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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
MOLTEN METAL
SPLASHED THEM
One Man Instantly Burned to a Crisp
While Four Others Died
Short Time
After.
AND THREE ARE DYING TELEPHONE
Great Vessel Tilted and Spilled 1t.
Fiery Contents Upon the
Twenty Men
Beneath.

lGate City Leased Wire Servicel
PHILADELPHIA, April 15.-Caught
III downpour of molten steel stream
ing from bursted container above
their heads, at the Midvale steel
works. late this afternoon, one man
was killed instantly. four died 'ater
ln the hospital, three are dying and
l3 others We're seriously burned
John Tobin, the one man killed out
right, caught almost the full down
pour OF flaming metal. He was burn
ed to a crisp and probably died in
stantly
In the mad excitement attending
the accident, h, was overlooked until
quiet hau been partly restored. 1t was
not until all the living victims had
been taken away that the blackened
crlsped body was discovered. The
seven men fatally burned were caught
in the downpour and sank to the
ground. Drops and splashes of metal
hardened in the flesh where they
burned through and the doctors at
the hospital were forced to take
pieces OF flesh with the metal as they
drew steel from the victims bodies
Doctors and nurses turned away.
half sick as the horrifying work broke
down their professional control.
The metal that wrought the dam
age was being carried across the
shop to the waiting moulds. Twenty
men with long tongs, stood beneath
the container to guide it.
A plug in the bottom Of the con
tainer which stopped a hole through
which the metal was to have been
poured, burned out and stream of
molten metal poured out Swiftly
the small stream spread to the tong
holders. For two dreadful seconds
the 20 men tried to retain their grasp
on the tongs that steadied the open
vessel above their heads and then
soaring hands could stand no more.
They let go The big kettle tilted in
! a flash and the rain of fiery death de-
scended. 1t came so suddenly that
none of the men had chance to
escape
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Neuroes to Canada.

fGate Gu eased Wire Service.]
NEW WESTMINSTER, B. c., April
Refused admittance into Canada
by government officials, thirty negro
immigrants from Guthrie. Okla, are
encamped on the American side of the
international boundary line tonight
awaiting a decision of the dominion
authorities as to whether they will be
allower to enter or not The negroes
declare they are the advance guard
of a number of the colored race who
are planning to travel north from Ok
lahoma this summer As there is no
law by which they can be excluded, it
is probable that the order of deporta-
ton will be withdrawn provided the
party can show freedom from conta-
gious diseases.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
French Army Changes its Pants.

of the French army, probably the most
distinctive bit of military dress in
the world, is soon to yield to the in
evitable khaki. Two battalions are to-
day being fitted with the new trous
ers, greenish-gray and somewhat light
er than the English khaki, on an or
der from the war office If the expert.
ment proves satisfactory the new
cloth will be used throughout the en-
tire French army
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Income TAX
is COMING IN
Outlook Is Bright for the Adoption of
the Amendment Says Senator
Brown, Author Of the
Proposition.
STATES ENDORSE IT
Twenty-Five Have Ratified 1t and
Only Six More Are Needed to
Make 1t Part OF
Constitution.

lGate City Leased Vile Service
WASHINGTON, April l5.-Bright
is the outlook for the adoption of the
income tax amendment to the United
states constitution in the judgment
OF Senator Brown (rep, Neb) author
OF the resolution submitting the
question
His views are given in this state
ment written by Senator Brown to-
day for the United Press:
copyright. 1911, by the United Press
by United States Senator
Norris Brownl
The adoption of the income tax
amendment now seems certain. All.
ready twenty-nine states have passed
Joint resolutions to ratify. Favorable
action by six more states will make it
a part of the constitution The states
which have ratified are: Indiana
MARYLAND, Georgia, Missouri, North
Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Nevada,
Washington. ohio, Illinois, North
Carolina, Alaf anna, Iowa, South Da-
kota, Oklahoma, Montana, California,
Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, South
Carolina. Mississippi, Wisconsin,
Maine, Nebraska, Texas, Idaho, and
Oregon
OF the remaining seventeen states,
only nine have voted on the proposi-
I tion at all, passing 1t in one house of
! the legislature and defeating. it in the
! other. The rest have not voted eth
er way. In no state has the PROPOSE
tion been defeated in both branches
of the legislature. New Jersey pass
ed the resolution in the house without
a dissenting vote. To those of us
who have read Governor Wilson's sec
ond message to the senate on that
subject, and recalling his justly pow
erful influence with the law makers
of that state, it will be seen there is
very little, if any doubt, of its final
adoption. The members of the legis-
lature in New Hampshire We're pledg-
ed by the party platforms of both
parties to ratify the amendment. The
pladge was kept almost unanimously
in the house and forgotten in the sen
ate, My information is the people of
that state will see that the succeed
ing legislature keeps the faith Those
best informed on public sentiment in
Virginia and Arkansas assure me
with great confidence that these states
will ratify at the first opportunity. 1t
is the opinion of many strong and
conservative men from New York,
Massachusetts, Louisiana, Florida,
Minnesota, Wyoming and Utah, that
these states will all ratify. OF course,
ii is easy to be prophetic and optim-
stic and may be misled, but to my
mind indications are very strong in
deed for the success of the struggle
to so amend the constitution that
congress shall have the unquestioned
power to lay and collect tax on in
comes The friends of the sixteenth
amendment have no reason to be dis
couraged.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
TRAVELLING MEN
AND THEIR FAMILIES
Social Time, Supper and Dance to be
Held in Hawkes. Hall by U. c.
It's Next Saturday Night.

Last night at a meeting of the Unit
ed Commercial Travellers Association.
No. 400, it was decided by the mem
bers to have a family party and dance
next Saturday evening in Hawkes.
Hall. A spread will be served and
music furnished by Agnes orchestra.
Those gentlemen who will have
charge of the affair are: Messrs. Rob-
ert Greayes. chairman, d. W. McDev-
lit, L. w. Hall, Allen Majors and
John Clark.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
se'se of juarez on Easter Sunday
Promises to Mark Turning Point
in the Mexican In
surrection
Tho Mexican Situation.

administration at Washington max
ing complete preparations for armed
intervention.
Four additional troops of cavalry
from Fort Hauchuca, Arizona, ordered
TO Arizona border; Sixth cavalry or
dered to the border from Des Moines.
Iowa.
Federal force of fourteen hundred
men marching toward Aqua Pretia.
which is defended by sixteen hundred
msurrectos and greatest battle of rev
olution expected to take place south
OF Aqua Pretia Easter S day.
Battle between rebels and federals
raging south of Juarez and an attack
upon Juarez by the insurrectos ex-
pected hourly.
Juarez citizens have fled across the
Rio Grande river to FL Paso for
safety.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Bill ouel Can Go Some.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, April 15.-Bill Quel
captured the ten mile professional
championship and lowered the indoor
record from SO minutes to 5l:40 when
he defeated Alfred Shrubb in their
match race at the Twelfth Regiment
Armory here tonight. Quel was lead
ing by about sixty yards at the finish,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
ms New Senator Is Guest Of Hon
!, i his Home City Last Night
and is Welcomed by
Thousands.
ElvEs HIS OPINIONS
sIleves Backbone Is More Essential
Than WIshbone and Would
Like to Gust Mr.
Lorlmer.

fGate City Leased Wire Service
FORT DODGE, Iowa, April 15.-
senator W. s. Kenyon, government
trust BUSTER delivered his first set
peech at the home coming celebra-
lion here tonight. Surrounded by the
home folks-thousands of them
Nth Federal Judge Kenesaw M Ian.
his Of Chicago, members of the legis-
bture who elected him and acres on
acres more of shouting followers in
/ fhe city square, he made his address
/ d appreciation of the honors given
| bin.
4 want" said Senator KENYON
to take you into my confidence to
| say that | have studied to some ex-
+ tent the records in the investigation
| oi Senator Lorimer of Illinois. 1t is
|my conviction that such investiga-
| ton shows general scheme of fraud
and corruption sufficient to yitiate the
election. ] say to you that / shall
yote II ever given an opportunity. to
reopen the case to oust from the seq
ate the man who appears to have
profited by this corruption, whether
be knew Of it or not. IL the people of
Iowa do not endorse my vote on this
subject shall be glad to resign.
\ would rather spend the next
two years In the senate and never
compromise or trim on a public
question than to remain there TWEEN
y years by processes of compromise
and trimming. Backbone is more es-
sential to our politics than wishbone.
Ine contest today is a peoples coM-
test and the political philosophy that
appeals to me more than any mere
discussion of the tariff schedules is
lor laws looking to humane rights. SO
believing intend to favor as best
can laws for the betterment of man
Kind for the lifting Of artificial nur-
aens, SO that we may keep open the
ooor OF opportunity for the children
u tomorrow, as SO beautifully ex-
pressed in the telegram of Mrs. Dol
iser to the legislature respecting the
sacrifice of her beloved husband
Along this line is an income tax law,
u my humble opinion, the opinion in
ne Pollock case holding unconstitu-
uonai the income tax law was one of
lne most severe blows we have re-
ceyed since the contest of the civil
war.
IN the workingmen' compensation
act we lag behind the great nations
ol the world. also favor strict cor
iaptlon practice law, federal control
y STOCK and bond issues and more
sIlhgent regulation of monopolies.
me increase in the cost of the
necessities of life is the most seri-
Jus question that confronts us as Il
ualioil today. shall favor an addi-
uon to the Sherman antitrust law
naklng it essential that if convictions
ase M secured ,by the government the
shall be sent to jail. Vt
"ouiu be very helpful to the medita-
l0ns on the part of eminent gentle
men who seem to think that the
,arth and the fruits thereof belong to
leil ana that their fellowmen have
y rlgnts whatever, to think on the
,uplect behind the bars. doubt if
ne sherman antitrust law will ever
'ecomplish its nurnnsa ntherMise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
GoIdstein,s Diamonds.

TGate City Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, April ia hand
full of diamonds roughly valued at
about $4,000 are on their way to the
treasury department here tonight as
a result of smuggling case just ter
minated in Plattsburg N. Y. The dia-
monds were once the property of
Samuel Goldstein, travelling sales
man who bought them in London, car
ried them to Montreal Canada then
tried to bring them across the border
into New York He was caught, the
stones confiscated and he was today
fined $500.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Ready For Intervention.

y, ,ASH4NGTON, Apr l5.-Tonight
finds the administration at Washing
ton taking every step preparatory to
armed intervention in Mexico.
Though officials of the state and
war departments are leaving nothing
undone essential to a military move
ment across the border, the critical
situation, it is declared, hangs upon
events at Aqua Prieta and Douglas,
Ariz. The reply of the Diaz govern
ment to President Taft's premptory
warning is anXiously awaited
Orders were sent out tonight for
the immediate dispatch of the Sixth
cavalry, u. S. A., now at Des Moines,
to Arizona The regiment. number
ing 500 men, will be distributed along
the Mexican border with headquar-
ters at Fort Hauchuca. Pending the
arrival of these troops other cavalry,
now stationed along the border on
patrol duty, is being rushed to Doug
las to aid Captain Gaujot. in command
al Douglas
Col F. W. Sibley, in command of
the. department OF colorado at Den
YER Colo, was tonight empowered TO
send more troops TO Captain Gaujot,
il advisable For a second time. or
ders We're issued to officers on the
border to exercise great care to pre-
vent any of their men crossing the
line, and to take especial precautions
to maintain order on the American
side. 1t is unofficially admitted that
the American border population is in
tensely anti-federal in its sympathies.
Overt acts by Americans, it is fear
ed, might give Mexico basis for ser
ious charges against the United
States
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
STRANGE MUSE
From KITCHIN
North Carolina Democrat Makes
Noise Like an Orator and is
Eloquent for Three
Hours.
THE DAY IN CAPITAL
Reciprocity Talk in Congress Was
the Chief Feature of the
Saturday Meeting of
Statesmen.

luate City Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, April 15-Campaign
ofaeory hlled the house of repreenta.
liVes throughout todays session. Rem.
resentative Claude Kitchin. (dem
" most picturesque of the sneakers
u the democratic side, lambasted
stahd-pat republicanism, lauded de-
inocfacy, mathematical the trusts.
and pleaded for enactment of Presi.
dents Taft's reciprocity agreement in
a lnree hour speech of eloquence
Representative Kinds, (rep. Maine).
VINO had been concerned in the af.
ialrs o. the house for twenty years,
and never got into print, because he
was merely the clerk at the speak
er's desk" and had his thoughts ut
tered by the presiding officer, made
MS maiden speech as full fedged
member of the house, against reci-
procity.
Thea former parliamentarian decried
the new pact as hastily considered
and ill-advised legislation.
1t was to Representative Dalzell,
trep. Pa.), stand-pat republican, that
Representative Kitchin directed most
OF his irony and oratory He declared
1t as strange that Dafze1l should
weep tears of sorrow for the fa.e of
the farmer under the reciprocity bill,
when he came from Pittsburg, and
had the steel trust as a constituent. .
General debate" OH reciprocity will
continue Monday. Chairman Under
wood, (dem. Ala), n the ways and
means committee gave notice that he
would keep the house in session until
late in the afternoon in order to
promptly dispose of business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Mexico and u. s.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-In ac-
cordance with previous agreement the
governments of Mexico and the Unit
ed States today exchanged copies OF
arguments in the dispute over the
possession of the Chamizal tract,
along the Rio Grande river, forming
pat of the city of Ell Paso,, Six
thousand people reside on this land.
The case will be tried by an Internal
ional commission consisting of Gen,
Arson Mills for the United States;
Bertran Puga, for Mexico and Eugene
Laauer of Canada, as the third and
presiding member at El Paso, May 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
MAIL CLERKS
STILL FRETTING
Strike is Averted Among the Men in
the Tenth Division of the
Service.
[Gate City Leased Wire Service. /

lGate City Leased Wire Seryice.l
MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, April Ia
Assurance Of a congressional investi-
cation of conditions in the tenth divis-
ion of the railway mail service, be-
lieved TO have been made by Senator
LaFollette is said to have been the
only thing that prevented a referen-
dunn vote OF clerks on the question of
resigning in a body to retaliate
against the action of Postmaster Cen
eral Hitchcock in removing from the
railway mail service Clyde l.. Duff
and Carl c. VanDyke who were or
dered to take subordinate positions
because of their activity In forming
the newly organized Brotherhood of
Railway Postal Clerks.
More than 200 railway mail clerks
met in secret session il st. Paul to
consider the resignation vote Con
servatiyes carried the day but the ses.
sion was stormy one, lasting until
midnight
The railway mail clerks are nearer
strike than ever before said John
L. Thornton, their publicity manager
THE possibility of a congressional
investigation is the only thing that
has prevented the strike.
During the st. Paul meeting assur-
ances were received from the Chicago
mail clerks that they would follow
whatever was done by the ST Paul
and Minneapons clerks A strike
would cause serious delay all through
the west and it is understood the gov
ernment is preparing TO route all
mail through the south in the event
the strike should materialize.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Old Aoe Pensions.

WASHINGTON, April ia move
ment looking to the installation of an
old age pension system in the United
States opened with Introduction OF a
bill in the house by Representative
Buchanan (Dem. HID
The measure provides for an inves-
tigation by the house committee on
labor of old age pension systems
wherever they are operated in foreign
countries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Juarez is In Panic

lGate City Leased Wire Service.
Ell PASO, Texas, April is. Unless
all signs fail and plans misearry,
Juarez will be attacked by the Mexi-
can insurgents within the next few
hours
AT o'clock tonight every federal
soldier and every piece of artillery
had been sent out of the city and
were enroute to point seven miles
SOUTH where General Navarro has
massed his troops and is fighting des-
perately to drive back an insurrecto
force yariously estimated at from
400 to 1,600. Juarez is under the
sole protection of one hundred police
men and if the insurgents learn OF
this fact and attack during the night
from the east or west while the battle
is in progress to the south, they can
easily take the city.
Persons arriving toright from the
scene of the battle report that, while
only 400 insurgents started to the
battle at ten O'Clock this morning,
this force was reinforced during the
day from all directions and that late
this afternoon more than one thous-
and rebels were apparently engaged.
These persons also reported that the
fighting is of the most desperate char
acter and that many were being kill
ed and wounded on both sides
That the insurgent force engaged
is Madero's is no longer doubted in
El Paso. wounded trumpeter was
brought into Juarez from Bauche late
tonight and simultaneously a courier
arrived from the battlefield Both
declare that insurgent reinforcementS
were arriving hourly from Casas
Grandes on trains over the Mexican
Northwestern railroad.
No insurgents had appeared In
Juarez at late hour tonight but
their arrival on the outskirts of the
city would surprise no one
Juarez is panic stricken and there
has been continual stream tonight
OF residents of Juarez crossing the
international bridges to this city.
Practically all non -combatants are
safely on the American side
Before he left tonight, General
Navarro, preparing for the attack, or
dered all the locomotives and passen-
ger, box, fiat and cattle cars taken
from Juarez and brought to this city
for safety Fourteen locomotives and
five hundred cars are being brought
across the river These were to be
moved tomorrow but were suddenly
brought to El Paso tonight Navarro
also notified the business men OF
Iuarez that he would not fight in the
city unless his forces are driven in-
side and compelled TO fight
Street cars are sti.. being run into
Juarea but no persons are permitted
10 cross from this side unless they
have passports. Returning cars are
taxed to their capacity Col Sharpe.
Z s. army and e S Consul Edwards
are on the bridge advising Americans
not to enter Juarea
Great precaulon being taken by
United States officials to see that
crowds will be kept back several
blocks from the boundary line in
case the fight is carried to Juarez.
United States soldiers line the river
front
Battle at 6auche.
FL PAsO. Texas, April l5. With a
desperate battle between the Mexican
federal aud insurgent forces raging at
Banche. seventeen kilometres south
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
,Jobs Are Scarce.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-The last
faint hope of hundreds of democratic
office-seekers went aglimmering today
when the new democratic committee
on accounts of the house decided on
a further reduction of from $4,000 to
$500 in the pay roll of that body.
Janitors. elevatormen and assistants
will bear the brunt of the new cut.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16

times the man
of Galilee walks
with the work
ers. Birds may
sing carols, chill,
dren don gay
garments, adults
reverently, wor-
ship and tears
refract rainbow
co.ors of hope,
for Christ is ris-
en-. Live loftily.
Falter only
when duty or
ders. Despair at
+. no disappoint-
ment. Fall only
to rise at every
failure. Be gen
tie but gritty,
guileless but
guarded, grac-
ious but growth
full. All exper-
fences feed the
endless life,
Easter beauty
may daily deck
our souls. In lie
tomorrow be- +.
yond the tomb
fullest beauty
! reigns suprema.
Written for the
United Pre- SIS BY
te Rev. Chris
tian F. Reisner,
d. D.. pastor
Grace Methodist
e p i S c o p al
church, New
York, formerly
of Denver. Colo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
ana is Withdrawn.

WASHINGTON, April 15--Upon the
recommendation Of Secretary Of In
terror Fisher, the president late this
afternoon ordered the withdrawal of
approximately $4,000 acres of land
living upon the Salt River, Arizona,
near the Roosevelt dam.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
Not all Work.

WASHINGTON, April 10 Presi-
dent Taft laid aside the turbulous
Mexican situation tonight and with
Mrs. Taft, entertained fifteen of the
new U S. senators and their wives.
Among the other guests were the
ambassador to Germany and Mrs.
David Jayne Hill, Governor Deneen
of Illinois, and nenry w. Taft
At the Chevy Chase links this al
ternoon the president PLAYED his first
game of golf in Washington this
season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-16
The process is a

mystery yet the fact stands fast.
The Christ body was tomb-sealed
but the gloom soon lowered with
the form of the risen One. Under
the sun rays of this hope, in
heather and home lands, men have
grown up out of observity into
beauty and service. The process
is mystery butS the fact stands
fast. Christmas starts shouts
from dawning life, childhood. East
er lifts paeans of praise from the
twilight life, ripest age. Between