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A* VOLUME 63 I WITH THE JOLLY SHRINER MEN Camel Riders Here for Grand Ceremonial Session Tonight with 25 Novices $ Ready for Torture. GREAT PROCESSION BEGINS AT 5 P. M. uorgeous Parade to Make Its Way Through Streets t: of Ottumwa Sumptuous Banquet to be Served. To the weird, ceasless sound of the tom-tom, setting the frivolous pace for the Jolly bunch to prance along, but without the music of the strange oriental flute which sets all to dancing the step of^the far east by its mag netic strains, the Mystic Shriners, bristling with fun and frivolity, reached the mecca of their long journey, Ottumwa, at 12 o'clock, noon today. The great caravan drew up be fore the Union depot, over 300 strong happy in anticipation of a roaring good time for the next twelve hours in this hospitable oasis, where the Inhabitants awaited with outstretched arms to receive them and take them into the garden of plenty, the coolest springs bubbling forth to quench the thirst of the hot, hungry wearers of thi red fez. Alighting from their camel humps in the land of the friendly they proceeded to form their forces in great array in one grand parade to the first at the bountiful "feed shop." Leaving the depot, their bright head pieces bobbing in count less numbers, nodding to friend and stranger alike, the great, joyous par ade wended its way to Main street, the tomtoms once more ringing out their weird thumps, but still with the ab sence of dance makers, setting the pace for those in the rear to follow. DOwn Main street, the business cen ter, the jolly camel riders came, quickening their pace with every step, some imagining they1 could already gain the scent of the great feast await ing them under the hospitable shelter of the palms. The Ballingall was the place and without-a moment's delay the pack camels were driven up and unloaded and the tempting foods were placed before the waiting Arabs. For one long hour they feasted, making the place ring with many a peal of happy laughter. See the City. ^-'Wending their way to the Masonic temple on West Second street, in twos and threes, arm in arm, but with a dower gait under the pressure of their feast, the red-topped Shriners, took a short rest, preparing for the work of the afternoon and evening. At 2 o'clock a great procession of automo biles drew up before the temple and took the camel-riders aboard for a tour, of the city. With Frank A. Nim ocks supervising the steering appara tus of the leading machine, the train mat" 3 a trip throughout Ottumwa, taking in all the sights everywhere, north, south, east and west. They were then given a real treat and at the same time shown what the good road enthusiasts have accomplished in the way of obtaining good highways on the main roads of travel to and from Ottumwa. They were taken to the north road, around a loop of many miles of the smoothest and finest graded roadway in the state. Having viewed all points of interest they re turned to the temple about 4 o'clock, refreshed from their cool ride, to pre pare for the great parade. The Grand Procession. MbThe Lrt gorgeous and wonderful parade scheduled to leave the temple at |h o'clock, the greatest Bight'Ottumwa umas seen for some time. With Ilus Ijgcrate Potentate Sears in his flowing obes occupying the auto in the lead, Hollowed by the other Shriners of rank ithe' prooession will start. But they .Jwill not go unguarded aB Chief of Po Bice J. E. Beeman in his auto-flyer, and ji platoon of police will clear the way {{ahead. Following the chief moguls Swill come the mule, "Maud" bedecked Sin dazzling robe, a premonition of what is coming to the novices a few I hours later. "The Sauer-Kraut" band, as It is termed, or the oriental flute and tom-tom will form the next sec I tion of the procession, leading the fam ous Arab patrol of Davenport. This squad, dressed In oriental garb will give exhibitions on the line of march for the Ottumwans who turn out to witness the parade. The Fifty-fourth regiment band follows, the real musi cal feature of the procession. Then the Shriners, with their fez head pieces, the emblem of the order em blazoned on the front. Dejected Novices on Board. Some place in the parade, the twen ty-five or thirty notives, dejected and miserable creatures, will be forced Into the line cf march, where they will be most conspicuous. The water wagon has been brought into play and they will be made to ride it now if never before or never again. They myst also suffer the humiliation of riding in the (Continued on Page 8.) 3 jjk y' f} Jl I nmuia President Taft Cannot Arrange to Visit In Iowa 4,4.4,4,44,4, a Washington, D. C., June 2.— President Taft will leave to 4* night for Chicago, where tomor row he will make one of the 4» most Important speeches of his 4* campaign for Canadian reel- 4" procity before the Western Economy society. Secretary Fisher of the interior depart ment, will accompany the presi dent. Owing to the fact that a 4* schedule could not be arranged 4» 4* which would assure the presi- 4* 4 dent's arrival in Baltimore on 4» June 6, in time for the Cardinal 4» Gibbons' celebration, he will 4» 4» not make the proposed trip to 4, Waterloo, Iowa, to speak at the 4» State Dairymen's convention. TWO BIRDMEN BADLYjNJURED FRENCH ARMY OFFICER AND PAS SENGER SUSTAIN BROKEN LEGS IN BAD SPILL. Hyeres, France, June 2.—Lieut. Luice of the French army, and his passenger, M. Hennequin, had a nar row escape from death today while at tempting to conclude the first stage of the Paris-Rome-Turin aeroplane race. Each man sustained a broken leg. The aeroplane was demolished. The lieutenant was under orders from the ministry of war to accompany the contestants on their first stage from Paris to Nice. Upon leaving Avignon yesterday he lost his way. in the fog, finally after wandering for a considerable* dis tance out of his course, landing at Marseilles. This morning the lieuten ant resumed his flight toward Nice. He made a superb start and the aero plane was~golng well as it passed over this city.-A short time later, however, the aviator returned to the aerodome at Hyeresfor the purpose of adjusting his motor. When a short distance from the ground the machine swerved sharply and was capsized. Attendants rushed up and the two men were taken from under the wreckage and sent to the hospital. Two Contestants Delayed. Pisa, June 2. -Aviator Frey, represent ing Germany in the 16,000 mile Paris to Turin air race spent the whole of this morning trying to repair his machine for resuming his flight from Pisa to Rome, but was unable to get his motor to working properly. Vidmore, who broke the left wing of his aeroplane on landing at Celnca, 35 miles south of Pisa yesterday, re turned here today and is awaiting the arrival of a new machine. LOS ANGELES UNION MEN TO FIGHT BACK Clarence Darrow to File Suits for Mil lion For False Art-eat of Men Held for Picketing. Sari Francisco, Cal., June 2.—Clar ence S. Darrow, counsel for John and James McNamara, accused -of mur der in connection with the dynamiting of the Los Angeles Times, conferred with local labor leaders here yesterday over suits, which, it was announced, would be started against Los Angeles city officials for alleging conspiracy and false imprisonment "of men ar rested for picketing." Directors of the various manufact uring concerns, it was announced, also will be made party to the suits, which are to be for $25,000 damages in each caso and will amount to about $1,000,000. Darrow expects to leave for Chicago and Indianapolis today to perfect his knowledge of the case. BARRICADE HOME TO AVOID LYNCHING Men Who Engaged 'in Battle With Posse Monday Surrender to Officers. Muskogee,. Okla., June 2.—Pony Starr and Joe Davis, who engaged in a desperate battle with a posse at Porum, Okla., thirty-two miles from here Monday, gave themselves up to the county officers here yesterday and later went to the home of Davis' father here to spend the night. Immediately the house was barricaded and the oc cupants prepared to withstand a siege of fifty men who started for the place for the purpose of lynching the two men. Moreover, the members of the mob threatened to run out of the county all friends of the two. In the house tonight .with them were- Pony Starr's wife and his 7-year-old daugh ter Joe Davis, Jack Davis and his wife, Sam Davis and his seven boys. It is now known that in Monday's battle five men were killed and four teen wounded by Starr and *Davis against the mob of thirty men who rode up to Starr's home, armed, masked an£ disguised by wearing dresses in an attempt to capture Starr and Davis. ^nt **w*4 V,6'1 \*g& J8 START ANO END INTERESTING PART OF MEET Spectators Must be Inside of Aviation Field to Get Full Benefit of Thrills Barrier Talks of Flying. GUARDSMEN TO PATROL THE FIELD Company to be Used at Grounds First Day of Aviation Meet at Des Moines a Success. The real excitement in an aviation meet, such as will be held at Wild wool countryside next Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday, is gained only by being inside the aviation field, where the start and finish of the great flights can be witnessed. The bird men who will appear here are fore most In their profession, and they will show the great crowds who are expected to fill the aviation field some of the most exciting and thrilling ex amples of mastery of the frail air craft that will carry thSm to great altitudes. Otumwans have scrutin ized airships at close range, but never has an opportunity been given the residents of this city and many In southern Iowa to view the flights of the flimsy, yet powerful aircraft that the Moisant International Aviators will bring here next week. The oppor tunity is one that none should miss, and the aviation field in South Ot tumwa should be packed on the days of the monster meet. Rene Barrier, the winner of the Castle Morro flight prize, who will fly here, is considered one of the best aviators in the profession, today. The lure of the olouds holds something more than excitement to Barrier. He tells of the fascinations found-in avia ting in the following words: "You ask me why I like to fly high, why it is that when I leave the ground I immediately start climbing up to the higher altitudes instead of remaining nearer the ground and my answer is that I love the great heights, that when the day is calm and the winds certain and not treacherous, I would rather fly than take the most enjoyable" ride In any other vehicle than an aeroplane. "There Is something that lures me on tp the clouds. .Many times I have started out intending to remain within five hundred feet of the ground but always I find myself climbing, climb ing, until the houses below me look like little specks and the forest or woodlands merely little patches. of green. "It is quite up there. It is restful. Always it is cool and very often ex hilaratingly cold. Several times I have had the ice form on my machine, forcing me to descend. "High flying very often tries a man's nerves if he allows himself to think how awful it is to be s6 close to his maker and so far away from his fel low man. But one should not think of the danger. I give myself up sole ly to the working of the machine and to watching the scene as it unfolds it self below. You can see for scores of miles in every direction. Very often you can see as many as three or four rivers. Once when making a cross country flight I could see the sun plainly while below me all was dark. This was owing to the earth's curve ture and my great heigth. It is won derful, this altitude flying and to me it is the most pleasant of the many fea tures of the game." The Commercian association has en listed the services of Company to patrol the grounds an do guard duty during the meet. Captain C. E. Schamp will have a full squad the entire three days for protection to the public and to keep all out of the way of the The Meet at Des Moines. The first day of the monster avia tion meet at Des Moines yesterday was a distinct success. Concerning the activities of th*# birdmen, the Register and Leader this morning said: Rene Simon, the little Frenchman with the reputation for putting on fool stunts in the air was the first man out yesterday. During the afternoon the wind, blow ing from the sonuthwest, reached a maximum velocity of twenty miles an hour, this at 4 o'clock. Simon waited until 4:45 o'clock before he mounted to his seat in the tall of his Moisant monoplane, right back of the engine and the propeller. Simon doesn't waste any time get ting off the ground. One turn of the propeller caught the explosion of the gas, in a twinkling the propeller was out of sight in its own speed, making 1,250 revolutions a minute. Loosed by the helpers the machine sailed straight down over the heavy sand and up into the teeth of the wind, amid the cheering from the hundreds (Continued on Paere 8.) ppqiMMJimNMi 5S-l»w H*t¥" OTTUMWA, AMPELLO COUNTY, IOWA,SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1911 WOOL TARIFF Compromise Measure Intro duced With Explanation it is not "Abandonment of Principles." UNDERWOOD FORCES ROUTED MR. BRYAN Free Wool Advocates Had to Accept 20 Per Cent Duty on Raw Article Bill Now Goes to Committee. Washington, D. C., June 2.—The compromise resolution adopted by the democratic caucus last night, bringing about a union of the free wool and rev enue tariff forces, came officially be fore the house today, when Chairman Burleson of the democratic caucus asked that It be read for the benefit of the house. The resolution follows: "Resolved, that the bill revising schedule K, as presented to thiB cau cus by the majority members of the ways and means committee is not to be construed as an abandonment of any democratic policy, but In view of the democratic platform demand for a gradual reduction of the tariff and in the depleted and depleting condition of the public treasury, as a result of re publican extravagance, a tariff of 20 per cent ad valorem on raw wool is now proposed as a revenue necessity." The reference to abandonment of democratic principles was greeted with laughter and applause on the re publican side. Republican discussion of the caucus was prevented by objection fropi the democrats. The bill to revise the wool schedule as .reported. to and approved Jby the democratic caucus was introduced in the house today by Mr. Underwood and referred to the ways and means committee. -•. s. Free Wool Men Lose Out. Democratic members of the house having finished their party struggle over tne wool tariff and agreed, almost unanimously to support the Under wood bill placing a duty of twenty per cent ad valorem on raw wool, prepared today to meet the attacks upon the proposed revision of the schedules that are to come from the republican minority. The democratic plan was to introduce the wool bill today and refer it to the ways and means committee, by which it would be reported favor ably next week. Leaders of the democrats where jub ilant over the result of their caucus of last night. They were pleased be cause differences threatened by the interposition of William J. Bryan in advocacy of free wool had been ad justed and the party apparently ce mented in its support of the revtenue measure. They construed the action of the caucus as a rebuke to Mr. Bryan. Representative Underwood, who with Speaker Champ Clarke led the fight for a revenue tariff on wool from the beginning of the special session said: "The adoption of this bill and the unanimity with which it was received by the democrats, many of whom did not favor it as a policy, but who were eventually brought to see Its revenue necessity, demonstrates again the earnestness and wisdom of the demo cratic house. As for Mr. Bryan's at tack upon the bill I can only say that he has received his answer from the democrats who never bolted a caucus." The senate was not in session to day. Republican* Charge Trlok. The charge that democratic leaders are adjourning the house over Monday are adjourning me a general pension bill and other meas ures that might be brought up only on that day was made again today by Minority Leader Mann, when Mr. Un derwood asked the house to adjourn until Tuesday. Mr. Underwood denied that the democrats were trying to delay legis lation. He said they were taking up the bills promised in the extra ses sion. By 153 to 65 the adjournment to Tuesday was ordered. The Democratic Caucus. The proposed democratic revision of the wool tariff—the Underwood bill —unanimously was approved by the democratic caucuB at midnight. Rapid maneuvering by the democratic house leaders disposed of the opposition of the free wool advocates. Through a resolution which leaves the democratic party open in the fu ture to renew its advocacy of free trade in raw wool, but which commits all democrats to the support of the present bill, as a revenue measure, al most unanimous agreement was reached. The resolution was Introduced by Representative Kitchen of North Car olina, who had advocated free raw wool. His resolution declared that the support of a duty on raw wool should riot be construed as an abandonment of the democratic Dolicy of free wool. ivy mmms. mmmm 4 +4 ^f*r *?, JWOOS 444444 4 4*4 E TO I LORIMER CASE Senate Committee on Privi leges and Elections Will Meet Tomorrow to Start Inquiry Washington, D. C., June 2.—The senate committee on privileges and elections will meet tomorrow to con sider the Lorimer case. Notwith standing the absence of a definite agreement the committee will proceed to choose a sub-committee of eight members to conduct the inquiry as suggested yesterday in the open sen ate. v»hen the selection is made tne names will be reported to the senate whl«h will either confirm or reject them* It is not. believed there will be further debate as all Concerned ap pear anxious that the inquiry shall be undertaken as speedily as possible. Lorimer Probe Plan Adopted. Senator William Lorimer faces an other investigation at the hands of his colleagues. The Inquiry will be con ducted by a sub-committee of the committee on privileges and elections, composed of four republicans ai\d four •democrats, four of whom voted for the conviction and four for the acquittal of the senator last session. The method selected is regarded as the latest thing in jury trials. It took, seven hours' debate to agree upon the system, which finally was adopted last evening by a vote of 48 to 20, being substituted for the plan urged by Senator La Follette of turn ing the case over to five senators who were not members when the case was voted upon before and therefore were supposed to be unbaised. Kenyon Makes Maiden Speech. Senator Kenyon made his maiden speech a vigorous effort in the senate late yesterday afternoon in connec tion with the Lorimer case. Briefly but strongly he set forth the reasons why he did not want the privileges and elections committee, of which he is a member, to conduct the investigation of the Lorimer bribery charges and why he favored and would vote for a special committee as provided for in the LaFollette resolution. Senator Kenyon spoke immediately after Senator Lea of Tennessee had spoken. It was also the first speech for Senator Lea and In opening Senator Kenyon Bald he realized that a new senator ought to follow the advice of St. Paul to the Corinthians, regarding women, "Let them keep silence In the churches," but he said Senator Lea had spoken and he felt he should do so. "That senator from Idaho," said he, alluding to Heyburn, "has said that ca *e beolng wii else. That is true, Recently I have tried everywhere been in the south and I find It is being discussed there. Recently I have been In Iowa where we know nothing of at tempts to get senatorial seats by trickery or bribery and I find it is be ing discussed there. It is being tried every where. Public sentiment, at -Which some may sneer, has decreed that this Investigation shall be thor ough." Hot Shot at Hinec. Senator Kenyon fired a hot shot at Hlnes, the "lumber trust" representa tive. He said it was an abhorrent thing to him that the heads of the "lumber trust," in an aroma of cock tails and cigars should boast of spend ing $100,000 to "put over" the election of a United StateB senator. "If Mr. Hlnes has this Information, said he, we want to know It." He declared that he had the great est respect for the committee on priv ileges and elections and especially for the gi'eat lawyer, Senator Dillingham, who is at the head of it, but if the sub committee in the last investigation should not discover that Hlnes had something to do with the election of Lorimer when the matter was up in the air,' then its inquiry was not thor ough. The question, he declared, went to the very roots of reoresentative eovernment. owner *uy of Minnesota Cashier Robbed of $14,000 Belonging to the Students Minneapolis, Minn., June 2.-^Joseph D. Bren, cashier and account ant of the state university, was held up by three highwaymen on the bank of the Mississippi near the university this morning and robbed of $14,000 which he was carrying in a satchel. He also lost his watch and his month's salary of $166. Mr. Bren had drawn the money from the Northwestern National bank, Minneapolis. It was to be used for refunds to the students. He took the currency in a satchel, boarded the car for the university and, getting off at the Washington avenue bridge, started toward the campus along the river bank. Back of Millard hall a man sprang out from behind a tree and levelling a revolver at Mr. Bren, ordered him to throw up his handB. Disregarding the pistol, Mr. Bren started to run. The bandit seized him by the collar. Whil Bren was struggling with his assailant, two other men rushing out from the bushes, seized Mr. Bren and took the satchel from him. The trio es-caped. EL PASO TODAY FOR CAPITAL Insurrecto Leader Will Have Big Guard on Trip Large Crowds at the Station When He Departs El Paso, Tex., June 2:—Francisco I Madero, jr., left here for Mexico City today. Crowds of people thronged the station and voiced their good wishes in hearty cheers as the train pulled out. Madero Has Big Guard. Going by way of Eagle Pass, Senor Madero intends, after crossing the border to travel In a special train, guarded by armed insurrectos. Senor Jffadero is. due to arrive in Mexico City at 10 a. m. next Wednesday. Those selected to accompany him in eluded Raoul Madero, his brother and Francisco Madero Sr., his father Col Gulssepi Garibaldi and army officers, who participated in the revolution. The little white house on the banks of the muddy irrigation ditch near Juarez where Madero had his headquarters, presented a busy scene today. Wagon loads of documents pertaining to the business of the revolution were hauled to the train. Senor Madero himself was greatly pleased with the prospects of his reaching Mexico City. Just before the time Bet for his leaving, Senor Madero heard of the looting of the city of Parral, an im portant mining town near Jiminez. A band of rebels entered the place and took away $50,000 from the banks there. FOUR KILLED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT Prominent Harrlsburg, Pa., Man and Two Women Crushed to Death When Car Jumps Bridge. Harrisburg, Pa., June 2.— Miss Laura M. Neilson, a stenographer of New Bloomfleld, near here, the fourth victim of the automobile accident last night In which three persons were instantly killed, died in Mercy hos pital. She never regained conscious ness after the accident. Miss Neilson was in the automobile with C. A. S'elfton and W. R. Harrar, prominent Harrisburg men, and Mrs. Robert W. Dunlop. 1 They were crossing a long bridge that spans the Pennsylvania and Reading railway tracks when the ma chine crashed into the railing of the bridge and fell 50 feet to the track. All were dead except Miss Neilson when removed from the wreckage. Seifton was married and the owner of a large carriage factory. Harrar was unmarried. KANSAS CITY HAS A FOOD COMBINE Kansas City, Mo., June 2.— A tem porary restraining order seeking to oust the Kansas City Frujt and Pro duce exchange and to dissolve It as an alleged food trust may be required of Judge A. F. Evans, special com missioner hearing testimony here, was announced by Henry Jones, assistant prosecuting attorney today. This declaration was made as the result of testimony of S. J. Hurst, a member of the exchange, who ad mitted on the stand that eggs are Btored to keep up the prices. Mer chants were not in business for their health, he said. AMERICAN ADMIRAL BANQUETS THE JAPS Yokahoma, June 2.—Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdock, commander In chief of the U. S. Asiatic fleet gave a dinner tonight on board the flagship Saratoga to the Japanese army and pavy dignitaries. The American squad ron will sail from Yokohama June 5 bound northward. .committee of the hoot*. v' Wim-. 1 $ GARY FAVORS U.S.C0NTR0L OF Chairman of Steel Board of Directors Declares Sher- man SAYS GOVERNMENT SHOULD FIX PRICES Declares Corporation Only Wants to Know Where it Stands That it May Pro ceed Without Criticism. Washington, D. C., Jut*e 2.—Elbert t7 .?ary- chlef What the U. 8. Steel corporation wanted ho said was some responsible and official department of government to whom it could go and say "What prices can we charge and just what can we do." Favors Government Control. "Personally I believe the Sherman act" said Mr. Gary, "does not now and never will fully prevent the organiz ing of great combinations of capital. I believe we must come to enforced publicity and governmental control of corpdratlons." "Do you mean government control even as to prices?" Mr. Stanley asked. "Yes, even as tfr prices. So far am concerned, speaking for the U. S. Steel corporation, I would be very glad if we could know exactly where we stand and could be free from the dan gers and criticism of the public. I wish we could go to some responsible governmental source and say 'here are our facts, here is our business, here is our property and our cost of production' and could be told Just what prices we could charge and Just what we could do. "Mr. Gary said the real problem was not the making of big profits but ,it was rather the establishment of a defi nite understanding of the legal situa tion. "Do I understand that you believe Ift strict governmental supervision of corporations?" asked Representative Littleton of New York. "Yes, I do. I know that Is a radical position, but something must be done," said Mr. Gary. "Is it your conviction" Mr. Littleton asked, "that the Sherman anti-trust law is archaic, and unable to deal with the modern situation?" Yes." Do not the interpretations of that law practically order a contlnuanoe of the old competitive system as opposed to co-operative modern methods?" "I am afraid they do" Mr. Gary re plied. "We do not want a condition of uncertainty In which we do not know what we have a right to da" Representative Young of Michigan asked Mr. Gary if he thought the na tional government had a right to fix prices of commodities in Interstate commerce. "My opinion," said Mr. Gary, "Is that so far as It relates to interstate com merce the federal government has that right.' Mr. Gary, asked if the U. S. Steel corporation was in a position to fix prices, said that co-operative business methods which had succeeded high competitive methods, had made It pos sible for the big corporations to in fluence prices. "We cannot dominate them" he said. It is not the big corporations that charge prices so much as the small corporations that cut prices and force the big ones to come down. Increased prices are to be charged for steel rails In the near future, ac cording to Mr. Gary. Higher cost of labor and raw material, together with a demand for heavier rails was given as the reason for the proposed advance. Representative A. P. Gardner of Massachusetts today was elected to the special "steel trust" investigating ..-.I, Pi NUMBER 127 k¥T& Law Cannot Deal With Modern Combines. executive officer of the United StateB steel corporation, re suming his testimony before" the houae "steel" trust investigation com mittee today, denounced the Sherman fu I law 88 ""chaic and declared that governmental control of corpora tions eventually would come. Mr. Gary asserted that the steel cor poration would welcome such a change and would be glad if the government would go so far as to direct the price of products. In explanation of the reported world wide trust, Mr. Gary said that a con ference would be held in Brussels, July 5 and 6, next, to organize an inter national steel institute similar to the American iron arid steel institution. In no Instance, Mr. Gary said, had there been tny atempt at an unlaw ful or an expressed or implied agree ment. Mr. Gary also declared that en mittee. Mr. Gary declared that en-' forced publicity and governmental control of corporations must eome. even as to prices. He said he be lieved the Sherman antirtnurt law--was too archaic to deal with the modern situation and never could fully pre vent great combinations of capital. 1M ¥r -'•4 JlS ?r.i ll •KM ""it# fsl & 'J" liL