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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
nnlv Eight More Days I'm
til Christmas.

a Do YOU realize the full portent y
4 ~ the "Good Fellow movement .
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= low?
a If YOU would know the Joy OF =
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q return but the smiling thanks Of Q
q tear stained faces, where you are y
. the only sIver, then join the
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. as many more are needed. 'Tis =
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. mas bells ring out and three hun .
q dred children are looking to you, .
q Mr.. GoodfelIoW. =
. You have not one, but many .
. ways In which to do your part. .
q You can call Miss Frances MeIss =
y go black or Miss Mary Howell .
y 467 red and they can tell you just .
q what to do. You can give mon =
= ey or the gifts to the "Good Eel .
. lows" committee and let them Z
y distribute them or better still, 4
. you can ger the names from the 4
= committee and carry the gifts 4
= yourself. The Good Follows shop 4
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Defense Of Commerce Court Judge is
That He Did Not Let His POSI-
tlon Figure In Busl-
ness.
HIS PURITY OF MOTIVE
Denies That He Ever Took Advantage
Of His judicial Job to Influ-
once Railroads to Sell
Him Coal.

UNITED Press Leased Wire service.1
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Judge
Archbald's defense, which chiefly
consists of denial that the charges of
impeachment heard for the past two
weeks before the senate "set forth
anything which constitutes an i'm
peachment offense," was begun by
Attorneys Worthington and Simpson.
The accused commerce court judge
denies in the instance OF the Katy
Did culm bank purchase, the subject
of the first charge, that he "wilful-
ily, or corruptly or otherwise" took
any advantage of his official position
to compel the Erie railroad to sell
property to himself or partner, Ed
ward Williams The theory Of the
defense Is one OF purity Of motive
| throughout long list of business me-
gotiations between Archibald and in
/ terests involved in litigation before
/ his court.
! 1t now appears that Henry Cannon,
head of various railroad corpora.
tions on the Pacific coast, who took
the Archbalds abroad in 1910, Is In
Florida and viii not be- summoned
He is cousin of Mrs. Archibald.
/ Character witnesses are expected
to include many of the leading busi
ness and professional men in Scran
ton, where Archibald has lived for AZ
years. -Four days has been promiset
as the maximum time required t.
present the testimony for the respond
ent.
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First Meeting Lasted for TWO Hours
During Which servlan Premier
Was Named as
2, ssnt.
ADDREs OF WELCOME
Greece as Representatives There
While the oys at Home Are
Still Pepperlns Away at
the Turks.

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LONDON, Dec. 16.-The Turkish |
Balkan peace conference formally was
opened at noon today in the state
room of st. James Palace. The Greeks
were there and harmony apparently
ruled among all thee nvoys.
Sir Edward Grey, British secretary
of state for foreign affairs, welcomed
the plenipotentiaries, assuring them
that Great Britain would offer them
all possible facilities to aid in their
negotiations.
A vast crowd surrounded the palace
and filed the adjacent streets and an
extra detail of policemen was on
guard.
| Before leaving the. peace conference
chamber, after his formal address of
welcome, Sir Edward Grey, with the
unanimous request Of the Greek, Bull
garian, Servian, Montenegrin and
Turkish ENJOYS, consented to become
the honorary president of the confer
ence. A general discussion of the
methods Of procedure was then begun.
/ When the rules of the negotiations
were agreed upon permanent presid-
ing officer was to be selected, probably
Premier Novakovitch, of Servia, the
Oldest of the ENJOYS.
4 1t was expected that the delegates
would adjourn until Tuesday, after
affecting an organization.
The first session today lasted two
hours. After naming M. Novakovitch,
Servian premier, as president OF the
conference, the delegates adjourned
until tomorrow morning, when the for
NAL demands of the Balkan alliance
will be presented to Turkey.
The conference met at noon and
Sir Edward Grey, secretary Of state
for foreign affairs, formally welcomed
1.-THE delegates in behalf Of Great Brit
ain. The foreign minister was pre-,
vailed upon to act as honorary prest
dent while the delegates agreed upon
hours and rules governing the nego
tiations.
Still Fighting.
LONDON, Dec 16.-The destruction
of one Greek cruiser and two Greek
! torpedo boats. today was reported IN
a special dispatch from Constantin
onle. which said that the most des
nerate naval battle of the Balkan wal
r was in progress off the island o.
> Tenedos, outside the straits OF the
: Dardanelles. The report said that tins
, Turks lost one cruiser and one de
stroyer.
I It was presumed that the Turks hae
! tried to run the Greek blockade o
! the straits and get into the Aegean
9 sea.
1t could not be said what effect tat
hostilities would have on today
u peace negotiations.
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Supreme Court Declares e5 Percent
Contracts to be illegal But Does
Not Find Any Fault With
the Railroads.
ONLY PARTIALLY HIT
Court Refuses to Order the DlssoIu-
tlon of Railroads In Decision
Which is a Partial Victory
For U. 8.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Declar-
ing that the general combination OF
Pennsylvania railroads alleged by the
government to form the anthracite
coal trust, had not been established,
the supreme court today partially
smashed the trust by holding that
the so-called SIS per cent contracts
are void as abnormal and Illegal re-
straints upon interstate commerce"
The courts decision is partial
victory for the government. 1t dis
solves the Temple Iron Company.
The railroad consolidation involved
in the alleged trust is not declared IL
legal. Justice Lurton read the decis-
ion of the court.
The court refused to order the dis
solution of the Erie and the Central
railroad of New Jersey and also 9TH
er alleged combinations of the an
/ thracite carriers.
The court read brief memoran-
dunn of It's opinion.
/
4 ed Illegal were made by the carriers
and coal operators, by which the
operators agreed to deliver all of
their product to the carriers at 65
percent OF the average prices paid at
/ the tidewater open market. The de
cision will force a revolution, 1T is
said, OF the hard coal industry.
i In part the court said:
/ Each Of the parties to the genera
combination. may form parties to sep
arate suits. We express no opinion
4 as to their legality"
The lower court was directed te
dissolve the 65 percent contracts.
4 Justice Hughes did not participate
in the opinion. Otherwise IT was
unanimous.
The anthracite coal trust was frs
attacked by the government in sui
begun in 1907. The. Philadelphia ant
Reading; Lehigh Valley, D. l.. 6 w.
Erie; Central of New Jersey and New
York, Susquehenna and Western rail
4 roads with their nine subsidiaries In
cluding the Temple Iron Compan.
were attacked, together with 43 o
the largest coal operators. In Decem
her 1910, the government lost all o
its contentious except dissolution o
the Temple Iron Company, by decis
, ion of the circuit court. That th,
: Temple company's stock was owne'
by railroads and the company use'
4 to balk independents was found.
That the combine monopolized pre-
| yduction, transportation and sale wa
, Ralleged Merger OF the New Yorl
) Susquehanna and Western and Fri
; railroads in 1899 by stock manipula
| ton, and purchase by the Readin
! road of the Central Of New Jersey i
) 1901 as part Of a pan TO slippres
, competition, was also alleged. TIL
Erie was also charged with buyin
: ip the ErielPennsylvania Coal Con
pany, In 1899, to prevent competition
: In its memorandum opinion tn
court held:
/. First That the general combine
ton alleged by the government t
(Continued on page 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
WHITELAW REID
DIED SUNDAY
Ambassador to the Court Of Saint
James Passed Away at Noon, the
End Coming Very
Suddenly.
BURIAL IN AMERICA
King George cahcd Personal Message
to President Taft, Sending First
Word to the United
States.

rUnited Press Leased Wire Service.1
LONDON, Dec, 16.-Funcral plans
for the late Whitelaw Reid, United
States ambassador to the Court OF 81.
James, who died at ten minutes past
noon Sunday, were not announced to-
day at Dorchester House, pending
dispatch from Ogden Mills Reid, SON
of the ambassador, who is somewhere
at sea on the liner Kronsprinzen
Cecilia. hurrying to his fathers bier.
Definite arrangements. 1t was said,
would not be made until the time OK
the SONS arrival here could be learn-
! ed.
ri was said that the tentative offer
by King George OF the chapel Royal
in st. James Palace for the funeral
services probably would be declined
because OF the chapels smallness. It
was believed that only small part
OF the London friends of the anfbas-
sador could obtain admission to tho
chapel Royal, to say nothing OF the
host OF officials, diplomats and digni-
taries who would attend.
IT had been decided to take the
body OF the ambassador to the United
States for burial and t was probable
4 that interment would be in Sleepy
j Hollow cemetery near New York It
{ was assumed that the body would be
conveyed to the United States on a
British warship The United States
: accorded that courtesy on the death
of Lord Pauncefote, British anlbassa-
!, dor to Washington, and on the death
; OF his successor, Sir Michael, both OF
: whom died In the United States,
7 The end came to Ambassador Reid
: very suddenly few minutes after
, noon Sunday and ii was a surprise to
: Mrs Reid and the specialists a. the
! bedside Sir Thomas Barlow, physi-
Z clan to the king; Or. w. Hale White,
DR.. Richard Rowlands and Sir VIII
, liam osler.
Tho ambassador passed away al
most on the receipt Of this wireless
message from his con, at sea.
Glad to hear such good reports
from father. Give him my love-
r The message was to the mother,
! sent after ogden Mills Reid had re.
ceived by wireless the hopeful bulle.
> tin issued by the physicians early
, Sunday morning.
1t was announced by the specialists
that Ambassador Reid's death was
due directly to pulmonary oedema, re.
sulting from bronchial attacks, which
at the advanced age OF rs, the diplo-
! mat was unable successfully to com
! bat. All London was deeply distress
ed by the death Of the diplomat. Con-
dolences came to Mrs. Reid from
King George and Queen Mary The
king cabled personal message to
President Taft. in Washington, con-
9 veyfng to the United States the first
official notice of Ambassador Reids
death. Sir Edward Grey, secretary
: of state for foreign affairs, called at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-16
Swiss Socialists.

ZURICH, Switzerland, December
16.-Adoption OF Naturalization
scheme for raising cattle and reduc-
ton of the duties on foodstuffs are
demanded in the platform Of the
Swiss social democratic party as
remedies for the present high cost Of
living. In the past three years the
price of meat in Switzerland has
gone up 20 per cent, and of milk 35
per cent. while rents have increased
in the cities by 46 per cent, with a
corresponding increase in wages OF
only 1S per cent.
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Railroad Man and Miss Helen
Gould Have Announced
Their Engagement.


UNITED Press Leased Wire service.l
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1s.--I guess 1T
was case OF love at first sight and
the engagement all a result of Provi-
dence," said Finley ]. Shepard, rail,
road man and assistant to President
b. F. Bush of the Missouri Pacific
and Denver and Rio Grande railroads,
here today, in commenting on the an
nouncement that he is to wed Miss
Helen Gould
Shepard Is bachelor As years Of
age and native of Connecticut. He
lis the son of Rev. P L. Shepard, a
retired Episcopal minister who re
Gently died in his SSth year. Shep'
ards mother, SO years old, Is still
living.
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ext President Of United States Re
turns From Vatican and is Met
al the Dock by Big Crowd Of
Curiosity Seekers.
CLOSELY GUARDED
Secret Service Men VIII Watch Him
Constantly From Now Until He
Is Inausurated and Moves
Into White House.

|TUnited Press Leased Wire Service |
| NEW YORK, Dec. i6.-The steam
|ship Bermudian, with President-elect |
Woodrow Wilson and his family on
board, arrived safely early today but
| was held at Quarantine until nearly
leight o'clock. The vessel then pro-
fceeded to her dock where she was due
at s:15. Thers was the usual crush
OF curiosity seekers to see the COVER
nor leave the ier. He planned to go
direct to the Valdorf-Astoria where
he would remain while and then go
| to Trenton to resume his duties OF
governor Of New Jersey.
The steamer warped into the pier
on time and the Wilson patty was
greeted by Miss margaret Wilson, the
daughter who had not accompanied
her parents; Mr. and Mrs. Dudley
Field Malone and Joseph P. Tumulty.
The customs officials had made ar
Engagements to expedite the baggage
, of the party through the lines and
here was no delay.
All had the usual tropical tan and
The governor declared that he was
more than satisfied with the trip He
said that he had rested well ard felt
fine.
1T was a real vacation" he said,
"and we all feel ready for anything" |"
The declaration Of the governor.
made last night personal for the
customs inspectors, set forth that
the foreign purchases OF the entire
party had been Tess than s1o0." It
was explained that as matter Of
fact they were not half that sum-
The police arrangements at the
pier were of most elaborate char
acter. Uniformed offiders guarded
5every door and entrance and only per-
sons with credentials were permitted
Through the lines. In addition there
were dozen officers in plain clothes.
Two secret service men especially
detailed from Washington Joined the
single guard, who had made tho trip
land from now until he Is inaugural
GU Liz hilchIl VIII nA"eAy
&have three guards.
The recent arrest Of three men in
New Jersey for attempting to black.
mail Wilson and the fact that he had
received numerous anonymous letters
has resulted in the secret service TAX
ing precautions to see that no unto
Iward incident takes place.
Governor Wilson and his family
went in an automobile to the Waldorf
and the members of the family vii
stay there until after the Southern
sect's dinner tomorrow night. The
governor will so to Trenton on tht
4 o'clock train this afternoon and viii
be at his desk in the capital all day
tomorrow. He will come back here
late In the day and will attend the
dinner as the chief guest of honor
He positively refused to discuss pub
lie matters at the pier and said thaf
he had no appointments to announce
land did not know when he would
have While in Bermuda he an
swereti 700 letters that he had re
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Bail for See.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
SPRINGFIELD H., Dec. 16.-The
supreme court today admitted to ball
Evelyn Arthur See, the Chicago cult
leader whose appeal from the peniten-
tiary sentence in the criminal court
of Chicago is being prosecuted in the
high court here. His bond was fixed
at $4,000 and Mrs. Lncile Bridges and
Gust L. Peterson are his sureties.
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100000 Fire.

rUnited Press Leased Wire service.l
WHEELING. w Va, Dec. 16.--Fire
today completely destroyed the plant
of the Ohio Valley Enamel company
at Bellaire, causing loss Of 100000.
Clark Morris, night watchman, is be-
lieved to have perished.
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Continued on page 81
Twelve Suffragettes Start on
Their Hike to Albany to
See Governor Sulzer.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 16.--Twenty
young women, carrying long alpine
fstaffs and with votes for women" in
Ebig black letters across the haver-
packs suspended from their shoulders,
Estarted today from Broadway and
f242nd street to walk to Albany. They
Ewill cover not more than ten miles
daily and plan to march into the cap
Eital on December 30, in time to at
tend the inauguration of Governor
ELECT Sulzer on January /. They will
present to the new executive petit
zion asking him to aid the women in
Securing the ballot.
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THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and Vicinity: Rain to-
night. Tuesday cloudy and colder.
For Illinois: Rain tonight and prob
ably Tuesday Warmer tonight and
colder Tuesday afternoon or night
For Dowa: Rain tonight with colder
tonight west portion. Tuesday cloudy
and colder east portion.
For Missouri: Rain tonight with
warmer east and colder west por-
tions. Tuesday generally fair and
colder.
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Daily River Bulletin.

River Forecast.
The river will change but slightly
from Davenport to Keokuk. stage
being affected by ice conditions north
Of Davenport.
Local Observations.
Dec. Bar. Their. Wind W'th'r
Is Z D. m.3oo1 43 w Clear
1s Z a. 2s.9S 80 E Crdy
Mean temperature 18th, ~.
Lowest tempera. ure, 81.
Highest temperature, 49.
Lowest temperature last night, 90
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THE PAPER THAT BOOSTS kEo.
KuK ALL THE TINE.

subscribers OF Tho Daily Gate city
are Served tho full Leased Wire Ser.
Vice Of the United Press Association,
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Continued on page 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-24
NOTICE OF SPECIAL CITY
ELECTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That a special city election will be
held on Thursday, February %, 1912,
for the purpose OF electing two men,
bers of the board of city commission
ers of the city of Bismarck, North
Dakota, to fill the unexpfed por-
tions of two four-year terms COM
mencing April 10, 1911.
That the following polling places
for said special election are hereby
named:
First Ward-High School Building.
Second Ward-North store room in
Grand Pacific Hotel, facing Fourth
street.
Third Ward-Residence Of M. A.
Edberg, S01 Seventh st.
Fourth Ward-Robidou Building, 8.
W. corner Front and Sixth streets.
Fifth Ward-Store room, McKen.
zie hotel.
Sixth Ward-City Barn on lot Is,
block 70, Original Plat, City Of Bis
marck.
That the polls Of such special
election shall be opened at 8 o'clock
A. M. and closed at 5 o'clock P. M.
That the ballot to be used in said
special election shall be in the fol-
lowing form:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-24
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS.

For the Sale Of Seed Grain Bonds.
Sealed proposals will be received
at the Office Of the County Auditor
of Emmons County, North Dakota, in
the court house in the village Of Lin
ton, in said County and State, up to
the hour of two O'clock p. m. March
4th, 1912. for the sale Of Emmons
County Seed.Grain bonds in pursu-
ance to chapter 210 Of the Laws Of
North Dakota for 1909 entitled An
Act Authorizing Counties to Issue
Bonds or Warrants to Procure Seed
Grain for Needy Farmers Resident
Therein. Said bonds will be in de-
nominations Of five hundred dollars
($500) each, due in two years from
date Of issue, and will bear interest
at the rate Of seven per cent per
annum.
The Board OF County Commission.
ers have granted the petition for,
and will authorize the issuance Of
50 much Of said seed.grain bonds as
are necessary to provide the funds to
purchase seed-grain, which amount
will be determined by the said board
after examining and allowing such
applications as are entitled thereto.
It is estimated that the amount re-
quired to be sold will be $4,000.
Each bid shall be accompanied by
certified check for $50 made pay
able to the chairman Of the board Of
County Commissioners, as q guaran
tee to furnish ~ cash for the bonds
sold.
The Board Of County Commission
ers reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
Dated at Linton N. d., this 10th
day of February A. D. 1917.
JOHN r. SNYDER,
County Auditor Of EN-
mons County.
North Dakota
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-02-24
NOTICE OF SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that by vir"
tue of a judgment and decree in fore
closure rendered and given by the
District Court Of the Sixth Judicial
District, in and for the County Of Bur.
leigh and State of North Dakota, and
entered and docketed in the Office OF
the Clerk Of said Court in and for
said County, on the 22nd day Of De-
cember. 1911, in an action wherein the
Minneapolis Threshing Machine com.
pany, corporation, is plaintiff; and
Hans A. Olson, Edward w. Stevers,
Bernard j. O'Neil, Emil Samuelson,
Emil Splitter, G. w. Wolbert and
Frances Jaszkowiak are defendants,
in favor Of said plaintiff and against
tae said defendant, Hans A. Olson,
for the sum of Twenty-Five hundred
forty-nine dollars and eighty-seven
cents, which judgment and decree
among other things directed the sale
by me of the real estate hereinafter
described to satisfy the amount OF
said Judgment, with interest thereon
and tae costs and expenses OF such
sale, or so much thereof as the pro-
ceeds of such sale applicable thereto
will satisfy. And by virtue Of writ
to me issued out of the Office OF the
Clerk of said Court in and for said
County of Burleigh and under the
seal Of said Court, directing me to sell
said real property pursuant to said
judgment and decree, /, Frank Barnes,
Sheriff of said County, and person ap-
pointed by said Court to make said
sale will sell the hereinafter de.
scribed real estate to the highest
bidder, for cash, at public auction, at
the front door of the court house In
the City Of Bismarck, in the County
Of Burleigh and State of North Da'
kota, on the 36th day Of February,
A. D. 1919, ats O'Clock P. NJ, Of that
day, to satisfy said Judgment, with
interest and costs thereon, and the
costs and expenses Of such sale. or 10
much thereof az the proceeds Of such
sale applicable thereto will satisfy.
The premises 20 be sold 40 Aforesaid
pursuant to said judgment and decree,
and to said writ, and to this notice,
are described in said judgment de-
cree and writ, as follows, to-wit:
The northwest quarter (NW 14) OF
Section No. Thirty (3O), In Township
No. One Hundred and Forty-one (141)
North, Of Range No. Seventy.six (76),
West of the Fifth Principal Meridian.
FRANK BARNES,
Sheriff of Burleigh County,
1...rth Dakota,
TURNER & MURPHY,
Attorneys for Plaintiff, Fargo, N. D.