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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
HUNTING IN
CITY STREETS
Duluth is Great Place for Sport With
Deer and Bear Trottlng
Along on the Side
walks.
BOYS BAG BIG DEER
Chased Animal Into Town and Thep
Brought it Down With Well
Aimed Shot at Edge
OF City.

DULUTH, Nov. 16.-The deer sea-
buck running wild on Commonwealth
avenue in New Duluth with crow,
of hunters in close pursuit. Two boys,
Harry Olson and Enith Collins, were
the lucky hunters and brought down
the deer at the outskirts of town.
This is the third deer shot this
season within the city limits and the
sight of a deer hunt in the streets OF
city is losing it's novelty here. The
animals frequently are driven in the
direction of the city, and in fact, into
the streets by dogs and hunters who
may have started the animals several
miles out
The buck which Olson and Collins
killed was first seen by some men
who had no guns with them, but who
hastened to get their weapons. They
We're not on the trail of the deer, fol
there is snow on the ground, wher
they heard the boys shooting and ar
rived to find that they were too late.
Many eastern people profess not tt
believe the stories which are frequent
ly told of deer, bear and moose bein,
seen or slain within the city limits o
Duluth, but the carcass of the bucl
is here as proof.
Several moose have visited the cit
in summer, but were not molested
Many deer have been seen in the cit
suburbs by residents and passenger
on trolley cars. In September and o.
tober bears often come into the cit
and several have been killed
A moose few years ago swan int
/ Duluth harbor, arriving through tn
ship canal. Tugmen put rope on hir
and got him ashore and set him q
! liberty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
At HOME OF
BARBARA FR|ETCH|E
President Taft Rides Through the
Streets Of Frederick, Md, Where
the Flag Was
Waved.
: THE MODERN BARBARA
Flags FIuttered From the Windows as
He Drove Past the Homes
In the Historic
City.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Presi-
dent Taft was gone from Washington
for four hours, going to Frederick,
Md, by special train to address the
Associated Boards of Trade of Mary
land, returning at o'clock. A COM
mittee of citizens of Maryland ac-
companied him on the trip, including
Governor-elect Phillips Goldsborough
and Representative Lewis. Gov.
Crowthers, the defeated candidate for
reelection, was not well enough to
attend.
The president received a fine re-
ception in the historic town, where
legend locates the home of Barbara
Frietchie. AS the president rode In an
automobile from the railroad station
to the opera house, where he spoke,
he passed over a creek, on the banks
Of which the Frietchie home was said
to have stood.
The house was moved to straighten
a street, it was explained. and was not
preserved to posterity. The country
round about Frederick is rich in his
tory, and as the train approached a
monument erected on the battle field
of Monocacy is in full view.
1t was the biggest day this little
town has had since Barbara waved
her flag at Stonewall Jackscn's mer
and drew a poem from the pen oi
Whittier. Hundreds of twentieth cen
tury Barbaras waved flags at the
president and drew mods of recogni
tion from him.
The president delivered speecf
on the international arbitration
treaties, and. after laying wreath OF
the grave of Francis Scott hey, au
thor of the Star Spangled Banner,
returned to Washington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16

FOUR ARE INJURED
Passengers Escaped Without Scratch
Although the Train Was Co
ing Forty Miles an
Hour.

BRESSE, Ill, Nov. 16.-Four per-
sons were injured, one of them seri-
ously, and two cars loaded with east
ern and foreign mail were wrecked
and burned here at o'clock this
morning when Baltimore and Ohio
fast mail train crashed into switch
engine standing on the main track in
the yards. None of the passengers
were injured through the mail train
was running forty miles an hour
C. J. Ouch, of Washington, Ind,
engineer Of the passenger and his
fireman, S. T. Potts were injured. j
s. Pennington. mail clerk OF Oiney
Illinois sustained fractured skull
and internal injuries fro mbeins
thrown against the side Of the cal
when it overturned.
Both engines were smashed ant
the two forward mail cars demolish
ed. 1t is estimated that approximate
ly two tons of mail were destroyed IL
the wreck, the cars catching fire i'm
medfately after being overturned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
THEATRES UNDER
POLICE ORDERS
Must Close on Sunday If Department
So Orders According to
Decision.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 16.-That
a city ordinance closing theatres on
Sunday is police regulation and
must be obeyed until the validity OF
such an act is settled is the finding
of the supreme court is a decision
filed in the case of the Majestic Thea
tire company against the City of Ced-
ar Rapids.
The Theatre company appealed
from ruling of the district court,
sustaining the city's demurrer to their
against the theatre company for costs.
The district court also discovered a
temporary injunction that was granted
restraining the city from passing the
ordinance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
WOULD RECALL,
COMMISSION MAYOR
Petition is Started Against w. n.
Jones of Marshalltown by
Wet Forces.

MARSHALLTOWN, Nov. 16.-At a
secret meeting held here, a petition
was started for the recall of Mayor
w. H. Jones, who was elected undel
the commission plan of government
last spring. Alleged Irregularities are
given as the basis Of the action.
The "drys" who favored Jones'
election claim that it is movement
started by the 'wets" in an effort to
again open the saloons here which
have been closed for several months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
NOT OGRESS
SAYS WOMAN
Mrs. Vermlya Claims to be Victim of
Ghastly Circumstances and
Not Guilty of
Murder.
NOT FOND OF coRPsEs
Did Not Know That Her Pepper Box
Contained Asenlc and VIII
Prove Herself In
nocent.

CHICAGO, Nov. 16.--Mrs. Louise
vermilya has made the first public
statement eie has given out since she
was arrested on the charge of pois-
oning Policeman Arthur Bissonette
and since sus,Icicn has been directed
against her hy the coart in other OF
the ten deaths that have occurred be
meath her roof In the last eighteen
years.
She received newspaper men in the
county jail hospital, where she Is re-
covering from the effects of poison
said to have been self-administered.
She denied that she had poisoned her
self or any of the three men-Bisson-
ette, r. r. Smith or Frank Brinkamp
in whose viscera arsenic has been
found. She refuted statements by
persons to the police that she had
other than business relations with I'm
dertaEer G. C. Boysen; she classed as
false stories that she had posed as
Smiths fiancee or wife, and declared
herself the victim of circumstances
which she, herself, had no hand II
creating
Il never poisoned any one," sait
Mrs. Vermilya; all those who diet
came to my house when they wer'
pretty nearly 'done for and thei
/ died on my hands. How they go
poison, l don't know didn't give
to them.
81 did not try to commit suicide;
didn't know the pepper box brough
I to me contained arsenic. ] asked tn,
nurse to bring me some white pepper
never thinking she would bring MI
the box of roach poison. In fact
forgot the roach poison was in th
pantry.
"All stories about having a font
ness for the dead are false, and whe
1 go on the witness stand, will hav
no difficulty in proving am not tn
! ogress have been pictured but
4 victim of ghastly circumstances"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
CDLE CONTINUES
HIS PROSECUTIONS
Asks for Writ Of Mandamus Against
Council Bluffs Saloon and
City Council.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Nov 16.-M. S.
Odle, attorney for the Anti-saloon
League, does not propose waiting for
the courts to decide the Moon law,
Insofar as it affects Council Bluffs, at
least, and yesterday he filed an appli'
cation in district court for writ Of
mandamus directed against the city
council and every saloonist in the city
asking that the number of saloons be
reduced to twenty-nine.
Recently Attorney odle brought
contempt proceedings against twelve
Council Bluffs saloons, charging vic
lations OF the law
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
TH|RTY-THOU5AND
= MORE WILD MEN
Hang Chow Troops Have Revolted
and Start for Nankin to Wipe
Out the Man.
chus.
U. S. GETTING BUSY
Pacific Fleet Leaves For China anu
Foreign Ministers Are
Talking over the
Situation.

PEKIN, Nov. 16.-Thirty thousand
troops in Hang Chow have revolted,
defeated the imperialists in pitch
ed battle and are now marching on
Nankin, swearing to put all the Man
chus to death in revenge for the mas
sacre of the Chinese.
Entire Navy Surrenders.
TOXIC, Nov. 16.-According to Off
cial messages received here today
the entire Chinese navy has surren-
dered to the revolutionists.
The naval surrender Is regarded as
the greatest blow that has been
struck to the Manchu dynasty as II
will place in the power of the revolu,
tionists the chance to sweep the riv.
ers of China and transport troops
without danger.
The governor of Chin Kiang last
night rendered formal banquet tc
the $50 officers of the surrendered
fleet and all swore allegience to the
newly formed republic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
FIVE DOLLARS
FOR THE BARBER
Was More Money Than He Had Ever
Seen, So He Acted as Con-
spirator Against
the Girl.
ENTERS GUILTY PLEA
Ricord Expects clemency But Clark
VIII Spend Everything to
Avoid Being Pun
ished.

LINCOLN CENTER. Kan. Nov. 16.
An admission of guilt in the tar
party case came when Edward Rio
ord, the Beverly barber. admitted that
he decoyed Miss Mary Chamberlain,
the school teacher. to the point near
Shady Bend, where she was "tarred'
August last. He asked that he be
taken Immediately before Judge Dal.
las Glover and be permitted to enter
a plea of guilty to the charge of as.
sault and battery, there being no
statute in Kansas governing "tarring.'
This was done. Sentence was sils-
pended, however, until after the trial
of the other accused men.
Ricord has been in Jail for three
months awaiting action on an appeal
from justice court sentence of ons
year for completely in the attack on
Miss Chamberlain. 1t was alleged he
was given Ave dollars for his part In
the affair. According to Miss Cham
berlain, she accompanied Ricord on
the night of the attack under the i'm
preston that he was taking her to a
dance. Ricord expects leniency as a
result OF his confession.
Much to the surprise of the prose-
cution, Everett G. Clark, Scranton
Watson and Jay Fitzwater, alleged to
have been the leaders in the mob
which tarred and feathered Miss Mary
Chamberlain on the night of August
Il Z, last, today entered pleas of guilty
to assault when arraigned in the cir
cult court. Attorneys for the defense
pointed out that there was no Kansas
/ statute covering tarring and that they
considered 1t safer to plead guilty to
assault than to stand trial. Sentence
was withheld until the end of the
present court term.
Having thus disposed Of the case
= of the three leaders, the court pro-
q ceeded with the trial of Sherill Clark,
a A. N. Simms and John Schmidt, 9TH
ers who are said to have helped apply
the coat of tar and feathers to the
pretty little school teacher. A jury
was quickly selected and three wom
Y en- witnesses called to testify as to
Miss Chamberlain's condition on the
+ morning dlleT Ine eplSoue. lhtel ca
in the case has somewhat subsided
owing to Clarks plea of guilty. Yes
terday he declared he would spend
f. his entire fortune to prevent going tc
y jail' and today's action came as @
[, complete surprise to the state.
>, 1t is expected the three men viii
e receive the same punishment as Ed
ward Ricard, Miss Chamberlain
# escort, who entered similar plea
IA yesterday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
5000 Men Idle.

TORREAN, Mexico, Nov. 16.-A gem
eral strike declared in Torrean result
ed in serious situation. A bread
famine is threatened. Five thousand
worEmen are idle, including a thous-
and smelter employees. Even house
servants have Joined the movement.
The market place has been closed and
the street cars are no longer being
operated. A thousand federal soldiers
are on their way from Monterey. So
far there has been no destruction OF
property.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
President Ends Long Trip.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov 16.-As
President Taft swung down from his
private car here at GAS Sun
day morning he completed his
great Swing around the cir
cle.' He left Boston on Septem-
Der Is, and has travelled approximate.
ly $4,000 miles. He visited most OF
the states in the union and Travelled
on most of the important railroad sys-
TENS. It is interesting to note that he
travelled 1,266 miles on the Burlington
route or farther than on any other
line.
With the exception of cold, the
president is in splendid health. Man,
Important matters are awaiting his
attention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
JURY LOCKED UP
TWENTY HOURS
Mrs. Eta Larson is Acquitted OF the
Charge of Attempting to
Prison Father.

NORTHWOoD, Iowa, Nov. 49,
Mrs. Eta Larson was acquitted OF
the charge of having attempted to
poison her father, Douglas Rhoden-
baugh. a wealthy farmer here. The
jury reported its verdict OF not gull
ty after having been out 20 hours.
Judge Clyde Immediately following
the verdict dismissed the cases
against Christian Larson, the wo
mans husband, and Ella Mowers, a
friend, who was implicated In the
poisoning charge by the grand jury
Indictment.
The Larson case has been on trial
in the district court since Monday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Granted Extra TIme.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-The decree
of the United States circuit court in
the American Tobacco case was en-.
tered by the judges this afternoon
In the decree the judges express the
opinion that two additional months
from the time allotted will be required
for the company to carry out it's ex-
tension plan and an extension to Feb
ruary % is accordingly granted
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
BEEF bAR0NS
ARE SH|vER|NG
Poor Mans Justice May be Fastened
Upon Them and They WIN
Have to Serve Prison
Sentences.
A NEW LAW TANGLE
Penal Provision Of Sherman Anti
Trust Law is the One the Nil.
lionaires Are Afraid

BEEF BARONS ca rissbv (oluTtvt
CHICAGO, Nov, 16.-About fifty
million dollars worth of beef packing
house magnates waited with appre-
hension today when Uncle Sans pros
ecutors strove to fasten the poor
mans justice upon them and make
them stand immediate trial for con-
spiracy in restraint of trade.
A brand new legal ENHANCEMENT
arose when Judge c. G. Kohlsatt made
his decision, the last desperate tech
nicality raised by the beef barons to
gain time in the fight against possi-
BILE Jail terms. Judge Kohlsatt has
already held that he can review the
decision of q district judge in his own
circuit-a new precedent in the pro-
cess of the law.
Today the question on which Judge
Kohlsatt ruled was the constitutions
ality of the penal provision of the
Sherman antitrust law. The defend
ants claim the law is defective in
tha. it is indefinite. Only the supreme
court of the United States can settle
This question with 11nal1ty.
Judge Kohlsatt was asked to re.
verse himself today in one of the
boldest petitions ever filed by the
& United States government.
U. S. District Attorney James H.
1s1ilkerson demanded that the writ OF
" ebeas corpus which the jurist grant.
ed to the nine packers on Tuesday,
z be qnashed on the ground that the
defendants in attempting to set one
more legal obstacle to the elimination
of nearly nine years effort on the
part of the department of justice to
bring them to trial for criminal con
spiracy under the Sherman law had
Of procedure.
In thinly yelled language, Wilker.
son limited that Kohlsatt did not know
what he was talking about when he
acceded to the packers request.
The petition reads: This writ was
issued improvidently, in ignorance OF
the essential facts bearing on the
propriety of entertaining such petit
ton" Continuing Wilkerson alleges
thot the asking for the writ was mere.
ly to delay the trial.
Affidavits showing the defendants
had surrendered to the marshal and
not in open court, were attached
When the defenses attorneys sought
to gain still further time in order
they said. to prepare affidavits, Judge
Kohlsatt refused continuance and
directed that arguments continue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Snow or
rain tonight and Friday. Warmer to-
night. Colder Friday afternoon.
For Illinois: Rain or snow in the
northern, rain in the southern por
tion tonight and Friday. Warmer to
night.
For Iowa: Snow or rain tonight anu
Friday. Warmer tonight. Colder FRI
day afternoon.
For Missouri: Rain tonight and Fri
day. Warmer tonight. Colder Friday
afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
LIFE IN PRISON
FOR OLD MAN
James Freeman Found Guilty of Muir
ering His Wife at Age Of
Seventy-One.

MURPHYsBORo. III. Nov. 1s.-Af-
ter three hours deliberation the jury
in the case of James Freeman, II,
charged with the murder of his wife,
brought in verdict of guilty here
this morning.
The defense had entered plea of
guilty but claimed that Mrs. Freemah
was untrue to her husband and that
he was insane when he killed her.
The crime took place on May G, 1911
and was attended by almost barbaric
cruelty
Freeman's punishment was fixed at
life Imprisonment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
LETTER THREATENS
MUSCATINE CHURCH
Button Workers sympathizers Said to
Threaten Buildings
Destruction.

MUSCATINE, Iowa, Nov. 16.- AL
though the Rev. John Haefner, pastor
of the German Lutheran church has
not turned the letter over to the police,
1t is claimed he has received com
munication in which a threat is made
to dynamite the church building if the
Ladies' Aid society does not discon-
tinue sewing buttons on cards for the
factories against which a strike is
now IN force The letter, 1t is said
is written both in German and Eng
lish.
The Aid society of the German
church, as many other church socie-
ties of the city has found it lucrative
to engage in the carding of the but
tons. Some of the members of the
church opposed the work, however,
and the Rev. Mr.. Haefner took the
stand that the matter of sewing them
was question which rested entirely
with the membership of the organiza-
ton. He further expressed belief
that politics and local affairs should
not be brought into the church. He
today stated that he believes that the
anonymous writer prepared the com
munication.
Mr. Haefner declared he deeply re-
gretted that the labor troubles had
entered the churches. 1t is under
stood that the same question has been
brought up in other churches and that
at the present time this work is being
carried on despite bitter opposition
from a part of the church membership
in some instances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
WILL TRY AND
GET MONEY BACK
Minneapolis Paid Robinson $4,000 to
Fly to New Orleans and
He Didn't.

i MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. Nov. TO-
Officers of the Mississippi Flight AS
sociation will meet today to discuss
the possibility of regaining the 3d.,
600 presented to Hugh Robinson
manager after the aviator had started
on his flight down the Mississippi riv
er last month.
Robinson was expected to fly tc
New Orleans, but, owing to financial
difficulties the flight was called of
when the aviator reached Rock Is
land, III.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Killed in Runaway.

KEWANEE, H.. Nov. 16.-Mrs.
William Biting, wife of a Neponset
farmer, was killed near here when
the team behind which she was rid
ing ran away and overturned the wa
gon. Mrs. Biting, who was 81 years
old, was crushed between the wagon
and fence
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Robbers Revenge for Getting Nothing

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.-two armed
men forced driver of a Wells Fargo
express wagon to drive into dark
alley and broke open a safe being
hauled to the railroad station. When
they found it empty, they beat the
driver unconscious and escaped The
driver and wagon were found later by
!. a policeman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Asks Dam as Flood prevention.

MANKATO, Mimi, Nov. 16.-At a
of the Minnesota River I'M
league here resolutions
were adopted appealing to the board
Of engineers for rivers and harbors to
erect dam at Lac Qui Parle in order
to prevent floods. 1t is said that So
600 acres now are flooded during
freshets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
RalIroad Official props Dead

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-George l..
Thayer, So years old, eastern passen-
ger agent Of the Missouri, Pacific and
Kansas railway, died of heart disease
in front of his home on Morningside
avenue. His body was found by po.
liceman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
conqressman Seek. Reelection.

GALEsBURG, Ill.,, Nov. 1G.-Con-
gressman George w Prince made for
nal announcement that he will be a
candidate for denomination at the
renrh'ican primaries of the Fifteenth
district.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Year for Shooting Newspaper Man.

Year for Shooting Newspaper Man.
PINE BLUFF, Ark, Nov. Led
Lelaurin was found guilty of an as
sault on Arthur Murray in December,
1910, and his punishment fixed at one
year in prison and a fine Of $50. Muir
ray, newspaper man, was shot by
Lelaurin as the result of family
feud
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Pacific Fleet Sails.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 16-That
the Pacific fleet will be rushed to
China to assist in protecting the for
eign interests is the belief of naval
men today.
Leaving 100000 worth of supplies
on the dock here without waiting tc
load them the battleships are steam
ing hurriedly away. 1t is not known
where their destination is but it IL
said they will be rushed to Asiati,
water The West Virginia and Col
orado are rushing the work of coaiinE
and are expected to follow the others
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Daily River Bulletin.
River Forecast.

The river will continue to fall
steadily from Davenport to Keokuk
for several days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Local Observation,

Nov Bar. Their. Wind W'thr
Is 7 p. m. ..3o.14 20 NV Clear
16 a. m. ..S0.19 25 EPt CPdy
Mean temperature, 80
Highest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature, 2G.
Lowest temperature last night, %.
FRED 2. GOSEwIecH.
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-16
Conference Of Ministers.

WASHINGTON, Nov. ia con
ference is being held in Pekin today
by the ministers representing foreign
nations to decide when they shall call
on their home governments for
troops. This statement was made
this afternoon by Secretary Knox
following two hour conference with
President Taft.
Knox said that American troops
would be sent only when other ma
tions took the same precaution and
that the movement would not be in
any sense, Intervention
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-20
FOREIGN.

Forty thousand additional farm
hands will be required in Manitoba
province alone to harvest the bumper
wheat crop which Is expected there.
Three soldiers of the Twenty.ninth
battalion and number Of Maderists
estimated as high as thirty, were
killed and many others injured. in a
battle between the two forces which
ragged in the streets Of Puebla, Mex.
So large do the Canadian grain
crops promise to be and so compare.
lively scarce is labor that the immi.
grafton department is advertising for
men in 1000 newspapers in the Unit
ed States and Great Britain, promis.
ing immediate employment.
Reports from northern Ontario are
that the forest fires which for several
days have swept over a section Of
country extending 200 miles nortL
ward from North Bay and covering a
wide section east and west, either
have been extinguished or are under
control: 400 lives were lost in this
fire.