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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-11
ISOehren Warehouse Co.

CEMENT CURBMGs AND WALKS
We handle a full line OF Cedar and Oak
Fence Posts. Brick. Lime. sand and
Cement. Land Plaster. Drain Tile.
Shingles. Fire Brick. Hair. Wall PlaEt-
er and Hop supplieS
one block south Of depot Phone 1894
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-11
Dallas Iron Works
. F0undrymen Pattern
Makers

sAwMILL WORK A SPECIALITY
We are prepared to dc any kind Of
Iron and Brass work Lumber trucks
and stock work on hand We make
the best and cheapest stump Puller
on the market Prices reasonable.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-10-11

-Tresspass notices, weather proof,
for sale at Observer Job office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
PROHIBITIONISTs
ARE QUITE BUSY
Hustling Around to Get Their candi-
dates on the Illinois Ticket In
Time.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SPRINGFIELD, H., April 81
Prohibitionists are planning to get
their presidential candidates before
the people at the Illinois April prim-
aries. Owing to the shortness of time
and the requirement that the primary
petitions must be signed by fifteen
hundred voters of the party, the work
ers are having a hard time getting
enough names. Petitions bearing over
twelve hundred names already have
been forwarded to the campaign COM
mittee here, however, and they ex-
pect to file before tonight, the last
day for filing.
The petitions call for the placing
on the ballots of the names of
Charles scanlon of Pennsylvania and
Eugene w. Chain of Arizona, the
prohibition presidential aspirants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
JEALOUS MAN
KILLS WOMAN |
Cut Her Thorat and Then Drew the
Bloody Blade Across His Own
Neck.

ICnited Press Leased Wire Service j
CHICAGO, April 3-Frenzied with
: Jealousy because the woman he low
led had Tilted him and married his
rival. Clarence Carr, IS. early today
crept into the bed room OF Mrs.
Emelie Shaw. after her husband of
two weeks had gone to work and cut
the woman's throat. killing her in
stantly. Carr was discovered by Mrs.
Shaw's 13 year old daughter who
ran from the house screaming for the
police. The infuriated man then drew
the blade across his own throat. He
was taken to the county hospital dy-
ing.
Carr had been boarder in the
house of Mrs. Shaw, then Mrs.
Bowes, for five years and he had been
beseeching the woman to become his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03

wife, although he has wife living
in the city. Carr promised to secure
a divorce if Mrs. Bowes would prom
Use to marry him. She refused to
promise.
Two weeks ago Mrs. Bowes an
nounced that she would be married
the same day to James Shaw. Carr
pleaded with Shaw to give up the
widow but he refused and the jilteo
sutton attended the wedding cere
mony.
Carr continued as boarder in the
Shaw home but had been morose and
threatening since the wedding.
In the hospital detectives sought to
get from him the story of his crime.
He wrote on piece of paper:
"Emelie, love you. Why did you
- then he lapsed into unconscious
ness.
Mrs. Shaw leaves three children,
the oldest IS. Her husband told the
story Of Cars vain suit for the wo-
mans hand.
Gate City want ads get results.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
RAILROAD MAN
rs ARRESTED
Charged With Murder Of Girl Week
Ago Near Her
Home.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
MINNEAPOLIS, April Frank j..
Quartemont, assistant superintendent
of hte dining car service of the
500 line was formally arrested charged
with the murder Of Miss Alice Math.
ews. The girl was murdered within
a few steps of her home about a week
ago and the body was found early next
morning strangled She had been as
saulted.
Suspicion had been directed to
Quartemont, who lives next door to
the Matthews home with his wife and
three children. He had been held in
custody since Saturday. Witnesses
testified before the coroner's jury that
Quartemont had ridden home on the
same car with the girl % tbs RlSSS q
the murday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
William Hasa, the Star eoarder,
Creates Disturbance and His
Landlord Makes
Complaint.
LARGE COURT DOCKET
Judge Mcnamara Dished Out Liberal
Justice and Generous Mercy This
Morning to Batch Of Errins
Sons of Sin.

In the superior court this morning,
with Judge Mcnamara On the bench,
justice and mercy fell alternately in
conspicuous gobs of generous quaint.
ties and singing punishment.
Old offenders were there and there
were new ones Just breaking into the
game. The entire squad was disposed
Of in a manner that indicates a
probable respite along the respective
rialtos where they have been causing
trouble.
William Haga, an old offender, was
the headliner in this mornings court
procession. bill" was nipped on a
charge of disturbing the peace OF
William Keefe, of Tenth and Des
Moines, who is Bills" landlord.
Keefe is sub renter and then in
turn, has been having Haga around.
Sometimes. when Haga comes home
of a night and finds the doors lock
ed he goes in anyway, and this pro-
cedure does not meet with Keefe's
hearty approval. Such a late hour
entry was made by Haga few nights
ago and Keefe decided it was time
to call halt. There have been sew
eral complaints about the conditions
around the place recently. Haga was
given the limit. thirty days.
William Carpenter, arrested several
days ago for stealing couple of brass
lubricators from the Keokuk Electric.
al company, was held to the grand
jury and his bond was fixed at $3.50 Z.
Carpenter was let go ON his own rec
ognizance and is supposed to have
left the city, to remain until his case
is called.
A fellow picked UP in hopelessly
intoxicated condition, was tagged
John Doe" at the city hostelery. Mr..
Doe has been working and has a
and it was decided that he should be
allowed to continue. He entered a
plea of guilty to the charge, but sen
tence was held in allegiance and as
| long as he continues to work and be-
have himself he will not be molested
| George Appleton was granted one
more chance. George finished serving
a Jail sentence Monday, but had only
been out a short time when he had an
/ irresistible impulse to indulge lit.
| tie. The little" proved heap suf-
ficiency and George was finding navi-
cation very difficult when the police
overhauled him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
WHOPPER YARN
ABOUT AN EEL
An Eight Footer Caught Near Canton
Makes Quincy Residents Hop to
the Water Wagon.

QUINCY, H., April 3.-Two young
men with an eel that measured a few
inches less than eight feet In length,
caused Quincy citizens to rub their
eyes yesterday afternoon and then go
on stampede for the water wagon.
The young men wanted to sell their
catch for bargain price of $40, but
they could find no one who appeared
that eel hungry. The eel, which was
caught off an island short distance
from Canton, Mo-. was an extra large
and long specimen, in fact, the larges,
and longest seen here in long time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
BOYS MURDERED
THEIR FATHER
Shot Hin Dead in Order to Rob Him
and Got s5.a5 From the
Body.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
Los ANGELES, April 3.-Confess-
ing that they murdered their own
father, George Yanes. in order to rob
him, Roy and Frank Yanes, aged 10
and 10 respectively, are locked up in
the county Jail today. The lads ev
IDENTIFY did not realize the enormity OF
their crime when they glibly recited
It's details to the police.
They said they agreed yesterday
morning to STAY their parent when he
returned from his work and they con-
cealed themselves at the side of the
road near their home at Compton.
Frank fired shot from revolver
inflicting mortal wound. The lads
said they then went to the body and
took s5.85 from the pockets. After
their father died, the boys loaded his
body on mud sled and took it home
They told their mother that some
enemy had slain the man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE
What the Republican Platform OF 1908 Pledged and What Pres
dent Taft and His Party Have Performed
PROMISE. PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCE.
Payne bill, Reduction Downward,
Tariff Board, Maximum and Mini
mum; Veto OF Bills that Violated
Principle Of Protection.
Embodied in Payne Tariff Act
Report of Currency Commission
submitted and pending.
Postal Banks in operation. Mil.
lions already deposited.
Federal Incorporation Act recon.
mended; Antitrust Law Strictly
Enforced; Corporation Excise Tax:
providing for Publicity Imposed by
Payne Tariff Act.
Stocks and Bonds Commission
created; exhaustive report on sub
5ect submitted.
Employers Act submitted; Law
Limiting Hours OF Employment En-.
forced; Compulsory Compensation
Act Pending; Bureau Of Mines Ns-
tablished.
Il Measure based on Presidents
recommendation pending: Arizona
recall provision vetoed.
7 Rural Free Delivery extended.
Operations OF Agricultural Depart.
ment vastly enlarged.
Strictly enforced. Sixteenth adopt
ed by Congress submitting Income
Tax Amendment to the States.
Bond issue for Irrigation Projects;
pork barrel" method OF River and
Harbor Appropriations Abolished;
Comprehensive Conservation Policy
Adopted.
Army recognized; manoeuvers
that gave It Mobility; Two Battle
ship program submitted.
China opened to American
finance; Increased Commerce With
all the world.
1 Pension roll literally maintained.
|
Russian treaty Abrogated be-
cause Of Discrimination against
American citizens.
Laws obeyed to the Letter and
Enforced; Extensions put In Effect
and Others Recommended.
Bureau Of Health Recommended;
Pure Food Laws Enforced.
New Mexico and Arizona Admit
ted.
Arbitration Treaties with Great
Britain and France negotiated:
Ratified with Amendments.
Measure Pending
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Best for Actor to Fit play.

Eugene Walter, playwright. said:
1T is bad art to write play around
an actor. Write the best play you
can. regardless of this actor and that,
The other method suggests Gimlets.
Gimlets-a great bore-was a play
wright. He said to friend one day,
excitedly: Congratulate me. I've got
an order for another melodrama from
Snowman Did Snowman supply the
plot? the friend asked. Weller
said Gimlets, he showed me all the
scenery he had"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Youthful Grandmother.

Probably the youngest grandmother
In the world is Mdme. Kuni Medzu-
kami. the wife of farmer in the pro-
vince OF Ida, Japan. The woman,
who is now % years old. was married
when she was 49, She has daughter
fifteen years old who was married a
year ago and has given birth to son.
Mdme. Medzukami's grandmother is
still alive at the age of 90.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Wife Elected Him.

CHICAGO, April g. James saign
was elected from his home when he
confessed to his wife that he earned
SO working at the polls yesterday for
Bath House" John Coughlin. He
appealed to the police for aid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
PROMISE.


Tariff revision along protective
lines. with maximum and mini
mum provision,
Free interchange Of products with
Philippines.
Development OF Permanent Cur.
rency System.
Establishment Of Postal Savings
Banks.
To increase power OF Government
to control trusts and secure greater
publicity of corporation methods.
National supervision OF railroad
stocks and bond issues.
Enactment Of employers liability
law and other laws further advan-
cling interests OF American working
men.
To define authority OF courts with
regard to writ Of injunction and up
hold integrity Of courts.
Extension of rural free delivery. 4
More Federal aid in agricultural
experiments.
Enforcement OF 18th, 18th and
18th amendments to the CoHstitu-
ton.
Conservation Of Natural resources
and improvement Of waterways.
To maintain and promote Amer
lean Army and Navy.
Expansion Of foreign commerce.
suH
Liberal pensions for war veter-
ans
Protection of American citizens
abroad.
Obedience to and maintenance Of
civil service laws.
Greater efficiency in public health
agencies.
Statehood for New Mexico and
Arizona
Extension Of principle Of arbitra-
.tion.
Citizenship for Porto Ricans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
SWEARING Porch.

BOONTON, N. J. April 3.-You may
swear on your own premises in Boon
ton. A conviction against Miss Jose
phine Nixon. on charge OF using pro-
fame language, was reversed because
she was on her own porch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
; = . = = q . . = = . . . . Z
!. TELEGRAPH TABLcIDs .

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK. April By what he
believed a death bed confession, Jerry
Mccarthy eased his conscience OF the
murder OF tabby cat, 20 years ago.
He Immediately recovered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Had Piles Of Money.

CHICAGO, April 3-While investi-
eating the death of George Johnston,
a teamster, supposed to be INDECENT,
coroner's officers found a bank book
in his effects containing deposits of
$4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Morgan the speeder.

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, April s.
Julius Morgan. Jr. grandson Of ]. Pier
pont Morgan, defied the forces of law
and order by refusing to stop his au-
tomobile when policeman hailed
him. He was fined s25 but appealed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Meat for Speed.

LELAND STANFORD UNIVERSE
TY. Calf. April 3.-Racing rats dis
credited the vegetarian theory. Prof.
James Rollin Sloanaker declared
meat-eating rodent ran circles around
it's vegetarian competitor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Talked In His sleep.

DETROIT, April because he
talked in his sleep Green McAdoo be
trayed to his associates in local
boarding house that he was wanted
in Greensboro, N. c.. for wife muir
der. He was arrested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Took Two Graves.

NEW YORK, April SIT took two
graves to hold the body of Frank Lar
son. He weighed 465 pounds when he
died OF fatty degeneration of the
heart. The coffin was three feet, four
inches deep.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Music Hath Charms.

LAKEWOOD. N. j., April 3.-Rag-
time as first aid to disagreeing jurors
resulted in y hasty verdict here The
jurors found band instruments in the
jury room and after several selections
returned verdict.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03
Eriaht Saved Him.

ALBANY, N Y. April 3.-Fear OF
death saved Michael Cesmo, condemn
ed murderer from the electric chair.
He was declared insane, driven mad,
the alienists say, by oyerpowering
fear
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-03

Read The Daily Gate city.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-12
Startling Inoendiary Figures.

The fire commissioner OF New York
City makes the startling statement
that one in every four fires in that
municipality is incendiary. If that is
not an overestimate it means that more
than a quarter of its fire losses are
caused with criminal intent, because.
as a rule, the incendiary does his work
thoroughly. Besides, such a crime is
easier of commission and more diff
cult of detection than almost any
other of equal seriousness. Circum-
stantial evidence is rarely accepted,
and unless the incendiary is caught
red-handed his chance of escaping I'm
pleasant consequences are excellent.
In his recent book on Fire Preven-
tion," former Chief Croker, of New
York, estimated the number of incen-
diary fires as IS per cent of the total,
and this statement was taken to be
correct Concerning this crime, he
said:
Conviction for arson is generally
conceded to be harder to secure than
conviction for murder. In arson we'll
laid plans. If successful, usually de-
stroy all evidence necessary for con-
viction. and the fire thus becomes one
of questionable origin, without much
proof as to its real cause"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-12
Urges Citizenship for Porto Ricans

Under present circumstances the
President shows his wisdom in not
making any tariff recommendations to
Congress in his second message. He
has not been altogether fortunate in
getting such recommendations accepted
heretofore, and the outlook for sue
cess was never less promising. His
recommendation that penalty of so
per cent for failure to file corporation
tax returns within the time prescribed
by law was reduced, however, and is in
line with practical experience in tax
collection. The heavier a tax is the
more frequent will be attempts to
evade it. Results show that often a
greater income is derived from light
imposts and penalties than from heavy
ones. The President also recommends
prompt action in the way of monetary
reform.
Congressional attention should be
given to the Presidents recommended
ton that citizenship without Statehood
should be granted to the Porto Ricans.
They have been people without coun-
try long enough.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-12
Secretary Wilson's Achievements.

The final annual report of the Sec
rotary OF Agriculture is review OF
period that covers four administra-
tons, during which the venerable Sec
rotary has been at the helm. He has
been identified with great revival and
development of agricultural prosperity,
and his personal measure of credit for
these results is large He need not
be haunted by a fear that the forces
set in motion during the past sixteen
years will be halted, even if he can no
longer have a hand in their direction.
The standards have been established,
and there will be no backward turn
ing. From scores Of State centers
science and the farmers are cooper
ating, and the movement is bound to
grow, whatever men head the Federal
Agricultural Department.
Mr.. Wilson's tenure of office en-
braces the period Of romance of our
fundamental industry.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-12
sTATESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
ByFRED C. KELLY

he says nothing, as the thing Is not con-
sidered breach of Senatorial courtesy.
On that basis Senator La Toilette filed
on the seat of Senator Frye, and when
the latter died drew a seat right on the
middle aisle, in the first row-a seat that
would cost easily 81 throw in any first
class theater. Oliver OF Pennsylvania
had first claim on the front row chair
OF Hepburn, the Idaho Senator, who died
last fall. The late Bob Taylor's seat
went to Swanson OF Virginia.
A few Senators, though, don't care q
continental where they sit, and stick in
one place right through their terms.
Those now the happy possessors OF the
front row chairs. II you must know, are:
Poindexter, Page. Penrose, Brandegee
Dixon. Oliver, Galiinger, Cullum, La Fol-
letta, Chamberlain, Johnston OF Alabama
Martin, Williams, Newlands. Smith OF
Maryland, Swanson, Lea, and Watson
They are seated in just that order. and
those readers who can't sleep nights can
memorize the list and picture the learned
men strung about the semi-circle, blink
ing wisely and wrinkling their brows
over the ponderous affairs Of state. II
will be noted by the thoughtful and OBJ
servant reader that Poindexter. Page,
and Penrose are bones" and Swanson.
Lea, and Watson the 'tambos"-or Is Il
the other way? And, just in passing.
doesn't II seem. on the face of IL, that
a team with names like Poindexter and
Penrose, or Swanson and Watson, in spe-
cialties, ought to get the money?
Representative ]. NJ. c. Smith Of MichI-
gan was a lawyer before he slipped into
Congress. Before that he was a carpen-
ter. But IT was when he was a lawyer
that the thing happened that caused this
fascinating and succinct little paragraph
TO be written. 1t was Smiths first case
One Of the other lawyers said he wished
TO offer a motion for new trial.
Second the motion" said Smith.
II was Smith who threw an awful Jolt
into the home life at the White House
shortly after he came to Congress One
OF the Presidents secretaries called the
him 10 come to the White House at IL
O'Clock to see Mr.. VIII Taft on a matter
OF moment.
Smith suspected that the matter was
something he didn't wish TO declare him
self on just then. so he said roguishly:
Yes, indeed; that's an Opportune hour.
have a couple OF friends here visiting
me and we'll all drop around and just
stay for lunch" Then he hung up the
receiver.
The Tafts weren't expecting company
that day, you understand, and like as not
didn't have a thing in the house, and the
idea of two or three extra plates on the
table caused great commotion.
Happily, however, II was simply Smiths
way OF being comical. and he had no idea
of going 10 the White House at all.
Copyright 1872 By Fred @. Kelly. Al rights TO
EerVedl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-12
The Bell of KoIokO.

The KamaOuile Koloko. or Bell With,
the Ear Torn on" had a most romantic
history. In the sixteenth century Prince,
Dimitri the rightful heir TO the Russian
II rome. was depOsed by a revolt led byI
Boris Godunoff, who was afterward pro-
claimed car. The seat of government
was then at UgIich. and thither DimitrI
was sent, in order that he might remain
under the direct observation OF the
usurper.
Boris. fearing that the poipulace might
awake to the justice Of the claims OF the
young prince, planned the assassination
of Dimitri. He was one day stabbed in y
courtyard. None Of the bystanders showed
any disposition to aid him. \ priest. how
ever, from the cathedral belfry saw the
crime and Immediately began tolling this
great bell, which was held sacred and
rung only on unusual occasions. such as
coronation or the death OF the Gar
Furious at this taCit expression OF re-
proach, the Gar commanded that the
priest should be tortured and executed
and that the bell should be taken down
and placed beside the body Of the ringer.
This order was fulfilled and the bell was,
beaten with clubs by the entire pOpulace.
the Gar Boris being at their head.
The Car then decreed that the bell
should be exiled to Tobolsk, and that one
of its hangers be removed to Indicate
its disgrace.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-12
The Third Party.

Of course, it was to be expected that
Mr.. Roosevelt, in his speech at the
Chicago Bull Moose conference, would
advocate standpatism for the. present
II is the one thing for the new party
followers to do under the circum-
stances. But whether in reality he was
voicing the temper of the third party
men as a unit when he urged fight to
the bitter end is yet to be demon
strated. There are many among those
who, in the words of Senator Root,
"have gone out from their fathers
house and are calling down destruc-
ton upon the old home" and have
repented of theU rashness, especially
in the light of the party's ill-success
at the polls, despite the predictions of
their Allah and his Mohammet that
the country was ready to give them
rousing welcome.
All indications, in fact, pointed to the
Chicago conference being a standpat
affair The Bull Moosers had to con-
tent themselves with such enforced
conservatism for the present. 1t was
'Hobson's choice" with them. They
will have to look to the future for
possible increase of their creed of rad
icalism
As to the remark made by Mr.. Roose-
welt that the machinery of both the
Republican and Democratic parties is
in the hands of the representatives of
reaction, we are really surprised to
find that some OF his hearers, if they
meant well by their party. did not trip
him up. For the statement is absurd,
in the light of the trouble Mr. Taft
is having within his own party, and
as far as this concerns Mr.. Wilson it
is simply ridiculous.