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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
CHILDREN FATALLY HURT
Burlington Boy and Girl Die From
Collision of Horse With
Their Auto.

Burlington, May 25.-Two children
of Fred Luetger of this city were fatal
ly hurt and other members of the fam
lily slightly injured when the automo-
bile in which they were riding struck
a horse and buggy on the outskirts OF
the city last evening. The automobile
turned on it's side and spilled out the
occupants. The children who were
killed are boy aged 12 and girl
three years old. When the automobile
hit the horse vehicle the animal was
thrown almost bodily into the tonneau
of the machine. It's head struck the
heads of the children, fracturing their
skulls and they died in hospital a
few hours later. Luetger was driving
the car and his wife sat beside him
holding three weeks old baby. In the
rear seat were four children.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26

Toxic, May 25.-A million torches
and lanterns Illuminated Toxic last
night when the body of the Empress
Dowager .Haruko was borne through
! the streets in a beautiful funeral car
drawn by white oxen. There had been
no pageant OF such solemn grandeur
here since the funeral OF Emperor Nut
suhito, year and half ago.
Practically the entire American col
ony viewed the procession from var
ious points of vantage. 1t is a rule
that no Japanese subjects may look
down upon royal parsonage from ell
evated points, whether the royalties be
dead or alive. In strict observance OF
this, every door and window above the
first floors along the funeral route was
closed, and dark
The ceremonies were the culmina-
ton of a series Of services held daily
since the off cial death Of the Empress
Dowager on April l. Her actual death
occurred two days earlier at Numadzu,
but tradition prescribes that no mem.
ber of the imperial family can die out
side the capital, so the body of the en-
press was conveyed to Toxic, and driv-
en- smartly to the Aoyama palace in a
closed private carriage. At the palace
she Officially" died a few hours later.
In the six weeks since then, special
temple was erected on the Yoyogi mil
itary field, southwest Of the city,
where the main funeral service was
held In the morning the service OF
installation Of the spirit" was per-
formed with great ceremony The en-
peror, the empress, princes and prin-
,cesses Of the blood were present to
pray before the shrine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
BURNS HERSELF TO DEATH
Davenport Woman Waits Until
Family Leave for Work and Then
Sets Fire to Clothing.

Davenport, May 25--Magdalena
Pruter aged 65, widow of Franklin
Pruter. retired farmer at six o'clock
this morning burned herself to death,
When members OF the family STEP
ped out of the house. 1404 Franklin
street, Mrs. Pruter locked all the
doors and going down into the cellar,
piled papers and wood together in the
coal bin. Then sprinkling the heap
and her own clothing with kerosene,
she laid down and touched match to
the pile. When the police arrived
fifteen minutes later, she was burned
to crisp.
Ever since her husbands death Mrs.
Pruter has brooded over her sorrow
and it is believed that she was tenn
porarily deranged.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
BURY JAPANESE EMPRESS WITH
ELABORATE FAR EASTERN TOiMP

! BY noon crowds, augmented by
thousands from the country, filled the
streets. The people stood for hours
| waiting for the cortege.
At dusk when the illumination the
route had been completed the imperial
coffin was placed in the funeral car at
Aoyama palace, and the procession
formed with a large military force at
it's head. Amid dull yellow and white
banners and torches, came the funeral
commissioners, accompanied by their
secretaries, and court servants dress
ed in ancient robes. Interspersed
were men bearing evergreen trees.
The advance of the cortege was al
most noiseless. the streets having been
covered with thick layer of sand.
The funeral flutes were heard as the
funeral car itself approached. 1t was
led by Baron Hatano, minister Of the
imperial household, striking figure
in white, whose way was emblazoned
by torches.
Three white oxen in reserve pIodded
ahead of the two which were yoked
to the funeral car. The car was Of
cubic form, with its interior exquisite
ly lacquered, partly in black and part
ly in chestnut. Bamboo blinds hung
from the square openings, and brass
curtains from the side. The oxen were
covered with rare white cloth and
their horns were wound with material
of the same texture. The people bow
ed and wept as the imperial hearse
advanced.
Later came hundreds of priests, and
bearers of the court gongs and the
tambours, and of many colored stream
iers and banners. The princes of the
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FOREIGNERS ARE
LEAVING PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 25. Railway
passenger officials today expressed
the belief that the return movement Of
foreign born residents of the Pitts
burgh district will reach high tide dur.
ing the coming week Approximately
thirty thousand men have returned to
their former homes in Southern Eu-
rope the past few months, but reserva-
tions for next week show a small fall.
ing off. SO heavy was the travel last
week that from five to eight extra
coaches were added each night to i'm.
migrant trains.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
PATM0NT READY
TO TELL STORY
Prohibitionist Orator Has
Strange Tale to Relate
About Experiences
CLAIMS THAT TWO
MEN ATTACKED HIM
Has Been Kept Prisoner in
Deserted House for
Two Months

Danville, ILL.,, May 25.-Greatly re-
freshed by a sound sleep at the home
of Rev. Bickel, Louis r. Patmont, pro
hibition advocate, arose this morning
prepared to go before the grand jury
today and relate his story of how he
was kidnapped at Westville, Ill.,, on
March 81, was kept prisoner for al
most two months in cellar, and then
left, bound and gagged, in a deserted
house near Columbia, Ill
He said that an automobile owned in
Danville was used in abducting him.
He declared that he was dragged and
carried half-conscious from place to
place for fifty days in this machine.
He said he knew the owners of the
car. When he was not being trans.
ported In the machine Patmont was
kept in dark cellars, gagged and
his hands bound to bar Of wood un-
der his knees The abandoned build
ing in which he was found bore evi-
dence Of the intention of his captors
to burn the house and incinerate the
minister, the plans for which Patmont
says he heard his captors discuss.
Two Men Attack Him.
He said he was returning from a
dry meeting In Westville when he
was attacked by two men while cross
ing some railroad tracks He said he
escaped his assailants, but soon after
ward was grabbed from behind. tied
and gagged. His captors took him on
a hand car about two miles out Of the
city and placed him In an automobile
and carried him distance, Judged by
MIR. Patmont to have been about eigh-
teen miles. He then was thrown into
8 cellar, where he remained for two
days without food or drink His first
food came in the form of fruit, lower
ed to him through trap door, He
was fed enough every day to keep him
alive.
II can hardly realize what has hap
pened,'' said the minister. 1T seems
like a dream to me. The drug which
was given me dazed my brain. am
still dazed."
Parents Arrive.
A happy surprise came to the min
lister AS he entered the dining room OF
the Bickel home when he beheld his
aged father and mother there. The
greeting was most affectionate and
tears filled the eyes of those who wit.
messed the greeting. Mr.. and Mrs.
Patmont reached Danville from Chi
cago at o'clock this morning. Mrs.
Elsie Patmont, his wife, was in New
ark, N. j.. when news of her hus-
bands finding was made known and
at once she started for Danville and
will arrive here tonight
A horde of detectives, some employ
ed by the ministerial association,
others working Independently, and
three sent here by the First Church Of
Christ of Detroit. are endeavoring to
ascertain the identity of the big red
touring car which, Patmont asserts,
carried him to the lonely farm house.
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blood, each with his retinue, holders of
high imperial orders, lords-in-waiting
members of the diet and several regi-
ments Of military and bodies OF mar
ines swelled the line.
A sacred gateway marked the en-
trance to the temple ground The
emperor and empress had already ar
rived and were seated on throne
near the principal shrine, while the
diplomatic corps, including George w.
Guthrie, the American ambassador.
had also taken their places in reserv-
ed section.
Standing watch fires, in imitation Of
those used in the imperial court yards
in ancient days, made up of pine fagots
were ablaze in various parts of the
temple in iron baskets set on tripods.
When the funeral car had been
drawn up before the chief shrine the
dirge was chanted and food offerings
were given Other offerings included
gold brocade, damasks, silks and silk
thread, all placed in box made of
willow branches.
The emperor paid his homage by
reading an address. He was followed
by others representing the court and
the empire. These, over. the curtains
were drawn before the shrine and the
imperial coffin was borne to special
train conveying it to Momoyama, near
Kioto, to be laid away in a plot Of
land near the mausoleum Of the En-
peror Mutsuhito. At the departure.
cannon Numbered from ShinagaWa
bay several miles away and vast
body Of mourners bowed their last
reverences.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
PEORIA CHIEF WOUNDED
Head Of Police Department Is Shot BY
Mexican When he Attempts to
Arrest >Him.

Peoria. ILL.,, May 25.-Fred r. Hin
man, chief of police for twenty years
at Galesburg, ILL.,, lies in critical con
dition at hospital in that city with a
bullet wound in his side inflicted by
Jesus Hernandez, a Mexican railroad
laborer
The shooting occurred at 10 O'Clock
last night when Chief Hinman went to
railroad camp to arrest Hernandez
on charge of shooting another Mex
ican. He was attacked in the dark,
felled with a blow on the head and
afterwards shot.
Hernandez escaped and is being
sought in nearby towns. He recently
was discharged from Joliet where ne
sberved q term on burglary charge.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
ROOSEVELT WILL
CALL ON WILSON
PROSPECTS OF OTHER INTEREST
ING MEETINGS WHILE At
WASHINGTON DEVELOPING.

Washington, D. G.. May 25.-Col.
Roosevelt will be received by Presi.
dent Wilson at the white house tomor-
row afternoon. The president invited
the colonel to lunch with him. but Mr..
Roosevelt found it impossible to reach
Washington in time. He sent word,
however, he would be delighted to call
on the president during the afternoon.
Oyster Bay, N. Y, May 25.-The trip
which Col. Roosevelt is to make to
Washington tomorrow, took on new
Significance when it became known to-
day that the former president would
hold an important conference with
progressive leaders there. On his ar.
rival at the capital Col. Roosevelt will
go direct to the progressive headquar-
ters, where he expects to see all the
progressives In congress-. From there
he expects to obtain first hand infor-
nation as to the course of events in
Washington during the last few
months.
Another possible outcome Of the
WdSulH5tOH Trip 10 d uoeliHB DoewcoA
Col. Roosevelt and republican leaders.
Reports that such meeting might
take place reached Oyster Bay today
It was said that at this meeting the
presidential campaign of 1916 and the
candidacy of Col. Roosevelt on joint
republican progressive ticket will be
broached. The latter suggestion was
secuted by Col. Roosevelt He did not
deny specifically however, that he
might meet republican members Of
congress while in Washington.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
RESIGNS AFTER he
SIGNS PETITION
A CONGREGATIONAL PASTOR At
SIOUX CITY GIVES REASONS
FOR HIS ACTION.

Sioux City, May 25.Rev. Wallace
M. Short pastor Of the First Congrega-
tional church here rendered his resig-
nation last night! and it was accepted
by a vote of 124 to 81. Many mem
bers of the congregation declined to
vote Mr.. Shorts resignation was de-
manded because he signed saloon
consent petition.
In defending his action in signing
the petition of consent the minister
declared he was actuated by convic-
ton that the methods employed by the
Prohibitionists to secure temperance
reform were wrong and that under To-
cal conditions he regarded a vote for a
legalized saloon to be the best tempo
rary measure. He denied emphatically
that he was opposed to the temperance
movement.
Rev. Mr.. Short was pastor Of Kan
sas City church before he came to
Sioux City
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
FIND NO TRACE OF HAMEl
Ditigent Search Is Being Made for
Aviator Said to Have Started
From France.

London, May 25.-No solution of
the mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance of Gustav Hamel, the British
aviator who started on Saturday morn
ing to cross the English channel from
France was found during the night, al.
though thorough search Of the sea
was made by swarm of torpedo boat
destroyers and extensive inquiries
were made along the coasts of France
and England.
Another flotilla Of destroyers was
sent out this morning to relieve those
which had been searching all night.
Hamel last week made the announce
ment that he would attempt to cross
the Atlantic in his aeroplane in the
coming fall.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
ENGLAND WILL NOT
TAKE PART IN FAIR

London, May 25.-The British gov
ernment acting contrary to the hopes
held out by Premier Asquith to a
recent deputation, finally decided to-
day not to participate in the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
On May when a deputaticn repre-
senting more than half the members
of the house of commons called on
the premier he told the members that
the government would take the ques-
ton of British official representation
at the exposition under further con-
Bideration.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
POLICE SEIZE
. CARL0AD0F BEER
Between Fifty and Sixty
Barrels Of Amber Fluid
Taken at the Depot
OTHER SEIZURES
OF LIQUOR MADE
South Side and East End
Visited By Officers in
Wet Goods Search

A car load OF beer was seized By
the police force this morning about
11:40 o'clock on search warrant
sworn out by G. W. Whitmore In the
court Of w. J. Berry, justice OF the
peace. The warrant called for two
cars, but the search revealed ono OF
them, Grand Trunk car. to be hlled
with empties while tho l. s. & M. 8.
car had cargo Of bear. Several bar
rels had been removed from the ca1
before the seixure was made By OmceI
Lghtner and about nifty to sixty bar
rels were found. These were carted
to the city hall this afternoon and
stacked up at the rear Of the police
station.
The first intimation Chief Gallagher
had OF the beer was when told by Glen
VALLEY this morning that he (Walley),
ment and the latter filed the informa,
ton.
business In the line Of liquor seix.
ures has been pretty lively for the past
day or two" said Chief Gallagher, this
nOon II was at work on south side
seizure when VALLEY met me and told
ner on the ground and with the agent
beer. the other car was full OF barrels
with empty bottles"
The seizure Mr.. Gallagher alluded to
on the south side was made Saturday
afternoon, but tho goods were later
claimed by man whossaid hesswaS. II
blacksmith, but whose name the ON.
Ger did not know. The beer consisted
of less than barrel full and was taken
from little room adjoining the bill
lizard hall at 409 Church street. The
door between the place where the
liquor Is said to have been sold and the
bed room of the man who claimed the
brew, is fastened by small hook that
is easily lifted from its place. In an
other room Of the same annex to the
billiard hall, three bottles of whisky
and ten bottles Of beer were found un.
der the floor.
Still Another Search.
On their own volition Chief Gala
CHER and Officer Noah made searches
Saturday afternoon, invading the for
mer smoky row district. At the
Crickbaum place there was barrel Of
beer found, while at the alleged plant
of James LOCKER in the vicinity Of the
old brewery on the river bank, thir-
teen barrels of empty beer bottles with
enough more empties to fill two more
barrels, also two burlap sacks Of emp
ty whisky bottles were found.
Continue Hearing.
The hearing Of the case growing out
of the mammoth seizure of whisky
made over week ago, has been con-
tinued in Justice Berry's court The
counsel for the Mayer Bros, distillery
at Cincinnati and for the Law and Or
der league, decided upon June 26. for
the date of hearing.
Chief Gallagher was using tape
line early this afternoon in tho rear OF
the police station to measure the
space that he might be able to use for
storing the seized beer. The large
number of cases of whisky with tho
car load of beer today and other seiz-
ures OF beer not yet destroyed. will
make the rear Of the lower section OF
the city hall resemble the wareroom Of
a brewery.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
PETRAS INDICTED u
FOR GIRLS MURDER

Aurora, ILL.,, May 25.-Tony Petras,
% years old, former sweetheart Of
Miss Theresa Hollander, who was
clubbed to death in st. Nicholas Gem
etery the night of February 16 last,
was indicted for the murder today by
the Kane county grand jury. No per-
son has been found who saw the
crime or heard any screams. Petras
has been out for almost three months
on $4,000 bail obtained largely
through efforts of his young wife. He
has steadily maintained his innocence.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
Steamer Hit By
Iceberg But is
Soon on Her Way
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London, May 25.---The steam
er Royal Edward of the Can
adian Northern Steamship Co.,
collided with an iceberg 110
miles east of Cape Race, while
on her voyage from Montreal to
Avonmouth.
The Royal Edwards stern
was twisted by the blow, but
the captain declared the dam
age was not serious though it
would be necessary to dock
here on arrival in England.
A late message says the
Royal Edward is making no
water. but that she has been
brought to a stop in the fog.
Montreal, May 25-A wireless
dispatch was received here Sat
urday from the Royal Edward.
In it Captain Wootton explain
ed that his ship had "grazed an
iceberg" According to the
steamship officials, the vessel
which carried S65 passengers,
was undamaged and proceeded
on her way. No further ad.
vices have been received.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
POST LEAVES ALL TO
WIFE AND DAUGHTER

washington, DC, May 25.--Tha
will of Charles w. Post OF Battle
Creek. Mich, who shot himself at
Santa Barbara, Cal, on May 8, filed
here today for probate, leaves the
bulk of an estate estimated at $4,000,
900 to the widow, Mrs. Leila Y. Post
and a daughter, Marjorie Post Close
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
DISCUSS PLANS
WITH MEX|CANS
South American Mediators
to Talk Over Ideas of
U. S. Delegates
CHIEF CONCERN is
QUESTION OF LAND
Foreigners Think Agrarian
Matter Should Not Be
Considered

-uagara Falls, Ont, May 25.-
After conference today between
the mediators and the Mexican
delegates, II was announced that
the progress Of the mediation had
reached most satisfactory stage.
The difficultsie over the manner
Of introducing the land question
!. Into the conference are being
overcome and this point will be
included in the scope Of the
mediation program. This was
stated on the authority Of one Of
the South American envoys.
The diplomatic pointed especi-
ally today to the good feeling
that has prevailed between the
American and Mexican delegates /,
and is constantly growing
stronger.
Niagara Falls, Ont, May 25.-Tht
South American mediators planned tt
lay before the Mexican delegates today
the views expressed by the American
government through its delegates las
night in several important points il
the peace negotiations here.
The conference was expected to con
sumo most of the forenoon. The med
iators, it is understood, are chiefly con
cerhed now about the part the lant
question should play in the settlement
OF the mediation problem. The view o.
the Mexican delegates has been, thai
the Agrarian question is purely : in
ternatiOnal one and foreign to the
issues which provoked difficulties be
tween the United States and Mexico
The American delegates, it is under
stood, have insisted that permanent
peace in Mexico-the aim of all con
cerned-can not be reality unless
economic questions are taken into con
Sideration.
Repudiate Acquisition.
Washington, D. c., May 25.-Acquisi
tiOn of oil properties or leases of for
eigne~~s in the Tampico district by
persons who have taken advantage OF
the enforced absence of the rightful
claimants will be repudiated by Great
Britain, United States and the Neither
lands. Americans have been the chief
sufferers
\ At the instance of Secretary Bryan,
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice and Chevalier
lappard, minister from the Neither.
snds, met at the state department and
perfected trtpartite agreement, de.
claring that neither country will recog.
nize any change in title brought about
as an incident to military operations
about Tampico. It will be signed
later.
Mistake Tribute.
On Board U. S. S. California, Maza-
tlan, May 24.-(Via wireless to San
Diego May 25.)-A twenty-one minute
gun salute fired by the American and
Japanese warships in the harbor and
by the federal fortiflcations was mis-
interpreted today by the besieging
constitutionalists as an attack on the
city instead Of a tribute to the late
Dowager Empress of Japan. General
Oregon's battery promptly opened a
spirited fire on the city, and a number
of shells and a hail Of machine gun
bullets fell in the streets,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
EARLY CHICAGO
SUFFRAGETTE DIES

Chicago, May 25.-Mrs. Elizabeth
J. Loomis, one of Chicago's earliest
suffragists died yesterday in her
eigLtieth year from stroke of paraly-
sis. Until three years ago she was
active in equal suffrage work
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON MOORE CONTEST

Washington, D. c., May 25-The
judiciary committee favorably reported
the contested nomination of E. r.
Moore as marshal for the northern
Iowa district today.
Western congressman appealed to
President Wilson to favor bill to ex.
tend time of payments for irrigation
projects settlers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
LIeHTsHIP HAD FOURTEEN.

Glasgow, Scotland, May 25.-Ths
lightship Halifax No. 19, which waa
lost with her crew in the breakers
of Liscomb Island, carried a compile
ment of fourteen when she left here.
according to official announcement to-
day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
SENATE HoNoRS BRADLEY.

Washington, D. G., May 25.-The
senate met today and adjourned until
Tuesday out of respect to the late
Senator Bradley of Kentucky.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-05-26
SAFE BLOWERS AT DEcATU

Decatur, Ill, May 25-After blowing
safes at the Empress theater and the
e. Pierson meat market, professional
yeggs escaped with $1,000 in loot
early today.