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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-11
Report Emanating from Madrid That the Pom
tiff Had Expired, Set the Whole
World Tingling.
VATICAN STARTS INQUIRY INTO STORY
London Newspapers Got Busy and Issued Extra
Editions Spreading the News
of His Death

dag he drove in the vatican garden
and as result suffered a relapse.
The relapse kept him from celebrat-
ing the eighth anniversary of his
coronation
An attempt was made to allow him
tc take part by wearing an ordinary
mitre and lighter vestments instead OF
the heavy triple crown and papal
mantle, but the physicians fatty re-
fused to allow him to participate.
Il
His Health Is Poor.
The pope's condition gradually be-
came more serious. But the physic-
ians, DR.. Pottacici, the vatican physic-
ian, DR.. Marchiafaya ordered him re-
moved from his room to a larger
apartment. The pontiff was so feeble
that it was found necessary to lift
him from his bed to the mattress, put
the mattress on stretcher and carry
him to the electric elevator for the
transfer to another floor of the vatican
apartments. During the transfer, the
pope's right leg was twisted with the
pains Of gout. was swathed In cot
| ton wool and swung In a surgical
cradle But despite all precautions the
fontif suffered greatly during the
transfer and was exhausted when he
reached the new apartment.
! A bedroom for his private secre.
tary, Monsignor Bressan, was pre-.
lpared Immediately adjoining the
pope's new apartments, and the papal
business was conducted from there.
Throughout the development of the
Iaffliction, the pope has been suffering
from gradual hardening of the art
cries. His heart had been weakening
and at times the physicians found II
4 hard to keep the circulation of the
4 blood stimulated The physicians
have been in momentary fear OF the
crisis of the sclerosis which would re
suit in rush of blood to the brair
and immediate death.
4 Every possible effort to arrest the
process Of the sclerosis has beer
made but without success, and the ply
sicians have lately devoted their eff
forts to relieving the pain incident t.
the laryingitis and gout which afflict
: ed the pontiff.
At times throughout his illness, b.
, almost superhuman will power, th'
pope would rise from his sick bed, at
: tend to his duties, celebrate mass II
the private chapel and stroll or sit II
the vatican gardens. But after eacl
5 of these will power recoveries h
) would be forced back to his room b,
, q relapse.
Rome Was Silent.
ii AS the afternoon wore on and Rom
1 continued ominously silent, the suspi
4 ion grew into conviction that tn
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-11
Rome Was Silent.

AS the afternoon wore on and Rome
continued ominously silent. the suspii-
ion grew into conviction that the
state authorities in Rome were act
ing in conjunction with the church
authorities in holding up all dis
patches. The belief in the accuracy of
the Madrid report. despite its lack of
confirmation from other sources, was
also strengthened by the conviction
that Merry Del Val, the papal secre-
tary of state, is Spaniard and has
always entertained the closest rela-
tionship with the Spanish govern.
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Daily River Bulletin.
Stage Height. Change. wea'h'r.
Local Observations.

Mean temperature. so.
Highest temperature, 72.
Lowest temperature. 4S.
Lowest temperature last night, 50.
j. c. JENSEN,
Temporarily in charge
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subecrlbsrs Of The Daily Gate City
3. served the full Leased Wire ser-
vice Of the United Press Associations.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07
Socialist Party Department.

This Second Scout Law" as given by
this Scout master, is this: "A Scout is
loyal to the king ind his officers, and
to his parents, his country and his en-
ployers."
l will make few choice quotations
from Mr.. Gibson's address. Here they
are: "a loyal Scout appreciates the
privilege he has of being what he is, 4
faithful subject of righteous king"
Now, of what else does loyalty con-
sist? Simply a quiet obedience and
faithful attitude toward some person or
persons set in authority over you
coupled with love and reverence that
will cause you to lay down your life for
him or them or lose your last drop of
blood in protecting him, or them, in any
affair it may be your privilege to wit
ness"
Loyalty to the king may bring on
you the curses of your friends. Loyalty
| to your employer may cost you your for
| tune But nevertheless, you must be
| loyal. Be loyal also to your priest or
your preacher"
Never let anybody say anything that
would hurt the feelings or character OF
anybody who is your superior, but stick
up for them in all things; the same ap
plies to a cause and If person says
anything against the king, your officers,
your parents, your county Vi youi Siii-
ployer, use your own discretion as to
whether you treat him with contempt or
give him black eye and bloody nose,
but do one or the other"
And this is signed by Douglas H. Glib
son, w. S. M, and this is the movement
the preachers and Y NJ. c. AS are back,
ing and that is what is being taught In
Canada, one of the countries ruled by
the king of the country General Powell
comes from. What do you workers
think of it? Would you let your boy
join such an organization and call such
knaves and fools master? In the Boy
Scout movement there is nothing that
tends to develop the human brotherhood
idea All it's code is individualistic. 1t
is moral fraud, and the hirelings back
of it lie, and know that they lie, when
they say it is not military in spirit, pur-
pose and practice.
(Note-Two special editions of The
Open Letter deal exclusively with the
Boy Scout movement. They can be OBJ
tanned for Distribution at nominal cost
by addressing ]. c. Hogan, Spring City.
Pa.)
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Following is the standing on March l
of the different organizations, based on
dues paid for the last three months:
Aspen, 33; Aurora. 6. suspended March
/; Alamosa, 80; Boulder City, 80; Cor
ham, 80; jamestown, "a, suspended
March 1; Lafayette, 125; Louisville. %;
Longmont, 33; Nederland 10, suspended
Jan. /; Niwot, 5; Brush. 10; Buena Vista,
13; Burlington. 10; Bayfield,, g.; Berthoud,
8, suspended Feb. /; Basalt, s, suspended
March 1 Calhan, g. suspended March i;
Cheyenne Wells, II; Creede, "a; Carbon
dale, 12, suspended March L; Colorado
City, SO; Colorado Springs, "a; Coal
creek, 81; Canon City, 40; Denver City
and County: First ward. s; Second
ward, 81; Third ward, 6, suspended Jan.
l; Fourth ward. 20; Sixth ward, 20;
Seventh ward, Sub. No. l, 40; Sub. No. 2,
50. suspended March Ninth ward. To-;
Tenth ward. 20; Eleventh ward 40; Thir-
teenth ward. Sub. No. /, 40; Sub. No. 2,
5: Fifteenth ward, AZ; Sixteenth ward,
Sub. No. /. 6; Sub. No. 2, 8; German, % /;
Jewish, 10; Scandinavian, G.. Total for
Denver, paid up, S4l Durango. 20;
Englewood, %; Castlewood 3: Edge
water, 20: Fort Collins, 40; Fort Nor
gan, Is; Golden, 2G; Greeley, 1G: Glen
wood, dropped March L; Granite. 10,
suspended March l; Hale, 6; Ignacio, 8;
Kirk, 10; Littleton, 81; La Junta. 10;
La veta, s; Loveland, 20; Trinidad, 81;
Leadville-American, 35; Finnish, 80;
hex (RuraD, Z; Leader, IL, suspended
March 1; Mesa county: Fruita, Z;
Grand Junction, So; Loback (RuraD, .,
suspended March /; Iona, 5, suspended
March / Perdy whitewater RuraD, s.;
Palisade, 7; Monument, 6. suspended
March L; Mancos. 12; Montrose, 49,;
Minturn, 81 Norrie, suspended with 10,
March l; New Windsor, 20; Newton, 8.
suspended March /; Oak Creek, 6; Ord
way. s; Pueblo, so; Rocky Ford. TO-;
Rosita, ., suspended March /; Salida,
13; Silverton, 12; Steamboat Springs, s.;
Teller county: Cripple Creek, 33; Elk
ton, 13; Victor. so; Telluride: Ameri-
can, 7; Finnish, 30; Twin Lakes, 5;
Teller (town), 20; Vona, 81; Walsen-
burg, IT; Wildhorse. 10; Wray Gown,
II; Lone Tree (RuraD, s.; Yoder, 6, sus-
pended Feb. L. State at large, II paid
up and suspended. This record shows
,7S3 paid up for March. The two pre-
vious months show 1.200 and 1,500. so
we are surely climbing.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07
Denver Local Department.
Mary L. Geffs, 5025 Tennyson St. Editor

| County Secretary. NJ. octavia Floaten.
143O Monroe st.
5121 Perry St
1874 F. Ssth Ave- om, and " aoa H. Leonard s''
| County Delegate Committee meets sec
end Friday evening of each month at room
1st Ward. e. E Miller. Fin. secr s25
Champa st. Meets every first and third Tf
| 18th and Larimer Sts
I'd Ward. G. G. Virgins. Fin. Sec. 1924 ,s Cal,
fSesia TSesday ss Evenings ssts at rs fs0 18th 81
srd Ward E. Ringnell Fin. Sec. 2s4S Lar
inner st.
4th Ward. Nels Klang Fin. Sec, 1917 I5sh sn
Lawrence st.
9Th Ward, Evelyn Lepore, Fin. Sec, 342O
Alcott ST. Meet every Thursday even
ing at 3420 Alcott st.
7th ward-subdivision No. !; John a.s. Nitssh. Sch
1nd aad and ssf ssaS at at Hail
31st and Downing SITS. ,,, c.,
suRdit'Esia 4Snt bliaabeth aGi St.
sth Ward C. s. i, Baker; Fin, m, seG ;siId IsSo EFD
day evenings at Pap Glenarm Fl.
10th Ward, A H. Floaten. Fin Sec; sS l4sS
Thursday evenings at 1853 Broadway
l1th Ward. Alva N, Gordon. Fin; Sec; ;,7d 81
Thurssdsss. Malnsdss 81 si4 Kaismath fsns MS St. anu w
1s.n ward-Subdivision No. l. Louis Alex
ander, 1416 S. Clarkson st. Meets
every Friday evening for propaganda
and first Wednesdays for business at
Comrade Bishops house, 23S South
Ogden. All are invited to propaganda
meetings. Socialists of Twelfth and
Thirteenth wards please take notice
Excellent basement hall.
Subdivision No. Q, William Simons, Fin.
Sec, Denver Mills Postoffce.
18th Ward j. w. Martin. Fin. Sec. 1875
Yates ST. Meets every Tuesday evening
at 5015 Lowell Blvd.
10th Ward, Berger Olson, Fin. Sec, 2541
Alcott st. Meets every Thursday at
1924 w Gath Ave.
Jewish Branch. 1. Cart. Fin. Sec. 1853
Lowell Blvd.
German Branch. P. schriofsky. Fin. &c.,
Scandinavian Branch. Axel Ahlstrom, FIN
Sec, 3036 w. saith Ave. Meets at NO. 10
on Sixteenth avenue the first and third
Thursday evenings.
Edgewater Local meets every Thursday
7:3O D. m, 2212 Eaton st. A. H. Brown,
Sec Box 112, Edgewater.
Public meetings at Normal hall,
1545 Glenarm street, every Sunday at
eight o'clock p m. Good speakers and
music. All who are alive to the great
economic questions of the times should
attend. Admission free. tt.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Sunday, March 10th, John Collins of
Boulder will speak at Normal hail. He
will answer the speech VIM. d. Hay
wood made in New York City recently
which caused much comment through
out the country. Comrade Collins never
fails to make an interesting address,
and always draws a large audience.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07
PERIODICAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The subscription cards for the follow
ing periodicals will be sent by mail by
the state secretary, or by the Denver
party literature agent, T. ]. Brown, 529
Humboldt street. The latter also have
them for sale at every Sunday evening
propaganda meeting at Normal hall, 1545
Glenarm street:
The Chicago Daily Socialist and the
Milwaukee daily Leader. are each $500
a year; s10o for four months. or so cents
for two months.
The Social-Demoeratic Herald (Mil-
waukee), so cents a year (weekly).
The Political Action (Milwaukee), 25
cents year (weekly).
The Appeal to Reason, 80 cents for
whole year, or four sub-cards for $1.0O;
or any number of sub-cards good for 40
week, for rs cents weekly.
Wilshire's Magazine (monthly) is 25
cents year regularly, but we are sup
piled with sub-cards that we will sell at
10 cents for the year as long as they
last. This magazine now has an edi-
torial office in London as well as in New
York City.
The International Socialist Review
(monthly) for one year, s1.00; for three
months, .25 cents.
The National Rip-Saw (monthly). %
cents year.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07
STATE DHpAnraEnr.
National Committeeman,
T~L- - H~141

John TroxeI, Cripple CreeK.
State secretary. A IL rloaten
1890 Monroe St. Denver.
Chairman of State Executive Committee,
G. r. Freeman, 329 w. May. Cripple Creek.
Chairman of General State Committee.
Robert Knight. 319 Atwood St. Longmont.
woman's state correspondent and member
of the Woman's National Committee
NJ. Octavia Floaten, 14ao Monroe St..
Denver.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Cripple Creek Branch OF Teller county
local moves TO amend Sec. Il OF Art
XIX Of the state party constitution to
read as follows: "The salary Of the
state secretary shall be $4,000 per month
for all regular work required in the OF.
fee"
Cripple Creek averages ~ members
paid for the last three months.
Fort Morgan seconds the above with
20 members.
Rocky Ford seconds the above with 10
members.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Canon City moves to amend Sec 12,
Art. XIX of the state party constitution.
to read as follows: THE monthly salary
of the state secretary shall be $4,000"
Canon City has 33 members averaged
for the time This was first published
February s and win be published once
more on March Z.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07
BOY SCOUT MILITARY MURDEF
MACHINES.
(Ry ]. c. Hogan.l

During the past year The Open Letter
and other Socialist papers have done
such good work in showing up the Boy
Scout" soldier movement that many of
their societies were destroyed or dis
banded and hundreds of thousands of
boys and their parents were warned in
time to escape the trap.
To try to overcome this serious dam
age with desire to make more little
"tin soldiers" the crafty, dollar-marked
subsidizers of the movement imported
General Baden-Powell, of England, one
of the trained man-llillers who directed
the brutal war of the English capitalists
against the peaceful and honest. Beers
in South Africa, to come to the United
States to boom his scab factory and
school for developing military murder
machines.
Their national executive secretary,
Mr. West, and Military Man-Killer
Powell have made tour of the entire
country in behalf of the scout move
ment They have one joke which both
of them tell at every meeting. 1t is
this: Mr.. West says, "No militarism ex-
lists in the Boy Scouts" And General
Powell says, at is not a military move
ment"
The Boy Scouts peace organization
Yes, just as the army is peace organ
ization! No war is taught the Boy
Scouts? Tell it to the marines! Look
at these subjects taken from the index
to the Scout Handbook, the official scout
nuh1ica tiOu.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

The membership referendum initiated
by New Windsor to make the salary of
the state secretary $500 a month. has
failed to get the required seconds and
the time has expired.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

provision of 10 per cent. OF membership
The average dues paid in the last six
months is about 1900.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07
THE PROPOSED MEMBERSHIP REF
ERENDUMS.

There is no specific provision in the
state party constitution, as to the time
to be figured on as to the membership
before submitting referendum. But
the time is figured on six months for
the election of members of the state
committee and for delegates to state
convention, so the secretary has taken
that as a basis on which to figure a
membership referendum. II introduced
by the organization. If 1t Is not correct
make your kick now.
New Windsor local has initiated the
following proposed amendment to our
state party constitution:
Amend section Z Of article vi, by add
ing the following words: provided that
a special stamp shall be furnished by
the state secretary at cost. to be used
when any party member may be tenn
porarily unable to pay dues on account
of unemployment. Unemployment shall
mean either sickness, strikes, lockouts
or any other cause beyond the control
of the member. Any member unable to
pay dues shall notify the financial Sec
retary of his organization OF such In
ability and the secretary shall affix the
special stamps in the same manner as
the regular dues stamps. The accept
ance Of these stamps by any member
shall In no way act to disqualify such
member from any and all the rights and
privileges of members paying dues, ex-
cept that the organizations shall not be
allowed to report to the state office more
votes cast than the organization has paid
dues for; otherwise the whole vote Of
that organization will be rejected"
The above has been supported by nine
organizations In seven counties, having
a membership of 200. 80 1t will be sub
mitted in thirty days from now, on the
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Unless the above receives seconding
from one or more organizations that
have forty members by March 10. IL will
fail to be submitted. Wire messages
that the seconds have been mailed will
be held to be sufficient. II the mail
brings such afterwards
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

The Lafayette branch of Boulder
county local of the Socialist party was
organized in November, 1911. AND has
125 paidup members. A strike OF the
members of the U. NJ A. has been on
in the coal mines of that district for
twenty-three months.
As the members of the local organiza
tion are new and not understanding the
tactics of the Socialist party in political
affairs. the membership was divided on
an opinion as to whether It should put
up ticket for the town selection or let
the U. NJ. w. A. elect their ticket, by
having the Socialists stay out.
II was the idea promulgated by the
trades union leaders to not have any
politics in the union, but to support the
wage system that the Socialists are de-
termined to abolish, with the present
capitalist class.
The state secretary was asked to at
tend meeting there to decide that
question, as a motion had already been
carried to submit 1t to the membership.
whether there should be Socialist
ticket In the field or not.
| The secretary delivered his talk on
the question by quoting from what he
called the Proletarians Declaration of
Independence, what Is known as the
Communist Manifesto. At the conclu-
sion OF the talk and answers to ques-
| tions asked the organization rescinded
the action to submit the matter to 4
vote Of the membership and then pro-
ceeded to nominate ticket for town
officials.
II was the most harmonious gathering
that any organized body ever had and
| II that spirit prevails 1t bids fair for the
Socialists to elect the whole ticket. But
whether they do or not 1t is vote
saved by having the opportunity to cast
| 1t for the principle that to the produc-
ers of wealth all the wealth belongs,
and down with the wage system. which
| Is wage slavery.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

State membership referendum &C."
which has just been sent out, is n very
important question, md all the members
that have a choice as to how we should
nominate our candidates for state polIti
cal positions should be ready to express
that choice by this ballot. The secre
taries that are new and inexperienced
in the organization should be very care
full SO as not to disfranchise any men,
ber who has the right to vote on this
Read up in the constitution. Article v,
on referendum, and comply with 1t, 30
you will not cause votes to be thrown
out. A. II. FLOATEN,
State Secretary.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Comrade Esther Edelson of Chicago
will come through this state from the
East and going West about the third
week in March. She will enter the state
on the Rock Island railroad and we want
to make that part the first dates If at all.
She will speak wherever she is routed
and the state Office will send you adver-
tising bills. You have to provide a hall
for her to speak in and furnish her room
and meals, and take up a collection at
the meeting for her and let her sell liter
ature. Or else you may pay her fiat
rate OF $500 and she will pay all her
own expenses.
When you make the application please
state the terms you accept, 30 she will
understand before she begins the lecture
and not have any Misunderstanding
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Comrade Mary l.. Geffs will be
billed to places in the northern part of
Colorado, as general pioneer organizer
and speaker. She will be sent into any
place on or near the railroads from
where we get calls with a prospect of
effecting an organization. But at the
same time she will also look after the
organization of women at places that
may be already organized. All persons
that are either members or sympathizers
with our movement to better the condi.
tions for the working class will write for
dates to the state secretary.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

Public meetings at Normal hall,
1545 Glenarm street, every Sunday at
eight o'clock p. m. Good speakers and
music. All who are alive to the great
economic questions of the times should
attend. Admission free. tt.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07

$IyI.1U $1yT.IU
Submitted by
A. H. FLOATEN, Sec'y.
United labor bulletin., 1912-03-07
Page.

Long ltduSe, ClOuL OT r rllBuL ouooliu5.loo
Again, take their other official publi-
cations. In Bulletin No. 5, pages 81 and
zS, the military spirit and purpose of
the organization is taught, and in Bulle-
tin No. 3, page 6, it is said: do not
bar military tactics. The military virtue
of obedience is Scout virtue" In fact,
their very name, Scout, is military in
meaning.
Moreover, the uniform of the Boy
Scouts in the United States is that of
the American soldier; in England, that
of the English soldier; in Germany that
of the German soldier, etc.
A few months ago the Associated
Press dispatches said: "The emperor
of Russia and his cabinet are pleased
with the Boy Scouts. and 1t is under
stood that the military training pro-
vided will awaken interest in the army
at an early age, and thus tend to facili-
tate the transformation of raw recruits
into perfect fighting machines. Hopes
are also entertained that the early awak-
ening of enthusiasm for the army will
operate against the spread of Socialism
among the youths of Russia. And last
July dispatches from Berlin quoted EN-
many as saying that "Germany's fight
ing efficiency can thus (through Boy
Scouts) be augmented greatly, and the
war spirit strengthened"
In the Morning News, published at
Moose Jaw, Sask., Can, under date OF
Nov. 18, 1911, find an official lecture
on 'The Second Scout Law" by Doug
las H. Gibson, w. s. M.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-13
-J $1.OOa Year
iERMS' 6M onths Fifty Cts.

that the man who has real faith in
God will have plenty of other good
things"
The great life is the good life,
life Of right thinking and right do
ing. What miserable pitiful thing
it is for young man, or an old one;
for that matter. to have the idea that
it is not manly or brave to do gen
tie deed or a kindly act! The very
truth is that the greatest deed, the
most heroic deed, is the good deed.
Monuments do not necessarily fol-
low in the wake of the doer Of the
greatest deeds. The multitude does
not always acclaim the real hero;
indeed, there are often greater hero
es in the ranks of the spectators
than is he whom they are gazing up
on in wonder and admiration. 1t is
the unknown who has the spirit of
Charles Lamb who said, The great
est pleasure l know is to do a good
deed by stealth, and have it found
out by accident.
1t is possible for every man to be
hero, and we feel almost ready to
say that every man has in him the
material of which heroes are made,
and that this heroism would be
manifested if he were placed under
circumstances that brought sufficient
pressure to bear Upon him to devel-
op his greater and better qualities.
The most imperative duty, the noble
st work, the most godlike deed, is
that of helping others-lightening
burdens, bri ghtenlng faces, making
merry the hearts of the needy, en-
courging the despairing-lifting up
the fallen. George Meredith says:
Thy part is to uplift the trodden low,
Else in giants grasp until the end
A hopeless wrestler shall thy soul
contend.