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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
SIX Hundred Hoosiers Enjoy Speech
lcss Banquet But Some Had to
Talk Just tho
Same.
Upton MADE MEMBEI
Sir Thomaa Agrees to Move to In.
diana IL His Rent on London
Bungalow ls Ever
RaIsed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-Six hundred
Hoosiers. at the annual gathering of
the Indiana Society tonight, held a
.speechless banquet" with a few
slight infractions of the rules. The
Invitations announced a program OF
moving pictures" depicting familiar
scenes In the Hoosier state, without
the usual accompaniment OF toasts
and addresses.
Sir Thomas Upton was introduced
as the guest OF the evening. He
straightway made speech, thanking
the society for the honor and express.
ing desire to be adopted He
was adopted and Is now foster son
of Indiana. In thanking his fellow
Hoosiers, Sir Thomas said that if 1t
We're not that he could not very well
renounce England, he would move to
the state of his adoption. He prom
ised that il he ever moved from Lon
don it would be to Indiana.
A village band from Ligonier play
ed Hoosier tunes, Mrs. Guy McCabe
recited James Whitcomb Riley s
poem, THE Village Band and a
mob of whiskered Indians seized
George Ade and mounted him on a
table, where he was forced to make /,
speech fayoring whiskers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
ANOTHER FIGHT
FOR THE STANDARD
British Company Is Shopping Around
Panama Canal Looking
For Business.


UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
PANAMA, Oct. rs. besides the
fight it has on its hands to keep its
Suez canal trade, the Standard Oil
Company seems to be in for fight as
soon as the Panama ditch is opened,
it was said here tonight.
At any rate the Persian OIL Co.,
the $1000O,O00 British concern forme-
to go after the suez trade. has agents
here, others looking over the oil fielos
in Colombia, and seems determined to
take hand in the situation soon. Re
ports that oil has been struck in pay
ing quantities in Panama are untrue.
Experts look for the increasing
number Of oil burning ships to make
the Panama trade immensely rich,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
GREWSOME FIND IN THE
CELL AR OF OLD MANSION

say the woman was murdered, prob
ably a month ago. The body was
badly decomposed
The hands of the body were cross
ed and tied across the abdomen. Oy-
er the head was gunny sack, tied
around the neck with a half inch
rope. Above the forehead were eight
or ten depressions, indicating the
woman had been beaten into uncon-
sciousness before she was hanged.
The note to the police which led to
the finding of the body was on plain
foolscap paper the top of which was
torn off. 1t read:
Send to 1851 Locust street; in. the
cellar you will find the body of a
man hanging
The letter was signed "Jane Ash
ley.r
1t appeared the dead woman was
about Ave feet, four inches tall. Her
clothing, which was taken to the
morggle with her body, appeared to
have been of good quality. Until two
months ago the house was rented by
Edwin Craig for roomfng house
Nothing in the description of the
body recalled the resemblance to any
woman who ever roomed at the house,
Craig said
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
TOY DOG GAVE
AN ELEPHANT MYSTERIES

ther progress, Offering battle with q
cackle of wild yapping
Mortified, the elephant wheeled and
broke into ponderous gallop,
trumpeting shrilly. The dog pursued
swapping at his heels. The mahout
tried to stop the runaway but his
charge was hysterical with terror. IN
to a tobacco shop he dashed full tilt
The door was too small for him, so
he took part Of the wall with It.
Show cases went over and tables
smashed, chandeliers crashed to the
floor and customers piled themselves
In heaps in an effort to escape being
flattened. The elephant had little
time to waste on them, however He
merely tore down the rear wall and
numbered into back yard where.
finally, the mahout caught and calmed
him. Under cover OF the confusion
the dog vanished,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
No Doubt Now About oetting tho
Whole Truth From the Gunu,ea
Each OF Whom Wishes
to Confess.
EACH FEARS THE OTHER
Becker Has Commenced TO Lose
Hope and Has Become Resigned
to His Fate But Still crles
Innocence.

lUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, Oct 26s--It is now
denied that William Shapiro, driver
of the gray murder car on the night
of Herman Rosenthals Staying, has
made confession beyond that made
by him to District Attorney Whitman
before the trial and conviction of
Charles Becker as instigator OF the
crime. Whitman himself denied it to-
night. as did Aaron j. Levy. counsel
for the chauffeur.
1t was also denied tonight that
Whitman would refuse to allow one
of the four gunmen who rode in the
| fatal automobile, to turn traitor to
his pals and make a confession which
would send them to the death chair In
exchange for his own skin. In fact
1t was stated that one of the crew,
either "Gyp the Blood" Lefty Louie, ;.
Whitley Lewis" or 'Dago Frank"
would in all probability be allowed to
go with a second degree, or even a
manslaughter sentence if he gave the
state his unqualified confession in
volving the other three
Tonight, like trapped rats, trem-
bling and afraid, the four former bos-
om friends the alleged hirelings of
| Charles Becker in the killing of the
gambler, were cringing in their cells,
| praying the coward's prayer hoping
4 lfesvently to be the one chosen TO
sacrifice the rest. The report that
4 Shapiro had made a full confession,
positively identifying the gunmen he
carried on the hunt for Rosenthal,
/ had plunged them into deepest de-
| spair, those about them declare, and
! with the rumor that one Of them
would be allowed to save himself, a
gleam of hope returned.
Each one Of the men seems to fear
the rest, regarding him as possible
underworld Judas
Becker, it was said tonight, has
again lost some of the hope which
! buoyed him UP earlier in the day He
seems resigned to his fate, not be
| lieving much in the possible success
of his proposed appeal. despite the
more than 10000 grounds which At
| torney Mcintyre says he will base his
claims upon. Becker, who was drop
/ ped from the police roster today,
! says with gloomy bitterness that he
4 is being "railroaded to Sing Sing
/ and complains of the treatment ac-
corded to both his wife and himself.
/ 1t may be a year at least before the
court OF appeals will take from his
nerves the strain of a death sentence,
according to the authorities giving
! him the right Of a new trial, and in
the meantime the death house will
/ have TO be his abode.
Prior to his trip to Sing Sing the
former lieutenant of police, proud and
naughty will be carried once more to
! police headquarters, where he was
once a commanding officer, to have
/ his picture made, his finger prints TAX
| en- and other Identification marks re-
! corded for the rogues gallery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Turkeys Fate Practically Sealed AS Result Of
Victories In Nearly Every Battle With
the Enemy.
|CONsTANT|AOPLE WILL fall SOON
Bloody War Wages in the Balkans and the
Dead Are Piled in Heaps After Each and
Every Attack.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
BERLIN, Oct. 26. Turkeys fate.
was considered practically sealed here
tonight. The Constantinople claim
that the sultan's forces had won "a
great victory was hardly noticed 1t
was looked on as a last expedient 10
arouse little enthusiasm, but it was
doubted if even the ignorant Turkish
masses would be deceived by 1t.
It was recognized that the news OF
Bulgarian, Servian, Montenegrin and
Creek victories telegraphed from
Sofia, Belgrade, Cettinji and Athens
is probably colored, but in general
substance it was accepted as repre-
senting what really is happening 4
good third Of the country, it was DEEM
ed clear, is oyer-r1ln by the Turks
enemies, and wherever they are it is
evident that they are gaining ground
rapidly.
The fall of Adrianople before morn
Ing was predicted by many authorities.
1t was certainly surrounded, and at
last accounts murderous FIRE was be-
ing poured into it by the Bulgarlans'
batteries. Reports that the Bulgarisn
troops were attempting to take the
Turkish entrenchments by storm were
unyerifed, but with the city In flames
and shells falling like hail In It's
streets, relief cut off. and the defend
Ing force disheartened by the loss Ct
all their outer Notifications, prolong-
ed resistance was deemed more than
likely.
The highest estimate OF the number
Of killed during the fighting In
Adrianople's vicinity since last We'd
nesday morning places the Turkish
total at 10000 and the Bulgarian at
5000, not including wounded. The
Turkish figures are almost two OF
three times too high. The Bulgarian
estimate probably is more nearly ac-
curate.
In retreating the Turks left most OF
their dead and wounded in the field.
The sufferings of the wounded have
been terrible. The Bulgarians had no
time to care for them, while the fight
ing was at its height, and hundreds
have lain unattended, hungry and
thirsty for as long as four days, much
Of the time under chilling rain, in
the open. OF course an enormous
proportion who might otherwise have
been saved died from their exposure.
That the Turks died hard and that
the Bulgarians bought their victory 1T
tremendous price, is becoming in
creasingly clear by the reports when
were beginning to filter through from
| the front tonight.
Whole companies were wiped out by
the rapid FIRE guns in the desperatS
charges and counter-charges. The Bull
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Nude Body Of Murdered Wo.
man Was Hanging to the
Rafters of Room.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
ST. LONIS, Oct. 26.-The nude
body Of a woman, apparently ~ or
45 years of age was hanging In the
Cellar of an old mansion on Locust
street, here late today. The woman
had been gagged before she was
hanged. There was nothing in the
Immediate vicinity of the body to
identify her.
The clothing had been torn into
strips It lay few feet away when
the police entered the building in
response to a mysterious letter
On the floor of the basement room
where the body was found were two
copies of st. Louis paper, dated
September 2S, 1912. having on the
front page prominently displayed
account OF the arrest of men suspect
ed of the big bank robbery at New
Westminster. B. C.
Physicians who examined the body
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Political Clash Last Night Resulted
In Two Being Shot Dead and
Number Badly
Wounded.
DISTURBANCE
unoio Sam Hopes That He Wfii Not
Haye TO 90 Down There Again
and Spank His
hephaxa,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
HAVANA. Oct. 2T.-In another
clash between radicals and conserva-
rives here shortly before midnight
two persons We're killed and num-
ber wounded. The riot took place in
the suburbs and details were slow In
reaching the city.
The city is in turmoil this (sun-
day. morning and it is feared that
further trouble will result. The po-
lice and soldiers have been ordered
to keep crowds from gathering and
the city is filled with rumors. It Is
feared that the fighting will be renew
ed today because of the fact that It
is Sunday and few men are at work.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Was Size of Small Kitten But
Jumbo Was Frightened
Half to Death.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service j
PARIS, Oct. stampeded by a
toy black and tan, about the size of
a small kitten, one of the hugest ele-
plants Paris has ever seen did 1000
damage tonight in the traffc-thronged
Boulevard Beaumarcbais
The elephant was shuffling along
the boulevard. attended by an ebony
skinned, white-turbanned mahout
armed with long prod pole, Dash
ing from the crowd on the sidewalk.
the dog opposed the elephants fur
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Georgetown Gives Carlisle Scare.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S.--Com.
pleteiy outplayed in the first half,
Georgetown suddenly changed it's
fighting tactics against Carlisle this
afternoon and by a wonderful squirt
of playing climbed up twenty points
against the Indians 81, when the ref
eree's whistle ended the game.
Thorpe starred in thrilling end runs
for the Braves, and Costello kicked
three field goals for the Blue and
Gray.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Only Local Disorders.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.--Informa-
tion tonight that the newest disorders
in Cuba are local to Havana, led the
state department to hope that there
would be nosnecessity of another inter
vention in the island Reports indl-
cate that the prediction riots in the
capital may not spread, in which case
the Cuban government will be left to
handle affairs itself
III President Gomez asks for assist
ance, however. he will get it imme-
diately II he. does not make such a
request and disorders spread to rns
point where officials here iissrrsk the
revolt Is beyond his control. American
troops will be dispatched to take
things in hand. Although the admin
istration purposely insists that no
preparations are being made for pos
sible intervention, it Is known that
practically no preparations would be
necessary to rush several thousand
regular soldiers to the island Thir-
ty-six hours distant from Havana are
$50 marines, at San Domingo, who
are also available.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Wet and Dry.

JOPLIN, Mo-, Oct 26. Apparently
one Of the most interested listeners in
the audience addressed by Eugene w
Chain. prohibition candidate for pres
ident, here tonight, was Chafn's
nephew, c. r. Fordham, Joplin
saloonkeeper. Before and after his
speech, the dry candidate was enter
tained at the Fordham home
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Oil viii DO I'D Now.

DENVER, Colo, Oct. 26.-It was
learned tonight that John D. Rookie
feIler had agreed to donate 100000 to
Denver University, Methodist insti-
tuition, on condition that 100000 is
raised from other sources. Plans for
a general campaign to raise the nee
essary funds are being made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
| Innninn Train Wrecked

CLARKSBURG, w. Va, Oct. 26.--
Three trainmen were killed and two
seriously injured when a logging train
went over an embankment near Gran
berry mountain on the Cherry River
Lumber company's railroad today.
The dead.
JOS. TAYLOR, conductor.
FRAZER ADAMS, engineer.
RUSSELL BERRY, brakeman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27

garians found the Turkish dead liter
ally piled in heaps behind many of the
forts they captured. The corpses OF
their own men covered the faces OF,
the entrenchments.
Large numbers of the wounded are
suffering from bayonet thrusts, gashas
from knives and shots fired at sucn
close range that the skin was burned
by the powder, showing to what IN
extent the fighting was hand to hand
between the combatants.
! The Bulgarians were burying their
own and the Turkish dead in trenches
on the field tonight.
conetantinople Soon.
SEMLTN, Austria, Oct 26.-There
was much speculation here tonight as
to how long 1t will be before the Buk
garians enter Constantinople. That
they will do SO was looked on as a
foregone conclusion.
Army officers said they did not ba-
| lieve there would be a serious attemlt
made by Czar Ferdinand's force TO
advance much farther to the south
ward until Adrianople is taken, but
that they will succeed lii this very
soon was predicted confidently.
One more battle is looked for be-
t fore Constantinople is reached, be-
tween the Bulgarians and the Turks
under Abdullah Pasha. Abdullah is a
good soldier and his force is a strong
one, but its position is not favorable,
the Bulgarians are at least as strong
numerically and after lie illustration
they have given of their quality AMI
| the poor showing the Turks have
made, it was believed there can be
but one conclusion-the overwhelming
defeat of the sultan's army.
| In the meantime. according to the
latest adyices, Mushtar Pasha and the
remnant of the Kirk Kilissa garrison,
with which he succeeded in escaping
| from there. are reported cut on
| from the retreat they were attempting
/ toward Abdullah Pasha's force The
Bulgarians, it is said, are gradually
herding them backward toward Adrian
ople where they must surrender OF
fall upon the bayonets OF the Bulgar-
7 ian besiegers of that city.
1 Suitan's Heaviest Loss
4 PARIS, Oct 26.-Uskubs capture
by the Servians from the Ottoman
troops today, now apparently fully
confirmed, was the heaviest loss the
sultan has yet suffered in western
Turkey.
The town itself is important and
was strongly fortified and garrisoned.
Its capture cuts the Turks off from
rail communication with the north
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Refused Harl Kari Petition.

EUnited Press Leased Wire Service.
TOXIC Oct 26-In response to a
petition asking them to commit sui
eide because they failed to save the
late Mikado's life, his majesty's ply
sicians issued a statement tonight
saying his death was not their fault,
and declining to kill themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
THEY ARE STACKING THE DEAD Up IN
| PILES, LIKE C0RDNOOD OVER IN TURKEY
= = <>~~ = . = = = - =
Latest From the Balkans.


: Latest From the Baikans.
= England, France and Italy
= working frantically for peaceful I
= Intervention. Germany, Austria, 4
= and Russia unonthusiast1c. 4
= Servian diplomat says openly 4
= allies are fighting for territory
= and will have 1t. 4
= Adrianople, under heavy bonn I
= bardment and burning, moment
= arily expected to surrender.
= Enormous death roll and tho 4
= wounded frtghtful sufferers in 4
= Turko-Bulgarian battle. 4
= Servians capture Uskub and 4
y Montenegrins believed on eve of 4
= taking Scutari
. Greeks marching on Monastier, 4
= gateway to Salonika.
q Servia proclaims Saniak of I
= Novibar, a Servian province.
= Scutari reported captured by
= Montenegrins.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
THE WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, Oct. &c Weather
forecast:
Illinois fair Sunday and probably
Monday; little change in temperature
Iowa and Missouri fair Sunday and
Monday
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
Local Observations.

River above low water of 1864. 3
feet, 8 tenths.
Change In "a hours rise, tenth.
Mean temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature, As.
Highest temperature, 70.
Lowest temperature last night, AZ.
FRED q. GoSEWISCH,
Observer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27
RIA PAPER THAT BOOSTS kEo
KUK AL THE TIME.

subscribers Of The Daily Gate City
are Served the full Leased Wire ser.
vlce Of the United Prcss Associations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-27

Fair Today and Tomorrow.
Saturdays temp a. m.
4s; z p. m. CO.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-02
PLAN NEW "ELECTRIC RAIL"
Railroads and Steel Men Trying Hard
to Find Solution Of Battling
Problem.

New York.-An open hearth steel
rail finished by an electrical process
being perfected by the United States
Steel corporation is the chief present
hope Of the steel makers and railroad
men, who are looking for a solution
Of the battling rail problem. In the
mills the new rail Is knewn as the
electric rail-" and a statement by one
Of the railroad presidents who at
tended the recent rail conference ex-
plains:
III this electrical process does not
contain the secret, then we shall have
to rely on a rail heavier than that we
have been using. We shall have to
put in UNDERGROUND rail at cost
of more than $50 a ton. At the con-
ference with the steel men last week
we demanded that more be cut OIL
the ends of rails after they had been
rolled and more cut OF the ends Of
the ingots before they were rolled.
The idea Of this Is to prevent air
holes and other defects. The steel
men were averse to this unless we
consented to pay more for the prod
uct. However, IN the end they agreed
to make a concession and to cut OF
a little more from the ends, although
they declined to 90 as far as we
asked at the present price, which we
think ample.
Unless this electric rail solves the
problem, my belief is we shall have
to put in heavier rail If we want 1t
as hard as those now in use. If not,
we shall. have to use a softer one,
which will wear out in half the time"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-02
GIRL BALKS AT THE ALTAR
Mothers Ruse Successful In Prevent
Ing Daughter From Being
"A Bride.

CentFalia, Wash.-"Do you take this
man to be your lawfully welded hus-
band?"
II do not"
This unexpected answer brought a
su den ending to the wedding cere-
mony which was almost performed
for Charles e. Caldwell and Nina
Erickson. a young couple Of Tono.
by the Rev. Robert Reid OF Gen.
tralia. The couple had made prepa-
rations for a hasty marriage, the
brides mother being opposed to the
union, and the wedding guests were
assembled in a hill back of Tono.
A carriage was in readiness to
convey the newlyweds to this city.
where they were to take the train
for Puget Sound points.
The mother, learning. that she had
been outwitted, pretended to take
poison. News of her mothers at
tempted suicide was conveyed to the
bride, who called the wedding on
just as the pronouncement of man
and wife" was on the lips Of the Rev.
Mr.. Reid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-02
125, 900 AMERICANS GO
TO CANADA IN 1911.
THE YEAR 1912 WILL SHOW A
GREAT INCREASE.

In a report Of the House Committee
(Washington) appears the following:
Canada offers a three-year home
stead upon good land, easily reclaimed
and cultivated, with six months leave
of absence each year and most lenient
regulations"
AL of which is true and 1t is now
the part Of the careful reader to con.
slider the opportunities that exist In
Western Canada which, in addition to
the above, are attractive features.
The evidence Of these is found in the
letters contributed by some Of the
settlers. For instance: A former Min
nesotan, writing from Warner, South
ern Alberta, speaks of that district.
but what he says, applies generally to
Gil of Southern Alberta. He says:
Il have seen six crops. four of them
were first class, ore of them a very
good crop, and the other poor crop.
Government statistics for the last 1if-
teen years show that this country has
averaged about fifteen or sixteen
Inches CT moisture. In 1910 there was
only seven inches, and in 1911 twenty.
two inches. The 1909 crop was about
as good as l have seen in this coun-
try and We had about twelve inches Of
moisture, so that am thoroughly con-
WINGED that with normal conditions,
that Is, from twelve to fifteen inches
of moisture, and with the natural in
crease of population and immigration.
that Southern Alberta will be one Of
the very best mixed farming districts
in the world. We have good soil, good
water, and good climate, and alto
gether just as desirable a country to
live in as Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, or
Wisconsin"
Hundreds of letters are on file from
former American settlers, which give
good reasons why the Western Can
ada lands are being settled so rapidly.
Full particulars can be had of any Ca
madam Government Agent, who will
furnish literature and give low rate
certificates. Excursions are being run
daily.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-05-02
ARMY AUTO TRUCKS BACK

quarternaster's depot there this
morning for Fort Benjamin Harrison,
near Indianapolis.
Captain Williams declared his ex-
perience with the three trucks on this
trip has convinced him that automo-
bile trucks will prove more satisfac-
tory and economical in transportation
Of army supplies than wagons. He
left Washington February 8, journey
ing to Louisville by way Of Richmond,
Raleigh. Charleston. Atlanta, Chatta-
nooga and Nashville. He will turn
east from Indianapolis.