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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-02
Northwestern Road Con-
gress at Cedar Rapids
to Attract Many
LOCAL BOOSTERS ARE
CREATING INTEREST
Highway Enthusiasts Try
to Get Crowd From Here
to Attend Meet

Ottumwa will be represented at the
Northwestern Road congress which
convenes at Cedar Rapids October
to 7, when number of the local
good roads boosters expect to attend
and take part in the convention and
lend their support to the movement
for better highways.
Some Of the boosters for good
roads in this city are making strenu-
GUS effort to round up good sized
crowd Of Ottumwans to attend the
meeting and are having fair success,
but intend to keep right at 1t until
few car loads Of the highway en-
thusiasts are in the mood to 60. The
Importance Of the movement Is being
argued to the less enthusiastic and
the fact that Iowa landed this, the
not slight recognition of the work
and interest taken by Iowans in the
improvement Of roads.
The first gathering Of this organi-
zation was held last year in Milwau-
kee and Ottumwa was represented.
The report Of the congress was given
in detail to the Commercial associa-
ton with the result that more ac-
tive interest in better highways was
taken This the boosters do not wish
to see wane and are striving to show
the people who will be gathered from
many of the states in the northwest
that Ottumwa is live good roads
center and appreciates the granting
of, the request of Iowa for this year,
congress. The local promoters of the
movement urge on the Importance OF
all cities In the state being represent
| ed and especially Ottumwa. They
state that Iowa was one Of half a
dozen states that bid for the conven-
ton this year and when the congress
adjourned at Milwaukee a year ago
stood in very doubtful position as
to its likelihood of landing the big
meeting. The matter having been re-.
ferred to the executive committee and
Cedar Rapids being chosen, the boost
ers state that Ottumwa and every city
| in the state should be represented ana
assist in showing the visitors from
other states that Iowans are interest
ed in good roads.
Thus far the board Of supervisors
and few others have evinced their
willingness to attend and the FORMER
expect to 20. Boosters for the goou
roads are trying to line up as many
as can get away for even DAY, 10 60
to the meeting and swell Ottumwas 8
representation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-02
West Indian Hurricane Has
Caused Much Damage to
Cities on the Coast
SCORE ARE KILLED
AT NEW ORLEANS
Several Hundred Others Are
Injured and Property
Suffers Greatly

Baton Rouge, La, Oct. 1.-The
death list resulting from the hurri.
cane which swept New Orleans, its
vicinity and the Mississippi gulf
coast Wednesday, now is expected to
reach sixty-five or seventy. Property
damage from latest estimates will
mount into the millions. The losses
so far as now known are distributed
as follows:
New Orleans, 1S dead, 200 injured; !;
property loss more than $2,OOO,0OO.
Mississippi coast, 13 dead, scores
injured or missing; property loss es-
timated at $2,000,O0O.
Premier, La, Is dead, about 20 in
jured; heavy damage to railroads.
Automobilists arriving here from
New Orleans early today reported that
the work of restoring order in the city
was progressing rapidly. Streets are
being cleaned Of debris Buildings
left in a dangerous condition are be-
ing torn down. Railroad traffic from
the west into the city has been partly
resumed and telegraph and telephone
companies are working night and day
to restore wire communication.
Reports from the Louisiana coast
south of New Orleans today are meag.
er but indications are that the loss
Of life Is not heavy.
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], s. WINS SUIT
AGAINST MOVIES
MOTION PICTURE PATENTS co.
is DECLARED MONOPOLY IN
RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

Philadelphia, Oct. 1.-The United
States district court today decided
the antitrust dissolution suit against
the Motion Picture Patents Co., in
favor Of the government.
The Motion Picture Patents Co., IS
holding concern. 1t was charged by
the government that it controlled most
of the moving picture patents IN the
United States, also had a large inter-
est in the American rights in foreign
patents.
The suit was heard over year ago
by Judge Oliver B. Dickinson whose
decision is sweeping victory for the
United States department OF justice.
The defendants named in the origin
al petition of complaint besides the
Motion Picture Patents Co., are the
General Film Co., Biograph Co, Thos.
A. Edison (Inc.), Essanay Film Mfg.
Co. the KaleE, Co., (Inc.), George
Kleine. Lubin Mig. Co. Melies Mfg
Co. Pathe Fereres, the selig Poly
scope Co.. the Vitagraph Co., Frank
81. Dyer, Henry N. Marvin, J. j. Ken
nedy. William Pelzer, Samuel Long
J. A. Berst, Siegmund Lubin, Castor
Melies, Albert E. Smith, George K
Spoor and w. N. Selig.
The court in its decision stated tha
| all the contracts enumerated in thu
governments petition and the combin
alton therein described were a con
spircy in restraint Of trade and there
fore illegal and that they constituted
with the exception Of the operations
! Of the Melies Mfg. Co., monopol,
| in violation Of the antitrust laws.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-02
HEADS OF RIGGS
BANK k|NO|CTED ON
PERJURY CHARGE
CASE IS SEQUEL TO CHARGES
MADE AGAINST MEMBERS
OF WILSON CABINET.

Washington, D. G., Oct. 1.-Charles
G. Glover. president of the Riggs Ma
tional bank, William J. Father, vice
president, and H. H. Flather, cashier,
were indicted today for perjury in con
nection with the banks recent suit
against Secretary McAdoo and comp
troller Williams.
Four indictments were returned
against each OF the bank officials, who
are charged with perjury in making
an affidavit which set forth that the
bank never had engaged in stock mar
ket transactions and had no transac-
tions will Lewis Johnson & Co., a
defunct firm of local stock brokers.
! Attorneys for Secretary McAdoo and
Comptroller Williams contended at the
trial of the banks suit that the books
transactions in the names of the
bank officials named. The case soon
afterward was laid before a grand
jury. Vice president Milton q. Allies
and Joshua Evans, Jr., assistant CASH
Ter of the bank, were called to testify.
They are not mentioned in the indict-
ments returned today.
The indictments are q sequel to the
suit of the bank, which alleged that
Secretary McAdoo and Comptroller
Williams. because of personal animus
toward some Of the banks officers, had
conspired to injure the institution by
withdrawing public deposits, making
extraordinary demands for special re-
ports and finally by imposing a fine OF
SIS, 600 on the bank for failure to make
certain report called for by the comp
troller.
The district supreme court dismiss
ed all the charges the bank made
against the Sc cretary and the comp
troller but left undecided the question
of the $4,000 fine. A decision on that
point is expected at the fall term OF
court Meanwhile the treasury offic-
ials are enjoined from forfeiting GER
tain interest on government bonds
held by the bank as payment for the
penalty.
At the Riggs bank statement was
issued saying the indictments were en-
tirely personal against the officers who
signed the affidavit and do not involve
the institution.
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.DEMEN7EO SAILORS
HUNT FOR DEVILS
DRIFT IN SHIP FOR DAYS BEFORE
BEING TAKEN OFF AFTER
HARD STRUGGLE.

Grimsby, Sept 15-(Correspondence
of The Associated Press) - The Nor
.wegian steamer Jonas Rein has just
brought into this port ten demented
survivors of the crew of thirteen be-
longing to the Dutch lugger Nordzee.
AS far as can be learned from their
disjointed statements, they had a re-
markable experience in the North sea
killing three of their mates, throwing
them overheard and spending some
time "devil hunting.
The Nordzee was picked up derelict
with the men all insane, presumably
through over indulgence in raw liquor,
which gave them an attack of religious
mania or delirium. The men say the
ship was full of devils" and apparent
ly they started on a devil hunt, throw.
ing overheard everything movable
which in their opinion would be likely
to harbor devils the capstan, bin.
nacle. matches, ropes, spars, sails, all
going into the sea. Then they turned
on the three unfortunate men, who
Judging by the appearance of the cabin
nut ND a desperate fight before being
killed.
With nobody to navigate her, the
Nordzee drifted helplessly till taken in
tow by the Jonas Rein. the devil hun
ters previously having been transfer
red to that vessel after struggle.
The authorities are undecided
whether to send the sailors to Holland
or to order their removal to Bow
etrAAt for extradition proceedings.
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NEW ORLEANS HARD HIT.

New Orleans, La, Sept. 30.-(By
Courier to Baton Rouge, Oct u
Nineteen known dead, probably 200 in,
jired, and damage to buildings, wire
circuits, railroads, shipping and other
property in New Orleans and vicinity
estimated at several million dollars
was the toll enacted by hurricane
which swept the city Wednesday and
was conceded to have been the worst
ever experienced in this section. These
figures were compiled here late today.
OF the known dead ten were white
and nine were negroes. Captain G. J.
Menges of Cincinnati, manager of the
floating stock OF the Monongahela
Coal & Coke Co., lost his life.
That the storm caused heavy prop
erty loss and possibly many casual
ties in southern Louisiana as far as
Morgan City, and especially near
Houma, was the fear expressed by
many here today. Rumors tonight
originating from sources south and
southwest of here indicated the loss
of life would be heavy, the unverified
death list growing rapidly.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-02
List Containing 1902 Names
Given to City Clerk
Frank T. Lynch
MAY PROVE HELP IN
GETTING POLL TAX
Collector Hawkes. Says He
May Find Delinquents;
Canvass Starts

lie petition to repeal the jitney bus
ordinance was filed Thursday evenfna
at $3.50 O'Clock by L. l.. Duke, attorney
for the owners with City Clerk Frank
I. Lynch, who had remained at his of.
nee to receive the petition. The jitney
bus men claim to have 1902 signatures
on the instrument and canvass OF
the names will be started this after.
noon. The names will be typewriter
alphabetically and checked with the
poll books of the last city election. II
Will be necessary to have 1901 for the
petition to carry.
In case the petition has enough
names to repeal the ordinance passed
by the council some time ago and
which goes In to effect today, the com.
missioners will cal! special election.
To call this election will cost in the
netghborhood of $500.
The petition will enable the commits.
sioners to get the names and ages OF
those who owe the city poll tax. Poll
Tax Collector Ed Hawks said This
morning that he would go over the list
and get the names of those who have
been omitted on his last collection
This will perhaps aid the city consid-
erably.
The city is badly in need of mon.
ey for street work. said Commission
er Berry this morning" and the $500
which will be needed to call special
election would 60 a long way toward
getting the streets of Ottumwa into
condition.
The commissioners state that the
city is in need Of jitney regulation to
protect It's citizens and will stand by
the ordinance which is effective todav.i
Many of the owners of ney brssas
have called at the city hall and receiv.
ed the money due them on the licenses
taken out.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-02
PLENTY OF MONEY
OFFERED TO BANKS
FOR ALLIES LOAN
NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED MILLION
ALREADY IN SIGHT BEFORE
BOOKS ARE OPENED.

New York. Oct. members Of the
big syndicate Of banks, trust COM
panies and private banking houses
which will manage the $500 100000
bond issue negotiated here by the
Anglo-French loan commission had
received today a flood of applications
from banks and individuals for per
mission to participate in underwriting
the loan. Although the subscription
books have not yet been opened. 1t
was stated that offers to buy the
bonds already have amounted in the
aggregate to many millions.
A maximum estimate Of the total
subscriptions already offered placed
the amount as high as $430,000,000.
The subscriptions came from Chicago,
Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, st. Paul.
Philadelphia, Boston and other cities.
That some of the subscriptions will
be very large was indicated by the
statement that one of the most veal
thy men in the United States had of.
fered $30,OO0,OO0 and that other offers
ranging from 100000 to $1,000, 900
or large corporations here.
Sir Edward Holden, one Of the
members of the Anglo-French COM
mission, was quoted today as saying
that in his opinion the loan was so
superior in income yield to anything
in London that he expects large
amount of 1t will find it's way to that
city.
Both English and French invest
ors already are making extensive ap-
plications for it." said Sir Edward.
Big Firm Declines.
The banking house of Kuhn, Loeb
& CO. will not help to float the $780,.
100000 credit loan to Great Britain
and France, because 1t has been un
able to obtain assurances that Russia
will not be benefited thereby. Jacob
H. Schiff, senior member of the firm
so asserted today in the first forma
statement he has issued on the sub
lject.
Mr.. Schiff's statement says:
! with differing sympathies on the
part of the individual members of oul
firm, we decided, at the outbreak Of
the war, to refrain from financing pub
lie loans for any of the governments
of the belligerent nations.
Concerning the present Anglo
French loan, we have felt that as
American bankers we should assist In
what we believe will result In prOmot
ing the interest of the country's com
merce and industries, but it not having
been found practicabl BILE to give any &C
tual assurances that the government
of Russia - against whose inhumanitJ
the members of our firm have evel
raised their voices = is not to derive
benefit from the funds that are to be
raised through the Anglo-French lean
I have felt constrained to advise my
firm to refrain from becoming paTtici
pants in the loan."
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Waves Of FRENCH
SWEEP OVER THE
TEUT0N TRENCHES
WOUNDED MEN FROM THE FRONT
LlkEN ASSAULT TO ROLLING
IN OF SEA.

Paris, Oct. 1.-The French capital
is being thrilled with stories of the
fighting on the western front related
by soldiers wounded In the desperate
combats which have resulted In i'm
portant gains for the allies.
'For several days the Germans had
been getting singularly aggressive and
insolent," said one Of this men who
charged at Souchez. "They shouted
insults at us and flung into our
trenches notes wrapped around peb
bles.
"One of their favorite taunts was:
you are too coWardly to come over
here-come on if you are not too lazy.
This ended by getting on our nerves,
1t seemed to each one of us that we
had not only France to defend, but 9
personal insult to wipe out.
"Thus, when, at 12:45 on the twenty
against Hill No. 191, we were filled
with joy. I was in the first wave.
We made one dash for the German
trenches. Fifty yards from the goal
machine guns took us but we put on
speed and jumped over the first trench
without stopping. We knew the sec
ond wave which followed would oc
cupy the trench we passed.
What struck me about this rush
the force and rapidity of which was
incredible, was the smallness of our
losses. Personally, saw no one
killed. Things changed, however
when we got between the first and
second line of trenches. Until our sup
porting wave arrived we underwent
the united fire of both lines. It was
then that fragment of shell broke
my arm and. put me out of action"
Another man, wounded in the fight
ing between Perthes and Tahure
said:
1--WE took the offensive at $3.50. 4
never shall forget the spectacle of oul
wave Of assault. A seething mass OF
men, clothed in uniforms hardly two
of which were alike, but all animated
by the same energy, joined in the
charge. was in stream which pass
ed four lines of trenches in four jumps
We ran like mad men forward, always
forward. At one moment we were
confronted at distance of not more
than ten yards by a II milimeter gun
still firing. It soon was silenced. Then
! was hit in the chest by bullet and
it was all over for me. I was carried
off on a stretcher and we'll looked
after"
A resident of the region
, who has just arrived in Paris says the
"great offensive" was expected be
cause the French military authorities
had ordered the evacuation OF all
villages situated within a few miles OF
the firing line.
"But never" he declared, could !
/ have imagined the awful havoc caused
;; in the German trenches by our artil
lery. It was no longer mumbling gun
| fire we heard in the distance but 8
terrifying continuous roar. Melenite
shell were hurled in a steady stream
sending earth, stones and the trunks
of great trees high into the air"
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PARACHUTE STICKS;
GIRL NEAR DEATH

Sedalia, Mo-, Oct Hanging to
the slender trapeze Of a balloon, Miss
Pearl Piercy, 10 years old, of Denver,
floated over Sedalia for half an hour
today, unable to release parachute
or to pull herself on the trapeze bar.
Miss Piercy had made the ascension
on the invitation of Johnny Mack, bal
loonist. When the big bag was five
thousand feet high, she was seen to
fall and catch herself on the bar. With
superhuman effort she held on until
the Lot air in the bag cooled and de-
scended IL field several miles from
town.
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STRIKERS IN CLAsHEs S
CHICAGO Police Have Difficulties When
Garment Workers Parade
Main Streets.

Chicago, Oct. Clashes between
the police and striking garment work
ers were frequent today when the
employees who have left their work
sought to parade along streets leading
to the down town tailoring district.
Mounted policemen dispersed the
marchers and broke up crowds con-
gregated outside Of halls where union
labor leaders were to speak.
Several arrests were made and IN
some of the clashes stones were
thrown.
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BuLGARs FIGHT SERBS.

Turin, Italy, Sept. 30-(Via Paris)
Oct. There already have been sew
eral clashes between Serbians and
Bulgarians along the entire frontier,
according to reports received here. A
Bulgarian patrol at Tritchouke is re-
ported to have attacked Serbian sen
tinels, who retreated. The Bulgars
crossed into Serbian territory, where
they remained several hours.
Bulgarian troops are said to be dig
ging trenches all along the frontier
and protecting them with barbed wire
entanglements.
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BUTTERFLIES OFF
ON SOUTHERN TRIP

Dewey, Okla, Oct. millions OF
butterflies, presenting a Kaleidoscope
of colors, flew for hours over this city
late yesterday, bound toward the
south. A multitude of sizes and colors
were observed by persons viewing the
insects.
The butterflies flew at an average
height of 100 feet Occasionally they
would swoop almost to the ground,
only to resume their flight at n higher
level
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ALLIES RUSH CHECKED.

Berlin, Oct. 1.-(By wireless to Tuck.
erton)-The British have ceased their
attacks and the Germans have made
further progress north of Loos, the
war Office announced today.
All French attacks east of Souchez,
north of Neuville and in Champagne
failed.
The war Office announced today that
during September there were captur.
ed on the Russian front about $4,000
men. 81 cannon and 29S machine guns
An Official communication issued IN
Constantinople dated September n
and received here today by the Over
seas News agency says:
Turkish coast batteries sank tor
pedo boat of the enemy near Kerevi
gedire"
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PUNISHMENT FOR
MIDDIES is FIXED

washington, D. c., Oct. 1.-Dismis-
sal Of six midshipmen, suspension OF
four others for one year, without pay,
and the demotion to the next lowest
class Of fifteen others, was announced
by Secretary Daniels today as the
result of the recent hazing investi-
CATION at Annapolis naval academy.
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Continued on page 81
RUMAN|A STILL NEUTRAL
Berlin Reports That Sentiment at
Bucharest is Against Enter
inn the War.

Berlin, Sept. 30.-(By wireless to
Sayville)-The Overseas News agency
sends out the following among it's dis
patches:
Special reports from Bucharest say
that at the opening of the new club
house Of the conservative party, Alex
ander Marghiloman, the president, and
leader of the conservatives, In q
speech declared that the only attitude
for Rumania was one of neutrality, as
decided on by the crown council"
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SUBMARINE SETS BOAT AFIRE.

Copenhagen, OCT. t. NOrWeg1an
bark Actie, from Krageroe to Leith,
was set on fire last night by Ger
man submarine at a point twenty
miles south of The Maze, at the south
ern extremity Of Norway. The bark's
crew of eleven men was towed in a
small boat by the submarine to point
on the shore near The Maze.
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GERMAN SYNOD MEETS.

Wheatland, Oct. With lay and
ministerial delegates present from
Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska,
Oregon. California and Canada, COM
prising the synod, the annual confer
ence Of the northwest synod of the
German Reformed church opened 4
three days session here today
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OCTOGEN ARIAN is
AFTER EDUCATION

Lawrence, Kan, Oct. Mrs. Amy
Winship "a years old today applied
for permission to enroll as student
in the Kansas university. The author
tiles are considering the application.
Last year she took special work in
sociology and psychology in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
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HAND GRENApEs USED.

Paris, Oct. In the great battle
In the Artois district the French have
made further progress, by means Of
attacks with hand grenades on Ger
man trenches. The announcement to
this effect was made today by the war
office.
In the Champagne German counter
attack near Maisons De Champagne
was checked
The Germans violently bombarded
French trenches near Soupir, north OF
Aisne, but made no infantry attack.
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ALLIES IN FORCE.

The Hague, Oct. /. The Cologne
Gazette declares that the Germans on
the western front are opposed by
forces between four and five times as
strong as their own.
German machine guns and cannon
says the Gazette, moved down the
enemy but the French columns contin
ued to advance and the British repeat
adly sent further troops to the attack
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GERMANS LEAD BULGARs.

London, Oct 1.-Foreign Secretary
Grey announced this afternoon that
German and Austrian officers were
arriving in Bulgaria to direct the Bull
garian army. The secretary said this
was a fact which the allies regard
with the utmost gravity"
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QUAKE FELT IN WEST.

San Francisco, Oct. 1. - A slight
earth shock was felt in San Francisco
and other bay cities and San Jose.
fifty miles south of here, about 1880
.. m. today The shock was Of about
three seconds duration. No damage
was reported.
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70 COUNSEL RUSSIANS.

Petrograd, Oct. Ia special French
military mission, headed by General
DAmade, has reached Emperor Mich
olas' headquarters at the front
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CHOLERA IN GALIcIA.

Amsterdam, Oct. l. Cholera Is
raging in Galicia, the Telegraaf says,
and according to the home Office, three
hundred cases, have been reported.