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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-06
LlBERTYVILLE.

Ben LoofburrOw of California, and
Miss Edna Bates of north of Fairfield,
were over Sunday visitors Of Mr.. and
Mrs c. R. Swanson. .....
Miss Nellie Anderson and Miss Dor
othy Russell of Mt Pleasant We're over
Sunday guests at their homes here.
a post card shower was given Mrs.
NJ. D. Peebler Wednesday, Jan. "a. She
received ninety-one cards. Mrs. Peel
Ter has been confined to her home for
over a year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-06
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. M. A. Bradshaw and MIS-. L.
Bradshaw of Fairfield were shoppers
in the city yesterday.
II Mrs. o. r. Gookin and children, 72o
North Ash street, left yesterday after
noon on Burlington No. 9 for an over
Sunday visit with relatives in Charl'
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Hall, 213
! West Woodland avenue, spent yester-
day with friends in Eldon.
Mrs, Frank Rockhold of Lineville,
who has been the guest Of her son Z.
M. Rockhold, 81 West Main street,
has returned home.
John O'Brien, manager of the
Custer Peak Mining & Milling Co.. OF
Deadwood, S. D., is visiting at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Bridget
O'Brien. 1877 North Davis street, en-
route to Chicago and New York on
business visit.
Harold McManis SAG North Hancock
.eet is very ill with pneumonia
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lining returned
Yesterday from visiting Mrs. c. ID.
F6llOWS Ill AlEoud 1o"o. nv ~
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. P. &.
Ferguson 406 North Sheridan avenue.
Mr.. Lining expects to leave today TO-
visit his brother in Oklahoma.
Henry Oswald from near BidWe!i
returned to his home after a sEf
visit with Curtis Chisman 1856 N
Ransom street.
Mrs. o. w. Johnson and son OF 7 Il
well were in South Ottumwa yeste1 da =.
Fred Ross and Bert Brooks of ives
CT the city were business callers on
the South Side yesterday.
Mrs. John Kendall is i'll at her home,
A21 North Madison avenue.
Chester GARNER, 113 North Willard !
street, is attending the automobile
show in Chicago.
Mrs. Addie Nav Of Chicago and
Mrs Grant Moffet of Los Angeles. !
Cal, were called here yesterday on
account of the illness of their parents, |!
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Oswald, who re-
side west Of the city.
Miss Finney of Blakesburg was Wis !
iting in South Ottumwa yesterday. She
will take charge of the school south Of
the city Monday. I
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Johnson. III
South Ward street, are visiting friends
and relatives in Keokuk. |
: Mrs. B. F. Bausman of Mt. Pleasant !
has returned home after visit at |
the home Of Mrs. Harvey Geery, 2l7
North Ward street.
Mrs. George Peters. 800 Tisdale ST.,
left this morning for Keokuk, where
she will visit her aunt Mrs. Jennie
Leezer. 49,. a.|%'
Miss Kathyrn Adler, 312 East
Fourth street. returned home last ev.
ening on the Burlington from two
visit in Texas. r t
Miss Genevieve Brown, who is at
tending the state university at Iowa
City, arrived here today to spend Sun.
day with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George D. Brown, west of the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. O'Gar, 325 North
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-06
VAN DU YIN OUT
FOR State OFFICE
BLOOMFIELD PAPER ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY OF FORMER RESI-
DENT OF THAT CITY.

Edward W. Van Duyn has announced
his candidacy for the Office Of secretary
of state The announcement was
made by the Bloomfield Republican,
which published the following sketch
of Mr.. Van Duvn: t
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-06
Harmony Meeting at Sioux citv-

Sioux City. Feb. 5.-All democrats
OF Woodbury. county have been in.
vited to attend a general harmony
meeting to be held here tomorrow
night State and national policies will
be discussed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-06
DRAIN TILE
For prices and information write
Morcy Clay Products Co
OTTUMWA, IOWA
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CLAY street returned home last night
from Los Angeles, Cal, where they
were called by the death of Mrs.
O'Gars father, George r. Peterson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
HOLOCAUST IN
PICTURE THEATRE
Over One Hundred People, Mostly
Women and Children Burned
to Death In
Panic.
FOUGHT FOR LIBERTY
Only One Exit In Wooden Building
Which Was Crowded When
the Fire Broke
Out

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
MADRID, May 2S.-Today's ad-
vices from Villa Real, in Castellon
Province, add to the magnitude OF the
holocaust that accompanied the burn
ing there last night of moving pic
ture house. 1t Is now known that 105
were burned, most of them women
and children and that many Of the In
1ured will die. So serious Is the cal
lamity to the little village that nurses
and doctors were asked for and sent
from Castellon City.
The theatre was only recently OPEN
Led and in addition to being construct
ed Of wood, had few exits excepting
the main entrance. The cinemato-
graphs were installed on platform
directly over the entrance, while the
doors swung inward instead Of out
ward. The house was crowded, the
audience being made up almost en-
tirely of women and young children,
when something went wrong with the
picture machine. A spark set FIRE to
a film and the infammable celluloid
blazed upward in flash, setting fire
to the entrance doors There Was a.
4 wild panic and the audience broke for
:. the flaming exits. Weaker women
land little children were knocked
y u M NJ "a tfs.3ls8i On. crniy one of
the doors could be swung open, the
etothers being held tight by the fighting,
struggling mass of people who were
& pressed upon them by the greater
crowd in the aisles,
A few cooler headed persons man
aged to throw open the windows and
in this way many were led to safety.
The town had no f1remen, but the
: majority of the males who arrived on
the scene got to work on the doors
with axes and after breaking them
down, managed to get a few persons
out before being driven back by the
: rapidly spreading flames.
J 1t was not until today that the ruins
t had cooled sufficiently to permit the
r search for bodies. Eighty-three were
i. taken from the pile of charred forms
j covered with debris at the main door
t way while the other bodies were taken
. from various parts of the auditorium.
: The disaster has caused mourning
throughout the entire province and the
governor of Castellon wired today
that he has already ordered careful
investigation to place the RESPONSE
] bility
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
SOAP BOX ORATOR STARTS
ANOTHER RIOT IN SAN DIEGO
matters which properly fall within
its iuriEdictiOn

matters which properly fall within
it's jurisdiction
Webb's activity followed an at
tempt by A. B. Carson. a member of
the Industrial Workers of the World,
to speak on down town street cor
ner. He announced two hours in ad.
vance that he would attempt to speak
at certain corner and three hun.
dred persons policemen and vigil
antes gathered there. Carson mount
ed soap box on the next corner
however, which is outside OF the dis
trict restricted by the police.
He had spoken for several minutes
when Motorcycle Policeman Holloway
approached and Carson Immediately
ceased speaking. 1t Is alleged that
Haiioway attacked the speaker
knocking him down and kicking hin
in the face, though Carson offered nc
resistance. A small riot followed
which was quickly checked whom Car
son was arrested. His bail was fixed
at $3.50 which he was unable to furn
ish.
Carson came here from Kansas City
where his wife lives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
NOBODY LIKE AN OIL
MAN THINKS LADY BETTY

peared for a time in Belasco produc-
tions. firing of the stage, she Went
to Europe, where Baron Ormonde de
Rotchschild was one of her admirers
until Roy e. Pierce appeared In her
train. Then she returned to New
York with Pierce and 10000 love let
ters, and surprised her friends by
suing Chapman for divorce.
She also sued her mother-in-law for
alienation of Chapmans affections.
The alienation suit was dropped when
the elder Mrs, Chapman and her son
went to Australia, but Lady Betty
obtained her divorce decree, Chap
man was an official of the Standard
Oil company. The first intimation the
public had that she married Pierce,
was in 1911 when H. Clay Pierce,
head of the Waters-Pieree Oil COM
pany, began suit to annul the marriase
of his son to Mrs Chapman The an
inulment was ordered and it was said
Lady Betty was paid 100000, but
she denied this. Henderson plans a
two year honeymoon abroad, leaving
on the Luistania tonight Immediately
/. after the wedding.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Will Make Her Third. Matri
monial Venture This
Evening.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, May 2S.--For the third
time in her rather exciting career
Lady Betty" Faulkner, otherwise Mrs
Betty Chapman Pierce, tonight plans
to be led to the altar by an oil man,
when she is married to Frank Clar.
ence Henderson, of New York and
Nowata. Oklahoma, Standard Oil
republic. 7. irwin Chapman. of Bos
ton. whom she divorced in 1905 AMI
Roy E. Pierce of New York and ST
Louise. whose marriage to her was
annulled by H. Clay Pierce, his father
in 1911, both We're in OIL
She married Chapman after Louis
Kronberg. a New England artist, paint
led the portrait which first thrust into
the limelight the quiet Boston girl
Then she came to New York and ap
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Investigating Committee Files Report Finding
That All Might Have Been Saved But
for Negligent Indifference.
MANY Recommendations ARE OFFERED
Bitter Condemnation Of Officers Of the Californ-
ian and Censure Of Owners Of Titanic for
the Worlds Greatest Sea Horror.

The committee finds that this ac-
cident clearly indicates the necessity
Of additional legislation to secure
safety Of life at sea-" the report
states.
by statute the United States ac-l
cepts reciprocally the inspection GER
tifcates OF foreign countries having
inspection laws approximating those OF
the United States Unless there Is
early revision OF inspection laws OF
foreign countries, along the lines laid
down hereinafter the committee deems
It proper that such reciprocal arrange.
ments be terminated, and that no yes
sci shall be licensed to carry pas
sengers from ports OF the United
States until all the regulations and
requirements of the laws Of the Unit
ed States have been fully complied
with.
The committee recommends adop-
| ton of laws so as to definitely require
sufficient lifeboats to accommodate
every passenger and every member Of
1.-THE crew.
mot less than four members OF the
lcrew, skilled In handling boats
fsssass5 " S'rsssf .:ssss to evesy sxsas. All
members OF the crew assigned to life
/ boats should be drilled in rowing tbs
boats, not less than twice each month
and the fact of such drill shall be
NOTED in the log.
The committee recommends the as
! lsignment of passengers and crew te
4 llifeboats before sailing
4 Under this plan the committee sug
gests assignment of passengers ant
{. crew to the lifeboats nearest theil
staterooms, and posting Of these as
signments in every state room.
Recommendation is also made thai
: every ocean steamship carrying 10t
! or more passengers be requested te
carry two electric searchlights.''
"The committee the report pro
{ ceeds, .sflnds that this catastrophe
makes glaringly apparent the necessit!
for regulation of radio telegraphy
There must be an operator on duty a
~ all IlIHeS, IU lHSuI6 lut liuilSuidlc iC
: ceipt OF all distress, warning, Or 9th
er important calls. Direct communi
: cation must be provided between th'
4 wireless room and the bridge, SO tina
the operator does not have to leav'
Ihis station. There must be definit'
Legislation to prevent its passage b.
amateurs and to secure secrecy o
5 radiograms Or wireless messages
Il There must be some source of auxil
Z aliary power to insure operation of tn
& wireless installation until the wire
1 less room is submerged.
!, "The committee recommends tha
r the firing Of rockets or candles on tn
+ high seas for any other purpose thai
I for a signal of distress, be made
E misdemeanor.
Recommendation is also made TO
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Martial Law May be Declared
as Result Of the Latest
Excitement.

~ : !
United Press Leased Wire Service.1
SAN DIEGO. May 2s.--Attorney
General Webb, OF California, today no
1'hed Superintendent of Police Sehon
ana Chief OF Police Wilson, that he
would declare martial law In San
Dlego II the officers here were unable
to cope properly with the situation,
while both of the officers have as.
sured him that they are able to con
.roi the contending elements with
justice to all,' Webb indicated that
ne was waiting here with the inten
uon of seeing these assurances full
|hlled
Webb announced today that he had
aiso sent formal request that the
Judges Of the superior court impancl
special grand Jury to investigate
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28

LOOKS LIKE ROOSEVELT
Impression Prevails That the Colonel
VIII Get the Majority Of
the Delegates
Elected.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
& NEWARK, N. j.. May 2S.--When
the polls opened at one o'clock this
afternoon for the presidential prefer
ence primary and the direct election
Of the delegates and alternates to the
Chicago and Baltimore conventions
the general impression among astute
party men was that Colonel Roosevelt
would defeat President Taft for the
stste republican preference and that
the Chicago state delegation would be
divided.
Woodrow Wilson has no opposition
on the preference ballot, so his sue
cess is assured and 1t was admitted
by his opponents that he would prob
ably carry nearly every congressional
district in the state for the Baltimore
delegates. Because of this the inter-
est was generally confined to the re-
publican conflict. The polls will not
1 close until nine o'clock tonight and 1t
was certain that the returns would be
delayed until after midnight.
Both the Roosevelt and the Taft
men insisted today that they would
sweep the state. Impartial observers
who claimed to have analyzed the reg
istration and to have a. good line or
/ the rank and file OF yne voters, said
that the president would have at leas
eight and possibly twelve Of the dis
!. trict delegates Roosssl 81. they claim
| ed was almost certain to have twely
of the twenty-four delegates and nigh
carry the two districts that are Il
doubt. The Roosevelt forces expec
to have the four delegates at large ant
while the Taft leaders refuse to con
cede them, they admit that the resui
will be close.
The weather was made to order TO
the primaries. Warm clear atmospler
ic conditions were certain to result Il
!. a heavy vote. In the northern ant
central sections it was expected tn
vote would be light.
u Just before the polls opened, Frank
in Murphy, one of the Taft delegate
: at large, declared that the presiden
would have twenty of the twenty-fou
district delegates and the four dele
, gates at large To offset that clair
. Everett Colby calmly announced tha
, his information proved conclusively
. that the colonel would annex the er
/ tire state delegation to Chicago.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Freight Handlers, Strike

limited Press Leased Wire Service. j
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 2s,-The
strike of freight handlers in st. Paul
and Minneapolis became effective at
one O'Clock today, in sympathy with
those out in Chicago and Milwaukee,
on the ground that they have been re-
Iquired to handle freight passing
through the hands of non-union men in
Chicago. A large proportion of the
union men refused to strike. Clerks,
at meeting last night, voted not to
strike, and remained at work today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Iowa Man Champion

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, May 2s-H M. Mangel-
sen of Clinton, Iowa, today holds the
laurels awarded for the championship
in the twelfth annual skat tourna-
ment. One thousand dollars and the
skat championship for the year 1912
belong to the Clinton man. August
Thies of Chicago was secand and E.
Kreutter of Sheboygan, Wis, was
third and H. NJ. Fellenz, Fond Du
Lac, Wis, fourth. T. c. Closse OF
Cleveland was elected president OF
the National skat league. The 1919
conference will be held at Cedar
Point, Ohio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28

rrrnited Press Leased Wire Service j!
WASHINGTON. May 2s.Replete
With dramatic Incidents, pathetic de-
tails and grewsome recitals Of facts
which stirred to the depths a worlds
er,ef, the official story of the Titanic
disaster was told today to the senate,
when the investigating committee,
headed bv Senator William Alden
Smith, filed its formal report
How 1,517 lives were sacrificed to
tho sea. Off the Grand Banks on the
night Of April IA, and but 7o6 souls
saved, vas told The principal find
ings are
That the Titanic was rushing at a
speed Of 24l1 miles when she crashed
into the iceberg.
That of the 1928 persons aboard,
only 80 per cent were saved.
That all might have been saved,
but for negligent Indifference Of the
steamship Californian to the Titanic's
distress signals.
That those rescued comprised sixty
per cent OF the frtt class passengers;
AZ per cent Of second class; IS per
cent Of third class, and "a per cent Of
the crew.
That four warning os Zee ahead
we're ignored by the Titanic's Of
fcers.
That the Titanic struck at 1913 p
M, on Sunday. April IA, and sank al
19;47 a. M. New York time, on April
Is.
That eight vessels were near the
Titanic, and only the Carpathia gave
assistance
That there was no panic, but &
"short crew." poorly drilled and poorl,
commanded only partially manned the
twenty lifeboats.
That news of the disaster was sup
pressed by the White Star line, ant
misleading messages sent to survivors
relatives.
That Operator Cottam OF the Car
pathia withheld important wireless
news OF the catastrophe and then solt
L for blood money" in New York.
With these principal facts clearl.
shown, the committee recommends in
creased life saving equipment for al
vessels, regulation OF wireless tele
graphy; restrictions In manning yes
sells; searchlights, and revolutionar,
reforms in ship construction.
Officers Of Californian.
Bitter condemnation of the officer
OF the liner Californian for their fai
IRE to rush to the assistance of tn
Titanic, recommendation for drasti
revision OF the navigation laws, an
strict regulation Of radio telegraph,
was the lesson In the Titanic disaste
as summed up today in the report 9
me special senate investigating con
mittee. Senator Smith introduced th
report in the senate this afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
THE WEATHER.


For Keokuk and Vicinity: Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday, Cooler.
For Illinois: Generally fair and
cooler tonight and Wednesday.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Cooler tonight
For Missouri: Fair and coo.er "
night and Wednesday.
Local Observations.
May Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
27 Z p. M. .29,49 GA SW Rain
81 z a. M. .29.47 65 SW Rain
Rainfall for the past "a hours, 81.
Mean temperature, "a
Lowest temperature, 64.
Highest temperature last night, 61.
FRED q. GOSFwISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28
Not Water Tight.

.oThe supposedly water tight com.
partments we're not water tight the
committee declares, reciting how the
water overfiowed the desks, and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-28

CONTINUED on PAGE 81
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subscribers % This Daily oate City
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06
JOHN N. BAYER
DIED SUNDAY
FUNERAL, WITH MASONIC RITES,
TUESDAY AFTERNOON TWICE
SHERIFF OF CLAY COUNTY
PROMINENT in AFFAIRS OF
RED RIVER VALLEY.

There was no surprise when the
news was flashed over Moorhead
shortly after / o'clock yesterday after
noon that John NJ. Bayer had passed
to the great beyond, Mr.. Bayer had
been a long sufferer from Bright's dis
ease, n a day or two ago the doctor
in charge told his friends that the end
was not far away. The final dissolu-
ton came at 1920 Sunday afternoon.
The funeral will be held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock, and it win be
attended by the brethren of Moor
head Lodge No. 126. A. F. & A. NJ,
under whose auspices the committal
services at the grave will be conducted
according to the solemn rites of the
Masonic body. Services, prior to the
interment, will be held at the First
Congregational church, and they will
be conducted by the pastor, Rev. H. A.
Kernen.
John M, Bayer was a native of the
state of Wisconsin, being born at
Fond du Lac April 23, 1856. He is sur
vived by a widow and one son, Frank
Bayer, IA years of age. Mr.. Bayer
came to Minnesota in the arly sos
as manager of the c. p. Jones farm
"a Sabin. He was the predecessor
of the present Sheriff Whaley, and
served for two years. He was promi-
nent and progressive in farming en-
terprises, and from the first was active
in the development and growth Of the
southern part of the Red river valley,
Clay county particularly. Fol- the past
war ny Gu ho ho1 hao0 euCnnio tea y-;T b
w. H. Merritt in the contracting BUSH
ness. Besides being a member of the
local Masonic lodge, he was a member
in the Royal Arcanum, and carried a
policy in that fraternity. Mr.. Bayer
was generally well respected and al
ways enjoyed confidence in business
circles, and his passing away will Gre
ate a void in business n social cir
Giles which will be regretted by a wide
circle of friends and acquaintance.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-05-06
Moorhead Department
NYE SUSTAINED
In Celebrated Dane Prairie Ditch Case
District Court Held Lakes Must
Not Be Drained.

In a decision on Friday the state
supreme court affirmed the order Of
Judge Nye in an important ditch case
which he tried last fall in Otter Tail
county. Judge Nye held that county
commissioners must not order bitches
constructed which would in any way
interfere and drain tributary lakes.
The syllabus Of the higher court was
as follows:
Otter Tail County-In repetition Of
hasnu Madsen ct al, for a public
ditch, Rasmus Madison, ct al, appel
lants, vs.. Ole Larson ct al, respon-
dents.
meandered lakes under section 1,
chapter 239, laws 1906, it is held that
the findings Of the trial court to the
effect that the lakes are not nor
mally grassy and of 2marshy char
acter, or no longer of sufficient depth
to be of any beneficial public use, are
supported by the evidence.
On an appeal from an order of the
board OF county commissioners, order
ing the construction of a public ditch
for the, purpose of draining lake n
particular force or effort is to be given
to findings of the county board as re-
spects the character of the lake. The
appeal brings the question to the dis
trict court for trial de novo and
should be there determined as though
originally at issue in that court.
Order affirmed.