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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
RUNNING FIGHT ON.

Chihuahua City, Aug. 12.-Reports
from forces Of Gen. Cavazos and Col
Zuazua in northern Durango to Gen
Trevino today indicate they are en-
gaging in an almost continuous run
ming fight with the bands under Mar
tin Lopez and that the bandits lose
men in each skirmish, while the gov.
eminent losses have been few.
Gen. Trevino said number OF prom.
inent outlaw leaders have been killed
in the last few weeks and that every
effort is being made to exterminate tho
leaders as a means to subjugate the
bandits.
The forces Of Gen. Domingo Arrieta
have left Jiminez, and. cooperating
with Gen. Matios Ramos command
from Escalon, are making drive up
the Rio Flor1do, intending to sweep
through to Cerro Gordo.
Gen. Trevino announced also that
he would afford every protection to
Americans, especially those interested
in the financial development of Chi.
huahua.
1t is stated here that Gen. Trevino
will retain supreme command Of the
Carranza forces in northern Mexico
until peace is thoroughly restored.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
CAUGHT THE PRESIDENT NAP
PING.

Mr. Hughes tripped Secretary fea'
field with neatness and dispatch III
refuting the secretary's statement tna'
n,rector Durand of the census ourea"
was not removed but voluntarily re-
singed by producing Mr., Durands le',
ter confirming Mr.. Hughes Statement
that the resignation was insisted upo"
nv the department. The country mas
hardly caught its breath altar its gasp
Of establishment at this evidence OF Oh
Hcial duplicity when another incident
y,is time relating to the president IS
)rought to light to the confusion Oh
our democratic friends.
Mr. Wilson has been a pronouhceo
disciple of free trade, including a tai-
~ for revenue only" He recently
wrote q letter to S. N. Hastings OF the
Illinois Manufacturers association Ia
vor;np a tariff commission in order
that business interests of the unlteu
States might be protected against lot
eign competition! That startled 'ne
free trade democrats, for it was advo-
cacy of the very essence OF protec-
tive tariff. When Representative Long
worth of Ohio referred to the presl-
dents new departure, Democratic Ma
1ority Leader Kitchen denounced inc
statement on the floor OF the mouse
ana EXPRESSED doubt that the president
had made 1t.
81 want to deny in the name or the
president" Mr.. Kitchen said, that the
nresident ever uttered such language
because, in my Judgment 1t Is impos-
.+,,,a for any man who voted for the
underwood act or endorsed the Under
wood act. much less one who signed IL,
ia have conceived and expressed pun
uc,v such high protective tariff sentl-
ments."
Mr.. Longworth read the letter VIII
tan by Mr.. Wilson to Mr.. Aastlnss'
II h,s letter Mr.. Wilson said. in refer
ring to the proposed tariff comm's'
sion: s..
z 1T ought to be possible by sucn
means to make the question OF duties
merely a question OF progress and DE-
velopment, question OF adopting
means to ends of facilitating and help
ing business"
That is good republican ooc'lAne'
The presidents letter has raised some
thing of a rumpus In the democrauc
Damn Democrats may we'll ASK
where are we at! -burilAs 'on
Hawkeye. ~s s..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
ANARCHY RULES
IN MEXICO CITY,
REFUGEES STATE
STRIKES TIE UP TRANSPORTA-
TON AND THE Poems ARE
FACING STARVATION.

Ell Paso, Tex, Aug. IL. Conditions
in Mexico City are bordering on an
archy because of food shortages Aac'
cording to arrivals from the CAPITAL
here today.
The refugees, all Mexicans. said riot
ers had seized the electric lighting and
power plant outside the city and that
as a result the town had been without
lights or street car service for more
than week before their departure.
Poems throughout the country north
of, the capital are suffering from hun
ger, they added. The situation IN
Zacatecas was described as pitiable
At railway stations in that state, men
women and children beg travellers for
scraps of bread or bits of fruit peel.
Garrisons on both the American and
Mexican side of the river were aug
mented by the arrival Of fresh troops
today.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
TYPOS FEAR PAPERS
WILL CUT FORCES

baltimore, Nd. Aug. 12.-The dan
ger that thousands of printers may be
thrown out Of work because OF the
high cost Of white paper was said to
be a question seriously concerning
delegates to the sixty second annual
convention of the International Typo
graphical union, which begins here
next Monday.
John w. Hays, secretary and treas
urer of the union, said the alarming
paper shortage is making it difficult
for many newspaper corporations to
continue business. In some cities, he
said, there was talk of consolidating
two or more plants to reduce working
forces and expenses.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
Property Owners Secure an
Injunction Preventing
Any Trespassing
|SAY BOARD ACTED
WITHOUT AUTHORITY
Plan to Petition for Writ
of Certiorari to Test
Out Its Motion

A temporary injunction writ, signed
Friday afternoon by District Judge %.
M. Anderson. enjoins j. F. McAdam.
ct al. their agents. associates or en-
ployes, from entering the premises OF
Clarence S. Harper and Fred H. Hall
to cut down trees, destroy shrubs, re-
move fences or do any other act which
Will tend toward the establishing or
the new Ottumwa to Chillicothe road
through those grounds.
The plaintiffs, in their petition, filed
Friday afternoon with the clerk OF the
district court, say that the board of
supervisors acted without their juris.
diction on July "a, when they passed
motion ordering the establishing Of
a roadway between Ottumwa and Chil-
licothe along the south side OF tho
Des Moines river.
Mr.. Harper and Mr.. Hall state that
they are about to file petition ask.
ing for the issuance of q writ 81
certiorari to test out the legality o.
the boards order. Mr.. McAdams and
his co-workers are alleged to have en-
tered on the premises of the plaintiffs
and to have been engaged In the de-
stroying of timber and shrubbery The.
plaintiffs stated to the court that they
would suffer irreparable damage un-
less the defendants were restrained
from proceeding to lay out the pro-
posed road across their premises. TN
til the authority of the board OF super
visors Is determined by a proceeding
and hearing, following the issuance 81
the writ of certiorari, the men asked
the court to make an order, without
notice, which would enjoin the de-.
PENDANTS from entering the premises
or continuing the work
Judge Anderson's order stops an
work through the Hall and Harper
premises until further authority from
Judge of the court.
BRING CASE TO oTTUMWA.
Arrested and held for wife and child
desertion, Roy E. Pickard filed suit
In the Van Buren, county court against
w. s. Haney. sheriff at Keosauqua,
demanding his release on habeAa
corpus proceeding.
The case was set for an Immediate
hearing and to accommodate all par.
ties Interested the plaintiff, defendant
and witnesses met Judge d. NJ. An.
derson Of Abba here Friday afternoon
and the case was heard by the court
for about three hours.
At its conclusion the Keosauqua par
ties returned and the Judge went back
to bis home. Arthur Bartlett, reporter
for Judge Vermilion, was in the city
and took the testimony
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
SAVES MAN WHO
SOUGHT TO SLAY

Chicago, Aug. 12.-Alth0ugh be had
cut her throat a moment before, Mrs.
Emma Bender today prevented Chris
tan Wolf from ending hts own life
by tearing first an opened razor and
then a bottle of poison out Of his
hand. Mrs. Bender, a widow, is In =
serious condition at a local hospital.
Wolf, who had been paying atten.
tons to the woman, wrote several
notes indicating that he intended to
kill Mrs. Bender and himself becanso,
he charged, she had misspent money
he gave her.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
GERMANS CAPTURE
PROVISION SHIP

Copenhagen, Aug. l2.-The Danish
steamer Storebelt, bound from New
castle with 1.700 casks of butter, 1000
barrels of pork and a large quantity
Of eggs, has been captured by tho
Germans and taken into Swinemuend1.
according to the Politiken.
A dispatch from Malmoe says 4 sub
marine sank one of number Of Ger
man steamers which were being con.
voyed by German armed trawlers -
torpedo boats. 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
FAIL 70 LAND BURGLARS.

Manchester, Aug. 12.vThree Delhi
places Of business were broken into
Though the goods taken were not of
great value the fact that this was a
repetition of similar burglaries caused
the owners to call Sheriff ]. J. Pen
tony and direct him to secure blood
hounds from Waterloo. The dogs
were given the scent but did not To-
cate the guilty persons. 1t is the be-
lief Of the authorities that this was
the work Of Delhi young men but none
have been apprehended.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

Washington, D. c., Aug. - Wealth.
er predictions for the week beginning
Sunday were announced today by the
weather bureau as follows:
Great lakes region-Fair first half OF
week, probably followed by unsettled
weather and showers after Wednes.
day. Moderate temperatures
Upper Mississippi valley and plains
states Fair first half Of week, fol.
lowed by probably unsettled and show.
cry weather. Moderate temperatures.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
HELD COR MURDER.

Boone, Aug. 12.-Harold Davenport,
white. was taken in custody, charged
with murder as the result of the death
of William Ruse, colored, who died
early this morning of pistol wounds
inflicted last night by Davenport, ac-
cording to the police. Davenport. it is
said, accused Ruse Of statutory Of
Tense. sss
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

"Yes." he agreed. a
"And drinking, AID your club
yes" ~
And playing cards for money. Now,
doesn't anything else suggest intself to
you that you will give up of your own
accord?"
yes"
WHAT"
All idea Of getting married.
A militiaman in Van Cortlandt park
was being kissed and Rugged by a
wisp of wife and two small children
one day before the New York soldiers
left for the Mexican border, the wife
sobbing the while and the soldier do.
ing his best to comfort her. The
scene was performed in the open, and
woman in an automobile standing
close by remarked to her companion:
That man shouldn't be allowed to
90 to war. What right has he to de.
gsert that little woman and those two
small children? It's shame.
Whereupon the little woman let 60
her grip upon the neck and shoulders
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

We pass through this world but
once. If, therefore, there be any kind;
ness we can show or any good thing
we can do for our fellow beings, let, us
do It now: let us not defer nor neglect
#. for we shall not pass this way again.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
AUTO KILLS GIRL

Boone, Aug. 12.-Margaret Staley
aged 16, is dead today as the result of
an automobile accident last night
when the automobile in which she was
riding with three other persons left
the road and overturned. The other
three occupants Of the car were un.
injured.
The accident. it was said, was due
Ito glazing headlights on a car coming
lin the opposite dirsation.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
COMPLAINT BRINGS TROUBLE.

Cedar Rapids, Avg. 12.-Mrs. Olive
Bagley, proprietress Of rooming
house, complained to the police that
she had been robbed Of $3.50. and stat.
ed she suspected Elizabeth Bridges Of
being the thief. The latter when ar
rested admitted the theft, implicated
another and produced part of the
money. And then Mrs. Bagley was
given a jolt The Bridges charged that
Mrs. Bagley was the keeper of dis.
orderly house and she awaits trial on
the charge Miss Bridges will be tried
as an inmate,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

II takes a powerful pull to land
lob for a drinking man-when the
nrospecfiye employer knows that the
annlicant uses intoxicants. No en-.
ployer wants men who are not SOBER
at all times. .1e.. ~. IL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

preparedness" had enabled him to
seize the opportunity knocking at his
door. And the pretty girl who had
waited for him at the stage door that
eventful night now sat, proud and
happy. In the managers box and ap,
plauded her actor husband as he
achieved his stardom. She, too, be.
lieves In preparedness.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
SAFE IS RoBeED.

Orion, ILL.,. Aug. 12.-Orion resi-
dents were awakened early today by
an explosion which blew open the safe
in the Norton & Peterson general
store and wrecked the rear Of the
building. Two men ran from the 4
building after the explosion and 81.
capped. They secured $40.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

Carranza says 1t is treason for strik.
ers to stop the output of munitions.
Why all the rush for war munitions?
Is it possible he is not as friendly to
the United States as he pretends to be?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

The militia cavalry regiments nave
heen at the border for over month
now. but as yet the war department
has not had time to get horses Tor all
Of them. There are hundreds OF cav
a,rvmen who have yet to sit on
horse. .,...5
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
STREET CARS IN WRECK

Johnstown, Pa, Aug IL. From ten
to fifteen persons were killed and.
about forty others more or less injur-
ed at Echo, ten miles from here, soon
after II o'clock today In street car
wreck. The injured are being brought
to Johnstown 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
GEN. SHUTS DIES.

Cape Town, Union Of South Africa,
Aug u. Gen. Tobias SHUTS. member
Of parliament, is dead.
Cen SHUTS was candidate for the
presidency Of the Transvaal In 1897
against Paul Kruger He took a prom
inent part in the Boer war
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

IlWide tired wheels on wagons save
lie paving and give the greatest eff
cheney with the least effort. Ask the
horse. he knows.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

Two years ago, the daily French war
r.norts told of repeated repulses OF
the Germans-but always little CLOS
or 70 Paris. Today the German reports
+el, how Russian attacks have been re-
nn,sed. but again it is noticeable that
the Russians get closer to their goals
OV0sy day.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
sTIcKNEY is BURIED.

st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. l2.-FuneraI
services for A. B. Stickney, founder
Of the Great Western railroad and the
st. Paul Union Stock Yards, were
held today at the family home here.
Four grandsons were among the active
pail bearers. Mr.. Stickney, who was
76 years old, died last Wednesday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
SEEKING THE CAUSE.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. IL. "A foun.
dalton for thorough scientific inves.
tigation Of the cause, means of trans
mission and cure of infantile paralysis
has been projected by the Philadelphia
Pediatric society, 1t was announced to.
day. a .a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

A few nice cool days, now, will make
us forget the thirty-seven days of heat
and drought
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

Get some JOY out of life. The habit
ual crouch is an undesirable citizen.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

The knowledge of how to swim has
saved thousands Of lives. ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

OF the guardsman, turned with blazing
eyes to the woman in the motor and
remarked:
What business is It Of yours what
my husband does? He's going to the
front because want him to, II YOU
must know. He's going because
made him-that's why"
"That picture there" said the multi
millionaire, pointing to the pride Of his
collection, cost me three hundred
thousand dollars"
Gee Whit exclaimed his country
cousin. ~ heard tell they'd raised the
price OF them foreign dystuffs. but
had no idear 1t was as bad as all that
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

It is an excellent thing to have the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15

reputation Of being a gentleman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
FOUR IN CHICAGO.

Chicago, Aug. II. -Four new cases
of infantile paralysis have been re.
ported, bringing the total in Chicago
I'm n foptv.eipht
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
Euening Story
JiMMiE's PREPAREDNESS.
BY Fanny Gray.

Copyright. 1916. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-15
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If we are going to be married you
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-12

over. She had. with repitttions. sung
Just thrty-one numbers.
This achievement or this remark
able young woman, who comes from
one of the smallest hlmets IN New
Jersey, and who has in about SIX
years risen to . position in foremost
rank OF tho lyric artists OF our day,
will always stand ~ one OF the rarest
happenings in American musical life.
Her ability to Ill Carnegie Hall, the
largest concert hail in New York. In
song recital. the recognised highest
form OF art in singing. almost stunned
the blase New York public a city
where so many concerts are recitals
are given that tickets often 60 beg
ging.
The New York Sun said:
1T Is a delight to hear such pure
liquid tonea so clearly attacked. 80
firmly sustained and dynamically
graded with such delicacy.
The Brooklyn Times said:
ITO say that Anna Case possesses
one Of the most beautiful voices In
America Is q statement of simple
truth"
The New York Times said:
Miss Cases voice Is one OF the
most beautiful of its kind that has
been heard IN the opera house for q
long time"
The New York Evening Sun said:
Her Angels Ever Bright and
Fair from Hendefs Theodore was
one OF the most perfect bits of So
prano singing heard In recent years
The English words fell in lines as ex.
quisite as the pearls about a girlish
throat and there were yards OF those
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-12
Week of Laughter
Scheduled for Lyric

The superabundance Of comedy and
novelty provided by Manager Charles
w. Rex In the two shows announced
for this week insures a great laughing
week for patrons of vaudeville.
One Of the smart features Of the
bill for the opening half Is the Ella
borately staged farce production.
Love In the Suburbs" which will be
presented by the same cast that intro
duced 1t to New York two months ago.
Love in the Suburbs Is a breezy
little one-act farce by Charles II. Dick
son, the well known actor-author,
who Is responsible for Three Twins"
Bright Eyes," The Week End" and
numerous other successes. This Is
Mr.. Dickson's latest and undoubtedly
his best vaudeville playlet. 1t is
something altogether different in the
sketch line. 1t presents highly
amusing. intensely interesting, ex-
cruciatingiy funny. and above all.
thoroughly consistent episode that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-12
Howe Features
West Point Scenes

s Lyman Fl. Howe has never dtsap-
Spointed IA local audience and thus he
sEA1ns new faces every season, in ad-
3d1fion TO his old patrons who know
What to expect when his name APP
spoATx The new Travel Festival pro-
gram promises just as many wonder
I'll reproductions as it's predecessors.
aaA ID reported as full of surprises be-
#tHg varied assortment OF clever trav-
F4t scenes taken in the four corners
NQk the world: instructive. funny and
Nn1NAys entertaining. The program
will include delightful scenes In Sun
m Spain. far off Hawaii, Norway. with
III famous fjords and towering noun
stafns. beautiful specimens Of fish and
GRAPHICAL birds in natural colors. new
eliminated cartoons and other comedy
MINIS.
One OF the most interesting features
~ al Americans will be a reoantly
series depicting the life
14he cadets at West Point
The vital question of the hour u
I 49, We Ready?
Il The halls OF Congress resound with
arguments pro and con.
The country AT largo is realizing
4t3so gravity OF getting ready" and
A41fS topic is one of absorbing and all
ss3Mportant interest. The film proves
khrausively that in one respect at
.INANt. we are prepared and that Is in
4 NM training Of our cadets at West
SSA04Nt. There is something fascinat-
4 ~ about the words West Point
IN 80 very Intangible and underlined
knA there is come alluring glamour,
There should be In what is re-
&N8x1ed AS one Of the very best mill
10y schools in the world but It has
I'M this reputation because Of the
#aoroughiy efficient training in force.
#34e Aim Is really a biography on the
@6oGAen OF the manifold duties and ac
E&&1ttes OF a cadet from the moment
his arrival 20 the glories of grad
e1On day. Every American should
Mr.. Howe's West Point pictures.
&4&1y will be presented AT the Acade-
on Friday and Saturday and Sat
#NN1ay matinee.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-11-12

The Nveming Tsisoram I'D:
Radiant In white and silver against
. background u palms IN Carnegie
Hall last evening, lGiss Case. Ameri-
can lyric soprano. was ~ good to look
upon ~ she wa satisfActory TO listen
to. Her beauty. her youth, her ex-
Quisits voioe and her deepensd artistic
instinct explained the enthusiasm Of
Miss Cases oyernowinF audience last
night s-
Miss Case win appear IN the City
Auditorium November - with the
famous pianist. Rudolph Ganx, under
the direction Of w. H. Belts. our local
concert manager. who has brought to
Richmond many Of the worlds great
est concert artists. CAM is con-
sidered a technical wizard. and at the
same time plays with warmth, sim
certify and unaffected manliness.
The ticket sale will begin at 9 A. NJ.
November 18th at w. d. Moses e. Co,
los East Broad Street.