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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
Col. G0ethQIS is selected as
Governor of Panama Says
Well Authenticated Report
Secretary Garrison of the
War Department Tells
Wilson His Plans
PLENARY POWER TO
BE GIVEN ENGINEER

Washington, Jan. 16.--Secretary
Garrison submitted today to Presi-
dent Wilson his plan for the perma-
nent government Of the Panama canal
zone. While the secretary would not
disclose its features, it is understood
1t contemplates making Colonel
Goethals the first governor of the
zone with plenary powers and would
create from the retiring members of
the canal commission new commits
sion to take charge Of the ceremonies
preparing for the opening of the canal
in January, 1915.
The impression in official circles is
that President Wilson is in accord
with Secretary Garrison and that
Colonel Goethals alone is to be charged
with the administration of the canal
which as chief engineer he has con-
structed. .t
An executive order, abolishing the
isthmian canal commission is under
stood to be in preparation in accord
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
Continued on Page s
SALT LAKE AGAIN
TO GET CONVENTION

Salt Lake City, Utah, jan 16.It
was the opinion generally expressed
here this morning that Salt Lake
would again be chosen for the annual
convention of the National Woolgrow-
ers association, although Boise, Idaho
was making a strong bid
The second days session opened
with practically every delegate present.
William Spry, governor Of Utah.
opened the meeting. He refrained
from mentioning the new tariff bill.
He was followed by A. r. Potter who
spoke on the value to grazers of the
national forests.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
Tuesday Practically Agreed
Upon as Date for Calling
Roll in the Senate
CONSENT OF WHOLE
BODY IS REQUIRED
Tracks Are Creased for the
Measure; Means a Rail
Way for Territory

Washington, D. c., Jan. 16.-An ef
fort to fix next Tuesday as the time
for vote on the Alaskan railway bill
in the senate was defeated today by
Senator Works, but an understanding
was reached that the request for unani
nous consent would be renewed to.
morrow and probably granted.
The territories committee will meet
tomorrow to consider amendments.
Among these is one by Senator Poind-
exter. 1t will empower the president
to establish complete system of river
and rail transportation in Alaska, con-
Meeting with steamship line from a
port on the south coast Of the territory
to the Pacific coast points.
Authority for the development and
retention of one-half Of the coal fields
in Alaska by the government also will
be granted, the remainder to be leased
by private individuals.
The amendment would further pro-
vide for the arrangements of the vari-
GUS activities it would establish by
two bodies known as the Alaskan
transportation service and the Alaskan
mining service and for the employment
of the Panama canal and equipment
and engineer corps in the Alaskan pro
jects. u#. s..s. ..aE
Senator PoindeXter presenting his
amendment said he favored the pass
age of the Chamberlain bill ii that was
the best that could be obtained but
would speak Monday on his original
amendment a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
BIC FLOOD IS RECED|NC
People Are Returning to Their Home
and as Far as Can be Learned
None Were Drowned.

Cumberland, Md, Jan. 16.-Reas
sured that the worst of the flood which
swept down the Stony creek and Up
per Potomac valleys yesterday as a
result of the breaking of the great dam
at Dobbins w. Va, is over. hundreds of
refugees who fled to the hills on the
first warning began to return to their
homes. Although thousands of per-
sons were imperiled, no lives were
lost so far as known. There were,
however, reports of many thrilling
reScueS.
1t is believed that the prompt action
Of the pulp and paper company's EN-
ployes in sending out warnings of the
impending danger throughout the val
ley enabled all in the danger zone to
escape.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
ANONYMOUS NOTES
THREATEN JEROME

New York, Jan. 16.--A dozen anony.
nous letters threatening death to
William Traverse Jerome unless he
discontinued his attempts to get Harry
Thaw back in Matteawan have been
turned over to a detective agency.
An argument against Thaw's admis-
sion to bail was completed by Mr..
Jerome yesterday and sent to the
printers. He will take it to Concord
probably the latter part of next week
and present it at hearing to be held
by Judge Aldrich on the question of
bail -F
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
Residents of Striker C1tD
Return TO Find Homes Gone

Kagoshima, Jan 16.-The volcano OF
Sakura-Jima was still smoking today
DR.. Fusakichi Omori, professor OF
Seismology at the Toxic imperial uni
versity arrived at Kagoshima this
morning to begin an elaborate official
investigation of the disaster. a
The people of Kagoshima, many of
whom have returned to the ruined
city only to find their houses destroyed
waited with wonderful faith for Prof.
Omori to give his decision as to the
possibility of further catastrophe. He
declared this afternoon that there was
no further danger.
Many families were separated dur
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
PRUSSIA GETS CASH
BY ISSUING BONDS

4 Berlin, Jan. 16.-The loan of $780,.
! 100000 to be floated by Prussia on jan
( 9 is to take new form--four per cent
a Rrrants. In view Of the lack of sue.
s>,ss of government issues made dur.
ing 1913, it is to be offered on better
terms, being issued at 81 and re.
ieemable at par in from one to sixteen
rears. The loan issued in June last
vas at $3.50 and that in March at 80.
The German empire has decided to
'efrain from borrowing at present, in
view of the unfavorable money condi-
dons.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
GREAT QUANTITIES
OF EARTH REMOVED

Washington y. {. Jan. lG.--As re-
suit Of III" titanic attack being made
upon the great earth slide in the Pan
anna canal at Cucaracba, in the Guile
bra cut, where about seven great
dredges and monitors are working day
and night to clear the channel, the to-
tai excavation for December was SCI :
725 cubic yards against 1,347,756 yards
in November The amount of con-
crete placed in the gates and ap.
rroaches also showed an increase, be-
ing 3,144 cubic yards in December
against 2,917 yards in November.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
SYNDICATISTS GIVE
UP GENERAL STRIKE

Cape Town, Union of South Africa
Jan. 16.-Dispatches from all parts OF
the Union report that the strikers are
returning to work and that victory had
been won by the government in the
struggle with the federation of trades.
The strict rule of the premier, General
Louis Botha, was still in evidence this
morning at Johannesburg, where 62
members of the Typographical union
were arrested while meeting. The
charges against them was contraven-
ton Of the provisions of the martial
law. .L ..-
At the Salt River railroad work
shops, just outside Cape Town all the
men have returned, their leaders hav-
ng declared the strike ended.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
TAFT KICKS ON AUTO TAX
Former President Says His Machine
is Valued Too High by the New
e.. Haven Assessors.

New Haven, Conn. Jan. f6. Prof
essor William Fl. Taft Of Yale is dis
satisfied with the tax levied on his
automobile by the city. Recently he
received a tax bill showing that the
assessors had rated his machine as
worth $4,000. To this 10 per cent had
been added on his neglect to appear
within the required time and swear to
his tax list This brought the total
on which the 10 mill tax is computed
up to S4,95O.
In a letter to the assessors, Mr..
Taft today informed them that he
purchased the car second hand, paying
only $4,000 for it and fails to under
stand haw they can rate it as $4,000.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17

ing the panic which followed the erup-
ton and the highways in the vicinity
are crowded with saddened people
searching for relatives.
In the mean time the authorities are
doing their utmost to reestablish or
der. .. -s..
A number of newspaper correspon-
dents today visited the island of SAX.
ura. on which the volcano is situated.
They found the surface Of the earth
too hot to walk on. while everywhere
the ground was full of dangerous
holes. Ashes lay drifted in heaps. and
showers of small stones were still fall
ing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
JAP SCIENTIST SUICIDES
Gould Not Stand Criticism Which Fol-
lowed Failure to Predict VOL
canic Eruption.

Toxic, Jan. 16.-The suicide today
by Hari, Kari of the chief of the meteor
biological observatory at Kagoshima
was announced here today. The dis
patches declare that the scientist COM
mitted suicide because he had been
severely criticized for failure to warn
the citizens of Kagosnima of their
danger from the eruption of the vol
cano Sakura-Jima. He announced it is
said that the center of the subterran-
can disturbances was elsewhere.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
Mexican Refugees Set Out
I Under Guard to March
Away From Border
u. S. CAVALRYMEN
ACT AS AN ESCORT
Generals Ride Horses While
Women With Babies Are
Compelled to Walk

Presidio, Texas, Jan. 16.-All the ),
300 Mexican federal soldiers and the
1000 women refugees who sought
safety in the United States after the
capture of Ojinaga had left Preside
today for their march to Maria from
which point they are to be transported
by railroad to Fort Bliss, near Ell Paso
The ragged army was scattered fol-
81 miles along the mountain road to
Maria, closely guarded by United
States cavalrymen.
General Salvatore Mercado, until re-
Gently Huertas military chief in north
ern Mexico rode in an automobile with
General Francisco Castro. Other fed
eral generals rode on horses. The com
mon soldiers and the refugees, many OF
them carrying children in their arms,
made the march on foot.
Never had there been seen on the
border so picturesque a migration as
when the tattered Mexican army was
set in motion on the four days march
to Maria. Small detachments had been
drifting along the road for several
days but it was not until daylight that
the main body started.
To March on Capital.
Chihuahua, Mex, Jan. 16.-Defnite
announcement was made by General
Francisco Villa today that he will en-
ter the central and southern states or
Mexico with rebel army of $4,000 SOL
diers. He will attempt to join forces
with General Carranza at Guadala1ara,
where an army of $4,000 or more will
begin a march toward Mexico City.
1--WE will strike a blow which the
Huerta government will be unable to
withstand" said Generti Villa, after he
had been in communication by tele'
graph with General Carranza, y|ho is in
Sinaloa state. He said he had been
informed that General Carranza could
muster ten thousand men and that his
own army was being increased daily.
On the southwark march he and Gen
eral Carranza, he said, would COM
mand the largest unified revolutionary
force ever assembled in Mexico.
General Villa brought here as re-
suit of his victory at Ojinaga 5000
rifles, twelve cannon and seven rapid
fire fiuns captured from the federals.
Villa S forces are divided as follows:
City Of Chihuahua 5000; Santa Rosalia
1900; Jiminez 1000.
These, with the forces at Parral,
and the men under General Urbina,
south of Escalon, will be in the march
on Mexico City, with the exception of
those necessary to police the country
to the north.
Groups of deserters from the Huer-
taists are treating for amnesty and
wish to join in the movement south,
General Villa said.
The Huertatists have burned all the
bridges between Bermejillo and Tor
reon and have retired to that place af-
ter having been defeated by Urbina
near Mapimi l..
May Make Joint Protest.
Berlin, Jan. 16.-The Lokal Anzeiger
says the German government has TAX
On the initiative in an interchange Of
views, between Germany, France, Eng
land and the United States on the
question of making strong joint rep
resentation to Mexico against the re-
cent decree of suspension Of the pay
ment Of interest on the internal and
external debts of the country.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
of Good Farm Lands
in Country Ready to be Used

= = = = = > =
Washington 6-Prelimnary estimates by the de-
Of tllable
only actually cuiva
$4,000 correspondents
excluding
contcins which about 60 is till
able already under cultivation which be
eiea7iag dFaage IRRIGATION etc Only
estimated OF
361O00O00
non-ilable valuable for fruits.
to where
This
of the est
mated potential tilabe
words" the department. "for 100
titled the
production the future added
increased yield well extension
area
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
RECORD PRICE WILL
BE PAID FOR BULL

Utica, N. Y, Jan. 16-F. M. Jones Of
Clinton, near this city, has completed
negotiations for the purchase Of Spring
Farm Pontiac Cornucopia, Holstein
Fries.an bull, for which he will pay
$4,000 to Colvin Deshane Of Richland.
N. Y, the present owner. This ~ a
new record price for young bull.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
KENYON HAS BILL TO
STOP BAD PRACTICE

Washington, d. c., Jan. Ex-senator
Kenyon on returning from Iowa today
introduced a bill making it illegal for
officers of railroad companies or inter-
state carriers to buy up stocks, bonds
and securities Of other carriers and
then sell them to a holding concern or
to their own companies at a profit
The bill aims to correct such practices
as resulted in the bankrupting of the
Frisco system.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
COLONEL COCKTAILS

ance with the provisions of the Adam
son act. "
Unless Col. William c. Gorgas is
made surgeon general Of the army or
chosen for some other important work
he will continue with the other men,
bers of the new commissions whose
salaries are to remain the same but
who will serve only until the canal is
opened. ....
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
Submarine Fails
to Come Up After r
Feet MQneuvers
): ). ): i !. !: 4 !. i !. !. + + 4

; Plymouth, England, Jan. 16.
) The British submarine "a 7"
; foundered off here today and
; the authorities say there is lit
) tie hope of her crew being
) saved.
; The submarine was engaged
) in exercises in the SOUND with
) a number of her sister vessels.
; She failed to come to the sur
) face with the other boats when
, the maneuvers were brought
to an end.
At 5 o'clock this evening the
parent ship Onyx succeeded in
getting into communication
with the sunken boats crew
All were still alive but ap-
parently powerless to get to the
surface.
n T..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
LOST FISHERMEN
" ARE RESCUED ALIVE

Pensacola, Fla, Jan. 16.-Six men
of the fishing motorboat, Lenore, given
up for lost, were landed here today by
the schooner Ellen C. from Mobile.
Late Saturday night the engine Of
their boat went down and they were
blown to sea. The men lived on salt
fish and bait and wnen picked up by
the schooner were 100 miles out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
FIRE AT BIG PLANT.

Baltimore. Md, Jan. 16.-Fire which
broke out in the immense fertilizer
plant Of the F.. S. Royster Guano Co.,
at Fairfield, Nd, just south of here to-
day caused damage estimated at be.
tween $4,000 and 100000 before the
flames were extineuished.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
DISCUSS HEALTH PROBLEMS,

Concord, N. H., Jan. 16.Mee tings
to consider public health problems
were held in various parts of New
Hampshire today in accordance with
a recent proclamation of Gov Felker,
naming this as health day" "a
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-05-14

I, the undersigned recorder of mortgages
in and for the parish Of Orleans, state OF
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing act Of Incorporation Of "Pout.
chartrain Villa Company" was this day duly
recorded in my Office in book ll27, folio -.
New Orleans, La, May S 1914.
A true copy.
CHARLES SCHNEIDAU, Notary Public
may IL p % june II
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-05-14

JEFF c. WENCK, Not. Pub.
apr 30 may : Il p % june 4, 1919
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-05-14
April 6, 1914.
AMENDMENT
OF THE CHARTER OF THE ORLEANS
INVESTMENT COMPANY.
United States of America, State of Louisiana,

OF THE CHARTER OF THE ORLEANS
INVESTMENT COMPANY.
United States of America, State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans.
Be it known. that on this sixth day of the
month of April, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and of
the independence of the United States of
America, the one hundred and thirty eighth,
before me, William ]. Formento, a notary
public duly commissioned and qualified, in
and for the parish of Orleans, state of Lou
isana therein residing, and in the presence
of the witnesses hereinafter named and I'M
dersigned personally came and appeared:
Messrs. Albert L. Stewart and Edwin p. Null
Ter, both of the age of majority and acting
herein in their respective capacities as pres
ident and secretary of the Orleans Invest
ment Company, a corporation duly incorpor-
ated, by act before William ]. Formento,
notary public. for the parish of Orleans, Lou
isiana, on January Sth, 1914, and duly re-
corded in the mortgage office, book No. lll9,
fol. No 1888, and domiciled in the city of New
Orleans; the said president and secretary
appearing heerin under and by virtue of a
resolution adopted by the stockholders of
the said company, at meeting held on the
sixth of April, 1914, duly certified copy Of
the extracts of the minutes of the said meet
ing being hereto annexed and made part
hereof,
Who declared, that in order to carry into
effect the resolution adopted by the stock
holders at a special meeting of the stock
in writing had been given thereof to each
stakeholder by letter mailed to his last
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-26
An ILLUSION
of a Drug User That a Ghost is
Used to EFFORT Confession
of Murder from Him.

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Jan. 30
Denial of charges by attorneys for
John III. Crondin, accused of having
murderedhis wife, celia, that the POI
lice had used the third degree" with
a ghost as the central figure in an
attempt to extort a concession was
made by the district attorneys Office
today. According to wv. IF. Shannon,
deputy district attorney, Crondin, is a
drug user and on Occasions becomes
delfrious. Shannon declares that the
ghost WHICH according to Crondin's
attorneys appeared in a darkened
room whereSthe police had taken the
prisoner and demanded in gloomy
tones why did YOU murder me?"
was product Of the druggists mag
nation.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-26
PERSONAL

Henry bennett was here Monday
from Brown
Wilbur Gain was here Monday from
Bridgeport.
NJ. Pars, Of Marlinton, is a
Waldo guest.
Lake Duncan, Of Bridgeport, visited
the city Monday.
]. B. Knobs, of Marlinton, is city
business visitor.
Smith Hood was visitor here Mon
day from Fairmont.
!. d. Brennan, Jr,, Of wheeling, is
"a business visitor here.
b. D. Snyder is here from Elkins
on brief business visit.
w. g. DAY, Jr., OF Parkersburg,
is transactirg business here.
William T. Mitchell, Of Wheeling,
Is a guest at the.[EIotel Gore.
II. N. Culbertson, Of Huntington,
is here on a business mission.
Jefferson D. Basel, of Interstate,
transacted business here Monday.
Walter NJ. Morris was business Wis
itor here from Mt Glare Monday.
Charles Matthews, Of Lumberport,
visited friends here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr.. and AIRS. G. III. Wilkins, Jr.,
OF Weston, were visitors here Sunday
and Monday.
Il. c. s. Holmboe went to Moore
field last night to look after archl-
tectural work.
Mrs. H. E. Riley and Miss Agnes
Thompson, Of Chester, are visiting
their sister, Mrs. Charles Cunningham,
in the Gore apartments
Mrs. A. ]. Smith and daughter,
Susan, have gone to New York,
where Mrs Smiths mother is very
Ill as result Of two strokes of
paralysis.
j. NJ Francois, accompanied by
William atccarty, Of Kokomo, Ind,
brother-.n-law of Earl H.. Speaker,
went 20 New York Sunday for q
weeks stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nv. M. Agey went to
Pittsburg Sunday night to visit his
brother, Harry tAgey, and upon their
return they will visit her father, Aisle
Mcculley, Of Wheeling, who adj
yapced in years lie in poor health.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-26
NEGROES ARE JAILED.

Upon a'warrant made out by the
prosecuting attorney charging the
unlawful sale OF cocaine, Ora Davis,
Esther Dingess, Eva Yancey, Charles
Chasboyer and William Smith. ali
negroes, were arrested Saturday
night in Glen Elk No. 2 by the sher-
if and several deputies and jailed
for hearings before Justice 7. G..
Nlcewusner. me prosecuting attor-
ney released Smith from jail Mon
day.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-26
ANOTHER GOOD sARDIs WE'LL.

Another good oil well was struck
Sunday in the sardis district, 1t is
the one drilled by ]. T. Miller and
Company on the ]. L. Lanham farm
there and tits flowing ut the rate u
thirty five barrels an hour. Parkers-
burg and Clarksburg persons form
the company.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-26
REVIVAL MEETINGS.

Revival meetings in the Methodist
Episcopal church at sAdamston viii
Degln February /. A. S, Wolfe, pas
tor, will have charge Of them.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-08-10
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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-08-10
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