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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
Eleventh Victim Of the New York Ex.
piosion Was Found This Morn
ing in the Buildings
Ruins.
THsFocUs OF DEATH
sfouns Lady While Gclne to her
FORK Was spearcd Through the
Head by Flying
! Timber.

NEW YORK Dec. 20.-The body Of
the eleventh victim Of yesterdays ex-
rlosion was recovered this morning.
Five are dying from fractured
skulls at the hospitals.
The property loss will be over one
raillion.
The worst focus of death was the
SPOT at which the trolley car and the
automobile were hurled together The
seventy passengers were dumped to
the other side of the car in tangle
of ironworls. sharp fragments of glass
eiid broken panels.
Miss May Pope was caught by the
head between stanchion and the
overturned automobile and crushed to
death. Three other passengers, all
men. we're overwhelmed with wreck
age and died before help could reach
them Twenty feet away Miss Edith
Cffner. 2S years old, stenographer
IN magazine Office. on her way TO
work. was speared through the head
| bv flying joist Policeman Toomey
| had lust signalled to the trolley CAL
/ to stop and was leading two little
girls across the street by the hand.
One was torn from his hand by thf
/ frst blast of air and the other by the
rebound. The second girl, Mary Gil
man 12 years old, had her right lei
torn OFF by a FLYING fragment OF irol
railing surrounding the Lexington
+ Avenue station.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
PRETTY FACES WHICH
TURN CROWNED HEADS
Gossip About Three Rulers Whose
Love Affairs Seem to Have Be-
come Public Property.

LONDON, Dec. 2O.-The flying Wis
its King Alfonso is In the habit OF
having to Paris are not unconnected.
asserts a gossipy London newspaper
with the residence in that city OF
beautiful young actress. Five years
ago the lady in question was earning
five shillngs week as mldlnette
Today she is surrounded by every lux
ury which wealth can buy"
"Among those i'll the company OF
the Car of Russia" another London
newspaper says. during his so1ourn
In Germany. it has been the subject
of considerable comment how greatly
his majesty has improved In health.
He no longer wears q worried, haunt
ed look, and chats and jokes. as ne
did in the days before he came to the
throne. Malicious gossips put it down
to the influence exerted upon him by
beautiful lady whose husband Is a
member of the Cars household"
"When the ex-shah left his place
of exile in Russia to proceed to Wen
ma and thence to Paris" a third Lon
don newspaper relates there was
general belief that his movements
were connected with plot to regain
for him the throne of which he was
deprived last year. II has now trans
!, pired that the ex-shah was driver
across Europe not by politics, but pl
love. The lady upon whom he haE
placed his affections is charmins
i and beautiful irish girl The ex-shaf
saw her at music-hall in Russia an'
fell In love with her. One OF th'
4 Persian gentlemen in attendance OF
! him was dispatched to negotiate viii
the lovely dancer and to invite he
10 Join his harem as his legal wife
she rejected these overtures, declar
ing that her principles would not a
low her to marry man who alraad
has as many wives as. the ex-ahah
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
SUPPORT SECRETARY
IN FOREIGN WORK
Local Association Cooperating With
Des Moines and Marshalltown
in Missionary Plan.
[ Special to The Gate City. |

Especial to The Gate City.l
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa Dec. 20
Beginning next simmer Marshalltown,
Des Moines and Keokuk Y. Nj. C. A.
workers will support in Brazil for
eign secretary in the person of
Arthur W. Manuel, of Owatonna,
MINI. Arrangements have already
been completed to send Manuel into
the field. and he will sail for Rio de
Janeiro. where his post Is to be,
shortly after June ]
Mr.. Manuel was reared in Mime
sofa and graduated at Hamline Unr
yersitv in 1907. He came to Des
Moines to become religious work sec
retary. and left there last fall to take
up post graduate work at Oberlin. He
will finish this work in the spring
and will leave shortly afterwards for
the Brazilian capital to enter upon
his work. Mrs. Manuel will accom-
pany her husband, and with Mr.. Man
tel is now at Owatonna for the holi
DAYS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
MONOPOLY OR
GOVERNMENT OWNER
Head of Postal Telegraph Co., Says
His Concern is Still With
the Public.
Especial to The Gate City.l


NEW YORK, Dec 20.-Clarence H.
Mackey, on being shown the announce
ment from London that the Western
Union Telegraph Co.. with submarine
cables from the United States to
Europe had now acquired control OF
four submarine cables owned by the
Anglo American Telegraph Co.. said:
..The only competitors now left is the
Commercial Gable company on the
ocean and the Postal Telegraph Co.,
on the land. The Bell Telephone Co.
has combined with our only compet'-
tors on the land and with our competi-
tor on the ocean they have gotten TO-
gether vast combination and 1t Is
clear that if the public wants competi-
ton the public must rely on the POS
tai Telegraph and the commercial ca
bles. We shall not enter into any
combination. neither shall we sell
out. We shall continue to compete
and give the fastest service. AS
stated to the legislative committee N
New York last winter the Postal Tele
eraph COMPANY will Re the last com
netitor on land telegrapby wo'l'e
now add that the Commercial Cable
Co, will be the last cornpetitor u
ocean cabling. When the competition
ceases there will be only choice be
tween monopoly and government own
ership."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
CHARITY BALL
LOOKS DOUBTFUL
Bone of Contention is Whether So
ciety Shall Appear in Tableaus
With the Feet
Bare.
DIRECTOR IS FIRM
Says There viii be no Show Unless
Ladies Discard Their ssoeklnsr
and Men Put on
Tights.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. %. So
ciety in Philadelphia is all iiutter
over the question as to whether there
will or will not be a charity ball this
year. Until few days ago it looked
much as II there would be a ball, but
now this is mighty big question
And the bone Of contention is wheth-
er society shall appear in the tab
leaux, q la Isadora Duncan, with bare
feet and flin,sy costumes. or whether
they will be allowed to wear flesh
| ings and sandals.
Francis Hartman Markoe, who Is
in Philadelphia to direct the produc-
| tion, has issued his decree that no
| stockings or sandals shall be worn
"That matrons and young women
1 who take part in those tablea,lx," the
director is quoted as saying, must
come unadulterated. If we are giving
historic tableanx we will give them
as they were presented In times OF
old Then the women did not wear
4 fleshings. pads and sandals. They
showed their shapely limbs and per-
I. feet feet and toes without adornment.
4 II am to run this show that Is the
4 way 1t will be run
Some of the young women who had
/ been scheduled to appear in the
! dance Of the hours say that the di-
| rector is in the wrong.
4 While the Philadelphia women are
: noted for their pretty faces, they say
y there might be reasons for Just III,
{ tie padding here and there.
Tho male members OF the four hun
4 dred also are up III arms. Many os
& them are used to leading cotilions
t but in this pleasing pursuit they are
E attired in such manner as to hide
e either their ayoirdupoiee or lack o.
a it.
: Francis Hartman Markoe has no
f spared the men. The edict issued tt
s them is:
"You must be prepared to appear il
short leather jenkins and coloret
tights"
1t must be admitted that the youni
and shapely members Of the four hun
dred are much in favor Of tho mall
d costume, and this applies as well t
the young and shapely women, espee
tally those who have followed outdoo
pursuits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
Hearty Furry Caused by a Girl on
the Street With Twig OF Ripe
Berries, as Ornament
to Her Hair.
ESCAPED FROM CROWD
MatronIy chaperon Led the Girl Into
a Store Just When the Mob
OF Men Had Grown
Desperate.

CHICAGO, Ill.,. Dec. 20.-A twig of
mistletoe, an Oklahoma girl and
mob Of men participated in heart
furry on State street ID, Cupid.
erstwhile official broker and well
known character around the Garden
of Love, is suspected by the police to
have caused the near catastrophe
Mistletoe. small branch with
ripened berries on it. and small
girl with a pretty face and a southern
grace, figured prominently in what al
most developed into panic.
The crowding men knew the girl
was from Oklahoma, because they ov-
erheard her tell her companion she
was going back to that state after the
holidays.
From where she came. they did not
know, but right down State street In
the "loop.' with the twig OF mistletoe
protruding neatly from the top of her
| fluffy coiffure, she marched.
Young men and unsophisticated
youths smiled and gazed and specu
lated if the girl really knew what ar
invitation she presented by strolline
forth in the Yule-tide garb of Inistle
toe.
Other men seemed puzzled whether
4 it were ethical or not to let q gir
go by unchallenged under such cir
I cnmstauces, One by one they looked
{ and two by two they took the trail Q
the dainty miss wearing the nistle
toe bough. The girl and her compan
ion, matronly chaperon, halted a
Jackson boulevard
"Oh, you llistletoe,' an urcbil
shouted at this climax. Then tn
!. older woman smiled. "Alleen, it mus
be the mistletoe they admire sh
said Taking her timid ward by tn
arm, the matronly mentor made
: hasty disappearance through neal
{ by store entrance, while the mob 6
men retreated toward their variou
). destinations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
Railroad Tracks Also Torn up and Ev.
erythins Possible is Being Done
to Harass Disz
Army.
FIGHTING CONTINUES
Bandit Chief and Party Take Posses
sion Of Train and Threatened
to Shoot School
Professor.

Ell PASO, Tex. Dec. 20.-1hat hsht-
ing continues west of Chihuahua is
certain. Mexican officials have but lit
tie more Information than the average
individual, for all wires are cut and
trains due since last Thursday are
still tied up along the Ell Peso North 7
western railroad. Efforts to take
troops over the road caused the lnsur-
gents to tear up the track.
There has been fighting all around !
Lajunta and Pedernales, and there
have been heavy losses OF both sides
Rumors persist in having 1t that the
federals have been defeated, but the
last official report from the federals
claim victory. Col. Augustin Martinez
reports that Thursday at 5 p. IN. he
took possession of San Andresa, dis
lodging party of rebels. The feder7
4 ais lost one man.
According to Mexican officials Fran
cisco Salido, rebel chief, who be
lcnged to prominent family OF Chin
has was slain, as were Jose G. Roch-
! in, Antonio Frias and Pascual Oros-
zoo (Hijo) also insurgent leaders.
4 Castulo Herrera and Francisco V.
i Valdez are said to have deserted the
,irebel cause and are fleeing to the
/ United States.
A passenger from Guerrero relates
-Ithat Prot. NJ. G. Porrasa, principal
u an sefficial school in Guerrero, had a
i safe conduct from Pascual Orozco to
chihuahua, but after passing Rosario
: the bandit chief, Francisco Villa, with
i a following of thirty, took him off the
| car. Villa was going to shoot him, he
J said, because he had worked for the
) |Diaz-Corral ticket at the election.
The pleadings of other passengers
+ saved him.
Messages from Maria, Tex, say
/ there has been further fighting south
of there in the vicinity of Ojinags,
}, and that the Texans have been forced
to collect money to provide for Mexi-
: can refugees.
Efforts are being made By the in
}, surrecto agents to hire soldiers OF
the Twenty-third Infantry, who have
l. been discharged by reason of expira
tion of enlistments. Several hundred
l. more will be discharged this week.
S. Diaz Is Uneasy.
e MEXICO CITY, Dec. 20.-Employ
70 ing every precaution against assass
/ nation, President Diaz is living in fea
of his life. 1t became known toda
s.. that trusted servants taste all foo
k before it is given him and that h
changes his sleeping place ever
night. Couriers are carefully searche
before they are admitted to the bulk
), ing.
s Reports that Gen. Navarro has bee
captured by rebels have not been r.
III ceived here through official chal
nels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20

The United Press is able today as
] !, result of q personal audience be-
Tween its Washington manager ana T
president Taft. to present the follow
#jng story dealing with the views of I
President Taft on the tariff question
lind the Panama canal
1910 by United Press As
sociation.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.-The pur-
pose Of this article is to give the peo-
Die Of the United States an insight
into the views Of the president on the
tariff question and the Panama canal,
the same as If they were In the pres
ence of Mr.. Taft and speaking with
him on these two topics Of national
Importance.
Its purpose is to let the reader hear
from him the reason why he believes
every man should swell with pride
/ over the benefits which the Panama
canal will bring to this country
Although 1t is against the rules OF
the white house to quote the presi-
dent, The United Press. through an
interview, is able to present this ar
tice, showing the presidents views.
The article. while not quoting the
president, says:
A permanent tariff commission Will
provide the necessary basis for an
Intelligent tariff consideration. no
matter by what party or by what end
1t Is secured. The facts are obtain
\ able in no other way. 1t is beyond
the ability of any body Of men work
ing temporarily on the tariff to col.
lect and digest the vast amount of in
formation used in making the tariff.
Failure OF congress to support a per-
manent tariff commission would make
scientific revision of the tariff inl-
possible and would be step back
ward.
Senator Aldrich has greater
knowledge of the intricacies Of the
tariff than any other man in America
yet he cannot know all of the details
It must be the work of a permanent
commission The country is ready
for 1t. If the commission is made
permanent, its value will be eviden
for all time to come. While the plar
to permit tariff revision schedule b.
schedule is necessary. the tariff CON
mission must come first.
The president was enthusiastic re
garding the Panama canal He d
played his vital interest in its futur
meaning to the American people AM
shows surpris sing knowledge OF tn
most minute details.
The great effect OF the openin
Of the canal in the presidents opinlo
will be the reduction in transcontinei
tai rates. The milk man who buy
his bottles in Pittshnrg will find ma
the canal has transformed the factor
half way across the country by mean
Of the new low rates. The centri
states will quickly reflect the benefit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
THE WEATHER.

(Until p. m. Wednesday,
For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Wednesday. Warm
er Wednesday.
For Illinois: Fair and continued
cold tonight Wednesday increasing
cloudiness with slowly rising temper
ature.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday Warmer east portion
Wednesday.
For Missouri; Generally fair to-
night and Wednesday Rising TEN.
perature Wednesday
Weather Conditions.
The lake storm has moved slowly,
The center being over the lower LAKE
region and northeastern states. and
the pressure is low on the entire At
lantic coast, with snow in the lake
region and northeastern states.
The western field Of high pressure
has moved to the eastern slope of ihs
Rockies. its influence causing colder
weather from the Mississippi valley
eastward to the Atlantic coast, and
the weather is generally fair through
out the west.
Rains in Arizona aud western
Texas have attended an area Of mod.
erately low pressure in the southwest
Conditions indicate generally fair
weather for this section tonight and
Wednesday and warmer Wednesday
Local Observations.
Dec BarTher Wind. Weather
10 : pm. 29.SS 30 NV Clea'
20 2 am !. so "a Ii NV Cleal
Mean Temperature. Dec 10, s6.
Highest temperature. A.
Lowest temperature &c,
Lowest tenneratnre last night. q
FRED Y. GosEWIscFi,
Observe,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
STRIKERS KILL
TEAMsTER TODAY
Driver Gamely Stuck to His Wagon
FOR Half Mile Before
Collapse.

CHICAGO. Dec. 2N.John Donnely.
aged 21. a tea,rs.sr employed by a
garment maker. was shot and killed
by strikers today He stuck TO his
wagon although shot, and drove q
half mile before he collapsed. He
died in the hospital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
smooth Crater at Work.

MARsKAILToWN. Dec. 20. a
smooth CRATER secured $50 in cash
and So in merchandise from the An.
drews dry goods store. He teiapnonea
for two pairs of ladies' silk hose az
sl.50 pair and asked that the ae-
livery boy bring $50 to change oisl'
When the boy counted out the money
the door was slammed in his face ana
the man escaped through q rear aooi
Of the house. which was vacant. lne
police have failed to locate the man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
Andy pigs Up $4,000.

LOGAN, Iowa, Dec. 2o.-Ihe clti-
zens of Missouri Valley are delighted
over receiving notice that the $4,000
promised by Andrew Carnegie is in
readiness to be forwarded to the
,ihrary at Missouri Valley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
To Aid Free Press

SEATTLE. Dec. 2O.A dozen bills
have been framed here for presenta-
ton to the Washington legislature as
rhe result of the recent sentencing OF
the editors Of The Seattle Star for
contempt oil court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
$4,000 Fire Loss at RoIfc.

RoLFE. Iowa. Dec 2U.-The large
residence of n. A. Lind was totaliN
destroyed by FIRE, causing loss OF
100000. The family was not a. home
at the time of the hre and the blaze
had gained such headway when DIS
covered that little could be done The
origin of the fire is unknown.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
Two Steamers Missing.

LAS TALMAS, Canary Islands. Dec.
20.-No word was received today from
the steamers Egbert and Erma Wor-
mass. The latter left port in a storm
last night to rescue the former, and 1t
is feared both vessels have been lost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20

IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. 2o.-The
tannerance forces at Iowa City are
cla,ming Johnson county, not includ-
,rg iowa CITY. for the drys and claim
hat they have won the battle against
tna saloon forces outside the cor
,s,rate r limits by at least l5o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
FROM TEXAS TO
N. Y. IN THE AIR
Leroy TAYLOR is Building the Biggest
Balloon in the World
for Trip.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20. Leroy Tay-
lor, a prominent club man is con-
strnctins the largest balloon in the
world in which 10 sail from waco,
Texas, to New York for the world 5
distance record
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
MISTOOK EACH
OTHER FOR THIEVES
City Police and Revenue Detectives
Engage in Morning Revolver
pa{fIe

y MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec. 2o.-Each
party mistaking the other for whisky
thieves, city police and U. $. revenue
detectives fought with revolvers TINS
morning and one man was shot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
STRIKERS DESTROY
TWENTY STREET CARS
Canadian Police Are Busy Today
protecting What is Left OF
the System.

WINNIPEG. Dec. 2o.-The police
are busy today protecting street
cars from striking motormen and con
ductors. Twenty cars were destroy
ed last night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20

Population Of Missouri Cities
!, Hannibal, 18,34f.
jefferson City, n $50.
MoberIy, 10,s2c.
sedalia, 1892.
Webb City, 1877.
independence. $3.50.
Columbia. 1852.
Carthage, 9,483.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-20
N INTERVIEW
WITH PRESIDENT
|,,riH Commission is the Only Way
for Scientific Handling Of This
Most Perplexins
Question.
|,HE PANAMA CANAL
re.ident is Enthusiastic Over it and
Believes the Citizens Should
Swell With
Pride.
|,HE PANAMA CANAL

The United Press is able today as
, result of personal audience be-
tween it's Washington manager ana
President Taft. to present the follow
Iug story dealing with the views of
President Taft on the tariff question
md the Panama canal
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Whnt,s in McCIurea

A weIl-known novelist who with
holds his name tells a most interest
ing and valuable story In the Febru-
ary McCIure's of his experience as
a moderate drinker.
Prof. Hugo Munsterberg, who re-
Gently told the readers of McClure's
how psychology could be applied to
commerce with beneficial results,
tells how 1t could and should be
utilized by young America in the
choosing of career; Xavier Paoli,
1.-The Guardian Of Kings" writes de-
lightfully of the courtship Of King
Alphonso and Princess Ena; w. ".
Rideing contributes another chap
ter of his "reminiscences Of noted
writer's; L. 8. Brownell tells of the
great work Canada is doing for her
farmers and Perceval Gibbon de-
scribes Louis Brennan's latest exper-
iments with his mono-rail car.
There are stories by Alice Perrin,
Helen Green. George Kibbe Turner,
E. B. Waterworth, and Mabel Wood
Martin. The number also contains
another installment of Arnold Ben
nett's amusing satire, What the
Public Wants"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
"RecreatiOn."

The dozen articles in Recreation
for this month are illustrated by
over hundred photographs taken
especially for the purpose. One of
the most striking of these is a full
page halftOne OF four-horse log
ging team coming down precipi-
tous mountain road i'm front OF a
load Of giant spruce logs This Is
one of the nineteen photographs
used to illustrate Leonard Dewitt
Sherman's, Logging in the White
Mountains an article OF unusual in
terest. dealing with life at lumber
camp at which 100000 feet of
spruce are cut yearly.
Tho last half of Ernest Russell's,
The Recreatlons of Mil WALLACE.
the first part of which caused much
favorable comment when published
last month, also appear in February
Recreation,
Charles Asklns writes OF "The
Life OF a Double-Barrel Shotgun, -
Frank 4. Carlton tells the points 10
look for In Buying Dog" and
Harry J, Holdin gives directions on
How to Make sibley Tent"
A remarkable series OF photo
graphs OF the White Heron, taken
by Julian A. Dimock. illustrate an
interesting article on THE Great
White Heron" OF Florida, by A. w.
Dlmock Il was from one OF these
photographs that the cover for the
issue Of Recreation was
made, This shows one OF these im-
mense white birds In fun flight. and
Its outline. sharply sllhoutted
against the golden-orange sky OF the
setting sun makes an exceedingly
Impressive picture
other noteworthy articles appear
ne ia February Recreation are;
Following Lewis and Clark" by n,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-02-12
Typhoid and Niagara.

At recent session of the confer
ence Of the sanitary officers of the
state Of New York, conditions at
Niagara Falls were severely criti-
cized by Professor William r. Sedg.
wick Of the Massa chusetts Institute
of Technology.
Professor Sedgwick is perhaps the
first authority on Hygiene and San
itation in the country. He is CO.
author of one of the foremost texts
in Physiology and Hygiene (Hough
and Sedgwick's The Human Mechan-
ISM Ginn and Company, and his
word carries weight, He said;
Zone of the worst plague spots,
il not the worst, in respect TO ty-
phoid fever in the United States is
Niagara Falls, in which the death
rate from this disease ranged from
1879 to 1916 per 100000 in the
decade of 1S97-1907.
THE sewage pollution of Niagara
Falls is a matter OF national, not
merely local, concern, for Niagara
Falls is visited annually by hun
dreds of thousands of persons from
all parts of the country, many OF
whom contract typhoid fever there
and die of It,"