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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
GAR CRASH IS
FATAL TO THREE
T,sy omen and One Month Old
$ Baby Killed When Freight
Train Struck Trolley
Car.
OTHERS WERE WOUNDED
Between Ten and Fifteen Suffered
Broken Bones and other In
juries as Result Of
Accident.

United Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO. April 4.-Three persons
were killed and between 10 and Is in
jured when Chicago and Alton
freight train crashed into trolley car
lat the grade crossing at Thirtieth and
Kenzie streets at noon today. The
dead are two women about % years
old and one month old baby All
are unidentified. A number of men
suffered broken legs and arms.
The freight engine struck the car IN
the middle as it was crossing the
tracks. The car was bowled over and
smashed to kindling by the heavy en-
gine. The persons killed were seat.
ed in the rear of the car. The motor
man Of the car, who was placed under
arrest, said that he received no warn
ing of the approach Of the train
John Barstoski was taken to st
Anthony's hospital in a dying condi
ton. He was crushed and internally
hurt
Among the most seriously injured
are Kate Farhat, 81; Minnie Lenhe
81; Mary Diskoval, %; Mabel Van
dussen, 90; Mary Adams, 80; NJ
Harskovitz, 33.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Another Woman Freed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. /
LANCASTER, Ohio, April A.
Branded murderess of her own child
by the states attorneys in trial, Mrs.
Nancy Hall is a free woman today,
and family ties, mistaken by the trial,
are more secure than ever.
A jury required only two and half
hours to return a verdict of not gull
ty, releasing Mrs Hall of a charge Of
having caused the death of her IL
year old daughter Ruth, by giving her
pancakes containing arsenic.
Mrs Halls attorneys waived their
right to argue the case before the jury
and they allowed the twelve men 10
retire after most bitter denuncia-
tion of the defendant by the states at.
torneys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
DIAMOND RING STARTED
MRS VERMILYA'S TROUBLE

with killing. Gladly would have CIV
en- my life for the lives of my husband
and children
Before she could go further with
this statements objections were sus-
tanned.
The woman declared she knew
nothing of poisons or how to admin
lister them. She said she was engag-
ed to marry Richard Smith. She de-
scribed the funeral of Smith, after
denying that he had eaten anything at
her house beyond some toast and tea
that she made for him upon the order
of b physician
~ o. Smith, Richards brother,
asked me to attend the funeral at
North Henderson, ILL.," said Mrs. Ver-
milya. q went because he and his sis
ter urged me They thanked me re-
peatedly for what | had done for their
brother. After the funeral they ask
ed me about Smiths diamond ring.
told them he had given it to me as a
present. From that moment they
grew suspicious of me and the next
heard from ] o. Smith he had charg-
ed that there was something suspici-
ous about his brothers death
Mrs. yermilya declared she was tax
an i'll four days after the funeral and
| has been suffering ever since.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Miners Have Been Offered Back to
Work by Union Officials and
the Great Strike Is
Over.
VOTE WAS AGAINST IT
Men Balloted In Majority to Stay
Out But Did Not Poll
Two-Thlrds
Vote.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
LONDON, April 4.-The miners
committee after consulting the re-
turns officially called. off the coal
strike this afternoon and ordered the
miners back to work.
The official count when announced
was. as expected, against resumption.
being as follows:
Against resumption 244,011.
For resumption 201,01S.
The executive committee, however,
promptly applied the two-thirds rule
and declared that the proposal to con-
tinue the strike had been defeated. 1t
was stated that the official order to
the men directing them to return TO
work pending the organization OF the
district minimum wage committees
was being prepared and would be Is
sued at once.
The leaders declared previous Ia
the meeting that they favored peace
with honor and that was what they
got under the new law. They also ex
planned that the constitutional provis
son regarding the ordering of a. strike
which compels two-thirds vote to
favor it, would undoubtedly be applied
to the count on the ballots in the pres
ent instance and that it would be
ruled that, as the proposition to con
tinue the strike failed to receive the
approval of two-thirds of the unior
membership, the strike would be call
ed off.
There was an underuurrent of op
/ position to this plan but it was not be
tlieved it would be strong enough t.
1 overthrow the leaders who privatel,
admit that to longer continue the
strike in the face OF public opinion
would simply mean suicide for the
] union.
The enormous war fund with which
the strike was inaugurated has beer
completely wiped out and the reserve
funds, which were invested in stocks
and bonds, have been reduced NOR
than one-half.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Croker Is Rather Wise.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, April 4.-Richard
Croker, former Tammany Hall chief
tain, today asserted that Theodore
Roosevelt has no chance in the contest
for the republican nomination. "Roose
velt has killed himself, President
Taft will have the united republican
party behind him. The democrats
will have to unite solidly behind
their candidate If they want to win,
said Croker.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
NOT A MURDERER;
ONLY A BIG LIAR
Sailor Who Confessed to Crime Was
on sGoard Ship on That
Date.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PENSACOLA, Fla, April 4.-Wire.
less dispatches from the United
States cruiser DaXie, received at the
local naval station, say that the rec.
ords of the vessel show that Seth
Nichols, the former member of the
crew who claims to have killed DR..
Helene Knabe, in indianapolis did not
tell the truth The records show
that on the day of the murder Nichols
was on board the Dixie and that he
did not have shore leave on October
% or a.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Mrs. M'Ree Acquitted.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
OPELOUSAS, La. April 4.-Mrs
Runge McRee was acquitted OF the
charge of manslaughter in connection
with the killing of Allan Garland, a
Tulane University student The wo
man admitted shooting Garland and
pleaded self defense. AT previous
trial in which she was charged with
murder, the jury failed to agree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Her Nephew Lies

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 4.-Mrs.
Hattie Gilbert, of La Fayette, aunt of
Seth Nichols. the young sailor who
says he murdered DR.. Helene Knabe,
who was found dead in bed last Oct
ober with her throat cut, said that IL
Nichols insisted that he committed the
murder. that she will prove an alibi
for him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
LEVEES S[ASHED OPEN IN GREAT Gaps
BY THE MAD TORRENT Of THE RIVER
to Helena, Ark. would be sub.S
5000 Acres Floodee

CAIRO, ILL.,, April 4.-The drainage
district just north of Cairo is rapidly
going under water today. At 10:S0
this morning the Mississippi river tore
a great hole in the Mobile and Ohio
levee and despite the hard work of
300 men, was racing over territory
Of nine thousand acres thought to be
immune from flood. The lives of 400
men working further out on the levee
were endangered when they were
marooned by the break A steamer
reached them, however and returned
to Cairo. Two levee watchmen were
directly in front of the spot where the
levee gave way. They were knocked
down by the water and narrowly es-
capped death.
Despite the new flood conditions,
Cairo is believed to be safe. The city
is protected from the flood territory
by system of cross levees. Citizens
were called out today, however. to
patrol these levees and strengthen the
other dikes.
The manufacturing plants in the
drainage district which are now
flooded are: Greer Wilkerson Com
pany; Pioneer Pole Company; Chica-
go Mill and Lumber Company; Farm
ers' Handy Wagon Company; Sears
Roebuck Company; Indian Refining
Company, Weisp Paper Box Company
and several large lumber yards.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Fair to-
night and Friday. Warmer tonight.
For Illinois: Fair tonight and Fri
day. Warmer tonight.
For Iowa and Missouri: Fair to-
night and Friday. Warmer east poi
tion tonight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
TWO FUG|TNES
SHOT TO DEATH
Rumor Current That sidna Allen and
Wesley Edwards Were
Killed by tho
Posse.
NEWS SPREADS QUICKLY
Telephone Wires In the Mountains
Were Cut by Detectives In
Order to Prevent
Escape.

United Press Leased Wire Service]
ROANOKE, Va, April A tele-
phone message from Hillsville says 1t
Is reported that In flght between the
detectives and the Allen outlaws to-
day Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards
were shot and killed and that num-
Der Of detectives were wounded. two
probably fatally. Up to the present
time it has been impossible to con-
firm this report.
A second report said that both OF
the outlaws had been captured but in
the fght they killed two of their pur-
suers.
jRumor is Spreading.
| BARREN SPRINGS, Va. April A.
Efforts to confirm from here the re-
port widely current in Hillsville that
there has been g. battle between de-
tectives and Sidna Allen and Wesley
Edwards, the last two of the Allen
outlaws at large. in which the outlaws
were killed and two detectives fatally
wounded, have failed. Only few of
the telephone lines that penetrate in
to the wilderness where the outlaws
took refuge were in working order,
the others having been cut by the de-
tectives to prevent word of their move
ments reaching the quarry.
None OF the persons who could be
reached knew of any battle Although
most of the officials think the report OF
the battle untrue they admit anything
might have happened in the wooded
mountain wilderness where the armed
detectives haze been closely pressing
the f1gitives.
Pair Have Separated.
4 MOUNT AIRY, N. c., April 4.-Sidna
4 Allen and Wesley Edwards have sep
arated in their fight before the Bald
win detective posses, according to
1 word received here today from the
mountains. Desperation at the starva-
tion campaign ordered by Governor
Mann of Virginia yesterday, caused the
two outlaws to part company. it Is
said. Sidna Allen is known to be in
hiding near here, but Edwards where
abouts is uncertain.
Il Knee deep in the mud the posses
again fioundered on their chase today.
, The states bloodhounds were given a
new scent but were Of little assistance.
Arrests of more members Of the Allen
clan as accessories after the feet. "
| are threatened today by Detective
, Baldwin. Jordan Edwards, cousin OF
Wesley Edwards, is now in jail, charg-
ed with aiding his kinsman since the
court house tragedy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Weather Bureau Reports.

WASHINGTON, April Alive mil
lion dollars damage was done to prop
erty by the breaking of the Mobile and
Ohio levee above Cairo, ILL.,, early TO-
dav, according to telegram receiy-
ed here by the weather bureau from
Observer Barron, in charge of the sta
tion at Cairo. He said that 500 WORK
men had been rushed to safety, but
that the water released by the 1875
foot break would almost submerge the
drainage district.
Despite appeals by the Kentucky
congressional contingent. the house
ways and means committee decided to
postpone until tomorrow action on the
bill appropriating additional emery
ency funds for the flood sufferers.
The committee hopes that the waters
NAV subside by tomorrow and make
further appropriation unnecessary.
| Grave fear was expressed today in
dispatches received at the weather
bureau from responsible river men
that the levee on the Arkansas side
| of the Mississippi, opposite Memphis,
Tenn, will not withstand the flood.
Should the levee break the area south
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Three Broke Last Night and One This Morning,
Flooding Thousands Of Acres in
Cairo Vicinity
MISSISSIPPI STILL RACES IN THE SOUTH
and All Bushes is Suspended in
Many Places

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WASHINGTON, April president
Taft today ordered the quartermaster
general Of the army to supply rations
to people driven from their homes by
the Mississippi flood, wherever there
is suffering for food
This action was taken after an ex-
tended conference with Senator-elect
Ollie M. James of Kentucky, who pre-
sented the appeal from all the food
districts along the river.
The fact that many refugees are in
need of food supplies was urged upon
the president as a reason why he
should ask an emergency appropria-
ton of $250,000. Taft told James that
quicker action could be secured by
having the army supply food and or
ders were sent to the quartermasters s
depot in st. Louis to rush rations up
to the Cairo district today.
A uuartermaster of the army with
sufficient corps of assistants was or
dered to the scene last night and he
will have charge of issuing the rations
and determining what quantities are
needed in the future The army will
follow the course of the flood down
The river and thus be enabled to have
food and tents TO be issued the mo-
ment the people are driven from their
homes to higher ground.
Meanwhile an emergency appropria-
ticn bill has been introduced In con-
gress and as soon as this is passed
the president will sign it.
FIFTY Square Miles Wet.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 4.-The
main levee on the Tennessee side OF
the Mississippi below Hickman, KY.
broke last night and the country about
Reel Foot lake as far north as Fulton,
KY is completely flooded, weather
bureau officials announced today.
No report has been received as to
loss Of life Or property damage.
This break will flood an area OF SO
square miles and may slightly relieve
the pressure on the st. Francis levee
system on the west side of the river
as well as the Mississippi delta levees
Officials think this slight relief may
also save the st. Francis basin from
q food.
Reports from Arkansas towns behlne
the st. Francis levee declare thai
many of them are partly flooded to
day from back water of the inlane
streams and bayous. Marion, Ark, Is
partly under water. 1t has popuia
ton Of 5000 Earle, Ark, population
s,OOO is surrounded by water. Through
out this district all business mas peer
suspended, and every able bodice
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Daily River Bulletin.
Stage. Height. Change. Mea h /
River Forecast.

The river will rise slightly south
of the mouth of the Des Moines,
and change will be slight north during
the next twenty-four hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Local Observations.

Mean temperature, Az
Highest temperature, 50.
Lowest temperature. 80.
Lowest temperature last night, At.
JULIUS G. JENSEN,
Temporarily In charge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
TWO More Feet Coming.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April A rise
of two feet in the Mississippi river is
expected here within the next forty
eight hours. The lowlands for miles
around are already flooded and a
guard was established on the levee
here today. In case Of any signs of
weakening the policy of Cairo in sus-
pending ali business and ordering men
to work on the levee will be adopted
Forecaster Emery declares the levees
cannot stand further rise and this
means thousands of acres of land
and score of towns will be inundat-
ed.
The loss of life as result of the
flood is now increasing. Two men
were drowned at Clarkeville; negro
fell off the sidewalk in the main
street of New Madrid, Mo-, and drown
ed, and two men perished at Elkton,
KY, when their boat was swamped in
the Red river.
Thousands of persons have been
kept in the lofts of their homes in
parts of Memphis and the greatest OF
suffering ensued last night owing to
the gas supply being cut off. The
flood had completely covered the poor
er district of the city.
At New Madrid, Mo, all business is
suspended. The water is from three
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04
Two Broke Last Night.

Two Broke Last Night.
CAIRO, HI, April 4.-The breaking
of two levees north of Cairo during
the night resulted in the flood situa-
ton here today being the most seri-
GUS in the history of the town. The
first break occurred in the Mobile &
Ohio levee when 200 foot embank-
ment gave way. At one o'clock this
morning the Big Four levee on the
Ohio river burst near the Cairo Coun.
try Club two miles from the city.
| A territory about nine miles square
is flooded. The town OF Future City
with about 600 population, is flooded.
Many farms are covered with water
and the plants of twenty-five lumber
! companies are inundated.
| The loss as a result of the two
breaks in the levees is already esti.
mated at close to $5,000,0O0. Cairo is
practically cut off from the outside
world by rail and supplies have to be
carried to the town by boat.
/ Yesterday afternoon when 1t was
believed the situation had been re.
| lieved here by the Strengthening of
/ the dikes, many of the citizens who
had been working day and night were
allowed to return to their homes. AT
midnight however, all were routed
/ from bed again and the work OF
Strengthening the north levee against
\ the new danger was started with re-
newed vigor All schools are closed
and boys ranging in age from 12 to 20
have been. pressed into service to fill
sand bags and do the lighter work
about the levees. During the night the
ministers of Cairo Joined the workers
The boy scouts were organized and
aided in the general work. The rail
road tracks along the levees have
been so weakened that they will not
hold the heavy engines, and mer
chants and clerks and small boys
may be seen pushing heavy fiat cars
loaded with sand along the tracks.
i Both breaks in the levees last night
left gaps over 200 feet wide through
which the water was pouring this
morning. Four hundred men workins
on the Big Four levee We're maroonet
when it went out and steamer hac
tn he aopt tn fhcir rQspuo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-04

1000 Families in Need.
HICKMAN, KY, April 4.-Mayor Dill
lon of Hickman, today wired Congress
man James as follows
Existing conditions are critical end
pitiful We not only have our own
city but also the people behind the
levees in Kentucky and Missouri. One
thousand families is q minimum esti
mate OF the refugees. We have TX
pended every cent in our treasury
The people of Hickman have used ey-
err resource to care for the distress
ed For Gods sake ask congress tu
appropriate $1,000 in cash, every cent
of which will be accounted for
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man is at work strengthening the
levees.
The Mississippi delta levees below
Memphis are reported intact today
and are said to be in good condition.
The river registered 43.4 feet on
the gauge this morning, the highest
ever known. The crest of the flood,
however. is not expected until Sunday,
and the entire levee system is In great
danger. Forecaster Emery has said
the levees cannot stand A feet and a
break is expected at any moment.
Should the st. Francis levee break,
the loss would be incalculable. The
levee protects an area as large as the
state Of Delaware and 250,00O persons
Thousands have fled from this district
to the hills, but break will catch the
majority like rats in trap.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-26
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-26

Hayden. OF Browns court southeast,
was struck and turned over by a Capt.
tal TRACTION Company car at Fourteenth
and streets northwest. yesterday
afternoon. The wagon was demolished
and Henry Mason. of 22b Third street
northwest, who was riding in the
wagon. was hurt about the shoulders
and hip. Hayden escaped injury.
Had Narrow Escape.
william Jose, manager OF the auto
mobile supply department OF the Ma
tional Electric supply Company, and
his wife had narrow escape from In
jury last night when their AUTOMOBILE
went Into an excavation in u street,
near Fifteenth street northwest, The
accident was due 10 Mr.. Jose mistakins
the position of the lights around the eS-
cavation. Neither was injured and
only slight damage was done to the
automobile. Traffic on the u street line
was tied up for nearly an hour by the
Treated for Stab.
Robert Costello, thirty-fve years old
OF GAG Rhode Island avenue northwest.
was treated at the Emergency Hospi-
tai last evening for A stab wound in
the right breast Costello said he was
attacked by an unidentified coiored ma n
at John Marshall place and Louisiana
avenue northwest. The assault, he
said. was unprovoked. He left the hos
pltal after having the wound dressed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-09-26
Will of J. H. Johnson
Gives Estate to Widow

Mrs Clara A. ID; johnson In named
as sole beneficiary of the estate Of her
husband, John II. Johnson. In his will
dated December 2 last. 1t is suggested
that the son. William F. johnson. con-
tinue In the management OF the meat
business at al4 Louisiana avenue north
west.
The will OF Margaret C. werle. dated
August J.. 1912, leaves her estate to her
daughters, Mary F. Werle and Anna
executrix.
On the condition that she does not
remarry, Sarah c. Shannon Is named
as the sole beneficiary of the estate Of
her husband, Thomas j. Shannon, in his
of the remarriage of the widow. the
will provides that the estate shall be
divided among the children.