognizing any officers
then except Lieutenant Utley, who or
dered him to the barracks.
'I did not go then" he said, sbut
stayed in the grass near by out of cur
iosity"
Hint of Appeal is Given.
Not only did Sergeant De Hart con-
tradict the testimony of all the Off
GERS of marines wLo have given evi-
dence as to the identity of those who
were holding Lieutenant Sutton down
when he was shot, n that he positive
ly denied helping to do this, but he
declared that he did not touch Lieu
tenant Sutton at any time.
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FLOOD VICTIMS
ON GULF Total.
TWENTY THREE: I
DEATH LIST CUT DOWN SOME AT
GALVESTON, BUT HOUSTON RE.
PORTS MORE CASUALTIES -
IoWAN AMONG VICTIMS.

New Orleans, July 23.-All
doubt as to the fate of Captain
r. l.. Bettison and his wife who
We're reported drowned when the
tarpon pier washed away near
Galveston, was removed this
afternoon when their bodies were
found floating In the water near
Laporte, Texas, twenty miles
away. The Alternately family and
thirteen persons who were report
ed lost have arrived at Stowell,
safe and uninjured.
Houston, Texas, July 23.-Twenty-
three are reported dead, fourteen mis-
sing and eight injured, together with
property loss totalling $75O,0O0 as the
result of the storm which ragged over
the southern coast of Texas Wednes-
day. According to the dispatches re-
ceived up to this morning communica-
tion with the stricken district is still
bad and not until the full reports are
received will the full damage and loss
of life be known.
With six known dead on the tarpon
fishing pier at Galveston, the list Of
dead Of eleven Wednesday is cut down.
Five supposed victims were rescued
fed dead is e. Chaffner at Eagle
Lake, formerly of Waterloo, Ia.
Five Are Rescued.
Galveston, July 29.--As If from the
bottom of the sea, five of the storm
wrecked victims from the tarpon fish
Ing pier have been picked up alive off
Reddish reef in the upper Galveston
bay opposite North Galveston. Tie
rescued are:
Ray G. Teishorn of Houston. book
keeper.
Everett Lewis, bartender at pier.
G. d. Hopkins of Galveston.
John Forrest, colored, an employe at
the pier
Charles Johnson, colcred, porter at
pier.
With the report of the rescue of
these men, hope for the safety of the
other five persons is builded much
stronger, although it is feared the
others, who were not very robust,
have succumbed to the ordeal of TWEEN
ty-four hours In the water. Those still
unaccounted for are:
G. H. Daley, circulation manager of
the Tribune.
Mrs. Charles johnson and a man
presumed to be from Groveland. Tex
but whose name has not been learned.
The yacht Mayflower, which brought
the survivors to Galveston, left Cedar
Bayou at noon and an hour later fell
s,, 10, ,al, ~. = l..
five men on board. The Maud was
bound for the Cedar Bayou and passed
within short distance oil one Of the
men, who, while at the point of giving
up, was still able to lang on to the
pieces Of timber, under his arms. -Four
others were found hanging on 20
pieces Of driftwood and In an exhaust
ed condition. The men were given
immediate attention and were trans
ferred to the Mayf1ower.
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TWAIN GETS BACK HIS GIFT.
Cottage Humorist Presented to For
mer Secretary Transferred to
Settle $500 Claim.

Danbury, Conn. July pa cottage
in Redding which Samuel L. Clemens
mark Twain) presented to Miss Isa-
bel v. Lyon, his former secretary,
when she married Ralph w. Ashcroft
his business representative, a few
weeks ago, has ben transferred back
to the humorist 1t was said an under
standing has been reached by which
a suit which Mr.. Clemens instituted
against Mrs. Ashcroft to recover s., 500
in which the cottage is attached, is to
be dropped.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
T OR E:RUNNER
Of APPEAL IS
PLACED ON FILE
JUDGE J. c. MITCHELL RECORDS
BILL OF EXCEPTIONS IN Ac-
TloNs OF COURT AND ATToR.
NEY IN JuNkIN CASE.

A bill of exceptions to the instruc-
tions of the court and also with
reference to some remarks made by
Attorney Roll w. Smith in the Junkin
trial, has been filed with Judge NJ. A.
Roberts by the negro's attorney and
with this fling comes the first indica-
tion of an appeal of the convicted
negro's case. The exceptions f st
state that the court errored in not
giving the jury the proper instructions
relative to life Imprisonment should
there be a doubt In the minds of the
jury that Junkin did not commit the
crime. Attorney Smith, who assisted
County Attorney Seneca Cornell in the
prosecution Is the brunt of the second
exception, and the third list Of ex-
ceptions refer to the instructions Of
the court from the first to the fifteenth.
The Complete Bill.
The bill of exceptions as fled by
Judge ]. C. Mitchell is complete as fol-
lows:
In the district court Of Iowa in and for
Appanoose county-In vacation.
State of Iowa VS.. John Junkin. Bill
of exceptions:
Be it remembered, that on the trial
of the above cause. at proper time
and in a proper manner, the defendant
asked the court to give the Jury the
following Instructions, towit:
The defendant is entitled to the
benefit of every reasonable doubt. II
you have any reasonable doubt as to
whether or not the death penalty
should be inflicted in this case. then
you should resolve such doubts In
favor of the defendant, and return a
verdict of life imprisonment
The court refused to give the said
instruction. to which ruling the de-
fendapt at the time duly exeepted
That the Hon. r. III. Smith. county
attorney, In and for AppanGtDse county,
| In his argument to the jRay. at the
Gloss of the4essid denes, sfated as fol-
| lows:
'I say gentlemen, and have no OBJ
jections to Frank (meaning Frank
Roberts, the official shorthand reporter
of the court) taking 1t. that as long as
this man (meaning the defendant)
breathes and lives behind the prison
walls, If you men should send him
there, that there is in his breast the
hope that the board of parole may
some day parole him, and I say fur
ther. that the legislature. If 1 mistake
as to the law, acknowledge it, the
Legislature has in it's power hereafter
in the years to come, IL you mistake
and send him to the prison cell, to
give the board of parole power to par
don him.
That at the time said statements
were made to the jury by said Smith,
the defendant duly objected and ex-
cepted.
And at the time they were given, the
defendant duly excepted to each OF the
following instructions of the court to
the jury, towit: Nos. 2, 8, 4. s, 6, 7, 8,
10, 10. II. 70, 13, IA and Is.
This bill of exceptions is signed this
22d day of July, 1909 at the request
| of the defendant, and the clerk of the
above court will file and preserve the
same as a part of the permanent
records of the cause
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
Three PERSONS
DROWN AT ADEL
PLEASURE LAUNCH uPsETs IN
RAccooN RIvER-pEs MONIES
MAN is SAVED BY GIRL.

Adel, Ia, July 23.-Three persons
were drowned here when a pleasure
launch owned by Bern Macy, son of G..
Macy, owner of the electric lightning
system and Adel Milling company, up
set in the Raccoon river, four. miles
above the city last night.
The dead:
MRS. CLARK d. DAWSON, 43
BERN MACY, 23.
NINA THORSON, 10.
Miss Darline Dawson, one of the
members of the party, saved herself
by swimming ashore where she faint
ed and lay for almost two hours be-
fore she mustered sufficient strength
to summon help.
The body Of Mrs. Dawson was found
at I o'clock this morning when her
dress caught on the propeller of the
launch going up the river. The body
of Macy was also discovered, but par
ties are still hunting for Miss Thor
sons body.
According to Miss Dawson's story
the party had broken camp above Dar-
rout bridge at o'clock In the after
noon and had gone for pleasure trip
in Macy's launch. After sailing along
for two hours the launch struck sub
merged log or rock and in an instant
the vessel was filed with water. Miss
Dawson is an expert swimmer and
struck out for the shore. From the
bank she saw Bern Macy try to save
Miss Thorson who was visitor at her
home.
Lived In Mason CITY,
Mason City, July 23.- Especially -
Miss Thorson, teacher of Northwood
schools, who was drowned at Adel
last night is the daughter of Nels
Thorson. county supervisor. Her
father Is absent with his son In the
west on land seeking trip and can
not be found. The mother received
the news and was prostrated,
Des Moines Girl Heroine.
Chicago, July 23.-James w. Yer
non of Des Moines was rescued from
drowning by his sweetheart, Vera Price
at the Seventy-ffth street bathing
beach yesterday The girls ability as
a swimmer saved her own life when
Vernon seized her and she struggled
to save him.
Miss Price also lives in Des Moincs
and has been visiting frierds at 1924
Jackson Park avenue with Vernon.
They had been at the beach for TWO
hours, racing in the water and Vernon
was attacked by a cramp. He called
for help and sank. Miss Price who
was swimming ahead turned and dived
in an effort to reach him. She grasp
Cd his batting suit and dragged him
1" shallow water deslite his resistance
due to fright
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
WAR UNSETTLED
Differences In the Tobacco Fields of
Kentucky Contnue-Side
Fail to Agree.

Lexington. July THE conference
of representatives of the Kentucky
Burley Tobacco society and the Ameri.
can Society Of Equity broke UP at 1880
o'clock this morning.
The failure to get together means a
war between the two organizations ),
the proposed pooling of the tobacco
crop of 1909.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
MURDERER MUST DIE
MadarIaI Dhinaeri Who Killed Two
Men Ia Sentenced to Death
in Short Trial.

London, July 23.-Madarlal Dhinagri
the Indian student who shot and killed
Lieut. Colonel Sir William Hutt
Curzon Wyllie and DIR. Canvas Lalcaca
was today found guilty and sentenced
to death at the conclusion of trial
Of less than an hours duration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
TO M AXE PROTEST
Civil Government of Bilbao viii Hold
Mass Meeting Sunday On
the War,

Bilbao, Spain, July 23.--The civil
governor Of Bilbao, at the request of a
Biscayan committee, has authorized a
meeting to be held Sunday, for the pur-
pose OF protesting against the Spanish
moroccan war, on condition that it is
not accompanied by public manifes-
tation. Nevertheless professions are
being organized and rioting is feared.
Forty Thousand Men Needed.
Madrid, July 23..--It is reported that
General Marina, commander of the
Spanish forces at Melilla has inform.
ed the government that he will require
10000 men to insure decisive defeat
over the Moorish tribesmen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
JUDGE WEDs NURSE
Justice John F. oliver of the Fourth
District Figures In Pretty
Romance.

Sioux City, July 23.--A romance o.
a sick room eliminated, when Judge
John F. Oliver of the Fourth judicial
district, married Miss Daisy Shay, a
pretty woman of thirty. Last winter
When the judge was taken sick in al
apartments at the Oxford hotel Miss
Shay. acting as nurse. brought him
back to health.
The ceremony was performed Sc.
cretly July 1 at Seattle end became
known here yesterday. His first wife
died little over year ago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
HELEN TAFT GOES TO NEWPORT.
Will Attend Society Debut of Miss
Rocker Tonight in Eastern
civ

Beverly, Mass, July 23.-Miss Helen
Taft, the presidents daughter, has
gone to Newport, R. l., to spend Sun
day with Miss Eleanor Rocker. Miss
Roelker, who has been visiting the
Tafts for the past few days, is to have
a coming OUT party at Newport to-
night. Charley Taft, the presidents
younger son. who has been spending
three days at the home of John Hays
Hammond at Gloucester, returned to
Beverly yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
NAKED IN STREETS
Strike sympathizers Drive Workman
Through Town Stripped of His
Clothes.

Garrett, Ind, July G3-WEen Motor
man Meyer, strikebreaker imported
from Fort Wayne for the Fort Wayne,
Auburn and kendallville branch of the
Toledo and Chicago interurban road,
reported, he was seized by crowd of
strike sympathizers, stripped of his
clothing to the skin and driven
through the streets of Garrett.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
SHEA is SENTENCED
Former Head Of international Team.
sters Is Sent to Prison in
New York

New York, July 23.-Cornelius P.
Shea, former president Of the Inte.-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters
who was found guilty Wednesday of
attempting to murder Alice Walsh,
former Chicago waitress with whom
he had been living here, was sentenc-
ed today to not less than five or more
than twenty-five years in prison.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
Will Teddy Return
to Fight For New
York Mayorality ?

4 4 +
4 Paris, July 23-John S. Wise,
4 Jr., of New York, says that
!. Theodore Roosevelt, just prior
i to his departure from New
j. York on the African hunting
4 expedition, promised him and
+ other Republicans in New York
4 that he would return in time
+ for the mayoralty campaign.
+ Wise says he has not given up
+ hope that Roosevelt will head
i the mayoralty ticket in New
4 York this autumn.
3 i N#
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
DIVORCE TO NovELIsT's WIFE.
Mrs. Ella Sterling Mighels Given De.
cree on Ground of De-
sertion.

San Francisco, Cal, July 23.-Mrs.
Ella Sterling Mighels has been grant
ed a divorce from Philip Verrill Nigh,
els, novelist of New York, on the
ground of desertion. Mighels is a.
nephew-in-law of Robert Davis, editor
of Munsey's
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
BYERS GIVES OPINION
Attorney General Reiterates That Per.
mits Signed After April
is Are Illegal.

Des Moines, July 23.-Attorney Cen
eral Byers in a long opinion issued to-
day refterates his opinion that saloon
permits given after April Is are IL
legal. He quotes some judges of the
supreme court as being behind his
opinion.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
Forty Thousand Men Needed.
JEROME TO TAKE HAND
District Attorney Of New York VIII
Enter the Case Of Harry
X. ThaW.

New York, July 23.Dstrict Attor-
ney Jerome has decided to take a
hand IN the Harry x. Thaw case once
more, despite the fact that the case in
It's present aspect is outside his i'm
mediate jurisdiction. jerome announc-
ed today that he would go to White
Plains Monday to appear at the re.
sumption in supreme court there Of the
hearing as to Thaw's mental condi-
ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
COST $40 FOR NAME
Miners of West Put Cash Penalty on
Profane Language Used
In Convention.

Denver, Colo.,' July 23.-Hereafter
when a delegate on the floor of the
convention of the Western Federation
of Miners calls another delegate liar
or uses profane language, 1t will cost
him $40. A resolution to that effect
was adopted yesterday. No estimates
have been made as to the probable in
crease in receipts which will follow.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
TWO ARE INJURED
Nephew Of Speaker Joseph Cannon
and Companion Are Victims of
Auto Accident,

Charlottesville, Ind July pa mo-
tor car driven by Richard Cannon, a
nephew of Speaker Cannon, dashed
over an embankment while running at
high speed near here today and Can
mons companion. John Noone, a brew
er Of Danville, H., was caught under
the car and probably fatally Injured.
Cannon was painfully bruised but 9th
erwise uniniured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
CHARLES 3. crane - chin.

Washington, D. c.. July 23.-The
president today nominated Charles r.
Crane of Illinois envoy extraordinary
minister plenipotentiary to China. The
nomination of Mr.. Crane was confirm
ed by the senate this afternoon.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

Politician Gets TWO Years in Prison,
st. Louis, July 23.-Joseph T. Weis-
man, tailor and politician, charged
with fraudulent registration. was
found guilty by a jury yesterday. His
punishment was fixed at two years in
the penitentiary.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
Australian Speaker Dies.

Melbourne, July 23.-An all night
sitting of the commonwealth parlia-
ment ended tragically this morning
when Sir Frederick Holder, speaker of
the house Of representatives was seiz-
ed with fit and died soon afterwards.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
Respects Commission plan.

Fargo, N. D., July g. Fargo re-
jected the commission form of govern
ment by ninety-two vote majority
yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
Renounced Right
to Throne to w ed
A m erican Girl
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Lisbon, July 23.-Prince i
I Miguel of Braganza today re- i
: nounced forever his rights to :.
!. the throne of Portugal in order j
Z to marry Miss Anita, daughter i
: Of Mrs. James Henry Smith Of }.
I New York );
! The prince and the Ameri- i
! can girl have been enjoying a !
: couftship saturated with bliss, !
: and his action today Is the cul- i
: mination OF their pretty ro- !
7 nance. !
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24

and decisive action on the tariff bill
appeared this afternoon when Inc CON
ference committee excluded the clerk
and everybody else except the con-
ferees themselves, and went inte o
strictly executive session. 1t Is now
understood that the committee will
stick to their task, with possibly q
brief recess for dinner this evenine,
until iron, hides. coal, lumber, wood
pulp, print paper and structural steel
have been disposed Of There ale
good signs for finish of tho confer
ence work tonight.
Indications this afternoon are very
strong that the tariff conference com
mittee will report in favor of the fol-
lowing rates on articles which have
been the cause of SO much recent con
troversy:
Coal, As cents per ton; iron ore, rs
cents; hides per cent ad valuorem !;
lumber $1.25 per thousand and pc
troleum free. There will be more op-
position to the hide reduction than to
any other of these adjustments.
Senate Adjourns Today.
In the hope that the conference conl-
-mfttee on the tariff may be able to re-
port by that time, the senate adjourn
ed today until next Monday, instead of
Tuesday, as would be necessary under
the unanimous agreement for three
aays' interim pending the report OF
the conference committee.
Conferences and consultations
meeting and plain visits to the presi-
aent" featured the activities in the
capital and has, it is believed, moved
the tariff problem to closer and ami.
cable settlement
Senator Aldrich and Speaker Can
non held long conference with Pres,
ldent Taft last night to report the
days work. Just what they told him
about the schedules is not known, but
1t is declared that both of them in.
sisted that when the conference re.
port is brought into the two houses a
majority must be in sight in each to
pass 1t without a hitch.
Taft Enters Denial.
President Taft's plans for free hides
Dill, coal and iron ore and cheaper 1um,
ber have not been having an easy time
Of it. President Taft himself this morn.
ing repeated his denial that he is com.
mitted to policy Of free raw mater
lals This is a democratic doctrine for
which he does not want to stand spon.
-sor. He insists that he is for these par.
ticular free items because they do not
need duty and not because they are
raw materials.
One Of the most formidable insur.
rections against this part of his pro
gram broke loose yesterday afternoon
In meeting of two score members OF
the lower house who represent cattle
ore, oil, coal and lumber states. Amone
them We're number of Democrats
from southern states whose chief OBJ
iect in congress is to protect their
home products-and they are fighting
the Taft plan for all there is in it
Senator Elkins of West Virginia Is
said to be largely responsible for stir
ring up this ruction, and it was report
ed that the new high protection in
surgents" told "UncIe Joe" Cannon OF
their plans b'fore they held the meet
Ing.
Raw Materials MOI All.
The president told five western con
gressmen among others that he did
~. i
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-24
sEMATE ADJouRNs I'M THE HOPE
THAT RATE coNFEREEs WILL
BE ABLE TO MAKE KNOWN
FINDINGS FIRST OF WEEK.
AFT SEEMS TO BE
SATISFIED WITH WORK
PRESIDENT AFTER NUMEROUS
TALKS WITH LEGISLATORS is
MADE REsTFuL ON ARTICLES
UNDER DEBATE.

Washington, D. G.. July 23.-
I'VE are going to have a bill and
soon, too," said Senator Elkins
after brief call at the White
house today. Flights over" said
member Of the house, who was
an earlier caller at the executive
offices. ALI congressional callers
at the White house today left the
impression that the president
would win sufficient concessions
in his fight for downward revision
especially on raw materials, to
make it sure that a bill will be
devised which will warrant his
signature. The anti-free raw ma
terial senators and representa-
tives are still on the firing line,
devoting their energies now to
flank movement against the
schedules on manufactured and
finished products.
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Raw Materials MOI All.

The president told five western con-
gressmen among others that he did
not wish to be understood that he was
making fight only for raw materials.
He emphasized the fact that he stood
upon the Republican platform adopted
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