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TRENCHES FALL
TO TIE ALLIES
French Troops Begin Move ^oronofBiredlate
to Surround Peronne
•,••• From Northwest
ASSAULT AT VERDUN
FAILS, SAYS, PARIS
Paris, Sept. 28.—On the Somme
front the British and French continue
to make gains in the vicinity of Thiep
val and the St. Pierre-Vaast road. The
latest British gains include German
trenches on a front of 2,000. yards
north of Flers and a strong redoubt on
In Asiatic Turkey, the Russians
claim successes along the Blank sea
coast, in Armenia and on the Persian
front, y-
BULGARS REPULSED.
London, Sept. 28.—The repulse of
four successive Bulgarian attacks on
Kaimakcalan mountain is described in
a dispatch from Serbian headquarters
to Reuter's dated Wednesday.
The dispatch said the Bulgarians at
tacked the Serbians and "in the dark
ness were able to get into the first line
trenches but at a heavy sacrifice."
L~' Desperate hand to hand fighting oc
curred in the trenches. The Bulgar
ians attacked four times but wire driv
en out and finally retired beaten.
"The Serbian losses wfere heavy, the
Bulgarians' fearful," the dispatch
adds.
MORE VE8SEL8 SUNK.
London, Sept. 28.—The 2,500 ton
British steamship Stathe and the
Swedish bark Benguela, 6|8 tons, ahve
been sunk.
A Christiania dispatch to Lloyds
says the crews of the Swedish steam-
•ays me crowa vi «j«j o»™.»u
ships Knut Hilde and D*nla have beei^
landed.
landed.
gj GERMAN REPORT.
Berlin, Sept. 28.—German troops
yesterday victoriously repulsed the
Anglo-French forces on a greater part
of the, battle front between the Ancre
brook and the river Somme, says the
official statement issued today by the
German army headquarters staff,
German aviators yesterday again
dropped a great number of bombs on
-.W* Bucharest) according to the official
statement, which adds that several
points of the Rumanian capital "are
still burning as the result of our pre
vious attack.*'
RUSSIAN REPORT.
Petrograd, Sept. 28. —"Attempts by
advanced posts of the enemy to ap
proach our trenches west of Riga were
repulsed by our fire," says today's of
ficial statement. "Last evening, after
a heavy bombardment southeast of
Pinsk. small detachments of the enemy
assumed the offensive. They were re
pulsed.
"In the region of Bubnov, Svinluchy
and Korytnlza, fighting was resumed.
•The enemy Is resisting stubbornly.
'7~£ "On the Baltic sea on Tuesday our
Seaplanes made a successful raid on
the enemy aerodrome near Lake An
gara."
GERMAN PUPSCUSSED
rt London, Sept. 28.—A Petrograd dls
patch to the Chronicle Bays that Field
"M Marshal von Hindenburg's new plans
^tre arousing much discussion in the
isian capital because the German
-^mander in chief is knowri to at
tach more importance to the eastern
tthan western front.
Russian military observers believe
that Von Hindenburg is even prepared
to retire to the Rhine rather than per
mit a further Russian advance and a
fefaat in the Balkans.
GREECETOWAR
UPON BULGARS
ASSOCIATED PRESS LEARNS KINO
CONSTANTINE HAS MADE
UP HIS MIND.
Athens, Sept. 27 (Via London, Sept.
28) —The Associated Press is in a
position to state positively that King
Constantln© decided thin morning in
north of Flers and a strong redoubt on They include an ul^atira to BU£
a hill 2,000 yards northeast of Thiep- B*ria demanding instant evacuation OT
val.
The French have been thrusting
out forcefully east from Rancourt into
the St. Pierrce Vaast wood at which
point, and at Bouchavesnes to the
south, they are almost in a direct,line
north of Peronne, against which the
north or Peronne, against wnicn me
.p*d, to.lopn.nt of envelop* of
tag movement is now 4o be expected
Meanwhile, activity has been resum
ed at Verdun, the Germans again at
tacking east of the Meuse, between
Thiaumont and Fleury. The assaults
were repulsed, Paris declares.
The Russians have resumed their
violent attacks In southern Volhynia
and Galicia but report a stubborn de
fense by the Austro-Oerman armies.
From Macedonia come additional re
ports of a determined Bulgarian re
sistance to the entente offensive in the
region west of the Vardar. The re
pulse of Bulgarian attacks upon the
French and Russians near Fiorina is
reported. The Bulgarians have not re
sumed their attack on the Serbians at
Kaimakcalan. The British are in
creasing their artillery activity on the
Struma front near Janina.
On the Rumanian front battles are
In progress at various points near the
Transylvania border. Berlin claims
the Teutonic allies have made prog
ress near. Hermannstadt, while Bu
charest'reports the defeat of the Aus
tro-Germans in the Jiti valley.
dec,aratlon of
Reports that a general mobilisation
has been ordered are premature. After
the session of the council of ministers
at the palace this morning Premier
Kalogeropoulos hastily called a cab
inet meeting. The premier declared
the government was giving the fullest
consideration to the situation and said
there might be addressed to Bulgaria
a note of such character that mobilisa
tion would logically follow.
Later in the day it developed that
the king had decided on a declaration
of war against Bulgaria. The decision
has not yet been announced publicly
as numerous details remain to be
worked out.
all Greek Macedonia, as well as plans
conditions presented by the occupa
tion of Greek territory by the entente
forces. The king this morning dis
cussed the mobilization problem min
utely with Gen. Mosothopoulos, chief
Even the departure of Former Pre
mier Veniselos from Athens created
nothing like the suppressed excitement
evident everywhere this afternoon.
The people feel that their long period
of expectancy Is about to end and the
prospect of war with the Bulgarians
apparently Is welcome.
PRINCE GEORGE RECALLED.
London, Sept.
28.—Prince
o. s. Hymn
Nicaragua Presidential Candidate R*
fuse* Prestige of Backing at
the Price Demanded.
San Salvador, Sept. 28.—Dr. Irias,
liberal candidate for president of
Nicaragua, is reported to have re
ceived numerous telegrams from
Honduras, Costa Rica and San Salva
dor, congratulating him on his refusal
to agree to the conditions laid down
for presidential candidates by the
American minister to Nicaragua. The
newspapers of the three countries
violently attack Gen. Emiliano Cham
oro, candidate for tha conservatives,
for having accepted the American con
ditions.
Telegraphic advices say that the
political situation is causing growing
excitement throughout Nicaragua.
A Managua dispatch dated Septem
ber 25 said it was reported that Dr.
Benjamin L. Jefferson, the TJ. S. min-
to
Nicaragua, had intimated to
C0n8ervative
and liberal presi-
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dential Candidates that the winner in
the election must respect existing
treaties with the United States, Amer
ican economic Intervention in the
country and the policing of Managua
by American marines.
10 SIGHT OnniHIME
Reports Persist That the Bremen is
Off U. S. Coast But the Vessel
Fails to Appear.
New London, Conn., Sept 28.—For
several weeks everything has been in
readiness here, for the arrival ot the
German merchant submarine Bremen
and numerous trips Jiave been made
by officials of the Eastern Forwarding
Co. and others on tugs in search of the
long awaited craft, which has frequent
ly been reported as being outside the
harbor.
Officials of the forwarding company
said today they bad no definite Infor
mation to give out concerning the un
dersea boat.
NEW SUBMARINE READY,
London, Sept. 28.—The Amsterdam
correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph says travelers who have ar
rived from Bremen report that a third
German commercial submarine will be
ready to sail within a month. This
submarine is to be known as the
Kaiser is said to be slightly larger
than the Deutschland.
WANT EGGS LABELED.
Chicago, Sept. 28.—Regulations to
compel shippers of eggs to bill their
shipments as either "candled" or **un
candled" eggs were sought before the
state public utilities commission to
day by John B. Newman, assistant
commissioner of the state food com
mission. The question was taken un
der consideration.
BIG STRIKE NOT
UPTO PRDMISE
New York Police Deny That
Union Men Have Quit in
Any Large Number
New York, Sept. 28.—Union leaden
appeared today to have met with
small succe88 In their renewed efforts
to bring about their promised general
strike to aid the striking traction em
ployes, which was called to begin yes
terday. Police officials disputed claims
of the leaders, that more than 125,000
have quit work.
"If there is a general labor strike in
this city we can't find it," said the sec
retary of the police commissioner.
Renewed efforts were made today to
extend the general strike of all trades
unions in this city and Westchester
... county which began yesterday to en
orked out. .force the demands of the striking
Btreet
vrt
former
minister of war. He probably will pre
side personally over a meeting of the
crown council at noon tomorrow.
George, at
Greece, brother of King Constantino,
who has been in London for some time
representing the views of the Greek
court today received a telegram from
the k^ng recalling him to Athens.
REVOLT IS PLANNED.
Paris, Sept. 28.—An Athens dis
patch to the Havre agency says that
a. monster meeting will be held at 'My
tllene tomorrow at which the. rfrola*
tlon will be proelaimedr
railway men. Estimates of the
number golng on Btrlfce
on the first
600
for mobilisation under the difficult ™. vimm
to upwards of 125,-
000. The maximum figures were given
out by the labor leaders.
Unions having a total membership
of 164,000 are to vote on the strike to
day.
Today is the beginning of the third
week of the strike of the street car
men. The traction companies assert
their service is Improving daily. Un
ion leaders, however, see a possibility
that the motormen of the subway and
elevated lines may join the strike.
One passenger was injured when a
Third avenue elevated train was
showered with bricks and bottles to
day. Other trains were also attacked.
Four men were arrested this morning
charged with being responsible for a
riot which occurred recently follow
ing the derailment of a surface car.
Service on elevated and subway
lines continued' normal today except
for the withdrawal of many cars owing
to decreased traffic due to the Jewish
holidky.
SPECIAL PRAYERS
IN REVISED BOOK
New Tork, 8«pL-2t»-An aOM* 4o
Americanize the book of common
prayer of the Protestant Episcopal
church will be made at the triennial
convention in St. Louis next month by
the revision committee on that volume.
The committee has prepared a sep
arate prayer for the president of the
United States and the governor of the
state and there will be presented for
adoption a prayer for congress, a pe
tition for the army and another for the
navyp intercessions for the courts of
Justice, a prayer for our country and
for the state legislature. The commit
tee also has written a special prayer
to be said on the Fourth of July.
GIRL'S ROMANCE
DELAYS EXPOSURE
Chicago, Sept 28.—A real romance
of an Iowa girl has temporarily block
ed exposure of the latest blackmail
plot which resulted in the fleecing of
a rich Iowa merchant out of $10,000.
The girl, whose father was the vio
tim of the blackmailers, Is to bo mar
ried October 20 and federal agents
promised-today to delay arrests until
after the girl's wedding.
Fear that his daughter's future hap
piness might be wrecked and that the
forthcoming wedding plans might be
cancelled, caused the blackmailers'
Iowa victim to ask for a delay in mak
ing the arrests and exposure. His re
quest has been granted.
"The man has decided to aid us in
every possible way to prosecute the
swindlers," said Hinton G. Clabaugh,
Chicago head of the department of
Justice. The lowan is a widower.
IOWAN SERVING IN
THE TURKISH ARMY
Des Moines, Sept 28.—A naturalized
citizen of Iowa is serving In the Turk
ish army "somewhere on the eastern
front," it was learned here today.
Salem Sheehan, a local Turk, received
work from the state department that
the U. S. ambassador at Constantin
ople had beenu advised to negotiate
with Turkish authorities for the re
lease of his brother from the Turkish
army.
Sheehan'B brother went to Turkey
to visit his old home Jnst prior to the
outbreak of the European war and was
conscripted.
CITY EMPLOYES
ON CIVIL LISTS
Des Moines. Sept. 28.—Every city
employe in Des Metnes will be put un
der civil service beginning October 1.
it was annnounced today by Council
man Ben Woolgar. The announcement
followed filing of charges that mem
bers of the so-called "booze squad" of
the police department had been co
operating with various "bootleggers."
The "booze squad" has been used
solely to run down violators of the
liquor laws.
NO BELGIANS AID fifERMANS.
Berlin. Sept. 2S.—Tre semiofficial
Norddeutsche Allgemfelne Zeitung to
day prints a deniaifof reports from
hostile sources tKt Germany has en
listed foreigners Jbotably Belgians, for
Military service,
OTTUMWA COURIER, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2D, 1916
BANDITS HOLD
UP FAST TRAIN
8IX MEN ROB NEW YORK-CHICAGO
EXPRE88 AND ESCAPE WITH
UTTLE ROUBLE.
Detroit, Mich., Sept 28. —Search
was being vigorously pressed today for
a gang of men, believed to number
five or six, who late last night held up
the New York-Chicago express east
bound, on the Michigan Central, near
Dearborn, ten miles west of here, and
after beating Fireman John Doherty
into unconsciousness, made off with
one pouch of registered mail. How
much they obtained is not yet knows.
The coaches and pullmans were not
entered.
Only two men participated In the ac
tual work of the holdup. They boarded
the train somewhere east of YpsflantL
concealing themselves between two
cars. Shortly before Dearborn was
reached, they climbed over the tender
and covered the engine crew with re
volvers. They already had uncoupled
the mail and baggage car from the
rest of the train. As they ordered the
train stopped two miles beyond Dear
born, one of the men hit Fireman Do
herty over the head with a revolver,
rendering him uneonscious.
Engineer Charles Palmer was then
taken from the cab to the door of the
mail car. The robbers forced bim to
tell the mall clerk to open the door.
The two holdup men entered the car.
One mall pouch was thrown out and
picked up by a third member of the
gang.
The mail clerk was then locked in
his car and the engineer returned to
his cab. The holdup men then disap
peared.
IIS Finns RIFE
Chicago Man Refuses to Believe III of
Girl Wounded In Triple
Tragedy in the East
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 28.—Hurry
ing to the bedside of his wife, the one
survivor in the triple shooting in a
hotel here early yesterday, Joseph C.
LeDue of Chicago today said that he
had every confidenoe in her loyalty to
him and that he would stick to her
through all her trouble.
Mrs. IieDuc Is in Jefferson hospital.
Physical) Mid todax she will recover
unless complications set in. She was
shot by Mrs. Harry Belser of New
Tork, who found her and J. O. Grav
eur, also of Nef York, in a hotel room.
Mrs. Belser killed Graveur, who had
discarded her and also ended her own
life.
There was an affecting meeting
when LeDuc reached the bedside of
his wife.
LeDuc said he did not believe his
wife had visited Atlantic City with
Graveur. He thought she probably
met blm accidentally in New York and
consented to take an automobile ride
to this city. ,.
The husband asked how Graveur
and his wife had registered at the
hotel, and when told as man and wife
his face grew grave.
"That was the work of Graveur and
I am sure Lillian did not know it,"
he exclaimed.
LeDuc said he still believed her in
nocent of any wrongdoing.
Mrs. LeDuc, the husband said, had
been studying operatic singing for ten
years.
FWtlllltSS IS WEI
American Bankers Come Out For Prin
ciple of Universal Service For
Young Men of Nation:
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 28. —Advo
cacy of universal military training in
this country and greater participation
in national, state and municipal poli
tics were urged here today by speak
ers before the American Bankers' as
sociation.
Military service for all young men
was declared necessary by James J.
Lynch of San Francisco, president or
the association and Frank A. Vander
lip of New York.
Ills In politics through which "dema
gogues and ward heelers" have gotten
Into city councils, state legislatures
and even congress, are due to the neg
ligence of bankers and other business
men, the convention was told by
Mayor George H, Edwards of Kansas
City.
Bankers have given freely of money
to campaign funds, he said, but they,
should also loan their personalities to
politics.
Possibilities of lively clashes on pol
icy were apparent today. Country
bankers have declared their intention
of introducing resolutions affecting
the question of branch banking and it
was announced that a resolution ask
ing a change in the check collection
system would be advanced.
Any attacks on the federal reserve
act will be vigorously opposed, adher
ents of the measure have announced.
The program of today's meeting in
cluded addresses by James K. Lynch
of San Francisco, the association pres
ident and Frank A. Vanderlip of New
York.
MEDIATORS ADJOURN.
New London. Conn., Sept. 28—The
Mexican-American joint commission,
after t. brief session, adjourned today
to meet again Monday next at Atlan
tic City.
NEW MEXICAN MINISTER.
Mexico City. Sept. 28.— Alfonso
Gravioto was today appointed tempo
rary minister of public instruction in
place of Felix N. Palavictal. resigned.
LOCAL TEMP—6 p. m, to: 8 a. m., 52] 12 m„ 47 max., 66 rata.. 4T.
TEACHERS IRE
IT INSTITUTE
One Hundred and Fifty Here
to Attend Lectures on
School Subjects
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM.
Given at high school, 8 o'clock.
Music furnished by glee club un
der direction of Miss Katherine
Powers.
Leoture, Our Boys and Girls,
Dr. H. S. Curtis.
FRIDAY.
At the court house.
9 a. m. Lecture, E. 8. Kindley.
10:30 a. m. Lecture, J. W.
Searson.
1 p. m. Lecture, E. S. Kindley.
3 p. m.—Lecture, J. W. 8earson.
One hundred and fifty rural school
teachers, principals of town buildings
and former instructors are attending
the first day's program of the Wapello
county'inspirational institute being
held today in the small court room on
the third floor of the court house.
Edgar S. Kindley, a chautauqua and
institute lecturer from Davenport,
opened the meetings this morning at
9 o'clock with a lecture and was fol
lowed at 10:30 o'clock by Henry S.
Curtis, a lecturer on play and recrea
tion. Dr. Curtis talked again at 1
o'clock this afternoon and Mr. Kindley
is finishing today's session with an
other lecture late this afternoon.
This evening's program will be given
In the high school auditorium and a
large crowd of city teachers and towns
people is expected. The First Cavalry
band megaphone chorus was not able
to keep its engagement and Miss Kath
erine Powers, director of music in the
public schools of Ottumwa, has ar
ranged a prelude to Dr. ,CurtIs' lecture
which Is classed as one of
hiB
finest
REPUBLICANS IN
N. Y. HARMONIOUS
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 28.—
Virtually- no opposition to the program
prepared for presentation today to the I
republican state convention in session
here was expected by the leaders.
Besides welcoming Charles EL
Hughes tonight, the principal business
of the gathering Is to adopt a plat
form.
In the forny In which it has been
drawn for submission to the platform
committee, the platform contained
planks recommending, return to the
primary system approved by Mr.
Hughes when he was governor, under
which candidates for state offices
would be named at party conventions
and ..contained a strong declaration
favoring arbitration as a means of set
tling industrial disputes.
WOMEN WORKING
FOR JUDGE HUGHES
Chicago, Sept. 28.—Republican wom
en in the larger cities of Illinois are
organizing branches of the national
Hughes alliance to stir women to the
Importance of their vote In the Novem
ber election, when for the first time in
a national election they have the right
of frandhse in voting for presidential
electors.
Mrs. Agnes E. McCartney, who is
working under the direction of Miss
Harriet B. Vlttum of western republi
can headquarters. Uas organized a
branch in Springfield and Is now busy
forming organizations in Bloomington,
Decatus. Peoria, Rockford, Rock Is
land and Taylorville.
MANY PEDDLERS OF
MEDICINE IN IOWA
Des Moines, Sept. 28.—The state of
Iowa has received $77,666 In fees for
the two year period Just closed, from
peripatetic medicine venders and reg
istered pharmacists, it was announced
today. The venders pay the state $100
a year.
The peddlero travel through rural
districts and sell farmers everything
in the medicine line from hog cholera
remedies to hair restorer.
UMPIRE IN PANAMA
DISPUTE IS DEAD
Washington, D. C., Sept. 28.—The
death in Madrid Tuesday of Vice Ad
miral Concas Palau, umpire in the
disputes between the United States
and Panama as to .land seized or In
undated by the Panama canal, prob
ably will cause delay in the settlement
of the claims, it was said here today.
State department officials indicated
that negotiations soon will be entered
into with the Panaman minister for a
successor.
AUSTRALIANS TO
PAY HIGHER TAX
Melbourne, Sept. 28.—M. Higgs,
minister of the treasury, announced
today in the house that the govern
ment purposed to confiscate all war
profits in excess of a small maximum
to be established and reduce the limit
of income tax exemption to 100 pounds
sterling except in the cases of married
men and of single men with depend
ents. Old age pensions will be in
creased to 12 shillings 6 pence.
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NEAR CAPTURE
BRITISH WAR INVENTION START8
OUT FOR BERLIN BUT RUNS
SHORT ON FUEL.
British Front in France, Sept. 27—
(Via London, Sept 28)—In the lull
which has occurred after the great
two days' battle, In which five villages
and 5,000 prisoners were taken by the
allies, the correspondent of The Asso
ciated Press has had an opportunity
to glean many stories from partici
pants in the struggle.
The most wonderful of all the tales
told was perhaps that of one of the
tanks, or new armored motor cars,
which started for Berlin on its own ac
count. This monstrouB land ship, am
bling and rumbling along, did not wait
on the infantry after the taking of
Gueudecourt but plodded over shell
boles and across lots looking for Its
prey like some prehistoric lizard. It
found a German trench but as It en
gaged the occupants with Its machine
gun it ran out of gasoline.
When the Germans found this
strange creature, with its steel hide
Impenetrable to bullfetB, stalled, curi
osity and a desire for revenge was a
fillip to their courage. They went af
ter it T^ith avidity.
British officers say that while the
tank's machine gun blazed right and
left some of the Germans managed to
creep along the trenches under the
forelegs and hlndlegs of the crouching
beast. Then they swarmed over it
looking for an opening through which
over but to no avail. All the while the
tank's machine guns kept busy at the
human targets In reach while Its crew,
chosen daredevils, concluded to Btick
until they starved or the Germans got
them out
Finally the British infantry in the
rear, seeing the tank in distress, with
a cheer rushed the Germans and over
whelmed them.
The taking of Thiepval and the Zol
lern redoubt, which lies between It and
Courcelette, was a wonderful business.
Thiepval was held by the one hundred
and eightieth German regiment. Ac
cording to prisoners, the defenders
had fortified the commanding ridge
with an amazing series of ramified
tunnels and dugouts. The men of the
hundred and eightieth asked permis
sion to remain in Thiepval, giving tl)eir
word that it would never be taken
from them and the German army com
mander consented.
And, for the most part, it was taken
over their dead bodies.
PUNS 10 ASSAIL e. 0. P.
President Wilson Seeks to Take Offen
sive Against Foes Who Have Had
Him on Defensive.
Long Branch, N. J., Sept 28.—Ar
rangements for President Wilson to
assail the republican stand on the
prominent issues of the campaign
were made at a conference here
today between the president, Vance C.
McCormick, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, and Secre
tary Tumulty.
Mr. Wilson, It was decided definite
ly to day, will make at least two
speeches in New York state.
Chicago, Sept 28.—Former Senator
Du Bois. who managed Speaker
Champ Clark's presidential campaign
in 1912, left Chicago today on a speak
ing tour of the far western states In
behalf of Wilson and Marshall.
EVRARD IS CANDIDATE.
St. Louis, Sept 28.—I. Newton Ev
rard of Marshall, Mo., was nominated
for state superintendent of schools by
the republican state committee yes
terday.
WILSON BREAKS FAITH
Republican Campaigner Charges That
Administration Has Failed to
Keep Its Promise.
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NUMBER 22
District Committeeman Hie
to Confer With Democrat
on Celebration of Day]
COMMERCIAL CLUB
NAMES COI
Plans are beginning to take 11
for the proper reception of Vice
dent Thomas R. Marshall when
comes to Ottumwa for an address
the afternoon of Saturday, October
A number of local democrats
in the Commercial club Wedne
night to discuss the plans for th«
and confer with George W.
of Albia, member of the state ceii
committee from the sixth district,
with J. M. Gass, postmaster of Al£(
was present at the meeting.
The general arrangements for
day were gone into during the meet
and particular attention was given
the advertising of the coming of
.. vice president Steps were tak«s
to strike at its vitals. TJey fired their jnform the people all over the
rifles into Joints and bombed it all
congressional district as well
southern Iowa generally in order
bring a large crowd here for the
An advertising committee and
representatives were named and pll
set in motion to thoroughly publ
the proposed visit of Mr. Marst
who will be the first of the most
lnent speakers of the democratic
tional campaign committee to
Iowa. Ottumwa Is favored by
one of four cities in the state to b«
the vice president The local comi
tee in charge of the day, with the
operation of the townspeople irresf
tive of politics, expects to make
occasion a memorable one. Politic
partisan ship will be shelved tor
day in order to make the reception
the vice president one befitting tho
alted office.
TO NOTIFY DISTRICT.
Committeeman Godfrey has taki
up the tas£ of making the visit
over the district and will get in
with every county chairman,
turn will present the matter to
various township commit!
The entire district organisation is
pected to bend every effort to
large representations of the
communities here for the day.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept 28.—
The democratic party has not kept its
pledge to reduce the high cost of liv
ing, Charles W. Fairbanks, republican
candidate for vice president charged
in an address here this afternoon. The
speaker also touched upon the tariff,
the Mexican situation and economic
conditions In this country at the ter-! address whlch will be delivered al
mination of the European war. o'clock In the afternoon. Should
"The republican party," said Mr. weather be unfavorable, the
Fairbanks, "has ltept faith with the
American people since the days of
Abraham Lincoln.
"One of the most earnest pledges of
democracy was to reduce the high cost
of living. This pledge was not kept
No party has any claim to public sup
port which recklessly makes pledgee
which it can not or will not keep."
Chicago, Sept. 28.—Col. Theodore
Roosevelt will make at least five
speches in western states for Hughes
and Fairbanks next month, according
to reports received today at western
republican national headquarters.
INVADE8 WILSON'S STATE.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 28. —Charles E.
Hughes today addressed an audience
at the state fair here. He spoke from
the judge's stand at the race track.
It was Mr. Hughes' first appearance
as a presidential nominee In President
Wilson's home state.
Commercial Club Aids.
The Commercial club through
ldent C. S. Harper has appointed
following nonpartisan reception
mittee under the chairmanship of
B. Sax:
Homer Roth, R. J. Shanahan, J.
Weidenfeller, Jerry Shea, Robert
ningham, J. B. McCarroll, F. W.
mons, W. T. Harper, N. F. Read,
McCarty, Sant Kirkpatrlok, J. F.
er, H. L. Cowgill, EL P. Canny, Jl.
Waterman, C. W. Whltmore,
Mclntlre, 8. P. Hartman, C. D.
Mayor F. H. Carter, W. J. Berry
F. A. Ehrmann.
The committee will meet at
o'clock Saturday morning, Oetobar
In the Commercial clnb and will
the vice president and give him
come to Ottumwa. The arrival of
Marshall is scheduled for 10:40
the Milwaukee from Muscatine
he speaks the night previous. Ho}
be accompanied here by United
Marshall N. F. Reed who meets
upon his arrival in the state from
consln and will accompany him on
trip through Iowa.
Reception at Clwtx
The plans for the day havonot
completed but will probably
the meeting of the vice prealdent
the Milwaukee station by the
Cavalry band which has been
tor the day. The reception at
Commercial club will be the big
of the morning and it is planned
hold the public reception In the
tiful new rooms of the dtib
the hours of the tistlnguished
tor's arrival and 12:30 p. m.
A large speaking platform will
immediately erected on the
of the federal building at Third
Court streets. This will afford a
space for the crowds to congregate
and about the city park to b«
meeting will be held in the opera 1
which has been engaged for the
pose.
Ask Merchants to!
A committee named at the
of the local democrats Monday
will meet with the Retail Mer
association at the directors'
and supper this evening to ask
members of the association to d«
their various business houses tor
occasion. Th public to asked to
on gala dress for the day and to hav
the business houses, publto
and residences decorated for the
in honor of the visit of the vice
dent.
TWO MEN LYNCHED.
Nashville. Tenn., Sept 28.
negroes, arrested In connection
the murder of Bud Buna at Garden
bbrg Saturday night were taken
the Hohenwald jail by a nob early
day and shot to death.
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