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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Shock Felt for Many Miles.

shock Felt for Many Miles.
Although Pleasant Prairie is sixty
miles north of Chicago, the concus-
sion was heard and the vibrations felt
not only in all parts of this city, but
at Indiana Harbor and other points
so miles south of Chicago. Two
shocks were felt, one extremely So
we're at 500 O'Clock, another and
slighter one a few minutes later Peo-
pie in the Cook county building felt
the huge granite structure shake and
many Of them ran to the street fear
ing either an earthquake or that the
building had been shaken by some
explosion. The suburbs of Chicago,
along the lake shore all felt the dam
age severely, and in Evanston, Win
netka. Glencoe, wilmette and High
land Park many windows and store
fronts were shattered,
Direct communication with Pleasant
Prairie was cut off by the explosion
and not even available by wire. It
is known, however, that the town is
almost demolished. There were alarm
/ ing reports that the number OF dead
was heavy, but later it was reported
from Kenosha that only II men were
at work in the plant and that . were
found safe
Racine received intelligence that the
number of dead would run as high as
40, but this could not be determined
with accuracy. 1t is known here, that
the number of injured is large, and
relief trains were at once sent from
Chicago and kenosha.
The vibrations were felt in Evan
ston and Rogers park, at the extreme,
north end of the city and as far as,
! Hyde Park, Is miles south Austin
and Oak Park, suburbs at the western
end Of the city also were shaken.
/ Pictures were thrown from walls,
! glass shattered and there was a gem
eral exodus of frightened residents TO
! the streets
In hotels of the down town dis
trict doors were blown open by the
/ shock and the audiences in many of
| the theatres were terrified. The tele-
/ phone service was swamped with
queries as to the cause Of the shock.
In all parts of the city there was a
general belief that two earthquake
shocks had been experienced.
In suburbs twenty miles from the
CITY the shocks also We're distinctly
felt. In Downers Grove. twenty miles
from Chicago, a machinist working in
a basement shop fifteen feet below the
street surface. was thrown from his
feet and tools were shaken from the
walls. In Indiana Harbor and suburbs
near the Indiana state line the shocks
also were felt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Gas Well in Iowa.

MARsHALLToWN, March TO-
While drilling a we'll near Soaring,
workmen struck strong flow of gas.
Water was thrown from the hole and
when match was lighted an explo.
sion followed, injuring several Of the
workmen
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
oreoon Primary Bill.

DES MONIES, March 1O-The Iowa
house of Representatives sustained
Governor Carroll's veto of the Ore
gon primary plan bill. The vote was
81 in favor of sustaining the COVER
nor and 50 opposed. 1t would have re
quired 70 or a two-thirds vote to have
overruled the governor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Roosevelt In Alabama

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, March 10
Theodore Roosevelt arrived here this
morning in his private car. The col
onel was taken TO the hotel by com
mittee headed by Governor Conner,
where breakfast was held. Roosevelt
said that in all of his travels he a.
come to the conclusion that outside of
Germany, America stood first as ma
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Earthquake Vibrations.

CLEVELAND, 0. March 10.--The
seismograph at St. Ignatius college
observatory recorded earthquake vi
brations last night, beginning at S:45
p. m. and lasting for % minutes,
when they began decreasing Father
Odenbach, observer, says the records
show two distinct shocks
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Jap Spies Busy.

BOISE. Idaho, March lo.-While
the troops OF the First cavalry were
entraining to rush to San Antonio
their movements were closely watched
by two well dressed, evidently well
educated Japanese who stood near by
and took copious notes OF the soldiers
movements. Each trooper was given
200 rounds of ammunition
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
French Time Too East.

PARIS, March 10.-Tonight at mid
night, French time will be set back 9
minutes and 81 seconds to make it
agree with standard time. Some time
ago all other nations agreed on the
time schedule but France was obsti-
nate and has just agreed to come in
and have the correct time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
COURAGE q Moral rrai..

When the crucial moment arrives
the steel of courage is as likely to be
found in the quivering nerves Of frail
women AS in the stouter makeup of
men. Courage is moral trait that
enables the soul to possess itself un
der every yicissitude. In the common
spheres of civil and prosaic life may
be found instances of truest he,oism
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Russian Avalanche.

TlFLlS. Transcaucasia, Russia,
March 10.-An avalanche swept down
upon and crushed workingmens S
tenement near here. Nineteen per-
sons were killed outright while the
occupants were still asleep and six
teen others received injuries that
probably will prove fatal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
ouch.

am sure that if fairy bade ms
choose between the sense of sight and
that of touch I would not part with
the warm, endearing contact of human
hands or the wealth of form, the no.
bility and fullness that press into my
palms.-Helen Keller, in Country Mag
aZipe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Whole 7oun Wrecked
BY Poluder Explosion

= kENosHA-Every window in =
. the city broken. .
y RAciNE-Whole city joited, ser. =
= ious property damage. =
= kEGAk-Residents rush in y
= to streets, fearing earthquake. =
= LAKE FOREST Fashionable .
= homes damaged by impact. =
. EVANSToN-City shaken. Street =
. car service halted. =
= CHlcAGo--City rocks under inn .
= pact Panic in theatres and ho- =
y tells. .
= GARY-TWo shocks felt. Thought .
. an earthquake. .
= MISUNDERSTANDING Jared. Ter =
= ror in the streets. =
= ELGlN-Woman drops dead. Z
= Great damage to property. =
y CLINToN-shock taken for an 4
= earthquake. People scared. =
q a a q n - a = = - = =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
TaIkinu Woman Is Robust.

A man who figures has sent to the
national bureau Of statistics some
facts of speech. He estimates that
woman talks eight times as much as
a man; that she utters on an average
of $500 sentences a day, whereas
only 300 come from him. He asserts
that the woman who is a great talker
is invariably robust and full chested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
The New Morality.

So, it's away with your old morality
and your prating about duty, self-re-
straint, sin and it's punishment.
Science" or evolution as the case
may be, has shown that to be strong is
to be yirtuous, that to seize is the aim
of life and 10 let go ones hold the SUI
preme transgression.- Y. Evening
Post
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
tLEvLN KILLED
BY SNOWSLIDE
Houses Were Crushed Like Paper
When Great Weight Came
Sliding Down the
Mountain.
KILLED WHILE ASLEEP
Ten Men and One Woman at Jordan
Lost Their Lives While They
Were Asleep in Their
Beds.

RENO, New, March 10.-A snow.
slide at Jordon caused the death of
ten men and one woman.
Their houses were crushed like, pa
per, killing the victims while they
We're asleep.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
THE WEATHER.
(Until Z p. m. Saturday. ]

For Keokuk and vicinity: Increas-
ing cloudiness tonight and Saturday.
Warmer tonight
For Illinois: Fair tonight. Satur-
day increasing cloudiness with warm
er north portion.
For Iowa: Increasing cloudiness to-
night and Saturday Warmer east
portion tonight
For Missouri: Unsettled weather
with probably rain tonight or Satur-
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Local Observations.

March. Bar Ther. Wind Weather.
8 4 pm. !. 90 94 81 NV Clear
10 Z am. :. 30.19 81 w Clear
Mean temperature, March 9, 54
Highest temperature, 6S.
Lowest temperature, 40.
Lowest temperature last night, 81.
FRED q. GOsEWISCH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Movement is Significant.

The eXtensivenesS OF the medical
accompaniments to the army and the
navy in the movement southwark
adds to the significance of the opera
tions.
The hospital ship Solace will leave
Guantanamo in a day or two for New
York or Norfolk with eighty sick from
the battleship fleet now in the Cuban
waters, and then will be fitted out as
la medical supply ship, in addition to
her use as hospital vessel and sent
to join the Atlantic division.
The medical staffs Of the Prairie
and Dixie have been increased. On
the Pacific similar precaution for
medical assistance have been taken.
Preparations also are being made
by Surgeon General Torney of the
army for field hospital service for
any length of time for the 10000 sol
diers being rushed to the frontier
Activity i'll connection with the
movement of troops to the Mexican
border has shifted now to the scene
Washington has become merely Z;
place for the receipt of reports show
| ing the progress of the units toward
their places of rendezvous.
| Before leaving for Atlanta President
/ Taft had protracted conference with
Senor De La Barra. the Mexican am
bassador, and assured President Diaz
at Mexico City that the Mexican gov
eminent need have no concern as to
the intentions of the United States
in the military demonstrations. The
ambassador declared himself satisfi-
ed with the presidents assurances.
1t was learned from official sources
that there has been discussion be
tween the state department and repre-
sentatives from several European ma
4 tions, as to internal conditions in
4 Mexico, but it was said that this dis
Ecussion had at no time taken on pro
portions of what the diplomats call
/ Representations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Powder Plant in Wisconsin Blew up
Last Night and Left Only
a Hole in The
Ground.
LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE
Chicago, $50 Miles Away is Ratified
and swayed by the Culver
of the Earth From the
Explosion.

KENOsHA. Wis. March TO- Only
two people were killed when fifty tons
of dynamite exploded wrecking the
town of Pleasant Prairie, Wis. Loss
sl,500,000. Five hundred houses were
wrecked The shock was felt as far
west as Clinton, Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Todays Senatorial Vote.

DES MONIES. March 10.-The thir-
ty-seventh joint ballot for U. S. sen
ator resulted as follows today,
Kenyon, 45.
Deemer, Sc
Porter, So.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
American Investments.

WASHINGTON March 10.-The
reason for Wall streets interest in
Mexican affairs is to be found in
the gigantic investments there by
Americans which are more than bill
lion dollars. The Morgan-Guggenhe
interests for instance controls the en-
tire copper output in Mexico. The
Waters-Pierce Oil Co., has complete
monopoly of the oil business. The
Hartman interests own or control
three-fourths of the railroads. The
sugar trust also is deeply involved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Wiped OFF Of Man.

CHICAGO, March 1O.-The town OF
Pleasant Prairie, Wis, village of
about $50 inhabitants, is said to have
been almost wiped off the map by
two terrific explosions at the Latin
Rand powder mills, about o'clock
last night. Advices to the Western
Union from Salem, Wis. the nearest
town to the wrecked village, say that
calls have been received for assist
ance. All available physicians and
nurses were hurried to the town on
special train which was prepared in
Chicago.
The hamlet of Pleasant Prairie,
Wis, fifty miles north of Chicago,
has been wiped off the map in the
most terrific explosion in the history
OF the powder industry in America.
The site of the great works of the
Lafiin-Rand Powder company is
marked only by a great hole in the
ground. The property loss is more
than s1,50o,00O.
Twice the earth heaved upward and
twice it receded under the concus-
sion. AS far west as Elgin the
force was such as to drive men and
women from their homes in fright.
One woman fell dead from the shock
in Elgin, Others were hysterical and
slight injuries were reported every-
where within a radius of 100 miles of
the death-dealing disaster.
The flash of the blast was seen dis
tinctly as far south as Evanston. It
was as If thousand cannons had
been rolled into one and fired with a
full charge of powder. The air was
! rent by an ear-splitting noise, the
heavens were lighted for moment
1 and then a great cloud of smoke roll
/ ed away over the lake.
After that all was darkness. not
| only the little hamlet wiped out ibut
| the few survivors of the disaster were
| cut off from communication from the
/ outside. Telegraph and telephone
4 wires leading to Kenosha six miles
\ away, We're torn down and tangled
1 into state Of uslessness
All wire communication between
1 Il
lost The telegraph wires were pros
/ trated by the explosion, the only
| means of communication left being
4 one telephone wire After the cal
i for help had been sent over this wire
it also was lost and there was nc
means of learning the extent of dam
age in Pleasant Prairie save from the
first hysterical appeal for help
A The Western Union Telegraph com
pany at once prepared to rush corps
of telegraph operators and repairme1
to the scene.
Pleasant Prairie is six miles nortl
Of the Wisconsin-Illinois state linz
4 and about ten miles from kenosha
The officials of the latter town pro
vided automobiles and other vehicle
at once to rush aid 10 the victims o
the explosion.
Chicago Quivers.
The explosion that wrecked tn
plant of the Iaf1in-R Rand Powder com
pany in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. caus
ed the loss of at least one life de
stroyed the town in which it was sit
uated and created vibration tha
was felt for radius of fifty miles. Th
: property loss is s1.500,0O0.
Chicago was shaken from center t
!. circumference The belief that a
earthquake had occurred was alnos
universal for time. Windows wer
shattered and houses shaken through
r out the thirty miles of Chicago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Broken Commandments.

Considering how mauy times the
ten commandments have been broken
IL is almost a wonder that there are
any of them LETT Someryille Journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10

partment as an opportunity to show
critics, both in and out of the coun
try, that Interpretation was put upon
the movement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Miles in Command.

GALVESTON, March 10,-Brig. Gen.
A. l.. Miles is here and has assumed
command of the 1000 troops which are
expected by Sunday. Every train is
bringing detachments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will remain nearly sta
tionary for the next 81 hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Quick Action Needed.

Ihere no longer is reason to doubt
mat the sudden move on the part oil
america was the result of either un-
[oihcial representations of the foreign
governments regarding the situation
~ Mexico or the intimation that sew
Ierai OF the European powers were
|sounding each other as to the desira-
ulhty of making representations to
me United States at an early date. At
any rate, the matter was put up to
ene administration in such way as to
oali for the quickest sort OF action.
ne necessity for this speedy moboliza-
ION was seized upon by the war de.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10

learned at late hour, but it was be-
lieved that it resulted from the other
explosion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
The First ReYeiIle.

SAN ANTONIO, March 1o-The
note of reveille stirred to early action
the camp of the Seventh infantry this
morning, the first troops to arrive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-10
Taft Well Satisfied.

President Taft on his way to Angus
ta' last night appeared well satisefid
with the situation. There is general
[pehef that the rapid movement of
Eroops into Texas and southern Cali
Pornla will SO speedily accomplish it's
purpose that the net results in the
ehd will constitute valuable lesson
flh quick mobilization Of an effective
[nghting force that will prove reve-
|auon to the country at large, to the
|crltles of the army in particular and
+ Justification of the automatically
|Worded explanations that have been
EVEN out from official sources in
washington.
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Read The Daily Gate City.
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III Gives Out the Reasons For the
Mobollzins Of the United States
Army Along the Mexi-
can Border.
% END THE REVOLUTION
ncIe Sam Has Come to the conclu-
sion That the Mexican In.
surrectlon Has Gone
Far Enough.

| WASHINGTON, March 10.-That
he administration has decided to dis
emble no longer it's reasons for sud
len and unprecedented movement of
loops to the Mexican border is indi-
hted by the following dispatch re.
eiyed last night from the staff cor
espondent who is accompanying
President Taft on his journey to At
knta, The dispatch, dated Charlottes-
bile, Va, through which place the
residents train passed last night at
10 o'clock, is as follows:
All doubt as to the purpose of the
government in sending 10000 troops
the Mexican border has at last
een swept away. The United States
las determined that the revolution IN
he republic to the south must end.
he American troops have been sent
form solid military wall along
nd to see that there is no further
nuggling of arms and men across
be International boundary. 1t is be-
eved that with this source of contra
Rnd supplies cut off the insurrection-
y movement which has disturbed
bnditions generally for nearly year
eithout accomplishing anything like
ne formation oil a responsible inde-
endent government, will speedily
ome to close.
First of all, the government feared
ne formation of an insurrection gov
rnment in Lower California. With
ne formation of such government
he United States would be compelled
10 keep continual watch on the whole
outhern frontier.
Secondly, it was feared that Aneri-
ian property III Mexico. valued at
hundreds of millions, might be swept
way. and il was desired to protect,
IS we'll, the interest of foreigners
Fho. keeping in mind the Monroe doc
rine. might look naturally to the
United States for such protection.
Third, it was determined to stoD
friends of the Mexican insurrectos
rom carrying supplies that are con
raband of war across the Rio Grande
From Texas.
Last of all, it was believed that
maneuvers' in Texas at this time
gould show "jingoes' in congress and
elsewhere that the army can be mob.
Pilzed in case of difficulty in remarl.'
Pbly quick time.
The army is going tc Texas, and II
going to stay there until there is
reason to believe that serious trouble
"a Mexico is no longer probable. II
wiii patrol the border line with fine
Tooth comb. and, if necessary, it viii
Ftep in to prevent anarchy and revolu
'ion that would endanger the lives
@and property of Americans and for
[eigners.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-17
FRYE NOW PLANS
TO QUIT SENATE
Aged Leaders Health Will
Not Permit Campaign.

Following the course adopted by his
for thirty years. the venerable Senator
William p. Frye, of Maine, may an
nounce before the opening of the next
campaign that he will not be candidate
for reelection.
Such a course on his part would not
come as surprise to those who know
him best and are most in his confidence.
In fact, there are those who look for such
an announcement at any time. although
as some time must elapse before the open
ing of the campaign in Maine, when Sem
ator Frye's successor must be elected. it
may be delayed. in the hope that there
may he change in the situation and an
improvement in the Senator's health.
Senator Frye is now confined to his
apartments in the Hotel Hamilton. suffer-
ing from an injury to one of his feet.
which was caused primarily by wearing
new shoe which so chafed and rubbed
his heel as to cause painful blister. The
wound has failed to heal and is causing
the patient much suffering.
The exertion of the opening day of the
session forced him to return to his hotel,
and he has since been obliged to remain
away from the Capital
1t Is said Senator Frye would be will
ing to retire now to private life, and seek
the rest necessary to restore his health,
but such action on his part would mean
the selection of another Democratic Sem
ator from Maine. In his feeble condition
his friends do not beIieve he would be
able to withstand the rigors of hard
campaign such as will necessarily be
fought in the Pine Tree State to control
the next Legislature, which will choose
his successor.
The present legislature is strongly
Democratic for the first time in half a
century. and under conditions as they
exist in Maine at the present time, it
is probable that the Democrats will be
able to maintain their control, at least
through the next election.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-04-17

A radical revision Of Schedule K Of
the Payne-Aldrich tariff law, better
known as the wool schedule" which
was condemned by President Taft as in
defensible, will be proposed in a bill to
be reported this week or early next
week by the Democratic Committee on
Ways and Means.
The contemplated attack OF the Demo-
cratic leaders on the wool schedule has
stirred up more or less excitement in
Washington. Republican leaders particu-
larly are concerned over 1t. Democrats
from wool-growing States also view with
alarm the proposal that the woolen
rates. in some instances. shall be cut
to the obne, and in others wiped out
altogether.
II present plans are carried out the
wool bill will be brought into the House
this week Tuesday or Wednesday the
Canadian agreement will be passed. I'm
mediateiy thereafter the free list bill
will be called up for consideration. The
Democrats plan then to report and pass
the wool bill. Action may be delayed
on this particular measure.
Will Probe Departments.
The Democrats are anxious to turn
their batteries on the executive depart
ments, which have been under the con-
troll OF the Republican party since the
days Of Grover Cleveland. 1t is their
purpose to make inquiry into the ac-
tivities OF the nine executive depart
ments, with a view of showing up al
legged Republican extravaganza and mis-
management. The data developed In this
connection will be used in the Presiden-
tial campaign next year.
Chairman Underwood and his Demo
cratic associates on the Ways and Means
Committee, however. desire to pass on
the wool schedule before consideration is
given other questions. Up to date, Chair
man Underwood has had his way. and
the chances are that the wool bill will
follow on the heels of the free list meas
ure.
While Democratic members Of the Ways
and Means Committee are disinclined TO
discuss their plans. 1t was learned yes
terday that the bill to be reported will
propose the transfer of raw wool to the
free list. In addition, 1t will authorize
substantial reductions in the rates on wool
manufactures.