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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-01
Inhammatory rheumatism Quickly
Relieved

Morton L. Hill Of Lebanon. Ind.
says: My wife had infiammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and joint;
her suffering was terrible and her body
and face we're swollen almost beyond
recognition; had been in bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians. but
received no benefit until she tried DR..
Detchons Relief for rheumatism. II
gave immediate relief ard she was able
to walk in three days. / am sure II
saved her life" Sold by Otto Grotjan
1901 Second avenue. Rock Island. and
Gust Schlegel & Son. 320 Second
street, Davenport-(A dvertisement.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-01

for horses, cattle, hogs, sheep and
all kind sof poultry. 1t makes the
hens lay every day.
Maths bakery and confectionery
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-01

ably upon the nose. We give comfort
in the frames as we'll as in the lenses.
Fred Bleuer, eye specialist. 1902 Sec
ond avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-01

Auburn, Ind. - Clarence Williams,
who shot Samuel Patten in a crap
game at Garrett, pleaded guilty OF
murder and was sent to the peniten-
tiary for life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
WAS THIS IMBECILE HIS
WIFE, DAUGHTER OR SLAVE?

director of the New York Conservatory
of Music, was widely known in musf.
cal circles In New York.
But for nine years he guarded SAFE
ly. from all except a few persons who
had access to his living rooms, the
secret of the existence of the young,
golden-haired woman he kept pris-
oner.
The discovery of the secret was
made when Mrs. Margaret Clinton,
housekeeper OF the music master. not
having seen Parma since Saturday af-
ternoon, forced the door of the bed
room and found him dead. The police
and the coroner, after hours of un-
availing questioning, of the gibberins
woman in the room, sent her to the
hospital suffering from some form OF
insanity"
Mrs. Clinton could give no clue as
70 who the woman might be. Miss
Ethel p. Won Keller, the music mast
er,s secretary, said she might prove
to he his daughter The police have
been unable to obtain the slightest
clue to her identity, as the only
names she can say are Alice ane
"Helen. although she rayed in sever
Languages
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
TWO HUNDRED
WERE DROWNED.
Egyptian Ferry Turns over In tho
Nile While In About tho
Center Of tho
River.
VERY FEW RESCUED
Boat Was Crowded and Swift Cur
rent VIII Carry Most
of the corpses
Away.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
CAIRO, Egypt, April "a crowded
street car ferry with hundreds of per.
sons aboard, sank In the Nile early to-
day. Two hundred are reported
drowned. Rescue parties have been at
work for hours endeavorlns to save
survivors who were floating in the It'd
al current, cIlnslns to bits Of wreck.
age.
The ferry was bound from Old Cairo
to GhIzeh, across the river. There
were 800 aboard when she left the
wharf.
About the center Of the river the big
numbering ferry coIIded with another
vessel, turning completely over anc
carrying the passengers into the river
The authorities estimate that 200 are
missing.
!! After hours Of labor the rescue
squads succeeded In recovering ths
bodies Of twenty drowned. The au
thorities believe that the river curren
will undoubtedly make the recover,
of many bodies difficult.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
ALLOWED TO SIT
IN LEGISLATURE
Four Men Charged With Accepting
Brlbes Are Paroied for Few
Days.

SIUnfted Press Leased Wire Seryice.1
SANTA F'E. N. NJ. April 2 Rep.
resentatiyes Truiillo, Montoya, Cor.
dova and Lucero, who we're recently
suspended from membership of the
lower house of the legislature because
of accusations that they accepted
bribes in the United States senatorial
campaign, will be permitted to exer.
else their functions until such time as
the house finally passes on the
charges against them.
The special committee of fifteen
which probed the charges reported
yesterday. Eight committeeman rec
commended finding the defendants
guilty, seven believing they are moi
guilty. AS soon as the reports were
read in the house, motion was made
| to restore the four representatives tt
their seats temporarily. It precipitat
ed a stormy debate which ended wher
2S members voted yea and 20 nay
| Feeling between the various repub
lican factions Of the house is stormie'
than ever as result and 1t is be
llieved the bribery charges will hay'
a strong bearing on the senatorial
situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
The Music Masters Secret IS
Locked Up In His
Dead Breast.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service: J
NEW YORK, April s.-Locked IN
the breasts of an incoherently pap'
bling woman in Bellevue Hospital
and Of dead music master in the
morgue, today lay the secret OF the
strange existence of Prof. Louis T.
Parma and the imbecile woman ne
guarded even In death.
The aged music master was found
dead with his head in his hands, seat
ed on the edge of the bed where the
woman giggled and babbled IN nor
rible mirth. She greeted the physi
clan and coroner, who had been sum
moned when the mans death was dis
covered, with shrieks Of laughter TO
day the police bent every effort ts
find out who the woman was ant
what her relations to the old musician
might be.
Prof Parma, pupil Of Iiszt, and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
BEACH AND
HIS FASCINATING WIFE

with the prosecution OF her husband.
Society has followed the case of the
assault on Mrs. Beach closely and it
was astounded by the news OF the
warrent issued for her husband.
According to the information that
New York society discussed with a
relish today, the warrent for Beach
was based upon testimony secured by
NJ. S. Baughan, widely known
detective. According TO Baughan, the
generally accepted story that Mrs.
Beach was assaulted by negro, was
untrue He declared that he discover
ed that Mrs. Beach was found in the
yard near the Beach home by her
husband. A struggle ensued, Baughan
asserts and Mrs. Beach was injured
A wrapper worn by Mrs. Beach
and gold-handled, diamond studded
knife recently presented to Beach
were found at the scene of the strug
gle. Mrs. Beach, in addition to being
badly bruised, had sustained slashed
throat
New York authorities in communi-
cation with the Aiken police endeayor-
ed to secure trace OF Beach in Eng
land.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
GAS EXPLOSION
FOLLOWED SUICIDE
w. D. Skinner, Prominent Iowa In
surance Man Asphypxiated Him
self While In Despondent
State.
HIS WIFE STRUCK MATCH
House Was Partially Consumed and
Body Found in the Ruins
Burned to
Crisp.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
DES MONIES. Iowa, April 9.--Let-
ters in the possession of w. E. Odell.
family lawyer. today disclosed that
w. D. Skinner, formerly treasurer of
the Hawkeye Insurance Company, and
one Of the most prominent insurance
men in the middle west, committed
suicide last night.
His wife, returning from church
dinner, accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
w. l.. White, lit a ma ch when she
opened the door of her husbands room
and the explosion which followed
wrecked the house and set Mrs. Skin.
ner's clothing on fire. She was res
cued by White and will recover. Mrs
Skinner escaped injury but the house
was partially consumed and Skin
ner's body was burned to crisp. Hi
had recently lost his position and al
though wealthy, was respondent ovel
| i'll health.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
RAILROAD MEN
DECIDE TO STRIKE
There is Not Enough Trouble In Mex
leo at Present They Have
Decided.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.1
MONTERREY, Mex, April 9--Thous-
ands of Americans will flee from
Mexico during the next few days. The
greatest excitement prevails in all
American colonies and arrangements
are being rushed for the chartering of
special trains to carry refugees across
the border into the states. This is
the result of the decision of American
conductors and engineers, employed
on the National Railways of Mexico, to
strike April 10. The announcement to-
day was signal for all Americans
remaining in Mexico to leave before
possible tie-up of traffic occurs.
The strike may spread to Texas rail-
roads as orders have been given by
labor organizations that employees on
roads leading to the Rio Grande bor-
der must not handle any traffic des-
tined to or coming from the National
Railways of Mexico.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
Go TO THE POLLS
IN A BOAT
Southern Illinois Voters VIII Get a
Ride In SkIff Instead OF a
Carriage.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
CAIRO, April 9.--Most of the voters
of southern Illinois will go to the polls
for the presidential primaries today In
boats. With food conditions existing
in several counties, the various state
candidates have chartered every motor
and row boat available and determ-
ined effort will be made to get the
vote out. 1t is expected to be light,
however.
The river at Cairo showed falling
tendency today although still stand,
ing at the same mark as yesterday,
$50 feet The levees are standing
firm and while the flood danger is not
considered grave, strict watch Is
being kept on the dikes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
The 400 is Having Great Joy
in Passing Around
the Gossip.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
NEW YORK, April 9.-The trouble
of Frederick O. ('Beauty'') Beach
and his fascinating wife and the
search for Beach by Aiken, S. c.,
authorities ON charge of assaulting
Mrs. Beach. set New York's 100 by
the ears today. Beach and his wife are
among the most popular of New
Yorks society folk. Beach is close
personal friend of w. X. Vanderbilt,
Sr., who was best man for Beach
when he married Mrs. Havemeyer,
left widow by the tragic self-shoot-
ing of Charles f. Havemeyer.
Fashionable clubs and hotel lobbies
rang with discussion of the case and
friends of the couple, who declared
they. had started for Europe on the
Mauretina, asserted emphatically that
Mrs. Beach could have nothing to dc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
Always Say the Right Thing at the
Right Time and You Can Be-
come Heart
Breaker.
MRS. sNYDER's STORY
Thought Mamo Was Dangerous Wo-
man But Now Believes
she la Sweet
Girl.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
DETROIT, Mich, April 9.-"He al
ways said the right thing at the right
time"
This was the secret OF Walter j.
Snyders success as a heart breaker.
according to Mrs. Walter J. Snyder.
widow of the man found stabbed to
death In his apartments in New York
Sunday Mrs. Snyder when seen at
the home of her parents here today
positively assorted that she had
never been divorced from Snyder al
though she had not lived with him for
some time. Snyder married Miss
Bertha Yeager in 1904 when she was
only 1S years old. They lived happily
for number of years, according to
Mrs. Snyder. Then he eloped with
woman known as Jane" Later he
returned to his wife. His wife re-
fused to take him back a second time.
Mrs Snyder knew of Snyder's ac-
ouaintance with Name Karns. as she
discovered two letters written by
Name Karns to her husband while he
was in Detroit. In each of the letters
Name Karns protests her love for
Snyder and asks him to write her or
come and see her.
"He used to tell me Name was a
dangerous woman said Mrs. Snyder;
i"he said she was an adventures and
/, at the time believed him. Now,
Il however, I believe Name Is sweet
/ llgirl her letters show that there is 9
. lot Of good in her.
81 Mrs Snyder was at first determines
r to go to New York TO defend the
Z Karns woman. who Is being held BY
) the police there but was later advised
that she might be held to testify
against her and decided not to so.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
WIDE Open
IN TWO CRACKS
"Prosresslves" Adml. That They
HowIed Themselves Into Over
whelming Defeat at the
Convention.
VICTORY EASY FOR TAFT
Roosevelt and LaFollette Followers
Cannot Agree and the Presl-
dent VIII Get the
Nomination.

[ UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Leading
progressive republicans at the
capital today declared all hope Of
presenting united front against the
Taft forces at the Chicago convention
is lost, following the publication by
Clifford Pinchot Of letter to Senator
LaFollette in reply to LaFollette's
attack upon his "deserters" at Lin
coin, Neb
Split wide open," is the judgment
of the progressives. They express
fear that the three-cornered fight IN
Chicago spells victory for the
"standpatters.
Pinchot's letter, written to La
Toilette February 7, made public last
night, declares Roosevelt is the only
hope of the .'progressives. y In it the
ex-forester accuses LaFollette O
breaking an agreement to fight for ;
principle, declaring fighting Bob
was never seriously considered as |
candidate with prospects OF nornina
tion.
The letter was written because: y
I Toilette refused to see Pinchot. Whe
I the former forester tried to telephon
the Wisconsin senator, LaFollette wa
said to have snapped over the wire
81 don't want to see you or eve
speak to you again"
! In his letter Pinchot declares L
1 Toilette clearly understood the obiec
of the progressive fight for principl
4 and defeat nomination of reaction
ary. He says LaFollette began hi
! campaign not expecting nomination
Pinchot denies personal pledges I
answering support were ever given
4 "This policy was suddenly reverse
1 by your order several weeks ago
Pinchot says. 'T believe there
nothing to be gained by trying
nominate a man whose nomination
impossible.
4 Your appearance In Chicago wit
mere handful Of delegates wou
seriously impair the cause" Pinch
! declared.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
PAGES PAGES WE'RE
TOO VIOLENT
Wrote Rambling Letters and circu-
lated Pamphlets About Members
of Congress.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, April As result
OF his attacks on members OF the
house of representatives in letters
and pamphlets, H. A. Page. linen
merchant, was arrested here today on
a warrant brought from Washington
by the federal authorities, charging
criminal libel.
Because the house Judiciary com
mittee refused to consider Pages
charges against New York Judge,
the merchant recently is alleged to
have circulated long, rambling at
tack on the committee in general and
Chairman Clayton in particular.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
STA fMACH|NE
;5MBLES ALONG
New York state Republican conven-
tlan Takes Slap at Roosevelt
and His Teach
lnos.
RAWLINGS OF BEDLAMI
To Denounce His Policies In Platform
But Delegates Are Divided as
to an instruction For
TAFT.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CONVENTION HALL, ROCHEST-
Err, N. Y, April 9.-Practically unit
in favoring the denunciation by the
platform of the policies now being ad-
vocated on the stump by their former
leader, Col Roosevelt, the 1,015 dele
gates to the republican state conven-
tion, split today on the question of in
structing New York's big four" for
President Taft's denomination. The
result was bitter fight in the COM
mittee on resolutions with State
Chairman William Barnes, Jr., and his
active lieutenants combating such ac-
| ton, while United States Senator
Root in person fought for an instruct
ed delegation and to back up his posi-
tion, showed few OF his intimates
personal note from President Taft
suggesting the advisability of such in
\ structions.
The opposition to Roosevelt was
set forth in unmistakable tones by
Nicholas Murray Butler, president OF
4 Columbia university, and chosen chair
man Of the state organizations oppo-
Y sitinn to Roosevelt His speech
teemed with passages against the re.
call of judges and the advocates OF
the new nationalism' and studiously
refrained from mentioning Roosevelt
: by name
The "incoherent rawlings of bedlam
/ DR.. Butler characterized the oratory
OF the advocates of judicial recall. He
J defended the republican party and
!. President Taft's administration and
5 declared that, If the people do not
now rule, it is their own fault as the,
and they only are supreme.
While the roll was being called, {
i messenger hurried up to Chairman
y Barnes and said:
s washington wants you on the lonl
o distance telephone"
$ Tell him to wait half an hour,
said the chairman. He declined Il
h say who wanted him. although the re
a port was that it was Congressman
# Mckinley, Taft's campaign manager.
When Butler declared that the OF
position wanted to find some means
violent If possible, peaceable IL neces
sary, to free the government fror
our paralyzing control gale G
laughter and cheers swept over tn
y delegates, and as each recurring poin
n was made, there was further applaus
from most of the delegates
1t DR.. Buffers first mention of Pres
y dent Taft by name came near the en-
of his speech and was marked by al
1T plause and cheering that lasted on
y. minute and FIVE seconds. An III
known tried to lead the cheerin
from the platform, but only about or
n half the delegates arose from the
Ill seats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
Must Wait Until Fall.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER. April 9.--It is predicted
that the appeal of Harold F. Hen
wood, found guilty of murder for the
killing of George Copeland and sen
fenced to life imprisonment, will not
be passed upon by the supreme court
before next fall. The case officially
came to the attention of the court
yesterday when the abstract of record
of the lower court and writ OF error
were filed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
PICKING PEOPLE
out OF TREES
steamers Are Working Night and Day
Rescuins Flood Victims From
Their PerIIous
Positions.
HIGH WATER Is PASSING
When 1 Drop Of But Ono Inch Is Not
ed In the River It ls
Hailed With De
light.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.] "A
MEMPHIS. Tenn, April 9.-If the
levees on the Mississippi, Louisiana
and Arkansas shores below Memphis
hold today the flood crisis in the
Mississippi valley will be passed.
1t was reported here that Osceola,
Ark, city OF 5000 was in great !
danger OF being swept away today.
The levee there is shaky in two
places and large gangs OF men are
working fewerishly to avert disas-
ter.
Many of the inhabitants are leav.
ing. Osceola is above the district al
ready flooded.
The Yazoo levee line was reported
holding well this morning and 1t is
believed Mississippi and Louisiana
will escape serious damage from the
flood. No further breaks are reported
in the St. Francis ]evee and with the
rise checked, engineers believe the
danger is over Work will not be
suspended, however. for several days
on sWedk sopOtb dL I10llJ ioihch, ,S'oSOo7
la, Golden Lake and Lambertyille.
Notwithstanding that the flood
broke the levee in four places. flood
ing over six hundred square miles OF
territory the result Is regarded as a
big triumph for the levee system by
engineers. The levees were built for
a 45 foot stage and they held 45 feet
and more In every case the breaks
we're caused by water topping the
levees and starting a crevasse. En-
gineers say that If levees can be built
to hold As foot stage, they can
be built to hold so feet or even more
The work of rescue continued today,
steamers bringing hundreds into the
military camp established at Mont
gomery park.
Reports reaching here early today
declare that break has occurred
near Natchez, Miss, but that the
waters are under control At other
points the waters are tapping the tops
of the levees, but with men piling Ut
sand bags and strengthening the dikes
3 II is DelleYeU Iucy Will "l.hStohu VIZ
strain. The situations at Lambert
Vile, Wilson, Pecan Point, Barfield
Osceola and Luxora were critica
throughout yesterday but with a faf
In the river today it was believed thu
danger had passed. The levees botl
north and south of vicksburg. Miss.
showed signs of weakening yesterday
The loss in live stock in the st
Francis basin, flooded by the break
near Memphis, will be enormous
Owing to the Tennessee auarantin
laws, the cattle could not be brough
into this state, and at all events, tn
authorities and volunteers have bee
so busy looking after maroone
people that the live stock could NO
be attended to. Thousands OF cattl
sought the levees and hills for safet
from the waters. Hundreds OF other
.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
Loud REPORTS Renorted

limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
SHAMOKIN, Pa, April 9.-The
explosion of great blasts of dynamite
in the hills in this neighborhood
created small panic here early to-
day. Shamokin was awakened from
its early morning slumbers by the
explosion and it was feared that the
dynamiting was the result of the
mine strike. No damage done by the
blasts was discovered, however.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
Weather Conditions.

During the past "a hours the tenn
erature has risen somewhat in all
parts of the country except in Colora,
do and Utah where it has fallen. The
"low" has moved to upper Michigan
but no precipitation of Importance has
attended its passage. Another shallow
depression has formed over the north
ern Rocky mountains and the Califor-
MIA low. with center at San Francisco,
has deepened somewhat. The high
pressure area is central over the
southeast. Clear skies prevail almost
generally over the country and the
indications for this vicinity are for
continued fair weather tonight End
Wednesday with rising temperature
Wednesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
ILLEGAL VOTES
BY THE CARLOAD
Illinois Primary Election Is on Today
and the Voting Is Brisk and
Sometimes Worry
Crooked.
is HOT AND BITTER
One Man Stabbed the Minute the
Polls Were Opened In Chicago
As an Opening
overature.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, April 9.-With cloud
less sky and brisk weather, early in
dications were that the hottest polit-
ical fight of years in Illinois would be
settled by the heaviest vote ever cast
at a primary election In the state.
The dozen political organizations with
their headquarters in Chicago and
reaching out to the extremes Of the
rural districts, worked all night on
preparations to get the early vote
out Voters responded In large num-
bers and early reports from the popu-
ious districts indicated that the morn
ing vote would be heavier than that
at the presidential elections Of the
past. An army of $4,000 election Of
flcials moved on the polls in this coun-
Ity between flve and six o'clock this
morning.
The primary ballot enables the
voters to register their choice for
every state, county and Legislative Of
| flee and to signify their preference
for presidential candidates.
That the battle of votes was to be
q bitter contest was evidenced by thu
4 flood of early complaints which ar
rived at the offices of the election com
missioners. Hundreds OF charges o
illegal voting were made despite thu
! presence of thousand special OF
ficers instructed by Judge owens o
the county court to prevent frauds.
4 Thomas B. O'Brlen, political work
er. was stabbed and probably fatal,
wounded by three unknown men jus
as the polls opened in west sid
precinct.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
iust What We Wanted.

IITnited Press Leased Wire Service.I
WASHINGTON, April s.-An in
terstate commerce commission ruling
today makes it possible for a pas
senger to get off the train before
reaching the destination printed on
his ticket and to collect from the rail-
road the price of the unused portion
of the ticket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-09
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity-Generally
fair tonight and Wednesday. Warmer
Wednesday.
For Illinois Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday
and south portion tonight.
For Towa-Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Warmer Wednesday