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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-10-01
IRRIGATION men
BEGIN Meeting
SALT LAKE CITY BEAUTIFULLY
DECORATED FOR TWErr'ETH
CONGRESS sEssioN

Salt Lake City. Utah, Sept aO.-The
twentieth annual convention Of the
irrigation congress which had its birth
in this city September 15 1891, opened
at the Mormon tabernacle this morn
ing. The city has been preparing for
the congress for many weeks and 10
more beautifully decorated than ever
before. Delegates from all parts OF
the country and many foreign lands
arrived on every incoming train yester-
day and the indications are that the
congress will have the largest attend.
ance In history Of the organization.
Preceding the opening Of the con
gress, the queen of irrigation and her
maids OF honor were escorted to the
city and later to the tabernacle by Gov.
VIM. Spry and his staff, city ofhcials
and military organizations. The con.
gress was opened formally by the
queen, by the singing Of the irrigation
ode" rendered by the tabernacle choir
Of 500 voices.
Addresses Of welcome were to be de-
livered by Gov. Spry and Mayor Sam.
uel G. Harkk, with response by U. 8,
Senator Francis G.. Newlands, presi.
dent of the congress.
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FIGHT IN SALOON
FATAL TO one
DODGE MEN ENGAGE IN
eRAWL AND DEATH
RESULTS.

Davenport, Sept. 3o.--Lee Haligan.
who was STABBED and killed IN Saloon
bravl in Davenport Saturday nlgnt,
ana George Halligan, his brother, VINO
ID still In q critical condition IN .
local hospital as result Of the same
accident, are both from Fort Doose
Iowa. They came to Davenport about
two months ago to work In q local
factory. william Crofton is the man
aunposed to have done the cutting. ne
is being held in jail for invesfigatlon'
toxether with half dozen other men.
saId to have been implicated IN the
,ght. Crofton is said to have peen
acting the part OF peacemaker, but was
thrown down and beaten and TO deieno
himself pulled knife and cut the TWO
men The Halligans had had some
trouble with Harry Carey and MS son.
peniamin Carey and when the four
met in "Brick" Munroe's saloon sa.ur,
dav nixht they. are said to have started
I'd fight. Crofton entered after the
Mayor Alfred Mueller issued instruc-
t,ons to the chief Of police today 70
close Munroe'e saloon permanently
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500 DES MONIES
TRANSFERS STRIKE

.Des Moines, Sept 3O.-Nearly Ave
hundred union teamsters went on
strike at noon today, following a fall
rre of the employees and union oflcials
to sign. contracts. The men quietly
left their work.
The transfer companies are the prin-
cipal business concerns affected by
the strike When the order to quit
work came from Organizer L. T. Nc
Arthur Of Chicago, the men took their
teams to the barns and unhitched
them.
The cause for the strike is the fail
une OF the employers to sign contracts
providing for recognition Of the union
and an increase averaging $3.50 a week
for each union teamster.
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WOULD REPEAL
INSURANCE BILL

Chicago, Sept. so-Means TO Pro
cure the repeal Of the socalled MO
hi,s fraternal insurance bill, are being
d;acnssed d by delegates from sixty-five
tratarnal orders here today. The meet
Inc was called by Walter A. Rice, su-
nrema ~, secretary Of the order OF the
Iroquois, Buffalo. &, ,ora
The bill has been enacted IN more
+han s,Ytoen states and contains sec
tinn i,, under which fraternal societies
na wing a death benefit are required 70
rnointain a reserve, as are Inc large
life insurance companies.
II "a expected the meeting Will con-
sume several days.
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DISTRICTS
ARE DISCONTINUED

washington, d. c., Sept. 30 The
treasury department today abolished
tha following internal revenue dis
: l Sacramento, Cal, w. A. Shippe, col
,ector merged with the San Francisco
district; fourth Texas. Dallas, T. =.
Hunt. collector, merged with the
Amatin district; South Carolina dis.
trict. Columbia, M. J. jenkins, merged
with the Raleigh district; twelfth
Pennsylvania, Scranton, Griffith =.
Davis. merged with the Lancaster dis
trict.
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st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 30.--Many il
not all of the eighteen republican
presidential electors in Missouri re-
Gently signed an agreement pledging
themselves to vote for Taft for presl-
dent II the eighteen votes OF Missouri
IN the electoral college would elect
him. but otherwise to combine with
electors from other states on a third
candidate, according to today's de-
velopments.
The signing of the agreement came
to light by the announcement OF John
]. Lahiv, an elector Of st. Louis. MO,
that he is going to repudtate tne
agreement because Governor Hadley
in his speech Saturday night failed to
indorse President Taft. Lahiv said he
signed the agreement with the under
standing that IL all Of the electors
signed it. Governor Hadley would
come out openly for President Tart
and advocate his election.
Louis p. Aloe, another elector, ad-
mitted signing the agreement under
the same conditions as Lahiv signed.
At the republican state headquarters
where the agreement was signed It
was said today that 1t was not known
how many electors signed the agree
,nent. The st. Louis electors under
stood that Governor Hadley was to be
the compromise candidate for presi-
dent in event President Taft could not
be elected, but there was nothing IN
the agreement to that effect.
Gov. Hadley over the telephone said
the project to get the electors sig
natures to an agreement was started
two months ago and dropped because
Il was considered not feasible.
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HOPE
TOCAPTURE MAN
Who KILLED 4
Developments of a Sensa-
tional Nature Are Ex-
pected Before Night in
the Brutal Murder Case.

Quincy, ILL.,, Sept. 3O.-Developments
of sensational nature before night
fall are promised by the Officers OF
Adams county and of the city of
Quincy who are investigating the
quadruple murder on the Pfanschmidt
farm, twelve miles southeast OF
Quincy. II there are no arrests by to-
night it is announced that the board
of supervisors will be called In extra.
ordinary session to offer the full
amount of the award allowed by law,
$1,000 and it is further believed here
that Gov. Deneen will offer the 5000
reward allowed by the state for the
capture Of the murderers
The crime as result Of which
Charles Pfanschmidt. a prominent
farmer, this county, his wife, Mathilda
Abel Pfanschmidt, their daughter
Blanche Pfanschmidt, aged 16 and
Miss Emma Kaempen, aged 20, the
school teacher Of the district who
roomed at the Pfanschmidt house,
were murdered, Is the worst In the
criminal history of Adams county.
Bloodhounds were brought to Quincy
from Springfield today by H. G..
Strumpfer and we're placed on the
trail. The tracks of man in the
yard had been covered with boards
and the imprint OF the shoes Of q
horse were hidden by boards and
boxes. Despite the fact that thou.
sands of people visited the scene OF
the crime yesterday, the officers be-
lieve that scent is fresh enough for
the dogs to take up.
The murder theory is the only one
given any credence by the officers. The
bodies were mutilated as we'll % burn
ed and In the skulls Of the two young
women were large holes evidently
made with q blunt instrument. The
bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pfanschmidt
were headless when found. That
Pfanschmidt was the object Of the
murderers assault and that the other
three occupants Of the house were
killed to hide the crime Is the theory
of the officers. Pfanschmidt was not
accustomed to have money In his
house and there is but little belief
that the motive Of the crime was rob
berry.
Remnants of night clothing found on
the bodies showed the murder had
been committed while the victims
slept. A pillow upon which Miss
Kampen had been lying was not
burned and was soaked with blood.
Her body and that Of Blanche Pfan-
schmidt were found partly under q
mattress, indicating the possibility
that they had awakened during the
attack.
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CASE
WILL BEGIN A
INDIANAPOLIS
District Attorney Says That
Nothing but Illness Of
! Half of Defendants Can
Prevent Trials Opening.

Indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 3d. Moth
ing less than the sudden illness Of hall
Of the defendants can cause delay,
said United States District Attorney
Charles wv. sMiller,ast indicating the
governments readiness to begin to-
morrow the trial of the fifty-one pres
ent and former labor union officials
on charge Of conspiracy In the carry
ing Of dynamite and nitroglycerine
on passenger trains.
Two sets Of fifty veniremen have
been drawn from throughout Indiana
tor the selection of jury. The defense
is to be allowed total Of ten and the
prosecution total Of six peremptory
challenges. The officers OF the Inter
national Association Of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers, President
Frank M. Ryan and Secretary Herbert
S. Hockin, two Of the defendants,
we're crowded with people early today.
The most Of the visitors were defend
ants from out of the city anxious to
nave a final conference with William
n. Harding, the counsel. Senator John
W. Kern was expected to confer with
them later.
More than thirty attorneys from
other cities are here. Judge A. b.
Andersons court room in the federal
building has seating capacity OF
200. The defendants, attorneys, jurors,
newspaper correspondents and court
attaches will occupy more than three
quarters of the space, leaving fewer
than fifty seats for spectators.
Ortie E. McManigal, the govern
mert's chief witness, occupied cell
on the same floor. Outside of his con-
fession covering explosions in many
parts of the country, the specific
charge against McManigal In the in
dictment upon which the government
will lay stress is in the carrying OF
explosives in suit case from Indian
apolis by way Of Chicago to Los
Angeles, Cal. 1t was part Of the ma
terial with which the Llewellyn Iron
Works in Los Angeles was blown up
on Christmas day, 1910.
For his part in this explosion, John
]. McNamara is serving fifteen years
sentence in San Quentin prison The
asserts 1t was the ex-
plosion referred to in correspondence
Of the iron workers officials as
"Christmas present to the Pacific
coast"
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FAIL TO GET MEN TO
SURRENDER ARMS

Charlestown. w. Va, Sept. 30.-In-
different success attended today's Of.
forts to have miners in the country
north Of the Kanawha river surren-
der their arms to the COMMITTEES OF
business men which promised Gov.
Glasscock to bring this about If he
would not extend the martial law
zone. A meeting was held at Boomer
and 1t is said leaders of the 1,400
miners there advised them to retain
their arms. Mother Jones" was
among the speakers.
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JUDGE WILL HEAR
CLINTON CASES OCT. Is

Clinton, Sept. 30.-Judge ]. H.
Applegate Of Guthrie Center, appoint
cd to hear the Frank Kearney custer
proceedings, sent word today that he
would be here to take up the matter
October Is. Kearney Is the Clinton
county supervisor indicted charged
with conspiracy in connection with
fraudulent bridging contracts, against
whom custer proceedings were
brought by the attorney general Of
Iowa.
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COURT MARTIAL
FOR STATE MILITIA

Augusta, Ca, Sept. 30.-1nvestiga-
ton Of the killing of three citizens by
members of the state militia, an out
growth Of the strike of Augusta street
railway employes-was started today.
The men killed trespassed on dead
line" territory established by the
militia tc protect the railway company
power plant.
Captain Jowitt and Henderson to-
gether with every man who guarded
the "dead line" will face trial by q
military court. It is expected the
hearings will take place this week.
The men killed were business men
and their friends assert that they
were ignorant Of the orders of the
militia.
Negotiations looking to settlement
Of the strike proved fruitless.
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CATHOLIC
PRIEST RESIGNS

Galesburg, ILL.,, Sept 3o.-Joseph
Costa. o. c. B. D., since 1877, in
charge Of the Roman Catholic parish
at Galesburg, has announced his re-
signation, because Of age and Ill
health. Father George Doubleday,
head of Corpus Christie school here,
has been appointed his successor by
Bishop Dunno Of Peoria, and the
order of Charity Of Italy.
Father Costa will celebrate his
ninetieth birthday on October 1S.
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is Ready
to Handle Any
Balkan Trouble
. %<++*+%+*+++*<<. =

Athens, Greece, Sept. 30
Turkey is making elaborate
military preparations to meet
any hostile demonstrations IN
the Balkans, according to q
semi-official statement pub
lished here today.
The Ottoman government
has called up 10000 men form
Ing eleven divisions, OF the
Redifs, or second reserves, for
six weeks training In field
maneuvers.
The Turkish troops sent
from Thrace to Albania some
time ago have not been ordered
to return to their stations, SO
that the only troops at present
detached from their ordinary
posts are those concentrated IN
Saloniki, along the Dardanelles,
and at Samos, In consequence
of the war with Italy.
London, Sept. 30.-The ces-
sation of hostilities in the
island of Samos Is announced
today by the porte, according
to an agency dispatch from
Constantinople.
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CONFERENCE TO
OPEN TOMORROW

Chicago, Sept. 3o-The annual meet
ing Of the Rock River conference will
open here tomorrow at the First
Methodist church in Evanston and
Bishop w. F. Mcdowell of Chicago
will preside. The first business ses-
sion will be held Wednesday morning
when a report Of the commission ap-
pointed to investigate the work Of the
down town churches in Chicago will
be read.
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GOV. WILSON TO
WELCOME CONGRESS

seagirt, N. j., Sept. 3o.-Gov. viii
son left Seagirt early today for Allan
tic City to welcome the good roads
congress. The engagement was made
before he was nominated for the presi-
dency and it was not expected that he
would make political address.
Before leaving the governor said he
had nothing to add to his statement OF
last night, urging the delegates to the
democratic state convention at Syra-
cuse to make an Embossed" choice
for governor. However, he will keep
in close touch with the situation at
Syracuse through Senator O'Gorman.
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SENATOR eFALLIN
A STRONG DENIAL.

El Paso, Tex, Sept. Ex-senator A..
B. Fall denied today that he and SEN
ator William A. Smith Of the special
senate committee Investigating con-
ditions in Mexico had decided to
recommend Intervention. He added
that no preliminary had been or would
be made until the ultimate findings
OF the committee are announced. Sen
ator Smith Is in California and Fall Is
here continuing the investigation.
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Missouri Electors May
Support Taft; Hadley's
Action TO GOperT1 Them

st. Louis, Sept. 30.-Gov. Herbert
S. Hadley OF Missouri said today over
the telephone from Jefferson City that
in his attitude toward President Tart
he stood exactly where his speech OF
Saturday night showed him to stand.
Regarding the telegram which otto
r. Stifel, a member Of the advisory
committee OF the republican naflonai
committee, sent to President tart
stating that Governor Hadley had In
dorsed President Taft in his speech,
the governor said:
"It is silly to undertake to cons.rue
my words in the way Mr. Suiel ls
said to have done. There can pc NO
Misunderstanding Of my position. II
the public will take my SATURDAY
nights speech as statement of my
position and my purpose"
The governor specified heartily ~
reference to his speech the paragraphs
in which he said that President Taft
if he should promise tG !,
fiuence for the correcti Z3e,ooe, ,p,.
in southern states. and
ment OF presidential primary laws,
would deserve support and II he did
not try to bring about these changes
he would not deserve support.
Governor Hadley said Saturday
night that the only condition upon
which he would support President Taft
in his fight for reelection was that
the president should Immediately de-
clare himself for presidential prefer.
ence primaries and non-boss controlled
delegations from southern states to
national conventions to prevent In ~.
ture conventions the charges OF fraud
such as existed in the recent repubN-
can convention at Chicago.
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GERMAN AVIATOR
IS VICTIM TO-DAY

Sonneberg, Germany, Sept. 30.-The
death of another German army
aviator, Lieut.. Willy Hefer, occurred
today. He was injured during the i'm
perial maneuvers inS Saxony when his
airship collided with tree while he
was making reconnoitering flight.
twas at first believed he was not
seriously hurt but his body was 30
badly shaken in the accident that he
never rallied.
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GOV. DIX Will .
NOT WITHDRAW
FROM The Fight
Present Executive of New
York Will Continue to
Seek denomination in the
Face Of Opposition.

Syracuse. N. Y. Sept. 3o.-In the
face Of hotel corridor gossip today
that Gov. John A. Dix would be elimi-
mated as candidate for denomination
before the democratic state convention
which will meet here tomorrow, the
governor sent this message to his sup
porters here:
~ have no intention Of withdrawing
either for my enemies or for my
friends. My name will be presented
to the convention and that is all I
care to say"
There were many signs that the
leaders were seeking solution of the
situation that would not impair party
harmony. Charles F. Murphy, the
Tammany leader, made a remark today
which was taken to mean that the con.
vention would be open and that the
delegates might work out the nomina-
done by the republicans at Saratoga.
Apparently said the Tammany
leader, "there will be many candidates
presented to the convention.
Those who oppose the denomination
Of Gov. John A. Dix spent the early
hours today while the delegates were
gathering for the democratic state con-
vention tomorrow, trying to crystalline
sentiment around some single candE
date.
The project Of bringing William J.
Bryan here to reinforce the anti-Dix
element apepars to have been abandon
ed. It was said Mr@ Bryan had I'M
portant engagements in Nebraska this
week that made 1t impossible for him
to come.
/ Geo. M. Palmer, chairman Of the
state COMMITTEES has arrived here,
bringing with him tentative draft OF
q platform. The state chairman said
the platform was short and progressive
In spirit. He declined to discuss its
planks.
Gov. Dix today replied to the state
ment in which Gov. Wilson called upon
the New York democratic convention
to choose as candidate for governor "a
progressime man Of the Kind to be his
own master"
''For aggressiveness and progressive
ness in administration during the past
two years, no state in the union has
a record equal to that Of the state Of
New York"
Declaring that his administration
has consistently, conscientiously and
courageous fulfilled every pledge" OF
the Rochester platform, Gov. Dix con-
tinues:
''If there ID any Misrepresentation Of
Gov. Wilson's remarks to impress the
public that he does not desire my re-
nomination am frank to say that after
the reported interview IN Syracuse the
fault is with the press and not with
him, as his personal letters to me ex-
press very different attitude"
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PLUNGED KNIFE IN
MANS JUGULAR VEIN

Chicago, Sept. sO.-Michael Cooper.
sailor. who has been robbed Of his
earnings two hours previous, darted
across the street In front OF the North
western railway station today and
plunged a knife into the juglar vein OF
David Weathers. clerk. Weathers
bled to death In two minuets.
Cooper told the policemen who ar
rested him that he was sure Weathers
was the man who robbed him.
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COL. COLQUITT NOT
TO TAKE ANY RISK

austin. Tex, Sept. 30.-Governor
Coluuitt has withdrawn permission Tor
Mexican federal troops to march from
Marathon, Texas, to another point on
the border over Texas soil. He an
nounced today he does not care to
take the risk.
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GOV. DENEEN
COMMUTES SENTENCE

Springfield, ILL.,, Sept. 30 The
sentence Of Joseph Kyle, who was
sentenced in 1904 to seventeen years
in the Chester. ILL.,, penitentiary for
the murder Of r. Miller Of East st.
Louis, was today commuted by Gov
ernor Deneen to expire tomorrow.
Miller was killed in pool room
row.
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WICKERSHAM TO
CONSIDER OIL CASE

washington, D. c., Sept. 80 Charges
by S. w. Fordyce, counsel for the
Waters-Pierce OIL Co., that the Stan.
dard OIL Co., Of New Jersey, Is violat-
ing the spirit and letter of the decree
Eof dissolution, will be considered by
Attorney General Wicksrsham next
week.
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EARTHQUAKES ARE
REGISTERED OFTEN

London, Sept. 3O.-Severe earth
ouakes have been continuously regis
tered by the seismographic tnstru-
ments In the British observatories
since early last evening. The disturb
ance is believed to have occurred on
the coast Of the Pacific.
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DAVENPORT MAN
SUCCUMBED TODAY

Davenport, Sept. 30.-T F. sissel,
aged 379 years, died here today after
suffering for nearly a year following
exposure to the cold, when parts OF
his body were frozen. He lived at Tip
ton, lows. N
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Negotiations looking to q settlement
Of the strike proved fruitless.