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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-31

of the war department He asserted
emphatically today that the disorders
would not be permitted to impede the
progress Of the bill. Other senate
leaders expressed the same view.
While some amendments may be
made to the house bill they will not
haar an racent devalonmants' ,,ho .ooy,.
|stipulating time on which independ-
ence might be granted under given
conditions.
illustrated lecture on the Filipinos late
today had been arranged.
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MAKES EFFORT TO
STOP EXECUTIONS
PRESIDENT WILSON PRESSES THE
MEXICAN PRESIDENT FOR
LENIENCY TO ENMlES.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 30.--Presi.
dent Wilson today confirmed state.
ments that the United States had advis.
ed the Gutierrez government in Mexico
to grant a general amnesty to political
prisoners. He told callers he did not
believe the number of executions had
been very large but that the United
States was anxious that they be elm
mated entirely.
Villa Makes Statement.
Mexico City. Dec. 27, (yia Ell Paso,
Texas, Dec. 29).-When the matter Of
frequent executions and the lack Of
personal guarantees was brought to
the attention of General Villa today,
he made the following statement:
MANY foreigners lately have asked
me for personal guarantees. I am dis.
posed to make every effort to give
these. Many requests have been tele.
graphed, 3S "a &: Is. IL 81. ss s-y.
Regarding the present chief execu-
tive Of the nation, regret to say that
conspirators are endeavoring to take
advantage Of his sincerity and honesty.
What shall have to do is to treat this
element with severity.
'The country needs prudence at pre-
sent 1t also needs energetic meas
ures. AS soon as these matters are at
tended to ! shall proceed to direct the
campaign for the capture of Tampico." !"
General Villa signed the statement.
Carranza Men Desert.
On board u. S. S. San Diego, en-
route to San Diego Cal, Dec. 49,, (by
Wireless)-Seyen thousand troops of
General Venustiano Carranzas forces
declared today for General Francisco
Villa, at Topic, in the state Of that
name, on the west coast of Mexico.
Foreigners at San Bias and Topic have
taken refuge aboard the United States
supply ship Glacier. Rear Admiral
Howard, in command Of the Pacific
fleet, on receipt of the news, ordered
the gunboat Annapolis by wireless to
San Bias, but no troubleSis expected.
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RUSSIANS DENY RUMORS
High Official Issues Statement Re.
garding Willingness of Car to
Discuss Peace.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 30.-A state
ment having been sent widespread
through the United States that Russia
purposes negotiations for peace with
Germany independent of her allies,
France and England, and it having
been suggested that Ambassador Bak-
hmeteff had knowledge of such an ar
rangement, the Russian ambassador to
the United States has not only issued
statement denying such possibility,
but has cabled to the foreign Office at
Petrograd and received the following
message from the Russian minister Of
foreign affairs:
Certainly please deny absolutely
the absurd statement
(Signed) "Sazonoff"
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NATION ACCUSED
Of AIDING ALLIES
Congressman State That
U. S. Neutrality Is Mere
Technical Stand
ASK AN EMBARGO ON
EXPORTING OF ARMS
Representative Vollmer Says
War Can Thus Be Ended
Within Ninety Days

Washington, D. c., Dec. 3O.-How
the United States could end the Euro
pean war in ninety days by cutting of
the export of war supplies was describ-
ed today by Representative Vollmer Of
Iowa, to the house foreign affairs com
mittee With Representative Barth.
oldt, he endorsed joint resolution to
empower the president, in his discre.
ton, to prohibit such exports.
American embargoes from 1894
down to the Mexican arms embargo
Of 1912 were cited by Vollmer, in a
legal argument to support the constitu-
tional right of congress to act.
President Wilson," he said, "sus-
pended the embargo of export of arms
and munitions to Mexico in the inter
ests of true neutrality as against
neutrality on paper.
81 maintain that the pending reso-
luton is in line with the historic re-
putation of this nation as the greatest
advocate of peace. 1t is not in line
with that reputation to supply the in
struments of murder to European ma
tions. Are we to take the position Of
the arch hypocrite among the nations ?
Are we to go on our knees and pray
for peace and at the same time supply
the death dealing instruments to
Europe? Are we to plead with God
for peace with the blood money in our
pockets?
'We are now in the position of send
ing dollars for Belgiums and dum-dum
bullets for Germany"
as-- Voalmer alr1ph atiralfy sdeclaf y
Germany cannot be beaten in this
war Her people are united and deter
mined to fight to the last drop Of blood.
If this war continues 1t will go on and
on until all the world is dragged down
to bankruptcy
There is only one nation whose
lines of national interest are hopeless
ly opposed to ours. | don't hesitate
to predict that Japan proposes to hold
not only Kiao-Chow, but the islands
of the Pacific which she has seized
Some day this issue must be tried
out in the Pacific and it may be to the
interest of this country to have a pow
erful friend at her side"
do you think the German govern
ment expects us seriously to pass such
a resolution as this?' asked Chairman
Flood.
Il believe, and persons who nave
been in Germany say replied Voll-
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new YORK's IDLE
ARE BEING AIDED

New York, Dec. 30.-The mayors
committee on unemployed is today con-
sidering plan proposed by Charities
Commissioner Kingsbury to furnish
six meals and two nights lodging for
eight hours work on city streets and
bridges. BY working only on alternate
days. Commissioner Kingsbury explain
ed, hundreds of men, now idle, would
be able to solve the question of living
until regular employment could be OBJ
tanned for them
Five hundred new beds were placed
in the municipal lodging house yester-
day, making $500 In all, an increase Of
1,500 over the number available last
year.
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War is Causing Many People
in ChicQqo. TO Commit Suicide

Chicago, Dec. ao.-Wprry over the
European war has resulted in a large
increase in the number of suicides in
Chicago. according to aageport by Cor
oner Peter M. Huffman.
Starting with September, the report
says, there was an increase Of twenty
four suicides over the corresponding
month last year. November showed
an increase of twelve over thirty-six
suicides last year.
Records show that number Of
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INCOME TAX IS
CALLED FAILURE
Wisconsin Expert Says Law
in Its Present Form Is
Class Legislation
DOES NOT REDUCE
SWOLLEN FORTUNES
Property Tax Condemned as
Being Too Exacting on
Modern Business

Princeton, N. j., Dec. 30.-The fed
eral income tax, for which only 357,-
59S returns were received last year,
is reaching directly less than one.
half Of one per cent OF the popula-
ton, promotes class conflict and public
extravaganza, and is feeble instru-
ment with which to reduce swollen
fortunes, In the opinion of r. S..
Adams, member of the Wisconsin
state tax commission, in an address
here before the American Economic as
sociation. Mr.. Adams spoke on ''The
Effect of income and Inheritance
Taxes on the Distribution of Wealth"
THE present federal income tax is
a class tax and class taxes breed ex-
travagance," he said. 1T deserves ap-
proval from almost every other stand
point, but in this respect it needs
courageous correction. Income taxes
should not be levied upon the poor
but they should be levied upon all the
rich, |. e., upon everyone with income
exceeding the amount required by the
American standard Of living An in
come tax falling on all rich, SO defined,
would be the most potent instrument
procurable for inspiring and maintain
ing the effective interest in the con-
duct of government.
Property Tax Bad.
eff swollen fortunes are bad, they
should be attacked directly and the
cause removed. To let them accumu-
late and then tax them 10 per cent
smacks of hypocrisy, and the attempt
to make the income tax do the work
of social reform is apt to SPOIL. the In
come tax Its virtues are fiscal. In
my opinion the income tax could per-
form It's best service as substitute
for the personal property tax as ap-
piled to business enterprise. The loss
in modern business is enormous, the
necessary hazards are great, and
strikingly large proportion of concerns
in some lines constantly totter on the
brink of bankruptcy. TO all such
marginal enterprises the property tax
Is remorseless. It falls on property as
much whether 1t is productive or un-
productive, whether 1t is owned free
or heavily encountered, whether 1t is
part of trustworthy but desperate
new business venture or part of the
salvage of a dying concern. The prop
erty tax discourages experiment,
penalties industrial pioneering, re.
tards production, reduces supply and
increases prices. In short, it is partly
shifted to consumers, reduces the
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these suicides were natives of Ger
many who became Respondent through
worry over the safety of their relatives
and friends called into action in the
German army" Coroner Hoffman said.
"There was not marked increase
among any other of the nationalities
whose countries are engaged in the
war For instance, only seven Aus.
trians committed suicide during the
four months from August to Decem.
ber H.
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German Diplomat
Fails to Prove
Formal Charges s

Washington, D. c., Dec. 30.--
State department officials have
practically completed their in
vestigation of charges by the
German ambassador, Count
Won Bernstorff, that 'dum-dum
bullets were being supplied
from the United States to the
armies of the allies. An an
swer to Count Won Rernstorff
will be made within the next
few days.
The departments investiga-
tors have reported that the
samples of dum-dum bullets
submitted by the German am
bassador as having been made
in the United States would not
fit any rifle being used by the
allies.
State department officials
have also been informed by an
American diplomat just back
from Europe that he found no
ground for charges that Bel
gians have been mutilated by
German soldiers.
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KANSAS DIVORCE
RECORD is HIGH

Topeka, Kan. Dec. 30.-One of every
eight brides led to the altar in Kansas
seeks relief in divorce courts, accord,
ing to reports on file with the Kansas
board Of control. A full investigation
of divorces will be made through the
records Of the county clerks, according
to letters and instructions sent out to-
day.
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u. S. TROOPS ARE
BEING WITHDRAWN

Washington, D. G., Dec. 3O.-Troop
L of the Twelfth United States cavalry,
on patrol duty in the Oak Creek dis
trict, Rout county, Colorado, since last
May, was ordered today to return to
its home station at Fort Meade, South
Dakota. Orders for the gradual with
drawal of the other federal troops sent
into Colorado to quell the mining dis
orders are in preparation.
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PRESIDENT MEETS y
SUNDAY SCHOOL MEN

Washington, d. c., Dec. 80. Pres
ident Wilson today received fifty mem
bers OF the International Sunday
School committee Of the United States
and Canada, headed by the Rev. Doug
las Mckenzie Of Boston, who later
took luncheon with the president.
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EMBARGO PLACED
ON INDIA'S GRAIN

Delhi, India, Dec. 80. In view Of the
abnormal prices Of wheat the India
government decided to restrict exports
to 100000 tons of wheat, including
flour, from December ! to March 81
1915.
The exports will be confined to Brit
ish possessions in which a strong de.
mand for the cereal exists.
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"nAv DECEMBER 81, 1914
Bandits K0b Passengers of
7TQinQnd Make Safe Escape
!. = + + + + + + + ~ + \ \ = + + + + + +

3OTwo masked boarded the west
bound Sunset Express the Galveston Harrisburg and san Antonio
railway pistols
bed all the the seepers AS they
signal
stop dropped quickly
by he started in
the train was eav-
they forced
passengers latter left their berth
the robbers
believed considerable,
the carried besides ewey
seepers the
spoo and then they the signal to stop and
the
rapidly. of them Is
with while the other
rather
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The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
PICTURE POST CARD PASSING

The picture post card vogue is dying
out. Already the corner stores report a
falling on in trade: already the postoffice
figures indicate a decline in the actual
number of post cards carried. a thing
that has been at the same time a fad.
convenience. popular common car
rter, and a common popular pest is now
about to take its place with the bicycle
as a thing that may be used with dis
cretion, but never again made a
mania of.
Over the greater part of Europe IT
is now possible to send a sealed letter
for the same price that a post card may
be dispatched. II we get one-cent postage
here, the only excuse for the illustrated
card will be its illustration and the
accompanying fact that fewer words are
required as a personal message.
1t Is interesting to note, now that the
post cards Is ceasing to be a fad. and II
was not. as has been supposed. an Amer
lean invention 1t was first used In
Austria, where as early as 1853 DR..
He rrmann suggested its employment Its
price was something less than one cent
then, but those who used II were allowed
to write only twenty words on It. Not that
the writing of twenty-one words would
have appreciably increased the burden
OF the mail carriers: twenty words was
the limit, perhaps that the people might
duly appreciate the fact that a govern
nent owned the postoffice. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
ch;eage's New Newspaper.

The country is to have another great newspaper
as the result of the consolidation of the Record Her
aid and Inter Ocean of Chicago. Each great in its
own field, they have combined forces and will seek
to conquer a wider territory. Readers of the two
newspapers, now made one, are to select name for
it. by invitation of the new management At present
The Chicago Herald leads by far in popular favor,
and that probably will be the name selected Then il
will appear in an entirely new dress
The future of this new newspaper is assured. It
is destined beyond question take high place among
the worlds great and influential journals, for the
reasons, chiefly that it is 10 be Independent politically
and impartial vigorous, and thorough in its news pol
icy, its course being guided by men who have proved
themselves masters of the art of newspaper making
The name of James Keeiey its editor. is known
throughout the land as progressive genius of
the modern profession whose achievements have
been for years reflected in the phenomenal success Of
the Chicago Tribune. Associated with him as pub
Usher is w. w. Chaplin who won his way to the top
in his able direction of the Seattle Post Ineigeueer
and the San Francisco Call.
In their hands the new combination is bound to
speedily attain success, high standing and influence
in the Middle West with every prospect Of much
greater expansion and growth before many years
60 by.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-14

Out in ogle County H. love of gossip is clogging
the wheels of progress. The telephone company
wants to install modern individual service in the
place of the oldfashioned party line but there is al
most unanimous objection on the part of the Sub
scribers, who do not want to be deprived of the priv
ege of listening to the neighbors conversations I'm
der the present system every time the telephone bell
rings subscribers all along the line take down te re-
ceiyers and discover just what the Brown family is
going to have for dinner, the color of the calf
born to the Joneses. No wonder these OgIe County
folk are resisting the attempt by the telephone COR
poration to abolish the country newspaper the sewing
ercie, and the social calendar al st one blow
The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
Value of Beauty 10 Towns.

Many towns have increased their tax
able property by the simple and mex
pensive expedient of cleaning out un-
sightly buildings around the railroad sta
ton, and planting trees and shrubbery.
Thus beauty has its distinct commercial
value. A street with trees and flowers
makes every house more salable at high
er prices. Other things being equal
prospective residents will pay more mon-
ey to live In a town where consistent
attempt is made toward Identifying the
placs.-New Castle Couriss.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
PsEiieal Pl'se,ss;,n.
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West vireinia Republicans wiz meet Il
sssts .convention It Charleston on MAJ
- ana II promisss 20 be the most I'm
pcrtant gathsring Of years No nomina
tions are to be made. but there Is to b
. ssneraI tuning up Of things - regards
organisation and stiffening Of back
bones. not only for the Congressiona
campaisns Of the year. but also for thu
Senatorial and governship contests o.
two years hence.
The May % gathering promises to indl-
cate q general getting back OF Progress.
ives who went astray two years ago
and especially Of those whose detection
ives really regretted. In 1919 the Progress
i've party In West Virginia confined oper-
ations only to the electors, voting as OF
old for State and local candidates and
giving Wilson the electors.
While the remnants of the Progressive
organisation IN quite testy this year.
promising 10 extend activities with can
didates for Congress and local Offices. the
agitation among real Republicans is not
great, and the prospect In good for a
coming back Of the four Republicans now
In the House and for the defeat Of Brown
and Nicely, the two Democratic men,
bers.
rhe coming convention and Incidental
conferences Of May % at Charleston will
pay especial attention to the impending
Congressional contests. taking pains to
insist that the First and Second district
Republicans must do their finest and
make sure Of . solid Congressional dele
cation in the next House. The normal
inclination OF both districts has been Re-
publican since 1894. when the entire re-
sources Of the Republican national or
ganization were used to defeat William
l. Wilson and rebuke his tariff revision
and free. trade IDEAS. Junior Brown. the
present Second district member. has not
figured a. prominently a. Wilson and
will hardly be honored by opposition ma
tional in character. but he viii have trou-
BILE enough, thanks to the quiet methods
Of the Woods -Eversman Republican Con-
sressionai committee doing business in
the Riggs Building.
Brown knows all this and appreciates
the terrific struggle Lhead Of him. but
he also sees higher honors in West Vir-
sinia coming to him IL he wins, and he
is willing to take the chance.
The powerful Senator Watson organiza-
ton seems back Of Nicely. and with the
grip of Watson and his adju-
tants ON many powerful Republicans in
this district Neely may win again and
the coming convention at Charleston may
q few forcefui suggestions TO
the Republicans who have Inclined to
more than personal admira-
tion for Watson and his way OF doing
things in West Virginia politics. Even
30. Watson remains the one Democrat
most feared by the Republicans OF his
State. Senator Chiffon is personally popu-
ar in both parties. and has given i'm
partial attention to his duties as Senator.
He will have generous and united in
dorsement for . second term, as he de-
serves. but he can hardly hope for quiet
Republican support that his late Demo-
ratio colleague has had and may have
again when the Con Senatorial term ex-
oires.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
LA F0LLETTE's Suspicious.
Sees in white House Rubber stanI
Weapon of Devastation.


Senator La FolIettee naturally sus-
poets every one and everything. The
rubber stamp in the Presidents ONCE
Is particularly suspicious. In the hands
of a clerk II becomes a weapon of
devastation to the plain peepul-the stilet-
to, the poisoned hatpin Of the interests.
OF course 1t Is desperate crime to
let the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sioners even guess that not all the pub
lie are clamoring to throw the railroa,
into bankruptcy. The minds Of these
QUASI judicial" officers should be kept
in whirl OF anti-corporation ire. in
a midst of delusion as to the real de-
sires of the country. They should be
kept In an artificial state of subsection
to fabricated public opinion demand
ing that the business Of the country be
hamstrung.
Neither the White House nor the
scores OF thoughtful men representing
the commerce and industry OF the coun-
try who write to the President for mercy
should have any hearing. II is mon
strous that their cry should be allowed
to penetrate the commissioners INTEL
ligence. But II Is all right for Senator
La Toilette to storm and rage day IN
and day out. creating a great semblance
Of public agitation and keeping the
nerves OF the ''quasi-judiciai' body con-
stantly on edge.
This is case where fair play u all
on one side.-New York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
Dancing an Exercise.

That the present dances are good for
the young and old of either sex and
should be encouraged is, manifestiy. the
judgment Of DR.. William @. Anderson.
Of the Yale gymnasium. In his recent
speech to the dancing masters of this
city DR.. Anderson justified Herbert
Spencer's objection to formal gymnas-
tics Of a will-less character, which. he
said. could never supply the place Of
the movements prompted by nature. and
added that greater benefit accrues I'm
the riotous glee with which young peo-
pie carry on their frolics." The girl
who dances all night at the Junior
promenade illustrates beautifully how
the JOY of It makes play Of work.-The
New York Times.