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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
chioago's Good Citizens Stand Ashast
at the Charges Made Against the
Entire Depart
ment
is A CRIMINAL BAND
instead Of Being an Agency for Pro-
tectlon It Is an Actual Force For
Protection Of Crime
and Vice.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-Chicagoans to-
day stood aghast at the bitter arraign-
ment of the city police force in a pre-
liminary report OF the results of the
investigation of the city civil service
commission into vice conditions here
The commission declares that the
being an agency for protection, is in
reality an actual force for protection
Of crime and vice, and that its ad-
ministration is so mixed up with pol
itics as to nullify and hamper it's ad.
ministraticn of justice.
The report gives a long list of
cases where actual evidence Of the
payment of "protection money to high
police officials keep the proprietors OF
dens out of the courts, even in the
face of fragrant disregard of the law.
The only way to make the Chicago
police force an active agency for the
suppression Of crime, the commission
declares is to make cleanup of the
present personnel and reorganize Il
on the basis of a semi-military organ
ization something like the force O
Paris gendarmes. The foreign espion
age system, where the police woule
keep card catalogue lists Of all Grim
inals of every nature, and have thu
criminals themselves constantly unde
j surveillance, Is al recomn, ended.
instant abolition Is recommended Q
the United Police Association, a
organization which is supposed to b
benefit insurance scheme for men
bers of the force, but which the CON
mission finds has been charged wit
conspiracy to secure salary advance
by bribery and with other breache
of discipline.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
Rev. Rlcheson Hangs Between Life
and Death With Very Slim
Chance of Recovery From
Wounds.
CALLS DEAD GIRL S NAME
crazed With Pain, Accused Man
MumhIes In His Sleep and utters
the Name Of
Avis"

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
shortly after noon today. following
visit of DIR. Howard A. Lothrop, the
second In a few hours. that Rev. G. "
I. Richeson, who mutilated himself
in Charles street Jail cell while await
ing trial for murder of Avis Linnell,
has taken turn for the worse.
Reports, which are not denied by
DR.. Lothrop, say that the ex-minister
is hanging between life and death. 1t
is said heroic efforts are being taken
to prevent blood poisoning setting in
and that the young virginian is SO
weak it is thought inadvisable to
move him from his cell cot to the Jail
infirmatory.
From a turnkey, 1t was learned to-
day that Richeson was delirious part
of the time after he had been return
ed to his cell following his operation
During the delirium, said the guard
police inspector and stenographer
stood outside the cell door and took
down whole sentences which the pain
crazed minister shouted. che turnke,
said he could hear Richeson shriel
the name Avis" several times.
i The turnkey said Richeson Otter
mumbled in his sleep and that the al
rest of Charles S. Pierce, an instruf
i, tor at Newton Theological Seminar
! and formerly roommate Of Richie
sons, was due to Richeson's sleepin
remarks. Pierce's arrest followed hi
refusal to answer request from tn
district attorney to appear and answe
certain questions regarding an III
/ founded report that Richeson marie
4 Avis Linnell, performing the ceremon
:: himself, with Pierce as a witness
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
|ND|CT BUNCH
At SAME time
Federal Grand Jury Has Evidence
Enough to Nab Some of Those
Who Smell Of
Dynamite.
FORGING OF THE CHAIN
Nothing Definite VIII be Given Out
Until Officers Are Ready to
Gather In tho Whole
Outfit.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec 22-
When the federal grand jury, investi-
eating the alleged dynamite conspir-
acy, adjourned late this afternoon un-
til January 8, 1t will have completed
only the preliminary stages of it's
work. Up to the present it has heard
evidence connecting certain members
Of the executive committee of the
International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers with The
explosions Of jobs operated by the Ma
tional Erectors Association. 1t has
established the connection between
certain intimate friends of J. J. Nc
Namara and these explosions. but has
not tried to determine whether these
explosions were financed from out
side sources.
The latter work has been deferred
until after the holidays. For the next
week Federal District Attorney Mill
er and his corps of aids will be en-
gagged in preparing evidence for the
jury, which it is asserted by the fed
eral officials, will show conclusively
where the money for explosions came
from and will also develop, these Off
cials hope, that certain politicians
"blackmailed" the executive commit
tee of the bridgeworkers and, at
least three other prominent labor
u leaaers Of national reputation
n Most of today's session OF the fed
,, eral grand jury was devoted to COM
!, pleting the chain of evidence against
the men who were responsible Tor
the transfer of high explosives through
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Ne
braska. This evidence is so conclu-
sive, it is asserted, that indictments
could be drawn Immediately If the
government was not planning to vote
! all indictments in mass, in order to
prevent leaks which would permit the
y accused men to escape.
The state investigation of the al
legation that members Of the fedora
Grand jury and Prosecutor Baker hat
] been harrassed by detectives of the
C National Erectors Association will no
4 be begun until the second week il
i January.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
ARE ANGELS
IN DISGUISE
According to Beef Packers Attorney,
They Are Great Public
Benefactors.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.-The jury which
will try the ten beef magnates for al
legged frame-up to dominate the pack
ing industry, heard mere on the de-
lenses side of the case today.
Attorney NJ. W. Borders painted an
enthusiastic picture of the beneficient
packing house combination, and with
tremendous zeal repuuiated the govern
ments charge that the participants in
the trust ought to go to jail
Borders appeared particularly for
the Morris group of packers, and in-
dividually for Louis H Heyman, man
ager for Morris & Co, and one o. the
defendants,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
Put HIS HEAD
IN GAS oven
Y 81 Lorlmer, Idol Of the Stage,
Took His Life Today by
lnhalIns Cooking
Gas.
THE SHEPHERD K1.
Believed to Have Been DespondentI
Over His Inability to Secure
Another star
RoIe.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-W Walter NJ. S.
Lowell, better known on the stage as
Wright Lorimer, the well known act
or, who starred for years In The
Shepherd King" committed suicide to-
day in his home by inhaling illumi-
mating gas.
Lorimer went into the kitchenette
of his apartment, laid down on the
floor, thrust his head into the oven
portion of a gas stove and turned on
the gas.
The body, in that position, was
found today by the superintendent Of
the building, who was Investigating
because of the odor Of escaping gas.
Lorimer evidently had been dead for
several hours.
The coroners office is investigating
Wright Lorimer was born in Athol
Mass, March 10, 1874. He graduated
/ from Colgate university and later Went
to England, where he took special
courses in psychology and English lit
erature. After his return to the Unit
ed States he was offered professor
ships in English in several of the lead
ing eastern universities, but decided tt
follow his natural inclination tn,
stage. His first engagement was as
member of the Dearborn Stock com
pany. in Chicago, as utility man. Hi
a last play was The Shepherd King,
which he staged himself under tn
direction of VIM. A. Brady.
Lorimer is believed to have bee
respondent over his inability to 81
cure another star role.
Lorimer sued William Brady las
summer for s14S,00O for alleged viol;
tion of contract and injury to reputs
ton
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
Dollar a pay Pension Bill.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.

[United Press Leased Wire Service.l ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22-The Sher-
wood dollar a day pension bill
was discussed in the senate by
Brown. Republican, Nebraska) who
expressed regret that the COMMITTEES
on pensions could not have met today,
approved the bill and sent 1t to the
president before Christmas holidays. "
He said 1t wqGld be an appropriate
gift for the veterans. Brown predict
ed that the senate could not dodge
action on the bill, as It did on sim
liar measure last session"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
i ono Trio on Horseback.

limited Press LcSsed Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. Musician
John J. Callahan, third field artillery.
was today assigned by the war depart
ment to act as attendant for the
private horses of Lieutenant Edwin st.
John Greble, newly appointed military
aide to President Taft, in their trip
here from Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
The order says: THE journey direct
ed is necessary for the public service 2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
Illinois Court Decision.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. 22.-The
decision of the supreme court in a
former term in the Forestry Preserve
case, holding the state forestry pre-
serve act unconstitutional, was re-
affirmed by the court. The de-
cision is rendered in the case of Way
man against Rinaker, ct al.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Saturday Colder
tonight
For Illinois: Cloudy. unsettled and
cooler tonight Saturday generally
fair.
For Iowa: Generally fair tonight
and Saturday Colder in the east por-
ton tonight.
For Missouri Generally fair to-
night and Saturday. Colder tonight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22

Dec. Bar Their Wind. Weather.
81 Z pm. !. 29.97 40 S Cldy
% 4 am. J. 90. .93 35 sW Cldy
Mean temperature, Dec. u, 40.
Highest temperature, 45.
Lowest temperature, So.
Lowest temperature last night, "a.
FRED Q. GOsEWISCH,
Observer,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage. Height. Change. " ca 'h'r.
River Forecast.

River Forecast.
The river will remain nearly sta
or fall slowly. at Keokuk dur
ing the next forty-eight hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-22
Local Observations.

Bar. Their. Wind. Weather
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-06

THANKED her and said, Goodnight, and
went IN
It was in the night--very late Theodosia
iancied the moon was gone and it was
dark in the room that She awoke suddenly
startled, By the insistence Of the voice say
ing, You are getting old, getting older
every minute each night makes another
day Of your life gone"
"Why does II trouble me 50? wondered
Theodosia Everybody gets old yes,
yes, but not cheated Of their happiness "
She sat up, clasping her thin hands about
her knees. "I ad,H to be happy she
whispered " 1t IS not Just for my very self,
it's because nlommy would be 50 disap-
pointed she counted on my happiness
more than anything in the world. % il isn't
just for myself" with a fierce little cry
she fell forward. 1T isis for myself
Happiness is my right and what makes
woman happiness!"
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" What about your hair? It's lightish
And sott Il brushed and brushed ID lustrc
and putfed the way the summer girls 10
theirs and tile natural wayiness ene0ur-
aged
Oh Theodosias tense hands sGiilcd
hcf little scream, want TO do my hair
fashionably a pink ribbon band III like
and putis and puffs /" she hushed with a
shudder But I'm gettngold and people
3Mlld say Iheodo,ia Carey trying for
husband after all these years
The music started again She leaned
forward, chin 10 her hands. The night was
exquisite, moonlt, starlit, fragrant with
honeysucsIe Md Theodosia Sat there
alone arguing with the naggiug little inner
voice until She was conscious of d familiar
figure stepping from the shadow Of the road
way, iowardthe gate
Itwas MraAldcn. She had not seen him
leave the club balcony He came on up
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breakfast she cl1irpe Qat. She was
guch an inauisitive little thing, but
she did look pretty. Wish You'd
give re breakfast. Miss Carey 1hate
g9ing out ~ breakfast
Iheo.osia did not answer
You hate IL because gors're 80 lazg
yni can't get 70 your breakfast uHfil
ail The men have eaten ard gone,
was Wliat She thought.
Miss Merton did have a photograph
IN tier hand
You oigl 70 be on the porch
this lovely night, she said and
tnrned and swisiled away.
Theodosia lowered the lamp and
went aut sloE.iy after her She stood
on the steps ard saw Miss Merton,
joined at the gate hy the man in white
fanncls, cross the street and enter the door
81 the Yacht Club.
II was Saturday night and they were
dancing there She sat down on the top
step quleted little under the spell of the
music The strains of 4 waltz reached her
softly Through tho long balcony vim
dow- into the lighted clnbroom she could
see The dancers, girls pretty fluffy, be-rib-
boned heads touching their partners
shoulders She bad known how ID dance.
Mommy had me taught She wins
pered
And sie hal danced III that very club
room IT did not ser ten years since,
either at least Tonight It did not Some
times though indeed nqst times it seemed
shs had been bora and sta upon am
other liie SINCE her lasi dance Looking
back shs wondered hoe Size had como 70
tAi Sh. .apRed heF feet aItaa the loNer
tcp to tl the tiugiagin the0s she could
almost nave jumped up and waltzed madly
about the porch
I'D look pretty. wouldn't | and haze
Nj Alden come il the gate and sec me
going on like fool Then2osia muttcrcd
Just then she saw Mr. Alden cross the
floor s. the musis and tlancing subsidized
and strip aui oa tn tha balcony iie stood
still moment. hc gas smoking lie vas
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lheodosia turned from the piano. She
had gone e i a. soon as he went out.
she beard Miss Merton come downstairs
y. rooF lltilc thillg, stpck up ii that hot room
ibcoqosia decided then % bring her down
70 better one and ior the same money
now mean She had been. Is though her Ii.
tsns IRONS NJ 4 ifte t~
Sl '' ''la looke'l aut 81 thc sii,loN II
MIS- Merlon crossing to she clubhouse
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was to take lodgers she must hereafter treat
them decently Miss Merton was no
trouble; il she did spend her vacation in the
cheapest, hottest little room and her money
On clothes, at least i plainly gave her hap
piness 1t was her very happiness that
made her pretty.
Dawn came in at the window, and pres
entity Theodosia rose and crept down
stairs
When, some time later, Mr.. Alden ap-
peared in the dining-room, fresh and smiling
in his Khaki fishing clothes, Theodosia was
there, filling a little vase on the table with
crimson flowers. He stood still, watching
her.
II can tell you | appreciate ny breakfast
here every morning, I he said; iii starts me
off right for the day
Theodosia returned his glance softly.
In her tight, starched blue gingham she
looked very fraI her slim throat cleaned
white even against the stiff white collar.
Sometimes We start of right and end tip
wrong, she said, smiling a little.
Itstartled her, the suddenness with which
Mr.. Alden stepped toward her. She did
not move away; her eyes raised to his, her
hands gripping below her up-tilted chin, the
spray Of crimson flowers that blended with
the color Of her parted trembling lips, she
stood waiting,
You mustn't end up wrong he said,
"and / don't want To-
A wave of color surged beneath his even
tan and his eyes d-onped from hers to
the flowers, as he said in low tone;
Once quite a long time ago and I
have forgotten everything about il but
just that it happened to me-therc was
Ia woman
Theodosias hands with the blur Of Grim
son slipped downward
"Shall tell YOU about it?p
"No," Theodosia said. "All men have
had something ike that happen
His eyes came back to hers eagerly, and
he said quite simply
II love y0u-''
She did not move until he bent and
quietly took her hands and drew her
nearer.
II have wanted to tell you, he said,
with happy, almost unbt lieying eyes, and
| didn't know that | dared. Sometimes /
have thought, with you there might be, or
might have been someone else as
There has never been, Theodosia an
swered in ringing voice. Never I
don't know why
And can you, doyou love me2n
Her eyes still raised, with their gray soft
ness, truth and new sparkling light She an
swered him. still in the ringing voice;
Eyes, yes, | do love you"
Trenby, but unalarmed, she felt her
face crushed to the khaki, fragrantly clean
and soft, and beneath it her ear caught tho
pit-a-pat Of his heart. gaspb
Love, love, love, it sounded like to her.
and her head raised to his kiss
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smoked cigar into the roadway and Theo-
dosiz knew he wanted to finish it.
Ike listening to the music, she said.
You do There was note Of pleas
uFe in hls voice and then he paused.
Theodosia knew also that he had meant
to say more and thought better Of il. He
stepped up on to the porch. ~
: II fseven ism t too early for you / Il break
fast them and get of fishing ~m
! Theolosi1 said seven was all right and he
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& chair and then bis head and shoulders
disappeared
Hes sitting down there all alone.
smoking whispered Ihscdosia.
HeF H7ind wanderasl ioolislly ID hair
toaics. She tired to think oi everything
shf had eFer heard about ghesn It's a
si1. sRe mHsei n0t to preserve such
thlngs As your hair and teeth when they re
unusual then that nagglng little inner
yalCe began accusingly ii Theodosia.
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49, ss quiet except the in
wari voice Nj Tlleo-
\ dosia discomfort.
Fist think Yane nearly thirtr-
FIVE Thirty five isnt Oh If vol re
q married woman. but if's Old, OH Il
you're n0t married
4 figttering sign from Theodosia
" she Strengthened her slirn shoulders
and bent again, working hereely 1t
the lread-ni1ing.
"If you'd been born horelv.
Theodosia Carey but gou weren't.
You were barn pretty vi Il way. with
your hair naturally curly and ligltish,
and sound white eetll
Theodosia head dropped add her
White pique sleeve absorbed ihe tears.
scalding salt-stinging tears tllat cane
with the force az infrequency
Oh moaned Theodosia tits
not just for ne that it matters It's
rn0mmgs disappointment. Just as
though she lived breatFed and walked
through this house. | can feel her
about me She knows Inn getting
on Ion To being an old maid. ho# I'm
wasting away and shriveling up. thin
thin as a rail. and I'm so SCARED and
my hair doesn 1 curi an~ mom
The front gate clicked and someone
came up the steps an ~ the porch aad
Unto the house Ihcodosia rHhei
her face across iieF sleeve and i90ked
lip, sitting 3b. listening
II was Miss Merton the young ladg
who lodged IL Theol0sia UP floor
front room she sent running ln.l lly
upstairs. trsng ig sing anl whistle
both, and All oal 81 breath
Hiss Carey oh Miss Carerl
She was c3ning uois'iy dogn again.
My lamp hasn't q 5lf III al IN it
and want t0 find something in my
trunk
And somebody II waiting tntside
for you. Thought Theodsm ar you
wouldn't he 10. sach 3 hurry la
man Some young man ia Nhite
fianucls and white shoes
Thnodosa kept oH b the breed and
did not answer Sha IA forgot 30
fiji the lamp When before ia her
liie bad sbc forgotten 4 AHd le
mas always nice and polite d lief
dodgers. liit row sae answered Out
sharply
Take that piece % candle IL the
hall and make Il do for nov l'll see
y your lamp later
Miss Merton clumped back up stairs
again, whistiing
Looking tor q photo d herself to
chow him, Theodosia specialized
She drew her hands from the bread
dough and stepped to the kitchen sink
to wash them III The glass above her
face WIS reflected pale, with two little
hectic spots, her gtaF eyes fed-rimned
and her mouth set in q hard straight
line.
I've a notion 60 break all the
mirrors in the house, She mutUrcd
II don feel oli, hkc that I'ma fool
to care. =
She turned away AUD tfsrrel tlie
bread over carefully u rise
Some nice raised biscuits tof his
ssrsss ssfs{af ~, sgfsstVftta tts,sf58s fyes,Bst
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taller than most men and beside al unnis
tasable alifenc q shoulders the Light
itjn beaeala'n gleanad gpen bald spot
#fg igal 9ae lesil III i0pgf his heasi
lHes1i4 g Hs. Aes n,iild ecntetra sud-
iieav afaii thal D4 d Mf Alaea head
#i4lAetl ssi quhl ~ date aaoH
yolls N lV4. II sae heard thc seraping
The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-12

ton will not be interferred with but that hostilities in all quarters will cease. This is eons.dere1 in Ber::n as equivalent to the end Of the war at least the warlike movements that now will be succeeded by neeotia- lions looking to settlement. It IS regarded as probable that as soon as the strong Italian army has disem- parked at Tripol even the young Turk irreeoncilables will begin to, recognize as apparently ihs Lotto- man government already does that there is no hope of holding Tripoh from Italy.
 Then it will be possible for Turkey to enter into peace negotiations with the prospect of reaching a less un- satisfactory conclusion than would result from a continuation of the conflict
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ROGERS AT KANSAS CITY.
Win Stop There to Fix Engine Be-
 fore Starting West.

Kansas City Oct. 11-C. P. Rog- CTS. the continental flyer, is spending the night at Overland Park nine miles southwest of here, after having flown 4O6 miles from his start ing point in New York
 Rodgers will remain Nhere until Friday in order to adjust his engine He then will resume his flight to the Pacific Coast
 He began his flight today at Mar shall S4 miles from Kansas City. Rodgers will take the tracks of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas to San Antonio, when he starts on Friday. The aviator will follow the Southern Pacific route 10 CaEifoRaia thereby averting Colorado air conditions, which according to the aviator, are undesirable.
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NO PAY DAY TROUBLES.
lllinoi3 Central Took Pains 10 Pro-
 tect Their Men in Vain.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-The elaborate pains taken by the Illinois Central to protect the plant in case of trou- ble with the strikers on pay day to- day proved unnecessarily and although the streets were crowded with men all day It was as quiet as if no strike was on and quieter than an ordinary pay day
 About s2O0,O00 was paid the men from cars outside the stockade. The, men were paid by checks. Special details of police patrolling the streets and held in reserve in the police station were on watch all day fear ing an outbreak. but when the strike breakers left the shop at the usual time none was molested.
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Arabs to Take Up Fight.

Rome Oct. 1-Reports from TripoH this afternoon say Arabs of the interior are circulating a report that the Great Mahdi U the Sahara having heard of the Italian invasion Is gathering arms and men and es- pecially trained horsemen and pro- claiming a holy war VII eh is to be condlcted "relentlessly" until the in fields are driven into the sea.
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KILLS SISTERS RgTRAYsR.
Weaver Smith Avenses Wrong to His
 f3-Year Old Sister.

Nashville Tenn. Oct. 11-E. w. Carline was shot five times this afternoon and instantly killed by Weaver Smith who charges that the dead man ruined his 13 yer old sister crline Smith, who disappeared from Nashville last Sunday and was found two days later in deserted house near the city in company with Ed