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Newport daily independent., 1914-01-05

Soon, They Say.
 6jth, Jan. 4.-Among 6s for attacking the } petitions filed under law for li- bons, will be one charg- (enatures to liquor pe- kst be made after the les effective, and not kording to an announc- |counsel for the Fort Iti-Saloon League, to- l petitions filed here Hated and signed be- law became effective. l admitted today that hg fight of the drys )d consist solely of at prevent the petition |ng accepted by the hother method will be |over the dates the am- b the petitions bear. ] 570 petitioners, to Eulators made affidavit ] date of January 1. wits show that S pre- e was partly oDIiterat-
 anuary 1" substituted. Fster county judge, has
 himself as in favor Fting the hearing as
 possible. The great lty, it became known |the deciding the num-
 hite adult inhabitants
 y eligible to sign the
 The drys are compil-
 sus based upon the
 of 1913, and com.
 with the government
 1910. These compar.
 cate there are 13,00(
 dults in the city.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-05
HOUNDS TO THE SCENE
l, . Store and Post Off,
 ,ed By Incendiaries l Monday Morning.

|,ached this city early s0rning of the total 1, of John Camps store (.fI,ce at Johnstown |miles east of Newport ! believes that incen- Ired the blaze and \ blood hounds be 5 the scene. Euccuistion telephoned for blood hounds Ewerc sent up OH No' 4'
 5 taken to the scene by
 The fire originated lelock and further in l could not be secured Ephone line was down. kp had s2oo insurance kding and 5000 on the
 oods. The amount of
 not known.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-05

All Up to Date Housekeepers use Red Cross Ball Blue. Mt makes the clothes clean and sweet as when new. All Grocers.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-05
Notice.

Lots 5 and 6 of Lyons Second Addition to the City of New mort, will be sold to the highest bidder on January 8, 1914, at the court house, in Newport, Ark.
 c. M. Erwin.
 J. B. Mann,
 Executors of Estate of
 F. c. Smith, deceased. d6.
Newport daily independent., 1914-01-05

Herbert Bum has been quite sick for several days, which his many friends regret to learn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
Once Rich Mexican Cannot
Raise Money to Ransom Son

El Paso, Texas, March 6.-General
Terrazas has until next Sunday to pay
the 100000 pesos ransom for his son,
Luis, who is held by the rebel General
Francisco Villa at Chihuahua. This
sum is equal to S250.000 American
gold, but the once multi-millionaire Of
Mexico has not that much money, ac-
cording to his own admission to
friends.
The letter demanding the money
was dated March 3, and stated that If
the ransom were not paid within five
days Luis would be taken south" with
General Villa.
This threat General Terrazas con-
strues in only one way and that is that
his son will fall a victim to the notori-
Gus fugitive law if the money is not
forthcoming.
Under the convenient provisions Of
LEY Fuga" the prisoner is always shot
while trying to escape" General
Terrazas is 80 years old, and is greatly
shaken by the peril to his son. The
latter has been a prisoner for several
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
military POWER
UPHELD BY JUDGE
JURIST RULES THAT UNDER MAR
TIAL LAW, "MoTHER" JONES
CAN BE HELD.


Trinidad, Colo, March 6-In verbal
decision rendered at the opening of the
district court this morning, Judge A.
w. McHendrie denied the writ of
habeas corpus for Mother Mary
Jones, the noted woman strike leader,
held under military guard at the San
Rafael hospital and remanded the pris-
oner to the custody of the respondent
in the action, General John Chase,
commander of the state militia in the
strike zone. The ruling of the court
was brief. Immediately upon hearing
the decision Attorney F. w. Clark, To-
cal counsel for the United Mine Work
ers, asked for and was granted sixty
days to prepare bill of exceptions to
be submitted to the supreme court.
The court in it's ruling today upheld
the powers of the military authorities
IN arresting ard OBTAINING the. petition.
ergunder specific Instructions from
Gov. Ammons who in his order to Gen,
Chase declared the woman to be a
dangerous person and one likely to
incite riots or disorder. The attorneys
for the petitioner will now submit the
case on appeal to the supreme court,
which short time ago denied an
original application.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
NEW YORK |DLER
SENT TO PRISON
FIRST OF |. W. w. RAIDERS OF
CHURCH is FOUND GUILTY OF
DIsoRDERLY CONDUCT.

New York, March 6.-Joseph Albers,
a member Of Frank Tannenbaum's In
dustrial Workers of the World army
which stormed New York churches
was sentenced in police court today to
serve thirty days in Jail. He was con-
victed of disorderly conduct and
breach of peace. Nearly 200 other
cases remained to be disposed of.
The sentence was imposed by Mag
istrate Campbell, after Albers' attor-
ney had contended that his client had
tried to get out of st. Alphonsus church
where the wholesale arrests were
made Wednesday night, but had been
forcibly detained. Tannenbaum was
released last night under $500 bail
for further hearing this afternoon
but his followers, dishevelled and
showing the effects Of two days in
Jail, filed into the Tombs court for
thesresumptinn of their hearing he.
gun yesterday There was a crowd OF
sympathizers on hand, but Tannen-
baum was not there.
William Green, whose case came up
today, also was sentenced to thirty
days. The magistrate ruled that the
mans presence in. the church was suf,
ficient evidence of disorderly conduct,
since he was not a member.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
BRAz|L's REVOLT
IS sM0ULOER|NG
THREE BIG CITIES IN SOUTHERN
REPUBLIC ARE DECLARED IN
STATE OF SIEGE.

Washington, D. c., March 6.-Early
diplomatic dispatches and other Off
cial advices today contained no further
news of the revolutionary disturbances
in Brazil Three large cities-Rio.
Niotheroy and Petropolis-declared in
state of siege because of revolution
ary movements in three great states,
caused good deal Of uneasiness in the
Latin-American colony although ex-
pressed confidence in the ability of
the government to handle the situa-
ton.
The negro population which is near
ly 80 per cent of the total in Brazil,
is p serious factor in the present sit
uation. Various causes are assigned
for the unrest which began about a
year ago in the state Of Pernambuco.
There was a disturbance there when
the federal government took certain
local actions which were regarded as
an invasion of the states sovereign
rights. Troubles in financial affairs
in the rubber market and the coffee
business were pointed out as being
contributory to the present situation
Ambassador Da Cana was today
awaiting cables containing more in
formation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
Promoters of international
r., Hiohway to Assemble in
n e1s1s aar Rapids Soon
OTTUMWA LOCATED
ON PROPOSED ROUTE
Gathering May Be Held
Later; Line to Run From
Canada to the Gulf

A meeting is called for the roao
boosters in cities and towns along the
new proposed international highway
to be held at Cedar Rapids ON March
"a or rs, the date being indefinite for
the present but to be either of these
days. The call is issued by President
G. +. Adams of the Iowa and Missouri
division of the Canada, Kansas City,
and Gulf Highway association.
This Is the highway that Is to pass
through Ottumwa In north and south
direction as decided at a meeting held
few weeks ago at Excelsior Springs.
Mo. Secretary j. N. Weidenfeller Of
the Commercial association, represent
ed Ottumwa at the meeting in Excel.
sior Springs and presented consider
able data in the form Of maps and
routes for the benefit of the boosters
of the new highway. Ottumwa was
selected as one of the cities through
which the road is to pass and meet.
ing is to be held here in the near fu.
ture to further the plans of the propos.
ed highway.
In announcing the coming meeting
at Cedar Rapids, Mr.. Adams stated in
a letter to Secretary Weidenfeller
that meeting will be called later In
Ottumwa and probably at Seymour,
The latter place was suggested by
Mr.. Weidenfeller when he attended
the meeting at Excelsior Springs,
Frank Buffum, state highway commits.
sioner of Missouri will be among the
boosters at the Cedar Rapids meeting
late this month. II, Is probable that
Ottumwa and the other Iowa towns
along the proposed road will be repre-.
sented by large delegations at the
meeting as the promoters plan to have
the Iowa section of the highway or.
ganized this year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
POTATO RATE HELD FAIR
Roads viii be Permitted to Charge
Extra For Assuming Responsible
ity Against Loss.

Washington, D. G., March Condi-
tion and regulations under which po-
tatoes are shipped during the winter
months have been for years subject
of contest between shippers and rail-
roads, the crux of the question being
the cost of precautions to prevent loss
through freezing in transit.
The interstate commerce held today
tnat tariff regulations published by
the railroads are the fair and reason
able" which allow the shippers g.
choice between shipping his traffic at
lower rate under special contract
by which he becomes his own insurer
against weather loss and damages or
Of making his shipments under terms
imposing the full responsibility on the
carrier at higher rate"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
BURGLARS PUT UP
DESPERATE FIGHT
THREE MEN BELIEVED MORTAL
LY WOUNDED AS RESULT
RUNNING BATTLE.

New York, March 6.--In a running
pistol fight three men suspected of
robbing drug store at Putnam avenue
and Broadway Brooklyn, early today,
Patrolman Thomas Wynn and two of
the fleeing trio received wounds from
which it is said they will die All
were shot in the abdomen. Besides
Wynn, the wounded are Geo. Stevens,
1S years old, and William McHenry, 25
James Martin, the companion of Stew
ems and McHenry was captured.
The fight began when Patrolman
Slack came on the men in the drug
store When they started to run
Slack opened fire, wounding McHenry.
The shots attracted Patrolman Wynn.
Stevens shot Wynn who returned the
fire, wounding Stevens. Captain Ray
mond McAleere of the Thirteenth regi-
ment, national guard, New York, who
was going to his home, attempted to
capture Stevens who struck him sew
eral times on the head with the butt
of his revolver. inaicting a deep scalp
wnnnd.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
.ROBBER SUCCEEDS
IN TRAIN H0LDUP
WESTERN METHODS USED IN THE
EAST WHERE DESPERATE
STEALS MAIL.

Columbia, S. c., March 6.-The
authorities redoubled their efforts to-
day to capture the bandit who last
night held up and robbed the mail car
Of Southern Railway train No. II, from
Charleston to Columbia, just as the
train reached the latter place. Aided
by the local police, special officers of
the railroad company were securing
the country for the robber. but SO far
no trace Of him has been found.
The officers were hampered because
of the lack of an adequate descrip-
tion of the robber c. e. Thomas, the
mail clerk, could only describe the man
as masked and about five feet eight
inches tall.
Boarding the train just as it entered
the city limits, the robber fourishing
a. revolver ordered Thomas to stand
with his face to the wall and after
seizing several sacks of registered
mail jumped off the train.
Until the records of the Charleston
postoft1ce can be examined it will be
impossible to ascertain the value of
the packages taken.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07

months and has already submitted to
the extortion Of .S650,000 American
gold to save his life.
1t is probable that George G. Caroth.
ers. special agent of the department of
state at Washington, will be appealed
to on his return from Nogales to-
night to use his good Offices with Gen
eral Villa, who he has known intimate
ly for many years 1t is hoped that
Carothers may prevail on the rebel
leader to put milder Interpretation
on the "trip south than is usual in
such cases Meanwhile friends and re-
Iatives of the family are doing what
they can to obtain a reduction in the
ransom to figure which the old gen.
eral can raise and to get an extension
of time for further negotiations.
81 am very old and money means
nothing to me-" said General Terrazas,
pathetically. "They can have every
cent have if my boy is only spared to
me and his children"
Three years ago the Terrazas for
tune was estimated at s40.00O,OOO
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
PLANS
ANOTHER PROBE
Grain Boards of the Larger
Cities to Be Given a
Close Inspection
COTTON EXCHANGES
WILL BE INCLUDED
Chicago Says Go Ahead and
States 1t Has Nothing
at All to Conceal

Washington, D. c., March Con
gressional investigation of the entire
subject of trading in futures, both
grain and cotton. has tentatively been
agreed on. Chairman Henry of the
house rules committee today so told
Henry S. Robbins, counsel for the Chi
cago board of trade, at the hearing on
Representative Manahan's resolution
to Investigate the grain exchange Of
Duluth, Chicago and Minneapolis.
Mr.. Robbins said if any investigation
of the grain exchanges were ordered
the Chicago board of trade favored a
sweeping inquiry into the whole sub
ject Chairman Henry replied that it
was planned to do that and carry out
the platform pledges of the democratic
party. Whether legislation to regulate
cotton future trading will be coupled
with laws for grain dealings, has not
been decided.
Mr. Robbins said he favors COM
mission Of senators, representatives
and men from private life. He men,
toned President Hadley Of Yale uni
versity as the type of man he had in
mind
The Chicago board of trade has moth
ing to conceal he declared. 1--WE favor
the fullest and most comprehensive in
vestigation possible if you decide that
any investigation is necessary or advis-
able
Defense of the. practices of wheat
pits was m adt. today by c. H. Canhy.
president of the Chicago board OF trade
THE Chicago board of trade, he said
was merely market place; monopoly
through it's nstrumentality was i'm
possible"
Charges that growers were damaged
through the process Of mixing grains,
he declared is "a base slander on hon
est grain inspectors
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07

Naco. Sonora, Mexico, March g.
General Carranza, accompanied by
about 500 troops, left here today upon
his cross country march into Chihua
hua. He probably will touch tomor.
row at Aqua Prieta opposite Douglas,
Ariz. There more troops will join his
escort.
The constitutionalst commander in
chief had sent his automobile to
Juarez through the United States. He
rode on horse back at the head of his
personal guard of one hundred men,
which was followed by the fourth in
fantry of Sonora state troops.
Before his departure General Car
rama was visited by the American
school children from the American
school of Naco, who marched over the
international line with their teachers
Carranza welcomed them through an
Interpreter.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
Compulsory Arbitration to
be Recommended is Belief

Denver. Colo. March GA com
pulsory arbitration law for the settle
ment of disputes between coal, opera
tors and their employees, as one of the
recommendations of the federal in
vestigation was foreshadowed today
by questions put to E. l.. Doyle, secre-
tary and treasurer of district fifteen
United Mine Workers of America, by
Representative Howard Sutherland of
West Virginia.
in the examination Of Doyle, Mr..
Sutherland questioned the witness
closely on the subject of arbitration,
his questions indicating that he would
urge the enactment of a federal stat
ute similar to the Canadian dispute
act" which includes coal mining
among the industries in which contro-
versies between labor and capital
must be submitted to boards of media
ton.
The method is similar to. that prov
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07

ided in the amended Erdman act for
the settlement of disputes between
railroads and their employees.
1t is Mr.. Sutherland's theory that
fuel is public necessity second only
to transportation and that the rights
Of the public should be protected
through the power of the federal gov
ernment to regulate interstate COM
merce. Under his plan, the contro-
versy' would be submitted to board
of mediation. empowered to summon
witnesses under oath. and whose find
ings would. be binding on both
parties. a....
During the period Of arbitration the
miners would be compelled to remain
at work. Thus the public supply of
coal would be provided without inter
ruption.
Mr.. Sutherland cited the increased
price of coal in Colorado last fall, and
a. recent coal famine in British Colum-
bia, as proving the right of the public
to enforce a constant supply of coal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
TAFT HITS NEWSPAPERS
Former President Says Trial of Case:
in News Columns Influences
the Juries.

Boston, Mass. March 6-Former
President Taft deplored the influence
of newspapers on jurors, in an address
here last night He said
1t Is proper for newspapers to com
ment after adjournment in case, but
it is the trial of cases in the news
paper before judgment that has led to
the criticism of the courts. Why,
when was president, had to pardon
two or three men who had been con-
yicted by public clamor, when they
were really innocent
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
MARS FAREWE
HONOR GUEST AT PARTY TRIES
TO MAKE HIS PARTING WITH
FRIENDS FINAL.

Joliet ILL.,, March GA farewell
party given to DR.. Emuel Steiner on
the eve of his departure for San Fran
cisco to take an appointment as a
lieutenant in the marine corps had a
tragic end last night when the guest
of the evening attempted to swallow
the contents of vial of poison.
The bottle was knocked from DR..
Steiner's hand by Mrs. Robinson one
of the hosts of the occasion but not
before a quantity of the poison had
been swallowed.
Friends of Dr.. Steiner were unable
to explain his act. They said he had
appeared unusually cheerful. His re-
covery is said to be doubtful Steiner
formerly lived in Chicago.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
ELLIS UNDER SENTENCE
Slayer Of Wife Found Guilty by Jury
Which Fixes Punishment at IS
Years in Prison.

Chicago, March civilian Cheney
Ellis, the Cincinnati leather merchant
who was convicted yesterday and pun.
ishment fixed at fifteen years imprison-
ment for the murder of his wife in a
Chicago hotel last October, today oc.
cupied a cell in the county Jail await,
ing action on motion for new trial.
George Remus, Ellis counsel, indi.
Gated he would not press the motion,
which was filed Immediately after the
verdict was read. Should new trial
be denied, Mr. Remus said Ellis prob.
ably would be taken to the peniten-
tiary without appeal to a higher court.
Both Ellis and his attorney seemed
to ha satisfied with the verdict.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
ENGLAND IS WON
OVER BY WILSON
Presidents Message on the
Canal Matter Approved
By the Britons
SING HIS PRAISES
AS JUST STATESMAN
More Than Ever Inclined to
Give Him Free Hand in
Mexican Policies

London, March 6.--Laudatory com.
ments on President Wilson's message
to congress are published in most OF
the newspapers Of this country today.
The government organ, the Westmin.
ster Gazette, pays the highest compli-
ments to President Wilson for his at
titude in regard to the question of
the Panama canal. It SAYS:
1T is not always convenient to
hail statesman of another country
as just Judge when he advocates
your cause against a section of his
own countrymen. We cannot refrain,
however, from expressing regretful
admiration of the courage and manli-
ness with which President Wilson
handles the Panama toll question.
THE president of the United States
set as an example of straight deal
ing which may be recommended to
diplomats of the old world Other
statesmen in other countries are capa-
bic of doing the thing he has done, for
most of them would fetch about for
diplomatic phrases or make believe
arguments to save the faces of their
governments or to conceal from their
oWH pup'lc tHdt lhey are proposing
change of policy.
ut is great example. If the peo-
pie of the United States respond
as we feel confident they will do, they
will have done much more than adjust
the differences between them and US
with regard to the HayPauncefote
treaty. They will have. set a prece-
dent Of profound Importance to the
whole world"
Referring to President Wilson's men
tion of "other matters of even greater
delicacy," the Westminster Gazette
says:
I'VE understand the allusion and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
STERILIZATION OF
CONVICTS ORDERED

Des Moines, March 6.-Orde- for the
sterilization of twenty convicts In the
state penitentiary at Fort Madison and
the reformatory at Anam0sa were issu-
ed by the state board Of control here
today. and forwarded to the authorities
Of those institutions. Senator berry,
chairman of the board, said the order
probably would not be put into effect
until the constitutionality Of the last
Legislature providing for sterilization
of socalled detectives, which tested in
the courts.
E. Fl. Ryun. a convict at Fort Madi-
son, is said to have prepared to ask
the courts for an Injunction order in
the event the state board insisted up-
on carrying out the provisions OF the
new law.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
SENATOR ATTACKS WILSON AND
HIS PARTY ON RECORD Of YEAR
Law For Repeal of
Free Toll Clause
is Before CONGRESS

: Washington. D. c.. March 6.
!. The Sims bill to repeal the
!. Panama tolls exemption was
+ favorably reported by the house
+ commerce committee today by
: a vote of seventeen to four
: Representatives Doremus and
+ O'Shaughnessy of Michigan,
: democrats. Knowland of Cali
: fornia. republican and Lafferty
: Of Washington, progressive op-
+ posed it. ".
: The bill as reported by. the
+ committee is brief and to the
: point. It simply provides that
the sentence in the Panama
. canal act reading:
: NO tolls shall be levied on
: vessels engaged in the coast
: wise trade of the United
: States shall be repealed.
!. Members who voted against it
pointed out that another pro-
: vision relating to minimum
: tolls also must be repealed or
the whole question still will be
: open and the United States
. may in discretion allow Ameri-
can vessels free use of the
. canal.
= Chairman Adamson immedi-
. ately began work lon a
report to the house and de-
: clared he would press the re-
: peal just as rapidly as possi-
: BILE. The committee also
; voted to ask for a special rule
: to expedite the repeal With
: three days allowed for the
; minority report, it is probable
; no effort will be made to take
; up the bill in the house before
next Thursday.
: At the white house there
; was every evidence that the
administration was pushing for
action.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-07
MILWAUKEE ROA ID
HAILED ON CARPET

Washington, D. c., March 6.-Seri.
GUS irregularities in the accounting of
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
railway and it's subsidiary, the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound
railway were charged in the report OF
an interstate commerce commission
Investigation today by Commissioner
Harlan which makes the direct al,
legation that irregularities in reports
of operations submitted to the com
mission were made for the purpose OF
influencing, favorably disposition of
st. Paul railway securities.