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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
Greatest Rainfall Ever Known in Recent Times
and at Least Two Lives are Known to
Have Been Lost.
FROM out OF PITCH BLACK HEAVENS
Another Cloudburst Near Alton Resulted in Four
Drownings When the Streets Became
Rushing Torrents.

body OF d man was found under ten
feet of debris along the railroad
tracks today.
Scores Of persons whose homea
were destroyed climbed to the tops
of buildings near by and were taken
off by firemen and policemen. At 10
o'clock last night the water began u
subs.de.
Streets Become Rivers.
ST. LOUIS, July 15.--Estimates to
day place the damage in st. Louis at
81. 100000 as the result OF wind and
rain. Four persons were drowned
near Alton, Ill, when the waters swept
through two homes. Mrs. Francis
MCGUIRE, her three year old daughter.
Archie Boise, 30, and Esther Moss,
So. were swept through the windows
Of their houses and drowned.
In st. Louis S.16 inches OF rain fell
In a half hour. Streets in many parts
Of the city were flooded.
| AT Alton, the gas plant was put OUT
of commission and the city was In
darkness last night, All streets were
A flooded and William Nacey swam from
HOUSE TO house smashing In windows
and warning the inhabitants to fee
for their lives. Women and children
were carried from houses by men and
placed in boats while wave Of water
three feet high was racing through the
), town
4 Granite City, Edwardsville and 9th
4 er points near st. Louis were also af
: fected. 1t is estimated that more
! than ten inches of rain fell at these
y points.
i Mexico Has One.
MEXICO CITY, July 15.--A special
injecting OF the cabinet with President
Madero was called today and 1t Is
probable that federal troops will i'm.
mediately be rushed to the state OF
Guanajuato where cloudbursts have
wrecked two cities and many smaller
towns. Incomplete reports declare
/ that probably 1000 persons lost their
lives while the property damage will
! reach $2o,ooo,o0o.
!, The greatest danger now Is of fam
!. inc and the government plans to rush
lrelief trains to the scene. All crops
within an area Of 1000 square miles
have been swept away, food stuffs in
the larger cities and villages were
ruined by the waters and the greatest
, suffering has resulted. Over 1000
. Ilaborers have already been sent from
!, here to aid In clearing the debris from
the larger cities, but with their ar
:. rival today word was Immediately
; sent back to Mexico City to send no
: more men until food was furnished as
:. there was no way of feeding the I'M
ported laborers. Probably the worst
conditions exist at Guanajuato, the
capital of the state, which was struck
by cloudburst within the past few
days. The entire country surround
: ling the city was submerged. Half Of
9 the city was washed away. The cleo
9 trio light plant was put out OF com
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
Weather Conditions.

An area of low pressure which pass
ed through the upper Mississippi val
ley Sunday, and is in the western lake
region this morning. was attended by
very warm weather, and local rains
from the plains to the western lakes,
Omaha reporting 102 degrees and
heavy rain fell at Denver and St.
Louis.
Conditions indicate fair, cooler
weather for this section tonight and
Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
Man Who Turned on the Gas
and Killed Himself and
Two Children.

united Press Leased Wire service.l
~; CHICAGO, July 15. That Rudolph
suniman. Bohemian inventor, killed
Mmsen and his two children Rudolph,
sn.s' ~. and Julia, 8, because they were
!. .lO''ms OF epilepsy was the opinion Of
.ue Police today after questioning the
asishbors who, attracted by the smell
Z gas discovered the bodies in the in
,entor's Oak Park home late yester-
s -. Mrs Uhiman who was away
rom nome at the tins OF the tragedy
.usay was still under the doctors care
ana unable to add any details.
no authorities today made public
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
C. B. e q. Mail Train Ran Into Pullman Sleeper
Of Overland Limited While Standing on
Track ia Suburb Of Chicago
NEARLY FIFTY PASSENGERS INJURED
Crash Came in Fog and Woman in Operators
Tower Telephoned for Doctors just Be
fore the Accident Happened.

from the Westerly Springs station.
The woman operator rushed from her
key when she heard the warning to
flag the engineer OF No. 8. She saw.
him pass the semaphore signal which
should have halted him, and as the
train Numbered past the station, the
woman saw that horrible wreck
was certain. rushed to the telephone
to call doctors and then swooned. To-
day Mrs. Wilcox said:
II had had another minute. I
would have been down the track to
flag the mail. / had the boards
against her, but felt that she would
go by in the fog and that she could
not stop before crashing into No. 2.
I tried to get red lantern but
before had it the mail had reached
the tower. heard the three quick
explosions Of the torpedoes, then. in
moment, the terrible crash. | felt
my senses leaving me but managed
to keep control of myself until had
telephoned for all the doctors in, La
Grange. You cannot imagine the hor.
riBle feeling that came over me.n
+. ding 10 +. Isl Eustis. passsn.
ger traffic manager OF the G. B. & d
the blame for the wreck Hes between
George Bronson, engineer Of No. s
who died with his hand on the brake
lever and John Woodruff, flagman OF
train No. 2, who placed the torpedoes
Woodruff said that he not only
went back and placed torpedoes on
the rails, but that he also walked UP
the track and made an effort to flag
No. 8.
H. O. Grain, the fireman on No. 8
speaking for his dead comrade, Engi
neer Bronson, said he did not know
who was to blame. He insisted tina,
all the signals showed a clear track
ahead and declared today that his
first intimation that anything war
wrong was when he heard the popping
of the torpedoes under the wheels.
Bronson and did all that two
hiAo'h DouAu w w bliiIS thc tTdlu 10
stop" said Grain and Bronson died
standing with one hand on the throttle
and the other on the brake lever.
was thrown from the gangway or
Bronson's side Of the engine wher
the crash came
The Brave Bride.
One incident Of the wreck tha
stood out clearly In the stories toll
! today was of the heroic sacrifice o
! ! ffiiTs. =. &. Fohimann, bride of eigh
months, of Santa Rosa, Cal, travel
4 Ing salesman. A doctor helped lir
4 her clear Of the wreckage and start
/ ed to examine her for possible injur
les. The young woman drew he
skirts over her legs and nodding II
her husband said: There's my hus
band. He's hurt worse than am
4 Please look after him first" Pohl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
National Committee In Session Today
At Chicago to Make Plans for
the Coming Cam
palgn.
WILSON'S WISHES WIN
Executive Session Opened This After
noon With Message From
the Presidential
Candidate.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, July 16.--When the demo-
cratic national committee met In the
St. Francis room OF the Congress hotel
today 1t was evident that the will of
Governor Woodrow Wilson, president
ial nominee, will be regarded supreme.
If the entire Wilson program Is car
ried out by the coinmittee and It was
generally understood today that it
would be-the old national committee
will be practically out of business.
The desires Of Governor Wilson
were delivered by Committeeman
Hudspeth of New Jersey who arrived
at the opening session Of the COM
mittee.
Members OF the national committee
loafed about the lobby OF the Congress
hotel all morning awaiting the arrival
of William F. McCombs and Commit
teeman Hudspeth Of New Jersey.
All agreed that the wishes Of the
nominee would be respected and that
his choice for the various Offices in
the organization would be elected. 1t
was talked about the lobby that Will
sons messengers would bring word
THAT the New Jersey governor desired
McCombs for chairman; William Nc
Adoo OF New Jersey for vice chair
man, and John 2. Davies OF Wiscon-
| sin for secretary.
The late arrival OF McComhs and
4 lIIndspeth delayed the meeting which
was scheduled to start at noon. Huds
,peth said that he came to Chicago
with a verbal message from Governor
Wilson to the committee but that he
was not at liberty to give out any
thing about it until 1t had been given
| to the committee. Hudspeth said that
Chicago would likely be chosen as the
national headquarters for the demo
Gratis during the campaign.
The following cornmitteemen were
absent when the session was called tc
order: j. T. Crawford. Florida; P
H. Tlder, Idaho; Martin ]. Wade
Iowa; T. J. Bell, Nevada; Senator Ber
lR. Tillman, South Carolina and Johr
H. Wilson, Hawaii. The following
were present by proxy: Homer s
Cummings, Connecticut; Clark Howell
Georgia: x. Bruce Kremer. Montana;
f., E. Reed New Hampshire; Johr
ipattison, Washington; A. J. DAILY
Alaska, and Thomas Taubman. soutf
!, Dakota.
With Norman r. Mack In the chair
\ the democratic national committet
! went into executive session at
/ O'Clock this afternoon in the Congress
hotel. 1t was said that the commit
! teemen would hear what messga'
! Congressman Hudspeth brought from
Governor Wilson and proceed at onc'
] to the election of officers.
i II 1t leaked out Of the executive ses
sion that William McCombs had beel
elected chairman and Joseph e. Dav
4 les, OF wisconsin secretary. Jane
i e. Martin, OF st. Louis, was chosel
i sergeant-at-arms.
i 1t was understood that the execu
j tive members of the committee grace
4 fully acquiesced to Governor Wilson
i choice Of McCombs for chairman bu
that they attempted unsuccessfully t
block the election Of Davies and re
elect Murray Woodson as secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15

s[United Press Leased Wire Service.l
DENVER, Col, July 1b.-Although
the police early today expressed the
fear that a dozen or more persons
were drowned In the cloudburst anu
flood which swept Denver yesterday
there was confirmation Of the deaths
OF only two persons--a woman and a
child. In addition, two men are miss
ing.
The flooded district has not yet
been thoroughly examined, however,
and other fatalities may be revealed
before night,
The property loss VIII run between
100000 and s4,o0o.oo0 according to
today's estimates.
The flood was the most terrific In
Denver's history as large city. Tho
storm, which came in the wake OF a
sultry morning did not extend beyond
radius of 30 miles. About 3 p. m.
the sky suddenly turned pitch black.
there was a flash Of lightning and a
terrible cloudhurst, water falling in
solid sheets.
i Ior. thirty minutes the rainfall con
3tinned. During the first ten minutes
4 the precipitation was Is inches and
nearly one inch more fell during thu
remaining period OF the rain.
4 Thousands of Sunday pleasure
4 seekers were caught unsheltered IL
1.-THE parks or marooned in the streets
in autos. With the cloudburst, higf
4 wall of water rushed down Cherr.
4 Creek and that ordinarily peaceful
4 stream quickly became a raging tor
rent. Every downtown street, from
the state capital west and north wa.
4 flooded over the curbstones and watel
4 stood foot deep on the floor of ths
1 Union depot which is in the lowel
part of town.
i A four-mile area in the poorer res
i idence districts was inundated, fiv,
/ hundred families being rendered
homeless.
Wall of Water.
! Immediately after the flood, Mayo
:. Arnold opened the auditorium to thu
homeless and they are being cared TO
there.
4 Although the earliest cloudburst in
undated the lower sections of the cit,
the greatest damage did not com
until wall of water rushed dow
Cherry Creek. This was caused b,
a cloudburst at Sullivan, Colo. Thu
wall of water caused the creek c
sweep through the poorer residenc
, district with terrific force, destroyin
homes like houses of cards.. So grea
was the waters force that for a tim
1t was feared walled embankmen
running along the creek at the cit
hall would be washed away and TIL
CITY hall would be destroyed. TIL
wall stood the strain, however.
i All the deaths so far reported wer
j in the lower residence district, 70
Wallace and an unknown man wer
, seen to fall into the torrent and ar
, supposed to have been drowned TIL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
Coroner Investigating.

United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
CHICAGO, July is Coroner Peter
hoffman today continued his efforts
% place the blame for the C. B. & @.
wreck yesterday, In which thirteen
persons were killed and nearly fifty
injured. It was determined definitely
Today that efforts were made to halt
sne mail train before 1t crashed into
me Pullman sleeper Of the Overland
limited.
MRS. 3. A. Wilcox, tower operator
:. y westerly Springs sent Chicago the
message that the mail train known as
~ was coming at full speed. An
automatic block signal had caused
sae Overland limited to stop $50 feet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
Observations.

July. Bar.Ther Wind. Weather.
Ia Il pm. 9.94 80 S Clear
is Z am. so.12 50 NV Clear
Mean temperature, July IA, 50.
highest temperature, 95. :
Lowest temperature, 70.
Lowest temperature last night, 6S.
FIRED 2. GosEwISCH,
Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage. Height Change. .wea'h'r.
River Forecast.

The river will remain nearly sta
tionary from Davenport to Keokuk
during the next forty-eight hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
The Dead.

r. "A. BARCLAY, IS. Notre Dame
STUDENT, Billings, Mont.
GEORGE BRONSON. engineer NO.
s Burlington, Ia.
MRS. CHARLOTTE HART. Can
ton, Ohio.
MISS LILLIAN KELLY, 10. South
Bend. Ind.
cisco.
n. 3. STERN, 40, travelling man,
Chicago.
Crosse.
MRS. TUDOR. 80.
LOUISE TUDOR, 6.
TWO middle aged women. uniden.
sified
GIRL, 9 to II years old, unidenti
he'd.
4 3. BUNCH. 10, pullman porter
Chicago.
The injured.
H. o. Grain, fireman No. 8. Gales,
burg. III. Il
warren r Dudley. secretary Mass
achusetts CiviI sServtce Commits
Belmont, Mass, slightly injured.
Mrs. Warren Dudley, broken arm.
John W. Fiach, Cincinnati. whole
sale grocer, slightly hurt.
Mrs. Flach, scalp wound.
Mrs. b. ". Francis, Bedford, Ind.
shoulder injured.
Katherine Griswold, Milwaukee
Wis, bruised.
Miss Line Johnson. Chicago, shoul
der. dislocated.
Mrs. ]. o. Krehl, Girard, Ohio, sev
eral ribs fractured.
O r. Marsh, Chicago. back wrench
ed.
Miss Ethel Cakes. Providence, r. /.
shoulder fractured.
John 2, Parsons. Dixon, ILL.,, slight
" bruised.
B. G. Pohlmann. San Francisco
right leg and arm broken, scalI
wounds.
Father Gregory Scho.z, 20, chaplain
St Francis hospital, Columbus, Ohio
scalp wound. back strained.
&. p 'rN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-15
The Brave Bride.

Continued on page u
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Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13

But the speakers continued this morn
ing, augmented by thousands, constant

But the speakers continued this morn
ing, augmented by thousands, constant
~ changing. until it was estimated
tla. half the city's people had heard
the protest.
SALEM. Dec. i3.-Garrison ani
Fauldcr were hanged at fl 40. Gar
rson was dead at tl:5i and Faulder At
fl :5G.
Garrison made a speech. declaring
his innocence, and that he was con
victed on perjurcd testimony. As the
Trap was sprung he cried. Good bye,
everybody, goodbye"
Fauldcr said: changing will never
care crime. You must get at the root"
Roberts and Morgan We're hanged al
1890. Father Moore made a speech
for Morgan, saying he shot his man in
self defense. Morgan died without
speaking.
Roberts made rambling statement,
saying he was bounded by officers and
suffering from accident He claimed he
never got a square deal. Both were
brave and died without whimper.
Morgan spent the night praying. Gar
rison wrote continuously and calmly
protested his innocence on every oc-
casion. Roberts was snl!en and taci
turn throughout the night, but wrote
a letter to his sister full Of brotherly
affection and religious fervor.
Father Moore gave Morgan absolu-
ton before starting on the death march.
The men went quietly and solemnly
to the dcath chamber. There were 100
guests. Governor West did not at
tend
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
LONG PROTEST TO
WHOLESALE HANGING

IBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. i3.-San
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
Law MUST HUMBLY BEG
TO REACH ROCKEFELLER
GBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONSl
WASHINGTON, Dec. i3.-President

lBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS1
WASHINGTON, Dec. i3-President
Archibald of the Standard Oil Company
came to the rescue uf the house money
trust investigating committee today.
agreeing 10 assist ihc committees ser
geant-at- 10 subpoena Rockefeller.
For weeks The servers have been try
ing to reach Rockefeller. all attempts
falling Archibald agreed to confer
with Rockefeller and advise him Of
the committees purpose and suggest
that he accept subpoena or give a de
position. The committee desires 10
question Rockefeller regarding his con
nection with financial interests and the
alleged corner in the copper market in
1907.
Frank SturgiS of the firm of Strang,
Stur5is q Co, former president and
member OF the board Of governors of
the New York stock exchange. followed
to the stand and explained "splt" COM
missions and short selling. He said
short selling is defensible, asserting its
operation depends on circumstances,
but admitted if panic is raging short
selling might increase it. He said, ny
Is a question between a man and his
conscience. Some approve Of it and
others do not. | approve OF it in some
circumstances.
Sturgis did not deny that the ex-
change could stop short sales if il!
wished to. lie denied a large part Of
the daily Wall street transactions are
gambling, but refused to state the
probable average Of real and speculat-
I'VE trading.
Rudolph KeppIer, governor OF the
New York exchange. admitted on the
stand thai some part Of the transac-
tons are somewhat Of a gambling ma
ture"
This drew laugh from the brokers
present. keppler then tried to Justify
short sales and matched sales
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
Los ANGELES BOY HELLO
FOR MURDER OF father

tBY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIoMsl
Los ANGELES. Dec. t3.-Marss
Rickcrt, aged II, who shot and killes
his father, Daniel H. Rickert, yester-
day, was formally held for murder by
q coroner's jury, which rendered YER
dict that Rickert came to his death bF
a bullet fired with hOmicidal intent. Tna
o0Y remains at the detention home,
"hcre he expresses no regret. He re-
peatedly declared, He had DO right Ia
hurt mama"
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
Hearing ArchboId Case

WASHINGTON. Dec. t3.-Only four
Of 10 charges in the impeachment pro
cecdings against Commerce Court
Judge Archibald have yet been pre-
sented to the senate court. The COM
mittce Of the house prosecutors this
morning began "railroading'' the case
to permit Of concluding with all the
charges before tomorrow night. when
the prosecution must rest the case
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
DAILY STANDARD FOUNDED AUGUST, 1906

this morning damaged only fishing
boats and similar crate. It is not be
lieved there were fatalities. The cause
IS not stated
NAPLES, Dec. i3.-There was ter
rifle explosion in the harbor today.
which demoralized shipping. A hun
dred small craft are reported destroy
ed, 1t is feared many were killed The
cause is not learned.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
Eccentric Governors Acts
-BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.


COLUMBIA, :. c., Dec. t3.-After
declaring at the recent gubernatorial
conference that he favors lynching Of
negroes who attack white women, Gov
ernOr Cole Blease of South Carolina
today paroled r. A. Richey, a wealthy
white planter of Abbyville county, SEN
fenced to prison for 10 years for as
sauIting a white girl in 1910. The
governor imposed the condition that
Richey deposit a bond of $4,000 that
he will personally appear before the
governor November 80, 1913, "to re-
ceive what is then and there ordered
by the governor"
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
On tho Beach

(BY UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS]
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Dec. i3.
The steamship Nauplia of the Kos
mos line, en- route from Hamburg 20
Seattle. is on the beach at South point,
Wilson, opposite Fort Worden. The
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13

Francisco's 2i-hour protest against the
hanging tonight al Salem, Or, penl-
Tertiary was continued today. Through
out the raw, foggy night speakers held
the forts at a down town corner. When
the meeting opened a crowd composed
of Christmas shoppers, tourists, work
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13

ers. Socialists, rahbis and persons Of
every walk in life were present. Scores
followed one another as speakers. By
midnight the crowd was composed of
iheater parties and others. At this
morning none were left but the night
workers and Barbary Coast habitues.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13

revenue cutter Arcata and a tug are
standing by. The water tanks. which
were full wren struck, are being emp
tied to assist in floating. 1t is not be-
lieved the ship or crew are endan gered.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
Eummare Sale

hy Ten Thousand club, room f8. over
Savings Bank building, Saturday D. rp-,
from / to 4:30.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-13
EXPLOSION at NaDlea

ROME. Dec. 13.-Brief dispatches
from Naples state that an explosion
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-25
ELY COUPLE
WILL Be TRIED
IN UTAH COURT
ALLEGED WHITE SLAVERS or
DERED EXTRADITED BY
JUDGE HARRINGTON

Tom O'Neill and Ruby Wells who
endeayored to prevent their extradi-
tion to Utah to be tried on charges
Of white slavery, were on Saturday
afternoon ordered taken to Utah
60 stand trial They had their
hearing before Judge Harrington of
the federal court at Carson.
In this case 1t is charged that
Tom O'Neil, a former saloon keep
er of Ely and Ruby Wells. said to
have been his paramour. imported
some young girls from Utah for
immoral PURPOSES at Ely and that
they kept them locked In the state
room Of a Pullman car. while en-
route so that they could not es-
cape.
The Wells woman, it sis stated
was at one time resident of Tono-
pah. moving from this city to Ely
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-25
BOOZE STOLEN
BY MISCREANTS WHO
LOOT DWELLING
HOUSE IN VICINITY OF OLD
GARAGE ON FLORENCE AVE.
Is FORCED OPEN

Mscreants broke into an nnoc-
cupied dwelling in the vicinity of
the old garage on upper Florence
avenue last evening and completely
ransacked the place. The discovery
that the house had been looted was
made this morning and the fact
reported to Chief of Police Smith
A quantity of liquor was stolen
as were numerous other articles OF
furnishings. 1t is believed that
small boys committed the robbery
although the police department is
without definite cIew. Il has al
50 been stated that Indians are re.
sponsible for the house breakine
and the theft OF the liquor.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-25
BULLION BARS
ARE SHIPPED To
SELBY COMP ANY
MACNANIARA MAKES BI-MONTH-
LY CLEANUP AND TEST RUN
MADE At WEST END

Bullion bars with an estimated
weight Of 900 pounds was shipped
by the MacNamara Mining company
this morning to the selby smelter.
The bullion represents the bi-month-
IN cleanup Of the MacNamara COM
pany. according to Superintendent
j. w. Sherwiu and has an approx
mate value Of s12 pound. or a to-
tai value of $10.S00 The shipment
this morning was through the Wells
Fargo company.
A shipment of bullion was also
made today from the West End
company when six bars were con-
signed to the Selby company This
hshipment merely represents a test
run through a new burner recently
installed at the mill and cannot be
classed as regular cleanup. The
burner worked without a hitch anC
as result OF the test run abou
100000 ounces Of bullion was ex
tracted