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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-08
WAN 7 =!
Northern Farmers
In Mississippi and louisiana

where every day is planting
day and every month is a har-
vA month. Farmers in these
states reap from two to four
crops a year and have green
pastures for their hogs and
cattle ten months in the year.
The land is cheap and you
can buy it on very easy terms.
Many farmers have gone to Mis-
sissippi and louisiana and become
wealthy. Why not you2 Write
today for beautifully illustrated
booklets to
], C, CLAIR, Immigration Comm. I.C.R.R
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-11-08
Rather Mixed.

What is your walk in life?
I'm an aviator"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
MAGIC CARPET OF BAGDAD
SOLD FOR $3.50 BY WITCH

$3.50 for the magic carpet of Bag
dad" which he told the purchasers
would carry them to Brazil in twenty
four hours without the need OF trains
of steamships.
Pupauslly, say federal authorities
instructed the Poles who brought the
carpet Of him to dig +1p can full of
angle worms and get a silver bell.
After sixty days they were to arrange
the worms about the carpet as a sort
of fringe, list in the middle and tinkle
the silver bell. Then the carpet would
fly away with them.
Pupausky's wife who aided him
greatly in his business as sorcerer.
was keeper of genii Of good and bad
She was called "0Iary Pupa, the
Greatest Witch the World has ever
known
One of Pupausky's clients bathed
in the ''oil of invisibility" and then
picked somebody's pocket. He thought
he could not be seen. When he was
arrested he declared Pupausky was
humbug and the arrest followed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Her Hatred VIII Live Forever a,
She Does Not Want to Hear
Any Talk About Mercy
for Murderers.
FIVE HANG ON FRIDAY
AssassIns Who Hrutally Killed Truck
Farmer Are Hoping That They
Can Escape Punishment
For Crime.

CHICAGO, Feb. 13--"Do not talk
to me of mercy; do not ask me to for
give. My heart is filled only with Bit
terness toward those four beasts who
murdered MY kind and loving hus-
band and then butchered his body and
hacked it to pieces. My hate will live
forever. If / had my way those men
would be hung SO high that all the
world should see them
With this outburst, Mrs. Fred Geul-
zow, whose husband was slain In one
Of the most cold blooded and fiendish
crimes in the. annals of Chicago, to-
day bitterly protested against any
communication or further reprieve for
the four men sentenced to die Friday
! for the crime.
Il can think only of our marriage
/ day and of my Fred and the baby. My
life has been ruined, my happiness
gone. want them to die, continued
the young wife. hugging her babe to
lher breast. My Fred asked for mercy
and what did they do? They stabbed
him with knives, twenty times. He
begged them with his dying breath to
spare his life for his wife and child
They replied by stamping upon his
I face and crushing his body All, well
may they fear death. But they shall
, should liye,n and with hysterica
II sob osifaassien and grief that brolsgh
: not tears with it, she hid her face il
the shoulder of the child.
) Since October 20, when the hacke
: and bloody body of Geulzow, trucl
gardener, was found by the roadside
l there las been only grief and mourn
: ing in the once happy little cottag'
8 on the outskirts OF the city.
2 In the county Jail under the merci
, less eyes of the death watch, the fou
condemned men are still hoping Il
5 live, are saying their prayers. The.
Z, are Ewald and Frank Shiblawski
y Thomas Schultz and Phillip Sommer
= ling
/ Were ready to die, If there is n
: more chance to live but we hope a
d long as there is chance. Isn't it S
e fellows?" said Ewald Shiblawsk
5 from his cell today. The murderer
t are basing their last hope of life O
the pleas to be made for them befor
the state board of pardons at Spring
o field tomorrow.
Thomas Jennings. a negro murde
D. er of Clarence B. Heller, is also III
der sentence to hang on Friday an
& unless the pardon board interfere
L tomorrow, all five men will be hange
early Friday morning in the jail var
n here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
WESTERN BANDITS
WORKING NEW YORK
Hold Human Life Cheap and Are
Making Some Mighty Good
HauIs.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
NEW YORK, Feb. 13.-Fully salts
fed that a band of western hold-up
men. who hold human life cheap. are
operating in this city. Police Commits
sioner Waldo today detailed score
of detectives to get them. His action
followed the holdup OF Mrs. Barnett
Maidman in her husbands store on
the lower east side late last night
when she was beaten unconscious and
watches and jewelry valued at $40,
600 stolen.
The same gang is believed to have
held up two other jewelers. Friday and
Saturday, In each case the jeweler
was brutally beaten with the butt end
of automatic pistols.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
) SHEET OF FLAME
LEAPS FROM STREET

= CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 1S.-With =
= shouts of alarm, people fled in =
= terror from the corner of Mon .
= roe and Franklin streets today =
. when the pavement suddenly =
y buckled up and with roar, a =
= sheet of flame leaped from the
= ground thirty feet into the air. .
= The street was cleared and the
= flames continued to mount to =
. second story windows. Investi- 4
= cation proved that one OF the 4
= largest gas mains in the city had 4
= burst and the gas was exploded 4
= by spark from trolley car.
= Before the gas could be shut
. off, large quantities gathered in 4
. nearby easements. A slight ex-
= plosion occurred in the basement
= of the Beacon Falls Shoe Com
. pany's building and caused I
= panic among the girls working
. on the three lower floors. No
. one was seriously injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
WINNIE HAS HAD
SOME EXPERIENCE
Only Sixteen Years of Age But Is
Married for Her Fourth
Time.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. IA
A much married and divorc-
ed young woman is Miss
Winnie Dooley, aged 16, who
TODAY became the wife of D. H. Glass.
This is the girls third marriage to
Glass and between times she has
married and divorced A. NJ Lewis,
SO that she is now starting the matri-
monial gare for the fourth time.
Here is the record: Married, Glass
July ., 1910; divorced September; re
married in April. 1911; divorced in
August: married Lewis in November;
divorced in January, 1912, and now
marries Glass for the third time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Prince of Darkness Also Had
Oil of Invisibility For
Sale to Dupes.

I United Press Leased Wire Service.l
CHICAGO, Feb. 10 When George
A. Pupausky, banker, real estate
agent and "king" of the Polish colo
ny, comes to trial in the federal court
on charges of defrauding through the
mails, attaches OF the federal build
ing will wear charms to insure the
safety of their wallets and jewelry.
For Pupausky is the self-styled grand
vizier of the prince of darkness. His
ways, he says, are the ways of sor'
Gerry and magic. He makes money out
of old rags; sells oils of invisibility
has furnished those who believe in
him with hats that make their wear
ers seem as shadows, shoes with
which they can walk upon the waters
and most wonderful of all he secured
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
EVER SEE A CAMEL
WEARING PAJAMAS?

= MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Feb. 4
. 13.-Paroled for the occasion,
. huge camel, his legs snugly en- 4
y cased in pajamas, strobe down
. busy thoroughfare at noon to-
= day at the head of the shriners
. parade. On each side was a
= platoon of police, detailed to
y keep the animal moving, in obed
. ience to court orders.
. A few weeks ago the owner of I
q the camel was arrested for ex- I
= posing the beast to tempera- :
4 ture of 25 degrees below zero. I
. The camel was sentenced by I
. Judge Montgomery to remain in
. doors until March i.
. After long pleadings by the
. snriners, Judge Montgomery was !
= prevailed upon to parole the
. camel for a few hours, providing
= it was attired in pajamas and
= kept moving.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Chemical Schedule Shows an Increase
in Some Articles and Means
Four Millions Added to
the Revenue.
HOUSE PAINTS REDUCED
Luxurles Go Up While Necessities
Come Down Without Regard to
Whether They Are Of Home
Manufacture.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Depart-
ing radically from their previous plans
for tariff reduction. democrats of the
house ways and means committee to-
day officially accepted revision "of
the chemical schedule of the Payne
Aldrich law"
The new bill Is expected by the
committee to increase governmental
revenue from s12,500,OOo to s16.200,000
annually. 1t is the first bill reported
by the democrats that has failed to
cut down Uncle Sans income 1t is
A also departure from the system
adopted by the democrats of making
all duties ad valorem. The chemical
rates are specific, for the reason, the
1 committee says, that it is extremely
difficult to ascertain the exact value
of chemical products, necessary to an
ad yalorem rate.
The chemical bill is also the first
tariff measure in the preparation OF
] which the ways and means committee
j has had the assistance Of the tariff
board.
For this reason the democrats be
4 llieve they will have the support OF
President Taft and republicans ii
congress. The measure was prepared
. by Representative Harrison, (demo
crat, New York.; Representative
Randeii. tdeinncsat srexass. and ReH
resentative Peters, democrat, Mass
, achusettsl
They said today that their plan wa
!, to increase the duties on such luxur
!. les as perfumes and imported toile
, soaps, and to decrease those on sucl
necessaries as house paint and medi
cines. In this process, the democrat
: reversed the republican protectiv
plan of placing on the free list all tn
articles not produced in the Unite'
!, States. Two thirds of all the article
! are on the free list in the Payne Law
I but the new measure makes nearl
: all of them dutiable. Thus the demo
:, Gratis declare, revenues will be II
! creased without granting manufactul
), ers tariff wall behind which to bull
:, up enormous profits. The measur
!, shows an average decrease from .
;. per cent ad valorem to an equivaler
q of 16 per cent ad valorem.
4 The important changes are:
House paints. from fifty per cent
: twenty per cent.
Habit-forming drugs, duties dou
4 led.
= Raw materials used in chewin
: gum and cola" drinks materially Il
= creased.
i Foreign oils used in perfumes, fro
), free list to twenty per cent.
: Medical preparations, cut from
i to is per cent.
Dyes and colors, reduced one hal
Spices, average duty made ten p'
- cent.
: The measure will be submitted
), the democratic caucus Wednesd;
), night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
.y.omance Of the Transformation Of
the Wilderness to Throbbins
Field Of Industry
Is Told.
NORTHERN ORE RANGES
Railroad Stock Went up to $50 After
the Land Was Developed
and Business
Started.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ] /
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Zhe ro-I
nance of the transformation of a vii |
derness into throbbing field of in.
dustry was told the Stanley steel COM
mittee today when James j. Hill, pio-
neer railroad magnate, resumed his
story C the development of the ore
ranges of the northwest.
Hill dealt with tho opening of the
vast iron deposits on the Mesaba and
Vermillion ranges, where nearly bill.
lion dollars worth Of property today is
| in the identical land that Hill, In the
early days bought outright for four
million and half dollars. He told the
history of his own operations in the
Mesaba field, where he purchased and
opened for development the vast ore
fields now leased by the United
States Steel Corporation.
With his massive head inclined for
ward attentively, the sturdy railroad
builder listened intently to his cues
i TONERS. Now and then he wagged his
grizzled beard in depreciation or
J nodded and chuckled as the committee
caught the sense of a. particularly
! pertinent reply. John Carroll, his per
sonal counsel, sat behind the aged
railroad magnate, whose seventy
, years of battle in the midst of com
mercial stress appeared to rest upor
t his shoulders. But there was it'll
need FIR the lawyer, for Hill himsel
decided whether his rights and privi
leges we're being accorded him anc
was not adverse to insisting upo1
}, them.
!. A big crowd of spectators, many o
them women, gathered at the hearing
Stanley questioned Hill as to the
/ Lake Superior holding compan,
r which held the ore lands in the Mes
. aba field for the benefit of the share
holders of the Great Northern rail
! road. He ascertained that this con
cern had been re-organized in thu
Great Northern Co.
0 WAS this a Joint stock company?
mo, it was trust, pure and sim
0 ple," said Hill TT held these land
i for the, railroad company sharehold
$ ers
"At that time wasn't this railroa
: stock selling at 117?"
'I can't recollect. 1t sold as high a
ESQ.,
+ Sixty days after this ore was turl
y ed over did not the Great Norther
y railroad stock go to 1902"
% Il don't remember"
!" while you were acquiring land
q from individuals and from the stat
of Minnesota, prior to the time yo
leased it to the steel corporation yo
never leased at a higher royalty tha
forty cents ton, did you?"
=. "That is not material" said Hi
:. "and Pm sure we paid more But Il
.r royalty would not form basis for a
certaining the value of the lands
ar Hill betrayed a remarkable igno
,r ance of the location of ore lands
the Mesaba range.
n Stanley elected, that at the tin
4. Hill leased his vast ore holdings
y. the steel corporation, he, Longear al
Bennett. controlled leases on prac
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
THE WEATHER.

For Keokuk and vicinity: Unset
tied weather with probably snow fur
ries tonight or Wednesday. Warmer
tonight
For Illinois: Unsettled weather
and probably snow furries tonight or
wednesday. Warmer tonight.
For Iowa: Unsettled weather, with
probably snow furries tonight or Wed
nesday Warmer tonight in the ex.
treme east portion.
For Missouri. Unsettled weather
with probably snow furries tonight OF
Wednesday Warmer in the east por
ton tonight Colder in the west por
tion Wednesday.
Weather Conditions.
The pressure has increased in the
high area, which covers the lake reg
ion and valley, and is causing con
tinued Geld weather in the eastern por
tion of the country, the line of fros
extending to northern Florida.
| The southwestern depression is cen
trail in the western gulf. somewha
| warmer. unsettled weather prevail
ing on it's front with rain in Texa,
/ and western Kansas and snow in Ne
braska and western Iowa,
Conditions indicate unsettled weath
er. and probably snow furries, tonigh
or Wednesday with warmer tonight
for this section.
Local observations.
Feb Bar.Ther. Wind Weather
i 12 Z pm. !. so, 40 "a NE Clea
Ia Z Am. !. 3o34 IS % Cid
i Rainfall for the past "a hours trace
Mean temperature, Feb. IL, %.
Highest temperature. %.
Z Lowest temperature. Is.
Lowest temperature last night. IT.
FRED 2. GOSEwisCH,
j Observer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Queen Has the Grippe.

I United Press Leased Wire Service,l
BRUSSELS, Feb. 1S.-Queen Eliza
beth, who has been suffering for sew
eral days from influenza was worse
today and grave anxiety is expressed
by the court physician 1t was fear
ed that penumonia might develop.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Rouaht 81 100000 plant.

4 United Press Leased Wire Service ]
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 12.-Announce-
ment was made here that the
Pressed Steel Car Co., through its
subsidiary corporation, known as the
Western Steel Car and Foundry Co.,
had closed a deal, taking over the
plant of the Illinois Car and Equip
ment Co. of South Chicago, HI. for
a consideration of s1.1o0,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Bank Directors Responsible.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-comtroll-
er Murray today announced that here
after bank directors will be held per-
sonally responsible for losses sustain
ed on leans made by their banks in
excess of the legal lending limit, and
the practice of charging up losses as
profit and loss" must be discon-
tinued.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Steamer Sunk

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CUXHAVEN, Germany, Feb. 13.--
The British steiner Humber was sunk
today off this port in collision with
the German steamer Answald. The
members of the Numbers crew were
rescued by the Answald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
eitv stone Quarry.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
: MILWAUKEE, Feb. 1S.---The social
ist council has authorized the pur.
chase of a municipal stone quarry for
street paving material purposes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
First Name Announced Of Men lndict-
ed in Dynamite Conspiracy Is
President Of Bridge
Workers.
HE HAS NOT CONFESSED
Expresses no Surprise or Alarm and
Says He Can Be Easily Found
and Prove His limo
cence.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Warrants for
the arrest of Frank M. Ryan, president
of the International Association Of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
and r. III. Houlihan, secretary of the
Chicago local Of the same union. and
ten others have been issued by Unit
ed States Commissioner Foote. The
warrants were signed by the COM
missioner last night and kept secret.
They are based on indictments return
ed by the Indianapolis federal grand
jury charging completely In the al
| legged dynamite conspiracy.
The indictments against Ryan and
Houlihan charge two oifenses. First.
conspiracy to commit an illegal act
against the United States; second,
with the transportation of nitro glycer-
Inc on passenger trains engaged In in
terstate commerce.
1t was announced by officials OF
I the department. of justice that arrests
| of all local men against whom indict-
ments have been returned are plan
ned to take place tomorrow.
Nothing TO Fear.
/, INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 1S.--
"The federal authorities can find me
right here in indianapolis any time
they want me- was the answer o
) Frank NJ Ran, president of the IN
4 ternational Association of Bridge an
!. Structural Iron Workers, when told te
! day that a warrant for his arrest il
!, connection with the alleged dynamit
ing conspiracy had been issued a
f Chicago.
81 am not afraid of the charge ant
III am confident that will prove m,
!, innocence of any connection with th'
! dynamitings of John j. Mcnamara,
: added Ryan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
The First Arrest.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Feb. 13.--Clar-
ence e. Dowd, business agent of the
local machinists' union, was arrested
on a federal warrant this afternoon,
charged with conspiracy in connection
with the dynamite crimes investigated
at indianapolis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Insane Worship Of Money.

Insane Worship Of Money.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-'I thor
oughly agree with Judge Gary, OF the
steel corporation, that unless some
thing is done to alleviate present con-
ditions OF unrest in the nation, the
mob rule will come,'' was the en-
.phatic assertion today of DR.. Harvey
w. Wiley, pure food champion, sociol-
ogist and economist. He added, how
ever, that his viewpoint was from q
different angle from that taken by the
steel magnate
"The sentiment of unrest and alb
horrence which must be allayed by
educated people comes, think he
Of great industries; the selling of wat
cred stock, promotion Of worthless
land schemes; extortions of the ex.
press, telephone and telegraph sys-
tens; drainage of billions of money
into the cities for life insurance a
considerable part of which never re-
turns to the beneficiaries and doz-
ems of other schemes for deceiving and
defrauding the people. ! would add to
this list the selling Of worthless
remedies under the guise OF cure alls.'
1T is the duty of educated women
| to assist educated men in the exter-
4 mination of all these schemes of
getting money for nothing. We very
/ justly praise certain detective for
bringing those miscreants to Justice
j who sacrificed innocent lives to spite
an individual against whom they had
i a grudge But what detective viii
hiring those billionaires co Justice
whose existence seems to require
that thousands OF children, women and
men shall struggle with conquerine
poverty and freeze and starve in oui
streets?
I. The great voice in this country i
the insane worship Of money.
"My plan is not by mob violence t.
redistribute wealth. but by education
to bring about state of mind whicl
shall hereafter forbid the accumula
tion of wealth through illegitimat
means and provide forever to this ma
tion its fundamental principles of lii
lerty, justice and equal opportunity 70
|. ALL"
Bishop Adds to it.
!. NEW YORK, Feb. 13-With Judg
Gary of the steel trust warning hi
wealthy associates that if they do no
reform they will be reformed by tn
[. mob,' and President Taft assertin
/. that political emotionalists woul
j. hurry us into French revolution,
g the remedy for unrest suggested b
e Right Rev. t. d. Williams, Episcops
t. bishop of Michigan, was widely di
cussed today. The bishop told til
It Women's Henry George League las
D. night that it was not drunkenness thu
s led to poverty but poverty to drunl
p enness.
t. Justice and righteousness canne
s. prevail" he said, 80 long as We hay
le people enjoying wealth they did nj
d earn and toiling not. Put them
work for the benefit of mankind.
y is getting to the point where the pc
IS pie realize that social equality
n needed and a general awakening
y, coming
III Mobs in the Streets.
'b WASHINGTON, Feb 1S.--"Tl
time is rapidly approaching when v
will be facing mobs in our streets
said Dir. Harvey W. Wiley, in an a
o. dress last night. when the workir
Mt people of the country are deprived
Mt their means of subsistence there
lg going to be an uprising and eve
ir- day their position is becoming worse
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
ROD OF IRON
ONLY METHOD
Mexico Cannot be Ruled In Any 9th
ther Manner Than That II
Madero Retains
Control.
SAFETY TO AMERICANS
Whether Republic, olisarchy or plo-
tatorshlp Down There, Our
Citizens Must be Pro-
tected.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. t3.--So far as
the United States is concerned, It
makes no difference whether Mexico
is a republic, a dictatorship or an oil
garchy-all this government wants is
safety for it's citizens, and protection
for their property.
This was the attitude OF the stats
department today following the re-
ceipt of additional news from Mexico
City regarding changes in the cabinet
and Madero's reported plans to rule
the republic with rod of iron. This
method of suppressing rebellion, It
was freely admitted at the depart
ment, Is necessary at such crisis as
now threatens the country.
1t was pointed out that Porfirio Dias
governed Mexico by the iron rule plan
Il for more than score of years and
when he deviated from that policy the
Madero revolt triumphed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-02-13
Are Held prlsonara.

Ell. PASO, Texas. Feb. 1s.--Rurales
left Chihuahua early today for Casas
Grandes to rescue two Madero peace
commissions imprisoned there by En-
riaue Hortillo, yasquizta leader Of the
district, according to advices received
here.
On Wednesday OF last week Major
l Ike Alvina, Jefe De Armas of Juarez.
Captain SaDina Orozco, nephew OF
General Orozco. and telegraph oper-
ator, from Juarez, arrived in Casas
Grandes under white flag TO treat
with Hortillo. They were immediate
Iy thrown ia Jail and are still impris-
oned. On the same day commission
from Chihuahua arrived in Casas
Grandes and was also imprisoned. The
troops sent out today are under IN
structions to llberate all of the fed
eral representatives.