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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
BANDITS MURDER
THREE VICTIMS
HEAVY MEAT CLEANERS USED
TO KILL RESTAURANT
KEEPER AND HELPERS.

New York, April g. Otto Zinn, a
restaurant keeper, and two of his en-
ployes, a porter and a cook, were
killed early today in Zinn's restaur-
ant, supposedly by burglars Zinn
and his wife, who slept over the res.
taurant, were awakened by a crash
downstairs and the proprietor went
down to investigate. When he fail
ed to return his wife called a police
man, who found the restaurant keeper
and his two employees dead in the
cellar. Besides them lay three bloody
cleavers with which the burglars had
battered their victims heads.
In the cellar was found also safe
which had been moved from place
on the floor above and evidently
thrown downstairs. 1t had not been
broken open.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
VOTE Of women
PROVES PUZZLE
CHICAGO POLITICIANS, WONDER
ING HOW THE FAIR SEX WILL
CAST THEIR BALLOTS.

Chicago. April 6.-Campaign mana
gers today admitted that the vote to
be cast by women at the municipal
election, tomorrow 10 puzzling. Two
hundred and eighty-two thousand wom-
en- have registered, and leaders. both
In the political camps of the men and
In the councils Of the suffrage organi-
Eations, expect total women vote OF
more than 100000.
One Of the principal asvects Of the
figuring by the managers is as to
whether the women voters will display
moro independence than the men v0t-
ers or whether they will follow closely
the partisanship or the ideas Of heads
OF households. There is no previous
vote from which to figure - the wo.
men will vote tomorrow for the first
time In a mayoralty election.
Campaigning continued In ell parts
Of the city today. Tho forces Of Rob
ert Sweitzer. democratic candidate for
mayor, have arranged for parade un.
der the auspices OF the Young Dem.
ocracy Sweitzer club In the downtown
district. as well as large number Of
meetings where speakers will address
the people.
The managers OF William Hale
Thompson. republican nominee, plan
ned to hold 1000 meetings at street
corners and in factories during the
day. One thousand automobiles each
will carry one woman and two men
orators.
Seymour Stedman, socialist and John
H. Hill, prohibition candidate for may
or, planned to make speeches in vari.
GUS parts OF the city during the day
and evening.
Local Option Up.
Detroit, Mich, April 5.-As in for.
mer years, the local option question mp.
peared to be the most interesting is
sue before the voters in the Michigan
spring election today Sixteen counties
voted on the saloon situation, four OF
them already being in the dry" col
umn. Minor state tickets Offices ind
municipal elections occupied the at
tention OF the state In general
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
seven KILLED IN mine.
Ten Others Are Missing and About
Four Hundred Had Very Marrow
Escape From Death.

Glenville, Ill.,, April 5.-Seven men
are known to have perished in an ex-
plosion In the mine of the Shoal Creek
Coal Co. near here today. Ten are
missing. The bodies OF seven men
have been recovered
The explosion occurred 200 feet un.
der ground and quarter Of q mile
from the main shaft. Four hundred
men had just entered the workings but
ali but the seventeen escaped.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
BRITISH SHIP DESTROYED
Germans Assert That Cruiser Lord
Nelson Has Been Battered to
Pieces by Turks.

Berlin, April 5.-(By wireless to
Sayville) A report received In Ber.
lin from Athens says the British bat.
tleship Lord Nelson, stranded inside
the Dardanelles straits, has been de.
stroyed by the fire Of the Turkish guns
on shore.
This information was given out to.
day by the Overseas News agency.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
TURK DIPLOMAT
TALKING PEACE?
Credence Given in Rome to
Story That Emissary
of Sultan Is Busy
OFFICIAL DENIALS
ARE NOT BELIEVED
Austria and Turkey Said to
Be Ready to Cut Loose
From the Germans

NOmO, AQIll 4s-Au Spltc VI VdIlOuS
Official denials from some Of the bellig.
erent nations that preliminary steps
have been taken to conclude peace,
especially by Austria and Turkey
without consulting Germany, the re-
port that David Pasha, Turkish min
lister of finance, who is now in Switzer-
land, Is on mission of peace, fnds
credence here.
1t is pointed out that david Pasha
was one Of the first Turkish ENJOYS to
undertake at Ouchy, Switzerland, the
conclusion of an Italo- Turkish peace
and that he conducted his prelimin-
DDS through neutral diplomats. While
he has denied emphatically that he Is
at present engaged In similar mis-
sion 1t Is considered here that this
denial should not be taken too serious
ly because he scarcely could admit
at this time that his government
seeks a cessation Of hostilities. Sim
liar denials were made by him when
he first undertook the task of bring
ing about an agreement between Italy
and Turkey.
BuIears Raid Serbia.
London, April 5-The rowing band OF
Bulgars, driven out Of Serbia after its
sudden raid, has penetrated Greece at
three points, according to Saloniki dis.
patches. Tho English press sees in this
episode the possibility Of developments
which may mean fare up in the smol.
dering Balkan situation. Advices
reaching London by way OF Rome, how.
ever, assert that Bulgaria has agreed
to give full satisfaction to Serbia. II
this L. true, probably the only sequel
to the episode. will be to draw from
Bulgaria definite statement as to the
policy shc purposes to pursue. All the
Balkan nations, as well :.s Italy. ire
awaiting the outcome with interest
Meanwhile Greece is massing troops
along the Bulgarian frontier and
the Bulgarian reservists, accord
ing to advices from Saloniki, have re.
ceiyed orders to join the colors. In the
countries allied against Germany, Aus
tria and Turkey these recent develop.
ments are blamed on German intrigue.
The Carpathian front is the quarter
In which decision OF first Importance
is expected soon. London seems to be
confident that the Russians will break
through into Hungary, but this has
been predicted many times before The
Austrians are said to be throwing
every available man into the fight at
this point, 60 that hard struggle may
still be in prospect.
Two Russians Sunk.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
the following statement has been issu-
ed by the Turkish war Office:
"Our fleet yesterday sank two Rus
sian ships, the Provident Of 1000 tons
and the Vastochnaja Of 1900 tons, at
Odessa.
Our batteries of Kun Kaleh sunk
all enemy mine sweeper which at
tempted to approach the entrance to
the Dardanelles.'
Neither the Provident nor Vastoch-
naja are mentioned in the latest ship
ping records.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
"GOLD' COINS ARE
MADE FROM GLASS

Chicago, April 5.-Counterfeit gold
pieces, a part of which are made from
glass to give them an almost perfect
ring, are being made In Chicago and
have been In circulation for eight
months, secret service agents said
today
The bogus gold pieces are Of IS and
so denominations.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
AMERICAN NOTE TO
BE PUBLISHED SOON.

washington, d. c., April s.. The
American governments reply to Great
Britain regarding the British order ins
council which virtually establishes an4
embargo on commerce to ana rom
Germany will be given at tho STATE
department late today for simultan-
eous publication here and IN LONDON
IN tomorrow's papers.
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4sl oTTUMwA, COUNTY TUESDAY APRIL
officer TO be Tried
for Murdering Denoted wife

ocer in tho French cavalry
by Saturday. for kllns his wife
following
him in direct violation Of orders By military author
Herail mental and phys
would not survive but he recent
the military police by the hos
pital authorities defended by Henri Robert
HeraM sent to the front his wife to whom ne
learned that he stationed ct Compesne
and followed him there This a the time when ns general
during the campaign His superior ocer re-
Herai tried to induce his wife to
but she continued postpone second warning
given better result When third warning
Madame Hera
1t once the cavalry ohnce fearing
J dishonor degredation shot the woman he loved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
RArEs NOT JUsTIFIED.

Washington, D. c.. April 5.-Pro-
posed increased rates on grain and
grain products from points in Okla
homa to points in Nebraska and Kan
sas were found not Justified today by
the Interstate commerce commission,
and the St. Louis and San Francisco.
Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific and
other roads were required to cancel
them.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
Thieves KIN Florist.

Chicago, April 8. William We'll, 55
years old, a florist, was slain in his
establishment on West card ST., ear
ly today by robbers who strangled
him by stuffing rope down his
thro-t.
The florist, who was said to be
wealthy, was found bound hand and
foot. The room In which he lived,
alone, was in wild state Of disorder.
We'll Is thought to have had q large
sum Of money from a heavy sale Of
Easter flowers yesterday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
POLITICIAN Is DEAD.

New York, April Sc. F. Leonard,
for many years a well known polite
ian OF Illinois and a friend Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, died at the Murray Hill
hotel Ii this city this morning
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-06
EARrHouAkE IN ITALY

Rome. April 5.A slight earthquake
was felt here at z: 30 O'Clock this morn
ing Tho people were much alarmed
but no damage was done.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20

was not done. There was much evil
dence allowed TO go on that related &c
alleged misconduct OF the defendant
some Of 1t at times long prior.
THE piling up of irrelevant testi-
mony Of this nature with the approval
of the court and against the vigorous
objections OF counsel could not fail &c
greatly prejudice the jury. and this Ia
the more emphatically true In view OF
the nature of the court to limit or re-
strict in any manner the application OF
effect OF evidence tending to show ap-
pellant guilty Of adultery
Regarding the question OF error IN
Instructions as to circumstantial evil
dence and the inclusion Of instructions
as to direct evidence when there was
none. the court said:
Under such instructions the jury
may well have confused direct testi-
mony Of q mere collateral fact or cir
cumstance with direct evidence Of ap.
pellants guilt. Hence as there was
confessedly no direct evidence Of the
crime the jury should have been clearly
so informed and the instructions should
have been confined to the rules govern
ing the proper consideration OF case
Of circumstantial evidence. AS II was
the court did no more than to give a
text book definition of circumstantial
evidence and tell the Jury that to con-
Wet thereon the facts shown must not
only be consistent with the theory OF
guilt but inconsistent with any rational
theory Of innocence. This court has
had quite frequent occasions to deal
with the question thus raised"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
eLAckmA,L CASE IN COURT.
Carroll County Farmer Testifies a. TO
How He Lost Home and Money.

Carroll County Farmer Testifies a. TO
How He Lost Home and Money.
Council Bluffs. Jan. 90. Like an
echo OF the Mabray swindle operations.
Charles c. Jefferis. a retired Carroll
county farmer. recited in the district
court here yesterday how, he declares,
he was swindled out of his home in
Council Bluffs. where he and his fam
lily had retired from the farm near
Glidden, together with $4,000 in cash.
Jefferis' story starts With a female
barber named Pearl Christian, en-
ployed in an Omaha barber shop. He
and friend drifted in there one day
to get shaved. Jefferis was shaved
there a number Of times, he told the
court, and he became interested in
Miss Christian, but declared his In
terest In the girl never brought him
into contact with her outside the shop,
and he even told his vito OF the ac-
quaintance.
Later, however, It is charged that
conspirators began a series of perse-
cutions, approaching his wife with
stories. and in order to secure RELIEF
Jefferis contracted with certain de-
PENDANTS to settle with the alleged
blackmailers. secure their arrest. and
stop the persecution. Jefferis claims
that after getting his money he was
warned not to publicly 'oice his losses
or trouble as the conspirators had a
stand in with the police and would do
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
GIVES $4,000 FOR PLAY GROUND.
Mrs. Wayne Denison- Keller, Of Ma
son City, Makes Handsome Gift to City.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Jan. 2O-"Two thousand
dollars for public play grounds in East
Park" was the announcement made last
evening at the mems and boys banquet
given in the knights of Pythias hall
Two hundred plates were laid. The
gift was made by Mrs. Mayme Deni-
SON Keller and the presentation was
made by President Charles II. McNtder
of the First National Bank. The only
request made, and that will be gladly
complied with. is that it be named
"Denison Field" in memory of her
father The field will include baseball.
foot ball, eight-lap running track. 100
yard straightaway, tennis courts, girls
and boys play ground, sand gardens
wading ponds, swimming pools. etc.
The announcement of this gift was
received with considerable enthusiasm.
When submitted to the city commits
sioners it met their hearty approval.
The expenditure of this sum of money
will be largely under the direction OF
Secretary D. o. Hubbard of the local
Young Mems Christian Association.
Work will begin early in the spring,
and it is expected that very soon sew
eral thousands of dollars will be added
to this liberal donation. A number of
ing. William L. Kuser. superintendent
of the Industrial School at Eldora, was
listened to very attentively.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20

ton would allow four persons. whom
the insurgents might select to go to
Mason City and make thorough IN
vestigation Of the vouchers, books and
papers Of the association, and II, after
this having been done, they found
everything was correct, the association
would pay certain expenses that the
insurgents had been put II, they were
then to dismiss all suits and agree not
to bring any others, so long as the
business Of the company was properly
conducted. This was the substance OF
the terms of the proposition Of settle
ment. This was based upon the fact,
that IT, after the investigation every
thing was found all right. this kind OF
a settlement should take place.
I'm their answer filed before Judge
Smith, the officer left out entirely the
written part Of this settlement that
showed the terms on which this was
to be done, but made statements
therein that the settlement was to be
made simply upon the payment OF the
items named and designed
LOUIS CARI4IS,
Recording Secretary, NJ. B. A. Insur-
gents.
f. N. BILLS,
Member of the National Executive
Committee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20

"wets" nor "drys" are called upon to
participate. On the one hand the
churches, aligned with the ministers
and the better element, contend 1t is an
open violation of law. degrading to an
unlimited degree. and not for the best
interests Of the city, while those who
participate are Of the opinion that 1t is
an athletic exercise and as such, Is
within the confines OF the law.
Fort Dodge.
The furious winter RACES are not
feared by the members of the Vaga-
bond Walking Club, two members oil
which added six miles to their score
by walking Saturday to the Rutledge
farm north of the city. Thru drifts
and UP hills they plodded back and
forth and what's more they enjoyed
IT, Il understand" said a prominent
business man.. the proper salutation to
the young ladies' of the city is, how is
your pedometer?"
Ames.
"Tama Jim" Wilson, former secre-
tary of agriculture and emeritus pro-
fessor at the college. together with
few of his Scotch Presbyterian neigh
bors in Tama county. made <hand-
some Christmas gift towards the new
Presbyterian church to be erected
west Of the campus. when they raised
nearly $1,000 for the building fund and
gave 1t to Rev. Fl. W. Johnson. Mr..
Wilson was formerly an elder in the
old Scotch Presbyterian church of
Tranquility, located a few rods west of
his Tama county farm. AS emeritus
professor at Ames he expressed his in
terest in student welfare by n substan
tial contribution at the head of the
subscription list.
Waterloo.
Five electric engines for service in
the freight department on the Water
loo Cedar Rapids branch of the Cedar
Valley line. arrived at the w, C. f.
& N. shops Sunday. The new engines
are equipped with 1900 volt motors and
are capable Of developing 1000 horse
power. The engines will not be placed
in service until about Feb. Is, at which
time it is expected that the Cedar Rap
ids line will be prepared for the high
voltage equipment. The new interur-
ban cars and parlor cars will also
probably be placed in service at about
that time. A number OF the interur-
ban cars which have been In service
are being equipped with new motors
and new air equipment.
Cedar Falls.
The new $4,000 city hospital will be
formally dedicated and opened to the
public on Feb. l, according to an
nouncement of the board OF trustees
today. The dedicatory exercises will
be brief. but impressive. w. c.. Nuhn
OF the Citizens Savings bank. repre-
senting Joseph Sartori, Jr.. will make
formal tender of the gift to the city
and Mayor w. II. Merner will accept
1t on behalf of the municipality. Rev.
J. E. Snowden, pastor emeritus of
the Congregational church. will make
the dedicatory prayer. These brief ex-
ercises will occur at TO- 30 o'clock, after
which the building will be open to the
public until 3 o'clock. Committees will
be on duty at all hours to conduct Wis
itors thru the building
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
SUPREME COURT DECLARES
JUDGE SHOULD HAVE ORDERED
MRS. sRAzzELL ACQUITTED.
NO EVIDENCE ON WHICH
CONVICTION Is JUSTIFIED
Sweeping Victory in High Court For
Dubuque Woman Serving Twenty
Year Sentence on Charge Of Murder
ing Observation-Disclosures, Not Jury, Crit
ieizsd For Verdict.
pecial to rimes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. Jan. 2o-The decision OF
the supreme court granting new trial
to Mrs. Brazell. of Dubuque, would
probably be classed as reversal on
technicalities, yet a reading Of the de-
cision shows 1t would not have been
affected by passage OF the proposed
law forbidding reversals unless the ap-
pelate court 10 satisfied that substan-
tial injustice has been done the defend
ant. The decision shows the court was
80 satisfied.
THE court does not of course" says
the decision. attempt to say or find
that appellant is innocent Of the
charges against her. That is not with
in our province. What we do find and
hold is that the state failed to sustain
its accusation by that measure of COM
petent proof upon which conviction
can be allowed to stand"
The supreme court says a verdict OF
acquittal should have been directed by
convicted of murder in the second de-
gree ana received twenty year sSii-
tence. The case did not suffer any de-
lays. The decision was filed Just one
year, to a day, after the death Of the
defendants husband. The case, 80 the
court says. was one Of circumstantial
evidence and that alone. She was con-
victed on a theory of the state that the
woman's conduct, with shown jealousy
and quarrels, and gossip Of her rela-
tions with other men, proved her guilt.
The supreme court says:
Theory Held Extraordinary.
IF not incredible the theory is at
least so extraordinary that to permit
it's acceptance by the jury the state
must be held to the duty of sustaining
it by something more than mere sus-
picion.''
II was held in substance that this
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20

Now remember that ahese enormous

Now remember that these enormous
amounts Of money We're paid out to
field managers and deputies for the
purpose Of securing members and or
ganizing new lodges, and that during
said time only 1855 members were
secured and no new lodges organized
Some queer statements are made by
this association; for instance, it re-
ports that in 1910, with a membership
Of 152.627, the cost Of the official pub
LEGATION was $17,S28.76, md in 1918
when 1t only had one-half as many
members, it paid out about the same
amount, in other words, $17,4sO.47.
I'm 1910 with membership of 1872
e27. it paid out for clerk hire, s21,274.71
and in 1913 when 1t only had 7s,76O
members 1t paid out 51,114.72, about
$4,000 more than it did when it had
double the number of members.
I'VE find on a comparison of the ex-
penses OF the Modern brotherhood of
America with other fraternal institu-
tions having the same number of mem
bers or two or three times that num-
Der, the expenses for the Modern
brotherhood Of America, are larger
than any other fraternal associations
doing business in Iowa or any other
|
members. II any person doubts these
figures and they will come to our Of
flee in Cedar Rapids, we will agree to
pay their expenses il we cen not de-
monstrate what we have said as true,
and further, we will be able to con-
vince them that as the membership
decreased in the Modern Brotherhood
OF America, in the last three years,
that the expenses increased and
mounted up to even double what 1t
was.
I'VE will convince you also that the
money Of the company which they
claim they have invested, is scattered
over all this union. That in a large
majority Of cases it IS only paying
AZ per cent to 5k per cent. when 1t is
a we'll known fact that every dollar
invested could have been invested in
Iowa at at least per cent, and in first
class securities. securities that are not
fiuctuating in value, and where, If pay
ment is not made, 1t can readily be
taken care OF without expense to the
association. Quite large amounts have
been paid out to directors and others
for Investigating loans; all Of this
could be practically avoided II the
loans were made in Iowa instead of
Texas. Oklahoma, and other foreign
states.
Shortly before the hearing before
Judge Smith officers of the ASSOCIATE ton
were on hand and began to feel for an
opportunity to settle and finally the
insurgents were asked TO make a
proposition of settlement Of the diff
culties. So it was that proposition
was made in writing and The PROPOSE
ton in effect was this:
THAT if the officers Of the associa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
Child succumbs to Operation.

Special to Times Republican.
Greene, Jan. 20.-The funeral OF
the infant son of Mr. and Mrs
Charles ]. Mcclure was held today
and interment was made at Rose Hill
cemetery. Fhe child was only ten
months old, and a few days ago was
taken to Waverly hospital where II
was operated as 1t had knot in it's
intestines, and had suffered severely
for several days. II was not strong
enough to stand the shock and died
after the operation, and was brought
home Monday evening. Mr.. Mcclure
came to Greene few months ago with
his family. and has been working at
the O. C. Miner hardware store as
tinSmith