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Mr S 31 .V 4^''v: ,V 1 1t'"j5V^: VOLUME 65 President Wilson Says That Events of Last 24 Hours are Clarifying. LIND ARRIVES AT MEXICAN CAPITAL Putyic is Apathetic and No Demonstration Attends His. Appearance., Washington, D. C.. Aug. 11.—Presi dent Wilson let it be known today that he was Inclined to believe there was mi organized desire—proceeding from sources unknown to him—to bring on a war between the United States and Mexico. The president does not regard the movement as ex tensive but as very troublesome, and referred to mlsreprenestations in som individual newspapers. He indicated that he shared some what the, views of Senator Williams, who declared in a speech last Saturday that an organized lobby existed to involve the United States in war. There Is no occasion for alarm, the opinion of the president, wTio told callers today, that within the last forty-eight hours the Mexican situation had improved materially. It was made clear by the president to those wltn whom he discussed the situation that the instructions to Jonh Lind, his per sonal representative Were chiefly to in form the American government how things stood generally In Mexico ana Just what were the opportunities for the good offices of the United States In the interest of peace. Sooner or later it was pointed out, Mr. Lind will make certain sugges tions to the Huerta government through the American embassy, but in just what circumstances has not"yet j«en fully d6t«rmine4 on* Any tping In the suggestions that m*y„ Properly be made public will be revealed, ac ... AflkAialtt VlAra puouu w*u uu cording toftdmtnist ration offlciala here id f« and fweigu govemto'eflt will be con stantly apprised, of the various steps taken by the United States. This may not take pte.ee, however, for several aVfeVMi President Wilson has had no direct communication either with to® Huerta government or the constitutionalist authorities and he indicated to his callers today that he would welcome more Information about the purpose of the constitutionalists. It was learned also that the P1"®6'" dent has not yet formally considered recognition of the belligerency of the constitutionalists but that in so far as territory alone is concerned, he regard ed that held by the constitutionalist kg strong enough in proportion to that controlled by the Huerta government to make recognition of the constitu tionalists. not wholly unjustifiable from a diplomatic ajtandjtoint. Arrival Lacks Thrill. Mexico City, Aug. 11—The arrival of John Lind, whose mysterious mis sion to Mexico Was the direct cause of a public manifestation yesterday in support of General Huerta's attitude toward administration mediation, has been devoid of any thrills. When Mr. AT.fnri as the personal representative Tf, President Wilson, alighted from his train last night after a tedious days Journey from Vera Cruz, there were (Continued on, Page 7, Col. 3.) DEMOCRATS CAUCUS ON CURRENCY BILL Washington, D. C., Aug. 11—Demo crats of the bouse faced a long strug gle over the administration currency hill when they caucused today to con sider the measure. Chairman Glass, with ten democrats of the banking committee behind him and with the support of Representatives Under wood, Palmer, and other administra tion leaders, went into the caucus hope ful of securing harmonious support of the currency bill as it has been ap proved by President Wilson. Opposition to the bill was led by democrats who favored broadening the system of issuing circulating notes, so that they could be secured on ware house receipts for corn, wheat and cotton, as well as on commercial paper as provided in the Glass bill. Repre sentatives Henry of Texas, Neeley of Kansas and others led that feature of the fight. FRENCH NAVY WILL USE THE AEROPLANE Paris, Aug. 11 —The ministry has given its approval to a scheme for the development of the aeroplane to co operate with the navy. M. Bardin, the minister of marine, will ask parlia ment when It convenes for an Immed iate approprlaton of $2,750,000 for this purpose. HOT AT TOPEKA Topelca, Kas., Aug. 11.— Sunday night was the hottest night ever re corded at Topeka. The mercury reached the 100 degree mark early to day for the eighth tlmein as many days. r\ W#5^ PEACE PROSPECT ,* |T DELIVERS TIRADE IT MILL DEMOCRATIC SENATOR MAKES STRONG CHARGES AGAINST NEW ENGLANDERS. Washington, D. C., Aug. 11.—Sena tor Hollis of New Hampshire, demo crat, flayed the cotton manufacturers of New England in a tariff speech to day In which he declared New Eng land had not been discriminated against and characterized the charge that the tariff reduction would ruin the textile Industry there. "The cotton manufacturers have taken the highest protection and paid pauper wages," said he. "They are compelled by statute to work humane hourB and conduct their buBineBs on humane lines and not one has volun tarily reduced the hours of labor. They seek to control the government to pre vent labor legislation, escape just taxes, to control the police and inferior courts, and secure military aid for the suppression of strikes. They secura special commodity rates for their goodB and other preferences from rail roads. They oppose the election of democrats by coercing their employes and they make inordinate profits at present tariff rates. It is a question whether one sided development of this kind is best for any community. Starvation Wages. "Thousands of adult operatives work for $7 a week and live A number of General Torres Castro's officers who had fled to the mountains of Macuro after the defeat,of Castro's adherents on July 28, when they at tacked the government forces in the city of Macuro also were taken pris oners. Fighting continues in the state ,of Tachlra. The army government troops ar rived at Maracay on Friday under the command of President Juan Vicente Gomez. The United Spates cruiser Des Moines was due to arrive In Venezue lan waters yesterday. The archbishop of Caracas today In structed the clergy to pray for peace. 6EU STRIKE PLUMED Work to Enforce Socialistic Reforms. A. —. fl^.UIUiU connection with the general" strike ordered by labor leaders. Both the qulrinal and Vatican are guarded. MUMS SENT TO JUL Home Sentenced to Terms in Prison. London, Aug. 11.—Seventeen mili tant suffragettes were sentenced to day to terms of imprisonment ranging from a week to two months as a sequel to yesterday's attempt to storm Premier Asquith's official residence In Downing street. Sylvia Pankhurst, leader of the storming party, was not among the prisoners as she had been taken direct to Holloway Jail to serve another por tion of her previous sentence. ffl MSS1*" 1 *:.*£ *7*-K!kfJ under ^k IOWA—Unsettled with showers Tuesday! warmer wretched conditions. The death rate in our New England mill cities is the highest in the United States. It is certain that the cotton industry of New England should not receive any special consid eration in the pending bill due to £ast good conduct. "In a recent contest in New England for United States senator, certain democratic members of the legislature chanced to be employes of a certain great textile corporation. They were waited on at their homes and 're quested' not" to vote for the caucus candidate. They were not threatened with discharge but the implication was very plain. What sort of a claim have men' like this to special favors at the hands of adexnocratlc congress?" Though Senator Hollis did noteay sbV the reference was t^en'l»ybther senators.to be the reoent Tfew Hamp shire contest in wjtiich he was fleeted after a deadlock.- /, TIKE illllCM Venezuelan Federal Troops Capture One of Leaders of the Present Revolt, Caracas, Aug. 11.—General Torres Castro, a relative of former President Ciprlano Castro, was captured on Fri day by the government troops com manded by Generals Corcekas, Say ago and- Bustamente, according to an official communication today. Laborers of Italy Called Upon to Quit lynching a negro who attacked Mrs. I. Ns-" Milan, Italy, Aug. 11.—A general prisoner in an automobile aud out strike throughout Italy was proclaimed distanced a s?ore of other machines in a manifesto issued today by the ^at pUrSued them over a large portion syndicatist and socialist workmen's pemiscott county. The sheriff's organizations here. The manifesto party kept ahead of its pursuers in the urges all workmen's unions to take im- I Downpour of Last Night is General Through the State and West. WORTH THOUSANDS TO LOCAL FARMERS Wapello Co. Farms Were Crying for Moisture 7 for the Corn. In the matter of dollars and cents, the real value of last night's rain may never be known, but it is a safe esti mate to place the amount of good done in Wapello county alone at thou sands of dallors. Few reports have been heard of the damage done by wind, lightning and downpour. Perhaps the greatest In convenience was shouldered onto the telephone, electric and telegraph com paries all of whom were damaged to some extent. The Bell company is the greatest sufferer. It being estimated at their offices this morning that about 400 phones in the city are temporarily out of commission. It was hoped to have these righted by thlB evening. The toll lines to Dbb Moines and Oskaloosa also suffered heavily, and are reported to be down In several places. Workmen are repairing them today, as well as those to Grlnnell. In the rural parts of the county, wind and the heavy rain were 'accountable for the most of the damage. In a num ber of places the lines are reporte4 down, but no fires or other damage are known to be due to lightning. pttumwa, according to the reports of the telegr&ph and phone companies, was on the edge of the storm belt. Des Moines, Grlnnell and Oskaloosa all were hit harder than other points. Cities on the Mississippi reported a heavy Taln,~hut very.,., little stoftn. Points west of pes* Moinetf makp a like report. 3 .ww'*4 First Rain Light. The first rain- yesterday, falling during the morning hours, did little to aid the dry lands. It was more of a local shower and only .08 inch was recorded at the local weather bureau. The rain last night, however, started shortly after 11 o'clock and continued until nearly 7 this morning. The fall at this time was 1.70 inches, more than has fallen all summer. Rain is State-wide. Des Moines, Aug. 11.—Rainfall gen eral throughout the state, varying in depth from one-tenth of an inch to a full inch, yesterday soaked' the thirsty Iowa prairies and halted the dry, hot Weather in its progress at destroying a primised bumper corn crop. It was a rain worth millions of dollars to Iowa. George A. Wells, sec retary of the Western Grain Dealers' association, said late last night that the rain had come at Just the right time to prevent serious loss In the corn crop. He declared that his estimate of a week ago, placing the Iowa corn crop at 377,000,000 bushels, could now be repeated. Saturday It had appeared that the estimate would have to be reduced to a great extent. Little permanent injury had been done the corn, Mr. Wells believes. Where the soil was light, and there- (Continued on Page 7, Col. 2.) ATTEMPT TO LYNCH NEGRO IS FOILED Carruthersville, Mo., Aug. 11—A mob of several hundred farmers bent on -r_ flW mil Ad Ollie Johnson at Canaddy, six miles south of here, was foiled by Sheriff Stubblefield and his deputies last night when the officers placed their mce mediate action and to carry on the, placed in jail at Cape Girardeau early this morning. strike to the bitter end Garrison Held in Readiness. Rome, Italy, Aug. 11.—The author ities here are holding the garrison In ,, s-a-a-in rtwmTtixTiv/i readiness to repress any disorders in Leaders of Storming Party at Asquith home in Corning, la. Thirty-six other $ from town to town. He was VICTIMS OF MEXICAN OUTRAGES RETXJRNJNG New Orleans, Aug. 11.—Lily and strongly Edna Gourd, the American girls who were mistreated by bandits near Tampico, Mexico, last week, while their father, Matthew Gourd, bound to a tree, looked on, powerless to help them, arrived here last night on the German steamer Spreewald from Tampico. They left today for their American refugees were aboard. Passengers declared that Ameri cans were fleeing from Mexico, leav ing everything behind them. WORKER ELECTROCUTED. Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 11.—James Coombs, aged 26 years, engineer's helper in the electric light plant, was electrocuted yesterday by falling on a live wire at the switch board while sleeping on the floor. A shock of 2,600 volts passed through his body. Coombs came here a month ago from Sterling, Colo., aud is survived by a .inar ri wrnx I KNIGHTS TEMPI! FIFTY THOU8AND EXPECTED IN THE MID-WESTERN METRO POLIS LAST NIGHT. Denver, Colo., Aug. 11.—It is esti mated that 18,000 Knights Templar ar rived in Denver yesterday and late last night to attend the thirty-second annual conclave which was informally opened here Saturday nlghC. Special trains bearing .commanderies continu ed to arrive until after midnight and each train was met by an escort from the Colorado commanderies and marched to their, hotels. Early this morning St. Berhard commandery, Chicago, arrived and were the first of the day'B influx of templars. They were soon followed by Malta commandery, No. 31, Ottum wa, Iowa, and tit intervals of a few minutes, special trains reached the union depot and additional armies of sir knights, cohorts glittering with sil ver and gold of full parade uniform descended upon the conclave city. Seventy-eight special trains carry ing a total of 219 coaches wltlr 25,000 knights and ladies abroad were sched uled to arrive today. Knights Extoled. The coming of the sir knights to their triennial conclave was the sub ject of many sermons by local min isters, all of whom accorded high praise to the fraternity of Christian militants whose badge of progress is the cross and the crown, and whose divine service held later in the day proved to be the most impressive re ligious ceremony ever witnessed In Denver. Public Interest in the conclave cen ters between the great dress parade ot Knights Templar to be held tomor row morning and the ball to be given in honor of the sir knights at the great stadium Thursday night. JAILED FOR KILLING GIRL'S ASSAILANT Seul, Kore«|, Aug. 11.—James Mason, the American^ manager .of the gold mines at Un-San in northern Korea, was sentenced to eighteen months penal serltude on a charge of man slaughter for killing a Chinese mine employe who in the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Mason committed a criminal assault on their 12 year old daughter. In his defense today Mason pleaded the unwritten law but was condemned. An appeal against the sentence was entered at once. SPECIAL OFFICERS HUNT FOR THIEVES Charlestown, W. Va., Aug. 11.—It be came known today that a large force of special and state officers were put to work last night along the Chesa peake & Ohio and Norfolk & Western railroads in West Virginia to capture if possible a band of thieves who last week robbed cars of merchandise worth approximately 1100,000. Char leston and Bluefleld are believed to be the principal headquarters of the gang, although their operations have covered many other towns. X«OCAL TEMP.—fl p. ra., 76: 7 a. m., *4j 2 p. m.. 8«* precipitation, l.T« In. OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY. IOWA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1913. NUMBER 156 A TICKLISH JOB. BRIEF ITEMS IN THE DAY'S NEWS CALCUTTA'—Floods rMulting "from hftavy rains ip Bengal are reported to have caused the loss of hundreds of lives and great financial' damage. HlAVRE—An arctic expedition beaded by Jules Von Payer left for the north polar regions yesterday for the purpose of exploring and gathering scientific data in Franz Josef landL. NASHVILLE, TElilN.—With .700 dele gates present, the 59th annual con vention of the International Typo graphical union began here today in the state capltol. BRUECK, GERMANY—Fritz Roessler, a German aviator and a pupil named Stephan, were killed here yesterday when an aeroplane in which they were riding fell. COLON—Thirteen men were killed to day by an unexpected slide at the Porto Bello quarrv which completely buried a steam shovel near which re or in BRATMER, MO.-William J, Collins, 22 years old, according to county of ficials, confessed today that he killed his friend John P. Benzon, formerly an attorney of Brayjner and burned the body In the BenSon shanty on a claim near Clemens,'Alberta, Canada, last May* after taking $1,600 from the clothing. SUGGEST SMS FINANCE CATHOLIC8 WAUKEE IN SESSION AT MIL HEAR PLAN TO EVADE DOUBLE TAX. Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 11.— Three sessions of the convention of the American Federation' of Catholic Societies were planned for today, start ing with a business meeting at the auditorium. While visiting Catholics number some 30,000, the business of the gath ering is in the hands of about 500 dele gates. The big convention, which was inaugurated on Sunday by the celebra tion in St. John'B cathedral of solemn pontifical mass by Cardinal Gibbons and a sermon by Archbishop Keane, was featured in the afternoon by a parade of various societies in which more than 15,000 persons took part, and in the evening a sacred concert was given. Among the things to be discussed during the convention are religious teaching in the public schools and the problem of taxing Catholic citizens to maintain public schools when they are already maintaining parochial schools. Bishop McFaul's solution for this Is: "First, let Catholic schools remain as they are. "Second, let no compensation be made for religious instructions. Our principle is, let the pastor take care of the flock and live by the flock. Third, let Catholic children be ex amined by a state or municipal board, and if Catholic schools furnish the regular education required, let the state out down the cash." tw •'v.r•••"" rS RESULT DAKOTA, MILITIA, MAY BE CALLED TO SCENE. Mlnot, N. D., Aug. 11.—State troops may be called out today to preserve order If an attempt Is made by In dustrial Workers of the World to con tinue the street meetings which last night resulted in the arrest of eighty persons. Incensed over alleged insults to the American flag, citizens attacked In dustrial Workers and scenes of excite ment followed.The police were un able to control the rioters and called on the sheriff apd the fire department'. Arrests still were being made today although the jail was crowded to over flowing. A'threatening mob surged about the jail but:as the morning wore on it began to disperse. The trouble began Saturday night when Jack Law, a street'speaker and his followers were made targets of a volley of bad eggs. Many of the disturbers as well as speakers were placed in jail.. Although warned against holding street meet ings at which speakers attempted to encourage harvest hands to hold oat for higher pay, the Industrial Work ers resumed their activities last night. It was reported that many citizens were armed. Dewey Dorman, socialist street commissioner, and Art Lesuer, former socialist president of the city commission and prominent in state politics, were among those jailed. Industrial Workers early today wired St. Paul and Minneapolis for more workers and a band of them is expected to arrive before night. TOWN OFFICIALS TEAR UP INTERURBAN Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 11.—Seventy five armed men, officials and citizens of Rosendale, a suburb of Kansas City, Kan., today put the finishing touches to the re-graded streets where yester day the Kansas City and Olathe inter urban railways tracks, in defiance of the railway commission were torn up and the road bed reduced to grade by the Rosendale Mayor, J. R. Wimmer and a band of determined men. TURKISH SULTAN IS DEFYING POWERS A Constantinople, Aug. 11.—^The porte has made an evasive reply to the reo ent note of the powers threatening that the powers would withdraw their moral and financial support from Turkey unless the Ottoman govern ment ordered Its troops to retire with in the Enos-Midia line in accordance with the treaty of London. LIGHTNING KILLS COW8 Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y., Aug. 11. —When Henry Dietrich, a raiser of blooded stock, went to his barn today he found eighteen registered cows dead in a row. Lightning had run the length of a string of stalls, killing everything within. The barn, strange ly. was not damaged. .U''Q ,. v»jyt' FAIL TO SECURE Senate »ih »i«ja Investlgat- Committee Holds a .'JtL* iPrfef Senton^jm DUKE 'AND PICKLER OFFER STATEMENTS Both Deny That They Caiv, Give Evidence of Gri In tVote Machine De up- *. A sworn statement of his conni with H. W. Barr of the Empire Votl Machine Co., and a copy of the oon tract entered Into between the coawj pany and the three Ottumwans, was made this morning by T. H. Plckler to» the Butts investigating committee of. the Illinois legislature. N. L. Arrlson and John W. Gray refused to appear, before the session and L, I* Duke made & verbal statement in which ha declined to testify because his dlentyr were his informants and they refusal to give testimony before the com mittee. The session while slated for 10 m. and later gathered at noon, did not get organized until 1 p. m. and was over with in half an hour. The Illi nois men returned home on Burllngto* No. 6 at 1:39. No evidence beyond the statements of Pickler and Duke were taken. -u i- A fist fight featured the late moraine previous to the gathering of the con* mittee at the Ballingall hotel. Th« rumpus wag started by the story appeared this morning in the Chicago Inter Ocean in which the writer TV ferred that the Ottumwa men were la hiding Sunday.' Mr. Plckler took offwnsq on -th« grounds that he bad held a telephone conversation with newspaper man lasl evening and relenteD being ttmed a qulter ana one who would run. Upon tha return of tfce reporter lo the hotel with other, members of th« newspaper profession frbra Chicago, h« was met at Greenland Main streets by Mr. Plckler who took him to task tor his story. Blows were struck and friends of Mr. Plckler pulled him awajr from the fray after the affair began- tj gather a crowd. The men were separ ated and both were taken Into the hotel and the crowd dispersed. The advent of the investigating com*/ mittee with Chicago attorneys afcd newspaper men gave rise to the pros peot for an Interesting session7 here to day. The Illlnolsans came In on Bur lington No. 3 this morning with tha exception of Attorney F. W. Wslker, representative of Andrew Lawrence^ E. E. Marriott, representative of th« ChiCKfeo Examiner ,and B. C. Clarke ol the Inter Ocean. These came etfilleri the latter being here all day Sunday. Held Conference. The hearing was scheduled for '10 o'clock this morning in the Ballingall hotel, but did not materialize at that hour. One reason for this was a con ference held between Chairman Butts of the committee and former Governor Deneen, attorney for the investigating body, and T. H. Pickler. The meeting was held in the office of John W. Gray. The three Ottumwans, Pickler, Gray and Arrison, were all seen by Messrs. Butts and Deneen of the commission, and there was no disposition to hlda made manifest by the local men. Gray and Arrison maintained their attitude of silence today and refused to have anything to say to the commission iu the hearing investigating the alleged voting machine scandal. Judge McEwen had nothing to say for publication, but was willing to spend an evening with the reporter and speak of generalities. He alluded to the story of Chicago buying voting machines through the influence ot o£ tumwa brokers, and the alleged scan dal that has resulted, as a wierd tala and largely a Chicago political and newspaper fight. He said it was im material to his client whether testi mony was taken oir not, but that h« came In advance to get a knowledge of the local conditions because ha happened to have a day at his dis posal. Plekler's Affidavit. State of Iowa, county of Wapello, sa: 1, Thomas H. Plckler, being dv|y sworn, on oath say that in view of the statements containing my name with the Chicago voting machine contra«L desire to make the following state ment. In this statement I include all of the matters with reference to said contract of which I have any personal knowledge, and all matters In which I have had any connection, but do' not Intend to give reports to those things which have come to me through hear say and in which I have had no part whatever. I have known H. W. Barr, agent for the Empire Voting Machine Co., for several years. During the winter of 1910 and 1911, I saw him several times In Ottumwa, and frequently talked with him about his business and other matters. On one occasion during said time, I, with two mutual friends, met Mr. Barr on the street. We all engaged (Continued on Page 54 $ I