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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
WOMEN CRUSHED
IN FIRE PANIC
s,
- Were Killed When Passengers
: Made Mad Scramble to Get Out
Of Blazing street
GATES WERE LOCKED
Motorman Refused to Release People
Who Began to Jump Out Of
the Windows for
Safety.
> . e. d
GATES WERE LOCKED

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. July 1.-TWO
women we're killed and three others
are believed to be dying as resuls
OF a,panic on q burning street car
here today. When the car took fire
the motorman refused to release the
gates. The passengers were thus held
in the car. and, becoming panic-strick-
en-, began jumping from the windows.
Two Of the women were crushed to
death and the three others seriously
injured. / If
/, Both Of the women killed are
negresses. The seriously injured are:
Mrs. Sarah Blythe and her Is year
old daughter and Mrs. Robert Mis
chell, white.
The conductor tried to jump out OF
the rear window Of the car when 9
fuse blew out and the motorman fail
ed to open the gates. 1t was pay
as you enter car.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
And a Tired Little Mother
Who Was Seeking a Spot
to Get Cool and Rest.

limited Press Leased Wire service.l
NEW YORK, July IL. Because her
baby cried all night and the doctor
told her that it must have fresh air or
it would surely die, Mrs. Rebecca
Kopleff took it to Central park. But
the park was hot and under the trees
the child seemed to have trouble get
ting its breath. Just beyond there
was a wide open space of nice sod and
the 'yoman-she is young and speaks
very little Englishtook it there She
carefully removed her own petticoat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
Wisconsin Democrats.

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MILWAUKEE,. Wis. July 12.-
When the democratic state conven-
tion assembled today there remained
to be disposed Of the adoption OF
party platform and the nomination OF
candidates for state Offices exclusive
of the gubernatorial candidate.
BY vote of 393 to 375 the dele
gates shortly before midnight en-
dorsed the candidacy Of John 9. Karel
of milwaukee over A. ]. Schmitz, but
modified this endorsement with the
provision that Schmitz' nomination
papers as we'll as Karel's papers
should be circulated and the people
should be left to decide on the choice
of the party standard bearer In the
September primaries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
turned DOWN
THE DRYS OFFER
Judge Lindsey Offered Candidacy for
President on Prohibition Ticket
But Would Not
Accept.
HE IS A PROGRESSIVE
Has Promised Roosevelt Party to be
Vice President 90 Had to Do
cline the Great
Honor.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
DENVER, Colo. July 12.-White
Ribboners Of the nation want Judge
Ben Lindsey as the prohibition party's
candidate for the presidency, and a
telegram was sent from Atlantic City
today by George l.. Thompson, who is
attending the national convention Of
the prohibition party, to Lindsey, now
at Enid; Okla, importuning the judge
to allow his name to go before the
convention.
Judge Lindsey replied: II have
made promises to the progressive
party making acceptance impossible.
Thompson. speaking for himself and
others at the convention, conditioned
the offer OF nominating on Judge
Lihdsey's withdrawal from any other
party.
Taft Relative In Party.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j. July IL
The entire morning session of the
prohibition national convention was
devoted to finances. Retiring Nation
al Chairman Charles R. Jones stated
that 1t would require not less than
$150,000 to defray the expenses of an
energetic campaign He announced
that as the result of the early efforts
there was $4,000 in the treasury of
which amount w. Nicholas Taft, a
relative OF the president, contributed
$4,000. Today, more than $4,000 ad
ditional was pledged, and committees
were named to aid in raising tho
amount still needed.
1t was expected that the nomination
OF the candidates for president and
vice president would be reached some
time this afternoon. There are mum
ercus candidates for both places on
the ticket and 1t was considered Ger.
tain that many ballots would be neces-
sary before a choice was reached. Be.
| fore getting down to nominations
the convention took up consideration
of the demand of Rev. 8. H. Taft, to
change the name OF the party to the
national conservation society Rev
Taft is the founder OF humboldt Col.
lege, Iowa, and also distant relative
of President Taft. He and his asso.
ciates insisted that unless the name
of the party was changed 1t would
soon lose its standing The resolu-
tion resulted In a general debate in
which many of the delegates took seri-
lous issue with Rev. Taft and insisted
that the old name was plenty good
enough for them
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
straus as Chairman.

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NEW YORK, July 12.-Oscar S.
Straus, formerly secretary of COM
merce and labor, was today elected
chairman of the arbitration commits
sion which will pass on the wage dis
pute between the railroads in the
eastern traffic associations territory
and their engineers. The committee
win begin its hearings at the Oriental
hotel, Manhattan Beach. next Mon
day, and it is expected it will require
several weeks to hear both sides OF
the wage controversy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
Weather Conditions.

The pressure is low this morning
from the Rockies to the Mississippt
Valley, unsettled weather prevailing
over this region and a marked depres-
sion is central in the Dakotas, which
has been attended by showers from
the central Missouri valley to the
Mississippi river.
The pressure, although decreasing,
remains high in the southeastern
states, and is moderately low in the
northeastern states, and there have
been showers from the eastern gun
northward through the eastern por-
ton Of the country, Knoxville, Tenn,
reporting the heaviest rainfall, Q.54
in.)
The western low pressure will in
fluence this section, and unsettled
weather. with little change in temper
ature, and probably local thunder
storms is indicated for tonight and
Saturday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
He DON'T LIKE
THE BULL MOOSE
LaFollette Attacks Rooseveit's Ma
tlves In Organizing the Third
Party In Order to be a
Candidate.
COMPARED WITH BRYAN
Both Taft and Teddy Managers Guilty
Of Trying to Get Hold Of
Steering Gear Of tho
Steam Roller.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
MADISON, Wis, July 12.-Senator
LaFollette today went on record al
opposed to the third party movement
fathered by Colonel Roosevelt. In an
editorial in LAFollette's Weekly, he
not only declared against the Roose-
welt move but scathingly attacked the
colonel's motives on organizing the
new party.
LaFollette's editorial Is entitled
'The Case OF Mr.. Roosevelt" and he
sums up his conclusion as follows: !.
"Mr. Roosevelt appeals to progress
sives to Join his party. Roosevelt's
whole record demonstrated that he
has no constructive power, that he is
progressive only in words; that he is
ever ready to compromise in order
to win, regardless Of platform prom
ises or progressive principles.
mo party was ever successfully
organized about a man. Principles
and issues must constitute the basis
Of any great movement"
Comparing Roosevelt with Bryan.
LaFollette says:
Bryan at Baltimore, foregoing all
chance OF his own nomination, mar
shalling all his forces, Drawing Tam
many and the trusts to rescue his
party from their domination, carrying
the convention for the adoption Of
progressive platform. the most pro-
gressive yet offered, was a towering
j figure OF moral power and patriotic
devotion to civic righteousness
Roosevelt, at Chicago, backed by
money derived from the stock water
ing operations of the steel trust and
harvester trust, organizing what are
now confessed to have been fake
contests as to nearly 200 delegates in,
order to control the convention and
secure his own nomination, refusing
to aid in the making of a progressive
platform. bound to have the nomina
tion or destroy the republican party
was most striking example Of mis-
directed power and unworthy ambi
| ton.
/ I10 udu db 81 Cdt Oil OpPOhSohity dh
Bryan to serve the progressive cause
but he was serving the man, not the
cause'
LaFollette declares that he is con,
WINGED neither Taft nor Roosevelt
had regularly elected majority in
the Chicago convention but that the
managers Of each candidate were try
ing to seat fraudulently chosen dele
gates in order to steam roll" their
candidate to the nomination.
This" says the editorial, "explaina
the extraordinary conduct of Roose.
welt. He could not enter upon such
analysis of the evidence as woulo
prove Taft's regularly elected dele
gates in the minority without subject
ing his own spuriously credentialed
delegates to an examination so criti
cal as to prove the falsity of his own
contention that he had a majority
OF regularly elected delegates. There
fore, he choose to cry fraud, to bully
the national convention and create
condition which would make impos-
sible calm investigation of cases
upon merit and tried to take the con.
yention by storm"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Unset
tied weather with probably local
thunder showers tonight or Saturday.
Not much change in temperature.
For Illinois and Missouri: Unset
tied weather with probably local
thunder showers tonight and Satur-
day. Not much change In temperature.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather with
probably local thunder showers to-
night or Saturday. Cooler in west
portion tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
Eo,,r Sailors scaided.

limited Press L,ased Wire Service
/. HAVANA, July 12.-Four sailors
were badly scaIded today by an ex-
plosion In the hoiler-room of the
Cuba, cruiser recently received
from Cramps ship yard and In use at
present bringing troops back from
Santiago now that the political disor-
ders there are over.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-12
Daily River Bulletin.
lRIver Forecast.

River Forecast.
The river from Davenport to Keo-
kuk will change but slightly, with
tendency to fall during the next forty
eight hours
Daily Observations.
July Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
III 4 p. m. 1895 81 e PIT Cldy
12s q .. 1896 6S NE 1t Rain
Rainfall for the past "a hours, 0
inches SO hundredths.
Mean temperature II, rs.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Highest temperature, SIS.
Lowest temperature last night. 6S.
FRED Q. GosEWIsGH.
) Observer.
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
LACKS
LABOR AND WATER

The Pacific Sugar Mil Company
held its annual stockholders meeting
this afternoon at o'clock and re
elected all of It's last years officers
and directors.
The past year has been the most
successful i'm the history of the com.
pany, both from the quantity Of sugar
produced and from the returns re.
ceived for 1t, The crop yield was
749S.535 tons of sugar or over 24S
tons more than the estimate. The
profits on the crop were $t95,2S751,
and the company paid per cent in
dividends during the year-the first
dividends for a number of years
amounting to $97,5OO.
According to the report of Manager
August Ahrens, the 1912 crop should
yield 1000 tons of sugar.
The manager complains that labor
conditions have not been improved
despite the arrival of recent immi.
grants from Europe He also states
that the hoped-for adequate water sup
ply from the Hamakua bitches has
failed to materialize, as frequently the
upper ditch delivers none at all,
while the lower ditch does not deliver
the amount contracted for
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
LONDON TIMES
MAN TO SPEAK

VIM. James l.. Fitzmaurice, special
correspondent of the London Times,
will address the Mems League in tn
parish house of Central Union Church.
Monday evening, March 4.
The meeting will be At o'clock,
supper at so cents a plate to be
served. There will be a short business
session. John r, Gait, chairman Of
the executive committee, says in the
card to members;
"The league is honored in having
Mr., Fitzmaurice as its guest. He is a
man of unusual ability, both as jour
nalist and public speaker This Will
be his only address while in Honolulu,
and it was only through the influence
of personal friends that he was per
suaded to speak before the league.
His subject will be: The Manners
and Customs of Different People !
Have Met
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
CONNORS HAS
GONE To WORK

John Connors, oft-convicted drunk,
broke his word with Judge Monsarrat
and paid the penalty in the police
court this morning.
Early this month Connors was
charged with drunkenness and SEN
tence was suspended for thirteen
months, defendant promising to ship
out of town by Che ship Erskine NJ.
Phelps. Two others made the same
promise at the same time and kept
their word.
Connors was arrested yesterday on
a charge of begging.
At the request of Prosecuting Off
Ger Brown defendant was sent to Jail
for six months on the charge of
drunkenness hanging over him. He
pleaded guilty to the charge of va
grancy and sentence was suspended
for thirteen months.
Brown said that these drastic meas
ures were necessary in order to teach
defendant and his like to keep faith
with the court.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
CURIO STORES
AMALGAMATED

The Island Curio Company has been
iucorpora ed under the name OF the
Island Curio Company Limited. and
the business is now being carried on
under the management of Is. II. Nc
NGmarra, who has closed his former
place of business, the Curio Den, on
Fort street, and combined his stock
with that of James Steiner, formerly
sole owner of the Island Company.
The officers of the new company are
James Steiner, president; ID. A. Nc
Namawa, vice president; i. II. Nc
Namarra, treasurer and manager;
Christopher Benny secretary, and
John J.. Fleming, auditor
Mr. Stoluer's other interests demand
his attention, and he viii henceforth
have no direct part in the manage
ment Of the curio business.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
OUTLOOK GOOD
SAYS CLEWS

NEW YORK, February 17.-Henry
Clews, in his weekly financial review,
says In part: Among the signs of
betterment this week was the an.
nouncement Of about $6O,OOO,OOO new
bonds and short term notes by FIVE
of the leading railroad systems, chief
ly those in the West. Considering
that other Issues are expected to
shortly follow, this movement must
be favorably interpreted, on the
ground that 1t shows at least a par
tial revival Of confidence among bank
ing circles. No such financing as
this would be attempted unless our
leading financiers were convinced
that conditions are improving. Some
of the bonds put out will pay five per
cent. and the short term notes from
five per cent. to six per cent. These
are rather stiff rates for railroads to
pay for the use of money. There is no
doubt that these new issues will be
promptly absorbed by financial insti.
tutions and large buyers of invest
ments.
Continued on page six.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
H0NOKAA SHOWS
GOOD OUTLOOK

At the annual stockholders' meeting
Of the Honokaa Sugar Company, held
this morning in the offices Of f. A.
Schaefer & Co., the old officers and
directors were reelected.
The report OF Alex. Morrison mana
ger Of the company, shows that the
results of the past year have been in
the main satisfactory, and that the
crop harvested (9133.9O5 tons Of
sugar. was over 200 tons above the
estimated yield. The density of the
juices was exceptionally low, it TAX
ing $500 tons of cane to the ton Of
sugar, which is far above the average.
From the 1924 acres from which the
1912 crop will be harvested, the mana
ger estimates a yield of 5000 tons Of
sugar. The grinding already done is
very favorable, but is being held back
to some extent by scarcity Of water
for fluming down the cane from the
upper lands.
Manager Morrison states that the
1913 crop looks extremely promising
The planting and cultivation methods
have been entirely changed from those
formerly employed, and with favorable
weather and increased implement
work and fertilizers, the outlook is
about all that could be desired. Last
years crop yielded a net profit Of
$16S, 67221, which is far ahead of any
previous year.
Operating expenses for the year
amounted to S529,912.33, of which the
following are items: Cultivating, S1O7,-
1886; fertilizing, S91,6O9.26; water,
S59,651.S2.
For Improvements $63,1O65O was
spent, of which s2O,793.23 was for Ia
borers' quarters (Which are now in ex-
cellent condition.; and $1O,32O.O5 for
mill machinery.
Owing to nearly all of the plantation
work being done by contract, Manager
Morrison reports that they had suf-
ficient labor for all needs.
Owing to exceptionally heavy rain
fall last year the plantation was not
obliged to irrigate to any great extent.
During the month of January, how
ever, there has been dry spell, and
the Hamakua bitches have been low,
the ditch company not being able 70
supply their contracted amount of
water.
The report concludes with a state
ment that the general condition of the
plantation is good, and that everything
is modern and up-to-date, and that the
endeavor now is to obtain increased
yield per acre Of cane planted.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
DOES NOT WANT
MEN THAT FAILED

DR.. Pratt, president of the Board
of Health, yesterday received a letter
from the health committee of the
Board of Supervisors The commune
cation stated what the committee rec
commended that three men, Klemme,
Isaac and Oliveria, who passed the
recent examination, be appointed as
inspectors.
The letter went on to say that the
committee wanted DR.. Pratt to say
whether he cared to retain the sery-
ices of four other men who had failed
in the examination.
DR.. Pratt has replied to the health
committee, saying that he has no need
for the four men who failed in the
examination. The matter will be TAX
en- up at the meeting of the super
visors this evening. There are now
four vacancies on the inspector staff,
and DR.. Pratt proposes that another
examination be held on March 90, in
order to obtain intelligent men for
the positions. There will be a meet
ing of the Board of Health this after
noon at half past three o'clock. Rou-
tine matters only win be taken up.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
INTERNAL TAX
ON ALL SUGAR

Willett & Gray's: No decision has
yet been reached as to the final tar.
III bill to be presented by the Com.
mittee on Ways and Means of the
House of RepI esontadves. The idea
of a simple tariff bill covering only
duty on imports is row giving place
to the consideration of a combined
customs tariff and internal revenue
bill following the custom of all the
European nations that have become
sugar producing countries. As produc.
ton has increased from small begin
nings I'm those countries the revenues
from custom duties constantly de.
creased and gave place to revenue
from internal taxation on sugar con.
sumption. The United States has now
reached the point where over one-half
of the sugar required for consumption
is of domestic and insular production
and brings no revenues to the govern
ment. Virtually the other half of our
requirements for consumption is pro.
duced in the Island of Cuba, which
receives a benefit of 20 per cent of
the duties charged to other countries.
Our total revenue thus comes from
Cuba sugar and amounts to about
S50,000,000 The total sugar con.
sumed placed upon the same revenue
basis would produce to the govern
ment about S1OO,OOOOOO.
The peculiar part of this sugar sta
alton is that while the government
gets but $5O,OOO,OOO revenue, all the
consumers of the United States have
to pay for their sugar a price based
uron S10O,00O,OOO revenue, and the
amount collected by the government
as above stated is $5OOO0,OOO. Thus
the consumers of sugar are virtually
paying $5O,OOO,OOO to the producers of
sugar in the United States and de-
tendencies in order that the govern
ment may receive a revenue of $780,
100000, and as fast as the production
increases, the revenue decreases.
Depending upon Cuga for the larger
part of our deficiency in domestic
production, we could afford to reduce
our duty on Cuban sugar about 40 per
cent, from S1.34 to SOC per 100
rounds, bringing on a revenue to the
government Of S25,OOOOOO, which,
with the $1S,OOO,OOO internal tax,
would amount to s43,OOO,OOO in place
of the S5O,OOO,OOO now collected. The
reduction in revenue would be $1,000
600, and the saving to consumers by
this new system would be s24,OOO,0OO
per annum on the basis Of consump-
ton of 1911.
This is the problem that the com
mittee on Ways and Means are now
working out, while the chemical
schedule of the tariff bill is passing
through the house.
Such a revenue bill, If properly ad-
iusted, would undoubtedly meet with
favor by all sugar interests, as it GER
tGinly would be hailed with pleasure
| by the sugar consumers of the coun-
try, and would make the sugar pro.
ducing and refining industries subject
to the regulations of the government
to a certain extent.
The domestic cane and beet produc-
ers are not so much interested in the
question of amount of an internal rev.
enue tax as they are in having the
customs tariff adjusted to afford them
sufficient protection to their indus
tries.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
STOCK SALES

Honolulu Stoch Exchange-Sales
between boards: $4,000 OIaa Is, $3.50;
As Hilo Com, 1925; 20 oahu Sugar
Co., 41.25; 100 McBryde, $50; 80 DO
$50
Session Sales: Oahu Sugar Co,
Al; do, Al; 10 do, Al; DO, Al; 3
Honokaa, 1850; do, 1850; 5 do,
1850; so Olaa, IT'S; 25 Honokaa,
1880; $1,000 Olaa Gs, $3.50; 6 Eva,
1880; . do, 1850; Oahu Sugar Co,
1850; 200 do, 1925; 100 do, 4O.25; q
Hawn. Sugar Co., so; 10 Oahu Sugar
Co., 1880; 40 Olaa Sugar Co., 1850.
Dividends-Feb. l, 1912:-Haiku
81; Paia, ST. Pioneer, 50. Feb. 8, 1872
-Hawn, c. G S. Co., Csc; Onomea
4Oc; Honomu, 81. Feb. 10, 1912
Wailuku, 81; Hutchinson, 2Oc. Feb
IS, 1912-Hawn. Sugar Co, 3Oc; oahu
Sugar Co., SOC; o. r. e l.. Co, Use;
Pepeekeo, 81; Waialua, 81. Feb 20
.l912-Hawn. Agr. Co., 50. February
20, 1912-C. Brewer & Co., 50; Eva,
zoe; Waimanalo, 81; Hawn. Electric,
75c Hon b. & VI. Co., 15c; IL. S. n.
Co, 75c; Kahuku, 1Oc; Hawn. Pine
Co, 25c; Waimea, 50; Kekaha, So.
Monthly Sugar Market-February
1895 deg. centrifugals, high 4.4S25
low 4.39; IS deg. beets, high les. 2hd
low las. 10d.
Sugar quotations. sc deg. centrifu
gals, Alb; IS deg. analysis beets, los
Cd Parity, 5.31.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-02-29
NOTICE..

The Island Curio Company, owned
by James Steiner and the Curio Den,
owned by F. H. Mcnamara, have join
ed issues, consolidated their stock and
merged into one company. The new
concern will be carried on in future
as a corporation under the name Of
The Island Curio Company, Limited
with the following officers:
JAMES STEINER ....... President
D. A. MCNAMARA. Vice President
F. H MCNAMARA. ....... Treasurer
CHRISTOPHER BENNY. Secretary
JOHN L. FLEMING. ........ Auditor
Mr.. F. H. Mcnamara will act as
manager. The place of business will
be at the old stand in the Elite build
ing on Hotel street. Both Mr.. James
Steiner and Mr.. F. H. Mcnamara wish
to thank their friends and customers
for their patronage in the past and
hope it may be extended to the new
firm on the old stand
Under the able management of Mr..
Mcnamara a bright future seems
ahead Of the oldest and largest curio
store on these Hawaiian Islands.