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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-15
TODAY'S VOTE
FOR SENATOR
No Change in the RaIlotlns at Des
Moines BY the
Legislature.

DES MONIES, March 1o.--The for
ty-first joint ballot for United States
senator today resulted as follows:
Deemer, 40.
Kenyon. 46.
O'Connor, 81.
Porter, l.
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WATER POWER
BILL INTRODUCED
State Legislature Asked to Give Rail-
road Commission Power
to Regulate.
Especial to The Gate City.l

DES MONIES, March ia bill
was introduced in the legislature to-
day asking the state railroad commits
sioners be given power to regulate
and fix rates on all water power com
panies in the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-15
Japan all Ready.

WASHINGTON. March l5.-That
Japan has already an army of soldiers
in Hawaii was admitted today in con
nection with the statement OF Count
Won Reventlow. Several army and
navy officers have recently received
personal letters from the far east
which bear out the contention of the
German expert who says Japan could
easily take the Philippines. He says:
In case of war the first attack would
be at Hawaii where a japanese army
could be put in control over night and
the American fleet cut off and the
Philippines nut at tie mercy Of Japan
The mikado believes he has the
ability to sweep the American flag out
of the orient.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-15
German Bu,ybodies.

TOXIC, March l5--Japanese papers
blame Germany for starting the re-
port that Japan is trying to get the
Philippine islands
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-15
Ready to March.

SAN ANTONIO, March 15.-Gen.
Carter is ready IL march into Mexico
within week Martial law goes into
effect in Mexico on Thursday and
when President Diaz attempts to
end the revolution by drum head court
martial, the whole northern end cl
Mexico will rise
Evening star., 1911-08-11
DEPUTY FOR UNITED STATES
Henry c. Finkelstein Going to Paris
ExnoSifion

Henry G. Finkelstein, a member of the
District bar. has been appointed, at the
suggestion of the French embassy. as
deputy general for the United States to
the exhibition of fishing, agriculture
pisciculture and oyster culture TO be held
in Paris soon Paul Chaussin. member
the Paris bar, and associate of Coudert
Brothers of New York. has been appoint
ed general agent for the United States for
this exhibition. The appointees are given
full power to make arrangements with
any one who desires to participate in the
exposition
The purpose OF this exhibition is TO
bring together In a class fled collection
all indusfr es and interests which depend
upon the water as a main principle or ele-
ment. such ss navigation. river and sea
fishing. pisctculture. oyster culture,
aquatic sports and the exploitation of the
numerous products drawn from the sea
and river. II will be held with the sup
port and under the control of the French
government.
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ALL LIKE HALSbURY
New Leader of Conservative
Group Greatly Admired.
NOW 86 YEARS OF AGE
Duke of Sutherland Thinking of
Selling Stafford House.
SCENE OF NOTABLE GATHERING
Contains More Than Three Hundred
Paintings, Some of Them
Well Known Works.
Foreign Correspondence Of Tho Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of Tho Star.
LONDON, July 20, 1911.
The one point about the 'last-ditch
dinner given In honor of Lord Halsbury
by the "backwoods peers who refuse
to accept Lord Lansdowne's lead on the
veto bill. on which every one Is agreed
is admiration for the magnificent Vitality
of the new leader of the forward group
Of the conservative party. Lord Halls
bury was fve years old when George "
died. lie bears his eighty-siX years with
out any signs of burden. At the last
suffragist riot in Parliament Square
saw the old gentleman there escorting
two ladies' to see the affair. Even after
lie was seventy he could be seen hurry
ing up Ennismore Gardens to catch the
Hammersmith bus. and the drivers on
the road spoke irreverentiy but anec-
,ionately Of him as putting Billy.
lie was democratic or sporting enough
10 patronize the horse bus. but he never
could endure that comparatively modern
invention. the trolley ear. and his Ia
nous stand against its Introduction 10
the embankment delayed the passage over
the bridges for more than a year or two.
The most famous phrase he made was
his description of the Boer war as a
sort Of war" Mr.. LaEouchere described
him as sort of lord chancellor" II
, he were not a real lord chancellor IT
was not for want OF experience.
| At a time when other old gentlemen
| hesitate TO go out at night at all We nnd
/ the dashing octogenarian sitting through
an exciting banque. making long
| speech and listening to long speeches
| from others. l am, told by one who was
| present that Lord Halsbury seemed now
| and then TO look round the room with
| an air almost OF increduiity. What. in
| deed, must have been the thoughts of
| the old man to fnd himself with young
men OF the twentieth century burning
I with enthusiasm for the divine right OF
| the lords. protection and ell tie other
I Old unhappy far-off things he had heard
OF when a lad. when George " was
king:
! He is short. square built, homely fea-
tured old man, upright OF figure, brisk
/ in movement and vigorously emphatic in
action. His powerful voice. which knows
| no quaver Of age. rings through the
| "gilded chamber" on sustained note
4 of indignant fervor and passionate con-
| viction, his whole bearing and attitude
are tense with powerfully controlled ex-
i element, his every word and gesture tell
/ vitality. physical and intellectual, of a
| haze old age. But 1t is not only by his
unabated vigor of mind and body that
| Lord Halsbury' sets AT nauSht the flight
| of years and makes IL hardly possible to
| believe that be Is more than half way
1 TO the completion of his ninth decade.
| Even the men who have been stalwart
| fighters In their prime are apt to shun
| bold courses In advanced old age and to
] time their highest aspiration. But the
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Noted Events in House.

II was there that Lord Shaftesbury
raised his voice on behalf of the white
slaves of this country. and William
Lloyd Garrison spoke there on behaii
of the American negroes. 1t was, IN
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deed. in this house that the protest of

! deed, in this house that the protest of
the British women against slavery was
| framed In 1853. Eleven years after
Garibaldt was for several days an hoh-
| ored guest under this roof on the oc-
casion of his memorable visit to Lon
| don. This was during the reign of the
present dukes parents, both of whom
We're the most fervent admirers of the
italian patriot. In recent years it has
been closely connected with the cause
OF the Stanordshfre cripples and with
Highland cottage industries but no
other really good cause has ever
Knocked In vain at the wide door of
Stafford House
A thing which must strike every one
about these great London houses Is the
comparatively small amount of personal
use and enjoyment which the owners get
out OF them. So much is this the case
that the owners may almost be regarded
as holding their properties as though
they were mere trustees for public use. Tho
national value of this pubiic-spirited gem
erosity Is not sufficiently recognized. The
government has at its disposal an annual
grant Of G1n.o0o for the entertainment of
important visitors to Great Britain, but
this sum would not go very far unless the
government could rely OH the assistance
of owners CT houses like Stafford House
to give entertainments to those visitors
whom IT IS desired TO entertain with
| noblcness An illustration of this has
been afforded by the gathering. unprece-
dented in numbers, in London this season
OF leading men and women from all the
| overseas dominions. Every great house
has Hospitality thrown it's doors open to
them.
Stafford House has been twice the cause
of special legislation. When the first
duke paid the purchase money OF c72, 600.
1T was allowed TO accumulate for some
years until 1t amounted to et00.0n. ~
length. In 1871. All act was passed TO
authorize the expenditure OF this money
In buying and laying out the land which
Is now known as Victoria Park. in the
popuious northeastern district of London,
as q public pleasancc forever. Again,
when the house and gardens were ac-
| quired by the family, there was a. diff
Guilty about the crown lease 1t appears
| that the commissioners for woods and
| forests, who deal with these matters had
/ not the power themselves to grant the
| lease. Consequently, a special act OF
| parliament was passed in 1912. and by
this time the second duke. who had by
/ this time succeeded to the title, was given
! the crown lease for a period OF ninety
| nine years at an annual ground rent OF
E15S The lease has. therefore, another
! thirty years to run, at the end OF which
| time the house revertS to the crown un-
! less, III the meanwhile, another lease is
granted. There is probably no other pri-
vate house in the kingdom which has
had an act of parliament all TO itself in
this way.
Evening star., 1911-08-11
KIDNAPPED BOY HOME;
POLICE ARREST NINE
Evidence Against Seven Men
and Two Women Declared
to Be Ample.

CHICAGO, August i1.-:Angeo Mareno,
Kidnapped By Black Hand blackmailers
last Saturday. was found by the police at
Sedgwick and Oak streets, within Il few
blocks of his fathers home. az 10 o'clock
last night. The boy was taken to the
Chicago avenue police station.
Seven men and two women were ar
rested by order Of Inspector Revere an
hour after the boy had been found. In
spector Revere declared that he had cap
tIred the k!dnapers and the persons who
acted as go-betweens IN negotiations with
the Mareno family.
''Mareno paid the kidnapers 500 this
noon" said the inspector, and the boy
was released. The ringleaders In the
plot 10 hold the boy for ransom were
relatives of the Mareno family.
Say Evidence Is Ample.
They are now I'm jail and VIC have
ample evidence against them. The boy
was not taken out of Chicago at any
time
The arrest followed i consultation
which Inspector Revere held with An
tonic Mareno Immediately after Angelo
had been returned 10 his parents at the
police station.
When found the kidnapped hoy wore
new white serge suit a new sailor hat
and new shoes. He was walking alone
IN the street playing With "a hall Dctec-
tiyes who had received Information tina,
tie boy would he released last night fol-
lowed him within few yards of his hom,
before they. stopped him, hoping TO lind
some one trailing the boy
Evening star., 1911-08-11
Taxicab Damaged by Fire.

\ taXicab owned by &. y. Kline 21i
18th street northwest, and operated by T.
+. Jones, caught fire yesterday afternoon
while in front Of the Arlington Hotel
No / engine company responded 10 call
and eXtiuguished the blaze after about
800 damage had been done
Evening star., 1911-08-11
Rev. A. H. Zimmerman Improving

The condition OF Rev Albert H. Zim-
mermann. supply pastor OF the Western
Presbyterian Church. who is suffering
FROM "A nervous breakdown al
the Washington Sanitarium at Takoma
Park shows improvement. II is believed
he will BE- able to leave the institution
within the next two weeks.
Evening star., 1911-08-11
Say Evidence Is Ample.
Reunion a Joyous One.

Two az the men arrested arc Joseph
and Carmelo Nicolsi. saloonkeepcrs, near
the Mareno home. one OF the women Is
Mrs Joseph NicoEi.
The child was able to give the police
little information regarding his cXpe-
rlenecS lie said that he had been kept
in house III a street near his home
during the five DAYS since his disap-
pearancc.
Angelo meeting with his father and
later With his mother. who had believed
him dead. was joyous. lie saw his father
first at the police station. and then was
taken 10 see his mother for an hour.
Mrs. Nareuo nept and laughed in turn
as she greeted the child
Evening star., 1911-08-11
Has Respect Of All.

Has Respect OF All.
Judged from certain standards. there
may be something hopelessly ''old-fash-
ioned" and impracticable in the uucom-
promising fidelity to conviction which mas
been the guiding principle OF Lord HAS
bury's public and private life. But TINS
Lit is, more than his upd'minished powers
Of body and mind and long record OF plh-
liant service which command Tor tne
venerable lawyer-statesman in the even
ing of his career the profound respect even
OF those to whom his rigid old-scnooi
conservatism represents an obsolete Greco
The snectacIe OF this undismayed Old
warrior reckicssly leading last forlorn
hope against the triumphant liberals hds
deeply touched all sections OF MS party
and others. .,.,>
except by tradition OF Hardinge Ginaro
successes as criminal advocate-tns
only one, by the way, who has Teacnvo !,
the vooisack They belong TO the miodie
period OF the last century, anu .nel. ied- "a
ord fully explains the rapidity OF his ad-
vance to the foremost rank or the PIo-
| fession Of which he Is the greatest LIVING
ornament. His forensic flights ana 1niii'
| tant zeal for the conservative caus,,
sneediIy made him force to be reckoneo
with i'm the house Of commons. and as SO
Ilicitor general he was a tower OIL strehstn
| TO the great administration OF Iofu
| Beaconsfield To more recent peuticd.
history belongs his protracted tenure OF
| tho lord chancellorship. which he hello lof
| a Ionper period than any of his predeces-
sors. sith the exception Of Lord Eldon
aud lord Hardwicke. That he vas one
OF the creates, and strongest occupants
of the woolsack within recent times "ou.o
n.nh. n,,, not he denied even hy those VINO
dubbed him lord high jobber because
he found appointments for all his very
mediocre relatives.
Butt Of Caricaturists.
! In the great office which he filled SC
long Lord IIalsbury probably suffered
less from the criticism of his opponents
| than from. the irreverent attacks of the
| caricaturists. who persisted In finding dr
exhaustIess fund Of humor in his mark
ed idiosyncrasies of person, and who ever
did not hesitate TO find IN the dignitied
Evening star., 1911-08-11

indomitable old gladiator. who is making
a big effort to rally his order to the nag
o; mo surrender" remains as mcttie-
some of spirit at eighty-six as he was in
the heyday Of his always strenuous ca
reer as a political fighter.
Evening star., 1911-08-11

Paul Armstrong. author OF Alias
Jimmy Valentine" and many other sue
cessful plays. writes of "The Play
Magazine.
Evening star., 1911-08-11

Mrs. Mary Hose. eighty-one years old
general debility. Tuesday afternoon.
Evening star., 1911-08-11

Though and the house and the grounds
were eventually sold to the great-grand-
father OF the present owner for the sum
OF e72.OO. The new owner proceeded to
pour out money with an unsparing hand
in the enlargement and establishment or
the house. Sir Charles Barry. the archi-
tect Of the houses Of parliament was en-
ployed to direct the work. 1T Is COM
puted that considerably more than half
a million sterling has been expended oy
the Dukes of Sutherland since they ac-
quired the house in making 1t the largest
and most splendid town mansion OF
subject In this or any ether realm.
But the splendor of Stafford House
is apart from size. mainly Internal
It's outside Is unusually plain. In this
1t offers striking contrast to Bridge
water House. Lord Ellesmere's neigh
boring mansion along Green Park In
houses. Somebody once likened stat
ford House to q packing case out OF
which Bridgewater House, with its
elaborate exterior, might have been
taken. Less apt remarks have been
made.
But though princely fortune was
indeed necessary to establish and
maintain a Stafford House. II would
never have obtained its peculiar posi-
tion by the mere act OF prodsgal ex-
penditure. Any millionaire can. Ii he
wishes. employ the most accomplished
architects and craftsmen OF the time
TO fashion him lordly dwelling house,
and there are plenty OF experts who
would be only too glad to assist him
with their knowledge and taste in fill
ing it with the choicest works OF art.
Yet. at the end. II will be little better
than q, museum. unless the owner HIM
self has a certain character to con-
tribute. The pre-emlnence which stat
ford House has enjoyed for three gem
erations lis largely due to the special
inclina tions and syr,pathies Of The
family which has possessed ii. Though
it has never been very closely associ-
ated with politics 1t has been the
scene OF long series OF the most
brilliant social crtainments fDisra-
ell had it In his minds eye when he
sketched Crecy House in 'Lothairo,
and above ALL it has been identified.
in greater degree than any other
London house. with the advocacy Of
good causes.
Noted Events in House.
Evening star., 1911-08-11
Some Famous Pictures.

1t is impossible to write Of Stafford
House without a mention of its pictures.
According to the private catalogue which
vas printed in 1893. their number was
thea 311. Some of these have since been
sold. but others have been brought up
from Trentham Hall. the Nottingham
shire home OF the Sutherlands. so that
the number is still substantially the same
They include Murillo's .'Prodigal's Re-
turn" which came from Marshal Soult' S
collection: Correggio's "Muleteers." which
once belonged to the famous Christine.
Queen of Sweden: Maronis Portrait of
u. Young Man.. Gerard Honthorsts'
Christ Before Caiaphas." several fine
ROmneys, and. indeei, specimentS of al
most every master ancient and modern
who can be thought of. down to Mr.. Sar-
gents full-length portrait of the present
duchess
Stafford House is especially rich In Ital-
ian masters many of which came out of
the wonderful collection formed by the
notorious Regent Orleans. who was prac-
ucally ruler OF France from the death OF
Louis XIV till his own death In 1913. His
collection eventually came into the pos
session of the uuprincipled Philip Egalite.
and he proceeded to sell thcm--for u mere
songn Those at Stafford House we're
acquired by the first Duke OF Sutherland
for a comparative trifle. but their present
market price must be immense.
L. II. MOORE.
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| lord chancellor modern incarnation os
Snug the Joiner, or to present him as
| tho double" of a famous low comedian,
! now no longer with us.
BY those who are aware OF the strenu-
| Gus part which Lord Halsbury has played
| in the counsels of his party during its
recent years of adversely the attitude
which he has assumed in the present su-
I prcne crisis could have been predicted
with the utmost confidence from the OUT
| set In his view. as ''one who has ever
marched breast forward In defence OF
| his political creed, the policy OF compro-
mise on essentials is little short of trea-
son to the state One of the few sur
vivors OF the "Old guard OF conserva-
| tism. he has scant sympathy with those
Developments of tory democracy which
express themselves in attempts to dish
| the radicals by borrowing their methods
and outbidding them Oil their own ground.
Yet he himself will stoutIy deny that his
conservatism Is of the hide-bound sort
that learns nothing and forgcts noth.
ing, and quite recent! he surprised
some of those who knew him best by
refraining from raising the standard OF
| opposition to the sweeping scheme OF the
house of lords reform propounded by
| Lord Landsdowne.
A man of strong though unoStentatious
! piety, he is an enthusiastic churchman OF
| that old evangelical school which was
| once a greater power IN the land than
it is today. and the feeling that the
!
| menace OF immediate peril to the church
as we'll as to the state has undoubtedly
done much to nerve him to the attitude
Of resistance to the last To whatever
| ultimate issue that resistance may tend
| the gallant lead of this splendid veteran
will be remembered. In its personal aspect.
as the finest episode Of the revolution.
| incalcuIable in its consequences which is
now being fought in England
Sale of Stafford House.
The report that tho Duke OF Suther-
land is seriously thinking OF selling Staf-
! ford House would have attracted atten-
| ton far and wide had il not come at q
moment of intense political excitement.
| For under the four Dukes of Sutherland
II has attained and maintained posi-
| tion which puts il I'm a class alone among
the private palaces of the capital.
/ Built for a royal duke. who did not live
| to inha bit il. the building was bought
after his death In 1897 by the govern
meut The government seems to have
found 1t something o! a white elephant
| They offered II as q home for the Royal
| Society. However. that proposal fell
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ALEXANDRIA AFFA AIRS
Harness Thieves Make Raids
on Fairfax County Stables.
FARMERS REPORT LOSSES
Death of Mrs. Helen Grace Pitts.
Light Infantry Excursion.
General and Personal.
sre..ial carrnspnndencc Of Inc Star.

Special Correspondence OF Toe Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, August II, 1911.
Harness thieves were busy in Fairfax
county last evening. according to reports
which reached the Alexandria police head
quarters today. Mr.. Roat residing at
Holly Iiill, reported that thieves entered
his stable last night and stole therefrom
one set of buggy harness valued at SIS:
half set of old harness valued at 50: one
whip valued at sl.o0 and one whip valued
at - cents and a set OF carpenters tools.
John ~ johnson reports that some
one broke into his stable near Hunting
creek and stole one set OF wagon harness
and 4 set Of buggy harness.
Mrs. Helen G. Pitts Dead.
Mrs. Helen Grace Pitts. widow of An
drew J. Pitts died at her home. 1908 King
street Yesterday evening. Mrs. Pitts was
ffty-six years Of age. Four children,
Melvin, Samuel w. Herbert and Miss
Sadie Pitts survive her. Funeral serv-
ices will h. held at her late home tomor-
row afternoon At : o'clock.
The Rev w y. Watson OF the FIrSt
Baptist Church will officiatc.
Rose v Fanuon and husband have sold
T. Louie ". Peterson house ana lot no
ls..,, King street. The deed conveying
this property was placed on record in
this morning.
Fined $40 for Assault.
In the Police Court. Justice Harry +.
Cation presiding. this morning William
Fountain. colored, charged with ASSAULT
ing and beating Mary Johnson. also col
orcd was fined so. or. i'll default OF
payment. viii spend thirty DAYS fl jail.
The Alexandria Light Infantry today
gave it's annual excursion 10 Marshall
Hall. \ large crowd went TO the resort
on the early boats, and 1t Is expected
that Il still larger will go this even
ing.
Wiibcrt G. RaSgett yesterday afternoon
bought AT public auction house and lot
No f6 North Alfred street. This prop
erty was sold by ). III. Lunt. auctioneer.
FOR Miss Ruth Il. Smith. Administrative
OF the estate of the late William ii.
Smith
Brief Mention.
Potomac Lodge Of Odd Fellows will
hold a meeting at its hall. on North
Columbus street. this evening.
The lawn party given on the lawn at
Mr.. Theodore Ale'S home, 1915 Duke
street. last night was largely attended.
The proceeds will 90 to the Chidrens
Home.
r. Sutton Jones, manager of the Bell
Telephone Company, left this city this
afternoon to spend few days at his old
home in Richmond.
Misses Mary and Agnes Sweeney and
Mr. John sweeney are spending two weeks
in Atlantic City.
Miss Cora Petit has returned from a
visit TO friends at Oakton, Va.