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VOLUME SIXTY-BIGHT
VERDUN BATTLE
COSTING BOTH
SIDESJEflVILY
Paris Reports That Strife
Is the Bloodiest That
Has Yet Occurred
GERMAN ATTACKS
CALLED FAILURES
French Claim That Early
Advantages of Enemies
Have Been Offset
Paris, May 34. —The battle around
Verdun continues to rage with a vlo
lence unexampled even in this re
gion. The Germans are striving with
every resource in their power to cap
ture Hill 804 and Dead Man hill, on the
left bank of the Meuse and to win back
the famous Ft. Douaumont on the right
bank, which was wrested from them
by Gen. Nivelle's brilliantly planned
and executed offensive.
Without full possession of the line
from Pepper hill to Vaux fort, the Ger
mans can not hope to capture Verdun.
Even if they succeeded in taking this
line they could not hold it unless they
were also in possession of Hill 304 and
Dead Man hill, which outflank the line.
Driven to desperation by seeing so
much of its work undone, the German
command has hurled attack after at
tack against Ft. Douaumont. At the
same time it has kept up its onslaught
tin the left bank of the river to pre
vent the French transferring any
forces to the main scene of attack.
All day yesterday the tide of war
ebbed and flowed, inches of ground be
ing won and lost at an appalling cost
in men. As one French officer *aid
"Plots of land come high here." Again
and again after reducing tranches to
a crumbling heap of ruins by a deluge
of shells, the German infantry dashed
forward, only to be caught and swept
away by a hurricane of curtain fire
from the French batteries and ma
chine guns.
The conditions of the present war
have transformed the traditional furi
OUB
courage of the French soldiers in
to Immovable stoicism. Men have
stood their ground manfully in a situa
tion which seemed beyond human na
ture to support. When night fell the
positions on both sides were unchang
ed. The French held all their gains
while the Germans incurred fearful
losses without getting near to any de
cisions. Describing the battle around
Ft. Douaumont, one combatant said:
"Four four miles behind us there
was not a trench or a communication,
nothing but shell holes, one within an
other. Every inch of the ground was
plowed up by an expenditure of am
munition which is inconceivable. It is
the abomination of desolation. Not for
a second do their guns cease roaring
or men cease falling. As soon as a
trench is made the shells begin to drop
and the survivors have to begin all
over again. Attacks have become al
most impossible because in the terrific
tornado of artillery fire the infantry on
either side is unable to advance or re
treat. Verdun will certainly not be
taken from this point.
"I can not understand how our men
are able to keep it up. You are exter
minated in your boots without seeing
the enemy. The terrific noise leaves us
half stunned. Men look at each other
with bewildered eyes. It requires a
strong effort of the will to speak to a
comrade."
GERMANS STORM TOWN.
Berlin, May 24. —The capture by
Thuringian troops of the village of
Cumieres, east of Dead Man hill, on
the Verdun front, was announced by
the war office this afternoon. The vil
lage was taken by storm. So far more
than 300 prisoners, Including eight of
ficers, have been taken by the Ger
mans in this operation.
AUSTRIANS RESTING.
Rome, May 24.—Austrian military
activity has been unexpectedly follow
ed by a sudden slackening which is
interpreted in military circles here .as
necessary to replace the Austrian
losses and to bring up fresh troops for
a stronger offensive. The Austrian
commanders evidently are planning to
extend the line of attack as large as
semblages of reinforcements continue
to be reported along the banks of
Lake Garda.
"These troops apparently Intend to
attempt to invade Italy along the
northern province of Brescia."
BARK IS TORPEDOED.
Barcelona, Spain, May 23.-(Delayed)
The Russian bark Regina has been
sunk by a submarine. Her captain
and crew arrived here today.
The captain states that near Barce
lona he met two lifeboats containing
the crewB of two Italian sailing ves
sels, both of which were sunk by the
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SERBIAN PRINCE
IS CONFIDENT OF
FINAL SUCCESS
TELLS AMERICAN NEWSPAPER
MAN THAT HIS COUNTRY WILL
BE RESTORED.
Athens, May 24.—Prince Alexander
of Serbia, regent of King Peter's land
less kingdom, in an interview today
with a representative of The Asso
ciated Press, said that he had assur
ances from all the allies that no set
tlement of the war would be accepted
which did not provide for the restora
tion of Serbia.
The prince appeared grave and stern
with that expression of sadness whi«h
seems to be the heritage of every Slav.
He was thin and worn from the hard
ships through which he has passed,
but seemed in excellent health.
"I receive you," he said, "to prov*
how deeply I appreciate the tone of
the American presB, which, while de
fending the sacred principle of the
liberty of all peoples, has thereby ren
dered justice to our rights to exist as
an independent nation. Serbia de
sires to live in peace but only on con
dition that its aspirations, culture and
language are respected as it respects
those of others."
The prinoe chatted unaffectedly of
the hardships which he and his troops
had endured in their retreat through
Albania. Always, however, he return
ed to the one thought which fills his
mind—the driving -of the invaders
from his country..
"I was very glad," he said, "to be
able to assure myself during my" visits
to the capitals of the allies that our
legitimate expectations have found
the sincerest sympathy and will have
the most efficacious aid. I was assur
ed that the allies are united in their
determination that Serbia must be re
stored."
PEACE BEYOND DVINA.
London, May 24.—An order of the
day Baid to have been issued recently
by Field Marshal von Hindenburg to
his men on the Russian front is quoted
as follows, In a Central News dis
patch from Basel, Switzerland:
"For some time a rumor haSr been
spreading among the troops that peace
negotiations- are about to begin and
this fact, coupled with the instinct of
self preservation which is constantly
growing, is having a bad effect on the
morale of the men.
"In the name of the emperor I de
clare that there can not be any ques
tion, of peace until we have crossed
the Dvina. Soldiers, if you wish peace
go and seek it on the other side of
the Dvina."
CUMMINS SECURES
MINNESOTA'S VOTE
Pierre, S. D., May 24.—That Peter
Norbeck, lieutenant governor, has won
the republican nomination for gover
nor, is shown by return received up to
early this morning. The. precincts re
porting up to that hour show he re
ceived nearly double the vote of his
two republican opponents.
Willis C. Cook of Sioux Falls was
elected the South Dakota member of
the republican national committee. E.
D. Morcom of Sioux Falls has attained
apparently the democratic guberna
torial nomination.
The democrats elected ten dele
gates to the St. Louis convention who
will support President Wilson for re
nomination. Republican delegates to
Chicago will support Cummins for
president.
DES MOINES AFTER
DESPERATE THUGS
Des Moines, May 24.—Police today
are searching for holdup men who
late last night attacked and severely
hurt three pedestrians here. Hun
dreds of theater goers witnessed the
assaults which were committed in the
business section of the city.
J. E. McKinney of Perry was se
verely beaten and kicked by the rob
bers, James Riley of New York was
stabbed but not seriously and John
Boyle of Decatur, 111., is in the hos
pital suffering from three serious
knife wounds, because he refused to
get the bandits whisky.
LONGER FILMS ARE
BEINGADVOCATED
Des Moines, May 24.—Pleas for bet
ter pictures of the "feature" variety,
and five or six reels in length, were
made today by speakers at the annual
convention of the Iowa Association of
Motion Picture Exhibitors.
"The day of the jitney opera, as the
five cent show has been known, is
past," said one exhibitor. "People
want to see clean plays and long ones.
Slapstick comedy of the lower sort is
dead. The twenty-five cent theaters
now receive better patronage than the
five cent theaters ever did."
The convention will close tonight.
ENQUIRE ABOUT AMERICANS.
Washington, D. C., May 24. The
senate committee on foreign relations
recommended today a favorable re
port on Senator Kern's resolution
directing the secretary of state to en
quire regarding the safety of Amer
lean citizens in Ireland in districts
where martial law has been pro-
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Contents of Note Are Kept
Close Secret Troops
Nearing the Border
Washington, D. C., May 24.—The
new note from Gen. Caaransa will be
sent to Washington by special mes
senger, Special Agent Rodgers at
Mexico Oity advised the state depart
ment today. Mr. Rodgers gave no
foreoast of the contents of the com
munication. It is expected to reach
Washington late next week.
Previous reports from Mr. Rodgers
have described the attitude of Car
ransa officials as increasingly friendly
toward the United States and added
thjat the feeling prevailed among them
that the critical period as to the bor
der situation had passed.
Although Gen. Funston has not re
ported movements of Carranza troops
east of Gen. Pershing's column, state
department advices that considerable
Mexican forces were being movod
northward were transmitted to today
to the border commander.
Gen. Funston advised the depart
ment today of a rumor that natives of
Madera were incited against the
Americans. His dispatch did not con
firm border reports that Carranza
soldiers were responsible for the agita
tion.
NEW VILLA BANDS.
Oolumbus, N. M., May 24.—Reorgan
ization of at least two of Villa's scat
tered bands was reported here unof
ficially today. These bands, recruited
by agitators among the villages of
southwestern Chihuahua, are said to
be making their way' northward
through the mountains. Peons who
Join them are being promised loot.
Gen. J. J. Pershing, expeditionary com*
mander, Is said to be keeping closely
tn touch with the movements of the
brigands, although his cavalrymen are
not going south from the advance
base.
Physical examination of members
of the New Mexico national guard,
concentrated here, was practically
completed today, mustering of
ficers announcing that none of the
companies has sixty-five men, the re
quired peace strength, who can pass
the army recruit examination.
Consequently mustering has been
postponed until the skeleton compan
ies can be more fully recruited.
CLUB WOMEN HAVE
BIG SOCIAL EVENT
New York, May 24.—One of the
most important social events accom
panying the biennial convention of
the general federation of women's
clubs Is a luncheon given here today
by Mra. John Hays Hammond. Some
200 guests at this affair include wives
of cabinet ministers and foreign am
bassadors, Mrs. Thomas Marshall,
wife of the vice president of the Unit
ed States, Mrs. Champ Clark, Miss
Mabel Boardman, Mrs. William H.
Taft Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs.
William J. Bryan, Mrs. Charles E.
Hughes, Miss Margaret Wilson, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt, Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw, Lady Aberdeen, Mrs. Thom
as J. Preston and others nearly as dis
tinguished.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
the president, will be the guest of
honor at the first formal session of
the convention this evening.
PRESIDENTS AIDE
WEDS MISS GORDON
Washington, D. C., May 24.—Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson left at 8 a. m.
today for New York where they will
attend the wedding this afternoon of
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the president's
naval aide and physician, and Miss
Alice Gertrude Gordon of Washington
and New York. They were accom
panied by Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo
and Miss Helen Woodrow Bones, the
president's cousin.
The president and Mrs. Wilson took
with them a large wedding cake made
at the white house.
The presidential party will return
to Washington tonight.
MEN DIE IN FIRE.
Virginia City, Nev., May 24. —At
least four men have perished in afire
raging today in the lower levelB of the
Yellow Jacket mine near here. Two
bodies have been recovered. The fire
started last night
The fire is burning at the fourteen
hundred foot level.
Yellow Jacket is in the Gold hill dis
trict, one that Mark Twain, as repdrter
and city editor of the "Enterprise"
knew well in the early sixties.
NEW COURT HOU8E AT BOONE
Boone, May 24.—Contract for the
building of a new court house here
has been let to a St. Paul, Minn., firm,
it waa announced here today. The
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at Mexican Capital
DE FACTO LEADER
IS SENDING LETTER
VILIAARESPARED
GENERAL MISERY
AMERICANS FIND THAT BANDIT
HAS BEEN CONSIDERATE OF
HJS FRIENDS.
Field headquarters, May 17.—By mo
tor truck to Columbus, N. M., May 24.
—A marked difference between Villls
ta strongholds and other towns in
southern Chihuahua was reported to
day by officers who have made the
campaigns close on Villa's trail.
In the solid Villlsta districts there
were evidences of prosperity. The
people there declared that Villa pro
tected them, taking what he needed
from them wtth considerable sense of
discrimination. The towns of mixed
politics, peopled by both Villa and
Carrania partisans, were all on the
verge of misery. The Vlllstas in such
places reported that Villa was In the
habit of protecting them but of plun
dering the CarranziBta sympathizers.
They complained that Carranza com
mands plundered both Vilistas and
Carranzistas without discrimination,
always taking care,, however, to an
nounce they were Beizing property
"in the name of the government." Car
ranzlsta sympathizers complained that
petty officers exercised altogether too
wide a latitude In securing supplies
on the promises of the government to
repay.
MEXICANS CAPTURED.
May 24.—Escorted
Marathon, Tex.,
by a small detachment of the eighth
cavalry, Lieut. Col. Alvarez, a leader
of the Glenn Springs and Boquillas
raiders, will be brought here ioday
and turned over to the local officials
to be taken to Alpine for trial, Col.
Frederick W. Sibley said this morn
ing.
Alvarez and two companions sepa
rated from the rest of the bandits to
guard seven Americans captured at
the Boquillas mines, after they had
crossed the border. The three Mexi
cans were overpowered by their cap
tives, led by Carl Halter, mine super
intendent, and were given to the ex
yodfttoaary force.
Expedition Welcomed.
Speaking of the foray into Mexico,
Ool. Sibley said today:
'1 believe that our men have shown
that bandits and murderers can not
operate with impunity for long in the
Big Bend country. Our column was
a little slow In reaching the scene of
the depredations, but once there, we
lost no time in finding their trail,
catching up with them and finally dis
persing them, which was one object
of the expedition..
"Our column was welcomed along
the route by the natives because the
bandits had covered the samfl road in
their retreat and had comm% '?d out-
rages and abused the peop Our
coming was a1 source of great relief to 'zeng fVhelp in "putting" down"
Last night Col. Sibley recei-ed a
telegram from Gen. Funston compli
menting him on the successful termi
nation of the campaign.
VON BUELOWGOMIKG HERE
English News Bureau Reports That
German Diplomat May Become
Ambassador to U. 8. A.
London, May 24.—The Exchange
Telegraph Co. says it learns from
diplomatic circles that Prince von Bue
low, former German chancellor, is
proceeding to Washington, charged by
Emperor William with a special mis
sion.
The Exchange Telegraph Co. also
Bays It understands Prince von Bue
low will become ambassador to thb
United States. This information is
said to have been obtained from dip
lomatic circles in London.
Q. A. R. ENDS MEETING.
Decatur, 111., May 24. —Bloomington
today was awarded the 1917 conven
tion of the Illinois Grand Army of the
Republic.
TODAY IN CONGRESS
SENATE—Resumed consideration riv
ers and harbors appropriation bill.
Judiciary committee voted ten to
eight for favorable report on nom
ination of Louis D. Brandeis as as
sociate justice of the supreme
court.
HOUSE—Considered Oregon and Cali
fornia railway land grant bill in
volving government recovery of
them and we W©r© the recipients of pv^rv HHsam oallori unnn mnat ra.
many courtesies. When we reached
El Pino we found Jesse Deemer and
...onroe Payne in a little hut. The
bandits at that time did not realize
anyone was on their trail, especially
American soldiers. They had left
Deemer and Payne at this adobe to go
out on another raid on a nearby ranch
and upon their return were to resume
charge of their prisoners. You can
imagine how surprised they were
when one of our detachments caught
up with them."
Oregon lands valued at between
$30,000,000 and $50,000,000.
Naval appropriation bill was report*
naval nommittM)
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OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA. THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1916 NUMBER 121
LACK MUSCLE TO
EL
J. P. Irish Says Women Do
Not Possess Necessary
Physical Courage
SAYS CONDITIONS
ARE WORSE ON COAST
Cites California Cities
Examples of Failure of
Suffrage to Improve
as
Holding that the ballot is a penalised
responsibility constantly under the
shadow of the criminal law, which
makes man stand behind and defend
the laws made by the ballot and im
poses punishment for his failure to
live up to his responsibilities due to
the exercise of the ballot, John P. Irish
of California, a former Iowa resident,
spoke at the Grand opera house Tues
day night for almost two hours. The
lack of physical courage to defend the
law by force, was urged against wom
en having the ballot. The former
Iowan attacked woman suffrage taking
the position of an attorney prosecut
ing a case and using as witnesses
letters, printed statements, speeches,
reports, etc., of others largely Cali
fomians but Including Judge Ben
Lindsey of Denver, among the list. He
also referred to Herbert Spencer,
Gladstone, John Bright and even the
philosopher Plato to support his con
tention against suffrage in its various
phases.
The lower floor of the opera house
was prety well filled and a few were
in the balcony. H. L. Waterman open
ed the meeting and introduced the
speaker.
"The question of enlarging or di
minishing the electorate is one of the
biggest questions which can come be
fore the voters," Col. Irish said in
opening. "There are two main issues
to be considered.
"Do those who are to be granted the
ballot want suffrage?
"Why was suffrage not made uni
versal in the first place?
"Suffragists say that man has usurp
ed the right of the ballot for his own
uses.
"I deny this. I deny that the ballot
is a right.
"To exist a government must en
force its laws and defend its sov
ereignty. In order that this could be
done the framers of the constitution
gave man the ballot. It is a penalized
responsibility. In order to hold the
ballot a man must be ready at all
times to enforce its laws and defend
its rights with his own life, if neces
sary.
If a peace officer calls upon citi
a riot
spond, must risk his own life if neces
sary. If he refuses -he may be fined
or sent to jail. If this were not the
case there would be disorders, chaod.
anarchy.
"The laws which gave, man the bal
lot are founded on the laws of God
which gave man physical strength and
courage to defend his nation. Only in
this is man woman's superior and It is
on this physical strength that govern
ments are founded and maintained.
"No man of normal reasoning power
believes that man is superior to woman
in any other thing and all know that
woman makes up for this in a spiritual
courage which no man has,
"That is the vital reason why the
b&llot was given to man and why man
should retain it and not subject wom
ankind to those things which he must
bear in return for hiB right to vote.
"The second big question of suffrage
is:
"Do women want the vote?
"In states where suffrage has car
ried they have shown conclusively that
they do not. They have shown that if
it Is granted to them they will not
register, they will not vote, they will
have nothing whatever to do with it.
"In California, where suffrage pass
ed in 1911 only 20 per cent of the wo
men in the state have voted.
"I am now going to appear as the
attorney in this caae and produce evi
dence to show that my contentions are
correct,"
Col. Irish prbduced an interview
from Mrs. F. H. Colborn, wife of the
assistant manager of the San Francis
co clearing house and editorials from
the San Francisco Chronicle to show
that only about 20 per cent of the wo
men in California voted and that these
women were not representative of the
women of California.
"Moral conditions are worse In Cali
fornia since suffrage was adopted than
before," Col. Irish declared. ""The Na
tional association of Social Hygiene
during a meeting in San Francisco last
y£ar made a report warning all young
women to keep away from San Fran
cisco on account of moral conditions.
"Senator Frank Lyons of Los An
geles, in a recent speech deplored the
fact that that city was overrun with
disorderly houses. In Sacramento the
Ministerial association a few months
ago passed resolutions against the
flagrant violations of all moral laws in
that city.
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COMMITTEE WILL RECOMMCNO
TO THE SENATE THAT NOM
INATION BE CONFIRMED,
Washington, D. C., May 24. —The
senate judiciary committee voted 10 to
8 today to report favorably to the sen
ate the nomination of Louis D. Bran
dels to be associate justice of the
supreme court. It waa a strict party
vote.
The action of the committee remain
ed In doubt up to the time the rote was
taken. Senator Shields, democrat of
Tennessee arrived in the capital today
just in time to cast the deciding vote.
Senator Cummins of Iowa was the
only member of the committee not
present. His vote, however, was re
corded against confirmation.
The vote la one of the final steps In
a contest which started aB soon as the
nomination was sent to the senate by
President Wilson January 28. Weeks
were spent by a subcommittee taking
testimony regarding charges against
the nominee, formulated by a commit
tee of citizens of Boston. The sub
committee recommended confirmation
by a strict party vote of three to two.
The charge against Mr. Brandeis
was unethical conduct in relation to
several clients and "working under
cover." President A. Lawrence Low
ell of Harvard headed the committee
of citizens organized to fight confirma
tion. William H. Taft, Simeon E. Bald
win, Francis Rawle, Joseph H. Choate,
Elihu ROot, Moorfleld Storey and Peter
W. Meldrim, each a former president
of the American Bar association, also
opposed confirmation.
Charles V. Eliot, president emeritus
of Harvard, only a few days ago wrote
a letter to the committee strongly urg
ing confirmation Secretary of War
Baker appeared on the witness stand
to ask for confirmation on the basis of
Mr. Brandeis' efforts to establish social
justice and President Wilson recently
wrote a personal letter to Chairman
Culberson urging confirmation.
FHIBUSTEfllS COIITIIIUED
Iowa an'd Illinois Senators Keep Up
Their Fight Against Passage Of
River and Harbors Bill.
Washington, D. C., May 24. —Consid
eration of committee amendments to
the rivers and harbors appropriation
bill was completed by the senate yes
terday after two weeks of debate. Tfie
only important change made has been
the restoration of a $200,000 appropria
tion for deepening East river, New
York, which was put into the bill by
the house at the request of the presi
dent and stricken out by the senate
committee.
Many senators have amendments
and Senators Kenyon and Sherman
have shown no signs of abandoning
their filibuster,
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there is no saying
when a final vote on the bill will Be
reached. Opposition to the measure
was stimulated yesterday by an an
nouncement by Senator Taggart, demo
crat that he would not vote for it un
less the $43,000,000 total was reduced
by fifteen or twenty millions.
FOB UNU TRAINING
Secretary of War Department Comes
Out Openly In Favor of General
Military Drill.
Washington, D. C., May 24. —Secre
tary Baker today for the first time
since he became head of the war de
partment expressed his views of uni
versal military service.
"Every citizen is under obligation to
serve for the defense of his country,
he said. "In view of the universality
of the obligation, I favor universal
training through some system of selec
tion that will provide adequate defense
for the country."
He added, however, that he was not
in favor of a system that would compel
every citizen to become a seasoned
soldier, and intimated his belief that
compulsory service was unnecessary
at this time since training of citizens
had been inaugurated on so broad a
scale in schools and army corps.
scale in schools and army camps.
CONVICTS TO KEEP
ON MAKING BROOMS
Des Moines, May 24.—Iowa manu
facturers of brooms today lost their
fight to have the state discontinue
broom manufacture at Ft. Madison
penitentiary when the state board of
control declined to interfere with the
prison industry.
Broom makers from half a dozen
Iowa cities signed the protest peti
tion.
8TORE MANAGERS MEET.
Kansas City, Mo., May 24.—Five
hundred managers of cooperative ex
changes and companies were expected
here today for the convention of the
National Association of Managers of
Farmers' Cooperative Companies. The
delegates were accredited from all
aoAtions of the middlewest.
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Superintendent Williams
Open Door Rescue Mission
Is Proud of Home Town
ATTENDS MEETING $
OF GOSPEL WORKER?
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Visits Institutions in th
Large Cities Will Mafaa*|
Report This Evening
Among the things learned by Kantf
Isaac Williams, superintendent of KM.
Open Door Rescue Mission, on Us Til,
it to Toledo, Ohio, where he
the international convention of
missions, the chief one was the
standing of Ottumwa oomparsd to th«
other cities visited en route. The fo*
sltlon the local mission holds la ooa»
parison to the similar institution* ta|^
the larger cities including those 1S
Chicago visited by Mr. WllliMM
also said by him to be very mudi UNk
superior of the others. The balUttBCjt
and Its equipment In Ottumwa jrMf
found to be better and more attfQ
tive than any seen by Mr. William*.
Supt. Williams was present duifot
the entire session of the convention 1*,
the Ohio city from May 17 to 21
says that fully. 100 mission superln
tendents from all over the country
were present. Among them were flv*
converted Jews, four of whom are In*
charge of missions and the other. Ir1
a traveling evangelist who is to com%
to Ottumwa some time during tho*
present summer.
Ottumwa Comes First.
"I was especially well impressed
the comparison of Ottumwa with
various places I visited," ,sa!4
Wllllams. "We have a good
city and better than I supposed or
most pople here realize. Its
tone alongside that, of the places
visited, especially the bigger cities
excellent. There you find open to*
saloons even running on Sunday
races on the Sabbath were one of th
opposing attractions to the conv«
tion in Toledo. In one thing the tri
did me more good than anything
—that is, in instilling in me a great
pride in my home town. Ottumw#
all right and we should be proud4
our city." ,V
Mr. Williams will make a roppftf!'
his trip at the mission t?niAt an
will tell what he saw and howTie,
impressed with what took plai:e on
visit. The public is invited to ,att
He returned Monday from the
proud of his city and his charge, he*
and enthusiastic to build up the laitj
to a higher and more efllclent plan*
usefulness.
PRESBYTERIANS IN
GENERAL SESSIOI
Cleveland, Ohio, May 24.—Dr. Thotf**
H. McMichael, retiring moderator,
sided today at the opening seMio&f
here of the fifty-eighth general a*se»4
bly of the United Presbyteria*/
churches of North America. The a#«
sembly will continue in session un*
May 29.
Distribution of $750,000 raised la
year for missions will be discussed
a leading issue of the convention.
Atlantic City, N. J., May f4-r\
general assembly of the Presbyter
church in the United States of Am*!
ca today adopted without debate a
port from tbe committee on bill*
overtures warning the New York
all other Presbyteries that the
of the church must be accepted by
didates for the ministry before thecy.
should be ordained. This action, It
believed, ends further discussion
the present assembly of the
heresy question In whioh the N~
York Presbytery and Union
ical seminary are involved.
METHODISTS PLAN
RADICAL CHANG
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., May 24.
A radical change in the adminlstratl
staff of the board of home mUsa
and church extension is provided lh
plan for reorganization submitted
the general oonference today. A
ductlon from three to one In the nu
ber of secretaries who are the exec
tive heads of all Methodist misslc
work in this country Is recommend:
The proposal was offered with
Idea of centering responsibility in
person.
Before this report was PS
the conference resumed discussion
the proposed consolidation of thr**
tbe church papers for pnrpp*—
economy.
WAR BABY ADOPTED.
Appleton, Wis., May 24. —Th* A1
Delta Phi sorority of Lawrenee eolk
has adopted a French war baby,
member of the sprorlty will pay1
cents a week for two years toward
support of the child. The child b_
been named Theda after the local
ter.
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