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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
SUIT FOR
$1,000 IS ON FILE

Claiming that machine used in the
hog killing room Of the packing plant
severed the fore finger Of his left
hand, Glen Barnett has sued John
Morrell & Co. for $4,000 damages In
petition filed today with the clerk Of
the district court. The petitioner AYERS
that on December "a he was operating
the machine, when the accident hap
pened. He declares that he is left
handed and the absence Of the finger
makes him less valuable.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
TAYLOR COUNTY .
TRANSFERS BIG

Bedford, April 12-For the first three
months of 1913, the aggregate value of
realty transfers in Taylor county
price received for land was for the
farm owned by Samuel ]. Key, north
of Lenox, who sold 240 acres for S48,-
900. Mr.. Key Immediately bought the
James Edmunds farm, consisting OF
4S0 acres about half way between
Lenox and Clearfield for $62,500.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
FORMER IOWAN IS
COLORADO MAYOR

Mason City, April 12-Harry H. Har-
baugh, formerly of Mason City, has
been elected mayor of Greeley, Colo,
according to Information here. Mr..
Harbaugh was born at Washington,
Ia, and he is graduate of Central
college at Pella. -
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
TURKS MASSACRE
MANY CHRISTIANS

Athens, Greece, April PA body Of
Turks coming from the coast of Asia
Minor has massacred all the Christ
ians among the Inhabitants OF the
island of Kasteloryzo, southeast OF
Rhodes, according to dispatch re-
ceived here today. No details were
given.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
ELECTRICAL MEN
PLAN MEETING

Waterloo, April 12-Details of the
program for the annual convention Of
the Iowa Electrical association, to be
held here April % and "a are being
completed The day before the con-
vention opens officers and several
members will visit the big dam at Keo-
kuk. ~"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
S. u. I. PROFESSOR =.
OFFERED POSITION

Iowa City, April 12-Professor Geo.
F. Kay, of the state university depart.
ment of geology, has been offered the
post of travelling secretary to the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science. This is new Office.
The travelling secretary will visit
centers Of scientific work in America
in the interest Of better organization.
Prof. Kay has declined the offer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
BISHOP LONGLEY
TO VISIT OTTUMWA

Bishop H. S. Longley of Des
Moines, suffragan bishop Of Iowa of
the Protestant Episcopal church,
will make his first visit to Ottumwa
on April 20, when he will administer
the holy rite of confirmation to a
class of twenty at the Trinity Epis-
copal church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
KERNS RELEASED
ON $500 BONDS

Abba, April 12.-The preliminary
hearing Of Hiram Kerns charged with
cutting his partner Sam K. Smith, was
set for April o. Kerns was released
on $500 bond yesterday morning,
three business men, Wade Shaw, Al
bert Hollingshead and H. J. Cramer,
signing his bond. So far S. X: Smith
Is improving. N. E. Kendall will con-
duct the defense.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
LUTHERANS WILL
BUILD HOSPITAL

Marsnalltown, April 12.-German
Evangelical and Lutheran churches of
Iowa are back Of a movement to build
here a $4,000 deaconess' home and
and hospital. The Evangelical Dea-
coness' society purchased a $4,000
building site yesterday. '.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
BUFFALO STRIKE
ENDED; CARS RUN

Buffalo, N. " April ia court
order was signed this morning di.
recting the withdrawal of the 5000
state militia called here in connec-
ton with the strike of the carmen of
the International Railway company.
All of the companies will return home
tonight Street car service on regu-
lar schedule was resumed on all city
and suburban lines today. g..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
KNOXVILLE TO GET
NEW WATER WORKS

Knoxville, April I'm. I. Evinger,
the Ames engineer who has been figur-
ing on a solution of the city water
works problem here for several months
has condemned the present system
and made an outline for an entire new
plant which will involve the spending
of at least $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
HedrIck to Vote on Waterworks..

Hedrick, April IAN election has
been called at Hedrick to decide
whether the people want to vote $16,-
900 for waterworks. 1t is hoped that
the project will materialize, for it is
something every town should have.
With their electric lights, they would
be right up to date
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
TRAVELLERS AID
REPORT FOR APRIL

. the ITdVeIer AIu report TOT Lno
month Of April as given by Mrs. Jen-
ME Wachtler, follows:
Sent to Y w. c. A. ............. 29
Women,and children cared for -. 76
Men and boys cared for ......... 10
Old people cared for ........... 81
Girls cared for ................. II
Asked about trains ............. 178
Sent to hotels or to rooms $780,. 10
Cared for sick ................ s
Cared for blind DETERMINATIONS. Q
Came for work ................ q
Total helped in definite ways -. ITS
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
An Ottumwa Man Tells It

Backache makes life a
burden. Headaches, dizzy
spells and distressing uni
nary disorders are a con-
slant trial. Take warning
Suspect kidney trouble.
Look about for a good kid
ney remedy.
Take an Ottumwa mans
word for it. Learn from
one who has found relief
from the same suffering. !.
Get Doan's Kidney Pills
the same that Mr.. Kaiser
had.
/ Ottumwa testimony is
good proof. It's local and
can be verified.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-04-15
OTTUMWA PROOF
Testimony of Resident of
Court Hill

John F. Kaiser, GA Court
Hill Ottumwa, Ia, says: II
suffered almost constantly
from backache and my kid
neys were in bad shape. I
had attacks o fdizziness and
nervousness and | did not
rest we'll. Hearing Doan's
Kidney Pills highly spoken
of, | got a box and began
using them. They gave me
immediate relief and in a
short time made a complete
cure"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
WATSON'S CASE MAY
NOT GO TO THE JURY
Alleged to Have Been Obscene
Attacked Catholicism.

Augusta, Ga, Oct. 2O.-Thomas E.
Watson, lawyer, publicist and one
time presidential candidate of the
peoples party" today was placed
on trial before Federal Judge Rufus
f. Foster in the United States district
court here on charge of sending
obscene matter through the mails.
The specific charge against Wat
son is that he published in The JEFF
fersonian in July, 1911, and April
and May of 1912, certain alleged
questions which he claimed were
asked by Roman Catholic priests to
persons in confessional, which ques-
tions, the indictment alleges, are OBJ
appeared in a series of articles at
tacking the Roman Catholic Church
and especially the priesthood.
That the case against Mr.. Watson
never would reach the jury was the
prediction early today of Judge S. G.
McLendon, leading attorney for the
defense. He added, however, that
should the government evince a de-
sire to go into the trial, he was pre-
pared to follow a similar course.
United States District Attorney
Alexander Akerman of Macon, con-
ducting the case for the government,
apparently was of the opinion that
the trial would speedily end.
In a statement early today Attor-
ney McLendon said that it was the
desire of the defense to avoid, if pos
sible, anything resembling a religious
controversy, and to hold the case to
its merits as a question of constitu-
tional right. 1t is the plan of the de
fense to conduct it's fight upon the
ground that the articles published in
Watson's magazine, The Jeffersonian,
were written by him as editor, and
that his convictions on the charge as
set out in the Indictment would be in
violation of the provisions for the
freedom of the press as set forth in
the constitution of the United States.
When the case was called by Judge
Foster, Mr.. MCLeudon Immediately
filed petition requesting the govern
ment to furnish a bill of particulars.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
ORDERED RELEASED
BY PRES. WILSON
Famous Suffragette Leader is Order
ed Released without Bond by
Chief Executive.

Washington, Oct. 2O.-Mrs.. EN-
incline Panhurst, the militant. Brit
ish suffragist, is free to enter the
United States. The Ellis Island
boards order of deportation was re-
versed today after President Wilson
had conferred on the celebration case
with Secretary Wilson and a hearing
had been concluded before Immigra-
ton Commissioner Caminetti.
Secretary Wilson announced at the
conclusion of his conference with the
President that Mrs. Panhurst would
be admitted upon her own recogni-
zance with the understanding that
she would depart at the end of her
lecture engagements. No bond was
eXacted.
Secretary Wilson declared that ne
and the president had discussed the
question briefly.
1--WE agreed" he said, "that Mrs.
Pankhurst should be admitted on her
own recogniZance. My own reason is,
and the president feels likewise, that
there is naturally an element of doubt
as to whether her acts constituted
moral turpitude or were political in
character
Being admitted on her own recog-
niZance of course if she violates any
of our laws we have two remedies.
Our courts may pass on her acts or
we may deport her. There being the
element of doubt as to whether moral
turpitude or political offense was in
volved we decided that we have suf-
ficient safeguards and that there can
be no harm in admitting her"
The decision by the president and
Secretary Wilson was communicated
to Commissioner General Caminetti,
who issued the formal order of re-
lease.
President Wilson felt that the law
had a flexible Interpretation so that
1t was largely a question OF policy.
Attorney Herbert Reeves declared
that Mrs. Pankhurst had engaged
passage back to England on the
steamer Majestic, sailing from New
York November 27, and cited that as
an evidence that Mrs. Pankhurst did
not intend to remain in the United
States. He declared If admitted un-
der bond she would commit no act
here obnoxious to the laws of the
United States. Frank S. O'Neill, an
other attorney, then took up the ar
gument of the suffragist's admission
He referred to Mrs. Pankhurst's s
pledge that she would conduct her
self in a lawful manner while in this
country.
"She has made that pledge to the
American people and she will keep
it, declared the lawyer with elo-
quence. In every shop and factory in
this land today women's heads are
bowed in mute appeal to this depart
ment for the liberty of this distin-
guished woman"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
MRS. PANKHURST NOT
PERMITTED TO LAND
Immigration Officials Order Her
DepOrted Immediately.
WILL BE SENT TO FRANCE.
Mrs. Pankhurst's Lawyer to Appeal
Case to United States Immi-
grafton Commissioner.

New York, Oct. 19.-Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst. the English suffrage
leader, who arrived here yesterday
for lecture tour, was ordered de-
ported by the immigration authori-
ties.
The order came within less than
three hours after the vessel on which
she came docked. A special board
of inquiry, which decided the case.
voted not to admit her under bond
but to send her back to France i'm
mediately
Mrs. Pankhurst's lawyer, Herbert
Reeves, announced he would appeal
the case Immediately to Commission
er General Of immigration Cam
inetti
Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont Of New
York, the suffrage leader who has
been the militant's host, is prepared
to give one hundred thousand dollars
bond, but under the ruling of the
board was not permitted to do so.
Mrs. Pankhurst will remain at
Ellis Island until deported.
Her deportation was ordered un-
der the law barring persons convict
ed Of crime abroad, which involved
moral turpitude. The case moved
with CELEBRITY. The examination lasted
little more than an hour.
Mrs. Pankhurst told members of
the board she did not come to Amer
lea to advocate militancy, but to lee
ture on the history of the suffrage
movement
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
% MEN DIE WHEN
BALLOON EXPLODES
Montrous Zeppelin War Airship
Falls 900 Feet 20 Earth
Flaming Wreck.

Berlin, Oct. 1S.-Twenty-eight
persons were Killed yesterday, near
Johannisthal, in the explosion and
fall of Count Zeppelin's latest dirigi-
BILE balloon, the LII. The twenty
eight men represented the entire per-
sonnel of the admiralty board, which
was to conduct the final trial of the
dirigible, looking to its acceptance by
the government as a new unit of the
German aerial navy, the pilot and
crew and invited guests. Every per-
son who went aloft in the big ship is
dead.
Twenty-seven OF them were killed
almost instantly by the explosion of
gas in the balloon, or burned to
death as the flaming wreck fell TO
the ground from height Of 900 feet
and enveloped them. One man,
Lieutenant Baron Won Bleul, of the
Queen Augusta Grenadier Guards, a
guest of the admiralty board, was ex-
tricated alive from the mass of
twisted wreckage. His eyes were
burned out, and he suffered other
terrible hurts. Begging his rescuers
to kill him and end his suffering he
was taken to hospital, where he
died last night.
The LII, had it proved successful.
would have been attached to the
aerial corps OF the navy, which after
yesterdays fatalities has only two
men trained to command airships.
The official report of the accident
says the explosion was due to the ig-
milton of gas in or above the forward
gondola, but not within the body of
the airship.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
MANY REFUGEES COME
FROM WILD MEXICO
They Tell Stories of Guerilla War
fare and of Robbery Accom-
panied by Cruelty.

Galveston, Texas, Oct 20.-Three
hundred and sixty refugees from
Mexico, most of them destitute and a
number of them victims of the long
disastrous siege and subsequent cap
ture OF Torreon by the Constitution
alists, yesterday reached the United
States, coming to Galveston by steam
er from Tampico. They told stories
of guerilla warfare between the Mex
ican factions, of robbery and cruelty.
and OF Catholic nuns being driven at
midnight under fire from their con-
vent; told OF hospitals put to the
torch and men killed for the gold in
their teeth. Many of the refugees
braved overland journeys OF hard
ships and danger to reach the coast,
while others waited weeks and
months for train service to escape the
country.
Mother Mary Vincent of the Order
of the Incarnate Word was in charge
of the party of nuns, who left prop
erty valued at $4,000 in gold. Their
convent is at Gomez Palacios, near
Torreon, which was taken by the con-
stitutionalists July 22 as a base for
their siege of the larger city. The
sisters fled from the building when
the fighting threatened it's destruc-
ton, seeking refuge at the British
consulate where they remained for
seven weeks.
"The warning factions apparently
have no mercy for each other" said
Mother Vincent. During our stay
at Gomez Palacios we Witnessed the
fall of the city and many scenes of
bloodshed and crime. Hospitals fill
cd with sick and wounded were put
to the torch and men were killed for
the gold In their teeth. Our party
was fired upon as we escaped from
our academy to the shelter OF the
British consnlate. We witnessed in
dignities ~ church property and to
church digH;taries and even graves
or garted bishops and rich person
az sFe robbed"
y "a aevious attempt of the sisters
10 escape from Mexico was defeated
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
SEIGLER IN AIKEN
ON UNIQUE PAROLE
Released From South Carolina Peni-
tentiary Until Dec. 4, to Attend
to Tangled Business Affairs.

Aiken Special to Augusta Chron-
icle, Oct. 18.-James c.. Seigler, con-
victed in June of last year after one
of the most noted trials ever held in
the Aiken court house of man
slaughter, having shot to death Wade
Patterson, an Aiken policeman, on
Main street here two years ago, and
sentenced to seven years in the state
penitentiary, is at home, arriving in
Aiken yesterday.
His property to be sold under fore
closure proceedings in November,
Seigler has been paroled by Governor
Blease until December 1st to give
him an opportunity to straighten out
his tangled business affairs.
Jim Seigler, as he is known by
everybody, came back home under
one of the most unique paroles ever
issued by the chief executive of a
state. He was not escorted by any
officer of the law, and for the next
month or six weeks he is practically
a free man, restrained only in so far
as some of his personal habits and
conduct are concerned. Governor
Blease granted the parole on condi-
tion that Seigler drink no intoXicants
of any kind; that he report to the
SneTlu OF AIKEN county every DAY,
and that he do not carry a weapon.
People who know Jim Seigler say
that he will observe rigidly the con-
ditions of the parole, and that when
the time he has been given is up he
will return to Columbia and resume
his place.
Jim Seigler is a member of one of
the best-known families of Aiken
county, his father having been one
of the wealthiest men in this section.
At his death few years ago Captain
Seigler left each OF his children a
comfortable fortune. Mortgages ag-
gregating between $4,000 and $780,
900 have been placed on James G.
Seigler's property, he owning one of
the finest farms in Aiken county. 1t
was for this reason that Judge Hayne
f. Rice, who presided at Seigler's
famous trial and passed sentence up
on him after his conviction for man
slaughter, signed the petition, to-
gether with many others, to Governor
Blease requesting the parole
Seigler began his term last spring
after appeal for a new trial had been
denied.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
WILSON PREDICTS
AN EARLY VOTE
On the Currency Bill and is Decided
Iy Dfimistic-DilatOryT Tactics
Not Expected.

Washington, Oct 20.-President
Wilson today wrote Representative
Underwood, the majority leader of the
house, expressing the opinion that the
currency bill would be reported to the
senate not later than the first week
in November and passed after two or
three weeks debate.
"I have had conferences with mem
bers OF the senate committee on
banking and currency, both Demo
Gratis and Republicans" wrote the
President, "as a result of those con-
ferences, feel confident that a re-
port on the bill may be expected not
later than the first week in Novem-
ber. Most of the members of the
committee with whom have con-
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21

after they got within 80 miles of the
American border. They tried to
reach Laredo, Texas, but were forced
by burned bridges and destroyed
tracks to return.
The refugees came in three boats,
the steamers Texas and Wanets and
the oil barge Hainaut. The Texas
carried 22S men, women and chill
dren, in charge of DR.. Edward Ryan
a special agent for the American Red
Cross.
OF the entire number arriving
about 800 were destitute and receiv-
ed aid from the United States govern
ment. They were furnished with
tickets to cities where they have
friends and relatives and provided
with money for necessary immediate
use. The greater number of the
refugees were American, but some
were British subjects and several
were Mexicans.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21

ferred have shown themselves keenlv
aware of the disadvantage to the
country of any unnecessary delay.
Il believe that the action of the
senate upon the bill will follow within
two or at the most three weeks after
the report is made. l do not believe
there will be any attempt to delav it's
passage by dilatory tactics. Senators
on both sides realize that the business
or the country awaits this legislation
impatient OF being kept in suspense,
and display most public spirited de
sire 10 dispose or 1t promptly. The
passage of the bill is assured.
In these circumstances / should
ike to confer with you as you so
kindly suggested as to the action the
house should take while awaiting the
results"
The President does not believe an
adjournment is possible but thinks
some agreement might be reached
with the minority in the house for a
brief recess. The president is fully
confident OF considerable non-partisan
support for the bill and told callers
today that he did not expect any
change affecting any fundamental
part of the bill but rather had found
an unexpected agreement on the fun
damentals.
The presidents letter was freely
circulated in congress and renewed
active discussion of recess prospects.
Senator Weeks, Republican, of the
banking committee observed that the
letter disclosed more optimism than
the fact warranted"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
Shooting at Taxahaw.

Late Saturday afternoon a shoot
ing affair occurred at Taxahaw over
a difficulty I'm which James II. Massey
and John w. Massey, sons OF Mr..
Henry B. Massey, on the one hand,
and Manly Cook, son OF the late
William Cook, on the other, were en-
gagged. Manly Cook received SER
ious lick on the head and was shot
in the left groin, the bullet ranging
down into the leg. The wounded man
was getting along as well as could
be expected when last heard from.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
LOWELL BANK CLOSED.
The Traders National is Said to
be InSolVent

Lowell, Mass, Oct. 20.-The Trad
ers National Bank of this city was
closed today by order of the comp
troller of the currency The bank
was closed on report from National
Bank Examiner Norwin S. Bein that
the institution is insolvent. Harold
G.. Murray has been appointed re-
ceiver.
A close relationship existed be-
tween the Traders and the Atlantic
National Bank of Providence, r. l.,
which was closed April IA. Three
months ago the capital Of the Trad
ers' was shown to be badly impaired
and a formal notice of impairment
was served on it's directors.
The notice directed them to make
good the impairment by an assess
ment on the stockholders or to place
the bank in voluntary liquidation.
Under the law the bank had three
months in which to do either OF these
things ,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
EARLIEST SNOW IN YEARS.
Was Experienced Yesterday i'm Va
rious Southern Cities.

Atlanta, Oct 2O.-The earliest
snowfall in the memory of oldest
citizens was experienced today in
many Southern cities. Preceptible
fiuTries were reported in Atlanta,
Birmingham, Knoxville, Chattanooga,
Nashville and Asheville.
The first precipitation here was
observed shortly after midnight
Flakes continued TO fall at intervals
until o'clock this morning In all
of the cities where the fall was re-
ported the snow melted Immediately
on striking the ground.
The earliest previous snowfall, ac-
cording to local records, occurred on
October %, 1910. This was the only
other time snow was observed in
October.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-10-21
Bryan Unable TO Attend Commercial
Congress-

Washington, oct. 20.-Secretary
Bryan today announced that he had
cancelled his engagement to speak at
Che Southern Commercial Congress
at Mobile, October 81 to a. Mr.
Bryan said he thought II unwise to
hllfll an engagement which would
pecesSitate his absence from the city
ffvr so long a period Immediately
after the Mexican elections to be held
October 26.