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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Mehcans In Conference Now and
Talking About olive Branches
instead of Ammu-
milton.
GOVERNMENT FOR IT
representative of Diaz Says That
Mexico VIII do Everything
Possible to End the
Revolution.

Ell PASO, May 16.-"Mexico will
do everything to bring peace" said
Judge Carbajal. to the United Press
reporter today after conference with
Madero at Juarez
1t is expected definite action will
be taken In thirty-six hours.
The federals have abandoned the
entire state of Sonoro.
Francisco Carbajal, the official
peace envoy of the federal government
and Francisco I. Madero, Jr., president
of the provisional government, entered
into conference about peace at z
o'clock last night at the Madero house
on the outskirts of the city.
At the conclusion of the conference
at $50 last night Madero announced
there was strong probability that
peace would be restored In Mexico
within a short time.
Francisco Madero, Sr., and Rafael
Hernandez, sole survivor of the nu.
merous- -betweens who have endeav-
ored to bring about peace, We're pres
sent. Senior Carbajal brought definite
propositions which the government is
disposed to consider and 1t is believed
that upon the outcome of the confer
ence depends whether peace will be
restored in the turbulent republic. A
public announcement is not expected
until tomorrow, when Senor Madert
will confer with his cabinet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
FURNITURE men
HAVE NIGHT RIOT
Score of Policemen Are Injured by
the Strikers of Grand Rap
ids, Including Many
Women.
WATER ROUTED THEM
The Only Way to Break up the Mob
Was to Call Out Fire De-
partment With
Hose.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 16.--
At least score of policemen were
injured and many members of a mob
of two thousand striking furniture
workers and sympathizers were hurt
in riot at the plant Of the Widdi-
comb Furniture Co., last night. Sew
eral Of the injured may die.
After a fierce battle with revolvers,
clubs and stones, in which the police
were badly beaten, fire engine COM
pany dispersed the mob with streams
of water. Many women were active
among the rioters.
The trouble started when a mob OF
about 800 men, women and boys at
tackled a closed automobile driven by
| Ralph Widdicomb of the furniture
company, who was taking several
strike breakers from the factory. A
policeman intervened and the mob at
tackled him. Other policemen with
drawn revolyers quickly arrived, but
we're overwhelmed A squad Of re-
served were rushed to the scene, and
soon began firing The fire was re-
4 turned by number of the rioters,
and several of the police officers
We're knocked senseless by missiles
hurled by women.
Mayor Ellis made fruitless at
tempt to quell the riot before the fire
4 department was summoned A fierce
battle was waged as the fremen be-
gan to lay their lines.
Mayor Ellis today called for 100
volunteers to aid the police in quelling
the riots The sheriff is expected to
call for state troops.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
PREDICTS DEFEAT
IF WE Go TO WAR
Major Lenihan Says the Army Lacks
Equipment and Trained


KANSAS CITY, May left we
got into a war, we would get the
stuffing licked out of u.s. was the
homely way In which Major NJ j.
Lenihan of the Seventh United States
infantry, late of the general staff, ex-
pressed his idea of the situation at
the Hotel Baltimore. Major Lenihan
knows, and says that every other staff
officer of the army knows, what's the
matter with the army And his free
dom of conversation indicates that
the army is willing to let the people
know if they will listen
There Is not full division of 90
900 men in Texas, as people think. .
said Major Lenihan. There are only
1000 men, 5000 Of them raw recruits,
and they are not there because we
haven't the equipment to take them
there And the army we have could
not be taken three days from rail
road
why isn't the equipment there?
Because we haven't any equipment. II
doesn't exist It hasn't been built
Congress has been too busy boilding
new army posts to give us enough
money to equip the army as it ought
to be equipped"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
WOODMEN LOSE
M'CUTCHEON SUIT
United States Circuit Court Of Appeals
Gives Decision to the
Bondsmen.

IDA GROVE, Iowa, May 16.-Word
was received from st. Paul that the
bondsmen of the late E. H. McCutch-
en- had been given a verdict In the
United States circuit court of appeals
which will probably ends the seven
years litigation waged against them
by A. N. Bort, former head banker of
the Mod ern Woodmen. This case has
been tried seven times, three times
in the circuit court at Sioux City,
three times in the United States cir
cult court of appeals at st. Louis,
Cheyenne and st. Paul, and once In
the United States supreme court at
Washington. The suit has cost the
Woodmen upward of S50000 to fight
e. II. McCutchen owned private
bank at Holstein in this county and
was supposed to be very wealthy and
prosperous. He died January 13, 1904,
and next day his bank was declared
insolvent. Bort as banker for the
Woodmen sued the bondsmen of Nc
Cutchen for $100,153 and interest for
funds which the Woodmen had de
posited In the bank, claiming the
bondsmen were liable as McCutchen's
sureties. They set up thirteen de-
fenses. the principal one being that
the bond was obtained by fraud and
misrepresentation The decision at st,
Paul sustains the verdict of the fed
eral court jury at Sioux City, render
ed two years ago, in favor of the
bondsmen. 1t has been one of the
biggest cases ever originating in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
corpse Found in Chicago River With
Wire Wrapped Around II to
Probably Hold Heavy
Weights.
RIGHT LEG WAS BROKEN
Initials M. A., Found on Shirt is the
Only clew and Case is Thought
to be Ono OF
Murder.

CHICAGO, May 16.-The body of
well-dressed man, with wire strands
bound about one leg and the chest, as
though weights had been attached,
was taken from the river at the Madi-
son street bridge yesterday afternoon.
Half dozen detectives are now at
work in an attempt to solve the mys-
terry Of the death. Murder is suspect
ed, with suicide possible solution.
The body has not been identified,
little being found in the clothing to
furnish clews. The initials M A."
and the number "454" on the shirt and
the barely visible letters of a name
on the inside of the coat are the
means by which it is hoped Identified
ton will be established
Samuel Allen, bridgetender at Madi-
son street, saw the body floating in
the river and notified the police at
the Central Detail station. The mo-
tor-boat squad recovered it from the
water. The body had been in the riv-
er about twelve days and was badly
decomposed. The right leg was broken
below the knee and what appeared to
be a bullet wound was found over the
break Several bruises also were
| found
An empty bill book was found in the
clothing. That the man was murdered
after robbery or as the result of one
| of the labor wars is the belief of the
police.
The description of the body, which
is at the morgue of the Western I'm
dertaking and Casket Company, Ran
dolph street and Michigan avenue, is:
/ Age about 80 years, height 5 feet
10 inches, weight 165 to ITO pounds,
round face, slanting forehead, short
stubby nose, brown eyes and hair and
/ smooth face. Teeth well preserved
Clothing consisted of gray striped
suit, gray striped, plated shirt, blue
cravat and black shoes and stockings
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
She Was In Chicago During tv
Great Fire and Was Supposed s
to Have Lost Her o
Life Then.
WILL BE REUNITED
Peter Sharp Married the Second Time
and Now Finds That His
First Wife is Still
Living.

PITTSBURG,, Kan. May 16-Separ-
ated by the Chicago fire in 1871, Pet
er c. Sharp, of this place, and his
wife, Anna Catherine Sharp, of Oak
land, California, will be reunited dur
ing the present week, Mrs. Sharp is
now on her way to Pittsburg.
The ending of the forty years
search made by Mrs. Sharp was
brought about by application to the
pension office at Washington. 1t was
then that she learned that her hus-
band, an old soldier, had married
again and applied for pension. New
ertheless she wrote to Sharp, and he
replied, asking her to come and make
her home with him and his second
wife.
In 1871 Sharp was grocer at Keo-
kuk, Iowa. and at the time of the fire
in Chicago his wife was visiting q
relative in Chicago. After the fire she
could not be located, and Sharp's son
who went there to search for her,
wrote to the father that he had found
her body and that it had been buried
in Chicago.
STILL not believing that his wife
was dead, Sharp continued the search
for her for thirty-one years. His small
fortune was spent in the effort te
find his wife. hut without avail. Hs
then came here and married a secons
time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Weather Conditions.

The pressure remaining low in the
mountain region, with a marked de-
preston in Montana, and the area of
highest pressure being in the Chic
valley, has been attended by high day
temperature, from the Missouri valley
eastward, and scattered showers from
the northern mountain region to the
lake region.
A field of high pressure is on the
California coast, and it is slightly
cooler in the southern mountain reg
ion
Conditions indicate unsettled but
generally fair weather for this section
tonight and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
GOLD rs FOUND
IN MISSOURI
Strike Made on a Farm While Men
are Digging Well on the
Place.

FULTON, Mo, May 1e.-Go has
been discovered on the farm of II.
Bybee & Son, four and half miles
south of Fulton. The discovery was
made by Jones and Fowler who are
digging we'll on the farm.
Fowler has been prospector In
the western gold fields for more than
twenty years, and this is the first
time he has made strike. The gold
vein was found at depth of eighty
feet and assays So a ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Oil VIII Cost More.

NEW YORK, May 16.-One effect
OF the Standard Oil decision and the
one in which the public will be most
vitally concerned, will be the probable
advance in the price of all Oil prod
ucts. A dissolution of the company
will not wreck the company but will
increase operating expenses and to
meet the increased expenses, the
prices will have to be advanced 1t is
believed
While there will be separate oil
companies in the market, there is no
order from the court which compels
them not to work In collusion.
Alfred H. Walker, lawyer and ex-
pert on antitrust law says enough
ground is covered by the decision to
cause the reorganization of one hun
dred companies. 1t will cause Rock
efeller not to step out from the com
panies but he cannot manage them
all under one head.
Frank B. kellogg says the dissolu-
ton of the New Jersey company is
inevitable and that the government
won every point
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Oily Octopus Branded
AS Violator of Law

the combine. By it's decree, the hold. |
ing company" the Standard Oil of
New. Jersey, was enjoined from voting
the shares OF stock In any of the com |
panies controlled by 1t, or from re-
ceiving any dividends therefrorn.
From the decision, the Oil Trust ap-
pealed, alleging sixty-six errors in the
decree. Briefly, these were that the
court erred in compelling nonresident
corporations and individuals to appear
at st. Louis; in overruling the plea of
the defendants that the court had no
jurisdictions; in finding that the nine
teen corporations absorbed by the
Standard Of New Jersey in 1899 were
then competitive; in finding that the
seven individual defendants In the ten
years prior to 1899 had acquired COM
peting companies to suppress competi-
ton; that the subsidiary companies
In the combine were entirely control
led by the parent corporation, and
that an exchange of stock for an in
terest in single corporation was IL
legal
The case was first argued before
the supreme court last spring. The
highest tribunal then only included
eight active members, because of JUS
tice Moodys illness, and shortly after
the arguments, only seven, through
the death of Justice Brewer Because
this was not a full bench, the court
ordered the cases re-submitted.
BY the appointment of Gov. Hughes
OF New York, and later, the selection
of Justices Van Devanter and Lamar,
and the naming of Justice White as
Chief Justice, the bench was complete
on January 8, when the case was
! again argued. Kellogg again appeared
for the government, with Attorney
General Wickersham as his assistant.
Milburn, Johnson and D. T. Watson,
OF Pittsburg, argued for the defendant
The court broke all precedents in
granting five whole days for the ar
/ gumentS.
About $500,000,000 of capital Is in
i vested in the various companies which
go to make up the combine.
The record in the case is full of in
stances where the giant power of the
1 combination was used to force con
petitors to the wall. The trust car
ried on its business in sections where
! there was prejudice against trusts
! products through concerns which, al
! though absolutely controlled by the
4 Standard, advertised themselves as
entirely independent. 1t received re
bates from railroads, and it had sys
tenn of spying on the business of theil
competitors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
To the Electors of the City:
In view Of the fact that &C

OF the tact that being made through the
the propositions that be voted this City and
have other desire than frankly discuss all objections that
made affecting the welfare Of the City, hereby
eecto whomove having mind objection that he considers
Wh seriously sound and conclusion the
Of said with No. IS North Filth
Street Monday "Wednesday Friday night o'clock will
be CAD discuss and explain fully all Of said the end that
may all together for the Cy best interest Before endorsing these
carefully considered the Cy best interests and endorse
them only because regard them the step proposed
looking TO the up-buidng Of the Greater Keokuk.
KEOkUK INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
GOMPERs NOT
OUT OF TT YET
Commission Appointed to Look Into
the Case of the Three Labor
Leaders.

WASHINGTON, May 1e.--A com
mission has been appointed by Justice
Wright of the District of Columbia
supreme court to determine whether
or not Gompers, Mitchell and Morri-
son were guilty of contempt and on
the report of this commission he will
base further action.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
RalIroads and SAFETY ApplIances.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Railroads
coming within the terms of the safe
ty appliance acts of congress in 1898
and 1908 are under an absolute duty
to keep in repair automatic couplers
and other appliances prescribed by
law and not merely duty to exercise
reasonable diligence in repairing
Such was the decision of the supreme
court of the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
FIRES
IN THE EAST.
One Million Dollars Damage Has Al
ready Been Done in Pennsylvania
Where the Woods are
Blazing.
ALSO IN WEST VIRGINIA
Thousands of Acres In Three States
Are Being Licked up by the
Flames Which Are
Unchecked.

RIDGEWAY, Pa, May 16.-Nres in
Lycoming, Potter, Cameron, Elk and
Mexican counties continued unabated
last night. Already the damage is es-
timated at over s1,O0o,0oo Weather
conditions are threatening.
The fire in Elk County, which
threatened Ridgeway yesterday, was
turned back early yesterday. The fire
in Lycoming county, a strip thirty
miles long and more than ten miles
wide is burning.
A force of men was hemmed in by
the flames Saturday near Slate Run.
Lycoming County. With difficulty they
made their way through smoke to
Slate Run Creek, where they re-
mained standing in the water for six
hours
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
THE WEATHER.
(Until 7 p. m. Wednesday,

(UntII I p. m. Wednesday.)
For Keokuk and vicinity: General
ly fair tonight and Wednesday.
For Illinois; Unsettled weather to-
night and Wednesday with probably
showers extreme north portion Con-
tinued high temperature.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather to-
night and Wednesday with probably
showers northeast portion.
For Missouri. Generally fair to-
night and Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Confederate Veterans Meet.

LITTLE ROCK. Way 16.-Gen. Geo
w. Gordon, of Memphis, commander
in-chief said the most favorable con-
ditions ever experienced prevailed at
the opening today of the United Con-
federate Veterans. More than $4,000
visitors are now in the city and
twenty states are represented.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Zeppelin is UnIucky.

DUSSELDORF, May 16-The Yep
pelin passenger carrying airship
Deutchland II was destroyed here to.
day just as 1T was being taken from
the hangar and passengers were
ready to make the trip.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Punish Individuals

BERKLEY, Cal, May 1e-Defend-
ing the strong control of corporations
by the public and the Furnishing OF
individuals Gov Woodrow Wilson this
afternoon gave his views of the trust
question.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
West vlrainia Forests AfIame.

WHEELING, w. Va, May 16.-Re-
ports last night from Northeastern
West Virginia and portion of Mary
land were that forest fires were ex-
tending through the mountains for
200 miles. Along the line of the West
ern Maryland and the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, in the Allegheny noun
tains, vast area is aflame.
Belington, w. Va, has been sur
rounded by the fire for the last fifty
eight hours and thousands of acres
have been devastated. Laurel Hill
Mountain between Belington and Ell
kins, has been burned over. Practical
ly all work is suspended and all ssle
bodied men are fighting fire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Woman SLAYER is Sentenced

GUILDHALL, VT, May 16,-A sem
tence of not less than four nor more
than six years in the state prison,
was imposed upon Mrs. Florence L.
Dodge, who was convicted of man
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
OFFICIAL CRITICISM
OF THE JUDGE
Senate Resolution at Springfield Is
First of its Kind In the
State

SPRINGFIELD, III, May te-Of
fetal criticism of member of the
judiciary for the first time in the his
tory of Illinois was proposed by a
resolution offered in the state senate
today by Senator Herbaugh
The resolution asked the senate to
criticize Judge Petit for his decision
in the Tilton case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
WILL Obey the Law.

NEW YORK, May 16-Chief Coun-
sci Elliott of the Standard Oil Com
pany, stated today that the company
would obey the law and follow the de-
cision of the supreme court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Bad Dubuque Fire.

DUBUQUE, May 1G.-The Clark
awning factory and the egg ware
house of the Beatrice Creamery com
pany were destroyed by fire last ev-
ening. Clark's loss will be $4,000.
The creamery company lost 10000
dozen eggs.
VIII Llquidate.
NEW YORK, May 6.--Iust what an
individual shareholder In the Stand
(Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
criminal Action May Follow.

WASHINGTON, May 16.-Criminal
prosecution of the officers OF the
Standard Oil Co. may follow the SUI
preme court decision it was stated to-
day by high official
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Stock Market Calm.

NEW YORK, May 16.--The stock
market was strong with fractional
gains of nearly full point on the
majority of shares The Standard Oil
stock on the curb was strong at ESQ
asked and nothing offered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Daily River Bulletin.
STAGE Height Chanpe. Wea' 9
River Forecast.

The river will remain nearly sta-
tionary for the next So hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
London Mot Excited.

LONDON, May 16.-The London
stock market opened with no excite
ment over the Standard Oil decision.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16
Local observations.

16 Z am ). 3O.O3 z s Clear
Mean temperature, May Is, 70.
Highest temperature, SO.
Lowest temperature, SO.
Lowest temperature last night, II.
FRED q. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-16

CONTINUED on page 81
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-31
ONLY WOMAN TRAIN
DISPATCHER AT SPOKANE,

Spokane, Wash.-Georgia NJ Mar
'ih' native daughter of Minnesota
VINO began her railroad career at
Mlssoula Mont, four and a half vaars
ago claims the distinction of hainc,
uhe only woman on the continent oc,
tupying the position of chief clerlx
III the office of master mechanic of
transcontinental system. Mis-
Martin' who is hardly out of her
'eenS' is connected in the foregoing ~
capacity in the office of Thomas
Cu'Ier' master mechanic of the Nor
therh Pacific railway companv i,
SPOKANE. She has full charge whom
Cutler Is on the road. Officials Of tba
spokane office are proud of be,
WORK saying it equals that of the
must efficient clerk on the road Misc
martin fully understands the mo
olldIism of the several locomotives
ana ds one of the machinists ~
'ne round house put it, she copId
give directions to put a big mopm t6.
BeIher In pinch She'll be boss of
the job che. of these fine days"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-31
TO FAMIRIARIZE SELF
WITH ALASKA COIrNTp>

spokane. Wash.-Untted States
senator Miles Poindexter of Snokane
VINO viii accompany Clifford Pinchot
president of the National Conserve
uon association, and several friends
on tour of Alaska in September
says he Is desirous of becoming moro
lalnlllar with the actual conditions in
the territory and will investigate the
hracucability of these projects. Gov
'fhment construction of a railroa a
liom the Alaskan coal fields to Com
troller Bay; opening of the coal
lields by the government of the Unit
ed states, and federal ownership of n
Ihe of steamships plying between
fuSet Sound and Alaska. 1t is an
hounced here that Senator Poindexter
ana several progressive senators from
the middle western states will present
measures at the next session of con-
Sress to secure the foregoing legis-
lation, in the event the Investigation
to be undertaken by the National
Conservation association warrants
such action. Senator Poindexter
thinks this is the only recourse of the
people of the United States to avoid
the control of coal and transportation
In Alaskan territory by monopoly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-08-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Eastern Oregon State Hospital.

Sealed proposals for the construc-
ton of a concrete and rock levee of
about 1000 feet in length, to be erect
ed one and one-half miles west of
the City of Pendleton, Oregon, will
be opened by the Board of Trustees at
2 p. m, Tuesday, September 5, 1911,
at the State Capitol Building, Salem,
oregon. Plans and specifications
may be obtained at the office of w.
c. Knighton, Architect, Capitol Build
ing, Salem, and from Chas. A. Muir
ply, Supt. of Construction, at Pendle-
ton, Oregon. A certified check for
/, $1,000 must accompany each proposal
and drawn to the order of r. A. Wat
son, clerk of the Board of Trustees,
to guarantee that hidder will enter
into a contract and execute the re-
quired bond; same shall be forfeited
to the State of Oregon if award of
| contract is made to bidder and he or
they fail to enter into a contract and
furnish the required bond within ten
days from date of award of contract.
Proposals shall be made only on the
form furnished by the architect. The
right is reserved to accept or reject
any or all bids or to waive any in
| iormalities in bids.
R. A. WATSON.
| Clerk of the Board of Trustees East
ern Oregon State Hospital.