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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Tar and Feathers Used on Iowa
Physician Because He Threw
Wife and Daughter
into Street.
} MOB DID THE WORK THE
Victim looked Like Rooster After
the Demonstration and Was TAX
en- to Hospital for
Repairs.

MASON CITY, Iowa, April 10. A
mob at Glenville. in Worth county.
tarred and feathered DR.. j. p. Freeman.
a prominent physician. The doctor
was attacked while on his way home
from his office. Later he was taken
TO hospital suffering severely from
shock and exposure. and physician
summoned from Northwood to attend
him.
Charges preferred by DIR. Freeman
against his wife in divorce action
and revelations made in a cross-bill
filed by Mrs. Freeman are believed
to have been the cause of the outbreak,
which has created tremendous SEN
sation in Glenville and surrounding
country.
DR.. Freeman was attacked about 10
O'Clock by thirty men, who We're in
hiding in an alley and rushed upon
the physician and two companions as
they passed the place of concealment.
| The assailants seized the doctors com
panions first, as they apparently
thought the two were armed.
Freeman broke away when he was
attacked and ran back to his office,
but was caught as his hand touched
the door, the knob of which was
wrenched off in the struggle that fol-
lowed
He was quickly thrown to the
ground and smeared with the contents
of pail of tar Then the mob rolled
him in feathers and pelted him with
eggs.
A few weeks ago DR.. Freeman
brought suit for divorce. charging his
wife with cruelty. Mrs. Freeman filed
a counter-charge connecting the phys
icians name with that of another
woman.
Monday evening Mrs. Freeman went
to her husbands office There was a
quarrel, and Freeman is alleged to
have thrown his wife and little daugh-
ter into the street. This brought feel
ing in the town to climax
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Biz Jail Delivery.

DECATUR, H., April 13.-Six men
and one boy escaped from the Macon
county Jail here last night by over
powering the turnkey and taking his
keys from him, after which they made
their escape through the storm and
are still at large officers are scour-
ing the country in search of the
escaped prisoners. All of the men
who escaped were held on penitentiary
charges.
One man. A. T.. Searn, when invit-
cd to join the jail breakers, refused
TO go. saving that the jail was com
Portable enough for him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
LAST HOPE OF
INDICTED PACKERS
Court Action Today Will Settle the
Question for All
Tines.

CHICAGO, April Eff the de
murrer to the Indictment of ten mil
lionaire packers is sustained this af-
ternoon before Judge Carpenter, at
torneys believe the investigation will
receive death blow.
Numerous futile court fights have
been raised to prevent the trial snd
the demurrer is said to be the last
hope of the men. The attorney for the
packers opened the argument today
He said the packers had not violated
the law even if they are guilty as
charged in the indictments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Bar Rooms on Steamboats,.

NEW ORLEANS, April I3-Bar'
rooms operated on river steamers are
within the jurisdiction of the police
mower of the state, according to de-
cision rendered by Judge Chretian. in
the Criminal District Court. Judge
chretian held that while the jnrisdic-
tion of the admiralty court over the
high seas and navigable streams N
matters commercial is beyond ques-
tion the traffic in liquor is clearly
within the pclice power Of the state,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
only one HOUSE
LEFT STANDING
Tornado Wipes Out Town of Big
Heart, Oklahoma and Eight
Persons Are Known to
be Dead.
Band of Redmen camped Near the
Town Are Scattered by
the Wind Last Ev-
enlng.

PAWHuSKA, Okla, April 10
hlshe persons are known to have
peen Killed, between twenty-five and
tnlrty injured, many seriously. and
the entire town of Big Heart. fifteen
miles south of here, swept away by
tornado which struck there about S
O'Clock last evening. Big Heart has
population of about 500. Only one
building is said to remain standing.
Three of the known dead have
been recovered. They are:
JOHN KENNS.
FRED HAMMOND.
WILLIAM MARLOWE.
The tornado formed southwest of
the city, according to reports re-
ceived here. 1t appeared in the ira
d1tional funnel form and came without
warning. People fled from the
crashing buildings, only to be struck
down in the streets by flying timbers
or picked up ana carried away through
the air.
About 100 Indians were camped
near the village The storm struck
them first, tearing down their tents
and tepees and scattering them about
Several of the Indians are reported to
have been killed and injured.
The first news of the destruction
was received at Pawhuska about an
hour after the tornado had passed. A
relief train carrying physicians and
I nurses was organized and sent from
Pawhuska. Another was organized
at Ayant, south of Big Heart.
The dead and wounded will be
brought here or taken to Tulsa, where
proper hospital facilities and medical
attention can be had.
The scene at Big Heart beggars
description Fully 400 people are
homeless. The work of rescuing the
dead and wounded from the debris
and wreckage is being carried on
and progress is necessarily slow
Many of the bodies were carried far
beyond the scene of destruction, and
searching parties are hunting for
these in the fields. Timbers from the
demolished buildings are said to have
been found half mile from where
they were picked up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
r"sht Made Without Stop by Aviator
Who Has Established New
Long Distance
Record.
MILES INDIANS ARE KILLED
pr'er' Makes the Trip in -Four Hours
Without Mishap and Gains
Place on Fame
Scroll.

isof Les MOULTNEAUX, France
April l9.-Pierre Prier the aviator
made nonstop flight from London
10 Parls, landing at this suburb OF
Paris at 5:45 o'clock in the afternoon
ne left Hendon, six miles from the
center OF London, at :37 o'clock and
crossed the English Channel from Do
yer 70 Calais, flying at height OF
1000 feet.
lhe distance from London to Paris
is practically 290 miles. Prier's flight
established a record distance for A
nonstop air trip across water and
country.
Prier was half blind when he land
ed because he wore no goggles. He is
20 years old and one of Bleriot's as
sistants.
Leaving the, channel behind him
/ Prler encountered fine weather until
he reached Beauvais, fifty-four miles
from the French capital, and from that
city the rest of his voyage was made
/ through a haze.
4 Pr1er was widely acclaimed by a
dense throng as he stepped out of his
machine, after alighting on the Issy
aviation field The monoplane used
| by the aviator was the historic ma
chine with which Alfred LIE Blanc, the
French aviator, won the $4,000 prize
! by finishing first in the great cross
! country race Of ass miles on circui1
/ east of Paris last summer
The record of continuous air trir
was set by Olieslaegers at Rheims last
/ July, when he circled the course for
! total of 24444 miles.
4 Prier made but little announcement
of his attempted fight He had nc
boats to escort him in the dangerous
crossings from Dover to Calais, but
1 apparently had not the slightest troub
/ le at any part of the trip.
1 This fight of Prier is the first at
/ tempt of an aviator to fly from the Brit
4 ish capital to Paris. A fight from the
French capital to London was achieved
4 by the late John B. Moisant of Chi
l.! CdSU. WHO ldIlltu a p1oSCilSSi' IJS
I layed by bad weather, however, il
4 took Moisant twenty-one days to &C
1 complish the journey.
4 Pierre Prier is a newcomer in inter
national aviation circles. His achieve
ment, however, places him in the
ranks OF the worlds foremost airmen
Prier said he found considerable
fog and air currents and eddies over
England, but that when he got over
Z the channel the weather was fine all
I the way to Beauvis, where he ran into
mists again, the mists lasting until he
reached 1ssy les Molineaux.
The best previous cross-country
fight was made by Lieut.. Camerman
who covered 147 miles in four hours
and two minutes, December % last, in
1 France. The record for an oversee
fight was established on March . OF
this year by Lieut.. Beague, who flew
over the Mediterranean from Antilles
to the little Island of Borgona, off the
italian coast. His fight measured
4 124.5 miles.
T. A. d. McCurdy, on January 81,
few in Curtiss biplane from Key
West. Fla, to within few miles OF
Havana. travelling more than ninety
miles before he was compelled to de-
cnapd
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
TWO THOUSAND
HAVE BEEN SLAIN
Fifteen Battles Near City of Mexico
Which Have Been Kept Secret
BY Disz.

SAN DIEGO. April 49, Fifteen bat
ties have been fought near the City
of Mexico since the insurrection be-
gan, the news of which has been sup
pressed, according to DR.. Watson, a
missionary who arrived here today.
He says that 1000 persons have
been slain, but that the Diaz govern
ment has withheld the news.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Fifteen Year Old Miss Has Been Gone
Several Days and Police Can
not Find Any Trace
of Her
ROGERS CASE
New Mexico Crime Turns Out to
Have Been concocted by Uncle
Of the Child Who Was
Stolen.

SPRINGFIELD. H., April lS.-Miss
Frances Donnelly, Is years old. is
mysteriously missing from her home
and the police have advanced the the
ory that the girl was kidnapped by
tramps.
The girl disappeared Tuesday morn
ing and the combined efforts of the
police and deputy sheriffs have failed
to gain trace of her.
She wore a black and white sailor
suit and light tan coat, but no hat.
She is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
David H. Donnelly and her father is
employed as hagman by the Chi
cago & Alton
Il believe our daughter has met
with foul play, or has been kidnapped
by tramps, who loiter in the railroad
yards, short distance from our
home" said the mother, last night Il
know she did not go away Of her own
accord"
The police also advance the theory
that the girl was carried away b.
tramps,
The last seen Of Miss Donnelly she
was walking on Mason street. short
distance from her home.
Uncle Planned It.
LAS VEGAS, N. NJ, April 13.-The
confessions Of Joe Virgins, a former
life convict in the New Mexico peni
tentiary, and of Will Rogers, uncle OF
the stolen child. cleared UP the mys
terry surrounding the kidnapping of 9
year-old Waldo Rogers, son OF A. 7.
Rogers, Jr of Las Vegas. and grand
son of P. H. Waldo, Kansas City
millionaire, who on the night of
March 90 was taken from his mother
at the Rogers home by two masked
men and returned the following day
upon the payment of $4,000 ransom.
According to Virgins confession, the
kidnapping was planned by Rogers
and executed by himself
In the absence Of the child's father,
negotiations with the kidnapers were
placed in the hands of her brother-in-
law by the mother and to him was
intrusted the $4,000 to be paid, as it
now develops. to himself and Virgins
In his confession Rogers revealed the
hiding place of the ransom money and
it has been recovered.
Virgins confession followed his
arrest here.
Rogers was arrested on the strength
OF Virgins confession and later con.
fessed his part in the kidnapping, tell
ing the authorities that the money
was at the home of his father. with
whom he lived.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
MEXICAN INDIAN
KILLED BY SOLDIERS
Authorities Fear international compIi
cations May Follow the
Crime.

SAN DIEGO, April l3.-The body
OF Maguil Morales, an Indian wood
chopper, lies at the morgue here and
Robert James and Ernest Morris,
privates in the infantry stationed near
here are held on the charge of murder,
following a fight
The cause is not known. AS the In
dian is a Mexican, the authorities
fear international complications.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
IF JEFFERSON
WERE STILL LIVING
What He Would Insist on is Told BY
President of Cornell
University.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April 13-
JACOB G.. Schurman, president of Cor
nell university, speaking at Found
ers' Day" exercises at the University
of Virginia today said that If Thomas
Jeffcrson was alive today he would
insist on strong, active, central
government for the protection of the
people against the interests.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
When Kenyon Comes Home.

FORT DODGE, Iowa, April Ia
Upon receipt of the news of the cleo
tion of William S. Kenyon as United
States senator whistles We're blown.
fire bells rung and flags displayed
from the public buildings and busi-
ness blocks. Plans are being made
for big home reception on his ar
rival here Friday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Twenty Five Dead.

KANSAS CITY, April 13.-Death to
25, personal injurie Ato ia and prop
erty damage of half million dollars
are the result of a tornado which hit
IA towns in Kansas, Missouri and OK
lahoma last night.
The storm had lost half its violence
when it struck Lawrence, Kansas. AT
Hiawatha, Kansas three were killed,
at Lawrence three dead, at Manville
one dead, at Meeker, one dead, at
Towhattan, one dead, at Whiting, one
dead, at Webb City, Kansas, four in
jured.
The village of Whiting was practi-
cally destroyed. Sixty dwellings were
demolished. Only one was killed. To
days report from the stricken terri
tory tell of numerous freaks of the
trnado. Those who failed to reach
storm cellars lost their lives or were
crippled. One woman was carried half
mile and killed. At Escry the school
building was blown down and many
children killed. Trees were uprooted
and houses lifted from their founda-
tions.
Stella is Hit.
OMAHA, April 13.-A cyclone last
night hit Stella, Nebr., overturning
barns and killing stock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Bio invitation List.

FORT DODGE, April 1S.--All the
members of the legislature are invit-
ed to attend celebration here Satur-
day and Saturday night over the cleo
ton of w. S. Kenyon as senator.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Direct ELECTION
OF SENATOR :
Rueker Calls the Question up and
Measure is Said to be Going
to be Pushed Through
With Rush.
DELAY IS ASKED
Democratic Leaders Will Be In GEN.
eraI Debate on Canadian Reel
Democratic Leaders Will Be In GEN
eraI Debate on Canadian Reel
procity Proposition
Tomorrow.

WASHINGTON. April 1s.--It is the
intention of the democratic leaders to
begin the General debate on reciproci-
ty tomorrow.
Immediately after the house con-
vened today Representative Rucker
(dem, MOI called UP a resolution for
a constitutional amendment for the
direct election of senators by the
people.
Representative Mann asked that the
measure go over for a few days. Rep
resentative Young of Michigan pro-
tested against the haste and had a
passage at arms with Rucker Under
wood said the measure would be
pushed through.
President Taft appointed Elton A.
Congwer of Cleveland. o. auditor for
the war department.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
LONG JUMP TO
ESCAPE PRISON
Man Dropped Five Stories and Goes to
Cemetery Instead OF
70 .Jail

DENVER, April 19. Plunging from
the window of a fifth floor down town
building Gus I.owitt is dead at the
city morgue. He was taken into Gus
todv several days ago for shady WORK
in selling an auto. While talking to a
LAWYER, he escaped the detectives
watching him and leaped through the
window
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Thirteen Thousand Soldiers.

EPERNAY. France. April I Thir.
teen thousand government troops oc-
cupy Epernay and surrounding PROV
inees where the wine riots are in
progress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
THE WEATHER.
(Until / p. m. Friday

(Until I p m. Friday
; For Keokull and vicinity: General.
ly fair tonight and Friday Colder
tonight
For Illinois: Showers this after,
noon. Generally fair and colder to.
night and Friday
For Iowa and Missouri; Generally
fair tonight and Friday. Colder to-
night.
Weather Conditions.
The Kansas depression has moved
to the north of the upper lake region,
leaving a narrow trough of low pres
sure from the lakes to western Texas,
which is bounded by fields of high
pressure in the northeastern states
and in the northwest.
Rain has been general in the Mis-.
souri,, Mississippi and Ohio valleys
and in the lake region, with higher
temperature from the Mississippi
eastward.
1t is colder in the northwestern
area OF high pressure, minimum tenn
perature ranging from twenty to
thirty degrees above zero in the north
ern mountain and plateau regions,
and snow is falling in Utah.
Conditions indicate generally fair
weather for this section tonight and
Friday. and colder tonight, with the
lowest temperature about thirty-five
degree above zero.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage. Height. Chance. We
River Forecast.

The river will rise slightly during
the next &c hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Local observations.
Bar Their. Wind Weather.

Mean temperature, April u, co.
Highest temperature, Is.
Lowest temperature, Al.
Lowest tenn erature last night, 3D..
FRED q. GOsEWIsCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Stella is Hit.

OMAHA, April ia cyclone last
night hit Stella, Nebr., overturning
barns and killing stock.
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
olive or two.

olive or two.
A sweet biscuit may be made with
ordinary biscuit dough with The addi-
ton of chopped dates. Roll the dough
quite thin, spread with plenty of soft
butter and then put on a thick layer
of chopped dates. On top place an
other layer Of dough and cut out with
a small cutter. Bake in hot oven.
A delicious dessert is made Of
French chestnuts that have been peel
ed, boiled tender and mashed until
they are smooth and then seasoned
with a little vanilla or other extract
and sugar, heaped around the sides
OF glass dish and filled in the centre
with whipped cream. The cream may
be dotted with Jelly.
The latest way of serving oyster OF
clam cocktails is TO use new double
glass, quite similar to the glass used
for grape fruit The outer receptacle
is filled with finely shaved ice The
oysters are placed directly on the ice
while the dressing is put in the inner
glass. Each oyster, as it is picked up
is dipped I'm the sauce.
To make whole wheat bread, take
four cupfuls of whole wheat flour
two Of white -four, half a cupful oi
Evening journal., 1911-01-02

sugar, one teaspoonful OF salt. one
yeast cake dissolved in enough warm
water to make a stiff batter. Let
rise until light, mold in two loaves,
let rise again and bake in moderate
oven. A teaspoonful Of shortening
soda adds to the richness.
A delicious and simple fruit punch
is made Of canned pineapple shred
ded. Take a pint of this fruit and to
It add the Juice of three good-sized
lemons, the juice of four oranges. two
sliced bananas and one and a half
cupfuls of sugar. Put the mixture in
a bowl with good-sized lump of ice.
Let il stand for an hour or so and
then add pint of carbonate water.
Leftover cereal may be useful in
either of two ways, mixed with some
chopped meat and seasoned we'll II is
always tasty IN croquettes. An ex-
cellent dessert may be made Of the
cooked cereal, sweetened. seasoned
with spice and then mixed with chop
ped raisins Then it should be mould
ed into cones and Drowned in the
oven. Serve with syrup or thick
cream.
Beeswax and turpentine is a CAPT
tai polish for furniture which is moi
French polished. To make IL shred
/ half an ounce of beeswax very fin,
and add to It a quarter Of a pint o.
spirits of turpentine. Stir well and
put aside until the next day. TheI
stir again and let il stand for another
day, when IL viii be ready for use
Never melt beeswax and turpentin'
over hot ire, as it is highly intiam
| rnnhlp
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
PORTALE ICE
BOXEARE USEFUL
Small zirtefriGeratOrS Just
the ThifOr Apartments

The girl v IS at school, the dwell
er i'm one ~ or families in small
apartments find the portable re-
frigerators III.
These arell boxes of zinc that
will not exudoisture and retain the
cold. They arovided with a handle
and stout clito be easily carried,
and are smalough to stow in out
of-the-way pl.
These refritors come in several
sizes, with amer compartment 10
hold ice. Tfhallest will hold sew
eral bottles al useful for a mother
who otherwisould have TO go to
the large refNator in the middle
of the night ftby's food.
On cold vii nights such a re-
frigerator is n better than setting
food or drink an invalid on an
outer window There is not the
danger of freei
On a motor one of these port.
able iceholders invaluable, anC
should be owue those who tour.
For sick rooIe there is another
refrigerator theght of a chair sea
and eighteen is long. It cal
be had in varicwoods, zinc lined
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
HOUSEHOLD NOTES
By Mauds {. ciIIsy.

Cake batters, as well as candies and
cooffee, are improved by a pinch of
salt.
An apple pie made without the up
per crust is a pleasing change. Line
the pie plate and bake the under
crust; fill with apple sauce, seasoned
to taste, and cover the top with whip
ped cream.
Housekeepers who get butter in the
lar or tub will find that the use of a
little charcoal will insure having the
butter sweet The charcoal is placed
In paper bag and then put into the
jar.
Cold bluefsh, OF almost any good
cold fish, except coarse fish like salt
cod. may be utilized for salad. Season
with plenty OF salad dressing, tiny
slices of young onions and minced
parsley. Serve on a bed OF lettuce
Old velveteen should be saved fol
polishing cloths. II will serve tbs
purpose Of wash-cloths for plat
| cleaning and save buying anything
fresh. Wash the velveteen in soapl
water as often as needed. and lay on
to dry.
To get better results from a hot
water. bottle wrap it in a soft clou
wrung out in hot water This viii
give a steaming heat, and is mucl
more effective for neuralgia. etc, thai
the dry heat Of the bottle as ordin
arily applied.
For a cream whip which is easil
made fill sherbet glasses half-full G
preserved fruit. Heap them wit
whipped cream that has been tiavore
with vanilla or wine and spread tn
tops lightly with cocoa cocoanut o
minced nuts.
Never sit on the edge OF a sick pei
sons bed, and never place your chai
so that he must strain his eyes Q
turn his head to see you. Get direct
" in range of his vision. SO that h
may see you comfortably. Neve
} whisper in a sick room.
} To destroy red ants, grease Il
plates with lard and put them on tn
, floor. with a few sticks for the ant
, to climb up. Soon the plates wi
be covered with ants, which preft
} lard even to sugar. Turn the plate
upside down on hot fire.
. Lambs liver, which is very del
cate, and not so much used as it d
serves to be, is delicious minced ar
served on toast. II is also excellei
t diced, cooked two or three minutes
D tablespoonful Of butter and folded
!. Fan omelet with peppers and a minc'
Evening journal., 1911-01-02
FEAST OF CANDLES
ENDS WITH MERRIMENT

In the Ados Kodesch synagogue.
Sixth and French streets yesterday an
entertainment reception and musicale
was held AS a result Of the days
work $500 was realized.
The reception was held In the alter
noon from to 5 o'clock, during which
time refreshments were served.
musicale and entertainment was given
by the children of the Sunday school
in the evening.
AT the evening service the Rev. M.
n Kaplander. who Is connected with
the stan Of rabbies at the synagogue'
delivered an oration.
The festivities last evening brought
to close the Feast OF the Maccaoees
or, as r. is generally known In THIS
country. the Feast Of the Candles.