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Confession of Nathan Swartz
Before His Suicide Leads
to Some Thinking.

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NEW YORK, July 20.-The dying
declaration of Nathan Swartz that he
was driven to murder-madness by the
beautiful makeup of women" which
ne charged, led him to slay brutally
and mutilate little 12-year-old Julia
oonners, has aroused nationwide
discussion of the morality of this
years fashions, eliminating today in
public protests by various authorities.
oWartz' last act befoN. committing
suicide, was to write his confession
N which he announced that he was
aware Of his sanity; that he had a
realization of the enormity of his hor-
rible crime. and that he had deter
mined his father was right when he
advised him to end his own life
Mrs, Julian Heath. president of the
housewives League, tonight said:
There is no doubt in my mind that
the present day dress of women is
hoth immodest and ugly cannot see
Why mothers allow their daughters to
dress SO and ningle SO freely with
Young men as they do. 1t is not sur
prlsing that we have crimes like the
Julia Connors murder. No doubt that
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Continued on page %
Attractive Actress Desired by
Both Men Led to Triple
Tragedy.

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ALLENTOWN, Pa. July 20.-The
fatal triangle of two men and wo-
man will cost three lives here. Eric
Schaffer. an actor, in the Get Rich
Quick Wallingford" company, went to
the flat of Miss Lovanda Caynes 23
an actress, formerly of Scranton.
early today and found there Miss
Caynes and William j. Free, well
known business man of South Bethle-
hem. Schaffer shot and killed the
actress and fired three shota into
Frees body inflicting wound which
it is said will certainly prove mortal,
He then fled.
passing policeman saw Schaffer
leaving the house with the revolver
in hand and gave chase. He failed,
however, to catch him and returned
to the flat where he found the woman
at the point of death. She died he
fore she could be removed to the hospi
tai but Free was taken there and was
able to tell all about the tragedy to
District Attorney Rupp.
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PINK TEA AT
WILSON'S HOME
Champ Clark and Other Congressman
swoop Down on the Gov
ernor of New
Jersey.
a MEN OF MEANER SORT
Short Lecture by the Professor Was
Followed by Stroll
About the Prem.
Ises.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SEA GIRT, N. j. July 2o.-Another
memorable love feast was held today
when 150 members of the house of
representatives, headed by Speaker
Clark called on Governor Wilson. In
formation as to the conditions in the
home district Of each visitor was CIV
en- to the democratic nominee and be-
tween times the gro,A of congress
men went sight seeing about the
picturesque home of the candidate.
Informal talks were made by Gov
ernor Wilson and Speaker Clark.
Congressman Sabbath of Illinois,
asked Governor Wilson to give an
exact opinion in reference to men of
the meaner sort in his history of the
American people,"
i wanted an explanation, said
Sabbath, because of the charge that
he had slandered a race or national
ality. He told me that he had been
Improperly quoted and that an unjusti-
fable Interpretation had been placed
on what he wrote. Taken then it's en-
tirety, he said, the portion of his
book referring to men of the meaner
sort was no reflection on <ny people
and was not intended as such. He
satisfied me wholly and | hold nothing
against him."
Representative Fitzgerald, chairman
/ OF the house appropriations commit
! tee told Governor Wilson the house
I would adjourn about August Is. He
added: Next year We will be in ses
sion all summer because Governor
Wilson will be elected president and
will call extra session to begin the
/ work of carrying out the pledges o1
the democratic platform.
/ Some of the visitors returned te
Washington on their special car anc
! others remained to spend Sunday a,
resorts along the coast.
Speaker Clark and his son Bennett
went down to Deal Beach early in the
afternoon. He returned in time to
catch the special to Washington.
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ON BORDER LINE
OF INSANITY
Tens of Thousands Who Only Need
Something Unusual to Tip
Them,

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DENVER, Colo, July 20. Denver
alienists agree that the modern dress
of women may have effect on some
men and boys that will result in their
committing crimes that are generally
classed as those of degenerates, said
DIR. Edward Delahanty. Of one thing
we are certain. There are tens of
thousands who are on the very border
line between sanity and insanity, and
there is no doubt that it is the UNI
usual which tips the scale for these
unfortunates and throws them into in
sanity.
1T seems to me to be quite likely
that the present day dress of women
being of an unusual and, in some in.
stances suggestive cut, has disas
trous influence on many young and
mentally defective males. The boy
at the sights he sees is filled with the
abnormal desires over which he has
not the power of control
DR.. George A. Moleen, who has de
voted his life to the study of mental
diseases has similar views.
These mental detectives are evel
susceptible to influences that woult
have no unusual effect upon the nor
NAL male mind. These neurotic
males are to some extent like hys
terical females and unfortunatel,
there are great many thousands o
them"
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Turk Wrestler Killed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service j
OBERON, n. D., July 20-Hassan
Abdallah, Turkish heavyweight wrest-
Ter, travelling through here with a
ed by his manager, another Turk,
Leverean Kahn, late today. Kahn
claimed She argument arose over
money matters and that Abdallah at
tackled him and he shot in self de-
fense. Abdallah is powerfully built
wrestler, weighing over 220 pounds.
He wrestled Hackenschmidt to draw
in London few years ago.
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Continued on page 2.)
FATAL TRANCE OF
TWO MEN AND A WOMAN

The police pursued Schaffer and
thought they had him cornered on
Lehigh mountain, near this city, but
he managed to escape. They notified
the farmers of the countryside that
he was wanted, Late this afternoon
John Muth, a farmer, whose place is
three miles south of this city saw a
man answering the description of the
murderer sitting under a tree by the
roadside He started toward him, but
the man pointed a revolver at him and
Muth fled. A minute later Mnth
heard report and turning saw that
Schaffer had sent bullet through his
own head. He was dead when Muth
reached him.
Schaffer and Free had been rivals
for the affections of the young wo-
man. Last winter the actor returned
suddenly from the road and met Free
with the woman They auarreled and
engaged in a fist fight in which Free
was badly beaten by the actor. Both
men were arrested and the woman
created scene in court by denounc-
ing Schaffer
Schaffer returned here a week ago
and two days ago Miss Caynes sent
sim letter telling him she wanted
nothing further to do with him Today
he went to her flat, broke down the
door and the tragedy followed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-21
CLEAN SWEEP
TICKET FQRgMED
First State Prosre : Convention
Has Been Hell - Roosevelt
Desire S~.arried
DIXON WAS THE BOSS
coloneI's Manager Present at Meeting
and Everything Was Done as
He Desired 1t
Done.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
JACKSON, Mich, July 20.--The
first state progressive convention held
here today placed in the field a COM
piete ticket including presidential
electors, state, congressional and
legislative candidates. The full tick
ct was nominated after Senator Jo-
seph w. Dixon, Roosevelt campaign
manager informed the leaders that it
was the desire of Colonel Roosevelt
to have clean sweep ticket
Colonel Roosevelt" said Dixon,
wants to make the whole fight in
Michigan or not at all. People through
out the country are demanding a new
party and they shall have it,
1t was feared there would be a
fight on the floor over this point,
Frank w Knox, former western man
ager for Roosevelt was advocating
the stub ticket plan, but after Dix
on explained Roosevelt's attitude
Knox said he was satisfied so long as
Roosevelt electors were chosen and
The resolutions adopted today con-
tanned all of the Roosevelt ideas and
demanded reforms
Senator Dixon addressed the con-
vention this afternoon. A laugh and
a round of applause followed his ref
erence to the candidacy of Governor
/ Wilson Bs a rose blossoming on the
refuse pile A demonstration lastina
i five minutes followed the statement
of Chairman j. G. Patchen, of Ira
verse City, that the meeting was .tthe
result of a call from the American
| people"
The delegates at large are: Julius
| B. Kirby, Saginaw; Chas A. Nichols
Detroit; P. A. Abby, Kalamazoo; S
/ Wesselius, Grand Rapids; W. Frank
! Knox, sault Ste. Marie; John w
| Patchen, Traverse City.
/ State Senator L. Whitney Watkins
received the endorsement of the con
vention for governor by a large ma
jority. Chase S. Osborn, the present
| governor who has personally declar
ed for Wilson, had many friends ir
the convention and an attempt vii
be made to secure the necessar.
three hundred signatures to place Cs
borne in the running IS candidate
of the progressive party under it.
| emblem.
T. NJ. Joslin. of Adrian was endors
ed as the progressive candidate fol
United States senator and |. w Hui
will be the party's candidate for con
gressman at large.
1 The balance of the ticket will bt
named in time for primary action.
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Republican Executive Committee Haa
Been Appointed by Chairman
hiIles, Each One a
Business Man.
DEVOTE ALL THEIR TIME
Three Headquarters to be Opened up
at Once and Vigorous Business
Like Campaign
Started.

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NEW YORK, July Emphasizing
his former statements that he intend.
ed to make the campaign for re-elec.
tion of President Taft business mans
fight Charles d. Hiiles, chairman OF
the republican national committee.
this afternoon announced the names of
members of the executive committee
which will handle the fight under his
direction. Twelve men were named
by him and all OF them have agreed
to devote all of their time from now
until election day to making the fight
The committee as announced by Chair.
man Hilles, following long distance
telephone talk with President Taft in
Washington was as follows:
j. r. Adams, Dubuque, Iowa.
Charles F. Brooker, Ansonia, Conn
Frederick w. Esterbrook, Nashua,
N. n.
Jas. p. Goodrich, indianapolis, Ind.
Alvah T. Martin, Norfolk, Va.
T. ]. Nedringhaus, ST. Louis, Mo.
Samuel A. Perkins, Tacoma, Wash,
Alfred r. Rogers, Madison, Wis.
Newell Saunders, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Charles D. Warren, Detroit, Mich.
Roy o. West, Chicago.
Ralph Williams, DalIes, ore.
i The assignments or the new com
mittees we're also announced by Chair
man Hilles as follows: New York
headquarters: Brooker. Esterbrook,
Goodrich. Martin and Saunders; Chi
cago: Adams, Niedringhause, Rogers,
Warren and West; Pacific coast city to
be selected, Perkins and Williams.
"We are very we'll satisfied with the
outlook" said Hilles today.
"The members of the executive COM
mittee will begin their work immed-
lately They will take off my should
ers as much as possible the detailed
| work of the campaign SO that can
devote my attention to the things that
absolutely require my attention This
committee is made UP of men who
have the interests of the repub-
lican party at heart and they will aid
materially In getting things running
/ properly and keeping them so. This
! is to be a business campaign. We will
run it the same as every first class
business should be run, and we are
confident that we will attain our end,
Il the reelection of President Taft"
The treasurer of the committee and
\ the advisory committee which is to be
appointed will probably be announced
: next Monday. Some surprise was ex-
pressed because William Barnes, Jr.,
the New York boss who was so in
fuential in winning the fight at Chi
cago for President Taft, was not on
, the executive committee. 1t was -
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GOING TO GUT
OFF THEIR EARS
Stanley Steel Trust conynittee Prom
lses to Spring Real sensa-
tion in Trust
Busting.
sTARTLE THE NATION
People Are Told to Patiently Wait
Few Days and Then be
Just Simply
Amazed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, July 20.-Radical--
almost revclutionary-reme to con-
troll trusts will be recommended by
the four republicans comprising the
minority of the Stanley steel commit
tee of the house in their report on the
steel trust" investigation.
Our recommendations will startle
the nation" was the statement tonight
of Representative Gardner of Mass
achusetts, spokesman of the minor
ity. Without intimating exactly what
our plan is, will say that as result
of the study of the evidence in this
inquiry we will have suggestions that
will astound and amaze even the most
experienced trust DOCTORS
Government censorship of trusts is
one of the most radical ideas advanced
by the minority The plan involves
appointment of a semi-iudicial body
to pass on all proposed huge combina-
tions of capital with authority to pro
hibit combinations in restraint OF
trade. So radical are self suggested
/ schemes to curb and control trusts, ii
was admitted tonight by Representa-
tive Gardner, that all hope of unan
Unity among the four republican com
mittee members in their support has
been abandoned. To require trusts tt
prove that they are not in unreason
able restraint of tradeshifting t.
them the burden of proofs one rec
Iommendation favored by the republi
cans. The democrats are deadloeket
on recommending such an alteration
lin the Sherman antitrust law.
Both democrats and republican,
agree, it is said, to represent that thu
steel trust has a substantial monopol,
of iron ore deposits, even after its re
Ilinquishment of the Hill fields in Min
nesota.
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HopelessIy Sick.

TOXIC, July 20.-From Mikado
Mutsuhito's bedside the latest re-
port given out by Doctors Genko Okla,
Tanemichi Aoyma and Kinnosuke Mi
ura was that the imperial patient
seemed at deaths door, but that they
had not given up hope.
The throng outside the walls of the
palace ground tried to make the most
of the few crumbs of encouragement
given them by the physicians but the
better informed few within knew that
the word hope" meant little in the
present case-his illness is mortal
and though he may linger in agony
for few days, or even weeks, his re-
covery is impossible.
He is an elderly man with little
power of resistance or recuperatioa
and sufferer from chronic and in
durable disease of the kidneys, which
recently developed into acute inflam-
nation and is now complicated with a
grave intestinal disorder.
His fever was high tonight and
although LIS lfuiLlufeu d lew WOTQS
he was never more than partially con-
scious and remained most of the
time in a state of complete stupor.
At least one of the doctors remain
ed constantly at his majesty's bedside
and generally all three were within
arms reach of him. The best nurses
in Toxic relieved one another at short
intervals.
The sufferers wife was persuaded
late at night, however, to leave the
sick chamber for few hours sleep.
In an adjoining room, the crown
princess elected to pass the night.
Until late hour she was in COM
munication by telephone every few
minutes with the mikado's son and
heir, the crown prince. himself but re-
covering and still confined to his bed
from a severe attack of chicken pox
/ The members of the cabinet spent
! the night with their telephones at
their bedsides, and carriages waiting
4 at their doors ready to rush them to
1 the palace at the first summons.
The crown prince is known to
Toxic as man of flesh md blood for
ne has ventured out and shown him
self, though always elaborately sur.
rounded by his attendants.
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JUDGE HANFORD
IN LAND DEAL.
Could Not Swing 1t Until Balinaer
Was Made Secretary of
Interior.

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SEATTLE, Wash, July 2o.-That
Federal Judge c. H. Hanford had pend
ing before him an important Northern
Pacific tax suit at the same time that.
as promoter of the Hanford Irrigation
company he was actively negotiating
business deals with the railway com
pany, was the evidence introduced to-
day before the congressional commit
tee investigating the Judge in connec-
tion with impeachment proceedings.
George Fl. Plummer, western land
agent for the Northern Pacific was on
the stand all forenoon and part of the
afternoon. He read a mass of cor
respondence between Judge Hanford
and the Hanford company and the
railway officials.
In all, the Hanford company pur.
chased approximately 21,oo0 acres
from the railway. There were eight
transactions, said Plummer. The com
mittee however, took up In detail
only the three most important. The
last, which involved ten thousand
acres which the railway company had
withdrawn from sale in accordance
with the government reclamation ser
vice, hung fire for over year and was
not concluded until the reclamation
service released the Northern Pacific
! from It's obligation. This, 1t develop
ed, did not occur until June, 1909
Although his name was not men
toned in the testimony before the
probers the fact concerning the las
transaction, is that it was not con
summated until after Richard A
Ballinger, close friend of Judge Han
ford, became secretary of the interior
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suffrasettes Of England Have Be-
come as Dangerous and Vicious
as the Terrorlsts
Of Russia.
PUBLIC MEN IN A PANIC
1t is Dangerous to be Alive In Lon
don Unless You Are in Favor Of
the Ladies' Having
Ballot.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. |
LONDON, July 20.--Completely ter
rorized by the suffragettes, English
public men are guarded tonight as the
czar Is guarded at time of nihilistic
activity in Russia. They are no long
er worried by the risk of mere annoy
ance. Iney fear for their lives and
safety of their families
King Georges advisers have warn
Ell him strongly against any public ap-
pearances for the present. Scotland
Yards resources are taxed to the ut
most to protect the members of the
cabinet, their wives and children and
their homes.
The police are convinced that the
votes for women militants have en-.
tered upon campaign of arson and
homicide. There is no question that
an attempt was made to burn the home
of one member of the cabinet. That
/ the gun powder found in the rooms of
/ a party of suffragettes at Dublin was
intended to blow up the theatre, the
suffragettes themselves do not deny.
1t is agreed that the heavy hatchet
thrown by suffragette at the pre-
mier in Dublin yesterday narrowly
killing or seriously injuring him.
1 The women's social and politica
union issued statement tonight com
mending all these demonstrations. I
lis feared that this will inspire furthel
4 violence.
il Premier Asquith, Chancellor of thu
Exchequer, Lloyd George, Home Sec
retary McKenna, minister of the navy
Winston ChurchaIl, and other cabine
4 ministers have received the most fer
\ ocious threats, anonymously, of wha'
will happen to them unless they de
clare for equal rights at the polls
Not only are they assured that they
the burning Of their homes and the
kidnapping of their children are plan
ned.
There is only one thing to induce
us to declare truce" announced Mis-!
Annie Kenny who is acting as heac
VI tllc. WOlnCu SoSldi anu PciitiSd
union during the period of Mrs
Emmeline Pankhurt's convalescenc'
from her recent experience as hun
ger striker in Holloway prison, "ant
/, that Is the passage of law giving u
the ballot.
I'VE did declare truce twice whil'
the cancellation bill, which provides
part of what we demand, was befor
i parliament, and then the governmen
calmly killed the bin by denying facil
tiles for its passage. though 1t had re
ceived large majority of votes on it
first reading. We do not propose to b
deceived again.
"And even if the union were t
agree to a truce, it has no power t
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sHuEFL|NG CARDS
THOROUGHLY.
New York Gambling Scandal, Follow
lns the RosenthaI Murder ls
Slowly Helng Ex-
posed.
MYSTERIOUS WITNESSES
District Attorney is Probing the Case
to the Bottom and Intends to Find
Out the Whole
Story.

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NEW YORK, July 2o.--With the po-
lice and district attorneys Office prac-
tically working at cross purposes and
with a number Of the prominent fig
ures in the case in receipt of threat
ening letters, the developments in
New York's gambling scandal were
believed tonight to be bordering on
the sensational District Attorney
Whitman was out of town, 1t was cur
rently reported that he was at shore
resort in consultation with the head of
the private detective agency hired by
private citizens to aid him. 1t was
reported he was also able to listen to
the story of certain gamblers who
were anxious to put him in possession
of the facts in the case while at the
same time keeping their skirts clear
of the charge of squealing. 1t was
admitted both by the police and the
district attorneys office that any one
squealing in the present case was al
ulbSL CSIldlli w IOCJ tllC 10 tS VI IlCl-
man Rosenthal, the gambler, murder
ed last Wednesday morning in front
OF the Hotel Metropole. The very pub
lie nature Of this crime, it was point
ed out showed that the men re-
sponsible would stop at nothing to
close the mouths of the men who could
tell Of their crimes
The district attorney, 1t was known,
{ was carefully guarded and SO were
certain others connected with the
case.
Police Commissioner Waldo went
home late this afternoon, declaring he
was confident the entire murder of
Rosenthal and all of the circum-
stances surrounding it, would be clear
ed up within a very short time. Deputy
Commissioner Dougherty and Inspec-
tor Hughes, commanding the detective
bureau, remained on the job
Dougherty interviewed many myster-
ions visitors late this afternoon.
Among them were two women who, it
was admitted, were prominent rae
tors in the investigation, but whose
identity was kept a secret by the pe.
lice. One of them was said to be a
Mrs. Bernard, the Identification being
made by the number of her automobile
She was accompanied to headquarters
by her husband. 1t was recalled in
this connection that Mrs. Rosenthal
has alleged that her husband wa;
warned by a friend named Bernard
less than seven hours before he was
killed that an attempt was to be made
on his life and that he should leave
town until things quieted down. Dis
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Platform is Built.

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OYSTER BAY, July 20. Colonel
Roosevelt practically completed his
platform tonight and from now on he
viii go over the different vlanks with
advisers so that the instrument will
be in the best shape possible when he
gives it out to the public. A great
part of the colcnels time has been
spent over the plank on the tariff
The high cost of living has also been
dealt with extensively.
1t is understood that one of the
most radical ideas advocated will be
a minimum wage. This plan, under
which rates of pay are fixed for diff
ferent industries by government off
cials is intended to wipe out such in
stitutions as the sweatshop.