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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-11

Elmer Bancroft of the west hill re-
turned last night from Montreal, where
he underwent an operation at the Roy
al Victoria hospital for the removal Of
a cataract from the right eye. He was
accompanied home from Montreal by DIR.
ID. c. Jarvis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
TRADE WIFE
FOR KILLABLE DOG
Two Novel Divorce Cases Decided BY
Judge Smythe at BurI-
jnaton,

BURLINGTON, Ia, Sept. 25.-Judge
Smythe in the district court heard two
unusual divorce cases Mrs. Lucinda
Wetzel wished separation from her
husband, Robert Wetzel, who she
claimed had attempted to sell her to
a neighbor for twelve chickens, or for
a dog, which he proposed afterwards
to kill. The court refused the divorce.
The other was that of Mrs. Eliza
beth Smyce, who asked for separation
from her husband, whom she had not
seen since the civil war. The wife,
supposing he had secured a divorce,
married again. Her second husband,
Charles smith veteran of the war,
with whom siIe lived in Burlington for
over twenty years. died two years ago,
When the wi>ow applied for a pension
on her second husbands account she
discovered she was still the wife OF
Smyce. who has married again and IS
living happily in Louisa county, Iowa.
The divorce from Smyce was granted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
ECUADOR. SHAKEN
BY EARTHQUAKES
People Were Panic Stricken All Day
Sunday While Houses
Fell In.

GUl-YAQUIL, Ecuador, Sept. 25.-
Four heavy earthquakes early Sun
day did serious damage at Riobamba
the capital of Chimborazo province,
which lies about eighty-fve miles from
Guayaauil The shocks continued
throughout the day, but with diminish
ing intensit'-
At the first shock, which occurred
very early in the morning. a great
panic prevailed among the people
Many buildings were badly shaken
and several of them collapsed. The
occupants of most of the houses fed
to the streets, where they have since
remained.
At Guaranda, caritol of Bolivar
province. twenty-five miles from Pio,
bamba. the shocks were heavy. The
walls of a number of residences caved
in
The seismic disturbances are attri
buted to the Tunguragua volcano, in
the southern nart of the province OF
the same name
Riohamba is situated at an elevation
of more than 5000 feet. The present
town dates from 1877, when the an.
cient town of Riobamba, the site OF
which is about three miles distant,
was DESTROYED by an earthquake. Tne
population is estimated at $4,000
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
INDUSTRIAL. WORKERS
TURNED DOWN
The International Congress Does Not
Want Them as
Members.

CHICAGO, Sept 25-Formal re-
lection of the Industrial Workers of
the World as proposed members of the
international Congress National Fed
Grafton of Labor Unions, was receiv-
ed here by Secretary Vincent ST.
John of the 1. w. w. from the head
quarters of the congress in BUDAPEST.
The reason ASSIGNED was that the
!. w. w. had been attacking the
American Federation of Labor. which
is = member of the congress.
The report received by the I. w. w.
shows that organizers are to be sent
out Immediately by the congress
throughout England, Scotland, Ire
land and France to further interna-
tional organization. and bring about
a world wide amalgamation of labor
to shorten hours, increase wages.
prevent wars and seek remedies
through political action and legisla-
ton"
The number of workers sought to
be brought into the international or
ganization. in the three countries
are: France, 100000; England, 1,ooo.-
oo0 the balance of Great Britain, l.
100000, and America 5.o0o,000.
The report shows that the interna-
tional congress has decided to estab-
lish a world fund for aiding strikers,
and asserts that nucleus for the
fund was set aside.
Thirty-six delegates. representing
e,5o0.oo0 workers, in 1s nations, ia
yored giving the United States the
next congress-. in 1915. and San Fran
cisco bid for the gathering. The date
and city will be definitely decided by
a referendum vote in the rank and file
before the next congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Work Has Commenced in Taaey coun-
~, Mo-, on the First Dam to
Be Built In White
River.
COMPLETED NEXT YEAR
Half Of Land to be Overlooked, Has
Been Purchased and the Bal
lance is Arranged
For.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark, Sept. 25.
The biz power dam which will be
built some twenty miles below Bran
son, Mo, in Taney county, is no longer
an uncertainty, and work has already
started on the project. This dam
marks the era of water power de-
velopment on the White river and its
tributaries which in a few years will
make the White river country manu-
facturng center of no mean impor-
tance. The location of the dam has
been changed from the first site, as
they could get no good foundation at
that place. The site that has been
chosen is about two miles above
Forsythe, the county seat of Taney
county. The first material began to
arrive at Branson last week, and con-
sisted of lumber for sixteen big barges
and two big power boats, which will
be used in moving the cement and
other stuff from the railroad point to
the dam site. Hundreds of cars of
cement will go into the construction,
Ills iits inea W UC chlppSu III. liC 81 d
el and other material of rock nature
is on the site.
The power boats will be sixty-five
horse power each and will be driven
with gasoline engines. 1t is expected
that in thirty days these boats will be
ready for service. Contracts for the
construction OF the dam call for its
completion in November. 1912. Hall
of the land that will be submerged by
the dam along the river front has al
ready heen purchased and the rest OF
it has been negotiated for, and parties
who have this land buying in charge
say that all the land will be bought
without one condemnation suit Some
legal difficulties were met when the
surveys were finished and it was found
that a mile or so of county road would
be submerged near Branson. This diff
| ficulty was overcome when the dam
company said they would put a steel
bridge across White River at Branson
which was accepted by the county
court
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Six Dead on Engine.

Six victims, all dead were discover
ed on the engine pilot, where they lay
until removed by the train crew and
passengers Two others killed were
hurled through flagman's shanty
with such force as to overturn the lit
tie structure One of this especially
unfortunate pair was Miss Finn, who
was projected through one of the
side walls of the house and was alive
when removed She died few hours
later. Another OF the victims was
thrown high over barn 80 feet from
the railway right OF way
Among the occupants OF the hay
rack who escaped were Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Brizinski and child OF TWO
years. They We're seated in the front
half OF the hayrack, the mother hold
ing the child in her lap
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
NAVAL A|RSH|P
IS TOTAL WR[{{ ! I
s
England Paid 100000 Id D'r'-
sibIe Balloon VII lever
Had Made q
Trip.
FAULTY CONSTRUCTION
Men on Board lived Into the Water
and Swan to Safety to the
Docks Close
BY.

LONDON, Sept. 25.--The first naval
airship, built for the British govern
ment by vickers. Sons & Maxim at a
cost of something like 100000, was
wrecked Sunday at Barrow in Fur
ness.
The new dirigible left its shed for
the first time May %, and was Aoated,
but was found too heavy to fly. 1t
was sent back to the shed four days
later, and after much work was done
upon it the ship was taken over by
the admiralty on September %. 1t is
now an absolute wreck and has never
been flown.
1t is difficult to say exactly what
happened. There were officials on
the spot, but no information can be
gained either from the yickers con-
Germ or the admiralty Apparently
the center of the huge framework,
which was 512 feet long, was weak,
and the pressure of a light nine-mile
breeze made it part as it left the
shed stern first. 1t listed to leeward
and. began to wriggle like great
snake, cracking, tearing sounds fol-
lowed, and before the captains orders
could be carried out the airship broke
in half The center portion looked
like the battered bellows of con-
/ certina.
There was no actual ripping of the
coverings of the hydrogen reservoirs,
4 but the gas emptied gradually.
Enough of it, however, fortunately re-
| mained, and kept the two ends afIoat.
The machine actually dipped, but 1t
! lifted again. AS the gas was intact
in one or two chambers, for a moment
IL was feared that the stern half
| would break loose and fly aloft with
| the crew that was in the after gon-
dola, but the stays and tackle kept
| the two halves together. The men
dtved and swan to the sides of the
! deck and all We're saved.
The whole of the center section
seemed to have collapsed The outer
! Stealth hung limp between the two
/ ends, which remained straight and
| strong. The balance off, the buoy
ancy having been destroyed section
of the forepart half rose in the air
end pointed toward the sky, but was
held by the weight of the machinery
and the tow ropes, Segment after
segment of the center then orumpled
up and endangered the crew
The immediate cause of the acci-
! Cent was probably the bursting of one
of the central balloonettes, after
! which, even with slight wind, the
apparatus was unable to stand the ad-
cuional strain. Boats towed the
wreck back to the dock and it was
placed in the shed again at noon.
Marines went about warning spec
tators not to smoke or strike matches
as the gasoline was leaking from the
huge tanks and covering the waters
of the deck. 1t has been suggested
that the airship be named "Mayfy'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
TURKEY GETTING
READY FOR A WAR
Aroused Over Actions of Italy and
Preparations Are Made for
Battle.

VIENNA, Sept 25.-An Turkey is
fighting mad The attempt of Italy to
seize Tripoli has awakened the coun-
try to the fact that she must fight to
maintain her territory and all classes
of Turks are rallying to the colors. All
Italians may be expelled from Turk
ish territory. The Turkish command
ing officers have been ordered to
place their commands on war foot
ing
There is a report that an Italian
ship has been seized by Turkish Off
cials in Asia Minor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Frightful Accident at
Railroad Crossing

ule. That the engine stopped on the
second corner from the intersection
where the collision occurred, dis
tance of more than 500 feet, Is the
evidence the speed was at least sixty
miles an hour 1t Is said however,
that the fact the rails were slippery
from rain may serve to modify this es-
innate
Practically every person on the wa
gon was an enploye of the Menasha
Woodenware Company and all were
invited to the Hanson farm to attend,
the wedding anniversary of their fell
low employees. Mr.. Hanson had con-
veyed the merry-makers to his farm
in the early evening and was taking
them back home, the round trip be-
ing completed except for a miles
drive when the collision occurred. On
the outgoing trip the hayrack con-
tanned forty persons, but the rig was
uncomfortably crowded and on the re-
turn trip an additional wagon was OBJ
tanned.
Eight of the party occupied the seq
ond vehicle which followed about
mile behind A coroners jury was Inn
paneled as soon as possible. but ad-
journment was taken to give the dis
trict attorney and others opportunity
to interview Witnesses. The bodies
were removed to the Menasha morgue.
A farmer, his wife and two children
were recently killed in similar acci-
dent at the same crossing, In the last
eight years nearly two dozen persons
have lost their lives at the same
place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
SUNDAY in st. Louis Hotels.

JEFFERSON CITY. Mo, Sept 25.-
I.egal obstacles block the way of the
st, Louis hotel men who wish to sell
liquor on Sunday to guests at meals.
This is prohibited by law, and Govern
or Hadley has intimated that he would
enforce the law. Mayor Kresmann of
st. Louis declared he favored an
amendment to the LIQUOR law granting
the privilege to hotels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
France is Convulsed

PARIS, Sept. 25.The dis
aster at Toulon has convulsed
France and government off
Gals are on their way to inves-
tigate.
Most of the crew were asleep
below decks when the fire
started at five O'Clock in the
morning.
Probably 100 sailors from
ether ships were injured by
flying pieces of iron. Windows
ty the thousand in the city
were shattered by the explo-
sion The dead sailors were
frlghtfully burned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Weather Conditions.

Saturdays field of high pressure,
with its low temperature, has moved
from Montana to the Dakotas, and is
causing cooler weather from the
Rockies to the western lakes, while
another erea of high pressure in the
southeastern states, is causing warm
er weather in the eastern portion of
the country.
The lower temperature has been
preceded by rains in the Missouri and
upper Mississippi valleys and in the
western lake region, the rainfall being
heavy only in southeastern Iowa.
Conditions indicate unsettled wealth
er, with probably showers tonight or
Tuesday, for this section.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Baby uninlured.

About half way back in the wagon
sat Mary Schwartzbauer The latter
was hurled about fifty feet and rem
dered unconscious. When found by
rescuers the Brinksinski child was in
her arms, escaping unscathed. The
parents of the child were only slight
ly injured.
Peter Hanson, driver and owner of
the horses attached to the rig, clung
to the reins and was the only person
aboard not temporarily stunned by
the collision. He says he made every
effort to look in both directions along
the track, but did not see the train
until his team had reached the track,
He whipped up the horses but got the
wagon only half way across.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
r;isaster Similar to the Explosion Of
the Rattleship Maine, Causes
Death to 800
Sailors.
ONE HUNDRED ESCAPED
Great pstsaer This Morning Has
Started the Widest Excite
ment Throughout
France. :.

TOULON, France, Sept. %.
AT least 300 officers and men
Of the cruiser Liberte died to-
day when the warship blew up
and sank in the roadstead off
this place.
One hundred of the crew es-
capped by swimming ashore. 1t
was first believed 100 more
were drowned but as many Of
the sailors had not returned
from shore leave, an estimate
Of the dead is between 225 and
300.
There is the widest excite
nlent throughout France.
The disaster bears a striking
resemblance to the blowing up
Of the battleship Maine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Captain Not on Board.

The Liberte was commanded
by Captain Jaures, brother Of
the famous socialist. At the
time Of the explosion he was
absent from the ship as were
200 members of the crew.
The fire followed an explo-
sion, which was followed by
second explosion. Other ships
in the harbor sent relief and
in the rescue work, many acts
of heroism were performed.
Many of the crew stuck to
their posts to the end.
A short circuit in the engine
room is supposed to have been
the cause of the explosion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
sinclair In More Trouble.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25-After losing
his wife who wants to have herself di-
vorced in 9 hurry. Upton Sinclair, the
socialist author has additional troub-
les While enroute to the Penn
sylvania railway station in his auto.
mobile he ran over an unidentified
peddler inficting painful injuries He
was not arrested
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Was Broken in Two.

The warship Republique was
so badly damaged by the ex-
plosion that she had to be
docked at once to prevent her
from sinking. The force of the
explosion was so terrific that
the Liberte was broken in two
and the forward part of the
ship lies in the river bottom
upside down.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
MORE POWERFUL
THAN 0P|ATES
Little Boy Who Had Hydrophobia
Could Not Be Relieved of
the Agony Of
Disease.
BARKED LIKE A DOG
Younsster Died on Hospital Cot With
His Mothers Hand on
His Fore
BARKED LIKE A DOG

a dog and suffering untold agony,
Earl Barnes, years old, yesterday
lost his fight with hydrophobia. With
his widowed mother at his bedside
and two physicians attempting to
ease his pain, the little fellow died
in the children's ward at the county
hospital, where he had been removed
from his home, Ill East Indiana
street,
The child was bitten by an infected
dog three weeks ago while playing in
front of his home. The mother re-
turned home at night following days
work in nearby factory and found
the child had been bitten. She did
not think the matter serious and her
self administered simple house
hold remedy.
On Thursday the little fellow be-
came i'll and suffered several con-
vulsions. DR.. Alvin Helwig, ambu-
lance surgeon at the East Chicago
station, was called and had the child
removed at once to the county hos
pital.
Here for three days the boy fought
the infection, in a struggle for life.
The mother never left his bedside
remaining near to assist the physic-
ians In alleviating the pain. Ply
sicians at once recognized the case as
hopeless and tried only to make the
few days of life as free from pain as
possible.
When the doctors shook their heads
the mother refused to believe her boy
would not recover, and urged the use
of more opiates.
Early yesterday morning it was
found that the drugs would no longer
numb the pain Throughout that day
and Saturday and until noon yester-
day the child tossed and raved on his
CO... He went from one convulsion
to another, barking and whining like
an angry dog. All liquids he feared
and steadily refused to drink.
Shortly before noon yesterday he
became exhausted with tossing on his
cot. The mother placed her hand
upon his hot forehead and in this
position he died.
The case is one of the most pa
thetic | have ever known said DIR.
j. G. Shafer, an assistant county
physician, yesterday. Eve did every
thing we could for the little fellow,
but nothing could save his life or
ease his pain. The mother steadily
refused to believe that he would not
recover and her faith and sorrow
makes his death doubly hard for
those who attended him.
The dog which inflicted the fatal
wound had bitten several other per
cons in the vicinity of the Barnes
home before it was killed. Amons
those bitten are: Frank Schultz, 461G
South Marshfield avenue. and Bern
ard Sheehan, 109 East Indiana street
Both went to hospitals and had theil
/ wounds cauterized at once.
Following the death of the Barnes
boy Yesterday, three dogs belonging
to George Kneitz, 100 East Illinois
street. were taken to the East Chi
cago avenue station and locked II
cells. The dogs are said to have
teen bitten by the dog which bit the
child and the two men.
The dogs will be taken to the
pound this morning and examined fol
symptoms of rabies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Train Struck Hayrack Party Of Thlr-
ty.one People Who Were Return
ing Home From cele-
bration.
BODIES WE'RE MANGLED
Nine in the Party Escaped Without
Injuries When Fast Train
WhIrled Through
the Crowd.

NEENAH. Wis. Sept. 25.-sixteen
deaths probably will result from a
mile-a-minute passenger train at Nee
nah crashing into a party of thirty
one merry young people loaded upon
hay rack
A big billboard along the railway
tracks obscured the view from the To-
comotive as well as from the wagon.
Mist and fog did the rest.
Twelve persons on the hay rack
were instantly killed, one has since
died, and three of eight others injur-
ed are believed to be fatally hurt.
Nine of the thirty-one people aboard
the wagon escaped without scratch,
and so did both horses. Those on the
train suffered only momentary se-
we're shock.
The collision occurred at $40 a. m.
on the Chicago and Northwestern
railway at the Commercial street
crossing. Train No. 121, north-bound,
whirled through the wagonload of peo-
pie at a 45-degree angle. This peculiar
iity was owing to the fact that the
4 highway crossing is diagonal
The victims We're returning from
! the Feter Hanson farm, where they
had gone to attend the celebration OF
| a wedding anniversary. Two were Chi
! cago men.
List of Dead.
/ The dead are:
JOHN DRILL, Chicago.
JAS CHESLOCK.
4 GUSTAV FINN.
/ MABEL FINN.
JOHN HART.
/ STEVEN LISEK.
4 DOA1INICK OMMIECHINSKI.
MABEL REM.
I JOHN SCHEDICK.
! JOSEPH SCHED1CK.
JOSEPH SIENYO
/ FRANK SISGARDT.
/ ISABELLE SUCHOWKSKI.
I The injured are:
/ Phillip Mott, Chicago; Benjamin
Dumbrowski, Antoine Kurmoski, My
I ron Olson, Anna Sodaiski, John Sucho
dolski, Amanda Syring, Herman
4 Syrine
Armless, legless and headless bodies
covered the right of way as the train
nine coaches in length, was stopped
4 500 feet from the scene of the crash
Several bodies We're SO badly mutilat
ed identification was possible only BY
4 fragments of clothing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
France is Stunned.

/. PARls, Sept Stunned by
RANGES latest disaster, the loss OF
nc magnificent fighting ship Liberte,
tne minister of marine and his star
'ooN immediate steps to aid the Fam
n,es OF the victims and determine the
salse OF the disaster. The news has
stunned France and is taken is an
III omen.
he,oicing over the Moroccan stir
n'ion mas turned to mourning and
.here Is a demand for revolution in
ne navy. There is still much con
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
THE WEATHER.

For Keoku1 and vicinity: Unset
tied weather and probably showers to-
night or Tuesday.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather
with probably showers tonight or
Tuesday.
For Illinois and Missouri: Unset
tied weather with showers tonight or
Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
REV. PRESTON LANE
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
Appointed to keokuk at Conference
in Marshalltown Which Closed
Last Night.
Especial to The Gate City.1

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Sept, 25.
The conference of the Pentecostal
church of Nazarene adjourned here
Sunday night Preston Lane was ap-
pointed to supply the Keokuk charge,
Miss Alta keineke, the Pennington
charge, and o. A. overholzer the
Bloomfield charge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
BoGRoFF HANGED
THIS MORNING
So it Is Announced But the Public
Rather Doubts the
Story.
. . . = . >~e 80 = >

= KIEFF, Sept. 25.-The govern .
. ment announces that Bogroff, =
= who assassihated Premier stoly- :
= pin, was hanged shortly before =
. noon. The execution was wit =
= messed only by officials. =
= Many think he, Is not dead but
= was quietly sent away because 4
= he was a police spy. Z
. Z
. o . @ . . O = . q . . . .
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
KANSAS PEOPLE
HEAR MR.. TAFT
Big Crowds Listen to the President
When He Speaks
Today.
= = : = = . . . 80 - .

= COFFEYvILLE. Kans. Sept =
. 25.--Ten thousand Kansans lis
. tened to President Taft today .
= when he explained why he We .
= toed the democratic tariff bill. .
. At independence. .
= INDEPENDENCE, Kas., Sept. .
. 25.-President Taft spoke to 4 =
= 000 people here in the court .
= house square. He urged uniform =
. divorce laws in all of the states .
a q q. . !. q q q O q o , o =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
Are votlnn to strike.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 25.-The
telegraphers on the 3. & o. are vot-
ing on a strike today for better pay
and shorter hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-25
france in Frenzy Over
Destruction Of Battleship

fusion regarding the actual cause of
the explosion.