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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-09
WILLIAMS BURG.

workman are now engaged in
building a modern residence in the
Yoss & Wallace addition for Thomas
Johnson, who recently mover his fam.
lily here from Green township.
The Misses Mollie Hanson and
Clara Flanagan, who have been visit.
Ing relatives and friends at Parnell.
have returned home.
Mayor J. A. Ogle has been quite
seriously Ill for several weeks and
early In the week suffered a relapse.
His son Carl OF Humphrey, Mo-. MI.
rived August LIST and will assist in
the care OF his father until there is a.
change.
Mrs. A. M. Sheets, who has been
away for a few days visit with her
daughter, Mrs. R. Snaveley OF Well.
man. is now home.
John j. Williams and wife, who
have been away for several weeks.
visiting relatives at Maysville, New
York, Pittsburgh, Pa, Cleveland. g..
and Cambridge, Ill, returned hons
August /.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas Osborne and
his two daughters, who have been
here visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Lee, have returned to
their home at Fairfield.
Joe D0nahue Of Holbrook transact.
ed business here Saturday and visit
ed with his friend, g. F. Gallagher.
Attorney r. w Yoss and John
Martin. who have been away on 4
business trip to Kansas iCty, return
ed Saturday.
Nj. c. White Of Ottumwa was In
the city Saturday attending to his
business interests and visiting with
friends.
Henry Wartenberg and wife Of
Iowa township were In shopping Sat.
urday and visiting with their German
friends and former neighbors.
Rev. d. w. Dobsor, president OF
the University Park schools at Oska.
loosa. had charge Of the services at
the M. e. church of this city last
Sunday morning. and also conducted
the union services held In the park Ia
the evening.
Joe Miller Of Green Valley camc
up Sunday to see his old time friend,
Mayor J. A. Ogle.
Postmaster II. e. Hull took pos.
session August LIST OF the new quar-.
ters recently fitted up In the DR.. A. G.
Moore building on the west side u
the square. The new ONCE is strictly
modern and It's convenience IL fully
appreciated by all its patrons.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. McShane, who
have been away for a few days visit
with relatives at Rock Falls, ILL.,. ars
now home.
Mrs. Clarence Brown and Mrs. j. J.
Hughes, who have been visiting With
relatives and friends In Ottumwa,
have returned homo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-09

the cases Of Gibbons VI. Ogden: Brown
ys. the State Of Maryland; and New
York vs.. Min.
The latest utterance OF the supreme
court OF h United States on the sub
1ect is IN the case Of Hoke W. United
states, In an opinion handed down Feb.
2i. 1918. reported In SO Sup. CT. Rep.
the so-called White Slave Law which
may be . with profit. Mr.. Justice
Brewer OF the supreme court OF the
United states, recently said, "Liuuor.
however obnoxious and hurtfui IL NAV
pe IN the Judgment Of many, 10 rNcog.
nised as an article OF commerce" CIT
Ing license case, Supre, and the Leisey
case Supre, and also In the cAs Of Ad-
m Express Co. W.. Kentucky, SuprN,
the same Justice said. much az We
may synpathize with the efforts to put
q stop 70 the sale OF Intoxicating
liquors In defiance to the policy OF
state, we are not at liberty TO recog-
nize any rule which Will nullify or tend
% weaken q power vested by the com
s.ieu.ion IN congress- over interstate
careful reading Of tho Hoke case
n OF the other cases above mention
ed, reveals two propositions:
!. That in all those cases nRr
acted directly upon the subject.
making its W prohibition and pre-
scribing Its own penalties, and siyins
70 the Federal courts the Jurisdiction
2. The things prohibited have with
out exception, had in them essentially
necessarily, some elements Of
fraud. deceit. immortality, or universal
menace to life or property. In other
words, the prohibited subject matter
mas never attained standing a. a lekiti-
mate subject Of commerce.
3. Even the Webb Kenyon law rec
ognizes Intoxicating liquors as a legiti-
mate subject Of interstate commerce
except such as rs intended by n
person interested therein to be receiy-
ed. possessed, sold, or in any manner
used-in violation of the law OF the
state into which It Is shipped.
II h Webb Kenyon law Is consti.
tutional an injunction shall be rant
ed as prayed for because OF the ship
ment made to J.. Erbacher. II it IL not
constitutional then no Injunction
should be granted.
Inc foregoing consideration leads mo
10 the conclusion hat the Webb.Ken-
yon law is unconstitutional and void. in
that 1t is a delegation by congress to
the states, Of the power of regulating
interstate commerce In intoxicating
liquors. which power Is vested in con.
gress exclusively.
Counsel for defendant viii D 4
record entry in conformity with the
foregoing, ubmit It to counsel for the
plaintin saving to 1t all exceptions and
to me for signing.
Dated this Sth day OF August. 1918.
Francis M. Hunter, Judge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-09
EXAMINATION

Misses Inez Boice and Myra Collins
of Des Moines arrived Friday evening
TO-. a visit with their aunt Mrs. William
Mrs. c. F. McMann Of corydon ar
rived Friday evening and is q chau-
tauqua guest OF Mrs. w. A. Martin.
Mrs. ]. c. Rambo and niece Maude
Miller and Miss Lillian Hahn Of Peoria,
Ill. are visiting Mrs. Rambo's brother
J. M. Eddy and wife.
Mrs. Lonnie Green Of TT. Madison 10
the guest Of her mother Mrs. Minnie
Mcdaniel.
Miss Hazel Grant OF Donnellson 10
visiting her cousin Miss Mamie Head
ing.
The ninth annual chautauqua open-
ed Aug. 2 with a large attendance. The
sale Of season tickets was larger than
any previous year and there are nifty
FIVE tents on the ground. The platform
manager, L. M. Daggy, is a fayorite
with Pennington people, having held
that position last year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
THE ROSES is a charming English

that from its title; but T. w. n
that you will not expect, after Garrett
leads you to believe that the tale will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
FOR THE JUDGE OR THE SURGEO
article nv DR.. Edwin +. Bowers. In

fashion he presents scientific truths that are
ing. And maybe some day we shall awaken
separating the criminal from the sick, purely as
DR.. Bowers leads up 70 a valuable suggesti
testimony worth while AIanifcstly, the que
man is a criminal or merely sick must be largely
cal experts to determine. And under the pre-
testimony is mostly farce.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
ESTIMATE IS
OVER billion
WILL COST $1,1os, 900, 900 TO RUN
GOVERNMENT DURING NEXT
FISCAL YEAR,
(Bp Associated PreSs.)

Washington, Dec. 1.-Congress must
appropriate s1,1Os, 100000 to operate
the government in the fiscal year of
1915, according to estimates of the
several departments submitted by Sec
retary McAdoo. These estimates are
twenty-five millions in excess of the
appropriations last year.
{ One significant estimate is $475.000
for special agents in the bureau of
corporations, indicating that organiza-
tion is to be busy investigating big
business.
Among other interesting estimates
are $15O,OO0 for ten new aeroplanes,
$1,5OO,OOO for collecting income tax,
100000 for eradicating cattle ticks,
$4,000 for the study of the malaria
mosquito and house fly, and $165,00C
for good roads work.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
PLEDGE PASTOR
COOPERATION
REV. A. L. o'sRYANT DECLINES
CALLS TO OTHER CHURCHES
AND WILL REMAIN HERE.

At congregational meeting of I'm
manuel Baptist church Sunday Rev.
A. l.. OBryant, the pastor, announced
his appreciation of the pledge of CO.
operation and support voted him by
the church, and his decision to de.
cline, as a result of the pledges, both
the calls that have recently come to
him from Moss Point, Miss, the other
from Barklett, Texas.
Dr. ]. l.. Johnson, Jr, called atten-
tion to the calls that had come to Mr..
O'Bryant and said that it was not to
the interest of the church for him to
go elsewhere when his large useful
ness as pastor of the church so init
mately connected with the Woman's
College is considered. 1t was made
known that a number of the patrons
of the college, living elsewhere than
Hattiesburg, had expressed the desire
to have Mr.. O'Bryant continue as the
pastor of Emmanuel Church while
their daughters are attending the col
lege.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
MAYOR taylor
NOT CANDIDATE
DENIES REPORT THAT HE WILL
sElN RACE FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.

Jackson, Miss. Dec. II positively
will not be a candidate for lieutenant
governor. | like the job have pretty
we'll, and am not seeking a change"
In these words Mayor S. ]. Taylor,
of Jackson, today denied the current
reports that he was contemplating
making the race for lieutenant COVER
nor of Mississippi at the next election
in this state.
How the rumor originated is not
known, as Mayor Taylor stated that
he had never intimated to anyone that
he aspired to the position of lieutenant
governor.
"My whole attention is being given
to the affairs of the city Of Jackson,
and even if l felt inclined to run for
lieutenant governor. which / do not,
would not have time to devote to
any campaign. No, do not want the
office, and will not seek it. My sole
ambition is to serve the people OF
Jackson as their mayor in manner
that will meet with public approval
and to do my best to upbuild the cap
ital city by exerting every effort tC
deal wisely and justly with various
municipal problems as they arise from
day to day." said Mayor Taylor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
A. A. A. MEETING IN RICHMOND.

Richmond, Va, Dec. 1.-Highway
will form the chief
topic of discussion at the twelfth an
nual convention of the American Au-
tomobile Association, which met in
this city today for a three-day session.
The association was formed in Chi
cago in 1902, and many of the foun-
ders and former officers of the organ.
ization are among those in attendance
at the present meeting. At the open
ing of the convention today the visi
tors were welcomed by Governor
Mann OF Virginia, Mayor Ainslie o.
Richmond, and President Belvin Of the
Virginia State Automobile Associa
ton.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
PRESIDENT WILSON TO 49,.
READ ADDRESS TUESDAY
Great Interest in Event Indicated by
Number Of Requests For Gallery
All Kinds Of Legislation.
(By Associated Press }

Washington, Dec. Without for
mality Congress went from special to
regular session and settled down for
what promises TO be the longest ses-
sion in it's history. The great num-
ber of requests for gallery seats to-
morrow indicates the interest in hear
ing President Wilson read his annual
message.
President Wilson will appear before
the two houses at o'clock Tuesday to
read his annual message at a joint
session in the House chamber. Aside
from this formality, inaugurated by
President Wilson last April at the
start of the special session, and the
presentation in the House today of the
annual estimates for Federal .expendi-
lures, the first days of the new session
will be scarcely distinguished from the
closing days of the old. For the first
time in many years, Congress will
step over from one session into anoth-
er without break in the routine of
business.
The significance of the new session
lies in the fact that it opens the food
gates for legislative activity and in.
augurates a period that promises to
be crowded with the consideration OF
important projects and prolific in leg
islative enactment.
The extra session just closing was
limited, by informal agreements with
President Wilson to the consideration
of tariff and currency reform, and
nothing that might interfere with
tContinued on Page Two.l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
BELIEVE FIRE
WAS INCENAARY
BLAZE AT WAREHOUSE ON N. o.
STREET THOUGHT TO HAVE
FOLLOWED ROBBERY.

Fire which damaged the building to
the extent of $500 and did several
thousand dollars damage to the con-
tents occurred at $3.50 o'clock Satur-
day night at the warehouse on the cor
ner OF New Orleans and Second street,
owned by the Hattiesburg Grocery
Company and occupied by the local
branch of Armour & Company and
the Calhoun Bankrupt Store, the lat
ter using a part of the building for
storing heavy groceries.
early in the night and the
Though the fire occurred rather
early in the night, the opinion is very
strong that it was of incendiary origin
When the firemen reached the building
the doors were closed, but the heavies
door to the building, ordinarily the
most difficult to open, responded t.
nearly the first blow with the pick
This fact coupled with others note,
by the fire chief convinced him tina
the building was first robbed ant
then fired.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
DEMOCRATS agree
ON CURRENCY
MEASURE
CONFERENCE REPORT ON OWEN
BILL COMPLETED LATE SUM-
DAY NIGHT.
NO MATERIAL Change MADE
Plan to Guarantee Deposits Of New
Banks Entering System Adopted
Two Per Cent Bonds Will Be Re-
funded, s2s, s,ooo, 900 Each Year.
NO MATERIAL CHANGE MADE

Washington, Dec. determined to
have the administration currency bill
ready for consideration by the Senate
as a Democratic party measure when
the new session of Congress opens to-
day, the Senate conference of Demo-
Gratis worked far into the night last
night settling the disputed details OF
the bill. AS finally agreed upon, the
measure was but little different from
the draft presented to the Senate. by
Chairman Owen and the five other ad-
ministration Democrats of the banking
and currency committee.
The conference decided, however,
that if disputed points of importance
became apparent in the course of de-
bate on the floor, each difference
among Democrats, as it arose, would
be taken into the conference, the party
disagreements Strengthened out and
the majority united to act on the
floor.
The administration members Of the
banking and currency committee re-
ported to the conference last night on
practically all the disputed PROPOSE
tions in the bill. The conference
adopted the recommendation for "a
plan to guarantee deposits of banks
which enter the new system. This
would provide that after the new re-
gional banks have earned 6 per
cent dividend on their stock and es-
tablished a 40 per cent surplus, the
excess earnings shall be divided, half
and half. One part shall be devoted
to a guarantee fund and the other
shall be paid to the government as a
franchise tax" -,
The conference also adopted the sug-
gestion of the committee that the Fed
> eral reserve board, which will control
the new system, should consist of the
I Secretary Of the Treasury and six
, members to be appointed by the Pres
. ident An attempt may be made to
, place the Comptroller of Currency on
the board. ':.
The conference, with the exception
: of writing in the provisions for guar
. antee of bank deposits has made prac
tically no material change in the
draft of the bill presented by Senator
Owen and the conference measure, II
is practically certain, will be accept
able to President Wilson.
:. The final decision of the conference
reached just before midnight, wrotz
into the bill new plan for renderih<
the per cent bonds on which the pre-
. ent bank note currency is based. III
plan was evolved by Secretary Nh
, Adoo, and provides for the retiring o
$25,000,000 of the bonds each year
The Federal reserve banks wouldtak
over that amount of the bonds, payin
par and interest to the banks nov
holding them.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
Officers Haue
Orders To Use
Sticks Freely
MANY ARRESTS MADE AT INDIAN
APoLIS FOLLOWING STRIKE
OF TRANSFERS.
(By Associated PreSS.)

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. members
of the Teamsters' Union who went
out on strike at midnight, began
harassing strike-breakers and many
arrests were made. The police, under
the personal direction of Mayor Wal
lace, have orders to use riot sticks
freely.
The teamsters and chauffeurs'
strike, ordered by unanimous vote of
the union at meeting Sunday after
noon, was begun at midnight last
night According to. Thomas ]. Far.
rell, general organizer of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Teamsters
Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers OF
America, 3,126 men are involved.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
SUDDEN Death
OF D. S. PERRY
FOREMAN OF MACHINE PLANT
STRICKEN WHILE CONNECT
ING LIGHT WIRES.

Either from an electric shock or
from heart lesion death came suddenly
to Daniel s. Perry, foreman of the Hat
tiesburg Foundry & Machine Works,
as he was in the act of connecting an
extension wire to a switching electric
light socket about o'clock Saturday
night.
Mr. Perry went back to the machine
shop after supper for the purpose OF
making ready a shipment due to go out
on the early train Sunday morning.
Finding that he needed light at the
point where the shipment was to be
gotten ready, he attempted to connect
an extension wire with the socket and
as he did so reeled and fell to the
ground. In doing so he struck an anvil,
causing a bruise across his chest and
when his head reached the ground it
struck a bar of iron causing a scalp
wound.
Mr.. Lessiter, the night watchman.
who was present at the time, at once
telephoned for a doctor, and within
five minutes DR.. w. S. McKinnon reach
the stricken man just in time to see
him breathe his last. The pulmoter
was ordered from the Traction Com
pany's office and Doctors Martin and
J. d. Donald were also summoned
Though the pulmoter was used for
more than an hour it proved unavail-
ing for restoring life. The coroner
was summoned during the night and
jurp of inquest was empaneled consist
ing of ]. T. Watson, R. ]. Lario, w. l..
McRanie, W. j. Moore, ]. B. Coursey
and s. F. McNair who went into an
investigation of the cause of death,
concluding the enquiry at about one
o'clock Sunday afternoon when they
rendered the following verdict: 1--WE
the jury empanelled and sworn to in
duire into the death of Daniel s. Perry,
find that the deceased came to his
death as a result Of an effort to attach
an electric light wire to a suspended
socket, but whether from an electric
shock or heart lesion this jury is un-
able to decide"
During the coroner's inquest the
electric wiring at the plant where the
accident occurred was closely inspect
ed with the result that everything was
found to be in good order, the test for
voltage at the socket which Mr.. Perry
held when stricken showed only 11O
volts. which fact prompted the ply
sicians summoned to conclude that
death must have occurred as a result
of heart trouble hastened perhaps by
the slight shock which might have
come when the effort to connect the
wire was made. Z.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01

Yazoo City, Miss, Dec. 1.-G. M.
Manning, planter, shot by Mayor s.
A. Childress in the latter's store at
Sataria, in the lower part Of this coun-
ty, Saturday night, died two hours
later as a result of the wound. The
killing is said to have resulted from an
attempt to arrest negro tenant of
Manning's.
The actions of the negro formed the
basis of a complaint by citizens to
Mayor Childress, and Manning is said
to have been in Childress' store at
the time the complaint was made, and
protested when Sheriff Holt was ask
ed to make the arrest. 1t is alleged
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
QUEEN ALEXANDRA BEGINS
SEVENTEEN YEAR

London, Dec. 1.-Queen Alexandra
entered upon her seventieth year to
day. The occasion was marked by an
unusually large gathering of the royal
family. The customary salutes were
fired and there was lavish display of
flags throughout the kingdom. Her
Majesty's never-waning popularity
with the general public was further
attested by the receipt of congratula-
tory messages from all parts of the
world.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
wiz Close Mime and
Asphyxiate Desperate

Lopez, the slayer of six men, was at
tempting to batter down bulkhead at
the entrance Of the tunnel in the Utah.
Apex mine here late Sunday, a posse
penetrated an incline and brought out
the bodies of Deputy Sheriffs Douglass
Hulsey and Tom Mandrich. who were
killed by the desperate in subterran-
can fight Saturday afternoon. A de-
velopment late Sunday was the report
that Mike Cranevich, who shot and
seriously wounded his wife several
days ago, also is fugitive in the mine
and is cooperating with Lopez.
Two deputies on guard at the mouth
of the mine opened fire with rifles
when Lopez began breaking down the
bulkhead and he retired into the mine
after prying away one board. That he
is suffering from hunger is the belief
Of the officers, as he has been in the
mine with only small supply of food
since Thursday.
Hundreds of Americans and foreign
ers begged in a dozen different ton
CUES for the opportunity to search the
mine for the murderer. Only five, led
by E. P. Strauper, mayor elect OF
Bingham, were allowed to penetrate
the workings. After making two at
tempts, they brought out the bodies
which had been dragged by Lopez
some distance up an incline.
Outwitted repeatedly since LOPEZ
began his career of bloodshed Nov. %
the pursuing sheriffs of seven counties
decided to batten up the mine and at
tempt to asphyxiate the fugitive will
poisonous gases. Accordingly, four
teen of the fifteen exits were stoppe'
with bulkheads and the work of pre-
paration for forcing in gas is unde
way.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
PLEADS GUILTY
TO TWO CHARGES

In the city court this morning
Leonard Lewis plead guilty to a
charge Of drunk and was fined $3.50
and cost. To the charge OF profanity
he entered a similar plea and was
fined 81 and cost.
viii Porter, for failing to pay sani-
tary fee, was discharged upon pay
ment of the delinquent fee.
Elise Pollard, charged with violating
state sanitary law, was discharged
upon payment of costs of court.
Pat Williamson plead guilty to the
charge of drunk and was fined $3.50
and cost.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
WOMAN suFFRAe,sTs IN SESSION

Washington, Dec. Enthusiasm
appeared to be the keynote at the
opening today of the regular sessions
of the forty fifth annual convention
of the National American Woman's
Suffrage Association. The initial ses-
sion was held in the New Masonic
Temple this morning and was presided
over by DR.. Anna Howard Shaw OF
Pennsylvania. The roll call showed
an attendance of delegates from forty
two states. Addresses of welcome
were delivered in behalf Of the District
of Columbia Suffrage Association and
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage Mrs Solon Jacobs Of Ala
bama responded for the visitors. The
| remainder of the session was taken up
with the reports of officers and depart.
ments.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
NEGRO SUSPECT is
RELEASED FROM JAIL

Jackson, Miss, Dec. 1.-Collins
Jenkins, the negro suspected of being
the party who attempted to assault
Miss Jessie Alexander, near Poindex-
ter park, in West Jockson, Friday
night at 6 O'Clock, was released from
the city Jail yesterday on orders of
the chief of police, as there was no
evidence against him. and Miss Alex
ander could not identify him.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-12-01
Delta Planter Killed
By Mayor, Of Sptartm', !

that threats we're made by Manning,
and when ghildress came from be
hind the counter, he was attacked. His
ear was severed and his clothing
slashed. 1t was then that he fred the
single shot killing Manning.
Manning was about thirty-fve years
of age, and leaves wife and two chill
dren.- His wife is daughter of R. T.
Johnson, a well-known planter of the
lower part of the country, and can
didate for sheriff in the last election.
Childress is the son of Col. S. A. Chill
dress. Childress is detained at local
hotel under guard by deputy and un-
der treatment for the injuries he re-
ceived at the hands of the man slain.