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New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
LINER NEAR CRASH AT SEA
Minnehaha Barely Misses An
other Vessel in Fog.

When off Nantucket oh Sunday night at
about 10 o'clock the steamship Nnnehaha.
Of the Atlantic Transport Line. which ar
rived from London yesterday. came near
running into a tramp steamship. the name
OF which was not learned. There was
dense fog at the time. and the Minnehaha
was going at her usual speed when the
other vessel loomed up. coming directly
toward her.
Captain Frank n. Claret Of the Mime
haha ordered full speed asteru and had
the whistle blown at full power at the
same time veering off 70 starboard. while
the other ship also turned and passed away
in tho mist. Many passengers were on
deck at the time and several women were
greatly excited. but were Gained when the
other ship disappeared.
The Minnehaha was four weeks behind
her schedule, having been delayed by the
strike.
Among the passengers was Edward Locke.
author OF The Climax and of new play
called The Case of Becky" which Charles
Frohman will produce here this season.
Roland Barry and A. J. Scott Gatty.
English music hall players. We're also on
board
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
REDSKINS ATTACK A SALOON
Show Indians at Large in Williamsburg
Land in Police Station.

-Four full blooded Sioux Indians went on
the warpath after being stranded IN The
yflds Of Williamsburg early Yesterday
morning and landed in the Clymer street
police station. Robert Brown, of keyport.
". J.. was responsible for their plight.
They had been in his charge. and he left
them in the Williamsburg Bridge plaza.
promising TO return after short absence.
Then they tore away. and reaching a
saloon near Division and Marcy avenues.
they attempted 10 enter It. but found the
door locked.
ugh. Big Breezer. him want fire water.
said the Indian with the big nose when
the saloonkeeper opened the door In re-
sponse To his knocking.
.ryehl IJghw the other red men grounted
with satisfaction.
When the saloonkeeper told the Indians
thsv could not have any hre water they
became so threatening that he sent Tor a
policeman and the Indians were taken
~ the CIymer street station. Brown, VINO
Rad been tracking his wards for haf an
bour ran breathlessly into the place Just
AZ hat time and saved them from fllrtner
tronble. He said they were engaged at q
Couey island show.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
SUES G. G. HASTINGS ESTATE
LAWYERS Nurse Claims $10,400 fol
Services and Illness.

Miss Lillian Davis. nurse snd conndenuai
secretary Of the late George roruon hdst-
ings. who was a well known lawyer mas
sued the Lincoln Trust Company as ex-
ec,itor OF the Hastings estate for $1,000
Hastings died on July 1. 1910. Miss DAVIS
said no suffered from cancer ana that
while so suffering she nursed him from
December II. 1909. Because or the dan
gerous nature OF the disease, he agreed 70
paw her S.GO she asserted, II she would
be his nurse. She nursed the lawyer, but
Miss Davis said that while attending Hast
ngs she contracted an affiiction OF the
throat, which made II necessary 10. hsI ,ea -, 20
go TO Florida. where she spent WI" III
medical treatment
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
WANTS "HOT DOGS" PROBED
Man Says His Son Has the Habit
and Is Often III.

Believing the bark of hot dogs" not
half as bad as their bite A. G. Wilson, A
resident Of this city, wants the Health De-
partment to make A sweeping investigation
of hot dog" conditions in New York. Mr..
Wilson says his son, despite all warnings
and even punishment. has the hot dog"
habit, and that in consequence he is often
made Ill.
The father does not place emphasis on the
number consumed at any one sitting by
his son. Instead. he attributes the balerul
results 10 stale hot dogs"
II shall not give you the address OF any
one person selling them" said the letter.
because 7 believe there is a general ten
dency to keep stale frankfurters"
No samples were submitted.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
SAY SHE Is NOW COMPETENT
Woman Who Paid for Bridegroom
Joins Father in Plea to Court.

Francis Pollock was appointed rerers-
Yesterday BY Justice Goff 70 pass on the
mental competency OF Miss Laura :. Bene-
dict. The petitioner was John D. Benedict.
her aged father. who had her declared
an incompetent in Albany in 1890.
Miss Benedict is forty-six years old. She
used 70 have mania for travelling. On
one Of her trips she went 70 Buffalo. where
she inserted the following advertisement
in a newspaper:
Wanted-A husband. Will leave party
ir,,roediatelv after ceremony and viii pay
party $500 for use Of name.
One Jefferson 3. Gum answered this
advertisement and he and Miss Benedict
were married. The bride gave her husband
300 and left him the same day. Her rather
had the marriage annulled.
Miss Benedict Joined II the petition, say
ing that her mental condition was now
sound and that she was capable Of caring
for her property, valued at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
BOY OF is GETS ss30,255
Appraisal Of Estate of Mrs.
Josephine B. Chambers Filed.

The transfer tax appraisal OF the estate
OF Mrs. Josephine B. Chambers was filed in
the Surrogate's office Yesterday. showing
a net estate OF ss30.255. Mrs. Chambers was
a sister OF Charles A. Singer and Mortimer
NJ Singer, OF the Singer Manufacturing
Company. u
Mrs. Chambers left her estate 10 her son.
Robert A. Chambers. who Is now fifteen
years old Robert Chambers. the boys
father, left him personal property valued
at sos 900, some lots at Trenton. y J.. and
a farm AT Newton. n. j. The boy's income
from this source amounts 10 $500.
Mortimer NJ. Singer. uncle and guardian
o, Robert A. Chambers, asked the Supreme
Court in February. 1910. 10 grant the boy
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
HELD FOR SMUGGLING opi0M.

Chin Sam. reputed dangerous gun
man in Chinatown, was arrested yester-
day by Marshal Henkel on charge OK
having violated the laws governing impor-
tations Of opium. The officers say twenty
empty cans which had contained smoking
opium were found in his possession with
out the required customs stamps.
The Chinaman has figured prominently
in tho aftermath Of many tong war, and
once he was tried for the murder Of one Of
lis countrymen. but the jury acquitted
hin, chin sam managed restaurant at
No. 81 Third avenue, wnere mo arrest was
made.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
HATES TO GIVE UP TIPS
Former Holder of Hat Checking PriT-
leges in Restaurant Goes to Court.

The profits that are derived from tips
even such small ones as 10 cents-have sew
eral times figured in court actions. and now
again will be an important phase of a case
that has been begun in the Supreme Court
by George Abrams. He had the hat check
ing rights In the College Inn. IN the base
nent Of the Hotel Albany. The agreement
between him and the Robert P Murphy
Hotel Company was abrogated by the lat
ter.
Abrams obtained temporary injunction
yesterday from Justice Gof which directs
the hotel company to show cause why ~
should not be permanently enjoined from
checking hats and also restrained from in
terfering with the plaintiff or his employees
in checking these articles and receiving
tins
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
JEWS BURY RED" DUGGAN
Save East Side Coachman, Mayor OF
Pitt Street" from Potter's Field.

More than fifty men and women. the ma
jortty being Jews. were at the morgue yes
terday morning TO see the body OF Johh
Duggan. better known az Red Duggan.
placed in a hearse and taken TO Calvary
Cemetery. These persons paid for the
funeral. they having been told that the
mans body was doomed to Potters Field:
Duggan was we'll known on the East Side.
He was 2 coach driver, employed by a
livery staoleman in Pitt street. He could
converse readily in Hebrew. and for some
time he was known az the Mayor OF Pitt
Street" Hundreds OF Jews went TO the
man for advice and he often acted as an
interpreter. lie died suddenly last Thurs
day.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
WATER SITUATION IMPROVED.

The water situation IS steadily improv-
ing Figures received by Water Commits
sioner Thompson yesterday showed that on
SATURDAY night the amount of water In
storage was 36.cOo.oOo,O 900 gallons. There
was a net gain for the week Of $4,000, 600,
as against a net loss Of 1900, 600 900 for
the corresponding week last year. The
total supply is still below what IL was a
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12
GAYNOR GOES TO SYRACUSE
Mayor Will Address State Fair
Crowd There TO-DAY.

Syracuse. Sept. 11.-Mayor William ]. Cav
nor Of New York. accompanied by Police
Commissioner Rhlnelander Waldo. arrived
in Syracuse tonight to attend the New
York State Fair. which opened to-day and
continues throughout the week. The State
Fair Commission give a dinner tonight in
honor Of the Mayor
Ten thousand persons attended the fair
to-day and witnessed two altitude lights
by Phil o. Parmalee. The Wright aviator
in his afternoon fight attained height OF
$500 feet.
Mayor Gaynor' accompanied by Police
Commissioner Waldo. went to Syracuse
yesterday noon to attend the State Fair
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12

year ago, however. Then It was s7.7oo'-
0o0, ,000 gallons.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12

To-day the Mayor viii probably make an
address on the fair grounds. To-day Is
New York City Day at the fair. and forty
picked men from the traffic squad VIII give
an exhibition OF handling crowds The Mayor
and Commissioner Waldo Will not return
until tomorrow.
Robert Adamson, secdetary TO the May
or. was at his desk i'm the City Hall yester-
day for the first time since he went on his
vacation. five weeks ago.
New-York tribune., 1911-09-12

an annual allowance Of $500 year. ND.
Singer explained that the boy had been
reared in luxury. and that amount W.
necessary for him 10 maintain his staoon.
The referee 10 whom the matter was 70
fcrred reported I'm favor OF the allowances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
ANOTHER HUNT
FOR ROOSEVELT
The Republican Party of Texas and
the Ex-president Will Shoot
at Lions.

HOUSTO \. Texas. Jan 24-Anoth-
er hunt is being planned for Ex-
President Roosevelt and this time the
ranch of Col Cecil A. Lyon in Mex
leo is to be the scene of action. Col.
Lyon who is known as 'tThe republi-
can party of Texas" as he is both
chairman of the state committee and
national committeeman from this
state. has Just concluded a confer
ence with the members of his party
here in which matters pertaining to
the reception of Roosevelt when he
visits Houston on March Is were dis
cussed. Roosevelt and Lyon have
long been close friends and the two
will put in some time after mountain
lions and other big game on the
ranch. There has long been pre-
valent story to the effect that Roose-
welt was soon to write history of
Texas and Lyon says the colonel has
not yet abandoned the idea
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
Robbed in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan, "a. Samuel Boyd,
farmer from Mt Pleasant, Iowa re-
ported to the stock yards police that
pickpockets had robbed him OF his
purse containing s35 and four GER
tificates of deposit each for $500.
Boyd told the police that while riding
on a Center avenue car at Peak and
State streets, he was jostled by two
men. After lie had alighted at West
Forty-third and South Halsted streets
he discovered his purse had been
stolen. He said he received the GER
tifcates for stock which he sold at
the stock yards.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
Aviation Neck Acquired and Animals
Do Nothing But Stand and
Gaze at The
Sky.
CHICKENS UNDER SPELL
Mule Rolls Over on It's Back Every
Time II Hears The Whlrr
Of a Mo-
tor.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24.-That his cows
and horses have the aviation neck.
and since last October have done moth
Ing but gaze at the sky, neglecting
feeding time and their ordinary duties,
and that his hens have not laid an
egg since last October, were state
ments made yesterday by Charles
Behle, farmer living near Kinloch
Aviation Field, on visit to Clayton
Behle claims a mule which he owns
is completely ruined for farm work
on account of an inclination to roll
over on It's back every time it hears
an aeroplane engine.
Behle went to Clayton to see Sher.
iff Grueninger about stopping the avia-
tion craze among the animals. He al
SO said he was going to consult an
attorney about getting out an injuc.
tion against aeroplane drivers to keep
them from soaring over his property.
There is little flying being done at
kinloch just now, but Behle expects
a revival of activity in the spring.
With the exception of the mule and
the hens, Behle said yesterday most
of his farm animals showed curiosity
rather than fear of the aeroplanes
Since the early part of October, when
the aeroplanes began TO soar over
Bellies fields, his chickens have beer
"hoodooed." The slightest noise sends
them scampeTing for cover. Behle
credits the actions Of the chickens Il
their fear OF hawks.
Bellies son, Charles Behle, Jr., Il
years old, narrowly escaped with his
life during aviation week. while riding
mule through field. An aeloplane
passed over his head and the mule
rolled over on his back Young Behle
managed to escape with few bruis
es. Since that time the mule has
dropped whenever he hears noise re
sembling an aeroplane engine. If the
noise happens to be an aeroplane and
the mule sees it he rolls over and lies
fiat on the ground till it has passed.
Coeys of quail and other Wild birds
that used to nest in thickets around
Bellies place have gone away since
the advent of the flying machines, he
says.
1 1t takes two men to guide q team
of horses on Bellies farm while aero
planes are flying, as the horses have
AN inclination to jump into the all
when a flying machine goes over theil
! heads, he says.
4 Beihle's farm is just south of Avia
tion Field. Last year. he claims. hall
of his late crops were ruined by the
crowds at the field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
BAD Fire at Moravia.

MORAvTA. Jan. 24-The west side
of the square here was visited by a
fire. Before the flames We're exiting
uished three stores We're destroyed
and damage to property Of nine in
dividuals amounting to $500 was en-
tailed. The fire is believed to have
started from the fue in the photo
graph gallery of f. Carpenter.
large squad of citizens formed into
bucket brigade and prevented the
fire from spreading. r. McDaniels
who owned three buildings, was the
greatest loser, suffering loss of
$500 The Moravia Union. news
paper. also figured high in the loss.
Practically all of the music, uniforms
and music racks of the Moravia band
were destroyed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
Name Taking in Austria is too Mucl,
For the Members Of the 400
Who Take to Their
Heels.
In Order to Avoid Giving Information
Required, Some Families
viii Go Into
Exile.

VIENNA, Jan. 24-Austria is prac-
tically deserted by all the best peo-
ple' just now. They have fed the
country to escape the census. When
the census-takers' work has been com
pleted, the best people" will return
Not before. This means several
weeks exile In the meantime, mer-
chants who cater to the tony" trade
are suffering severely.
The trouble is that the current
years census papers are so searching
in the questions they ask that no one
who can help it will submit to the
inquisition. Matters of age, income
and occupation, the country is of
course used to- But this year the
questions do not stop there. Every
imaginable interrogatory, discreet or
indiscreet, is put.
Do you keep any domestic animals
If SO what Is their function in the
household? Do you suffer from any
disease? If SO, what is it? How was
it contracted, and how long have you
had it? What are the sanitary ar
rangements in your house? How many
members are there in your family?
And who are they?
These are just a few. Vienna. in
particular, is pretty wild" town
and a good many of the queries run
| strongly into personalities which few
people like to disclose.
Nor is even this the worst Inso
der to prevent inexactitudes, the pa
pers must be handed in unsealed en-
velopes, after they have been filled in
! to the house-porters, or concierges
that the latter may check them and
notify the police of am misstatements
which they discover. Everybody in ar
Austrian city of any size lives in a
house with a concierge and 1t is un
pleasant to have the janitor know al
of the things which the census de
partment has set itself to find out
The census department says it wants
the information for statistical purpos
es." The janitors may want 1t fol
something else.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
BYERS WILL NOT
LEAVE DES MONIES
Does Not Intend to Be Candidate For
Congress in the Ninth
District.

DES MONIES Jan. 24.-''I have de-
cided not to take any active part in
the Ninth district congressional mud
die" said RI w. Byers. Il will not
be a candidate for congress nor
would accept the place il brought
to me on o silver platter. / am risi-
dent of Des Moines. my home is here,
my children are here, and intend to
remain Des Moines schools
look very good to my children. and
with the university and colleges here,
I believe that it is best to remain in
this, the best city of the state
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
DUPONT MAY
NOT BE ELECTED
Powder Man is Not SO Sure Of Being
Named Again as
Senator.

DOVER, Del. Jan. 24.-What seem.
ed week ago as certain reelection
for Colonel Henry A. DUPONT as Unit
ed States senator from Delaware to
succeed himself does not appear so
certain here now. Dupont leaders
claim his election is aaIre This, how.
ever, is contradicted by the opposi-
ton, who not only claim that Sena-
tor Dupont will fail of the necessary
majority at today's ballotting. Sena-
tor Drexler. the republican who holds
the balance of power in the senate,
made the assertion last night that Sen
ator DUPONT would not receive the
full vote of the republican majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
Woman Thrived on Hardware and
Had 1916 Pieces in Her stom-
ach When She
Died.
NAILS, BOLTS AND PINS VERY
sallie l., Patient In Asylum Had an
uncontroIlable Appetite For
These Very Solid
Foods.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24..-The ancient
rule that whats one mans meat is
another mans hardware" has just
been re-established more firmly than
ever, and by no less an authority than
the Journal of the American Medical
Association. The fact that the partic-
ular human hardware-shop used to
demonstrate the ancient truism was a
woman and a mulatto does not in any
sense weaken the force of the argu-
ment
In the current number of the publ
cation Drs. Vandivert and Mills of the
Missouri State Insane Hospital at st.
Joseph report the case of Sallie L.,
whose appetite for nails, bolts. tacks,
moving and repairing machines, and
all manner of shelf and heavy hard
ware. resulting in her death at that
institution recently
Not the least remarkable feature
about the case is that, although her
depredations extended over seven
years, the police have no report OF
wholesale burglaries of hardware
stores during that period. and as nails
screws and files are not served al
that hospital, except or special oc
casions, there is considerable mystic
about the source of her provisions.
The case of the woman puzzled the
physicians and her actions became
more unaccountable as the end drew
near. She seemed to thrive, although
partaking only slightly of the hospita
fare, and on her death the physicians
decided upon an autopsy to relieve
their professional curiosity
In her stomach they. found 1,44f
separate articles of hardware ant
household use, which would have
been of much greater benefit some
where else. These included 453 nails
of all sizes, 42 screws. bolts. 10;
safety pins 115 hairpins, 1876 common
pins and a quantity of table utensils
grape seeds and the like
In spite of this the woman was able
to eat and digest considerable quan
tity of ordinary food up to within two
weeks of her death
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24

SECRET
Evidence Was Never Made Public and
the Death Sentence Was Car
ried Out Very
Quietly.

TOXIC, Jan. 24.--Demitro Kotoku.
his wife and ten other anarchists,
upon whom the death sentence was
passed last week, We're executed in
prison here today.
They were convicted of attempting
to assassinate the emperor with a
dynamite bomb.
Twelve other anarchists had their
sentences commuted to life imprison-
ment.
The execution was conducted with
great secrecy for fear of an uprising
among the people. The evidence
was never made public. ALI of the
convicted men and the woman went
to their death bravely. The work
began at daylight and was completed
at 1 o'clock this afternoon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
Editor of The Appeal to Reason Says
That He Was Prosecuted and
Thrown in Jail for
Nothing.
RDoN PERSONAL QUESTIONS
ASKED NO PARDON
Declares He Was Railroaded to Pris-
on in Attempt to Put His
Paper Out Of
Business.

GIRARD, Kan, Jan. 24--Declaring
that his indictment, conviction and
sentence, was the result Of political
persecution, Fred D. Warren, the so
cialist editor. in statement to The
United Press, said today he had not
been instrumental in the request for
pardon to President Taft.
He said. 81 have violated no law.
Only the guilty ask for pardon My
sentence is the result of political
persecution and is evident to all. II
had for its inspiration the suppression
of The Appeal to Reason, which is
waging a war on corruptism."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
Is Keeping in Close Touch With tho
War Department Work of In
vestisatins Des Moines
River.
WEATHER AT DUBUQUE
That City Wants Bureau in Order to
Find Out Which Way ths
Wind Is Blow
ing.
/ Special to The Gate City.l

Especial to The Gate City.l
WASHINGTON. ID. C. Jan. 24-The
appointment of Representative Walter
i. Smith. of Iowa, to be United States
judge for the eighth judicial circuit to
succeed Judge Van Devanter, who has
been elevated to the supreme court,
was we'll received by all classes of re-
nublicans at the capitol. The retire.
ment of Judge Smith from congress
will leave a vacancy to be filled in
the ninth district, and it will be recall
ed that in the election last fall there
was a spirited contest between the
republican factions, the general I'M
preston being that Judge Smiths
personal popularity went a long ways
toward securing his nomination 1t is
said there are several ambitious gem
tlemen in the district who would like
to succeed Mr.. Smith
Honorable Charles W. Miller edl-e
tor of the Waverly Democrat, and
Iowa's original doctors trust buster,
has been spending a few days here, as
sisting in putting to sleep the pro-
Miller is prominently identified with
the National League for Medical Free
dom, which has the support OF the
Christian Science church, the homeo-
pathic, osteopathic and other schools
iof medicine that are antagonistic to
the domination OF government meas.
lures for the public health through
Regulation of regular or allopathic
doctors.
1 Representative Pickett called at
j the weather bureau with DR.. c. NJ.
Steffens, of Dubuque, few days ago
/ and had an interview with Mr. Willis
] L.. Moore. chief of that branch of the
government service. in reference TO
establishing weather station at Du-
/ buque and erecting building for
/ the purpose. Dubuque is located in
quite the exact spot geographically,
and has the advantages of many edu-
cational institutions. 1t is quite prob
/ able that the matter may come be-
4 fore the sixty-second congress.
I Representatives Kendall and Ken
nedy are keeping in touch with the
/ War Department in the work OF its
corps of engineers who are surveying
! the Des Moines river with view of
/ making 1t navigabe from Des Moines
! to Keokuk. II the War Department
reports favorably upon the work the
matter of sufficient appropriations
| to carry on the project viii come be-
4 fore congress next winter. in which
event Mr. kennedy's position on the
Rivers and Harbors Committee will
| be of great advantage.
The army appropriation bill has
been one of the principal features
occupying the attention of the house
for several days and Representative
4 Hull. as chairman of the committee
on Military Affairs, has been in charge
of the measure on the floor. Proyi7
sions Of the bill have brought out
floods of oratory. and there have
been some sharp contests In which
the Iowa member has borne the bur-
den at all times as the manager of
the bill