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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
WOMEN DENOUNCE
SUFFRAGE PL ANk
OF THE DEMOCRATS
LEADERS SAY THAT THEY WILL
USE ALL OF THEIR POWER
TO DEFEAT PARTY.

st. Louis, June II. Leaders Of both
the Woman's party and the National
American Woman Suffrage association
Friday night united in denouncing as
inadequate the suffrage plank of the
democratic platform and declared they
would Immediately resume their fight
in congress for national recognition.
I'VE shall return to Washington ~
quickly as possible" Miss Anna Mar.
tin. chairman of the Woman's party
said. We are going to give the demo,
cratic congress one more chance to
make good before adjournment. II 1t
does not see fit to pass a constitutional
amendment, war will follow.
Some of the democratic leaders
pretend to see a declaration for ma
tional suffrage In the plank they have
given us. do not so interpret It. But
We shall give congressional leaders
every chance to read that interpretA
ton into it if they want to. ! regard
the democratic plank weaker than the
republican,. The preamble Of the lat
ter, at least, is regarded by some as
giving national Endorsement to suf.
frage.
100000 Votes and $4,000.
Thus far we have not worked out
details Of our plans for fighting the
democratic party this fall, for We have
hopes that the congressional leaders
will see the light. But II they continue
to oppose us, we will fight them. And
it will be a good fight, too. We have
100000 women voters, 100000 In
cash. good cause and determined
spirit With all of these We cannot
help but win"
Adopt Wilson's Plan. s... ...
st. Louis. June 16. The democratic
national convention finished Its work
late Friday afternoon by adopting the
party platform exactly as approved by
President Wilson and submitted by
resolutions committee, including tho
planks on Americanism and fayoring
woman suffrage, but not until the har,
mony of it's three days sessions had
been rippled with a row over the suf'
frage plank.
No voice was raised against the Wig
orous declarations Of the Americanism
plank. At one time 1t looked as II the
suffrage plank had been lost but after
Senator Walsh Of Montana had told the
convention that President Wilson him
self considered it vital to party sue
cess, It was voted into the platform by
ballot Of ssS1s to 1917.
The whole platform then was adopt
ed without q roll call. .u..
Asit went into the platform the SUI
frage plank stands:
I'VE favor the extension of the fran
chise to the women of this country
state by state, on the same terms al
to the men," .....
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
HISTORY. BUT NOT IN BOOKS

| Near the outskirts or Los Angeles
is bit of ground underneath which
lies bed of asphaltum. In this thick,
| black substance are concealed thou
sands of skeletons which once be-
longed to strange, prehistoric animals.
The owners of the thirty-fve acre
| tract has presented this subterranean
treasury of ancient secrets. to the city
of Los Angeles with the understanding
that the search for fossils is to go on,
and that the skeletons recovered are
| to be housed in museum to be main
| tanned upon the spot.
The LaBrea ranch, on which prehis
| toric bone discoveries were first made
three years ago, has already produced
I the most striking collection of Skele-
tons of prehistoric animals in exist
ence. The country in that section must
have been a favorite haunt for strange
animals of all kinds in the dim ages Of
! the past The theory is that these ami
mails wandered unexpectedly into the
asphaltum area, We're overcome by
fumes. and expired. The asphaltum
preserved their bones in perfect condi-
ton. Up to the present. the complete
skeletons of sixteen imperial elephants
hundreds of skeletons of unknown
species. including enormous birds.
This rich discovery is destined to
prove immense Importance to scien-
fists, who up to the present have been
obliged to reproduce prehistoric crea-
lures from more or less incomplete
specimens. Montana, Nebraska and
Wyoming have yielded many remark
able fossils. These, however, have
usually been recovered only at great
labor, the bones being encased in solid
stone, or buried deep in the earth. The
bones on the LaBrea ranch. however.
are easily recovered, and it may be
possible to construct from them
story of the prehistoric animal king
dom which some dav will amaze the
world.-Cincinnati Times-Star.,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
STUDENTS TO WORK
IN MUNITION SHOPS

Manhattan. Kas., June 17.---Thirty
students of the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college left here today for
Charleston, S. c., where they will
work during the summer months in
munitions factories. The students
are members of classes in engineering
departments. Recently several mum.
ton plants wrote to students in the
college offering them jobs. The let
ter stated that iff1culty was encoun.
tered in securing semiskilled labor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20

The truest word that can be said
about Mr.. Harding. the republican can
didate for governor, is that he is 4
normal human being. He goes to no
extremes, one way or another. He
proceeds in comman sense. bust
ness-like manner. And the explana-
ton of his extraordinary success in
the election may be attributed to the
fact that the people wanted return
to normal things. They are tired OF
being excited first by one man and
then by another only to fnd out
that for all their hysteria they &c:
nothing that counts.-Cedar Rapids
republican ~. |. tt.-r-<
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
PROMISE WARM WEATHER.

Washington, D. c., June IT, Wealth
er predictions for the week beginning
Sunday issued by the weather bureau
today follow:
Great lakes region-Fair and con-
sideraby warmer next several days.
Thunder showers. however. probable
about Wednesday or Thursday.
Plain states and upper Mississippi
valley-generally warmer first half OF
week Cooler with probably local
thunder showers latter half Of week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
RANGERS ON DUTY.

Laredo, Tex, June 17.-Texas ran
ers, under command of Capt. j. ~
Sanders and several armed citizens,
were hurried early today to Islitas.
twenty-five miles up the Rio Grand0
from Laredo. on a report that Mexican
bandits were seen approaching the
settlement.
Few details of the reported proposed
vicinity, however, advised the few
Morrow ranch house, whence request
for aid was telephoned.
Gen. Mann, commanding the Laredo
district of the border patrol, has a
body Of troops in that vicinity.
There is an 6ndercurrent OF unrest,
according to reliable reports here,
among the Mexican civilians and sold
iers in the territory between Monterey
and Neuvo Laredo, 1t has becoue
openly known that Gen. Carranza has
given orders that. II American soldiers
enter those portions Of Mexican terri
tory not already occupied by Mexican
troops, it would be considered an act
OF war and the Mexicans have orders
to give battle Immediately.
Hanna il Back.
Philip c. Hanna, U. s. consul gem
eral at Monterey and one Of the tw0S
remaining American consuls in Mex
leo, accompanied by half dozen other
Americans, arrived here today. Hs
was reticent as to the object Of his
visit.
Asked regarding conditions in Mex.
leo and the probable length Of his stay,
Consul Hanna replied
Everything is quiet down the line.
may remain two or three days"
1t has been known for some time
that Consul Hanna was instructed by
the state department that he could
leave his post any time at his own diS.
erection.
Consul Hanna Immediately on his ar
rival asked for an American news
paper. He appeared surprised when
he glanced at the headlines but would
not comment on overnight develop
ments.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
WILSON TO OPEN CENTENNIAL.

Davenport. June 17.-President vii.
son. will open the Fl. Armstrong cen
tennial at the Rock Island arsenal
Monday noon by wireless through the
Arlington station. He will press a
button at the white house, which will
unfnrl an immense flag on the pag-
cant grounds The celebration at
tending the one hundredth anniversary
,of the founding Of fort on the ar
senal island will last all week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
SUPREME COURT IS
UNUSUALLY ACTIVE

Washington. D. c., June 17.--More
cases we're disposed Of by the supreme
court during it's recent term than dur
ing any other term since 1890, accord.
ing to summary of business just
completed by James D. Maher, clerk
of the court A total Of SAT cases
were passed on, while in 1890 the
court considered 610 cases. There
still remain on the docket 522 cases.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
RoosEvELTls STRONGER.

New York, June 17.-TheodOr0
Roosevelt passed comfortable night,
coughing little but not violently. and
today his voice was stronger and he
hoped to return to his Oyster Bay
home in the afternoon. The colonel.
his physicians announced last night,
has suffered slight attack Of pleurisy.
They considered his condition satisfac.
tory.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20

It is the critics of finance and bust
ness who-to mention but few in
stances-have given to the army
aeroplanes that are grossly defective,
to the navy submarines that are in
constant trouble, who have passed
laws which have driven our ships off
the seas in the worlds trade, and
other laws which have plainly brought
it about that in the year 1915 less
railroad mileage has been constructed
in the United States than within any
one year since the civil war
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20
SENDING OUT TRUCKS.

Appleton, Wis. June 17.--Thirty-
three army automobile trucks. the
first to be shipped with the bodies on.
leave Clintonvllle today for Ell Paso.
The war department, it is said, altered
it's order so as TO include the bodies to-
enable the trucks being put into COM
mission as soon as they arrive on this
border. Eleven Appleton men 60 -
drivers.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20

Some men are endowed with the
ability to compress the maximum
amount Of poison gases into few
explosive words.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20

How about your savings account ?
This will be good evening to start it,.
Don't neglect it. Once started it is
not nearly so difficult,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-20

commoner, was exceedingly sarcastic
and frequently ungallant. .
Upon the occasion of we'll known
wedding he began to descant on the
absurdities of the marriage service.
when l married. he said. "all the
worldly goods with which l endowed
my wife might have been carried In
a bundle over my shoulder" 49,.
"Ah. but Robert interposed Mrs,
Lowe. there was your great intel
lect"
We'll. / certainly did not endow
you with that, dear" was the rejoin,
der. 49,. '
In explaining the sources Of food
supplies and the refining processes
preceding their appearance on the
table. the teacher asked how coffee
was prepared. The youngster to
whom she put the question said he
couldn't tell.
mot after all this talk?" she said.
II am surprised at you. And you a
grocer's son, too"
"If you please said the boy in self
vindication. II do know, but mustn't
loll. IL q u duc bCSlC CT cAu IoIhCl
would whip me If told
ROADHOUSE MANAGER DYING.
Elgin, ILL.,, June 17.-John Jurs, pro-
prietor of roadhouse in Hanover
township Cook county, just east of
here, is dying this morning as the re-
suit of bullet wound received in a
fight in his roadhouse last night. John
Stark OF Chicago is held by the Elgin
police, charged with the murder.
Stark was wounded by shot fired by
George Jurs q son OF John Jurs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
ROUNDS OUT 45 YEARS
AS SPECIAL policeman
Ben" HOPPER. 70. Has Arrested a
Small Army of Prisoners and
Walked $4,000 Miles on Beats.

"Watchful walking throughg eleven
Presidential administrations, with a year
to spare. is the boast of Benjamin Frank
lin Klopfer. who completes his forty
fifth year as a special policeman when
the clock strikes o'clock tonight He
has watched longer than any policeman,
special or regular, now in service in
Washington.
Ben has arrested a small army of
persons in his forty-five years as a pri-
vate watchman-he thinks the number is
at least one thousand. The miles of
bricks he has paced is less easy to calcu-
late, but at an approximation of five miles
a night, he figures it to be about $1,000.
The private property he has watched is
valued at millions, and includes lumber
yards, machine shops, and a variety of
business houses between Eleventh, Four
teenth, and B streetc and Pennsylva MIA
avenue northwest.
Ben has many tales to tell. For same
forty-three years his beat" took In the
old TenderlOin district. He tells of des-
perate conflicts with criminals he has
frustrated, criminals who worked in the
days when no street lamps aided the
Waterman in his rounds.
Ben is 20. Though he took up watch
ing as a profession in n, during Grants
term, he expects to see the day when a
Socialist will be at the White House
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
DANIELS To ADVOCATE
Change IN SUB PLANS
Secretary of Navy Would Build Four
Smaller Vessels in Place of Two
Proposed Undersea Craft.

Secretary of the Navy Daniels will go
before the House Committee on Naval At
fairs in the near future and advocate
an abandonment OF the plans for the
building OF the two 400-ton sea-going
fleet submarines. authorized by Congress
last year, and will propose that the
5000. 900 appropriated for the vessels be
expended in the construction OF three or
four smaller vessels of the coast defense
type.
At the same time he will urge that for
the present the navy devote itself to the
building Of as many Of the smaller craft
as Congress will allow, provision being
made afterwards for the construction Of
experimental boats.
Although Admiral F. F. Fletcher, COM
mander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet, and
Rear Admiral Grant, commander in-chief
of the Atlantic Fleet submarine flotilla,
are in favor of building SOO-ton boats Of
the German U-type, the Secretary is in
clined to urge that the department de-
vote itself for the present to 100 and 500
ton boats Of the H and K classes.
The KS was reported in trouble yes
terday OF the Florida coast, and the de-
partment has until lately been having
engine trouble with all the boats Of this
class. In recommending the smaller types
the Secretary Is backed by Admiral Ben
son. chief OF operations, and other bureau
chiefs.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05

1t lie true that the companies did direct
communication 20 the committees seek
ing the new wage scales and Offering ar
DURATION. but this communication was not
an acceptance Of the offer Of arbitration,
but clearly Indicated that the companies
We're unalterably opposed 20 the traction
employees acting In a collective way TO
adjust their grievances
The traction companies stand alone In
their opposition to arbitration.
The traction employees have, therefore,
conducted their transactions with the
company In strict consonance with pub
lie opinion, and with fervent desire 70
avoid an open rupture.
THE traction companies have been un-
yielding, treating the suggestions offered
by the newspapers and their employees
with disdain."
The following letter, written on a let
terhead OF the Department Of Agriculture
and signed Paul Coryell, ISIS F street
northwest was received by the street
car mems union at the meeting at Typo
graphical Temple last midnight:
Enclosed you will find 81, the price of
ten days ride TO work and back. shall
walk so long as your strike is on and
shall be glad to give your union the price
of two fares each day, to the end that
justice may be done the working man IN
Washington"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
.FUTURIST WOULD PUT
. POWER House in MALL
Charles Lagosa. Local Artist. Tells
Press Club Structure Would Be
Expressive Of the Age.

II the government Is guided solely by
the interests OF art, the proposed central
power house will be built, not near the
Mall, but right out in the middle of 1t,
according to Charles Lagosa, young
Washington artist, who spoke in defense
of futurism at the National Press Club
last night
Mr.. Lagosa was quite serious. ,.
THE best art" he said, "is simply that
which best expresses its age. and moth
ing could be placed In the Mall that
would better express this age than a
well-designed and well-built power
house"
Mr.. Lagosa also criticised the Lincoln
Memorial on the Speedway as initiative.
THE idea was, appropriated bodily from
classic antiquity" he asserted, and II
does not now and never can express
Honest Abe Lincoln to the American
people,
Mr.. Lagosa was followed by Alfred
Lohr, another young artist of this city.
who attempted to explain what the
cubists, futurists, and post-impression-
lists were trying to do. Michael Jacobs,
Washington portrait painter, gave an
expose" OF all these schools. A number
of paintings and sketches by leading ex-
ponents of the schools were on view
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
.K-6 IN TROUBLE OFF
COAST OF FLORIDA
American Submarine Believed to Have
Experienced Battery OF Engine Diff
6culties-In No Danger.

Another American submarine is in
trouble. The KS, lately laid up for
battery trouble at Charleston. s. c., Is
reported, in a dispatch which reached
the Navy Department yesterday aft
ernoon, as beng in difficulties of the
Florida coast
Although the report, which came
from Key West, did not give the ma
ture of the trouble, officers of the
Bureau OF Construction and Repair
believe that either the batteries have
failed again. or that engine trouble
has developed. The dispatch merely
read:
~. s. S. Peoria and the coast guard
cutter Tampa have been sent from Key
West to tow the U. s. s. KS to Key
West. The u. S. s. Panther is In
readiness to proceed from Key West
in case her services are required,
which is not contemplated. U. s. s.
'McDonough is standing by KS U. s. s.
KS is in no danger and will be towed
to Key West"
According to officials of the Navy
Department, there has been trouble
generally with the oil-cooling systems
on the X boats with the result that
the engines frequently have got too
hot to operate safely.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
6 CLERGY TO
RI ZACH AT MISSION
the4 ominent Churchmen From
b q S of East viii Speak at
Episcopal Services.

ftaar ointment Episcopal preachers
fFaia = - York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Fattls4d Ne, and other parts of the
1alsed IS will occupy the puIpits of
Are uissrral churches of this city dur
lcs the 81 ten preaching mission, which
casHle for two weeks, beginning
= lar rich T. and ending Sunday,
sisFch With one or two exceptions,
hers mission will be from March
- TO April .
Rev. DR.. Robert Ohnston, who will be
the missioner at the Church Of the
Epiphany, IS rector Of the Church of the
Saviour, Philadelphia. He is an English
man, a graduate of St. Augustines Col
lege, Canterbury. 1893. where he took
hOnors. Soon afterwaTd he went to Can
ada, where he soon became prominent
because of his ability as a preacher. He
returned later to Edinburgh as rector of
an important church From there he
went to Philadelphia, where he has been
for seven years past.
The services at Epiphany will be on
Sundays at II a. m. and S p. m, with a
service at 40 p. m. for men only, and
on week days, except Saturday, at noon
and at p. m. with service for children
at p. m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays and
Fridays.
to be Very Rev. Frank L. Vernon, D. D.,
dean of the Cathedral at Portland. Me.
He was fer some time the right-hand
man Of the late Bishop Goldman in the
difficult work of the diocese of Maine.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
JITNEY DISAPPEARS
FROM CITY STREETS
Rumors of Railway Strike Cause Citi-
zens to Seek "Five-Cent Taxis,"
But None Can Be Found.
My kingdom for a jitney.

With TumOrS OF a street car strike
aflOat, residents of Washington-par-
ticularly the suburbanites-are cast
ing nervously about for the "five-cent
taxis." but. alas, they look in vain.
Six months ago Washington had If
teen jitney companies operating ap-
proximately fifty cars. Today, so far
as the District tax collector knows,
there isn't a single jitney running.
For months the ''ive-cent taxis" wore
out tires in an effort to compete with
the electric railways. When the new
license year rolled around not one
company renewed its license.
Would a strike of street car en-
ployes revive the jitney business in
Washington?
The suburbanites, at least, would vel
come the return Of the jitneys. The COM
papies that operated in Washington dur
ing the last license year, and the num-
Der OF their cars, follow: The Arlington
Bancroft Auto Company, eight cars; Bal
timore and Washington Boulevard Com
pany. Inc, four; District Jitney Bus
Company, six; Employees Of the South
ern Railway Company, one; Jitney Bus
Company, ten; Stein, Harris & Dulcan
six; Washington Missionary College, one;
Washington Transportation Company
three: Virginia Auto Service Company,
six; Salina NJ. Wright, one; Thomas NJ
Nolan. two; Mrs. c. NJ. Singleton-Jack
one; Agnes Maher, one; W. Cotton Pal
Iner, two, and James NJ. Swaine, one.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-05
LANSING HONOR GUEST
OF PSI UPSILON men
Secretary of State and Counsellor
Frank Lyon Polk Entertained By
Fraternity Members.

A dinner in honor of Secretary of State
Lansing, Amherst. SO, and counselor for
the Department of State. from Frank
Lynn Polk, Yale, '94, was held at the
Metropolitan Club last night by members
Of Psi, Epsilon Fraternity. There were
seventy mem bers Of the fraternity pres
ent. representing the following colleges:
Bowdoin, Columbia, Amherst, Michigan.
Yale, New York University, Dartmouth.
Cornell, Syracuse, Wisconsin, Lehigh,
Trinity, Chicago, Wesleyan, Kenyon,
Rochester, Brown and Hamilton.
The POSTMASTER was George X! Nc
Lanahan, Yale, IS. president of the Psi
Epsilon of Washington. Among those
present were: Summer Increase Kimball.
Bowdoin. '55 for thirty years superin-
tendent of the Life-saving Service; Earl
d. Babst, Michigan, '93, president of the
American Sugar Refining Company;
Morris Hadley, valedictorian OF the
senior class in Yale. son of President
Hadley; Henry s. Graves, Yale, 80,
Chief Forester of the United States; Sen
ator Newlands, Yale, '67; Senator John
son, Bowdoin, 70: Charles A. Perkins.
former district attorney Of New York
State; Ira A. Place, Cornell, 81, first
vice president of the New York Central
Railroad George r. Van Nance, Cornell,
OF, secretary of the Democratic State
committee; Ord Preston, Yale, 'ss, OF
Washington; Frederick r. Coudert,
Columbia, 80, of New York; Alonzo Pot
ter. Yale, "a, OF New York; Charles Noble
Gregory. Wisconsin, II. OF Washington;
James s. Jenkins, Yale, "a, of Connect
cut; George s. Coleman, Wesleyan, 76.
counsel for the public service commission
of New Pork State; Burr W. Jones, Wis
consin. 10 formerly member OF Congress;
Prof. E. A. Grosvenor, Amherst, 81, pres
ident of National Society of Phi Beta
Kappa; his son. Gilbert Grosvenor, editor
of the National Geographic Magazine; S.
S. Day, Yale. II. missionary in India;
James c. Sawyer, treasurer Phillips
Academy, Andover. Mass; George H.
Moses, Dartmouth, 30. formerly Minister
to Greece: A. Garrison McClIntock, Yale.
80; Lawrence Maxwell, Michigan, IA.
formerly Solicitor General of the United
States; Theodore Francis Green. Brown.
81. Of Providence, r. l.; Nicholas Lu-
quer, Columbia, IS. of Washington; ]. F.
Carter. Yale. SO: T. B. Paxton. jr., Yale
80, of Cincinnati: A. r. Server, Hamil-
ton, 81, of Washington: r. H. Ives God
dard. jr., Yale, '0l, OF Rhode Island, and
S. S. Gregory. Wisconsin. TO- formerly
president of the American Bar Associa-
ton.