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who held an equal rank with him in
the Constitutionalist army, because
the latter refused to accept his unau-
thorized dictation and withdrew Cen
eral Hill from Sonora in order that
Governor Maytorena, Villas ally,
might control the situation and array
that State against Carranzas author
ity, that in a frenzy Of anger he at
tempted to kill Oregon. Fortunately
being restrained from this by subor-
dinate officers, he mechanically placed
Oregon under arrest. These events
happened but few days before the
time that the Mexico City convention
was to assemble.
When Carranza was informed of
Villas unwarranted persecution of
Obregon, he ordered the train service
north of the City of Aguascalientes,
some distance south of where Obre-
gon was held by Villa, discontinued
temporarily from Mexico City, until he
could determine whether or not Villa
intended his treatment of Obregon to
presage hostile military movement
against Carranza.
Villas lnsoIence.
Villa sent a telegram to Carranza
asking him to explain what he termed
this hostile action against his division
of the North. Carranza sent him the
following reply: Before answering
your message which 1 have just re-
ceived l desire an explanation of your
conduct towards General Obregon In
Chihuahua" Instead of Villa giving
the requested explanation to his SUI
perior officer he replied insolently that
he would no longer recognize Carran-
"a the First Chief Of the Republic.
In explanation of this traitorous con-
duct Villa gave the ridiculous and pet
ty reason that he had broken with Car
rama and was willing to plunge the
country into a civil war, because Car
rama did not have sufficient intelli-
gence or ability to govern Mexico. How
farcical this statement really was can
be best understood when it is ex-
planned that Villa can scarcely read
or write and has never read a single
book in his life, whilst on the other
hand Carranza Is man of education,
culture and business experience.
The convention that Carranza had
called to meet in Mexico City opened
its sessions on the appointed day. Car
rama rendered his resignation as First
Chief to the convention and asked the
delegates to accept 1t II they thought
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DELEGATES Flee,

I'm view of these terrible orders the
delegates, carrying the flag of the con-
Vention, called for protection on the
Carranza Governor of the State of
Nuevo Laredo, in which State they
are at present"
Indicative of what an empty honor
Gutierrez held and how the so-called
convention party now means but one
man-Villa-is the following excerpt
from the same narrative:
"On Sunday, December 31st, Gen.
eral Villa came to my home, revolver
in hand, accompanied by ten or
twelve armed men, besides two thou.
sand cavalry, who surrounded my
house and removed the meager guard
of twenty men who were defending
me. With the courage instilled in him
by such an array Of force, Villa sha ne
fully insulted me and hurled baseless.
notifying and criminal charges at
me.
with shame and indignation I had
to be spectator of all these outrages
because l did not have sufficient force
to halt the reign of murder and rob-
berry that Villa conducted"
The flight of Gutierrez from Mexico
City, accompanied by many prominent
men in the so-called Convention
party, strikingly illustrated to the
world the impossiblity of this or any
other kindred government ruling in
Mexico that was not subservient to the
wishes of Villa
The abandonment of Gutierrez and
the other prominent men of the Con-
vention party has left Villa isolated
and alone and made the issue in Next
co now definite and certain It is: |
Shall Villa be allowed to become the
dictator of the country, or shall the |
people themselves rule?
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DARING AVIATOR DIES
Lincoln Beachey Plunged Headfore.
most Into San Francisco
Bay

San Francisco.-Lincoln Beachey,
the aviator, was killed while making
an exhibition fight at the Panama
Pacific exposition. At an altitude of
about seven thousand feet Beachey
began a sharp descent The wings of
his aeroplane collapsed and the ma.
chine plunged into San Francisco bay
Beachey was completing his second
flight of the day when the accident oc.
Cured in view Of thousands of spec
tators, Having previously electrified
the crowd with a Series Of aerial SOM
ersaults, the airman sought to add an
additional thrill with one of his sensa-,
tional perpendicular drops.
The machine was at an altitude of
about 1000 feet when Beachey shut off
his power. For several thousand feet it
dropped head-on for the earth and then
the naviator grasped his control levers
to adjust the planes for a graceful de-
scent.
The wings crumbled and the aero
plane, turning over and over in its fall,
plunged into San Francisco bay, mar.
rowly missing a vessel at the govern
ment transport docks.
Thousands rushed to the nearby
water front, but with the exception of
u few splintered fragments of the aero
plane floating on the surface of the
bay, no signs of the wrecked machine
could be seen.
Launches put out Immediately, equip
ped with graphing hooks and a boats
crew from the battleship Oregon Join.
ed in an attempt to recover the body
of the aviator, which was strapped to
the machine under forty feet of water.
The body was recovered five hours
later.
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thereby such action would be con-
ducive to establishing permanent
peace in Mexico. The convention
unanimously rejected his resignation
and passed vote of confidence in the
First Chief.
Villa and his army of the North had
refused to send delegates to this con-
vention. In last effort to settle the
difficulty between the Division of the
North and the remainder of the Con-
stitutionalist army. certain leaders
among the Constitutionalists proposed
that commission be sent to treat
with Villa and that the convention
itself adjourn from Mexico City to
Aguascalientes. Carranza, foreseeing,
as afterwards came to pass, the fulfil
ity Of this action, opposed it. but final
ly allowed the delegates of their own
volition to move to Aguascalientes to
treat with the chiefs of the Northern
Division.
Primarily the purpose of the Aguas-
calientes meeting was simply to en-
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the convention: That Villa retire or
we will fight him and uphold the reso-
luton of the convention, Villas re-
tirement being with the understanding
that Carranza will be forced to retire
THE reply we received from Cen
eral Gutierrez was that he had given
Villa the command of the forces which
were to fight against Carranza; that
is, he had violated the fundamental
resolution of the convention, which
was the basis of the whole agreement
and the essential condition of our obli-
cation.
This violent and illegal decision re-
lieved us of every obligation toward
an assembly without patriotism or
moral force, the tool of an ambitious
and savage faction to which we had
shown undeserved complacency out
of love for peace, but whose blind and
unconditional figureheads we could
not and would not be.
"Thereupon we decided with full
consciousness of our act, certain that
We were following the course of pa
triotism and duty, to fight Francisco
Villa with all our force until we had
removed from the horizon of the ma
ton this menace Of reaction and bar
barity."
carranza a Civilian.
Carranza Is essentially civilian
rather than military man. From the
inception of the revolution he sought
to direct its destinies as did Presi-
dents Lincoln and Davis control
events in our Civil war. Accordingly
when Villa commenced his military
campaign against Carranza the latter
had not single soldier directly under
his personal command His only
strength lay in the justice of his cause
and the only means he used to Or
ganize an army was to unfurl the BAN
ner of patriotism and to allow such
generals and their armies to gather
around it as desired to combat for
right and justice. The entire Consti-
nationalist army, exclusive of the Divi-
sion of the North, commanded by Viii
la, fiocked to the support of Carranza
Carranza withdrew from Mexico
City and established the national cap
ital at Vera Cruz.
Pathetic in its note of helplessncss
is the story that President Gutierrez
told of conditions existing in Mexico
City while he occupied the ,presiden-
tial chair. He narrated this after
he had fled from the city and endeav-
ored to attach himself to Carranza
The following parts of his narrative
are taken up after he recites in detail
the executions of Alberto Garcia Ara
gon, Vice-President of the Aguascali-
entes convention and Professor David
Berlango, another distinguished mem
Der of the convention, both of whom
had been brutally murdered by the
orders of Villa.
He says: The members Of the
Aguastalientes convention which was
now meeting in Mexico City, justly
alarmed by these daily murders, in
formed me that they desired to change
their residence from Mexico City to
the town of San Luis Potosi, where
they expected to convene in safety.
"a large number of the members of
the convention proceeded to the above
city and General Villa having been in
formed by his agents of what had hap
pened had the audacity to issue or
ders of arrest and execution against
these persons whose immunity was
absolute and who were the source
from which Villa derived the authority
with which he is invested.
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To the Housewife,

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men he expects you to look after he
health of yourself and childrenI
Coughs and colds are the most COM
mon of the minor ailments and are
most likely to lead to serious diseases.
A child is much more likely to con-
tract diphtheria or scarlet fever when
it has cold. If YOU will inquire into
the merits of the various remedies that
are recommended for coughs and
colds, you will find that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy stands high in the es-
timation of people who use it. 1t is
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tunate incident. In due time the
greater part of the American people
also arrived at the understanding of
the patriotism that had prompted Car
rama.
After Carranza had established a
government in the national capital he
issued call to all the military lead
ers and governors of States who had
signed the plan of Guadalupe to meet
in convention on October list, in Next
co City, for the purpose of drafting
program of reforms and to name
date for the calling of general cleo
tions.
Villa, ever since his first break with
Carranza, had been throwing obstacles
in the way of a successful pacification
of the country. In order to show him
that he harbored no i'll feelings Car
rama named Villa to go with General
Obregon on a peace mission to settle
a local strife in the State of Sonora.
Villa in the course of these negotia-
tons became so incensed at Oregon,
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deavor to persuade Villa to send rep
resentatives to the convention. After
wards it usurped sovereign powers
| that it did not possess and which
| Carranza never sanctioned. But Car
rama, putting aside the considerations
and rising nobly to the demands of the
| situation, expressed to the conven-
ton in writing his willingness not
only to resign as First Chief in charge
of the executive power of the nation,
but to become an exile from his coun-
try If the delegates ask this of him.
The single condition that he stated
must govern this abdication was that
Villa should resign his command of
the Constituencies army of the
North and If the convention so de-
creed, must also leave Mexico.
Story Of Convention.
The convention on November 9Th
passed a resolution calling for the re-
tirement of both CarranZa and Villa.
Antonio l. Villareal, Chairman of the
convention, thus describes subsequent
events:
after the absurd selection of Gen
dent for 20 days, which had been done
in Difference to the wishes of Zapata,
myself and three others were commits.
stoned to serve notice on the First
Chief that he was to resign. Villa
had already agreed, so his representa-
tives stated, to tender his resignation.
We would have shortly secured Car.
ranza's retirement had not General
Gutierrez, bullied into action by pres.
sure brought upon him by Villa, sum-
moned the latter to Aguascalientes
and placed him in command of all the
military forces in the country.
This act violated the previous reso-
luton Of the convention and was con-
trary to its own mandates, or in other
words, contrary to the desires of what
was left of it, as 1t must be remem-
bered that out of the 155 registered
delegates many had withdrawn for one
reason or another until at last there
were only go members left and Is out
of this 60 had been recalled by their
signatories. A quorum in the conven.
ton necessitated 70 delegates.
"a brief resume of the situation at
this critical time might be stated as
follows: We said to Carranza: Retire
or we will fight you. your retirement
being made with the understanding
that Villa will be forced to withdraw
We said to General Gutierrez and to
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Less In the DARK

Filming prisoner only $40 for kiss
ing woman against her will at Luz
cerne, the judge said it was worth no
more. as the kiss was delivered in the
dark.
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Wasted Lives.

He that spends his time in sports
is like him whose garment is all made
Of fringes and his meat nothing hut
sauces; they are healthless, change
able and useless.-Jeremy Tsyler.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-30
WISCONSIN WANTS
HARVARD SYSTEM

Madison, Wis, Nov 20. A sensa,
ton was injected into the coaching sit
uation Sunday when it was learned
that number of prominent alumni
had proposed the introduction Of the
Harvard system at Wisconsin, and the
start was made by the suggestion OF
securing either Charley Brickley. the
famous Harvard drop kicker of year
ago, who made good as a coach at
Johns Hopkins this last season, or Ed
die Mahan, the captain Of this years
Crimson team, who is hailed as the
greatest player in the game today. 1t
was learned that either could be secur-
ed
The alumni in question, however,
were averse to rushing into things
without some sort of house cleaning
being conducted at the varsity. 1t is
proposed to make thorough investi-
CATION of conditions with view to
stamping out all Objectionable features
in the system.
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notice.!

Sunday school Of the Christian church
and attended a meeting at Eldon last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mills OF Cole
Camp Mo-. spent Sunday at the M. l..
McMinn home. gfst
The supper given by the Ladies' Aid
Wednesday evening was well attended
and fine social time was enjoyed by
all.
william ellis Of Abba spent Thanks
giving here with friends. NJ
Miss LORNA Harper OF Mediapoiis n
visiting Miss Lena MCLEAN.
Miss Blsnch Foulke. postmistress,
who has been Sery sick. is recovering.
Mrs. w. Fl. Heller and w. +. Foster
who have been sick are better.
AL Humphrey Is on the sick list this
week
William Marsh shipped three and a
half loads OF fat steers and one half
load OF cattle and one half load Of hogs,
and Willis Smith a car OF fat cattle, to
Chicago Sunday. Mr.. Marsh, Mr.. Fink.
Jess Cremer and Willis Smith went
with the stock.
An old landmark, the Farnsworth
mill, has been torn down. 1t has not
been used as a mill for great many
years.
Mrs. +. c. Jones who was in the OF
tumwa hospital for treatment, is home.
Mrs. L. l.. Creme who has been Ill, is
better.
Rev. r.. j. Shook filled the pulpit at
the M e. church Sunday and Rev.
Leonard Simmons In the evening.
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Thanksgiving foot ball game on the
Fremont grounds. The score was So
l.
Raymond Scott is visiting at his
home in Hedrlck.
Little Miss Marjory Messerchinett Is
visiting at the Fstle home in Sigourney.
Misses Helen and Leila Cecil, Dick
Cecil. Raymond Scott and Norwin
Bowlin attended the foot ball game In
Oskaloosa Thanksgiving, Penn VS.. Cen
trail college.
Mrs Cora Alderman and children re-
turned to Marengo after visit at the
Dellinger home
Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. G. G. Goldthwait
and Mrs. G. J. Goldthwait of Sigourney
were guests at the w. c. Williams home
Thanksgiving.
Miss Grace Taylor Of Ollie was in
Hedrick last week visiting relatives.
Union services were held at the
Christian church Thanksgiving morn
ing The sermon was delivered by Rev.
Creswell Of Ottunwa.
Ralph Bottorff and Lynn Watts who
are attending school at Ames are at
home for few days visit.
Paul BOwes came home from Grin
nell Thursday for an over Sunday visit.
Will Mick Of WOODBURY. is visiting
his mother this week -
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IOWA WOMAN BACK
FROM WAR TERRO2S
CEDAR RAPIDS CITIZEN GETS
HOME AGAIN IN TIME FOR
THANKSGIVING.

Cedar Rapids, Nov. 29.-Helen
Hayes Gleason, the first American to
be decorated by any of the European
monarchs for services rendered in the
great conflict now being waged ar
rived home to eat Thanksgiving tur-
key with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
j. W. Hayes Of this city. Mrs Glea.
son spent many months in the war
hospital Of Belgium caring for the
wounded soldiers of the allies. She
was given the Order of Leopold by
Albert. king Of the Belgians, and was
the third member of the little party
Of nurses who received recognition at
the hands of Albert. Mr., and Mrs.
Gleason were in England when war
was declared and Mrs. Gleason volun-
teered for hospital service. She was
assigned to duty in Flanders and saw
much of the active part OF warfare.
Her husband, who has occupied edi-
torial positions with several of the
we'll known eastern publications, wrote
book about his wife's experiences
which he called "Hilda at the Wars.
The story describes in a graphic man.
ner many of his wife's thrilling ex.
periences and is full Of human inter
est
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RlcHLAND.

Mr.. and Mrs D. c. Olive and sons
who visited in Metz, Mo. have arrived
at home. FT'iitrl,ap.,
Pearl Hixon and family have moved
back from Texas.
went to Salem to attend the funeral Of
Mrs Mendenhall's father. Mr.. John M
Crosby have returned home. Mr.. Crosby
was nearly "a years old
Mrs Van Elten has been visiting in
Fremont with her sister.
H. D. Vastine spent Sunday in Des
Moines.
Roscoe Van Etten is visiting relatives
in Archie. Mo.
Mr.. ana Mrs. joe Alberts N IF Per-
lee were guests of the William Collect
family Monday.
Mrs Jerry Lynch and daughter Mar
jorie of Oskaloosa have been visiting
the Lem Mills family.
aa Miss Fredda Cowguill has returned
from visit in South English with
Mrs. Paul Sloan.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Himson enter
tanned several Of the high school
teachers at Sunday dinner.
Union Thanksgiving services were
held in the Friends church conducted
by the pastor Alvin HasIins
Harry Johnson of Minnesota. has
been the guest Of his brother Charles
of this city.
Art Robinson and family and Mrs.
Melleker and family came down from
Anamosa to spend Thanksgiving at
the parental b. F. BottOrff home
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MAAAsKh TO SEND
. LARGE DELEGATION
NEiGHBoRlNG COUNTY, WILL BE
REPRESENTED AT STATE
GRANGE MEETING HERE.

Oskaloosa, Nov. 27.--Mahaska coun'
ty viii send big delegation TO VI
tumwa upon the occasion Of the state
grange meeting, December IA to IL. II
the roads are good on these dates this
county will be heard from II big
way. Mahsaka has n score or more OF
grange organizations.
Members of, or representatives from
the Mahaska county oranges TO the
central body or Pomona grangt met
in Oskaloosai Wednesday afternoon at
the directors apartments in the Ma
haska County bank for the transaction
of the monthly business of the organ
ization.~
Ramona grange of Mahaska county
has been selected for the program OF
the state grange convention, to be
held in Ottumwa, Dec. IA to II, and
has been honored by appointment to
confer fifth degree work upon the
state meeting candidates. Members OF
the team are practicing to perfect
themselves in individual parts and
they are doing the work with a snap
and polish that can not be other than
effective and impressive.
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CANTRIL

Married, at the M. E.. parsonage, at
high noon~on Thanksgiving day. Rev.
w. l. N. Densmore officiating Forest
Suear to Robert Kirkheart.
Married Tuesday eveing at Pulaski
Miss Mamnie Powell to Mr.. Trude
Mellborn, The bride is the daughter
of w. w. Powell and the groom is the
son Of r. L. Wellborn. They We're both
born and and raised near Cantril and
will be at home to their friends on
Wellborn form near town.
The Bachelor Girls Club met at
home of Mabel Creathe Tuesday eve
and iniated three new members all
teachers in Cantril schools. MissJauni-
to Maruer Miss Ruth Allender and
Miss Ethel Maruer.
The State Bank moved into New
Building Tuesday. This building is
just completed at cost Of five thou
sand dollars. 1t is all modern and up to
date. The vault is dended and has two
entrances, one for the use of cashiers
and the other for patrons Of the insti-
tuition as safety deposit vault A new
four moster safe has been installed. 1t
has triple time locks. The interior of
the building is finely decorated and
frescored. The office fixtures are quar-
ter sawed oak.
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IOWA PARENTS ARE
WORRIED OVER GIRL

Cedar Falls, Now. 29.--The stories
that now come over the ocean cables
and telegraph wires almost daily tell
ing of the desperate struggles between
Bulgarians and Serbians, particularly
those reporting the fighting for Monas
tir only add to the anxiety felt by
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. DAVIS OF this city
for their daughter, Miss fDelpha Davis
safety,
Miss Davis is Congregational
missionary In a girls school at Mon
astir and no word has been received
from her by her parents for several
weeks.
Whether she is alive and subjected
to the barbarities Of war or wheDher
she has sacrificed her life on tn 8 III.
tar of religious duty are the k,nde.
termined surmises that add ID the
parents anxiety &ssgsf
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CHARLES CITY GETS
BIG MACHINE ORDER

Charles City, Nov 29.-The Charles
City Engine company has recently re
ceived an order for $4,000 worth oil
special machinery, for domestic use
They are running day and night
shift Of a full twenty-four hours In
order to fill this order and also large
number of advance orders for their
gasoline and electric engines Of from
one and one-half to 20 horse power be-
fore March 1. They now have under
negotiation an order for $l5O,000 worth
Of machinery to begin work on March
4, so that they expect to work full:
day and night shift throughout next
spring and summer, They have a
force of siXty-seven men with pay
roll Of $4,000 a month. and are en-
.ploying new skilled machinists each
week now