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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-21


with the ruling Of the court yesterday
afternoon, was filed this morning and
follows:
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF, IN,
AND FOR WAPELLO CO., IOWA.
Amendment to Plaintiffs Petition.
State Of Iowa, ex rel.
H. w. Byers, Atty Gen.,
VS..
T. ]. Phillips.
Comes now the plaintiff in pursu-
ance to the order Of the court and
makes his petition more specific and
states:
l. That the defendant, T. J. Phillips,
has wilfully and habitually neglected
and refused to perform the duties Of
his Office in this:
A. That the said T. J. Phillips as
mayor and chief executive officer of
the city of Ottumwa, Iowa, has per-
mitted gambling and gambling houses
to operate in the city Of Ottumwa,
Iowa.
B. That the said T. J. Phillips as
mayor and chief executive officer Of
the city of Ottumwa has permitted
pool and billiard halls to operate where
minors were allowed to play at pool
and other games and to remain in pool
and billiard halls.
c. That the said defendant T. J.
Phillips, as chief executive officer Of
the city of Ottumwa, Iowa, has permit
ted disorderly bawdy and houses IT
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-21
Pju Attacks a Boy.

Clear Lake, July 19.-Attacked by
an angry SOW, Norman Wetmore, a
3-vear-old son Of James Wetmore a
farmer living north of here was nearly
huled. The child got into the pen IN
some way when attacked It's face and
body was mass Of gashes and its
clothing torn completely off. The boy
was rescSss by it's mother.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-21

the first Of the week at the w. c. In
gersoll home in Pulaski
Mrs. H. Armand of Des Moines
passed through this city Monday on
her way to Milton.
R. M. Gibson and wife Of Des
Moines attended the funeral Of his
mother Mrs Martha Gibson Monday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-21
Society People Poisoned.

Boone, July ia score Of the
members of the Golf and Country club
all society people Of the city, are SUI
fering from ptomaine poisoning from
eating pressed chicken. Several were
violently i'll. The physicians called
feared for time that some would not
recover. All are now improving and
no fatalities are likely to result.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
TALCOTT GETS PLACE
Will Assume Duties of AS
sistant Assessor April 1.
JAMES L. FEENEY IGNORED
Son of Engineer Who Built Aque-
duet Bridge Has Had Much Expe-
rience in Handling Condemnation
Cases and Knows Real Estate.
Recommended to Commissioners.

James L. Feeney will not get the as
sistant assessorship plum.
lie was bowIed over yesterday when the
Commissioners. ignoring Postmaster Gen
eraI Hitchcock's Endorsement OF the labor
leader. decided 10 appoint Edmund NJ.
Talcott TO I'll the position left vacant by
the death of Eldridge C. Davis.
Mr.. Talcott. who now holds the posi-
ton OF assistant engineer IN charge OF
street extension. Will assume his new
duties on April l.
Mr.. Talcott is well-ftted for the posi-
ton, and District Assessor Richards, who
recommended the appointment, says Mr.
Talcott has had much experience in
handling condemnation cases and is well
acquainted with real estate in the Dis
trict He has also had experience in
the purchase OF school sites and similar
property and in the list OF offers of
sites in making up estimates to forward
TO Congress. All OF his work under the
District government makes him we'll
qualified for the position Of assistant
Received Several Promotions.
star liAB ds Eudlnllan III tlo engi-
neer's department in September. 1897.
where he received several promotions.
Mr.. Talcott remained there until January
Is, 1905, when he was promoted to the
position Of engineer in charge OF street
extension.
About two years ago Mr.. Talcott was
a promising candidate for the position OF
District surveyor, but NJ. c. Hazen re-
ceived the appointment on recommenda-
ton OF District Assessor Richards.
Charles G. Talcott, the engineer who
built the Aqueduct Bridge, was the father
Of Edmund NJ. Talcott He had four
sons, all engineers. One son Is now
civil engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, and another Is
engineer in the Treasury De-
partment The other son is dead.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
MISSING FOOTMAN
SHOWN TO BE FELON
Police Unable to Find Nan
Who Left with Gems.

Clarence Hewlett. the footman who
disappeared from the home Of Rear Ad-
miral Ludlow Z. S. ". Il Lafayette
Square on Monday with jewelry valued
at more than Sl6000, has a police record
Of which no criminal would be envious.
He is still missing.
Hewlett Is known 20 the police all over
the country. and shs list of his aliases
reads Ike a page tos4. from a city direc-
tory. His photograph is in the rogues'
gallery and his Bertillon measurements
are In possession Of the police.
How it was possible for Hewlett to OBJ
tain a situation as footman at the Lud-
low home Is a mystery which puzzled
the police, but which they viii not try to
solve Fake recommendations" said a
detective who knows Hewlett
Hewlett disappeared from Washington
On Monday last at the time a jewelry
case, filed TO the brim. disappeared from
the Ludlow home. The jewelry was the
property OF Mrs. Frederick D. Bugher,
wife of the deputy police commissioner
of New York. She is in Washington
visiting her mother-in-law. Mrs. Nicoll
Ludlow.
The police say Hewlett has served three
terms in the penitentiary. He was ar
rested on December u. 1893 by the late
Detective Parham on a charge of grand
larceny.
At that time Hewlett was eighteen years
old. He was a waiter. He was arrested
for stealing a pocketbook containing
nearly 500 from Representative George
l. Lilley. Hewlett served a term for the
offense and was released. He was again
arrested for several thefts at the Homeo-
pathic Hospital. where he was employed
as an orderly.
Hewlett served his last term for grand
larceny committed in October, 1905 He
was released from the penitentiary Oc-
tober o, 1907, and has since been at large.
What occupation he pursued previous TO
his employment at the Ludlow home the
police have been unable 20 learn.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
MEN ONLY ESCAPE.
Women and Children Trampled at
Dance Hall Fire.

Vienna, March 31.-The latest details OF
the catastrophe on Sunday night at Oek-
oerito. when nearly 409 persons perished
in a fire in a coach house in which a
ball was in progress, furnished an idea
of the horrible effect of panic on man
hood. Nearly all those who escaped from
the burning building were men. and it IS
evident that they owe their lives to the
exertion Of superior physical strength.
Women and girls, and even infants,
were thrown aside and trampled upon IN
mad terror by the men. OF the dead 12S
were children between one and nine years
of age. Practically ell the young women
Of the village peTished.
The surviving young men are quoted as
saying that as no marriageable girls are
left, they will emlgrate to America.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
FLEETS BASE IS MOVED.
German Battle Ships VIII Go to Will
heImshafen.

Berlin. March 90-Germany has inau-
gurated a new era in naval strategy. Il
was announced some time ago that she
would remove her battle ship base from
the Baltic to the North Sea. and to-day
the first squadron of the high seas fleet,
consisting of eight battle ships and four
cruisers. left Kiel and passed through
the North Sea canal for maneuvers in
the neighborhood of Heligoland.
After the maneuvers the squadron will
not return to Kiel, but viii go to the new
headquarters at Wilhelmshafen, where.
after six years. the work of constructing
a new harbor, docl1yards, and fortihca-
tions is completed. Thus Germany's main
naval base is brought within 925 miles OF
the chief English North Sea base. sher-
ness.
The feet will thus be permanently quar-
tered where. henceforth. according TO
general prediction, its future field of
warfare lies.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31

New York. Mareh SO.-The police are
certain that Frank Chester and Fred
Cunningham, who were arrested here on
Tuesday night for cracking the safe in
the post Office Of Richmond. Va. are
members Of a gang of ''Yeggs'' that has
been operating all over the country for
the last ten years.
Cunningham they identify as Eddie
Fay. alias Eddie Smith, alias J. D. Cum
mings. alias ]. W. Campbell. and Ches-
ter. they are pretty sure, is a pal OF bis
by the name Of Richard Harris.
For Eddie Fay rewards aggregating
$1,000 have been offered. The man who
got away last night at the Grand Central
Station they think is another Of the
gang. and there may be fourth. The
gang sticks together, they say, better
than the ordinary run of crooks. and on
cne occasion when Eddie Fay was in
prison his pals forced the jail and got
him out.
Denies HIS Identity.
For long time Fay denied MS identity.
When the police took the pair up 10 the
Bertllon room at police headquarters TO
be photographed as ex-convicts. Chester.
OF Harris, submitted without a murmur.
and Fay took mis- seat in the chair But
when Lieut.. FauTot started the actual
picture taking the trouble began Fay
twisted and squirmed. shut his eyes and
turned his head, and the picture was a
failure. Time and egaia they tried it,
with the same result
There used TO be ways whereby recall
citrant prisoners were quickly brought to
time. but those days are passed, and
Fay held out from shortly after 9 O'Clock
in the morning until O'Clock in the
afternoon. They tried holding him in the
chair, tying him TO 1t. and every other
expedient that they could think OF with
out resortng to violence.
The prisoner would be allowed to rest
for moment, and then. with a puff, a
h2shlight would go Of. Every time.
however, he managed to close his eyes
or distort his face, and they could not
be sure that they had a good negative.
After five hours Of almost constant
struggling he became exhausted. and
they took a picture which they think
will be a good likeness.
Comes Well Guarded.
Even in his exhausted condition. they
were not sure of Fay. Ten detectives
brought the two down 10 the patrol
wagon which was 20 carry them to the
Federal court Each Of the two pris-
oners was handcuffed 10 a detective.
two detectives rode on the drivers seat,
four more were inside, and two stood
on the step.
United States Commissioner Shields
held the men in $4,000 bail each. William
81. Byrne was assigned by the court to
represent the defendants He protested
against the high bail, but Commissioner
Shields said that in view Of the large
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
DR.. E. R. WALTERS
IN BRIBERY MT
Head of Health Department
in PittSburg Indicted.

Pittsburg. March 30.-The grand jury
this afternoon handed down sixteen more
indictments against eouncilmen whom it
alleges sold their votes for money. Five
Of those to-day indicted are members OF
the present city councils.
A sensation was the introduction OF the
name or DR.. e r. Walters, head OF the
department of health and charities Of
Pittsbssg. and iesding n1sa in the eab4net
OF Mayor Magee The grand jury, in in
dieting Walters. asserts it has proof that
while he was president OF Pittsburg
councils he solicited and accepted bribe
Of S.eoo for his vote. This is by far the
largest price yet alleged paid to any
councilman. The bribery alleged occurred
in 1905
The grand jury handed down a list OF
pTices received by the different council
men indicted. The list of indicted coun-
cilmen and the sums alleged 10 have been
taken are as follows:
DR.. E r. Walters. sl,OO; 7. o. Atkinson. Soo
+. ]. Edwards. $50: F. B. Kearns, 500; 2. A.
Manion 500; John Mccartney, s251; William Nc
heleyey, $50; Samuel Poster. $50; Charles {.
schad, $50 J. +. Semmelrock $50: c. D. Til
1Af9s S-us W n. NeuSrs 49, j. j. Hughes, 40,
Isaac Libson. SO, and S. G. Lennoz, $50
Or. Walters denies that he received the
money. he declares he will not resign
his position. and will fight in the courts.
Investigation Of the part played by the
Farmers Deposit National Bank OF Pitts
burg in the bribing Of councils was con-
tinued by the grand jury to-day. Clerks
and other employees Of the bank showed a
reluctance to appear before the jury, and
to-day special detectives visited the bank
and took sixteen clerks, bookkeepers, etc,
before the grand jury without ceremony.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
TREED BY GATORS.
Boy Starved to Death Where He
Sought Refuge.

Palmetto, La, March So-The body OF
Ernest Johnson was found early to-day
In the IopmOst branches OF a tree IN
Fish Bayou swamp by a searching party
that had been looking for him for the
past week
The youth took refuge from aHlgators
in the tree several days ago and starved.
A note found in his hat told the story OF
his death.
He had been fishing in the swamp
when alligators swarmed around his
skin. The alligators attacked the boat.
and the boy ran TO a cypress tree.
He climbed the tree. thinking the aIli-
gators would go away. but they main
tanned vigil at the foot Of the tree day
and night. sntu the terTor-stricken lad
lost nerve and dared not attempt 20 es-
cape in the boat. He starved to death.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
NEW YORK A CATHOLIC CITY.
Archbishop Farley Calls 1t the
Rome of America.

New York, March 30-"This is the
greatest Catholic city in the world. the
Rome of America declared Archbishop
Farley TO more than 200 members of the
alumni Of st. Francis Xavler's College
and the Xavier Alumni Sodallty, who
dined at the Hotel Astor tonight. with
the archbishop as the chief guest. The
prelate spoke briefly on the theme of a
Catholic citizens duties.
|, Il met a Southern lady to-day" said
the archbishop. who said to me: You
don't know how proud I am to be here
in this great Catholic city CT New. York.
Then she added: It's the Rome of the
New World
Our co-religionists in New York." con-
tinued the archbishop, ''are compare.
lively few and not so we'll off in this
worlds goods as some of our neighbors.
but you in this city are sustained By a
community such as you will find no.
where else in the world. Recently I Wis
tied Paris. Vienna. and other great
cities, but nowhere did I find evidence
which changed my belief that New York
is the greatest Catholic city in the
world"
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY.

Pages.
I'D. A. r. Clerks May Not Get Pay.
War Halted on Canada Tariff.
Postal Burglar Balks at Camera.
E. NJ. Talcott Named Assessor.
2-Beef to Remain High.
Police Code Questioned.
Hand Shakers Awe Taft.
&Roosevelt Cheered at Cairo.
New York Murder Mystery.
+News Of Day in Congress.
5-Sooiety.
Opera Singers Please.
6-Editorials
I'm the World Of Women.
Coming Attractions.
S-Sporting.
@News of Alexandria
n-Markets.
R-sigma Phi Conclave Ends.
Priests Get Rare Degrees.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
JUDGE BEATS UP MAN.
Prefers That to Filming Him for
Contempt of Court.

Hammond. Ind. March 3O.-Because
Martin Solkt. a spectator at a trial in
Judge Kasker's court here to-day abused
the court. the Judge left the bench and
drove his fist into Solkts mouth. draw
ing blood KasSer refused to fine Solkt
for contempt of court, saying that he
wouldn't take that trouble.
Kasker was examining a prisoner at
the time he was abused by Solkt, and
the latter persisted in coaching the pris-
oner.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
MUST VIOLATE SPEED LAW.
Mail Collector Forced to Go Fast to
MIKE Schedule.

Indianapolis, March So.-Earl Miller, a
chauffeur In charge of a mail collecting
wagon. was before the court to-day for
breaking the speed law. He said that the
schedule made out at the post-office re-
quired him to collect the mails regard,
less of the speed law.
Some of the mail boxes, he said, are
three squares apart, yet his schedule
provides only one minute for going from
one to the other and collecting the mail
from them.
The court continued the case and or
dered me officers TO bring in the en-
ploye of the post-office who arranges the
schedule.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
Reading Raises Wages.

Philadelphia. March S0,-Following the
announcement Of a general increase on
the Pennsylvania system came an official
statement from the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad that a similar Increase
OF per cent in the wages Of ali employees
receiving less than $500 per month and
whose pay has not been adjusted within
ninety days, win be made April j. The
Reading employees $500 men.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
BOMB WRECKS CAR.
Dynamite Skaters Trolley, but Pas,
sengers Are Unhurt.

Philadelphia, March 90-A dynamite
bomb wrecked street car at Sixteenth
and Jefferson streets late tonight, tear
ing up half Of the flooring Of the car
and shattering every pane OF glass in IL
There were more than a dozen pas
sengers in the car. but no one was hurt.
No arrests were made.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
WANTS SHIP SUBSIDY.
Maj. Hanson, of Georgia. soundr
Warning to Political Partie.

Maj. Hanson, of Georgia, Sounds
Warming to Political Parties.
Newport News. Va, March 30.-The
launching OF the City of st. Louis today
at the yards of the Newport News shin
building and Dry Dock Company in
spired Maj. j. F. Hanson. president OF
the Central Of Georgia Railroad. to make
plea for a ship subsidy and incidentally
to declare himself independent politically
OF all parties. except that whose object
was the Industrial development Of the
country. He called the corporation tax
Infamous. discriminatory. and humiu-
ating"
The political party the major said
that gossips against the corporations
Of this country will find that it has gone
Up against the real thing at last. I am
willing to go into coalition with anv
party in the United States that is op-
posed to the excise tax iniquity."
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
Prohibits Oral BoolxmaI,,o.

Albany. March ss.-The assembly codes
committee to-day agreed to report favor
ably the series Of three bills desired bv
Gov. Hughes and the international Ro-
form Bureau, designed TO prohibits ora,
bookmaking and to punish offenders of
racing associations that license or perui,
gambling on the race tracks.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31

Based on an agreement between Secre-
tary Knox and Minister Fielding that
Canada will reduce the rates of duty on
thirteen items affecting articles exported
from the United States TO the Dominion.
President Taft yesterday signed a procla-
nation granting TO Canada the minimum
rates under the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
which goes into effect at midnight to-
night. and the threatened tariff war with
the Dominion is averted.
The result OF the negotiations between
the President and Secretary Knox on
the one hand and Finance Minister Field
ing and Railway Minister Graham. OF
Canada. on the other hand. is that the
present concessions granted by Canada
are preliminary and temporary. II is
the intention OF the President to negoti-
ate. II possible. a reciprocity treaty with
the Dominion as soon as possible.
AS Mr.. Knox expressed it in note to
Mr. Fielding. made public with full de-
tails Of the agreement at the State De-
partment yesterday. the present trade
agreement Is negotiated with the hope
that future trade relations between the
two countries will become even more
intimate and be governed by "a spirit of
cordial reciprocation and interdepend-
ence."
The Reduced Rates.
Mr.. Fielding's promise to the American
government in regard TO the present
trade agreement is In the following Ian
guage:
''on behalf OF the Canadian govern
ment. agree that we shall forthwith
recommend 70 the Parliament of Canada
Of the articles agreed upon
between US, such articles and the reduced
rate Of duty being as follows:
Dates and fgz, dried. per loOpounds. Eo.
Pr1lnss and dried plums, unpitted; raixns and
dried c1lrrants pr pound. % Of q cent
Almonds. walnuts. Brazil nuts r.cans ard shelled
PEANUTS, n. o, p. per pound. &C.
Nuts of ell kinds. \. O. p. peF pond Dc
PhotogaDhs chrom0S. chrCsnotypes. artciypss
oleograpbs. paintings. drawings pictures. decaIco
mania transfers oi all kinds eDgraTings OF prints
q proofs theTefrum, and similar works Of srt. n O.
D; blle prints, building plans, maps. and charts
q. p. 2yis per cent
Soap powders, powdered soap mineral soap, and
soap, u. O. p, ~ per cent
PerfunerJ, including toilet prepsrationA nonalco-
holc. viz: Hair oils tooth and other powders and
washes. pomatun, psstes. and all other perfluned
Preparations n. o, uss1 for the hair, moth Or
skin. ~ Per cent.
Tableware Of china porcelain. Thits granite OF
ironstone, Gl5 per cent
Common and colorless window glass. l2A Per
Ont
Watch actions and Movements and parts there
a. finished or unfinished including winding bars
and sleeves 1zh per cent
Donsols, eordoyan, calf sheep. lamb, kid or goat
kangaroo alligator and all leather dressed waxed
Continued on Page 4, Column 9.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
JOINS DIVORCE COLONY.
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, Jr., to Make
Her Home in Reno.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Reno, New, March S0-A report, which
is believed to be based upon fact, has it
to-day from several sources that Mrs.
W. X. Vanderbilt. jr.. formerly Miss Vir-
ginia Fair, daughter OF the Comstock
magnate of Virginia City. is to join the
local divorce colony here next week.
Sardis SummerheId. of the law firm OF
Summerheld & Curler. who are under
stood to be the attorneys for Mrs. Van
derbilt, said. with a significant smile:
Il viii not deny or confirm 1t. I can
not talk upon the subject
When asked directly if he denied it.
he said NO"
The report of Mrs. Vanderbilts coming
here has been so persistent of late.
through sources of information usually
reliable. that 1t is accepted by many as
a settled fact that she is TO be the latest
addition to the colony.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
BLOOD POISONING FATAL.
Undertaken Infected by Corpse He
Was Preparing for Burial

Special 70 The Washington Herald
Salisbury, n. c.. March 5o.-StrIckkn
five weeks ago with blood poisoning fol-
lowing the embalming of a body. Robert
II. Davis. well-known undertaken or
Salisbury. died at hospital here to-day
from the dread disease.
The poison set in soon after from infec-
tlon Of the corpse. and he was at once
taken TO the hospital and one arm aHlpu-
tated. His condition grew worse last
night and death followed.
He was ffty-cight years old. ana .s
survived by wife, four daughters and
one son, beside several brothers. wen
known in the Presbyterian ministry. one
being Rev. W. Fl. Davis. OF Florida. ana
another Rev. John " Davis, for years a
prominsnt missionary to China.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District of Columbia
and Maryland-Local showers
and cooler to-day; tomorrow,
partly cloudy and cooler; light to
moderate variable winds.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
PROBE MIGHT RIDER ACTS.
Grand Jurors Summoned 10 Investi-
gate Operation of Band

Covington. Ky. March 30.-A special
grand jury to investigate the operations
Of band of Mason County (Ky) farm
ers, who are alleged to have committed
depredations as night riders" in that
section. has been called 10 meet here on
April II. United States Judge A NJ 7
Cochran to-day issued the subpoenas.
For many weeks the Federal sleuths
have been busy In Kentucky gathering
new evidence against the men. and this
information is the basis upon which the
district attorney viii ask for indict-
ments.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-31
PRIMARIES IN ARKANSAS.

Gov. Donaghey Easily Victor over
c. c. KavanauEh.
Little Rock. Ark, March 30-Demo-
cratic primaries were held throughout
the State to-day for State, Congressional,
district. and county offices. c. C. Kava-
naugh, Of this city. opposed Gov. George
w. Donaghey for a second term. Re
turns received up te late hour tonight
indicate the reelection of Donaghey by
at least two and half TO one.
Gov. Donaghey claimed tonight that
the election was a landslide for him. He
gave Kavanaugh six out of the seventy
five counties.