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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-27
HILLSB ORO.

DR.. and Mrs. Rex Graves of Storm
Lake are visiting relatives here.
DR.. A. o. Wirsig Of Des Moines has
located here, his office being in the
rooms back Of the furniture store. He
IA brother Of DR.. Wirsig Of West
Point and was born near Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Ware and chill
dren who have made their home in Ore
gon the past fifteen years and may To-
cate In Iowa, having sold their farm In
the west
Fred Douthart left Tuesday for the
harvest fields Of Kansas.
III Mr.. and Mrs. Dee Bryson leave this
week for their home in Pektn after
short visit with relatives here.
Rachel Wiley was taken to the state
hospital for the insane at Mt. Pleasant
Thursday evening.
Mrs Earl Leedham is spending a
few days in Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. J. w. Blackford returned Thurs
day morning from West Branch.
Curt Thomas and son who have
been here for several months left on
{ Thursday for their farm near Tyrone,
Oklahoma.
Vida Sherman of Birmingham is Wis
iting her aunt Mrs. P. A. Blackford.
A tax Of 81, 900 was voted at the cleo
ton Thursday to remodel the school
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Alvus are spend
in few days at the Rev. Carroll
home in Kalona.
DR.. Cook left Thursday for Oklahoma
to spend the remainder Of the summer.
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Abba.

Miss Tressie Benton went to Des
Moines Thursday night for a visit with
relatives.
Mrs. r. f. Lane Of Ward. Iowa was a
business caller in the city Tuesday.
Ida Wilkinson is spending a few days
in C;rinnell with relatives.
Chas. Mahen. out on the Buxton road
is confined to his home with rheuma-
tsn1.
Miss Nadine Miller Is sick at her
home here.
Suit for damage has been instituted
against Henri Goods by Ansel McGil-
very who was defeated by the last pri-
mary for member of the board of super
visors subject to the decision Of the
county convention. Mr.. Goods had
previous sued McGilvery for 50 for sub
scription and political advertising and
the case now is being tried before JUS
tice of the Peace at Hiteman. This
| claim for damages is the outcome Of the
! publication by Gaddis publisher Of the
newspaper at Lovilia, Iowa. of the
debt McGilvery owes him and which
Gadds demands.
Fred Won Schoiak of Trinidad. Colo
is the guest Of relatives in Abba ant
vicinity.
! VIM. and Eugene Burlingame return
ed to their home in Fort Collins. Colo.
on Friday after having attended the
funeral Thursday Of their father A. G
| Burlingame who died Wednesday o.
! cancer Of the stomach.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-27
.OTTUMWA WOMEN
HOME FROM MEET
LOCAL DAUGHTERS OF vETER.
ANS HONORED By OFFICE
At STATE GATHERING.

The following account of the state
convention of the Daughters of Veter.
ans held early this week at Marshall
town, is written by the press commit
tee Of the D. of ", for The Courier:
The second annual convention Of the
Daughters of Veterans met ut Mar
shalltown, Tuesday, June 20, for two
days session. The meetings were
held in the First Christian church.
Having only four tents In the depart
ment the number present was small,
but what they lacked In size they
made up in enthusiasm.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President, nellie Cowles Hollings-
head, of Charlton; senior vice presi.
dent, Eva X. DAusherty, ottumwa;
junior vice president, Maude M. FLAG
tiff, Ottumwa; chaplain, Alice Bowlin,
Ottumwa; treasurer. Mary Rutter, o.
tumwa.
Members Of council, Emma Nelson,
Davenport; Sarah 0eibel, Muscatine;
Anna Estella Murray, Davenport; pa
triotic instructor, Lily Tutwiler, o.
tumwa; inspector, Anna G. Copeland.
Charlton; delegate at large. Lily Tut
wiler; delegate. Mary Rutter. Ottum-
wa.
The appointive officers are: Secre-
tary, Anna G. Copeland, Charlton;
press correspondent, Anna e. Murray.
Davenport; guide, Harriet Houshland,
Charlton; guard, Sarah Geibel, Musca-
tine; color bearers, Martha Farmer.
Ottumwa; Ada Reese Charlton !;
Josephine Regenitter, Davenport.
Wednesday evening the national or
ganizers, Lula Carlin and Estella f.
Moore Of Chicago, assisted by the
members Of the department conven-
ton, instituted a tent in MARSHALL
town, with an enrolment of twenty
five members on their charter. The
tent bears the name Of Anna NJ. Brown
It is the fifth tent organized in the
state. Another tent was organized in
Des Moines Friday evening. Another
will be formed in Mason City in the
very near future. The next annual
convention will be held in Davenport.
The national convention will be held
in Kansas City, Mo-, some time late In
August.
The local members have all return.
ed from the state meeting. L
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STEAMER SENT TO
| BOTTOM BY MINE

Petrograd, June 24.-Four hundred
persons lost their lives, latest reports
say, when the Russian passenger
steamer Mercury was sunk in the
Black sea by a mine. Total number
aboard was approximately $50. .
The disaster occurred about 10 a.
m. off the village of Grigorievka. The
passengers felt tremendous shock
in the forward part Of the vessel
which staggered ahead for three ships
lengths and then went down bow fore
most in five minutes.
Survivors tell narrowing stories OF
the scenes that ensued. All available
steamers and tugs fastened from
Odessa and rescued the survivors
clinging to life belts and wreckage:
Passengers on the steamer kniaz.
potemkin which had just preceded
the Mercury, forcibly prevented her
captain from putting back to give aid.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-27
HARVARD VARSITY
WINS + ROM YALE
FOUR MILE RACE. FEATURE OF
FIFTIErH REGATTA, GOES 70
CRIMSON CREW.

New London, Conn, June 24.-Row-
ing the course in record time the Har-
ward varsity crew defeated Yale here
late Friday afternoon in the four mile
race, the. feature event of the fifueth
regatta between the two universities.
The winning completed clean sweep
of the Thames river, which began Fri
day with the rowing of the fresh
man sub-fours and extended through
the freshman and second varsity
Fights races contested and won early
Friday afternoon. Perfect weather and
water conditions prevailed. Harvard
won in 20:02, thus clipping eight sec
onds off the best previous time for
the four miles made by the Yale
crew in 1888. Yale's time was 20:17
Yale never seriously threatened the
Crimson, but tried desperately sew
eral times to cut down the lead Of
their rivals,
The Eli oarsmen were badly ex-
hausted at the finish line.
Harvard rowed in splendid form
throughout the entire four miles and
won by fully three lengths from the
New Haven crew.
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AG ENCY,

Miss Isel Warren is visiting relatives
at Farson this week.
Fred Fink Is in Los Angeles. Calf
this week attending the Knights Tenn
plar conclave.
Mrs. Grace Reno was shopping in Of
tumwa Wednesday afternoon.
E. T. Allen who has been dangerous
ly i'll is reported as being little bet
ter today.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank McMillin left the
first of the week for a visit in Wyom-
ing. and Montana with their two sons
Ed and Frank.
Several from here attended the band
concert in Ottumwa Thursday evening
Miss Juanita Warner was an Of
tumwa shopper Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. J. S. Reno is visiting relatives
in Decatur.
Mrs. E. d. Fair Is visiting with rela-
tives in Ottumwa this week.
Miss Mabel Cowger who was recent
ly operated upon for appendicitis is
slowly improving.
Frank McElderry Of Ottumwa Is
spending a few days here with rela-
tivse.
Rev. c. S. Cooper and Rev. NJ. d.
Cox attended the Epworth league con-
vention at Richland the first of the
week.
Chester Reynolds and Grover Nc
Combs attended the Elks convention at
Davenport. ...t
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IS VICTOR
AT WAPELLO SHOOT

Wapello, June 24.-Seven contest
ants entered the amateur shoot at the
Wapello Gun club grounds Friday az
ternoon for the Dupont trophy, as fol-
lows: John Jamison. of Morning Sun;
G. C. Thomas, Vail of Thompson, Mar
ion Barnes, L. L. Fry, Edwin Hicklin
and Brigham Beane.
The match was won by John Jami-
son, proprietor Of the Burlington Way
garage of Morning Sun, with Vail
Thompson, the county engineer, u
close second. Each broke 16 birds OUT
Of possible rs, and in shooting of the
tie. Jamison broke nine out of ten,
while Thompson broke but FIVE.
Mr.. Jamison was awarded the
trophy, a beautiful sterling silver
watch fob.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-27
TO ENLARGE HOSPITAL
Army Physieians and Surgeons Get.
ting Ready for Work in Case x Z
pscted War Breaks Out.

Ell Paso, Tex, June 24.-Prepara-
tons were being made here today to
enlarge the base hospital at Fl. Bliss
in the event of hostilities. The medi-
cal corps here was augmented by the
arrival Of a field hospital and field
ambulance corps from TT. Sill, Okla.
A new hospital building has just been
completed and arrangements were
made for extra wards.
Calm prevailed on both sides Of the
river today.
The border still chung to the hope
that the entire command engaged At
Carrizal had not been annihilated.
Lack of definite news caused wild
rumors In El Paso. Among these
were that prisoners, other than the
seventeen first captured had been TAX
en- by Carranzistas and that strong
body OF Mexican troops was marching
from Villa Ahumada to meet the two
squadrons of the eleventh cavalry sent
to reinforce the shattered command.
Military authorities in Juarez denied
these reports.
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CHARLTON.

Mrs. Hilmer Johnson Of Wausa, Neb.
who had been visiting in Charlton with
her husbands mother Mrs. p, G. john
son and other relatives, left yesterday
for a short visit in Red Oak. after
which she will go to Omaha where her
daughter Helen and her son will under
go operations, the former for append
citis and the boy for adenoids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Curtis and baby
son George Of Divide, Wyoming VINO
had been visiting his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. B. Curtis, Of Warren township
and her parents Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Talbot of this city and other relatives
returned home yesterday.
Mrs. Nels Erickson Of Omaha return
ed home yesterday after a brief visit
with her brothers August and Oscar
Monsoon and Fred Holmes, enroute
home from visit in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Potts OF Abba ana
Mrs. o. G. Davis of Moravia returned
home after a visit with their brother
Ralph Tissue and family
Mrs Clark Williams Of Seymour, Mo.
was greeting Charlton friends yester-
day, enroute to Hiteman.. She was
formerly Miss Gertie Kephart and with
her, parents resided in this city several
years ago. .......
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bell of Davis
City, and daughter Mrs. Hazel Logan OF
Clarinda, came yesterday for visit
with their daughter and sister Mrs. T.
E. Lyman and old friends.
w, r. Ramey of Indianola visited in
Charlton yesterday with his nephew A.
r. Williams and family. He came to
Charlton to meet his sister Mrs. Alkaline
Graham Of Avon, ILL.,.
Miss Eva Osborn went to Des Moines
yesterday to spend a few weeks with
her sister Mrs. Cora Willoughby.
Mrs Glendora Leach of Des~ Moines
returned home yesterday after visit
with her son Preston Leach and fam
lily.
Msr. Will Clark left yesterday after
noon for Barnett, Wisconsin, where she
will spend some time with her son
Harry Clark and family, formerly OF
this place.
Mrs. G. W. Mccullough and daugh-
ter Mrs. Dora Powers and two children
left yesterday for few weeks visit in
Superior, Wisconsin, with their son and
brother Will Mccullough and family
who formerly resided here.
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r ICHLAND

Sunday evening at o'clock the mar
rage Of Otto T. Wilson of this city to
Miss Vera Evelyn Jones. living four
miles northeast Of town was solennized
at the home OF her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Miles Jones. Rev. Jas. A. Wilson. fatn-
er of the groom performed the cere-
mony in the presence of the immediate
relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Hall Of this city has gath :
cred 33O quarts Of strawberries from a
small patch about the size Of one-e1ghth
of a town lot. a. e.,
r. w. Rodney who was ordained as
a Christian minister some two weeks
ago in Ottumwa will occupy the pulpit
in the Christian church here next
Sunday morning and evening. MIS-.
Rodney will render special music for
both meetings. Mr. Rodney and wife
have travelled extensively In China and
other countries. ...-... =.
Mrs. Carrie Parks visited relatives in
Seymour Wednesday.
John Lindauer was business visitor
in Des Moines Monday.
A. s. Henderson of Washington. D.
c, who visited the George Reams fam
lily has returned home.
Mrs. Lorraine Trigg has gone to Oska :
loosa to spend a few weeks with rela-
tives.
Mrs. l.. G. Lemly and son Of Grinnell
are guests Of her father Aaron Stalker
north Of town. -. i.
Robert walker Of Eddyville who Wis
tied his mother has returned home.
Mrs. Jas. Hinshaw is in the OttumWa
hospital where she underwent an oper-
alton for appendicitis.
Mrs Bessie kratch and Mrs Winnie
! fred Hamilton of Sigourney who have
been visiting in the Wesley Holdings
worth home north Of town have return,
ed home.
F.! Alvin Moran who has been in Chi
cago for some time has arrived at home
F.! Mrs r. E. McCarty and daughter OF
Chicago came Sunday for a visit with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Harkins
i and other relatives.
| Mrs. Effie O'Laughlin OF washington
has terminated visit with Mrs. Al
vim Allen.
Miss Esther Allerdice returned home
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SEND OFF FOR GRAYS.

Dubuque, June 24.-The Governors
Grays, Dubuques famous military com.
pany, which has sent companies to the
civil war and the Spanish-American
war, now a member Of the First Iowa
infantry, entrained for Camp Dodge at
Des Moines at o'clock this morning
Capt. Ellsworth had full company
$50 men, believed to be the only full
company in the state at the present
time. The company is scheduled to
reach Camp Dodge about o'clock
this afternoon.
Ten thousand Dubuque people. moth.
ers, fathers, brothers and sisters,
friends and others. turned out this
morning to see the boys 60 away. The
company was led from the armory TO
the depot by local military band. 1t
was the most inspiring and patriotic
demonstration seen in Dubuque since
1898.
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SPIES DISCOVERED
At BASE Of ARM

Columbus, N. NJ, June 24.-Investi-
cation of reports that Mexican spies
have been in the expeditionary base
camp here recently resulted today in
the discharge of several Mexican en-
ployes of the army quartermaster's
department. They were ordered by
Capt. Louis J. van Schaick, chief of
the intelligence department, to leave
Columbus Immediately
A motor truck train, mile long.
carrying thirty thousand pounds Of
military necessities, left here today
from Gen. Pershings base.
Reports from the field indicate Per
shing Is drawing his command into
shorter and more compact line.
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WEDDING BELLS
STOPPED BY CALL
ONE MEMBER OF THE COMPANY
WAS TO HAVE BEEN MARRIED
ON THIS SUNDAY.

While Ottumwa will probably not
have any war brides yet several 20.
mances are interrupted and possible
weddings postponed in this city by the
call of the president for troops on the
Mexican border.
One member of the company was to
have been married Sunday, another
was completing his house preparatory
to taking his bride there late this
summer and still another was nearing
the altar.
When the boys come back there will
probably be plenty of opportunity for
few military weddings, events o.
tumwa society has not claimed Cor
many years.
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WITHERSPOON WEBS
A CONCERT SINGER

New York, June 24.-Probably every
concert attendant in the city will be in
terested in learning that Miss Florence
Hinkle. concert singer, was married
to Herbert Witherspoon, member 81
the Metropolitan Opera Company. The
ceremony took place in the West End
Collegiate church and was performed
by the pastor the Rev. DR.. Henry E
Cobb, in the presence of the family and
most intimate friends only.
Mr.. Witherspoon also has done con
cert work. His first wife from whom he
was divorced, and who died last Feb
ruary. also was singer having been
Miss Greta Hughes. daughter of Judge
Felix Hughes Of Keokuk and a sister
of Rupert Hughes the novelist. On the
concert stage she was known as Jeanne
Greta.
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IOWA SOLDIERS
BEING GATHERED
At CAMP DODGE
DEMONSTRATIONS ARE ACCORD
Ed THE VARIOUS COMPANIES
As THEY LEAVE.

Burlington, June 24.-Co. of the
First infantry was given a fitting
adieu this morning when thousands OF
persons congregated at the union sta
ton and cheered the soldiers as the
train bearing them to Des Moines
departed.
A public reception was rendered the
company last night, participated in by
almost everyone in the city. There
was music by two bands, patriotic ad-
dresses and a general outpouring OF
patriotic enthusiasm. Following the
demonstration, large number Of
young men enlisted in the local COM
pany.
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BATTERY IS READY.

Muscatine, June pa thirty-six
hour enlistment campaign has swelled
the enrolment Of Battery G to 40 men
and today finds the command await
ing orders to entrain. Capt. Otto Null
last evening notified Adjt. Gen. Logan
that the organization had reached the
minimum strength and today an effort
is being made to swell the enlistment
to war strength. Sixty recruits have
been secured since the call to arms
and this may be swelled to 100 by
Monday, when the battery is expected
to leave.
Recruiting details are visiting sur
rounding towns today seeking men.
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NON-FIGHTERS FACE
LONG PRISON TERM

London, June 24.-The Daily News
says that four privates in the non-com-
gatant's corps-men with conscientious
scruples against fighting detailed to
work behind the lines-were court
martialed at Boulogne for refusing to
obey orders and sentenced to death.
Sentence was later committed to ten
years imprisonment. The affair has
caused a sensation and will be taken
IN in parliament Monday.
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TAKEN
At CARR1zaL ARE
ATTACKED BY MOB
AMERICAN CAPTlVES FIND SAFE
~ IN PENITENTlAY; WILL
NOT BE HUNG.

Chihuahua City, Mex. June 24.-Ihe
seventeen American colored soldlers
captured in the Carrizal battle nave
been placed in the penitentiary mere
There have been no arrangements
made for removing them to Juarez to
be surrendered to the American
authorities.
Lem Spillsbury. the Mormon scout
captured at Carrizal, also is IN prison.
The prisoners were assaulted by Mex
lean civilians as they were oe1ng
transferred from the train to the peni-
Tertiary but we're landed safely be-
hind the walls of the building and &C.
cording to the authorities are being
well treated. -
According to a statement said to
have been signed by Spillsbury which
was made public today by Gen. IRE
vino. neither he nor the colored SOL
diers knew which side began the mr.
ing.
Mexlcans In Ditch.
Spillsbury's statement says that
Troop c was first to advance against
the Mexicans. It adds that practically
all the Americans who lost their nves
wore klllOu WucA lhCy oO'ohSS0 w
q deep ditch in which Mexicans were
stationed and when other Mexicans.
getting around to deep ditch in their
rear. attacked them from the flank
The troopers brought here are Pri-
Yates Page, Peterson. N. Lloyd. w.
Ward, Jones, Sockes, Marshall, Oliver,
M. Donald, Williams, Givens, Stone,
Harris, Lee and Graham of Troop H
and Hove and Alexander Of Troop c.
Will Not Be Hung.
The Mexican commander said to-
day that it seemed probable, inasmuch
ne Gen. Pershing seemed ignorant OF
the fate Of the Boyd column, that out
side OF Ave additional prisoners now
being brought here. the Americans
were annihilated, although it was pos
sible more had escaped.
Cen. Pershing has wired here for the
names OF the dead and the prisoners.
It was of1cially announced today
that none Of the prisoners brought
here will be hanged, that mot being
the custom in a civilized country
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PAPER IS RESOLD
BY OTTUMWA MAN

Mt. Pleasant, June 24.-The Re-
publican, which has for many years
been published by the late Frank Por-
ter and was sold last week to A. J.
Stump Of Ottumwa, was resold today
to the News-J ournal, of this place 1t
is understood that the two plants will
be- combined under one management.
This leaves only two papers in Mt.
Pleasant the Free Press and the News.
3Journel, where for many years there
have been four papers.
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SMALL REGIMENTS
TO FILL IN RANKS

Springfield, ILL.,, June 24.-The war
department at Washington suggested
to Gov. Dunno today that the skeleton
regiments such as the fifth and sixth
infantry Of the Illinois national guard
be utilized to fill ranks of regiments
already modified This will give the
fifth and sixth regiments the oppor-
tunity to 60 to the front with other
Illinois infantry for which they have
teen clamoring
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HOSPITAL CORPS LEAVES.

Clinton, June 24.-Escorted by z
section of Battery A, First Iowa field
artillery, seventy-flve school girls ant
a crowd of about 1000 early risers
the third detachment hospital corps
Iowa national guard, Of Clinton, in
command of Maj. E. l.. Martindale
marched from the coliseum armory
this morning, to entrain on a special
Chicago and Northwestern train leav'
ing at 7:15 o'clock for the Iowa con.
centration camp at Des Moines.
Battery A is recruited to the min.
imum strength and Capt. Brandt has
notified Adjt. Gen. Logan that his or.
ganization is ready for orders to en-
train for Des Moines.
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COMMAND WIPED OUT?

San Antonio, Tex, June 24.-Com.
plete DISCRIMINATION of the two troops
that were engaged in disastrous COM
bat Wednesday morning at Carrizal
with Carranza's troops and the, prac-
tical humiliation Of those actually in
the fight was indicated in report
from Gen. Pershing to Gen. Funston
today.
One packer and eight enlisted men
OF c troop and seven men of K troop
were picked up yesterday morning by
Lieut.. Meyer near Santa Maria. All
were horse holders The stories these
men told were almost identical 70
those told by the other stragglers that
reached the transmission lines yester-
day.
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EX-PUGILIST IS
NOW A BANKRUPT

San Francisco, Cal, June 24.-Tom
Sharkey, former heavyweight prize
fighter, filed a petition in bankruptcy
in the United States district court Fri
day, giving his liabilities as $299,oOO
and his assets as $1,000. He owes
$252,OOO to Henry Stern Of New York
under the terms of an unfulfllled lease.
Sharkey is manager Of a local saloon.
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from visit in Centerviiel and Elk
celsior Springs.
Mrs, Glen Hoover and children OF
Brighton are guests OF her aunt Mrs.
Mary Jane Stevens.
Mrs. Newsom of North English has
been guest at the "A. c.. Brady home.
Mrs. Howard Carlisle and children
are visiting relatives near Hedriek
Mrs. Sarah Baily and daughter Lot
tie of Oskaloosa are guests Of frtenda
here. -a.s.s 81. ar.< ..s s..,...s.
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JURY FREES MAN
ON MURDER CHARGE

Waterloo, June 24-Jefferson T. Nc
Caskill was found not guilty by 4 jury
today following his trial on charges OF
manslaughter. The jury was out twen-
ty-four hours.
MEGA skill was accused Of killing
Henry Philips, farmer, following a
dispute over the sale of a sewing ma
chine, on November %, 1911. Mecca skill
was found guilty at two former trials
but the supreme court in each case or
dered retrialS,