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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
FIRST
ATTEMP FAIL
sPARkER DID NOT WORK PROP
ERLY AND AERoPLANE
WOULD NOT SOAR.

Washington, June 30-After making
three unsuccessful efforts to get his
new aeFoplane into the air yesterday
afternoon, orpilie Wright made. a
short fight, encircling the Fort Mver
aerodroma.
control, was finally determined upon
bv the two Wrights as the cause for
the refusal of the machine to fly more
than a few hundred feet beyond the
end of the starting rail. Their persist
ency in trying, time after time, to
make the machine behave properly
won the approval of the large crowd
that had gathered in anticipation of
flight.
The difficulties which attended un-
der ideal weather conditions the first
trials of the flying machines. which is
a new one constructed to replace the
one smashed by accident at Fort
Myer last September, Is a vindication
of the Wrights in their refusal to make
q fight yesterday in an adverse wind
Today the Wright brothers will re-
good weather conditions obtain they
will make further preliminary trials.
"Crank" Propeller Like Auto.
At the beginning of the first attempt
of the day Wilbur Wright and Taylor,
lHe HiecIdiilC,H estcH sldtloIeu Il1iIl5ell
at one Of the propellers. ready to turn
it like "cranking'' an automobile. Or
vile Wright turned on the ignition,
and his brother and the mechanic gave
the propellers a twist. The latter
whirred around at great rate as
orville took his place in the operators
seat.
Everything was ready then for the
first attempt to fly with the new ma
chine. Wilbur stationed himself at the
end of the aeroplane and ran along
with it when Orville released the
weight which pulls it down the track
and gives it momentum.
The machine rose from the ground
as soon as it left the rail, but appeared
to be able to mount into the air but a
few feet The right wing veered to-
ward the ground and struck the earth
at its tip. Orville quicklJ stopped the
motor and climbed out to inspect the
damage which was trivial
At 7:45 o'clock the final trial was
started, and the machine rose to a
height of about fifteen or twenty feet.
Shortly after 1t ascended from the
ground it showed signs of losing head
way, but Orville kept on around the
fed, remaining in the air about fifty
secondS
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
MAN THOUGHT To
Be DEAD WRITES
AFTER WIFE HAD PREPARED TO
/. COLLECT INSURANCE DUBU-
QUE MAN SHOWS UP.

Dubuque, June 80. Especially =
Robert Pegel left home on July of
last year, leaving. a wife and two chill
dren. Four weeks ago body was
taken from among the logs of a raft
which had lain many months in a
slough. After burial as unknown, the
body was exhumed at the instigation
of Mrs. Pegel and identified by her
and several friends, members of the
Woodmen Of the World, as Robert Pc
gel, and was reinterred in the family
lot. Following this a claim for $1,000
on a policy in the Woodmen of the
World was made and allowed and a
check would have been issued in July.
Tuesday Mrs. Pegel received letter
from her husband, dated In Canada,
where he is working.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
PIT TSBURC Goes
BASEBALL CRAZY
MEN AND BOYS FIGHT TO GET
INTO NEW GROUNDS; CALL
HALF HOLIDAY.

Pittsburg, June When the
gates Of Forbes field, the new million
dollar grounds of the Pittsburg Nation
al League basball club were thrown
open at noon today there was riot
among fully 5000 men and boys to
gain entrance. Many of them were
thrown to the ground an injured. Hur-
ried calls were sent TO nearby police
stations and fifty patrolmen rushed to
the park. With difficulty the great
mob of enthusiasts who had stood in
line for from five to six hours were
controlled. Business houses found so
many of their employees were going to
the Chicago-Pittsburg game at the
new park that most of the downtown
places declared half holiday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
CALVIN LITTLEPAeE, AFTER
NUMBERING PARENTS OF Dl-
voRcED WIFE, ELUDEs POSSE
AND COMMITS SUICIDE.
WIFE TERRORIZED
BY INSANE MAN
COMPELLED AT POINT OF GUN
TO RIDE MILES WITH MURDER
Err AFTER BRUTAL DEED; FIRST
THREATENED HER LIFE.

Des Moine,, June (SpeciaD-
Calvin Littlepage, who killed Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Janison the parents of
his divorced wife, because they re-
fused tc allow him to see her this
morning was found dead by his own
hand near Valley Junction after an all
night hunt by officers.
After he had shot and killed the
parents of his divorced wife, Little
page compelled his former wife and
little child to enter the buggy with
him and drove away. After a fifteen
mile chase by a posse of officers and
citizens. Littlepage left the woman
and child and continued his break for
liberty alone.
Woman Fights Msdly to Escape.
During the long fight over muddy
country roads Mrs. Littlepage fought
bravely with the infuIiated man in an
aifort 10 escape. Once at Campbells
station, when stopped by deputy
sheriff Littlepage held his baby n
front of hsm and. drawing his re-
aoiVer, escaped from the officer.
al.s. tie. s.sge, see,11eei lisarcs
ran her husband in Des Moines last
!
her parents. The latter refused to
allow Littlepage TO visit his former
Vi:fc or his child Yesterday afternoon
he appeared at the jameson home and
demanded to see Mrs. Littlepage.
Shoots Parents With Rifle.
When the father refused this per-
mission, to see his wife and baby, Lit
tlepage went to his buggy and return
ing with a rifle shot the aged parent
through the heart. He died Instantly.
Littlepage then walked around the
house and shot Mrs. Jameson, who
died half an hour later.
Going to the garden he forced his
former wife at the point Of rife to
go to the barn with him, and there
they hitched one of Jameson's horses
to his buggy and drove away.
Woman is Frustrated.
The woman is Frustrated by the
horrors of the day. During every min
ute of the wild ride over the muddy
country roads she momentarily ex-
pected that the crazed man by her
side would turn his gun on their child
and herself.
Once she heard him tell his brother
that he intended to Kill her, the baby,
and himself. At another time she
saw him hold the child before him to
protect himself from the gun of an
officer She fought with him repeat
sdly in an effort to wrest from him
the rifle and revolver which he con-
stantly threatened to turn on her.
Finally, through some inexplainablc
vagary of his disordered mind, the
maniac voluntarily left the woman and
child and continued his flight alone.
This morning Littlepage succeeded
In breaking through the Gordon sur
rounding him in the barn, where he
had taken refuge. Ben Littlepage, a
brother who works on farm near
The Butler place, told the officers this
morning the murderer had called on
him after midnight and had told him
that he would return to kill his wife
and babe He then threatened his
brother if he dared to tell the officers
where he was and disappeared in the
darkness
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Ex.coNvIcT is SUSPECT.
Felix sharkey Held for Bomb Throw
ing in Chicago; Had Bought
Dynamite,

Chicago, June 80. Felix Sharkey,
a former convict, was arrested here
last night as suspect in the latest
bomb-throwing case. Sharkey is said
by the police to have purchased 25
pounds of dynamite from local firm
on June IT. There have been three
bomb outrages since that time; the
one the police are particularly desir-
GUS of clearing up, however, occurring
Sunday night, when downtown prop
erty was damaged to the extent of at
least 500. 600
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
LINC HAD
ACCOM- PLICES
ELSIE sIeEL's BODY WAS CART
ED FROM PLACE TO PLACE;
OTHERS KNEW 1T.

New York, June 3o.--Information
was at hand last night which for the
| first time since the discovery OF the
l1nurder of Elsie Sigei eleven days ago
establishes that LeoI Ling must have
had accomplices and that, though Ii
telegram signed with his name and In
his writing was sent from Washington
he could not have been there on the
date on which the message was sent.
The police have also accounted in de-
tail for the movement OF the body, as
it was moved hither and thither in
panic after the crime up to the NOM
ent of it's discovery In the bedroom of
Leon Ling.
But though the detective force has
dozen men in neighboring towns of
New Jersey and Inspector McCafferty
reiterated last night his confidence
that the murderer will be caught, there
is nothing known publicly from which
1t can be inferred that his arrest is
nearer than it has been at any time
during the last week.
The fact as to the movements of the
body in New York, now added to the
details previously unearthed concern
Ing the trip to Newark, N. j., came
out through Arthur Logan, an ex-
pressman of this city, who said yes
terday that at 1880 p m. on June 9,
the dav Of the murder. Chinaman,
tion nf apn psiTg i iia VIII t,ie uescrip-
and tod hi,,, that ,,a r,,atoa no t'si, oii,es
49, iu go, ma. is Wan.eu truiih
avenue to the Chinese laundry of Wah
Kee, $40 West One Hundred and
Twenty Sixth street.
When LOGAN got to the Harlem ad
dress he found Wah Kee waiting for
him. "Tlunk? Tlunk q, said Wah "All
light; so cents" Fifty cents had been
the charge agreed on with Leon ling
Wah Kee knew of # in advance Thare
was no hesitancy about sccentinp the
trunk.
Nearly eight hours later q well
dressed Japanese as the starter of tbe
New York Taxicab comnany Thought
him to be. called at the con,nanv,s Of
flee at One Hundred and Twentv-
FIFTH street and Eiphth avenue and
asked him how much II wo,,ld cost
him for a taxicab to Newarlx He was
told s12 and INSTRUCTED tho driver
Martin J,,ria to call ~ wet 49,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
SLAIN IN SEQUEL TO JOKE.
PIacard Calling Atlanta Man Insane
Causes Shooting; Slayer
Gives Self Up.

Atlanta, Ca, June 30.-As the re-
suit of practical joke, G. B. Will
liams, insurance agent, was shot and
killed in the Prudential building by
Don NJ. Balm, one of the leading insur-
ance men of Atlanta. ]. B. Beardsley
was accidentally shot in the shoulder.
Some one placed card on Williams
desk stating that he had been sent
to the state insane asylum at Mill
edgeville. Williams accused Balm of
being responsible for the placard. A
quarrel followed and Williams slap
ped Bain's face. 81 am too old man
to be treated that way" said Balm,
and drawing a pistol, shot Williams
four times. Balm then waited for the
police.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
sALToN SEA WILL EvAPoRATE
Report Issued by Geological Survey
Places 1925 as Year Of Its Total
Disappearance.

Los Angeles, Cal, June 80. --Ac-
cording to a report issued by the
United States Geological survey, the
great Salton sea will completely dis
appear through evaporation by 1925.
The sea, which was formed few
years ago by overflow from the Colo.
RADIO river into. a depression in the
Imperial valley, is about forty miles in
length and in places fifteen miles
wide The basin is 275 feet below sea
level and the water in. places in nearly
100 feet deep.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
PREVENTS BAD
train WRECK
WOMAN FLAGS WAsAsH PAssEN-
GER NEAR EXCELSIOR SPRINGS
SAVING MANY LIVES.

Kansas City, June 30.-But for the
presence OF mind of Mrs. Jennie
Lewellyn, an aged woman living near
by in tagging the west bound Ex-
celsior Springs train on the Wabash
railroad near Missouri City. Mo-, a
headon collision of a freight and pas
senger train last night probably
would have resulted In many fatali-
ties At is was, one man, David Par
rish, was killed, one woman badly in
jured and ten slightly injured. The
passenger engineer was enabled to les
sen the speed of the train and prevent
more serious collision.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
BOY ELECTROCUTED
1s-Year-old Lad Meets Instant Death
While Turning on Electric Lights
With Both Hands.

Waterloo, June 80. Especially =
Laurie Rogers, the 1S-year-old son of
G. T. Rogers of Grundy Center, was
electrocuted last night while turning
on an incandescent light in each hand
on the lawn where social was held.
Death was instantaneous, but Rogers
remained in standing posture until
the current was broken. A large
crowd Of young people were present
and some were slightly shocked by
grasping the body or the wires.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
"FouR MILE LAW EFFECTIVE.
New Tennessee Statute Makes il a
Misdeamor to sell Liquor as
Beveredqe or to TippIc.

Nashville, Tenn, June 3O.-The
statute extending the provisions Of the
four mile" law to the entire state
becomes effective at IL o'clock tonight.
Under the provision OF the law it will
be unlawful to sell or tipple liquors,
wines. ales or beer as beverage in
Tennessee. The manufacturers bill to
prohibit the manufacture of liquors
does not become operative until jan
uary 1. All kinds of liquor is being
sold at slaughter prices, and the sa-
looms are doing rushing business.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Body Of Dubuque Lad Found.

Dubuque. June 30 Especially =
The body of Earl Taylor, 10 years old,
was found on a sandbar this morning.
The boy has been missing since We'd
nesday, when with other boys he
caught train to cross the river and
1t is believed he fell off the bridge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Close Bull FROG Bank.

Rhyolite. Nevada, June 30.-The Bull
Frog bank and Trust company was
closed yesterday by an order of the
bank examiner who reported that the
institution had on hand but FIVE per
cent of curreny necessary to cover its
deposits. The capital is 100000 and
the deposits aggregate 100000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
child sustains Fractured 3skulI.

Dubuque, June 30. Especially -
Frederick Weigel, eight years old,
has frectured skull and probably
will die. He was riding the handle bar
and 10-year-old Marcia Spencer was
pedaling a bicycle. The girl heedlessly
started down a steep hill for Wild
flight Of three blocks. which ended by
striking the curb when the road
curved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Bank Guarantee pownsd.

Lincoln, Neb.. June 30,--In the fed
eral court today Judges Van de yenter
and Munger granted an injunction re-
straining the new state banking board
from putting into effect the bank
guarantee act. The constitutionality of
the statute will be discussed and opin-
ions will be fled later.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
MAY CLEAR BOOM MYSTERY
Chicago officIats Believed to Have Sc
cured Admissions From Felix
Sharkey, Suspect.

Chicago, June 30.-Felix Sharkey,
once the terror of the police, but now
crippled and gray, today divulged all
he knew of the long series Of bomb
outrages which have mystif1ed the po-
lice Of Chicago. States Attorney
Wayman to whom Sharkey told his
story last, laid strict embargo of sill
ence on the narrator sisl police Off
cials present at the interview. Ar
rests are expected.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01

Jackson, MISS, June 30.-Applica.
ton was made today bv District At
torney Lamb for a perpetual injunc-
tion restrainin' the Standard Oil Co.
from operating in Mississippi and seek
ing to collect s11.ooo,0O0 penalties for
the alleged violation of the trust law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Mayor Denies Charges.

Des Moines. June -(SpeciaD
A. H. Henderson, mayor of Marengo,
has filed an answer to the action to
oust him because he was drunk in
Office. He admits he drinks and says
this was known to the elector who
elected him, but he denies he ever was
drunk.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Tornado Not So Serious.

Great Forks. \. D.. June 30.-The
latest report from Niles. n. D.. where
tornado late yesterday is supposed TO
haye killed eight persons and injured
many is that only eight persons were
'iissiatlp injured and none killed
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
other Railroad Notes.

The household goods of Superin-
tendent w. F. Thiehoff arrived this
afternoon on Burlington No. 17S
from Brookfeld, Mo-, and are being in
stalled In the new home that has
been built for Mr.. Thiehoff on the
corner of West Ottumwa and Fifth
streets. The family of the genial
superintendent of the Ottumwa divi-
sion are in the city prepared to locate.
Carroll Meredith, for sometime past
assistant timekeeper at the Burlington
general Offices has resigned his posi-
tion and is succeeded by James
Swirles, Jr., who has been on the
tonnage desk. Dan Kersten of the
mailing department will succeed
swirles and his position will be filed
by Everest Wilson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
-h Eliot is honorad.

Cambridge, Mass June 3O.-At the
Harvard commencement exercises to-
day President Lowell conferred the
honorary degrees of doctor of medicine
and doctor Of laws upon Chas. VIM.
Eliot, former president of Harvard
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
CYCLONE at pes Moines.

Des Moines, June 30- Especially
A cyclone struck the northeastern part
of the city last night. Barns were de-
stroyed, trees uprooted, etc. Mrs.
Frank Cady was slightly bruised when
her house was injured.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
To Elect General.

Des Moines, June 30.-Adjutant Gen
eral Logan issued an order today to
elect brigadier general to command
she first Iowa brigade, I. N. G. James
R. Lincoln of Ames is likely to be the
winner.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
chaneeIlor Dunno Made Rishon.

Rome. June 30.The Pope today
confirmed the election of Rev. Edmund
Michael Dunno, chancellor of archido-
cese of Chicago TO be bishop of Peoria
in succession to the Rt. Rev. John l..
Spaulding. resigned.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Lock Jaw Victim at Detroit

Detroit, June 30. Marvin Barnett
aged IA years, is the first Fourth of
July lock Jaw victim in Detroit. The
lad died today. He was wounded In the
hand a week ago while firing a toy
pistol
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
Russe,s condition Eavorahl.

Chicago, June 30.-The condition Of
Mayor Bussee who underwent an OPP
GRAFTON for appcndicities is declared by
the attending physicians to be quite
fayorahla today ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
YOUNG TO CRESTON
ASCHIEF EFDISPATCHER
MARK HUGHES, FORMER CHIEF
CLERK is BROUGHT BACK FROM
SHERIDAN FOR TRAIN DEPART
MENT.

shake up on the Burlington n
which Ottumwans figure prominently
takes place tomorrow on the Ottumwa
division. The appointment of an as
sistant superintendent of the division
and the abolishing of one Of the train
masters offices are the most promin-
ent features Of the shake up. Frank
Cone comes to Ottumwa and John r.
Young goes to Creston. M G. Hughes
of Sheridan, Wyo., goes to Burlington
as trainmaster of the Ottumwa divi-
sion to succeed Cone and the Office of
the trainmaster will be located in Bur
lington. These are the first changes
to be made by the new superintendent
of Iowa lines, L. B. Allen, who recently
succeeded w. B. Throop in Burlington.
Conc Goes Up.
The rumor of the change has been
persistent in railroad circles for the
past few days and when seen this
morning, Superintendent W. F. THE
hoff would not deny nor positively CON
firm them. 1t is established, how
ever, beyond a doubt, that tomorrow,
July i, the shift viii become Elective
/ Frank Cone, for some time past.
trainmaster for the east half of the
Ottumwa division with headquarters
at Burlington, will come to Ottumwa
as assistant superintendent and will
have his headquarters in the general
Offices at the union depot. This is
nice promotion for Mr.. Cone whose
friends among Ottumwans are legion.
He is former Ottumwan and his en-
trance into officialdom began in this
city as yardmaster. Later he served
in different official capacities in ST.
Joseph and Burlington. His many
friends here will be pleased to know
of his we'll merited promotion and will
welcome him again to Ottumwa.
Young to creston.
John R. Young for long time train
master on the west half of the Ottum-
wa division, will relinquish the posi-
tion of trainmaster and take up the
duties of chief dispatcher in Creston,
where he was located previous to be-
coming trainmaster here. Mr.. Young
is veteran in the telegraph depart
ment and an old Ottumwan. His de-
parture from here will be regretted by
his large circle of friends and is due
only to the abolishing of one of the
trainmaster offices on the division and
the centralizing of the work of the
Office at one point
Hughes Made Trainmaster
Succeeding to the Office held jointly
by Cone and Young, nj. G. Hughes 1f
Sheridan, Wyo., will become train
master of the Ottumwa division with
headquarters in Burlington. This is a
promotion for Mr.. Hughes and the
many friends Of Mark, as he is famil-
iarly known 20 his many former fell
low workers here, will be pleased to
hear of his return to this division.
Mr.. Hughes was former chief clerk
in the general Offices In Ottumwa
under the division superintendency Of
L. B. Allen, the present general super
intendent of Iowa lines, and that IF
A. V. Brown. the present general
manager of the Missouri & Northern
Arkansas railroad.
Mr. Cone is in Ottumwa today and
with the other parties to the change Of
positions will begin his new duties to-
morrow.
Other Railroad Notes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-07-01
suffrasettes Released; Cases up July 9

suffraaettes Released; Cases up July g.,
London, June 30.-The cases of the
one hundreds and sixteen suffrasettes
who were arrested last night during
the raid on the House of Commons in
an effort to present a petition to
Premier Asquith were today adjourn
ed until July 9th. The women were re-
leased on their own recogniaances.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1909-11-17
AN OLD BUsYB0DY.
What the Bridegroom Thought Of I

What the Bridegroom Thought Of the
Old Native at the Station.
While waiting for the train the bride
and bridegroom walked slowly up and
down the platform.
Il don't know what this joking and
guying may have been to you," he re-
marked, but it's death to me. never
experienced such an ordeal"
Its perfectly dreadful" she an.
swered. Il shall be so glad when we
get away from everybody we know"
They're actually impertinent," he
went on. why. the very natives"-
At this unpropitious moment the
wheezy old station master walked up
to them.
BE you goin' to take this trainf' he
asked.
Its none Of your business" retorted
the bridegroom Indignantly as be
guided the bride up the platform,
where they condoled with each other
over the impertinence Of some Of the
natives.
Onward came the train. its vapor
curling from afar. 1t was the last
to their destination that day-an ex.
press. Nearer and nearer It came at
full speed; then In moment 1t whix.
zed past and was gone.
why In thunder didn't that train
stop" yelled the bridegroom.
Cos you sed 'twarn't none Of my
business. ! has to signal II that trains
to STOP"
And as the old station master softly
stroked his board there was q wicked
twinkle In his eye.-London Tit-Bits.