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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-09
SOLICITOR 81 DUKE
. URGES STEST CASE
Lengthy Opinion on Moving
Picture Question Against
Sunday Shows
WANTS RULING OF
SUPREME COURT
Advises Waiting Decision,
Can Remove Mayor if
Theaters Operate

The petition Of the moving picture
houses for the repeal OF the ordinance
forbidding shows In Ottumwa on sun
day will probably be granted and the
repeal take place at the meeting Mon
day next The effect Of the petition
however, will be lost as the mayor says
he will not permit the shows to open
and run on Sunday. The petition was
cei tilted to the commissioners Monday
morning with shortage Of more than
LOG names. but amended late in the az
ternoon and sufficient number OF
voters signatures certified to the Pc
tition. This left two courses Op0n to
the missiOners,-repeal the Ordin-
ance or submit the question Of Sunday
shows to the voters In an election.
The commissioners referred the mat.
ter to Solicitor l.. l.. Duke for advice
as to what action to take and made
meeting next Monday
StIrs Numerous Forces.
In the meantime several forces be-
gan activity in the matter. The mayor
and fire chief at the instance of Com
missioner Mcdaniel who called upon
the executive to enforce the fire ordi
nance, made an inspection of all the
movies" houses on the north side of
the river The ministerial association
held meeting to lay plans for fighting
the Sunday shows and called special
meeting today. Church members
started a counter petition to that pre-
sented by the picture show men, but
this is said to have been called or
temporarily. Solicitor Duke prepared
a legal opinion advising the commits
si,ners what to do and this was pre-
sented the council Tuesday afternoon
and approved by the three commissions
ers. It warns the city government
against the granting OF the request OF
the picture show houses, calling atten
ton to such measure being in violation
of the state Sunday closing law and
urges that test case be made for the
general good Of all concerned.
VIII Arrest violaters.
w discussing the matter informally
this morning the commissioners stated
that the ordinance would probably be
repealed Monday rather than incur
the expense of an election. The mayor
was steadfast in his intention to ar.
rest any of the picture show owners
who should open UP for business on
Sunday and the other commissioners
stood with him in the enforcement of
the Sunday law at least until such time
as the supreme court may pass upon
the question All were agreed that a
test case would settle the question for
all time and satisfactory to all, In that
1t would be the final word and all
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MILITANT LEADER
RAISES BIG ROW
FLORA DRUMMOND
sHRIEks AND FIGHTS IN COURT
ROOM; FINE is PAID.

London, April S.-"General" Mrs.
Flora Drummond the militant sutfra-
gette again became violent when she
was brought into police court today
and sentenced to pay fine OF $40 or
20 to prison for two months for Great
ing a disturbance in Hyde Park during
the unionst rally on Saturday.
Three policemen had to pinion her
and remove her hat pins before the
magistrate found opportunity, during
pause in the uproar to pronounce
sentence,
The general vehemently declared
that she would never pay the fine. She
was forcibly removed to a cell.
All the time Mrs Drummond was in
court she kept up fierce struggle
with the police and wardens and
shricked denunciations Of everyone
present. Even sister militant suffra-
gette who was in court was the victim
of verbal attack because she did not
storm the prisoner enclosure and res
cue She general"
Selling policeman's metal whistle.
Mrs. Drummond flung it at the magis-
trate's head, but he lodged.
Taking advantage Of the diversion
Mrs. Drummond then sprang from the
enclosure but was seized before she
got far away and was carried back
shouting and struggling.
7. When Mrs. Drummond had become
caIner. she was released, as either she
or someone else had paid her fine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-04-09
PROGRESSIVES HOLD
STATE CONVENTION

Des Moines, April S.-About hun.
dred leaders of the progressive party
from all parts OF Iowa attended the
conference which opened here early
today Plans for putting out full
state and county ticket and nominating
candidate as for the United States sen.
ate and members OF congress In the
various districts were expected 70 oc-
cupy most Of the session.
It appeared probable at the opening
of the conference that either w. 8. Gil
man OF Sioux City or Carl FRANKIE Of
Mason City would be the party candi-
date for governor. For Lieut. Cover
nor, H. b. Batty of Davenport was fav-
orably discussed while w. A. Morey OF
Waverly was again talked Of for secro-
tary of state.
The principal business at the morn
ing session related to the financial or
ganization of the party. State Chair.
man j. H. Wyllie presided.
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Premier Asquith Returned
to Parliament By East Fife
is SUSTAINED IN ELECTION FOL.
LOWING ASSUMPTION OF HIS
NEW OFFICE.

London. April Premier Asquith
again became a member of the house
of commons today when he was re-
turned unopposed by his old yconstitu-
ency Of East Fife Scotland AT noon
as no other candidates had put in an
appearance, the returning officer OF the
constituency declared Herbert Henry
Asauith duly elected
Premier Asquith resigned his seat
in the house Of commons on March 30
after he had taken over the war secre-
taryship from Col. John Seely. Accord
ing to the British custom member Of
parliament on accepting an office of
profit under the CT wa" is compelled
to give UP his seat in order to seek
the approval Of hi, constituents for
his acceptance Of olt.ce,
While the premier was absent from
the legislative chamber Reginald Nc
kenna. home secretary, performed the
functions of leader of the house. Dur
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AP7uREO A|RMEN
HACKED TO PIECES
FRENCH AVIATOR AND HIS PAS.
sENGER MEET DEATH AT
HANDS OF MooRs.

Rabet, Morocco, April S.-Captain
Herve, French military aviator and a
lieutenant he was carrying as pas.
senger we're hacked to death today by
insurgent Moors after they had escap.
ed uninjured from an aeroplane acci.
dent in the desert.
The officers were engaged in re.
connoitering flight near Zenmour when
their motor became disabled while
they we're high in the air.
The captain piloted the machine in
a gliding fight to earth.
Both alighted safely and were en-.
deavoring to repair the defective motor
when a band of Moors surrounded
them and after torturing them, cut
them up with swords and spears.
The Moors also destroyed the aero
plane.
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Detachment Of Army Closing
in on Seaport Town on
Atlantic Coast
AMERICAN WOMEN
ORDERED REMOVED
With the Children They Are
Taken to a Safe Place;
Suburb Captured

Washington. d. c., April 8.-Official
dispatches to the state department to-
day report that Dona Cecilia the town
near Tampico, from which Rear Ad-
miral Mayo ordered the removal of
american women and children, and
Anvil Grande have fallen into the
hands of constitutionalists.
Zapatistas again are active south
west of Mexico City They have at
tackled the mountain town of Igualu.
the telegraph lines to Mexico City, and
reported pressing on the Pacific port
of Acapulco. American interests there
will be protected by the cruiser Cali
fornia. The French warship Montcalm
has put in there.
The American sugar mill at Ell Pot
rero has been closed for want of oil.
All oil Is being seized Levies are
being made on outlying plantations for
supplies. In the canton of Orizba.
small bands Of marauders have been
committed depredations and in the
canton of Zongolia, the Ell Palmar es-
tates have been forced to pay 200 pesos
to an Indian leader, Cabanros.
Admiral Fletcher forwarded to the
uCpdl lulS lCpOiI iC-
ceived yesterday from Admiral Mayo
at Tampico:
Sharp fighting during the day until
six, Vera Cruz firing all day. Do not
believe this serious attack on Tam
pico as nothing indicates rebels have
artillery, but report is persistent they
will have some soon. Governor Cab
alleros is in command of the rebels.
Some alarm. in town, ~ but. not@aeute.
Have brought American women and
children from Dona Cecilia into Tam
pico. No noncombatants injured"
Spanish Refugees Here.
81 Paso. Texas, April Slight hun
dred members of the Spanish colony
of Torreon, expelled from that town
after having passed through the ordeal
of the recent great battle and after
ward facing the wrath Of General
and stripes.
They were refugees though stripped
of their property for the time being
at least AS they were supplied with
temporary funds, expressions of great
relief came from them as they crossed
the ugly wooden bridge over the Rio
Grande.
The fact that Spain had left their in
terests in the hands of the United
States meant much to the refugees as
was shown, when although the train
into which they and their baggage had
been crowded for thirty-six hours. ar.
rived hours before dawn, they reso.
lutely declined to leave it until Geo. G..
special agent of the de-
partment of state. arrived. He left
his breakfast half unfinished and hur.
ried to them.
Get no Assurances.
Carothers was unable to comfort
them with any assurances that they
would be restored to their homes, his
with General Carranza yes
terdayi having met with the fiat state.
ment that expulsion of Spaniards from
Mexico was settled policy Of the
rebel program which would be modi-
fed only in the case of individ-
uals who might upon investigation by
a commission be found innocent of
having mixed in politics.
1--WE have money enough for the
Joaquin Fernandez, one of
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MINE OPERATORS
AND men AGREE
DRAW UP RESOLUTIONS COVER.
ING VARIOUS POINTS WHICH
HAVE BEEN DISPUTED.

Des Moines, April S.--Three resolu-
tions were adopted at the wage scale
conference Of coal miners and operat-
ors The first defines the eight hour
day of the mines for each Individual
The second resolution deals with the
starting time which is o'clock from
April / to October l. with a half hour
for noon. The noon hour is not count
ed as part of the eight hours
The third resolution fixes penalties
for loading impurities The miner must
clean his coal and load as nearly as
possible free from slate, sulphur and
other impurities
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PRESIDENT CHANGES
HIS EASTER PLANS

Washington. D. c., April S.-Plans
for President Wilson's Easter trip were
changed today. The party will go to
White Sulphur Springs. West Virginia,
instead Of Hot Springs, Va, as pre-
viously announced at the white house.
The purpose is to afford Mrs. Wilson
rest and an opportunity to recuperate
from her recent illness. The president
will leave Thursday night spending
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at White
Sulphur Springs, and being back at
hiA dask Monday morning.
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Twenty-Five Millions Paid
to Colombia For Canal Tract

Washington, c. April s-Twenyfve million dollars IS the
the United Colombia for the par
taton of the acquisition Of the canal IN the
Minister Thompson and the
Colombian authorities today the Co
lombian legation.
No rights for nteroceanc canal Colombia by
the Andres
Povidena lands off the Colombia coast added were con-
tained in the treaty
While Colombian minister received cable
from his foreign informing him Of the signing of the
Thomp-
The boundary between Colombia follow the
laid which but
by the Colombian important demand which
South American republic had insisting the passage
her through because
President Wilson's attitude repeal Of the tolls exemption
That had stumbling block the final agreement
The Colombian will be called special session
the treaty before 1t Is submitted to the
Acceptance the negota
Columbia his
relieved strained diplomatic relations
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B|RDMAN FLIES TOO HIGH
EngIishman on Last Flight as Student,
Disregards Advice of instructors
and is Killed.

of the British army flying corps was
instantly killed today at the Brook
land aerodrom while making his final
flight as pupil before receiving his
pilots certificate. Deane, acting
against the advice of his instructors,
ascended to the height Of 1,2OO feet.
He then attempted A sharp spiral des-
cent during which he lost control Of
the aeroplane.
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VENERABLE COUPLE
IN SUICIDE PACT

New York, April S.-Despondent be-
cause they believed they were bur
den to their grandchildren, Jacob Theis
seventy-nine years old, and his wife.
seventy-eight, committed suicide today
by hanging themselves in the home Of
their grandson, George VonFirst.
They carefully prepared for death.
The husband helped his wife adjust
the moose around her neck. Then he
assisted her to the window sill upon
which the rope was fastened. When
she had stepped off he hanged himself
beside her. They were found by the
janitOr.
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WOMEN'S VOTES GO
WAY OF HUSBANDS

Chicago, April S.-Chicago women
democrats at the polls yesterday
showed slight majority over women
republicans while progressives were a
bad third The figures indicated in
round numbers about $4,000 women
democrats, $1,000 republicans, 10000
progressives and 10000 independents.
The remainder of the women vote was
s,AatAArod
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FRENCH PRISONER
GOES RAVING MAD

Paris, April s.-MadAme Vitz, pris
oner in Saint Lazare Jail. was today
sent to an insane asylum. having be-
come demented In consequence Of her
campaign against the granting Of "a
vors by the prison authorities to Mad
ame Caillaux, who killed CASTOR Cal
mette. The woman occupied cell
near that of Nine. Caillaux For sew
eral days she had shrleked continually
against her fellow prisoner.
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Republican in New Jersey
District Gets Vacant
Seat in Congress
NEW YORK FAVORS
NEW CONSTITUTION
Apathetic Vote Results in
Convention Call; Other
Election Returns

) Washington, D. c.. April s.
) Representative Woods of Iowa,
chairman of the national repub-
lican congressional committee,
issued this statement:
For the second time in four
teen years. a republican has
been elected to succeed a demo-
crat in congress from the
seventh district of New Jer-
sey. BY his letter endorsing
the democratic candidate, the
president asked the people of
New Jersey to pass Judgment
upon the present ,administra-
ton The people have done so
in no uncertain terms. re-
buking the un-American policy
of the democratic party by a
vote of 2 to 1. The small vote
cast for the bull moose candi-
date evidences again that the
republicans are united and
presages the election of re-
publican congress next No
vember."
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GARDEN IS ON WAY
BACK TO MEXICO

Southampton, April s.-sir Lionel
Garden, British minister to Mexico
sailed today on the Olympic for New
York on his way to Mexico City
Before Sir LioneTs departure. the
foreign Office announced that he was
returning to his post in Mexico tenn
porarily and that later he would pro-
ceed to his new post in Brazil
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ONE THOUSAND SALOONS WIPED
OUT BY VOTES OF THE WOMEN
Women Refuse to
Support Members
of Their OlDn Sex

Chicago, April s.-AIthoush sew.
enty-three per cent of the city
women eligible to vote took ad-
vantage of their newly gained
franchise at yesterdays munici.
pal election, none of the nine
women candidates for membership
in the city council were successful.
The women candidates received
only a scattered vote. Alderman
John (Bathhouse) Coughiin, who
for score OF years has represent.
ed the first ward, won by nearly
1000 votes over Miss Marion
Drake, court stenographer who
made spectacular campaign.
Out Of a total Of 217,614 women
who had qualified, 158,6a6 voted.
The number of men who voted was
32s, 1887, seventy-two per cent Of
those eligible. Although their
vote was not as large as they had
expected, the suffrage leaders ex-
pressed themselves as highly
pleased.
Of the new council forty will be
democrats, twenty-one republicans,
six progressives and three indie.
pendents.
Votes Of women helped defeat
by majority of 10000 a PROPOSE
tion for a comprehensive subway
system which had been planned to
cost $1ao,ooo,ooo. Another public
policy question providing for home
rule in the regulation of public
utilities was successful by ma
jority Of four thousand. ~
Five bond issues totaIing $780,.
600 for city departments and for
the completion Of the Cook county
hospital were defeated by large
majorities. One bond issue provid-
ed $35o,ooo for municipal bathing
beach improvements was success
full. Propositions to increase to
four years the terms Of aldermen,
the city clerk and the city treasur-
er, and for the revision Of the mu-
nicipaI court act. failed.
chicago's 1900 precincts may be
doubled in number before the next
election because of the crowded
conditions at the polls yesterday.
With the addition of women vot.
ers, the toai number of voters was
nearly doubled in every precinct.
The city had been divided so as to
give each precinct about 500 vot-
ers. Nearly 600 persons voted at
each polling place yesterday.
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WOMEN VOTE BOND ISSUE.

Keokuk, April s.-A proposal to is
sue s95,000 in bonds to erect new
school building carried at a special
election here yesterday by marjority
of 151. The total vote was 3,8O5 Of
urhinI- zoe r,-ra ct hv women.
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! Paterson, N. j.. April Specifically
complete returns from the election in
the seventh New Jersey congressional
district show that Dow H. Drukker,
republican has beaten James O'Byrne.
democrat by plurality of more than
J five thousand votes.
| .Drukker received 1e.62Q votes and
I O'Byrne 5,240 while Demarest. social.
list is close third with 5,053.
Whitehead. progressive received but
gressive vote of 1912 when Roosevelt
carried the district by s91 votes.
O'Byrne had the personal indorse-
ment of President Wilson and in his
campaign the democratic candidate ap
pealed to the voters to support him
and thus approve of the presidents
policies.
Democratic leaders. nevertheless to-
day refused to accept the result as
reputation of the administration. They
asserted that the reapportionment Of
1912, which divorced Passaic from
Bergen and Sussex counties and made
it district by Itself. left a normal
republican plurality. They called the
election Of the late Congressman Rob-
ert G.. Bremner a democrat, in the new
district personal success and ac-
count for Drukker's victory on the
same grounds.
For New Constitution.
New York, April additional re-
turns received early today indicate
that the proposal to hold convention
to revise the constitution of the state
submitted to the voters at a special
election yesterday has been carried by
a majority of from $4,000 to 10000.
Returns from counties outside those
in greater New York are incomplete,
but enough have reported to show the
general trend.
Seidel Is Beaten.
Milwaukee, Wis. April S-The count
ing Of the votes in yesterdays NUM-
cipal election in Milwaukee is verv
slow and far from being complete but
unofficial though reliable returns do
not change the estimate of last night
which gave Mayor Gerhard Bading,
non-partisan candidate for reelection
majority of more than 5000 over
Emil Seidel, socialist-democrat.
On the license question the larger
cities voted wet" Out Of 81 places.
heard from. 80 went wet and 27
dry Madison. ,Tanesville. Beloit, Ed
gerton and Sparta are among the more
important wet" victories while
Grsntsburg Lodi Lancaster, Barron,
Cumberland and Union Grove register.
ed "dry."
Commission Defeated.
Kansas City. Mo-, April S.-Returns
from practically all precincts early to-
day showed majority larger than
was indicated last night for Henry l..
Jost, democratic mayor of Kansas City,
reelected in yesterdays election. I'm
official figures give Jost plurality of
9,916 over G. A. Burton, non-partisan
candidate, who was running on a plat.
form favoring commission govern
ment. Five tickets were in the field !
Of these, the republican ticket polled
less than 1000 votes, the progressive
party hardly 1000, while the socialist !
ticket was fifth in the race. /
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NEW CHIEF AT DEs MONIES.

Des Moines, April S.--Edward Craw-
ford, former humane officer, today was
appointed chief Of police to succeed
j. w. Jenny.
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ing this short period the home rule
bill passed its second reading
The resignation OF Col. Seely, secre-
tary for war, was brought about by the
crisis in the army. in connection with
the Ulster situation
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CABLE SITUATION
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 the Western Union Telegraph com 5Tany's cable situation resulting from
 the European war described by the
 company in detail shows that the Western Union has no telegra phic
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 Hungary, while all the cables leading
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